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So you want to spin up a Windows VM during your build or release and copy files to it...

The goal of this post is to dynamically spin up an Azure Windows VM and copy files to it using Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) build and/or release.  Throughout this post we will be collecting a lot of values we will need later. Open Notepad or some other application so you can paste values into if for later use as we discover them.

Communication to the VM from our agents is done via WinRM.  To enable WinRM you must have a certificate to encrypt the HTTPS traffic we use to communicate.  The certificate can be a self-signed test certificate that you can create yourself. We will start by creating the certificate.  Open the Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio 2015.  The command prompt is installed with Enterprise, Professional and Community editions of Visual Studio 2015.  We are going to create a certificate that we can use for any Windows VMs deployed into the West US region.  When running the first makecert command you will be asked for a password. Make note of the password because it is what you will pass into the pvk2pfx command.

makecert -sv westus.pvk -n "cn=*" -r westus.cer
pvk2pfx -pvk westus.pvk -spc westus.cer -pfx westus.pfx -pi EnterPasswordHere

If you wanted to deploy to another region you simply need to change * to *

Azure Key Vault

The certificate must be stored in Azure Key Vault.  We will now create an Azure Key Vault to store our certificate.  We need to switch to the Azure PowerShell. For this post we will be using version 1.0.1.  However, you do not have to have 1.0.1 on your agent.  At the time of this writing our hosted agents are running Azure Powershell 0.9.7 and can be used to deploy ARM Templates.
Navigate to the same folder you just created the certificates in.  Now execute the following commands to create an Azure Key Vault.

Once you log in run:

Note the subscription name, subscription id and tenant id that matches the subscription shown after you logged in. We will need the subscription name, subscription id and tenant id when we create our service endpoint from VSTS to Azure. If you have multiple subscriptions you can switch the default subscription with the Set-AzureRMContext cmdlet.  If you need to view them for the selected subscription simply run the Get-AzureRMContext cmdlet.
We are going to place the key vault in its own resource group.  We will create that resource group now.

New-AzureRmResourceGroup -Name MyKeyVaults -Location “West US”

With the resource group created we can create our key vault. For this key vault to work for provisioning new VMs in Azure we have to make sure the Enabled For Deployment property is enabled which it is not by default so we add the -EnabledForDeployment switch.

New-AzureRMKeyVault -VaultName VMsKeyVault -ResourceGroupName MyKeyVaults -Location “West US” -EnabledForDeployment

With our key vault created we need to store the key we created earlier into the vault as a secret.  Although key vaults can store certificates as keys, to work with the Azure Deployment task it must be stored as a secret.  This requires us to 64 bit encode the contents of the file and build a JSON object that we also 64 bit encode before converting into a secure string so we can store as a secret.

$file = Get-Content .\westus.pfx -Encoding Byte
$encoded = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($file)
$json = @”
“data”: “$encoded”,
“dataType”: “pfx”,
“password”: “EnterPasswordHere
$jsonBytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($json)
$jsonEncoded = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($jsonBytes)
$secret = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $jsonEncoded -AsPlainText -Force
Set-AzureKeyVaultSecret -VaultName VMsKeyVault -Name WestUSCert -SecretValue $secret

Be sure and make note of the Id value of the secret along with the vault name and resource group. We will need that for our ARM Template.

Create Service Principal

From Visual Studio Team Services we are going to need to establish a connection with our Azure subscription.  We are going to do this using a Service Principal.  We are going to create a new Service Principal for use with this post.  But to do that we must first register an application in the Azure Active Directory which we will do now.  As of this writing this can only be done in the original Azure portal.  However, many of us are being forced into the new portal upon login.  If you are, simply click on Browse and select Active Directory and you will be redirected to the original Azure portal.
  • Now click on Applications of the selected Active directory.
  • Click the Add button at the button of the page.
  • Enter a name for your application and make sure Web Application and/or Web API is selected.
  • Enter two URLs based on your application name. They do not have to be real. I used the same value for both.
  • Once the application is created click on Configure.
  • Make note of the Client ID because we will need it in a moment.
  • Select a key duration under the keys section and click save at the bottom of the page.
  • Once the key is saved copy the value and place it with your Client ID. This will be your only chance to collect this value.

Grant access

Now that we have a service principal we need to give it access to create resources in your subscription.  Return to the new Azure Portal.
  • Click Browse and select Subscriptions.
  • Select the subscription you are using.
  • Click the Access button.
  • Click Add.
  • Select Contributor as the roll.
  • Search and select the name of the application you just created.
  • Click OK to grant the service principal access to your subscription.

There is a script that can do all of this for you here on GitHub.

ARM Template

At this point I feel this post is long enough already so we are simply going to use a sample template and save a deep dive into ARM Templates for a later time.  We are going to use the WinRM on a Windows VM sample template from GitHub.
  • Clone the repo.
  • Open the azuredeploy.parameters.json file in the 201-winrm-windows-vm folder and update the values. Many of the resource types have odd naming conventions.  Do yourself a favor and stick to just lowercase letters and numbers. Make a note of the storage account name, admin login and password you enter, we will need them during our build.
  • Check the files into VSTS.

Service Endpoint

It is now time to start using the values I told you to take note of.  Using the Subscription Name, Subscription Id, Tenant Id, Client Id and Key we are going to create a service endpoint to Azure from VSTS.
  • Log in to VSTS and select a project.
  • Click the manage project gear icon in the upper right hand corner of the page.
  • Select the Services tab.
  • Select Azure from the New Service Endpoint drop down.
  • Select the Service Principal Authentication radio button.
  • You may enter anything you like for the connection name.
  • Most of the fields are self-explanatory with the exception of Service Principal Id which should have been labeled Client Id.

With the service endpoint created we can now create our build.
  • Return to your project in VSTS and click Build.
  • Click the plus to create a new build definition.
  • Select the Empty template and click Next.
  • Select the location where you checked in the ARM Template we copied from GitHub and click Create.
  • Click Add build step…
  • From the Deploy section add the Azure Resource Group Deployment and Azure File Copy to your build.
  • Select the Service Endpoint we just created for the Azure Subscription.
  • Enter a name for the Resource Group
  • Set the location to West US (or the region you created your cert for).
  • Use the Browse buttons for the Template and Template Parameters files.
  • Select the Azure File Copy task.
  • Use the Browse button and select any file or folder you would like to copy to the VM.
  • Select the Service Endpoint we just created for the Azure Subscription.
  • Select Azure VMs for the Destination Type.
  • Enter the storage account name you used in the parameters.json file.
  • Enter a name for your resource group used on the Azure Resource Group Deployment task.
  • Enter the Admin login and password you used in the parameters.json file.  If you need to secure the password you can use an encrypted build variable.
  • Enter the folder on the VM that you would like the files copied to. The folder will be created if it does not exist.
Now save and queue a build. This build has taken as long as 20 minutes to run so be patient.  Once it is done you will have a new Windows VM in Azure with the files you selected copied to it.

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I received E-Mail that said:

There is a restaurant known as Beardslee Manor, previously known as Beardslee Castle before it caught fire and was restored. It is located on Route 5 between Little Falls and St Johnsville. It is supposed to be haunted.

Later, I received more E-mail that said:

I've found some information on Beardslee Castle in New York. This is the entire entry from a book on haunted houses.

Hauck, Dennis William. The National Directory of Haunted Places: Ghostly abodes, sacred sites, UFO landings, and other supernatural locations. Penguin Books, 1994

"Beardslee Castle. Guy Roosevelt Beardslee built this mansion, a replica of an Irish castle, in 1860. The last Beardslee family member left the manor in the 1940s, and the structure was converted into a restaurant. Since then, dozens of customers and employees have reported all sorts of ghostly manifestations. Balls of light and ghostly figures, some blue and white, others dark green and red, have been observed floating through the rooms. The ghost of former owner Anton Christensen has been seen in the upstairs corner where he committed suicide by hanging himself. The source of a terrifying scream, "a cross between a scream and a howl" that sometimes fills the hallways, has never been found. The shadow of a large man is seen walking on the top floor and off the main lobby. Sometimes his apparition appears as an "X-ray ghost," in which only his skeleton shows up. Flying tableware and napkins have also been observed, as well as chairs that move by themselves.

