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That's exactly what I thought. "Company A announced Company A's findings using Company A's nifty new tool. Try Company A's tool for yourself!" There may be valuable information here. Without independent third-party review, we don't know.
I thought your observations may have merit so I went to Company A's [companya.com] website but I didn't see any nifty new tools
This is a slashvertisement, but at least it was for something useful this time. I just patched 3 browsers based on the results.
I didn't have to download or install anything when I did the test. I even browse with Java and plug-ins disabled.
I clicked, it said "Safari 5.0.3, up to date", done. Took about 3 seconds.
I'm guessing different browsers and operating systems require different things.
So, you got to install a plug-in to check if your other plug-ins are secure. Maybe the browsercheck plug-in isn't secure.
It didn't install a plugin for me. In fact, after seeing people complain here about the plugin I check the FAQs:
https://community.qualys.com/docs/DOC-1542#s1 [qualys.com]
It seems that only Windows users need a pluging. On my Kubuntu system it was all Javascript (I suppose, what else could it be?). So the answer to your "Why must I install an insecure plugin" question seems to be: "Because you are using Windows".
My wife has a shirt that says "Social engineering" on the front, and on the back it says "Because there is no patch for human stupidity".
My wife is awesome.
"you can't fix stupid" - Ron White
Nah, 80% is correct. the remaining 20% of browsers are Opera, which is not known to be used by people.
It only counts exploits that have been patched.
Actually, I run Firefox and discovered recently that auto-update had stopped working for some reason. When I tried to update through Firefox, it reported that I had the latest version. When I did a manual check, I saw that I was running version 3.6.6. Checked the site and the latest version is actually 3.6.13. Had to download and install manually. Not sure what the problem was there, but just goes to show that even a technical user running Firefox can get out-of-date.
Would you rather they use malicious means of installing their checker so that you don't have to go through the tedious hoops of pressing your mouse button a few times?
What part of 'installing a random browser plugin' isn't already malicious means?
Then Jesus proclaimed, "Behold, I will now compromise the security of this OpenBSD installation. Here you see the machine. It is fresh, clean, secure. Now, turn around. Turn around..."
So eight out of 10 browsers running the test failed it? That's not terribly surprising, since I have to install a plugin to run the test.
I don't know Qualys from Quantas, so I'm highly unlikely to install their plugin just to find out whether my browser has vulnerabilities. In fact, I'm not terribly likely to install any plugins at all (though I'm enjoying Ghostery [ghostery.com] immensely).
Now, let's assume for a moment that I'm the type to install any plugin that asks nicely and looks shiny. Gee, is it any surprise that Qualys' plugin isn't the first one I've accepted? And is it any surprise that I've got other issues?
This test suffers from a terrible self-selection bias. Those most likely to take the "test" are the ones most likely to fail it.
This test suffers from a terrible self-selection bias. Those most likely to take the "test" are the ones most likely to fail it.
This. (QFT)
Also, it seems the plug-in only scans software versions. It doesn't actually test if penetration is actually possible. If blocked by firewall, AV, sandboxing, system policies, etc, the test still flags you as vulnerable. It probably doesn't take into account the likelihood of a particular vulnerability of being exploited. Some "holes" have a rather obscure set of con
Perhaps people would be more keen to update their Java version if the installer didn't keep trying to spring a surprise 'Install Yahoo! Toolbar' move on them on EVERY patch.
My reason is different.
When I am browsing with Windows - which is not very often - it is with XP without Admin rights. Up comes a warning saying 'There is a new Java version available'. Well, I don't have the rights so I switch to an account *with* rights and . . . nothing. Ok, I go to Settings/Java and tell it to upgrade. It ignores me.
Ok, I could go to the Oracle site and download the JVM directly, but wtf does the standard update mechanism simply not work? It did once.
I tried installing once without
This nonsense stopped around 6.16 or so, but yes until then it was freaking annoying. Java updates will remove old versions now.
The most likely plug-in to require a patch: same as last year, Oracle's Java."
Of course, this has nothing to do with the fact that new versions of Java tend to break existing java based applications and utilities. You can use the new version of Java, or you can use the older one that works with your mission critical enterprise tools.
While I don't doubt the sincerity of your post, I certainly have had a different experience. I've been working with Java in large enterprise settings for over 15 years, with hundreds of stand-alone and web applications and I can't think of a single instance where upgrading to a newer version of Java caused an existing application to break. I know of one recent upgrade that broke Eclipse, but it was quickly regressed and the problem was really in Eclipse, not Java.
I guess I've just been lucky.
However, generally speaking an application that is written in 100% pure Java should run without change on later versions of the JRE.
'Should' is a wonderful word which, in IT, means 'won't'.
However, generally speaking an application that is written in 100% pure Java should run without change on later versions of the JRE.
'Should' is a wonderful word which, in IT, means 'won't'.
No, it means should in IT, just like it does everywhere else. It does not however, mean "always" which, in the case of Java I suppose is where the bar is set.
I suppose it's ok for a new version of Windows, Linux or OSX to break existing applications. It's fine for new versions of
We have a mainframe application which relies on something from Java, some classes I think. An update to Java around three years ago broke that application for the clients which had appled the update. Two or three levels later (4-5 months?) it started working again.
lets see
JRE 1.6 Build 17
forced disabled on MD2withRSA - now i understand you shouldn't be using it BUT alot of older apps used it including a lot of embedded web services that used SSL (aka switches, routers, printers)
they gave zero option to enable it's usage in any case starting with that update. that broke a lot of shit right there.
I'm not here to make excuses for Snoracle's screw ups. Any time a new version of software (anybody's) is installed, there is a chance things will break. I agree, in this case it was an obvious dumb move to push out a new version without at least flagging it in bright red letters and supplying work arounds. It was noted in the release notes for u17 (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/6u17-141447.html), but who reads those and who can control the clients anyway.
I understand why that had to make th
In any case, this is a certificate/security issue and not a language/platform issue which was the original point I was trying to make.
It started as a "certificate/security" issue and became a "language" issue when they forced a change in what was expectable commands without recourse.
and sorry i do not believe in "don't upgrade" as a viable recourse as you are just leaving that user wide open for future problems.
they need the ability for the USER not the application to request that that the program or app be run in a specific version of the JVM so that you can allow proper backwards compatibility while allowing the user to keep up todate
I know some of our older RSA cards on our IBM servers don't work with anything over (IIRC) Java 6.3. So we have to keep machines around with older Java version to get the remote-control feature working.
I've also seen some doc sharing sites one of our client is using (pharmacology related) that are sensitive to which Java version you run.
I know I've seen other instances which I can't recall right now. Java's portable and compatible with everything, except when it isn't
I've been working with Java in large enterprise settings for over 15 years, with hundreds of stand-alone and web applications and I can't think of a single instance where upgrading to a newer version of Java caused an existing application to break.
You've not been running Galaxy CommVault, then.
I wonder how much of this is due to vendors deliberately not bumping the version numbers when they put in a security patch?
http://www.mozilla.com/plugincheck/ [mozilla.com]
So both sites tell me that Shockwave and Java are out-of-date (using Mageia1-alpha1 and FF4beta11) and I update them with the files they provide links to AND it now says I' still out-of-date.
Because they make use of Windows Integrity Controls, a type of MAC which means if a low level process is exploited it has no access to the rest of the user account.
As much as people laud Opera they are really behind the fucking curve on this one, and I don't know what Mozilla's excuse is. With the excess beta's they really don't have one.
It should be noted out before hairyfeet gets in that while Firefox and Opera do not make u
The problem with these sandboxed browsers is that their plugins are not sandboxed, generally.
I think Chrome is doing well because it ships with its own PDF viewer, thus eliminating the big vector of Adobe's insecure PDF viewer.
I think IE8 is doing well on these tests because if you're using IE you might be a corporate user who's computer is regularly updated by the system admin.
Both these browsers running an insecure version of Java means instant exploit. The best advice is run any browser you want, but ge
I think Chrome is doing well because it ships with its own PDF viewer, thus eliminating the big vector of Adobe's insecure PDF viewer.
Chrome also integrates Adobe Flash... but unless Google is updating Flash whenever Adobe issues an update, it's less secure than the versions that use a standalone plugin.
but unless Google is updating Flash whenever Adobe issues an update, it's less secure than the versions that use a standalone plugin.
except that Google's version is Sandboxed where the standalone plugin isn't.. so while the flash part might be exploitable - too what ends is far different.
Unless a plugin automatically adds an exception for itself (which some *cough*Flash*cough* do) it will either prompt you for permission to run outside the sandbox, or will run within it. I remove permissions for Flash to do this and it still usually works just fine.
The more browsers use the operating system security abilities, be it WIC, jail(), AppArmor, SELinux, or any other mechanism that reduces the privs a Web browser under, the better.
The battle for control of most PCs is going to be fought at the browser and browser add-on level. This is one front that really needs defense in depth, from browser add-ons being in a separate context from other objects, to a browser tab or window not being able to access other windows, to a browser not being able to get normal us
Correction: Kudos to Google for using OS controls for additional security.
