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Australians on the Western Front: Monash built to lead
Like the volunteer Australian Corps that he later commanded, Sir John Monash was not a professional soldier when he entered the First World War aged 49.
But the Melbourne-born son of German Jewish immigrants ended the war with a record as admirable as any other Allied general based on his battle-winning leadership in France in 1918.
The boy who met bushranger Ned Kelly in Jerilderie became a successful civil engineer and pioneer in constructing bridges with reinforced concrete.
He also served 30 years in the part-time citizen militia, developing an interest in the possibilities of mechanical warfare, before his appointment to lead the Australian Imperial Force's 4th Brigade at Gallipoli.
Promoted to command the 3rd Division in 1916, Monash trained the new recruits on England's Salisbury Plain.
Joining the British-led II ANZAC Corps, the 3rd Division distinguished itself in Flanders in 1917. They fought beside New Zealanders in capturing Messines Ridge in June, the successful attack at Broodseinde early in October and the carnage at Passchendaele.
Monash was chosen to succeed General Sir William Birdwood as Australian Corps Commander in May 1918 and promoted to Lieutenant-General.
From August to October all five Australian Divisions fought together in a series of offensive operations – and victories – leading up to November's Armistice.
Historians highlight Monash's intellect, force of will, self-confidence, administrative competence and creative originality.
Biographer Geoffrey Serle said Monash talked of "keeping one's mind elastic and one's thinking machinery cool."
Above all, Monash was a meticulous planner, using an engineer's precision to map out his battle plans.
His interest in the technology of war and the Western Front's dreadful casualty lists firmed his views about the infantry's 'true role.'
Monash said it was "not to expend itself upon heroic physical effort (or) wither away under merciless machine-gun fire … but to advance under the maximum possible protection of the maximum possible array of mechanical resources."
Monash enhanced his reputation by a set piece battle plan for capturing the town of Le Hamel from the Germans on July 4.
Combining infantry, artillery, new Mark V tanks, aircraft and tactical surprise – with American infantry joining Australian troops - it was all over in 93 minutes.
Australia's official war correspondent Charles Bean called it "a textbook victory, a little masterpiece casting a long shadow before it".
Monash the accomplished pianist waxed lyrical: "A perfected modern battle plan is like nothing so much as a score for an orchestral composition … every individual unit must make its entry precisely at the proper moment."
Le Hamel snuffed out a campaign by Bean, aided by journalist Keith Murdoch, opposing Monash's elevation to head the Australian Corps.
The Allies then moved to protect the strategically important town of Amiens.
On August 8, Monash's Australians spearheaded an advance with Canadian and British troops to overrun the German front line in what General Erich Ludendorff labelled "the black day of the German army."
King George V travelled to Monash's battlefield headquarters at Chateau Bertangles and knighted him on August 12.
Further decisive victories followed, pushing the Germans off Mont St Quentin and out of Péronne.
Monash led the Australians and 50,000 Americans in breaking the Hindenburg Line and early in October the weary Australian troops – and their leader – were rested.
Australian historian Dr Peter Pederson said Monash knew he was fortunate to command the Australian Corps at its peak "but he also made his own luck."
He wrote in The Anzacs that Monash's open mind, robustness, intellect and creative imagination were sharpened by his wartime experience.
"By (mid 1918) Monash's ideas on fighting were highly developed and fully proven. Monash's technical mastery of all arms and tactics, particularly surprise and deception, was unsurpassed among his contemporaries, and he attached equal weight to logistics. Monash's strengths far outweighed the flaws in his command style or the few mistakes he made."
Monash believed in "feeding the troops on victory" and was annoyed if Australian achievements failed to get due recognition.
He quickly wrote his version for history, The Australian Victories in France in 1918, arguing that the Australian Corps punched above its weight between March and October in terms of prisoners and guns captured and area reoccupied.
At the end of the war, Monash managed the efficient repatriation of 160,000 Australian soldiers. Back home he led Anzac Day marches and pushed for the creation of Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance.
Monash contributed greatly to Victoria's industrial development by running the State Electricity Commission in the 1920s.
In 1929, new Prime Minister Joseph Scullin promoted Monash to General.
An estimated 250,000 people attended Monash's state funeral in 1931.
- The Road to Remembrance is published by Fairfax Media in partnership with the Department of Veterans' Affairs.


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Australia, Get Ready For 60-Day Heatwaves!
Heatwaves that last for one month each year and give Australia 10 per cent less water are just some of the impacts predicted if the world does not meet the optimist's goal of the international climate agreement.
New research has shown that Australia would be significantly warmer if the world were to warm up by 1.5C and it could lead to temperatures getting up to 10 degrees higher.
If that does happen, temperatures in the north of the country will experience heat waves for one month a year, while the south would get two weeks.
It would end up with coal reefs being severely impacted as there would 10 per cent less water on average, with some regions getting 30 per cent less.
Last year 196 parties agreed to try and keep global warming well below 2C. Currently, the earth is experiencing warming of about 1C, a level which is already dangerous.
"At two degrees, our global climate system would move from the upper end of present-day climate variability into uncharted territory, resulting in extreme, costly and dangerous impacts for Australia," chief executive John Connor said.
The basic message is, the longer the country puts off high action, the harder it will become.
That's because the globe has a "carbon budget" to keep global warming under 2C and if Australia keeps using its allocation of that budget now, there will be less to access later.

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I want to remind everyone of three things before we get into the meat.
- The last post in the thread is over a month old. Things may have already changed, and with the mountains of information that have been released lately I may have missed something.
- This is Alpha info and we have only just started the Beta. All of this is going to change, so there is no point in getting overly happy or sad about anything you see. In the WotLK testing the first set of Beta patch notes were vastly different then what went live.
- I do not have a beta invite. Since there are 11 million players of this game and only a couple of Beta servers, I think it is unlikely that I will get one (though I do want one). Therefore most of what I comment on will be second hand info. I apologize in advance if I misinterpret a change or miss a new bit of info.
