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At First Impressions Barber Shop in Houma you're going to get the haircut you want, but the conversation — well, that depends.
At First Impressions Barber Shop in Houma you're going to get the haircut you want, but the conversation — well, that depends.
The talk in the barbershop at 1008 Barrow St. is fluid.
On a Friday afternoon, while hip-hop music kept the beat going in the background, the five-man barbershop crew touched on topics ranging from themes in "The Great Gatsby" novel-turned-movie to mocking a recently approved parish ordinance that prohibits people from wearing saggy pants.
"Sometimes we're in here cutting hair for, like, 12 hours, so we got to talk about something," said Kenyatta Smith, who opened the shop in 2010 across the street from Bob Watts and Sons Furniture.
But at First Impressions, it's not all just jokes and loud music. Smith's team consists of certified professional hair stylists with a wealth of knowledge.
"Everyone in here can do it all," Smith said.
However, each barber has his own technique.
"We can all reach the same goal, but we all have our own way of getting there.
First Impressions specializes in faded cuts such as taper fades, bold fades, shadow fades and wave fades, but also Caesar cuts, crewcuts, Mohawks and faux hawks.
In the end, a perfect fade contains no visible lines and applies a clean finish.
Barbers at First Impressions will cut anybody's hair, Smith said.
"We don't discriminate. Hair is hair," Smith said. "Some people, because of their ignorance, won't cut hair because they say, 'They got white people hair,' or they say some peoples' hair is oily or some people's hair is too curly. We didn't learn that and we don't teach that here."
But if you're going to get a cut, you'd better have as much patience as the barbers do.
"The way we cut hair takes effort and patience," said Smith, carefully bending his customer's ear to provide a better angle for his clippers.
The average haircut at First Impressions takes at least 20 to 30 minutes. Pricing varies. It starts at $15 and up.
"It's the best barbershop in town," said Houma resident Larry Jones, getting his hair cut by Smith. "All these guys are professionals, and they're all friendly. Any time of day, there is someone here that's going to give you the best, most professional haircut the way you want it."
Neal Dubois is the shop's veteran barber.
Dubois said he's been cutting hair for nearly 16 years.
"I grew up cutting hair with friends," he said. "It was just something I did."
When Dubois finished school, it dawned on him that he could cut hair for a living.
"I entered the real world all of a sudden, and I decided that this is what I wanted to do," he said while cutting a longtime customer's hair.
Houma resident Jarrod Gregoire said Dubois has been cutting his hair for 13 years.
Even when he left Houma for military service, every time he came back home he made sure to get a fade by Dubois.
"I just really like it here," Gregoire said. "These guys know what they're doing. You can come in, shoot the (stuff) hang out and relax."
Smith said he plans to expand the shop sometime soon.
In the meantime, he said he's looking to hire some more people.
To be considered, really all that's required, Smith said, is that you have the desire to learn and a sense of humor.
First Impressions' regular business hours are from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
But Smith said they've been known to keep the lights on until 1 a.m. They're closed Sunday and Monday, unless they want to stay open then, too.
Call 873-8710 for appointments.


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Molenaar, Wopke (1739-1794)
Wopke (Wopco, Wopko) Molenaar, a German Mennonite preacher, was born 30 September 1739, at Workum, Dutch province of Friesland, the son of Hylke Hessels, owner of a large sawmill. He studied at the Lamist seminary in Amsterdam, served at Franeker 1767-1770, and in 1770 became the first theologically educated preacher of the Mennonite congregation in Krefeld. An endowment from the von der Leyen family (1766) enabled the Krefeld congregation to request the seminary to send a trained preacher. Molenaar and Sino van Abbema came. Van Abbema served in Krefeld 1771-1788. The funeral address given by Molenaar at the burial of the last lay preacher, Wynand Peter Wynandsz (1777), indicated that the transition from the lay to a salaried ministry was not easy for either the congregation or the minister. Especially the spiritualistic circles appear to have remained aloof, probably in view of the "enlightened" position of the new preachers. That Molenaar was rationalistic is proved by his membership in the "enlightened" circle of Engelbert von Bruck. Wopke Molenaar was married to Hester Tirion, of Krefeld. He was the progenitor of the Molenaar family in Krefeld. He died on 27 April 1794.
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Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 146 f.
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. 2 v. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: II: 2350.
Rembert, K. "Zur Geschichte der Crefelder Familie Molenaar." Heimat 4: 189 ff.
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Today's Analysis on Wal-Mart and Target: Discount Variety Stores Reserved Optimism
Jan 17, 2013, 08:00 ET
LONDON, January 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
December consumer spending beat expectations according to recent data released by the Commerce Department. But tax hikes and online competition could pose challenges to discount variety stores players such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corporation. At the close of Wednesday's trading session, StockCall's analysts compiled free technical research on these top companies and they are readily available at
During the month of December, sales rose by 0.5 percent, following a 0.4 percent November improvement, which makes for a relatively strong holiday season. This time of year is particularly important to retailers such as discount variety stores, which include giants like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT), as it can constitute up to 40 percent of their yearly sales. While the holidays were plagued by concerns regarding the fiscal cliff it seems that improvements to jobs and home values helped to boost spending. Sign up today to get our free technical report on Wal-Mart at
Competition, particularly from online retailers, remains a key issue for the industry which is renowned for a wide selection and low prices. Over the holiday season many industry players worked hard to enhance their online offerings, and some also put in place price matching offers which extended to online retailers. It seems that these trends are going to remain strong in the New Year. Target Corporation [Free Report on TGT](1) has been able to deflect the threats from online counterparts to some extent by providing exclusive products which encourages people to want to visit their stores as they know they will not find those products through online retailers.
Positive spending figures have been encouraging for the overall industry, but tax increases could put a damper on things in 2013. The two percent tax hike is expected to be most keenly felt by middle and lower income families, so could affect sales at discount variety stores. On the other hand, lower levels of disposable income could also drive more people in search of a deal, which would benefit the industry and specifically Wal-Mart which prides itself for having the lowest prices.
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I don't want to give away too much information about this prototype project I have been working on. I have been wanting to build a head like this for a while just never had the chance to get one finished. Well, I have finally finished a prototype that fits onto the C-Flex battery tubes. My prototype is direct drive (my preference), but they can be made with a 5 mode converter also. Hi-Med-Low-Strobe-SOS. I know people don't really care much for the strobe or SOS but that is how it was programmed. If I could get one programmed that is just three modes I will. Since this is in a prototype stage I might have a ilttle time to do that.
Some specs:
length - 4-1/2" long
Tube Dia - 1-1/4 dia with slightly raised Knurling
Head Dia - 1.990 dia with thin crenulated bezel.
Module is screwed into the head from the front (lens side)
Produces a min of 600 lumens on a single Li-ion C-size battery
Creates plenty of flood with a nice tight hot spot beam (20mm reflector')
Much tighter hot spot than a P7 or MC-E with a 27mm Reflector
Since it throws farther is seems much brighter than a P7 or MC-E (actual output has not been tested, just visual)
These will probably be Hard Anodized Black or EN Plated. Still undecided.
I will attach some pictures for you guys later today when I get home. I will also include some Beam Shots showing the Difference comparted to an MC-E & P7.
Hope there is enough interest in this to do a small run of these lights. Compared to the lights I have here this thing is amazing.
Pictures coming soon!


