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Yes, it looks like nearly every other pickup on the road, with an upright grille, massive cab and expanded bed. The interior is a combination of concept car aesthetics and work-a-day utility, most of which won't make it to production. But the two coolest features are the trailer back-up assist feature that automatically maneuvers the Atlas into position to hook up the hitch (think auto-parking, but for your boat or RV trailer), and the power-deployed arm that lifts out of the bed and – partnered with a rubberized divot in the roof – can hold ladders, kayaks or any other overly long kit without having to fit an ugly bed rack. Just as importantly, the Atlas features a range of advanced materials to lighten the overall weight of the truck, and patterned with the turbocharged engine, should pay massive dividends at the pump. Consider that Ford sold nearly 650,000 F-Series pickups in the U.S. last year alone (more than any other vehicle in America and making the Corvette's 12,000 or so laughable), and you should be able to understand the importance of a vehicle that reportedly accounts for a majority of the Blue Oval's global profits.BMW Concept 4 Series BMW has the 1 Series, 3 Series, 5 Series, 6 Series and 7 Series. But that's apparently not enough series to be serious. Seriously. So it's ditching the 3 Series coupe (and undoubtedly, convertible) in favor of the 4 Series moniker going forward. We have no idea why, and a few BMW North America reps we spoke to couldn't make a cogent argument to convince us. Regardless, the 4 Series concept shown in Detroit is just a front bumper, some new wheels and a reworked interior away from production, and will likely come to the U.S. market later this year packing a choice of either the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder (428i) or the turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six (435i). But what of the iconic M3? We'll have to wait at least another year to find out.Hyundai HCD-14 Concept "This is not the next Genesis." That notion bore repeating not once, but twice during Hyundai's press conference, with John Krafcik, the automaker's North American CEO, insisting that the uninspiringly named HCD-14 would influence the design of future "premium products" from Hyundai. We're not sure if that's a good thing. While the HCD-14 (rolls off the tongue, no?) certainly has presence, some beautiful design cues and looks much better in person than in photographs, it still strikes us as an odd amalgamation of lines, forms and details that don't quite coalesce into coherent shape. But the interior tech has us salivating. A combination of eye-tracking and gesture controls make up the core of the infotainment system, allowing the driver to simply twist their hand mid-air to change the volume or swipe in any direction to change tracks, choose a destination or manipulate the head-up displays. And unlike other concepts, we've been told that all these functions actually work. But until we get to try them ourselves, we're chalking this up to long-term vaporware.Audi RS7 Now for something a little more down-to-earth, even though it has enough grunt to shoot you into the stratosphere. Audi reserves the RS moniker for its most insanely powerful and frighteningly grippy models, and the RS7 is the latest to get the full-bore racer-for-the-road treatment. It's packing a 4.0-liter V8 with two turbochargers hanging off its exhaust manifolds, capable of 560 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque – enough to get this oversized "four-door coupe" to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds and reach a maximum speed of 189 mph. We'll take two, sans the gaudy chrome wheels.Infiniti Q50 Infiniti is embarking on a massive rebranding scheme that ditches the G, M, EX and FX models for an entirely Q-named lineup, and the Q50 is the first model to "benefit" from the new nomenclature. Designed as a replacement for the entry-level G series of sedans and coupes, the Q50 is set to go on sale this summer with a standard 328-hp 3.7-liter V6 or a hybrid model packing 354-hp thanks to a 50 kW motor. But powertrains aren't the real news. Infiniti is fitting not one, but two touchscreens into the Q50's center stack, allowing maps to be displayed while inputting a destination, selecting a station or choosing from one of the few pre-packaged apps. It's a novel approach at delivering more screen real-estate while not going nuts with a massive touchscreen (a la Tesla Model S). And as an added bonus, Infiniti saw fit to retain physical controls for climate and audio – smart. Unfortunately, the system wasn't functioning in the model on the floor, so we'll have to wait a few months to see if the InTouch system is as intuitive as Infiniti claims.Cadillac ELR This is not a Volt with a new, super-sleek body. The ELR uses some of same architecture, along with the 1.4-liter engine-as-generator and battery pack, but beyond that, this is a very different beast. Aside from the exterior, which is easily one of the best looking designs in the current Caddy line-up, and the interior, which takes the lessons learned from both the Volt and the CUE infotainment system to make extended-range EV that's both innovative and attractive, it's the combination of electric-only driving and the inherently sporty coupe nature that has us champing at the bit to get behind the wheel of the ELR. It's not about to dethrone the Model S in the performance department, nor does it have the day-to-day functionality of the Volt, but the ELR is the first car to combined sex appeal and green cred into one very compelling package. Let's just hope it doesn't carry an overblown sticker or worse, suffer the same fate as another rebodied luxury hybrid, the ill-fated Lexus HS250h.Acura NSX Concept (Part Deux) If the Cadillac ELR is the future of luxury extended-range EVs, then the NSX is the future of the supercar. Or at least, one interpretation of it. Underneath that angular bodywork is scads of aluminum and carbon fiber, with a V6 mounted amidships and an electric motor placed between the front wheels. That gives the NSX the balance of a mid-engine supercar, the grip of all-wheel-drive and the fuel economy of a small hatchback. Factor in the NSX's ability to precisely ration torque to the front wheels thanks to a cadre of computers and sensors, and the potential for otherworldly handling is just a few years away, according to Acura. But this second NSX concept (the first debuted in Tokyo) finally gives us a glimpse of the interior, which is one of the most driver-focused we've seen in the last decade. It's a straightforward affair, with a configurable display behind the steering wheel, a touchscreen on the dash and a mode selector separating the driver and passenger. This is what a modern supercar should look like on the inside, and when it hits the road in 2015, we'll get to see if Acura finally has its mojo back.Lexus IS The Lexus IS has the right stuff on paper. Front-mounted V6 engine (either a 2.5- or 3.5-liter), rear wheel drive and a... ahem... bold design. But put it altogether and Lexus' latest entry into the sports sedan realm leaves us completely cold. The Predator-esque grille continues to infiltrate the Lexus line-up to poor effect, the angular, Nike-swoosh-like daytime running lights look as tacked on as the oddly misshapen headlamps and the engines are about as inspiring as your dishwasher. And then there's the hybrid situation. Lexus showed its IS300h model in Detroit, but it's not planning on selling the hybrid in the U.S. because it apparently already offers too many gas-electric models in the entry-level luxury market. Considering its parents at Toyota dominate the hybrid mindshare, why they wouldn't extend that same momentum to their luxury brand seems like a poor branding decision – particularly in its largest market.Tesla Model X Just to remind us that it's got another model in the pipeline, Tesla rolled out the don't-call-it-a-concept Model X "design prototype" in Detroit, the second variation of the Model S-based SUV that's due out in 2014. The design hasn't changed much since we last saw the Model X, although the front fascia has been pinched and pulled, and the new wheels feature some incredibly trick carbon fiber fins that have the same shot at production as a miniature Unicorn coming standard for the kids in the way back to play with. There's still three rows of seating, the 17-inch floating touchscreen and the space-saving and child seat-friendly gullwing (sorry, Falcon Wing) doors. And after sitting in the rear, we're bowled over by how much space is inside and how utilizing the Model S' skateboard architecture completely eschews all the packaging constraints of a standard SUV. We were hard-pressed to think of any sedan that has better space optimization than the Model S, and now it looks like the Model X will do the same for crossovers. All with a claimed 265-mile all-electric range.Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Yes, we had to bring it up again. There were obviously other cars at the show, but this was the Corvette's coming out party and the Stingray's shadow loomed larger than anything else on the floor. As a refresher, 450 hp small-block V8, 0-60 in under 4 seconds, a completely configurable dash, a half-dozen driving settings and... just look at it. It's a stunning combination of cuts and creases that looks like the sports car of the future we drew in the margins of our middle school notebooks. Except we actually get to drive it. 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High Speed Centrifugal Spray Dryer Equipment Description:
High Speed Centrifugal Spray Dryer Equipment is a process used to produce dry granular powders from a slurry, which is a mixture of liquid solution and solid materials. Production of powders is accomplished by rapidly drying the slurry using heated air. The slurry is introduced into the hot air stream via a rotating atomizer wheel or nozzles. While both methods produce granular product, the atomizer wheel provides a broader particle size distribution. Each method allows for very consistent control of the particle size distribution during spray drying.
Spray drying is the technology most widely used in the liquid technology shaping and in the drying industry.The drying technology is most suitable for producing solid powder or particle products from liquid materials,such as: solution, emulsion, suspension and pumpable paste states,For this reason,when the particle size and distribution of the final products, residual water contents, mass density and the particle shape must meet the precise standard, spray drying is one of the most desired technologies.
