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When that catchy Lil' Kim ditty blasts out of the Air Canada Centre tonight, when Trish Stratus walks to the ring with thousands of cheering fans giving her a sendoff fit for the queen of the divas, she's bound to have a tear in her eye.
Whoa! It's time to rock n' roll,
This time I'm in control.
There've been so many memories, so many highlights stuffed into a six-plus-year WWE career ... and this will be her final night. It's much more than a storyline. Trish is leaping out of her career and right into marriage ... in real life ... saying "yes" to her high-school sweetheart Ron on Sept. 30.
"Really, I'm trying not to think about it because I might burst into tears," says Patricia Anne Stratigias over the phone. "I'm happy, I'm sad and I'm anxious. Next time I retire, remind me not to get married at the same time.
"It's been such a crazy ride. These people became my second family. It's a textbook story with a fairytale ending."
And what a career it's been. She's a six-time women's champ and a Diva of the Decade, a blonde bombshell with beauty and brains ... and a girl whose ambition not so long ago was to be a doctor.
"I'm ready to take a break," she says. "I've been on the road for the last 10 years of my life.
"I've missed going out to see my nephews' hockey games ... I've missed my girlfriends' weddings and the birth of their kids. I want to stop and smell the roses and enjoy life.
"I haven't had a chance to enjoy the process of being a bride yet. My fiance and I have been together for 14 years. He grew up with my cousins in East York. Then he moved to Richmond Hill and I met him on a school bus in Grade 8.
"We became best friends, then boyfriend and girlfriend when we were 17.
"I'm going to be a professional vacationer for awhile. I've been everywhere, but I haven't really seen anything. So we're going to start in Greece and end off (the honeymoon) with fish and chips in London."
Trish says the wedding will be big: "I'm Greek, he's Italian." And among the guests will be diva buddies Lisa Moretti (Ivory) and Nora Greenwald (Molly Holly), who will soon embark on the KickAss for Gas: The Wedding Tour. The former WWE divas will embark on a drive of more than 2,000 miles in a Scamp camper, appearing at wrestling shows along the way.
Trish would love to leave the WWE on a high note tonight, with a win over Lita ... and her seventh women's championship.
"It's been a wonderful ride," she says. "There's not one moment I would change. And hopefully I can walk away from Sept. 17 and retire as a seven-time champion."
Trish will maintain her home-town roots by moving right around the corner from her mom in Richmond Hill.
- Here's what we expect to happen tonight at Unforgiven (other than Trish's match, of course): Edge vs. John Cena (tables, ladders and chairs match, if Cena loses, he's bound for Smackdown!); The McMahons and The Big Show vs. D-Generation X (Hell in a Cell); Johnny Nitro vs. Jeff Hardy; The Spirit Squad vs. The Highlanders; Randy Orton vs. Carlito; and Kane vs. Umaga. The buzz going around is that Cena will not leave RAW, meaning he would have to win the title again. Now, I'm a Cena fan ... but it'd be a mistake to take the belt off Edge ... who gets better and better each week.
- The Supershow Monday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal will be a blast. WWE will tape Smackdown!, then go live with RAW. The ECW show was taped last night in Niagara Falls, N.Y.
- Here's the lineup for Tuesday night's Smackdown! live event at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa: Batista vs. Booker T; Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero; Lashley vs. Fit Finlay and William Regal; Paul London and Brian Kendrick vs. Idol Stevens and Casey James; Matt Hardy vs. Mr. Kennedy; Funaki vs. Sylvester Terkay; Jillian Hall vs. Krystal; Vito vs. Sylvain; and Jimmy Yang vs. Gregory Helms. Bell time is 7:30 p.m.
- Cryme Tyme? Black hoodlums? Let's see, we've had black pimps, headhunters and voodoo men, but C'mon Vince ... this is embarrassing. WWE, for its part, says the characters Shad Gaspard and JTG will be parodying racial stereotypes. Uh huh, just like Triple H sleeping with a corpse was ... well, it was bad taste.
- Country star Toby Keith was at RAW.
- The scuttlebutt is The Rock wants no part of his nickname anymore -- he soon may be referred to as simply Dwayne Johnson for his movie roles.
- The Wrestling Observer reported that Greg Gagne got the boot from his position as trainer/booker with Ohio Valley Wrestling and Deep South, training grounds for WWE.
- Rage Wrestling Entertainment is scheduled to hold an event at the Carleton Place Arena in Ottawa on Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Drake Styles vs. MVP is the main event. Check out www.ragewrestling.net for more details.
- Mecca Pro Wrestling was going to put on a show, Redemption, on Oct. 14 at the Metcalfe Centre in Maxville. Problem is the promoters say they got no co-operation from the town ... so they'll instead host monthly shows in Cornwall, beginning Nov. 11.
- Winnipeg's Premier Championship Wrestling presents Back to School Bash Sept. 21, at 9 p.m., at the LID Nightclub in Winnipeg. The main event is AJ Styles vs. Kenny Omega. Other matches include a three-way dance with TNA superstar Samoa Joe vs. Antonio Scorpio Jr. vs. Mike Angels. See www.PCWaction.com for updates.
- Here are the results from Independent Wrestling Manitoba's Sept. 12 show at the University of Manitoba: Jon Cutler beat Kevin Chevy; Beautiful Bobby Jay beat Chris Raine; TJ Bratt beat Gibby G; Wavell Starr and Zack Mercury battled to a no-contest; Moses Luke beat Justin Tyme and Cory Diamond in a triple threat match; and Cutler and Mercury beat Starr and Chevy.


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Sunday, July 31, 2005
forget being innocent....it's now you're guilty and we'll make sure that you're guilty? and these are the "prosecuters" who are complaining the trials are rigged for conviction....
leaked emails from two former prosecutors claim the military commissions set up to try detainees at guantanamo bay are rigged, fraudulent, and thin on evidence against the accused.
two emails, which have been obtained by the abc, were sent to supervisors in the office of military commissions in march of last year - three months before australian detainee david hicks was charged and five months before his trial began. - australian broacasting corporation
as the pentagon was making its final preparations to begin war crimes trials against four detainees at guantánamo bay, cuba, two senior prosecutors complained in confidential messages last year that the trial system had been secretly arranged to improve the chance of conviction and to deprive defendants of material that could prove their innocence. - nytimes
the commission process does away with any of the basic fundamental protections you would find either in a court martial or our civil criminal justice system.thanks to steven d's kos diary
"the system is set up and designed to only reach convictions." - the australian
and of course, guess who is already in the thick of this...
a federal appeals court ruled friday that the bush administration's plan to convene military tribunals to try terrorist detainees at the u.s. naval base on guantanamo bay is constitutional, a decision that promises to jump-start a controversial and historic process that has been waylaid for eight months by legal challenges.
...his tribunal was in its early pre-trial stages in guantanamo bay when it was suddenly halted last november after u.s. district court judge james robertson of washington ruled that tribunals were illegal and violated military law and the geneva convention.
it was robertson's ruling that was reversed by the three appellate judges -- stephen f. williams, a. raymond randolph, and john g. roberts. (you know, that supreme court nominee...)
in addition to finding that the geneva convention did not apply, the three also determined that the tribunals were properly set up the white house, authorized by congress, and should go forward. - los angeles times via detroit news
diamonds are supposed to be forever.
it is a decision that will horrify his legion of worldwide fans and leave grown women in tears.
scottish screen legend sir sean connery has almost drawn the
curtain on his long and glittering career by revealing it would take a mafia-style "offer he couldn't refuse" to tempt him to make another film.
...in an interview with a new zealand newspaper, the actor says he has no time for the "idiots" now making films in hollywood. - the scotsman
to the green knight and patriside, two blogs that joined in the million hit march skippy-a-thon, but whom we failed to add to our blogroll (as promised) until today.
speaking of which, the green knight has some excellent quotes from conservative british writers that question the wisdom of not questioning the wisdom of our fearless leaders.
via atrios, we find that major bob bateman puts it our problem with the natalie holloway story coverage so succinctly: no more one-person crimes elevated to a national issue...
there is a supreme court seat in play, a un nomination in stasis, death in the sudan, death in london, and a few things occurring in afghanistan and here, and our national news stations choose to run stories on the death of a privileged 18-year old? here's an idea, if these stations are so short of news: come here. send an additional 5-15 reporters and cameramen. we have plenty of 18, 19, 20...25, 35, and 45 year-olds dying every day or three. pick some. tell their stories to america. learn who they were before they came here. follow up on the latest developments in their units. see how their buddies are doing. interview (when they are ready, if they ever are ready) their parents, spouses, children. find out who killed them. (was it sunni extremists, former ba'ath party leaders, common criminals, syrian provocateurs, jihadists...) help america understand that we are, no kidding, at war.
and try to do it without geraldo this time, ok? please? from iraq, bob bateman.
as the investigation tightens into the leak of the identity of covert cia operative valerie plame, sources tell time some white house officials may have learned she was married to former ambassador joseph wilson weeks before his july 6, 2003, op-ed piece criticizing the administration. that prospect increases the chances that white house official karl rove and others learned about plame from within the administration rather than from media contacts. rove has told investigators he believes he learned of her directly or indirectly from reporters, according to his lawyer. - time and more at think progress
it was nothing more than an empty promise when president bush vowed to fire any white house staffer involved in the revenge outing of cia operative valerie plame. now that rove and vice president cheney's chief of staff, lewis "scooter" libby, have been 'identified' as the culprits, bush changed the standards he himself set by saying -- they must've "committed a crime." - aljeezera.com
over at asshat.org.
inanities from commander cookoo bananas with appropriate visuals. refresh their page for a different one.
it's all just a game (quicktime video)
(you don't think that they would actually want to experience the real thing, now do you? that's just for the poor folk. its more fun this way)
our buds at resident bush send us this from mcsweeneys:
- q: how many telemarketers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
a: wouldn't a more relevant question be "how many pounds of cocaine has bush snorted?"