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Cesarean delivery and bottle feeding influence the gut microbiota in infants, researchers found.
Formula-fed babies had more abundant bacteria in stool samples at age 4 months, with over-representation of Clostridium difficile, compared with exclusively breastfed infants, Anita L. Kozyrskyj, PhD, of the University of Alberta in Edmonton, reported online in CMAJ.
Infants born by C-section had significant fewer bacteria of the Escherichia-Shigella and Bacteroides species, while elective cesarean was associated with "particularly low bacterial richness and diversity."
Whether those factors are critical for a healthy microbiota or if it's more important to acquire a particular combination of specific types of bacteria remains unknown, the group pointed out.
Passage through the birth canal gives infants a natural inoculation with bacteria from the mother, whose milk also shapes the baby's intestinal colonization, Rob Knight, PhD, of the University of Colorado in Boulder, and colleagues explained in an accompanying commentary.
"Breast milk, rich in prebiotics, selects for persistence of beneficial bacteria and limits colonization of harmful ones," they wrote. "The strong selective pressure of breast milk is demonstrated by the lower diversity of microbes in the gut of breastfed infants than in the gut of formula-fed infants."
"These changes in the developing microbiome could explain susceptibilities to a variety of conditions later in life," such as obesity, diabetes, and GI conditions.
The study used new culture-independent DNA sequencing on stool samples of 24 healthy, term infants in the population-based Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) birth cohort.
Six had been born by C-section; 10 (42%) were exclusively breastfed at sample collection at age 4 months.
The dominant fecal bacteria across the entire cohort were Actinobacteria (median 36%, mainly Bifidobacterium) and Firmicutes (median 44%, with wide diversity in genus).
The phylum Bacteroidetes showed up in fewer of the infants overall (38%) and in none born by cesarean delivery, regardless of breastfeeding.
Compared with infants who were exclusively breastfed, infants not breastfed had a:
- Higher abundance of the family Peptostreptococcaceae (P=0.002)
- Higher abundance of the family Verrucomicrobiaceae (P=0.001)
- Higher prevalence of enteric and atopic disease-associated C. difficile (71% versus 20%, P=0.01)
"These correlations were positive in some cases and negative in others, illustrating the complexity of this microbial ecosystem and reflecting possible symbiosis or competition between species," Kozyrskyj's group wrote.
The diet-by-mode of delivery subgroups were too small to analyze, as was the number of infants treated with antibiotics (three of 24), the researchers noted.
Although almost half of the mothers (11 of 24) had received antibiotics during pregnancy or at delivery, including 28% of those who delivered vaginally and all who had a cesarean delivery, no significant differences in gut bacterial abundance turned up among these groups.
Species richness was higher in formula-fed infants (P=0.006), with a trend for higher diversity.
Whereas elective C-section was associated with the lowest richness and diversity, emergency cesarean-delivered babies had the highest richness and diversity.
"Further research is warranted to determine whether these differences are related to feeding, antibiotics, or perhaps 'partial' microbial exposure during emergency cesarean delivery following membrane rupture," the researchers noted, pointing to the small sample size.
Other limitations were lack of longitudinal data at this point, although the CHILD study is expected to eventually provide longitudinal sampling from more than 2,000 infants.
The research was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and was supported by AllerGen NCE, the Killam Trusts and Alberta Innovates-Health Solutions.
One of Kozyrskyj's co-authors reported being an advisory board member for Merck, Novartis, and AstraZeneca and that his institution has received research grants from Merck and AstraZeneca.
The commentators reported having no conflicts of interest to disclose.
- Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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CMAJSource Reference: Azad MB, et al "Gut microbiota of healthy Canadian infants: profiles by mode of delivery and infant diet at 4 months" CMAJ 2013; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.121189.
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CMAJSource Reference: Song SJ, et al "How delivery mode and feeding can shape the bacterial community in the infant gut" CMAJ 2013; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.130147.


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Tennessee's Derek Dooley completed his staff Friday with a familiar face, naming Chuck Smith to the ninth and final assistant coach's position.
Smith is a former UT and pro football defensive star originally from Athens, Ga., where he was a teammate of Dooley's at Clarke Central High School in the 1980s.
The 40-year-old spent this past season with the New York Jets' No. 1-ranked defense as pass rush specialist and assistant defensive line coach. Jets head coach Rex Ryan first hired Smith in Baltimore in 2008 when Ryan was the Ravens' defensive coordinator and named Smith his pass rush coach.
"I want to thank Mike Hamilton and President Jan Simek for running UT like a first-class organization and bringing Derek in," Smith said of his new head coach. "I know exactly the kind of character Derek has and exactly the kind of football coach he is."
Smith built his coaching reputation as a defensive line specialist throughout the previous decade. There are nearly 60 NFL players over the last five seasons to whom Smith has personally taught, trained and mentored the art of defensive line play.
Among his star pupils are three former Vols — Albert Haynesworth, who this past season signed a $100 million contract with the Washington Redskins; Robert Ayers, a 2009 NFL first-round pick of the Denver Broncos; and Shaun Ellis, a Pro Bowler with the New York Jets. Others include Baltimore's Ray Lewis, Oakland's Richard Seymour, the New York Giants' Osi Umenyiora, Atlanta's Jonathan Babeneaux, the New York Jets' Bart Scott, San Diego's Larry English, Cleveland's Shaun Rogers and Seattle's Patrick Kerney, just to name a few.
In the 2009 NFL Draft, seven linemen selected in the first five rounds trained under Smith.
Smith also taught and instructed coaches from the professional to high school levels as part of Defensive Line Inc., a firm he started in 2001. Since then, Smith has concentrated his efforts on teaching and coaching what it takes to be a successful defensive lineman.
"I'm just excited about this opportunity to be a part of a program that believes not only in winning championships but also having champions off the field," Smith said. "Integrity always will be one of our goals."
Smith compiled 58 1/2 career sacks in nine NFL seasons and captained the Falcons' first and only Super Bowl appearance following the 1998 season. He later was voted "Best Defensive Lineman in Team History" by the Atlanta Falcons fans.
At Tennessee, Smith started at right defensive end in both of his UT playing seasons. He helped the Vols to 1990 SEC and Sugar Bowl championships and earned All-SEC honors for the 1991 Vols that advanced to the Fiesta Bowl. During his senior campaign, Smith made 13 of his 64 tackles behind the line of scrimmage. Nine of those stops were quarterbacks sacks for a combined minus-74 yards.
He then earned MVP honors at the Senior Bowl and was a second-round selection by Atlanta in the 1992 NFL Draft.
Dooley finalizes coaching staff with Jets' pass rush specialist
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Easter party for kids to be held Thursday
You won't need your Easter bonnet, but all kids ages 5 to 12 are invited to an Easter party at the New Anchor Inn, located at 466 Harmony Rd. in Young Township, in the downstairs banquet room, sponsored by Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) and B.K. Smith Auto Body in Punxsutawney.
Drinda Smith, event organizer, said there will be a Bible story, which will center on Judas, and there will also be games for the kids.
Smith said that there will be pizza and snacks for everyone, and the party begins right after the kids are dismissed from school at noontime on Thursday.
Pictured here is Mercy Smith with the Easter Bunny.
The CEF Easter Story House will be in the parking lot at Fezell's County Market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Good Friday, and all children are welcome to come and visit. Call 938-7349 for more information.


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Creating an Escape at Home: Decks
I grew up in back deck territory (aka the suburbs of North America), where every house had a sunny expanse of wooden decking in the back, and some at the front, as well. It's where we ate dinner every day from May through September, let our laundry air-dry, hosted busy BBQs and enjoyed solitary summer breakfasts.
Obviously, not every home has or can accommodate a deck, but if you have the yard space, carving out even a little portion or it for al fresco dining and/or seating can pay dividends — in resale value and in improved quality of life (at least in the summertime). Read on for tips and inspiration.
- This beautiful deck keeps it simple and functional with bench seating that doubles as storage. From Design*Sponge.
- This large and clever deck, spotted in New York Magazine, uses freestanding wooden platforms at different levels to create seating and eating areas. The platforms are raised for drainage and can be removed for maintenance.
- Sherry and John at Young House Love built their own deck, turning a narrow and awkward space on their lot into the perfect solution for dining al fresco.
- For those who live in mosquito-free climates, the indoor/outdoor deck is a wonderful way of expanding your living space. From flufflefritz.
- Perfect for suburban homes, this deck creates both privacy and shade, without sacrificing sunlight. From UKTV.
- If you can't build out, build up: a deck doesn't have to be in a backyard, as this sunny rooftop number from House to Home shows.
- A deck may not be in your house, but it's still part of your home, so bring in all the color and pattern you like. This deck, from Home Depot, has stencilled floors and cushions galore.
- When incorporating planters, think vertically and horizontally, and at all different levels, like this urban (but very green) deck illustrates. From Valkoinen Koti.
- Even the wood itself can be a feature; the shapes, colors and widths in this deck, from conceptLANDSCAPE, combine to create a unique look.
- If you're going to use the space at night, be sure to think about lighting. Candles and solar-powered lanterns are simple and effective, while built-in lighting requires forethought, and can transform the space. This deck from Desire to Inspire uses both to great effect.
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The D+M Group, made up of the brands Denon, Marantz, McIntosh and Boston Acoustics, is getting serious about speaker docks for your iDevices. I spent some time this week visiting with D+M product managers, and about half of the time was devoted to checking out the several new speaker docks the company is launching.
D+M is in some hefty company in this market. First off there's Bose, the company that started the premium speaker dock trend, but in addition there's Bowers and Wilkins, NAD, Bang & Olufsen, Monitor, Arcam and even Samsung with that company's new tube amp docks. High on the list of features is of course, AirPlay. As one Boston Acoustics' product manager correctly observed, people have gotten so accustomed to the ease of control that the iPhone and iPad provide that they don't want to replace experience with a remote—which is exactly what physical docks force users to do. AirPlay lets users keep the music source in their hands while the music itself comes from the speakers. Bluetooth, and to a somewhat lesser extent, DLNA, also offer a similar solution, and one or both of these are included in most of the new D+M dock products.
Boston Acoustics
The line up starts with Boston Acoustics, which offers an interesting wireless multiroom option. The $399 Music Center (MC350) dock is a straight-forward dock with Bluetooth. When matched with an MC Plus One speaker it becomes a simple multiroom system. The MC350 can transmit audio to the $250 MC Plus One up to 50 feet wirelessly via a Kleernet connection. Up to six MC Plus One units can be part of the audio network.
For people who want DLNA and AirPlay, the MC200 ($399) serves that need.
The latest entries from Denon are the Cocoon and the Cocoon Portable.
The Denon Cocoon is a 100 watt iPad/iPhone dock with internet ratio (through built-in vTuner), AirPlay, DLNA and a solid metal base for $599. The Cocoon Portable is a 25 percent smaller, 50 watt system with a 5-hour rechargeable battery. It's also weather resistant, so you can take it outside without too much fear. It will sell for $599.
D+M's flagship doc product is the Consolette. The company says it harkens to Marantz' old audiophile roots with a large round front (OLED) display and wood trim. The 150 watt system uses two 4-inch main drivers and 2 BMR tweeters. Included technology is a 9-band equalizer, AirPlay, FM tuner and DLNA. It will be offered at $1,199.
Check out the Denon and Marantz new home theater receivers here.
More about AirPlay and how to use it here.


