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"I had to know and understand my own story before I could listen to and help other people with theirs." - Barack Obama, US President
"Once people make your story their story, you have tapped into 'faith'." - Seth Godin, US entrepreneur, author, public speaker
This article is a little long, but it is a gem. It's focus is to highlight the various ways storytelling in marketing/branding has become more complex. And the author Dominic Payling gives us some ways to think about this complexity that helps us untangle storytelling in this area.
Truly, storytelling is creating fundamental change in the marketing and branding field. Payling lays this out, and offers us information about new patterns of attention that have emerged with the use of technology and the internet.
Payling doesn't offer any specific solutions, but clearer thinking about the evolution of working with stories in marketing/branding and some of the unique characteristcs that are emerging is always welcome.
This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it


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The Brush City Council passed a motion approving a fresh new look for Brush in the form of a new logo at its meeting Monday, March 10.
The logo is part of a city marketing effort to rebrand Brush, according to City of Brush Marketing Specialist Tyler Purvis.
Several logo concepts were developed and over the last month or so, city residents had the opportunity to vote on a new logo. Purvis said the city also has launched a new website, as well as Facebook and Twitter sites. Brush residents can follow these sites to keep abreast of city business, news and developments.
Assistant City Administrator Karen Schminke presented the council with a draft of a proposed ordinance to adopt an amendment to Chapter 16 of the Brush Municipal Code concerning augmentation ponds. The city recently received a request from The Upper Platte and Beaver Canal Company to change Brush's Land Use Code to allow an augmentation pond on the property currently owned by Castle Rock Construction Company on the corner of Hospital Road and Mill Street.
Building the pond would benefit Castle Rock Construction as it could use the dirt dug to make the pond in its I-76 reconstruction project.
There are currently no provisions for augmentation ponds within the city limits in Brush's Land Use Code. Among other things, the draft ordinance defines an augmentation pond as a "water reservoir designed and constructed for the purpose of replenishing stream depletions caused from consumption by water use.
Also outlined in the draft ordinance are the development agreement between the applicant and the city, standards the city would want associated with the pond, what the pond would look like, how it would be maintained, issues related to mosquito control, etc.
At a recent city council meetings, Mayor Chuck Schonberger and other council members have expressed a desire to have the pond also serve as a city recreation site by building a trail around it.
The draft ordinance specifies that the augmentation pond "shall be located on a parcel of land not less than five acres in size with banks that slope greater than 4:1 and completely enclosed by a six foot high chain link fence." The council discussed the pros and cons of enclosing the pond with a fence and liability issues.
Director of Utilities & Public Works Dale Colerick presented information about his department's recommendation that the city discontinue providing dumpsters at no cost for tumbleweed collection. Colerick said the city began providing the dumpsters to dispose of tumbleweeds back in 1989 near Harvard Street when, at the time, some of the property in the area wasn't being properly maintained.
However, circumstances have changed, including that land in the area has been further developed and maintained and some of the dumpsters have not been used properly and been filled with unauthorized items such as household trash and furniture.
Several council members expressed their support in continuing to provide the dumpsters with Rick Baines saying, "I don't think this is a budget busting issue. We only get three or four windstorms in the spring," and Heath Becker stating, "I think we need to help each other out."
Mayor Schonberger asked how other communities such as Sterling and Fort Morgan handle this issue. Colerick said he would bring up at the issue at the next city and county meeting.
The council approved awarding funds (primarily from grants and local contributors) of $153,097.80 to the American Ramp Company to do the primary specialty construction work on the Pioneer Skate Park. Director of Parks & Recreation Lance Schwindt said the city also will utilize local contractors to work on building the skate park. This project is set to begin in late April or early May with the plan to have the skate park ready for use by this summer.
Director of Finance Joanne Gosselink and Fire Chief Tad Anderson said they have been working on the fire department ballot question and that all are in agreement that a sales tax ballot question is the better route to go rather than a property tax question. The plan is to bring the ballot question to the council in late July or early August. The fire department is looking for a way to raise the necessary funds for equipment and to properly maintain the department.
The following information was presented in staff and department reports:
Fire Chief Anderson said the fire department will hold the rescheduled Save Our Sands chili supper fundraiser on Saturday, March 22, at 6 p.m. in front of the Sands Theatre.
Schminke said the Brush Historic Preservation Board will resume holding meetings beginning the week of March 10.
City Administrator Monty Torres said the City of Brush has received a grant for $75,000 to work on Industrial Park Road.
Police Chief Mark Thomas said that with warmer weather and longer days drivers should be on the lookout for motorcyclists and those out walking.
Colerick said the city street sweeper is currently in Denver being repaired and could be there for a little over a week. He said his department has been discussing holding a spring cleanup but hasn't set a date.


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Attorney bill paid under protest
Councilmember Birdie Hensley voted in protest last week for Electric City to move forward and pay a $24 attorney bill.
She said the 0.2 hour portion of City Attorney Katherine Kennison's bill was a problem for her.
Hensley told the city council that she had taken papers down to the attorney's office in Ephrata to be signed, but Kennison wasn't there. Hensley said she had other business in Moses Lake, so had to leave, then return to Ephrata to get the city paper work done.
Hensley said that Kennison said she would be in the office before 8:30 a.m. but wasn't there.
Hensley asked Mayor Jerry Sands to see if he knew why the attorney wasn't there. Sands said he didn't have a clue.
She then asked if City Clerk Jackie Perman knew why the attorney wasn't in her office. Sands answered for Perman since she wasn't at the meeting and said she didn't know either.
Since it wasted some of her time, Hensley stated that she was okaying the 0.2 hour charge ($24) by the attorney under protest.
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Dustin Colquitt
- When he was 7 years old, he had a pet bobcat named Wylie. "I thought it would be funny to name it Wylie like Wile E. Coyote, but it's a bobcat." Dustin also had a pet coyote named Joe, probably since Wylie was already taken.
- He has a green thumb. He loves landscaping and working in his garden. "I plant banana peppers; tomatoes; yellow, green and red peppers and I always do one or two corn stalks for my kids. I also like planting trees and shrubs, I'm a landscaper."
- He always wanted a dog named Otis. It didn't matter what kind of dog, it just needed to be named Otis.
- In seventh grade, he played basketball. He recalled a time when his team was down by three points with four seconds left on the clock. "I got the ball and made a fast break. I ran down, went for the layup, hit the backboard and made it as time expired and…we lost by one point."
- In kindergarten, he made a small profit from selling rocks door-to-door in the neighborhood.
- He found out his autograph is worth $100. "I signed a $100 bill today. My autograph is getting pricey."
Ryan Succop
- He is an avid golfer. "I've been golfing since I was 8 years old with my dad, cousins and friends."
- Ryan is the middle child between two sisters. His younger sister is a senior at South Carolina and his older sister recently got married and works in North Carolina.
- As a freshman in high school, Ryan's parents didn't want him to play defense because he had braces at the time and would likely injure his mouth and lips. "I wanted to play football, so I took a screwdriver and popped my braces off in order to be on the field. It was terrible, but I wanted to play."
- He admits to being a great dancer and his dance of choice – The Dougie. "I'm a horrible singer, but a phenomenal dancer."
- He wishes he could play guitar, but said he has no musical ability at all.
- Dustin said, "Ryan has eyelashes any girl would die for." Ryan, of course, begs to differ.
Common interests
- Number one thing they like to do at training camp in their off time is pull pranks on long snapper
Thomas Gafford. I'm not sure Thomas is such a big fan of this one.
- At one time, they had convinced the team that there was a mountain lion outside the practice facilities. The Missouri Department of Wildlife ended up coming out to the University of Kansas Hospital Training Complex to make sure there was no threat of a possible mountain lion attack. This ended up making national news.
