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The 'King of Beers' Unveils Budweiser Black Crown on Jan. 21; First TV Spot Will Be Featured During Super Bowl XLVII
Beer Was Crowd Favorite During Nationwide 'Project 12' Competition
ST. LOUIS, It started with a bold experiment. A year ago, Budweiser asked its 12 brewmasters to envision their own unique version of one of the world's most iconic beers. After 12 recipes, six beers brewed for national sampling, and 25,000 opinions, the experiment has resulted in a new golden amber lager based on the voice of the people: Budweiser Black Crown.
The winning recipe from Budweiser's "Project 12" is now a new brand available for purchase starting Monday, Jan. 21. In suitable fashion for the King of Beers, Budweiser Black Crown will take its place on the national stage less than two weeks later when its first 30-second television advertisement airs during Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, Feb. 3.
With a blend of two-row caramel malt and four types of domestic hops, Budweiser Black Crown is finished on a bed of Beechwood chips for a smooth, balanced taste. Incorporating the proprietary yeast directly descended from the original Budweiser yeast strain used by Adolphus Busch in 1876,Budweiser Black Crownretains the key characteristics of Budweiser with its clean taste and high drinkability. Featuring more body, color and hop character than the flagship lager, it also has a slightly higher alcohol content at 6% ABV.
The Budweiser Black Crown recipe was the creation of Los Angeles brewmaster Bryan Sullivan and was the crowd favorite among the more than 25,000 adult drinkers from coast to coast who participated in the brand's Project 12 sampling initiative.
"It didn't matter where in the United States we asked, this is the beer that consistently drew the best feedback, and overwhelmingly so," said Rob McCarthy , vice president of Budweiser.
During the process that led to Budweiser Black Crown, Sullivan and his fellow Budweiser brewmasters personally sampled the beer with consumers to get their direct feedback. Sullivan collaborated with Fairfield, Calif., brewmaster Scott Ungermann and Houston brewmaster Dave Cohen to perfect the recipe.
"People respond really well to Budweiser Black Crown, which has a little more body and color and a touch more hop character than our flagship Budweiser lager," said Sullivan, who heard from beer drinkers during a sampling program at the Budweiser Made in America music festival over Labor Day weekend in Philadelphia. "As brewmasters we spend most of our time in the brewhouse. Project 12 gave us a chance to hear firsthand from the people we brew our beers for. Budweiser Black Crown is a great beer and it is a thrill for our whole brewing team to see it launch with a Super Bowl spot."
The beer will be sold nationwide in 12-ounce glass bottles available in six- and 12-packs and in 22-ounce single bottles. It will be available both on-premise (bars and restaurants) and off-premise (grocery stores, supermarkets and convenience stores). The packaging for Budweiser Black Crown is distinctive and modern, with the crown "design cues" on the bottle and secondary packaging a nod to the history and heritage of Budweiser, McCarthy said.
McCarthy said Budweiser Black Crown will debut a TV spot during the Super Bowl XLVII broadcast. "We've set our sales-to-retailers date for Jan. 21 so we're fully ready for sales on Super Bowl Sunday," McCarthy said.
The beer's national advertising campaign also includes outdoor, digital, radio and print. In social media, the new brand will have interactive consumer programs on Facebook and Twitter that are designed to be participatory, similar in spirit to when consumers were asked to help choose the recipe that would ultimately become Budweiser Black Crown. The campaign will feature the Twitter hashtag #TASTEIS.
Nate Scudieri , senior brand manager for Budweiser Black Crown, says the beer is, like Budweiser, very refreshing and appealing to a large base of beer drinkers.
"Our research shows that after beer drinkers try Budweiser Black Crown, 84 percent would purchase it," Scudieri said. "It stays true to the original Budweiser recipe but has its own unique take. It's flavorful, smooth and highly drinkable."
Budweiser is America's No. 1 premium regular beer, selling more than its four nearest competitors combined.
Budweiser Black Crown is brewed at Anheuser-Busch's state-of-the art breweries in St. Louis, Los Angeles, Columbus, Ohio and Williamsburg, Va.
The Super Bowl commercial was filmed in Los Angeles last month and directed by Samuel Bayer , whose previous Super Bowl work includes a spot that won an Emmy for best commercial. More information about the spots will be released later.
For more information on Budweiser Black Crown, visit www.budweiser.com/blackcrown.
About Budweiser
Budweiser, an American-style lager, was introduced in 1876 when company founder Adolphus Busch set out to create the United States' first truly national beer brand – brewed to be universally popular and transcend regional tastes. Each batch of Budweiser follows the same family recipe used by five generations of Busch family brewmasters. Budweiser is a medium-bodied, flavorful, crisp and pure beer with blended layers of premium American and European hop aromas, brewed for the perfect balance of flavor and refreshment. Budweiser is made using time-honored methods including "kraeusening" for natural carbonation and Beechwood aging, which results in unparalleled balance and character. The brand celebrates great times and has used the phrase "Grab Some Buds" in advertising since 2010.
About Anheuser-Busch
Based in St. Louis, Anheuser-Busch is the leading American brewer, holding a 47.7 percent share of U.S. beer sales to retailers. The company brews Budweiser and Bud Light, two of the world's largest-selling beers. Anheuser-Busch is a major manufacturer of aluminum cans and has been a leading aluminum recycler for more than 30 years. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the leading global brewer, and continues to operate under the Anheuser-Busch name and logo. For more information, visit www.anheuser-busch.com.
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Whistleblowers, often revered and feared by the Obama administration, have received a special place since the 2011 initiation of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a global transparency campaign. Their prominence is justified. The OGP will become a magnet for cynicism unless there is safe cover for those who will make it work or fail — whistleblowers on the front lines of fraud, waste and abuse currently sustained through secrecy and enforced by repression.
Is OGP a serious effort to build the infrastructure for cleaning up government, or just another public relations campaign? How the administration handles whistleblower rights will be indicative of whether to take its rhetoric seriously.
The key is education and training, so that employees and managers know their rights and limits of authority, respectively. As a rule, neither do. Some 35 years after passage of statutory whistleblower protections, only a token percentage of employees and managers know where the legal line is or when they've crossed it. Even worse, fear of retaliation actually has increased since enactment of legal "protections." A Federal News Radio survey found that only 16 percent of federal employee-survey respondents felt protected enough to report waste, fraud or abuse.
Training for these new rights is their foundation to move from paper to reality. That may be the hardest part. It means changing deeply ingrained patterns of bureaucratic intolerance for those who challenge abuses of power. Unfortunately, training is time-consuming, expensive and difficult work, and the OGP is an unfunded mandate. Especially for training, OGP must include civil society nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that specialize in transparency. Having labored decades to earn new rights, whistleblower advocates are best poised to help demystify and navigate them. Whether the administration accepts our help will be a weathervane.
The administration's track record on whistleblower cases has been sharply contradictory, but OGP builds on policies where credit is justifiably due. President Obama is the first executive to lobby on the front lines with NGOs to strengthen whistleblower rights. Other presidents offered public "lip service" but tried to weaken or kill these protections in backrooms. But President Obama unilaterally created whistleblower rights for intelligence community employees that work within the system, again a historic first.
Initial signs are encouraging. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel has seen a surge in agency participation of its Whistleblower Certification Program, which was previously voluntary and is now mandated under the OGP.
In June, nearly 30 agencies released their Open Government Plans, detailing two-year roadmaps. OpenTheGovernment.org and partners are monitoring agency plans through biannual Civil Society Progress Reports. Whistleblower protection is one of three commitments to receive "substantial progress" so far. Like any carefully crafted law, however, a savvy plan on paper is only the first step. The real test lies in enforcement for new rights, and a culture shift to match the legal breakthroughs.
