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We love new music and listen through a lot every week. But it's not very often a new artist comes in and totally takes over. I think it was about a week ago we got the "Swim/TookItThurr" promo in our inbox. JoDef comin' straigh outta Oxnard, Los Angeles, and I got drawn in and have more or less stayed in the world of JoDef all week.
If you haven't heard the tracks already "Swim" is a filtered broken tune with a housy feel chopping up classic Sade vocals. "TookItThurr" is a rework of Slum Village/Dilla's classic "2U4U". I'm struggling to find words to describe the style but I just love the blend of influences and genres. Amazing!
'Steps' is a timely release that comes during an experimental and fluid epoch in electronic music which proves to be a soulful, west-coast inspired footwork masterpiece. With varying influences from Jukesquad to TekLife – the original Chicago footwork crews, Jo Def carefully combines west coast leaning, bass-heavy vibes with traditional syncopated footwork sounds to produce a cohesive listen all the way through. (Soulection.com)
This double A-sided EP was the warm up for his album that was just released entitled "Steps". The album is a collection of reinterpreted tracks from a wide range of influences. From the two above mentioned to R.Kelly's "It seems like you're ready" and Louie Vega & Kenny Dope's deep house classic "Deep inside".
And as if that wasn't enough his label Soulection (label, radioshow and music collective) has decided to put out the album for free for a limited period. Absolutely essential. Get it now!
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I've been a fan for years, listening to all the best songs, and they have truly been an imagery for me for true friendship. My favorites are Anthology and Abbey Road. I love friends that goes playing along when the times get tough, the ones that feel yer blues, the ones who have what it takes to wake you from slumbering. Awakening could mean letting go of everything, and starting over. It sure means aknowledging whatever the truth is, you can accept it. All you need is love!
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I like the fact that on the surface, the Beatles songs might seem to be portraying the love for another person, but for me many of the songs are about achieving inner balance. Like Old Brown Shoe, I love the lyrics. When I'm reading the song texts I'm making connections to my own interpretations, and some of these ideas are to me much more apparent than the shallow straight forward text. It's a good feeling when you are so centered that you no longer care whether the straight forward boring lyrics are intended, or if what you see behind it is the truth, because you know you never really get high if you don't allow yourself to have a bite of fun. Also, you really never mingle with the right ones if they think you can't handle life. Life is not a fight, but a bit of quarreling is not the same as a marriage. God, I don't know how many times I've been listening to Beatles just to see the 3 letters spelt, Beatles have been my fav since the start in old Cavern.
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Beat the Streak Report: Weekend, August 6-8
- Never pick against a pitcher with good enough stuff to potentially throw a no-hitter — You could give me 1941 Ted Williams and I'd still pick someone else if Josh Johnson was on the mound.
- Only use elite hitters — I lost my streak with Carlos Gonzalez. He was easily the worst overall hitter I picked in any of those 30 days. Oops.
- Check the splits — Hey, did you know Josh Hamilton is hitting .260 against lefties this season? Or that Martin Prado bats .276 on the road?
- Maximize your at-bats — No platoon guys, nobody who walks a ton and no hitters without enough lineup protection to avoid being pitched around. It's all fun and games until Matt Diaz gets lifted in the seventh inning because there's a right-handed reliever on the mound.
- Matt Holliday: .636 AVG (7-for-11) lifetime vs. Marlins starter Ricky Nolasco
- Michael Young: .417 AVG (7-for-17) lifetime vs. Athletics starter Dallas Braden
- Corey Hart: .400 AVG (14-for-35) lifetime vs. Astros starter Wandy Rodriguez
- Paul Konerko: .417 AVG (10-for-24) lifetime vs. Braves starter Kevin Millwood
- Rafael Furcal: .457 AVG (16-for-35) since '05 vs. Nationals starter Livan Hernandez
- Ichiro Suzuki: .474 AVG (9-for-19) lifetime vs. Royals starter Bruce Chen
- James Loney: .583 AVG (7-for-12) lifetime vs. Nationals starter Jason Marquis
- Nick Markakis: .500 AVG (8-for-16) lifetime vs. White Sox starter Mark Buehrle
- Troy Tulowitzki: .500 AVG (7-for-14) lifetime vs. Pirates starter Paul Maholm
- Bobby Crosby: .379 AVG (11-for-219) lifetime vs. Padres starter Jon Garland
- Aaron Rowand .444 AVG (8-for-18) lifetime vs. Braves starter Tim Hudson
- Clint Barmes: .579 AVG (11-for-19) lifetime vs. Pirates starter Paul Maholm
- Victor Martinez: .192 AVG (5-for-26) lifetime vs. Yankees starter Jaview Vazquez
- Joey Votto: .167 AVG (2-for-12) lifetime vs. Cubs starter Tom Gorzelanny
- Adrian Beltre: .053 AVG (1-for-19) lifetime vs. Yankees starter C.C. Sabathia
- Alex Rodriguez: .091 AVG (3-for-31) since '05 vs. Red Sox starter John Lackey
- Mark Teixeira: .143 AVG (4-for-28) lifetime vs. Red Sox starter Josh Beckett
- Nelson Cruz: .100 AVG (1-for-10) lifetime vs. Athletics starter Trevor Cahill
- Raul Ibanez: 13 games
- Stephen Drew: 12 games
- Juan Pierre: 12 games
- Adrian Beltre: 11 games
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Hey Ian. Nice to see a fresh face and I was just able to see the blog just now but thanks for the words and the strategy. To all of my bloggers I chose Ichiro for the next 2 days. I'm hoping he goes on a roll as M's are facing the Royals, A's, Indians and O's in their next 4 series so I'm hoping to jump on that bandwagon and get a nice streak going. Sunday I chose Young as he kills lefties and I'm hoping to see that continue.
