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Firefox will load a chrome:// URL dragged from a Java applet onto the content area.
In a Java applet, the default 'mouse drag gesture recognizer' can be overridden so that a drag operation is initiated as soon as the mouse button is held down. As no mouse movement is required, a drag+drop can be 'forced' by getting the user to click the mouse button, and placing the drop target under the mouse cursor as soon as the drag operation has begun.
I have devised a test case that will allow chrome-privileged JS to be executed by getting the user to perform only three clicks. It works as follows:
1. Open two popup windows, one in front of the other (first click)
2. In the frontmost window, the user is persuaded to click on a Java applet, starting a drag of a chrome URL (any one will do)
3. Once the drag has started, the frontmost window is resized, so that the content area of the other popup window is underneath the mouse cursor.
4. When the drop is completed, the chrome URL loads in the background popup, and the foreground window is resized to it's original size.
5. The user performs another click on the foreground window. This time, a drag of a malicious Javascript URI is initiated.
6. The foreground window is shrunk again and the mouse button is released over the address bar of the background popup window.
7. The Javascript is executed with chrome privs.
I have tested this on Windows XP with the latest Sun Java plugin. It works on both Firefox 3.6 and latest Trunk. I'm not sure if the drag+drop trickery in the Java applet is actually a vulnerability, but Firefox loading a chrome URI definitely is.
Reproducible: Always
Created attachment 427575 [details]
With a slight modification the same trick can be used to perform XSS on a normal website (without the need for chrome URLs). A site would be loaded into the background popup, then then a Javascript URI dropped onto the address bar. It seems that for non-privileged URLs, javascript and data URIs are not automatically loaded when they are dropped onto the address bar. Therefore, the 'Go' button would need to be clicked. This could be achieved by getting the user to double click something in the foreground window. After the first click, the window would be shrunk and the Go button would be under the cursor.
If a fix was made to Java so that the drag gesture could no longer be overridden, then these same vulnerabilities would remain but would require some more complex interaction from the user (real drag movements would be required instead of just clicks)
Interesting. Dragging a chrome: URL onto a tab works in Windows and Mac, but when I try the same in Linux I get:
Error: uncaught exception: Drop of chrome://browser/content/aboutDialog.xul denied.
Brandon, what's the reasoning for rating this as moderate rather than critical?
The bug allows for arbitrary code execution, 'requiring no user interaction
beyond normal browsing'. It also affects the majority of Firefox users (i.e.
those with Java installed). I believe about 80% of web users have Java
installed, I'm not sure what the percentage is for Firefox users. I also don't
think the testcase 'requires the user to perform complicated and/or unlikely
steps', unless you count the three clicks as complicated.
I did consider the steps required to exploit this bug as somewhat non-standard. Seeing the attack window appearing and disappearing would certainly alert me (admittedly, not a typical user) that something weird was happening, and I probably wouldn't be compelled to click the second time, dropping the JS URL on the chrome tab.
What you are saying is perfectly reasonable, though. If others think the severity should be higher, feel free to make it so.
Escalation to chrome: from content is a critical, moderated to high with insufficient reliability of exploit (for example, it doesn't work for me possibly due to my JS settings). Adjusting to sg:high for now, though I agree that with a really slick exploit it might be even higher.
Created attachment 428089 [details]
Testcase (v2)
I've attached a second version that removes the need for the second click in the popup. It turns out that Java allows you to initiate a drag-and-drop without any interaction with the applet at all. The mouse doesn't even have to be over the applet. For some reason this doesn't work for the initial drop onto the content area, but it does work for the second drop onto the address bar.
Seems like we should disallow dropping of URI_INHERITS_SECURITY_CONTEXT URIs.
Created attachment 428128 [details] [diff] [review]
This fixes the testcase. I can't think of any use cases for dragging INHERIT_PRINCIPAL URIs that we care to support, really, but maybe I'm missing something.
I had to change this code to deal with the !sourceDoc case, since otherwise this testcase hit it (presumably because the drag comes from Java) and dragDropSecurity check returned early. I'm not sure if there's a better principal to use than about:blank's, for the no-document case.
Note that the DISALLOW_INHERIT_PRINCIPAL change isn't actually needed to fix this - the normal checkLoadURI with sourcePrincipal = about:blank prevents the initial aboutDialog.xul load rather than the second javascript: URI load. So maybe we should just do that and avoid going all the way here.
I'm not sure why we need or don't (and want or don't) the DISALLOW_INHERIT_PRINCIPAL change yet. Need to think about it a bit. Can you explain what the net effect of that change is?
The other difference seems to be that you're switching from checkLoadURIStr to checkLoadURIStrWithPrincipal. This is obviously a good thing to do, but why does it help in this case? Or is it just the change to not return early if !sourceDoc that helps with that? The fact that chrome:// could be loaded like this seems like the real issue here, since the file being changed was supposed to prevent just that.
The part of that patch that fixes the bug is the change to the !sourceDoc case. With the testcase, the dragSession has no source document, so dragDropSecurityCheck was previously a no-op.
The change to the *WithPrincipal version is unrelated cleanup inspired by the deprecation markings in nsIScriptSecurityManager.idl that I figured I'd do while changing the code - it can be omitted, and probably should be for simplicity's sake (we have bug 327244 tracking that anyways).
The addition of DISALLLOW_INHERIT_PRINCIPAL was based on an early guess about a solution, from before I'd looked into the code. It seems reasonable to me to block drags of such URIs in general. That's probably best split off into a separate bug about a more general belt-and-suspenders approach to these kinds of bugs.
Created attachment 428142 [details] [diff] [review]
minimal patch
I'd prefer a separate bug on that, yeah. Especially since I drag-n-drop data: URIs a good bit. Usually from the URL bar to my editor once it gets too unwieldy in the url bar. ;)
The !sourceDoc change is a clear win in my book.
The WithPrincipal change I'm fine with happening in a different bug, but let's get it actually happening. The existing code is wrong (in the "won't allow drags that it should" sense) in various cases not dealing with web content, for example.
Blocks 188.8.131.52.
This alone wouldn't force a 184.108.40.206, but should definitely be taken if it's branch-safe for that series.
Err, it does block 22.214.171.124, not force a 220.127.116.11, but wanted on that branch, too. Durr.
(In reply to comment #17)
> I'd prefer a separate bug on that, yeah. Especially since I drag-n-drop data:
> URIs a good bit. Usually from the URL bar to my editor once it gets too
> unwieldy in the url bar. ;)
This check only applies to drops, so the change wouldn't affect that use case, fwiw. I filed bug 547813.
Hmm. I thought this check was for the drag start.