Agency engagement has ranged from in-depth meetings with open government groups to, in one instance, entirely skipping whistleblower protections in a transparency plan – a "mistake" the agency promised to correct after civil society protests.
The Department of Justice Office of Inspector General is demonstrating leadership. A video training by its Whistleblower Ombudsman breathes life into legal training by including and applying the real life experience of a whistleblower from the Fast and Furious scandal. The Department of Homeland Security, one of government's largest and most scattered government agencies, is tackling the logistics of how to train Border Control and Transportation Security Administration agents who do not have traditional office jobs or regular computer access. What's encouraging is that it no longer is a question of whether, but rather of how, to prioritize whistleblower protections.
Last year, the Senate unanimously passed Resolution 202, establishing July 30 as National Whistleblower Appreciation Day. It aims to acknowledge and commemorate whistleblowers and "to inform workers and the public about the legal rights of citizens of the United States to blow the whistle."
But a paradigm shift so that it is safe for whistleblowers "to commit the truth" will take more than a new law, resolution or government directive. Too often those "rights" are empty rhetoric not worth the paper they're written on. Paradigm shifts require marathon commitment and hard work. This commitment is worth it. Civil-society NGOs should roll up their sleeves for solidarity with whistleblowers, the public's eyes and ears. So far the effort has been good energy after good.
Tom Devine is legal director of the Government Accountability Project, where he has assisted more than 6,000 whistleblowers and led passage of every major federal whistleblower statute since 1979. Shanna Devine is legislative director of the Government Accountability Project, where she has led legislative campaigns to strengthen whistleblowers' free speech rights since 2008.
This article previously appeared in The Hill.
Whistleblowers, often revered and feared by the Obama administration, have received a special place since the 2011 initiation of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a global transparency campaign. Their prominence is justified. The OGP will become a magnet for cynicism unless there is safe cover for those who will make it work or fail — whistleblowers on the front lines of fraud, waste and abuse currently sustained through secrecy and enforced by repression.


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[182 U.S. 576, 577] This action was begun by the defendant in error in the supreme court of the District of Columbia. In substance he asserted in his declaration a right to recover from the District of Columbia a specified sum, upon the ground that by its negligence, on November 26, 1896, he had sustained serious personal injury. The negligence averred consisted in this,-that for a space of two days prior to and including the date named the District had negligently and knowingly left upon a public highway known as Park street a large steam roller, which was calculated to frighten horses of ordinary gentleness; and while plaintiff was driving along said street, with due care, in a carriage drawn by a horse of that disposition, the animal was frightened and rendered unmanageable by the steam roller, and in the struggles of the horse one of the wheels of the carriage was broken, plaintiff was thrown out upon the ground with great force, and he sustained the injuries for which recovery was asked. Defendant filed a plea of the general issue.
The evidence most favorable to the contention of the plaintiff tended to show the following: Park street is a public highway in the northwest section of the city of Washington, commencing at Fourteenth street and running westwardly. For several days prior to the accident in question a steam roller had been used in connection with the work of resurfacing Park street with macadam. This roller was of the kind usually employed in constructing macadamized gravel roads. It had three wheels, the tread of the rear wheel being about 8 feet, which was its extreme width. The machine was about 8 feet long and about 5 or 6 feet high. The smokestack was a little higher than the other part of the machine. While the roller was in use, on the forenoon of the day before the accident hereinafter referred to, it 'broke down.' The nature of the injury to the roller does not appear, otherwise than as it may be inferred, from the fact that the roller was subsequently removed by horse power, that the machinery was simply disabled. On becoming out of order, the roller was placed close to the south curb of Park street, from 20 to 50 feet west of Pine street-a street 50 feet in width-and distant about 900 feet westwardly from Fourteenth street. Over [182 U.S. 576, 578] the roller was placed a canvas cover. The roadway proper, at the point where the roller was stationed, was about 28 feet wide, and there was ample room for the passage of vehicles between the roller and the northerly side of Park street.
About 3 o'clock on the afternoon of November 26, 1896 (Thanksgiving Day), plaintiff drove into Park street from Fourteenth street, and, as he did so, saw the steam roller. The horse he was driving was one which the plaintiff had owned for several years, was regarded as of an ordinarily gentle disposition, and had several times been driven safely past steam rollers when they were in actual operation. Plaintiff guided his horse, intending to pass by the roller in the space to the right thereof, but on approaching Pine street the horse became restive from the flapping of the canvas cover on the roller, or from some other cause, and when about opposite the middle of Pine street became unmanageable, reared, and upset the vehicle, throwing out and injuring the plaintiff. The evidence also tended to show that other horses in passing the roller had exhibited fear.
The case was tried to a jury, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. On appeal the judgment was affirmed by the court of appeals of the District. 15 App. D. C. 363.
Messrs. Andrew B. Duvall and Clarence A. Brandenburg for plaintiff in error.
Messrs. A. S. Worthington and Charles L. Frailey for defendant in error.
Mr. Justice White, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court:
That the District of Columbia is not an insurer of the safety of travelers upon its streets is, of course, unquestioned. This being so, we think the lower courts erred in upholding the liability of the District for the injuries sustained by the plaintiff, under the circumstances disclosed in the record.
The steam roller in question had been brought to the place where the accident occurred, for a lawful purpose, viz., that of [182 U.S. 576, 579] performing a duty enjoined upon the district to keep in repair the streets subject to its control. The use of an appliance such as a steam roller was a necessary means to a lawful end,-a means essential to the performance of a duty imposed by law. It must therefore follow that if in the legitimate and proper use of such machine, with reasonable notice to the public of such use, an injury is occasioned to one of the public, such injury is damnum absque injuria. Lane v. Lewiston, 91 Me. 292, 294, 39 Atl. 999; Morton v. Frankfort, 55 Me. 46; Cairncross v. Pewaukee, 78 Wis. 66, 10 L. R. A. 473, 47 N. W. 13, commenting upon and explaining Hughes v. Fond du Lac, 73 Wis. 380, 41 N. W. 407. Conceding that the roller was an object calculated to frighten horses of ordinary gentleness, yet, at the most, the liability of the municipality for negligently permitting such objects to remain within the limits of a highway, if it exists, must primarily be dependent upon the fact that they are unlawfully upon the highway.
The sole negligence complained of in the declaration was averred to consist in keeping the steam roller in question on Park street for the space of two days, so as to be a public nuisance and dangerous to travelers passing along said street with their carriages and horses. There was no allegation that the roller, in consequence of its being disabled, presented such a changed appearance that the danger of its frightening an animal was enhanced. Nor was there any averment that the negligence was committed in the use of the canvas covering, and no proof was offered on the trial tending to show that such a cover was not the means usually employed to protect steam rollers from the weather when they were lawfully on the street and for the time being not in use.
Where but one inference can reasonably be drawn from the evidence the question of negligence or no negligence is one of law for the court. Northern P. R. Co. v. Freeman, 174 U.S. 379, 384 , 43 S. L. ed. 1014, 1016, 19 Sup. Ct. Rep. 763; Metropolitan R. Co. v. Jackson, L. R. 3 App. Cas. 193. It is only where the evidence is such that reasonable men may fairly differ as to the deductions to be drawn therefrom, that the determination of the fact of negligence should be submitted to a jury. Warner v. Baltimore & O. R. Co. 168 U.S. 339, 348 , 42 S. L. ed. 491, 497, 18 Sup. Ct. Rep. 68. The question which here arises, then, is, [182 U.S. 576, 580] Did the evidence justify the trial court in permitting the jury to determine whether or not in allowing the disabled roller to remain at the place referred to, under the circumstances stated, the District negligently and unlawfully obstructed the highway?