- a doctor, a lawyer, and an accountant all die and go to heaven on the same day. when they get to the pearly gates, they are greeted by st. peter. st. peter says, "scott mcclellan is a lying sack of shit and i'd tell him so myself if he weren't going straight to hell when he dies."
- q: what do you get when you cross an elephant and a rhino?
a: i'm not sure, but if the answer is "a cure for parkinson's disease," then bush will try to stop scientists from breeding them. because he likes it when people get parkinson's.
- this guy walks into a bar carrying a small poodle in one hand and a bowling ball in the other. the guy says, "i'd like a glass of milk for me and a whiskey for my poodle." the bartender says, "yeah? well, i'd like an impartial and independent judiciary, but try telling that to bush, frist, and the rest of the gop!"
- q: what do you get when you cross a giraffe and a monkey?
a: i'm sorry, i can't think about that right now because i'm too busy wondering why congress hasn't launched an official investigation into bush lying to the american public about wmds and leading us into a war under false pretenses. tell you what—as soon as i solve that little riddle, i'll get to work on your little genetic experiment.
- q: how many eggs does it take to make a good omelet?
a: three. by the way, tom delay is a hypocrite of the highest order.
- did you hear that bill clinton hired a new intern? it turns out that his old intern had to go home and spend time with her family after her brother was killed in iraq.
- q: how many golf players does it take to screw in a light bulb?
a: the answer may be locked away in the minutes of cheney's secret energy meetings. however, conventional wisdom says that the meetings were probably about finding a cabinet-level position for a pre-scandal ken lay or about doing business with the taliban.
- knock-knock.
who's there?
under the patriot act, we don't have to tell you that.
we're pleased to add the lovely maryscott o'connor's newest community effort my left wing to our blogroll.
speaking of the roll, in our recent efforts to reach a million hits, several of you in blogtopia (and yes! we coined that phrase!) helped us out with links on your sites. many of you were old friends, and we can't thank you enough for your support.
but we were also surprised and quite pleased to find a number of new friends adding to the cause. we attempted to keep track of you all and add everyone of you who linked to our million hit march skippy-a-thon to our permanent blog roll.
however, if you were one of the copious number of blogs who joined our efforts with a link to our humble site, and we somehow failed to put your blog on our roll, please don't hesitate to contact us and let us know.
skippy needs two million hits!
the new mccarthyism continues - could you be an "excuse maker"?
condolleeza rice now joins thomas friedman and bill o'reilly in practicing the new mcarthyism (yes! we coined that term!), as we can see from a video clip on crooks and liars. this new thought suppression program casts a broader net than its 1950's counterpart. you don't need to be a liberal to be a target. you only need to raise the self-evident fact that the war in iraq has increased the world's supply of terrorists, or wonder what else might be motivating terrorist attacks, and you are an "excuse maker" who is not much better than a terrorist yourself. it's ok to ask why serial killers kill, as larry king does from time to time, but it's treason to ask the same about terrorists.
(diatribe con'td here)
to someone from across the aisle, indepundit, and our old friend kid oakldand's own k/o, and the action northwest education fund, and the end of the world.
"blinded by the right - the conscience of an ex conservative" by david brock.
interesting and horrifying at the same time. a stark and quite frank look at one man's journey through the conservative trenches and his coming out, literally and figuratively, to see the destruction of his actions. it shows the underbelly of the far right conspiracy.
some interesting little tidbits on some conservative characters and their actions against the clinton administration....and interesting how they are still in the news today.
"in politics, as in life generally, a lot of what one does is oppose bad ideas," he told the new york times. "opposition is worthwhile for its own sake, good for the country." with the gop out of power, (bill) kristol had his major success with what he called "cheerful obstructionism" of the clinton health care plan. at a time when even senator dole was in agreement witht he clinton administration that the country faced a "health care crisis," the glib krostol coined a counterslogan" "there is nohealth care crisis" (hmmmm....and now the rethugs are slimming democrats with being "obstructionists" when they themselves relished in the idea?)
congressman randy cunningham compared a visit clinton made to moscow in 1969 while he was studying at oxford to the treasonous tokyo rose during world war ii. (for good measure, cunningham said the entire democratic congressional leadership "should be lined up and shot." (randy, randy, randy....and now you face the music of your own evil kickback scams. and haven't some current rethugs, like rep. peter king, call upon violence against democrats?)
sitting on an overstuffed sofa not far from me, (armstrong) williams had soemthing else besides strange justice on his mind. as he began to pepper me with graphic questions about wheather i was dominant or submissive in bed, i shuffled uncomfortably in my seat, looked away, and tried to change the subject. **some years later, williams was sued for sexucal harassment by his producer and former trainer, who charged that williams repeatedly kissed him on the mouth and grabbed his buttocks and genitals on business trips. the suit was settled out of court. (wow....that's leaving no child's behind)
my dinner mate john fund of the (wall street) journal's editorial page was a close political associate of gringrich, and similarly hypocritical. though he took positions aligned with those of the christian right, fund had not discouraged a young ex-girlfriend-the daughter of another fund ex-girlfriend-from seeking an abortion he offered to pay for. "i respect life, but i also make judments and i have different variations on that theme," fund told the young woman, according to a transcript of a telephone conversation she released to a reporter. (now mr. fund is frequently found on television being hypocritical)a little online reading recommendation, too.
Saturday, July 30, 2005
not to make light of tragedy, but the asspress has come out with an article about the recent disasters befalling the boy scouts in which several people echo our previous sentiments, ie, if there's anyone who knows about pitching tents safely, it should be leaders of the boy scouts.
sam waltz jr., a crisis management specialist from wilmington, del., said organizers should have laid out a grid map in advance that clearly identified danger areas where power lines hang and planned for tents to be set up far away.
"if someone had gridded it out, then no one would have been putting a tent under that particular power line," he said.
the scouts also should have insisted on conducting a background check of the contractor, cambria said.
scouting teachings dictate that tents not be erected under trees or power lines, a jamboree spokesman said. and potential scout leaders go through rigorous safety training before they join the organization, said scout leader kevin rudden, 51, of mendon, mass.
"it's the most safety-conscious, risk-averse organization i've ever met in my life -- there's a policy for everything," rudden said. "that's why it's just surprising that this happened. i mean, it's just counterintuitive to all that you're trained. you can't explain it."
of course, the great thing is, we get to blame awol for the other tragedy at the jamboree...300 boy scouts falling ill with heat stroke:
what could have prevented the heat illnesses is another question.
"you'd like to say the cool heads should have recognized the potential for heat-related illness, but it's so extraordinary -- i suspect the president's security precautions really were the driver," waltz said.
indeed, white house security rules dictated that the scouts go through lengthy security checks and be waiting inside the arena two hours before the president's arrival, fairrer said.
"the white house security rules ... are certainly in place to make sure the president and his entourage are protected and we certainly respect that," she said. "but at some point, we have to say this just jeopardizes the health of the youth too much."
nonetheless, jamboree organizers should have known the weather was going to be hot during july in virginia, said robert smith, president of an event planning and public relations firm outside chicago. they could have struck a deal to have air-conditioned buses kept running for the scouts.
[phyllis cambria, an event planner from boca raton, fla., who has written several books on the subject] said several other key pieces of equipment could have helped:
water misters and large, outdoor fans
personalized fans for the children
tarps to shield the waiting scouts from the sun.
now they think of it!
the debate part one and part two.
presented by (sing it with us!) wkrc in cincinnati...
since they seem to be much better and faster at finding their most wanteds.
police believe they have caught four men suspected of trying to explode bombs on london's transport system last week after armed raids on friday in the british capital and an arrest in rome, a police source said.