Spray drying is a wide applied process in liquid process shaping and drying industry.Our scope of equipment ranges from 5g/hr laboratory models to full scale high volume production models in excess of 2,000kg/hr and can meet any required industrial manufacturing specification.
Centrifugal Spray Dryer Equipment Principle:
After been filtered and heated the air enters into the air distrbutor on the top of the dryer.The hot air enters into the drying room in the spiral form and uniformly. Passing through the high-speed centrifugal sprayer on the top of the tower,the material liquid will rotate and be sprayed into the extremely fine mist liquid beads.Throug the very short time of contacting the heat air,the materials can be dried into the final products.The final products will be discharged continuously from the bottom of the drying tower and from the cyclones. The waste gas will be discharged from blower.The working of spray dryer is as follows: Fresh air after filtering and heating, enters into the air distributor at the top of dryer.Then the hot air enters into the drying chamber. The liquid of raw material is pumped in through diaphragm pump, be atomized into tiny droplets. Through the very short time of contacting the hot air, the materials can be dried into the finished products.The wasted air and fine powder will be collected through collector at the bottom of cyclone.The tower body also equipped with observation door, sight glass, lamp-house and so on.
Centrifugal Spray Drying Machinery Features:
● The drying speed is high when the material liquid is atomized,the surface area of the material will increase greatly.In the hot-air flow,95%-98% of water can be evaporated at a moment.The time of completing the drying is only several seconds. This is especially suitable for drying the heat sensitive materials.
● Its final products own the good uniformity, flow ability & solubility. And the final products are high in purity and good in quality.
● The producition procedures are simple and the operation and control are easy.The liquid with moisture contents of 40-60%(for special materials,the contents might be up to 90%).can be dried into the powder or particle products once a time. After the drying process, there is no need for smashing and sorting,so as to reduce the operation procedures in the production and to enhance the product purity.The product particle diameters,looseness and water contents can be adjusted through changing the operation condition within a certain range. It is very convenient to carry out control and managment.
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♦ Plastics and resin:AB,ABS emulsion, uric acid resin,phenolic aldehyde resin,urea-formaldehyde resin,polythene,etc.
♦ Food Industry:oats,chicken juice,coffee,instant dissoluble tea,protein,soybean,peanut protein,hydrolysate,etc.
♦ Sugar:corn syrup,corn starch,glucose,pectin,malt sugar,sorbic acid potassium,etc.
♦ Ceramic:aluminium oxide,ceramic tile material,magnesium oxide,talcum,etc.
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Paramters Type:LPG 5 25 50 100 150 200-2000 Inlet temperature ℃ 140~350 Automatically controlled ~80-90 Water evaporation capacity kg/h 5 25 50 100 150 200-2000 Drying form of centrifugal nozzle Compressed air Mechanism drive Revolution of atomizer (r.p.m) 25000 18000 18000 18000 15000 8000-15000 Diameter of atomizing disc(mm) 50 100 120 140 150 180-340 Heating source Electricity Electricity+Steam Electricity+Steam.Oil fuel.gas Depends on the user Max. power of electric heater KW 9 36 63 81 99 Overall dimension (m) 1.8×0.93×2.2 3×2.7×4.26 3.7×3.2×5.1 4.6×4.2×6 5.5×4.5×7 Depends on practical conditions Dried powder recovery rate % ≥95 ≥95 ≥95 ≥95 ≥95 ≥95
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Beach bag used to carry your beach equipments and other stuff that you may use at the beach. Can sustain sand and water. Made from palm straw by Dakhla oasis artisans.
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Dakhla Oasis (Egyptian Arabic: الداخلة El Daḵla ), translates to the inner oasis, is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert. Dakhla Oasis lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km from the Nile and between the oases of Farafra and Kharga. Having considerable amounts of underground water, El Dakhla was the capital of the Oasis region during the Pharaonic period. Today, El Dakhla is one of the most wonderful oases in Egypt with many remarkable monuments, natural scenery, and a large collection of Bedouin handicrafts being sold around the oasis. the Dakhla Oasis is considered to be one of the most attractive oases in Egypt. The oasis boasts over 500 hot springs, including Bir Tarfawi and Bir Al-Gebel Hot Spring, as well as charming mud-brick housing and ruins in the medieval town and village of Al-Qasr and Balat. Dakhla is organized around the main town of Mut, a settlement that dates back to pharaonic times. Although Mut has evolved into a modern touristic hub, you can still see today the remnants of the old town. Stroll along the narrow streets and alleyways of the old town with a guide, haggle with local traders or go cycling in Mut and tour the area at your own pace. Of the most famous character, which is famous for its women Dakhla, wicker palm symbols restricted to women only in their homes. It is a leaf growing on both sides of the alarming palm leaves, ranging in length from 20-40 cm, and to get it is performed vaccinations and annual pruning of palm trees, between March and April. And wicker products industry relies on the white wicker ores and green, white Vakhaws maker of home-use products, and the green is used in their own farm work and construction products industry. The braids are weaving wicker by metal needle called "obelisk", The ceramics and pottery traditions and traditional occupations that her famous oases people of the new and the valley since ancient times as well, and frequented by tourists from all over the world for the acquisition of those with artistic value manufactures, and most famous area for this craft is the Kharga Oasis Village and Islamic palace incoming center, where Fakhura famous village which is so named because it is a great center for pottery and its products known for the people of the village palace. The date of the pottery and porcelain industry oases to antiquity either Romania or Pharaonic. Also one of the most popular character in Dakhla, to find the ladies in their homes, and men older, practicing wool yarn Palmghazl wooden hand, to produce wool yarn, which is used in Acharz industry, a winter clothing, as the robe made of handmade wool, a folk costume for men. And the villages that have mastered this weave wool, Alepeshnda village, which is an affiliate of the Center tile oases, to become one of the most productive areas for carpets and kilims manual, where the craft has evolved in the village over the five decades Then decorated using cotton and silk threads, and sometimes bars cloth, and take the decorations of paramount importance at the same link occasions festive products such as wedding ceremonies of Ashura occasions, and these products are involved in the celebration of marriage, "Hadovh meat," circuit Asha, spraying the bride and Alngosaih. It wicker products for home use: Alibdarh, a cone-shaped container used to save the wheat, Alngosaih, a smaller volume of Alibdarh, In Dakhla, you can also indulge in total luxury and relaxation at Al Tarfa Luxury Lodge and Spa, a desert sanctuary dedicated to wellbeing and opulence. At the centre of the oasis lies the town of Mut, named after the god Amun's consort, settled since Pharaonic times. Now a modern Egyptian town of squat block concrete buildings, it has decent facilities and makes the most convenient base for travellers. You will, however, have a richer experience of Dakhla by staying in or around Al-Qasr. Mut's slumping old town remnants and the proximity of the palm groves help to give it a touch of charm – though only a touch.Discover More
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Silver "I Have Faith" CZ Cross Necklace 15.5-18.5"
"Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will hold on to you with my righteous right hand." {Isaiah 41:10} This Necklace has "I Am" inscribed on the underside of the cross and is your daily reminder that you are loved; you are fearless; you are strong; for He is with you always. Featuring an adjustable 15.5-18.5" attached Chain, you can layer with a Living Locket® to tell your story or wear as a statement piece.
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It's the New Year's event few consumers want to see: higher bills at the gas pump.
But since the crystal ball fell at Times Square, the price of oil has hovered close to the $100-a-barrel level, despite some predictions it will fall in 2008. With oil up, the price of gasoline has risen 10 cents a gallon since Dec. 31, according to GasPriceWatch.com.
Among the reasons that energy analysts cite for crude oil's strong showing so far:
•US inventories are now at a three-year low. This is prompting some analysts to call for the Energy Department to stop putting oil into the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) so the oil instead can be used in the marketplace.
•Trouble is brewing in the Nigerian oil patch. Hope that Nigeria's politicians could smooth over problems in sharing the oil wealth are fading amid reports of continued unrest and possible future attacks on the oil infrastructure, analysts say.
•Nervous investors are continuing to pump money into commodities, such as gold, silver, and oil, which drives up their prices. A weak dollar also tends to drive up oil prices.
"We have a little bit of an oil bubble right now," says Phil Flynn, vice president of energy research at Alaron Futures and Options in Chicago. "It could go back to $100 a barrel because it's so close right now, but I think the price is acting very top-heavy."
Some energy traders would not be surprised to see the price of oil remain relatively strong in the first quarter. "We'll see spates of rallies, but the first quarter will be the high point for energy," says John Kilduff, a New York-based trader at MF Global, a large futures broker.