We shall assume that the period when the steam roller became unserviceable while in use on Park street was the forenoon of the day prior to the accident, as claimed by the plaintiff. The right, however, to use a steam roller upon a public street for the purpose of the repair of such street we think necessarily includes the right to retain the roller upon the street until a reasonable time after the necessity for the use of the machine has terminated, in the meantime exercising due care in the deposit of the machine when not in use, and giving due notice and warning to the public of the presence of such machine if travel upon the street is permitted. We can perceive no difference in principle between using and keeping a steam roller on the streets until the completion of a particular work, and the maintaining a lawful excavation, such as for the construction of a sewer or of an underground road, and the use of an engine, derrick, etc., in connection with the hoisting of earth from an excavation. The appliances used in connection with such excavations, even though calculated to frighten horses of ordinary gentleness not familiar with such objects, undoubtedly may be retained at the place where needed until the necessity therefor has ceased; and the circumstance that such appliances become temporarily disabled cannot, in reason, be held to affect the right of the municipal authorities to keep such machinery on the works until, in the ordinary course of events and in the exercise of a reasonable discretion, it is found convenient either to there make the needed repairs or to remove the appliances elsewhere for that purpose. Now, the only inference warranted by the record is that when the steam roller in question got out of order it was being used upon the street, and the necessity for its further use continued to exist. Had the machine not broken down, or had needed repairs been made to it at the place where the roller was deposited, it might lawfully have been allowed to remain upon the street while its further use was required, and until it was reasonably convenient to remove it. Under [182 U.S. 576, 581] such a state of facts as has been detailed there was nothing, either in the circumstance of the disabling of the machine or in the detention, warranting the inference that the right to leave the roller upon the street over a legal holiday did not exist, and that an illegal use of the highway had originated. It follows that the facts in evidence respecting the keeping of the roller on Park street during the period referred to did not justify the submission to the jury of the question whether the District was negligent in so keeping the machine, as it could not reasonably have been inferred that the employees of the District were negligent in failing to remove the machine before the occurrence of the accident.
As respects the notice owing to the plaintiff of the presence of the roller, we agree with the opinion of the supreme judicial court of Maine in Lane v. Lewiston, 91 Me. 292, 39 Atl. 999, that where a steam roller is allowed to remain upon a municipal highway it is requisite that the municipality causing the obstruction should give reasonable notice to the traveling public of its presence, but that a view of the obstruction itself in time to avoid it without injury amounts to notice. In other words, as stated by the Maine court, 'no one needs notice of what he already knows,' and 'knowledge of the danger is equivalent to prior notice.' 91 Me. 296, 39 Atl. 1000. That the plaintiff had notice of the presence of the roller on Park street in ample time to have avoided it is undisputed. When he turned from Fourteenth street into Park street it was broad daylight, there was nothing to obstruct his view westward, and in fact he testified that the roller was in plain sight. He was not induced or directed by the agents of the District to proceed past the roller. He knew that such objects sometimes frightened horses, but from his acquaintance with the disposition of his horse he believed that he could control the animal and drive safely past the roller, and he voluntarily undertook to do so. Now, it seems clear-particularly as the danger was neither hidden nor concealed-that the District was under no obligation to restrain the plaintiff from attempting to pass, either by closing Park street or by other means. The District was not bound to presume that it would be necessarily hazardous to attempt to drive past the roller, stationary [182 U.S. 576, 582] AND QUIET AS IT WAS, AND FAMILIAR AS HORSes in a large city usually are to the sight and sounds of electric and cable cars and horseless motors. The District, at best, was only chargeable with notice that the roller was an object which might frighten some horses of ordinary gentleness, not that it would inevitably do so. It was bound to give sufficient warning to drivers of the presence of the roller in time to enable them to avoid passing it, if desired. The District, however, had a right to assume that a driver of mature age was familiar with the habits and disposition of his horse, and was possessed of the common knowledge respecting the tendency of steam rollers to occasionally frighten such animals. The roller being lawfully on the street, the District was not bound to guard against the consequences of a voluntary attempt to drive by this roller. Certainly, if a driver believed that it would not be the natural and proper consequence of such an attempt that his safety would be endangered, the District ought not to be charged with notice that the attempt would be dangerous either to life or to limb.
The foregoing observations sufficiently indicate the errors committed by the trial court in the instructions given to the jury and in the refusal to give requested instructions, to which exceptions were noted. It suffices to say in conclusion that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury, as requested, that upon the whole evidence in the case their verdict should be for the District. As said by this court, speaking through Mr. Justice Blatchford, in Schofield v. Chicago, M. & St. P. R. Co. 114 U.S. 615, 618 , 29 S. L. ed. 224, 225, 5 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1125, 1127:
The judgment of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia is reversed, with instructions to that court to reverse the judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and to grant a new trial.
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Bride's mother snaps pic of wedding crasher suspected of stealing newlyweds' gifts
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A real life wedding crasher stole gifts from a couple's wedding at an oceanfront hotel in Virginia Beach, police say.
It all happened on May 6 at the Hilton Garden Inn on Atlantic Avenue, according to police. An uninvited woman went up to the second floor, took gift envelopes off the gift table, and left, police say.
"It's pretty wild on a person-to-person level," said Rusty Waddell, the groom. "I don't understand how you could do that, especially at a wedding."
Waddell says he and his wife Auttumn were having a great time celebrating with friends and family. Towards the end of the night, the bride's mother noticed a woman she didn't recognize but thought maybe she was a guest because the wedding wasn't the most formal. She took a photo of the woman and guests told the hotel staff, who called the police. The woman got away without getting caught.
"We went from getting to go up to our hotel room as the newlywed couple to the bride in tears and us downstairs trying to figure out what happened," Waddell said.
Waddell says it's not clear exactly what she got away with and they are now in the process of asking guests if they gave them a gift. "I think embarrassing is the word I would use," he said. "It's always hard to reach out to someone and ask them what gift they brought you."
He says the woman stole more than just gifts, but memories from what is supposed to be one of the happiest days of their lives. "We'll of course have the good memories from the party and hanging out with our friends and all that, but it's all going to lead down to the end of the night having to think back to the end of the wedding and someone stealing from us."