The origin of some of the disturbances might date back as far as the 1700s, when a French fort stood here. It is said that Indians tunneled under the outpost with barrels of gunpowder to destroy it but were killed when the explosives ignited prematurely. (The Beardslee Castle Restaurant is in Mohawk Valley. It is located seventy-five miles west of Albany, on Highway 5 between St. Johnsville and Little Falls. Phone 315-823-3000)

Later, I received E-Mail that said :

You asked for info about beardslee castle. Most of what you follows is hearsay. The story that goes is that Beardslee is extremely haunted. My sister used to work for the guy (John Dedla, Herkimer, NY) that owned it as a restaurant - Beardslee Manor. He supposedly sold it in the (late 70's/ early 80's) because of the disturbances.

Folklore includes a policeman losing half a limb in the bush looking for midnight disturbances, the ghost of Beardslee's son (who died some sort of violent, young death) haunting the grounds, and many apparition stories.

A group of supernatural-psycho-seekers (I forgot their scientific title) performed some sort of poltergeist searches there and confirmed strong presence.

I heard it was an Irish castle brought over stone-by-stone in the early nineteenth century. I had dinner there before my senior prom - really neat place. I know it half-burned at some time between 1970 and now.

I also received E-Mail that said:

A few years ago, probably 6 or 7, I went out to the castle with some friends. At the time I knew hardly anything about the place. It was in the process of being remodelled by the latest owners. I saw a man, fitting the desciption of the previous owner who had hung himself. Remember I had no previous knowledge of this man's appearance, but was informed after the fact by one of my friends that the desciption fit.

I received E-Mail from the new owner of Beardslee Castle that said:

Any information you have as to "hauntings" are completely erroneous. The true documentation of the history of 'ghosts' at the castle is as follows

A Fine dining restaurant in scenic upstate New York
123 Old State Road
Little Falls, New York

Any conversation about Beardslee Castle inevitably strays to the topic of ghosts. As the areas most famous haunted landmark the stories are many and varied with numerous spirits and shadowy figures as characters in a never ending tale of mystery. We hope this short summary will clue you in so you can form your opinions about the legends of Beardslee Castle.

In the mid 1700's, during the French and Indian War, a fortified homestead stood on the property where the Castle is now located. The Mohawk Valley was the central supply point for squimishes along the northern borders of the colonies. Munitions and powder were stored at the homestead. Late one night a band of Indians crept into the home and made their way into the tunnels where the munitions were stored. Legend has it their torches ignited the powder and the Indians were blown to bits. Could their spirits, here long before the Castle, still linger here?

Indian activity was heavy through the Mohawk Valley in pre-colonial times. The same waterfalls that Guy Beardslee harnessed for electric power were held in awe as a symbol of the Great Spirit on Earth by the local Mohawks. A major camp in use over a period of almost 400 years was located just a few hundred yards to our east, along a knoll that overlooks the Mohawk. The spot can be seen just as you cross the East Creek bridge heading east on the right side of the road. Some psychic researchers point to the Indians as a source for restless psychic energy at the Castle and throughout the Mohawk Valley.

Another possible source of Indian presence was brought about by Guy Beardslee himself. After graduating West Point, Guy Beardslee was commissioned in the Army and assigned to Fort Niobrara in Nebraska where the army was setting outposts to take over land from the Sioux. Whether Mr. Beardslee ever saw battle with the Sioux is unknown. However he did return to East Creek with at least three full Sioux war bonnets and a collection of tomahawks, knives, and other ceremonial artifacts. Sioux war artifacts are held sacred and their mere presence in a building could have profound effects, especially if they had been taken in battle. All of the Indian artifacts were destroyed when the building burned in 1919.

Two of the most enduring Beardslee ghost legends appear to have their origins in the early 50's. Travelers along Route 5, in front of the Castle, reported seeing a bright yellow or blue light that would rush out at their cars from the trees or chase them down the road. The light was reported as blinding at times, other times seen in the distance floating through the woods. Several fatal accidents occurred along the bend in the road where the light was reported. In one accident a surviving woman reported that the light rushed outfrom the trees and blinded her husband, the driver, who perished in the wreck. Other drivers reported seeing a young child walking along the roadside late at night. At the time of these reports Route 5 passed directly in front of the Castle and over the now closed limestone bridge. In just the past 6 years since the Castle reopened we have had four incidents of cars driving off the road or into the guardrails in a perfectly clear, straight strech less than 1/4 mile long directly in front of the Castle.

Perhaps as an extension of this legend a story spread of the ghost of Mr. Beardslee walking the grounds holding a lantern, sometimes with a blue light, searching for a lost child who had either drowned in a pond or pool or hit by an oncoming train. Many reported seeing the light of the lantern. A granddaughter of Pop Christensen who spent time working at the Caslte reported seeing the lantern floating on its own behind the building.

In the mid sixties the ghost stories peaked as the BeardsleeFamily Mausoleum at the edge of Beardslee City cemetary became a popular late night party spot for young people. Partygoers reported seeing strange lights at the Mausoleum as well as hearing voices. The stories turned to tragedy when a few individuals broke into the Beardslee crypt and desecrated the graves. A Little Falls resident was later arrested and the skull of Augustus Beardslee was found in his closet. Jean-Marie Parsons, a woman who had grown up with the Beardslees and owned the land where the mausoleum stands, was devasted by the events and had the bodies reinterred at the Little Falls city cemetary where a bronze marker reproduces the original inscriptions on the stones. The plot next to the Beardslees has remained unsold since 1969. The mausoleum still exists far back in the woods amoung a stand of 200 foot tall virgin pine trees. Beer cans from the sixties are still scattered here and there as if untouched by time. The pines open around the crypt to leave it in sunlight most of the day and although rarely visited anymore, no weeds grow in the path that leads to the entrance. We were sent a photograph that had been taken at the crypt by a Syracuse police officer. A strange rainbow appears at the side of the photo that does not follow the regular pattern of colors of the spectrum. The police crime lab was unable to explain the appearance of the colors in the photo.

In 1983 the owner of Beardslee Manor decided to find out if there was any truth to the ghost stories along with over 40 reporters from newspapers, magazines, TV, and radio. Norm Gauthier, a ghost hunter from the New Hampshire Institute for Paranormal Research arrived with a car load of equipment to test for ghosts. During the course of the night, with reporters present, tape recorders would run for ten minute stretches. Incense was lit to attract the spirits. At the end of the night the tapes were played back and faint voices were heard whispering. Short sentences and single words were recorded...some almost playful in nature. Mr. Gauthier's conclusion was that the Manor was definately haunted and by at least two spirits. Who are they? Many people have identified a young woman, dressed in white who has been seen on the grounds sitting, walking, or standing by a window. Popular legend has named her 'Abigail" and suggested she was a bride who choked to death the night before her wedding. The origin of this story is unknown. More than one psychic challenged with identifying the resident spirits have felt the presence of the woman, dressed in a white dress with a high collar and bottom sleeves...with her hair in a braid or bun. One person in particular who was unfamiliar with the property or stories of the past identified this woman further saying that she was fond of fabrics, flowers, and most of all the Castle, and that she remained here because she loved the building and the grounds. She felt the woman was at peace with the restoration that took place. During construction, two people witnessed a very strong smell of ladies perfume in the empty Carriage House

The first owner of the Castle as a restaurant, Pop Christensen, hung himself in the building following a protracted illness. His family then sold off most of the original Beardslee furnishings that were left on the property. Could his spirit haunt the restaurant?

Other stories seem to follow a more sinister line. Mysterious dissembodied voices and forces are involved. One night a few staff members were playing with a Oiuja board when the lights suddenly went out and a tremendous force hit one of them in the chest and pushed him across the room. Tales of overturned tables and chairs that were found when the first arrived in the morning... silverware flying around the room, bottles and glasses breaking...all sorts of physical activities. Several staff members reported hearing dissembodied unintelligible voices all around them floating through the air. Sharp whispers of someone's if from a fellow staff member. Three employees were chased from the building late one night by a thunderous scream or howl that seemed to come from all around them at once. At least three people left the building and quit their jobs in the middle of a shift, never to return. Music was sometimes heard coming from the second floor. More recently staff members have heard the sound of a lady singing on the second floor, sounds of doors opening and closing, footsteps across the main floor hall are heard from below in the bar after everyone has left the dining rooms, and even sounds of keys jingling. A few months back a former staff member who had moved to Florida was in the area and decided to take some pictures to show his friends what the Castle looked like. When he returned to Florida and had the roll developed the form of a shadowy figure with an expression of dismay was plainly visible covering almost the entire frame. No one has been able to explain the unusual appearance in the photo. Most of these types of energies are associated with the supposed native American presence.

