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The Apple Pushers - Do Something Reel Film Festival - Pittsburgh
Whole Foods Market
Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 6:00 PM (EDT)
Event Details
The Apple Pushers
Cinemark Robinson Township
Earth Day - April 22nd, 2012
6pm - 9pm
A Portion of Ticket Sales Will Benefit:
The Farmstand Project, a program of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
Following the Screening Participate in a Live Panel Discussion Streamed from Austin:
Host: Debi Mazar
Mary Mazzio
Laurie Tisch
Michel Nischan
Check-in begins at 5:30pm
About the Film:
"The Apple Pushers," written and directed by award winning Mary Mazzio, narrated by Academy Award nominee Edward Norton, and underwritten by the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, follows five immigrant street-cart vendors who are offering fruits and vegetables in New York neighborhoods where fresh produce isn't widely available. The vendors, who take part in a unique urban experiment called The NYC Green Cart Initiative, personify what it means to be an American entrepreneur, and their stories shed new light on the nation's food crisis and skyrocketing obesity rates.
Do Something Reel Film Festival
Whole Foods Market, America's healthiest grocery store, is taking its annual Do Something Reel Film Festival online this year. The film festival is an ongoing collection of provocative films about food and environmental issues that can be purchased online at www.dosomethingreel.com and streamed for a limited time.
Beginning in April, Whole Foods Market will stream a different film each month with proceeds helping to fund the 2012 Whole Foods Market/AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Festival filmmaker grants.
The festival opens April 22, with a live Austin screening of "The Apple Pushers," followed by a panel discussion with the film's writer and director, Mary Mazzio; executive producer, Laurie Tisch; and celebrity chef Michel Nischan. Debi Mazar, "Entourage" and Cooking Channel's "Extra Virgin" star, will host the discussion. Additionally, theaters in Boston, Detroit, Pittsburgh and San Francisco will host simultaneous screenings and will stream the panel discussion. The panel discussion will also be live streamed for free to online viewers. "The Apple Pushers" can be viewed online from April 22-30th.
For additional information, a complete schedule of events, and details about the grant program, please visit www.dosomethingreel.com.
When & Where
Cinemark Robinson Township
2100 Settlers Ridge Center Dr.
Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 6:00 PM (EDT)
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About Whole Foods Market® Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (wholefoodsmarket.com, NASDAQ: WFMI), is the leading natural and organic food retailer. As America's first national certified organic grocer, Whole Foods Market was named "America's Healthiest Grocery Store" by Health magazine. The company's motto, "Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet"™ captures its mission to ensure customer satisfaction and health, Team Member excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Thanks to the company's nearly 60,000 Team Members, Whole Foods Market has been ranked as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" in America by FORTUNE magazine for 14 consecutive years. In fiscal year 2010, the company had sales of more than $9 billion and currently has more than 300 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.


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WASHINGTON – What time students start the school day was a contentious issue in 2009 for Fairfax County Public Schools. But this time around, school officials promise that community involvement will be a priority as the county considers changes to the school schedule.
On Monday, a progress report on teen sleep and delaying start times for Fairfax County high school students was presented to the school board and Superintendent Karen Garza.
There's talk that the later start times could be phased in over a two-year period. But right now it is not known when the new schedule would start or how any changes would be rolled out.
"That still is yet to be determined how much we can accomplish by next year," Garza says.
She says a lot of work has been done behind the scenes to look at a variety of options.
The final report is expected to include how much it will cost to change when high schoolers begin their day. The price tag will vary depending on which option the school system chooses to implement the delayed start times.
Meanwhile, the school system is facing a major budget shortfall for the new school year.
Delaying the start of the school day is a complex issue involving buses schedules, school facilities used by adults, sports practice schedules and other after school activates and even the amount of homework students receive.
School board member Megan McLaughlin calls it a herculean task involving "180,000 kids, 200 schools and a bus fleet second to Greyhound.
The board must move forward urgently on the proposal to change start times. The change is needed so that students can get more shut eye and not only improve their classroom performance but avoid the dangers from sleep deprivation, she says.
Experts say the dangers include obesity, high blood pressure, strokes and suicidal thoughts.
The $143,000 study, which began in April 2013 and is a work in progress, is being done by the Children's National Medical Center's Division of Sleep Medicine.
"What we're about here is the greater good for the greatest number of students," says the center's director, Dr. Judith Owens.
In studying 88 other school districts nationwide on pushing back school start times, Owens says one of the most important things learned was, how important is it to give families, students, principals and everyone involved "ample time to adjust to any changes."
She says providing enough time to get used to the new schedule will be one of the recommendations in the report. The final report could be out in the next few months.
"We are very, very interested in doing what's right for our students first and foremost," Garza says.
"We want to make a decision well enough in advance so that parents, families and the multitude of adult activities that we affect have plenty of time to adjust," Garza says.
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Temperatures in Northern Ireland will plunge to below zero in the next 24 hours.
Met Office forecasters predict parts of Northern Ireland will experience sub-zero temperatures from Thursday right through to Saturday.
Meteorologists believe it could feel as cold as -2°C over the coming days.
The cold snap comes hot on the heels of a severe weather warning issued by the Met Office on Wednesday for ice.
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I just recently discovered a great blog called Suddenly Christian, by author John Shore. He's thoughtful, funny and interesting, and he has a lively comments section. I've added him to the blogroll; I've also added Scotteriology and James' Thoughts and Musings, who I've been reading for a while.
In any case, John wrote a good post questioning the way many Christians adamantly insist on a "literal" reading of Paul's rejections of homosexuality, while explaining away Jesus' condemnations of wealth. He sparked a spirited debate, near the end of which one of his commenters quipped:
I have tried to find the passage of scripture that says, "Blessed are the ones who think they are smart enough to tell everyone else what's right or wrong about themselves or what they believe," but I have struck out thus far. I think it's in 2nd Hesitations.


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The alumni email accounts can be accessed via the web at www.outlook.com/alumni.baylor.edu, via a smart mobile device, or via the Microsoft Outlook software client. The service includes Outlook features like calendar, contacts, etc., and provides 50 GB of email storage.
These accounts will be provisioned - and students notified - before the end of students' current academic programs so that, as they near graduation, they can begin to transition their contact information in various places to the alumni address. Ultimately, as described in the page linked above, student email accounts are deleted.
Baylor Alumni Email Project History
Baylor Alumni Email Project Frequently Asked Questions
During the time period when students have access to both their student and alumni email accounts, they should move all mail that they want to keep from the student account to the alumni account. Mail can be moved by sending the email from their student account to their alumni email account.
See these instructions for adding your mobile phone number to allow for self-service password resets.
If you need assistance or further information, call the ITS Help Desk at 254-710-HELP/4357 or email them at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Lately, most Internet services are developed like Software as a Service (SaaS). This means that users can communicate with a variety of services and use their resources. One of the reasons for Facebook and Twitter being so widespread is that one can use the functionality and data of the other, thus boosting the usage of both services.
However, in order to use the functions of Facebook or Twitter through external services, one does not necessarily need to log in to neither of them. Just a simple authentication process, like OAuth, allows users to leverage the data from popular social networking services. This helps to build an ecosystem that is good for all the users as well as many Internet service providers.
In this article I will explain what OAuth is, how it came to life, which entities rely on it, and how one can use it in their own applications. I will also explain the difference between OAuth and no less popular Open ID.
Birth and Usage of OAuth
OAuth is an open standard protocol for authentication that allows a user to use Internet service functions, such as those provided by Facebook or Twitter, within other applications (desktop, web, mobile, etc.).
According to its official site:
OAuth is an authorization framework that enables a third-party application to obtain a limited access to an HTTP service.
Before OAuth was created, there were other authentication methods that helped to protect the ID and password of users from other applications while enabling API Access Delegation. Google, Yahoo!, AOL and Amazon have each created and used their own authentication methods.
OAuth 1.0 was released in 2007 and OAuth 1.0 revision A, a revised version for better security, was released in 2008.
OAuth was started when developers from Twitter and Gnolia, which was the social bookmarking service provider, met in 2006 and discussed how to authenticate Internet services. They knew there was no standard for API Access Delegation at that time. They founded an OAuth committee on the Internet in April 2007 and prepared and shared a draft of OAuth proposal. After that day, some people supported this activity. During the 73rd meeting of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) held in Minnesota in 2008, a discussion was held to determine whether the OAuth should be managed as an IETF standard. In 2010, the OAuth 1.0 protocol standard was released as RFC5849.
