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A powerful 14.1 megapixel 1/2.3" Super HAD CCD image sensor helps you capture gorgeous images with superb contrast and clarity down to the finest detail. With 14.1 megapixels, you can create stunning, photo-quality prints up to A3+ (13x19") size, or crop your images and still come away with high resolution shots.
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Sweep Panorama mode
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HD MP4 Movie Mode
In 720p MP4 movie mode the camera shoots 1280 x 720 high definition movies at 30 fps, which is the format when working with a PC. Users will create high quality movies with full use of optical zoom in their Cyber-shotDSCs in files small enough to transfer to compatible PC or Mac. Once transferred to your computer you can effortlessly upload your media to popular photo and video-sharing websites such as Photobucket and YouTube. (Compatible computer with internet capability required)
Intelligent Auto (iAuto) mode
Unlike traditional auto mode, Intelligent Auto (iAuto) mode thinks for you, recognizing scenes, lighting conditions, and faces, and adjusts settings resulting in clearer images, faces with more natural skin tone, and less blur. By incorporating advanced features such as Intelligent Scene Recognition, Face Detection technology, and Optical SteadyShot image stabilization, iAuto mode lets you take advantage of the latest Sony Cyber-shot technology without leaving auto mode. Whether you?re shooting landscapes, capturing a beautiful flower, or taking pictures at an in-door birthday party or wedding shower, iAuto mode will optimize your camera?s settings to help ensure you come away with a great shot.
Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN) Mode
Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN) Mode automatically detects eight different types of scenes and, within just 1/30th of a second, selects the appropriate camera settings: Backlight, Backlight Portrait, Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Twilight using a tripod, Portrait, Landscape, and Macro. iSCN has two modes: Auto and Advanced. In Auto Mode, the camera takes a single shot using the optimal settings. In Advanced Mode, the camera takes a photo with the optimal settings and, if in difficult lighting (low light or back light) immediately takes a second photo with another optimized setting so you can choose which to keep.
Anti-blink Function
It's frustrating to think you?ve captured that perfect shot, only to review it later and discover one of your subjects blinked just as you pressed the shutter. When the camera is set to Soft Snap, the Anti-blink function captures two images, recording only the photo with less squinting or blinking. If a blink is detected in other shooting modes, a warning will be displayed after you take the shot.
Optical SteadyShot image stabilization
Optical SteadyShot image stabilization uses a built-in gyro sensor to detect camera shake and automatically compensates to help prevent blur without sacrificing image quality.
High Sensitivity Mode (ISO 3200)
High ISO allows for faster shutter speed, so you can take photos indoors or in low light without the need for a flash. In addition to High Sensitivity Mode (ISO), you can select up to seven ISO settings (Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200) when shooting in Program Auto Mode to adjust sensitivity to your shooting conditions.
Face Detection technology
Sony?s Face Detection technology can automatically distinguish between children and adults. Face Detection technology detects up to eight individual faces and adjusts flash, focus, exposure, and white balance to help deliver crisp, properly lit images of family and friends.
Motion Detection
Motion Detection, along with Face Motion Detection adjusts ISO sensitivity and increases the shutter speed when movement is detected, reducing blur in moving subjects and faces.
Smile Shutter technology
Smile Shutter technology captures a smile the moment it happens. Simply press the Smile Shutter button and the camera does the rest. You can also select adult and child priority and indicate the degree of Smile Detection Sensitivity. Intelligent Scene Recognition can now be used together with Smile Shutter mode when the Intelligent Auto mode is on. This means that beautiful smiles can be captured with settings optimized for the particular scene, even in difficult conditions such as twilight and backlighting.
Dynamic Range Optimizer Standard and Plus
Dynamic Range Optimizer (DRO) Standard and Plus uses a sophisticated algorithm to help recover shadows and highlights. The result is more natural images with clearer details that more closely match what your naked eye sees. DRO is particularly effective when shooting backlit portraits or any scene with a dramatic contrast between background and foreground lighting. DRO Plus allows for even greater optimization by analyzing each region of an image and performing additional image processing.
Scene modes
The DSC-W370 features 10 convenient scene modes: High Sensitivity / Twilight / Twilight Portrait / Portrait / Landscape / Beach / Snow / Fireworks / Gourmet / Pet.
Easy Shooting Mode
With Easy Shooting Mode, even beginners can take great photos. In Easy Shooting Mode, easy-to-understand basic instructions are displayed on the LCD screen and the camera switches to all automatic settings, removing several function choices and allowing you to focus on just your subject. Since this mode works together with Intelligent Scene Recognition, the camera selects the optimum setting for each scene. In addition the easy mode simplifies preview mode.
Function Guide:
This beginner-friendly optional function helps navigate through the various functions and settings displaying the description of chosen functions or settings on the LCD screen.
PHOTOMUSIC combines images with music (4 tracks, 5 minutes per track) to produce fun and entertaining slide shows with standard visual effects (Simple, Nostalgic, Active, and Stylish). Select from pre-loaded tracks on the camera or transfer your own from your compatible computer (sold separately).
Viewing modes
Find your photos using the simple folder or calendar viewing modes.
In-Camera Retouching Tools
Retouch and enhance your photos on the go with in-camera Trimming, Red-Eye Correction, and Unsharp Masking functions
PhotoTV HD
Bring your photos to life and enjoy highly detailed, high definition images with PhotoTV HD-capable Sony BRAVIA HDTVs. PhotoTV HD fine tunes settings on your PhotoTV HD enabled BRAVIA HDTV, such as sharpness, gradation, and color to display images that look more like printed.
Media card slot
For convenient storage and sharing of your images, the DSC-W370 accepts Memory Stick Duo/Memory Stick PRO Duo/Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo media (sold separately) and SD/SDHC media.
Includes Sony PMB (Picture Motion Browser) Software ver. 5.02
Sony Picture Motion Browser software offers a simple, intuitive way to transfer, sort, and view your video and still images on your compatible PC. In addition, multiple output options let you burn your memories to DVD (sold separately), as well as take advantage of one click upload to a number of popular video and photo sharing sites.
Includes Sony PMB Portable software
With the pre-installed Picture Motion Browser (PMB) Portable software3 the DSC-W370 makes it easy to pre-select videos and images in the camera and conveniently upload them from the camera to a compatible PC and popular Internet sharing sites without the need for any additional software or install.


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Europe Week Ahead: Can Stocks Gain More?
Dow Jones's Andrea Tryphonides and MarketWatch's Sara Sjolin look at whether stock markets will gain more next week given that recent advances have been driven largely by excess liquidity, rather than faith in the global recovery. They also look at what new data is in store.
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Time Warner's V for Vendetta
Moore and Lloyd had agreed on what was then a radically new style of comics storytelling: no thought balloons, no explanatory captions, no sound effects. V for Vendetta also had an unmistakable political edge, though set in a future, post-apocalyptic Britain.