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Associate Professor of Chemistry
The chemistry department has access to cutting-edge technologies that help the students become better associated with chemical analysis, and Dr. Robbie Montgomery is proud to be a part of the UT Martin chemistry department.
"We are very lucky in this department for the instrumentation that we have available to the students," Montgomery said of the technology. She continued, "The great thing here is that the instrumentation is here for the students and not just for research purposes. So, they get to use it, and we get the bonus of using it for research as well."
Montgomery's focus during her graduate research was centered on the separation of proteins. Since she began teaching at UT Martin, she has been able to continue with her studies, while her students are able to learn about the processes of protein separation.
She said, "Right now, I currently have seven research students and they have several different projects. One of the main projects is developing instrumentation to separate proteins." She continued, "There are a half million proteins and we have to find out more ways to separate them. We are working on a variation of isoelectric focusing to separate these proteins. I have a couple of students working on automating a system to do that, and then I have other students who are testing the samples to see if they do what they were going to do. We are testing to see if the method we're developing is actually working."
The UT Martin chemistry department is actively involved in the American Chemical Society, and Montgomery takes pride in seeing her dedicated students succeed. Lee Elliot, who recently graduated from UT Martin, was a standout student of Montgomery's. Last year, Elliot presented a poster at the American Chemical Society regional meeting in Baton Rouge, La. "And he won first price for his analytical poster of all of them that presented there. I was extremely proud of him," Montgomery commented.
Montgomery also has an interest in forensics, which is why she is looking forward to teaching a few new classes. "Just recently, [the department of chemistry and the college of engineering and natural sciences] have been working with the department of criminal justice. We have developed a forensics science concentration for students. So now, students can major in criminal justice with a concentration in forensics science. Most of the forensics science classes that they have to take will come through the chemistry department. I actually get to develop two new classes to teach for the forensics program. We also have a forensics class here for students wanting to go into the crime lab or work at TBI."
Chemistry is not an easy major, but for ambitious students who are willing to put time and energy into their work, their preparedness will be evident. Montgomery said, "Our graduates are extremely successful in going to professional schools, med schools, pharmacy schools; we have some in dental school, optometry school; nursing programs." She continued, "We've heard from many other universities in the health sciences that stay that the students that come from UTM, we know they are prepared for the course work there."
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Eight Teams Compete in the First Girard School Graduate Case Competition
"The competition was a real-world competitive business situation"
Your company has stumbled this year, after several years of strong growth. Top management has asked your team to make recommendations for a turnaround. You're allotted 30 minutes to make your case, 15 minutes to present it and 15 minutes to answer questions.
What do those top managers expect?
"I was looking for an analysis of the data involved in the situation, not just a restatement of the facts. I wanted to see if the teams could study the problem and produce a real-world solution that was also cost-effective and original," said Thomas M. Carroll, president of ReMax of Andover/North Andover.
Carroll is one of three business leaders closely connected to Merrimack College who judged the performances of Girard School master's students in a Marketing Analysis and Decision-Making class. The students worked on a case study – "HTC Corp. in 2012," published by the Harvard Business School.
Eight teams – of three or four students each – presented their recommendations for HTC's next steps to a first-round panel of two Girard faculty over two days. Those judges winnowed the field to three finalists, who presented to the three external executives on a Sunday afternoon.
Carroll – a Merrimack trustee – was joined by two Girard graduates: Wayne Bishop '92, marketing manager of Omicron in Waltham, and Chris Riley '93, district manager at RSA, the security division of EMC Corp.
"The winning team accomplished just what I was looking for and presented their solution in a coherent way that made financial sense. They studied the data and applied original thinking to the situation, not just repeating back the data. They also considered the cost of their solution and used excellent presentation and communication skills in the process," said Carroll, a 1982 accounting graduate of Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
The students learned the fundamentals of a business presentation, which – Riley said – "gets to the point and discusses customer impact, cost, resources required, planned benefit and competition."
"A business school presentation and a business presentation are very different," said Joanna Petrucci '12, a graduate student. "In business school, especially undergrad, you add a lot of fluff."
"A business presentation needs to be strong and well presented, telling your audience what points you want to make throughout the presentation, when you are about to make those points, when you are making those points and referencing back to the points you made," explained Petrucci, who works as a talent acquisition coordinator at Talent Retriever in North Andover.
The students spent two months reviewing the 25-page case study of HTC, Asia's second-largest handset manufacturer. After several years of growth, by 2012, the company had run into a patent infringement dispute with Apple. Its two main operating system suppliers, Google and Microsoft, had formed partnerships with its competitors, and it was struggling to enter the tablet market against the iPad.
The case study concluded with the questions confronting HTC: How could it differentiate itself from its competitors? Should it license another OS or develop its own? Should a top smartphone manufacturer also aim for prominence in tablets? And what should its intellectual property strategy be?
The teams submitted a three-page case analysis and a presentation plan with PowerPoint slides to their professor, Associate Dean Julie Fitzmaurice, for her review before first-round judging. William Paul '69, a strategy consultant who also teaches marketing courses at Merrimack, joined Dean Mark Cordano as first-round judges.
"The competition was a real-world competitive business situation, which I think for many of the participants, was new and a completely different situation with real consequences different from a pure classroom problem," said Paul, who currently is teaching Retail Management.
The teams that advanced "correctly identified the key issues and recommended courses of action that were correct, logical and supported with the appropriate interpretation of the facts present in the case," Paul said. "They did the best job of selling their analysis and recommendations."
Cordano met with the three final teams, coaching them on how to structure and deliver a professional business presentation.
For Sean Peterson, "It was humbling when Dean Cordano suggested to virtually edit and re-order our entire presentation, the same presentation that propelled my group into the final round."
But, Peterson said, "the finished product from this critique brought our presentation to another level."
"The dean made it very clear that the three business professionals were not looking to see an academic presentation; rather, they wanted a business proposal," said Alyssa Wertz '12, a graduate student.
"The winning team did an outstanding job of communicating their recommendations and making the best use of their PowerPoint slides," said Bishop, who studied business administration at Girard. "They conveyed their message in a concise way and gave a very convincing argument why their recommendations were the best way to move the corporation forward."
Time is of the essence in the business world. "We learned that business professionals want you to get straight to the point you are trying to make," said Jordan Jean '12, a graduate student.
Kelsey Mason's team prepared 15 slides for its PowerPoint presentation, "the same way we would have if we were presenting in front of a classroom full of students and a professor." After meeting with Cordano, the team cut the presentation to eight slides "without getting rid of any important information and, overall, I think that meeting made our presentation much better," said Mason '12, a graduate student.
"Having an idea and executing is almost always better than the status quo," said Riley, who majored in finance and minored in economics at Girard. He and the other judges questioned the three finalist teams closely on the financing of their plans.
"The ability to cost justify your idea in the presentation is extremely important to all businesses, and I believe the students learned that very well," said Carroll.
"The judges asked questions as if they were looking to invest in our ideas," said Mason. In its meetings, her team hadn't considered all of those points, "which made answering on the spot difficult, but allowed us to show our knowledge of the case outside of the information we presented," she said.
Ashley Varano's team was stumped when asked how its short-term recommendation would help in the long term.
"We all took a minute and scrambled to come up with a sophisticated answer, until my teammate, Ethan Weaver, frankly said, 'It doesn't.' The judges all smiled and said, 'Good answer,' " said Varano '08, social media manager at Esquire Solutions in Boston.
Carroll calls a case study analysis "thinking in the workplace," the key lesson he hopes the students take from the case competition:
"Most employers know they can teach employees their business and they'll be successful, but the employees that think on their own, and apply it to the work, add significantly to the process and become more valuable to the company," he said. "These are the people that grow quickly through the ranks to executive positions."
Bishop is confident these students are on that path: "Today's Merrimack students take their school work very seriously, put in long hours to make sure that they are prepared and are always looking at ways in which they can enrich their learning experience."