We're addressing the haste situation in a few ways. We're going to up the cast time of Wrath to 2.5, up from 2 sec base (so 2 sec after you get Starlight Wrath). This should help the clipping issues. In general, your haste and crit stats won't be as inflated as they were in Wrath of the Lich King so it will be more unlikely for you to reach caps for those stats. However, we are also considering short term haste power gains to scale off of your existing haste values. What that means is that instead of just increasing your haste by 20%, it instead will increase the haste value on your paper doll (or rather, the sum of how much haste you have itemized) by a percentage. So the more haste you have, the stronger the effect of Nature's Grace is.Increasing cast time of Wrath from 1.5 seconds to 2.0 seconds and not changing Nature's Grace would dramatically reduce most of the problems that moonkin have with Haste today. To put a number on it we would need 1627 Haste rating to minimize the GCD. Haste would be a clear favorite over Crit Rating and would likely be superior Spell Power point for point. I like this half of the comment, though I do worry that it might make haste a little to powerful.
I am not so happy when Ghostcrawler says "However, we are also considering short term haste power gains to scale off of your existing haste values." The fact that it would likely be a nerf to Nature's Grace doesn't bother me because I've been expecting a nerf to the talent. My problem is with how it would buff haste. Haste scales very well on its own when it is not limited by the GCD. I showed that last month. This would just improve how it scales and would likely make other stats like Crit and Mastery completely unattractive in comparison. If they need to nerf NG then nerf NG, just not this way.
Murmur's Comments on Haste and Nature's Grace:
Please keep the full combination of effects in mind when doing so is all that I ask. Just balancing out Wrath so that it doesn't clip the GCD during Nature's Grace isn't enough - it would be the biggest step and is the most needed, but it isn't the end of the road. Wrath also should not be able to clip the GCD when Heroism and Nature's Grace are up at the same time. Heroism is a very important burst cooldown. Even though the DPS gain of the effect is well equalized across the length of an encounter, the equalized effect of Heroism is usually of little importance. There are very few encounters designed where the normalized effect of Heroism matter more than the DPS output specifically during Heroism. Rotface, Festergut, and Blood Queen are perhaps good examples of when equalization is alright - Suarfang, Putricide, Sindragosa, Lich King, and Death Whisper better represent when normalization do not matter. The gains of Heroism do not have to be completely equal across all specs/classes, but balance druids are currently heavily punished by the mechanic way too much - we need that fixed just as much as Nature's Grace needs to be fixed.I think Murmur's has a good point here. Heroism and spells with fairly short cast times don't mix in general, but I'm not sure Murmur's and I agree on the significance of the issue. Lets do a little math with what we know about Cataclysm and use today's ICC numbers.
With a 2 second Wrath cast time we would likely favor Haste rating a lot more then we do currently, and I think that the average level of Haste rating for an ICC moonkin would be 1100 haste rating if not higher. This translates into 33.55% Haste. We get another 8% from mastery and another 5% from Imp Moonkin Form (I don't think it will scale with Wrath of Air). I will also assume that NG remains unchanged and that we have 100% uptime like we are close to now. In this situation Wrath's cast time will look like this.
Wrath Cata CT = 2.0/(1.3355*1.08*1.05*1.20) = 1.1005 secondsSince Heroism is a 30% buff it would easily push Wrath under the GCD with just 1/3rd of its power under these conditions. However, this is a bit of an ideal situation and unlikely to occur in Cataclysm for a few reasons.
- Wrath will likely represent less then half of our DPS. Starfire and possibly the DoTs will still get the full benefit of Heroism.
- Our current levels of Haste rating are inflated due to the extra levels of itemization Blizzard had to add to reward the addition of hard modes. While 1100 Haste rating may seem reasonable now, if WotLK had gone according to plan like Cataclysm likely will, then we would have 200-300 less haste rating right now
- Nature's Grace's up time will not be 100% and will likely be less then it is now. Crit rating is inflated as well as Haste rating, and a longer Wrath Cast time means that Wrath will have fewer opportunities to proc Nature's Grace
Currently Eclipse has a 30 sec cooldown on its proc, so it may be beneficial sometimes to say proc Lunar, go almost halfway to Solar but then just go back and proc Lunar again depending on the situation. In an upcoming build you cannot proc Lunar unless you proc Solar, and visa versa.Murmur's comments on Eclipse (posted by Lissanna) in post 24 of this thread are excellent. I suggest you read them.
Eclipse's "predictability" -- A new talent is being added that if taken will make lunar/solar energy gain a little more random, so as to make Eclipse less predictable. (Graylo's Note: Remember this was posted over a month ago.)
Basically the sliding scale method for procing Eclipse proposed by Blizzard isn't all that different then the current system. All it does is make the process more predictable. To some of you this may sound perfect, but as I argued in my guest post on WoW.com, randomness is not the big problem of Eclipse. The biggest problem for with Eclipse is the timed buffs and how they interact with movement.
Predictable Eclipse: Yes, a more predictable Eclipse can help you to avoid big interruptions caused by phase changes, but even then it is not a 100%. In order to avoid a SF*4, Wrath*8 rotation Blizzard has added the talent Euphoria to make the rotation more random.
I think Murmurs said it best when he said "I find it to be a bit discomforting when the herald of the Eclipse change is that players will now be able to control the proc, yet at the same time there is talk of making it more randomized so that the mechanic doesn't feel flat and the rotation isn't as simple." Basically, the only real change in Eclipse so far was undermined before the Beta was even released.
The Real Issue: The real issue is that Eclipse is still a timed buff. As Murmurs points out in his comments, most of our interruptions are unpredictable or not long enough to dictate a change in our behavior. Running out of a fire can easily cause us to lose a 4 or 5 seconds of a 15 second buff. Even if the interruption is predictable it would probably do more harm then good if you delayed an Eclipse proc for an interruption that is only a couple of seconds long. Therefore, movement and some other RNG interruptions will still have a much greater impact on Moonkin then they do on other classes.
Murmurs's Solution: At the bottom of post 24 Murmurs's made an interesting proposal.
To explain; after pushing the bar fully towards the Moon, you can only shift the bar towards the Sun until you have reached the neutral position - at which point the buff is dropped.He also suggested that DoTs be affected by the buffs and possibly have an impact on which buff is procced when.
I do think this is an interesting idea, and a good starting place for creating an Eclipse that works. However, I think a couple of changes are needed before this would be workable.
First, I don't think the length of the buff should be determined by your position on the bar. Since Crits and melee attacks against you generate extra "energy" we would lose some of the benefit of the buff if it was purely determined by our position on the bar. There also might be a place where Improved Eclipse would be dropped from a standard build, because the extra damage you get from getting more buffed casts would be greater then the time reduction on proccing a new Eclipse. It may not be sexy, but a standard "charge" system would probably be best.