- Hunting. Ryan likes hunting deer. Dustin prefers turkey hunting.
- Both are huge Sporting KC and Royals fans. "Always rooting for the hometown team," Ryan noted.
- They are both pranksters and both agree that, "No one wants to mess with the specialists because we have way too much time on our hands."


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Luella, Tex. - A Luella house fire had neighbors scrambling Monday night, as the fire began to quickly spread.
The fire started around 9 p.m. at a house on Cedar Road. After burning the original house to the ground, it turned into a grass fire.
Tammy Brinkley, who lives down the street, saw the fire steadily encroaching on her neighbor's house and knew she had to act.
"I said the dogs will just have to bite me, I have to wake this man up here across the way. And I woke my neighbors up - they were asleep also," she said. "I said 'the house across the way here is on fire.' I said 'you need to wake up because it's coming across the field.'"
Jason Lankford, Tom Bean assistant fire chief, said when his crews showed up, their job wasn't to save the burning house.
"When they arrived, the fire was burning towards the next house, so they concentrated on stopping it - because this house was already totaled," he said.
Brinkley said the neighbors got their garden hoses and began to help the firefighters fight the growing brush fire. They were worried it would cross the street into the next block, she said.
Grayson County Fire Marshal Kevin Walton said the wind and drought spread the fire easily and quickly.
He said they're still investigating the cause.
"What we're doing right now, we're looking for an electric meter base," he said. "So when we find that, we'll be able to tell a little more maybe."
Tom Bean, Sherman, Bells, Howe and Whitewright all sent trucks to help with the ground fire. Walton credits the Tom Bean fire department for putting out the grass fire before the situation got worse.
Brinkley agrees they were fortunate no one was hurt and no other homes were lost.
"We're thankful that it didn't spread as fast as it could have because of the way the wind was blowing," she said. "God definitely had a hand in that because the wind was blowing pretty strong."
Walton said two men who rent the house were at home when the fire started, but both made it out safely.
They've been put up in a motel room by the American Red Cross.


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Your Excellency, Mr. Seilenthal, President of the Trade and Development Board,Mr. Lamy, Director-General of the WTO,Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen,It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you to this fourth session of UNCTAD's Global Commodities Forum here in Geneva. The Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, has asked me to convey his apologies for not being able to be with you today, as his travel has been delayed. However, he looks forward to joining you at the closing plenary tomorrow.UNCTAD's Global Commodities Forum was designed as a platform bringing together key stakeholders, including representatives of governments, the private sector, civil society organizations, academia and the media, to reflect on different aspects of the commodities economy. Benefiting from the interaction of practitioners and experts, this platform is uniquely placed to find practical solutions to address the challenges faced by commodity producers, intermediaries and consumers; and to address the root causes of the instability of commodity markets. Looking around the room today, I am pleased to see that, in less than five years, the Forum has established itself as a regular event on the calendars of key participants and partners, and I look forward to your deliberations. Ladies and gentlemen,The theme of this year's Forum is: "Recommitting to commodity sector development as an engine of economic growth and poverty reduction." After decades of pessimism about resources-based development strategies due to falling prices and declining terms of trade, commodities have 'come in from the cold'. During the last ten years, the world has witnessed its longest commodity boom in decades. While this boom was interrupted by the global financial crisis, commodities prices quickly recovered in 2010-2011. As an illustration of this recovery, UNCTAD's commodities price index reached a peak in the first half of 2011. The new fragility of the economic recovery led prices to retreat again, yet they remained relatively high. Indeed, in 2012, non-oil commodity prices were still 2.4 times their average value over the period from 1960 to 2012. The average prices of crude petroleum and gold also remained very high throughout 2012. While a part of this rise in prices has been due to fundamentals, such as rising demand in many emerging economies, it has also been influenced and enhanced by a significant change in commodities markets, namely their increasing use as instruments of financial speculation. The fact that commodities prices have remained high despite a relatively gloomy outlook of the world economy is testament to the fact that commodities prices are not just determined by the law of demand and supply. It is true that weather patterns such as harsh winters and summers in major producing regions have continued to be an important determinant of the supply of agricultural commodities such as wheat and maize. Indeed, there is some worry that a harsh winter in the US and Russia could reduce the production of wheat at a time when demand from emerging economies is increasing. However, these weather conditions are not expected to significantly increase the price of these key commodities. Beyond the weather and demand factors, speculation and financialization of commodities have been driving commodities prices upwards. For example, the continued increase in gold prices over the last few years has been largely due to the fact that gold has become a commodity of refuge used to shield its owners from the negative effects of inflation and currency volatility. The growing importance of commodities financialization over the last few years has changed the way we look at commodities markets. From being simple goods, certain commodities have become financial assets. Nevertheless, despite a decade-long price-boom, Commodity-Dependent Developing Countries continue to be plagued by high levels of poverty. In essence, high commodities prices have so far had only a limited impact on poverty reduction. We therefore felt that this year's forum could examine the measures and policies needed in different sectors to strengthen the link between the commodities sector and poverty reduction. If we look at the impact of the high commodities prices, we can see that they certainly have contributed to increasing economic growth in many developing countries. Between 1995 and 2011, developing countries' GDP increased by 130 per cent in constant US dollars. In per capita terms, GDP increased by 87 per cent in constant US dollars over the same period. Most of the rise in GDP occurred during the commodity boom that started in 2002. Africa, for example, registered a rate of real economic growth of about 5 per cent per year over the last decade. This has been remarkable particularly given that most of this performance has occurred during a period of global economic recession. Unfortunately, however, this high growth in commodity-dependent developing countries has not fully translated into poverty reduction. The average annual rate of poverty reduction during the period of the commodity boom was only 1.2 per cent. The weak connection between economic growth and poverty reduction in these countries has been due to a number of factors. Among them are high levels of inequality, which imply that the fruits of economic growth disproportionately benefit a small segment of the population; and the reliance of the growth process on industries that do not create spillover effects in the rest of the economy. In developing economies, this has particularly been the case with capital-intensive extractive industries, which have behaved as enclave sectors with weak links with the rest of the economy. In other words, economic growth in many Commodity-Dependent Developing Countries has not been pro-poor, because it has not created jobs accessible by the poor, particularly in the agriculture sector and the rural economy in general. Moreover, the increase of food and energy prices over the last few years has hurt the poor in net importing countries as they have found it more difficult to access these basic commodities.This brings me back to the theme of this GCF 2013. Recommitting to commodity sector development as an engine of economic growth and poverty reduction requires us to look at the commodities sector not just as a source of hard currency but also as a vehicle through which the issue of poverty could be addressed. We are fortunate to have three keynote speakers of high standing from academia, the private sector and civil society - in keeping with the multi-stakeholder character of the GCF - who will help us to look at commodities from a poverty reduction perspective. Professor Michael Lipton of Sussex University has dedicated most of his professional life to the analysis of poverty reduction and how it is affected by agriculture, nutrition and demography. In recognition of his contributions, he was awarded the Leontief Prize "for advancing the frontiers of economic thought" in 2012. His presentation on small-scale farming will remind us that in most developing societies, it is impossible to address the poverty issue without addressing the problems that bedevil the agricultural sector. It is clear why. In most CDDCs, very large segments of the population depend on agriculture for their survival. Hence, after decades of neglect, agriculture