In 1984 the cathedral ceiling opening to the second floor was closed off and some of the activity seemed to subside. Still the main evidence for haunting was something that no one could see, hear, or feel. The strongest evidence was that the place felt haunted. Once the staff had finished cleaning at the end of the night and had gone downstairs nobody would dare to go back upstairs alone. Certain rooms and places were regarded as more haunted than others and newcomers could identify these as easily as a long-time staff member. A psychic who was consulted in New York City, many miles away, was able to pinpoint much of the activity to areas where water was present... as well as identify the water problems that plagued the building for years, possibly indicating that spirits dwell in the water...a belief held by native Americans. One of these spots became fairly well known for stopping watches and keeping cameras from functioning... the same spot where the mysterious ghost photograph was later taken.

We have spoken to many former staff members who had stopped in at the burned out Castle after the 1989 fire. Although the building was unlocked and wide open, they all felt that something would not permit them to enter. Indeed one strong theory is that the ghosts were abused by the storytelling and ghosthunting. Perhaps the spirits had something to do with the fire as an attempt to drive out the restauranteurs. Strangely enough when the flames were finally out, the entire kitchen both upstairs and down was destroyed without burning a single square foot of the original structure.

We leave it to you to visit the Castle and judge for yourself whether it 'feels' haunted. Perhaps you'll have an experience of a ghostly nature too. One thing is certain, Augustus Beardslee's Castle is a beautiful and compelling building that has a powerful, true sense of place. Unique, captivating and mysterious as well, we feel priveleged to share the Castle with our guests, from this dimension and any other.

Beardslee Castle was featured in a segment of "Haunted History" on the history Channel in October of 1999. The show explores historical sites with documented ghostly activity. On his initial visit to the Castle, the producer of the show was given a copy of our Ghost picture taken in the Dungeon. After documenting and producing shows at haunted locations throughout the country he had been given many, many such pictures but stated that the picture here was the "best he'd ever seen... bar none". VHS Copies of the show are available at the Castle for $9.95

For more information about Beardslee Castle, go here:
Beardslee Castle in Little Falls, NY
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On 4-5-10, I received e-mail that said:

This is an awesome building. This is more of a manor an castle though, which follow it by name. I have been in this place many times before it was converted into a restaurant. Very nice, all hardwood floors and a beautiful open staircase to the upstairs. Its really a very gorgeous house with a care takers house about 200 feet away.

Never heard of stories but new the guy that was living in the care takers house for a year or more. Robert Cyr, who owned Green Street Cafe in Herkimer and a Deli on Dodgeville for awhile. He was managing the place for the owner who wanted to turn this into a restaurant. Did not see the potential because of little parking and the difficulty to get to. The drive up to this residence is quite scary. Its probably the only scary thing about the place. Single lane poor shape road the switchbacks up the side of the mountain.

Very beautiful piece of property. Never heard a ghost while I was there... :)

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Project > Redevelopment of post-war social housing

We developed a sustainabile conversion and development plan for the post-war social housing area Schiebroek-Zuid in Rotterdam.  The project provides a flexible and exemplary roadmap for converting the neighborhood into a self-sufficient and sustainable area. It applies innovative energy solutions, urban farming, social and economic programs, secondary currencies, and adaptive redevelopment strategies.

This project was commissioned by housing corporation Vestia and agricultural research network InnovatieNetwerk.

Social housing conversion
As a first of its kind, the Sustainable Schiebroek-Zuid project provides a template approach to converting a commonly problematic housing typology into a beautiful, equitable and resilient sustainable community. The neighborhood uses proven, common technologies in smart ways, in combination with 'biological engines’ to provide the neighborhood with its own water, electricity, heat, waste processing and 70% of its own food production.

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The plan combines socio-economic programs and proven technologies to create a closed-loop urban metabolism. All energy and water are locally provided and most wastes are handled on site. Local agriculture is the “biological engine” that drives many aspects of the plan, such as energy generation, nutrition, education, recreation, social programs, and local economic activities.

Integrated Sustainability
Except drew on its integrated sustainable development approach, Symbiosis in Design (SiD), to develop an extensive set of measures, or 'ingredients’, which can be mixed and matched over time to achieve the end vision. These ingredients were designed in cooperation with stakeholders and residents. SiD facilitates and assures the integration of the many elements of sustainability in a co-operative framework.

Social and Economical Development
The ingredients include many social programs for neighborhood target groups such as the elderly, children, teenagers, immigrants, and entrepreneurs. A marketplace and community center will serve as central hubs for the new neighborhood activities. Meanwhile, flexible ateliers provide spaces for startup companies that can be used as anything from craft workshops to offices, and kitchens to storefronts. A local currency has been suggested as a way of encouraging local trade and as an incentive for energy saving or waste reduction efforts.

Resource Self-Sufficiency
Using a combination of biogas-fueled power plants, solar installations, and heat capture from rooftop greenhouses, the area can supply all of its required electricity and heat.

Edible landscaping throughout the neighborhood can make use of previously empty lawns while meaningfully connecting residents to their natural surroundings. A key feature of the plan is that it renovates instead of demolishes most of the neighborhood’s existing buildings, reducing both the social disruption and environmental impact typically caused by neighborhood renewals that begin with demolition.

Contractor Vestia will start with implementing a number of ingredients from the plan. Except hopes that this project will serve as an example for the numerous social housing areas with similar typologies worldwide.

Further information
For the Schiebroek-Zuid project a vision book was developed as well as an ingredient book. The ingredient book, counting almost 300 pages of details, calculations, examples and solutions for all categories of the project, are available in PDF form in Dutch on this page.

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Launch of Detroit Urban Regen

In cooperation with the Dutch Foreign Office we  organized the trade mission to Detroit of May 2015 for over 25 organizations. The program established new permanent business partnerships of Dutch agri- and horticulture, and innovation companies with their American business, governmental and community development counterparts. Detroit, a  former powerhouse of the automotive industry, has suffered  from deindustrialization, a decline in population, an increase in crime, and general  decay. Yet, Detroit is a city full of resources and opportunities.

The event launched Detroit Urban Regen which aims to  revitalize  the city using smart agricultural solutions and creating a new biobased industry.  22 written pledges of commitment where secured, adding to the existing 15 international partners for Detroit Urban Regen.

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Sustainable development Catharijnesingel Utrecht

Full spectrum sustainability strategy for urban infrastructure

In collaboration with KWS-Infra and tender office GAIM, Except organized  an innovation session  for a sustainable approach to the demolition of a part of the Catharijnesingel in the center of Utrecht. The approach reponds to the sustainability goals set by the municipality of Utrecht.

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ReGen Villages Oosterwold

Masterplan for a self sustaining neighborhood

For ReGen Villages, we developed a globally unique masterplan for a self-sustaining housing neighborhood of 203 houses in the Netherlands. Designed on a 25 hectare site in an area called Oosterwold, just 20 minutes from Amsterdam, it exemplifies affordable, regenerative, and self sustaining living.

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Roadmap to the BGI Manual

Bridging the knowledge gap in the field of Blue Green Infrastructures

Blue Green Infrastructures (BGI) increase the resilience of urban and rural landscapes, integrating their core functions with natural features and processes. Hurdles exist in the process of translating BGI-related knowledge and data from science to practice, and a tool that facilitates this transfer is still missing. We conducted a research in collaboration with a team of partner organizations (JNCC, IFLA Europe, BiodivERsA, and NRW), to pinpoint key preliminary knowledge to design such a tool, and collected our key findings in a report downloadable on this page.

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Tom Bosschaert

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  • Ariana Bain

    Industrial and Urban Ecologist
  • Eva Gladek

    Industrial Ecologist
  • Gerard Vink

    Communication Strategist
  • Jacob Verhaart

    Head of Science; Industrial Ecologist
  • Michiel van der Vight

    Senior Associate
  • Stephanie Bartscht

    Except Integrated Sustainability
  • Hidde van der Lijn

    Photography & Visualization
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  • Patrick Bellew

    Environmental engineering
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  • Han Dijk

    Spatial Strategy
  • Stephanie Carlisle

    Environmental Design
    Except Integrated Sustainability
  • Bart Verhagen

    Client Representative
    Estrade / Vestia
  • Peter Oei

    Partner Representative
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FS22 Volkscreek Map v3.0.0.0

FS22 Maps

FS22 Volkscreek Map v3.0.0.0

Version 3.0
Fixed swapped field numbers in field 34 and 35.
Sugarcane is now growing back.
More animals can now be accommodated in the animal stables, and the capacities have been adjusted accordingly.
You can now also sell manure, liquid manure, eggs, milk and mineral fertilizers at some traders.
The capacity of the hay/straw store can now be increased with a special expansion silo. (To buy in the construction menu under silo extensions)
The farm silo was exchanged.
A field near the farm has been changed.
You have to start a new game!!!