Yes, using OS specific security constructs makes a Web browser less portable across platforms, but it might be that some OS security mechanism may be the only thing standing in the way of browser compromise turning into complete machine pwnage.
On a larger scale, it might be time for OS makers to have some standardized security mechanisms, where a program can take advantage of them regardless if it runs on Windows, OS X, AIX, or OpenV
Strictly speaking, IE7 also includes Protected Mode (MIC sandbox). That's only relevant on Vista though - Win7 comes with IE8 and XP is incapable of MIC.
With a heading like this, too much is left to the imagination, I thought 80% of browsers out there in use are vulnerable, and if that is all, I would say redundancy is useless. Stating the obvious, such as any application made by man, will be error prone....so any browser running out there, is obviously flawed, no news here, move along...
I wonder what the percentages are for corporate users compared with home users. I bet home users are better: My current employer requires out machines to have a *particular* version of Java installed. The internal corporate web site doesn't work on anything newer, or older. Unfortunately this seems to be the norm, not the exception.
I'm constantly amazed at how these internal apps are some of the poorest maintained software. Training applications, time sheets, desktop sharing, CRMs
Users shouldn't have a say, The IT dept. should have the say.
Unfortunately, bean counters and upper management have more of a say than those who actually know all the issues. System sales reps use buzzwords to impress the management, or provide kickbacks for bean counters, lumping the IT dept. with an overpriced piece of crap that any competent sysadmin could roll themselves in a weekend (as long as they didn't get interruptions from Clueless Users) using a Linux system, Apache and MySQL.
It's all well and g
I've been saying this for some time: Windows (and to a lesser extent OS X) needs an API so updates are centralised, configured and installed from a single interface.
OS X has the app store. Linux distributions have repositories. Both of these solve this problem very neatly, and it's a lot easier to keep everything up to date. But I don't think centralised distribution is necessary - just an API call so you can say to the operating system "this is the name of the application, this is an RSS feed where updates are published, this is the key with which updates will be signed, this is how frequently you should check for updates" would probably solve most of the problems.
The mess we have right now is the reason why there is always something on a PC that needs updating.
So you want Sparkle/WinSparkle to be an OS library.
Sparkle might have happened previous to the OS X AppStore since the guy who writes it is an Apple employee but thats probably shot now.
I wouldn't expect anyone to make much effort in this direction though, it offers no profits and requires extra work.
Something like that, yes. I hadn't heard of Sparkle, but it looks like it's roughly the right idea.
The reason it needs to be in the OS is because if it isn't, there's precious little chance of third-party software supporting it. Not only would it reduce these risks, but it could hook into Active Directory for enterprises.
Though existing companies providing network management software would probably have something to say about that.
I went to the Browser Check [qualys.com] link and was told that I have to enable Java and refresh the page. So to check my browsers security I first have to lower my current security settings? Now I see how they got their numbers.
to stay away from web sites that steal their data.
Anyone who imagines we've found all the exploits already is a moron.
If you have Flash installed via nspluginwrapper, it shows two Flash entries, one saying "10.2.152 Up to Date", but the other saying "10.2 Potential Threat", with an explanation that it couldn't figure out the version precisely enough to be sure what it was. It counts this as a security threat. So that's a false positive right there.
Mozilla has a free plugin check that you can use to see not only if you're up to date on the most common plugins but also if any of yours that are out of date suffer from an known exploit you should fix immediately. It's free, and there's no extra plugin (yeah, BrowserCheck...what the) to install: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/ [mozilla.com].
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Welcome to Boxwood Cottage!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
White transom window on White Wednesday and more Summer whites
60 comments:
- Secret Garden Cottage said...
Your home is lovely, Carola! It's so filled with light and vintage goodness!!
I LOVE your Eden roses, too!! I've been wanting to get some for my garden, but need to build the arbors still (darn!).
Happy WW!
~ Jo :)
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 1:34:00 PM
- Secret Garden Cottage said...
Thanks for your sweet comment, Carola! I was just as excited about my Etsy finds, too, and couldn't wait for Kathleen to do her WW post either (giggle). ;o)
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 1:54:00 PM
- oldgreymare said...
Hey girlfriend!
Well, of COURSE the window looks amazing and you hung it in the perfect spot.
The cottage looks delightful, so cozy and wonderful. Wish we could just sit there some afternoon and chat away.
BTW, talked to my friend Sue the other day and she just loved your little town and went to several of your recommended spots. I'll ask her again which were her favorites when we have lunch later in the week.
That bellflower of yours could win an award- well, your entire garden would.
We'll chat more soon, maybe not in your beautiful garden but email will have to do. :)
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 2:13:00 PM
- Tete said...
What a fun place to live! Thanks for letting us visit!
Beautiful rooms...
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 2:52:00 PM
- Donna said...
Your home is just stunning! I love all of your whites! My husband & I visited the Black Forest region of Germany about 9 years ago, and loved it! Saw you over at White Wednesday :)
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 2:58:00 PM
- Deana said...
your house is too cute! the window does fit perfectly; what a great idea. Thanks for sharing.
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 2:59:00 PM
- Debra@Common Ground said...
So beautiful, light and airy! The window is just perfect for this space and the hydrangeas are gorgeous!
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:28:00 PM
- Gretchen said...
Your 15 pane window is a perfect fit for an amazing room divider. I think it is gorgeous! Enjoyed the beautiful white flowers from your garden as well, and the campanulas are divine. Thanks for sharing!
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 5:03:00 PM
- Nice and Easy Antiques said...
That window looks superb!!!! I absolutely love that look!!!
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 5:25:00 PM
- cityfarmer said...
... didn't you notice that I snuck in the back screen door and headed for the guest room ...
everything says "come on in"
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 5:32:00 PM
- donna...@ d. reyné.com said...
I am loving those hydrangeas!
And the window looks amazing too!
I have the cottage but no transoms so this is such a cute idea!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Blessings and hugs,
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 5:35:00 PM
- Tracie~MyPetiteMaison said...
Oh Carola,
I just want to stay here at your cottage. So nice you found a window, good for you!! It is so nice your dad hung that window for you, you found the perfect spot for sure.
I love all your whites. You remind me a have a rusty, metal urn out in the side garden that I need to paint. I am going to go grab it in a moment to paint tonight or tomorrow. Off before I forget ;)
Your blog is truly an escape for me, would love it if my little house was next to dreamy cottage!
xo~Tracie, My Petite Maison
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 5:36:00 PM
- Tracie~MyPetiteMaison said...
meant to say next to your dreamy cottage. Can you tell I love all the inspiration here and trying to remember about my urn all at the same time?! Happy day to you!
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 5:38:00 PM
- Mary said...
Love your whites~ epecially the garden, Annabelle Hydrangea is one of my favorites :-)
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 6:18:00 PM
- The Brocantess said...
Beautiful post!!!!!!!
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 6:35:00 PM
- Bella said...
Hi Carola... Your new window is perfect, love how it divides the space while kepping it bright and happy! Your swap partner is lucky to be receiving that too charming wicker suitcase!
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 6:36:00 PM
- Crystal said...
The window is so perfect for that space! It divides but doesn't overpower the space. It looks like it was meant to be! I like all of your outside whites! I'm sure your friend will LOVE the basket!
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 7:00:00 PM
- Angela said...
Such beautiful flowers and I love your window!
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 7:41:00 PM
- imaginationlane said...
How beautiful your home is, Carola..so gracious and inviting! It's good that you were able to bring out your candelabra to display..it is magnificent!
Thanks for having me to visit..
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 7:53:00 PM
- My Shabby Roses said...
Your window fits perfectly in your cottage.
Your flowers look so beautiful too!
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:33:00 PM
- Cabin and Cottage said...
Well your window is wonderful and makes quite a difference, doesn't it? Such a welcoming little space you have--lovely. Thanks for showing us around--Jacqueline
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 9:09:00 PM
- Vintage French Hen said...
Hi Carola, my name is Marcia and I live in California. I love your blog! I am always inspired by your work, you have an incredible knack for art. I love to explore your flicker page too. The window looks fabulous, and the flowers are just beautiful! I will be back again and again, Marcia
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 9:34:00 PM
- Ms Bingles Vintage Christmas said...
Oh my! Your pictures are just beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
- Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:42:00 PM
- Anita said...
Congratulations on the new window in your kitchen / living room! I totally understand your excitement! ;-)))
I should go over to the playground next door and pick some of these Queen Ann's Lace. They look so pretty!
And your Campanula medium looks gorgeous, too. What a pity that they are not longer in bloom now.
Hugs, Anita
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:47:00 AM
- TinyBear said...
Love your new window Carola - it looks great. It´s always such a joy to visit your home - I love everything in it.
What a great idea with the painted suitcase - looks fab.
Wishing you a wonderful day sweet friend.
xo Tina
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010 1:00:00 AM
- Kathy said...
This was beautiful! It makes me want to stop by for a "spot of tea."
Great post. - Kathy
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010 5:28:00 AM
- Blue Ridge Altered Art said...
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010 5:36:00 AM
- Xela said...
Klasse Fotos Carola. Schöne Woche. l.G. Alexandra
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010 6:47:00 AM
- Rebecca said...