As of now, there is OAuth 2.0 created by the IETF OAuth working group, though it is still in the draft stage. OAuth 2.0 is incompatible with OAuth 1.0, however, its authentication process is very simple. Because of the simple process, a variety of Internet services opted to use one of the latest drafts of OAuth 2.0. The following table summarizes the versions of OAuth used by popular Internet service companies.
Table 1. Versions of OAuth Used by Internet Service Companies1.
|Internet Service Companies
|OAuth Version
|2.0 draft 12
|Microsoft (Hotmail, Messenger, Xbox)
|Daum (Tistory)
|NHN (Open API)
|Daum (Yozm, Open API)
OAuth and Login
OAuth and login must be separately understood. I will given a real life example to explain the difference between them.
Assume we have a company where employees gain access to its building using their employee ID card. Now assume that an external guest needs to visit the company. If login stands for an employee accessing the building, OAuth stands for a guest receiving a visitor card and accessing the building. See the following example.
- An external Guest A says to the reception desk that he wants to meet Employee B for business purposes.
- The reception desk notifies Employee B that Guest A has come to visit him.
- Employee B comes to the reception desk and identifies Guest A.
- Employee B records the business purpose and identity of Guest A at the reception desk.
- The reception desk issues a visitor card to Guest A.
- Employee B and Guest A go to the specified room to discuss their business.
I gave this example to help you understand the procedure of issuing OAuth and the authorization. The visitor card allows visitors to access pre-determined places only which means that a person with a "visitor card" cannot access all the places that a person with an "employee ID card" can access. In that way, a user who has directly logged into the service can do more than a user who has been authorized by OAuth.
In OAuth, "Auth" means "Authorization" as well as "Authentication". Therefore, when authentication by OAuth is performed, the service provider (reception desk) asks whether a user (employee) wants to authorize the request of the third-party application (guest). The following figure shows how Twitter asks if you would like to grant access to a third-party application.
Figure 1. OAuth Access Right Request to Twitter.
OpenID vs. OAuth
OpenID is a standard protocol for authentication which also uses HTTP just like OAuth. However, the purpose of OpenID is different from that of OAuth.
The main purpose of OpenID is authentication, while for OAuth it is authorization. Therefore, using OpenID is fundamentally identical to log-in. For OpenID, the OpenID Provider processes the user authentication process. Many parties who rely on Open ID delegate the authentication to the OpenID Provider.
In addition to authorization, OAuth also has its authentication process. For example, when Facebook OAuth is used, Facebook Service Provider authenticates the Facebook user. However, the essential purpose of OAuth is to identify whether the user has the right to call the API to write on the user's wall or the API to get the friends list.
You can use OAuth for user authentication; however, note that its fundamental purpose is to authorize users. This is different from what OpenID aims to achieve.
OAuth Dance, OAuth 1.0 Authentication Process
OAuth Dance is an authentication process that identifies users using OAuth. It is named to illustrate the process of two people sending and receiving information correctly as if they were dancing.
Understanding OAuth requires getting to know OAuth terminology in advance. The following table summarizes the key OAuth terminology.
Table 2. Key OAuth 1.0 Terminology.
|A user who has an account of the Service Provider and tries to use the Consumer. (An employee in our example.)
|Service Provider
|Service that provides Open API that uses OAuth. (The reception desk in our example.)
|An application or web service that wants to use functions of the Service Provider through OAuth authentication. (A guest)
|Request Token
|A value that a Consumer uses to be authorized by the Service Provider After completing authorization, it is exchanged for an Access Token. (The identity of the guest.)
|Access Token
|A value that contains a key for the Consumer to access the resource of the Service Provider. (A visitor card.)
The following figure shows the OAuth authentication process.
Figure 3. OAuth 1.0a Authentication Process.
The following table shows the OAuth authentication process by comparing to the company visit process described before.
Table 3. Company Visit Process and OAuth Authentication Process.
|Company Visit Process
|OAuth Authentication Process
|Guest A (an external guest) says to the reception desk that he wants to meet Employee B (an employee) for a business purpose.
|Requesting for and issuing Request Token
|The reception desk notifies Employee B that Guest A has come to visit him.
|Calling user authentication page
|Employee B comes to the reception desk and identifies Guest A.
|User login completed
|Employee B records the business purpose and identity of Guest A at the reception desk.
|Requesting for user authority and accepting the request
|The reception desk issues a visitor card for Guest A.
|Issuing Access Token
|Employee B and Guest A go to the specified room for the business.
|Requesting service information by using Access Token
From this table you can understand the Access Token as a visitor card. With the visitor card, a visitor can access the permitted space. Likewise, a Consumer with an Access Token can call the available Open API of the Service Provider.
Request Token
In OAuth, the process in which a Consumer sends a request by issuing a Request Token, then the Service Provider issues Request Token corresponds to the procedure saying "I am Guest A. Can I meet Employee B?".
See the following code used to request the Request Token. This is an example of requesting the Request Token from NAVER OAuth API.
GET /naver.oauth?mode=req_req_token&oauth_callback=http://example.com/OAuthRequestToken.do&oauth_consumer_key=WEhGuJZWUasHg&oauth_nonce=zSs4RFI7lakpADpSsv&oauth_signature=wz9+ZO5OLUnTors7HlyaKat1Mo0=&oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1&oauth_timestamp=1330442419&oauth_version=1.0 HTTP/1.1
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Connection: Keep-Alive
Host: nid.naver.com
For easy reading, the above text has been arranged based on the parameter as shown below.
GET http://nid.naver.com/naver.oauth?mode=req_req_token&
oauth_version=1.0 HTTP/1.1
The following table shows the parameters used to request the Request Token.
Table 4. Parameters Used to Request the Issuing of Request Token.
|Web address of a Consumer that will be redirected after the Service Provider completes authentication. If the Consumer is not a web application and has no address to redirect, the lower-case Out Of Band ("oob") is used as the value.
|A key value used by the Service Provider to distinguish the Consumer.
|A certain string created temporarily by the Consumer. The
oauth_timestamp value should be unique for a repeat request. This is to prevent malicious repetition of requests.
|A signature value that encrypts and encodes the OAuth authentication information. The OAuth authentication information is a concatenated string value of other parameters except
oauth_signature itself and the HTTP request method. The encryption method is defined in
|A method to encrypt
oauth_signature. HMAC-SHA1 and HMAC-MD5 are available.
|A timestamp when the request was generated. It is the accumulated time in seconds counted from 00:00:00 on January 1, 1970.
|OAuth version. 1.0a is described as 1.0.
Generating oauth_signature
In OAuth 1.0, the most difficult stage is to generate
oauth_signature. The Consumer and the Service Provider must definitely use the identical signing algorithm to generate
oauth_sinature is generated through the following four stages.
- Collect all request parameters
All parameters related to OAuth which start with
oauth_except for
oauth_signatureshould be collected. If parameters are used in the
POSTbody, they also should be collected.
- Normalize the parameters
Sort all parameters in alphabetical order and apply URL encoding (rfc3986) to each key and value. List the results of URL encoding as <key>=<value> format and insert "&" between each pair. Apply URL encoding to the entire result again.
- Create a Signature Base String
Combine the HTTP method name (
POST), the HTTP URL address called by the Consumer (except for parameters), and the normalized parameter by using "&". The combination becomes "[GET|POST] + & + [URL string except for parameters] + & + [Normalized Parameter]". In this example, "http://nid.naver.com/naver.oauth" is used as a URL, and URL encoding is applied to the URL to get the value.
- Generating a Key
Encrypt the string generated at stage 3 using the Consumer Secret Key. This Consumer Secret Key is obtained when the Consumer has registered in Service Provider. Using the encryption method such as HMAC-SHA1, generate the final
Calling User Authentication Page
The stage of calling the user authentication page in OAuth corresponds to "The reception desk notifies Employee B that Guest A has come to visit him and requests identification". When a Request Token is requested, the Service Provider sends
oauth_token and
oauth_token_secret to be used as a Request Token to the Consumer. When requesting Access Token,
oauth_token_secret is used. Access Token is received as a response to the request for the Request Token. If the Consumer is a web application,
oauth_token_secret should be saved in the HTTP session, cookies or the DBMS.
Then display the user authentication page specified by the Service Provider to the User by using
oauth_token. For NAVER, the address of the user authentication page for OAuth is:
As a parameter, pass the
oauth_token which has been returned as a response to the request for the Request Token to the address. For example, the following URL is created. This URL directs to the user authentication page.