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Dan74 wrote: Running away from life is contrary to Buddhadhamma. Whatever our responsibilities are, whatever our environment is, this is our kamma, this is where we practice and develop brahma-viharas. Developing aversion to life, feelings and responsibilities is a way of nihilism, an escapist fantasy that leads to a dead end rather than awakening, which always faces the here-and-now directly. Engaging fully, mindfully, with a mind clear, holding nothing back, is how we see through the delusion, how we develop the brahmaviharas, the factors conducive to awakening and finally turn towards practice with 100% commitment.
Running away from existence IS BUDDHA DHAMMA. Samsara is tough and rotten to the core... It is like a sinking ship, a burning house. Some people choose to escape it.
Just as a tiny bit of faeces has a bad smell, so I do not recommend even a tiny bit of existence, not even for so long as a fingersnap. (AN 1, 18)
A simile might help. A person born in a harsh prison, raised in that prison, who has spent all their time in the prison, can only know prison life. They don't even suspect that anything beyond their prison can exist. So they make the best of prison. Those who think positively, because they have gone to prison seminars, begin to think that the harsh prison is instead a wonderful place. They even compose songs like "All jails bright and beautiful ... the good Lord made them all"! Others get involved with social service, compassionately decorating the prison cells of others. When someone gets tortured or otherwise punished in jail, they think something has gone wrong and look for someone to blame. If someone suggests that it is the very nature of jail to be suffering, then they are dismissed as a pessimist and told to "Get a life!". One full moon night, a prisoner discovers a door leading out of the jail and goes through. Only then does he realize that jail was inherently suffering and you can't make it otherwise. He goes back to tell his fellow prisoners. Most don't believe him. They can't even imagine anything other than their jail. When he says that the jail is suffering and the cessation of imprisonment is happiness, he is accused by one and all of escapism.
Sometimes people rebuke me saying "You monks are just trying to escape from the real world!".
I reply "Well done! At last someone else has understood Buddhism!"
What's wrong with escapism, especially when one realises that the real world is the harsh prison
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Curry's Late Game Heroics Lead 'Cats to Comeback Victory at Elon
Dunk photo credit: Tim Cowie
Dribbling photo credit: Elon website
Dunk photo credit: Tim Cowie
Dribbling photo credit: Elon website
Atlantic 10 Conference Coach of the Year: 2015
Southern Conference Coach of the Year: 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013
All-Time Winningest Coach in Davidson College History (495 wins and counting)
All-Time Winningest Coach in Southern Conference History
NCAA Tournament: 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008 (Elite Eight), 2012, 2013
NIT: 1994, 1996, 2005 (advanced to round of 16), 2009, 2014
Southern Conference Tournament Champions: 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013
Southern Conference North Division Champions: 1996
Southern Conference North Division Co-Champions: 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003
Southern Conference South Division Co-Champions: 2004
Southern Conference South Division Champions: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013
Southern Conference Champions: 2014
Atlantic 10 Conference Champions: 2015
In December 1968, Sport Illustrated featured Davidson (Mike Maloy) on it's cover as one of the three teams (UNC & Kentucky also featured) that could challenge John Wooden's UCLA Bruins and their stranglehold on the national title.
As a Davidson alum ('94), I am interested in what is happening with the basketball team. Since Davidson is such a small school, there is very little coverage. I thought I might try to consolidate what little coverage our team gets. I hope you will enjoy.
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Out with toxic fescue and in with new novel-endophyte fescue. That is the theme for two one-day grazing schools, March 18 at Mount Vernon, Mo., and March 21 at Linneus, Mo.
State fescue schools at Mount Vernon, Linneus in March
Out with toxic fescue and in with new novel-endophyte fescue. That is the theme for two one-day grazing schools, March 18 at Mount Vernon, Mo., and March 21 at Linneus, Mo.
"We've learned to eradicate Kentucky 31 fescue," said Craig Roberts, University of Missouri Extension specialist. "Now we have several novel-endophyte fescue varieties to replace the toxic grass."
Nontoxic fescues are best suited for managed grazing, Roberts said. Toxic fescues survive continuous grazing.
Livestock prefer new varieties so much they overgraze them. That can kill new plantings. "To be successful, the new varieties need careful grazing," Roberts said. "Management protects the investment."
The grazing schools will be held at the MU Southwest Research Center in Lawrence County and MU Forage Systems Research Center in Linn County. The centers have comparison plots of all novel-endophyte varieties. The plots will be grazed this year.
The schools are planned by the Alliance for Grassland Renewal. The group brings fescue seed companies together with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, MU Extension and farmers.
"The schools are patterned after the popular grazing schools, now held statewide," Roberts said.
After the two new grazing schools the specialists plan to conduct regional schools in future years.
"We've known for years that infected fescue reduced grazing gains and cut reproduction in livestock," Roberts said. "Now we have varieties that boost livestock production."
Early attempts to replace Kentucky 31 failed when endophyte-free fescue was introduced. The plants need the endophyte.
Endophyte is a fungus that lives between the cells in grass plants. The old endophyte produced toxins that protect fescue against drought, diseases, insects and nematodes. The toxin also reduces animal grazing.
The novel endophytes protect the grass but don't poison the livestock. "Farmers must control grazing on the new varieties to help maintain the stands."
Financial returns to grazing will increase, Roberts said. That becomes important with rising cattle prices and higher feed costs.
An early part of the schools will teach how to kill toxic fescue. "K31 variety is hard to kill," Roberts said. "The replacement recipe must be followed closely. We want producers to be successful-and gain more returns from pastures."
The school will show how to test fescue fields to see if they should be replaced.
The Alliance limits enrollment in the first trial state schools. The fees will be $60 single or $110 per couple. That includes lunch, breaks and a notebook of materials.
To enroll at the Southwest Center, Mount Vernon, contact Carla at 417-466-2148 or email@example.com. At FSRC, contact Tamie at 660-895-5121 or email@example.com.
In addition to MU Extension and NRCS, seed company representatives will participate. Companies are Barenbrug, DLF, AgResearch, Pennington and Mountain View. A toxin-testing service, Agrinostic, will help.
Source: Craig Roberts, 573-882-0481; 573-228-2802 (cell)


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The award-winning Department of Communication at Oklahoma Christian University has excellent opportunities for hands-on educational experience. OC's mass communication alumni have gone on to work in TV, radio, film, and other media professions around the world.
Eagle Angle is a student-operated television weekly news program broadcast on Cox Communications in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa markets. Students go into the field to report on events around OC and the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Students also have the opportunity to anchor the newscast or work on the technical side running cameras, floor managing, technical directing, producing, and directing. Click here to watch archived editions of Eagle Angle.
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Students also handle the production of the OC's home basketball game broadcasts on Cox in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, and do live radio play-by-play of all OC basketball games. Click here to watch or listen to OC basketball broadcasts.
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CHAPEL HILL – The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce is hosting a press conference announcing twelve individuals as members of the inaugural class of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Business Hall of Fame.
The announcement will be made Friday from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Spanky's Restaurant. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Business Hall of Fame honors individuals with a record of achievements demonstrating excellence in business and who have made positive impacts on our community.
The induction will take place on November 13 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Carolina Inn. Tickets to the Hall of Fame Gala, a black-tie event include a cocktail hour, live-music, and three course meal. Tickets are $200 per person or $300 for a pair. To register and get tickets click here.
The Orange County Department on Aging and its advisory board are sponsoring two Master Aging Plan public meetings next week.
Wednesday October 2 – Seymour Center in Chapel Hill from 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Thursday October 3 – Central Orange Senior Center in Hillsborough from 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
These meetings are an opportunity to learn the new facts of the Orange County Master Aging Plan and to recognize the accomplishments made in the first year of the five-year plan. Staff will also outline the priorities for the second year like improving transportation access, housing options, fall risk reduction efforts, and more.
You can call the Department of Aging for more questions on the Master Aging Plan at 919-245-4276.
The Orange County Public Library Carrboro Branch is inviting the public to a Fabric Art Workshop on Sunday October 6 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Textile artist, Ali Givens will lead the workshop and help participants to cut and paste fabric onto canvas to create original designs. The workshop is free, but limited to 20 people, so be sure to call the OCPL to register in advance.
The OCPL Carrboro Branch Library Branch is located in McDougle Middle at Fayetteville Road in Chapel Hill. To register for the event click here.