must be, again, put at the centre of the development process in these countries. Ms. Ruth Rawling, who is the Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Cargill, has had a long working relationship with governments, and grain and feed merchants. She will discuss some lessons from her experience on how to unlock the potential of farmers by transforming them into entrepreneurs. Our third keynote speaker, Ms. Dhano Sookoo, has been the President of the Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago for the last 5 years. She pioneered the development of the Export of Fresh Agricultural Produce from Trinidad and Tobago to Barbados. Under her leadership, the members of the Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago have increased from less than 400 to over 6000 individual members, and 68 affiliate bodies bringing the farmers under one platform as a single voice. She has a very good story to tell on the role of farmers organizations in promoting commodity development and poverty reduction. I am very much looking forward to hearing all their insights.With regard to other commodity sectors, such as mining, the main issue that requires our attention is how best to embed the commodity sector in the national economy. Unless stronger forward and backward linkages are created between the commodity sector and other components of CDDC's economies, the commodity sector will continue to work as an enclave sector with limited benefits to populations, particularly the poor. This could be achieved if commodity windfalls during boom periods such as the recent one could be invested in order to diversify CDDCs' economies. Economic diversification will not only create jobs and increase incomes for the poor, but also make CDDCs less dependent on the vagaries of commodity price swings. In other words, commodities can help to reduce poverty in CDDCs in the short-term if the revenues they generate are wisely spent on poverty-reduction programmes. In the long-term, however, sustainable poverty reduction will be achieved through a process of economic diversification that puts job creation at the heart of the economic transformation process. In order to stabilize commodities markets and increase the share of revenue accruing to producers in CDDCs, participants are invited to debate on the issue of governance in the commodity market. During its Cannes meeting, the G20 called on all stakeholders in the commodities markets to improve transparency in both the physical and financial components. For example, overcoming information asymmetries in price formation mechanisms is crucial for better functioning and more stable commodities markets. This issue is so important that it has been discussed in many international fora, including the 66th session of the UN General Assembly in October 2011. Most recently, the G20 Energy Sustainability Working Group Meeting reiterated the need to make energy and commodity markets more transparent and predictable. It is in recognition of this need that we at UNCTAD have devoted some sessions of this Forum to the discussion of the challenges and solutions in collecting, analysing and disseminating market information and other commodities data, and how to improve transparency in commodities markets and value chains.Ladies and gentlemen,I am proud to report to you that the organization of this Forum is the fruit of concerted efforts between UNCTAD and a number of partners who believe in the virtues of dialogue in order to find solutions to pressing development challenges. The selection of the theme of this Forum followed a consultative process and a series of discussions among fourteen representatives of the private sector, international organizations and others. Our colleagues from the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) were very helpful in mobilizing large energy companies to participate in this Forum. A special session will be co-organized with the ECE's Gas Centre to discuss the contribution of energy, and especially natural gas, to economic growth and development in CDDCs. As you know, natural gas is becoming an increasingly important and clean hydrocarbon source, whose share in the world energy balance is expected to grow. Three energy companies have accepted to share their experiences in contributing through specific projects to the development of the regions and countries where they operate. We very much welcome the collaboration with partners in organizing this forum as we deal with issues that require an integrated approach; no single stakeholder has the capacity to address all of them in isolation. Indeed, as I mentioned earlier, one of the strengths of the Global Commodities Forum is its integrated approach. Allow me therefore to sincerely thank all the people and institutions who have helped in the organization of this Forum. I most particularly would like to express my appreciation to GazNat and Afreximbank for their generous financial support.I wish you all fruitful and productive discussions over the next two days.
Thank you very much.
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Two of the Big East Conference's best are set for a showdown at the KFC Yum! Center on Sunday afternoon, as the 12th- ranked Louisville Cardinals play host to the 25th-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles.
Marquette recently took down USF at home on Jan. 28, 63-50, to improve to 15-4 overall and an outstanding 6-1 in Big East play. The Golden Eagles have won eight of their last nine games to sneak into the latest AP poll, but while they are a perfect 12-0 on their home floor, they've won just one of four true road matchups.
Louisville ripped off 12-game winning streak earlier this season to improve to 16-1, which allowed it to rise all the way to No. 1 in the nation. That distinction turned out to be more of a curse than a blessing however, as it suffered three straight losses to Syracuse, Villanova and Georgetown. The Cardinals were able to snap out of the funk on Jan. 28 by logging a 64-61 home win over Pittsburgh to improve to 5-3 in conference.
Louisville owns a 41-26 series advantage over Marquette, and while the teams split the season series in 2011-12, the Cardinals have won seven of the last nine meetings overall.
Marquette was able to blow past USF in its latest game thanks to an outstanding 55.1 percent shooting effort. Vander Blue shot a lofty 13-of-20 from the field in netting a career-high 30 points, 21 of which came after halftime, nearly outpacing the Bulls' total output in the second half (26). Trent Lockett tallied 10 points and eight rebounds, and while Junior Cadougan managed just two points, he handed out six assists.
The Golden Eagles have been stellar in all phases of the game this season, shooting 46.3 percent from the field for 70.1 ppg, and holding their opponents to 62.3 ppg on less than 40 percent shooting. They also sport positive rebounding (+4.6) and turnover (+0.4) margins. Blue averages 14.8 ppg to pace the squad, while Davante Gardner (12.7 ppg) is incredibly efficient from both the field (.577) and the foul line (.848), despite coming off the bench in all 19 games. Cadougan adds 8.9 ppg and has 82 assists. One of Marquette's few weaknesses is the 3-point shot, as its has drained just 80 long-range buckets (4.2 pg) at a meager 29.5 percent clip.
Louisville's cold streak nearly continued last Tuesday as it saw its 11-point lead in the second half shrink to just two in the finale minute, but it went 4-of-4 from the foul line in the final 12 seconds to seal the deal. Russ Smith poured in 20 points, Gorgui Dieng stuffed the stat sheet with 14 points, 12 rebounds, five blocks and four assists, and Chane Behanan chipped in 12 points. Peyton Siva struggled mightily from the field (1-of-7), but certainly helped the team with his 10 assists.
One of the most well-rounded teams in the nations, the Cardinals play exceptional defense (57.9 ppg) in addition to producing at the offensive end (74.0 ppg), although their scoring output was dwindled to just 61.8 ppg in the last four tilts. Smith is one of the Big East's elite scorers, netting 18.4 ppg, while causing a ruckus in the passing lanes as well with 2.2 spg. Behanan (10.8 ppg, 7.4 rpg) and Dieng (9.4 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 2.4 bpg) are a formidable frontcourt duo, while Siva is one of the top floor generals in the country with averages of 10.5 points, 6.0 assists and 2.1 steals per contest.


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Some notable home video releases for the week ran the gamut from action/thriller to adult comedy to superhero to anime.
Here are some of the notable DVD and Blu-Ray releases for Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 in the United States (Region 1):
"End of Watch" (Universal Studios) – Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena – Rated R – This action/thriller focuses on police officers in parts of Los Angeles.
"For a Good Time, Call…" (Focus Features) – Starring Ari Graynor, Nia Vardalos – Rated R - This adult comedy focuses on two girls using the phone in an adult manner to make money.
"Young Justice: Invasion" (Warner Home Video) – Starring Jesse McCartney, Danica McKellar – 10 episodes of the Cartoon Network series' second season are available on this collection.
"Pokemon: Black & White: Volume 2 (Viz Media) – Starring Sarah Natochenny, Jimmy Zoppi – 12 more episodes of the latest adventures of Pokemon Trainer Ash Ketchum and friends are available in this anime release.


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Call me ignorant here, but how hard would it be for people to enable TLS 1.1 or 1.2 support in browsers and sites, since that apparently isn't vulnerable?
Its not the only the browsers that need to support the newer versions of these protocols, but also the servers.