The stage until calling the login page is the stage that corresponds to "the reception desk calls Employee B". Now Employee B should come to the reception desk and identify Guest A. The process to identify whether it is Guest A or not will be necessary. This process in OAuth is when the Service Provider authenticates the User.
After completing the authentication, some authorization is requested as mentioned before, such as, "Guest A has come for a business meeting. Please issue a visitor card to him."
After completing authentication, the Consumer redirects to the URL specified in
oauth_callback. At this time, the Service Provider passes new
oauth_token and
oauth_verifier to the Consumer. These values are used to request the Access Token.
Requesting the Access Token
In OAuth, Access Token is like a visitor card to be issued to Guest A.
Requesting for an Access Token is similar to requesting a Request Token. However, the types of parameters and keys used to generate
oauth_signature are different. When requesting the Access Token,
oauth_token and
oauth_verifer are used, which were issues in the previous step when authentication was performed. Here there is no need for a
oauth_callback parameter.
When requesting a Request Token, we have used Consumer Secret Key to generate
oauth_token_secret. When requesting an Access Token, we need to generate
oauth_token_secret using the value obtained by combining the Consumer Secret Key to
oauth_token_secret (Consumer Secret Key + & +
oauth_token_secret). This is to change the encryption key to strengthen security.
The following table shows the parameters used to request an Access Token.
Table 5. OAuth Parameters to Request Issuing of Access Token.
|The key value used by the Service Provider to distinguish the Consumer.
|A certain string created temporarily by the Consumer. The
oauth_timestamp value should be unique for a repeat request. This is to prevent malicious repetition of requests.
|A signature value that encrypts and encodes the OAuth authentication information. The OAuth authentication information is a concatenated string value of other parameters except
oauth_signature itself and the HTTP request method. The encryption method is defined in
|A method to encrypt
oauth_signature. HMAC-SHA1 and HMAC-MD5 are available.
|A timestamp when the request was generated. It is the accumulated time in seconds counted from 00:00:00 on January 1, 1970.
|OAuth version.
oauth_verifier value passed through
oauth_callback when requesting the Request Token.
oauth_token value passed through
oauth_callback when requesting the Request Token.
After defining the parameters in the above table, request an Access Token. Then
oauth_token and
oauth_token_secret are returned. Depending on the Service Provider the user ID or profile may be returned.
Using the Access Token
Finally, we have the visitor card issued. Now you can enter the building. Entering the building with the visitor card is similar to using the Service Provider functions with the user authority. In other words, a user can call the Open API which requests the authority.
For example, to get a list of blogs from a NAVER cafe, the following URL should be called.
To get a list of blogs from NAVER cafes which the user has been subscribed to, the user should request the URL that returns the list of boards from NAVER cafes with a specific user authority. To call the URL, the OAuth parameter should be passed, too.
The following is an example of requesting the Open API using the Access Token. The Authorization field is included in the HTTP header. Write the OAuth parameter in the value of the Authorization field. To use the Access Token, the
HEAD method is used, not the
GET or
POST method.
POST /cafe/getMenuList.xml HTTP/1.1
Authorization: OAuth oauth_consumer_key="dpf43f3p2l4k3l03",oauth_token="nSDFh734d00sl2jdk"
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Connection: Keep-Alive
Host: http://openapi.naver.com
For easy reading, the above Authorization field has been arranged and it is based on the parameter as shown below.
Authorization: OAuth oauth_consumer_key="dpf43f3p2l4k3l03",
The following table shows parameters used to call Open APIs using the Access Token.
Table 6. OAuth Parameters Required to Call Open APIs using the Access Token.
|A key value used by the Service Provider to distinguish the Consumer.
|A certain string created temporarily by the Consumer. The
oauth_timestamp value should be unique for a repeat request. This is to prevent malicious repetition of requests.
|A signature value that encrypts and encodes the OAuth authentication information. The OAuth authentication information is a concatenated string value of other parameters except
oauth_signature itself and the HTTP request method. The encryption method is defined in
|A method to encrypt oauth_signature. HMAC-SHA1 and HMAC-MD5 are available.
|A timestamp when the request was generated. It is the accumulated time in seconds counted from 00:00:00 on January 1, 1970.
|OAuth version
oauth_token passed through
When a request is made using Access Token, some Service Providers request the parameter realm. The realm is an optional parameter used by
WWW-AuthenticateHTTP header field.
OAuth 2.0
It is difficult to use OAuth 1.0 for an application that is not the web application. In addition, the procedure is too complicated to produce the OAuth implementation library, and the complicated procedure causes an operational burden upon the Service Provider.
OAuth 2.0 improves these weak points. It is not compatible with OAuth 1.0 and still has no final draft. However, many Internet services companies have already adopted OAuth 2.0. The following are the main features of OAuth 2.0:
- Enhanced support for applications, not for web applications
- Does not need encryption
Uses HTTPS, not HMAC
- Simplified signature
Does not need sorting and URL encoding
- Access Token update
When Access Token was issued in OAuth 1.0, the Access Token was valid continuously. For Twitter, Access Token does not expire. For higher security, OAuth 2.0 allows to specify the life-time of the Access Token.
The terminology used by OAuth 2.0 is totally different from that of OAuth 1.0. It will be better to understand that the two protocols have the same purpose but they are totally different. However, the final draft has not yet been made; therefore, just understand the characteristics of OAuth 2.0.
Even though 2.0 is an improved version of OAuth and it is becoming one of the key elements in the current Internet ecosystem, the former lead author and editor of the OAuth specifications doesn't think so. I recommend you to familiarize yourself with his explanations and recommendations about what version of OAuth it is good to stick with.
Nevertheless, newcomers in the industry use the authentication service from Facebook or Twitter rather than implementing their unique authentication method, because it can reduce development and operational costs. In addition, this helps to promote users' services through Facebook or Twitter. From the Service Provider side, the core function can be popularized more.
Imagine... just one standard authentication technology... and it is changing the entire Internet industry.
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Source: Education Pays, 2006 edition, The College Board
Increased OpportunityThe Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies provides unique opportunities for both traditional and non-traditional students. This degree is ideal if you need flexibility to meet your educational needs. It offers students academic variety, course schedule flexibility and program adaptability.
Educational ChoiceYou may choose to go part-time or full-time as your schedule demands. In Interdisciplinary Studies, you can choose from 21 minors. The "build your own" characteristic of the degree program enables you to tailor coursework to meet your specific vocational and career goals.
Maximum FlexibilityPrior life experience may also translate into college credit in the Interdisciplinary Studies degree program. Proficiency exams, military service, and a prior learning experience portfolio may be applied toward college credit and used to accelerate your degree completion. GSU also offers online and media-based educational opportunities. Students enrolled in distance learning classes pay Illinois in-state tuition, no matter where they live.
Major BenefitsYour degree will translate into expanded employment opportunities, job security and increased income. The Interdisciplinary Studies degree fits your busy lifestyle and promising future.
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Volatile oil prices present both challenges and opportunities for producers, energy service companies, and consuming and processing industries. Capturing the opportunity demands a structured approach, the attention of senior management, and rapid action. This is a tall order, but a critical one, as the steps that companies take in today's exceptional market will dictate their competitive position in the next phase of the cycle.
In crafting responses to this environment, companies should keep in mind three lessons from past oil cycles:


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We would like to thank Ounce Labs, Veracode, Oracle, CA, The Hartford and Microsoft for their generous sponsorship and helping make application security visible...
If you would like to sponsor either the food and/or door prizes for an upcoming meeting, please email James McGovern with your proposal. Independent of any financial considerations, sponsorship priority is driven by those who drive participation in OWASP to their employees and customers.
Tuesday, October 13th 2009
We are seeking a sponsor for Pizza for this event. This meeting will be held in Tower 22
James McGovern, OWASP Hartford Chapter Leader
Cloud Security, a failure on day one! : 5:15 - 6:00 PM
Gunnar Peterson, CTO Artec
The convergence of security and privacy: 6:15 - 7:00 PM
Michael Waidner, CTO for Security and Distiguished Engineer IBM
Gunnar Peterson is a visiting scientist at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute, and a project leader for several OWASP projects on Web Services Security. He maintains an information security blog at http://1raindrop.typepad.com.
Michael Waidner is a Distinguished IBM Engineer with a impressive Security Background and History at IBM as a researcher. He currently leads a number of groups and is the Chairman of IBM's Security Architecture Board. Under his leadership the team made numerous fundamental contributions to science and IBM's product and services portfolio, in areas such as cryptography, fault tolerance in distributed systems, federated identity management, enterprise privacy management, security governance and risk management. He is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology, a Fellow of the IEEE, and an ACM Distinguished Scientist.