So with the attached patch dragging a file:// URI from outside the browser into the browser won't work, right? That seems suboptimal.
On the other hand, it's not clear to me that we want to allow a drag from java to allow loading file://, and that's precisely the "from outside the browser" case...
(In reply to comment #21)
> So with the attached patch dragging a file:// URI from outside the browser into
> the browser won't work, right? That seems suboptimal.
Hmm, indeed :(
I guess there may not currently be a way to differentiate these two cases... So in terms of options for for fixing this testcase, I think that leaves us with pushing for a change in Java (to let us know that the drag is plugin-triggered?), or fixing bug 547813.
(In reply to comment #23)
> or fixing bug 547813.
Though that approach would require that we explicitly check URIChainHasFlags(URI_INHERITS_SECURITY_CONTEXT) rather than relying on checkLoadURI, or change the "from" to be something with the system principal (?).
Or using file:/// instead of about:blank as the dummy URI, possibly.
(In reply to comment #25)
> Or using file:/// instead of about:blank as the dummy URI, possibly.
Hmm, that's possibly brilliant. My patch with "file:///" rather than about:blank makes file drops work again. Apart from the link-to-file ability, file:/// is the same as about:blank, right? Trying to think of other things this could break.
(It also makes it possible for Java-triggered drag/drops to load file:// URIs as you pointed out, of course, but that's much less of a problem than this bug.)
> Apart from the link-to-file ability, file:/// is the same as about:blank, right?
For CheckLoadURI purposes, I believe this is correct.
Created attachment 428294 [details] [diff] [review]
patch using file:///
I've given this some thought, and I can't think of any ways that using file:/// as the default origin would break anything important. It will block drops of URI_IS_UI_RESOURCE/URI_DANGEROUS_TO_LOAD URIs that were previously allowed in the drag-from-external-app-or-plugin case, but I don't think there are any valid use cases for that, and we kind of need to prevent those to avoid this bug.
I should probably add a comment about the use of "file:///" as the fallback URI here, though. I'm not sure who else should review this patch...
Comment on attachment 428294 [details] [diff] [review]
patch using file:///
Dave, can you review this with comment 30 in mind?
Comment on attachment 428294 [details] [diff] [review]
patch using file:///
This makes sense to me
This is reviewed, should it be up for approval?
I landed the patch on the trunk:
I used a cover bug (bug 549349) to try and reduce the likelihood of this being exposed as a security bug before we have it fixed on all branches.
Thanks for the clear report and testcase, Paul!
(In reply to comment #38)
> Gavin, I noticed from my server logs that you were trying the testcase on
> Linux. It doesn't work particularly well there, since an actual drag gesture is
> needed to complete the drop, instead of just a click.
Indeed, I was trying on Linux. I was aware of the drag gesture difference, but in my case the applet was failing to load for some reason. I think the java plugin I'm using is just broken, though.
Comment on attachment 428294 [details] [diff] [review]
patch using file:///
This applies to 1.9.2 cleanly.
Created attachment 430108 [details] [diff] [review]
1.9.0/1.9.1 patch
Comment on attachment 428294 [details] [diff] [review]
patch using file:///
Comment on attachment 430108 [details] [diff] [review]
1.9.0/1.9.1 patch
Can we get this landed? Code freeze is Tuesday, March 9th.
1.9.2: https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-1.9.2/rev/82fa604cdf23
1.9.1: https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-1.9.1/rev/ff4a52b1c2a4
1.9.0: mozilla/toolkit/content/nsDragAndDrop.js 1.11
Paul: just want to be clear in case you can't make sense of our Bugzilla flag gibberish: this will be fixed in Firefox 3.0.19, 3.5.9, and 3.6.2 which are all due out shortly. Thanks again!
I see the same behavior in 220.127.116.11 and my personal debug build of 220.127.116.11pre on Windows XP SP2. The same goes for 220.127.116.11 and 22.214.171.124pre using the attached testcase.
I wind up, eventually, with an alert stating "JS frame :: javascript:alert(Components.stack) :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 1" in both instances over a windows loaded from the about firefox chrome as a window after doing the whole "click me" routine on the applet.
This appears fixed for 184.108.40.206 though with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:220.127.116.11pre) Gecko/20100310 Namoroka/3.6.2pre (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) on the same machine. Clicking on the "click me" app does not launch a chrome window.
So, 1.9.0 and 1.9.1 are *not* fixed unless I'm missing something.
Paul, can we get you to test the builds for us and let us know if they're fixed for you? You can get them here:
3.0.19pre: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla1.9.0/
3.5.9pre: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-1.9.1/
3.6.2pre: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-1.9.2/
Was the 1.9.0 and 1.9.1 version of this patch code reviewed? I don't see a reviewer above or was it close enough to the 1.9.2 patch that it didn't matter (though comment 48 might argue against that)?
Mossop - you reviewed the original patch. Is the 1.9.0/1.9.1 patch a straight port? I didn't notice the lack of review, and the code looks pretty much the same to me. Gavin's out on vacation otherwise I'd be asking him.
(Removing fixed flags for the versions in which Al claims this is not fixed)
The 1.9.0/1.9.1 is functionally the same. The only difference is that a few lines are moved around due to other changes.
I've tested all three builds that Mike linked to and all are indeed fixed. I tested them on Windows XP SP2, as Al did.
Thanks, Paul. Re-marking as FIXED. Al, back to you to verify, maybe use the nightly builds instead of your own local ones?
I'll check again. The only thing unusual about the builds I was using yesterday is that they were debug builds. I saw no difference in pre and post-fix functionality (each wound up with an alert stating "JS frame ::
javascript:alert(Components.stack) :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 1") for 1.9.0 and 1.9.1. This was *not* the case with 1.9.2.
Paul, is the expect behavior that one does *not* get this alert after repeatedly clicking on the "click me" applet?
Al, that's correct. The 'About Firefox' page shouldn't load, and there shouldn't be any alert.
Created attachment 431907 [details]
Debug 1.9.0 showing bug occurring
This is my debug build from 3/10/2010. This shows that the testcase still repros in debug.
In the non-debug nightly on the same machine, the bug is fixed and I never get the chrome window or the alert. That build is Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:22.214.171.124pre) Gecko/2010031005 GranParadiso/3.0.19pre (.NET CLR 3.5.30729).
Created attachment 431908 [details]
Debug 1.9.1 showing bug occurring
This is a screenshot from my 1.9.1 debug build from 3/10/2010, showing the bug still occurring with the testcase.
When I use the non-debug 1.9.1 nightly build, the case no longer reproduces. That build is Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:220.127.116.11pre) Gecko/20100310 Shiretoko/3.5.9pre (.NET CLR 3.5.30729).