Year-end, inventories tend to be low
Although oil inventories are low, some energy analysts expect them to be restocked this year. Oil companies normally try to reduce their inventories at year-end, says Rick Mueller of Energy Security Analysis Inc. of Wakefield, Mass. "But there is no question: We are at the lower end of the comfort zone," he says.
Oil inventories are down 60 million barrels since July, Mr. Mueller says. "It's a disturbing trend," he says.
On Wednesday, the Energy Information Administration reported that crude-oil inventories fell 6.8 million barrels for the week ending Jan. 4 – the eighth consecutive week they have dropped. One trader blamed bad weather around the Houston ship channel last week. He expected an adjustment next week. Nonetheless, the price of oil jumped on the news.
Part of the reason for the decline in inventories: The price of oil for next December on the New York Mercantile Exchange, a futures market, is about $3 a barrel lower than the price of oil today. "It does not pay to hold inventory," says Lucian Pugliaresi, president of Energy Policy Research Foundation Inc. in Washington. "That indicates the market is perceiving the fundamentals of supply and demand will lead to a lower price in the future."
With inventories relatively low and prices relatively high, some energy traders wonder why the United States is continuing to add to the SPR. Every day, the US adds 90,000 barrels of oil to the underground storage facilities in Louisiana. It stockpiles the oil from the petroleum companies in lieu of collecting taxes from them on oil produced from fields in the Gulf of Mexico.
The SPR is now stocked with 696 million barrels of oil, close to its capacity. "When oil is close to $100 a barrel, it is beyond comprehension why we are still adding to the SPR," says Mr. Kilduff. "It is basically full, and we're adding to it at the top of the market, which is making matters worse."
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The oil markets are also trying to assess some geopolitical concerns. For example, energy analysts thought relations between the US and Iran had improved. Then, on Sunday, five Iranian boats confronted a US Navy flotilla in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Pentagon. President Bush assailed the Iranians for a "provocative" act. "It was just a little incident, but combined with Bush's rhetoric, it revived concerns," says Kilduff.
Analysts had also thought the Nigerian government had been successful in soothing unrest in the oil-producing delta area. "The vice president was from the region, and things appeared to be improving there," says Mueller. "But now, there are some reports that the rebels are planning larger attacks on the oil infrastructure."
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Beginning New Year's Day, parents in Illinois can be charged with a crime for allowing their underaged children – or anyone else younger than 21 – to drink alcohol on any property they own or rent.
The state also has made it more difficult to use a cellphone while driving; day care facilities need to be tested for radon; car owners will need to pay more for their license plates to help pay for state parks; nonviolent offenders can avoid prison time; intentionally not paying sales tax may result in jail time; and local governments now can hide from the public how much in sales taxes they are rebating to businesses that open new shops, hotels, restaurants or dealerships in town.
These changes to state law mark just a few of the more than 150 laws taking effect today.
Some laws already have made headlines, such as Public Act 97-1049.
That law specifically makes it a crime to allow underage drinking at parents' or guardians' homes, barns, cabins, boathouses and any other property they own.
Others in Illinois may be familiar with the changes brought by Public Act 97-830, which makes it illegal to use a mobile phone while driving in any construction or road maintenance zone, not just those with reduced speed limits.
The state also has moved in Public Act 97-829 to prohibit all handheld mobile devices use while driving commercial vehicles.
And in Public Act 97-795, the state has redefined commercial vehicles to include vans, capable of transporting nine to 15 people, if the driver is being paid to transport the occupants of the vehicle.
Other laws that will take effect today include:
• Public Act 97-976, which requires counties, cities and villages to file standard reports to the Illinois Department of Revenue on all sales tax rebate agreements the local governments enact with businesses. The forms would include the names and locations of the businesses with which the local government is entering into the agreements, which typically are used to spur economic development by helping new stores, restaurants, hotels and other businesses offset costs of building their facilities. The reports will include the amount that would be rebated and how it would be rebated. But the law also allows the local government and the state to withhold certain specifics of the deal, including the amount of sales tax that is expected to be collected and rebated from the public, making that information exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.
• Public Act 97-981, which requires licensed day care centers and day care homes to be tested for radon at least once every three years. Those results need to be posted at the center or home.
• Public Act 97-1074, which creates the crime of sales tax evasion. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said the law is the result of an ongoing investigation of gas stations to recover sales taxes from station operators who the state believes underreported revenues to avoid paying taxes. Those convicted of sales tax evasion now could face sentences of up to 15 years in prison, depending on the amount of taxes not paid.
• Public Act 97-1136, which enacts a host of fees, including entrance and use fees, to raise an estimated $32 million for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to maintain public lands in the state. Those fees also include a $2 surcharge tacked onto the cost of every license plate renewal sticker sold.
• Public Act 97-1118, which creates a 12-month diversion program to allow those charged with nonviolent felonies, including burglary, theft and possession of a stolen vehicle or of certain amounts of illegal drugs, to avoid jail time.
• Public Act 97-733, which makes it illegal to possess, sell or distribute shark fins in Illinois.
• Public Act 97-1035, which requires those entering "adult entertainment facilities" to pay a $3 fee to fund sexual assault prevention efforts in Illinois.
• Public Act 97-1063, which eliminates "unnecessary delays" in adoptions of children in which the child is already living with the prospective adoptive parents, and all parties have consented to the adoption.
• Public Act 97-850, which allows the IDNR to require people to clean boats and other watercraft before putting their craft in bodies of water in Illinois.
• Public Act 97-743, which imposes a fine of $1,000 on anyone who pops a wheelie on a motorcycle while speeding.
• Public Act 97-723, which requires those attempting to sell scrap metal to provide greater proof that they actually own the metal, and which provides for tougher penalties for those illegally selling or buying stolen scrap metal.


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OWASP New Zealand Day 2011
7th July - Auckland
Following the success of the OWASP New Zealand 2009 and OWASP New Zealand 2010 security conferences, the OWASP New Zealand Chapter is pleased to announce the return of the conference in 2011. The third OWASP New Zealand Day will be happening thanks to the support provided by the University of Auckland School of Business, which will kindly offer the same conference venue of the last two years. Entry to the event will, as in the past, be free. OWASP New Zealand Day 2011 will be held on Thursday July 7th, 2011.
For any comments, feedback or observations, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Registration for the conference has now closed.
Conference dates
- CFP closes: 31st May 2011
- Conference Agenda due: 15th June 2011
- Conference Registration deadline: 23rd June 2011
- Training Registration deadline: 30th June 2011
- Conference date: 7th July 2011
Conference Venue
The University of Auckland Business School
Owen G Glenn Building
Room: OGGB 260-073 (OGGB4)
Address: 12 Grafton Road
New Zealand
Conference Sponsors
Gold Sponsors:
Silver Sponsors:
Support Sponsors:
The OWASP Days have always offered a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas among researchers and practitioners who present their experiences and discuss issues related to Web Application Security from a higher level to a technical point of view.
Conference topics include, but are not limited to:
- OWASP Project Presentation (i.e Tool Updates/Project Status etc)
- Threat modelling of web applications
- Privacy Concerns with Applications and Data Storage
- Vulnerability analysis of web applications (code review, pentest, static analysis, scanning)
- Baseline or Metrics for Application Security
- Countermeasures for web application vulnerabilities
- Web application security
- Platform or language (e.g. Java, .NET) security features that help secure web applications
- Secure application development
- How to use databases securely in web applications
- Security of Service Oriented Architectures
- Access control in web applications
- Web services security
- Browser security
Conference Committee
- Nick Freeman - OWASP New Zealand Leader (Auckland)
- Scott Bell - OWASP New Zealand Leader (Wellington)
- Lech Janczewski - Associate Professor - University of Auckland School of Business
Presentations (UPDATED!)
Welcome to OWASP New Zealand Day 2011
Nick Freeman & Scott Bell / Lech Janczewski - Security-Assessment.com / The University of Auckland
Secure Development: What The OWASP Guide Didn't Tell You (pdf)
Blair Strang - Security-Assessment.com
I <3 Reporting - Managing Effective Web Application Assessments (pdf)
Andrew Evans - Kiwibank
Coffee Break
Testing Mobile Applications (pdf)
Nick von Dadelszen - Lateral Security
Web Crypto for the Developer Who Has Better Things To Do (pdf)
Adrian Hayes - Security-Assessment.com
Lunch Break
Concurrency Vulnerabilities (pdf)
Brett Moore - Insomnia Security
A Day in the Life of a WAF (pdf)
Sam Pickles - F5
HTML5 Security (pdf)
Mike Haworth & Kirk Jackson - Aura Information Security
|Afternoon Tea
File Uploads Are Evil (pdf whitepaper)
Kirk Jackson - Aura Information Security
Sleeping Easy: Architecting Web Applications Securely (pdf)
Mark Young - Datacom
Real Applications, Real Vulnerabilities, Really Exploited (pdf)
Quintin Russ - SiteHost
Panel Discussion/Conclusion
After-con Drinks @ TBA
Blair Strang - Security-Assessment.com - Secure Development: What The OWASP Guide Didn't Tell You
OWASP has lots of useful information for developers wishing to secure their applications. However, there are concepts which can make your life easier which are not covered in the OWASP guide.
