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Data leakage could be caused by messaging technology
Sensitive data can be compromised by the proliferation of messaging technology, which enables more opportunities for malware to take root.
Employees aren't supposed to use email or IM to transmit sensitive patient information, according to the security policy in Lane Timmons' organization. Doing so could violate HIPAA, expose patients to identity theft and damage the company's reputation.
But Timmons, a security systems analyst for a medical research facility in Texas with 4,000 users and 7,500 Exchange mailboxes, can't say with certainty that everyone plays by the rules.
"Policies don't always mix with reality, as far as what some people might do," he said. "I worry that despite the policies and the strong perimeter security we have in place that some people may still send out health information via email and IM."
His department has an extensive security program to prevent malware infections and data leakage that might come by way of messaging technology. But the possibility that something bad could happen is never far from his mind.
He's not alone, if an exclusive SearchSecurity.com survey of 250 IT professionals is any indication.
More than 80% of those who took the survey in August said they worry about the loss or leakage of confidential information via email or instant messaging, and more than 60% said they've been forced to spend more time on messaging security issues this year than they did last year.
More than 80% of respondents said they also worry about the loss or theft of mobile devices housing sensitive data, and about malware infections that could spread from mobile devices to the main network. Timmons recently had to contend with the latter problem, when about six machines in his environment were compromised by a worm exploiting a three-year-old vulnerability.
"Some laptop comes in with that worm and shares the wealth," he said.
More mobile messaging, IM means more trouble
Respondents acknowledged the adoption of mobile messaging devices in their companies may be moving faster than their ability to secure them. Nearly 70% said they are giving more of their users mobile messaging devices like Blackberries or Treos, and nearly half admitted that the proliferation makes the threat of worms and viruses an ongoing problem.
Brian Joyce, an IT director for Joseph Decosimo and Co., a Chattanooga, Tenn.-based accounting firm with more than 250 employees in eight offices in the Midwest, southeast and Cayman Islands, acknowledged that mobile messaging security is something his company needs to look at more closely.
His department has solid procedures in place to deal with email and IM threats, but "the exception is the mobile devices like Blackberries," he said. "We are looking into the risks now and what we can do to defend against those specifically."
As they grapple with the proliferation of mobile messaging devices, IT professionals are also watching IM use explode across their organizations. Many lack a solid strategy to deal with the security side-effects.
More than half of respondents said they see IM as a breeding ground for malware, yet the same number said they don't have a sound written policy to police IM usage and nearly 70% said they do not ban IM in their environments.
Timmons would like to limit or block IM in his organization but said there are a lot of people that oppose the idea. He and upper management are now discussing how best to define the rules for IM usage.
The biggest threats
Asked what they consider to be the biggest messaging security threats, nearly 60% said phishing, including Joyce.
"With email, we know our biggest vulnerability is the potential that an end user might fall to a phishing expedition," he said. "That's an ever-present danger we try to mitigate with education and we have strong policies and good products in place [from Postini and Symantec] for this defense."
But while employees in his organization are very conscientious, he said, it only takes a split second for someone to fall for the unexpected "I love you!" email trick before they know what has hit them.
"We feel pretty confident that we are doing the right things to mitigate our risks," Joyce said. "But it's almost impossible to be 100% secure and still be productive."
As for other messaging threats, 75% said email-based malware is an extremely or somewhat significant threat and nearly 50% said IM-based malware is a big problem. Meanwhile, 50% said botnets pose a significant threat to all messaging programs and 63% said inadequate data controls on mobile devices are a serious danger.
Sixty-one percent said viruses and spyware on mobile devices are an extremely or somewhat significant threat.
Despite problems, most claim success
Despite all their concerns about messaging security, respondents are at least confident that they're devoting the necessary attention to the problems and solutions.
Asked how effective they are at securing email over mobile devices, 58% said they are somewhat or extremely effective at protecting stored data. Sixty-three percent said they are effective at enforcing access control and 58% said they are successfully configuring and locking down their mobile servers.
Asked how effective they are at securing core email systems, 82% said they have mastered the patch management process and 84% said they are successfully securing remote and Web-based email access. Nearly 95% expressed confidence in their antivirus deployments and updates and 74% said they are successfully configuring and locking down messaging servers.
Respondents reported less success in defending against SMS text messaging spam and spyware on mobile devices, however. Only 30% said they are effectively dealing with the SMS text messaging spam and only 38% said they're effectively dealing with spyware on mobile devices.
Email is easier to deal with than other messaging programs because there is a better audit trail to work with, Timmons said. "We can block certain sensitive items that might otherwise go out via email," he said, noting that his organization monitors email transmissions and can block forbidden activity using an intrusion prevention box from Austin-based TippingPoint, a division of 3Com.
No silver bullet
But while security vendors have made a variety of tools available to deal with these problems, no one product can guarantee 100% messaging security, respondents said.
"Despite our filtering software, a user might receive a legitimate-looking email or IM and click on an enclosed link, allowing malware to disrupt that user's work or spread to impact more of the agency's operation," said Wendy Nather, information security officer for the 800-employee Texas Education Agency.
Nather agrees with Joyce that employee awareness is most important to the organization's security.
"We put a lot of effort into awareness programs in various forms, since we feel that informed users are less likely to fall victim to attacks, whether they come through IM or email," she said.


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OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau doesn't put much stock in public opinion surveys that suggest the federal Liberal party vaulted into the lead once he took the helm 16 months ago and has stayed on top ever since.
"Polls don't mean anything, as we all know and as we all say," he said in an interview.
As he heads into a crucial year of non-stop campaigning before the next scheduled election, Trudeau prefers to rely on what he considers more reliable indicators that tell him the Liberals are on the right track to resume their title as the country's natural governing party after being left on their apparent death bed in 2011.