Second, I like the idea of allowing the bar to shift in only one direction after procing Eclipse, but I wouldn't have that stop at neutral. I would extend it until you procced a new Eclipse. Currently if you wanted to delay an Eclipse proc you would have to alternate the spells you cast keep the bar in relatively the same position. In my suggestion if you didn't want to proc Solar Eclipse just yet, you would just have to spam Wrath. The bar would maintain its position and you wouldn't have to worry about crits or something else pushing you into Eclipse on accident.
DPS issues with movement are addressed in Wrath of Cenarius. The gameplay is you spam Moonfire while moving, similar to how a Frost Mage may spam Ice Lance or a new Warlock may spam Fel Flame. If you proc Lunar eclipse while moving, this does amplify your damage done by WoC/Moonfire but of course isn't easy or practical. Moonkins can also maintain their DoTs while moving.I'm still fairly neutral on the new Wrath of Cenarius, and don't think I will be able to really come to a conclusion until someone gets to try it in an actual raid situation. What I'm more interested in is what this means for Moonkin Glyphs. As you guys know two of our core glyphs are centered around the DoT portion of Moonfire and one actually nerfs the direct damage portion of the spell. I think there is a very good chance that Wrath of Cenarius will make these Glyphs undesirable, and I am very interested to see what (if any) other options Blizzard is going to provide us.
Talents, Choices, and More Bloat:
The new talent design philosophy is to reduce a lot of passive, "no brainer" talents in the tree. Most of these are "PvE" talents which are mostly passive damage modifiers. "Gameplay" talents (aka talents that have a visceral change of how you play your class) are always dubbed "PvP talents" at first, but often have emerging gameplay once players learn to use them. We think there will be plenty of situations where a persistent AE silence or a line of mushrooms creating a 75% snare have PvE usage. In LK beta, some Moonkins were upset that Typhoon had no PvE usage. Not all of these abilities increase dps against a solo, Patchwerk-style stationary boss, but we try not to have too many of those encounters.I think Ghostcrawler missed Lissanna's point here. I think we understand the potential uses of all the talents better then GC is giving us credit for, and to use Typhoon as an example of this is a little strange. A spell that is only semi useful on 4 our of the 48 bosses (not including hard modes) in WotLK is not an obvious case of where players got it wrong. The problem is our limited number of potentially useful talents.
Lets assume that this is the base raid spec for a Cataclysm raiding moonkin. I leaves 6 points to be spent how we would like.
Genesis, Brambles, and Owlkin Frenzy only offer DPS boosts in a PvE environment and those DPS boosts are very small. Therefore they are basically useless.
Lunar Justice is also likely useless in a raid environment given relatively few mobs there are to kill, the unlikely hood that the moonkin will actually get the killing blow, and the fact that the "ray of moonlight" will spawn on the melee giving the mana to a shaman or paladin who is less likely to need it.
That leaves only a few potentially useful talents.
- Gale Winds is obviously beneficial in GoE situations or where Cycloning is critical.
- Fungal Growth has some obvious uses, but the side affect is not always good. There are times when I might want to damage a mob without slowing it.
- I've always been a big fan of push back resistance but having two talents (Celestial Focus & Nature's Focus) with 3 points each seems a bit excessive.
- Improved Tranquility seems very promising as well, but it's position in the Restoration tree makes it potentially to expensive to pick up.
Increasing the cast time of Wrath to 2.0 seconds does a lot to reduce the issues moonkin have with Haste and the GCD. That said, there are still some potential issues during Heroism, and I am not a fan of the idea that NG could boost our haste by a percentage of our Haste rating.
With regards to Eclipse, Blizzard seems to be back sliding or not really understanding the issue. A more predictable Eclipse is nice, but it doesn't fully address the key issue with the mechanic which is it's vulnerability to interruption.
The druid talent tree as a whole needs a little more work. I still don't think it provides enough options, and some of the good talents are two expensive or to hard to reach.


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The Buccaneers didn't get much of a chance to work with tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins after selecting him in the second round of May's draft.
Seferian-Jenkins was forced to stay away from the team during most of the program because NFL rules barred him from practice until the University of Washington completed its academic year and he wasn't able to do much during rookie minicamp after February foot surgery. That leaves Seferian-Jenkins with a fair amount of catching up to do once camp gets underway.
It's good news, then, that the rookie feels confident he'll be ready to go once camp opens in a couple of weeks.
"I feel really good. My foot feels really good," Seferian-Jenkins said, via the Tampa Bay Times. "I've been running route, doing all the exercise and workout drills that they've asked me to do. I feel very comfortable and confident that I'll be ready to go when it comes to training camp."
The Bucs added Seferian-Jenkins and Mike Evans to Vincent Jackson this offseason to give them three plus-sized receivers to use as targets for Josh McCown this season. If the two rookies can make a quick transition to the NFL game, it should mean a major improvement in the passing game over the dismal results that Tampa turned in last year.


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12 comments:
- Squeaky Gourmet said...
- November 2, 2009 at 12:06 PM
- THE FOOD THERAPIST! said...
Your work is so adorable!
- November 2, 2009 at 2:34 PM
- Cellar Tours said...
Thank you for the invitation, your idea is really nice and your drawns are very good!
I will submit my recipe and cross fingers to be chosen!
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- November 4, 2009 at 3:35 AM
- Diana Bauman said...
I'm so excited about this Lisa! I would be thrilled to have you draw something of mine! I'll definitely be entering!!
- November 4, 2009 at 9:30 AM
- Lisa Orgler said...
Thanks to all of you and I look forward to your submissions!!
- November 4, 2009 at 1:01 PM
- Belinda @zomppa said...
Your cards are lovely!!!
- November 5, 2009 at 7:06 AM
- Lisa Orgler said...
Thanks Belinda!
- November 5, 2009 at 10:46 AM
- Julia said...
I love this idea like the rest do! My dilema is that I don't have any pictures of my favorite holiday dishes. This is the year I was going to photgrapher them. I love your art and would love some for my blog. So we will have to figure something out :)
- November 5, 2009 at 10:50 AM
- Lisa Orgler said...
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- November 5, 2009 at 7:17 PM
- Lisa Orgler said...
Julia- Send me any recipe you love (holiday or not) and I'll try to squeeze it in!
- November 5, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Hi Lisa,
Must a recipe be included with a post and picture?
- November 9, 2009 at 1:31 AM
- Lisa Orgler said...