Great area for a window! It looks great along with the rest of the room.
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010 7:12:00 AM
- Amy Kinser said...
Everything is so pretty. Thanks for sharing the beauty.
Partying with you today.
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010 9:22:00 AM
- Marianne@Songbird said...
The window is beautiful! Oh, something like that has been on my wish list forever too. You are so lucky to find such a beauty and yes, it looks exactly right in that spot.
Happy white Wednesday to you!
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:00:00 AM
- Heaven's Walk - said...
Oh my.....I am sooo loving your transom window! And what a perfect place to hang it! I've been thinking about getting one for my front porch to hang at the end just to create a little more cozy feeling out there. You've inspired me even more! :) Your house is so adorable, and your gardens are breathtaking.
Ok, gotta go. I'm headed out to pick some Queen Anne's lace for my pitcher.... :)
xoxo laurie@heavens-walk
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:19:00 AM
- Sandy @ My Shabby Streamside Studio said...
Thank you so much for your kind comments on my blog!
Sandy @ My Shabby Streamside Studio
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010 1:37:00 PM
- Petite Michelle Louise said...
your blog is just lovely! I am happy you stopped by mine and left such kind words. i will be back to take a LONG look around real soon! Happy to meet you Carola!
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010 4:14:00 PM
- Anneke said...
your home is so beautiful.
i have enjoyed to see all these vintage and cottage decorations.
and so very well composed everything
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010 6:02:00 PM
- Alaina said...
What a beautiful home you have and you can tell you love it. I love all your whites.
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010 7:10:00 PM
- rustandruffles said...
Love your window and love your home!
Happy WW!
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010 7:55:00 PM
- Debbie Doughty said...
I never get tired of looking at your beautiful home and garden ~ no matter what color it's in!
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010 9:03:00 PM
- Josephine Tale Peddler said...
Carola, I love your style so much. It's so feminine with a Carola type twist. I always love visiting Boxwood Cottage. xx
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010 9:31:00 PM
- Mama Zen said...
This is all so gorgeous!
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010 9:55:00 PM
- Lovely Vintage said...
Hallo Carola!
Bei dir ist es ja sowas von schnuckelig! ;))
Herzlichst, Bea
- Thursday, July 29, 2010 12:04:00 AM
- Les Cotrions said...
Just love your whites mixed with colour touches! Your white flowers are stunning Carola!
Enjoy beautiful Summer days!
- Thursday, July 29, 2010 2:35:00 AM
- Robyn said...
I LOVE LOVE all of your whites but your room divider/window ROCKS!
- Thursday, July 29, 2010 6:18:00 AM
- Sherie said...
Hi Carola. I'm pleased to let you know that the painting of your White Garden Room is done.
Hope you like it.
- Thursday, July 29, 2010 9:00:00 AM
- Rita said...
Hi Carola,
found your wonderful blog via a link over at Kathleen's.
Love all your whites but your window / divider is super. It's giving your kitchen/sitting room a certain character, and enhances the beauty and the charm of your spaces.
- Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:43:00 AM
- Naturegirl said...
Carola simply delightful charming so so creative in each and every detail! Lots of love has gone into creating your home your sanctuary!
I think you have inspired me to do a white room in my NEW home..perhaps the guest room!I may take a few of your wonderful ideas..perhaps even call it the "boxwood room"!!
hugs anna xo
- Friday, July 30, 2010 3:09:00 AM
- Sandy Michelle said...
Your cottage is lovely! The wicker case is a perfect vacation swap item too!Happy summer Carola!
Sandy xox
- Friday, July 30, 2010 12:30:00 PM
- The Tin Rabbit said...
I love the transom window! Love,love the wide open feel your gorgeous home has...my eyes just love looking at all the beautiful things you have, inside and out! hugs, Ann
- Friday, July 30, 2010 6:44:00 PM
- Chari at Happy To Design said...
Hello Carola...
My friend, you do have the sweetest blog!!! I sooo enjoyed all of your beautiful photos and that old transom window is PERFECT!!! It looks fabulous hanging between your dining area and kitchen! I'm sooo happy for you, my friend!!! Thank you for sharing it with us...and more of your lovely garden!!!
Warmest wishes,
Chari @Happy To Design
- Saturday, July 31, 2010 2:50:00 PM
- time-worn interiors said...
Your cottage is so charming! I would love to have tea there sometime!
- Sunday, August 01, 2010 7:07:00 AM
- Tracey said...
Carola your pictures are gorgeous!!! WOW! I love how you hung the window from the ceiling dividing the rooms with it...I have seen that done before and have always loved how it looks! Yours is especially lovely. And your first shot with the mirror is fabulous!!! Queen Anne's lace is one of my favorites and grows prolifically around here...it looks beautiful in your enamel pitcher!
Hugs ~
- Monday, August 02, 2010 5:32:00 AM
- Amy @MaisonDecor said...
I love how your brain thinks darling! so creative and romantic and free spirited! Getting inspired by YOU! I put you on my blog roll so I can share you with my readers!
- Monday, August 02, 2010 2:21:00 PM
- paperbird said...
Your window is so pretty Carola- I love how you hung it up- clever girl you are. I have a large red window like yours but it is red... If I could just find someone to paint it white :-)
your garden flowers are gorgeous.
- Monday, August 02, 2010 3:21:00 PM
- Vintage Junky said...
So pretty! I love your little cottage window and I think your row house is just darling!
Thanks for stopping by and visiting my blog!
- Tuesday, August 03, 2010 9:04:00 AM
- vintage tickled pink said...
i lovelovelove your window. the whole place looks wonderful. new to your blog. pics are great. thanks diane from vintage-tickled-pink
- Tuesday, August 03, 2010 8:32:00 PM
- Julia - "Vintage with Laces" said...
Das Fenster ist ja ein Traum! Ich konnte bisher noch keines finden, aber wenn ich mal eins sehe, werde ich sicher zuschlagen. Toll, dass Du es von Freunden bekommen hast!
Ich bin schon sehr gespannt darauf, den Inhalt von Deinem Swapkoffer zu sehen. Hast Du denn Dein Swappaket schon bekommen?
Herzliche Grüße und einen schönen Mittwoch,
- Tuesday, August 03, 2010 11:44:00 PM
- Cornwall holiday cottages said...
You have a very beautiful home. It's a perfect place to have a vacation.
- Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:51:00 AM
- Amy @MaisonDecor said...
Hi Carol,
I am giving your blog the lovely blog award for inspiring me! come check it out!
- Sunday, August 15, 2010 6:48:00 AM
- Bree said...
I absolutely love your home! You have inspired me to add more things I adore to my home and not be afraid! haha...Last but not least I love Germany I went on there on Vacation in 2006. I would say out of all the countries we visited Germany was the most fun and kindest.
Take Care, Bree
- Sunday, August 22, 2010 9:19:00 AM
- GlamourGarage said...
Hi Carola! You have such style and taste and a beautiful home. Thanks for sharing with us. I've added you as a follower and would like to invite you to my blog if you love romantic interiors...please keep in mind that I'm new to blogland!
Cheers! Jen
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Before Brown: Conway earned All-State Cross Country Team honors (2007-2010), All-State Indoot Track honors (2008-09), and All-State Outdoor Track honors (2008-2011) ... A 2009 Class L (now called Division I) XC Individual Champion, Conway helped lead her squad to 2009 & 2010 NHIAA XC Team Championship ... Also a 2008 & 2009 State Indoor Champion in the 1,000m run.
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1000m - 3'00"74
1600m - 5:02.01
3200m - 10'50"
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It is about time. But can you trust the Japanese government to do the right thing?
This sounds scary.
IMHO the world nuclear industry needs to either say this situation is under control and "don't worry Japan's got this" or work together and take action. This could be a big problem for Asia not only Japan. From what they say Chernobyl was a much worse accident but this crap is washing into the Pacific and Chernobyl is far from the ocean (Black Sea).
Japan Stepping In to Help Clean Up Atomic Plant
TOKYO First, a rat gnawed through exposed wiring, setting off a scramble to end yet another blackout of vital cooling systems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Then, hastily built pits for a flood of contaminated water sprang leaks themselves. Now, a new rush of radioactive water has breached a barrier built to stop it, allowing heavily contaminated water to spill daily into the Pacific.
As the scope of the latest crisis became clearer on Wednesday, Japans popular prime minister, Shinzo Abe, ordered his government to intervene in the cleanup of the plant taking a more direct role than any government since the triple meltdowns in 2011 qualified Fukushima as the worlds second worst nuclear disaster.
Mr. Abe, a staunch defender of the countrys nuclear program, appears to have calculated that he needed to intervene to rebuild public trust and salvage a pillar of his economic revival plan: the restarting of many idled nuclear plants. That trust has been eroded not only by the original catastrophe, but also by two and a half years of sometimes embarrassing missteps by the plants operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, or Tepco, and what many Japanese see as the companys continuing attempts to mislead the public and cover up continuing troubles at the plant.
This is not an issue we can let Tepco take complete responsibility of, Mr. Abe told a group of cabinet ministers gathered to discuss the water problem that has swiftly emerged as the biggest challenge at the plant and that appears to be slowly spiraling out of control. We must deal with this at the national level.