November 17th 2009
We would like to thank Sentrigo for sponsoring food and beverages for this event
James McGovern, OWASP Hartford Chapter Leader
Attack your database before others do : 5:15 - 6:00 PM
Todd Desantis, Lead Sales Engineer Sentrigo
In this presentation, we will show typical security flaws found in PL/SQL and Java code due to programmer mistakes. We will demonstrate how to use existing open-source scanning and fuzzing tools to automatically find and flag such flaws, and also demonstrate how creating your own tools in PL/SQL can help you keep your code secure.
You will learn:
1. Common security mistakes developers make
2. How to use open source tools to find those mistakes
3. How to roll out your own PL/SQL fuzzer
Project Aristotle: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Phil Hunt, Project Lead Oracle
Todd P. Desantis Todd DeSantis brings a wealth of technical knowledge and a passion for using technology to better society to his position as lead North American Sales Engineer at Sentrigo. With a background in computer science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Todd has been using his understanding of computer programming and database systems throughout his career. At Sentrigo Todd is striving to bring a higher level of database security and safety to the enterprise. Prior to Sentrigo Todd successfully helped Fortune 50 companies rethink data access paradigms with Endeca Technologies. Todd started his career at Enerjy Technologies where he helped organizations improve overall levels of Java code quality and visibility. In his spare time Todd, an avid audiophile, enjoys working toward creating the 'absolute sound' with hi-fi audio systems, and enjoys many different genres of music.
Phil Hunt in his day job work on identity management standards for Oracle. He is particularly interested in issues of identity privacy and governance.
Tuesday, February 16th 2010
James McGovern, OWASP Hartford Chapter Leader
Data Environmentalism: Rethinking our Approach to Data : 5:15 - 6:00 PM
Trevor Hughes, CTO Artec
J. Trevor Hughes is the Executive Director of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). In this role, Hughes leads the world's largest association of privacy professionals.
Thursday, July 22nd 2010
Call for Sponsors/Speakers
This is a call for speakers/papers. If we haven't approached you, but you believe you have a significant discovery or new research that the security community would value, or enjoy hearing about, we invite you to submit your presentation topic for serious consideration. Preference will be given to speakers who can present new and innovative technical content to a broad audience. Of course, all presentations are expected to challenge the brightest and quickest of attendees - we wouldn't have it any other way.
OWASP is not a vendor fair. Consequently, there will be very little tolerance for commercial content within presentations. Attendees will be encouraged to quell any shameless marketing that is not immediately backed up with rationale for its inclusion.
Some topics of interest for upcoming meetings include (but are not limited to):
- Agile Software Development and Security
- Breaking CAPTCHA
- Hacking Cardspace and Identity 2.0
- Breaking Commercial Software for Fun and Profit
- Tactics for breaking software licensing schemes
- Gaming, the next overlooked security hole
- Hacking Mainframes/RACF
- Database rootkits
- PCI/DSS Compliance
- Privacy considerations in software development
Past Events
Agenda: Monday, September 14th 2009
OWASP: Where we are and where are we going Tom Brennan, OWASP Board Member OWASP
WEB APPLICATION SECURITY ASSURANCE Gregory Gotta, SVP Security CA
Agenda: Wednesday, June 10th 2009
THE ANATOMY OF SECURITY DISASTERS Marcus Ranum, CSO of Tenable Security
Powerpoint presentation is located here
Agenda: Tuesday, April 30th 2009
RECRUITING ELITE IT TALENT Jordan Haberfield (Agile Elephant), SVP of System One
DETECTING BACKDOORS IN WEB APPLICATIONS Chris Wysopal CTO, Veracode
Agenda: Monday, April 13th 2009
Scott Ambler, Agile Practice Leader, IBM
Powerpoint presentation is located here
Agenda: Tuesday, February 10th 2009
OPEN SOURCE IDENTITY SERVICES (The Higgins Project) Mary Ruddy, Meristic
ENABLING STRONGER/MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION FOR ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS Ramesh Nagappan, Security Architect at Sun Microsystems
Gunnar Peterson, CTO of Artec Group and Twin Cities OWASP
Agenda: Wednesday, November 11th 2008
Richard Eisenberg, Architect at Voltage Security
Agenda: Wednesday, September 24th 2008
TOP TEN BOGUS TECH QUOTES OF THE YEAR: 6:00 - 6:45 PM Paul Roberts, Industry Analyst, The 451 Group Powerpoint presentation is located here
MAKING APPLICATIONS SECURE BY REMOVING SECURITY: 6:45 - 7:30 PM Andrew Stone, Senior Manager, Accenture Powerpoint presentation is located here
Agenda: Wednesday, June 11th 2008
CARDSPACE AND USER CENTRIC IDENTITY Chris Winn, Security Evangelist, Microsoft
IDENTITY GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK Prateek Mishra, Product Manager, Oracle Powerpoint Presentation is here
Agenda: Wednesday, April 30th 2008
THE IDIOTS GUIDE TO DEVELOPING BAD ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS AND WORST LOGGING PRACTICES Anton Chuvakin, Chief Logging Evangelist, LogLogic
KEEPING SECRETS: APPLICATION SECURITY IS A BUSINESS IMPERATIVE Jack Danahy, CTO and Founder, Ounce Labs
Agenda: Thursday, February 28th 2008
HOW WEB 2.0 HAS CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE OF APPLICATION SECURITY Chenxi Wang, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
EXPLOITING ONLINE GAMES Gary McGraw, CTO, Cigital
All meetings are held at the headquarters of The Hartford Financial Services Group (The Hartford), One Hartford Plaza, Hartford CT 06115 in the Tower Building, Atrium Conference Room. Free parking is available in our Tower Ramp Garage.


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IMF Survey Vol.31, No.18 October 2002
- Annual Meetings: Ministers back new approach to sovereign debt workouts, vow to revive global economy
- Annual Meetings chair's opening address: Strengthened cooperation needed to guide global integration
- Köhler's Annual Meetings address: Köhler outlines guideposts for better globalization
- Wolfensoh' s opening address: It is time to move beyond words
- Closing press conference: What is wanted is better globalization, not less globalization
- All sides have their say on SDRM proposal
- IMFC communiqué: In face of downside risks, IMF members call for vigilance
- IMFC press conference: Ministers agree on ways to better prevent and resolve financial crises
- IMF launches foreign direct investment website
- Development Committee Communiqué: Ministers chart course for eradicating poverty, achieving sustainable growth
- IMF and African Capacity Building Foundation pledge close cooperation
- African finance ministers: Africa is shifting emphasis to homegrown solutions
- David Burton to head IMF's Asia and Pacific Department
- Group of Seven communiqué: Major industrial countries pursuing better corporate disclosure and accountability
- Group of 10 communiqué: Industrial country officials weigh better crisis resolution tools
- Group of 24 communiqué: Developing countries worry about worldwide credit crunch
- Available on the web
- Recent publications
- Independent Evaluation Office report: Prolonged use of IMF resources can undercut domestic policies and IMF credibility
- World Economic Outlook: Slow global economic recovery ahead
- Selected IMF rates
Annual Meetings chair's opening address: Strengthened cooperation needed to guide global integration
- International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
- Published Date:
- January 2002
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SAO PAULO: It was all about who got the best start at Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel had it, starting from the second spot on the grid. Pole sitter Valtteri Bottas didn't, and it probably cost the Mercedes driver the race.
Vettel overtook Bottas on the first turn and essentially held the lead the entire way for his 47th career victory, his fifth this season, and his third in Brazil.
The victory solidified Vettel's hold on second place in the season standings after Lewis Hamilton clinched the title two weeks ago in Mexico City.
"I thought I had a pretty good launch," said Vettel, who slipped by Bottas on the first turn - a left-hander heading down a slight grade at the rolling Interelagos circuit. "I knew I had to go for it. There was a little bit of a gap and it turned out to be very important."
Hamilton started last after crashing in qualifying on the first lap, but managed to push his way into contention, staying out longer before pitting while the other leaders changed tires earlier because they were running on softer compounds.
Bottas finished second with Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari taking third. Hamilton was fourth, just 5.4 seconds behind Vettel. Hamilton closed relentlessly, and Vettel was asked if he was ever worried about the Englishman passing him.
"Not really," he replied. "I didn't think he was a threat." Hamilton said he expected to finish fifth, at best. "This was the first time I pushed the engine like that," he said. "It was more than I looked for. I was very happy with the day. Yesterday was horrible."