So, Paul is correct in that the non-debug builds will no longer reproduce the bug. My debug builds still do reproduce them and I synched and built them around noon on 3/10/2010 so they have the fix's code.
I'm not sure if I should mark this as verified fixed for 1.9.0 and 1.9.1 when it still reproduces in debug. I will let Dan Veditz and Mike Beltzner tell me what we want to do here.
File a new bug about how the debug builds still trip the behaviour, mark it as blocking this one.
Al, just to double-check what are the changeset IDs (or even just the hg.mozilla.org URIs) your debug builds list in about:buildconfig ?
Ah crap, my VM blows. I did a rollback and didn't pick up changes so I have pre-fix code. This is my mistake.
I'll go fix my builds now.
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Convenience of shopping and dining. Staff was friendly. Semi walking distance to Ala Moana State Park. Single rooms in Kona tower where a bit small and a little outdated. Rooms could use a good deep cleaning. Couch in room had stains on both cushions. Carpets are in need of shampooing..
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Great staff. Great location. Can't think of anything.
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Staff was very friendly and helpful. Like that there was a Starbucks located inside the hotel. Had a disco there, which is fine for singles, but not too friendly with family with young children. The patrons were a little loud and there was a large crowd outside trying to get in.
Very convenient to Ala Moana Shopping Center
Nothing at all The staff, the price also we waited in line to check in for over an hour.
Convenient location. Good service. Reasonable price. Jean, Kate and Cathy are the wonderful people who work there and make my stay a very nice experience!
Tiny tiny tiny rooms. Not even a desk chair.
Great location if you want to be walking distance from the Ala Moana Shopping Mall Woke up early to machinery noise, this may have be temporary
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price was right. none
employees are warm and helpful.
Nice location and inexpensive. When we came down for breakfast, it was no food at all! The cleaning staff did not clean the bathroom. Towels were changed partially.
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The room smelled and it was not clean enought. The picture shown on the website does not reflect reality.
The location is nice - and the views are beautiful. The hotel needs cleaning - it has roaches
Rene, at reception, was very considerate and helpful, others were not. Comfortable room. Excellent bathroom. Nice coffee machine and coffee. Good lift. Wifi was advertised on website, but they do not have it. Breakfast is advertised in documentation in room to be till 9:30, but they changed it to 9 and did not tell me. Very steep stairs to front door, difficult with heavy luggage.
The Equuss is great value for money. Highly recommended for those looking for a clean friendly place to stay. A few blocks from Wakiki Beach but also away from the hussle and bussle of the commercial hub. Very small swimming pool and only one lift to your appartment. Also lost our reservation but found it on our return.
Location to Ala Moana mall Run down hotel
It was convenient. Easy to get into and out of. Parking was provided and adequate. The owners were helpful and kind. The elevator.It shook,rattled,and was slow. There are two elevators;one not working.A longtime resident told me it hadn't worked since he'd been there.Thee elevator broke down one evening forcing everyone to use the stairs. Imagine living on Floor 34
The studio is close to Waikiki beach and shopping mall. Very convenient. The room is clean. Need much time to wait for elevators.
only credits go to front desk staff who were polite and helpful.. I'll skip the minor problems and go directly into the big issues:- 1.The first room given to me has a ceiling with falling paint and in fact a big slice of the paint was lying on the desk 2.The toilet started overflowing upon the first flush (!!!!!!!) and was so serious that it started wetting the carpet of the room in less than a minute!!!! 3.After being transferred to the 2nd room, we requested for a roll-over bed. The front desk staff did mention that the room was a bit too small for the extra bed but still agreed to send me the bed. I am totally surprised when returning to the room finding the bed standing vertically in the middle of the room. classic.
Was close to shopping food and beach. Full kitchenette with stove fridge sink dishes coffee maker and microwave Parking A rough driving valet only parking $25 a day Room Very morbid room that looks like you're in the early stages of the sims. Stove dials didn't have markings so you have to guess whether or not you turned it to hot or low. 2 twin beds, thin mattress hard springs, no comforter. Paint peeling from walls. If you are on a floor under floor 30 you have no view. Staff seems clueless. Cupboard door hinges aren't fitted correctly so some doors are stuck open. Very slow elevators. Took an average of 15 or more minutes to leave hotel. There are better places for the price.
Room had a great ocean view and very clean. Workers could be more friendly and new beds!
The staff were ultimate professionals, the view was amazing, and you couldn't ask for a better location at the price.
I loved how close it was too the mall and other attractions of Waikiki. The large windows allowed a beautiful view. When we first got into our room it was supposed to be a queen bed but we got to very hard twin beds, the floors were still covered in sand, and one of the elevators was broken so it took a very long time for us to get to and from our room.
front desk reception not available most of the time. please let customers know they can use next door hotel's reception.
realy nice view to ocean...good locaton to waikiki center and alamona shopping center.
I enjoyed my view from the 40th floor, especially from the roof or 41st floor. Even the elevator, as treacherous as they seemed, had a wonderful view. No DVD player or ability to order films, the remote control was not programmed to the television. The toilet is installed in a ridiculous location. The general out lay of the room is that at one point there was one pent house on the top floor and rather than split it into two sweet rooms, they broke it into four strange and inconvenient rooms. Total fire hazard with the stairs.
Good views as we were on the 35th floor, plenty of storage, close to beach. i lift working so long waits, not sufficient kitchen equip, but supplied on request and AC sounded like an aircraft carrier so too noisy to use


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Luke says working with Magic has been great, "but you gotta remember I played with Kobe for 8 years" 😂😂
Luke says working with Magic has been great, "but you gotta remember I played with Kobe for 8 years" 😂😂
Mavs 96, Heat 89 (final). Seth Curry scores 29 points, two shy of his career high from a couple of games ago.
Hassan Whiteside finished with 19 points and 19 rebounds, his 21st game this season with 15+ points and 15+ rebounds. That leads the NBA.
Pacers trailed by as much as 17, but lead the Rockets at halftime, 59-58. Pacers size and points in the paint (34) have been the key.
RusSolo NBA Pod in AM. Get your questions in tonight. #russolo @RussilloKanell
Carmelo Anthony, probably correctly, referred to Joakim Noah's surgery as 'season-ending.' The Knicks hope Noah can come back before the end of the year, but that seems unlikely.
It probably doesn't need an explanation, but here's Carmelo Anthony on why he threw his headband across the floor after missing an open potential game-winner: "It was all about the shot. I had a wide open shot. I made a tougher shot the other day. I should've made that shot. It was just frustration at that."