The Volkscreek is a modified version of the Elmcreek Standard Map.
(FYI: The farm is only present when you start a game as a “New Farmer”, so it is with the original cards!)
A new, large farm has been created, all types of animals are now present on the farm, as well as a few shelters, a driving silo and a straw/hay storage. At the start you own 2 fields, which are near the farm. The yard still offers enough space to use placeable objects. There is also a workshop already at the courtyard.

The cows and pigs already have manure areas.
growth has been adjusted (With seasonal growth turned off!), the grass grows after mowing, growth times have been changed to 2-3 days, depending on the fruit.
With seasonal growth turned off, fruit will not rot.

PDA Map Renewed.
The starting vehicles have been changed.
The collection objects have been removed, as compensation there is already a lot of grain in the silo.
Players now have the ability to influence almost all outlets and production in the XML files in the map’s xml folder, such as adjusting prices or changing production. For example, adjust prices or change the production.

Original Map: Giants Mapanpassung: Biface

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The Beauty of Feet

Foot fetishists know the beauty of female feet. But we think everyone who loves female beauty also loves the beauty of feet. Watch our video with Sallenaz. She presents her feet in fishnet stockings, barefoot with toe rings and absolutely sexy.

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Ashli Passion presents us a catwalk in high heels and barefoot. Ashli Passion is a model and Pro Domme from Turkey. She is a new model in Feetloves and we will see more foot fetish videos and pictures of her in future. Our first presentation is a free video. If you would like to know more of Ashli please visit her new website

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Kerstin likes wearing in nylons and lingerie. She likes to be feminine. She likes high heels, boots, walking barefoot and showing her feet to feet lovers like the members of Feetloves. This is her first album with her white nylons.

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Syros Ferries: Ferry and Ships to Syros Island - Greek Islands Cyclades Greece

Ferries and Boats to Syros island cyclades greek islands Greece

Travel information for Ferries.
Ships and Ferries to Syros - Cycladic Islands.

Syros and the Cyclades in general are connected
to the ports of Piraeus and Rafina. From Syros
you can also visit the nearby Cycladic islands of Ios, Santorini, Kimolos, Naxos, Anafi, Amorgos etc.

In addition, there are ferry connection from Syros
ferry to the islands of Crete, Rhodes, and basically all Dodecanese and East Aegean Islands via a third island.

Your trip to Syros can be with a conventional ferry
boat, by Highspeed or Flying dolphin depending on
the day, the time and the ferry company you wish
to travel with.

If you select to visit Syros with the conventional
ferry your trip will take about 3-4.5 hours while with
a Highspeed ferry 1.5-2.5 hours depending on how
many ports the ferry will call at on the way.

Ferries from Piraeus to Syros run all year round
on a daily basis. In summer of course there are more departures to choose from.

1. Piraeus - Syros - Kos - Rhodes
2. Piraeus - Syros - Mykonos - Agios Kirikos
(Ikaria) - Fourni - Karlovassi (Samos)
Vathi (Samos)
3. Piraeus - Syros - Mykonos - Agios Kirikos
(Ikaria) - Karlovassi (Samos) - Vathi (Samos)
4. Piraeus - Syros - Paros - Naxos - Iraklia
Schinoussa - Koufonisi - Katapola (Amorgos)
5. Piraeus - Syros - Patmos - Leros - Kos
6. Piraeus - Syros - Tinos - Mykonos
7. Lavrion - Syros - Paros - Naxos
8. Milos - Kimolos - Sifnos - Serifos - Paros
9. Santorini - Ios - Naxos - Paros - Syros
10. Syros - Anafi - Santorini - Thirassia - Ios
Sikinos - Folegandros - Naxos - Paros
11. Vathi (Samos) - Karlovassi (Samos) - Evdilos
(Ikaria) - Mykonos - Syros - Piraeus

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The above mentioned information is subject to alteration. To be sure about correct schedules, departure and arrival times of conventional and highspeed ferries check the ONLINE Booking System.

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Travel Information for ferries to Syros. Island of Syros Cyclades.

ON LINE Booking System for seats and tickets in real time.

Starting your reservation through the online booking system you can select to have your tickets
sent to you or to collect them from the port office on the day of departure about 2 hours
before departure simply by giving your reservation code and showing your ID card.

We wish you a pleasant trip!

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even if the selected departures are
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Code for Greece: 0030 - Local Code: 22810
Ermoupolis Council 82500
Ano Syros Council 82934, 86386
Poseidonia Council 43852
Police Station 82620
Local Police Station 82525
Airport 87025
Port Authority 88888
Syros Hospital 86666
Hellenic Tourist Information 82375, 86725
Taxi 84222, 86222
Town & Out of Town Buses 82575


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RELIGEOUS FREEDOM...Four Christians Face Execution For Leaving Islam

Four Sudanese Christian men were arrested for violating a previously annulled apostasy law — a law demanding a death sentence for leaving Islam. This latest report of Christian persecution has led to increasing concern about Sudan’s future, thanks to a 2021 military coup that shattered widespread hopes for continuing freedom of worship.

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Those of us who have been involved in the international religious freedom movement for many years have clear memories of Sudan’s bloodstained decades, marked by the brutality and death suffered by untold thousands of Sudanese Christians. This extreme violence took place during the ruthless dictatorship of former President Omar Bashir which began in 1989. He ruled with an iron fist until he was indicted by the International Criminal Court in 2009 for vicious violence against civilians.

Bashir’s arrest was followed by an international sigh of relief, when a transitional government replaced him in September 2019. The new leaders took assertive steps toward justice, including the toleration of “apostasy” — meaning the rejection of Islam — which had demanded a death sentence. Sudan’s 2020 Fundamental Rights and Freedoms Act prohibited the labeling of any group as “infidels” (takfir).

That same year, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) published an optimistic report titled, “One Year of Progress Advancing Religious Freedom in Sudan.” In February, a USCIRF delegation, led by then-Chair Tony Perkins and Commissioner Anurima Bhargava, traveled to Sudan to assess religious freedom conditions since the revolution. Their report provided reason for optimism. “USCIRF has been encouraged by the transitional government’s willingness to dialogue and engage on religious freedom issues.”

But then, tragically, after two years of real progress following Bashir’s downfall, a military coup on October 25, 2021 led to the return of deadly state-sponsored persecution. Before long, reports of arrested believers, many of whom had converted from Islam to Christianity, began to reappear.

Then, just days ago in late June, the story surfaced that four men from the Sudanese Baptist Church in Zalingei, in Central Darfur had been arrested on charges of apostasy. Those Christian converts from Islam — Bader el Dean Haroon Abdel Jabaar and his brother Mohammad Haroon Abdel Jabaar, along with Tariq Adam Abdalla and Morthada Ismail — were taken into custody on charges that might soon cost them their lives.

Morning Star News explained that the Christians were arrested over allegations of apostasy under Article 126 of Sudan’s 1991 criminal code. Significantly, “…In July 2020, the transitional government that took effect in September 2019 decriminalized apostasy, which had been punishable by death. Sudan’s 2020 Fundamental Rights and Freedoms Act prohibits the labeling of any group as ‘infidels’ (takfir), according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).”

The 2020 Act had also repealed other articles, such as public flogging as a punishment, and prohibitions against drinking alcohol. But although human rights activists argue that prosecutors have mistakenly used a repealed article of the criminal code against the four Christians, the men were viciously abused, and their Bibles were confiscated before they were released. Their court appearance is scheduled within a week. And without question, they remain in life-or-death circumstances.

A source close to the present situation, who must remain anonymous, has described for us in further detail the cruel treatment of the arrested men and what their case portends for Sudan.

“What happens with the four Christian leaders who were arrested in Zalingei, Darfur Sudan will be a turning point for Sudan. After the apostacy clause in the law was abolished by Sudan’s transitional government in 2021, the leader of the Baptist Church petitioned the governor of the Zalingei area to build a physical church building, and permission was granted.But now, this effort by local government to revert to the defunct Islamic law is a test for Sudan’s struggling central government in Khartoum. It seems to dispel any hopes for forward progress toward their proclaimed desire for religious freedom.

The four who were arrested were beaten, tortured, and released — but only when someone posted what was the equivalent of bail. Therefore, though in hiding, these men cannot flee. Instead, they have been told that at their court date, if they don’t recant their Christian faith, they will be put to death. Meanwhile, newspapers in Khartoum are silent, which is not a good sign.”