The enthusiastic response of Canadians everywhere he goes, the party's unrivalled success in a series of byelections, and the dramatic improvement in party membership and fundraising numbers.
"All those things together, plus the extraordinary candidates that we're drawing to us across the country, give us a sense that ... we're doing the right kind of work to earn Canadians' trust," he told The Canadian Press.
But just as between-election poll numbers can evaporate by election day, Trudeau acknowledges the even more tangible signs of momentum won't necessarily translate into victory a year from now.
"As much as we can say, 'Oh yeah, the Liberal party is doing well' and great, that's nice to see and nice to hear, we're still at only 30-some-odd seats in the House of Commons and we've got an awful lot of work to do to demonstrate that we are the alternative government, that we are ready to form a responsible government in 2015," he said.
That additional work involves redoubling efforts on the same sorts of things that have proved successful for Trudeau thus far: "building the team and building the plan," remaining focused on middle-class Canadians, improving the party's fundraising capability, staying relentlessly positive and sunny in the face of Conservative insinuations that he's an intellectual lightweight.
Trudeau has already scored some success on team building, recruiting some impressive candidates whose intellectual heft and breadth of experience are intended to dispel any qualms about his own suitability to be prime minister.
Among them are Bill Morneau, head of the largest human resources and pension plan administration company in the country, Jody Wilson-Raybould, British Columbia regional chief for the Assembly of First Nations, former Manitoba Business Council president Jim Carr, retired general Andrew Leslie and former Alberta MLA Darshan Kang, among others. That's in addition to former journalist Chrystia Freeland and former Toronto city councillor Adam Vaughan, who've already won seats in byelections.
"The team serves two purposes," Trudeau said. "The first thing is demonstrating that, yes, we have the kind of bench strength that people could see easily stepping into government and forming a good government for this country.
"But more than that, having great people step forward to run for political office at a time when, in general, there's such cynicism around politics ... to see politics drawing once again the best and the brightest is really an impressive and encouraging indicator that we are being able to break down the cynicism."
Beyond that, Trudeau said building the team is "part and parcel" of crafting the eventual platform the party will run on in 2015.
"To have someone like Bill Morneau weighing in on what Canada's pension policy should be, to have Adam Vaughan talking about how we have to address housing and transit, to have Jody Wilson-Raybould talk about how we're going to build a better relationship between the Crown and First Nations in this country, that's part and parcel and there's many, many more examples on the economic front, from people like Chrystia Freeland to Jim Carr to many others."
Over the past year, Trudeau has sketched out his priorities: post-secondary education and training, investments in infrastructure, innovation and research, making Parliament more open, transparent and democratic and empowering backbench MPs. But despite criticism that he's put little flesh on those bare bones, he said he won't be rushed into spelling out platform details a year ahead of an election and intends to continue consulting with experts and average Canadians.
And he was insistent that improving the lot of struggling middle-class Canadians will remain the cornerstone of the eventual platform, despite evidence that their incomes have grown to the point where, according to one study, they are now the richest middle-income earners in the world.
"What we will continue to focus on is prosperity for this country and prosperity for the middle class and creating an economy that has the largest number of good jobs for the greatest number of people. These are things that are just as relevant as they ever have been, if not more," he said.
"And quite frankly, if the Conservative government wants to continue to tell people who are worried about their children's job prospects, worried about their record levels of household debt, worried about their parents' health care and their parents' retirement, if the Conservative government wants to run on 'You should be grateful to us because you've never had it better,' that, quite frankly, serves our interests quite well.
"Because the reality is, when you listen to Canadians, when you engage with them across the country, people feel that even though the country is doing well, Canadians are struggling. And that's something we have to turn around."
Trudeau has been the focus of aggressive Tory attack ads from the moment he became leader, all designed to persuade Canadians that he is "in over his head."
Over the summer, Conservative ministers have continued the barrage. They've gone after Trudeau's support for legalization of marijuana, accusing him of promoting marijuana use to elementary school children. And they've insinuated that he courted the votes of potential terrorists by visiting a mosque in his riding.
The attacks are bound to intensify in the run-up to the 2015 election and, despite improvement in Liberal fundraising, Trudeau acknowledged the Conservatives still have "infinitely deeper pockets" with which to pay for infinitely more negative ads.
Still, he said he doesn't worry about the personal attacks and won't respond in kind. Indeed, he believes the Tory tactic is backfiring.
"I guess I would be despairing if it wasn't for the fact that everywhere I go just about everyone I talk to is tiring of this approach by the Conservatives."
Even those who have their own concerns about things he's said or done find it "somehow jarring" that a government would spend so much time attacking the leader of the third party with "such obvious and blatant distortions," he added.
"The kind of support and reinforcement I get across the country for my message of politics done positively and inclusively is an incredibly strong message and validation of the track that we're on."
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Artichoke Spinach Lasagna
Total TimePrep: 25 min. Bake: 55 min. + standing
Makes12 servings
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) vegetable or chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 can (14 ounces) water-packed artichoke hearts, drained and coarsely chopped
- 1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 1/2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 jar (16 ounces) roasted garlic Parmesan or roasted garlic Alfredo sauce
- 12 no-cook lasagna noodles
- 3 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup crumbled tomato and basil feta cheese or feta cheese
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon each dried oregano, parsley flakes and basil
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and mushrooms; cook and stir until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in broth, artichokes, spinach and seasonings; bring just to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in Alfredo sauce; remove from heat.
- Spread 1 cup sauce into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Layer with three noodles and 2/3 cup mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers three times. Top with remaining sauce and mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle with feta cheese, garlic powder and herbs.
- Bake, covered, 40 minutes. Bake, uncovered, 15 minutes longer or until noodles are tender. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
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Nutrition Facts1 piece: 269 calories, 14g fat (7g saturated fat), 49mg cholesterol, 755mg sodium, 22g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 2g fiber), 14g protein.