+ Where in your code to apply the OWASP recommended protections
+ Some advice on hard-to-get right protections
+ Bonus protections: Advanced security measures not in the OWASP guide
Blair Strang
Bio to come
Andrew Evans - Kiwibank - I <3 Reporting - Managing Effective Web Application Assessments
In a previous role as a full time penetration test manager, I often encountered situations where the outcome of a penetration test was affected by the preparedness of the client, the information and resources available to the testers, and the ability of the client to interpret the report. While there are abundant resources for penetration testers available to teach techniques for web application hacking, there is very little information to guide pre and post engagement activities such as scoping, logistics, and reporting.
The complexity of modern web applications means that there is a huge dependency on clients understanding what is required of them, and how to provide the appropriate information and resources to testers to get the best outcome from a penetration test.
Andrew Evans
Andrew Evans is an information security jack-of-all-trades at Kiwibank. Prior to that, he managed penetration tests for a large UK bank, where he spent his time being schmoozed by vendors, LOLing at reports, shouting at developers, and playing havoc with go-live dates.
Nick von Dadelszen – Lateral Security - Testing Mobile Applications
Mobile applications are the "next big thing" in application development and it seems everyone is developing them, including banks, travel companies, retail outlets and everyone else. Mobile application security requires a different focus to standard web applications and this talk discusses those differences, how to test mobile applications, and some tips and tricks from Lateral Security's experience in penetration testing mobile applications.
Nick von Dadelszen
Nick von Dadelszen is a respected security consultant with over 10 years experience in the security industry. In that time he has worked with the majority of New Zealand's largest organisations including leading players in a government, financial, and telecommunications sectors.
Nick has previously managed two successful security teams and is now a co-founder of Lateral Security, responsible for technical delivery of projects.
Adrian Hayes - Security-Assessment.com - Web Crypto for the Developer Who Has Better Things To Do
Crypto is easy to get wrong and can be a pain to implement. This presentation will take you through practical examples of how to implement solid crypto on a number of common development platforms. We'll talk about how to store and verify passwords, how to safely transport and store backups. What's wrong with some default SSL configurations and maybe even random token generation among other things. Web app crypto should be easy and secure, not just one of those.
Adrian Hayes
Adrian Hayes is a security consultant for Security-Assessment.com in Wellington. Adrian comes from a web app development background but has jumped the fence and now spends his time hacking them.
Brett Moore - Insomnia Security - Concurrency Vulnerabilities
Concurrency vulnerabilities are not very common, as they require specific circumstances for a vulnerable scenario to exist. However, the consequences of such issues can be devastating and include auth bypass, cross user account access, and purchase tampering.
This talk will discuss in detail some of the situations leading to these vulnerabilities, and how they can be detected both at the source level and during active testing.
Brett Moore
Having conducted vulnerability assessments, network reviews, and penetration tests for the majority of the large companies in New Zealand, Insomnia founder Brett Moore brings with him over eight years experience in information security. During this time, Brett has also worked with companies such as SUN Microsystems, Skype Limited and Microsoft Corporation by reporting and helping to fix security vulnerabilities in their products. Brett has released numerous whitepapers and technical postings related to security issues and has spoken at security conferences both locally and overseas, including BlackHat, Defcon, Syscan, Kiwicon, Ruxcon, and the invitation only Microsoft internal security conference called BlueHat.
Sam Pickles - F5 - A Day in the Life of a WAF
Web Application Firewalls in production get to see a large volume of malicious requests; and present a unique opportunity to discover what is really happening out in the black hat community.
In this talk, real attack examples seen in production will be presented which demonstrate the reality and relevance of the OWASP Top Ten. Attack samples and reports have been gathered from a number of sites globally and sanitised, and will be used to help understand the answers to some common questions:
- How often is my application being attacked? (more than you might think)
- What techniques are being attempted?
- Who is doing this, and why?
Additionally, some recent headline-grabbing hacks in banking and finance will be detailed at a practical level.
Sam Pickles
Sam Pickles has worked across the security industry for over ten years, in APAC, EMEA, and USA. Sam has held senior technical responsibility within many high profile IT and physical security projects across banking, government and service provider customers. During this period he has been involved in creating some of the world's largest web application firewall gateways, designed and built IT security systems and conducted network, application and hardware device penetration testing.
As an architect and security specialist with F5 Networks, Sam maintains a keen interest in web application security, is a member of OWASP and a long time attendee of chapter meetings in London. He has degrees in Physics from the University of Otago, and Computer Science from the University of Oxford.
Kirk Jackson / Mike Haworth - Aura Information Security - HTML5 Security
HTML5 brings a suite of new features to browsers these features are enabled and the browser we use today. Some features that'll be more interesting to application security reviewers are:
- The loosening of the same origin policy
- WebSockets
- Local Storage
- And a bunch of new XSS vectors
Kirk Jackson
Kirk Jackson is a Security Consultant for Aura Information Security, and has spent a decent percentage of his waking life building websites for a living (most recently at Xero).
Mike Haworth
Mike Haworth, tests pens for AuraInfoSec. Former webmonkey and recovering Drupaholic
Kirk Jackson - Aura Information Security - File Uploads are Evil
So your users want to upload and share files on your website? We know how to put XSS protections in place, but how do we protect against malicious content uploaded to our sites?
Kirk Jackson
Kirk Jackson is a Security Consultant for Aura Information Security, and has spent a decent percentage of his waking life building websites for a living (most recently at Xero).
Mark Young - Datacom - Sleeping Easy: Architecting Web Applications Securely
Tales from a developer – practical tips on how to lead teams and design solutions in a way that produces secure web applications. Starting off with "why does security matter to my customers", I'll look at how to get organisations and teams on board and excited about security. Then mostly using .NET will show some common mistakes I've observed and specific examples of how solution and application framework design can mitigate some of these issues. I'll look at difficulties in integrating a secure development lifecycle into the daily grind of project delivery and some of the struggles and pitfalls with implementing secure practices. If there's time I'll squeeze in some exemplar exploits as well.
Mark Young
Mark Young is a senior developer / team lead / architect at Datacom in Auckland, who has spent the last few years leading dev teams and architecting enterprise web systems, particularly in banking. Mark has a focus on web security, has been known to deliver and reproduce exploits, and has also been stung a few times by his code (or that of his team).
Quintin Russ - SiteHost - Real Applications, Real Vulnerabilities, Really Exploited
Websites are being compromised. Daily. Some of these attacks are sophisticated and occur without warning, but many are not. This talk will look at some widely exploited vulnerabilities in popular applications, such as authentication bypass, remote code execution & SQL injection. We will cover how they were exploited and discuss techniques to help organisations avoid becoming another statistic.
Quintin Russ
Quintin has carved out his own niche in the .nz hosting industry, having spent a large proportion of the last few years becoming an expert in both building and defending systems. He now runs enough infrastructure to ensure he never, ever gets a good night's sleep, and sometimes doesn't even get to snooze through Sunday mornings. Quintin has a keen interest in security, especially as it relates to web hosting. This has ranged from the vicissitudes of shared hosting to code reviews of popular blogging applications. He has previously presented at ISIG, OWASP & Kiwicon.
|Codefather - 3 hours (9am-12pm, July 7 2011)- $125
| Abstract: These days websites are under constant attack and it's incredibly easy for a developer or administrator to make seemingly minor mistakes that have catastrophic consequences.
You can't fight a war that you don't know you're waging. You can't defend your websites against attack unless you know the tricks the blackhats are using to infiltrate. This workshop outlines and demonstrates many of the latest attacks and defenses in use today.
| Key objectives:
|Target Audience: Web developers (basic development skills required)
| Instructor: Scott Fletcher
Aura Information Security
|Date/Time: July 7 2011, 9am-12pm
|Registrations are now closed.
|Secure Development 101 - 3 hours (2pm-5pm, July 7 2011)- $125
| Abstract: This introductory training course focuses on the most common web application security problems; the OWASP Top 10 risks. The OWASP Top 10 covers many of the risks facing web applications every day. This training will explain each of the 10 risks, demonstrating the vulnerabilities and provide platform-agnostic recommendations for remediating these issues through the use of existing OWASP projects. The thorough explanation of vulnerabilities, exploits and remediations will leave you with a clear understanding of the OWASP Top 10 risks and how to avoid them.