HR BTS- JD Drew- Wind is blowing out towards the short porch in right at the Stadium and he has 4 homers in his career vs Vazquez so I took a shot.
Survivor-Padres-Garland is pitching and since they got Ludwick they should be scoring more runs.
Good luck to all today.
I think I know what's better than the 3 mil. It's having Dave & Ian's job!!! Going with Beltre today. Am a casualty of Gonzalez's 0-fer. Ian, thanks for the sound advice!!! 🙂
done for the day with Rolen hitting a single. I wanted to get an early hit on the day and had a feeling Rolen would get a hit plus didn't have bad stats against him either. streak is now at 10 hopefully I keep luck on my side.
@liber: damn I enjoy seeing the lists and of course my name on top haha. see ya sunday.
GL all
Riding Pujols on my season-high 7 game streak.
I agree nardberg, I think they have pretty awesome jobs. I wouldn't mind doing what they do, haha. I went with Longoria today as he hits Cecil pretty well. He is 5-9 against him and Longo hits well indoors on turf. Since the Rays play in a dome he is pretty used to it. I was going to go with Ichiro but I want to see if this is indeed the start of a streak for him, I've been killed by him too often this year. And, like Ian said, don't pick against a pitcher with the potential to throw a no-hitter. I think Greinke can do that. Anyway, GL to all today.
Nobody on the front page of the current standings went with Ichiro either. I think a lot of people are skeptical about going with him, especially since we are getting down to the wire. If he is indeed starting a streak, then congrats to all who picked him.
Having a little fun with a strategy twist. I look at Survivor hard and try to pick a team I think will win & hopefully easily. This includes some research to get team averages against and other details. Once I pick a team, I then go to BTS and pick a player on that team I think has a good chance to go 2 for 4. This strategy is new to me but seems interesting. It does narrow your focus.
Here's the two catches: 1) if your team gets skunked your BTS streak disappears too so pick well, and 2) need to avoid the urge to pick a team around a player who you think is a gimme for the day. Will play this strategy for a couple weeks to get a feel for it's validity.
Anyway, only used strategy 4 of 5 last days and the reset came on the day I picked a player outside of the Survivor pick. Another tidbit: just because the Survivor pick may lose, doesn't mean the BTS streak loses too as was the case last night for me: BTS=2, Survivor=0.
Well ponyforkeana I was another example of winning on BTS and losing on survivor yesterday with Joe Mauer going 1 for 3 and the Giants losing with Lincecum.
My picks for today;
Beat the Streak: Albert Pujols
HR BTS: Matt Holliday
Survivor: White Sox
Highest no selections
Beat the Streak: 2, "toffeemike,kb04681253" pages 5,8 with hit streaks of 13.
HR BTS: "stevemarshffl" page 1 with a HR streak of 5 – Ouch!
Survivor:"willie7777sammy" on page 4 with a win streak of 8.
All "No selections" Back to 0.
.. "I was another example of winning on BTS and losing on survivor yesterday with Joe Mauer going 1 for 3 and the Giants losing with Lincecum."
Didn't get my drift? The strategy I was trying to describe is picking a player from the same team as your Survivor pick always. No biggie.
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Firday's Top Picks of the current Top2500, 175 Batters picked overall.
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Albert Pujols 267 10.68
Matt Holliday 163 6.52
Ichiro Suzuki 126 5.04
Josh Hamilton 107 4.28(3RD & 4TH)
Billy Butler 103 4.12
Paul Konerko 94 3.76(1RST)
Joe Mauer 85 3.4(2ND & 5TH)
Adrian Beltre 80 3.2
Miguel Cabrera 76 3.04
Robinson Cano 71 2.84
Rafael Furcal 71 2.84
Angel Pagan 62 2.48
No Selection 54 2.16
Carlos Gonzalez 46 1.84
Corey Hart 43 1.72
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset was up to 36.3% with C. Gonz reseting the most. And 9.32% paused.