Dwight Howard faked handing his jersey to a Celtics fan on his way to the locker room after getting ejected. 😂 es.pn/2l6EjSh
Reunited and it feeeels so good, @cavs. pic.twitter.com/lxV5VPwMsX
Los Angeles Lakers president Jeanie Buss says the timing of hiring Magic last week was because there really is no offseason in the NBA anymore. When she knew what she wanted to do, there was no time to waste.
Isaiah Thomas not heartbroken over 20+ point streak ending at 43 games, vows, "I'll break it again."
Steph tied a record for most threes missed without a make in one game. 0-11 Even the best fall down sometimes. pic.twitter.com/vxPKIOozdQ
After leading 20-4, Rockets saw their lead dwindle to single-digits. After one quarter, Rockets lead the Pacers 31-20. Pacers bench pushed them back into the game with 15 total points.
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Here's all you need to know about what's going on in Houston: Rockets lead the Pacers, 20-4. Rockets have made 6 of 13 shots. Pacers are 2-13.
Dennis Schroder had 21 points tonight, his 22nd game this season scoring at least 20 (had 10 20-point games in career entering this season)
Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas saw his franchise record streak of 43 straight games with 20 points or more end on Monday night. Thomas finished with 19 points on 4-of-21 shooting over 31 minutes. He was lifted with little more than three minutes remaining and Atlanta up by 20. This is only the second time this season that Thomas has failed to reach 20 points in a game.
Derrick Rose on the DeMar DeRozan game-winner: 'Great D, better O.'
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Forecasting Stock Index Futures Price Volatility: Linear vs. Nonlinear Models
The study examines the relative ability of various models to forecast daily stock index futures volatility. The forecasting models that are employed range from naïve models to the relatively complex ARCH-class models. It is found that among linear models of stock index futures volatility, the autoregressive model ranks first using the RMSE and MAPE criteria. We also examine three nonlinear models. These models are GARCH-M, EGARCH, and ESTAR. We find that nonlinear GARCH models dominate linear models utilizing the RMSE and the MAPE error statistics and EGARCH appears to be the best model for forecasting stock index futures price volatility. Copyright 2002 by the Eastern Finance Association.
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Kitty: I agree with the celandine poppy after doing some more searching
last night and I don't know about the leaves...seems to my memory that
the plant flowers on and off all throughout the growing season, the
foliage gets bigger, the plant gets taller and fuller, the flowers stay
about the same. Why?
Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
--Albert Einstein
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To: email@example.com
Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 09:57:42 -0500
Subject: Re: [CHAT] new pics
Melody,
The first pic looks a lot like a Celandine Poppy, STYLOPHORUM
diphyllum,
except that the flower color loos too soft - would be more
golden. Do the
leaves get a lot bigger after the flower is
finished?

Kitty

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> Here are some pictures
from my garden over the past couple of
> weeks...the first one is
a plant I planted a few years ago and now I
> can't remember what
it is...duh! Any help in i.d. would be greatly
> appreciated! The
new water feature is how Marty and I spent the weekend
> (when I
should have been cleaning! but that's gardening season at my
>
house!) Hope you guys like the photos!
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A few weeks ago I described the difficulties we, and the council, faced when trying to get a planning decision enforced. Well, I'm delighted to report that the two-storey lift shaft built – without permission – on the roof of a block opposite ours has almost been demolished. Some bags of bricks remain to be collected, but the original roofline has been restored.
And what a difference it makes. Not just to the view from my study, though I am grateful for that, but to the look of the building as a whole. Suddenly this not particularly distinguished, but not displeasing, building is back in proportion. It looks as it was designed, to look.
Perversely, though, I find myself a little more sympathetic to the developer who "tried it on". Only a few streets away, a new in-fill block of flats is being built where there was once a car park. And in this, far larger, project the roofline is rising a good two storeys higher than the adjacent buildings. It already looks too big.
The problem is less one of height than of scale. This block, when it is finished, is destined to look out of all proportion to its surroundings; not just bloated, compared with the buildings on either side; but alien. Nor is it the only one. Government buildings are particular offenders. The new Home Office, completed four years ago – as was proudly announced, on time and to budget – has a vast frontage that would do Ceausescu's Romania proud.
Passing by the other day, I tried to imagine what it might look like 10 per cent smaller all round. It would resemble, I guessed, some of the better French and German public architecture: low-rise, stylish, almost graceful, and not dominant. Why can they do it, and we so often can't?
The Home Office, though, is nowhere near the worst of it. The relatively new Paternoster Square colonnades around St Paul's Cathedral are in style, but disgracefully not in scale. There is little point protecting London's skyline, if you obscure some of the best of it close up. A monster complex of glass-fronted flats is nearing completion beside Hyde Park. But the developer recently moved its headquarters to a refurbished building in one of the strictest conservation areas of Westminster.
I'm not asking, Prince Charles-like, for all new buildings in established areas to replicate the existing style. There are enormously successful buildings from the Sixties and Seventies that were "modern" for their times, but blend in with the earlier architecture in a way that is pleasing and even complements it. Some of the college extensions in Oxford and Cambridge are adventurous, but aesthetically satisfying – and remain so several decades on. Personally, I'm quite fond of the Knightsbridge Barracks – designed by Sir Basil Spence – where you can occasionally see the horses lined up for parade. Or the old Home Office – another Spence design – close to St James's Park, though the late lamented Lord St John of Fawsley was vicious about both.
I dare to hope, though, that scale and proportion might be coming back into style. The bitter disputes that have erupted in London about Chelsea Barracks, the British Museum extension and sundry towers suggest that more people beside the specialists are starting to care. It's time for the planners not only to measure the height, but to feel the depth, width and overall design before granting permission to build.
Give the BBC English lessons, Boris
However hard he tries to disguise it, Boris Johnson has a serious side – which took him this week to the launch of a scheme to help refugees. A key demand of the Enriched programme is better provision of English classes.
Britain's approach to English teaching is decidedly hit and miss, dependent on local authorities and so on public funding. Outside this are private colleges, some with the authority to sponsor visas, which profit handsomely from the lack of classes elsewhere. Many people, often working odd hours, fall through the cracks.
I wonder why one of the country's best language resources cannot be harnessed to the cause of teaching newcomers. BBC TV has two digital channels that broadcast precisely nothing during the day. Why not require them to use their down-time to broadcast English courses?
Learning English from the BBC has an honourable history. Natan Sharansky and many other cold-war era political prisoners learnt English by listening to the BBC in prison. A Briton, Kathy Flower, became a celebrity in 1980s China, presenting the BBC's English course. But although some BBC foreign-language services offer English lessons and there is a website, there is nothing broadcast in the UK specifically for new arrivals. Maybe Boris could propose a joint venture.
Wine by the glass – or the per cent?