But taking a bigger role in a vast and unprecedented cleanup may also be a political gamble for Mr. Abe, especially if the government proves as unable as Tepco to contain the unending leaks of radioactive materials from the devastated plant.
Many analysts said Mr. Abes move was an admission that previous governments had erred by entrusting the 40-year, $11 billion cleanup to the same company that many blame for allowing the catastrophe to happen in the first place. Tepcos leadership has been particularly worrisome, critics say, since it remains enmeshed in the collusive ties between the government and the industry that many say made the plant vulnerable.
Tepco had clung to the chance to lead the cleanup as an opportunity to redeem itself and regain its position as a leading member of Japans corporate community. But critics say it has continued to lose credibility by repeatedly underplaying dangers at the plant, following a pattern set in the early days of the disaster when it hid information about the extent of the damage and frequently bungled its response. The company balked at adding seawater to the reactors even as their cores became dangerously hot, for fear of ruining them for good, and officials did not acknowledge for two months that three reactors had suffered meltdowns.
In the latest instance involving groundwater troubles, Tepcos own advisory group of foreign experts criticized the companys late admission, with one saying it brings into question whether Tepco has a plan and is doing all it can to protect the environment and the people. Although the advisers said Tepco was doing a good job cleaning up, other experts and some regulators have questioned the companys ability to handle the highly complex decommissioning of reactors.
This is an admission by the government that Tepco has mismanaged the cleanup and misinformed the public, said Eiichi Yamaguchi, a professor of science and technology policy at Doshisha University in Kyoto. The government has no choice but to end two years of Tepco obfuscating the actual condition of the plant.
The groundwater problems at the plant started soon after the disaster, when Tepco realized that tons of water flowing from the mountains and toward the sea were pouring into the contaminated reactor buildings, filling their basements with water that had to be pumped out. But the company was slow to come up with longer-term solutions, like digging wells to draw out the water before it reached the buildings. Then, in May, Tepco realized it had a new problem, with contaminants apparently leaking from a maze of conduits near the wrecked reactors causing a spike in radiation levels in groundwater elsewhere in the plant.
It began to build an underground wall created by injected hardening chemicals into the soil even as it denied there was a threat to the ocean but the barrier created a dam and water pooled behind it eventually began to flow over. On Wednesday, government officials said they believed 300 tons, or 75,000 gallons, of the tainted water was entering the ocean daily.
The amounts of some radioactive materials, like cancer-causing strontium, flowing into the ocean are above safety limits, but experts say that given the size of the plants previous releases, the new ones are relatively minor.
Some experts suggested Wednesday that the governments intervention may be the first step in attempts to win public acceptance for what they say is an increasing inevitability: the dumping into the ocean of some of the less contaminated of the huge amount of water being stored in hulking tanks that are overwhelming the plant. At a news conference last week, Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of Japans Nuclear Regulation Authority, seemed to lay the groundwork, saying that eventually it will be necessary to discharge water, a possible solution likely to raise concerns not only in Japan but in other Pacific Rim countries.
Whether the government intervention will help remedy the groundwater issue is an open question, Mr. Yamaguchi and others said. The governments expanded role will probably be led by the Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry, or METI, which has been criticized as having close ties to Tepco and the rest of the nuclear industry which it nurtured since before Japans first commercial reactor went online in the 1960s. Other aspects of the Fukushima plants decommissioning have also been dominated by other members of Japans collusive nuclear village, as the close-knit industry is called, including reactor makers and politically connected large construction companies.
Experts have long worried that the government erred early on by refusing to bring in Japanese and foreign companies in leading roles, including American companies with experience in nuclear cleanups from Three Mile Island.
Experts like Mr. Yamaguchi said the only way to increase transparency at the plant was to bring in true outsiders.
It was also not clear how intensively the government would actually get involved in the cleanup, or whether it would allow Tepco to remain in charge. Mr. Abe did not give specifics beyond directing his ministers to help resolve the water problem, which he said was causing public anxiety. On Wednesday, local news reports quoted unidentified officials in METI as saying that Tokyo would likely help pay for a $400 million wall of ice that is being planned to surround the damaged reactor buildings.
Some top officials hinted that Wednesdays move amounted to little more than an effort to provide public money to assist Tepco. Others suggested that the government might seek to take the lead in at least certain aspects of the cleanup, like the technologically challenging ice wall.
There is no precedent in the world to create a water-shielding wall with frozen soil on such a large scale, said the governments top spokesman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.
Indeed, the proposed ice wall is seen here as a symbol of both the daunting technological challenges posed by the cleanup, and the need critics say desperation for creative solutions as the plant, which already stores enough contaminated water to fill 160 Olympic-size swimming pools, is faced with having to store hundreds of more tons every day.
The plan calls for freezing the soil around the reactor buildings to keep out groundwater before it can become contaminated. The wall would run nearly a mile in length and reach almost 100 feet into the ground. Officials said no wall of ice on such a scale has ever been attempted before, and was thus beyond the capacities of Tepco alone to pull off.
But even as Tepco and now the government place a bet on the ambitious plans for the wall, experts have begun to raise concerns, including that the wall will need to be consistently cooled using electricity at a plant vulnerable to power failures. The original disaster was brought on by an earthquake and tsunami that knocked out electricity.
It is about time. But can you trust the Japanese government to do the right thing?
Nuclear Operator Raises Alarm on Crisis
TOKYO — The operator of Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear power plant sounded the alarm on the gravity of the deepening crisis of containment at the coastal site on Friday, saying that there are more than 200,000 tons of radioactive water in makeshift tanks vulnerable to leaks, with no reliable way to check on them or anywhere to transfer the water.
The latest disclosures add to a long list of recent accidents, leaks and breakdowns that have underscored grave vulnerabilities at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant site more than two years after a powerful earthquake and tsunami set off meltdowns at three reactors.
They come two weeks after the prime minister, Shinzo Abe, promised that his government would take a more active role in the site's cleanup, raising questions over how seriously he has taken that pledge. Mr. Abe's government has continued to push for a restart of the country's nuclear power program, and he heads to the Middle East on Saturday to promote Japanese exports to the region, including nuclear technology.
Mr. Abe also plans to lead Tokyo's delegation to Argentina for the International Olympic Committee's final vote, set for Sept. 7, on the host city for the 2020 Olympics. Tokyo, 150 miles south of the stricken nuclear power plant, is one of three finalists competing to host the games. The others are Istanbul and Madrid.
Opposition lawmakers here have demanded that Mr. Abe stay home and declare a state of emergency.
"The nuclear crisis is real and ongoing, yet the government continues to look the other way," said Yoshiko Kira of the opposition Japan Communist Party, which made significant gains in parliamentary elections last month.
"The government should declare a state of emergency right now, and intervene to stop the outflow of contaminated water," Ms. Kira said at an anti-nuclear rally outside Mr. Abe's office in Tokyo.
Mr. Abe remains popular, and it is uncertain how large a liability the crisis at the Fukushima plant will become for him.
But it has become increasingly clear that the latest problems may be too large for the plant's operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, or Tepco, to handle.
Tepco has built nearly 1,000 tanks at the sprawling complex to store as many as 335,000 tons of contaminated water, the product of coolant pumped into the reactors to keep their cores from overheating, and groundwater pouring into their breached basements at a rate of 400 tons a day. This week, Tepco said one tank had sprung a huge leak.
On Friday, Tepco presented an even starker view of the situation, acknowledging that as much as 220,000 tons of that water is stored in makeshift steel tanks similar to the one that is leaking. The operator said the 36-foot-tall cylindrical tanks, meant as a temporary repository for the growing amount of radiated water at the complex, used vulnerable rubber sealing and that their ability to withstand radiation was not tested.
The tanks are susceptible to leaks at the seams and through their concrete base, said Noriyuki Imaizumi, the acting general manager of Tepco's nuclear power division. A nearby drain can carry any leaked water to the sea, Mr. Imaizumi said, and high radiation readings along a section suggest that water has already traveled through the drain to the ocean.
The makeshift tanks also lack water level gauges, making it difficult to detect leaks. Only two workers are assigned to checking nearly 1,000 tanks on two-hour patrols twice a day, Mr. Imaizumi said.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority, which the Japanese government ordered to more actively advise and monitor Tepco's activities at the plant, had told the company to begin transferring the water from the makeshift tanks to better-built vessels. But after visiting the plant on Friday, an authority commissioner, Toyoshi Fuketa, said the vast quantities made doing so quickly "unrealistic."
A series of pits Tepco dug to store some of the water also began leaking earlier this year, forcing workers to transfer the water into the steel tanks.
Experts have said they suspect that more contaminated water is seeping out from under the melted-down reactors into the groundwater and the Pacific. Elevated levels of radioactive cesium in surrounding waters seem to confirm those suspicions.
Tepco has said those leaks are not directly from beneath the reactors, but from maintenance tunnels that run along the coast and remain contaminated from the early days of the disaster.
But it also acknowledges that the water beneath the reactors is extremely contaminated, and experts say that if it does get into the ocean, it will surpass even the leaks that occurred in the disaster's early days.