Without the backing of a big established firm, Warrior was never a solid financial success, and it ran into legal disputes as well. The magazine stopped publishing in 1985, leaving V for Vendetta only 80% complete.
By that time the American publisher DC Comics had hired Moore to write scripts for some of its famous characters, starting with Swamp Thing and moving on to Superman ("Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?"), Batman (The Killing Joke), Robin ("For the Man Who Has Everything"), and the Green Lanterns ("Mogo Doesn't Socialize"). His 1986-87 series with Dave Gibbons, Watchmen, would help to push superhero comics to a new level of sophistication.
DC put in the best bid to finish up publishing V for Vendetta. Its art was originally black and white, but Lloyd added color for the American market. The entire story appeared in ten comic books in 1988-89, and then in a collected volume that's still in print. That very British, anti-authoritarian story with a Guy Fawkes mask as its iconic image thus became one of the assets of DC's parent corporation, Time Warner.
In 2006 Warner Bros., another division of the same corporation, released a movie version of V for Vendetta. As in the comics, the character V wore a Guy Fawkes mask in every scene. Production designer Owen Paterson, art director Stephan Gessler, and director James McTeigue created that mask based on Lloyd's drawings. The result was another corporate asset.
The mask actually proved to be a problem. The first actor cast as V quit because he couldn't stand wearing it all day. Furthermore, while the unchanging face looks neat on the printed page, we expect movies to, well, move. The filmmakers struggled to record some emotion for that character through Hugo Weaving's line readings, sound, lighting, and other visual effects.
Warner Bros. sent out Guy Fawkes masks to promote V for Vendetta, and licensed Halloween costumes and other products based on its character design. The movie was a moderate success. Moore and the book's strongest fans saw plenty to complain about, of course; among their issues was how Hollywood had watered down the comics' anarchist political message. Still, a movie about a heroic terrorist in 2006 had to carry a whiff of subversion.
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9 Valentine's Beauty Buys - Minus the Calories
From a hot fudge antioxidant moisture mask to Hershey's Kisses Lip Gloss, here are nine Valentine's beauty gift suggestions from WSJ's celebrity makeup artist, Maria Maio.
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I ... I ... pre Valentine's day gift ideas about the calorie ... I know about you but this is the last thing that I want for Valentine's day ... so first I wanna say when I landed today ... is this an evening shower gel ... from around that that that it ... smells like chocolate ... it's very cool new in Syria ... the euro ... so rather ... than shuffling storage that isn't the meeting topic in academia that I think that ... smells like cookies ... really yummy ... really the man Singh will succeed with someone ... very much is that when he was on the stand right now unfortunately I can't ... this is actually a little map ... there's nothing more romantic than getting your sweetheart a spa treatment and down and say ... two things to come up with the really beautiful driving powder that actually is and he is with cocoa ... the kids are really match the finance ... and I'm loving it ... silly take this out but then her she started saving the little Hershey's kisses the lipgloss ... is about the top of me comes along with friends ... just a correction ... Rheumatology is known for their custom blended treatments ... beat you have a cormorant fragrance line ... that smells like Karen O built to link disconnect you expects here ... it's really ... scary when Claire was when I first heard rumors actually use notes of shockwave ... in their fragrant because everyone knows better way to a man's heart is here is that ... to meet Tuesday in purely can both come up with some really ... beautiful scented rose ... this actually goes on very lightweight ... and leaves your skin ... lately sensitive ... Italy is enduring


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What have you always loved? What inspires you? Catches your eye? Makes your heart sing?
You might be amazed at how many of my clients answer "I don't know" to those questions. So many of us get caught up in the busyness, in the shoulds, in "the way it is." We decide what creativity or art is supposed to look like and if our self-expression doesn't match that, we give it up. In our lives, we take on the role of woman, a boss, a mom, an artist, a housewife, a student, a CEO, (fill in the blank), instead of being who we are. And one day we realize, we've forgotten who that is.
The beautiful thing is the real you never goes away. She is always, always inside you. So, this week, if you only do one thing in exploring this secret, I invite you to notice you, to get to know your own unique loves. Carry around a notebook and every time you look at something with love or longing or joy or curiosity, take note. If you don't have a notebook, email yourself, leave yourself a voicemail message, "Hi, me. You know, every time I shop, I always pick up the pink things: pink toothbrush, pink toque, pink tights. I love pink!"
Give yourself the gift of alone time and explore. Let go of all your preconceptions and discover yourself anew. Try every radio station on the dial and notice what moves you. Walk down the street and pick the house you'd most like to live in. Go to a movie that you want to see - no compromises. Go to a clothing store and be outrageous in what you try on. You might surprise yourself!
Make space and time to notice what you love. It is a part of knowing and honouring the wonder of you.
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Whoa! Is Kim Kardashian pregnant, or is Kim Kardashian pregnant? As early as a few days ago, she stepped out in leather with a small baby bump and hadn't really popped yet. But now?
Get a load of Kim's growing body in this black and white dress. OMG. Where the heck did she come from? It's like she literally doubled in size overnight, to the point where there's no mistaking the fact that she has a bun in the oven.
Ok, let's just go ahead and talk about the elephant in the room -- her butt. If Kim wasn't already famous for her ample rear end, she's definitely going to be known for it now. (Mama mia!)
And I gotta tell ya -- I feel for her. I really do. Because the exact same thing happened to my body when I was pregnant with my son.
During my first trimester, I barely gained any weight. Maybe a pound or two at best. And like a dumb ass, I bragged about it to everyone who would listen, whether they were remotely interested or not.
And then the bitch that is karma kicked in around month five and I blew up like a balloon in what seemed like a matter of a few days. I was huge. Like H-U-G-E.
I really didn't even look like myself anymore, and it was kind of a bummer, even though the reward I got in the end was more than worth it. Even my face and neck were all puffed up, to the point that I barely recognized myself in the mirror.
It was tough enough for me and I was just your average pregnant gal, so I can only imagine how much of a buzz kill it is for Kim to have cameras following her everywhere to try and snap a photo of her growing figure.
The good news is, she has a great excuse for looking larger than life at the moment. She might as well just sit back, enjoy her pregnancy, and worry about taking the weight off after the baby arrives.
But it might not hurt to stick to basic black outfits from here on out instead of going for the black and white cookie look. (Just a suggestion.)
Was there a certain point in your pregnancy where you seemed to "blow up"?