Highest "No Selection":Pg# 5 with a streak of 13 back to zero.
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick
bmoccabee, 9 , pg 26, 590, S. Rolen
_EM_, 7, pg 61, 1456, A. Pagan
im4o4, 6, pg 87, 2105, C. Hart
Dave55, 6, pg 91, 2105, A. Pagan
leeungaretta , 8 RESET BY E. Longoria
GL to all
Hey, Im not going to be able to post top2500 tom, as i will be out on the boat fishing. Talk to you all sunday. GL
I went with Ichiro also. With my streak of 1 and one more day before the close-off, I thought I give him one more try.
It seems like he is breaking out of his slump but its hard to tell. Last 2 ABs last night didn't look to hot.
Another thing is Greinke pitches a lot better when he is not pitching in batter friendly Kaufman stadium. We will see what happens.
If anyone get reset tomorrow, please do NOT post anything about "well, there could be one more game if there is a tiebreaker…., etc."
If it didn't get done with regular 162 games, the 163rd game will not do it.
"If anyone get reset tomorrow, please do NOT post anything about "well, there could be one more game if there is a tiebreaker…., etc."
If it didn't get done with regular 162 games, the 163rd game will not do it."
That's not true.
I remember being able to make picks last year during the Twins/Tigers tiebreaking game.
You can keep making picks up to 3 games outside the supposed limit. 1 day of makeup games and 2 days for a 3-way tiebreaker.
Home run leader "wakeupand" @7 got reset with Juan Francisco's PH double, it was the 2nd straight day he took a non starter and this time the PH stint occurred. On regular beat the streak it would have been good.
Pujols Homers, I'm safe!
Carlos Gonzalez homers in the 1st.
Back to 1!
Tip of the weekend:
Last time Cubs were in Pittsburg the annnouncers spent alot of time talking about how PNC Park is a lefty hitters type park. Would not be a bad idea to pick Carlos Gonzalez in HR BTS on Sat and Sunday. I've got him for both days.
Picking Jeter to pass Babe Ruth in hits on Saturday.
_em_on ——-I watched ChiSox game on Friday evening and Konerko got two nice singles. I'm locked in on him for Sat. Best Chi Sox now are Alexi Ramirez, Konerko or Pierre who is on a 13 game hit streak. Alex Rios is up and down too much for me.
Now pinch hitting for Dave Felman – Ian Kay
Ian can you handle the curve ball? Read on: The Survivor page on BTS, When you go to Standings, you can not get beyond the first page to see the standing of those ranked below 18 (which is all of us!). The tech staff at MLB was working on this and for one day I could go back a few pages but today the word "Next" on the lower left of screen that moves you back pages is gone! Is the tech staff working on this or are we now permanently not able to move back from page one?
HR – BTS – Sat and Sunday Carlos Gonzalez
(Can Albert the Great Homer off Johnson in Fla?)
Survivor – Many favorites losing lately – Going with TB
Good luck to all today!
Sunday is D – Day to get to 57.
Trying to decide whether to go with Alex Rios – will he pull it back together after a night off? Baltimore seems to be on fire under new leadership, but I love to pick hitters against Millwood. Will Konerko get anything to hit?
Good luck everyone
I am going with Mauer today as he hits Carmona pretty well. He also went hit-less yesterday and I think he will rebound with at least one hit today. Plus, it is Cleveland and I like to pick against them and Baltimore. I would go for someone against Millwood, but I just don't ever feel confident picking someone from the White Sox. GL all today.
Another right pick lost in survivor yesterday with the White Sox. I'm taking the Marlins today with Josh Johnson and somehow they will lose.
I'm taking Miguel Cabrera on Beat the Streak and Robinson Cano on HR BTS.
@_em_. Thought I saw on rotoworld this AM that Rios has a wrist problem — may not play or may pinch hit as a result?. Rios lovers out there, if this is true, stay away from players with nagging injuries as it's not worth the risk this late in the BTS season.
@dragbunt104: regarding Survivor "Next" link.
For time being a workaround:
1) One 1st page, click Current Streak or Longest Streak
2) When page refreshes change page number manually
In the top of your browser you'll see the URL. In that URL, you'll see among the characters: &pg=1. Change that to &pg=2 (for 2nd page) and hit your enter key. That should move you to the next page.
This tip works on all the BTS games and is a quick way to jump to page 100 if interested.
Highest no selections:
BTS:"seanggurvey,Tcox" on pages 10,12 with hit streaks of 12.
HR BTS:9 on pages 4,7,8,9 with HR streaks of 2.
Survivor:"houseofcabinets" on page 1 with a win streak of 13.
All "No selections" back to 0.