"That prospect scares me," Michio Aoyama, a senior scientist in the Oceanography and Geochemistry Research Department at the government-affiliated Meteorological Research Institute, said in an interview this month.
"It's the ultimate, worst-case scenario," Professor Aoyama said.
A version of this article appears in print on August 24, 2013, on page A4 of the New York edition with the headline: Nuclear Operator Raises Alarm on Crisis.
If i recall the water in most of those tanks has so little contamination that dumping it all into the ocean wouldn't noticeable affect anything. Perhaps I'm wrong, I'm not going to go find the numbers. I suspect that if the tanks were highly contaminated, we'd be hearing more specifics in these articles.
Japan nuclear agency upgrades Fukushima alert level
Japan's nuclear agency has upgraded the severity level of a radioactive water leak at the Fukushima plant from one to three on an international scale.
Highly radioactive water was found to be leaking from a storage tank into the ground at the plant on Monday.
It was first classified as a level one incident on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (Ines).
But Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority proposes elevating it to level three on the seven-point scale.
Japanese reports say it is a provisional move that had to be confirmed with the IAEA, the UN's nuclear agency.
This week is the first time that Japan has declared an event on the Ines scale since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
The move was announced in a document on the agency's website and was subsequently approved at a weekly meeting of the regulatory body.
Shares of plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) fell as much as 13% to 537 yen as investors worried about the impact of the development.
'Five-year dose'
The March 2011 tsunami knocked out cooling systems to the reactors at the plant, three of which melted down.
Water is now being pumped in to cool the reactors but this means that a large amount of contaminated water has to be stored on site.
There have been leaks of water in the past but this one is being seen as the most serious to date, because of the volume - 300 tonnes of radioactive water, according to Tepco - and high levels of radioactivity in the water.
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said it feared the disaster was "in some respects" beyond Tepco's ability to cope.
"We should assume that what has happened once could happen again, and prepare for more," watchdog chairman Shunichi Tanaka told a news conference. "We are in a situation where there is no time to waste."
He said Tepco had failed to spot the leak for days - maybe weeks - despite patrols that are supposed to check each storage tank twice every day. Workers had also left a tap open in the safety barrier that surrounds the base of the leaking storage tank.
That had allowed highly toxic water to trickle away into the ground. Latest reports from the plant suggest some of it may already have reached the nearby Pacific Ocean.
The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Tokyo says it all adds to the impression that the clean-up operation is riddled with complacency and incompetence.
A puddle of the contaminated water was emitting 100 millisieverts an hour of radiation, Kyodo news agency said earlier this week.
Masayuki Ono, general manager of Tepco, told Reuters news agency: "One hundred millisieverts per hour is equivalent to the limit for accumulated exposure over five years for nuclear workers; so it can be said that we found a radiation level strong enough to give someone a five-year dose of radiation within one hour."
Teams of workers at the plant have surrounded the leaking tank with sandbags and have been attempting to suck up large puddles of radioactive water.
But our correspondent says it is a difficult and dangerous job. The water is so radioactive that teams must be constantly rotated and it is clear that most of the toxic water has already disappeared into the ground.
Under the Ines, events have seven categories starting with Level 0 ("without safety significance") and Levels 1-3 denoting "incidents" while Levels 4-7 denote "accidents".
The triple meltdown at Fukushima two years ago was classed as a level 7 incident, one of only two nuclear events ever rated that highly - along with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the former Soviet Union.
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Wow. This sounds bad.
Radiation Near Japanese Plant's Tanks Suggests New Leaks
TOKYO — A crisis over contaminated water at Japan's stricken nuclear plant worsened on Saturday when the plant's operator said it had detected high radiation levels near storage tanks, a finding that raised the possibility of additional leaks.
The operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, or Tepco, said it had found the high levels of radiation at four separate spots on the ground, near some of the hundreds of tanks used to store toxic water produced by makeshift efforts to cool the Fukushima Daiichi plant's three damaged reactors. The highest reading was 1,800 millisieverts per hour, or enough to give a lethal dose in about four hours, Tepco said.
The contaminated spots were found as Tepco employees checked the integrity of the tanks after a leak two weeks ago released 300 tons of toxic water into the Pacific. That leak prompted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to announce that the government would step in at the plant, which was crippled two years ago by a huge earthquake and tsunami, to help get it under control amid rising public fears of a second environmental disaster.
Saturday's discoveries suggested that there may have been other leaks from the tanks, many of which appear to have been shoddily built as Tepco has scrambled to find enough storage space for the contaminated water being produced by the plant. However, Tepco said that it had found no evidence of fallen water levels in nearby tanks, making it unclear how much water, if any, may have leaked out, and whether any reached the Pacific, about 1,500 feet away.
About 430,000 tons of contaminated water, or enough to fill 170 Olympic-size pools, are stored in rows of tanks at the plant, which appears to be running out of open space to put them all. The contaminated water increases by 400 tons every day as groundwater flows into the basements of the damaged buildings housing the three ruined reactors, which melted down in the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986.
Tepco must draw off that water to prevent it from overwhelming jury-rigged cooling systems that keep the reactors' melted cores from reheating and melting into the ground in a phenomenon known as the China syndrome. Tepco has struggled to safely handle and store all the water.
Who wants to go to Tokyo!?!
not me
BUENOS AIRES — Tokyo was selected Saturday to host the 2020 Summer Olympics in what was considered a safe rather than transformative choice in a time of political and economic uncertainty around the globe.
After Japan's prime minister gave an emphatic assurance of safety regarding the country's 2011 nuclear disaster and continuing concerns about radioactivity, Tokyo easily defeated Istanbul and Madrid to be named host of the Summer Games for a second time.
"When I heard the name Tokyo, I was so touched, overwhelmed," said Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister. "The joy was even greater than when I won my own election."
The decision was met with elation in Japan, where it was seen as a vote of international support for the nation's efforts to pull itself out of a long economic and political decline and to overcome the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident two years ago.
Winning the Games also appeared to affirm Abe's efforts to restore Japan's confidence at a time when it has appeared increasingly eclipsed by neighboring China.
"Japan has seemed to be overshadowed by the rise of China and other developing nations," said Harumi Arima, an independent political analyst. "These Olympics will give Japanese a chance to feel reborn, to feel for themselves that Japan can still be vibrant."
For the International Olympic Committee, environmental concerns in Japan appeared less urgent than the Syrian war on Turkey's border, a harsh crackdown against antigovernment protesters recently in Istanbul and Spain's economic recession and high unemployment.
The Olympic movement has also been buffeted by protests in Brazil over heavy government spending for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, to be held in Rio de Janeiro. And there has been criticism of what the West considers antigay legislation passed in Russia ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Black Sea resort city Sochi, a Games that will come with a $50 billion price tag.
Amid such economic, political and human rights maelstroms, Tokyo was seen as a calm harbor. It won handily over Istanbul in the second round of voting, 60-36, in a secret ballot of Olympic delegates.
Tokyo presented its bid as a "safe pair of hands," an appeal that clearly resonated with Olympic officials.
"This is something that appeals to me as a surgeon," said Jacques Rogge, the president of the Olympic committee and a retired orthopedist from Belgium, who did not vote Saturday, as is tradition.
Tokyo hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics, and Japan has twice hosted the Winter Games, in Sapporo in 1972 and in Nagano in 1998. Japan also hosted the 2002 World Cup with South Korea and has repeatedly shown it can organize the world's largest sporting events. It has a reserve fund worth $4.5 billion to build stadiums for the 2020 Games.
"The members wanted to have a choice between a bid addressing tradition and stability and another bid that was addressing new projects," said Thomas Bach, an I.O.C. delegate from Germany who is expected to succeed Rogge as president. "In today's political and economic situation, the clear tendency was toward tradition and stability."
Kevan Gosper, an I.O.C. delegate from Australia, said Tokyo represented "a pretty secure option and demonstrates a shift in world activity and economics and sport toward Asia," a reference to the 2008 Summer Games, held in Beijing, and the 2018 Winter Games, which will take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Prince Albert, an I.O.C. delegate from Monaco, said Saturday's result also might have represented a strategy by the Olympic committee, which is Eurocentric, to vote for an Asian host with an eye toward returning the Summer Games to Europe in 2024.
Richard W. Pound, an I.O.C. member from Montreal, said he would not rule out the chances of the United States, which is expected to bid on the 2024 Games and has not hosted a Summer Olympics since the 1996 Games in Atlanta. The United States Olympic Committee and the I.O.C. recently settled a feud over sharing rights to television and sponsorship fees.
"If we are in kiss-and-make-up with the U.S., then why not?" Pound said of the potential American chances.
Although Istanbul, the Turkish metropolis, did better than many expected in finishing second to Tokyo, it lost a fifth attempt to host the Games. They would have been the first held in a predominantly Muslim country.
Some I.O.C. delegates had expressed reluctance trying to forecast Turkey's political situation seven years from now, given regional instability, what some critics in the country call the autocratic governing style of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and a divide between secularists and Islamists.
Madrid was considered to be making a late charge, but ultimately it was the first city eliminated, failing for a third consecutive time to be named an Olympic host.