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text: The in-house reputation system used in Internet Explorer 8 and 9 is markedly superior at blocking social-engineering attacks than the Google equivalent used by Chrome, Firefox, Apple's Safari, an independent test by NSS Labs has found.Rating the browsers against a sample set of European malware URLs over 19 days in April, IE 8 achieved a mean block rate of 90 percent, leaving Chrome 10, Firefox 4 and Safari 5 in the dust on 13 percent each. Opera, which uses technology from antivirus company AVG, came in last on 5 percent.When assessing IE 9 with application filtering turned on, the results were even more dramatic, taking that version to a mean blocking rate of 100 percent.Internet Explorer's positive showing appears to be thanks to two embedded technologies; Smartscreen URL Filter, a cloud-based system that checks URLs against a master database. This is present in both IE 8 and 9 and seems to work more or less identically in both.In addition, IE 9 has added a second system, SmartScreen Application Reputation which on the basis of this test offers browser users a remarkably effective level of download block protection. Chrome, Firefox and Safari all use a rival URL checking system, Google's Safe Browser Feed, which as previous NSS Labs tests have suggested, is now falling some way behind."The significance of Microsoft's new application reputation technology cannot be overstated. Application Reputation is the first attempt by any vendor to create a definitive list of every application on the Internet," the authors conclude."Browsers provide a layer of protection against socially-engineered malware, in addition to endpoint protection products; as this report shows, not all are created equal. The overall lower protection offered by Firefox, Safari, and Chrome is concerning."An extra but important dimension also tested was the 'average response time to block malware', basically the time it took each browser to add a problem site to the block list once it had been fed in to the test by NSS Labs.Again, IE 9 with Application Reputation enabled gained a perfect score, adding a site without any delay, the only browser to manage such a feat. Interestingly, however, without the Application layer, IE 8 and 9 sank down the table, taking nearly 14 and 16 hours respectively, behind Safari's five hours, Chrome's nearly seven hours, and Firefox's 8 hours.Block time is worth paying attention to because the longer protection takes to be activated, the longer the window of possible exposure.The limitation of the report is that it is only measuring one dimension of the threat users face when using browsers, that of attacks where the user can be tricked - 'socially-engineered' in security parlance - into downloading malware. This compares with what are called 'drive-by' attacks that seek to exploit specific vulnerabilities in software and which require no user intervention.Which is more dangerous is a matter of debate although NSS Labs references a separate study by AVG that found socially-engineered attacks to be the most likely way for malware to find its way on to a user's PC.A social engineering attack has the advantage that it recruits the user to agree to a download event thereby potentially bypassing Windows controls such as User Access Control (UAC) and even the warnings of antivirus software. A drive-by attack, especially one manipulating a zero-day flaw, can sneak on to the PC without any of these defences being aware but requires more engineering effort to work.The claim that socially-engineered attacks are the more significant doesn't entirely accord with the admittedly patchy evidence that exists on the subject.A recent and revealing assessment by Qualys using its Browsercheck tool found that large numbers of browser users routinely run out-of-date plug-ins for interfaces such as Flash Adobe Reader and especially Java. Many of these have significant flaws that can be attacked by drive-by exploits. It could be that both sides of this coin - social-engineering attacks and drive-by attacks - are equally perilous but in different ways.A final qualification is that the test was conducted on Firefox 4, since supplanted by the rapid-development replacement, version 5.0, likewise Google Chrome, which has reached version 13. The URL-filtering systems used by these are, however the same as in the previous versions so would be unlikely to make a difference to their blocking performance.


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Gale Norton, a lifelong conservationist, public servant and advocate for bringing common sense solutions to environmental policy, was sworn in as the 48th Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior in January 2001 and served until March 2006. The first woman to head the 153-year-old department, Norton has made what she calls the Four C's the cornerstone of her tenure: Consultation, Communication, and Cooperation, all in the service of Conservation. At the heart of the Four C's is the belief that for conservation to be successful, the government must involve the people who live and work on the land.
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Norton has made building cooperation and consensus the focus of her nearly 25-year career. From 1991 to 1999, she served as Attorney General of Colorado. In that capacity, she represented virtually every agency of the Colorado state government. She argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and other appellate courts and testified numerous times before congressional committees. As a negotiator of the $206 billion national tobacco settlement, Norton represented Colorado and 45 other states as part of the largest lawsuit settlement in history.
Prior to her election as Attorney General, Norton served in Washington, D.C. as Associate Solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior, overseeing endangered species and public lands legal issues for the National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service. She also worked as Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and, from 1979 to 1983, as a Senior Attorney for the Mountain States Legal Foundation.
Norton graduated magna cum laude from the University of Denver in 1975 and earned her law degree with honors from the same university in 1978. Before becoming Interior Secretary, Norton was senior counsel at Brownstein, Hyatt & Farber, P.C. She and her husband, John Hughes, are avid hikers and outdoor enthusiasts. They reside near Washington, D.C.


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Mammals. They awaken in us such passion and love perhaps because we ourselves belong to this group of animals.
The diversity of mammals is astonishing, from the tiny field mouse to the big blue whale. And they have occupied almost all habitats on Earth, from deserts to oceans, through trees and air.
But the most charismatic species of mammals are also usually the most timid and intelligent, especially in Europe and those parts of the world where mankind has hunted massively since time immemorial. This is why photographing specimens of mammals in the wild is often a difficult task, except in so emblematic regions such as equatorial Africa, where much of the photographs in this gallery were taken. But there are also here wild mammals from other parts of world, and even some domestic mammals, which also deserve to be portrayed.
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This soundscape would be ideal as a background for game, cartoon, animation and film projects based around medieval, fantasy, horror or other dark themes. It may conjure up images of an abandoned or haunted cathedral or monastery with its bell sounds and slow, swinging rhythm. It's made more versatile with its ability to be looped.Thanks for listening.


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Left tackle Joe Staley and left guard Mike Iupati did not practice Wednesday because of their sprained knees, but coach Jim Harbaugh is not yet ruling them out of Sunday's game against Seattle.
Judging from how well Staley and Iupati moved on elliptical machines in the weight room, perhaps there is reason for optimism those Pro Bowl offensive linemen might play.
Then again, Staley sprained the medial collateral ligament in his right knee only three days ago, an injury similar to the one that kept Iupati out of the past two games.
Also out of practice Wednesday — and seen doing similar cardio work during the media-access window — were defensive tackle Justin Smith (shoulder) and tight end Vance McDonald (ankle). Smith typically takes Wednesday's off to rest, whereas McDonald is coping with a new injury.
Two key players returned to practice: cornerback Tarell Brown (ribs) in a limited capacity and tight end Garrett Celek, who practiced fully after missing the past two games with a hamstring strain.
Also limited in practice were: running back Frank Gore (ankle), wide receivers Mario Manningham (knee) and Jon Baldwin (calf), defensive tackle Ray McDonald (ankle), and linebacker Dan Skuta (foot).
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Leipzig at Night
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I was checking out my website stats with Woopra yesterday, and I noticed that one of my most clicked links is that Green Cube On My Camera That Everyone Asks About. Funny! You would not believe how many people ask me about that in person. It's a $7,000 camera, and all anyone wants to know about is the $9 green cube on top! Hehe…
I have a few more things I will add to the Photography Gadgets page as soon as I get some time… I actually don't use a whole lot of stuff. I'm pretty bare bones. I keep a running list of my stuff in the HDR Camera equipment section here on the site as well.
Daily Photo – Leipzig at Night
When I was changing planes in Zurich, I had to go through some of the Customs run-around. It turns out that the customs officer was German. He asked where my ultimate destination was, and I said, "Leipzig". I pronounced it "Leap-zig".
"What?" he asked.
"Leap-Zig" I repeated, careful to annunciate each syllable.
"I have never heard of that." he asked, regarding me suspiciously.
I was in a pickle. This guy was clearly German, as I could tell from his accent. I was a bit surprised because he was in Switzerland, but I figured that all nationalities come there to work. No big deal. But, still, how could a German not know about Leipzig. It's not the biggest city, but I think it's in the top 5.
I tried again and again. He seemed to be serious and not joking.
Finally, after about four more back-and-forth sessions, he said, "Do you mean Leipzig?" He pronounced it "LIPE-ZEEG".
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If there's a job I need a repair shop to do, I also prefer to buy the parts myself from somewhere like Auto Zone and bring the parts to the repair shop. I save a lot of money by doing that since I bypass their markups.
The colder temperatures and inclement weather may signal the need for a checkup at the mechanic shop. Auto repair shops are infamous for overcharging customers who don't know any better and only want their vehicles to operate reliably and safely. (See also: Safety Tips for Holiday Driving.)
While not all shops deserve a bad reputation, there are quite a few with a history of taking people for more money than necessary. Just recently, my 2004 Kia acquired a hole in the exhaust system. The noise coming from the car resembled a loud motorcycle, and I was embarrassed every time I turned on the ignition. We finally had to break down and visit the repair shop for an estimate. We were told after a brief "look-see-listen" that the part alone would be close to $1,000 and with labor, we may face a bill of $1,300 or more. We made a scheduled appointment to bring the car back, and in the meantime consulted with a mechanic friend. He told us he thought he could repair the part rather than replace it, and eventually we only had to pay a total of $124 for the weld job. Thank goodness we had someone on our side.