Jul 1, 2017
This was absolutely delicious. Really good the next day! I will make this again and again. I did add a few capers! So So good! Everyone raved about it!
May 22, 2014
Love cooking and love to switch things up a bit so I made this for dinner the other night and everyone really liked it. Didn't have jar Alfredo sauce so I had to make my own and I used cooked noodles. It was still good.
May 7, 2014
Has any one used boiled noodles
Jan 11, 2014
My sister made this over the holiday and it was fantastic. Will definitely keep this recipe as a "fav."
Dec 22, 2013
I made this for a holiday party for my family yesterday. It turned out really good. I even preassembled everything the day before and baked it the day of the party, which really cut the prep time for the party the next day.
Aug 28, 2013
My family really liked this recipe. I'd use less broth next time, the sauce got a little runnier than I'd like. Great recipe, the flavors were great. I did use whole wheat lasagna noodles, for a healthier version.
May 6, 2013
I am giving it a 5 star rating because of changes suited to my taste. I made my own vegetable broth with garden fresh tomatoes, added the artichoke liquid which gives it a great flavor, used fresh spinach, and instead of alfredo sauce, I made my own tomato sauce. I also had wheat lasagna noodles on hand so I substituted that for the regular. It was delicious.
Apr 30, 2013
This was so incredibly good. I just made it and had a serving... I think I'm going for seconds!!!I fail to see how it serves 12 though...
Mar 29, 2013
Delish! i used homemade alfredo sauce & brown rice noodles to make this dish g-free.
Mar 5, 2013
I was kind of nervous about this, but seeing all the positive reviews I thought I'd give it a shot. It was so AMAZING! I can't wait to make it again! I forgot to get mushrooms so I made it without them, and it was still great. I just can't get over how awesome this recipe is. Thank you so much!


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Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Chaos and violence continue, twin bombings in Taji kill over 30, the White House continues to attempt to extend the US military stay in Iraq, the Los Angeles City Council says end the wars, Jalal Talabani plans another meet-up, and more.
David Zahniser (Los Angeles Times) reports the vote was twelve for and one against today when, "The Los Angeles City Council called Tuesday for the federal government to end its wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, saying money for those foreign wars should be invested in cities and other domestic needs." This follows the June 20th by the Annual Conference of US Mayors, held in Baltimore, passing the resolution demanding the wars be brought to an end and the vast amounts of money spent on these wars be spent instead on domestic needs in the United States.
The LA City Council's move comes as Lara Jakes (AP) reports 10,000 is the number of US soldiers the White House is floating to Iraq to keep with an understanding that Iraq will respond by September to the offer. Jakes reports, "Already, though, the White House has worked out options to keep between 8,500 and 10,000 active-duty troops to continue training Iraqi security forces during 2012, according to senior Obama administration and U.S. military officials in interviews with The Associated Press." This happening after Robert Gates has left his post as US Secretary of Defense may force even some members of the Cult of St. Barack to face the fact that Barack is the one pushing to extend the US military presence in Iraq, not Gates who, repeating, is gone. VoteVets' Ashwin Madia has not been among the foolish; however, today at Huffington Post, he writes, "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid -- the president's top ally in the Senate -- came out forcefully today against a continued American presence in Iraq, which most observers believe President Obama is for. Senator Reid said, according to the Associated Press, "As Iraq becomes increasingly capable, it is time for our own troops to return home by the end of the year and for these precious resources to be directed elsewhere. There is no question that the United States must continue to provide support for the Iraqis as they progress, but now is the time for our military mission to come to a close."
Madia links to an AP article (one that quotes Madia) and Reid's statment is actually about the 15 US soldiers who died last month. The idea that Harry Reid is going to lead the fight is hard to believe. He did lead the fight . . . against the House efforts to end the Iraq War when Bush occupied the White House. Madia sees Reid's statements as meaningful. Others could disagree. Reid's not saying anything.
Reid's comments -- made in response to June's 15 deaths of US soldiers in the Iraq War -- are not inconsistent with Barack's (and Bush's) claims that "we will stand down as they stand up." Harry Reid didn't call for an end to the Iraq War or even that the SOFA be followed.
He says "our military mission is over." How does that differ with Barack's (false) assertion August 31st that 'combat missions' were over? It doesn't. And on 'stand up' does no one follow the violence in Iraq? Here's Washington Post's Ed O'Keefe discussing it with Washington Week's Gwen Ifill on tonight's NewsHour (PBS -- link has text, video and audio):
GWEN IFILL: Well, if the U.S. says the Iraqis should step up and do something about it, what does this tell us about the state of Iraqi security right now?
ED O'KEEFE: Well, part of the reason -- or part of the frustration among American officials is that, while their pleased with how the Iraqi security forces have responded -- they have taken the lead in several counterterrorism measures -- they have targeted insurgent groups over the past several weeks and months -- they feel that perhaps they could be doing a little more. Part of it, the problem, is that the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, still hasn't named a new defense minister and a new interior minister, and that, if there were leadership at the top of those two important ministries, perhaps there would be clearer direction given to the Iraqi security forces to go out and target these groups a little more.
That said, for the most part, if you talk to military officials here, they say a lot of progress has been made, that, whether you're an infantry soldier in the Iraqi army or part of the special forces, you are better trained today than you were even just a year ago.
Reid has issued a brief statement acknowledging 15 deaths where he states the US will 'stand down as Iraqis stand up' and that the US 'military mission is over.' That's perfectly in keeping with Barack's remarks. Wish it wasn't. Wish Harry Reid was finally going to find a spine and lead a mission worthy of the post of Senate Majority Leader. And it could happen but it doesn't seem likely. Reid was the stalling block for Democratic efforts in the House to put a minimum of restrictions on the Iraq War when Bush was in office. This isn't my hypothesis, this is fact. Nancy Pelosi has spoken publicly -- including to the
San Francisco Chronicle's edtiorial board -- about Reid on the Iraq War. She got very angry when a reporter questioned her (rightly) about the refusal to end the Iraq War and began listing off what the House had attempted and told the reporter that people needed to ask Reid why the Senate refused to act.