Apparently, Madrid was unable to allay concerns by the Olympic committee that it could stage a successful Games, even at a relatively low cost, in a climate of recession and high unemployment that has left half of Spain's youths without jobs.
During Saturday's final pitches to the Olympic committee, both Madrid and Istanbul faced pointed questions about their countries' poor records in combating doping. Tokyo noted that no Japanese athlete had ever tested positive for banned substances at the Olympics.
As Tokyo made its final presentation, Abe, Japan's prime minister, addressed the issue of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, which is about 155 miles from Tokyo. The nuclear disaster there is considered the worst since Chernobyl's in 1986, and problems have plagued the cleanup and control efforts.
"Let me assure you that the situation is under control," Abe said. "It has never done and will never do any damage to Tokyo."
Gerhard Heiberg, an I.O.C. delegate from Norway, asked Abe how he could make such guarantees. Abe replied that there were no health-related problems related to the nuclear disaster, "nor will there be in the future."
The Japanese government has pledged nearly $500 million to try to stabilize the nuclear plant, including the building of a frozen wall to curb the flow of groundwater into the contaminated buildings at the reactor site.
Some critics have accused Japanese leaders of being misleading or in denial about the severity of the radiation problem. South Korea, for instance, has banned fish imports from the Fukushima area. But Olympic delegates were sufficiently convinced that the nuclear disaster would not hinder the 2020 Games.
"A lot of folks have been reading in the media that hundreds of tons of radioactive water are being fed into the Pacific every day," Pound said.
Abe seemed to be saying, "I'm satisfied on that so that nothing will happen," according to Pound, who added, "If there's another earthquake or something like that, that's not something you can blame the prime minister for."
Some analysts said they hoped winning the 2020 Olympics would give Tokyo the same sort of economic boost, and rebirth in spirit, that the city experienced the last time it hosted the Summer Games, in 1964.
Those Olympics are still vividly remembered as proclaiming the success of Japan's recovery from the ashes of World War II and launching the modern city of highways and bullet trains.
Shusei Tanaka, a political scientist at Fukuyama University, said that Tokyo would get not only an expected economic boost of $30 billion in new growth, but also a chance to reinvent itself in the 21st century.
"I feel like I did during the last Olympics, when I was still a university student," Tanaka, 72, said. "Why am I so excited this time? I think it's the natural disaster. We have a chance to build a new economy, hopefully without nuclear power, and to build a new urban lifestyle."
Jeré Longman reported from Buenos Aires and Martin Fackler from Tokyo. Reporting was contributed by Hiroko Tabuchi and Joshua Hunt from Tokyo, Raphael Minder from Madrid and Ceylan Yeginsu from Istanbul


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What Community Is All About- Burnham's Field Clean Up
John McElhenny writes-
Seventeen people came to Burnham's Field on Saturday morning to make the largest green space in central Gloucester a more beautiful place. Mission accomplished! They fixed a fence, erased graffiti, picked up litter and trimmed brush. Local businesses got into the act, too. Paulo, Catherine and Mauro from CleanPro, the Gloucester cleaning company, volunteered two hours of their time. Mamie's Kitchen, a great little restaurant on Pleasant Street, gave free coffee and cookies to the volunteers. Ben's Wallpaper & Paint donated paint.
Many of the volunteers came because they had seen the announcement on the blog – yet another example of GoodMorningGloucester bringing people together to do good things for Gloucester. A short time after the volunteers finished the clean-up, more than a dozen kids were playing on the newly cleaned up courts and field.
Thanks to all who came out!
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Holly Makowsky, a School Street resident, picks up litter alongside the basketball court at Burnham's Field.
City Councilor Melissa Cox, whose ward includes Burnham's Field, clears dead brush from next to the fence.
Mauro Silva (left) and Paulo Ferrari, Gloucester residents who work for CleanPro, sweep up broken glass on the basketball court.
Ed Collard fixes a fallen fence with help from Rich Bean (left) and Ron Gilson (in back). Ron was born in Gloucester during the Great Depression. Rich moved to Gloucester seven months ago. They met on Saturday and worked together to clean up Burnham's Field.
Some of the volunteers who cleaned up Burnham's Field on Saturday. Front row: Patti Amaral, Melissa Cox, Ron Gilson, Donna Ardizzoni. Back row: Rich Bean, Ed Collard, Bill Cox, Lindsay Welch.


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AURORA – Senior Jon Thielen represented Marmion in two state meets last school year, swimming and bass fishing.
"Since I was a little kid, water has always calmed me down," he said. "I don't know. I just love it."
Water invigorated Thielen at least once, when he was a Marmion freshman preparing to swim club for Cadets coach Bill Schalz before the high school season. Fittingly, it has gone a long way toward shaping his attitude toward the sport and his training.
"Back on my old (club) team, I was swimming 2,000 yards a day," Thielen said. "I came here, and we were swimming 12,000 a day. It just really pushed me and I got a lot better, and that's when I knew this was something I wanted to pursue."
The Minnesota-bound Thielen, an Elburn resident, is eyeing a much bigger haul of state medals than last season, when he completed the lead leg of the Cadets' 10th-place 400-yard freestyle relay.
As a sophomore, he was part of state-qualifying 200 medley and 200 freestyle teams that were unable to advance from prelims to finals.
Fellow senior Josh Kanute, from Geneva, grins while comparing the Thielen he first encountered in the Marmion natatorium to the one he knows now.
"John's improved a lot. A lot," Kanute said. "We're expecting great things from him this year, and I'm looking forward to being on relays with him. It's going to be fun."
Thielen competed recreationally growing up, but his early time with Schalz' Academy Bullets club team accelerated his interest in swimming.
While he found greater intensity in the high school workouts, Thielen certainly wasn't easing through his offseason regimen.
Three years later, he and Schalz realize Thielen is no worse for wear.
"He came in as a kind of wiry kid, so he's gotten bigger physically, emotionally and mentally," Schalz said. "He's come a ways. He works hard and can work harder. We've just seen tremendous growth from him."
In May, Thielen caught three of Marmion's five keepers on the first day of IHSA state bass fishing competition at downstate Carlyle Lake. His older brother, David, joined him in that endeavor, but was not a swimmer.
At Minnesota, Thielen will join former Kaneland standout Grant Alef, a backstroke and freestyle specialist in his sophomore season with the Golden Gophers.
Thielen was timing a club meet a few years ago when he first met Alef.
Their friendship has remained, but it wasn't what pulled Thielen to Minnesota.
Schalz is relying on Thielen, Kanute and junior Mike Burke – a Wayne resident – as the team's primary point scorers this season. Senior Robert Ramoska also figures to play a key role; he focused solely on club last winter after swimming for Marmion as a freshman and sophomore.
Ramoska's father is a senior assistant coach with the Des Plaines River Racers. Thielen certainly can attest to the challenges athletes take while swimming for that or any club.
"Coming in here for Bullets, just a couple months before high school, that's what got me started," Thielen said. "Since then, it's just all progressed. Gone where I never thought it could go."
The Saints welcomed a program-high 55 swimmers to the first day of workouts last month. There were more than a handful who had been there before, just not as many as in recent seasons. "We're a youthful group and there's a lot to develop, but we're going to do our best and certainly have the leadership there in our seniors," coach Joe Cabel said. TJ Bindseil and Alec Carnell headline that group, along with sprinter Taylor Nunnery and diver Max Schmidt. Junior Will Shanel also had a strong offseason. Among what he calls "the new bunch," Cabel will be "looking for some developments" from freshmen Nick Milosch, Max Robertson and John Tarpey.
North returns a handful of key contributors from last season's 13th place state team, led by reigning Chronicle Boys Swimmer of the Year Kyle Gannon. Still, the goal is to keep a core that also includes David Chokran, Brian Englert, Nick Kowaleski and Spencer Gray poised for the state series. At times, that could equate to vastly different lineups as this group aims to avoid the late-season snag of its 2011-12 predecessor. "Our goal is to do one thing, and that's to make the last meet of the year our best meet," North Stars coach Rob Rooney said. "We're just going to train and focus on getting our best by February. That's where our approach is."


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This one is shaping up to be a barn burner folks.
I just thought about this: what if my prediction wasn't actually a jinx and I turn out to be right? That means that the Patriots are going to win the SB.
49ers just needed to remember where they were.
Good job by the 9ers offense. Glad this isn't just gonna be a blowout.
I'm really glad Joe Buck screams out the QBs and Receiver's name all the time because that is GOOD football announcing. I have no idea who's playing without him helping.
God it's crazy how fast some of these teams can score. Being up 17 is nothing. Unless it's against the Jets.
When did Ryan become the 'master of the two minute offense'? One minute ago?
Not sure why you felt the need to treat my post as some kind of personal attack.
Falcons offense is scary right now.
SportsCenter @SportsCenter
Matt Ryan just set his career high for passing in a playoff game, with 255 yards...in the FIRST HALF.
First to 60 wins.
That didn't take long...49ers D is a joke in this game.