Regrettably, today, the eyes of those who stand guard over religious freedom must turn once again toward Sudan. With sadness and concern, we’ll watch and pray that a national relapse into radical Islamist ideology will not engulf the country. Meanwhile, USCIRF may be called upon to speak out against yet another revolution — an upheaval that will rob the long-suffering Sudanese people of their new-found and cherished freedom.

Friends, Jesus is coming soon.  If you have not yet received Him as Lord and Saviour, I plead with you to do it now.  Receiving Him means you have access to God in prayer through His name and receive answers.

Say this simple prayer:

Heavenly Father, I come to You in the name of Jesus Christ.

I believe Jesus died for my sins and rose again for my justification. I repent of my sins and ask for forgiveness. I ask Jesus to come into my heart and reign as my Lord and Saviour.

I receive Him by faith and I am born again.

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Sinter Reviews Roundup

BW Diedrich wrote a very nice feature on the first 3 ErstAEU releases here .

William Hutson reviewed the 3 ErstAEU releases together in the June 2013 issue of Wire Magazine. Here’s what he says about Sinter:

“Anne Guthrie and Richard Kamerman’s Sinter is a tough little disc, possibly influenced by recent Erstwhile outings by Taku Unami. There’s an element of mystery, and plenty of moments where you wish you could watch the sounds being created to glean some insight. “Porcellino” sounds as if a recorder got left on in a room where people were carelessly moving things around, turning a hand-crank and dropping objects in buckets. “Origami 1/5″ is all cassette tape scrubbing and ground hum. The duo reverse the old axiom about there being no accidents in jazz – Guthrie and Kamerman make music that sounds completely, wonderfully accidental.”

Brian Olewnick’s review on Just Outside here.

Bill Meyer’s review on Dusted, here.

Free Jazz weekend roundup here.

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Our First Time

We’re back! After scheduling conflicts and, you know, reasons we are a bit off our schedule… but not any more!

On this episode, we all share our experiences discovering the Internet and online culture.

Also, watch your pets if you live near Austin. You’ve been warned.

Show Notes:

Why was the Science Center disappointing?
“Or, I can learn to bring them back to life!”
Believe in your dreams even if it involves a gypsy curse.
A biologist or an assassin.
Because Silence of the Lambs, I guess…
What was your first time like?
I was like Kimmy Schmidt!
Chaaaaaarge it!
A fight on the internet?!
The Compaq
“Do you ever feel like there’s more out there than you know how to find?”
Consuming vs creating on the Internet
William Gibson
Garbage disposal level of consuming
Online games
File sharing and working in radio

Zeff, director of local non-profit, Comicare,  joins us to talk about their charity organization, sharing comic books with kids, and the impact on everyone involved.

Show Notes:

Zeff from Comicare
Team Atticus
Working with Cosplayers
How did Comicare Start?
Finding comic book donations
AZ Tony Stark
The Comicare Crusaders
How do you handle the situations you visit?
“We are not the super heros.”
Radio Active Man #1
How will Comicare grow?
Finding Cosplayers
Gaining perspective from donating
“It’s a comicon everyday for us!”
Comicare on Facebook
Drawn to Comics
Comicare Booth at Phoenix Comicon

Ryan Dalton

Author Ryan Dalton sits down with us to talk about working with Phoenix Comicon, the writing process, and selling his first young adult novel series.

A quick note and apology for the sound quality of this episode. There were technical difficulties (read human error) and it turned out our conversation was recorded from the wrong input source.

This was such a great conversation, though, there’s no way we wouldn’t share it. Enjoy!

Phoenix Comicon Moderator Team
Look for writing panels with Ryan
How did you get involved with moderating?
You’re in charge!
Geeks Against Humanity
The Year of Lightning
The keys to being a good moderator
Tell us about being an author
Writing Craigslist ads
Shiny new idea syndrome
Selling the book
Jolly Fish Press
Do you like YA?
Which books did you love when you were young?
“A character’s best weapon should be they’re clever.”
The importance of naming
Will references reveal too much of the story?
What is your biggest challenge?
One last 12 part question.
Ryan’s site

Eric Torres

Designer and world creator, Eric Torres, joins us for a candid conversation about his origin and influences, building the World of Rynaga, cultivating creativity, and building community.

Show Notes:

Pokemon needs no introduction
The madness sets in
Ghost shuffle board
Travelling by imagination
Craving immersive experiences
Have you ever dreamt a game?
Meet Eric Torres
My rhymes are bottomless
World of Rynaga
Eric’s nerdy origins
How do you start eating an elephant?
Eric’s mentors and inspiration
“I never relied on my day job to satisfy me creatively.”
Finding balance
“If you don’t have adventures of your own how can you create something?”
What is the World of Rynaga?
Building a following
Daft Punk Tribute
Value in scarcity
Giving creative license while maintaining ownership
Eric on Instagram

Andrea Beesley

Andrea Beesley, who has been doing great things in the valley for going on 10 years, sat down with us to chat about movies, events, and expanding the  culture experience, in Phoenix.

Show Notes:

Film Bar
International Horror and Sci-fi Film Festival – Happening this weekend!
Why horror movies?
Also, it’s evil.
The Horror Show
Cecil Laird (Sorry for saying it wrong)
Twisty the Clown
Klaatu Barada Nikto!
First Friday
Roosevelt Row
When to introduce your kids to scary stuff
Steam Crow
Imagine an entire room full of Bob Beards
“I just want to do interesting stuff.”
How has Phoenix grown and what’s ahead?
“You have to sell them on the experience.”
Starfighter Arcade
How to keep the movie going experience exciting.
Film Bar is kid friendly! Just make sure they bring their adults.
Angel’s Trumpet
Short Leash
The Visitant
The Spexorcist!

Clintus McGintus

The episode has been saved! We have to say a big thank you to Tom at Chandler Data Professionals for all the work to recover the dead hard drive. He was professional, thorough, and we definitely recommend him to anyone in need of drive recovery services.

Clintus joins us to share what it’s been like becoming a full-time YouTuber, how to build an audience, and sharing his family with the world.

Show Notes:

Adult Words
“I’m very open with my kids.”
Did we start?
How Clintus got started on YouTube
The Daily Life Genre
Archiving vs Sharing
“Try and do anything for a thousand days in a row.”
What is the drive?
How to diversify
TLC Toddler Bowl
Playlist Live
How the schedule has changed since going full-time YouTube
Engagement drives audience growth
Cameron’s awesome story
“How much me, how much my kids.”
The long con
The 3 magic ways to build an audience
The importance of authentic content
Getting the family on camera
Mason Jack and Crissy YouTube
It’s like a real life crossover episode
“Hey guys, I’m quitting my job.”
The importance of data

Rikki Tikki Tavi Mad

Our friend Jonathan join us in a conversation about books, DYI projects, and crap-tastic movies!

Show Notes:

Talking books
Evolution by Stephen Baxter
Penthouse Letters and the books of Moses
Space Elevators
What was your first Sci-Fi?
A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy
The Casio Keyboard
Raining Donuts
I just learn the references and laugh at Robot Chicken
Making time to read
Are you a handyman?
Dainty office wrists
I don’t know why I took a mongooses name in vain.
DIY home repair
Ikia is the grown up version of Legos
Wild West Con
Don’t be over critical;you’ll enjoy more things.

Hard Drive Update:
We should know early next week if our episode with Clintus can be recovered. Still keeping our fingers crossed!

On Dead Hard Drives and Backups

If you’ve been following our Twitter account, you know that my hard drive failed on the day we were supposed to release our new episode with Clintus McGintus.

I was unable to recover the drive through my own methods and have handed it off to a professional service. And, like a fool, I didn’t have a backup.

There’s no excuse for not having a backup and I apologize to you all for this… especially Clintus because we had a great conversation and were excited to share it.

Hope isn’t completely lost but data recovery is not a fast process. I should know what we can recover by early next week. Keep your fingers crossed with us!

The show will continue and we have some great guests lined up in the coming weeks. Should the worst happen with the drive, we will definitely invite Clintus back and the show will have some new intro/outro music.

Safwat Saleem

Local designer and TED fellow, Safwat, joins us to talk Kickstarter, design vs. art, and balancing passion and needs to live.