"my belief is we have all four people we are seeking in custody," the source told reuters. - reuters canada
back in school, skippy never learned in history class, so he was doomed to repeat it.
(not true. we stretch the truth for a punchline. skippy loved history class, and in fact took his final exams on lsd. don't worry, he passed with flying colors).
bad jokes aside, which is where they should be, we have to thank samantha kopicko, the internet marketing coordinator of holtzbrinck publishers, for sending us a copy of neil baldwin's latest examination of historic ideas "the american revalation."
we are looking forward to reading it. a capsulized report from publishers' weekly tells us:
sure, john o'sullivan was a great boxer, but who knew he invented manifest desitiny? [ed. note: i thought we were going to leave bad jokes aside!]
nick clooney (yes! george's father and rosemary's brother! and the dude who shows old black and white movies on that channel!) of the cincinatti post tells us:
it should be an interesting read. we'll let you know how we like it.
readers of this space know we have been following the story of the denver three, the american citizens ejected from a rally for awol in colorado, for no reason more than possibly being maybe someone who might obstensively could have been disagreeable, perhaps.
the upshot of a four-month long investigation by the secret service into who ejected alex young, karen bauer, and leslie weise from the public meeting is, wait for it: zero. the rockymtnews:
the announcement was made friday in a letter to colorado sen. ken salazar and reps. mark udall and diana degette, all democrats, who had asked for a secret service investigation into the incident…
u.s. attorney william leone said the investigation was "thorough and complete."
"i am certain that the secret service would demand, and our office would aggressively prosecute, any person who was found to be impersonating a secret service agent if the facts warranted such a prosecution," leone said in a statement. "this is not such a case."
he added, "criminal law is not an appropriate tool to resolve this dispute. The normal give and take of the political system is the appropriate venue for a resolution."
normal give and take? sure. we give up our rights, awol takes us to the cleaners. (thanks to talkleft's comment on crooks and liars for the link!)
thanks to constantly amazed, yet never surprised, we find a republican congressional candidate in vermont calling for awol's impeachment:
a central part of his platform, morrisseau said, will be bringing articles of impeachment against bush…
morrisseau said he considers himself more of a republican than the president, and he thinks a lot of vermont republicans agree with him.
"this leadership isn't very republican and i don't think it's very popular with vermont republicans," he said. "republicans in this state tend to be mind-your-own-business people, keep taxes low and government small."
morrisseau held up former gov. deane davis as an example of a vermont republican.
"davis was the best environmentalist we had in this state," he said. "that's republicanism in vermont. we like small businesses. we're afraid of outsiders and large businesses. that's what i'm about."
while 38.8 percent of vermonters — and likely the lion's share of vermont republicans — voted for bush, morrisseau said he thinks there is enough anti-bush sentiment within republican circles for his message to find an audience.
"i think i've got a great shot," he said. "there's been movement since the election, if you track the polls. that's not just democrats, that's republicans, too. down in southern vermont, the man is reviled among republicans."
he's also reviled among blogtopians (and yes! we coined that phrase, too!)
to stumbleupon, who, apparently, likes us, really likes us (it's some sort of referral channelsurfing network, we guess, kind of like the lord of the rings ring).
from uzbekistan.
yeah...we're making friends and influencing people. hey...just wait until molton bolton starts verbally assulting people in the u.n. think of how many places we can be ousted out of then!
uzbekistan formally evicted the united states yesterday from a military base that has served as a hub for combat and humanitarian missions to afghanistan since shortly after the attacks of sept. 11, 2001, pentagon and state department officials said yesterday.just throw more american greenbacks at the war......this administration just doesn't care.
..the united states will face several logistical problems for its operations in afghanistan. scores of flights have used k2 monthly. it has been a landing base to transfer humanitarian goods that then are taken by road into northern afghanistan, particularly to mazar-e sharif -- with no alternative for a region difficult to reach in the winter. k2 is also a refueling base with a runway long enough for large military aircraft. the alternative is much costlier midair refueling.
...pentagon spokesman bryan whitman called access to the airfield "undeniably critical in supporting our combat operations" and humanitarian deliveries. - wapo
not the most popular place in sunland, ca
Friday, July 29, 2005
thanks to a comment by seesdifferent on dkos.
or if you prefer seafood:
from ronv on the same diary.
after reading this, i'm going to need a drink....
it is a regular pastime for co-workers to chat during a coffee break, at a union hall, or over a beer about workplace issues, good grilling recipes, and celebrity gossip. yet a recent ruling by the national labor relations board (lnlb) allows employers to ban off-duty fraternizing among co-workers, severely weakening the rights of free association and speech, and violating basic standards of privacy for america's workers. - american rights at work
i went and took one of those blogthings tests again. this time, it was, "who were you in a past life?"
i was a diseased jester, i lived in cyprus, and i died by decapitation.
doesn't like the boyscouts?
lightning struck a group of boy scouts taking shelter from a summer storm, killing the troop leader and a 13-year-old scout, according to a ranger and the boy's parents. - ap
the boy scouts marched onto the field singing, plopping down in the grass to wait for president bush. but hours later, the news that bush couldn't make it was drowned out by sirens and shouts as hundreds fell ill because of the blistering heat. - abc
the four adults killed yesterday at fort a.p. hill after a tent pole apparently touched an overhead electrical line included two scout leaders who were fathers of boys attending the jamboree, a spokesman said today. - richmond times dispatch
victoria of the church of the front porch recommends the gonzales and card bumper sticker from cafe press;
rep. charles taylor wants us all to know he voted "no" on cafta, but his vote wasn't tabulated;
reader cait sends us some material from the green institute suggesting condi was the leaker in l'affair plame;
stop john roberts.com still wants you to stop john roberts (they've got a petition to sign);
capitolbuzz has the latest on the firing of miami herald columnist jim defede;
our buddies at resident bush and our friend from the california democratic party both send us this piece from prison planet about two nasa scientists who were told in 1987 about the government's own plot to start a world conflaguration by destroying the twin towers;
and the resident bush gang also send the amprospect story musing that the four london bombers may not have known they were going to be suicide attackers;
and judd legum at think progress points out that scott mcclellan is spinning out of control about the john bolton's involvement in l'affair plame.
to egeon: a (responsibly) liberal rant and the gazetteer and political fish tales and alternative hippo.
and it does not bode swimmingly for the future
tuna, swordfish and other species favored by fishing fleets gather in "hotspots" across the world's oceans -- but these are in serious decline, according to a survey published on thursday.
...the hotspots -- off the east coasts of the united states, australia, and sri lanka; south of hawaii; and in the southeastern pacific -- seem to be linked to a type of zooplankton, the researchers found to their surprise. - reuters via planet ark
half of all sea fish species have disappeared from the major fishing grounds of the world, according to a study that shows how ocean life has declined rapidly in the past 50 years.
the dramatic fall in the diversity of fish is blamed on overfishing rather than pollution or climate change, the scientists behind the study said yesterday. - the independent
a combination of overfishing, habitat destruction and climate change has
narrowed the range of fish across the globe, wrote biologists boris worm and
ransom a. myers of dalhousie university in nova scotia and three other
scientists. in some areas, such as off northwest australia where a wide variety
of tuna and billfish used to thrive, diversity has declined precipitously - wapo
the monterey bay aquarium and the seattle acquarium have great resources to learning about the types of fish you should not buy or order up at restaurants because of toxins or near extinction. check it out.
lack of species diversity is a problem, dr. worm said, because ecosystems with fewer species are less robust in the face of environmental disruptions like climate change.
for example, he said, the world's tuna fishery today is largely a matter of yellowfin and skipjack tuna because bluefin, albacore and other species rarely appear on fishermen's lines.
"if the ocean changes in a way that doesn't favor these two species any more, we have very little to fall back on," he said. "Ii you have a rich portfolio of species, it's like a diverse stock portfolio. you are better off." - nytimes
winning at all costs. get rid of those who stand in your way. money will buy anything. violence is ok.
makes learning about b.j.'s seem...so....quaint.
a youth baseball coach on thursday was ordered to stand trial for allegedly paying one of his players $25 to hurt a 9-year-old mentally disabled teammate.
..."he told me if I would hit (the teammate) in the face, he would pay me $25," keith said.
...a motive for the beaning was not discussed in court thursday. but the injured boy's mother had told police that the coach looked for ways to keep her son out of games because he was not as good as other kids. - ustoady
when you got bugs?
a bug discovered in an operating system that runs the majority of the world's computer networks would, if exploited, allow an attacker to bring down the nation's critical infrastructure, a computer security researcher said wednesday against threat of a lawsuit.
...lynn closed his talk by directing the audience to his resume and asking if anyone could give him a job.