It makes for a novel twist in the 24-hour news cycle but it doesn't make for reality. Today at the White House, spokesperson Jay Carney was asked how the White House planned to pay for US troops in Iraq beyond 2011 if they were kept in Iraq?
Jay Carney: I will have to bump that to the Defense Department. I don't have a specific answer for you on that. We are, as of now, on track to withdraw all of the U.S. forces in Iraq by the end of this year, as dictated by the agreement we have with the Iraqi government and as promised by the President of the United States. So we have said for a long time now if the Iraqi government asks us to maintain some level of troops beyond that end-of-the-year deadline, we would consider it. That doesn't necessarily mean we would do it. We would just consider it. And I really don't have any more information on that possible outcome, because, again, we haven't even gotten a request.
There's Carney's lies and there's reality. Saturday Ed O'Keefe (Washington Post) reported US Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffery spoke with reporters today about the US mission in Iraq beyond 2011 and stated that "keeping thousands of troops in Iraq" after 2011 is a possibility. Also over the weekend, Tim Arango (New York Times) reported on the US Special Forces in Iraq and how they're training the Iraqi Special Operations forces to bash in the doors of suspect's homes in the middle of the night ("the sound of glass shattering and screams pierced the nighttime stillness" really doesn't sound like freedom or democracy) and quoted Iraqi Maj Gen Fadhel al-Barwari stating, "The Americans need to stay because we don't have control over our borders." On the Fourth, a US Senator weighed in. US Senator John McCain tells Anna Fifield (Finanical Times of London -- link has text and video) that the US neeeds to keep troops on the ground in Iraq, "I'm talking 10,000-13,000 specifically for intelligence capabilities, air capabilities and also as a peacekeeping force up in the disputed areas around Kirkuk and that area." McCain was visiting Afghanistan with (among others) Senators Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham. Also weighing in that day was Sabah Jawad of the London-based Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation who told Iran's Press TV (link has text and video):
Yes it's quite obvious they don't want to withdraw, they don't even want to withdraw now more than before because of the uprisings that have taken place in the Arab world; they want to keep their military presence in Iraq. As you said they have the biggest embassy here in Iraq and also that this embassy is supposed to staff over 16,000 employees. I don't know of any other country where the Americans have a 16,000 staff in their embassies. This is an indication that these people will be in full control of the security situation in Iraq -- security operations. They will control Iraq's air space and the Iraqi economy. They will advise every important minister in Iraq and they will continue to interfere in the internal situation in Iraq for the foreseeable future. So these all are indications for the future that the US does not want to withdraw from Iraq. They have invested a lot of money in the occupation of Iraq and they continue the occupation of Iraq and they want to be there to steal even more oil and to tie up Iraq in its entirety to the so-called free market and to multinational oil companies.
Al Mada reports that "well-informed sources" (unidentified by the paper) are stating that the discussions taking place between the government and the US Embassy on US troops staying beyond 2011 continue and that what is being discussed currently is a memorandum which would allow for US forces to remain in Iraq for another five years and it is thought that going that route (memorandum of understanding) would allow Nouri to bypass the Parliament. (Al Mada also does a write up of Tim Arango's NYT report on US Special Forces.) Al Rafidayn reports Ammar al-Hakim is calling for a series of "extended meetings" to discuss US troops remaining on the ground in Iraq beyond 2011. He wants the heads of all the political blocs to attend a general meeting to address the issue. On The NewsHour Ed O'Keefe offered a summary of the various talks going on:
As one U.S. official joked to me a little while ago, he said, look, six months from now, one of these reports will have gotten it right. But, tonight, there is no discussion going on between U.S. officials and the Iraqis over how many troops might stay on beyond December. We had a conversation with the U.S. ambassador here over the weekend. And he said, look, if the Iraqis come to us with some kind of proposal for troops to stay, we will consider it. For us, it's not about the numbers. It's about what exactly U.S. troops would do. Most of them in the last year have focused on what is called advise-and-assist responsibilities. They essentially hang back when Iraqi forces go out to conduct counterterrorism measures or target other groups, and only jump into it if, for some reason, it's not going well. But you talk to military officials they say things are going pretty well. The problem is, Iraq still can't defend its skies, still can't defend its big port down in Basra, and military officials say that the Iraqi still want some more training, whether it's basic infantry training or more specialized training. So it's there that U.S. officials believe the Iraqis will come to them with some kind of a request. We're expecting the Iraqi president, Jalal Talabani, to meet with the prime minister, Maliki, and other political leaders as early as this week to once again talk about this. There have been several meetings, and no big conclusions just yet. But the thought is that perhaps we're getting much closer to some kind of a request that would be given to U.S. officials. And at that point, it lands back in the lap of President Obama and the Pentagon. They will have to discuss this, figure out what exactly they could do, how many more troops could stay here beyond December.
CNN reports that the US opened a consulate in Basra today (and notes the last one shuttered its doors in 1967). Ed O'Keefe noted Monday that the US plan was 15 consulates around Iraq staffed by "roughtly 17,000 US diplomats, contractors and security personnel."
Aswat al-Iraq adds that Joe Biden is supposed to be visiting Iraq shortly according to the Higher Islamic Council's Jalal al-Sagheer who states Biden is visiting "to resolve the questions related to the US withdrawal". Normally US visits are surprises and even the press is supposed to be hush-hush. It would appear some in Iraq who normally keep secrets are being rather talkative. Al Rafidayn reports Moqtada al-Sadr has heard of this visit "expected to take place over the next few days" and he's condemned it.