Show Notes:

Thank Safwat for the success of Exploding Kittens
“I guess I’m an artist.”
Reverse engineering success
I don’t know if I should laugh…”
What would a project made for the Internet look like?
Oh (Expletive)!
Changing Hands Book Store
I must go to design school.”
ASU Polytechnic
“It’s like the Six Million Dollar Man of design.”
Why design over coding?
The story behind the design
Design work is figuring out how to blend ideas you see.
A Bunch of Crock
Passion projects vs. income projects
“Art should be able to pay your bills.”
Finding balance.
Safwat’s mailing list
No spoilers!
Dead Inside
Phoenix Design Week
TEDx Phoenix
Safwat Facebook
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Are you ready for an amazing summer at OOAC?

We can't wait for summer time! This year's Ocala Outdoor Adventure Camp sleepaway programs include seven exciting camps for kids from 8-14 years old as well as a special leadership training camp for high schoolers ages 15-17. All programs are available every week.

2022 Summer Camp Dates

  • Week 1: June 12-June 17
  • Week 2: June 19-June 24
  • Week 3: June 26-July 1
  • Week 4: July 3-July 8
  • Week 5: July 10-July 15
  • Week 6: July 17-July 22
  • Week 7: July 24-July 29

2022 Summer Camp Tuition

Basic camp tuition in 2022 is $375 per child per week. (Sorry, we are not able to offer a discounted rate for multiple children or multiple weeks of attendance.) Tuition includes meals, lodging, program materials, and minor accident insurance (secondary policy only).

2022 Registration

Online registration opens February 1st, 2022: Online Registration Portal

After February 1st, once you have registered your child for a specific program, a camp staff member will contact you with further information and payment instructions. As always, summer camp is filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Summer Camp Programs

Wildlife Adventures | Ages 8-10 | Discover and appreciate Northeast Florida's unique ecosystems! Campers spend action-packed and fun-filled days exploring upland ecosystems. As a scientist, they will discover the hidden mysteries of our natural areas, journeying into these habitats using a variety of scientific tools to identify the different plants and animals. They will discover how adaptations and interrelationships allow organisms to survive in their environment.

Pathfinders | Ages 9-14 | Become certified in hunter safety! Campers participate in the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Hunter Safety Certification program. The program includes learning outdoor ethics, wildlife conservation, habitats, wild game, and hunting skills. Classes are led by a certified hunter safety instructor in a controlled environment. Pathfinders are instructed and supervised in the use of shotgun, muzzleloaders, .22 rifles, and archery. Successful course completion awards campers the FWC Hunter Safety Certification Card.

Trail Blazers | Ages 10-11 | Experience Florida's wild side! The Trail Blazer program provides campers with an opportunity to explore and participate in an overnight wilderness camping experience. Campers learn and practice a variety of skills such as wildlife viewing, basic knot tying, shelter building, orienteering, equipment preparation, and canoeing. Campers will explore the surrounding forest as well as travel to a local campsite for an overnight adventure. They will set up tents, practice fire safety, and prepare their own meals. As nighttime falls, campers will wrap up the day with wildlife viewing, storytelling, songs, and laughter around the campfire.

Rangers | Ages 12-13 | Perfect your shooting skills! Campers who have already completed the Hunter Safety Certification can participate in this advanced shooting sports program. Campers will spend their day enhancing their skills with shotguns, .22 rifles, and archery. In addition, they will traverse our 3D archery target course giving them the opportunity to shoot from various positions, heights, and other obstacles using bows. (Prerequisite for this program is the completion of the Hunter Safety Program.)

Outfitters | Ages 12-14 | This program expands on archery and bowhunting where Pathfinders leaves off. After completing the Hunter Safety certification, campers can participate in this exciting archery and bowhunting skills adventure. Campers will enjoy several nationally-recognized and innovative programs. The Explore Bowhunting curriculum introduces participants to the many challenges and rewards of archery and bowhunting. These skills are taught through various games and exercises designed to teach problem solving and decision making. Additionally, campers have the opportunity to acquire certification in the National Bowhunters Education Foundation's bowhunting course. This certification is required by some states in order to bow hunt. Campers also participate in fishing, canoeing, swimming and other traditional camp activities.

Expedition | Ages 13-14 | Two nights of wilderness camping and a week of exploration! Campers will develop an intimate bond with nature while being trained in outdoor living skills. They will learn to make responsible decisions with minimal environmental impact, discover critical orienteering skills, as well as perfect outdoor food preparation and cooking, knot tying, camp crafts, and weather monitoring. The campers will gain an understanding of the impact their activities have on the environment and gain conservation ethics while exploring a unique outdoor environment. Explorers will experience a two-night camping adventure in tents off site.

Leadership Camp

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How to: Install a LAMP server

Jack Wallen
Jul 23, 2009
Updated • Nov 30, 2012

If you've read enough of my Ghacks tutorials you have most likely come across mention of a LAMP server. If you are not sure what a LAMP server is:

  • Linux
  • Apache
  • MySQL
  • P (can mean PHP or PERL - depends upon your needs)

LAMP servers are very popular, cheap, effective, flexible, and reliable servers. But how are they installed? Actually, it's not that hard. In this tutorial I am going to show you how to install a LAMP in two different ways: From the command line (using separate tools) and using the tasksel tool.

Hardware needed

Fortunately a LAMP server can be installed on lower-end hardware and still serve as a fairly efficient server. Naturally if you are going to be using your LAMP server for high traffic, you will want to select your hardware wisely.

Install prerequisite

Before you begin the installation of your server you will need to have your operating system installed. This is the "L" of LAMP. So find your favorite Linux distribution and install the operating system. For the purposes of this installation I am going to be installing on a Ubuntu 9.04 server installation. This will be a console only server (no GUI desktop) which is fine because the installation is done via command line only.

Once you have your operating system installed you are ready to install your server.

This is the easiest portion to install. Either log in to your console or open up a terminal window (if you are working from a GUI desktop) and enter the following command:
sudo apt-get install apache2

You will have to enter your sudo user password for this installation to continue. Once this installation is complete check it by pointing a browser to that server IP address. You should instantly know if Apache is up and running.

For the purposes of this article we will assume the "P" stands for PHP. To install PHP (and all of its requirements) issue the command:

sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5

Once this installation is complete restart Apache with the command:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Let's make sure this portion works properly. To test this create a file in the Apache document root (for this install it will be /var/www) called test.php. The contents of this file will be:
< ?php phpinfo(); ?>

Save that file and then point your browser to http://IP_ADDRESS/test.php

Where IP_ADDRESS is the actual IP address of your server.

You should see "Test PHP Page" written on your browsers page. If so, you're good to go.

Now to install MySQL. To do this issue the command:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Once this is done you then need to set a password for MySQL. To do this issue the command:

mysql -u root

which will put you in the MySQL prompt. From this prompt (which looks like mysql> ) enter the command:

Where YOURPASSWORD is the password you want to use for the mysql user.

Now start your MySQL server with the command:

/etc/init.d/mysql start

That's it. Your LAMP server is up and running.

The quick version

You can actually install a full-on LAMP server on a (Ubuntu server install) with a single command:

sudo tasksel

You will need to select LAMP from the list and you will eventually be prompted for a MySQL password. That's it.

Final thoughts

Getting a powerful, flexible web server up and running will take you less time and effort than you think. LAMP servers are an outstanding choice for your web servers' needs.

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  1. Nick said on July 24, 2009 at 8:02 am

    Thank you. Your post came just right on time!

  2. brian said on July 24, 2009 at 8:26 am

    dude….it’s PERL, not “pearl”

    1. T-Bone said on December 19, 2011 at 5:16 pm

      at least appreciate the effort… idiot..

  3. Jack Wallen said on July 24, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    Brian: Sorry about that. I blame spell check. ;-)

  4. Diego said on July 24, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    Excelente tutorial.
    I have one cuestion, how I install PHPMyAdmin?

  5. Chris said on March 7, 2010 at 9:47 pm

    I can’t save files into the /var/www directory. I looked at the properties of the www folder and then into permissions and it says that I do not have any permissions as I am not the owner. Any idea’s what I can do?

  6. Ganhar Dinheiro na Internet said on May 2, 2010 at 6:29 pm

    Thank you very much! Your post was very useful to my hear in Brazil!

    Dani Edson

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  8. Forever Brasil said on January 29, 2011 at 3:31 am

    Thanks! Very good post!

  9. Ravi said on February 18, 2011 at 8:29 am

    Thanks a lot

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  11. Ganhar Massa Muscular said on October 7, 2011 at 11:22 pm

    Very good this tutorial! It was very useful for me! Thanks for publishing!