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Fatty Arbuckle
Actor and comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle at the Joseph Henry Steiners Birthday Party, date unknown. Arbuckle climbed to fame as an actor, most notable in the "Keystone Kops," a series of one-reel comedies, but then behind the camera as a director. He founded a successful film company that discovered actor Buster Keaton. After signing a $1 million, three-year contract with Paramount in 1921 Arbuckle began a three-day celebration in San Francisco. Young starlet Virginia Rappe became ill and died and Arbuckle was charged with her murder. The ensuing trial, ending in Arbuckle's aquittal, ruined his once promising career.
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All the crispies, chewies, cuties, crinklies, decorated and non-decorated ones.... There's one for everyone! Many of them are Oatmeal cookies, there are eggless ones too. Decorated ones, chocolate ones, novelty cookies, you name it, its here!! Cookies which we have grown to love, and those which are a great new addition to our favourites.. All of them make great Home-made Holiday treats to one's friends and family!
2. Almond Coconut Cookies from Anu Sriram of Chandrabhaga.
3. Cookies filled with jam and nuts from Happy Cook of My Kitchen treasures.
4. Vegan Rice Krispies Oatmeal Cookies from Priya Suresh of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes.
5. Vegan Choco-oats Cookies from Priya Suresh of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes.
6. Oatmeal Cookies in a Jiffy!! (No-bake) from Sukanya of Sukanya's Musings.
7. Snowflake cookies from Soma of eCurry.
8. Benne biscuits from Kalai of Samaithu Paarkalaam.
9. Eggless Oat Cookies from Kalai of Samaithu Paarkalaam.
10. Oats and Dates Cookies from Mahimaa of Indian Vegetarian Kitchen.
11. Oatmeal Cookies with a surprise from Preety of Preety's Kitchen.
12. Peanut Butter Cookies from Sukanya Ramkumar of Hot n' Sweet Bowl.
13. Walnut Crunchies from Poonam of Poonam's Kitchen.
14. Christmas Cookies from Uma of Essence of Andhra.
15. Eggless Butter Cookies from Renuka of Fusion.
16. Chocolate Crinkles from Harini of Tongue-ticklers.
17. Eggless Pudding Cookies from Madhuram of Eggless Cooking.
18. Jam Thumbprint Cookies from Mansi of Fun and Food Cafe.
19. Chocolate Nutella Cookies from Mansi of Fun and Food Cafe.
20. Eggless Chocolate Cookies from Gayathri Gopinath of My Adigemane.
21. Holiday Lights Cookie tree from Aquadaze of Served with Love.
22. Cranberry & Apricot Swirl Cookies from Purva Desai of Purva's Daawat.
23. Dark Chocolate Pecan Cookies from Yasmeen of Healthnut.
24. Thumbprint Cookies from Sowmya of Creative Saga.
Decadent Cakes :
Since it was the Christmas season, there are a lot of Christmas Fruit Cakes which seems to be very popular among our bloggers! But there are other options too, ranging from Stocking cakes to Red Velvet Cakes to Yule logs to Cheesecakes, even including a microwave cake! One could take a tip or two from some of the elaborately decorated cakes, but it also gives an idea that simplicity is also fantastic, especially for fruit cakes! There must be something here to please everybody, dont you think!?
1. Christmas Fruit Cake from Cham of Spice-club.
2. Spiced Cranberry Raisin Bundt Cake from Soma of eCurry.
3. Red Velvet Fruit Cake from Roopa of My Kitchen treats.
4. Fruit Cake from Aparna of Sumi's Weblog.
5. Chocolate Christmas Cake from Priya Suresh of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes.
6. Vegan Date Cake from Laavanya of Cookery Corner.
7. Apple Cake from Kalai of Samaithu Paarkalaam.
8. Rich Fruit Christmas Cake from Swapna Mickey of Swapna's Cuisine.
9. Eggless Vanilla Cake from EC of Simple Indian Food.
10. Eggless Tutti Fruity Cake (in microwave!) from Ramya of Pennin(g) my Cooking.
11. Christopsomo from Soma of eCurry.
12. Pineapple Upside-down Cake from Susan of Foodblogga.
13. Rich Rum Fruit Cake from Soma of eCurry.
14. Christmas Fruit Cake from Chandani of Chai's Corner.
15. Christmas Stocking Cake from Aquadaze of Serving with Love.
16. Christmas Cake from Divya Kudua of Easy Cooking.
17. Yule log from Aquadaze of Serving with Love.
18. Tropical Cheesecake from Gopi Shah of Health N Taste.
19. Rich Fruit Christmas Cake from Swapna Mickey of Swapna's Cuisine.
20. Apple Tatin Cake from Ranjeetha of Ranji's Kitchen Corner.
21. Christmas Fruits & Nuts Savarin Cake from Priya of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes.
Delicious Custards & Puddings:
Hmm... Who could not love the Custards and Puddings, ranging from the all-time favourites like Caramel custard to bread pudding to creative originals like berrylicious desserts and ones dunk in chocolate!! There are quick ones, easy ones and elegant ones, one for every occasion!!
1. Very Berry Surprise from Purva Desai of Purva's Daawat.
2. Bread Milk Pudding from Priya Suresh of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes.
3. Layers of Chocolate Delight from Anupama of Food-n-more.
4. Fruit Custard from EC of Simple Indian Food.
5. Caramel Custard (Flan) from Vandana of Cooking up something nice.
6. Caramel Pudding from Sudeshna Banerjee of Here I Cook.
7. Quick Pudding from Renuka of Fusion.
Cuddly Cupcakes, Muffins, Tarts & Pies:
Christmas spirit had the creativity flowing in our dear friends with cute Christmas-sy snow-y cupcakes, healthy muffins (seems like orange flavor is a hit among us!), elaborate tarts and the famous Lemon Meringue Pie. There is also a healthy challah bread and home-made cinnamon rolls from our friends!!
1. Christmas Cupcakes from HappyCook of My Kitchen Treasures.
2. Christmas Cupcakes from Uma of Essence of Andhra.
3. Let It Snow Cupcakes from Bharti Khemani of Veggie Foodist.
4. Christmas Morning Muffins from Priya Suresh of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes.
5. Home-made Cinnamon Rolls from Kara Stevenson of What's Kookin'.
6. Fruit Challah from Yasmeen of Healthnut.
7. Eggless Orange Muffin from Archana Pritish of Archy's Recipe Book.
8. Almond Orange Muffins from Yasmeen of Healthnut.
9. French Apple Tart from Priya Suresh of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes.
10. Lemon Meringue Pie from Swapna Mickey of Swapna's Cuisine.
Irresistible Fudge, Bars & Brownies:
Chewy, sticky, gooey fudges, bars and brownies are the best medicine for a sugar-sick soul! But many of our friends prove that there can be healthy options too! There are ones with fruits, chocolate, nuts - eggless ones and sugar free ones - ones that can be made quickly in the microwave too - familiar ones and new flavors!!
1. Dates and Nut Fudge from Mahimaa of Indian Vegetarian Kitchen.
2. Khajur (Dates) Ladoo from Chandani of Chai's Corner.
3. Rice Krispies Bars from Priya Suresh of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes.
4. Decadent Eggless Cookie Bars from Madhuram of Eggless Cooking.
5. Chocolate Chip Fudge Brownies from Navita Hakim of Zaayeka.
6. Banana brownies from Navita Hakim of Zaayeka.
7. Chocolate and Walnut Brownies from Purva Desai of Purva's Daawat.
8. Sizzling Brownies (in the microwave!!) from Preeti of Khaugiri.
Santa's Holiday Challenge giveaway - details:
Because of the high number of entries, the judging will be done in two stages. The entries would be classified into 5 as in the round-up. There will be a voting poll on my blog next week for each of these 5 categories. Please pick 3 from each category - the ones you find to be the best. At the end of the first poll, the top 3 entries from each category will be put to vote again, to decide the winners.
The first prize winner will get a $20 gift card, the second place winner will win a $10 gift card and the third place winner will be featured on Tasty treats!
In short:
1. Vote for your 3 favourite entries in each of the five categories.
2. Please check back for the final voting list with 15 entries.
3. Vote again to pick our winners!!
The first voting starts on 12:00 AM Tuesday, 13 January and will be open till 11:59 PM Sunday 18 January. The date for the second voting will be announced as soon as the poll is compiled.
Thanks again for all the support. Have a great day!!