LA2LAChef: A post with photo would help, but if you just have a photo, I can look at that too. Please email me directly at firstname.lastname@example.com. Thanks!
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Black Monday For NFL Coaches, GM's
Sunday brought post-season dreams to Minnesota and Washington while Monday is bringing pink slips for many head coaches and general managers around the National Football League.
After Philadelphia head coach Andy Reid put all his eggs in the Michael Vick basket a couple years back, you knew today would be inevitable as Vick faltered badly and Reid is out after 14 mostly successful years as the Eagles coach.
The Chicago Bears had another second half collapse after starting the year 7-1, but missing the post-season, so after nine seasons, head coach Lovie Smith was fired this morning.
In New York, Jets head coach Rex Ryan got a vote of confidence, but his boss, general manager Mike Tannenbaum was relieved of his duties.
In a move that was seasons overdue, the under-performing San Diego Chargers finally fired both head coach Norv Turner and GM AJ Smith.
Buffalo canned head coach Chan Gailey.
Cleveland dumped both head coach Pat Shurmur and GM Tom Heckert after the team went 9-23 over the past two seasons.
Jacksonville fired GM Gene Smith while they decide the coach's fate.
Likewise, Tennessee is still deciding coach Mike Munchak's fate while they search for a GM.
Kansas City is expected to fire head coach Romeo Crennel after a very disappointing 2-14 campaign that started with play-off hopes and ends with the #1 draft pick in the 2013 draft.
That may not be the end either as rumors are swirling around Dallas head coach Jason Garrett has been on the hot seat all season (even when they were playing well) and after losing to Washington last night and missing the play-offs again, a change may be in order.
Carolina head coach Ron Rivera won five games down the stretch which may save his job, but remains in limbo while their GM search continues.


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I'm not into techo-acid-electro whatever and i play my music live, so i guess my comments won't be much as far as 'secrets from the studio go' but still:
1) Practice makes perfect.
2) Make it sound good through your regular live amplification rig first. Then,
3) Record with room reverb and other imperfections, putting quality mics right by your amps.
4) Smoke pot, it will prevent you from getting too complicated in your mixing and mastering.
5) You're better off making a humble but well-balanced mix then maxing out bass right at mix and making it unlistenable once on CD.
6) f**k studio monitors, in fact, f**k any high-end listening gear. You want to make the mix good for average electronics. An amazing mix on 5000$ monitors will sound ordinary at best on regular gear.
7) Don't fear experimentation, old busted gear can sometimes yield amazing sound with the most honorable quality: personality.
Avoid thinking.
Obviously these comments aren't aimed at the more sophisticated music producers and audio workers who make music to 'sound professional', but rather those who just do this for fun, don't have a huge record deal or aim at mainstream success.


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Dear Amy: I have a large extended family whose members reside all over the United States. We have always had a phone list to notify family of a loved one's death. This tradition has worked flawlessly for more than 50 years and has ensured our financial and moral support of grieving family members.
Recently a family member died, and his eldest daughter volunteered to notify the family.
Instead of calling one of us to convey the information using the phone list, she decided to post a two-line notification on a social networking site, to which no one except she is a subscriber.
The end result was that few people attended the funeral, which deeply hurt the immediate family.
We only found out about his passing when the eldest daughter had a burst of anger and called a cousin, accusing us of not caring about the family by not supporting them in their time of grief.
We are upset with the eldest daughter of the family member who died for ignorantly assuming that social network postings are the only way to communicate the death of a loved one.
We all believe she was out of place. All the family's anger at us could have been avoided with one phone call. Then we would have then been able to support them with financial assistance and by attending the service. — Heartbroken in California
Dear Heartbroken: I agree with you that family members notifying others of a death in the family need to do so across platforms (as the kids say).
Unfortunately, this person didn't do this and there are consequences for everyone.
I assume that you have explained yourself and expressed your own frustration to family members. Now you should express your condolences (not your frustration) to the immediate family.
You say, "We are so sorry to learn of Uncle Joe's death and wish we had found out in time to attend services. We have such wonderful memories of him." Share one or two specific stories about this family member and say you hope his immediate family will hold these memories in their hearts.
Dear Amy: A person I've known a long time who considers herself a good friend of mine, recently let rip with a stream of anti-gay nonsense on her Facebook page.
I've drifted away from her over the years, but her latest antics have left me ice cold. She attempts to keep inserting herself into my life, saying, "You're my best friend, and we've had such fun for the past 30 years!" Since I've lost so much respect for her, it's hard for me to pretend to want to be around her.
I believe all people have a right to their own opinion, but I also feel everyone on the planet is entitled to human rights.
To add to the problem, our husbands are good friends. How do I gently shake her off my hind leg? — Faded Friend
Dear Faded: When people you know well post objectionable comments on Facebook, I think it is best to comment respectfully (also) on Facebook: "Wow, I couldn't disagree more."
Depending on how that interaction goes, you can then choose to ignore or block future posts, because sometimes it's just not worth the aggravation to continue to be exposed to views you find consistently objectionable.
Your friend may feel that you are longtime besties because of your shared history. She has the right to express her fondness, even if it doesn't match your own feelings.
The way to gently "shake her off your leg" (I love that, by the way) is to do so coolly but cordially. Don't seek her out and don't confide in her if you are thrown together socially.
If she doesn't adjust to this subtle change, then you will have to break up with her.
Dear Amy: "Concerned Daughter" was worried that her randy older father might get an STD from the women he was sleeping with.
I have to point out that daddy could be the one spreading disease to unsuspecting partners. — Also Concerned
Dear Also: Exactly. His children need to "have the talk" with him about condom use.
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Nightly Business Report Tonight on Nightly Business Report, a judge makes his ruling in the first Detroit bankruptcy case. So what happens next? NBR has a report from the bankrupt city. And, with rates near historic lows, so-called 'safe' investments are delivering lousy returns. D
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Valve Introduces Steam Machines, Opens Beta Registration
On Wednesday, Valve announced its second phase in the attempt to take over your living room with its Steam Machines beta program.
Steam Machines are new bits of hardware running the new SteamOS announced earlier this week. Rather than a singular design, the Steam Machines will be offered in a variety of customizable packages, giving you the choice in what hardware package makes the most sense for you.
"While these products are still in development, we need your help," Valve said. "As always, we believe the best way to ensure that the right products are getting made is to let people try them out and then make changes as we go. We have designed a high-performance prototype that's optimized for gaming, for the living room, and for Steam. Of course, it's also completely upgradable and open."