This training course is a compact version of Security-Assessment.com's brand new two-day intensive secure web application development tutorial. We encourage the use of the Top 10 to get organisations started with application security so developers can learn from the mistakes of other organisations. Executives can start thinking about how to manage the risk that software applications create in their enterprise.
| Key objectives:
|Target Audience: Web developers (basic development skills required)
| Instructors: Andrew Horton & Adrian Hayes
|Date/Time: July 7 2011, 2pm-5pm
|Registrations are now closed.
Call For Sponsorships (CLOSED)
The call for silver and gold sponsorships is now closed, however we are still looking for support sponsors who can provide media coverage/promotion for the event.
Following the success of the previous events in 2009 and 2010, OWASP New Zealand Day 2011 will be held in Auckland on the 7th of July, 2011. OWASP New Zealand Day is a security conference entirely dedicated to web application security. The conference is once again being hosted by the University of Auckland School of Business with their support and assistance. OWASP New Zealand Day 2011 is a free event, but requires sponsor support to help be an instructive and quality event for the New Zealand community. OWASP is strictly non for profit. The sponsorship money will be used to help make OWASP New Zealand Day 2011 a free, compelling and valuable experience for the audience.
The sponsorship funds collected are to be used for things such as:
- Refreshments (coffee break/lunch) - we want to keep people refreshed during the day; while we certainly bring good and interesting speakers, we don't want people to go home when they become hungry.
- Name tags - we feel that getting to know people within the New Zealand community is important, and name tags make that possible.
- Promotion - up to now our events are propagating by word of mouth. We would like to get to a wider audience by advertising our events.
- Printed Materials - printed materials will include brochures, tags and lanyards.
Last year, the event was supported by 3 sponsors and attracted more than 150 participants. A lot of good feedback from the audience was received and this is the reason why we are re-organising the event. For more information on last year's event, please visit: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_New_Zealand_Day_2010
The OWASP New Zealand community is strong and there are more than 160 people currently subscribed to the mailing-list. OWASP New Zealand Day is expected to attract a number between 150 and 200 attendees during the conference.
OWASP regular attendees are IT project managers, IT security managers, IT security consultants, web application architects and developers, QA managers, QA testers and system administrators.
There are three different levels of sponsorships for the OWASP Day event:
- Support Sponsorship: (Covering international speaker travel expenses, media coverage/article/promotion of the event)
- Publication of the sponsor logo on the event web site - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_New_Zealand_Day_2011
- Silver Sponsorship: 1500 NZD
- Publication of the sponsor logo on the event web site - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_New_Zealand_Day_2011
- The publication of the sponsor logo in the event site, in the agenda, on the flyers, brochure and in all the official communications with the attendees at the conference.
- The possibility to distribute the company brochures, CDs or other materials to the participants during the event.
- Gold Sponsorship: 3500 NZD
- The publication of the sponsor logo in the event site, in the agenda, on the flyers, brochure and in all the official communications with the attendees at the conference. - The possibility to distribute the company brochures, CDs or other materials to the participants during the event.
- Publication of the sponsor logo on the OWASP New Zealand Chapter page
- Sponsor logo on the OWASP NZ site prior and during the OWASP Day event - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/New_Zealand
- Publication of the sponsor logo on the event web site - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_New_Zealand_Day_2011
- Sponsor dedicated space at the conference (sponsor booth) to show products/services to the attendees during coffee breaks, lunch and snack breaks.
Those who are interested in sponsoring OWASP New Zealand 2011 Conference can contact the OWASP New Zealand Board.
Sponsors can also make us of the following PayPal button to make payments. Donations are also more than welcome from the NZ community.
<paypal>OWASP New Zealand Day 2011</paypal>
Call for Papers (CLOSED)
The OWASP New Zealand Chapter is holding the annual OWASP New Zealand Day web application security conference at the University of Auckland School of Business on July 7th, 2011. The Call For Papers is now open, and you are cordially invited to submit your stuff!
Following on from the previous two years, the conference will consist of a single track covering both technical and risk management topics. So if you'd like to share your brand new technique, detail your run-ins with .cn, .ru or Anonymous, spread fear about the cloud or drop some 0day, we'd like to hear from you.
We are looking for talks of various lengths, but ask that you keep the talk under 40 minutes long. 10-15 minute long lightning talks are welcome, and ideal if you have something you want to share that doesn't need half an hour to explain.
Other than the above, we are seeking presentations on any of the following topics:
- OWASP Project Presentation (i.e Tool Updates/Project Status etc)
- Threat modelling of web applications
- Privacy Concerns with Applications and Data Storage
- Vulnerability analysis of web applications (code review, pentest, static analysis, scanning)
- Baseline or Metrics for Application Security
- Countermeasures for web application vulnerabilities - secure coding practices
- Web application security
- Platform or language (e.g. Java, .NET) security features that help secure web applications
- Secure application development
- How to use databases securely in web applications
- Security of Service Oriented Architectures
- Access control in web applications
- Web services security
- Browser security
The timeline for submissions is as follows:
31st May 2011: The official closing date for receiving a synopsis of the presentation.
15th Jun 2011: Announcements on selected candidates will be provided.
20th Jun 2011: Complete presentations will need to be submitted.
The email subject must be "OWASP New Zealand 2011: CFP" and the email body must contains the following information/sections:
- Name and Surname
- Affiliation
- Address
- Telephone number
- Email address
- List of the author's previous papers/articles/speeches on the same topic
- Title of the contribution
- Type of contribution: Technical or Informative
- Abstract (up to 500 words)
- Why the contribution is relevant for OWASP New Zealand 2011
- If you are not from New Zealand, will your company support your travel/accomodation costs - Yes/No
The submission will be reviewed by the OWASP New Zealand Board and the most interesting ones will be selected and invited for presentation.
- Due to limited budget available, expenses for international speakers cannot be covered.
- If your company is willing to cover travel and accomodation costs, the company will become "Support Sponsor" of the event.
Please submit your presentation topics and an abstract of up to 500 words to Nick Freeman and Scott Bell - [email protected] & [email protected]g
Call For Trainers (CLOSED)
We are happy to announce that training will run alongside OWASP Day this year, on July 7th 2011. The training venue will be an auditorium kindly provided by the University of Auckland School of Business, in the same building as the OWASP Day conference itself. Classes will contain up to 20 students, and each seat has a power point for laptop usage.
Two 3-hour slots will be available for training, one from 9am-12noon and a second from 2pm-5pm. As the slots are quite short, we're looking for training events that will be providing either introductory lessons in web app security, or sessions dedicated to a particular topic.
Examples of training topics:
+ Input filtering 101
+ Securing web services
+ Introduction to the OWASP Top 10
+ Hardening web servers
+ Mobile app security
+ Web App Security for Project Managers
If you are interested in running one of the training sessions, please contact myself or Scott Bell with the following information:
- Trainer name
- Trainer organisation
- Telephone + email contact
- Training title
- Trainer requirements (e.g. a projector)
- Trainee requirements (e.g. laptop, VMWare/Virtualbox etc)
- Training summary (less than 500 words)
- Target audience (e.g. testers, project managers, security managers, web developers)
- Skill level required (Basic / Intermediate / Advanced)
- A few sentences about why you think this training is important to web application security
- What attendees can expect to learn (key objectives)
- Short Trainer bio
- List of published papers/presentations
- Course outline E.g.:
1. Topic 1
> Sub Topic 1.a
> Sub Topic 1.b
> Exercise 1
2. Topic 2
3. Topic 3
> Sub Topic 3.a
> Demo
> Sub Topic 3.b
The fixed price per head for training will be $125. As this training is part of an OWASP event, part of the proceeds go back to OWASP. The split is as follows:
- 25% to OWASP Global - used for OWASP projects around the world
- 25% to OWASP NZ Day - used for expenses such as catering during the conference
- 50% to the training provider.
If you have any further queries, or wish to submit a training course, please send the above information to the following email addresses:
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
Accepted training sessions will be announced on June 15th, together with the presentations.
Conference dates
- CFP close: 31st May 2011
- Conference Agenda due: 15th June 2011
- Registration deadline: 23rd June 2011
- Conference date: 7th July 2011
Conference Committee
OWASP New Zealand Day 2011 Organising Committee:
- Nick Freeman - OWASP New Zealand Leader (Auckland)
- Scott Bell - OWASP New Zealand Leader (Wellington)
- Lech Janczewski - Associate Professor - University of Auckland School of Business


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A slate mailer organization (SMO), Berkeley Tenants United For Fairness (TUFF), has used a major portion of the $25,000 in large contributions ostensibly given in opposition to Measure U, to finance two mailers largely devoted to support of the four rent board candidates on the TUFF slate that includes incumbent commissioner Nicole Drake. Berkeley law limits individual contributions to candidates to $250. -more-


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From the weird,/amusing/innocuous file comes the news that more than one car in "Boardwalk Empire," Martin Scorsese's new HBO series about the birth of Atlantic City, bears the same license plate number.