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Today's Spin Doctor tech tip focuses on one of those basic components of your road bike, your handlebar tape – something that you touch every time that you go for a ride. If you don't remember when the last time was that you replaced your handlebar tape, it's probably time to go ahead and give your bars a fresh, new wrap. Nothing freshens up your ride like some clean tape, such as our Forté Grip-Tec Handlebar Tape seen here:
Mark, one of the Spin Doctors here at our home office, gives you the breakdown on how to do this basic bike maintenance task yourself. Soon enough, you'll be wrapping handlebars like a pro – as an extra tip, most folks start to wrap their handlebars towards the inside of their bars (from behind this will mean clockwise on the left side and counter-clockwise on the right):
If you need more help with your bicycle repair needs, head to your local Performance Bicycle store and set up a visit with your local Spin Doctor. Don't live near one of our stores and need some technical advice? Get in touch with our Spin Doctor Tech Support team by email or phone – they are always ready to help with your technical questions.


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In many ways the move from cards to terminals was a big a deal as the move from terminals to PCs. I hinted at how dreadful card punches were; I can go on but man they were klunky.
They had other odd downsides. The main computing facility at Berkeley was open 24 hours a day (computer people have always kept odd schedules). I was there once in the middle of the night, looking over an input deck, when in wandered a homeless person. Berkeley has a real problem with the homeless; most have pretty severe mental or substance abuse problems (or both). They came to know that you could always warm up in the computer center for about an hour until security chased them away.
In any event, this fellow wandered over to my table, and started ranting some far-out screed about aliens. I decided the better part of valor was simply to leave and call security, who showed up pretty promptly. Upon returning to my table, I found my input deck, as well as the contents of my card box (which held maybe 1000 cards) was scattered all over the floor.
I had the foresight to use a different color on the card tops for this set of programs (they came in a veritable rainbow so that you could distinguish one batch from another); the rubber bands around others were not disturbed. Still, this meant going through the cards one by one, pulling the program out from others, and then resorting them. Some cards had line numbers (it was FORTRAN), but others did not. So the whole deck had to be reconstructed from the flow sheet, and yes, I made a few errors in the sorting.
At least you got good turn-around times when you submitted the jobs to the job desk at those times.
Consumer ink jets I agree are terrible. Good ones cost quite a bit of money. I stick with a very old HP postscript laser, which is not fast, but it is utterly reliable and produces very nice quality print. And don't get me started on CUPS.
Started on the Commodore 64 & 128 around '86 or maybe '87?
Then bought my Amiga 500. Also have a 4000. I still use them to this day. 64/128 is sitting on old dining table that isn't used, A500 on a coffee table and the 4000 is sitting on a old aquarium shelf. I am a devout CBM product fan
Started FreeBSD with 2.21-Release, started OpenBSD with 3.0, and linux with Slackware 3.0. Also have and use OS/2 Warp (have 3 & 4).
Taught myself Commodore basic and wrote a couple of personal use programs. Started teaching myself rexx, but saw so many programs being written I stopped.
Like most others, I build my own machines to get what I want.
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I've been using computers since I was three years old back in 1993. It's the only memory I have from that time period; I was sitting in front of our computer with a clock speed of 66 MHz, which was very high-end at that time playing some educational game. My interest in computers developed from watching my dad who has been using them, since the '70s. Anyway, I started getting extremely frustrated with Windows in the early 2000s. Windows 98 had that nasty shutdown bug, Windows ME was a bug, and Windows XP killed four hard drives in a row on the same computer. By this time, my old Dell Dimension with an Intel Celery 800 MHz was dying. In 2003, I started using Mandrake Linux. Two days later, I kicked Windows off the PC and delved into the process known as "distro jumping". Eventually, I ended up using Gentoo for three years (three years too long). The only reason I even stuck with Linux and didn't touch other Unixes was because a lot of Linux did and still have the impression that BSD and SysV-based Unixes are too arcane in comparison to Linux. I just let the stereotype get to me, but eventually I tried Solaris and found those claims to be untrue. In March, 2008, I just got fed up with the recurring cycle of breakage on Gentoo and moved over to FreeBSD. I had used FreeBSD on and off with Linux since version 5.3. I also bought a MacBook Pro for college in May after researching Mac OS X thoroughly and being happy with the BSD roots.
That's part of my journey through computers. When I started using Linux, I became interested in shell scripting, so I learned Bash scripting. I still have two scripts to right, but I just don't have the time. I also took a Java-based AP Computer Science class at my high school last year. I'm teaching myself C and hope to move onto C++, once that's done. I'm pretty acquainted with Perl and have to reacquaint myself with Awk when I get a chance. I never needed those two heavily.
"UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity."
MacBook Pro (Darwin 9), iMac (Darwin 9), iPod Touch (Darwin 9), Dell Optiplex GX620 (FreeBSD 7.1-STABLE)
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You guys have known computer for long time. I myself started using computer just 2 years ago, sometimes I feel like taking an intensive CS course
First of all, i'm sorry i haven't been in the forum since 08-08-08..my sister's married and i just don't have the opportunity to touch the computer..i just feel sorry because i was the TS...so, sorry..
and when you start to used FreeBSD in march 2008, why do you used the FreeBSD 5.3, since there is FreeBSD 7.0 release announcement on 27 February 2008?
please enlightenment me
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. -- Soren Kierkegaard
You missed the "Eventually" in "Eventually, I ended up using Gentoo for three years (three years too long)." I didn't start using Gentoo until June of 2005. I migrated my desktop to FreeBSD in March, 2008. I still kept Gentoo installed in a virtual machine until June, 2008. I don't have Linux installed on any of my systems anymore.
You misunderstood the statement "I had used FreeBSD on and off with Linux since version 5.3." That means that I had FreeBSD installed alongside Linux on my desktop starting with version 5.3.
"UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity."
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I don't know how I missed this thread.
My first real computer was actually a toy computer that had little sliding racks on it for calculating logic. My dad bought it for some reason when I was about 8. My first sight of a real one was in 1970 when I went to college and the geologists next door had an IBM something with punch cards. I just didn't get it but I was a EE major and had no interest cause I was going into radio/tv.
After about 10 years of the radio/tv (and film) thing, I went to work for a company that made one of the first CAT scanners. It was a completely TTL system. My first exposure to a programming language was MUMPS.
The first computer I owned was one I built from the brand new 8085 that just came out, saving me the trouble of the extra chips involved with an 8080. Eventually I put together one using a Z80. Assembly language was the highest I ever went, sometimes just using switches and, in a few cases, touching wires together . Saving programs to a cassette recorder was bleeding edge but the damn tapes sometimes took two or three passes before the computer would reload properly; if at all.
That was all around 1980. I worked on 6801s, 6809s, 8051s. Intel was the only hardware we bought. And if you were reading Byte in the 1980s like roddierod then you read an article I wrote.
I was starting to work more on applications by 1985 but still in assembly. I selected the 68000 (I was now project manager) but my damn MIT big shot sob of a boss made us learn this thing called 'C'. There was more cussing than you would expect out of a professional office. Most of us only used it until it didn't work and then just used assembly. It was all done on a PDP-8 but the thing couldn't handle the load of our compiles (damn HLL POS). I got a few of us together and we pitched buying a mini-computer from some new company called Sun Microsystems. They ran up against Apollo Computers, which I favored.