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|Brandon Roberts
During the National Football Foundation and College Hall of
Fame's 45th Annual Awards dinner, before a sold-out crowd at the
Waldorf-Astoria, it was announced that Brandon Roberts of
Washington U. was the 2002 HealthSouth Draddy Award
Often referred to as the "Academic Heisman," the award is given to the nation's top scholar-athlete and awards a $25,000 postgraduate scholarship. Roberts is the first non-Division I player to receive the award.
Roberts has earned high honors in working towards a degree in biomedical engineering while establishing himself as one of the nation's elite linebackers. A regular Dean's List selection, Roberts earned Verizon Academic All-America second-team honors in 2001 and is a three-time member of the UAA all-Academic team.
A Golden Key International Honor Society member, he has twice earned Verizon Academic All-District honors and has received the Ralph Bunche, Washington University Stanley C. Pace Engineering and Akron Urban League Scholarship Awards.
A two-time first-team all-UAA selection, Roberts played an integral part of a defense that ranked in the top 20 nationally in each of the his first three seasons. Through six games in the 2002 season, he led the conference with 68 tackles ranking him 19th in the nation, before suffering a season-ending knee injury. With 338 career tackles and 12½ sacks, he ranks among the greatest defensive players ever to play for Washington University.
College football playing student-athletes must be a senior or graduate student in their final year of eligibility, have a grade point average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale), have shown superior academic application and performance, have outstanding football ability as a first team player, and have demonstrated outstanding leadership and citizenship to be eligible for The National Football Foundation's Scholar-Athlete Awards.


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Farmer's Market Report: Portland, Oregon
Heading out to the downtown Portland Farmer's Market this past Saturday was like one big, collective sigh – it seemed everyone knew to get in one great visit before the winter sets in and produce gets scarce. The leaves fell softly to the ground and I took in the scene. I am so thankful to partake in one of the best farmer's markets in the world! Find out about what makes this spot so unbelievable, after the jump.
While shopping for a new city to move to post-college, Portland, OR was high on my list. We hiked in the forest, drank strong coffees and hung out in a fantastic book store, but it was a morning of browsing, sampling and eating at the Portland PSU Farmer's Market that made me swoon. I declared, "This is it!" About five years later, I am still captivated by the bountiful organic produce, diversity of prepared foods, tender baked goods and general happiness that seems to envelop everyone who steps foot on the grounds. It's an incredible feast for all the senses, one that after making my way through many markets throughout the world, I still feel is the most spectacular.
The Portland Farmer's Market is home to more than 250 vendors, chef demonstrations, kids classes, and musical entertainment. It is held every Saturday from March through December. It's a weekly event that truly nourishes the community, in the tummy and soul. As a weekly shopper, I've grown to know several of the vendors and now count them as friends, it's that type of atmosphere.
My shopping list includes a seasonal rotation of produce, as well as a few food items I cannot live without.
Shopping List of Market specialties:
• Pearl Bakery's chocolate panini– it's a roll, mixed with bittersweet cocoa powder and chocolate chips, and it is as amazing as it sounds.
• Freddy Guys' roasted hazelnuts– recently featured in Martha Stewart with good reason, these crisp hazelnuts are the most flavorful I've ever had
• Zuppa Soups' South Indian dhal– Simon, the owner, makes this simple, nourishing soup (perfect on a gray day) and loads it up with mango chutney, cilantro and a little plain yogurt
• LoveJoy Foods' Caprese sandwich– Jo, the chef and owner, makes this amazing sandwich on salted Foccacia bread and covers the tomatoes in a generous glug of extra virgin olive oil
• Monteillet Fromagerie's Provencal goat cheese– this French and American artisan cheese-making couple have created rich and tangy goat cheese that elevates a meal from the ordinary to the sublime. I always buy it for special family dinners. Joan and Pierre Louis sip red wine and laugh whole-heartedly while doling out delicious samples.
I carve out a special spot in my weekly budget for one or two of these other-worldly treats. This purposeful purchase or two brings me great joy. I always leave this place feeling relaxed and renewed, with a sense that the farmers, chefs and artisans of Portland are among the best in the world. I'm such a lucky lady!
• Visit the Market: Portland Farmer's Market
Related: A Food-Lover's Guide to Portland, Oregon
(Images: Leela Cyd Ross)