"Boardwalk" has been shooting all over Brooklyn, most recently in an unoccupied building that was once an old folks' home out in Bed-Stuy, right on Stuyvesant Avenue. Lots of old-timey cars were on the streets tonight, two of them sporting the exact same tag, 23042.
if you look closely you'll see they are not the same car at all, so it's not a matter of needing to wreck one or being used as a decoy by a character in the film.
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The day's top national and international news.
It's possible they haven't yet decided which model car to go with, but if that's the case they'd better get down to business, 'cause the meter's running and this economy the last thing you wanna do is play eenie-meanie-minie-moe while a bunch of union guys stand around in the cold.


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DescriptionMonster RPG 2 is a role-playing game in the tradition of classic Japanese 2D console RPGs like Lufia II, Final Fantasy Adventure / Mystic Quest or Breath of Fire. Like its archetypes the game is using a low resolution, pixelated graphics and chipsound music.
The story begins when Eny and her brother Tiggy come back from collecting mushrooms in the woods and Tiggy sees a staff lying around near the road. When he picks up that staff he immediately becomes possessed by an evil power, attacks his sister and puts her into the jail of his new castle. Eny takes up the quest to free her brother from the evil force and destroy the staff once and for all. During the course of the game various people will join Eny on her quest, creating a party with up to four members. There is no option to select the party members, they will join and leave the group automatically.
Like most classical RPGs from the SNES era the game has three different views: A top down view to explore the lands and towns, an isometric view for the battle screen and a map view for long distance travels.The exploration view is the main view, used to walk around in the world, talk to characters and interact with the environment. As long as the main character is visible the exploration view can be adjusted to look around without moving, for example to check if passages have a dead end or to discover chests. Enemies are not visible in this exploration view, instead those appear in random encounters when the character is moving. Battles are turn-based, the order in one round is determined by the "speed" attribute of both the characters and enemies. During battle it's possible to attack, cast a spell, use an item, defend yourself or try to flee; winning a battle will gain you money and experience points. From time to time you will also have to fight mandatory boss battles.
The game includes several mini-games, for example an arcade-racer like boat travel (shooting incoming crabs and sharks) or defending a castle with a bow. Finishing these mini-games will give your characters a significant amount of money and experience points. The experience points can be spent to increase any of seven attributes like health points, attack, magic defense or luck; the game does not increase any attributes automatically during a level up and also does not set any limits, so it's the players responsibility to keep the character stats balanced.
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Wellness program FAQs
Why is the Workplace Wellness Grant program a four-year program?
Wellness experts state that it takes at least three years to realize a return-on-investment (ROI) from workplace wellness programs. So, we decided to make it a four-year program because we realized it would take time for the employer and the vendor to create a program and implement it. Three years is also a sufficient amount of time to observe a reduction in health care and workers' compensation costs.
Why has BWC decided to award $15,000?
Based on a survey and focus groups we conducted with wellness program vendors, the cost of a wellness program is $100-$150 per participating employee. To assist an employer with jump-starting a wellness program, we offer the most money up front and then taper funds as times goes on. We created this funding scheme to reflect the ROI employers realize in the long run.
Why does BWC require an annual reporting process?
We ask questions that any employer participating in an effective wellness program should be able to answer. We're interested in measuring the outcomes of employers' wellness programs. So, we require specific data elements. This way, we can observe both the ROI for it and its customers, and whether workplace wellness programs impact the health of the workforce.
Can employers use health-risk appraisals (HRAs) and biometric screenings conducted prior to applying for the grant program?
Yes. However, these tools can only date back three months prior to approval of the grant. Anything older than three months would skew our data analysis regarding the effectiveness of the program.
Can employers contract with multiple vendors?
Yes. We understand some vendors may only provide limited services such as only administering a health-risk appraisal and biometric screenings, or only program planning and execution. As long as the employer appropriately collects and reports the data we request, the employer may contract with multiple vendors.
How does an employer select a vendor?
BWC has provided vendor selection guidelines on our Workplace wellness grant overview page. Third-party administrators (TPAs) are another resource. They may already be knowledgeable about existing vendors that best fit your company's needs.
Once you start actively seeking a potential vendor, bring a copy of the application, particularly the data collection section, with you to meetings. Then, you'll put the vendor on notice as to our expectations for the program.
Must all participating employees be full-time employees?
No. Both part-time and full-time employees may participate in the program.
Note: Temporary workers (including student interns) and independent contractors are not eligible to participate.
How long will it take to receive the grant funds?
Up to three weeks from the time BWC receives the HRAs and biometrics.
How does workplace wellness impact absenteeism?
Studies show that workers who participate in wellness programs have reduced sick days. The health-care costs associated with those sick days were reduced as well. A few studies also have shown that reduced sick days translate to lower workers' compensation costs by as much as 30 percent.
Can employees who did not participate the previous year participate the upcoming year?
Yes. However, the employee must wait until the next year's cycle begins. An employee may not join the program mid-year.
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Weight Led Governor To Surgery
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey ascended to become one of the country's top political stars almost in spite of his weight — dismissing those who questioned whether his size disqualified him for higher office as "ridiculous" and "irresponsible."
Now, like some overweight politicians before him, Mr. Christie has embarked on a major effort to shed pounds at a time when his eyes are on the presidency. Saying that "a whole bunch of other things" had not worked, he revealed on Tuesday that he had undergone weight loss surgery three months ago. He is now 40 pounds lighter.
Mr. Christie, a Republican, said concerns about his family, not politics, drove him to undergo the "Lap-Band" procedure, in which a silicone band is placed around the stomach to discourage overeating.
His staff and even his closest political advisers said they had not known he had the operation or had even considered having it.
But in the image-conscious world of politics, the questions about what effect slimming down would have on a possible presidential run immediately dominated the discussion of his move. Mr. Christie's heft has been part of his brand. Would he risk losing some of his Everyman appeal along with the weight?
The governor swatted those questions again. "Whatever size I happen to be when I have to make decisions about what to do next in my career, I doubt that will play any role or effect in what I decide to do," he told reporters massed outside an event in Newark. "It's not a career issue for me; it is a long-term health issue for me."
Fair or not, weight has been often used as a metaphor to judge Mr. Christie.
To his critics, it represented his lack of discipline and his bullying manner — an advertisement by his opponent in the 2009 governor's race showed unflattering pictures of his size and accused him of "throwing his weight around." To his supporters, it softened his edges and made him more relatable — Mike DuHaime, his chief political strategist, has often said that voters want someone "just like them, only smarter."
"I think Governor Christie has almost played off the fact that he is big," said former Gov. Edward G. Rendell, a Pennsylvania Democrat who has struggled himself to shed unwanted pounds.
"It has helped establish him as a real person," he said, noting that people are skeptical of perfectly combed "John Edwards hair" and no visible physical flaws. "In a strange way, it was political asset to him."
The political pressures are real in a country has not elected an obese president since William Howard Taft more than a century ago. Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas lost more than a hundred pounds before seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. Former Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi told reporters interested in whether he would seek the 2012 Republican nomination to watch his waistline for clues.
And last year, as Mr. Christie was considered a presidential and then a vice-presidential possibility, some Republican donors couched their reservations with the observation that it was rare to see people as heavy as he is living to an old age. He was not happy that the operation was made public, and neither, he said, were his wife and four children. According to his staff, he acknowledged the procedure in an interview with The New York Post after the newspaper called to say they were running an article about it.
His office initially said he would answer no more questions about it, but he eventually agreed to take questions at a news conference on Tuesday.
He did so for more than 40 minutes, calling the fascination with his surgery "ridiculous and silly."
"You know, people in public life have the same concerns that people in private life have," he said, adding, "Just because I have a public office and I have some measure of notoriety doesn't mean that my feelings about my family and my concerns about their future are any different than yours or anybody else that's sitting here."
As the obesity epidemic in the country has grown, surgical interventions have become more common. Two of the more common surgical options for people seeking to lose weight: banding and its riskier predecessor, gastric bypass surgery.
In choosing to undergo the banding procedure, Mr. Christie joins a list of public figures — including the New York Jets coach Rex Ryan, whom Mr. Christie consulted before the surgery, Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York and the TV weatherman Al Roker — who have turned to surgery to help where diet and exercise have failed.