Valve will be offering a beta program where it will ship 300 of these Steam Machines to participants. Steam users have an opportunity to make themselves eligible by fulfilling a series of requests, and those that complete all objectives will be added to the pool of prospective candidates. The registration process ends on Oct. 25, but you've got plenty of time to try and join if you aren't already a Steam user.
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Bernard Magrez - the French wine revolutionary
An interview that appeared in Meininger's Wine Business International
Bernard Magrez is an unusual figure in the world of
alcoholic drinks. He has not only personally created lead-
ing brands in both wine and spirits, but has also recently
launched a new form of wine globalisation, in the shape of a
collection of more than three dozen super-premium, limited-
production wines from numerous countries, all sold under the
Magrez brand.
The son of a stonemason, Magrez was born in Bordeaux in
1936. After an unusually harsh upbringing, he joined a
Greyhound tour of the United States at the age of 25, with a
number of other ambitious young compatriots. He was struck
by the supermarkets he saw there (his travelling companions
included the future founder of Auchan) and by Anglo-Saxon
skills in wine branding. Three years later, he bought a small
importer of port based in Bordeaux and renamed it Pitters, a
name he subsequently extended to William Pitters. While mak-
ing little effort to expand beyond France and its European
neighbours, Magrez quietly built a set of brand-leading spirits
under labels such as William Peel and San Jose, as well as
Malesan, the only branded Bordeaux ever to compete with
Mouton Cadet (and to beat it soundly within France).
After profitably selling his spirits and Bordeaux brand,
Magrez, who had already acquired Chateau Pape Clement, one
of the jewels of Bordeaux, plus Chateau Fombrauge, the largest
estate in Saint Emilion, began to focus exclusively on premium
wine from estates like these - and from micro cuvées such as
Magrez-Fombrauge within them. Earlier this year, he courted
controversy by giving journalists Cartier watches as gifts to
mark the 1,700 years of winemaking in his estates. His Bernard
Magrez group now turns over €40m.
Joseph: Your father was evidently a very formal, unusual-
ly strict man who threw you out of the house when you were
12. But he also hid Jews from the Nazis in his cellar when that
kind of behaviour was rare in Bordeaux. How do you think
these factors influenced the way you behave today with the
people with whom you work?
Magrez: My father was a man of unusual rigour, at the limit of
what might be considered acceptable. He had a personal idea of
duty that included the efforts I had to make at school, where I
was very poor, and the sanctuary he felt he should give to
people who needed it. But sending me away to a woodworking
school in the Pyrenees at the age of 12, where I wore clogs and
was surrounded by children who had virtually no education at
all, gave me confidence - and a certificate for my proficiency in
sawing wood. I also met a boy there who had been sent for the
same reasons as I and who today owns one of the very top
chateaux in Bordeaux. Maybe my father's demanding attitude
is genetic. I have some of the same traits and that does not
make it terribly easy for people to work with me.
Joseph: What lessons did your experiences selling spirits
at William Pitters teach you about selling wine?
Magrez: Most importantly, I developed a fundamental desire to
understand the motivation behind consumers' behaviour.
When you are competing to sell spirits against the likes of
Diageo and Allied Domecq, you discover that research is indis-
pensable. So, I learned that the average purchase takes 18 sec-
onds, and that 28% of people turn the bottle to look at a back
label. In France, especially in Bordeaux, back labels are not
generally used. But all of mine, including Pape Clement have
them, with my photograph. It's part of a policy of transparency
about the wines - and it obviously helps to promote the other
Magrez wines.
Joseph: Why is it so difficult to build a Bordeaux brand?
Magrez:If Bordeaux enabled us to make a good enough margin
to do proper marketing, it might be possible. Brands need
public relations, advertising – and time. Up to ten years,
though we created Malesan in four. If you are swallowed in a
market of Bordeaux at €1.50, it's almost impossible to compete
with the New World. Especially when wines like Yellow Tail are
produced in a place where you can plant everywhere and
produce wine of a regular quality. There's no secret why people
put San Pellegrino in their shopping basket: they know that
they aren't going to be disappointed.
Joseph: You began your business selling into French
supermarkets and your wines are still sold in those outlets.
Magrez: Supermarkets sell 80% of the wine in a large number
of countries. One can't not be there. And they are increasingly
having to meet the demands of the consumers who are looking
for wines at over €15. If they don't satisfy those demands,
they'll lose customers to the Internet.
Joseph:Your business model is focused on 'micro cuvées'.
What is the largest volume you can have? And don't these small
batches lack the critical mass you need to build brands?
Magrez: From the outset, my aim was to produce crus
d'exception, wines that offered something astonishing or excep-
tional. Traditionally, people used to look for established, famous
names, but now they increasingly want to be astonished, and to
surprise their friends. Wine buying at the premium level has a
great deal to do with the ego of the purchaser. But critical mass
is a valid issue. Over the last four years, I've been moving
towards cuvees of 4-5,000 cases, with the possibility of going
up to 20,000. But there's a maximum volume for any wine:
Chateau Latour could sell 120,000 cases, but not 500,000
Joseph:How do you react to the charge that all your wines
share a common style, irrespective of their origin?
Magrez: Michel Rolland and I are easy targets for criticism.
And yes, there is a common denominator in all of my wines:
they are all made from grapes that are picked as late as possi-
ble, when the pips are ripe. People like the combination of fruit
and ripeness. And I'll admit that this may give them a family
resemblance, but nothing can change the soil in which the
grapes are grown.
Joseph:At William Pitters you kept away from the UK and
US. Why was that?
Magrez: To be in markets outside France, you need money. At
the time when I had Malesan, producers in Australia and the
other New World countries were already there with cash to
spend on marketing. It would have taken me 20 years to win a
battle with competitors like them.
Joseph: You apparently want to add a first growth to your
stable. Wouldn't the payback be ludicrously long?
Magrez: All the top estates that are traded on the Place de
Bordeaux as well as others in five countries have received a let-
ter from me declaring my interest. And, when you consider the
price, you have to consider the property values. I paid 100m
francs for la Tour Carnet. It was recently valued at the equiva-
lent of 130m.
Joseph: You once said "Bordeaux chateau owners should
no longer rely on traditional Bordeaux merchants; to succeed
today, you have to run your own dynamic sales policy". But you
still rely on the Place de Bordeaux system of chateaux, nego-
ciants and brokers. Isn't that inconsistent?