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Roadrunners host the rematch with the Jackrabbits
With its final home game in the books, South Dakota State takes a break from Summit League play to take on CSU Bakersfield on Wednesday in Bakersfield, Calif., at 7 p.m. PT (9 p.m. CT), and then heads to Murray, Ky., to take on Murray State in the Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters event on Saturday at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.
The Jackrabbits beat the Roadrunners in the first meeting of the season on Dec. 9, by a 69-63 score at Frost Arena, while a blizzard raged outside.
South Dakota State celebrated Senior Night on Saturday in the 41st Annual Pork Classic, and everyone left full and happy after the Jackrabbits closed out the home schedule with a 64-55 win over Western Illinois in front of a sellout crowd of 6,103 at Frost Arena.
The Jackrabbits, who improve to 21-7 overall and take a half game lead in The Summit League standings with a 13-3 record, sent seniors Tony Fiegen and Nate Wolters out in style.
The win didn't come easy for the Jacks, despite an early 19-3 run that put them up 19-7 with 6 minutes, 54 seconds to play in the first half. The Fighting Leathernecks halved that margin before halftime, when SDSU took a 25-19 lead into the locker room.
Western kept that momentum at the start of the second half and used a 14-5 run to take a 33-30 lead with 15:39 left in the game, but the Jacks responded with a 17-6 run to push the lead back to 47-39 with 7:46 on the clock.
The Leathernecks would get as close as two points at 49-47 with 4:15 left, but the Jacks outscored the visitors 15-8 down the stretch to secure their second straight perfect home record and 30th consecutive home win overall.
Wolters led all players in the win with 28 points and with six assists. Jordan Dykstra finished with 12 points and a game-high 10 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the season and second in a row. Brayden Carlson finished with 11 points in the win.
Ceola Clark III led the Leathernecks with 20 points, while Adam Link added 12 points in the loss, which drops Western to 19-6 overall and to 11-3 in league play.
RABBITS ON THE RADIO - Originated from the AM 570 WNAX studios in Yankton, S.D., every SDSU men's basketball games can be heard live on a total of five stations throughout South Dakota on the Jackrabbit Sports Network.
- 570 AM - WNAX - Yankton
- 910 AM - KJJQ "The Ranch" - Brookings
- 1060 AM - KGFX - Pierre
- 1480 AM KSDR - Watertown
- 1490 AM - KORN - Mitchell
Pierre, S.D., native, and 2012 South Dakota Sportscaster of the Year, Tyler Merriam returns for his second season as the voice of Jackrabbit men's basketball. He also serves as the voice of Jackrabbit football.
THE JACKRABBIT EXTRA - Subscribers to the Jackrabbit Extra on GoJacks.com watch every SDSU home game and select road games streaming live on the internet. In addition, subscribers can listen to every game, home and on the road, streaming live on the internet.
To subscribe to the Jackrabbit Extra, log onto GoJacks.com and click on "SIGN UP NOW"
THE JACKRABBIT INSIDER ON FOX - Fans of South Dakota State Athletics can get a weekly behind-the-scenes look at all 21 Jackrabbit varsity sports teams by tuning into "The Jackrabbit Insider."
Hosted by Tyler Merriam, the show airs on Sundays on KTTW FOX 17 at 10:30 p.m., and can also be seen on Fox Sports North at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays.
WOLTERS ON MULTIPLE AWARDS WATCH LISTS - The only player in Division I men's basketball to average at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists per game in 2011-12 put senior Nate Wolters on the national map, which led him earning a place on multiple award watch lists.
- Named on the Wooden Midseason Top-25 - WoodenAward.com
- Lute Olson preseason All-America selection - LuteOlsonAward.com
- Bob Cousy Award Final 12 Candidate - HoopHall.com
ELITE COMPANY - Nate Wolters entered the week on pace to become the first player since the NCAA began keeping assists as an official statistic (1983-84) to average 20 points, five assists and five rebounds in two separate seasons. In 2011-12, he averaged 21.2 points, 5.9 assists and 5.1 rebounds per game and became the fifth to achieve a 20-5-5 season. Wolters' 2012-13 pace could allow him to reach an elite group with a 20-points, six-assist and five rebound average, a feat he missed by just one assist in 2011-12 only two other players in NCAA history achieved.
- Nate Wolters (South Dakota State), 2011-12 - 21.2 ppg, 5.9 apg, 5.1 rpg
- Norris Cole (Cleveland State), 2010-11 - 21.7 ppg, 5.3, apg, 5.8 rpg
- Evan Turner (Ohio State), 2009-10 - 20.4 ppg, 6.0 apg, 9.2 rpg
- Ricky Minard (Morehead State), 2003-04 - 21.8 ppg, 5.1 apg, 7.3 rpg
- Speedy Claxton (Hofstra), 1999-2000 - 22.8 ppg, 6.0 apg, 5.4 rpg
WOLTERS ERUPTS! - In the Jacks 80-74 win at Fort Wayne on Feb. 7, Wolters set SDSU single-game records with 53 points and with nine 3-pointers. In addition to those marks, the 53-point performance marks the third-highest in Summit League history, trailing only North Dakota State's Ben Woodside (60 vs. Stephen F. Austin, Dec. 12, 2008) and UMKC's Michael Watson (54 vs. Oral Roberts, Feb. 22, 2003), but does represent the highest single-game total in league history in a regulation game. It also represents the highest single-game total in NCAA Division I this season.
WOLTERS NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK -For the sixth time this season, for the second straight week and for the 14th time in his career The Summit League named South Dakota State's Nate Wolters as its Player of the Week. Wolters tied The Summit League record with his sixth Player of the Week award this season after leading South Dakota State into sole possession of first place.
Against IUPUI, Wolters scored 18 points in just 27 minutes while adding four rebounds, two assists and two steals. Two days later in a first-place showdown against Western Illinois, Wolters tallied 28 points against the nation's No. 2 scoring defense (51.7 ppg) in a victory that lifted the Jackrabbits to the top spot in the league standings. He had a game-high six assists and three steals and connected on 10-of-16 (62.5 percent) field goal attempts and 4-of-7 (57.1 percent) from beyond the arc.
PERFECT AT HOME - The Jackrabbits entered the season with 17 straight home wins, and then capped their second perfect home season at 13-0 with a 64-55 win over Western Illinois on Feb. 16, giving SDSU a school and Summit League record 20 consecutive home wins. The Jacks home winning streak ranks second in the nation behind Syracuse with 37.
SEVEN IN DOUBLE FIGURES - All 10 Jackrabbits scored at least one point in the Jacks 96-48 win over UDC, seven of which reached double figures. Taévaunn Prince led the way with 13 points, Jordan Dykstra, Nate Wolters, Zach Horstman, Chad White and Marcus Heemstra all scored 12 and Tony Fiegen 10 points in the win.
DYKSTRA DOUBLES UP - After posting a single double-double in each of his first two seasons, junior Jordan Dykstra posted double-doubles in seven games this season, all Jackrabbit wins, with the last being a 12-point, 10 rebound night in the Jacks win over Western Illinois on Feb. 16.
A FIRST FOR THE JACKRABBITS - South Dakota State's victory at previously unbeaten and No. 16 ranked New Mexico on Dec. 22, marked SDSU's first victory over a ranked opponent at the Division I level and gave The Summit League its first win over a ranked team this season. The Jackrabbits lost their first seven games against ranked opponents in Division I.
WOLTERS SETS SCORING RECORDS - Nate Wolters became the 42nd member of the SDSU 1,000-Point Club in a win over Sam Houston State on Nov. 22, 2011, and set then set the school record for points in a career on Jan. 5 at South Dakota, when he broke Mark Tetzlaff's 28 year-old record in the DakotaDome. In addition to the career record, Wolters set the SDSU single game scoring record with a 53-point outburst at Fort Wayne on Thursday, when he also set the SDSU single-game record with nine 3-pointers.
WOLTERS JOINS 2,000-POINT CLUB - Wolters scored 1,628 points in his first three years as a Jackrabbit, including the SDSU sophomore record with 604 points and the junior record with 721 points. He entered his senior season 372 points shy of becoming the first member of the SDSU 2,000-Point Club, which he accomplished with a 22 point game in a win at Western Illinois on Jan. 17.
WOLTERS SETS FREE THROWS RECORD - Adding to his legacy, Wolters tied the SDSU career free throws made record 532 at Kansas City on Jan. 3, and then broke the record with his first make at South Dakota on Jan. 5. He enters tonight's game with an SDSU record 605 in his career.
MORE THAN JUST A SCORER - In addition to his scoring prowess, Wolters set the SDSU career assists record on Feb. 9, at Oakland, when dished out his 606th career assist, topping the old mark of 605, set by Brian Norberg from 1995-99. Wolters enters tonight's game with 617 dimes in his career. He also ranks fifth all-time at SDSU with 181 steals.
DYKSTRA HITS 1,OOO-POINT MILESTONE - Junior Jordan Dykstra became the 43rd member of the SDSU 1,000-Point Club in the Jacks win over South Dakota on Jan. 31, and immediately started to climb the scoring charts. He enters the game ranked 34th all-time at SDSU with 1,061 points.