England's Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, long an advocate for a minimum price for alcohol, has launched a broadside against parents who allow their children to drink wine, even diluted with water.
Sir Liam may have a point, about parents and price, but I wish he, or someone, would focus as sharply on the wine as on the consequences. Why has it become so hard to find a bottle of wine – good, bad or indifferent – with an alcohol content of less than 13 per cent? Reds are nudging towards 15 and even 16 per cent.
Strength inevitably affects the taste. Merlot, which I used to regard as a light red often tastes little different from Cabernet, whatever region it comes from. There have even been times when – shame, oh shame – I have diluted the contents of my glass. The recent flight to rosé wines surely reflects this gap in the market.
One explanation for what has happened is the global diktat of the US wine guru, Robert Parker, whose palate may perhaps have been dulled by his penchant for heavy, oaked and aged wines. Competitive marketing supposedly did the rest.
But why has the tardy commercial response been to pioneer new "light" wines, which are only now going on sale to indifferent reviews, rather than returning to a classic Continental style? Under-age drinkers will scorn the new breed, and so, for quite different reasons, will I.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Boston Red Sox owner John Henry apologized to outfielder Carl Crawford on Saturday for a comment he made during the offseason about initially being against his signing.
Henry and Crawford met privately after a morning workout.
"He was very apologetic and he seemed sincere," Crawford said. "We both agree to put everything behind us and that's all you can do."
Henry had made the remark during a radio interview on 98.5 The Sports Hub in late October, pressing the point that he tries to stay out of baseball decisions.
Henry was asked whether the signing of Crawford to a seven-year, $142 million contract was more of a PR signing than a baseball move. Henry was adamant that it was a baseball move, one he initially was against.
"In fact, anyone involved in the process, anybody involved in upper management with the Red Sox would tell you that I personally opposed [the Crawford signing]," Henry said at the time. "Why? Because we had plenty of left-handed hitting. I don't have to go into why. I'll just tell you that at the time, I opposed the deal."
On Saturday morning, Henry said he regretted saying it.
"I should have never made those comments. It was an off-the-cuff remark that I shouldn't have made, so when I see him I'm going to apologize to him for it," Henry said.
When asked to give his explanation for the comment, the Red Sox owner dismissed the question.
"I don't want to go through it again," Henry said. "I explained it and people seem to not want to hear the explanation."
When Crawford arrived at camp earlier this week, he said Henry's remark had bothered him.
"I can't do nothing about what he said, just go out and play," Crawford said. "It was unfortunate that he said that. I wasn't happy about it, and a little surprised. It's unfortunate he feels that way. Wish those words hadn't came out."
Saturday was not Henry's first public reaction to Crawford's statements. He sent the following text to The Boston Globe:
"Again, this wasn't about Carl. At the time I was opposed due to too many lefties in the lineup and particularly in the outfield. Also, our two best prospects were lefthanded hitters. My answer was an honest, off-the-cuff response on a radio station to a false assertion that ownership signed him for offseason PR purposes. This was a baseball decision I ultimately backed."
Red Sox DH David Ortiz was happy that Henry and Crawford met to resolve the matter.
"I think that was great," Ortiz said. "I don't blame either of them. I don't blame Mr. Henry. I don't blame CC. I think Mr. Henry was getting a lot of pressure from everywhere, a lot of heat. I don't want to be in his shoes, but I think he did the right thing coming in and talking to CC and everybody getting on the same page because that's what we're looking for right now. We want everyone on the same page, turn the page and move on."
Crawford, who had surgery on his left wrist in early January, believes there's a strong possibility he could be ready for Opening Day. He has steadily increased his cage work the last few days, and on Saturday afternoon, he took 35 swings and said he felt good afterwards.
"I was able to swing the bat very aggressively and it's just putting me another day towards my goal and that's to make the Opening Day lineup," he said. "I felt good about where I was at today and hopefully I can get better."
Henry was among the three principles in the Red Sox ownership group who spoke Saturday.
Calling 2012 "a new chapter," the group said it plans to be more present this season as the team looks to rebound from last September's historic collapse.
Henry, Larry Lucchino and Tom Werner also addressed the team before the first full-squad workout of the spring.
Henry said he has spoken with Terry Francona, who was replaced as manager by Bobby Valentine this offseason.
All three owners tried to dispell any notion the team is cutting costs.
"The discussion seems to be centered around (the idea that) we're not spending enough money,'' Henry said. "We have the second-highest payroll in baseball. How are we done (spending)? This year, 2012, we have the second-highest payroll. Does that mean we're not spending?"
Lucchino said the franchise collectively "has something to prove in 2012" and is not done spending on its roster.
"Maybe we should be direct about this: Our payroll is going to be in the $190-plus million range," Lucchino said. "I'm pretty confident in saying that if you look at it the way we do, you'll see that. That's a gigantically large commitment because there's a gigantically large commitment to winning in this organization. If we haven't proven that to you in 10 years, shame on us."
When it was noted by reporters that the Red Sox had spent relatively little in this offseason and the payroll was the result of pre-existing contracts, Henry said : "If pre-existing contracts get you to a certain point, it's hard to go beyond a certain point. Every year, we have a budget, and every year we go over our budget. Are we prepared to go over budget? Yes, if the right situation presents itself. It (luxury tax) is going to be a bigger issue every year as we move forward."
Lucchino said he anticipated the club may exceed the luxury tax threshold again this season.
"We've paid the tax before and we're paying the tax this year," Lucchino said. "We're aware that can be part of doing business. Ben is aware of that."
Henry did say that because of changing baseball economics, the club will be more discretionary in its spending.
"It's an advantage to have a big payroll with a small-market mentality, so I think we have to be more careful about how we spend our money, so we will be," Henry said.
Henry also took exception to the perception that he has neglected the Red Sox at the expense of his Liverpool soccer team.
"With us every day is about baseball,'' he said. "We have other things, too, but every day is baseball. I think we speak 365 days a year, maybe 364, but virtually every day there's something related to baseball.''
Joe McDonald covers the Boston Red Sox for ESPNBoston.com. Information from ESPNBoston.com's Gordon Edes and The Associated Press was used in this report.


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TV cook and talk show host, the bubbly Rachael Ray knows how to win a guido's heart: Through their situation.
On today's "Rachael Ray Show," the cast of "Jersey Shore" celebrate tonight's finale episode with a hearty meal, some namedropping and some secret telling.
It seems like the cast is on their best behavior today (Thu. Jan. 21) on the show. By that, we mean Rachael Ray doesn't get punched.
Of course, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino couldn't help but unleash his trademark abs on the talk show host. He also initiated Ray into the guidette culture by giving her a nickname: "The Appetizer." Hah!