Also Read: Mercedes dominate in practice ahead of Brazilian GP
Vettel has 302 points with the final race in two weeks in Abu Dhabi. Third-place Bottas has 280. Even if Bottas wins in Abu Dhabi, Vettel can take second place in the season rankings by finishing in eighth place or higher.
"He's got quite a lead now, so it will take a miracle in Abu Dhabi," Bottas said. "I was very disappointed in the race start. After that, I was trying to catch up on Sebastian but it didn't lead to anything more."
The victory was a long time coming for Vettel, a four-time champion - like Hamilton - who had not won since the Hungarian Grand Prix in July.
Vettel won three of the first six races this season and then faded as Hamilton surged. Calling it a "great relief," Vettel said "it's been a tough day, a tough race. There was no room for mistakes."
Brazilian Felipe Massa finished seventh in his final race in Brazil. He will bow out of Formula One in two weeks and is expected to race next season in the electric-powered Formula E series.
He won 11 races in his career and came within a point of taking the season title in 2008, which was won by Hamilton. A year ago he said he was retiring, only to come back with Williams. It won't happen again, he said, addressing the sellout crowd at the Interlagos track.
Also Read: Red Bull and Renault move to calm engine row
Massa's departure means F1 will be without a Brazilian driver for the first time since 1969. "I am going to miss you a lot," he told fans. "The thrill I felt today was immense, just like last year. I will never forget today."


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- LIE: Kids need a whole lotta sleep to be healthy. That's why when they are cranky I put them to bed an hour and a half earlier than normal- for their health. TRUTH: I'm sending them to bed at 7pm because I'm done for the day (stick a fork in me, I'm done!) and if they want to live to see another day they better go to sleep! Now!
- LIE: Almonds are good for you. TRUTH: Not if they are drenched in chocolate
- LIE: I will get to the bottom of the laundry pile today. TRUTH: Everyone will be wearing dirty clothes tomorrow.
- LIE: My winter clothes all shrunk in the closet over the summer. TRUTH: I'm just sticking to the lie.
- LIE: I will vow to do some of my Bible Study homework each day- the way it is intended to be done. TRUTH: I will wait until the last possible night and do all of it at once and pretend like I kept up with it properly.
- LIE: Pizza is a balanced meal. TRUTH: a) sausage serves no nutritional benefit and b) pizza is not balanced when you eat it 3 nights a week.
- LIE: I let my children cry it out because it's good for children to cry. It exercises their lungs. TRUTH: I run away from crying children because crying kids make me want to stick my feet in the garbage disposal.
- LIE: All of the cracker/cereal/goldfish crumbs in my car would be necessary for survival if I was ever in a wreck and stranded for days. TRUTH: The Health Department would shut down the minivan in a heartbeat. I may have to get a hazmat suit to clean it out.
- LIE: If I just wait long enough, the husband/children/dog will scrub the toilets, make the dinner and run the vacuum. TRUTH: I do not live in an alternate universe where this scenario would ever be plausible.
- LIE: Candy corn and pop corn can be considered vegetables since they are in the corn family. TRUTH: My mother says even corn is not a vegetable it is a starch- so I strike out on all fronts.
- LIE: Said to me more times than I can count- "Oh you must be so happy and having so much fun since Miles has been home. TRUTH: Do you consider scrubbing poop out of an afro fun? I could make a case for being happy. But having fun- not so much,
- LIE: Underwear can be considered clean if you wear it inside out and use a panty liner. TRUTH: Not really- but I'll keep pretending. (Have you sensed that I have real issues with the laundry?)
- LIE: If I just don't take the medical bills out of the envelopes then I don't have to pay them. TRUTH: You will totally get sent to collections for this. Not that I would know or anything...
- LIE: A new pair of boots will solve all your problems. TRUTH: No- but I still want some new boots, dag nab it!
- LIE: As long as I have my family around me, life is so good. TRUTH: I would maybe kill baby kittens and kick puppy dogs for a break right now!
- LIE: If no one sees me eat a whole box of cookies, the calories don't really count. TRUTH: this will only lead me to the afore mentioned lie about how my clothes magically shrink in the closet.
- LIE: I can achieve my goal of world domination within a year. TRUTH: This may take two years- but by golly- I'm gonna do it!
Have you told yourself any humdingers lately?
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Travelling This Winter?
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The maps below highlight the sections of highway that do require winter tires or chains during October 1st to March 31st.
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My Personalized Trip Plan
Customize your own personal travel preferences and plan the details of your trip.
Member Accounts on TravelMuse
The intial version of TravelMuse had personal profile pages where users could login, plan their trips, and communicate with friends. These pages are now offline. Since all user accounts are no longer available, we are unable to restore any past trips at this time.
Below is an overview of the original TravelMuse site.
The TravelMuse Bookmarker
One of the great tools available on TravelMuse was a unique bookmarker that could save pages, photos, or text from any web page to organize and plan a custom trip.
Trip Planner
Using the interactive tools on the site, you could add destinations and save any hotel, attraction, restaurant, shop, article, or guide to your trip. You could also browse trips created by other members.
Organize and Schedule
Once you had items saved to your trip, you could view them on a map or in a daily schedule. The map allowed you to discover nearby attractions or find ideas for other things to do. The mini calendar let you create a specific day-by-day itinerary and quickly move things around to figure out the best timing and transportation between locations.
Share and Collaborate
Using the social features through Facebook and Twitter, you could invite friends to plan a group trip together. Collaborators could then add comments to items in the trip or save additional items. Everyone was notified automatically whenever something new was added, and you could click a button to "Ask Friends" on Facebook for advice on your trip or specific items, such as a particular hotel or attraction. Comments on Facebook were automatically imported back into your trip on TravelMuse.
Print a Custom Guide
Finally, once your trip was ready, you could print a free custom PDF guidebook. It would contain the full schedule, as well as extra information about each item, directions for travel, and additional notes, all formatted and ready to print and take with you on the trip.
Future Plans
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Grow in Bentonville, presented by Arvest, is a two hour session that will help small business owners understand tax planning, financial management systems, and cash flow management. Come at 9:30am for networking, coffee and light breakfast items provided by Snack Lab. At 10:00am, we'll begin with Judy Coker, an Enrolled Agent in Northwest Arkansas. Judy is an income tax professional, licensed by the US Department of Treasury, to represent taxpayers before all levels of the Internal Revenue Service. Judy is an educator, a planner, and an advocate. She believes that even though she can't change a small business client's tax history, she can change their tax future. At 11:00am, Carolyn Kennedy, Director of Treasury Management for Arvest will discuss cash flow management and the affects it can have on your business.
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Northern Ireland advanced to the knockout stages of Euro 2016 on Tuesday night and Gareth McAuley lauded the achievement of a country many thought would only be on a brief French sojourn this summer.
In their first major tournament since the 1986 World Cup, Michael O'Neill's side progressed to a clash with either hosts France or Wales at the weekend, despite a 1-0 loss to Germany in the Parc des Princes.
A win over Ukraine in Lyon last Thursday, coupled with a final goal difference of zero, saw Northern Ireland claim one of the best third-placed berths and veteran McAuley was delighted to see his nation progress at their first European Championship finals.
"It's an absolutely incredible achievement by everyone involved," McAuley said after learning they had advanced en route back to Lyon.
"Not just the players involved but everyone included. It's made it a fantastic tournament for us to be involved in.
"(Aaron) Hughes had 102 caps, he's not played a lot of football, he's come in and had two amazing performances for us. There's loads of little personal, collective things from all the lads.
"We're just pleased that everyone can come back again and have a party at the weekend.
"It's just pride because we weren't given a chance when the draw was made. All these experts (said we would get) no points, wouldn't get out of the group. We've managed to do that, through the back door albeit, but I'm still incredibly proud."
Despite the loss, the slender margin of defeat proved crucial and goalkeeper Michael McGovern was a large reason for the narrow reverse.
The soon to be out-of-contract Hamilton stopper made brilliant saves from Thomas Muller, Mario Gotze and goalscorer Mario Gomez to stop the floodgates from opening in a performance which prompted applause from his team-mates as soon as he returned to the dressing room.
"If you take into account the stage we're on and the level of opposition, I really enjoyed it," McGovern added when asked if it was his best-ever performance.
"I enjoyed the challenge, I've enjoyed the other games as well. The tournament has been more than we could have imagined.
"The players gave me a round of applause when I came in; that was really nice.