Furthermore, if the prefixes are formatted in a certain way --- total speculation --- it may be possible to get the server to filter them out even if it's not running the same software. Anyway, I can't imagine how OpenSSL would implement this fix if the servers don't support it. But I admit I'm just catching up on this aspect.
Here's a brief post describing the "fix":
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.user/32566 [gmane.org]
And my speculation on how the attack works, in detail:
http://practicalcrypto.blogspot.com/2011/09/brief-diversion-beast-attack-on-tlsssl.html [blogspot.com]
Will you kindly explain to the unwashed masses how you would implement TLS 1.1 and 1.2 support in a world where the dominant library OpenSSL does not yet support either of the protocols in its stable releases? Sure, you can use GnuTLS and mod_gnutls, and I have tried it, but there was no point, as no browser apart from Opera supported it and there were some weird glitches in the module. IE 8/9 were supposed to support them under Vista and 7, but failed to access the site served by mod_gnutls when 1.1 and 1.
AC said it, the standard may be many years old but no released version of OpenSSL supports anything higher than TLS 1.0....
Call me ignorant here, but how hard would it be for people to enable TLS 1.1 or 1.2 support in browsers and sites, since that apparently isn't vulnerable?
Surprisingly hard, because there is still around 1-2% of HTTPS servers that are not compliant with the TLS protocol specification and reset the connection when a client attempts to negotiate a version higher than they can understand. Usually in these cases TLS 1.1 means too high, client developers are mainly just waiting for the broken servers to disappear or get upgraded before they can turn on the switch and start using new TLS versions. TLS 1.2 is also a bit different from TLS 1.1, and TLS 1.0 for that m
I'm sure sites will get upgraded nice and quickly once their customers start telephoning and saying 'my browser gave a scary warning when I tried to enter my credit card details!'
Except, of course, the customers don't do that. They simply figure this is one of the endless list of pointless natter comfirmations computers bombard them with, and click on it until it goes away.
Or, if they have one or two braincells working on critical thinking, they'll wonder and worry, call the support site for the organization whose server they're trying to use, and get told (after waiting on hold for several hours) "that warning doesn't mean anything; your connection is as private and secure as it always has." And that will be that.
If we're gonna hypothesize some kind of public groundswell in support of long-delayed technological deployments, can we get it behind IPv6 first? kthxbye.
There are many many servers that will totally fail if the client claims to support TLS 1.1 or 1.2.
Could clients detect this somehow and fall back to support the broken behaviour? For example on detection of an unexpected reset.
The point of the fix is that a whole lot of servers are now invulnerable to this.
(Hopefully the important ones).
Presumably the client could warn the user...
But if you have to renegotiate down to 1.0 because the server does not support it, you are still vulnerable.
Both browsers and servers should both be updated to support TLS 1.1 and 1.2, and both browsers and servers should negotiate the most secure, mutually supported protocols and cyphers.
Adding that support will take some time, and it will take years to lose the old clients that aren't updated (Win XP with IE 6 still has another 2+ years of support, for example). But if we don't start adding support now with backwards compatibility so that nothing breaks then we're never going to get the newer protocols.
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Could clients detect this somehow and fall back to support the broken behaviour? For example on detection of an unexpected reset.
Yes, but it opens you up to downgrade attacks. If both the client and server claims to support protocol X then it should not be possible to force them to use protocol Y which is considered less secure, even if both support that too. If you have a fully working TLS 1.1/1.2 client and server then all I have to do is cause a reset, the client will think it's a broken server and they'll use TLS 1.0 so you create a vulnerability where there was none.
Call me ignorant here, but how hard would it be for people to enable TLS 1.1 or 1.2 support in browsers and sites, since that apparently isn't vulnerable?
I think it would be hard for them to do this quickly. The Google Chrome solution is really a stopgap until then.
You're ignorant.
You're welcome.
You forgot the "here", but thanks for the effort!
Thanks for asking the question though. It was my first thought when I read the
Indeed. Slashdot may have gone down in recent years and have a bit of a reputation for trolls and shills, but if you know how to navigate through the comments, it's still a golden source of insight, information and the occasional bit of wit. This comment thread shows that..
Um, none of those are acronyms, they're initialisms.
See: http://lyberty.com/encyc/articles/abbr.html [lyberty.com]
Are they initialisms, though? Do you read "FTFA" as "eff tee eff ay" or "from the f*king article" ? Most people I know do the latter, which means its not an initialism either.
So....how long before they update BEAST?
They'll have to try a completely different approach.
Smart workaround, I didn't know this was possible without changes on the server side.
I found out all that information for myself separately before you posted that, but it's interesting to see the problem. I had to make the same assumption that the attack described is actually the one that was published all those years ago, which is pretty likely at this stage.
To summarise: Web browsers tend to use the NSS libraries, which have a "bug". The bug is subtle and actually part of the TLS 1.0 standard, but a tiny, standards-compliant, workaround virtually fixes the problem.
It's the same bug that OpenSSL patched 9 YEARS ago, fully knowing what they were patching and based on a publicly available paper on attacking exactly what NSS/OpenSSL were designed for (so the name "Network Security Services" is a bit of a misnomer now). The workaround is pretty basic (throw empty junk into the conversation first) but by all accounts "works".
A lot of browsers use NSS and thus are vulnerable. Some don't and thus aren't (Opera uses OpenSSL which was patched against this 9 years ago!). The "fix" that Google have committed to Chrome is basically identical to the OpenSSL fix from all those years ago.
The bug was pretty much unforeseeable all that time ago, and thus TLS 1.1 etc. were born to supplant it. You can't really blame people for the bug existing in the standard - you CAN blame them for not fixing it 9 years ago when others did exactly that, in "open" code.
Lessons to be learned:
1) SSL library authors needs to READ publicly available exploits aimed at the code they are developing.
2) They need to read other project's bug/commit-logs/security warnings if they are serious about being a competitor to their security.
3) Don't use libraries that don't do the above if you want to be taken seriously, and certainly not in a mainstream millions-of-deployments browser.
4) Update your libraries and recompile your code when they change.
OpenSSL know what they are doing and have a good reputation. NSS are pretty much amateurs. Think of that next time you want to use an SSL library.
I had posted this in another thread, but in case it's helpful --- this is my best guess on how the attack works in detail:
http://practicalcrypto.blogspot.com/2011/09/brief-diversion-beast-attack-on-tlsssl.html [blogspot.com]
That doesn't sound like a "fix" as much as it sounds like a "bandaid."
It doesn't counteract the root functionality of the exploit. It simply reduces the chances of it being successful.
It's like changing your windows password every day and calling that "invulnerable security" simply because someone is less likely to be able to guess it.
Although it has not been fully disclosed yet, it's my understanding that the attack is only practical because of a sort of implicit "trust chain" in the implementation of TLS 1.0 where knowledge of one block gives you all the information you need to decode the next block... but also that proper decryption of one block means that you know that you decrypted the previous block successfully. That's the kicker - if you are just making guesses at one block but know the contents of the next block, the encrypted r
Based on what is known about this attack, there are a number of ways it can be thwarted without the need for TLS v1.1/v1.2.
1. Google's solution: by randomly sizing the TLS records, this adds randomness to the known plaintext through more frequent padding.
2. OpenSSL's solution of refreshing the IV by adding an empty TLS record - but some MS products have issues with this.
3. TLS v1 permits up to 255 bytes of padding. Most implementations add the minimum amount (up to 7 for 3/DES and 15 for AES). Using a rando
Could the server use compression and randomly vary it and not do optimal gzipping for the content?
It's apparently an issue with the client-sent data - that is the data that is analyzed. BEAST has no control over the server-sent data, so whatever the server does, short of closing the connection, has no effect.