Magrez: The Place de Bordeaux still has its role. There are
150-200 top estates and they can't all be everywhere. Bordeaux
still has 400 negociants, or merchants, of which 200 or so work
with the grands crus. Some chateaux work with 25 or so.
We work with 150. While half of these might have one sales-
man, the other half has two. That means that we have over
225 people selling our top Bordeaux into places like little wine
shops in Singapore.
Joseph: You have just sold your three least prestigious
Bordeaux properties. Does this mean that you've lost some of
your belief in the lesser levels of Bordeaux?
Magrez: Like Angelo Gaja, I think 30% of Bordeaux wine has a
future. A future that will be created by consumers. It's my view,
and I'm not saying that I'm right, but I don't see a role for many
of the smaller appellations of Bordeaux, however good the wine
they produce. Areas like Bourg, Blaye and Fronsac have almost
no resonance with consumers and in the future they'll have
even less. The names people know are Bordeaux, Saint Emilion
and Margaux. That's why I'm selling the Cotes de Bourg
chateau I bought four years ago. Nowadays, I'm only interested
in buying Medoc estates.
Joseph: Why, though, sell estates after such a short time?
Magrez: I've done the same elsewhere. In Spain, I sold our
Rioja estate to move into Toro and Priorat, regions that are
definitely up-and-coming. I got Italy wrong, but I want to go
back there, with four or five estates.
Joseph: Outside France, you have 32 vineyards in
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, California
and Portugal. And now there's a joint venture in Japan and
even talk of England. Why not Australia?
Magrez: In every country, I want to be among the five best
producers, or certainly near the best in quality. If that's not
possible, I won't do it. Australia has big companies like Foster's
who make excellent wines and have the means to let people
know about them. Besides, it is also a very long way away. I
have far more interest in Chile.
Joseph: To say that an average piece of terroir can
produce beautiful wines is heresy in the French wine world.
Does this make you feel lonely?
Magrez: It was Henri Duboscq of Chateau Haut-Marbuzet who
said that terroir is what gives wine its genius, but that a good
all-round vigneron can give it charm. Sometimes charm is more
attractive than genius.
Joseph: Which markets do you see as being the most
promising in the near future?
Magrez: We have a commercial team of 10 people, twice the
size of the larger Bordeaux negociants. And then we use good
local agents such as Pieroth in Japan. Our sales people spend
30% of their time promoting the wines that are sold on the
Place de Bordeaux, with the rest of their effort expanding the
number of outlets and consumers for the entire range.
Joseph: Isn't the launch of a Japanese and an American
wine all about image building in those countries? Calling your
California wine Magrez Napa is not exactly modest.
Magrez: If my name was Rothschild, I wouldn't have needed to
do that. People in the US don't know Magrez; producing a top
wine like this makes me part of the Californian wine scene and
shows that I believe in it… And the same philosophy applies to
my project in Japan.
Joseph: But your friend Alain Dominique Perrin, head of
Cartier and owner of Chateau Lagrezette in Cahors, recently
said that Bordeaux pricing was immoral. How do you justify a
$160 price tag on your new Napa wine? And is this the moment
to launch it?
Magrez: Prices that seem immoral or excessive to some people
don't strike others in that way. If you go to the Cote d'Azur,
you'll see that the people there aren't troubled by the price – or
the current economic crisis. At Pape Clement (the only top
class chateau to be open seven days a week, by the way), we
organise tastings where we are regularly asked for wines such
as Petrus by individuals with no limit to their budget.
Joseph: You are famously associated with the French film
stars Gerard Depardieu and Carole Bouquet. What is your
business relationship with them?
Magrez: We have a small 50:50 joint venture, called la Clef du
Terroir, which has five little estates, each with two to three
hectares. Apart from that, their own wines go through the
Magrez international distribution network.
Joseph: Let's talk briefly about the saga of the journalists
and the Cartier watches. Were you surprised by the reaction?
Magrez:If I'd wanted to buy the press, that wouldn't have been
the way to do it. I wanted to hold an event to mark the number
of vintages that had been harvested at my estates, and since
this was all about time, I thought that watches engraved to
commemorate what we had done, like the one I'm wearing now,
would be appropriate gifts. Most of the criticism came from
people who weren't there and, while I won't reveal names or
numbers, I will say that the people who refused the gift were
in the minority.
Joseph: You are over 70. Isn't it time to hand over to your
son, Philippe?
Magrez:My son has an estate. I gave him Chateau Plaisance in
the Premières Côtes de Bordeaux. He's responsible for sales of
our wines in Belgium and Switzerland and he does the public
relations for the firm in the US, China and Japan.
Joseph: So, will he take over the business?
Magrez: S'il a des tripes– If he has the guts.
Joseph: Is that your father speaking? Or you?
Magrez: Ah… now, that's a good question.
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Flattered with imitation.
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The Cadillac SRX comes in two models differentiated by their engines, a 260-hp V6 or a 320-hp V8. Both are paired with a five-speed automatic transmission. The standard interior has two rows of seats for five. An optional two-place power folding rear seat can increase seating capacity to seven.
The SRX V6 ($39,995) comes with leather upholstery, dual-zone automatic climate control and a long list of luxury features, including an eight-way power driver's seat, a power-adjustable second-row seat, one-touch power windows, heated mirrors, steering wheel-mounted audio controls, a single CD player and the popular OnStar tele-aid system with a basic subscription for one year. This SRX comes standard with 17-inch aluminum wheels.
The SRX V8 ($47,995) adds more than a bigger engine. Its standard feature list includes heated front seats with memory for the driver's seat and power adjustments for the front passenger's seat, wood interior trim and a premium Bose stereo with an in-dash six-CD changer. The V8 also adds 18-inch wheels and a tire pressure monitoring system.
The SRX comes standard with rear-wheel drive. All-wheel drive ($1,900) is optional on both models.
Option groups allow the SRX V6 to be equipped like the V8, without the bigger engine. The Driver's Level One package ($1,795) adds the 18-inch wheels with V-rated tires, Xenon headlights and a headlight washer system. The Luxury Level One package ($700) includes a reconfigurable rear cargo area with removable storage bin, a universal home remote, wood trim and the tire pressure monitor. The wood trim ($495) can be ordered separately, as can the premium Bose stereo and CD changer ($1,000).