"in large part i had to quit to give this presentation because iss and cisco would rather the world be at risk, i guess," lynn said. "they had to do what's right for their shareholders; i understand that. but i figured i needed to do what's right for the country and for the national critical infrastructure." - wired
why do we even have countries anymore? it's seems to be "shareholder uber alles" anyway....why don't we just send them off to war.
a small part of blogtopia (yes! we coined that phrase!) is hot on the trail of a mini-scandal in the hackett/schmidt race in ohio, which culminates with the election next tuesday.
seems that the swing state project and annatopia have discovered that schmidt, who is running on a family values platform, has a campaign manager, joe braun, had an email address that was linked to a bdsm alternative lifestyle website.
bob bringham calls the play by play (and steve gilliard has the smoking screen shot!)...
people googled this aol account and apparently found that the same email account being used for the schmidt campaign was also being used for a profile on a bdsm (bondage, discipline, sadomasochism -- think of the pawn shop in pulp fiction) website used by freaks to meet other freaks.
the smoking gun appears to be the fact that this profile was removed within a couple of hours after it had been linked to joe braun on the blogs (screenshot here).
anna did the search/research to find the link.
as steve updates, braun has denied he's into sado-masochism and threatened legal action against the swing state project:
we like the fact that braun is a self-proclaimed attorney that doesn't know the difference between "libel" and "liable." he's libel to screw up in court!
bob at swing state project removed the offending materials (ie, the screenshot of "deanofcorn's" bdsm profile (but steve still has it at the news blog). this was after braun "resigned" as schmidt's campaign manager, then didn't resign, but pulled down the deanofcorn profile at collarme.com.
confused? you won't be, after watching tonight's episode of soap...
badtux the snarky penguin declares, "i didn't leave the republican party, the republican party left me":
when a republican vice-president tells a senator, "go fuck yourself"...
when a president extends the middle finger to the press...
when the president's top henchman says that democrats are all traitors...
once upon a time, the republican party was the party of decorum and conservative thought, small government and balanced budgets. the democrats were goons who fixed elections via corrupt politicos, slandered fine upstanding men as crazed lunatics, spent other people's money like water, and otherwise behaved like a bunch of crooks from a batman comic. no longer. today's republicans are a coarse, crass bunch that the late barry goldwater would have been repulsed by, whose big government agenda has led to the largest increase in domestic spending since lbj's "great society" programs, whose borrow-and-spend fiscal policy has led to the largest fiscal deficits in this nation's history, whose henchmen traitorously expose cia secret agents for political gain, who like democrat woodrow wilson believe in foreign wars of aggression in order to "make the world safe for democracy" (which curiously seems to be more about making the world safe for funneling billions of dollars of taxpayer money to vice president halliburton's pocketbook)...
from one odd bird to another: beautifully written, badtux. beautifully written...
Thursday, July 28, 2005
awol gives the "thumbs up"
hate to see where he thinks his pinky is.
onegoodmove's got the quicktime
having once played major general stanley in his college production of the pirates of penzance (to rousing acclaim), skippy could not resist finishing the song that atrios has started more than once on his open threads...
with apologies to gilbert and sullivan (and mad kane)...to the tune of "i am the very model of a modern major general"
i have the information on what did who when and who did what,
and reasons that the netroots and the grassroots need to pillory
the jerks like biden, and al from and liberman and hillary,
i'll tell exactly how the gop destroys your sanity
by spreading lies with talking points through coulter, rush and hannity,
and how repubbblican agendas will decrease your salary...
what rhymes with salary? ah! i've got it!
and karl rove and why he never should have mentioned valerie!
and karl rove and why he never should have mentioned valerie!
and karl rove and why he never should have mentioned valerie!
and karl rove and why he never should have mentioned valer, valer-eeee...
and vitaminic supplements in schwarzenegger's old bio
and all the coins that disappeared from pension plans in ohio,
in short if you need info on who did who when and what did what
just come and read the comments on the modern major thread-a-bot!
in short if you need info on what did who when and who did what
just come and read the comments on the modern major thread-a-bot!
(repeat, as cheney, the pirate king, enters)
got our sojo workin'
in an astonishing yet inevitable acceleration of the republicans' desire to equate themselves with jesus, orrin hatch made an explicit comparison between john roberts - the corporate legal hack who lied about the federalist society - and the savior himself. from sojomail, the sojourners subscription service:
"It's a little bit like biblical pharisees, you know, who basically are always trying to undermine jesus christ.... You know, it goes on the same way. If they can catch him in something, they can then criticize and the outside groups will go berserk."they're assuming you know a little religious history, but in case you need a refresher, here it is:
- sen. orrin g. hatch (r-utah), on fox news, describing the nature of potential democratic opposition to supreme court nominee judge john g. roberts jr.
The Sadducees were a Jewish religious sect that flourished from about 200 BC until the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70. A priestly and aristocratic group, the Sadducees owed their power to political alliance with the Romans, who ruled their land. They ... differed with the Pharisees on many theological tenets: for example, they did not believe in resurrection and the immortality of the soul. According to the New Testament, the Sadducees played a leading role in the trial and condemnation of Jesus.sojo asks: "if the democrats are the pharisees, does that make the republicans the sadducees"? it's a great question, but we beg to differ. the saducees betrayed their own people and collaborated with an occupying force for personal gain. the republicans are the occupying force -- that is, the romans. or, as michael palin would say in "life of brian," the "woe-mens." you remember the character of "biggus dickus," don't you? that would be cheney.
the dlc are the sadducees.
more gore?
matt yglesias is enthusiastic about a possible gore run in '08, and atrios said he "certainly wouldn't be upset" if big al jumped into the race. well, include me in. unlike any of the other candidates, he's proved he can get elected. plus, the stiff public gore is gone, and the new gore is a charismatic keeper with passion and integrity. he's more like the witty, brilliant guy we heard about who was tommy lee jones' roommate and pal at harvard.
gore's been a reliable spokesman for progressive causes since his 2000 victory. and as matt points out, he's been articulately and forcefully against the iraq war since the beginning. plus his candidacy promises some great bumper stickers, like:
more gore, less blood: vote democratic and bring our troops home
i also think the public has come to recognize that he got robbed, and the "fairness" vote might give him a little extra lift. now he just has to make sure that tipper stays out of that music-censoring silliness and I think he's got a real shot.the only problem is that he seems like a nice guy. i wouldn't wish a presidential campaign on anybody - but if I did, I'd be thinking about al ...
but she may want to think twice about that...
thanks to gary boatwright's comment on this mydd diary, we find bob brigham's evaluation of hillary's mis-steps by aligning herself with al "progressives suck" from and his gang:
"if she wanted to give a speech to a centrist organization truly interested in bringing the various factions of the party together, she could've worked with ndn," the blog said in a reference to the new democrat network, with which daily kos's markos moulitsas is associated. "instead, she plans on working with the dlc to come up with some common party message yadda yadda yadda. well, that effort is dead on arrival. the dlc is not a credible vehicle for such an effort. period."
anyone who supports the dlc is fair game, even hillary. and hillary fucked up big time with democrats:
"there has been an activist resurgence in the democratic party in recent years, and hillary risks ensuring that there's a candidate to her left appealing to those activists who don't much like the dlc," he said.
not only is hillary losing netroots and grassroots support by aligning herself with al from and the dlc, but she is failing to change the dynamics.
read the whole article, as it quotes from the rockridge institute's "what is a swing voter?" piece, which gives great reasons to not change your political stance just to get more voters (because it never works).
to listen to the national village. what would you ask judge roberts?
type in your question here.
(after all, it is our supreme court, too)
better stock up for those sick days....
sales of cold medicines used to make methamphetamine would be restricted under a bill that cleared the senate judiciary committee thursday after lawmakers forged a compromise protecting state prerogatives.so...there's an exemption for stores without a pharmacist? that's kinda silly. just another example of government keeping out of our private lives.
...consumers would have to show a photo id, sign a log, and be limited to 7.5 grams — or about 250 30-milligram pills — in a 30-day period. computer tracking would prevent customers from exceeding the limit at other stores, according to the bipartisan bill co-sponsored by sens. dianne feinstein, d-calif.,(e. note - ok...i'm crossing her officially off the xmas card list) and jim talent, r-mo.