Strictly-speaking, I don't believe so. There's no way to negotiate the compression method. In the case of the server sending data, the client is able to indicate acceptable compression algorithms (via Accept-type headers) before the server sends the data (with Content-Encoding headers indicating compression). With the client sending data first, there's no way for the server to tell the client what is acceptable.
SSL does have support for compression, but there are no compression methods defined other than NU
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Etravirine Lowers Levels of Maraviroc Given at 300 or 600 mg Twice Daily
May/June 2011
Etravirine may greatly lower concentrations of maraviroc when the drugs are taken without a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor (PI), according to results of a retrospective, multicenter French analysis of antiretroviral-experienced people.1 Maraviroc concentrations were low regardless of whether this CCR5 antagonist was dosed at 300 or 600 mg twice daily.
Etravirine, the most recently licensed nonnucleoside, induces the CYP3A4 enzyme, while maraviroc is a CYP3A4 substrate. As a result, giving the drugs together may result in lower-than-normal maraviroc concentrations. Thus, a maraviroc dose of 600 mg twice daily is recommended with etravirine. Combinations of antiretrovirals with different mechanisms and with activity against virus resistant to the first three antiretroviral classes are favoured constituents of salvage regimens, which often exclude PIs because of resistance or toxicities.
To assess the impact of etravirine on maraviroc in treatment-experienced people, French investigators conducted this retrospective multicenter study of 67 people taking etravirine and maraviroc with or without one or two nucleosides, with or without raltegravir, and without a PI. The researchers excluded people taking other drugs likely to interact with maraviroc, and they excluded people with undetectable maraviroc levels. They figured trough concentrations (Ctrough, collected 12 hours after dosing) and Cave (any post dose concentration), and they set the target Ctrough at 75 ng/mL.
The 49 men (73%) and 18 women studied had a median age of 50 (IQR 46 to 55) and a median weight of 62 kg (IQR 61 to 70). Thirty people (45%) were taking 300 mg of maraviroc twice daily, 37 (55%) were taking 600 mg twice daily, and 50 (50%) were also taking raltegravir. Everyone took 200 mg of etravirine twice daily. The investigators analysed 106 samples to calculate Cave and 82 to calculate Ctrough.
In people taking maraviroc at 300 mg twice daily, median Cave and Ctrough were 63 ng/mL (IQR 29 to 127) and 53 ng/mL (IQR 27 to 84); for people taking 600 mg twice daily, median Cave and Ctrough were 62 ng/mL (IQR 35 to 90) and 59 ng/mL (IQR 36 to 84).
For the whole study group, 62% of Cave values and 67% of Ctroughs stood below the target of 75 ng/mL. Among people taking 300 mg of maraviroc twice daily, 60% of Cave values and 71% of Ctroughs were under 75 ng/mL. Among people taking 600 mg twice daily, 64% of Cave values and 65% of Ctroughs were under 75 ng/mL. Even when the Ctrough cutoff was 50 ng/mL, 39% of Ctroughs were suboptimal, regardless of maraviroc dose. So in this population, doubling the maraviroc dose did not lower the risk of subtherapeutic troughs.
Median etravirine Ctrough was 696 ng/mL (IQR 474 to 1068), which is about 180-fold higher than the protein binding-adjusted 50% effective concentration for etravirine against wild-type (nonmutant) virus. Median etravirine Ctrough did not differ significantly between people taking 300 mg of maraviroc twice daily and people taking 600 mg twice daily (813 and 679 ng/mL).
"Surprisingly," the French team concluded, "maraviroc Ctroughs were very similar" with both maraviroc doses and "quite lower" than concentrations seen when the regimen contained a ritonavir-boosted PI. Those findings suggest that increasing the maraviroc dose has "a modest effect" on CYP3A4 induction by etravirine.
Two small cases series of treatment-experienced people starting maraviroc, etravirine, and raltegravir suggest that the combination can promote a good virologic response through 48 weeks.2,3
The method of determining Cavg here is different from that used previously by Pfizer. There was considerable discussion about maraviroc target concentrations.
Mark Mascolini is with NATAP.org.
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'We are suffocating ourselves'
Democracy is in action across Africa, from Egypt to Morocco to DR Congo. Also, the UN climate conference is getting underway in Durban in South Africa. The country's Deputy President says "we're suffocating". That's the focus for Monday 28th November, 2011.
The International Herald Tribune cartoon (selected from Canada's National Post) shows five Egyptian generals around a table. One says: "All those in favour of ending violent suppression and switching to deceit, subterfuge and manipulation instead". And they all have their hands up. That's a twist on democracy in action. Among the Egyptian papers, I looked at Al-Shorouk which argues that what is needed now is negotiation. It says the military doesn't want power so much as money. The challenge is to reach a settlement on terms and conditions so that they return to barracks. The paper points out that this is the only way forward, as the military has had huge influence in the country for more than six decades.
In the French press review, I reported on Le Figaro's editorial praising King Mohammed VI for his reforms. A moderate Islamist party has emerged victorious in elections there. For balance, I turned to an opposition blog which is neither Islamist or nationalist: larbi.org. It headlines: "The lure of elections" and says the key result in the vote was the low turnout. Seven out of ten eligible voters didn't show up, an abstention rate higher than in Morocco's last two general elections.
The Bahrain-based Gulf News, meanwhile, has a comment piece arguing that the transition to democracy was never going to be easy in various Arab countries. The piece is headlined "Arab Spring is still work in progress" and is written by Kuwait University's Abdullah Al Shayji. He argues people power is here to stay regardless of how messy, bloody the revolution might be. He also points out that the Arab World has changed more in one year than it has in decades.
Slate Africa is looking at why the opposition to incumbent President Joseph Kabila could get a thrashing in elections that begin today. Slate says the opposition is hugely divided and the move to a one-round vote works against it. In the general election, almost 19,000 candidates are vying for 500 seats. People in DRC are going to the ballot box after a weekend of clashes between supporters of rival parties and security forces.
Moving down the continent, The Times of South Africa is leading with the word "revolution". It's not a reference to the Arab Spring but a plea instead. The paper headlines: "Revolution needed to save our planet". The latest round of UN climate change talks start today in Durban. The paper reports that Africa is the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, with millions already suffering from drought and extreme weather. And there is a quote from South Africa's Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe saying: "we are suffocating ourselves".
Finally, the Wall Street Journal Europe has a feature on lying. A village in the Lake District in the north of England has hosted the World's Biggest Liar competition. Brits are known for their eccentricity but the article points out that this lying fest has gone international. "Fibbers are increasingly coming from other parts of the world," the paper reveals.


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When in doubt about whether your confession belongs in here or the Confessions thread, post it in here.
When in doubt about whether your confession belongs in here or the Confessions thread, post it in here.
Ugh, then people will start using this just like they use the boring shit thread.
Isn't that boring shit about your life?
I was too lazy to cook, so I ordered some food at 2am last night. I ordered extra shrimps too. Now I have garlic shrimp gas.
edit: garlic shrimp gas is disgusting.
I confess I had just a comfy amount of molly today and had my best day working ever. I haven't been this good at my job in too long.
I love you.
Did some lines with my friends Mum before she went to teach Summer School, she's a favorite of the students.
Who has, in the past, disclosed her actual work location in addition to using her name as a handle. Gunz - you do know this site is public, yes?
Holy crap, gunz.
Uh oh...
Nothing on the internet is real until you have a picture or video of it. Algunz is creating fan fiction for her seductive house wife teacher character.