And finally, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi comes clean on where she got her nickname.
"I was the first girl in my girlfriends to make out with a guy," Snooki tells Ray. "So you know 'Save the Last Dance' Snooki the cootchie crook? It was the deejay. Anyway, my girls started calling me Snooki, so it just stuck ever since. I was in eighth grade!"
OK, so it's not exactly to the level of Snooki's creepin' today, but for middle school? Scandalous!
We also hear that while Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola and Ronnie Magro are still together, they sound like the passion has cooled a bit. If you describe your relationship with "it is what it is," that's not exactly hot in our book. Just sayin'.
By the way, if you're wondering what Rachael Ray whipped up for the special occasion: Hot Sausage, Pepper and Onion Ragu with Rigatoni and Provolone Besciamella. Yum. We'd spill all our secrets, too.
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Repent isn't a word we use much. It's not as fashionable as "sorry", that devalued bit of emotional sticking plaster trotted out by everyone from Tony Blair to David Cameron when they want to win a few electoral brownie points. Repentance suggests that a sin has been committed in the first place, not an act of aggression like a war waged on a lie that can be tidied away with an elaborate apology. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby, is a verbose fellow who likes to air his thoughts on a daily basis. He's not a neat and tidy spiritual leader, more an unfocused work in progress. Should a beleaguered church with a declining membership in the UK be led by a chap who publicly says he's thinking through divisive issues like same-sex marriage? Or should he man up, be brave, and offer unequivocal spiritual guidance even though it risks losing traditional members?
Last week, Dr Welby (who belonged to the evangelical wing of the Church) told an audience of born-again Christians that they must "repent" over the way the church has treated gay people. He declared that most people under 35 viewed such attitudes as offensive, on a par with racism: "The Church has not been good at dealing with homophobia... and we have to be really, really repentant about that because it is utterly and totally wrong." Welby voted against same-sex marriage in the Lords, and when younger, opposed homosexuals being allowed to adopt children. He says his mind is "not yet clear" on the issue of gay marriage, and he struggles with conflicting thoughts.
Ben Summerskill of Stonewall thinks the Archbishop is hypocritical: the Church holds services for pets, but still refuses to bless the long-term partnerships of same-sex couples. What the Church of England needs is a clear direction, not a load of woolly waffle about "repentance". By the way, those under 35 aren't "a younger generation", but a huge section of the population, people with children, partners, homes, jobs and responsibilities.
The Church is run by a bunch of grey men in fancy costumes: look at any picture of the Synod and weep. They fail to represent modern Britain in any meaningful way. Welby says he wants Christians to focus less on what they are against, but sometimes in life I find that really useful. I am profoundly against inequality in any shape or form – so I find a Christian leader's refusal to accept gay marriage repugnant.
The Church must adapt to a changing society. This is not a sign of weakness, but of strength, otherwise it is shrinking its horizons, focusing on a literal interpretation of the Bible and refusing access to men and women because of their sexual orientation. Jesus would have been appalled.
Big babies
I am not that interested in the state of Michael Douglas's marriage to Catherine Zeta-Jones, but it was exciting to see a real star dining in the same restaurant as me in Nice on Tuesday. His portrayal of Liberace in Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra was riveting – easily one of my cinematic highlights of the year, and it's depressing that American studios are so cowardly this film didn't get a cinematic release there, so denying him the Oscar he deserves.
He was wearing a white linen suit, dining with five young ladies he didn't appear to know, a beacon of elegance, unlike most of the men encountered on the Croisette. Holidays and warm weather turn men into giant babies, in oversized T-shirts, baggy shorts and clompy trainers, the kind of kit chosen by a boy of 10. Cameron was the perfect example: thank goodness he ditched the Mickey Mouse towel and put a suit on when he returned to London to lead the debate on Syria. Sadly, most men can't do leisurewear. They've been infantilised in the name of fashion.
Hot dinners
Against all the odds, the woman who refused to mould her mash and stack her veg in a pyramid (me) has made it through to the MasterChef finals! Thanks for all your supportive texts, tweets and emails. From Wednesday on BBC1, I face some demanding culinary challenges from John Torode and Gregg Wallace, designed to test my short temper to the max. If you thought the 150 tuile baskets I baked for a dinner in Cambridge were difficult, wait for the complicated cuisine some top London chefs foist on me in the coming days. Ever tried to coat frozen mousse on sticks with hot chocolate? A recipe for disaster.
Moving up
Rundown estates of bungalows surround our shabbier seaside towns, unloved and hard to sell. With names like Zephyr Avenue and Zodiac Close, they sum up the aspirations of working-class 1950s Britain. In 1986, more than 27,000 bungalows were built, but by 2008 only 300 were constructed. The planning minister, Nick Boles, has come up with another of his big "ideas" (ie, a feeble attempt to garner some headlines during the summer recess), claiming that bungalows make perfect housing for an ageing population, and Eric Pickles's department has published new rules ordering councils to build homes that are suitable for pensioners with limited mobility.
Bungalows are the worst answer to our changing demographics. These colonial imports take up a lot of land, with gardens front and back and garages to the side, and the traditional design is more suited to small families if they are properly converted, with a new bedroom in the roof space. Councils should be snapping up existing bungalows, as they are undervalued, and modernising them – a cheap way of cutting housing lists. We can't afford to commission more of this kind of housing in the future; land is too precious. Older people seek community and friendship, not a little detached house that increases their isolation. They could live on the ground floors of new, low-rise garden developments, with accommodation for single people and essential workers upstairs. Integrate young and old, and give them communal spaces such as laundry rooms, gyms, village halls, green spaces and allotments to share. But don't build colonial bungalows!
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New mum goes to Waitrose, buys two pizzas and a couple of bottles of wine. Hold the front page. I wear something with pockets for my keys, cards and list (usually lost by the fruit section) for a trip to a supermarket, but the fashion police have decided that Kate was wearing an expensive Ralph Lauren striped top, popping to Waitrose in Anglesey. That Breton look is standard high street attire, but our future queen is doomed to have a swanky label attached to any T-shirt she grabs for a quick shopping trip. Last Friday, she made an unannounced visit to the start of an ultra-marathon on Anglesey, and once again every aspect of her wardrobe came under the microscope. Have we learnt nothing from the Diana disaster?Reuse content


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These are some of the bucks I have harvested since I have started bow hunting. Every thing I know about hunting I had to teach my self. My previous career has helped a lot though and since I have retired and started a new job I have more time for the woods.