Mr. Barbour, who is close to Mr. Christie, said political concerns motivated Mr. Barbour to lose 30 pounds during his 2003 campaign for governor. "It is no secret to voters who don't know a candidate can sometimes be put off by that candidate's being overweight," he said.
Mr. Christie has often spoke of his struggles to lose weight, which he said started to become an issue in his 20s, when he stopped playing organized sports.
His sense of urgency about losing weight had increased since he turned 50, he said.
Even those close to him who noticed his recent weight loss presumed that it was another down in what has been a yo-yo cycle. The governor has never revealed his exact weight, but it has been reported at being from 300 to 350 pounds. In July 2011, he was hospitalized briefly after having an asthma attack.
In February, about a week before the surgery, Mr. Christie made light of the issue by munching on a doughnut in an appearance on the "Late Show With David Letterman."
But around the same time he also got into an angry back and forth with a former surgeon general who expressed concerns about his weight potentially causing him to die in office, telling her to "shut up."
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Dale Kennedy
My project focuses on the sensitivity of nestling house wrens to food and alarm calls made by parent birds. It has been suggested that birds are developmentally restricted in hearing different frequencies upon hatching. Food and alarm calls are given at different frequencies. A food call serves to let nestling wrens know that a parent bird has brought a morsel back to the nest. The nestlings respond by gaping their beaks and vocalizing. This noise can potentially alert predators to the location of nests. Because house wrens are cavity nesting birds that reside in safer shelters than exposed, vulnerable cup nests, it is expected that they will show early sensitivity to food calls over alarm calls.
The analysis portion of my research is still in progress, but this summer has been an excellent opportunity to give me a peek into the world of fieldwork. The most rewarding discovery has been learning how to relate what I have learned in previous courses to my everyday experiences during research. I find new connections every day; the application of that knowledge has been very exciting and rewarding. In addition, I have learned the ups and downs that come along with research -- from the excitement that comes with a successful day in the field to having to be flexible and find creative solutions when electronic equipment or birds don't cooperate as hoped.
I am a pre-veterinary student who has always been interested in animals. I have been fascinated with the communication aspect of animal behavior after taking an Honors Animal Communication course with Dr. Dale Kennedy last year. For my final project in the class, I conducted a small observational study on black-capped chickadees in the Whitehouse Nature Center. I really enjoyed the experience; it inspired me to look into other opportunities to study animal communication.
I am planning to pursue a career in veterinary medicine, so a project focused on animal communication is a great foot in the door to behavioral courses I will be taking in the future.
My thesis will focus on the findings of my study. Because I have not yet completed analysis, I'm not exactly sure what it will detail as of now!
I loved working on my FURSCA project. It is a unique side of learning application that I would have otherwise been unable to experience. It has given me the opportunity to grow as a student, researcher, and scientist.


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and apologize to the gypsy community. LET'S GO!
SINGLE LADIES – 9:00PM (VH1) It may be a slow day for the rest of the country, but there are a stunning number of brand new shows debuting tonight. For TV never takes a day off, except for 30 weeks out of the year. Your first entry is this brand new show from VH1 that is NOT a reality show. I swear! Someone actually bothered to write and script and cast real actors and everything. Following in the wild success African-American hits like "The Game," this comedy/drama (comama!) features Stacey Dash from "Clueless" (Grrrr!) as one of three friends trying to navigate the craziness of being a single gal. Expect many a heart-to-heart and many a "Oh, he he di'n't!" ANTICIPATION: YES HE DI'ID!
PLATINUM HIT – 10:00PM (Bravo – An NBC/Universal network) Someone saw fit to hire Kara DioGuardi to appear on television again. A bold if stupid move, but we'll see if it pays off for this brand new songwriting competition featuring Jewel as the host. Yes, songwriting. All original songs! No, wait! Come back! Where are you running?! ANTICIPATION: TOUGH SELL!
EXTREME MAKEOVER: WEIGHT LOSS EDITION – 10:00PM (ABC) For each episode of this weight loss reality tearjerker, ABC follows one dangerously obese person over the course of the year as they lose dramatic amounts of weight. This represents a total reversal from the original "Extreme Makeover" show, in which subjects underwent a battery of plastic surgery procedures and then scared their loved ones to death after revealing their new faces. This one's just old-fashioned weight loss, and I think the fact that they follow everyone for a full year could give it a depth you probably wouldn't expect. ANTICIPATION: SHOCKINGLY HIGH!
FINDING BIGFOOT – 11:00PM (Animal Planet) Join the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (yes, it's a real organization) as they track down the elusive Sasquatch. Tonight, they start out in Georgia, where they think they've found Bigfoot but merely found a 400-pound mountain man instead. ANTICIPATION: BIGFOOOOOOT!
SURPRISE HOMECOMING – 10:00PM (TLC) Just in time for Memorial Day, Billy Ray Cyrus hosts this new show in which US military personnel make a surprise visit home to loved ones. Billy Ray is hosting because Miley kicked him out of the compound. ANTICIPATION: TEARS OF JOY!
Monday Watch List: Memorial Day!
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Chromecast is a thumb-sized media streaming device that plugs into the HDMI port on your TV. Simply use an Android phone, tablet, iPhone®, iPad®, Mac or Windows laptop, or Chromebook to cast your favorite entertainment and apps right to the big screen.
Chromecast works with a growing number of apps, including Netflix, HBO GO, YouTube, WatchESPN & Pandora. Find your favorite apps and discover more at chromecast.com/apps.
For everything else, you can mirror what you see on the small screen to the big screen. If you're on your laptop, you can cast any website in Chrome; and from your Android phone or tablet, you can mirror your screen to the TV.*
A whole new way to TV
With Chromecast, your phone is your personalized remote control. Use the apps you know and love on your phone to search and browse, play, pause, rewind, control the volume and even make playlists. While casting, you're free to use your phone for other things.
Your friends and family can cast to the TV using their own phone or tablet, too – with no additional set-up required. Everyone can sit back and enjoy together on the biggest screen in the home.
When you're not casting, you can turn your TV screen into a beautiful backdrop filled with artwork, personal photos, satellite imagery and more. Learn how to set up this feature at chromecast.com/backdrop.
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It's easy for everyone to enjoy Chromecast. It works with the devices you already own including smartphones, tablets and laptops. Plus, it automatically updates with new features and we're adding more apps all the time, so your Chromecast keeps getting better. It takes only a few minutes to set up, and at $35, it's affordable to get one for every TV in the house.
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day 16
We needed to get out of the house for a bit but it wasn't without one diaper change, breastfeeding in the mall parking lot and sleeping soundly in the sling I made for him.
Everyone smiles when they see me carrying him around in his sling, I think it almost looks like he's still in the womb.
I can't get over how special my tiny man is, I can't believe I ever lived without him!
I do remember I got much more sleep in those days though...
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cherish every precious moment!!ReplyDelete
so sweet... i want one ;)ReplyDelete
What a beautiful picture!ReplyDelete
so glad to hear you're enjoying your baby boy.. :)ReplyDelete
Congratulations on a beautiful baby boy! I know exactly how you feel when you say you don't know how you made it this far without him in your life. My baby girl is three weeks old now and I can hardly remember life without her. Life with more than feeding and sleeping? Cuddling and cooing? Holding my baby in my arms is the most amazing feeling—I don't know what the right words are to accurately describe how wonderful I think it feels. I'm so happy for you and your family! :)ReplyDelete
Oh I'm so happy for you! I want one of those slings too by the way-I was loving the material you used-very great for a winter baby! :)ReplyDelete
Glad to hear you guys are doing well. More baby pics, please!ReplyDelete
It will change. He will sleep through. I promise. Sending positive vibes from Down Under.ReplyDelete
slings make my womb ache like no other baby accoutrement.ReplyDelete
How sweet...love his little hand! I am thrilled to hear that you are getting out and about, Jenn!ReplyDelete
Love and prayers for good rest!
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I love your blog too...the baby is wonderful.. My nephew was born on the 9th of September so we are celebrating each movement with him too!! It is such a gift!!!.. Congratulations
lets see the sling!ReplyDelete
aww look at the prescious little hand:)ReplyDelete
This one of a kind contract between two, called mother&son, are the sacred one. The most deep. Enjoy every moment, because it goes along all your lives, but always seems short.ReplyDelete
CONGRATULATIONS! I'm so excited for you guys!ReplyDelete
how very darling!ReplyDelete
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ARLINGTON, Va. – Actor James Reynolds, known as Commissioner Abe Carver on NBC's Days of Our Lives, will visit three Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS) in Fort Stewart, Ga., March 17-18. As part of the USO Celebrity Education Program and the National Education Association's (NEA) "Read Across America" program, he will spend quality time with dependent children of soldiers experiencing multiple deployments and talk about the importance of books. Reynolds will also read Jon J. Muth's book, "Zen Shorts," participate in theater games and hold Q&A sessions.