Options include the expansive UltraView Plus Power Glass Sunroof ($2,255); a rear-seat DVD entertainment system ($1,200) with an LCD screen, wireless headphones and remote control; Cadillac's Magnetic Ride Control ($1,650) variable-dampening suspension: and power-adjustable pedals ($150).
Safety features include most of the active and passive safety features available today. The SRX comes standard with dual-stage front airbags, front side-impact airbags and curtain-style head protection airbags for the first two rows of seats. To help avoid collisions before they occur, the SRX has anti-lock brakes with the latest electronic brake-force distribution and panic Brake Assist technology, traction control and electronic stability control. Rear park assist is optional.
The SRX performed well in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration crash test: four stars for frontal impacts and the full five stars for side impacts. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the SRX 'Good' grades for 40-mph offset frontal crashes.
The Cadillac SRX is a medium-size luxury utility. Like many of the latest crossover vehicles that are based on cars, the SRX feels and drives more like a station wagon than a traditional truck-based sport utility. While European automakers like and sell lots of station wagons, their American counterparts (and many buyers) think station wagon is a dirty word, probably because of the mom-mobile connotations. Station-wagon fans think wagons are more sophisticated than sport utilities, probably because they are. The SRX sort of straddles the middle. It has the function and driving performance of a wagon, but a look (and higher seating position) that's more in line with an SUV. Its ride, handling and technology are more sophisticated than most truck-based SUVs.
The SRX features Cadillac's edgy Art and Science design philosophy, introduced on the CTS sedan. People tend to love it or hate it. The SRX looks modern, even futuristic, but doesn't neglect Cadillac's heritage. It was inspired by the original El Dorado, with its exuberant tailfins, that debuted in 1959. The bottom line: If you like the edgy, angular look of the CTS and STS sedans, or the XLR roadster, then you'll like the styling on the SRX. Love it or hate it, it's bold and unabashedly American. You will stand out in a crowd.
For 2006, the SRX features new wheel designs that further flaunt its design. Restyled 17-inch and 18-inch wheels have an aggressive look, with six exposed lugs and a prominent Cadillac wreath and crest in the center caps. There are also three new paint colors: Stealth Grey, Radiant Bronze and Infrared.
The Cadillac SRX interior shares design themes with those in Cadillac's CTS and STS sedans. Like the exterior styling, the look inside is a love-it or hate-it affair. The door panels and dashboard are stylish and practical, but they aren't particularly beautiful, warm or inviting. Some have called Cadillac's interiors cold.
Aware of such criticism, Cadillac took a serious shot at warming up the SRX interior beginning with the 2005 model year. It revamped the instrument cluster, adding chrome accents, and introduced softer, richer interior colors such ebony, light neutral and light gray. The trend continues for 2006, with a more expansive wood trim package that now includes the entire center stack, and a new cashmere interior color. It's an improvement, but we're still not fond of some of the details. The chrome surround on the shifter is almost garish, and script used to label the gears is anything but elegant.
The SRX cabin is richly finished, however, on par with the best in SUVs.
Moreover, everything is easy to operate. The window switches are on the doors, right where you expect to find them, and the climate and audio controls in the center stack are efficiently laid out and easy to find while driving without significant distraction.
The SRX is roomier than some of its competitors, especially the BMW X5 and Infiniti FX. At 41 inches, it has more rear legroom than other midsize luxury sport-utilities and as much rear hip room as the roomy Acura MDX.
Five-passenger seating is standard, with individual seats in front and a three-place bench in back. The second seat powers back and forth for more legroom or more cargo space. More SUVs should have this feature. The cargo area in the five-passenger model can be outfitted with covered storage spaces built into the floor.
The SRX can carry seven passengers when ordered with the optional third-row bench seat. This third row gives SRX an edge on many of its competitors, including the BMW X5, Infiniti FX, and Lexus RX. Yet the SRX's third seat provides less room, including legroom, than those in the Acura MDX and Volvo XC90. The Cadillac's third-row seat folds flat into the floor with the press of a button. Adding greatly to convenience, buttons to accomplish this are provided near the rear hatch and on the pillar just behind the second row of seats. The third row comes with storage bins and cup holders. Each row of seats sits higher than the one in front of it, theater style, so everyone can see out.
Luggage space is about average for the class. The nice, flat, dog-friendly cargo floor behind the second row makes the SRX an excellent vehicle for the fur-bearing members of the family. Roof rails come standard to expand cargo-carrying capability.
Storage cubbies abound, including covered front door compartments, front door map pockets, front seatback pockets, a front center console with two compartments, a bin behind the front console and a glove box with a shelf. There are cup holders in the front seat center console and second seat fold-down armrest. The SRX also has rear coat hooks that are accessible from both the rear passenger doors and liftgate, whichever proves more convenient when picking up the dry cleaning.
Among the available options, the most interesting is its super-sized sunroof. Push the button to open the Ultra View Sunroof and first- and second-row passengers can enjoy 5.6 feet of open air overhead. The Ultra View Plus option adds a shaded glass roof over the third row.
Driving Impression
The Cadillac SRX boasts a superb balance between a smooth ride and responsive handling. It's much more nimble than any truck-based SUV. We loved its smooth, extremely quiet ride and spirited handling while driving it on twisting mountain roads in Arizona. The SRX is built on the same GM Sigma platform as the Cadillac CTS and STS, which are couple of the best handling sedans to come out of Detroit in a long time. This platform provides a solid, flex-free foundation that allows the suspension to do its job. Throw in a much lower center of gravity than the typical SUV and near perfect front-rear weight distribution, and you have a utility vehicle that's fun to drive at a good clip.
The 4.6-liter V8 delivers lots of power. Cadillac's latest-generation Northstar V8 is rated at 320 horsepower and 315 pound-feet of torque. With the V8, the SRX can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 6.2 seconds (6.9 seconds for the heavier all-wheel-drive version), according to Cadillac. The SRX V8 never disappointed us on mountain roads in Arizona, and always had plenty of smooth power in reserve. The Northstar is the sort of engine that makes you want to floor the accelerator just to feel the thrust as speed builds (granted, not the smartest thing in an era of high fuel prices).
The SRX V6 generates 260 horsepower and 254 pound-feet of torque. This too is a solidly powerful engine, even if it's not quite as enjoyable as the V8. Cadillac reports 0-60 mph acceleration in the low 7-second range for the V6, which is reasonably quick (as a rule of thumb, the 8-second mark separates slow from fast). No one is going to feel underpowered driving the SRX V6, and it can be equipped to tow up to 2000 pounds, enough for personal watercraft. If you want to tow a real boat, get the V8. It's rated to pull 4250 pounds.