"It was great to have my family there, my wife and my wee boy, my mum and dad and a few others.
"I've spoken to a few of them on the phone and they were absolutely ecstatic. My wee boy is Kieran and I've got a wee girl, Meghan, as well but she's six weeks old. She couldn't come because it's too noisy."


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- Global Talent visa: New system to keep UK 'open to talented scientists'
- Labour leadership: Starmer urges end to Westminster power 'monopoly'
- Milly Dowler's family 'was targeted' by Sunday People
- 'Almost 10,000' retail jobs lost this year
- Kobe Bryant death: BBC apologises for TV news footage mistake
- Duchess of Cambridge's 'personal' portraits of Holocaust survivors
- Calls for 'virginity repair' surgery to be banned
- Grenfell Tower fire: Second phase of inquiry to begin
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Well over a year ago, I wrote a post called 100 Things I Love About Films on my old blog, which I later reposted here at A Swede Talks Movies. This is the sequel, adding 50 more things to the original 100. I've tried to avoid repeating movies and actors I mentioned in that first post, though a few have slipped through anyhow.
Credit for the original concept goes to Beau Kaelin. Thanks also to gentleman and scholar Travis McClain for bringing the idea to my attention. The original description:
Rather than posting your 100 favorite films (which has been done and overdone), you simply post your favorite things about movies. I dig the concept, because instead of obsessing over whether the films you put on a list are "objectively good enough" to put on said list, you simply jot down 100 moments/lines/visuals that have made a lasting impression on you or sneak their way into running gags between you and your friends. Just read below and you'll get the idea.
Why only 50 this time instead of 100? Because… quality over quantity? Yes. Let's go with that.
1. Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves, the fear and agony on her face raw enough to make me gasp in sympathy.
2. The wonderfully trashy dialogue in Bitch Slap. I love the fact that someone actually put the words "Lube my boob, skank twat" to paper.
3. Natalie Portman's joy-stricken face when she phones her mother from the bathroom stall in Black Swan.
4. Michelle Williams' dorky dance in Blue Valentine.
5. When actors produce their own films, showing a real desire to have the movies made.
6. The brief cameo by Jason Statham reprising his role from The Transporter at the beginning of Collateral. Crossover stuff of that nature should happen more often.
7. The 20th Century Fox fanfare.
8. Robin Williams capping off his love declaration in The Fisher King with the words "But I still don't drink coffee".
9. The shot of the sugar lump in Three Colors: Blue.
10. Watching Casablanca for the first time and finally getting some context for all the well-quoted lines of dialogue. "Round up the usual suspects" put a big smile on my face.
11. Penelope Cruz performing A Call From the Vatican in Nine. I don't mean to sound crass, but… hubba hubba.
12. The chase sequence through the construction site in the 2006 Casino Royale.
13. The Remains of the Day lunch box in Waiting for Guffman.
14. The whole sequence with the trunk in The Ice Harvest. Great mix of tension and humor.
15. Kat Dennings trying to pronounce Mjölnir in Thor. "What's Myeh-myeh" indeed.
16. Danny DeVito trying to look scary to John Travolta in Get Shorty.
17. Sven Nykvist's gorgeous cinematography in Persona. I've never seen black & white look better.
18. Mark Ruffalo's "Why the fuck did I just say that?" grimace after stating that he loves lesbians in The Kids Are All Right.
19. Speaking of Ruffalo: The Hulk in The Avengers. Every awesome second of him.
20. When a movie just leaves me completely baffled about whether I like it or not, or whether it even matters. It's annoying too in a way, but I love how it questions the very idea of why I watch films and what I take away from them. Funny Games would be a recent example of this kind of movie for me.
21. The ending of On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Teriffic execution of a sequel hook.
22. Those performances that become so utterly convincing that my brain eventually has to break me out of the trance by going "Uh, Emil, you do know that this is an actor playing a character, right? It's not a real person." And then I go "Shut the fuck up, brain." A recent example: Richard Farnsworth in The Straight Story.
23. Seeing an actor I've never heard of before in a film and immediately wanting to find out what else they have been in since they're so good.
24. The climax of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, a sequence that tops anything else in either of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock films.
25. Tippi Hedren waiting outside the schoolhouse in The Birds. Cue me gasping for breath and muttering "Oh shit…"
26. Kirsten Dunst looking stunning in the wedding dress in Melancholia.
27. Hugo reminding me that 3D can indeed be used to great effect. Thank you, Martin Scorsese.
28. Tom Cruise scaling the Burj Khalifa in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Absolutely jaw-dropping.
29. The scene in 50/50 where Joseph Gordon-Levitt goes in for surgery and suddenly realizes that he might never wake up again.
30. Michelle Duncan's adorable Scottish accent in Driving Lessons.
31. This exchange in The Fugitive: "I didn't kill my wife!" "I don't care!"
32. The opening of Grave of the Fireflies. It's good on the first watch, but it's heart-breaking on a rewatch.
33. The lone penguin wandering off towards the mountains and certain death in Werner Herzog's Encounters at the End of the World.
34. The dream-like atmosphere of Robert Altman's Images. The kind of stuff that makes you realize how inaccurately the term "dream-like" tends to get thrown around.
35. Ellen Page in Juno. And Jennifer Garner. And Jason Bateman. And Allison Janney. And J.K. Simmons. And everyone else.
36. ))<>(( from Me and You and Everyone We Know.
37. The tense scene in No Country for Old Men where Javier Bardem makes the gas station attendant call a coin flip.
38. Seeing a scene that for some reason doesn't work for me, only to much later have a revelation on what it meant. Guaranteed to make me love the part next time I watch the film.
39. Everything about Catherine Keener in Being John Malkovich, but particularly her dismissive reactions to everything John Cusack says and does in the early goings.
40. Uggie playing dead in The Artist.
41. The meet-cute between Ewan McGregor and Melanie Laurent at the costume party in Beginners.
42. This poster for 127 Hours.
43. The entire showdown between Uma Thurman and David Carradine in Kill Bill: Vol. 2. Had me at the edge of my seat when I first watched it.
44. The very recognizable video game scene in Swingers.
45. Brad Pitt's ridiculous accent when speaking Italian in Inglourious Basterds.
46. The suffocating atmosphere of Seven.
47. The big fight on the rope bridge in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
48. George Clooney's fine-tuned and low-key performance in The American.
49. Robert Downey Jr. sucking at math in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
50. Shea Whigham's brief part in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, repeatedly uttering "Whoa!" in the funniest fashion.


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Holte recorded a career-high eight blocks as the Crimson totaled a season-high 15 against Brown (Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's volleyball team entered play Friday night ranked third in the Ivy League in blocks and proceeded to total 15 en route to a 3-0 sweep of Brown at the Malkin Athletic Center. The Crimson took the match by set scores of 25-19, 25-12 and 25-21.
Harvard's (5-10, 2-2 Ivy League) 15 blocks were the most since notching 17 in a 3-2 win over Georgia State last year and the second-highest total overall since 2008. Freshman Caroline Holte led the way with a career-high eight, the most in a three-set match since 2008, while classmate Kathleen Wallace matched her career-high with five. Caroline Walters and Jennifer Shults each added four total blocks with Taylor Docter and Erin Cooney tallying three apiece. Brown's (4-10, 0-4 Ivy League) .087 hitting percentage was the third lowest total for a Harvard opponent this season.
Docter led the attack with nine kills as Wallace notched eight. Holte and Walters each recorded six kills while hitting .625 and .500, respectively. Brown's Maddie Lord scored a match-high 10 kills in the losing effort.
Brown took a quick 5-1 lead in the first set but the Crimson rallied to even the score at six on a block by Wallace and Holte. Harvard later went on a 4-0 run which included three more blocks for a 10-8 lead, and eventually extended its advantage to 19-15 on yet another Wallace and Holte stuff. Docter recorded set point for Harvard, 25-19, as the Crimson finished the frame with seven total blocks.
Harvard jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the second and never looked back, moving the margin to 15-3 with an 8-0 run. The stretch included four aces from junior Natalie Doyle, who finished the night with a career-high five, and Wallace eventually gave the Crimson set point, 25-12.
The third set was close early with the Crimson using a 4-0 spurt to gain a 7-6 advantage. The Bears came back to tie the frame at nine before a 6-0 jaunt by Harvard opened a 15-9 margin. Brown kept it close down the stretch and trailed by just two, 23-21, but a service error and kill by Walters sealed the victory for the Crimson, 25-21.