I then moved to Pixar. They sold hardware then that ran Renderman. I remember riding the bus back to the airport after my interview with Ed Catmull who was messing with the rendering engine on the bus. Later, I went to Silicon Graphics and used to occasionally eat lunch with Jim Clark.
Things get pretty boring after that, computer-wise.
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -Philip K. Dick
My first computer
My first computer was a ti-99 and then two years later I invested in a C64
those were the good old day's
I never really figured out how to use it. I guess that's why I became a hardware guy.
Ooh! Ooh! Dr. J! Dr. J!!
Tell 'em about vector monitors!
Aha!! My first computer!
That was when monitors were monitors and men were men.
I used a 4014 -- 1976 or so. We had it connected to the mainframe via a newfangled Vadic modem that was four times faster than any other async modem available: 1200 baud when the others were all 110 or 300. It was blindingly fast, and worked well for graphic display. But you had to be careful with the modem:
Regarding your other comments, I did not see some of that personally. But the general message that computers had their quirks in those days certainly is right.
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Say's Phoebes like to sit on the phone lines and dead trees around meadows and marshes. Their song (in other than the Spring, see below) is as plaintive as plaintive gets. A simple wheer, repeated over and over. This one was between Peck's Lake [Arizona] and Tavasci Marsh [Arizona] on a phone wire
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Elizabeth (Betty Jane) Slater Webster, age 84, of The Hill at Whitemarsh, formerly of Ambler, on February 24, 2013. Her husband of 64 years, Henry Coleman Webster, Sr. predeceased her. She is survived by their four children, Elizabeth Webster Purvis of Ruxton, MD. ; Edward Slater Webster of Wyndmoor; Jane Webster Gray of Plymouth Meeting and Henry Coleman Webster, Jr. of Savannah, Georgia; along with 10 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Her sister, Louise Slater Mann of Memphis, TN also survives her. A private graveside service will be held at a later date at St. Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh. Contributions in her memory can be made to St. Thomas' Church Capital Campaign Fund, P.O. Box 247, Ft. Washington, PA 19034.
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SEC579: Virtualization and Private Cloud Security
Mon, May 18 - Sat, May 23, 2015
SEC579 actually provides pertinent information outside what is freely available and is applicable to securing my organization's virtual infrastructure.
SEC579 is the absolute best virtualization security information available! And it is immediately usable.
One of today's most rapidly-evolving and widely-deployed technologies is server virtualization. Many organizations are already realizing the cost savings from implementing virtualized servers, and systems administrators love the ease of deployment and management for virtualized systems. More and more organizations are deploying desktop, application and network virtualization, as well. There are even security benefits of virtualization - easier business continuity and disaster recovery, single points of control over multiple systems, role-based access, and additional auditing and logging capabilities for large infrastructures.
Virtualization Vulnerabilities
With these benefits comes a dark side, however. Virtualization technology is the focus of many new potential threats and exploits, and presents new vulnerabilities that must be managed. In addition, there are a vast number of configuration options that security and system administrators need to understand, with an added layer of complexity that has to be managed by operations teams. Virtualization technologies also connect to network infrastructure and storage networks, and require careful planning with regard to access controls, user permissions and traditional security controls.
In addition, many organizations are evolving virtualized infrastructure into private and hybrid clouds - shared services running on virtualized infrastructure. Security architecture, policies, and processes will need to be adapted to work within a cloud infrastructure, and there are many changes that security and operations teams will need to accommodate to ensure assets are protected.
Virtualization and Private Cloud Security Architecture and Design
SEC579 starts with two days of architecture and security design for both virtualization and private cloud infrastructure. The entire gamut of components will be covered, ranging from hypervisor platforms to virtual networking, storage security, and locking down the individual virtual machine files. We will describe how to secure the management interfaces and servers, delve into Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and go in-depth on what to consider when building a private cloud from existing virtualization architecture. Finally, we will look at integrating virtual firewalls and intrusion detection systems into the new architecture for access control and network monitoring.
Vulnerability Management and Penetration Testing, and Intrusion Detection and Forensics
The third and fourth days of SEC579 go into detail on offense and defense - how can we assess a virtualized environment using scanning and penetration testing tools and techniques, and how do things change when we move to a cloud model? We will cover a variety of scanners and vulnerability management tools and practices, then take a hard look at virtualization vulnerabilities, exploits and toolkits for penetration testing that we can put to use in class.
Once we cover the offense, we will take the opposite approach and go into detail on performing intrusion detection and logging within the virtual environment, as well as covering anti-malware advances and changes within virtual infrastructure. We will wrap up the session by covering incident handling within virtual and cloud environments, as well as adapting forensics processes and tools to ensure we can maintain chain-of-custody and perform detailed analysis of virtualized assets.
Risk, Data Security, Identity and Access Management, Scripting and Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Planning for Virtualization and Cloud
Day five will help you adapt your existing security policies and practices to the new virtualized or cloud-based infrastructure. We will show you how to design a foundational risk assessment program and then build on this with policies, governance, and compliance considerations within your environment. We will cover auditing and assessment of your virtualized assets, with a session on scripting to help you put this program into practice right away. Then we will go in-depth into data security within a private cloud environment, discussing encryption and data lifecycle management techniques that will help you keep up with data that are much more mobile than ever before. We will touch on Identity and Access Management within a virtualized/cloud environment, followed by scripting for automation and security, then wrap up with a session on disaster recovery and business continuity planning that leverages and benefits from virtualization and cloud-based technology.
Virtualization Auditing and Compliance
Day six will cover the top virtualization configuration and hardening guides from Defense Information Security Agency (DISA, Center for Internet Security (CIS), Microsoft, and VMware. We will talk about the most critical take-aways from these guides to implement. We will then perform a scripted, hands-on audit of VMware technology using controls guidance from the VMware hardening guide.
You Will Learn:
- Best practices for configuring and designing virtual security controls and infrastructure
- Vulnerabilities and threats related to virtual infrastructure and cloud environments
- How the network security landscape (products and architecture) is changing with virtualization and private clouds
- New vulnerability assessment and forensic techniques to use within a virtual environment
- How scripting and automation can assist with audits in a virtual environment
For SEC579 Virtualization and Private Cloud Security courses conducted at multi-course training events in the United States, a laptop will be provided for class use. However, for international events and private training classes, a hard drive will be provided for class use.