...after initial opposition to the bill, retailers had been won over with a series of compromises, including an exception for stores without a pharmacist on duty, such as convenience stores and some grocery chains. that exception allowed states to work with the drug enforcement administration to license certain employees who are not pharmacists to sell the medicines. - ap
the yellow dog blog provides us with this chart of awol's approval level:
baby at its mother's breast,
the lion and the lamb at rest,
one time was lost, but now am blessed --
i've looked at life that way.
but now, it's such a bloodless game --
they pierce your soul, they trash your name.
it makes you mean, but all the same,
you still know how to pray.
i've looked at faith from both sides now,
in flood and drought, and still somehow,
it's grand illusions i recall --
i really don't know faith
at all.
leave your long face at the door,
chin up, my son, and frown no more,
your ship will one day sail ashore --
i've looked at hope that way.
since then, i've spread my wings in flight
to chart my own course toward the light.
i could be wrong, but that's all right --
i'm flyin' come what may.
i've looked at hope from both sides now,
through bleak and bright, and still somehow,
it's disillusions i recall --
i really don't know hope
at all.
like a king without a queen.
a bridge above a steep ravine,
a ghost within a dead machine --
i've viewed my life that way.
my friends, they contemplate the cost.
they shake their heads, they say i'm lost.
well, even if my stars are crossed,
they've brightened up my way.
i've viewed my life from both sides now,
inside and out, and still somehow,
it's just illusions i recall --
i really don't know life
at all.
i've looked at life from both sides now,
worthless and dear, and still somehow,
it's all illusions i recall --
i really don't know life
at all...
resolved: harvey korman as hedley lamar in blazing saddles could well be the funniest screen performance by a male in the second half of the twentieth century.
blogactive wants your help in supporting tylenol against the wingnuts for the pain reliever's marketing to the gay and lesbian community;
rep. pete stark speaks out against cafta;
think progress reports that sen. biden wants to know if john "don't call me michael" bolton testified before the plame grand jury;
the yellow dog blog discusses ohio strategy
and madkane has another poem!
not something you hear a lot of red politicians say. of course, to be fair, they can't return to serve in a theater of operations in which they've never served in the first place. no wonder they're swift-boating the guy. if you think about his candidacy for more than five seconds the entire red meme that democrats and liberals are faggy, traitors falls apart. and if you think about it for 10 seconds, you start to wonder why all the red keyboarders are defending rove et al in treason-gate. it's ugly when a meme collapses. to the swift-boats, red comrades! crooks & liars has the video.
case of c.i.a. officer's leaked identity takes new turn - washington, july 26 - in the same week in july 2003 in which bush administration officials told a syndicated columnist and a time magazine reporter that a c.i.a. officer had initiated her husband's mission to niger, an administration official provided a washington post reporter with a similar account. [--snip--]and just how did that attack poodle, defender of our democracy respond to the leak?
mr. pincus has not identified his source to the public. but a review of mr. pincus's own accounts and those of other people with detailed knowledge of the case strongly suggest that his source was neither karl rove, mr. bush's top political adviser, nor i. lewis libby, the chief of staff to vice president dick cheney, and was in fact a third administration official whose identity has not yet been publicly disclosed.
in his article in the summer 2005 issue of nieman reports, mr. pincus wrote that he did not write about ms. wilson when he first heard the account "because i did not believe it true that she had arranged" mr. wilson's trip.
mr. pincus first disclosed the july 12, 2003, conversation with an administration official in an oct. 12, 2003, article in the washington post, but did not mention in that article that he himself had been the recipient of the information. he wrote in nieman reports that he did not believe the person who spoke to him was committing a criminal act, but only practicing damage control by trying to get him to write about mr. wilson.
so our intrepid reporter knew the leaker was lying and trying to use him to attack wilson through wilson's wife. but pincus didn't write much about it because it was just ordinary damage control in red washington. also, no blue dress was discovered.
presidential visit to scouts jamboree is postponed -despite storm delay and heat stress, youths carry on with activities after deaths of 4 troop leaders fort a.p. hill, va., july 27 -- tens of thousands of boy scouts, hoping to get things back to normal at their national jamboree after four scout leaders were killed on opening day, endured more disappointment and hardship wednesday as they learned that president bush had delayed his visit and as hundreds of people were treated for heat-related conditions.dig the photo caption
the announcement that severe storms prompted the president's postponement came after the scouts waited for more than two hours in the blazing sun in their dress uniforms, and was met with loud boos.
last night, officials announced on the boy scouts web site that about 300 people were treated yesterday for conditions due to excessive heat. the statement said that most were seen at an on-post medical facility and released. a small number were transported to hospitals, where they were reported to be in stable condition. scout officials declined further comment late last night.
a firetruck's spray helps cool boy scouts at the national jamboree, where several people were treated for heat-related problems and storms forced cancellation of evening events.hosing down boy scouts who suffered from heat exhaustion while waiting on awol was probably not the photo-op rove intended. those poor kids have been through hell this week - and their parents must be furious. the only good news is there's a decent chance they won't grow up republican, anymore.
from cnn.com:
a former city commissioner recently indicted on corruption charges fatally shot himself in the lobby of the miami herald building the same day another newspaper published lurid accusations against him.i suppose now the republicans will accuse the clenis of actually murdering teele.
subcontractor's story details post-9/11 chaos - new company had little oversight - three years ago, sunnye l. sims lived in a two-bedroom apartment north of san diego, paying $1,025 in monthly rent. then she landed a dream job, with $5.4 million in pay for nine months of work. [--snip--]church, the reds always end up in church.
eclipse came out of nowhere, starting as a one-woman operation based in sims's apartment. she was hired in a hurry, through word of mouth, recommended by someone who did not review her background in detail. she had worked for more than a decade as an event planner for the four seasons hotels and resorts. but her company, eclipse, did not exist as a corporation until sims got the pearson subcontract; two weeks later, she filed incorporation papers. over the next several months, sims hired hundreds of freelance meeting planners, many of them sight unseen. [--snip--]
the auditors said $15 million in expenses submitted by eclipse could not be substantiated. for example, auditors were able to find supporting documents for only $326,873 of the $5.8 million that eclipse spent directly on accounting, administration, consulting, management and contract labor.
the auditors noted that sims not only paid herself $5.4 million in compensation as "president/owner" but also that she gave herself a $270,000 pension.
in addition to focusing on the direct eclipse expenses, auditors raised concerns about expenses eclipse employees charged to separate accounts at the hotels chosen by pearson. auditors highlighted scores of other expenses run up or approved by eclipse: hundreds of thousands of dollars for valet parking, unexplained cash advances, dry cleaning and other spending at the hotels, many of which were high-end or resort-style establishments.
kathy artandi worked with sullivan on the passenger-screener contract out of sullivan's florida home. she said sullivan now works as a youth mentor at a church and lives with her ailing mother. [--snip--]and you can get it, if you're red? we're not sure if the sunnye sims and nita sullivan (eclipse's vp) who donated to the republicans are the same women who run eclipse, but if they are – talk about cheap. you'd think for this kind of dough they'd donate at the limit.
today, sims helps run a program for recovering alcoholics and drug abusers at seacoast community church, an evangelical free church by a freeway in encinitas, calif. pastor dave simonson credits sims with changing the lives of some church members.

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Just some exclusive shows have been played in Europe so far. To let everyone witnessing the band's live qualities, Chickenfoot will now release a very special fan edition.
The 9 songs spanning "LV" features a full hour of great music recorded during the bands US tour in 2009 and 2012. The first half has never been released before, recorded during the 2012 "Different Devil" tour and featuring the phenomenal Kenny Aronoff on drums (stepping in for Chad Smith, being temporary unavailable at the time). 4 songs from "III" in sensational live versions.
The second half is a collection of live songs recorded during the band's show in Phoenix on September 23rd, 2009, which so far have only been released as bonus tracks or single B-sides
"LV" forms Chickenfoot's first ever released live CD, including live versions of their biggest hits like 'Big Foot', 'Oh Yeah' and 'My Kinda Girl'. "LV" will only be available in Europe, strictly limited to 10.000 copies with each album being numbered – with no doubt a rarity and must-have for every fan.
01. Lighten Up (Live In Chicago)
02. Big Foot (Live In Seattle)
03. Last Temptation (Live In Seattle)
04. Something Going Wrong (Live In Boston)
05. Oh Yeah (Live In Phoenix)
06. Down The Drain (Live In Phoenix)
07. Turnin' Left (Live In Phoenix)
08. My Kinda Girl (Live In Phoenix)
09. Learning To Fall (Live In Phoenix)


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Investing in Sustainable Immunization Financing by Improving Data
This post is part of our World Immunization Week blog series. Stay tuned for more blogs highlighting the benefits of immunization and the work Sabin is doing to support immunization programs worldwide.
When it comes to children's health around the world, vaccination has proven to be a wise investment – a point illuminated by many this World Immunization Week. But unfortunately, the costs of introducing new vaccines and expanding current immunization programs are rising, putting a strain on national health programs in many developing countries. For this reason, Sabin's Sustainable Immunization Financing (SIF) program has been hard at work supporting these countries in their efforts to sustainably finance and run their own immunization programs. One aspect of that advocacy work is analyzing and providing feedback on their budgets and reported expenditures and investments. Unless this financial information is accurate, progress toward sustainable immunization financing and country ownership cannot be properly measured.