Harvard returns to the hardwood tomorrow as it hosts Yale at 5 p.m. at the MAC.


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Remember when I made a list of 22 movies I needed to see before making my Top 10 of 2011 list?
Remember when, in December of 2011, I said that it would be half a year or so until I got around to making said Top 10?
Well, as it turns out, that was what we in Sweden call "being a time optimist." Better late than never though, right?
The funny thing is that there are still movies from 2011 that look really good which I haven't gotten around to yet. Into the Abyss, This Must Be the Place, Damsels in Distress, Weekend, Warrior, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Another Earth, and A Separation are all unseen by me still, to name but a handful. I could have held off on making this list longer to get even more stuff in, but I feel like I've waited enough already. These lists are never set in stone, so it's not like I'm committed to these being the year's best for ever and ever.
For those wondering how I'm doing on my 2012 backlog, well… Let's just say that my Top 10 for that year is probably still a good 12 months or so away.
But this is 2011. On with the show!
Honorable mentions: 50/50, Attack the Block, Carnage, Headhunters, Young Adult, Your Sister's Sister
10 – HANNA (Joe Wright)
"Adapt or die."
Equal parts stylish action flick and off-beat coming-of-age story, mixed in with plentiful fairy tale elements, Hanna is a unique beats of a movie. Saoirse Ronan is great in the lead, playing a girl who knows all about survival, little about human interaction, and who has to rely on both to escape the bad people who are chasing her.
9 – THE INNKEEPERS (Ti West)
"Let's go to the basement and find out what that fucking ghost's problem is."
The Innkeepers is kind of like what Clerks could have been if 1: it had been a horror film, and 2: if the lead characters had been interesting, entertaining, and brought to life by gifted actors. The work by the lead duo Pat Healy and (especially) Sara Paxton really helps to make you invested in protagonists, so that when the frights start piling up, you actually care about what's going to happen, rather than just jump because something said "boo!". This is a quality horror film.
8 – THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (Steven Spielberg)
"Give me those oars! I'll show you some real seamanship, laddie! I'll not be doubted by some pipsqueak tuft of ginger and his irritating dog. I am master and commander of the seas!"
Speaking of creating investment in characters, that's an area where The Adventures of Tintin had it easy, since I've been invested in Tintin, Captain Haddock and the others since childhood. But Spielberg's film doesn't prey on nostalgia. It feels very much like a modern thing, especially in the clever shots and action sequences where it really takes advantage of its animated form by pulling off stuff that would be hard to do with live action. Pure entertainment, this one.
7 – MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (Brad Bird)
"A crude drawing, but by your description, that could be Kurt Hendricks. 190 IQ. Served in Swedish Special Forces. Professor of physics, Stockholm University. Specialist in nuclear endgame theory. Asked to resign… well, because he's crazy."
It has been about 10 months since I saw this film, and I still haven't recovered from that tower climbing scene.
6 – TAKE SHELTER (Jeff Nichols)
"You think I'm crazy? Well, listen up, there's a storm coming like nothing you've ever seen, and not one of you is prepared for it."
An affecting drama with some real power acting on display, particularly from the always commanding Michael Shannon. I love the story in Take Shelter, about a man whose chief want is to keep his family safe, but who can't be sure whether he's justified, paranoid or delusional. And it looks great too.
5 – THE RAID (SERBUAN MAUT, Gareth Evans)
"Pulling a trigger is like ordering takeout."
It's amazing how much variety you can have with your badass action when it all takes place within an apartment building. Evans here mixes gunplay with martial arts to craft an action film that keeps you on your toes from start to finish, and where every scene could be the stand-out scene in most other movies of its kind.
4 – DRIVE (Nicolas Winding Refn)
"From now on, every word out of your mouth is the truth. Or I'm going to hurt you."
At the end of 2011, I called this the best movie of 2011 that I had seen so far. Almost two years later, only three have managed to top it, and even then, it's a close call. Drive remains an excellent and tense experience, like a spring that just keeps getting pressed and pressed and pressed until it explodes into scenes of horrific violence. Ryan Gosling in the lead is superb.
3 – BRIDESMAIDS (Paul Feig)
"It's the first time I've ever seen you look ugly, and that makes me kind of happy."
The only real comedy to make the cut this year, Bridesmaids is everything that's good about Judd Apatow comedies; it's absolutely hilarious, but there's also a lot of heart and emotional resonance with the characters, here focusing on the nature of friendship. Kristen Wiig deserves the lion's share of praise for this one, both putting in a pitch-perfect performance and having co-written the script.
2 – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (Lynne Ramsay)
"Just because you're used to something doesn't mean you like it. You're used to me."
In a long line of great performances, the one as distraught mother Eva in this movie might be the best work Tilda Swinton has ever done. This is a character stuck in awful circumstances, and just how Swinton mined the necessary emotions for the part, I have no idea. Remarkably, the story and directing is every bit as good as Swinton's performance. As I've written (though not yet posted) in my Monthly Report for November, this is a film that would have blown my mind had I seen it when I was first getting into movies. And even now, it still does.
1 – SHAME (Steve McQueen)
"We're not bad people. We just come from a bad place."
While we're still on the subjects of awesome performances and blowing my mind, there's Shame, the best movie of 2011. This is a truly spellbinding film with a number of utterly convincing role portrayals, none sharper than Michael Fassbender's powerful performance as sex addict Brandon. McQueen peppers the movie with impressive long takes that, unlike many usages of them, feel like a part of the complete package rather than a cool gimmick. What's not to like about this movie? Nothing.


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Friday, May 3, 2013
Let's Go See A Ventriloquist Act
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- Willow Cove said...
my worst fear ever....and whats up with that video? That is freaky!
- May 3, 2013 at 11:46 AM
- Jay's Shadow said...
Damn. No sleep for me tonight.
The clown will get me......the clown will get me.....
- May 3, 2013 at 3:19 PM
- Shani said...
Omg...my brother had one of these when I was younger. After watching Poltergiest...I woke up one morning with it sitting on a chair in my room staring at me....via my awesome brother. yeah....he got in trouble and I didn't sleep for a few weeks. =P
- May 5, 2013 at 5:59 PM
- Sara said...
did you ever check out that ventriloquist short movie with Kevin Spacey on YouTube?
- May 6, 2013 at 7:19 PM
- Rot said...
Never saw that.
It was GREAT.
- May 6, 2013 at 9:06 PM
- girl6 said...
Ahhhhhh!!!!...Big Big BIG FAT <333333
cause, when i was a kid i would constantly walk around the house with this wrinkled up old (?) Magic shop catalog & torture my pops to buy me a dummy, actually the "Danny O'Day" dummy that is...well, my father FINALLY caved in (i think he was Highly Amused) & ordered Danny.
Ohhhhhh, i will Never forget waiting for Danny's Arrival!!!
& when he did, sighhhhhhhh....
we fell instantly in Love & were joined at the hip,,,,Until well... yeah, until we weren't...growing up & stuff...
my mother Still claims, she has No idea what happened to Danny... :( :( :(
the Danny O'Day is Still being made & can be purchased, he wore khaki pants & a checkered sports jacket.
Ohhhhh & if anyone hasn't seen the Old movie, "Magic" check it out!!!!...
Yep, it stars a Very young Anthony Hopkins & is Suuuuuper Creepy!!!
- May 10, 2013 at 10:10 AM
- Rot said...
MAGIC was a halloween staple growing up.
LOVE that film so much.
and that's a great story.
- May 10, 2013 at 10:16 AM


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I have a nasty habit of jumping into popular TV shows at the last moment to siphon off a bit of counterfeit emotional payoff without putting in the years and years of tedious buildup. I did this with Lost (not bad!). I did this with Breaking Bad (I REGRET NOTHING). And last night I did it with How I Met Your Mother (or HIMYM, which also doubles as a greeting for a transgender parent), the venerable sitcom featuring many likable actors saying vaguely amusing things.
Up until last night, I had never seen an episode of this show, despite being somewhat familiar with its premise (Man tells kids the story of how he met their mother, while you spend nine years trying to figure out if the mother is, in fact, the Yellow King) and some of its running jokes (something about slapping people?). Could I pull a Rosie Ruiz and suck up all the glory by cutting in at the very last moment? Here is what I learned. NOTE: Major spoilers are included below.
- First of all, this was not so much a finale as it was a bukkake of MANY finale tropes, all sprayed onto your television set simultaneously. In the final episode of HIMYM, we are treated to three surprise pregnancies, two weddings, one birth, one DEATH (more on that later), two moves, and two main characters finally hooking up at the end. It was like watching one of those super-sized episode of Friends, only SUPER super-sized. There was also rain.