Launched in 1997, NEA's "Read Across America" program focuses the country's attention on literacy and motivating children to read, and master basic skills. Recognized worldwide by DoDEA, a civilian agency that serves the children of U.S. service members and Department of Defense civilian employees, the annual reading initiative is celebrated every spring and is officially observed on March 2, the birthday of beloved children's author Dr. Seuss.
"I enjoy touring with the USO and supporting our troops," says Reynolds. "Being an actor and a Vietnam veteran, I recognize the importance of reading and understand what military kids nowadays go through. It's not easy and anything I can do to help them, I am there."Reynolds joined the U.S. Marine Corps after graduating high school. Serving far from his family home in Oskaloosa, Kansas, he was stationed in Hawaii and later deployed to Vietnam. After serving more than a year in combat, Reynolds was wounded and returned to the U.S., where he was eventually discharged. A long-time supporter of the U.S. military, he has embarked on five USO tours and was the first person to participate in the USO Celebrity Education Program, a specialized tour that allows celebrities to share their talents and show their appreciation for service members and their families.
Best known for his role on Days of Our Lives, Reynolds has logged more airtime than any other African American actor in U.S. television history. Acting for more than 22 years on Days and another year as the Emmy-nominated star of NBC's Generations, he averages 100 of airtime each year. A seasoned thespian, Reynolds received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama as well as an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for his work on Days.
Despite his hectic schedule, he and his wife own and operate the Fremont Centre Theatre, where just last year he directed National Pastime starring his son, Jed, as Jackie Robinson.
According to the U.S. Department of Defense, there are currently 1.4 million active-duty U.S. service members and 1.2 million members of the National Guard and Reserves, with many serving overseas and most serving away from home. In additional to the many other programs and services provided by the USO, entertainment tours are essential to fulfilling the USO's mission of boosting the morale of service members stationed far from home. Entertainers who recently participated in USO tours include Kix Brooks, Neal McCoy, Dave Annable, Minka Kelly and Elliott Yamin, among others. AT&T, Inc. is the official telecommunications sponsor of USO entertainment tours. For a list of recent and upcoming USO tours, visit www.uso.org/whatwedo/entertainment.
To learn more about the USO or to find out how to support the troops, visit http://www.uso.org/.


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In 1981, Canaan Land Ministries was founded by Mac Gober, a former motorcycle hoodlum. Since then, Mac has helped hundreds of young men turn otherwise lost and broken lives into productive and fruitful lives.
Canaan Land is a non-profit, interdenominational Bible Training Center. Men 18 years and older can apply to become students in the one-year program. Much of Canaan Land's success is due to the staffs commitment to love and care for the students, providing "Direction With Affection." The home offers a well-rounded activity schedule that includes Bible study, prayer, counseling and daily work responsibilities.
Students watch videos or listen to tapes, which motivate them in the right direction. They have ample time for letter writing, fishing, canoeing, weight lifting, volleyball, basketball, special field trips and outings, reading and much more. Those who never graduated from high school can study to earn their G.E.D.
The entire program is totally free to the students and his family. The only responsibility the men have for one year is to get their life straightened out!
Graduates have a healthy and balanced outlook on life. They have the tools to start, develop or rekindle relationships in a healthy and respectful manner. They have a firm belief in God and the power of Jesus to direct their lives. For the first time in their lives, many believe in and accept themselves.


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The Mehlville-Oakville Foundation is pleased to announce the
establishment of the Tennis Court Fund. There are a number of court
enhancements and post construction items that will be funded through
donations. This allows the community of - alumni, staff, residents and
businesses – to contribute to the tennis court complex. Items that will
be funded through donations include but are not limited to:
donation will help to provide a well rounded education for the children
of the district and provide opportunities for community activity.
a part of this exciting program. There are various donation levels
beginning with Love 15 up to a Grand Slam. Those donating at the $100
Game/Set/Match level and higher levels will be recognized with an
inscribed brick in the "courtyard patio." All donations made through the
Mehlville-Oakville Foundation are tax deductible.
Click to view the Donor Letter and download the Sponsorship/Donation Form.
Tennis Committee of the Foundation is cochaired by Peggy (Viermann)
Leon – a district alumni, retired educator & tennis coach and Larry
Pliemann – a district alumni & tennis player's parent. Others on the
committee include student tennis player – Adam Pleimann; tennis
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Chuck Connell is a software consultant and writer in Bedford, MA. He can be reached at www.BeautifulSoftware.com.
What is software? What is it about software that takes so long to create? And why does software development so often go wrong, compared to other kinds of engineering?
Along with my day job as a software consultant, I like to think about the essence of this stuff I work with every day. I wonder why it is different from other "stuff" that humans build things with, such as bricks and steel and chemicals.
Computer scientists have proposed many ways of looking at software, including as a function with inputs and an output, and as instructions for transforming computer memory from one state to another. I like to think of software, however, as a machine. It is a machine we cannot touch, but it is a machine nonetheless. (I am not the first to suggest this view.) Equivalently, we can think of software as one part of a machine that includes the computer hardware, allowing us to see software as a component of a physical machine.
When we create a new software system we are creating a new machine. The principles that apply to good machine design also apply to good software design, such as durability, maintainability, and simplicity. But, if this is true, why does software development seem harder than mechanical or structural engineering? After all, people build airplanes, bridges, skyscrapers and factories, on time and on budget. (Not always of course, but often.) It is rare that large physical engineering projects are simply abandoned half-built, after years of effort, with millions of dollars spent, left to rust under the elements. But there are many examples of this scale of failure for software projects, including the Denver Airport, FBI's computer upgrade, and the IRS's modernization effort. Many, many others were never made public because their failures were hidden by organizations not wishing to be embarrassed by the scope of their incompetence.
So what, specifically, is it about software that causes large software projects to go wrong more often than with other kinds of engineering? This question has been examined before, including in Dreaming in Code, Patterns in Failure, and Why Software Is So Bad. Some of the proposed answers are poor requirements documentation, and that software is just plain harder than other kinds of engineering. I believe there is another answer, however, which has not been stated clearly.
The problem is not the nature of software; software is just a type of machine and is amenable to known methods for good machine design and project management. The problem is the way we approach software projects and our expectations for their outcomes. In short, we expect too much. Too often we try to "invent the world" with a new software project, instead of relying on well-known designs and methods that are likely to succeed.
Consider this fictional mechanical engineering project that is run like many software projects.
The motivation for this project is that cars are a very poor form of transportation for individual people. This has been widely recognized for a long time. We want a smaller, lighter, cleaner, less expensive device for personal, local transportation.
We will call the new invention "Personal Transportation Device 1000", stating its intended selling price in US Dollars. For individual commuting and errands within 50 miles, we want PTD-1000 to make the current automobile obsolete. We do not want the device to use existing, already congested, roads so PTD-1000 will fly.
Our goals include low fuel cost and no pollution, so the motor will be powered by helium fusion. Fusion is an emerging standard, but we believe that this project will provide synergy to fusion research, both driving the research and serving as a test bed for it.
We want the device to be light, which will contribute to efficiency and allow the single user to pick it up, so we will construct PTD-1000 primarily from Rearden Metal. The design team recognizes that the formulation for this metal is not yet finished, so we will assign our A-team of engineers to finish this work in parallel with the other subsystems.
The final key design criterion is that a person who is physically disabled must be able to enter a building after getting there. So PTD-1000 will convert to a wheelchair for use indoors.
The participants in this project all understand that it is a substantial undertaking, but enthusiasm is high for the benefits that will be realized at its completion. There is buy-in by all stakeholders. The investors and engineers have committed to a budget and a completion date of Q4 2011. Everyone has agreed to forgo their vacations for the next year in order to meet this schedule.
Of course, this fictional invention is absurd. Anyone with common sense can see that it will fail dramatically. But take the above scenario, and substitute software concepts for the physical details, and you have an accurate description of many real software projects.


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Projects Abroad have been invited to send volunteers to Jerusalem!
The idea would be for volunteers to teach and look after children in Arab East Jerusalem. They would teach English in schools and take care of children in day centers in the Palestinian part of the city. Apparently in the summer there is the option to work in olive fields.
Projects Abroad Director, Peter Slowe, says "We're not committing to this at the moment, but we'll be glad to hear from anyone interested in Israel-Palestine as a destination. We were very pleased to be asked to do this by the Volunteering Department of Jerusalem Municipality which represents both Jews and Arabs in the Holy City and by Agricultural Access, an interfaith group."