Course Syllabus
SEC579.1: Virtualization Security Architecture and Design
Dave Shackleford
Mon May 18th, 2015
The first day of class will cover the foundations of virtualization infrastructure and different types of technology. We will define and clarify the differences between server virtualization, desktop virtualization, application virtualization, and storage virtualization, and we will lay out a simple architecture overview that sets the stage for the rest of the day. Then we will dissect the various virtualization elements that comprise the architecture one by one, with a focus on the security configurations that will help you create or revise your virtualization design to be as secure as possible. We will start off with hypervisor platforms, covering the fundamental controls that can and should be set within VMware ESX and ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix XenServer.
Students will then spend considerable time analyzing and constructing virtual networks with security in mind. We will compare and contrast various designs for internal networks and DMZs, giving special attention to segmentation and physical network connectivity. Virtual switch types will be discussed, along with VLANs and PVLANs, as well as how to configure them to achieve the most robust network security possible. We will finish the day by examining virtual machine settings, with an emphasis on VMware VMX files. We will look at some of the ways organizations carefully control access to and from these virtual machines.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Virtualization components and architecture designs
- Different types of virtualization, ranging from desktops to servers and applications
- Hypervisor lockdown controls for VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix Xen
- Virtual network design cases, with pros and cons of each
- Virtual switches and port groups, with security options available
- Available commercial and open-source virtual switches, with configuration options
- Segmentation techniques, including VLANs and PVLANs
- Virtual machine security configuration options, with a focus on VMware VMX files
SEC579.2: Virtualization and Private Cloud Infrastructure Security
Dave Shackleford
Tue May 19th, 2015
Day two starts by finishing up the previous day's coverage of virtualization design elements, including storage and storage security. One of the most overlooked security areas today, large-scale storage plays a critical role in virtualization and private cloud infrastructure Some tips and tactics will be covered to help organizations better secure Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and NFS-based NAS technology. Next we will tackle virtualization management. VMware vCenter, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), and Citrix XenCenter will all be covered, with an emphasis on vCenter. Client connectivity and security will also be discussed, both from a configuration and design standpoint. The class then covers Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), with an emphasis on security principles and design. Specific security-focused use cases for VDI, such as remote access and network access control, will also be discussed.
Next we will design a secure private cloud architecture. There are many considerations for organizations migrating from virtualization to a private cloud, and a number of these affect security. We will outline all the areas previously covered for virtualization, ranging from networks to hypervisors and virtual machines, and point out where security configuration and design differs for a cloud model. We will also break down a number of different private cloud models for specific business use cases, and students will analyze security controls within these models.
The next section will delve into network security adapted to fit into a virtual infrastructure. Do firewalls and network access controls work the same with virtual systems and cloud models? We will find out! Students will take an in-depth look at virtual firewalls and even set one up. Virtual switches will be revisited here, as they pertain to segmentation and access controls. Students will also build a virtualized intrusion detection model, integrating promiscuous interfaces and traffic capture methods into virtual networks, then setting up and configuring a virtualized intrusion detection system (IDS) sensor. Some attention will also be paid to host-based IDS, with considerations for multitenant platforms and the performance impact any agent-based product can have in a virtual environment.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Storage security and design considerations
- How to lock down management servers and clients for vCenter, XenServer, and Microsoft SCVMM
- Security design considerations for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
- Security-focused use cases for VDI
- Private cloud security architecture
- Configuration options for securing private cloud components
- Specific private cloud models and how security applies to each of them
- Virtual firewalls and network access controls
- Commercial and open-source virtual firewalls
- Designing intrusion detection for virtual environments and the private cloud
- Setting up promiscuous interfaces and traffic capture in a virtual environment
- Host-based IDS/IPS for virtualization
SEC579.3: Virtualization Offense and Defense (Part I)
Dave Shackleford
Wed May 20th, 2015
This session will delve into the offensive side of security specific to virtualization and cloud technologies. While many key elements of vulnerability management and penetration testing are similar to traditional environments, there are also many differences, which will be covered here.
We will first examine a number of specific attack scenarios and models that represent the different risks organizations face in their virtual environments. Then we will go through the entire penetration testing and vulnerability assessment lifecycle, with an emphasis on virtualization tools and technologies. We will progress through scanners and how to use them for assessing virtual systems, then turn to virtualization exploits and attack toolkits that can be easily added into existing penetration test regimens. We will also cover some specific techniques that may help in cloud environments, providing examples of scenarios where certain tools and exploits are less effective or more risky to use than others.
After covering the offensive side of things, we will turn to intrusion detection, starting with a simple architecture refresher on how IDS and monitoring technologies fit into a virtual infrastructure. Students will then learn about monitoring traffic and looking for malicious activity within the virtual network. Numerous network-based and host-based tools will be covered and implemented in class. This topic will also be extended to the private cloud environment, with some special caveats that all organizations should pay attention to.
Finally, students will learn about logs and log management in virtual environments. What kinds of logs do virtualization platforms produce, and what should organizations focus on? How can these logs (for both hypervisors and virtual machines) fit into a Security Information and Event Management solution? What should we look for to discover attacks and security issues?
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Attack models that pertain to virtualization and cloud environments
- Penetration testing cycles with a focus on virtualization and cloud attack types
- Specific virtualization platform attacks and exploits
- How to modify vulnerability management processes and scanning configuration to get the best results in virtualized environments
- How to use attack frameworks like VASTO, Virtualization Assessment Toolkit to exploit virtualization systems
- How to implement intrusion detection tools and processes in a virtual environment
- What kinds of logs and logging are most critical for identifying attacks and live incidents in virtual and cloud environments
SEC579.4: Virtualization Offense and Defense (Part II)
Dave Shackleford
Thu May 21st, 2015
This session is all about defense! We will start off with an analysis of anti-malware techniques, looking at traditional antivirus, whitelisting, and other tools and techniques to combat malware, with a specific eye toward virtualization and cloud environments. New commercial offerings in this area will also be discussed to provide context.
Most of this session will focus on incident response and forensics in a virtualized or cloud-based infrastructure. We will walk students through the six-step incident response cycle espoused by NIST and SANS, and highlight exactly how virtualization fits into the big picture. Students will discuss and analyze incidents at each stage, again with a focus on virtualization and cloud. We will finish the incident response section by looking at processes and procedures that organizations can put to use right away to improve their awareness of virtualization-based incidents.
The final section of the day will focus on forensics and how students can adapt forensics processes to work in virtual and cloud environments. We will capture and duplicate virtual machines and ensure that they are sound and maintained in a best-practices format for proper chain-of-custody retention. The current landscape of forensics tools will be covered, with a focus on which tools work best to analyze virtual images and data from virtual infrastructure. Special emphasis will be given to the analysis of hypervisor platforms.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- How anti-malware tools function in virtual and cloud environments
- What kinds of new tools and tactics are available for effective anti-malware operations in the cloud and virtual machines
- Pulling Netflow and packet data from virtual environments for analysis
- How forensics processes and tools should be used and adapted for virtual systems
- What tools are best to get the most accurate results from virtual machine system analysis
- How to most effectively capture virtual machines for forensic evidence analysis
- What can be done to analyze hypervisor platforms, and what does the future of virtual machine forensics hold?