I once got fired from a pizza place I worked at on my day off.I went to my work looking really shot from a very HARD night of partying at my house and I went there for my paycheck.My boss would not give me my paycheck unless I returned their really awesome work shirts.I will admit I kinda wanted to keep it and I was really upset I got fired .So when I got my house I notice german shepard just took a huge shit . I flip my work shirt inside out pick up the shit with the shirt and flip the shirt outside back.I then smash the shirt so the poo would not fall out while returning the shirt.When I got back to the pizza place my now ex boss was sitting at table with some dude that was wearing nice clothes so lets just assume a business meeting.I gave the work shirt back to my boss and was about get my paycheck .When he goes, "Wait your going have to sign some paper work before you get your check too".So he walks away to get those paper while I am standing now worried about how long do I got?Will he inspected the shirt infront me? Will he smell the shirt? What about him?.My ex boss comes back with thr paper work and is now sitting by the "shitty shirt" explaining everything I need to sign .Blah Blah while I am rethinking these questions.SIGN HERE! which snaps my conscious back to what is important. I sign the paperwork and recevice my paycheck.I walk out and while passing my exboss and assoicate outside the window of the table they are at.I stop and smile then processed to run to my truck.As I am driving away My ex boss comes out running out of the pizza place with his fist in the air shaking.......now some may be freak out and regret doing that but not I .Mainly because I went to college and will hopefully never have to work a "shitty" job again.
more confession plz. :o
Go for it, Amy.
I mailed a guy a piece of toilet paper I wiped on my ass once.
It was the early 90s with dialup internet, and the guy was spamming me and about a million other CC'd email addresses asking for a dollar.
My friend's ex-wife put a bag of shot on the passenger seat of his y'all car. It was parked behind the bar she worked at. I always imagined the ex-wife crouched over a bag in the bar a bathroom and walking past the waitress station holding a bag of poo
Now its all shit jokes
lul, goofed?
One of them was an English teacher.
You asses are suppose confess!!
Zack, I don't think you understand this thread.
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Born in Mariefred, Sweden, a small town 65 kilometres (40 miles) from Stockholm, Samuelsson now makes his summer home in Nykvarn, a community that was part of Sodertalje until 1999. The Stanley Cup arrived in Nykvarn at 9AM on Tuesday, July 29, and Mikael, girlfriend Sandra and children William and Stina, had their portraits taken professionally with the Stanley Cup.
Samuelsson decided to visit one of his friends and surprise him with the Stanley Cup. But it just so happens that the friend, Mats Hallin, was a Stanley Cup champion with the New York Islanders in 1983. Back then, teams didn't get the opportunity to share the Cup with the players for a day that tradition began a decade later so Hallin had never really spent any time with the trophy that bears his name.
The five-year NHL veteran almost fell off the ladder in astonishment. Hurrying down to greet Samuelsson, Hallin got very emotional. "Look," he said in a shaky voice, pointing to his arms, "I have goosebumps!" Everyone on the site stopped their work and a spontaneous party erupted. Mats brought out snacks and beer, along with photos from his NHL career and the miniature Stanley Cup he was awarded as being part of the Islanders win in 1983.
After profuse thanks from Hallin, Samuelsson left with the Stanley Cup and decided to have lunch in Sodertalje at La Pizza di Memo. As Mikael was entering the restaurant, Memo, the owner, shouted, "Hey Sammy, what have you got?!?" Mikael just grinned, brushing past the autographed photos that adorn the walls, and placed the Cup on a table. "I had to come to the place with the best food in town," he laughed. Memo and his staff then made pizza and pasta for Samuelsson and his party.
On his way to a civic reception in Mariefred, Mikael stopped at the local arena, but finding no one there, continued on to his hometown. Three thousand fans crowded the town square to greet the Red Wings' winger. An official presentation from the town honoured Samuelsson, who then signed autographs for many in attendance.
Afterwards, Mikael took the Cup back to Nykvarn and a party for about 140 friends and family commenced at the Nykvarn Golf Club. The menu included barbecued chicken, beef and fish as well as corn on the cob and assorted vegetables. Kids gobbled up hotdogs. Former NHLers Mats Hallin and Bert Robertsson were there to celebrate with Mikael.
Following a champagne toast, Pigghaj, a local band loved by Mikael, kicked up the tempo of the party, and not long afterwards, had celebrants dancing around the Stanley Cup.
Helsingborg is a historic city in the southern part of Sweden, and is that country's closest point to Denmark. Andreas is very much a history buff, and regaled all those within earshot of tales of Scandic battles with the Danes.
The Liljas picked up the Cup in their Hummer and drove to a local rink, where a team of local youngsters eagerly had their picture taken with the Stanley Cup.
Arriving at their home, the family dressed for a very special occasion. Andreas and Lotta were having their children baptized, using the Stanley Cup as the font that held the Holy Water. The ceremony, held on the patio of the family home, was witnessed by 75 family members and close friends, who looked on as 5-year-old Tilda and 9-month-old Maya were baptized. Afterwards, Andreas hosted a party, where guests enjoyed fish, shrimp, pasta salad and wildberry mousse.
As mentioned, Andreas loves the history of the region, and took the Stanley Cup to several of the historic sites located within Helsingborg. There is no landmark more recognized in the city than the 600-year-old Karnan Tower. It is the remains of a castle built in Helsingborg during the Middle Ages, but in 1676, most of the castle was laid ruin, but the tower remained and has become an exceptionally popular local landmark.
The Karnan Tower is 34 metres (111.5 feet) tall, and 147 steps take visitors from the ground to the top, where a breathtaking panoramic view awaits. Now, a professional athlete has no trouble with 147 steps, but carrying the 34.5 pound (15.6 kilogram) Stanley Cup at the same time was a different matter. "I may never get to do this again," exclaimed Lilja. "Let's go!" But halfway up the tower, Andreas turned to the Keeper of the Cup and, thrusting the trophy towards him, suggested it was someone else's turn to carry the trophy. As it turned out, Andreas did take the Stanley Cup to the top of the Karnan Tower on his own. There, he had some incredible photos taken looking out over both the city and the sea.
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Hi all, new here and new to photographyJust need to ask a simple question.......I recently took a group photo (around 8 people) using 5D3 with a 50mm 1.4 but it came out blur except where I was focused.AV, AWB, f9, ISO auto, one shot, using only the centre AF point.basically, my wife and her two friends next to her were pretty sharp but the people on the ends were blurry.I tried with all the AF points on but it just auto focused on the couple of people closer to the camera.any suggestion would be grateful. Thanks
At f/9 for 50mm len, everything should be in focus assuming you're not too close to the subject. I never need to shoot group portrait at that small aperture, f5.6 is usually enough. Based on your description, if indeed the center is in focus, then you're standing too close to the group. How big is the group? If it is 6-10 people group, safe distance is at least ~3m in general.A shot with details should help.
just edited my first post included the photo. thanks
Quote from: bearbooth on August 14, 2012, 09:08:26 PMjust edited my first post included the photo. thanksAfter downloading and viewing the image and exif, I wondered if you were using a tripod? 1/20 sec for a 50mm lens with a 22 mp body is pretty slow. I'd prefer.....
Hi all, new here and new to photographyJust need to ask a simple question.......I recently took a group photo (around 8 people) using 5D3 with a 50mm 1.4 but it came out blur except where I was focused. I think I was standing around 3m.......kept backing up until I got everyone into frame.Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AETv( Shutter Speed ) 1/20Av( Aperture Value ) 9.0Metering Mode Center-Weighted Average MeteringExposure Compensation 0ISO Speed 12800Auto ISO Speed ONLens EF50mm f/1.4 USMFocal Length 50.0mmImage Size 2880x1920Image Quality FineFlash OffFE lock OFFWhite Balance Mode AutoWhite balance compensation A2, 0 AF Mode One-Shot AFAF area select mode Spot AFPicture Style Autoany suggestion would be grateful. Thanksis it camera shake? I cant really get away with handheld at a 1/20 speed right?