The question Jay Carney should have been asked today is: (A) Will Joe Biden still be visiting Iraq, (B) Does the White House have any idea who in Iraq started leaking news of the visit and (C) Since the White House always makes 'surprise' visits, is it really safe for Biden to go to Iraq in the near future?
Tony Blair, when he was prime minister of the UK, visited England and did so without secrecy. He also did the sort of well guarded walk through areas that US Senator John McCain did. So presumably a visit doesn't need to be kept in secret; however, the White House (under Bush and under Barack) has always treated it as a state secret and this time the secret got out and is now all over Iraq.
Laith Hammoudi (McClatchy Newspapers) reports that Osama al-Nujaifi, Speaker of Parliament, released a statement decrying today's attack and insisting "that security forces reveal the outcome of an investigation into previous attacks." Rob Crilly (Telegraph of London) counts 35 dead from the two Taji bombings. Aswat al-Iraq quotes "a security source" who states that there was a bombing in a garage and "a booby-trapped car". Hurriyet notes that the "two bombs detonated near a government council building." The Washington Post's Ed O'Keefe told CBS Radio News that, "It was a booby-trapped vehicle followed pretty closely by some other kind of explosive charge that went off as people were headed for the first explosion." (That's from a friend with CBS Radio News -- and they don't have a link so I'll just note this link to CBS News website.)
Yashir Ghazi and Tim Arango (New York Times) quote survivor Hesham Hasoon, "Why am I still alive? My brothers, friends, everyone left me. [. . .] When the first explosion happened, I saw the people and the kids start to gather near the car bomb and I knew something else would happen. I called on the stupid soldier to evacuate the place but he didn't care." Sinan Salaheddin (AP) quotes a police officer stating, "It was awful ... some of the lightly wounded people were running in all directions, either crying or screaming for help." Today Pacifica Evening News noted that the death toll had risen to 37 and that many of the dead and wounded had "lined up for national identity cards." (Pacifica Evening News has their own website, click here.)
At the State Dept today, spokesperson Victoria Nuland handled the daily press briefing and was asked about the increased violence in Iraq.
Victoria Nuland: I think you saw that Assistant Secretary Feltman is in Iraq today for the opening of our consulate in Basra. It gave him an opportunity to have some meetings with Iraqi officials. With regard to the uptick in violence, I would simply say that the people who are doing this are not only enemies of the United States, they're also enemies of the Iraqi people and their desire to live peacefully and have stability in their future. So we continue to work with the Iraqi security forces as they get ready for the full takeover of their own security. But obviously, we continue to work with the Iraqis on ensuring that they have a full and strong and stable government.
The Taji bombings weren't the only violence reported today. Reuters notes 3 Sahwa were shot dead in Hawija, 1 man was shot oustide his Rashad home, and, dropping back to Monday, a Baghdad rocket attack claimed 5 lives, 1 police officer shot dead outside his Mussayab home and a Jurf al-Sakhar bombing injured one Sahwa.
Last month Jalal's House Party accomplished nothing other than killing a Monday. June 20th, Jalal hosted political leaders in an attempt to get them to agree to return to the Erbil Agreement that ended the political stalemate and promised a security council would be created -- an independent body -- and it would be headed by Ayad Allawi whose political slate Iraqiya received the most votes in the March elections. Nouri's slate came in second. But, per the Erbil Agreement, he would be named prime minister-designate and given the 30 days to nominate a cabinet and have it approved by Parliament. Nouri got what he wanted and then broke the Erbil Agreement.
Unless and until Nouri wants to follow it, it's not going to be followed. But Jalal issued statements after his House Party insisting the meeting was a success. Ayad Allawi skipped it but Jalal said it was a success. And Jalal insisted they'd be meeting again real soon. Dar Addustour reports Jalal is scheduling a new House Party for next week. Why bother remains a question. Nouri still can't put forward a full Cabinet -- which, were the Constitution followed, would mean he wouldn't be prime minister. There are no heads to the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of National Security -- the three security ministries. Nouri claims he is heading all of them and bieng prime minister. That would explain the onslaught of violence Iraq is facing.
By December 25th, those posts were supposed to be filled -- per the Iraqi Constitution. If they were not filled by then, Nouri was supposed to step down as prime minister-designate and someone else was supposed to be name. The Constitution was not followed and as 2010 drew to a close, Nouri was promising he would name heads to the security ministries in a matter of weeks. It's even months into 2011 and he's still not filled those posts.
The day before Jalal Talabani's House Party, Fakhri Karim (Al Mada) reported that the meet up has to deal with several serious issues including:
* Providing the foundation to end monopoly control of the government by Nouri or "whatever person would occupy the post" of prime minister
* Work towards national partnership
* Confirm the words of the Constitution (and reject Nouri's interpretation of it) with regards to the executive branch
* End one party power.
* Review the security appointments which are in violation of the Constitution (Nouri cannot be Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Minister of the Interior and Minister of Defense as he's made himself for over six months now).
The meet-up accomplished none of those items. As a result Jalal Talabani began issuing statements making fanciful claims. From the June 21st snapshot:
Al Rafidayn offers that the meeting put an end to squabbles between Allawi and Nouri being played out in the media. That seems doubtful and not just because Allawi's very adept at manipulating the media (Nouri's a clumsy ox but he does have many flunkies he dispatches regularly). How can such an agreement be finalized when one of the two parties in the two party squabble is present? Hisham Rikabi (Al Mada) notes a majority present agreed to end to the media campaigns but, again, how can such an agreement honestly be made when one of the two parties engaging in the campaign is not present? Rikabi notes Talabani, Nouri, Ammar al-Hakim and Adel Abdul Mahdi were among those preent while Saleh al-Mutlaq was the most prominent member of Iraqiya present. Jamal Hashim and Mu Xuequan (Xinhua) quote Talabani stating, "The meeting was successful. We discussed the presence of the U.S. troops in details whether to stay or to leave (the country) and whether we need trainers and the number of them."