Both engines deliver power through five-speed automatic transmissions, and these are good performers, too. Upshifts are smooth, but crisp and never mushy, and downshifts come quickly with a jab at the gas pedal. The transmissions also have a manual mode that allows the driver to do the shifting by clicking the gear lever. The SRX lets you brake and downshift going into a curve, and then power out and upshift at the exit, as in a good sports sedan.
The SRX offers good all-weather capability. Its relatively low center of gravity and long wheelbase give it better stability in terms of roll (lean) and yaw than most SUVs. It feels better planted in sloppy stuff, and the optional all-wheel drive maximizes whatever traction is available by sending engine power to the wheels with the best grip.
Active safety systems improve handling stability further: SRX comes standard with anti-lock brakes (ABS), traction control, panic Brake Assist, and dynamic rear brake proportioning (EBD). It's also available with StabiliTrak, an active handling system designed to keep the SRX under the driver's control on wet, snowy and icy surfaces, in tight turns, and in evasive maneuvers. It is enhanced with optional Magnetic Ride Control, which GM calls the world's fastest reacting suspension control system. We highly recommend StabiliTrak for its ability to help a driver you maintain control in slippery corners. ABS allows the driver to maintain steering control under hard braking. Brake Assist and dynamic rear brake proportioning improve braking performance and stability. Traction control improves stability when accelerating on slippery surfaces.
In a winter test drive in northern Michigan, the SRX performed well on ice and snow against its competitors. The SRX was the best all-around performer except for the Volvo XC90. As it began to slip or slide, the electronic aids acted as an invisible co-pilot, gently and unobtrusively nudging the SRX back on course by decreasing power when necessary or lightly applying the brakes to individual wheels whenever they started to spin.
The Cadillac SRX makes an appealing package. It delivers as much or more functionality, space and all-weather capability as most sport utilities, but it's wrapped in a distinctive package and delivers a spirited driving experience. It's no wonder other luxury carmakers are following Cadillac's cue and creating vehicles like the SRX. The SRX remains one of our top choices in this class. The V8 is sportier and more fun to drive than a Lexus RX 330 or Mercedes M-Class, and it has more room and a better ride than a BMW X5. A V6 SRX with all-wheel drive compares favorably with a Volvo XC 90, in price and performance.
NewCarTestDrive.com editor Mitch McCullough reported from Los Angeles; Michelle Krebs filed the original report from Arizona.
Model Lineup
Cadillac SRX V6 ($39,995); V8 ($47,995).
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Options As Tested
all-wheel drive ($1,900); utility package ($1,100) includes power folding 3rd row bench seat, rear air conditioning, heavy-duty cooling system, power steering fluid cooler and trailer hitch with wiring harness; DVD navigation system ($1,995).
Model Tested
Cadillac SRX V8 ($47,995).The Cadillac SRX has the driving dynamics of a good luxury sedan, the all-weather capability of some truck-based SUVs and the space and functionality of a minivan. The Cadillac SRX comes in two models differentiated by their engines, a 260-hp V6 or a 320-hp V8. Both are paired with a five-speed automatic transmission. The standard interior has two rows of seats for five. An optional two-place power folding rear seat can increase seating capacity to seven. It comes standard with rear-wheel drive. All-wheel drive is optional on both models. The SRX comes standard with dual-stage front airbags, front side-impact airbags and curtain-style head protection airbags for the first two rows of seats. It also has anti-lock brakes with the latest electronic brake-force distribution and panic Brake Assist technology, traction control and electronic stability control. For 2006, the Cadillac SRX gets new wood trim, revised wheel design, lowered suspension, and a power rear liftgate.
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A Facebook thread by one of my friends brought this one to mind. He was asking about what the current guidelines were for strong passwords. They vary, based on the capabilities of the system. A lot of the guidance nowadays is on passphrases modified in some manner, usually with a few substitutions. The passphrases create a password that is computationally costly to brute-force and the substitution just adds to the number of combinations that have to be tried per word.
What you should never do is choose a password that can be
brute-forced easily guessed (edit: typed too quick on this one). I can recall a time when I was working with a vendor and they had configured the SQL Server, as per their procedure. It was one of those "hands-off or you break support" situations. They then hit a point where they needed DBA support, meaning us. As we investigated, we found out that they had chosen a password easily guessable via a social engineering attack. It was the name of the product, in all lowercase. I guess you could say at least they chose a password, as we ran across one similar installation where the sa account was installed with no password and, to make matters worse, that's the account the application was using.
As technical defenses go on the rise, social engineering is going to be the easiest way into most systems. People, whether we like it or not, are often the weakest link because they are too trusting. The recommendation is not to choose a password that involves your name, a member of your family, or someone close to you. If your child's name is Alex, then at some point I will try various permutations of Alex to see if I can get in. If you're a big sports fan, do not choose a password that involves your favorite teams. When we had a penetration test group in, they cracked several accounts by guessing a local college followed by a number, which conveniently came out to 8 characters and matched most rules for password complexity (mixed case with a numeric). That was when our password minimum length was eight characters. It's not any longer, partially because of this particular example (but more because of the cheapness of storage for storing rainbow tables).
It's not hard to choose a memorable passphrase that can't be connected to you. Don't choose one that can be social engineered. Don't choose a regular password that can be social engineered. If you're a vendor, don't install your product with a default password that's tied to your or the product's name. If you're a consultant, don't configure a password matching the vendor or product's name. It's among the first sets of passwords an attacker will try. They don't have to break out brute force engines to give a few of these a shot. Be smart about your password choices.


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The Dallas Mavericks are ready for some roster stability after two seasons of quick fixes since the franchise's first championship.
Dallas has the No. 13 pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night. It's the highest spot for the Mavericks since 2000, the year owner Mark Cuban bought the team.
The Mavericks figure to find new partners for Dirk Nowitzki, or decide to keep some of the old ones, in free agency starting next week. After all, Dallas enters the draft with three vacancies in the starting lineup and just two picks.
Dallas needs a point guard, a shooting guard and a center after the one-year experiment of Darren Collison, O.J. Mayo and Chris Kaman didn't work.
The Mavericks also have the 44th pick in the second round.
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