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Apple announces Final Cut Pro X for $299
Posted 01 May 2011 - 10:32 PM
The big question is whether FCP X will indeed dispense of this step, which is very time consuming. The preview seemed to indicate so. My curiosity led me to look into whether the new iMovie version (released last year) would have secretly adopted a similar technology. The symptom would have been a blazing fast rendering, no transcoding, etc...The answer appears to be clearly NO.
But furthermore, for many users, it has become an incredibly frustrating app to use (there does not seem to be any workaround for the insanely slow "import" issue mentioned above).
Which could be a non sequitur if iMovie did not have an XML export option to FCP, which apparently some were using to make rough cuts in iMovie before refining everything in FCP (or FCE). A crawling iMovie will certainly not make this attractive anymore...
But again, at $15, I am not going to get mad at Apple to have screwed up on this one. Plus I had kept a copy of iMovie '09, like I had a copy of iMovie HD, before upgrading (iMovie '11 installation basically overwrites iMovie '09).
Posted 07 May 2011 - 07:47 AM
I have always been a Mac guy but, and unfortunately, there is a huge difference between the way Adobe and Apple treat their 'influencers and press'. Adobe bends over backward to help get us the NFRs of new products, calls us on the phone and flies us to various trainings and such. For the most part, they are a pleasure to deal with. Apple, however, though we still get NFRs, treats us like we had leprosy or something. It is nigh impossible to get a returned phone call or email. Rather than create an anxious enthusiasm for X's release, they have only succeeded in pissing people off and creating a panic among users. I should have received the NFR for it as soon as it was in Beta so that, as writers, we could ht the ground running, but we will have to wait just like everyone else. A shame. However, my bet is that Steve Martin of Ripple Training will have tutorial discs ready to go almost immediately and, at least, I know his training DVDs are of the highest quality.
We really have to wait and see. I also wonder what the instructors in Film schools are going to do. Students will want to be trained on the latest and greatest but the instructors themselves will be novices on an entirely new application and GUI. Will they stick with 7 or try to wallow through X?
Apple has greatly succeeded in creating mass speculation which is really all it is up till now.
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Posted 09 May 2011 - 06:04 PM
Posted 10 May 2011 - 10:45 AM
I think I must be the only idiot to actually have lost money with Apple stock when the market crashed and I got out of it. Dumb me.
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Edited by peterbkk, 22 June 2011 - 07:14 AM.
Posted 22 June 2011 - 06:05 PM
An interesting first-look at FCP X in the latest from Ken Stone:
I am not buying it until I get a more powerful MBP, but it seems perfect for guys like me who are getting tired of endless rendering but don't need the bells & whistles of pro tools!
I can't quite understand though whether AVCHD footage is transcoded or not. It seems it is, but you can play back the footage right away in the timeline (sorry, storyline)? Is it something that will be also feasible outside of FCP in Lion (new QT version reading mts files natively???)?
It's only if you start modifying the footage (effects, transitions, etc) that the transcoded version comes into play? So big drives needed...
I guess the experience of people will depend on the machine used (BTW, does it take advantage of NVidia GPUs? I did not see anything about that, although it wouldn't matter for MBP users).
Very curious to hear feedback from UW videographers (and videos!).
Posted 22 June 2011 - 10:17 PM
Posted 22 June 2011 - 11:14 PM
Can it open FCP7 projects?
No. Maybe Apple or a 3rd party might make a converter.
But it will open iMovie projects and events - which says a lot about it's origins...
Posted 23 June 2011 - 06:07 AM
Supported media files: AVCHD (including AVCCAM, AVCHD Lite, and NXCAM) (etc...)
Transcode media files: Whether Final Cut Pro uses proxy media or your original or optimized media during playback is determined by the playback setting you select in the Final Cut Pro Editing preferences.
Posted 23 June 2011 - 06:09 AM
Posted 23 June 2011 - 06:31 AM
BTW, everybody (and I mean everybody) should read the Release Notes before buying Final Cut Pro X!
Posted 23 June 2011 - 09:44 PM
One other point: Apple has touted that it edits multiple formats natively. This is an out and out misrepresentation. All video is rendered into a single format and codec. There is a very limited choice of codecs, and not the best codecs for most situations, no Pro Res LT for instance as a render option. Because everything is background rendered huge ProRes, high data rate files are being generated. This is NOT editing in native formats. This is editing with background rendering.
what gives?
Posted 25 June 2011 - 06:29 AM
Native editing3 support for:[...] AVCHD, including Panasonic AVCCAM and Sony NXCAM [...]
Note 3: Native editing includes support for import and playback without transcoding.
What it does not include is not mentioned, but more likely than not, what it does not mention is not included. In other words, it will play back AVCHD clips without transcoding, but any modification of the clip will require transcoding. From some reviews read on the topic, it seems that the background transcoding (and rendering when needed) is resource hungry, as expected.
Posted 25 June 2011 - 01:30 PM
Posted 25 June 2011 - 02:26 PM
Note there are some bad words in the subtitles, so don't play it in a NSFW or if offended by some four letter words and variations thereof
Posted 25 June 2011 - 07:22 PM
I sincerely feel for the pros among you...
Apple's attitude was beyond disdain for its FCP users.
But on the other hand, to make FCP X compatible with FCP 7 and provide all the former tools of Studio would have (will?) required much more work (how much is not clear, but maybe not THAT much).
Meanwhile, apparently, the prosumer market is very happy with this intermediate release, and Apple's coffers are feeling up with easy cash.
It would be very easy for Apple to say: "we will provide backward compatibility with FCP projects and all pro features in XX months from now". But, that would still leave FCP 7 users the only one on the market with maddening render time. Frustrating to say the least.
Posted 26 June 2011 - 01:41 AM
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Posted 26 June 2011 - 01:50 PM
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Posted 27 June 2011 - 12:01 PM
Guess this one may have been seen before, the standard sendup
Note there are some bad words in the subtitles, so don't play it in a NSFW or if offended by some four letter words and variations thereof
Anyone buying FCP X? I never upgraded from 6 and now I've no idea what I'm going to do
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Iranian president, lauded for opening 'a new chapter' in relations with the West, is miles ahead of the competition
Adiv Sterman is a breaking news editor at The Times of Israel.
Online readers of the Guardian newspaper have voted Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as most deserving to be awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. In a poll posted Monday, the Islamic Republic leader had by Tuesday night raked in 69 percent of the online voters, more than four times the number of votes raked in by the second most popular nominee, Pakistani political and social activist Malala Yousafza.
The poll officially closes Wednesday.
Nominees appearing in the Guardian's poll list were suggested by a number of the publication's leading journalists and do not reflect the Nobel Prize committee's actual opinions.
Rouhani was nominated by the Guardian's Iran reporter, Saeed Kamali Dehghan. Dehghan described the Iranian leader as an "ultimate insider who enjoys backing both from the country's supreme leader" and from "reform-seeking critics." He went on to claim that Rouhani had kick-started "a new chapter for improved relations with the West," and had broken a "34-year-long taboo of direct talks with the US." Awarding Rouhani with a Nobel Peace Prize, Dehghan argued, would push him to help spread moderation across the Iranian nation.
Other candidates suggested by the Guardian included Olivier De Schutter, a UN official and an advocate for the global right to food; Teresita Quintos Deles, a women's rights and anti-poverty activist from the Philippines; and Denis Mukwege, an outspoken critic of human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Also nominated was the flamboyant former NBA star Dennis Rodman, described by the Guardian as both a "clown and a maverick," but nevertheless, an "imaginative" activist. Rodman raised a few eyebrows for his numerous travels to North Korea throughout the past year, in an attempt to "bridge the gap" between the US and the isolated regime.