"No more attacks on each other in the media!" That was the best Jalal could offer and even that claim seemed doubtful. It was doubtful. It was quickly broken. From the June 22nd snapshot, "Today the 'agreement' has already fallen apart. Al Mada reports Nouri's State Of Law is again attacking Allawi's Iraqiya to the media as they pin the 'crisis' in Iraq on Iraqiya and state that the political slate is what has prevented Nouri from filling the security ministries. It didn't even last a 24-hour news cycle and that does not bode well for the second meeting Talabni's been promoting." Nouri's State of Law slate also appears to have used the media to launch a disinformation campaign against Osama al-Nujaifi, Speaker of Parliament and member of Allawi's Iraqiya.
Al Mada notes today that Ayad Allawi has stated Nouri's government has failed to provide security and has failed to deliver basic services. Alsumaria TV explains, "Allawi took the floor during the Middle East and North Africa Conference held in Italy and affirmed that certain regional countries are interfering in Iraq's internal affairs pointing out to pressures on the political process in what serves the interest of specified parties."
Last week, we repeatedly highlighted Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya's Libyan War reports from Tripoli on KPFA's Flashpoints. He has an article up at Information Clearing House entitled "Journalism as a Weapon of War in Libya:"
The truth has been turned on its head in Libya. NATO and the Libyan government are saying contradictory things. NATO says that the Libyan regime will fall in a matter of days, while the Libyan government says that the fighting in Misrata will end in about two weeks.
During the night the sound of NATO jets flying over Tripoli can be heard in the Mediterranean coastal city. Tripoli has not been bombed for a few days, but the sound of the flyovers have been numerous. The Atlantic Alliance deliberately picks the night as a means to disturb the sleep of residence in an attempt to spread fear. Small children in Libya have lost a lot of sleep during this war. This is part of the psychological war being waged. It is meant to break the spirit of Libya. This is all additional to the severing wound imposed on Libya through trickery and sedition.
In the same context, the media war against Libya has continued too. The Rixos Hotel in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, where the majority of the international press is located, is a nest of lies and warped narratives where foreign reporters are twisting realities, spinning events, and misreporting to justify the NATO war against Libya. Every report and news wire being sent out of Libya by international reporters has to carefully be cross-checked and analyzed. Foreign journalists have put words in the mouth of Libyans and are willfully blind. They have ignored the civilian deaths in Libya, the clear war crimes being perpetrated against the Libyan people, and the damage to civilian infrastructure, from hotels to docks and hospitals.
One group of Libyan youth explained in a private conversation that when speaking to reporters they would interview in twos. One would ask a question followed immediately by another one. In the process the answer to the first question would be used as the answer for the second question. In the Libyan hospitals the foreign reports try not to take pictures of the wounded and dying. They just go into the hospitals to paint the image of impartiality, but virtually report about nothing and ignore almost everything newsworthy. They refuse to tell the other side of the story. Shamelessly in front of seriously injured civilians, the type of questions many foreign reporters ask doctors, nurses, and hospital staff is if they have been treating military and security personnel in the hospitals.
CNN has even released a report from Misrata by Sara Sidner showing the sodomization of a woman with a broomstick which was conducted by Libyan soldiers (which it refers to as Qaddafi troops as a means of demonization). In reality the video was a domestic affair and from prior to the conflict. It originally took place in Tripoli and the man even has an accent from Tripoli. This is the type of fabrications that the mainstream media is pushing forward to push for war and military intervention.
There are now investigations underway to show that depleted uranium has been used against Libyans. The use of depleted uranium is an absolute war crime. It is not only an attack on the present, but it also leaves a radioactive trace that attacks the unborn children of tomorrow. Future generations will be hurt by these weapons too. These generations of the future are innocent. The use of depleted uranium is the equivalent of the U.S. planting nuclear weapons in Germany or Japan during the Second World War and leaving timers for them to detonate in 2011. This is an important and newsworthy issue in Libya and all the foreign journalists have heard about it, but how many have actually covered it?
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Korean-Spiced Beef and Cabbage Rolls
For the filling
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
1 tablespoon dry sherry
2 teaspoons sugar
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
8 ounces ground sirloin
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 1/2 cups thinly sliced Napa cabbage
For the dough
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/3 cups water
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 tablespoon water
1 large egg white, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
To make the filling
Preheat oven to 375
In a medium bowl, stir together green onions, soy sauce, sesame seeds, toasted sesame oil, sherry, sugar, garlic, ginger, black pepper and cayenne. Add sirloin and mix lightly until combined.
In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add beef mixture - cook until the beef is completely cooked though, breaking up with a wooden spoon, about 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in cabbage - cook until tender, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool completely.
To make the dough
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
In a medium bowl, whisk together water, honey and canola oil. Pour mixture into the dry ingredients and stir until it forms a soft dough. Scoop the mixture out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Cover and set aside to rest for 5 to 10 minutes.
Roll dough into a 16" by 12" rectangle on a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into 12 4" squares. Working with 1 piece at a time, keeping the remaining dough covered, spoon about 1/4 cup of the beef/cabbage mixture into the center of the square. Lightly moisten the edges of the dough with water. Bring 2 opposite corners to center, pinching points to seal. Pinch 4 edges together to seal. Carefully transfer the formed roll, seam side down, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
In a small bowl, whisk together water and egg white. Brush the top of each prepared roll and follow up with a sprinkling of the sesame seeds. Place in the oven and bake until lightly browned, about 20 to 25 minutes. Remove and let cool slightly on a wire rack before serving.
Makes 12 rolls.