00liber said no Top 2500 posting today, so I thought I'd at least post the bloggers group for him. Using his format and not that difficult to jump to specific pages, it wasn't that difficult to find the group's leaders:
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick
bmoccabee, 10 , pg 22, 488, J.Votto
_EM_, 8, pg 49, 1220, A.Rios
im4o4, 7, pg 69, 1686, P.Konerko
Dave55, 7, pg 73, 1819, C.Gonzalez
@bmoccabee: Bad luck with Votto. But today is better than after today for resets. No more second chances starting tomorrow.
Thanks Pony, but i made it back home just in time to be able to include ALL games so here ya'll go…
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Saturday's Top Picks of the current Top2500, 163 Batters picked overall.
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Ichiro Suzuki 544 21.76(4TH & 5TH)
Paul Konerko 217 8.68
Miguel Cabrera 125 5
Carl Crawford 109 4.36
Derek Jeter 99 3.96
Placido Polanco 83 3.32(5TH)
Rafael Furcal 75 3
Joe Mauer 70 2.8(5TH)
Robinson Cano 68 2.72
Carlos Gonzalez 64 2.56
No Selection 63 2.52
Josh Hamilton 58 2.32(2ND & 3RD)
Albert Pujols 42 1.68
Joey Votto 41 1.64
Delmon Young 36 1.44
Marco Scutaro 18 0.72(5TH)
Bobby Abreu 9 0.36(1RST & 5TH)
Highest "No Selection":Pg# 10 with a streak of 12 back to zero.
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick
bmoccabee, 10 , pg 22, 488, J. Votto
_EM_, 8, pg 49, 1195, A. Rios
im4o4, 7, pg 69, 1686, P. Konerko
Dave55, 7, pg 73, 1686, C. Gonzalez
GL to all
Jeter's making me nervous with my 8 game streak on the line, 1+ more at bats. Atleast it's a tie game for now.
Hey guys and girls. I just got home from work but here are my picks anyway.
HR BTS- Vladimir Guerrero
Good luck to all today.
With Josh Hamilton going 0-fer, 2nd & 3rd place are now gone. First place moves on but streak is not exactly large enough to be cause for concern yet. For any of us that get reset today, still have a chance at the big bucks barring no whammies.
Damn, I knew Konerko would go 0 for X once I saw that dragbunt104 had picked him.
That guy is doing TERRIBLE this year.
The only good thing about that is that the luck normally reverses just as sharply at some point.
So this guy is one to follow for 2011.
At least the White Sox rallied to win to push my Survivor win streak to 7 games!
Miguel Cabrera singled so I'm at 4.
Thanks, everyone, for your good advice re: Rios. Unfortunately (?) I blogged this morning and didn't get back to the comuter until just now, so I didn't get to follow any of it :/. Now I'm just holding my breath. …
Marlins win, thank goodness my survivor losing streak is over. @_em_on: Rio's has a hit so you're safe.
This is the make orbreak day for ChiSox Alex "El Sol Gatto" Rios. He is o-fer the past two day games.
If it wasn't for bad luck, I would have no luck at all.
I'll post my Sunday pick tomorrow as a warning of the player you should stay away from at all costs! lol 🙂
I actually had the ChiSox in Survivor on Sat and yes they won!
ponyforkeana – Got info I was looking for from Current Streaks page. thanks – dragbunt104
Just when you thought you hit rock bottom you find a new low! Switched my pick on Sat in Survivor from ChiSox to TB!
Sunday as promised my picks:
Stay away from:
BTS – Juan Pierre
HR – James Loney
Survivor – LAD
Last chance to pick against Suppan? STL Lohse probably returning to rotation in next few days. Though Suppan is pitching, taking STL to win & Sir Albert to hit.
Change in your attitudes starting today? Maybe confidence is shaky? Starting today, a bit more pressure knowing that every pick you make could be your last for a chance at $3mil. Similar to how managers treat 2nd half of season: every game counts from here on! Each time 00liber posts the Top2500 listing from now on, any "No Selections" are, in effect, giving up on the big prize willingly.
Crud. STL-FLA rain delay and weather.com doesn't look promising except possibly in about 1.5-2 hours. Thank goodness I wasn't reset last night else a postponed game equals loss at $3mil. The picks page doesn't even mention rain at the game & it appears to be storming.
Well today is the day I hope that I can finally get something decent going. Here's hoping for the best. It's either make or break now.
BTS-Delmon Young- Hits lefties well and he had an 0 fer yesterday so hoping he gets at least one hit.
HR BTS-Jason Kubel-He has a homer the last 2 days and hoping he does it again today. Wind is blowing out in Cleveland towards right field so maybe
Survivor-Brewers-Gallardo is pitching but weirder things have happened and hoping I can get a nice little run going in Survivor.