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CES 2014: What we experienced at Pepcom Digital Experience
CES 2014: What we experienced at Pepcom Digital Experience
CES 2014: Every year at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Pepcom holds a 'Digital Experience' showcase event before the main show opens, to showcase the best of the technology that is being exhibited. It's also a good opportunity for informal meetings, networking and general gawking at cool new things before the noise and fury of the main event in Las Vegas Convention Center.
And did we mention it's also really odd? This year's theme was the Wizard of Oz. Our intrepid editorial team were there.
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I can hear the Polaroid Socialmatic now.
Just a rumor I'm afraid. But it's always possible we'll be surprised.
I saw this coming but not as fast as it came to pass. Cameras as pure electronic gadgets, the only thing setting cameras apart being a lack of distractions (pure photography).
In the years I worked in the photo industry, I saw the PMA show go from a somewhat exciting, exclusive show like NAMM, where people wanted to get in but couldn't...to a show open to the public for paid admission...to a show that anybody could walk in, free...to a part of CES.
Canon may announce prosumer/pro grade items at the Feb. CP+ show in Japan or at Photokina, both of which are oriented to high-end imaging, as compared with the mass-market CES, which also shows TVs, video games, security systems, and a host of other non-photo/video equipment.
No News from Canon DLSRs? Is Canon dead? Come up with the 7D Mark II so Nikon finally launches the D400 or else I have to buy the Pentax K-3
Gonna side track a little and take notice about how marketing over the past few decades has went from the 'proud to work, contribute or be more effecitve' to an 'all about me' message. Thus we now have connective hardware and software that allows one to fulfill that purpose.
Selfish selfies aside. It's still awesome to consider how we can communicate in ways unimagined even a few short years ago. That the camera itself has been reduced to an appliance.
Lol yes, The Internet...
A bit lower to the right of that yellow part you see a little white disk, underneath it is www.kenrockwell.com. What an opportunity you guys had ;)
Inside that box was the Internet ! OBVIOUSLY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDbyYGrswtg and then http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTBsm0LzSP0
I hope Jen.. I mean, Allison, haven't broken it!
Ah the Wizard of OZ. If only Nikon could find the Courage to produce a D400
I think we should all just pause. Take a little break. And appreciate this exchange which is one of my favorite ever in a dpreview comment thread.
I don't get it.
The thing is I'm quite happy with my D300s really
Somewhere over the Rainbow
Canons fly
if only I had a D400
So could I
(Plus a million others)
Chuck Norris doesn't need a camera, he has a photographic memory.
He still uses a camera though because it saves a lot of time explaining


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National Geographic South San Juan/Del Norte Map
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The assertion has changed to Assertion failure: false (Bad SSA value), and there is an opt crash at js::ion::TypeInferenceOracle::binaryOp when the testcase in comment 0 is run with --ion-eager on 10.6, tested on IonMonkey changeset 6688ede89a36.
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user: David Anderson
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summary: Add support for CallObjects and heavyweight functions (bug 761685, r=jandem,luke).
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3510 Highway 66, Neptune City, NJ, 07753, United States of America, 0800 991 333
Holiday Inn Express Hotel of Neptune Accommodation & Rooms
Suburban Neptune City hotel with indoor pool
- Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking
Main amenities
- 95 smoke-free guestrooms
- Indoor pool
- Fitness center
- 24-hour business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Arcade/game room
- Computer station
- Laundry service
- Conference space
For families
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Microwave
- Refrigerator
- Private bathroom
- Premium TV channels
- Free toiletries
What's around
- Jersey Shore Premium Outlets (1.1 mi / 1.7 km)
- Shark River Golf Course (1.9 mi / 3 km)
- 8th Ave Jetty (3.7 mi / 6 km)
- Parlor Gallery (3.8 mi / 6.1 km)
- Major B's General Quarters World War II Scale Museum & Gallery (3.8 mi / 6.1 km)
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Great room
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Awesome vibe
TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5
From 306 reviews
Holiday Inn Express Hotel of Neptune Accommodation & Rooms
Hotel Info: 0800 991 333from ZAR 1,455
- Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking (Leisure)
- Room, 2 Double Beds, Accessible (Hearing)
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Hotel size
- This hotel has 95 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 4 floors
- Check-in time 3 PM-4 AM
- Check-out time is noon
- Express check-in/out
Required at check in
- Credit card deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 21
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 21
Travelling with others
- Children (18 years old and younger) stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- No cribs (infant beds)
- Pets not allowed
Extra people
- Rollaway beds available, charges may apply*
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Free self parking
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- Smoke-free property
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Food and drink
- Free buffet breakfast
- Coffee/tea in a common area
Things to do
- Indoor pool heated
- Fitness facilities
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Sailing nearby
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- Water skiing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Arcade/game room
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- 24-hour business center
- Conference space
- Conference space size (feet) - 600
- Conference space size (meters) - 56
- One meeting room
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- 32-inch flat-screen TV
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I wanted to stay in a king size bed, however the Hotel indicated that my reservation was for a double queen size, I indicated that a king size bed would be preferable, they had a very difficult time accommodating me, because I made my reservations through hotels.com. The television did not work, and the phone was out of order
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The stay was great - the hotel was clean and the staff was very friendly.
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Beware the spring hinged bathroom doors.
The bed was comfortable and the hotel was clean and quiet but you need to beware the spring loaded bathroom door hinges. The door shut itself and smashed my finger.
Holiday Inn Express Hotel of Neptune Accommodation & Rooms
Convenient & clean hotel
Business trip. Convenient & clean hotel. Some Road noise through the night in Rooms at front of Hotel - Close to road. Otherwise, a pleasant stay.
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When Mahmoud Azmi is sent to govern the Siwa Oasis by the British Protectorate occupying Egypt at the turn of the 20th century, he knows the assignment is not so much a promotion as a punishment for his inglorious record in the police force. He goes to the desert, braced for the worst. Two of his predecessors have already been murdered in this obscure and hostile recess of a country which seethes with internecine conflicts.
Once Mahmoud is in Siwa with his Irish, Orientalist wife, Catherine, this brooding, volatile corner of Egypt triggers a journey inward. This catastrophic introspection ultimately leads to his undoing, not the hostile locals outside.
The trek across the desert dunes is a journey back to the past - his early allegiance to the nationalist, Ahmad Urabi, his betrayal to the cause in occupied Egypt, his passionate memories of the servant, Ni'ma, whom he loved but did not have the courage to marry. These ghostly figures emerge in "another desert stretching inside me, with nothing in it of the silence of this desert we are crossing - a desert full of voices and people and images."
Cairo-born Bahaa Taher, one of the best-read contemporary novelists in the Arab world, won the first International Prize for Arabic Fiction - the "Arab Booker" - for Sunset Oasis . He is adept at taking readers into the crumbling mental states of his politically disillusioned anti-heroes. Here he has created another poetic yet tragic figure, not unlike the self-flagellating government bureaucrat in As Doha Said, consumed by existential uncertainty and self-loathing.