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7 comments:
That looks delicious! I definitely want to give this recipe a try... I'm thinking I might switch up the veggies, but the beef mixture sounds just about perfect.ReplyDelete
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Thank again Joe. İt was delicious.! I substitude soy sauce with Maggi worcester sos. Because I did not have at this time.ReplyDelete
Brilynn - What else would you use in it?ReplyDelete
Sertac - Glad to hear it still came out well!
Joe - These looks really awesome. plus I love any bread product that doesn't need yeast :) I'll make sure to try these right away.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/22/2008 11:03:00 AM
So glad to see you liked this recipe. I think it sounds great! Have you tried using any of your frozen ones yet? How did you reheat them? (I always need specific directions on this part!) Bought the ground sirloin yesterday, plan to try them soon.ReplyDelete
Randi - yeah, no waiting time for the yeast was nice!ReplyDelete
Hi Kathy B - I re-heated them twice - once in a toaster oven and once in the microwave. I liked the toaster oven best, but the microwaved one still came out well!


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(CNN) - Ann Romney gave details Wednesday about the emergency landing her plane took last week due to an electrical problem.
"I'm just watching a movie, sitting there and all the sudden, the movie goes off and I turn around, and it was so shocking. The whole inside of the plane was full of smoke," Ann Romney said in an interview that aired on "Access Hollywood Live."
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Calmly, Ann said she turned to the other passengers and said, "Oh, this is a problem."
The chartered plane then took a "very, very quick descent," Ann said, adding that no one "really panicked."
"Everyone was doing their job, and we were going down fast," Ann said. "I mean they did say it's gonna feel like we were really going, it's like G-Force going down."
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"Calmly, Ann said she turned to the other passengers and said, "Oh, this is a problem".
Soo First Lady like, just like in the movies. So nice that she gave an account of her own heroic behavior under fire. She's kind of her own eye witness, isn't she? Is this like rom..ey saying "I am unemployed too" as long as nobody takes a closer look. Almost Churchillian.
Thank you unionized firefighters at government owned airport.
Mrs. Romney G-Force is a phenonomen related to acceleration, not descent
CAN YOU PEOPLE STOP WITH THIS CHARADE. Can you just be happy that the everyone was safe and no one was injured. forget about what this woman said.
why are there "quotes" around shocking?. do you need to include the word "shocking" in the heading?
it's an emergency landing. that's what it is. how often do you get fireman and emergency vehicles surrounding the plane after it lands? can CNN just report facts without letting personal biases bleed through the story?
I'm not voting republican. But, no need to make fun of Ann Romney simply because she's rich.
I have a fancy degree and no job or money by the way. The only money I have is my husband's money, which will quickly be called alimony, and be off limits for me, once he divorces me. So, yes, i am quite stuck.
Ann Romney or her husband have no clue about the state of the country. This is why I will be voting democrat. Enough said.
1. I'm glad she and the other passengers are okay.
2. I'm not voting for her husband.
To all that don't understand the utter disdain many of us have for Queen Ann and feel we are being too hard on her, I will be looking for your comments to the people that disrespect the FLOTUS. Do names like Moochelle sound familiar to you? What about some of the nastier names she's been called? And it was all uncalled for. As for Ann, people are sick of hearing her pander for the sympathy vote, pretend she is like most other mothers when she isn't. And we are so tired of her looking down her nose at us people.
WOW!!!! The majority of liberals on these posts are absolutely disgusting. You people seriously have no soul at all. You are the most hate driven group of individuals ever. Not once in any article posted on CNN have a kind word ever been spoken from the hateful liberals. What if it was your wife or husband that experienced that? Would you look at them the same way you look at Ann? You turn anything into a political issue. Mindless, hateful, arrogant, and lack of any soul. ( I said the majority, not all)


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Sunday, April 27, 2008
Four Hours Of Pre-Race On Three Networks For Talladega
The age old question in TV is very simple. How much is too much? We see the clones of entertainment shows about every topic from cooking to dancing. One successful talk show seems to spring another and sitcoms swing wildly in bunches from legal dramas to moody teenage angst.
This Sunday, the issue of how much is too much came to NASCAR. The Sprint Cup race from Talladega, AL was going to start at 2:20PM Eastern Time. One thing was clear, the actual racing would be on the Fox Television Network. What had the heads of NASCAR fans spinning was the amount of TV programming before the race.
ESPN2 began the parade with one hour of NASCAR Now. SPEED followed with the two hour RaceDay that originated from the track. Finally, Fox unveiled a newly extended pre-race show from the Hollywood Hotel that ran for one hour and twenty minutes.
Just in terms of long-form programming, the NASCAR TV partners produced four hours and twenty minutes of pre-race content on Sunday. The vast majority of this programming was focused specifically on the Sprint Cup race. Ironically, this makes the length of the combined pre-race programming longer than the actual event itself.
Looking at the offerings from these three TV networks, one thing stands-out. Not one was offering anything that was truly exclusive or new. What they were all doing was covering the exact same content with different announcers involved in the presentation.
Terry Blount, Wendy Venturini and Steve Byrnes discussed the same topics as reporters on ESPN2, SPEED and Fox respectively. On those same networks Nicole Manske, John Roberts and Chris Myers hosted programs that covered the news, reviewed the past races and talked to Dale Earnhardt Junior. Ultimately, it all became a blur.
One reason that Sunday was so memorable is because both Fox-owned SPEED and the Fox Broadcast Network were on-the-air simultaneously for thirty minutes. For NASCAR fans, Fox and SPEED are interchangeable and seemingly feature one big collection of announcers who work on both networks.
The topper on this issue is that Fox was broadcasting from the Hollywood Hotel. It was located behind pit road at the start-finish line. SPEED had moved their on-air talent from outside the track during a commercial break. Roberts, Jimmy Spencer and Kenny Wallace were now located just before Turn 1 at the end of pit road.