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Jintu Gogoi's neighbourhood in Sadiya, Upper Assam, is no longer friendly. Over two weeks ago, an army of eight-legged freaks invaded it. It all happened in the evening on May 8. Most of the inhabitants of Chaulkhowa Nagaon village had been to a Bihu function. When the programme drew to a close, swarms of spiders suddenly descended from nowhere and started biting the people. The festive mood soon turned into one of panic with people bumping into each other and tripping over empty benches in their frantic bid to egress. Jintu was bitten by one of these critters.
It all sounded like a scene from a Hollywood horror flick, but as Jintu showed his blackened, swollen finger, to TOI, it became clear that it was not some elaborate hoax created by some mischief-monger, it was something that happened for real. But the panic it triggered could have been certainly avoided had there been enough awareness among laymen and mandarins about arachnids. ... http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...w/13753398.cms
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I was a little concerned about how the content would go down because some of the monitoring approaches I was suggesting were decidedly old-school and far from YAPP or Method R, but if time spent in the o/s run queue is unaccounted-for in those approaches, then needs must. As the presentation progressed I sensed a good reaction from the room, though.
After the presentation, I was answering follow-up questions for 30 minutes. Alex G was too polite to desert me, so he was late for his lunch too. Cheers, mate (Particularly as it was fajitas - a firm Gorbachev favourite - and with guacamole this time!)
Definitely a good morning and the worrying is over for another conference
Now I'm in the final event of the week, the afternoon training session - "Diagnosing and Avoiding RAC Performance Problems" - which I definitely don't want to miss, but I'll catch up on more later.
#1 - Marco Gralike said:
2007-03-08 20:30 - (Reply)
I enjoyed the presentation. Missed out on the "alternative belt" picture My telephone camera didn't do better then this: http://www.liberidu.com/blog/?attachment_id=52
Anyway, thx and hope you enjoyed the training.
#1.1 - Doug Burns said:
2007-03-09 00:06 - (Reply)
I enjoyed the presentation.
Thanks, Marco. Strangely, I could see your serious face at the front the whole presentation and thought you might not like it. Shows how much I know!
My telephone camera didn't do better then this: http://www.liberidu.com/blog/?attachment_id=52
ARGGH! I *really* have to stop doing that 'making a funny face' thing when my photo is taken. It seems funny at the time but makes me look like a complete idiot
I like your new blog, btw, and enjoyed the training today ...
#1.1.1 - Marco Gralike 2007-03-09 05:46 - (Reply)
I didn't do much with parallelism since 8.1.7, so I am a little bit rusty on the subject. I was really doing an effort to put it into context (without having a good context) . That's probably why I was looking so serious. Currently XMLDB can't be used with parallelism, maybe in a 12 version or so. They are looking into it, according to the product manager; mentioned on the XMLDB OTN Forum.
I hope we meet again and have a drink or two.
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2007-03-09 13:18 - (Reply)
I hope we meet again and have a drink or two.
Certainly. Once I've caught up on one remaining question from the presentation and a ton of personal stuff, that would be good
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Police on Wednesday raided headquarters of the Gypsy Jokers outlaw motorcycle gang, uncovering drugs, guns and cash.
But they also found Cleo - a brown female alpaca that was being kept in a paddock at the rear of the clubhouse.
Cleo was reported stolen from a property at nearby Bringelly in February.
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TAMPA — And somehow you knew this Bruins team had to make things hard at least one more time before the curtain falls.
It would've been way too easy for them to close out the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight at the St. Pete Times Forum and start preparing for the Vancouver Canucks and the Stanley Cup Final.
Instead, they'll play a do-or-die game in Boston Friday that could validate everything they've done over the last eight months or leave them two steps shy of their ultimate goal.
David Krejci's hat trick wasn't enough to overcome a lack of discipline and an ineffective penalty kill in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final, as the Lightning hung on for a 5-4 victory to push the series to the limit.
Here's a quick glance at the box score:
•In addition to Krejci's hat trick, linemates Milan Lucic (one goal, one assist) and Nathan Horton (two assists) were also impossible for the Lightning to handle.
•Tim Thomas made just 21 saves on 26 shots.
•The Bruins power play scored a rare goal and finished 1-for-5. The power play is now 5-for-61 in the postseason.
•After coming into the game with 16 kills in 18 Tampa Bay opportunities, the Bruins' penalty kill was just 1-for-4.
•The Lightning's "Big Three" of Martin St. Louis, Steven Stamkos and Vinny Lecavalier combined for eight points, including three goals.


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Managing: How can I address my employee's bad attitude?
Each week Alison Green, who also writes the "Ask a Manager" website , answers workplace and management questions from readers.
Question: How can I address my employee's bad attitude?
Can you share some tips about managing folks with attitude/professionalism problems?
I have to meet with a staff member this week who is generally good at her job but has become increasingly disrespectful and resistant to any direction. It came to head over an inappropriate email that was disrespectful/borderline insubordinate. Her attitude makes it difficult for me to work with her, but every time I talk to her about anything she is so unpleasant about it, and afterwards it is almost the silent treatment.
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Do you have suggestions for the manager to address the attitude without making the whole situation even more unpleasant? She wants quite desperately to be transferred to work anywhere but here, but doesn't realize that her attitude is going to make that impossible. So I plan to make that clear in the meeting, but she is still griping about the time I told her they'd come up with a new procedure they wanted us to follow that was different from what she did.
I know I can't make her respect me, but is there a way that discussing disrespectful attitude will result in better attitude and not just make the problem worse?
Managers sometimes worry that they can't address attitude issues as straightforwardly as they would performance issues, but you can and you should. In fact, you should frame it exactly the the same way you would a performance issue — "what you're doing is ___, and what I need is ___."
Just make sure that you're specific about what she's doing that needs to change (as opposed to just lumping it all under "bad attitude"). For instance: "Part of what we need in this role is someone with a cheerful, can-do attitude and a willingness to hear feedback. That means I need you to be pleasant to coworkers, participate in meetings, not roll your eyes or otherwise be dismissive when people talk, and be open to discussing areas where I ask you to do something differently."
And if the problem is severe enough that it could conceivably lead you to replace the person without significant improvement, you should be transparent about that: "I want to be clear that this is important enough that without significant improvement in the next few weeks, we would need to move you out of this role."
Alison Green writes about workplace and management issues for The Business Journals. She writes the "Ask a Manager" website, dispensing advice on career, job search, and management issues. Previously she was the chief of staff for a national nonprofit lobbying organization, where she was responsible for day-to-day management. She lives in Washington, D.C.


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Riverside Christian Academy's kindergarten classes recently enjoyed a week-long mini-unit on Antarctica.
"This is one of our favorite unit studies," said kindergarten teachers Stephanie Gardner and Christy Thurman. "We have been adding to the unit for several years now, but our favorite activity is building and enjoying the 500-plus milk jug igloo. It's always a fun place to imagine and explore."
During the unit study, the students read an informational text about life in Antarctica, study the animals that live there and discuss landforms, temperature and climate. The children also practice counting by twos, fives and tens, using the milk jugs as they begin learning about estimation and exploring perimeter, area and symmetry.
Mrs. Gardner and Mrs. Thurman would like to thank all the students, parents, and community friends who saved jugs for the project.
"It's such an exciting way to help the kids visualize what a real igloo would look like," said Mrs. Gardner. "It's nice when everyone comes together to offer such great experiences for our children."