"I was a supporter for a time of the nation and the revolutionaries," he says, "and when it came to the test I denied them. And then I did nothing. Never was I one person, complete on the inside... Even in love I was happy to settle for pleasure, then stop and not go to the end of the road."
The story of Mahmoud's downfall is simply told but his emotional unravelling contains a series of clever inversions and ironies. He goes to Siwa with a sense of doom but lurking within this death-wish is an ambition to be a great man yet. His crisis brings him closer to the hero he would like to be, and in the end fills him with a reckless desire to make his last (and first) grand gesture on behalf of the nationalists.
While Taher's novel is not ostensibly about politics - his previous works have taken on such thorny subjects as the Sabra and Shatila massacres and President Nasser's nationalisations - he weaves them subtly into his characterisation, even of satellite figures. The young Captain Wasfi who comes to the oasis is hungry for promotion and quick to betray Mahmoud to the British; the kindly Sheikh Yahya represents the old world and the beautiful Maleeka, a bold, transgressive character, is the perfect rebel.
The oasis may be far removed from Cairo but the politics of the nation are most discernible here, on the desert's fringe. Mahmoud becomes politicised in this wilderness, evolving from a coward into the disenchanted Arab intellectual whose final, enraged action could be seen to re-enact Urabi's fight, and prefigure the 1952 revolution which brought an end to British rule. Even his marriage to Catherine - a picture of inter-racial harmony at the beginning - begins to crack as it is informed, to some degree, by the politics of occupation.
The one "true" event on which the fiction is based, and which Taher mentions in his author's note, is revealed, explosively, at the end. This devastating act, committed by Mahmoud, represents an anti-hero's desperate desire to become a hero. The only way that he can achieve this is to become a martyr.
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Baltimore County News
Free event promotes fitness, offers guided nature tours
The Baltimore County Health Coalition, the Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks and the Baltimore County Fitness Council are sponsoring an annual Walk in the Park event September 17, at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Enjoy a guided tour from a Naturalist/Park Ranger at the following six locations:
Benjamin Banneker Historical Museum and Park
300 Oella Avenue
Catonsville, Maryland 21228
Cromwell Valley Park
2002 Cromwell Bridge Road
Parkville, Maryland 21234
Fort Howard Park
9500 North Point Road
Fort Howard, Maryland 21052
Lake Roland
1000 Lakeside Drive
Baltimore, Maryland 21209
Marshy Point Nature Center
7130 Marshy Point Road
Middle River, Maryland 21220
Oregon Ridge Nature Center and Park
13555 Beaver Dam Road
Cockeysville, Maryland 21030
The Walk in the Park event will be held rain or shine. Please wear appropriate clothing and bring water. To find more information about walking trails in Baltimore County parks, visit
A Tour Made for Fun
More than 6,700 acres of parks in Baltimore County offer lots of room to play. Next Up Baltimore County joins Parks and Recreation Director Barry Williams at Rocky Point beach for a tour made for fun.
Since 2011, Baltimore County has invested over $51 million towards parks, bikeways, walking trails and community centers, including 18 turf fields all across the county. There are thousands of recreational programs, including individual and team sports, performing and visual arts, social clubs and activities for both kids and adults.
With 160 parks to choose from, get out and play!
Find your park: www.baltimorecountymd.gov/parks
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Next Up Baltimore County explores what makes Baltimore County a great place to live and work. The show features interviews with local business leaders, entrepreneurs and educators and is produced by the Baltimore County Department of Economic and Workforce Development. In addition to online access, Next Up runs on Baltimore County cable channel 25 at the following times:
Monday, 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday 1:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday 9:00 p.m.
Thursday 2:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m.
Friday 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m.
Sunday 9:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m.
Will Anderson
Director, Baltimore County Department of Economic & Workforce Development
Michael L. Schneider, Community Outreach Liaison
Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks
The spirit of America's independence can be heard, and seen, across our beautiful County throughout the long Fourth of July weekend – close to home and without the long lines at the toll booths! Baltimore County Recreation and Parks Councils, staff and communities are working hard to make this weekend memorable and fun way to celebrate with family and friends all that is great about America.
Over on the County's east side, The Heritage Foundation is celebrating with its annual Fair at Dundalk Heritage Park (July 1 through July 3). On the Fourth of July, the fun and community traditions continue with a 6K race (starting at CCBC Dundalk), a parade starting at Logan Village Shopping Center, and the popular fireworks at North Point Government Center. Details of these events can be found on the Dundalk Heritage Fair website.
Up in Carroll Manor, it is the Annual Community Fireworks at Sweet Air Park and Jacksonville Elementary. Join upwards of a thousand of your friends and neighbors for entertainment and fireworks on Saturday, July 2. For details, check out this flier: Community Fireworks with the Jacksonville Optimists.
On the west side of Baltimore County, the 34th Annual Arbutus Firecracker 10K is taking place on the Fourth of July starting at 8 a.m. at Arbutus Middle School. Then at 3 p.m., the Arbutus annual Fourth of July Parade lines up on Montrose Avenue and enters in the 1600 block of Frederick Road. Here's some FAQ's about the rest of that exciting day (including fireworks) in the Arbutus community parade and fireworks.
There's also the 53rd Annual Fullerton Fireworks Foundation's Fourth of July Celebration at Fullerton Park, where the fun (music, food and fireworks) starts at 5 p.m. There's lots to do, and you can read about it here at the Fullerton Fireworks Foundation website.
Now, it wouldn't be the Fourth of July in Baltimore County without the thunderous roar of fireworks and the magnificent sounds of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on July 3 and 4 at Oregon Ridge with the annual BSO Star Spangled Spectacular. The friendly crowds, delicious foods, sights and sounds make this the ultimate community Independence Day celebration. Gates open at 5 p.m. Visit the Star-Spangled-Spectacular website for more details.
And just in case this isn't enough to choose from, here are lists of fireworks displays and holiday parades across the County.
So, you can see, by the dawn's early light and the dusk's lit sky, there's much to do this holiday weekend with Baltimore County Recreation and Parks – Happy Birthday, USA!


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Open All Year
Reserve: 800-562-3404
Info: 480-982-4015
1540 South Tomahawk Road
Apache Junction, AZ 85119Get Directions
From I-10 to US Hwy 60 east: Take Exit 197 Tomahawk Rd, go north 1 mile.Get Google Directions
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Check-in: 1:00 pm, Check-out: 11:00 am
Camper Rating 4 out of 5