Within the span of three weeks, SIF, along with staff from the WHO and UNICEF, attended the three annual sub-regional EPI manager meetings for Central African Countries, West African Countries and East and Southern African Countries. While each meeting was unique, the collaborators discovered worrying trends in all three regions: countries are not reporting their expenditures on immunization as frequently as in previous years, and the data they are reporting are inconsistent. See chart below:
At each meeting, the collaborators provided national immunization (EPI) managers with detailed feedback on their recent financial reports. Each manager was given a report card showing the actual values reported for four financial indicators during 2006-2012. (Report cards are published on Sabin's website. Click here to see an example of the report cards shown at the EPI meetings.) The data come from the WHO/UNICEF Joint Reporting Form for Immunization– a standard questionnaire on all aspects of immunization program performance filled out annually by the countries.
After receiving this feedback, the EPI managers discussed reasons for their infrequent and inconsistent reporting. Additionally, the managers noted that, despite the problems they are facing, they believe their governments are actually spending more than they are reporting.
At the West African Countries meeting, one of SIF's senior program officer's called attention to the troublesome fact that fewer than half of the West African countries (8 out of 17) reported any government expenditures at all in 2011 and 2012. And the problem appears to be worsening.
Similarly, at the East and Southern Africa meeting, it was noted that between 2011 and 2012, there was a 36% decrease in reported government routine immunization expenditures. The analysis also showed that countries reporting inconsistently or not at all tend to be those with the lowest expenditures – so higher investing countries, in other words, are better reporters.
Moving forward, EPI managers at the Central African countries meeting discussed possible solutions to their financial reporting problems. Harmonizing the various tools and reporting formats currently in use was one idea. More importantly, the managers agreed to use their financial data to argue for increases in their immunization budgets.
The bottom line is more frequent and consistent data are needed to make progress towards national and global immunization goals – those outlined in the Global Vaccine Action Plan. This World Immunization Week, we're calling attention to just one of the obstacles the immunization community needs to overcome to save more lives and promote the development of healthier, more productive families, communities and societies.


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BABSON PARK, Mass. (courtesy Babson sports information) – Brandeis University scored two goals in the first half and then held on for a hard-fought 2-1 victory over host Babson College in a non-conference women's soccer contest at Hartwell-Rogers Field on Thursday afternoon. With the win, the Judges improved to 5-6-0, while the Beavers, ranked seventh in New England by the NSCAA, saw their eight-game win streak and 10-game unbeaten streak come to an end as they fell to 9-2-1.
Brandeis opened the scoring less than 90 seconds into the game, as senior Mimi Theodore (Walpole, Mass./Walpole) gained control on the right side and fired a shot from 12 yards out into the far lower corner for her second goal of the season at 1:23. It was the first goal allowed by senior captain Lisa Wojnar (Bellaire, Texas) since September 24 – a string of nearly 184 minutes.
The Judges made it 2-0 later in the half, beginning when first-year Alex Spivack (Miami, Fla./Miami Palmetto Senior) hit a corner kick into the box from the right side. Sophomore Kelly Peterson (Houston, Texas/Clear Lake) then deflected it to senior Alanna Torre (Weston, Fla./American Heritage School), who ripped a shot from eight yards out inside the left post for her second goal of the fall at 15:48. Brandeis outshot the Beavers by a 10-3 margin in the first half.
Babson had two quality chances early in the second half. The first came at the 54-minute mark, when sophomore Meg Andrew's (Easton, Mass.) sailed just over the crossbar. The second came four minutes later when a shot from the left end line by junior Nichole Vargas (Warren, R.I.) off a corner kick was saved at the near post by first-year goalie Michelle Savuto (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood).
The Beavers finally broke through in the 65th minute, beginning when junior Amy Festa (Medfield, Mass.) turned the left corner and sent a cross to the far side of the box. Junior Ashley Tourso (Glen Rock, N.J.) took the ball on a bounce and blasted a shot inside the left post for her fist goal of the season at 64:38.
For Brandeis, junior keeper Francine Kofinas (Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills West) started in net and made one save in the first half, while Savuto played the second half and turned away three shots.
The Judges return to action on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. for a University Athletic Association match at Case Western Reserve.


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Media Consulting Manager - Delivering Deal Value
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- Competitive
- Posted
- 27 Apr 2019
- Closing date
- 27 May 2019
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A career within Delivering Deal Value services, will provide you with the opportunity to help clients achieve maximum value on their deal transactions by solving transformational and complex challenges. We focus on all operational aspects of a transaction, pre and post completion. We conduct pre deal and confirmatory due diligence, execute large scale enterprise wide integrations, and support complex divestitures and separations on a wide range of functional areas such as Information Technology, Operations, Human Capital, Health Industries, and other back office functions.
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Our Delivering Deal Value (DDV) team, within Consulting, assists both Corporate and Private Equity (PE) clients in a wide range of business critical operational and transformational challenges, driven by Merger and Acquisition (M&A) activity. We advise our clients on deals with values ranging from £50 million to over £5 billion.
We currently have a vacancy for a Manager in the Media team
This individual will ideally have held an operational line management role with proven experience in delivering quantifiable benefits from M&As or transformational projects
Whilst primarily London based, our deal involvement is global in nature and candidates must be prepared to travel widely and frequently as and when required.
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DDV focuses on providing support for potential/actual transactions and assists clients in all operational aspects of the transaction, pre and post completion, including
- Buy and sell side operational due diligence
- Synergy development and review
- Carve out and divestment support
- Taking control and 100 day planning
- Mergers & Acquisitions Integration
- Post-acquisition performance improvement
As part of the transaction process, the DDV team develops a rapid understanding of the target/client business in order to quickly assimilate the key operational issues, synergies, risks and upsides around a transaction. We report our findings real time to the client, but typically we will produce clear written reports articulating our findings for any purchaser or vendor. We may also help with post deal implementation advising on synergies, cost reduction opportunities & programme management
As well as consulting expertise, our team members have considerable industry experience in running businesses and implementing change. Due to continued success and increased demand for our services, DDV is seeking to enhance this team.
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In Consulting we deliver practical, far-sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients' business issues and delivers amazing results by helping our clients improve the way they operate, reduce costs, manage risks, leverage talent or fundamentally change the way they do business, the work you do will be all about helping organisations of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. You could find yourself working with household names in a diverse range of industries – everyone from big-name broadcasters and high-street banks to multinational telecoms operators and energy companies.
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Man-in-the-middle attack
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In cryptography and computer security, a man-in-the-middle attack (often abbreviated to MITM, MitM, MIM, MiM attack or MITMA) is an attack where the attacker secretly relays and possibly alters the communication between two parties who believe they are directly communicating with each other. Man-in-the-middle attacks can be thought about through a chess analogy. Mallory, who barely knows how to play chess, claims that she can play two grandmasters simultaneously and either win one game or draw both. She waits for the first grandmaster to make a move and then makes this same move against the second grandmaster. When the second grandmaster responds, Mallory makes the same play against the first. She plays the entire game this way and cannot lose. A man-in-the-middle attack is a similar strategy and can be used against many cryptographic protocols.[1] One example of man-in-the-middle attacks is active eavesdropping, in which the attacker makes independent connections with the victims and relays messages between them to make them believe they are talking directly to each other over a private connection, when in fact the entire conversation is controlled by the attacker. The attacker must be able to intercept all relevant messages passing between the two victims and inject new ones. This is straightforward in many circumstances; for example, an attacker within reception range of an unencrypted Wi-Fi wireless access point, can insert himself as a man-in-the-middle.[2]
As an attack that aims at circumventing mutual authentication, or lack thereof, a man-in-the-middle attack can succeed only when the attacker can impersonate each endpoint to their satisfaction as expected from the legitimate other end. Most cryptographic protocols include some form of endpoint authentication specifically to prevent MITM attacks. For example, TLS can authenticate one or both parties using a mutually trusted certification authority.[citation needed]
Example of an attack[edit]
Suppose Alice wishes to communicate with Bob. Meanwhile, Mallory wishes to intercept the conversation to eavesdrop and optionally deliver a false message to Bob.
First, Alice asks Bob for his public key. If Bob sends his public key to Alice, but Mallory is able to intercept it, a man-in-the-middle attack can begin. Mallory sends a forged message to Alice that claims to be from Bob, but instead includes Mallory's public key.
Alice, believing this public key to be Bob's, encrypts her message with Mallory's key and sends the enciphered message back to Bob. Mallory again intercepts, deciphers the message using her private key, possibly alters it if she wants, and re-enciphers it using the public key Bob originally sent to Alice. When Bob receives the newly enciphered message, he believes it came from Alice.