Good luck to everybody else today.
My picks
HR Beat the Streak: Albert Pujols
Beat the Streak: Joe Mauer or Albert Pujols
Survivor: Twins, Brewers or Padres
I've taken Joe Mauer for Beat the Streak and the Twins for survivor.
@ponyforkeana: This time I've taken the same player/team combo for BTS and survivor.
Highest no selections;
Home run Beat the Streak:"nirvana69″ page 1 with a HR streak of 5.
Beat the Streak:"pandago420″ on page 9 with a hit streak of 12.
Survivor:"z'wingz_fan23″ on page 1 with a winning streak of 12.
All "No selections" in each game reset to 0.
All Beat the Streak "No selections" are eliminated from $3,000,000 contention.
Joe Mauer singled in the 1st so I'm at 5.
Alex Rios gets to keep his nick-name of "El Sol Gatto" as he had a sharp single to left in the first inning.
Today is D-Day. If you don't have a 1 game streak going after today you are officially eliminated from winning the top prize of 3MIL.(Pending of course any tie-breaker games)
LaV's List
Sunday's Top Picks of the current Top2500, 196 Batters picked overall.
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Robinson Cano 183 7.32(2ND)
Joe Mauer 180 7.2(GOOD)
Albert Pujols 177 7.08
Ichiro Suzuki 171 6.84
Adrian Beltre 157 6.28(2ND)
Delmon Young 121 4.84(2ND)
Troy Tulowitzki 89 3.56
Miguel Cabrera 82 3.28
No Selection 76 3.04 OUT OF RUNNING FOR 3MIL
Joey Votto 60 2.4
James Loney 55 2.2
Placido Polanco 52 2.08
Josh Hamilton 48 1.92
Nick Markakis 44 1.76
Matt Holliday 36 1.44
Hanley Ramirez 28 1.12(2ND)
Clint Barmes 15 0.6(1RST)
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset was WAY up to 48.3% with Ichiro reseting the most.
But better yesterday than today. And 14.7% paused.
Highest "No Selection":Pg# 9 with a streak of 12 back to zero.
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick
_EM_, 9, pg 26, 592, D. Young
Dave55, 8, pg 34, 837, J. Mauer
forcook, 7, pg 52, 1221, R. Cano
popi21 7, pg 57, 1221, A. Pujols
darwi 6, pg 83, 1788, A. Pujols
bmoccabee, 10 , RESET BY J. Votto
im4o4, 7, RESET BY P. Konerko
GL to all
What happens if the StLouis game gets suspended and Pujols is 0 for 1? Does anyone know?
Well the rules say that if a game is suspended but does not resume within 3 days than all hits will not count for that gameday. It won't go against you either, it is like it didn't happen. So I think and hope for all who picked Pujols, that if the game is not resumed than it will be like it never happened. They cannot resume within 3 days because the Cards open a three game series with the Reds starting tomorrow. That is just my thought though, I am not exactly sure.
Have a question if some one can help answering it…. I am aware that today is the drop dead to make it to 57… HOWEVER in the event several double headers are scheduled….. If you choose to pick one of these double headers and the player gets hits in both games…. are you or are you not credit for 2 games?… If so this could add a few more days to the drop dead day for 57….Thanks
@popi21: Like you, I had Pujols also. Game simply does not count in this case. As if both teams did not play. However, if anyone had a streak of zero this morning and picked a Cardinal or Marlin, they are out of the $3mil race, with only 56 more gamedays now left (barring any 1-game playoffs).
@danpranka. You should take a few minutes to read the rules of the game you are playing. The answer to your question is you will not get credit for 2 games.
"This is the make orbreak day for ChiSox Alex "El Sol Gatto" Rios. He is o-fer the past two day games. "
Rios is very cold right now.
I stayed away from him because of that.
"Sunday as promised my picks:
Stay away from:
BTS – Juan Pierre
HR – James Loney
Survivor – LAD"
I almost went with the White Sox to win, but saw the Dodgers at the end of the page and picked them.
Thankfully I did that, to run my win streak to 8 games!
Twins Win for survivor and the Yankees beat the Red Sox, Great Day!
Pierre goes 1-4 on Sunday!
Didn't gfc2112 picked Colorado Rockie Clint Barmes Aug. 7, 2010? Barmes went 0-4 on that date.


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'Bachelor' Sean meets parents, agonizes over final three
- Sean visited four hometowns
- We didn%27t see him shirtless until the 1%3A45 mark of the two-hour show
- Desiree pleaded to stay
It was the big hometown date episode for Bachelor Sean on Monday.
Four visits.
Four families.
He went to the homes of Desiree, Catherine, AshLee and Lindsay and met moms, dads, brothers, sisters and dogs. He asked for blessings from dads in case he wants to propose. He told moms he was "crazy" about their daughters. He was grilled by sisters and called out by a brother.