SEC579.5: Virtualization and Cloud Integration: Policy, Operations and Compliance
Dave Shackleford
Fri May 22nd, 2015
This session will explore how traditional security and IT operations change with the addition of virtualization and cloud technology in the environment. Our first discussion will be a lesson on contrast. First, we will present an overview of integrating existing security into virtualization. Then, we will take a vastly different approach and outline how virtualization actually creates new security capabilities and functions. This will provide a solid foundation for students to understand just what a paradigm shift virtualization is, and how security can benefit from it even while still adapting in many ways.
Our first step in integrating virtualization into the existing environment will be to lay out a sound risk assessment process that security professionals can use to identify and locate the threats, vulnerabilities, and impacts. With virtualization and cloud technologies, risk profiles are very different, and security teams will need to evaluate technology and infrastructure differently in order to adequately advise an enterprise where to focus and how to allocate resources to best protect itself. A more in-depth treatise will be covered for cloud technologies, with a description of the Jericho Forum Cloud Cube model and how it can be leveraged by organizations to assess risk for their internal clouds.
We will then spend some time on policy and governance for both virtualization and cloud technologies. What kinds of new policies are needed? What existing policies need to be updated? We will also provide guidance for information security managers who need to answer some tough questions from organizational leadership about how and why cloud and virtualization security measures should be implemented.
Next we will cover two critical topics for private cloud implementations (and virtual machines in general): data security and encryption, and Identity and Access Management (IAM). As organizations have more and more mobile virtual machines moving through their data centers, and as they extend private clouds to cloud providers, partners and others, the need to protect the entire virtual machine is more paramount than ever.
Encryption techniques and data lifecycle processes can significantly improve the security of virtual and cloud environments. We will delve into the key techniques and processes security and operations teams need to know, including PKI infrastructure, commercial tools for implementing data protection, and an easy-to-implement method to evaluate and update data lifecycle management policies and processes. Identity and access management (IAM) is a key component of many cloud infrastructures, especially those that need to integrate with partners and other external parties, so we will look at the key things organizations need to know when implementing and evaluating IAM tools and capabilities in private clouds. We will then do some hands-on work with scripting for automation, using both PowerCLI and vSphere CLI.
The last major section of the day will cover something critical to all enterprises - disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity planning (BCP). Virtualization, cloud technology, and architecture can help organizations implement much more robust DR and BCP strategies, and we will look in-depth at what tools are available to help with this. In addition, students will learn about updates they will need to make to DR and BCP policies and evaluation techniques in order to more accurately take the new virtualized infrastructure into account.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- How security can adapt to accommodate virtualization infrastructure
- How virtualization tools and technology can augment and facilitate security
- A simple, bulletproof risk assessment strategy for virtualization and private cloud environments
- Threats, vulnerabilities and impacts to consider when evaluating virtualization and private cloud technologies
- New and updated policies needed for virtualization and cloud environments
- Service-level agreements and performance considerations for cloud operations
- Governance models for private clouds
- Encryption tools and techniques for securing mobile virtual machines
- Data lifecycle policies and processes to ensure virtual machines and their data are monitored and updated
- Identity and access management fundamentals for private clouds
- Scripting for automation with shell scripts, as well as vSphere CLI and PowerCLI
- In-depth disaster recovery and business continuity planning processes and capabilities that virtualization and private clouds can augment
SEC579.6: Auditing and Compliance for Virtualization and Cloud
Dave Shackleford
Sat May 23rd, 2015
Today's session will start off with a lively discussion on virtualization assessment and audit. You may be asking, how can you possibly make a discussion on auditing lively? Trust us! We will cover the top virtualization configuration and hardening guides from DISA, CIS, Microsoft, and VMware, and talk about the most important and critical things to take away from these to implement. We will really put our money where our mouth is next - students will learn to implement audit and assessment techniques by scripting with the VI CLI, as well as some general shell scripting! Although not intended to be an in-depth class on scripting, some key techniques and ready-made scripts will be discussed and used in class to get students prepared for implementing these principles in their environments as soon as they get back to work.
We will wrap up the day with some general compliance guidelines that address specific controls needed for some of the major compliance mandates, including PCI DSS, HIPAA, and SOX.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Assessment and audit plans for virtualization and private cloud components
- Key configuration controls from the leading hardening guides from DISA, CIS, VMware, and Microsoft
- Scripting techniques in VI CLI for automating audit and assessment processes
- Sample scripts that help implement key audit functions
- Compliance mandates and how you can institute controls in both virtualization and cloud infrastructure to satisfy requirements
Additional Information
Laptop Required
Laptops for SEC579 lab exercises will be provided for students to use during class. Students will be given CDs with labs loaded to take home after class. For SEC579 Virtualization and Private Cloud Security courses conducted in the United States, a laptop will be provided for class use. However, for international events and onsite classes, a hard drive will be provided for class use.
For those classes where students are required to provide their own laptop, students will need a laptop with:
- 250 GB hard drive (with a minimum of 100 GB of free space)
- Windows 7/8
- 64-bit OS required
- VMware Workstation 9 or above
- Optical drive to read the DVDs
- 8 GB RAM or more
- Intel i5/i7 or equivalent processor
Also, be sure to use Intel's CPU Processor Identification utility to verify VT-x support in your chipset. And note that students must be able to disable AV, firewall, and any media and USB protections.
Please see your event description for more details.
If you have additional questions about the laptop specifications, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Who Should Attend
- Security personnel who are tasked with securing virtualization and private cloud infrastructure
- Network and systems administrators who need to understand how to architect, secure and maintain virtualization and cloud technologies
- Technical auditors and consultants who need to gain a deeper understanding of VMware virtualization from a security and compliance perspective
You Will Be Able To
- Lock down and maintain a secure configuration for all components of a virtualization environment
- Design a secure virtual network architecture
- Evaluate virtual firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and other security infrastructure
- Evaluate security for private and hybrid cloud environments
- Perform vulnerability assessments and penetration tests in virtual and private cloud environments, and acquire forensic evidence
- Perform audits and risk assessments within a virtual or private cloud environment
Hands-on Training
- ESXi Lockdown
- vMotion Attack on Data Confidentiality
- Netflow in a Virtual Infrastructure
Press & Reviews
"The rush for virtualization is difficult for security sensitive environments. SEC579 helps demonstrate which risks are valid." - Paul Mayers, Lloyds Banking Group
"SEC579 actually provides pertinent information outside what is freely available and is applicable to securing my organization's virtual infrastructure." - David Richardson, ManTech
"SEC579 is the absolute best virtualization security information available! And it is immediately usable." - Leonard Lyons, Northrop Grumman
Author Statement
Seeing the growth in virtualization technology over the past decade, I realized how important it was to educate security professionals on how the nature of their infrastructure is changing. We cannot keep securing systems the same way when the footprint of our data centers is radically different! As more organizations build private and hybrid clouds, we are changing trust models toward shared infrastructure as well. This course will help security, IT operations and audit team members develop a solid understanding of what is changing and how they can best secure these new technologies.