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If there's a job I need a repair shop to do, I also prefer to buy the parts myself from somewhere like Auto Zone and bring the parts to the repair shop. I save a lot of money by doing that since I bypass their markups.
I thought about doing this. I need an oxygen sensor replaced, and found the part $75 cheaper online. Do most shops make some money on the parts as well? Will they charge more for labor to make up for that lost income?
In most cases, you void the shops labor warranty by buying your own parts. This is not a scam by the shop to make more money. The suppliers they buy parts from will reimburse the shop for labor cost from a defective part they supplied, but only if it was bought by the shop and not by the customer. If you bought the part yourself and it is defective, you will have to pay the shop labor again to replace it. If the shop bought it, you're only out time.
Also, a reputable shop does not just "mark up" the parts. They sell them at suggested retail. When you find it cheaper yourself, it doesn't mean they are trying to scam you. It may not be the same brand and you may be skimping on quality. Before jumping on a cheaper part, talk to the shop about what you have found.
They can explain the differences in aftermarket brands and what should be used on your car. If it's a matter of affordability, they can go with a cheaper part, and you still keep your warranty. If they are not willing to discuss it, find another shop.


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Honda will reveal details of the refreshed 2014 Odyssey, including some innovative new features, at the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS). The 2014 Odyssey further strengthens the Honda minivan's position as the segment's most coveted family-friendly vehicle, and adds to its status as the strongest overall ownership value in its class.
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Friday Fancies::Spring Fever
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GORGEOUS dress- love the collection today natasha- perfectly spring-y!ReplyDelete
LOVE this whole outfit! love how cute those flats look paired with that floral dress :) & cute bangle!ReplyDelete
Happy weekend
That dress is kinda perfect. Love a mini print dress - it's so retro!ReplyDelete
I can totally see you in that gorgeous dress Natasha! :)ReplyDelete
Between you and Tiffany, I'd say we all need some new things for spring! Love this look, it's darling!ReplyDelete
love this dress and the whole look!! so ready for spring!!ReplyDelete
This is probably my favorite floral piece that I have seen. I don't think I could rock floral pants, but this dress is fun and even better paired with the pink flats! Enjoy the warm(er) weather! xoReplyDelete
This outfit just makes me happy! Love all the colors.ReplyDelete
Have a great weekend.
Ooh I love that outfit...great choice! Have a lovely weekend! XoxoReplyDelete
You know Im loving florals, so I love that dress! I must check that out!ReplyDelete
So I was just on people.com and it looks like Drew Barrymore was just rocking this dress too!ReplyDelete
I need those H&M flats.. going to hunt them down this afternoon. Adorable outfit!ReplyDelete
Great choices!!! I love My Friday's Fancies! So fun! I am in Austin, Texas and it was 85 degrees here this week!! WOW! BTW, my hubs and I visited Tahoe last summer and I fell in love. You definitely live in my dream town...can't wait to go back and visit!ReplyDelete
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LOVE the dress...you could wear that to SO many types of events, too!!ReplyDelete
absolutely loving this dress and the accessories you chose for it!!ReplyDelete
Happy Weekend!
I love that dress! I just don't know if I'm daring enough to wear something so bright and bold. Talk about an attention getter!ReplyDelete
Love flats and sunglasses!!!so chic!!! love the colours for the summer!!! visit my blog on http://limtdedition.blogspot.com/ReplyDelete
xoxo Marika
CUTE! The dress is great - would work with a baby bump too!ReplyDelete
LOVE this outfit!! Will look so cute with your bump! I'm DYING for spring too!! In MI we have been pretty lucky with the weather as well.ReplyDelete
Beautiful dress! I love all the colors. Love the bangle too!ReplyDelete
love the dress- especially paired with the pink flats! Chicago has been warmer than usual too (thank God!) so I'm hoping it'll stay warmer a little longer! Have a great weekendReplyDelete
Natasha I love this! That dress is gorgeous and I love all the colors you added to accompany it. I'm dreaming of spring here too. The midwest can't make up its mind! It gets warm, then really chilly, then warm. I'm wanting spring! Have a wonderful weekend!ReplyDelete
love love love this look! The shoes are the perfect pop of color.ReplyDelete
Really like this outfit! Wish I could pull off that dress but I have a hard time wearing pattern. Love the shoes!ReplyDelete
A fun spring outfit! Love the dress and fun pop of hot pink in the shoes. Our weather is so gorgeous right now I'm ready to bring out the spring dresses and skirts. Happy weekend, Natasha!ReplyDelete
Love this!! It's been like 79 here all week so I am LOVING the warmer weather too!!ReplyDelete
Can you just be my stylist already?!
Love everything about this outfit. I actually looked at this dress earlier today. So stinkin' cute.ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh I love this whole outfit (of course). You must get this dress...preggers or not. Get it girl!ReplyDelete
Yeah...you would be pretty confident in that cute thing! I love it!ReplyDelete
I just got that Jcrew dress and love it!! Its on sale now you should totally get it for post baby:) Have a great weekend friend!ReplyDelete
what a great outfit! i need those flats!!ReplyDelete
Love this dress, so colorful and contemporary mixed with a bit of 70's :)ReplyDelete
Would look stunning on you with the bump!
I love that print! The shoes are gorgeous too!ReplyDelete
Have a great weekend :)
oh my goodness that dress!! I'm loving florals lately too!ReplyDelete
LOVE that outfit...wish we had an HM close by!ReplyDelete
That dress is beautiful! And I love it paired with those pink flats! Such a fun outfit!ReplyDelete
Love the tunic dress!Hope you are having a fab weekend:)ReplyDelete
my friend had hair clips in tonight and i totally loved it! i am now on the hunt for some. everything i'm buying lately has been floral - LOVING this trend!ReplyDelete
hope you guys are havin a great superbowl sunday!
Great outfit, I love love love the colors! That dress...swoon and with those shoes! I will definitely have to check them out, I am looking for a pair of pink flats! Darling blog :) I hope you had a wonderful weekend and have a great week!!ReplyDelete
Twirling Clare
this is too cute!ReplyDelete
xoxo navy & orange
Great minds think alike!! Love your outfit and of course the dress! xoxoReplyDelete
Love this look! And I totally agree with you about the hot pink flats not being too matchy-matchy. So fun.ReplyDelete
And the weather in Denver is a big fat poo-sandwich. We have a foot of snow on the ground (no good for my little sports car lol!) and apparently we have more snow on the way. sigh...
Hope you enjoyed your weekend Natasha!
XO - Marion
Loving this chic grandma look. Those sunnies are killer.ReplyDelete
xo L.
That dress is GORGEOUS!!ReplyDelete
absolutely LOVE this outfit! So bright and fun and playful!!! I need this dress and those flats ASAP! :)ReplyDelete
The colors of this outfit are fabulous - so bright and cheery! xxoReplyDelete
This look is serious perfection. Love!ReplyDelete
This is such a cute outfit!! I love all the accessories you put with that dress!!! Especially that fabulous purse & sunglasses! Such a fun outfit!ReplyDelete
Have a great week!!! :)
Nicole Rene
I saw that dress at J. Crew tonight... and knew I had seen it somewhere recently!! :)ReplyDelete
looking amazinggggg Natasha!!!ReplyDelete
oops, commented on the wrong post :)ReplyDelete


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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Contest: Win a copy of Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George!
(1) Finished copy of PRINCESS OF GLASS (for US winner)
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How to Enter:
You MUST comment on my review of PRINCESS OF GLASS or the interview with Jessica Day George. (Only one comment is required.) Then you MUST fill out this FORM. If you neglect to comment on at least one of the posts or fill out the form, you will not be entered to win.