Here's how it went:
First up: AshLee in Houston. "This is the moment I've been waiting for!" she says. "Before I met Sean, I thought I knew what love was, but I had no clue what real true love was."
She's out walking her little dog when Sean pulls up. They have a picnic in a field. "Here I am," she declares to the cameras, "about to introduce this man that I have fallen into love with. To my family."
AshLee says her dad is a pastor. Sean talks about how his dad is a preacher in his church. They smile and kiss. "You should be pretty confident in what we have," he tells her.
She confesses: "Today is huge. I have never brought home someone that I am madly, deeply in love with, so truth be told — it's terrifying!" And "my parents' approval is extremely important to me."
They sit outside at a table in the sun, and AshLee's dad wants to know everything that has gone on. AshLee talks about the polar bear plunge swim and says they went to St. Croix, adding, "You'll have to forgive me; there was a lot of romance."
Then it's grillin' time. No, not food. Mom Deborah confesses to the cameras that AshLee's "eyes show she's madly in love. But hearts are fragile. ... I want somebody that will give 100% of himself to her." She takes Sean away to sit by the house and chat. "What are your intentions for AshLee? Are you going to break her heart?"
"No, ma'am," says Sean. "It's certainly not my intention."
Deborah says that AshLee had been in five foster homes in one year when she came to live with them, so, yes, she's got some abandonment issues. "You better not break her heart!" says Mom.
When it's dad Bruce's turn, Sean tells him, "I'm crazy about your daughter. I see that love is on the horizon."
Says Bruce, "Probably good thing you live in Dallas, if you don't pick her. I won't have to be bumpin' into ya."
They rejoin AshLee and Deborah, and Bruce then recalls when he and his wife first met AshLee. They had foster-parented 16 kids. AshLee was 4 at the time. She had a cast on her hand and was mad, says Bruce. "Right away I looked at her and said, 'This one's going to be really hard to give back.' The moment I saw her, I had a connection, and I loved her." He starts crying.
As the sun sets, AshLee says, "I want to marry this man. Like, the second we can. We're in love. I don't want to wait." They kiss. They hug. "Today has been magical," she says. "It's like there's pixie dust everywhere."
Note: If AshLee isn't Sean's final pick, get ready for major heartbreak.
Second date: Catherine in Seattle. Immediately, they smile. Sean picks her up and kisses her. "When I'm with Catherine, I can see my wife," he tells the cameras. They roam around the Pike Place Market.
"I like the way he looks at me. I like the way he makes me giggle all the time," says Catherine. "I love the way he smells. I love his big, beefy arms, and I love the way that he accepts me for who I am —- in every way."
She says he'll meet her mom (who can be "intimidating"), her Grandma Lola (she tells him to put grandma's hand to his forehead in Filipino tradition to win her over), and sisters Monica and India.
They sip wine, and Sean puts on an apron to help make lumpia. Catherine goes into the bedroom with her sisters and gushes to them about Sean. But they don't seem to be buying it. "Can you see yourself with him?" they ask. "If he proposes at the end, I'd say, yeah, I'd want to try this out." The sisters are questioning her, and she feels defensive.
The sisters talk to Sean and tell him that he needs to be able to "handle her moods" and that she's "messy."
Catherine's mom tells Sean, "I don't want anybody to get hurt. I don't want my daughter to get hurt. As much as I can, I want Catherine to stay true to herself." Sean tells her that he thinks "the world" of Catherine. Mom warns him not to lead her on. He wants her blessing in case he decides to propose, and she replies, "We'll see what happens."
Catherine says the night left her kind of "nervous."
Third date: Lindsay in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. She's a military brat, she explains, and family "means everything." First they walk around her "sleepy little town."
Sean confesses that he "loves" Lindsay's "youthful energy." She confesses that she could "definitely see us settling down and raising a family here." They have a beer and stop for a cupcake. They kiss all the time. Sean asks her what to call her dad, "general or mister?" She doesn't know the answer. "Call him Mark!" she says.
Then it's time to meet Lindsay's two-star general dad, her mom and her brother. "If my dad didn't like Sean, I think it would be a deal-breaker," Lindsay confesses. She tells the family how she wore a wedding dress the night she met Sean. Lindsay's mom, Lisa, thinks it's hilarious.
Lisa takes Sean away for some private time. "I'm crazy about your daughter," he tells her. She demands, "Are you falling in love with Lindsay?" He replies, "I'm not in a position to say that right now." He adds that when he says that, it means he's ready to spend the rest of his life with her. Lisa likes his answer. "It's honest. He's not going to share those type of words with anyone. ... That really told me a lot about him."
Lisa and Sean hit it off just fine.