- Alice sends a message to Bob, which is intercepted by Mallory:
- Alice "Hi Bob, it's Alice. Give me your key." → Mallory Bob
- Mallory relays this message to Bob; Bob cannot tell it is not really from Alice:
- Alice Mallory "Hi Bob, it's Alice. Give me your key." → Bob
- Bob responds with his encryption key:
- Alice Mallory ← [Bob's key] Bob
- Mallory replaces Bob's key with her own, and relays this to Alice, claiming that it is Bob's key:
- Alice ← [Mallory's key] Mallory Bob
- Alice encrypts a message with what she believes to be Bob's key, thinking that only Bob can read it:
- Alice "Meet me at the bus stop!" [encrypted with Mallory's key] → Mallory Bob
- However, because it was actually encrypted with Mallory's key, Mallory can decrypt it, read it, modify it (if desired), re-encrypt with Bob's key, and forward it to Bob:
- Alice Mallory "Meet me at the van down by the river!" [encrypted with Bob's key] → Bob
- Bob thinks that this message is a secure communication from Alice.
This example [3][4][5] shows the need for Alice and Bob to have some way to ensure that they are truly using each other's public keys, rather than the public key of an attacker. Otherwise, such attacks are generally possible, in principle, against any message sent using public-key technology. Fortunately, there are a variety of techniques that help defend against MITM attacks.
Defenses against the attack[edit]
All cryptographic systems that are secure against MITM attacks require an additional exchange or transmission of information over some kind of secure channel. Many key agreement methods have been developed, with different security requirements for the secure channel.[citation needed] Interlock Protocol attempts to address this.
Various defenses against MITM attacks use authentication techniques that include:
- DNSSEC: Secure DNS extensions
- Public key infrastructures: Transport Layer Security is an example of implementing public key infrastructure over Transmission Control Protocol. This is used to prevent Man-in-the-middle attack over a secured HTTP connection on internet. Client and Server exchange PKI certificates issued and verified by a common certificate authority.
- PKI mutual authentication: The main defense in a PKI scenario is mutual authentication. In this case applications from both client and server mutually validates their certificates issued by a common root certificate authority. Virtual Private Networks do mutual authentication before sending data over the created secure tunnel, however mutual authentication over internet for HTTP connections are seldom enforced.
- Certificate pinning
- A recorded media attestment (assuming that the user's identity can be recognized from the recording), which can either be:
- Stronger mutual authentication, such as:
- Secret keys (which are usually high information entropy secrets, and thus more secure), or
- Passwords (which are usually low information entropy secrets, and thus less secure)
- Latency examination, such as with long cryptographic hash function calculations that lead into tens of seconds; if both parties take 20 seconds normally, and the calculation takes 60 seconds to reach each party, this can indicate a third party
- Second (secure) channel verification
- Testing is being carried out on deleting compromised certificates from issuing authorities on the actual computers and compromised certificates are being exported to sandbox area before removal for analysis[citation needed]
- Quantum Cryptography
The integrity of public keys must generally be assured in some manner, but need not be secret. Passwords and shared secret keys have the additional secrecy requirement. Public keys can be verified by a certificate authority, whose public key is distributed through a secure channel (for example, with a web browser or OS installation). Public keys can also be verified by a web of trust that distributes public keys through a secure channel (for example by face-to-face meetings).
See key-agreement protocol for a classification of protocols that use various forms of keys and passwords to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.
Forensic analysis of MITM attacks[edit]
Captured network traffic from what is suspected to be a MITM attack can be analyzed in order to determine if it really was a MITM attack or not. Important evidence to analyze when doing network forensics of a suspected TLS MITM attack include:[7]
- IP address of the server
- DNS name of the server
- X.509 certificate of the server
- Is the certificate self signed?
- Is the certificate signed by a trusted CA?
- Has the certificate been revoked?
- Has the certificate been changed recently?
- Do other clients, elsewhere on the Internet, also get the same certificate?
Quantum cryptography[edit]
Quantum cryptography protocols typically authenticate part or all of their classical communication with an unconditionally secure authentication scheme e.g. Wegman-Carter authentication.[8]
Beyond cryptography[edit]
A notable non-cryptographic man-in-the-middle attack was perpetrated by a Belkin wireless network router in 2003. Periodically, it would take over an HTTP connection being routed through it: this would fail to pass the traffic on to destination, but instead itself respond as the intended server. The reply it sent, in place of the web page the user had requested, was an advertisement for another Belkin product. After an outcry from technically literate users, this 'feature' was removed from later versions of the router's firmware.[9]
In 2013, the Nokia's Xpress Browser was revealed to be decrypting HTTPS traffic on Nokia's proxy servers, giving the company clear text access to its customers' encrypted browser traffic. Nokia responded by saying that the content was not stored permanently, and that the company had organizational and technical measures to prevent access to private information.[10]
Notable man-in-the-middle attack implementations include the following:
- DSniff – the first public implementation of MITM attacks against SSL and SSH
- Fiddler2 HTTP(S) diagnostic tool
- NSA impersonation of Google[11]
- Opendium Iceni Content-control software, used to perform inspection of HTTPS traffic at the gateway.
- Subterfuge – a framework to launch multiple MITM attacks
- Superfish malware
- Websense Content Gateway – used to perform inspection of SSL traffic at the proxy
- wsniff – a tool for 802.11 HTTP/HTTPS based MITM attacks
See also[edit]
- Aspidistra transmitter – a British radio transmitter used for World War II "intrusion" operations, an early man-in-the-middle attack.
- Babington Plot – the plot against Elizabeth I of England, where Francis Walsingham intercepted the correspondence.
- Boy-in-the-browser – a simpler type of web browser MITM
- Computer security – the design of secure computer systems.
- Cryptanalysis – the art of deciphering encrypted messages with incomplete knowledge of how they were encrypted.
- Digital signature – a cryptographic guarantee of the authenticity of a text, usually the result of a calculation only the author is expected to be able to perform.
- Evil Maid Attack – attack used against full disk encryption systems
- Interlock protocol – a specific protocol to circumvent a man-in-the-middle attack when the keys may have been compromised.
- Key management – how to manage cryptographic keys, including generation, exchange and storage.
- Key-agreement protocol – a cryptographic protocol for establishing a key in which both parties can have confidence.
- Man-in-the-browser – a type of web browser MITM
- Mutual authentication – how communicating parties establish confidence in one another's identities.
- Password-authenticated key agreement – a protocol for establishing a key using a password.
- Quantum cryptography – the use of quantum mechanics to provide security in cryptography (while older methods rely on one-way functions).
- Secure channel – a way of communicating resistant to interception and tampering.
- Spoofing attack
- ^ Trappe, Wade (2005). Introduction to Cryptography with Coding Theory. New York: Pearson. p. 257.
- ^ Tanmay Patange (November 10, 2013). "How to defend yourself against MITM or Man-in-the-middle attack".
- ^ MiTM on RSA public key encryption
- ^ How Encryption Works
- ^ Public-key cryptography
- ^ Heinrich, Stuart (2013). "Public Key Infrastructure based on Authentication of Media Attestments". arXiv:1311.7182v1.
- ^ "Network Forensic Analysis of SSL MITM Attacks". NETRESEC Network Security Blog. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
- ^ "5. Unconditionally secure authentication". liu.se.
- ^ Leyden, John (2003-11-07). "Help! my Belkin router is spamming me". The Register.
- ^ Meyer, David (10 January 2013). "Nokia: Yes, we decrypt your HTTPS data, but don't worry about it". Gigaom, Inc. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ "NSA disguised itself as Google to spy, say reports". CNET. 12 Sep 2013. Retrieved 15 Sep 2013.
External links[edit]
- Finding Hidden Threats by Decrypting SSL, SANS Institute


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Boy Sh-t, with Justin Timberlake and Kanye West
Click here for Part 1 of Boy Sh-t, featuring Justin Timberlake and Kanye West...over Jay-Z, because they both want to be BFFs for him. In short, Kanye insulted JT's Suit & Tie in a freestyle, and then JT changed the lyrics to Suit & Tie to answer back...weakly.
JT is on Fallon every night this week as part of his The 20/20 Experience blitz promotion. (Note: David Bowie, whose new album The Next Day is out today, was super spare on interviews, appearances, anything.) Just a few minutes ago, during an afternoon huddle at Duana's desk, our friend Amy went ape sh-t over how hot he was on the show. He did look good. But for me, when it comes to Justin Timberlake, I am a paramecium...unless grade 8 science has changed since I was there. Has it? This is a serious question.
Anyway, Fallon asked JT about the Kanye fued, and JT's answer, smugly:
"Did it seem (like I changed the lyrics)? I don't remember that . . . Did I change a line? It is live. You know, really, everyone, keep calm. Let me just, for the record...I absolutely love Kanye. So there's that. We love Kanye, right?"
Oh so that's your move?
To be faux-gracious and above it? To patronise?
Justin Timberlake is patronising Kanye West.
Justin Timberlake is telling Kanye he's his junior.
Kanye, Ye, Yeezy, easy son... it was just jokes!
And what can Kanye do?