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If you like lentils this is a very good salad for a bento:
1 cup lentilles du Puy (French green lentils) picked over and rinsed
6 cups water
1 onion, chopped (not too fine; you will discard it)
3 bacon slices, chopped (this can be omitted for a vegetarian version)
1 garlic clove, halved
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 cup fresh parsely leaves, chopped fine. Save the stems for cooking the lentils
2 carrots, diced fine (about 3/4 cup)
For vinaigrette
2 teaspoons white-wine vinegar
1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard, or to taste (I do this to taste - that's a lot of Dijon!)
1/4 cup olive oil
In a heavy saucepan combine lentils and water. I place the onion, bacon, garlic, thyme, and parsely stems in cheesecloth bag, tie with a string, and simmer in the lentils, covered, 20 minutes. Drain the lentils and discard the cheesecloth.
In a seperate pot of fresh water, blanch the carrots and then drain. Mix the carrots with the lentils and chopped parsely (You can blanch the carrots in the lentil water, but they will take on color from the lentils, so I do them seprately becase it keeps them brighter and prettier in the salad.)
Make vinaigrette:
Transfer 2 tablespoons lentil-cooking liquid to a medium bowl and whisk in vinegar, mustard, and salt and pepper to taste. Add oil in a stream, whisking, and whisk dressing until emulsified.
Add the vinaigrette to the lentils, parsley and carrots, salt and pepper to taste. Can be made ahead; stores for about 2 days in the fridge. Can be served at room temperature.
I make a thing like this, but instead of carrots I put in whatever is in the fridge - some semi-dried tomatoes, roasted capsicum, a bit of feta, and as well as parsley I put in basil and marjoram from the garden. Then I just sprinkle balsamic vinegar on it. Very yummy.
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FLOAT, whose first chapter won the Doug Fir Fiction Award for environmental fiction in 2010, is about the interplay of art, industry and plastics in the ocean. "Infinite Kingdom" is a short story excerpted from FLOAT in Precipitate, (now called Newfound) an on-line journal that explores non-traditional perspectives of the physical world.
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China, the world's top buyer of raw cotton and soy, will this year scrap its controversial scheme to stockpile the commodities and will trial direct subsidies for farmers instead, the government said in a policy document.
The announcement, published late on Sunday, is the first official confirmation the change will come in 2014, although market participants remain uncertain about how the move will pan out as the document lacks specific details on timing, as well as on the structure and size of subsidies.
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"The key is not that they're subsidising farmers but how much they will give," said a trade source, who declined to be named.
The shift had been widely anticipated after several years of stockpiling failed to encourage an increase in cotton and soy planting by farmers while also pushing domestic prices well above international markets, stimulating more imports.
Global cotton prices, which climbed around 12 percent in 2013, may come under pressure from the change as it could free up more locally grown cotton, denting China's demand for imported fibre. The country's hoarding of domestic supplies is expected by the end of July to reach more than 12 million tonnes, or 60 percent of global stocks.
China's soy purchases will be less affected by the move as most crushers in coastal regions are already largely dependent on imports.
Beijing also said it would maintain stockpiling for rapeseed, corn and sugar, as well as continuing to offer a minimum purchase price for wheat and rice. Some industry participants had expected changes to sugar and rapeseed stockpiling.
But some market participants warned that if the cotton subsidies were not far-reaching enough, that could curb Chinese production and actually buoy appetite for imports.
Trials for the subsidy system for soybeans will be rolled out in the north-east and Inner Mongolia, while it will be tested in the far western province of Xinjiang for cotton growers. Xinjiang accounts for about 60 percent of China's cotton output, and much of its higher quality, finer fibres.
It is not yet clear if the subsidies will be offered to other cotton-growing provinces, which make up the rest of domestic supply.
"If they only support Xinjiang, the rest of China will produce very little cotton if any, and domestic prices could rise," said a second trade source.
Beijing has been promoting cotton cultivation in Xinjiang where larger farms allow for more efficient production. Several sources expect the new policy to encourage farmers in eastern provinces such as Henan and Shandong, where cotton output has already been in sharp decline, to switch to food crops.
The subsidy will be based on a target price, according to the document, following a system similar to one used in the United States.
The government said it would "gradually build a system of target prices for agricultural products so that when the market price is high, low income consumers will be subsidised, while when the market price is lower than the target price, producers will be subsidised the difference, therefore guaranteeing farmers' income". It did not give further details on how the target price would be set.
"I don't think they will give very big subsidies. The government wants to encourage grain production not cotton production," said another trade source. "I think we will see total production drop when the planting statistics are revealed in March."
The changes are expected to be brought in prior to this year's harvest in the third quarter.
China views the financial support of its 700 million farmers as crucial for both its food supply and political stability, particularly in regions with large ethnic minorities such as Xinjiang, its main cotton-producing area, and southern Guangxi and Yunnan, the principal sugar provinces.
Details of the policy change were published in the "number one document", issued every January by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. The paper sets the country's policy priorities for the year, and has focused on rural matters every year since 2003.
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An interactive facade fronting a parking structure at the new Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. A field of 7,000 angled metal panels in conjunction with an articulated east/west color strategy creates a dynamic façade system.
Source Outdoor Universal Tube Adapter - A smart setup to refill your hydration packs from the tap or a waterbottle without having to open your pack! And apparently it even fits with Camelbak systems says someone on Amazon.
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Reebok does BACON. Apparently appealing to the paelo diet crossfitters...
Nike FuelBox Vending Machine has popped up in NYC - and you can buy goods with your fuel points from the current day!
An unusual travel buddy in Nick Robles' new photo series Technicolor Dino.
The Swings: An Exercise in Musical Cooperation from Daily Tous Les Jours inspired by their previous work 21 Balançoires.
Tribal Worldwide Toronto brands Peanut Butter Cheerios as the Official Cereal of Dadhood.
Beautiful beast, an unusual spider-like accessory from Martín Azúa that creates temporary piercings while worn.
Troppi Tappi is a small set of 3D printable jar caps to modify and reuse glass jars. The collection has been designed by italian lab PiuLAB. You can download all the 3D models.
Flederhaus in Vienna is part public art, part public meeting space with 28 hammocks, designed by Heri & Salli Architects.
Interesting Sharifi-Ha house in Tehran by nextoffice with semi-mobile rooms to create extra space and light.
Sel Magique - beautiful branding and packaging for this line of gourmet fleur de sel herbs de provence.
'One-High Table' by canadian designer Endri Hoxha for EhoEho.