Then it's time to talk to dad. "My biggest concern is that somehow this thing ends where Lindsay gets hurt," Mark says. Sean replies, "I'm crazy about Lindsay." He asks for Mark's blessing if he decides to propose to her later. "That's kind of tough. I don't know. I don't think I've ever been asked a tougher question in my life." He finally says, "You have my blessing." Then he adds, "As long as Lindsay says yes, you have my blessing."
Mark then gives Sean some dog tags with Army values words on them, including "honor, duty and personal courage." Before Sean leaves, Lindsay tells him, "I'm definitely falling in love with you." And they do some more slurpy kissing.
Last date: Desiree in L.A. He says their "connection" has grown since Day 1. She's wearing yoga pants and a tank top, and they take a hike before heading to her house to get dinner ready for her family.
There's a knock on the door, and a guy comes in and hugs her. "What are you doing here?" she says. Mystery man asks that the cameras be turned off. "Des, I love you, OK? I've been texting, calling. Where the hell have you been?" She says, "I've been busy." He goes on to say that they've been together for two years. "And all of a sudden, nothing! I love you more than anything."
Sean's a little bewildered and a little ticked. He tells the guy to leave. "Your family's OK with this?" mystery man says to Des. She says, "Yes." Then finally, she turns to Sean and says, "I do have to tell you something — gotcha!" The guy is "Nick, an actor." Desiree was getting Sean back for the prank he pulled on their first date.
"You got me better than I got you," he tells her, and they laugh about it.
Finally Desiree's family — mom Roxanne, dad Tony and brother Nate — arrive. Roxanne says her daughter is "glowing." They go in the bedroom and talk about how cute Sean is, while Sean and Tony chat outside. "I think he'd be a great son-in-law," Tony confesses. Brother Nate is the one who isn't into the whole thing. "I'm thinking like, this is not going to work," Nate tells Des. "This is stupid, almost. I know you're ready. I don't want it to be with the wrong dude."
He takes Sean outside to say, "I believe that she's really into you. But you're not into her. I don't think that reciprocation is there."
Sean smiles. "Really? What leads you to think that?"
"There's just not that connection," says Nate.
"I'm crazy about your sister," says Sean.
"Crazy about a lot of girls, right?" Nate fires back. "You don't know which one you're gonna choose yet, right?"
No, says Sean, "it's hasn't been laid on my heart yet." He adds, "I'm sorry you picked up on those vibes though."
Nate doesn't quit, calling him a "playboy."
Sean says he doesn't like hearing that, and they go back inside. Things are tense. Desiree tells Nate, "I know you're skeptical," but she wants him to stop with the attitude. Sean tries to lighten things up but confesses that it would be hard to picture himself in the family. "I'm really disappointed," Desiree says. After Sean leaves, Nate doesn't let up. He tells her, "He is not the one."
Rose Ceremony: Shirtless Sean shot! 'Bout time. We've gone almost two hours without seeing that buff bod.
He's getting ready for the rose ceremony and confesses that he's not ready to make a decision. He still has questions about Catherine and Des. "I'm confused," he tells host Chris Harrison. He wonders if Catherine "really wants to settle down." And he's concerned about Desiree's brother.
But someone's gotta go.
"As I'm talking right now, I don't know who I'm going to say goodbye to," he says before handing out his flowers. Just as he is about to begin, Desiree asks to talk to him. They go outside, and she says that she wants to apologize and that her brother was "rude." He says, "It's OK."
Roses go to AshLee and Lindsay.
One left.
Who will get it?!?
He puts the rose down and leaves the room. Cameras follow him. "I'm having a hard time here," he tells Harrison.
"My advice: Get this right," says Harrison.
"It comes down to who will I miss the most tomorrow morning," Sean ultimately decides.
"Catherine," he says. She happily accepts the rose.
He walks defeated Desiree out. "I've been battling this all day long," he says to her.
"I feel like I can make you the happiest," she says, weepy. "I feel like you're making a huge mistake. I really do. ... A hundred percent. Not even 99.9! A hundred percent."
"It might be," he finally says.
They hug. She cries and continues to plead. "It's not right. It's not."
He stands in the driveway looking at his shoes a long time after the limo has left. Inside the car, Des cries. "I don't know what I'm going to do about my life. ... All I want to do is make someone happy. Oh, Sean, I don't want to say goodbye."
Tomorrow: A special Sean Tells All episode. And next Monday: Overnight dates in Thailand.


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Last month, we saw a new Java vulnerability (CVE-2012-1723) being used by malware. This new Java vulnerability is a type-confusion, same as the notorious CVE-2012-0507 AtomicReferenceArray vulnerability. The vulnerability was resolved on June 12th by Oracle and a discussion on the vulnerability was made public on June 13th (though some security updates had appeared in a Java related OpenSource project in early April). Even so, it took some time for the malware writers to adopt this new vulnerability for their arsenal after the update was released. Indeed, we saw first samples in early July:
Figure 1 Timeline for CVE-2012-1723
After the appearance of the first malware exploiting this vulnerability, the amount of malware abusing CVE-2012-1723 began increasing. The chart below shows how this new vulnerability began overtaking the exploiting of CVE-2012-0507 in late July.