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Report covering activities from late 2007 to December 2008.
Changes in the structure of your organization.
Christian Seifert has relocated to Seattle and Peter Komisarczuk and Ian Welch from Victoria University have taken on the lead role in the Chapter for 2009. We would like to thank Christian for running the chapter for the last couple of years, as well as leading the research and development of our client honeypot development at Victoria University of Wellington.
The chapter remains fairly informal. Christian remains as a key contributor and architect of Capture-HPC, Capture-BAT and HoneyC remotely. Christian has also recruited Chiraag Aval to the chapter, Chiraag is a researcher at Washington University who is working on bare metal support for Capture-HPC at this time. We have two new PhD students working on developing mobile exploit detection and AI tools for analysis.
The chapter has reviewed its membership recently, and is developing plans for the further R&D of client honeypot technology, further deployment and measurement of drive-by-downloads and analysis tools.
List current chapter members and their activities
Dr Peter Komisarczuk, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington, coordinator/supervisor
Dr Ian Welch, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington, coordinator/supervisor
Mr Christian Seifert, PhD student, Victoria University of Wellington, and at Microsoft, Redmond, USA, architect of Capture, lead researcher.
Mr David Stirling, MSc student, Victoria University of Wellington, developer of scalable client honeypots using Grid technology, operations manager of client honeypot deployment for 2008.
Mr Radek Hes, Programmer, Victoria University of Wellington, developer.
Mr Ramon Steenson, associated with Victoria University of Wellington, developer of Capture.
Mr Russell Fulton, Information Security Officer, University of Auckland.
Mr Bojan Zdrnja, University of Auckland.
Fahim Abbasi, PhD student, Massey University, researcher.
Chiraag Aval, MSc student, University of Washington, USA, researcher and developer.
Recent student members and summer research assistants:
Mr Pacharawit Topark-Ngarm, PhD student, Victoria University of Wellington, researcher mobile client honeypots, developer and client honeypot operations 2009.
Mr Van Lam Le, PhD student, Victoria University of Wellington, researcher AI techniques for analysis, developer and client honeypot operations 2009.
Mr Ryan Chard, Honours student/research assistant, Victoria University of Wellington, developer.
Mr David Fowler, undergraduate student/research assistant, Victoria University of Wellington, developer.
List current technologies deployed.
The University of Auckland have continued to provide a GDH node. This will continue through 2009.
A client honeypot deployment is provided through the University of Wellington (sponsored partially by InternetNZ and Victoria University). The client honeypot has been deployed and operational since April 2008. Several reports have been written and presentations provided at InternetNZ, Kiwicon Hacker conference and the NZ-BTF, and an academic paper is being prepared. It is intended to maintain this deployment through 2009 and data is being shared with the New Zealand Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection, and AusCERT.
A generation III honeypot (roo) was hosted at Victoria University on a temporary basis for researcher Fahim Abbasi at Massey University. This will be supported by Massey University in 2009. The project identified and investigated design problems in building Virtual Honeynets and Fahim is in the process of compiling a comprehensive explanatory report. Special emphasis was laid on planning to achieve maximum logging capability within the available resources. The project was up for a period of just over 2 months, in which the system isolated 5 successful compromises and various types of attacks, summary of which will be published in a report in 2009.
Activity timeline: Highlight attacks, compromises, and interesting information collected.
See the presentations and papers listed for highlights of results primarily from the client honeypot deployment. Information of interest is currently recorded in Christian Seifert's blog, see http://homepages.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/~cseifert/blog/index.php
List any new tools, projects or ideas you are currently researching or developing.
Future work on developing Capture-HPC, Capture-BAT and HoneyC are primarily discussed in the next section. New work has started in a number of areas and we have released a new tool:
1. Christian Seifert has developed FFDetect (a Java library for detecting Fast Flux domains) which is based on a Thorsten Holz paper and the Team Cymru ASN service (the tool is available at: http://homepages.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/~cseifert/FFDetect/index.shtml)
2. Hybrid high interaction and low interaction client honeypot. A research prototype is under development. This hybrid model will allow systems to provide faster scanning of web servers/pages.
3. Web services wrapping of Capture-HPC for large-scale deployment of client honeypots using BPEL workflows and Grid computing (Globus GT4). A prototype will be tested in Q1/2009, a production version may be developed for release later in 2009.
4. Mobile client honeypot research has begun in late 2008 and will carry on through to 2011. The tools developed may be released – depending on limitations imposed by funding sources.
5. AI analysis tools for automated client honeypot results began in late 2007 and will carry on through to 2011. Tools may be released periodically, dependent on limitations imposed by funding received.
At the University of Washington there are two specific projects:
6. Developing a Bare-metal version of Capture-HPC. This version would work without involvement of virtual machines. This work would include a study analyzing the kind of attacks which are not caught by the current version of Capture-HPC as malware can detect and avoid Virtual Machines.
7. Extending Capture-HPC by hooking the browser to give more information (like what activeX components are loaded on each page, etc.) and probably answer some interesting research questions on how activeX components can be used to compromise machines.
List tools you enhanced during the last year
Capture-HPC is a high interaction client honeypot system. It has been greatly enhanced in 2008. The current production release of the Capture-HPC is 2.5.1, see https://projects.honeynet.org/capture-hpc/wiki/Releases for current release information and prior releases.
Capture-HPC is currently being extended in a number of areas:
The development and testing is expected to be complete in Q2/2009. Future options for development work on Capture-HPC are documented at https://projects.honeynet.org/capture-hpc/wiki/Proposals. This is to be discussed at the Honeynet Workshop February 2009.
Capture-BAT is a behavioral analysis tool of applications for the Win32 operating system family. Capture BAT is able to monitor the state of a system during the execution of applications and processing of documents, which provides an analyst with insights on how the software operates even if no source code is available. Capture-BAT is the analysis tool at the heart of Capture-HPC client. See https://www.honeynet.org/node/315.
Capture-BAT will be updated to include the functionality to be released in the next major release of Capture-HPC. See the description above, and should be ready for release sometime in Q2/2009. It is our aim to keep Capture-BAT and Capture-HPC development in step as far as possible.
HoneyC is a low interaction client honeypot framework that allows us to find malicious web servers on a network. Instead of using a fully functional operating system and client to perform this task, HoneyC uses emulated clients that are able to solicit as much of a response from a server that is necessary for the analysis of malicious content. Version 1.3.0 was released on 19th January 2008, see https://projects.honeynet.org/honeyc/wiki/Releases, for more information. No development plans are currently in place to extend HoneyC. New low interaction systems, based on the principles described in publication [1] are in the research phase. Release of these new tools has not yet been decided.
Would you like to integrate this with any other tools, or are you looking for help or collaboration with others in testing / developing tool?
We are open to work with other chapters, depending on available (usually manpower) resources. We are looking to extend the analysis offered through Capture-HPC by including for example geo-location of malicious servers and exploit servers. We expect to reuse some components from various other projects such as Nepenthese (asn, geoip), ffdetect, and add in statistics and graphs. We would be happy to receive guidance and information on potential tools that could be used.
Explain what kind of help or tools or collaboration you are interested in.
We are open to work with other chapters, depending on available (usually manpower) resources. As we develop our analysis tools we will need further data sets for AI training purposes.
We would like to extend our client honeypot deployment as one thesis we would like explore is whether location is a large factor in delivery of exploits. Auckland University has offered to deploy a client honeypot.
Highlight any unique findings, attacks, tools, or methods.
In [1] we presents a novel classification method for detecting malicious web pages that involves inspecting the underlying static attributes of the initial HTTP response and HTML code. Because malicious web pages import exploits from remote resources and hide exploit code, static attributes characterizing these actions can be used to identify a majority of malicious web pages. Combining high-interaction client honeypots and this new classification method into a hybrid system leads to significant performance improvements.
Paper [2] presents a novel classification method for detecting malicious web pages that involves inspecting the underlying server relationships. Because of the unique structure of malicious front-end web pages and centralized exploit servers, merely counting the number of domain name extensions and DNS servers used to resolve the host names of all web servers involved in rendering a page is sufficient to determine whether a web page is malicious or benign, independent of the vulnerable web browser targeted by these pages. Combining high-interaction client honeypots and this new classification method into a hybrid system leads to performance improvements.
In [3] we discuss that merely recording the network traffic is insufficient to perform an efficient forensic analysis of an attack. Custom tools need to be developed to access and examine the embedded data of the network protocols. Once the information is extracted from the network data, it cannot be used to perform a behavioral analysis on the attack, therefore limiting the ability to answer what exactly happened on the attacked system. Implementation of a record / replay mechanism is proposed that allows the forensic examiner to easily extract application data from recorded network streams and allows applications to interact with such data for behavioral analysis purposes. A concrete implementation of such a setup for HTTP and DNS protocols using the HTTP proxy Squid and DNS proxy pdnsd is presented and its effect on digital forensic analysis demonstrated.
In [4] we show that applications that aim to defraud the victim are the primary malware type identified and show that antivirus products are only able to detect, on average, approximately 70% of any malware pushed in a drive-by-download attack.
In the KYE paper "Behind the scenes of Malicious Web Servers" [5] we increase our understanding of malicious web servers through analysis of several web exploitation kits that have appeared in 2006/07: WebAttacker, MPack, and IcePack. Our discoveries will necessitate adjustments on how we think about malicious web servers and will have direct implications on client honeypot technology and future studies.
In [6] we present the design and analysis of a new algorithm for high interaction client honeypots for finding malicious servers on a network. The algorithm uses the divide-and-conquer paradigm and results in a considerable performance gain over the existing sequential algorithm used in Capture-HPC. The performance gain not only allows the client honeypot to inspect more servers with a given set of identical resources, but it also allows researchers to increase the classification delay to investigate false negatives incurred by the use of artificial time delays in current solutions. The divide and conquer algorithm, as well as a bulk algorithm (as used by the Mitre honeypot) is incorporated in release 2.5.1 of the Capture-HPC, see https://projects.honeynet.org/capture-hpc/wiki/Releases.
In [8] we introduce the Grid Enabled Internet Instrument (GEII, http://homepages.ecs.vuw.ac.nz/~peterk/geii/) concept and discuss instruments that are being developed at Victoria University to measure Internet quality. The first instrument is a Grid version of the network telescope for studying Internet Background Radiation (IBR) and the second is a hybrid client honeypot system using high and low interaction devices for scanning the web for malicious content and servers. The GEII framework is a work in progress and in [7] we overview how workflows using BPEL and Grid computing could be used for the deployment of client honeypots.
In [9] we discuss strategies for sampling Internet Background Radiation (IBR) with network telescopes. The paper is based on the thesis by Dean Pemberton, which contains some analysis of the 210GB IBR trace that was captured on a \16 network telescope, see http://homepages.ecs.vuw.ac.nz/~peterk/geii/dean-pemberton-thesis.pdf. The dataset is available to researchers as a compressed pcap archive (DATCAT, http://www.datcat.org/).
From the virtual honeypot deployment Fahim indicates that there were a few notable observations including a high rise in MSSQL worm propagation (September to November). Attack analysis lead to an insight on botnet formation by various hacker groups. It was concluded that European hackers compromise a large number of not very well patched and insecure hosts at China, and thus utilize their resources for achieving their goals. Fahim also studied various aspects of effectively informing administrators of infected networks about the illicit use and abuse of their resources by the hackers. Sophisticated hackers are now using encryption to mask their irc bot logs. Hackers have automated their attack tools and have thus increased their attack efficiency. Some of their tools have been isolated from compromised honeypots. Fahim is investigating how to inform web hosting companies of hacker tools, warez and rootkits being hosted by the attackers and thus abusing their services.
Any trends seen in the past year?
Our main activity has been around the detection of drive-by-download servers in the .nz domain. The number of detected web servers indicates no clear trend of increasing malicious server numbers in the .nz domain. The data below indicates the number of confirmed malicious servers detected from April to November 2008. Refer to our publications for more information, a detailed paper on the .nz scan is expected in 2009.
April 51
May (No measurement available)
June 62
July 97
August 78
September 77
October 88
November 62
Table 1. Number of malicious web servers detected on the .nz domain from April to November 2008.
What are you using for data analysis?
A variety of tools, spreadsheet, some analysis in R (IBR analysis).
What is working well, and what is missing, what data analysis functionality would you like to see developed?
As discussed above.
Are you working on or did you publish any papers or presentations, such as KYE or academic papers? If yes, please provide a description and link (if possible)
Working on several papers related to client honeypots and IBR/network telescopes, to be published in 2009.
[1] Seifert, C., Komisarczuk, P., Welch, I., Identification of Malicious Web Pages with Static Heuristics. in the Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, ATNAC 2008, December 2008, Adelaide, Australia.
[2] Seifert, C., Komisarczuk, P., Welch, I., Aval, C. U., and Endicott-Popovsky, B. Identification of Malicious Web Pages Through Analysis of Underlying DNS and Web Server Relationships. in 4th IEEE LCN Workshop on Network Security (WNS 2008), Montreal, 2008.
[3] Seifert, C., Endicott-Popovsky, B., Frincke, D., Komisarczuk, P., Muschevici, R. and Welch, I., Justifying the Need for Forensically Ready Protocols: A Case Study of Identifying Malicious Web Servers Using Client Honeypots. in 4th Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, Kyoto, 2008.
[4] Navarez, J., Seifert, C., Endicott-Popovsky, B., Welch, I. and Komisarczuk, P. Drive-By-Downloads, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 2008, technical report available from http://www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/~cseifert/publications/CS-TR-08-01; accessed on 08 April 2008.
[5] Seifert, C. Know Your Enemy: Behind The Scenes Of Malicious Web Servers, The Honeynet Project, 2007, available at http://www.honeynet.org/papers/wek/KYE-Behind_the_Scenes_of_Malicious_Web_Servers.pdf, accessed on 7 November 2007.
[6] Seifert, C., Komisarczuk, P. and Welch, I. Application of divide-and-conquer algorithm paradigm to improve the detection speed of high interaction client honeypots. 23rd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, Ceara, Brazil, April 2008.
[7] David Stirling, Ian Welch, Peter Komisarczuk, Designing Workflows for Grid Enabled Internet Instruments. In the Proceedings of the 8th IEEE CCGrid 2008 Conference, Lyon, France, May 2008.
[8] Komisarczuk, P., Seifert, C., Pemberton, D., Welch, I. Grid Enabled Internet Instruments, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Washington DC, USA, November 2007,
[9] Dean Pemberton, Peter Komisarczuk, Ian Welch, Internet Background Radiation Arrival Density and Network Telescope Sampling Strategies, In the proceedings of the Australasian Telecommunication Network and Application Conference (ATNAC) 2007, Christchurch, New Zealand, December 2007.
Are you looking for any data or people to help with your papers?
Data from other client honeypot deployments would be of interest.
Where did you present honeypot-related material? (selected publications )
Presented client honeypots and the .nz scan at the following meetings, (i) NZ-BTF, (ii) Kiwicon (Hacker conference), (iii) InternetNZ (sponsors of the .nz scan).
Christian has also presented at University of Washington and at Microsoft.
Which of your goals did you meet for the past year?
We increased the visibility of our work in New Zealand, we were awarded a small grant from InternetNZ to study the .nz domain for malicious servers. We have increased the number of students working on honeypot technology and have written a number papers and a KYE, so generally met our goals.
Goals for the next year.
1 Continue to extend our chapter and develop students with honeynet knowledge.
2 Further develop our tools and integrate with third party tools as appropriate.
3 Continue the .nz domain scan (seeking funding). Share data as appropriate.
4 Apply for funding to support future R&D.
5 Maintain our research and development and develop linkages with other researchers.