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I think, out of all the fairy tales, I would probably like a retelling of Hansel and Gretel, I think -- because all the other fairy tale retellings follow princesses and curses. It would be interesting to see what could be done with it.ReplyDelete
Also, I'm *really excited* for this book, so this contest is great~!
Hmm...most fairy tales have already been retold many, many times. I liked the Princess and the Frog. I thought that one was pretty funny/cute/sweet, so I'd like a novel that bases its story around that idea.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the contest!
Fairy tale or myth retold: My three favorites (Mulan, Twelve Dancing Princesses and East o'the Moon, West o'the Sun) have all been done at various times. I wouldn't mind something like the Japanese fairy tale of Susano or Amaterasu being done. You don't often see them being done in Western fiction.ReplyDelete
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I think retelling could get very imaginative with Princess and the Frog.ReplyDelete
This is a great contest! I'm entering, maybe i'm lucky =DReplyDelete
I need to add this one to my wish list, it sounds great and I love the cover.ReplyDelete
It's true that most of fairy tales have already been retold but i would like to see the princess and the frog =DReplyDelete
I'd like to see something more boy-centric, like Hansel and Gretel or Jack and the Beanstalk. A lot of them are pretty girly, which is okay, but I think that there's room to pull in a male audience.ReplyDelete
I would love to see a telling of The Little Mermaid, it's just my favorite fairy tale. I love the ending when she turns into sea foam.ReplyDelete
I would love a retelling The Little Mermaid. It's my favorite and I just absolutely adore it.ReplyDelete
thanks for the contest!ReplyDelete
Beauty and the BeastReplyDelete
I would love the retelling of Cinderella !ReplyDelete
I love any and all fairy tale retellings, and I've even tried to write some myself. I love retellings of fairy tales that aren't as well known, like Goose Girl by Shannon Hale. I do think it would be cool to see a retelling of Little Mermaid or Princess and the Pea.ReplyDelete
I would love to read a retelling of The Little Mermaid or Hansel and Gretel. That would be great too!ReplyDelete
Cinderella is & always has been one of my favorites to have retold. But I'd also love to see Little Red Riding Hood updated & maybe changed a bit. What if the Big Bad Wolf isn't a wolf? What if he's a con-artist? Then who is the woodcutter?ReplyDelete
I think it would be fun. Of course, I love all fairy tale retellings. : )
Thanks for the giveaway.
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I love retellings! Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce is un my TBR pile :D But one story I haven't read any retellings of, is Little Mermaid! It's one of my favorite fairy tales so I'd love to see it updated :DReplyDelete
Thanks for the giveaway!
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I would like to read a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Ugly Duckling" from a person's point of view instead of ducks and swans.ReplyDelete
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I would like to read the retelling of Little Red Hood! ;) I'm lucky I just got Sister's Red by Jackson Pearce, heheReplyDelete
I would like to read a retelling of The Little MermaidReplyDelete
I would very much love to read a retelling of 'The Wild Swans' by Hans Christian Andersen! ^_^ReplyDelete
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I'd choose The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen. It does not seem very popular among storytellers, and I think it has something to do with the soldier being less than the usual Prince Charming material. A modern version might have someone coming home from a tour of duty with only one leg. A challenge to write about, at the very least!
I would love to read a retelling of Peter Pan! :D I loveeee Peter Pan :DReplyDelete
I would like to read a retelling of Hansel and Gretel. I think everything else has been done already, but I can't think of a retelling of this story.ReplyDelete
I would like to see a great, thorough retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Rapunzel because I think those stories have so much more that can be looked into.ReplyDelete
An interesting retelling??ReplyDelete
I love Arthurian lore. How about a modern follow-up to the tales of King Arthur. Set in modern day, with characters who are the descendants of the "real" King. And somehow the events of the past begin to play out again in modern day. Magic sword and all!
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Princess and the frog, or anything from King Arthur's tales or Shakespeare's comedies. ...Not that those are actually "fairy-tales" but eh. I'd love to see a YA book revolve around any of those plots, while adding a unique twist.ReplyDelete
I think that will be good a retelling for cinderella or Red Riding Hood ^^ReplyDelete
I would love to see Sleeping Beauty retold.ReplyDelete
Great review. The books sounds very good. I would like to see Beauty and the Beast or the Little Mermaid retold. firstname.lastname@example.com
I like to see a retelling of The Wild Swans. As a child the thought of her trampling all those nettles just pained me.ReplyDelete
I'd like to read the retelling of Hansel and Gretel, which reminds me of the creepy old lady who eats little kids.ReplyDelete
I'd love to see Rapunzel retold. I have a fascination for hair.ReplyDelete
I'd love to read a retelling of Snow White and the seven dwarfs. It is one fairy tale replete with all the ingredients of a blockbuster book for me! :)ReplyDelete
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I would love to see the story of Demeter's daughter Persephone's abduction retold. I've always LOVED that!ReplyDelete
I pretty much love any fairy tale retelling so it's hard to choose... I'd like to see a well done novelization of The Little Mermaid. Even though it's tragic it's one of my favorites. Also, I'm a sucker for any Beauty and the Beast retelling, even though there's already tons of them out there!ReplyDelete
I am a follower. Great review. I can't wait to read the book. I would like to see Beauty and the Best and Little Mermaid being retold. Please enter me in contest. email@example.com
I ahve had this book on my wishlist for SO long! I would love to read it, thank you so much for the giveaway! :-)ReplyDelete
I just love fairy tales in general! I've read both her other tales, and loved them, but haven't gotten to this one yet...ReplyDelete
My most favorite fairy tale has always been The Twelve Dancing Princesses, so I'm always exited to see that one retold, but I would really like to see some of the more obscure Grimm's tales, like Jordan and Joringel (sp?) retold as well.
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Off the coast of PulauTenggol is the Tokong Timor Dive site. This dive site is at the south western area of the island, a small rock at 300 meters. The dive site is reachable by boat at 30 minutes from the dock and is quite easy to find. Tokong Timor is also known as the White Rock, because of its rock littered terrain and large boulders. The dive site has an average depth of 16 meters and a maximum depth of 21 meters. The current is low here and the dive site offers good visibility at 10 to 30 meters. The dive site offers a good quality experience for divers with an experience of CMAS/OW as the area is a diverse ecosystem of interesting marine species.
The dive site contains a vast coral reef which houses hundreds and thousands of interesting marine species. The popular activities at the dive site include underwater photography and marine biology as identification of marine species here is common. Dolphin and whale shark sightings are seasonal here. Other species spotted here include barrel sponges, feather stars and some damsel fish.
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TOLUCA, Mexico (AP)-- Prosecutors say the dismemberment killings of 16 people just west of Mexico City over the past 10 days were the work of a drug cartel.
The latest six victims were found early Wednesday. Their cut-up bodies were located in the city of Toluca, wrapped in plastic bags, like the other victims found since Jan. 14. All were allegedly lookouts or informants for rival gangs.
Toluca is the capital of Mexico State. It is just west of Mexico City, which has largely been spared Mexico's drug violence.
The public safety secretary of Mexico State said 11 people were detained Wednesday for the killings, including a teenager.
Salvador Neme said the gang of killers was led by an army deserter who said he worked for the La Familia drug cartel.


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I read the news today oh, boy…By now, you've probably heard about several of the OWASP board members (and perhaps, some bored members as well) coming to the conclusion that several of the current OWASP flagship code projects should be demoted and others should take their places. (If you're not up on the news, you can read about it in these 3 email threads archived here, here, and here.)