Figure 2 Two most recent Java vulnerabilities detection trend
Here is an analysis on a malware sample (SHA1: 64d25e09d99fa7ba219fa99d1ffefac6c0310349) that exploits this vulnerability. This malware is detected as Exploit:Java/CVE-2012-1723.A in our engine.
The issue is in the optimization performed when a field inside the class is accessed. The following code shows a typical part that appears in malware code that exploits this vulnerability. A static field with a ClassLoader or Object type and bunch of instance-fields with custom data type is a strong indication of exploitation. A bunch of instance-fields are a buffer area where a type-confused object is retrieved.
Figure 3 Part of malware code
The following is the code part that tries to exploit this vulnerability. This routine will be called multiple times to ensure that the information is cached in memory. It passes a parameter of null to make the call return quickly for this multiple calls. After that, it passes the ClassLoader subclass instance as the parameter. This is type-confused to a custom data type the attacker has constructed:
Figure 4 Part of malware code
So as we said, this core exploit method is called multiple times to make sure the information is cached in memory. That is one of the essential parts in exploitation. The interesting thing is that the numbers of these calls differ between different groups of malware: Some are using a very high number when some are using somewhat lower numbers. We even saw a few different types of exploitation methods used in early July. The different details of exploitation methods might indicate that multiple parties were pursuing this vulnerability for malware use, and the malware was developed independently in the first place. Indeed, we observed a lot of copycats later when the information was spread through the malware writers.
There is one more interesting thing with this vulnerability: this is not a vulnerability caused by any Java classes in JRE, as with previous cases of Java vulnerabilities used by malware. This is a problem inside the Java Virtual Machine implementation called HotSpot.
Java-based malware could use a Java-reflection feature to obfuscate vulnerable class and methods loading code when the vulnerability is inside specific class and methods — for example, CVE-2012-0507 was related to AtomicReferenceArray class. The loading of AtomicReferenceArray class itself can be obfuscated and you can't easily tell whether it is loading the specific class at all just by looking into the Java code. This makes the whole malware analysis process more time-consuming.
For this vulnerability, attackers can't obfuscate the core exploit part easily. As we explained with Figure 3, the attackers need to create a class with specific features like static field member with ClassLoader type or Object type. And bunch of instance fields follows. It has specific code pieces to run which looks like the code shown in Figure 4. Java doesn't provide ways to obfuscate this class structure itself, so the code pattern stands out. You can easily identify the pattern just by statically investigating the code.
Easy identification of exploit code might be an advantage for malware analysts, and it makes the vulnerability a little bit less attractive to malware writers. Still, malware abusing this vulnerability is gaining some traction, and the detection count is going over that of malware abusing the previous major Java vulnerability (CVE-2012-0507).
Just like malware abusing other type-confusion vulnerabilities with Java, these malware also show a high success rate with exploitation when Java Runtime Environment is not updated to the latest secure version. You should follow the instructions from the blog we published a few days ago to prevent being vulnerable to this type of exploit. Make sure you don't fall victim to these malware.
Jeong Wook (Matt) Oh
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Wheat Harvest in Kansas
In spite of the crazy, rainy weather of the past week or two, farmers in Kansas and other Great Plains states are trying to get the wheat harvested whenever field conditions allow. On my way home from work this evening, I saw these guys making their way across a field:
As soon as I got home, I gathered up my camera and my 5-year old grandson and headed back to the field so that he could see what a combine looked like and what it did. And to grab these pics, too. Yes, those are office buildings in the background of the picture, above. Johnson County is home to a number of Kansas City suburbs and more farm land gets paved every year for subdivisions, shopping centers, office parks, etc. Hard to complain about it too much, since I'm part of the problem.
Here's a closer shot of the combine as it crossed our line of sight:
This last shot shows one of the two combines at work in the field stopping to unload into a waiting semi-truck trailer:
In this shot, you can see a traffic light and part of a house in the background.
My grandson was quite impressed by the big machinery, even though he didn't completely understand what was going on. I tried to explain how the kernels from the stalk of wheat that I plucked for him were the part of the wheat that was being harvested and that it would be milled into flour for breads, cookies, pies and so on. I know he understood the food end of it and he knows what flour is; I just don't think he has a concept of how something growing in a field could be turned into those things. It will come, eventually. At least he has had an introduction to one of the steps in the process.
Oh, and for the curious among you, it's winter wheat. It was planted in October or November of last year.