  12. Ganhar Dinheiro said on February 20, 2012 at 10:38 pm

    very good this tutorial will help me a lot when I’m doing this installation

  13. John Li said on September 27, 2012 at 4:06 am

    Jack, great tutorial. Just FYI, I think the correct path is /var/www/html/ for the test.php also it didn’t seem to work for me with the contents of ” “. But I am using Centos 6.2 apache 2.2.4.

    Chris, if you are using GUI then it would be: File System /var/www/html/

  14. Maicon Rissi said on January 28, 2013 at 6:08 am

    Very good tutorial!

  15. Carlos said on September 19, 2017 at 2:38 am

    Hello, thank you very much, we are here in Brazil and we do not have much information like this, thank you very much for sharing you solved my problems

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Tor Privacy settings coming to Firefox

Martin Brinkmann
Jul 4, 2016
Updated • Jul 4, 2016

Mozilla works on uplifting privacy settings of the Tor browser project to the Firefox web browser to provide privacy conscious users with additional privacy-related options.

While the Tor browser is based on Firefox ESR, it is modified with additional privacy and security settings to protect users of the browser while using the program.

Considering that Tor browser is used by some in critical situations, whistleblowing, publishing news or communication, it is only natural that a stronger focus on privacy and security is necessary.

Mozilla acknowledges these modifications, and plans to integrate some of them in Firefox natively. In fact, the company has already begun to integrate some in Firefox, and plans to integrate others in the future.

Up until now, add-ons added some of the privacy features to Firefox to protect against plugin enumeration or webRTC IP leaks when using Firefox.

Tor Privacy settings coming to Firefox

firefox tor privacy

Three Tor-specific options landed in Firefox 50 already. Firefox 50 is currently available on the Nightly channel, and it looks as if it is the target milestone right now. As is the case with these improvements, they may be postponed.

  1. The first patch blocks enumeration of plugins and mimeTypes. Sites may retrieve the information from the browser, and use it in fingerprinting. With the patch in place, Firefox returns no information to the site blocking the requests effectively.
  2. The second patch works in a similar manner. Firefox returns 0 for screen.orientation.angle and "landscape-primary" for screen.orientation.type when sites or applications request the information.
  3. The third and final patch removes the "open with" option in the download dialog.

Tor-specific privacy settings are often not suitable for Firefox's mainstream audience. That's why you need to enable these settings manually in Firefox before they become available.

A core preference is privacy.resistFingerprinting. Originally introduced in Firefox 41, it is the central preference for Tor-related settings. While it covers most Tor settings that are implemented in the Firefox browser, some are available under other preferences.

Enable Tor-related privacy settings in Firefox

firefox tor browser privacy

Instructions below are for Firefox 50 Nightly.

  1. Type about:config in the Firefox address bar.
  2. Confirm you will be careful.
  3. The privacy.resistFingerprinting preference does not exist by default.
  4. Right-click in the main area, and select New > Boolean from the context menu.
  5. Name the preference privacy.resistFingerprinting.
  6. Set its value to True to enable it.

block open with

To block the "open with" option when downloading files, do the following instead

  1. While still on about:config, search for
  2. Double-click the preference to set it to true and enable it.

The future

The Tor Uplifting entry on Mozilla Wiki highlights some of the improvements that Mozilla plans to integrate in the future.

Many bugs are not assigned yet, but those that are will protect against system font enumeration or make WebGL fingerprint resistant.

The Tor meta bug lists eight patches that are currently being worked on, and four that are already integrated in Firefox.

Closing Words

Integration of Tor-specific privacy settings and features in Firefox is welcome. These features won't be enabled by default, but they provide privacy-conscious users with better options to harden the browser against browser fingerprinting and identification. (via SÃ¶ren)

Now Read: The most comprehensive Firefox user.js privacy and security information

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  1. anohana said on July 4, 2016 at 12:08 pm

    That’s why I like FF. Mozilla should go this way and forget about cloning chrome.

  2. Pants said on July 4, 2016 at 1:39 pm
  3. Tom Hawack said on July 4, 2016 at 1:47 pm

    Adopting TOR’s privacy settings, TOR’s commitment to privacy, focusing on privacy will always set a browser apart when speed and new functions (some of which considered by some/many as gadgets) are not the only concerns of users, are less as privacy’s importance is increasing even among the average users. Competitors to Firefox don’t really consider privacy as an important factor, security yes but privacy less or not at all (an advertisement company’s browser is not naturally inclined to its users’ privacy).

    So, if Firefox advantages this topic, which has always been one of its characteristic but perhaps not sufficiently recalled, especially since the Australis turn, then it will be for the good of us all and for the good of Mozilla as well.

    1. Pants said on July 4, 2016 at 2:18 pm

      Once they get e10s (as a per tab, not just two processes), they should be marketing the hell out of the difference between chrome and firefox (no point targeting anyone else, just go for the market leader) in regards to privacy/fingerprinting/tracking. How hard can it be to show that chrome don’t give a sh*t and deliberately “bake out” or limit any solutions, while mozilla bake them in (and for now also have more addon scope). No other browser offers anything remotely close to what mozilla does. And I’m hoping e10s will boost FF’s results in the-browser-war tests (although to be fair, the differences are pretty much negligible for humans, I think).

      All those naysayers who moaned about Australis – I understand the anger at removing some customization, but that has been brought back via an extension. And I agree/wish they had left it in. Not enough for me to turn my back on them though. And as for cloning chrome – how stupid. Building a unified, larger for fat fingers, touch friendly, stream-lined and simplified interface to cater for all devices is a natural progression. And TBH, my desktop version is nothing like an android one.

      Anyway .. a lot of these preferences from the tor uplift are already in the v10 ghacks user.js – some have already landed in FF46 (or earlier) such as the one mentioned by Martin: privacy.resistFingerprinting. It’s already active. It will also gain new powers as they stack more tor tickets onto it. A lot of the rest are listed under the “to investigate” section. You can all thank me later :)

      1. Tom Hawack said on July 4, 2016 at 3:43 pm

        We thank you already, Pants! Same here regarding Firefox, and if I do moan (less now) after a few innovations I considered as gadgets, the main point as you remind it is that indeed the user has the ability at his finger-tips to modify settings, except for the hidden ones which you detail in the now famous so-called ‘Ghacks user.js’ (though ‘Pants user.js’ in fact), and which is most appreciated alongside your work and the concatenation result with sources you moreover have the elegance to detail.

        So : Go Firefox, Go TOR, and let’s all go for the Magical Privacy Tour :)

  4. SA said on July 4, 2016 at 2:48 pm

    Added these privacy settings in Firefox’s profile but the Panopticlick tool ( was still able to fingerprint my browser.

    1. Pants said on July 4, 2016 at 3:14 pm

      Panopticlick v2.0 is useless because they factor the canvas fingerprint into your uniqueness. If you don’t spoof it, your value is unique. If you do spoof it with a random unique value every time, your value is unique. Cogito ergo sum … you are always unique.

      Also, you need to realize that privacy.resistFingerprinting is a pref that only covers a couple of things so far (in FF47) – namely windows/screen measurements. It will report all dimensions as your inner window (that’s the bit that holds the web page content), and it’s highly likely that you have a high entropy figure there (you can see the results here: ). You would need to resize your browser to allow for toolbars and side panels and so on.

      To set a size, open a XUL (chrome) page (such as about:config) which is at 100% zoom, hit Shift+F4 to open the scratchpad, type window.resizeTo(1280,800), hit Ctrl+R to run. Test your window size (link above), do some math, flick back to the XUL window, go back to your scratchpad, resize to allow for all the non inner window elements.

      1. Tom Hawack said on July 4, 2016 at 3:52 pm

        This is one thing I don’t understand concerning the privacy.resistFingerprinting setting (hidden, added and set to true) : I go to and notice that my screen’s Width, Height, AvailHeight and AvailWidth are all read and correct. Am I missing something?

        I should have mentioned this in ‘The most comprehensive Firefox user.js’ has been updated ( but forgot to … Firefox 47.0.1 here.

      2. practik said on October 20, 2017 at 6:22 am

        “privacy.resistFingerprinting â€¦ will report all dimensions as your inner window â€¦ and it’s highly likely that you have a high entropy figure there”

        Very true: With the pref set to false, my screen dimensions are quite common â€“Â reports that 1 in 16 browsers have the same value. If I set the pref to true and run the same test, that changes to 1 in 41,000 :-(

    2. Xircal said on August 13, 2016 at 6:24 pm

      Thanks for the tip about the Panopticlick tool: I wasn’t aware of that.