LittleBits cloudBit! The latest component lets you create internet-connected devices! Everything from weather dashboards and SMS-doorbell alerts to garage openers and whatever you can dream up.
Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes unveiled a new 760-metre long bridge connecting the Normandy coastline to the medieval town of Mont Saint-Michel.
Christian Louboutin Rouge Nail Lacquer. A true objet d'art of a dramatic 8-inch height inspired by the tallest heel Christian Louboutin ever created- the Ballerina Ultima. It is packaged in a weighted ombré glass bottle with a special triangular brush.
FEATUREDNOTFZJ80 Project: our ARB Simpson III Roof Top Tent. Cantilevering off our roof rack, you climb up the aluminum ladder to a nearly queen sized foam mattress and fun views. I'm still amazed it sets up in minutes.
B-AND-BEE, stackable honeycomb shaped festival sleeping cells. Product-Service-System designed by Achilles Design, invented, produced & operated by Compaan and Labeur in Belgium, homecountry of Gentse Feesten & Tomorrowland
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Armchair that becomes a personal space by adding a roof, by Dutch designer Bram Burger.
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Timber Tuck Stool features the geometric lines of the original Tuck Stool, integrating a natural element in the timber top.
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Kine Solberg Lenscape - a window display made of convex lenses! Displayed as part of the Master of Interior Architecture and Retail Design (MIARD) graduate show at the Piet Zwart Institute.
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The second issue of Snacks Quarterly is now online with tasty stuff from Aaron Draplin, Jon Contino, Brian Rea, Paul Scheer and more.
Emilio Subira Johnny Paint Me Motherfucker toys with canvas heads to customize!
KIOSK has adorable little terracotta building blocks from Colombia
Catherine Chalmers' Food Chain photography project showing the circle of life...
'Floating House' by MOS Architects on Lake Huron, Canada.
Douglas Bowden created the opening title sequence, title slates and idents for the prestigious D&AD awards. Each machine was designed to utilise objects and materials that you would find in an art and design shop.
3D lettering from Tolga Girgin.
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VIDEOSebastian Errazuriz's Samurai Cabinet made from 400 individually movable keels.
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The Temptation Cabinet by Taylor Donsker Design. Intended to house fine scotch and play off of their amber glow.
Drunk User Testing - how does your site look after quite a few drinks?
Prometheus Design Werx Dog Tag Tool - A one piece milled titanium tool with the same footprint as the universally recognized American Military issue "Dog Tag".
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We love each other and rarely disagree about things, but this isn't fun for me. I have told Keith I feel ignored and I'd love to do something WITH him. He says because our town is smallish, there's not a lot to do that doesn't cost money.
Keith is into the video games, so much so that when we first met, he'd sit in his bedroom and play for hours on end. We're planning a vacation in the next month or so, so it's not like we do nothing at all. But I don't know how to improve our situation. — Calling for Help in Kokomo, Ind.
After a hard day's work, your husband may just want to sit down and relax. But that doesn't mean you couldn't schedule some activity together on a weekend: hiking, skating, kayaking, going to an art show or seeing what's scheduled at the convention center. You could also make a date with other young married couples or occasionally schedule a girls' night out with some of your female friends.
I agree that it's important for you and your husband not to get into a rut. That's why you need to budget so you CAN get out and have some fun together a few times a month.Confused about sexuality
DEAR ABBY: Several years ago I met "Holly," the love of my life. We married and had a child. Soon after our son's birth, I found out Holly had a boyfriend on the side. Our divorce was one of the most traumatic experiences of my life. Because of her instability, I was granted custody of our son.
Since the divorce I have developed an attraction to men. Is this normal after a nasty divorce? I never thought of myself as gay or bi until about a year afterward. I know that I never again want to experience the pain I went through.
I have been celibate now for almost four years, and I'm trying my best to set a good example for my son. I miss having someone to hold and share life with, but in the area where I live, having a gay relationship would cause me to lose my son. Any advice you can offer would be appreciated. — Is This Normal? in Arizona
It is important that you determine exactly who you are, whether it is a walking-wounded heterosexual, bisexual or homosexual. A licensed psychotherapist can help you with this, and do it in confidence.
Regardless of your sexual orientation, you should realize that when breakups happen between couples — and that includes male/male, female/female and heterosexual — there is usually heartbreak involved. However, without risk there can be no reward, and celibacy is not the answer. If it turns out that you are, indeed, gay, then you should consider relocating to a more gay-friendly area.
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Readers share stories of acts of kindness shown during the recent winter storm
Many people took advantage of the recent winter weather to assist others and perform selfless acts of kindness.
Our readers have shared some of their stories. If you'd like to let us know about a kind deed, email us at firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, call our Viewpoints line at 775-6397, or call the office at 775-2218.
• Faye Teegarden reported that while she and her family had gone to an event on Sunday, they came home to find that someone had completely cleared the snow from their walks and driveway. She had no idea who the Good Samaritan was but was very thankful for their help.
• R. Mitchell wrote: "Just a Big "Thank you" to John at the Walnut township barn. Without his help I wouldn't have made it to my dialysis treatment Thursday morning. They took care of my driveway so I could get out and go. What a wonderful deed indeed. Thank you guys."
• From Virginia Belt : Just want to say "Thank you" to all the city employees, mail employees, Department of Safety employees, and my paper girl for all they do in all kinds of weather and always willing to go that extra mile for our home folks. It is easy to sit by the fire and complain about missed mail and papers and their drive ways clogged. Where did the blocked in people plan to go? I have lived in the Augusta area my whole life and there is nowhere I would rather live. Thanks to you all.
• Ray Dickey shared this: There is human kindness in Augusta. I complained about snow being shoved into my driveway by city trucks and when I looked out this evening, my driveway was clear of snow. My deep thanks to the kindness of who ever cleared my driveway.
• Ed Redwine said, "I have neighbors who are angels without wings. Lloyd, Kip and John have gone above and beyond to clear the foot of partly cloudy from my driveway last week and again this week. I am truly blessed to have them watching out for me."
• Jennifer Bishop Yamamoto wrote, "My neighbor plowed our gravel drive...not just once Friday, but again today (Tuesday). Bless that man!"
• Carol Courtwright said, "I was going about my business this morning and looked to discover my driveway and ramp had been mysteriously cleaned off."
• Judy Caudle Graves reported that her neighbor is taking care of my 93 year old mom. Bringing her mail in. Making sure she has groceries. God bless her.
• Michele Maier Spainhower said, "Three wonderful gentlemen pushed me out of a drift last week at Walmart and as I was shoveling my drive last Thursday, a very nice man and his two children stopped and helped me finish it off!"
• Jana Biehler- Kohls Neighbor reported that Ron Reavis spent the entire day snowblowing three driveways in her neighborhood. It was so nice of him.