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Jozi Cap Classique Festival this week!
Be sure not to miss this year's Johannesburg Cap Classique Celebration on 18 and 19 November at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Rosebank. For the second year running, this calendar highlight celebrates some of the country's top bubblies. Read the rest of this entry »


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Be Hostels wants to invite you to the second edition of Barcelona's Beer Festival , "BBF", held in Barcelona from March 8th to March 10th. At BBF you will be able to taste around 100 different craft beers. The entrance is FREE and you only pay for what you drink!
The Barcelona Beer Festival is a great place to go and try as many craft beers from Europe to America as you can! This Beer Festival has a great selection of select beer from all over the world, and is one of the Barcelona Events. To see the list of beers that will be featured at the Festival, check the Barcelona Beer Festival Website beer list.
BBF 2013, which takes place at the great location of the Cúpula Las Arenas at Plaza España, has been designed with dilligence, might and imagination.
- Dome las Arenas. Top floor of the mall "Las Arenas" in Plaza España. Best entrance: Diputació street (direct escalators to the dome)
The Festival edits a booklet printed in paper so that you don't miss out on any details while you are ther. The booklet is 88 pages in full colour that explains how the festival works, as well as gives articles on the world of craft beer, reviews for all the beers presented at the fairm, and profiles on pubs and stores where craft beer is taken care of every day.
The festival works with glass and currency of its own, which will be available at the different selling points within the Dome. Drinks will only be served in glasses from the festival and the only accepted currency will be the one purchased at the festival. The entrance is free of charge, but to be able to taste the beers you've got to buy the glasses and chips (money) special to the festival. Not all beers will cost the same amount of chips. That will depend on the production costs for each beer.
There'll be 3 kinds of packs:
- Initial Pack: Glass + booklet + 7 chips, all for 10€
- Pack 2: 5 chips for 5€
- Pack 3: 10 chips for 10€
The facilities are suitable for wheelchair entry (access through exterior elevator in Espanya square)
We recommend the use of public transportation. There are several options:
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- Train: Espanya and Sants stops, the last one connected through underground or a 15 minutes walk
- Bicing: There are a number of points to park your bike around Las Arenas. You can also find all theses bicing stations: 081, 093, 094, 095, 096, 097 i 420 al voltant
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French Report Says: Kill Hadopi, But Let Its Legacy Live On
from the some-good,-some-bad dept
But, on top of that, there are other policies that Lescure suggests that seem pretty bad as well, including extending the copyright levy (the "you must be a criminal tax") to cover smartphones, tablets and any other connected device. He also suggested turning search engines and ad networks into copyright cops, asking them to cut off those deemed to be involved in large scale infringement. We've discussed in the past why this is an idea that won't work and will likely stifle innovation while locking in some of the more dominant players (like Google), but governments do seem to like it.
The report does have a few good things to it: including getting publishers to finally release their content as ebooks, allowing more non-commercial remixing and such. In the end, it's a mixed bag, or as the French publication Le Point noted: l'Hadopi est morte, vive L'Hadopi (Hadopi is dead, long live Hadopi).
Of course, this is also just a report, with no binding aspect to it. The government may choose to ignore the whole thing or to pick and choose some parts to implement. Either way, it does make the key point that, for all the money the French taxpayers have put towards Hadopi, it's been a near total waste: "While illicit file sharing has dropped, legal paid services have not benefited as was hoped." It all goes back to the same point we've argued for years. The industry keeps thinking their goal is to get rid of piracy, when we've been saying that the real goal is to figure out ways to make more revenue. They -- incorrectly -- seem to feel that the first leads to the second, even as there is almost no proof to support that conjecture in the long term.


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Gorgeous Apple Home Office Configurations From Istanbul
When we first noticed these workstations, we were pretty surprised at how much tech was displayed. What's even more surprising was that they all belong to the same person, a dentist from Istanbul, and she enjoys going through different configurations in order to set up the perfect home office.
Leda is a dentist from Istanbul, and she loves Macs. This love for Mac computers has her trying out different hardware and configurations to decide which is best. We really like how she goes through these regularly. Her most recent one is her favorite, although she hopes that Apple will announce a 30-inch LED Cinema Display.
She uses a ViBook adapter so that she can connect two external displays to her MacBook Pro 17. The ViBook also supports resolutions of up to 1680×1050. This means that her second 20-inch Apple Cinema Display runs on native resolution. She uses a Samsung 2333 HD monitor as her main display for now.
Here is some of the hardware that she uses:
-iPad 32gb WiFi with iPad case
-MacBook Pro 17
-Magic mouse
-HP 2010i VGA-DVI monitor on an Ergotron desk stand
-IKEA Alve desk
Check out her Flickr set to see all of her photos of her workstation.
Apple Magic Mouse In The Unplggd Test Lab
Leda's Previous Iteration of Her Office


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Controversial broadcaster Alan Jones has failed in his bid to dismiss a complaint of racial vilification brought against him over comments he allegedly made before the Cronulla riots.
The case was brought by Sam Ekermawi, who claims Jones vilified Muslims when he read out text messages and emails on-air on December 8, 2005.
During the broadcast, three days before the Cronulla riots, Jones allegedly referred to a "Leb and wog bashing day", "Middle Eastern bastards" and "scum".
"Come to Cronulla this weekend to get revenge," Jones allegedly read from a text message sent by a listener.
"This Sunday every Aussie in the Shire get down to Cronulla to support the Leb and wog bashing day."
That weekend, about 5000 people were involved in a drunken riot at Cronulla beach, during which people of Middle Eastern appearance were chased and bashed.
Although Mr Ekermawi's complaint has been with the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal for five years, the matter has yet to be heard.
Jones and his employer, Harbour Radio, sought to have the complaint dismissed on several grounds.
This included that Mr Ekermawi did not meet the complaint criteria in relation to his cultural background, and that the entire broadcast should not have been taken into account.
But their appeal was dismissed by the tribunal panel in a decision handed down last week.
A date for hearing has yet to be set.
The decision comes two months after Jones lost his bid to overturn a tribunal decision which found he incited hatred of Lebanese Muslims in April 2005.
In the original 2009 decision, the tribunal awarded $10,000 in damages to Muslim leader Keysar Trad, ordered the presenter make a public apology within eight weeks, and directed Harbour Radio to conduct a "critical review of its policies and practices on racial vilification" and staff training in such matters.
Jones has not yet apologised.
The complaint related to comments he made on April 28 about a Nine Network current affairs story reportedly showing young men of Lebanese origin taunting police.
"If ever there was a clear example that Lebanese males in their vast numbers not only hate our country and our heritage, this was it," Jones said.
Referring to "vermin" and "mongrels", he added: "They simply rape, pillage and plunder a nation that's taken them in."


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