Among the flagship projects suggested for being demoted is OWASP ESAPI, of which I am the project owner for the Java implementation. After hearing about the recent ESAPI Hackathon, you may be puzzled or perhaps even surprised by this news. You shouldn't be. While it may sound like heresy coming from an ESAPI believer, although I am not happy about it, I think this action is long overdue and is best for OWASP. So I guess I'm sorry if I disappoint those of you who are ESAPI fans because I'm not standing up for ESAPI and defending it, especially since it's not yet a done-deal.
I'm not, because I can't. I, for one, can see the writing on the wall. (Pun intended.) All of the allegations that are being made against ESAPI are spot-on:
· Only one minor point release in since July 2011.
· 164 open issues, including 4 marked Critical and 11 marked as High.
· Far too many dependencies, something that has never been addressed despite being promised for almost 3 years.
· Wiki page still in the old OWASP format.
· Minimal signs of life of for ESAPI 3.0 in GitHub and ESAPI 2.x for Java on Google Code. Zero signs of life for implementations in other programming languages. [Note: Discounting the SalesForce one as I've not kept track of it.]
· For ESAPI for Java, a boogered up architecture where everything is a singleton making some things such as mock-testing all but impossible. Less than 80% test code coverage, in part, because of that.
· Lack of any significant user documentation outside of the Javadoc and the ESAPI crypto documentation.
· Disappointing participation at the ESAPI Hackathon.
I could go on, but I won't.
ESAPI has dropped the baton and I'll take as much blame for that as anyone. I have neither the contacts nor the people skills needed to entice developers to participate in ESAPI. Of the 3 or 4 people that I have recruited at one time or another, they've not contributed to even a single bug fix. And it goes beyond that. I've still not yet put together a release based on the few updates (a couple minor bug fixes and a small enhancement in handling configuration files) that were done by those participating at the ESAPI Hackathon. I have also still yet to release a fix for CVE-2013-5960. (Aside: Hey! Could use a little help here! Ideally someone who knows a thing or three about crypto.)
It's time that ESAPI yield the baton to some of the other worthy candidates like OWASP HTML Sanitizer, OWASP Dependency Check, and OWASP Java Encoder to name just a few.
What does this mean for ESAPI support?Well, probably nothing. I mean, honestly, the support really hasn't been that great in the past 3 years. I do suspect that it might radically give those thinking about adopting it for a new project a reason to rethink that commitment though.
I will personally commit to trying to fix any known bugs in the ESAPI crypto (including a few you didn't even know were there; well, okay, maybe "annoyances" would be a better tem), including a fix to CVE-2013-5960. But I am likely through with any planned feature enhancements other than the minor ones that I've been working on. If I do any further enhancements for the crypto features, I will split off ESAPI Crypto into its own new incubator project. No more promises of time frames though. I work a 40+ hour job like most of you and the ESAPI work is volunteer hours and I have family and other commitments as well.
As for ESAPI 3, will it flourish or die out before it even gets started? Well, that's up to you, OWASP Community. I certainly am a believer in the ESAPI concept of a common set of interfaces for common security controls, but the problem has always been the implementation, not the concept. As they say, the devil is in the details.
So if you want to volunteer to work on ESAPI, give us a shout out on the ESAPI-Dev list. If you aren't already signed up, you can sign up here.
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On July 6, 2012, Public Law 112-141 was approved. This Law includes a phased retirement option which will allow retirement eligible Federal employees to partially retire while working part-time. This practice will encourage the most experienced Federal employees to extend their contributions to the Nation; and, help agencies improve continuity of operations by bolstering mentoring and knowledge retention programs.
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And they said the Jazz don't allow headbands.
One girl wore a pink one to hold back her hair, and another had a flower tucked behind her ear. The Jazz hosted 38 at-risk local youths from the U.S. Dream Academy for an afternoon clinic Wednesday at Zions Bank Basketball Center. The children worked on basketball skills with point guard Mo Williams and forward Derrick Favors and listened to coach Tyrone Corbin talk about his own childhood, growing up in a single-parent home in the projects of Columbia, S.C.
"There's no way I could have told you back then that I would be an NBA head coach," Corbin said.
The Dream Academy is a not-for-profit organization that focuses on helping children who have an incarcerated family member develop skills that will help them be successful.
"These kids, most of them live over in the Glendale area," director Kristina Muck said, "which is the highest gang rates in the state and that whole area that no one wants to acknowledge exists. A lot of them don't realize there's life outside of that area."
Williams and Favors, along with assistant coach Brad Jones and player development assistant Johnnie Bryant, each manned a hoop as children rotated in groups to them. Favors was playful and teasing, pretending to be too sore to dunk, as the children begged him to, before giving in.
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance for them," said Williams, who has four children of his own, "something they can always cherish for a long time. If any of them amount to anything or do something in life, they can always say, 'I remember when I was 10, I was 11, Derrick Favors was there, Mo Williams was there, they showed me this and I got a chance to meet them.' "
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The Jazz play their final preseason game Thursday against Portland, and they couldn't be happier about it.
The Jazz are 4-3 in the exhibition season, but that record is wiped away starting Oct. 31, when they host Dallas in the regular-season opener.
"This is what we worked all summer for since we lost to the Spurs [in the playoffs]," second-year guard Alec Burks said, "what we've been preparing for."
The Jazz this fall have debuted a more up-tempo offense, and appear to have seamlessly integrated offseason acquisitions Mo Williams, Marvin Williams and Randy Foye.
"We're deep," center Al Jefferson said. "We've got some guys all the way to the end of the bench that can play, that can start anywhere else in the NBA, in my opinion."
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Machine safety and your safety culture
How's your machine safety culture? Have you heard anyone say: My hand is quicker than the machine, production is more important than safety, we don't need machine guards because...
In my last Machine Safety blog I suggested that there was an elephant in the room called "Safety Culture"! Furthermore, I suggested that quite often it's the elephant in the room that looks over your shoulder to help make those difficult and gray decisions such as whether a hard guard is best for a given hazard.
Has anyone noticed that elephant yet?
Well, where do you think the "Safety Culture" elephant in the room comes from or if it even exists? In my opinion, a safety culture will always exist, even by its absence! This harsh reality is no different than realizing that "no decision is a decision." Here are some common "Safety Culture" statements I've heard over the past several years:
- My hand is quicker than the machine
- Production is more important than safety
- We don't need machine guards because we do it differently here
- We haven't had an accident so we have a great safety program
- Our primary operators are trained every month so we don't need LOTO
I hope none of these statements apply to your manufacturing operations or experience because they're indicative of safety culture that's probably about to have a serious accident. Under this safety culture, the question in my last blog would likely be to only provide the hard guard during production. And, for all the other 24/7 modes with the hard guard removed, perhaps no back-up guarding would be necessary as per the "Safety Culture." In my opinion, it's often the safety culture that answers the question, "has tolerable risk been achieved"? I call the above a negative safety culture.
On the other hand, a positive safety culture is one that typically is leadership driven, has a clear vision with expectations, and is accountable and measureable. Furthermore, I believe that a positive safety culture embeds a shared value concept among all employees and management built on a set of guiding principles for long term viability and sustainability. Principles like aligning safety management with reality by, for example, focusing on leading indicators like near hits vs lagging indicators like near misses. Yes, a positive safety culture can help drive employee satisfaction and increased profits.
With this brief analysis, who now has seen the elephant in the room?
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How to Photoshop Your Way to a $425,000 Payoff
Former University of Northern Colorado student Tom Mink (right) (ha, just kidding—left!) just received a $425,000 settlement from a bunch of Colorado cities for improperly searching his home and confiscating his computer after he'd created "Junius Puke," the Photoshop at right of UNC finance professor Junius Peake.