- Oh, and there was soft piano music. So much soft piano music. Holy shit, do these people like pairing emotional moments with soft piano music. There was also a terrible laugh track running throughout. Let me tell you something: You can have a laugh track, or you can have annoying piano music, but you cannot have both. That's Disney Channel territory. It's like when my kids are watching two different movies simultaneously in the back of my van. It's a problem.
- We start the episode at a wedding between Neil Patrick Harris (who appears to be reading off a cue card at all times) and Colbie Shoulders. But our wedding gets interrupted by Ted, the best man, who is apparently moving to Chicago the next day and requires a long, painful goodbye out on the porch. This is a terrible best man. Who moves the next day? You couldn't stay for the requisite post-wedding brunch? Jesus. All about you, isn't it? They should have called this show The Fifth Wheel.
- After ditching the wedding, Ted is stuck at a train station with a crazy old lady. I dunno about you, but when I see a crazy old lady at a train station, I ALWAYS tell her about my romantic life, so that she can offer me some hard-won wisdom about whether or not that one girl I saw for three seconds was my soul mate. Totally realistic.
- Speaking of soul mates, turns out the mute bassist at Ted's wedding (played by what appears to be Sarah Silverman's little sister) is the mother. This was not a surprise! For eight years, people wondered who the mother would be, and then last year, the creators were like, "Oh, hey, this random lady's gonna be the mom." They didn't wanna get your hopes up that this would be, you know, exciting.
- The Band Camp girl from American Pie is also on this show, and her role appears to be that of designated crier. So much crying. Just one crying jag after another. GET IT TOGETHER, HANNIGAN. Like the Lost finale, this finale is half story wrap-up, half curtain call. And so you have Band Camp girl here serving as proxy for the audience by crying a lot and saying, "I'M GONNA MISS YOU GUYS!" Aren't you gonna miss them too, audience members? No? Come on. Miss them a little, for old time's sake!
- I don't know what they were doing for the last eight years on this show, but apparently they had a lot of plot lines to wrap up, because after the first wedding sequence, we skip two years ahead in time pretty much every five minutes. Please note that in the year 2020, there are still no flying cars. Just poor NPH reduced to shouting all of his lines. "MY SCROTUM!!!!" It's funny because he hurt his scrotum!
- My wife, glancing up at the TV: "Is this a new show?"
- Right after the first wedding of the episode, we hurtle forward in time to learn that NPH and Cobie Bryant got divorced. Christ, that's depressing! Turns out these guys got divorced because she travels a lot for work. These uptight famous career women, man. What they need to do is stay home and be naked a lot!
- We jump ahead in time again to see Jason Muppets Guy and Band Camp Girl cleaning out their apartment. More tears. More piano music. You are sad that this set will no longer be used for things! After this, it's getting converted into an ice cream shop for Chuck Lorre's new sitcom, I Punched Her in the Face.
- Standing in an empty apartment, Cobie Bryant CRUSHES Band Camp Girl, telling her their gang is beat and that they can never go back to the friendship they once had. Jesus, this is a comedy, right? There was more levity in The Act of Killing. Whatever jokes do get thrown down are dispatched with remarkable haste. I think this whole thing was edited by a spastic kindergartener working the editing board with a pair of Fisher Price drumsticks. Halfway through the punchline, we gotta jump ahead two more years. Where are we? IS THIS ELLEN PAGE'S DREAM?!
- Whoa, what the fuck is Jim Nantz doing here? Is this a running gag? I hate this show. Jim Nantz eats balls.
- It's 2020 now, and NPH just knocked up a girl. I figured they would STUN you and reveal that he knocked up his ex-wife, but no! They never reveal the other mother's identity at all. She really was just some skank! Glad her vagina could spare a moment to provide the salvation for NPH's character. NPH holds his baby up and gives an impassioned speech that he once used as a pickup line, only this time he MEANS it. And that's emotional. He went from zany to dead serious in five seconds. These people are insane. I feel like I'm watching over a nursery school class.
- By the way, all of NPH's friends waited for the baby in the maternity ward. Because I know when my friend knocks up a stranger, I'll always be present for the birth. Totally not awkward.
- Anyway, at the end of the episode, it turns out that Little Sarah Silverman—the mother—DIES. That's right. She fucking dies of cancer or something. They don't even have time to give her a diagnosis because time is so tight. I feel like I'm watching a 60-minute promo for the proper, four-hour finale of this show. We just hurtle straight into PURE DEATH. Jesus. I waited nine years for this (well, not ME, but someone out there did) and you went and killed the bitch off? That's cold. That's pure evil.
- Once the mom has been offed, we flash way ahead to Fake Grey Hair Ted wrapping up the story for his kids. And I gotta tell you: Those kids sure look well-adjusted for having a dead mom. They don't seem fazed by it at all! Kinda disturbing, frankly. I think I would want my kids to be a LITTLE messed up if they lost their mother to a mystery uterine ailment. But no, they IMMEDIATELY suggest that Ted go hook up with Cobie Beef. I guess they've been watching this show the whole time as well?
- Ted drives up to Cobie Beef's house and holds up a blue horn, and that's the end of the show. Because that's a happy ending, I guess. I mean, two people had to get divorced, and a nameless baby mamma had to have her child wrenched from her by an insufferable cad, and Sarah Silverman's sister had to DIE, and I had to hear a soft version of "Downtown Train" played during a scene on—yes—a train platform to get there. But that was totally a happy ending. After the end credits, they find Rosie Larsen's killer.
- I did not like this show!


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More research is needed to improve the safety and fuel economy of the nation's truck fleet, a Michigan Technological University faculty member told a congressional subcommittee Tuesday.
John Johnson, a presidential professor of mechanical engineering-engineering mechanics, testified March 24 before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science and Technology. The hearing was part of a review of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Vehicle Technologies research and development programs. Specifically, subcommittee members questioned expert witnesses on the funding levels and changing market and public needs.
Johnson expressed concern over the decline in federal funding for the 21st Century Truck Partnership. In 2000, DOE launched the Partnership to explore technological improvements in commercial and military trucks and buses. Funded through the DOE, the Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency, the Partnership also involves several national research laboratories and many industrial partners.
Increasing truck efficiency has a major impact because trucks make up a significant portion of America's fuel use and will likely surpass passenger car fuel use within the next few decades.
"Despite the many benefits of the Partnership, including helping the engine industry meet the EPA 2007 particulate and 2010 NOx standards, the program has suffered from the dwindling resources devoted by the Department of Energy," Johnson told the subcommittee. Funding has dropped from $87 million in FY2002 to $30 million in FY2008.
Federal support for research is falling just as the trucking industry prepares to address new fuel economy standards under development by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Johnson noted. He recommended that the DOE receive $200 million for research to boost trucks' fuel efficiency and to reduce emissions, including research on biodiesel, aerodynamic design, hybrid vehicles and more.
Safety is also a major concern. "Crash protection measures have not substantially reduced highway fatalities during the past decade," he said. He recommended that $25 million a year be allocated to the Partnership for the development of crash avoidance technologies and in-vehicle communication systems.
Research spending should reflect the significant role the trucking industry plays in the US economy, he said. Manufacturers of heavy-duty trucks had sales of $16 billon in 2002, and overall, the trucking industry employs 1.4 million workers with an annual payroll of $47 billion. "Trucks account for about one-fourth of the transportation industry's total revenues," said Johnson.
Johnson chaired the National Academies Committee that wrote the June report "Review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership." A nationally recognized expert on diesel engines, he has participated in 12 National Academies committees.


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A torrential downpour some 45 minutes before the scheduled start on Saturday was followed by drizzle which persisted throughout the day.
It was the first time a whole day's play had been lost to rain at the ground since 1983, when Australia's test against Pakistan was similarly disrupted.
South Africa were set to resume on 255 for two in their first innings with Hashim Amla (90) and Jacques Kallis (84) closing on centuries.
The tourists have been reduced to 10 batsmen after JP Duminy was ruled out for the series after rupturing his Achilles tendon in training on Friday.
Duminy was also expected to play a key role with his off-spin after specialist spinner Imran Tahir was dropped from the side to make way for a fourth pace bowler.
The team confirmed that Duminy would be replaced in the touring party but exactly who would join the squad would not be announced before the end of the match.
South Africa's number one test ranking is on the line in the series, which continues after Brisbane with tests in Adelaide and Perth. – Reuters


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