JACKS SET FREE THROWS RECORD - The Jackrabbits combined to go a perfect 17-for-17 from the free throw line at Oakland, for a perfect 100 percent free throw percentage. That ties a perfect 14-for-14 night vs. IPFW on Jan. 5, 2008 and a 13-for-13 night against IUPUI on Feb. 7, 2008, both at Frost Arena.
GOOD FOR THREE! - Three of the top-10 three-point shooters in SDSU history, based on three-point field goal percentage, currently play for the Jackrabbits. Jordan Dykstra leads the way with .473 percent, Chad White ranks third with a .430 mark from deep and Brayden Carlson comes tied for ninth, shooting .395 for his career.
CSU BAKERSFIELD ROADRUNNERS (10-16) - The Roadrunners return home after splitting a pair of games last week in Texas. CSUB opened the week with an 82-71 win at UT San Antionio on Feb. 12, and then dropped a 79-73 overtime contest at Texas-Pan American on Feb. 14, which snapped a two game winning streak for the Roadrunners.
The Jackrabbits snapped the only other CSUB winning streak on Dec. 9, when the Roadrunners came to Brookings with two straight wins.
THE SERIES vs. CSU BAKERSFIELD - The Jackrabbits lead the all-time series 2-1, with both wins coming at Frost Arena. The Roadrunners won the first meeting in overtime, 73-71, on Dec. 28, 2007 in Bakersfield, Calif., while the Jackrabbits won the next two meetings; 86-65, on Dec. 16, 2008 and 69-63 on Dec. 9, 2012.
THE ROADRUNNERS THE LAST TIME OUT: Feb. 14, at NDSU - EDINBURG, Tex.- The CSUB Roadrunners allowed a 9-0 run over the final four minutes in the second half and combined three-straight turnovers in the final possessions as UT Pan American forced overtime and outlasted CSUB 79-73 Thursday night at the UTPA Fieldhouse.
CSUB rallied from six points down at half to take the lead for the first time with 12:45 remaining in the game following a Corey Hall layup and free throw. The 'Runners would then build a 9-point lead with 4:44 remaining. That was where the scoring would stop for CSUB and the 'Runners failed to score on every possession during the remainder of regulation and turned the ball over three times allowing UTPA to go on a 9-0 run and tie the game at the free throw line with 34 seconds to play.
The 'Runners had one more possession but a Stephon Carter 15-foot jumper as the clock expired missed and the Broncs would go on to outscore CSUB in overtime to take the 79-73 win, outscoring CSUB 25-10 over the final 9:44 seconds of game time.
Carter led the way for CSUB with 22 points on 10-15 shooting including a CSUB record six steals. It was the steals and UTPA turnovers that allowed CSUB to build their nine-point lead but it was also CSUB's 23 turnovers including five in the final five minutes of regulation that helped the Broncs come from behind and force overtime tied at 63.
Javonte Maynor added 17 for the Roadrunners on 7-11 shooting and 2-5 from three-point range. CSUB started slow in the first half connecting on just 10-28 shots from the field but shot well the remainder of the game going 14-20 for 70% in the second half and 4-7 in overtime. Three-point shooting never got on target for the 'Runners who were just 2-13 in the game.
Justin Leathers led four players in double figures for UTPA with 16 points. The Broncs scored many of them in the low block with 36 in the paint. They were also just 3-11 from three-point range but two of the three made shots were critical in their comeback victory.
THE LAST MEETING: vs. CSU Bakersfield; Dec. 9, 2012 - As a blizzard raged outside Frost Arena, Nate Wolters returned to the South Dakota State lineup after missing two games due to injury to score 18 points, with seven rebounds and six assists in a 69-63 win over CSU Bakersfield, the Jackrabbits 23rd consecutive win at home.
The Jacks shot 52 percent in the first half on 14-of-27 shooting, but allowed the Roadrunners to shoot 58 percent on 18-of 31 shooting. Both teams picked up the defense in the second half,.
The back-and-forth game saw a total of eight ties and 15 lead changes, with three ties and eight of those lead changes in the first half before the Roadrunners took a 39-38 lead into the locker room at halftime, after a Tony Fiegen layup beat the first half buzzer.
The close play continued into the second half until a pair of Jordan Dykstra free throws with 9 minutes, 7 seconds remaining tied the game and a Dykstra layup with 8:31 left gave the Jacks a lead they would not relinquish.
CSUB would tie the game one more time at 63-all with 2:39 left to play, but a pair of Brayden Carlson free throws with 1:24 on the clock gave the Jacks the lead for good, and SDSU did not allow the visitors to score again.
Along with Wolters and his 18 points, the Jacks got 16 points and eight rebounds from Fiegen, 12 points from Carlson and 11 from Dykstra.
Britton Williams led the Roadrunners with 18 points, Stephon Carter added 17, while Brandon Barnes and Javante Maynor both finished with 10 points in the loss.
NEXT UP FOR THE JACKRABBITS - SDSU travels to Murray, Ky., on Saturday for a game at Murray State in the Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters, a game that can be seen live on ESPN2 at 7 p.m.


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(11) Jason, January 4, 2008 9:43 AM
This video changed my life.
I don't really believe in life changing, mind numbing experiences. However, I had my equivalent of one as a result of this piece. I have suffered for a long time with the pain of childhood experiences. I have spent many years saying "because of you..." This piece game me the courage to forgive, forget and move on.
Thank you Lori,
(10) Anonymous, December 21, 2007 6:46 PM
It is in denial that healing is denied. You can't just brush deep hurts under the rug. They have to be addressed even if it is only to discover that is is "because of you". Then when you acknowledge real hurt the healing process can begin. Some people were so badly hurt & neglected emotionally that they wouldn't even know how to begin to put those wheels on there car. The basics of living were never taught to them in their dysfunctional homes. We need to stop judging those who say they are hurting & start helping them to heal......just putting a smile on & acting like nothing ever happened never healed anyone that I know of. Anyway, just my thoughts.
(9) Anonymous, July 15, 2007 2:00 AM
Two Different Circumstances
I think Lori, whose advice is very good, is talking about circumstances that are different in the song. Looking at the song lyrics, it appears that the woman did suffer quite a bit of emotional abuse from her mother. The lyrics represent circumstances that are not simply growing up in a normal household, the 90 percent that Lori mentions.
I want to point this out because there are many returning to Torah who do come from abusive families. I don't think Lori understood the lyrics to the song. For some, it's not easy to just "put wheels on the car." The emotionally abused child--now living in an adult who is returning to Torah--must be addressed and not simply told to "put wheels on the car."
In the highly acclaimed books "Inner Torah" and "Practical Inner Torah," the author, Miriam Millhauser, shows clearly that it is okay to look at your past and say, "Because of you, because of x,y,z, I now have these problems, this outlook, these habits."
If we don't find out where our bad habits come from and if we don't try to address our emotional child within us, we will simply be putting mitzvot and halachah on top of a weak foundation--not a good recipe.
There certainly are times when we need to say, "Because of you, because of this," etc. Then we know where to start in beginning the true healing process.
I recommend the Inner Torah books to anyone interested in wanting to learn how to become intimately aware of yourself, the Inner Torah that Hashem gave each of us to know and to work on all our lives.
(8) Catherine Manna, July 12, 2007 10:21 AM
your right on!!
You're absolutely right!! It's understandable to say "because of you when your 10 years old but WE need to stop blaming others for our choices and decisions that we make in life. I guess that's part of realizing who you are, where you came from, and that there is a wonderful awesome creator, almighty God, that is waiting to hear from us, and he will show us the way to understand how to live, and be happy and take responsibility for the choices that we make in life. Who's in control of how you feel?? You! Who can always make it better? GOD!!! I love you Lori, you've helped me realize allot! Even those that have been abused, can understand that "we" can be in control of everything we do, and how we think, if we trust in Gods word to help guide us, our every move, and our very thoughts, we'll be ok! God bless you! See ya next year at the wall!!!!!!!
(7) suzy, July 12, 2007 2:51 AM
I agree


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This week in the New York Times Magazine, Adam Davidson looks at the enormous influence of the federal government's monthly jobs report. "Literally, markets move up and down based on the numbers we produce," says Abraham Mosisa, an economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
It's one reason the BLS prepares the number under extreme secrecy. Once a month, two office suites in the bureau go into lock down. Custodial service is suspended and trash is hauled outside of the office for pick-up. Over the next nine days, a select group of staff members crunch the numbers and prepare the report.
The economists who write the report receive extensive training, like CIA agents, on how to keep their work under wraps. "I know exactly how they think," Mosisa says of undercover agents.
He says his wife has never once asked him to give her a hint of how the economy is doing, but every month, journalists give it a shot. He's constantly fielding calls from financial reporters. "There are a few who try to get some kind of hint, 15 different ways," he says. "They will never get a hint. But it helps you. The more they do that the more we will be even more trained to keep the secret."
And if the number leaks out? "That is a huge disruption to the market," Mosisa says. A few lucky insiders would know in advance whether the markets were heading up or down and the integrity of the Bureau would suffer a serious blow.
Should this one indicator have so much influence over the market? Read the full column to find out.