Mink had to wait eight years and endure many rounds at the federal courthouse before reaching his settlement, so calling his $425,000 the fruits of a "get rich quick" scheme would be like calling Gene Simmons' legendary ability to score women "obvious and impossible to deny." But if you've got some Photoshop skills and patience, you can follow his example and maybe get a nice settlement of your own. Here's what you do:
- Move to a state with a criminal libel statute on the books.
- Start an online satire website. Don't call it The Howling Pig, because that was the name of Mink's e-zine. Don't call it The Onion.
- Take a photo of the most humorless and thin-skinned person you know—for example, UNC finance professor Junius Peake—and Photoshop it to make it look like Peake has merged with another real-life person, such as Adolf Hitler-Simmons.
- Wait for the humorless person to find the Photoshopped work and call the police on you for hurting their feelings.
- When the police show up, they might confiscate your computer and search your house. Prepare in advance by getting rid of any illegal items you own, and also by arranging for them a savory meat and cheese tray.
- Narrowly escape being charged with criminal libel, which in Colorado carries a fine of up to $100,000 and a year behind bars. (Watch what you write about That Slut Shana on those public bathroom walls, Aspen tourists!)
- Tell the ACLU, who will hopefully represent you and help you in your effort to overturn your state's stupid criminal libel statute.
- Go to court numerous times.
- Settle.
Much of Mink's $425,000 will go to the ACLU, which represented him for free for all those years. But he'll get to keep $25,000, which he'll use to buy a new car (a Camaro, hopefully).


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Saw Black Swan tonight. It was everything I wanted it to be… almost. Intense, dark, sexy, twisted. I enjoyed it, but in the end I was a little bit "that's it?".
Story. Again. Sure, all the parts are there, but the whole wasn't greater than their sum. I'm not sure the characters did anything they didn't need to do to move the simple core of the story forward. The universe, and the lives of the characters, didn't seem to be any bigger than the frame of the film.
Was I guessing at what was real and what was not? Yup. But did the truth turn out to be anything utterly unexpected, anything other than either the simple A or B the trope sets up? Not really.
Glad I saw it. I'd rather see films like this than unimaginative remakes that take no chances. That's why I like Aronofsky.
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Trump Foundation ordered to stop fundraising in New York
WASHINGTON -- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman ordered Donald Trump's charity to immediately halt fundraising in the state, following reports that it had not submitted to routine audits mandated by the state, the office announced Monday.
Schneiderman sent notice Friday to the Trump Foundation, alerting that it broke state law when it raised more than $25,000 from outside donors without filing properly with the state. New York requires charities to conduct annual audits to solicit donations.
Trump has collected close to $4.4 million for his charity since 2009. The last time he donated to his own charity was in 2008. World Wide Wrestling Entertainment, NBC Universal and a celebrity signature collector have been his biggest donors over the past year.
The Washington Post first reported last week that Trump likely broke state law by not getting the rights to solicit donors. Schneiderman, a Democrat who is supporting Hillary Clinton, sent the cease-and-desist letter a day later..
Trump's campaign responded shortly after the notice was made public.
"While we remain very concerned about the political motives behind AG Schneiderman's investigation, the Trump Foundation nevertheless intends to cooperate fully with the investigation," Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks said in a statement. "Because this is an ongoing legal matter, the Trump Foundation will not comment further at this time."


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A heat exchanger is an unfired pressure system in which two media flow past one another separated by as thin a wall as possible, so that if there is a temperature difference, they will mutually exchange heat without mixing in the process.
As the diagram shows, one medium flows through the shell chamber and the second medium through the tube chamber. The flow through the shell chamber is controlled by baffles, allowing as much cross flow to the tubes as possible. The form and spacing of the baffles is adapted to the application.
Depending on the expediency, speed and pressure loss, the flow through the tube chamber is carried out by a single pass or multiple passes.
With the exception of radiation losses, the input heat quantity is the same as the output heat quantity.
However, an efficient heat exchange can only take place if there is a sufficient temperature difference. The greater the temperature difference, the smaller the required heat transfer surface. This makes a compact apparatus design possible.
The heat transfer performance of a heat exchanger is the product of the mean logarithmic temperature difference, the heat transfer surface and the heat transfer coefficient. The latter is largely determined by the flow characteristic of the media, i.e. by the design features.
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Dell on Thursday said it would not increase its most recent proposal to acquire virtualized storage vendor 3Par, paving the path for rival Hewlett-Packard to acquire the company.
In an escalating bidding war, HP on Thursday raised its offer for 3Par to $33 per share, or roughly $2.4 billion, from its previous bid of $30 per share. The move topped Dell's latest offer of $32 per share, according to 3Par.
HP's bid constituted a "superior offer," and Dell's final offer to acquire 3Par was not accepted by 3Par's board of directors, Dell said in a statement.
"We took a measured approach throughout the process and have decided to end these discussions," said Dave Johnson, senior vice president of corporate strategy at Dell. Dell is entitled to receive a $72 million break-up fee from 3Par upon the termination of its merger agreement.
Dell initially agreed to buy 3Par on Aug. 16 for $1.15 billion, but HP on Aug. 23 submitted a bid to buy 3Par for $1.6 billion. The bidding process for the company escalated, and on Thursday, the board of directors at 3Par considered HP's revised $33-per-share bid as being a "superior proposal" to Dell's $32-per-share proposal.
3Par declined comment. An HP spokesperson declined comment.
3Par makes scalable storage platforms with thin provisioning, under which allocation of storage depends on application needs. 3Par's technology differs from "fat provisioning," under which excess storage is allocated to an application to meet future needs.
In 3Par, HP will get a storage vendor that competes with high-end storage offerings from EMC, Hitachi Data Systems and IBM, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT.
HP already offers high-end storage products, but mostly through a relationship with Hitachi Data Systems. 3Par will give HP a workable alternative to those offerings, King said.
"I think the real thing that HP was looking for here was a greater deal of autonomy for its storage products," King said.
With 3Par, HP will gain a competitive product that it owns in the top-tier storage space, rather than relying on Hitachi partner technology or HP's aging EVA (Enterprise Virtual Array) technology, said Andrew Reichman, senior analyst at Forrester Research.
"They need to focus on retaining customers and key staff, and designing their storage portfolio for the next decade, determining where 3Par fits and how they will proceed in the market," Reichman said.
The high-end storage market can be lucrative as the margins are high, but the sales are mostly to enterprises with high-end computing environments and storage needs. HP is betting that its opportunities in cloud computing could increase through storage products that 3Par offers. HP has a sizeable data-center business and may have customers interested in 3Par's product, Pund-IT's King said.
The desire to acquire 3Par technology was obvious considering how competitive the market has become, but HP's win isn't necessarily Dell's loss, analysts said. Dell has a good relationship with EMC for high-end storage offerings and could continue to build that relationship. EMC offers Symmetrix enterprise storage arrays.
Dell could also evaluate other acquisition candidates, but that is no easy task given that there is no clearly proven option, Reichman said.
Companies such as Compellent or Xiotech are likely the best options at this point, but neither compete directly in the top-tier enterprise storage market today, Reichman said. Dell could also try to acquire EMC or NetApp, either of which could be a tremendously expensive and complicated deal. Or Dell could decide not to expand into the enterprise storage market, and to some extent lose credibility as an enterprise player, Reichman said.
"This is clearly what HP is hoping for by denying Dell 3Par," Reichman said.
Dell spokesman David Frink said that the company already offers a full range of low- to high-end storage products that address all markets. The company has also been adding intellectual property to improve its storage offerings. The company in July bought Ocarina, which makes hardware and software to reduce the amount of storage capacity enterprises need.
Dell will also continue to look at acquisitions in specific areas through which the company can improve its product offerings, Frink said.