      Like you though, the privacy.resistFingerprinting setting didn’t do anything in FF48 and I eventually looked for an extension to fix the problem. This one helps a little bit:

      After installing that, I still get a warning that FF has a unique fingerprint, but the Stop Fingerprinting extension hides all my extensions. So now I can go to and not get a warning to disable ABP because it’s no longer visible.

  5. Yuliya said on July 4, 2016 at 3:48 pm

    I already get “undefined” for Browser Plugin Details with Firefox 47:
    imgur com/Jqdz0wI

  6. Microceph 10 said on July 4, 2016 at 8:48 pm

    Privacy is the one thing Firefox can defeat Chrome, Edge, and Safari on.

  7. anon said on July 6, 2016 at 1:33 pm

    I don’t quite get it, those 3 settings will be default or you’ll have to manually enable them? I use the “open with” option with downloads a lot (with torrent files for example).

    1. Martin Brinkmann said on July 6, 2016 at 1:54 pm

      You have to enable them, they are not turned on by default.

  8. zed said on October 20, 2016 at 9:41 am

    Also, starting from Firefox 51 the WebAudio API (used in audio fingerprinting) can be disabled via dom.webaudio.enabled according to

  9. Thorky said on October 5, 2017 at 1:41 pm

    privacy.resistFingerprinting:true makes Grease-, Tamper- & Violentmonkey stopping the scripts included. They are still there, but don’t work any longer. Firefox 56.

  10. practik said on October 20, 2017 at 5:59 am

    Are you saying that setting privacy.resistFingerprinting to true stops user scripts from working? If so, my experience has not been the same as yours. I have the pref set to true, and both of my scripts (using Greasemonkey) are still working fine on FF 56.

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Ghosts Next Door

Ghosts Next Door
by Lopaka Kapanui

Jul 30, 2022

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His hands were large and meatier than most.

They toiled and worked hard, became chaffed and calloused over the years, much like his heart. His shoulders were broad and wide with bunched-up trapezius muscles that gave him an inhuman appearance. The forearms might as well have been steel cables that flexed with each movement of his equally large fingers. His face was like that of a warrior, tested repeatedly on the field of battle. Every line and crevice was a war map that one could read on his forehead, cheeks, and mouth. His thick white beard gave him a formidable countenance, which is why people kept their distance. However, it was his eyes that gave him away. There was a glimmer of kindness there, one that told you that his days of whatever it was that he did to earn his reputation fifty times over was now behind him. You often see him gently petting his dog and the few cats the pooch could tolerate in his expansive garden. On the rot iron table, between the slices of freshly picked oranges and a glass of wine, also sat a pot of hot herbal tea which he poured into his lucky tea cup and intermittently sipped from. The life by which he earned his name was long over; the highlights were vague memories that were better forgotten rather than being celebrated or, even worse, written about in some book. The world would sleep much more peacefully at night, never knowing the nightmare that he lived and exacted upon the people who opposed him. He lost his family, not by any adverse circumstance, you understand, but by choice, so they would not suffer any ripple that could reverberate back from the shores of causality. The rot iron chair he sat in creaked and moaned with the slightest movement of his gargantuan frame. His legs were as thick as tree trunks, and he was always barefoot these days as there wasn't any footwear that could fit his massive feet. It was just as well.

It was one in the afternoon, and he barely heard the bell from the front entrance when Carlos appeared. Young and sprite still for a man in his early forties, with his entire life ahead of him.

"You shouldn't be here, Carlos; you know how bad it might turn out," the man spoke, a deep voice reverberating through his body. It caused a slight vibrational shimmer on the table's surface, which shook the wine glass and the teacup.

"Mama sent me to check up on you to see if you needed anything?" Carlos asked.

His father, the man whose name caused fear in everyone, called 'Ihe or spear; he did not look up at his son but instead replied. "It's too dangerous; your mother knows that. Please go, Carlos, for your own sake."

With a slight sigh of frustration, Carlos exited the garden but not before kissing his father on the forehead. The bell from the front entrance jingled, and his oldest son approached the insert team waiting outside. "He's in there, doing the same thing every day."

"Alright," Lieutenant Commander Bryson replied. "We'll do the rest, thank you."

"We're ready," Chief Petty Officer Kaimana confirmed.

"Do not engage until I give you the signal; you got it, Kaimana?"

"Understood," Kaimana replied. "Information first, then eat him." be continued

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Ghosts Next Door
by Lopaka Kapanui

Aug 5, 2022

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Fingers pressed against the meticulously placed feathers evening them out, so they all faced the same direction.

The work was time-consuming and burdensome on the joints and the palms, but when the task became uncomfortable, he simply took in a deep breath and re-focused his efforts. As well, he could not let his mind wander. Every step, every thought, every feeling, and every emotion would reflect itself in his work. The combination of all things must be peaceful and joyous; otherwise, minuscule mistakes would go unnoticed. Once completed, he would stand back to review his work, and if the mis-step made itself known by chance, he would have to take the whole thing apart and begin again. Now seeing the completion of his work, he gently massaged the feathers and then used a soft baby brush to evoke the natural sheen reflecting any light that fell upon it. It was a luxuriously deep black color that took your breath away if you were unprepared for it. It evoked a kind of deep spiritual mana, a sacredness that made you stand back and feel too afraid to approach any closer. It belonged to the night, not the night existing in the darkness, but rather the kind of night which symbolizes the depth of knowledge so profound that several lifetimes must pass before one can become utterly enlightened by such learning. Tears blurred his vision, and he stepped away lest the tears stain the feathers. Indeed, he was the vessel by which the gods empowered his hands with nimble dexterity, and there would be more. But for now, it was this one he loved the most because it was most like himself.

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Development of a mixed use facility Service Station, Fast Food Outlets and Retail Accomodation.

  • Gibb Group sourced and acquired the subject site in February 2014 with settlement subject to obtaining a development approval for a service station and fast food restaurant.
  • Development Approval was achieved in February 2016 with construction being completed in December 2016.
  • Strategically, well located and unique product offering in Mount Louisa catering to a current gap in local offerings.
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British climate and energy policy is incoherent and needs an overhaul, dumping carbon targets and building more coal and nuclear power stations to stop the lights going out, a pro-nuclear scientist said.

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2013 Horoscope for Rat Zodiac Sign

2013 Horoscope Rat

Chinese 2013 Horoscope for the Zodiac sign Rat, for the 2013 Black Water SNAKE Year

The Rat is an interesting Chinese horoscope sign that's full of contradictions. Then again, aren't we all? The rat will see lots of change this year of the Snake but the Chinese 2013 horoscope for Rat shows that many of those changes can be quite positive. It's up to each individual to use their knowledge for good and to discover their true potential this 2013 year of the Snake.

2013 horoscope - The Rat In Love

The 2013 year of the black Snake can be a difficult year for the Rat in regards to love. Those who are already partnered are going to see their relationships do one of two things: bloom or die. There will be no in between and you should be prepared for the inevitability of lots of change. Whether it's good or bad is up to you.

The Chinese horoscope 2013 for Rat also shows us that there is a high chance of loneliness for the Rat. This doesn't have to be a bad thing. Of course, it may come because the Rat ends a relationship or doesn't get the guy / girl he or she wants. But it could also be a good time for the Rat to focus on what's really important: themselves. If you find yourself alone again this 2013 year, just take a step back and remember that it may very well be a good thing.

There is also the chance for great, true, and lasting love this 2013 year of the Snake. But it's all about change. If you're already partnered, then you will need to make a point to grow your relationship. If there's one thing the Chinese 2013 horoscope for Rat shows us, it's that there's no place for standing still. If you let it fester, then it will simply die.

2013 horoscope - The Rat at Work

Once again, change is the name of the game for the Rat in 2013. If you already have a job you love, then you might see your job duties expand even more or a new management position arise. Don't be afraid of this change. The worst thing you can do this 2013 year is to stand still and not accept the new opportunities in your life.

If you're not working, then you can expect to see that change as well. When you first start your new job, make sure you show all your strengths immediately. You have a tendency to hold back and keep to yourself but that won't serve you well this 2013 year. You need to make sure your new employer knows just how important the job is and just how qualified you are to do it.

This would be a great 2013 year of the black Snake for you to do some volunteer work. The Chinese 2013 horoscope for Rat shows us that 2013 is a year for rebirth and renewal. Why not show the universe that you're prepared to help out wherever you can? Find out if there are opportunities in your area for helping people learn to read, beautifying the neighborhood, or anything else. You can truly change the world with your unique skills and attributes. Don't be afraid to try.

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