Well, Kanye West is dating Kanye West's girlfriend. He's fighting a battle with a decimated army.
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Edinburgh student to study recycling practices in informal settlements in Africa
This week RIBA announced the sixth winner of the Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship 2012 as Thomas Aquilina from Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. The scholarship which began in 2007 has so far supported five students to develop their research projects which are related to the survival of cities and towns.
The high-powered jury, chaired by Lord Foster, included Angela Brady, President of the RIBA, Professor Ricky Burdett of the London School of Economics, Sarah Ichioka, Director of the Architecture Foundation and Mouzhan Majidi, Spencer de Grey and Stefan Behling of Foster + Partners.
Thomas' proposal entitled 'Material Economies: recycling practices in informal settlements along African longitude 30ºE', aims to address recycling in informal African settlements. Lord Foster praised the proposal for its 'sympathetic awareness of the social issues within self-built communities'.
Thomas told Footprint 'I am honoured to be a recipient of the RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship and very grateful to Lord Foster and the judging panel for their generosity and support. The award offers a real opportunity to broaden my perspective on the role of architecture in everyday life and draws on my interest in urban informality and the resiliences and possibilities of the modern African city.'
Thomas will travel for 12 weeks from mid-July, and will visit six cities: Cairo, Khartoum, Kampala, Kigali, Lusaka and Johannesburg. Thomas will document his journey and work in co-ordination with the Mwelu Foundation; he will present his research at Foster + Partners later this year.
Submissions by Green Vangogh and John Killock were highly commended. 'America's Survival from Suicide' by Green Vangogh of Bath University – a proposal to study urban development in 12 cities across the USA.
A study by John Killock of the University of Westminster, London, which explores the potential for co-housing to accommodate aging populations in India and China. Watch a video explaining John's submission here.
Lord Foster 'Once again, I have been impressed by the quality of all the entries. The standard was high, but the winning proposal stood out for its systematic analysis of a relevant issue'.
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I'm trying to get some idea as to where does a BG stand in comparison to a Fellsman. Is it twice as hard??
Does completing a Fellsman mean that you have a good chance of completing a BG?
I'm trying to get some idea as to where does a BG stand in comparison to a Fellsman. Is it twice as hard??
Does completing a Fellsman mean that you have a good chance of completing a BG?
Certainly completing the Fellsman is a good steppng stone to building up the confidence in your own mental and physical stamina that is necessary to do the BGR. Others may have a different view but I don't think you can compare the routes as one is boggy and rough and the other is relatively rocky, firm going with mostly good paths and, of course well over double the ascent. There is no simplistic answer as it would be misleading to say one is twice as hard or 150% as hard.
An 18 hour Fellsman is considered by some as an indicator of a sub 24 hour
I think the two things to think about
1)is the amount and type of climbing much rougher and steeper.
2)the lack of stops, There is always plenty of resting spots on the Fellsman with plenty of food but on the BG you have 4 of which depending on shedule might be a total of 40 minutes
The first 3 times I did the Fellsman were in the 19-24 hour time bracket as a walker. Last year I did 17.27 and felt really good at the end. I have no worries of the distance or being on my feet for 24 hours but the climbing....
It depends on what you are good at, but I would put it at least 50% harder if not twice as hard.
There are plenty of attempts going on in the next 6 weeks so why don't you try do a couple of legs, It will give you an idea of what it's like.
My first experience of the BG was helping Plumbum do his and I was wrecked after the first leg!
I take it you did the Fellsman this year centaur what time did you do?
Having failed on the Fellsman and succeeded on the BG, I'm in no position to comment. However the Fellsman was the first really long event I had tried and hadn't got feeding and pace sorted out.
A friend did the Fellsman in just over 19hrs and did the BGR the following year in 23:30
I managed to get round the Fellsman in roughly 17hrs 30mins and felt Ok at the end. Was planning to focus on mountain marathons up until the end of the year and then kick of my BG training in January. However, if the BG is twice as tough as the Fellsman then I might have a major rethink!!!!!!!
A BIG desire to complete the BG is the main qualification, in my humble opinion, its what kept me going, and going, and going, and going, and going and finally completing .
I think the two routes are totally different in character so not really comparable. BUT, doing either of them requires huge staying power and mental strength so if you can do one in a respectable time then you should be able to do the other (with adjustments to your training focus).
For the BG you need to concentrate on climbing and descending BIG hills!
This year's Fellsman was my 15th time on the event and was by far my fastest in 17hrs 33 min feeling pretty fresh at the finish. This was the culmination of my training for the BGR in 2 weeks time, so I'm about to find out how the 2 compare
I'm under no illusions that the BGR will be much MUCH tougher. Just hoping for good weather.
The fellsman is a fantastic event for giving you the experience of the highs and lows of these Ultra endurance events. It gives you a good lession on how you deal with feeling rubbish with 20 miles to go etc.
I think it defintely is a good indiction of how a BG would go. If you can complete the Fellsman in a decent time (171/2 is decent) then you can train yourself to complete the BG as long as your happy with the mental side and you don't panic at the size of the undertaking. Time on the route will help here!
Yes the terrain is different but I don't think it makes a massive difference. I completed my BG a couple of weeks ago and I hadn't done half the training in the lakes that I hoped I would. (mainly cause the weather was too bad - I was out in it but found it very difficult to get whole legs covered when the wind so strong or the show was so deep!)
I got loads of climbing in on a stair Master at the gym and I was worried about the descents as I hadn't done the 10000ft days that I thought I would. I needn't have worried as I was still able to fly off hindscarth like I was racing. I actual found the decending easier than the climbing! Of course my quads where trashed and I couldn't walk for a week but then I was expecting that.


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Hours after claiming victory in a closely-contested mayor's race, Deb Hinchey was back in Norwich neighborhoods picking up lawn signs. It was a routine act for a candidate whose campaign for the city's top elected office was anything but.
Hours after claiming victory in a closely-contested mayor's race, Deb Hinchey was back in Norwich neighborhoods picking up lawn signs.
It was a routine act for a candidate whose campaign for the city's top elected office was anything but.
"I'm really humbled by the whole thing. I think it is remarkable that I am where I am, and I take it to be one of those events that was really hard for me to put my hands around," Hinchey said. "But what I do know is that people have put their faith in me and asked me to give it my all, and I will."
And even before making a single decision as mayor, Hinchey is battle-tested. In September, she vanquished fellow alderman Charlie Jaskiewicz in a primary and on Tuesday outpaced incumbent Republican mayor Peter Nystrom and Libertarian William Russell to emerge as Norwich's first-ever woman mayor.
Hinchey pulled in 2,203 votes to Nystrom's 1,931. Russell got 386 votes
On Dec. 3, Hinchey and six others will be sworn in and officially begin their duties as members of the City Council.
And while she is one vote among seven on the council, the 60-year-old Democrat and two-term alderwoman is charged by the city charter to guide economic development — a commitment she said is so critical that she'll leave her private-sector job as a social worker to focus on it.
"I think Norwich has great potential, and I am in a position right now in my life that it's time for a new challenge, and so I'm able to devote my energies to Norwich," Hinchey said of the $45,000-a-year mayor's job.
Hinchey spoke with U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, Wednesday morning, and has received support from Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, as well.
Courtney said his office will work closely with Hinchey as it did with Nystrom to secure federal grants and other aid for Norwich.
"It's a city that has tremendous potential and I think she is going to bring a lot of smarts and commitment of time and a good working relationship with partners at other levels that can really help take the city to a higher and better level," Courtney said Wednesday.
Denison Gibbs, a longtime political activist in the city, was not familiar with Hinchey until Hinchey's husband, Lloyd, approached Gibbs in February to act as treasurer for her campaign.
Over that span, Gibbs said Hinchey proved herself to be the strongest candidate in the field.
"I kid her about eating Wheaties, because she just vibrates energy. I found her to be very aggressive in getting people interested in what she was doing," Gibbs said. "She's a very industrious, curious person who will work 24 hours a day."
Among her goals is pushing for stronger blight ordinances and the ability for the city to place liens on dilapidated properties. She also wants to see the budget process begin much earlier in the year and work with departments to find internal savings as a way to prevent layoffs.
"It's a priority of mine to not lay people off to balance the budget," she said.
More than anything, Hinchey said she wants to be a consensus-builder on issues that arise during her tenure, pointing to the establishment of a charter revision commission as an example.
"I don't know all the answers, and I don't pretend to," she said. "But because I sat up there (on the council), I have great respect for that position and what it means. I'm one vote, and I honor that. I listen to them, and I also listen to the people."


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Sundar Pichai at D11: Dominance of Samsung
Sundar Pichai, Google's chief of both Android and Chrome, isn't worried about Samsung's dominance of the Android market, or the possibility of Samsung continuing to heavily modify the Android software over time, or so he says.
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