Quite literally, the two Fox networks were both on-the-air live from the same track talking about the same things only feet away from each other. In terms of NASCAR TV, this might have been the moment when the question of "how much is too much" was finally answered.
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24 comments:
- TexasRaceLady said...
I have to admit, JD, that by the time the race actually started, my eyes and brain were glazing over.
Fortunately I kept my sanity by doing some housework.
I think we can catagorize all this hoopla as "over-kill."
- April 27, 2008 at 6:23 PM
- Sophia said...
I agree with TRL and only watched RaceDay myself for the Schrader interview (Thankfully it was on about 12.05) and I multi tasked thru the rest of the show.
Ran some errands and listened to MRN instead of the allegedly dreadful Fox pre race.
My eyes can only take so much.
Oh, and for the 30th time, RD should ONLY be an hour. Too much minutia at 2 hrs.
and I, as a Tony Fan, am so tired of the TS hoopla.
Oh, and if ONLY the media would leave Jr alone (also huge Jr fan) with the "when are you ever going to win again question"
He has to want to smack people that keep asking him that...
IF you cut out the extraneous BS, RD could be 30 minutes but I DID enjoy Spencers rant on the big one yesterday and the 91 car that should NEVER have hit Dario going so fast.
NOBODY addressed the Dario thing that I heard, but then Mikey Joy called it unforgivable or something...so he got it was a senseless crash.
- April 27, 2008 at 6:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
What's ironic is that with the wall to wall pre-race coverage, FOX's post race coverage was:
*****So incredibly awful!*****
They had lots of time post-race. Yet not only did they not go back and dissect the ending with as many replay angles as they could muster, they weren't getting any driver interviews! There was opportunity for multiple driver interviews - Larry Mac mentioned Kvapil, Mears, etc. and their good runs - but we didn't get to see them. At least not before 5:46 PM Eastern - when we got so frustrated with the rambling - and it WAS rambling- from the booth and then the Hollywood Hotel, we switched over to ESPNews to see what they had.
Lo and behold, there was Juan Pablo Montoya giving talking to the media, joined shortly thereafter by Denny Hamlin. We were so happy to see some REAL driver content on air that we didn't even mind this was airing before FOX went off the air. It would have been nice to see Kvapil and Mears in there since Hamlin and Montoya got FOX interviews, but I'd rather hear any drivers talk about the race than the FOX folks ramble. If they did end up interviewing any more drivers after 5:46, I hope they know they lost viewers by wasting time getting around to them.
Fox not only blew the end of the actual race, they blew the post race too. Maybe some of energy devoted to that ridiculously long pre-race should be devoted to post race.
- April 27, 2008 at 7:07 PM
- Mary said...
I have to say I enjoyed watching DJ but I AM his #1 fan LOL. What I can't understand is presumably these folks have to get up to CT to the ESPN studios? And if ESPN is so serious about Nascar how about a studio in Charlotte?
- April 27, 2008 at 7:15 PM
- Newracefan said...
I agree about the post race coverage. I have a feeling they have no good camera angle for the last wreck to try and see what happened. None of replays really explained anything.
- April 27, 2008 at 7:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
JD- ESPN has retired the "how much is too much" trophy for ALL time with 4 hours of NFL PRE-draft coverage Saturday - and I am an NFL fan. What I saw of Race Day & FOX pre-race was better than ESPN pre-draft.
P.S. Glad you gave the CIA cryptologist the day off.
- April 27, 2008 at 7:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
JD you mentioned awhile ago that Krista and Steve B. would be doing another session of answering our questions. I would really like to know their opinion on some of these issues from the digger cam to the way Fox shows the cars crossing the finish line.
You mentioned also that Mike Joy said they would be discussing some of these issues during their weekly meeting. Have you had any further feedback from Mike on the thinking in the director's truck? Thanks.
- April 27, 2008 at 7:37 PM
- PammH said...
I'm sorry, but I live in Michigan & it's been an god-awful long winter. With coverage like I saw today, I just CANNOT commit to a whole Sunday inside, watching Nascar! I am going to start taping RD & FF thru it for Spencer's rants & The Reel Deal. TNT I assume will suck like they did last yr & I will have to tape most of ESPN also. It's kinda sad-I'm such a big fan, but just can't handle the rise in my bp w/all the gimmicks, etc. SHOW ME THE RACE! ~deep breath~
- April 27, 2008 at 7:54 PM
- Sophia said...
Ditto to your post and weather and all.
Had this NOT been talladega, I would have sat outside, stuck in a tape and sat in my car in a park and listened to MRN since the in house radios would not pick up the FM station
Thankfully NASCAR.com was free to listen to MRN which helped. But if this were a short track, I would've had the radio/laptop outside and helped my room mate pull weeds and divide ornamental grasses.
FOUR HOURS is too much and I re-iterate, more would watch RD if it went back to one hour.
I can't believe that many people sit and watch the entire TWO HOURS with the nicer weather and all the baloney thrown into the longer version.
If it's sunny and mild next weekend, I will be outside.
I enjoyed the NW series more due to better camera work and EXCELLENT CAM WORK at finish line.
Few people have time for all the PRE race stuff and I prefer post race stuff myself.
But my eyes can't take 8 hrs of tv (speed report, VL -also needs to be just 30 minutes!) and I love WT with DD.
- April 27, 2008 at 8:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
it's generally my habit to ignore everything pre-race and accomplish tasks around the house between church & the green flag. today, given the number of stories that were on the table, i made an exception. i believed that either or both networks would cover in depth the issues that the nationwide race raised and the status of the GOGH teams who were scheduled to race today. i thought i'd hear strong commentary backed up with great video. i assumed reporters would bring new information to the broadcast. so, i turned on the coverage around noon or so.
and that, dear friends, was my first mistake.
i should have turned it all off and walked away until after 2PM. rest assured i will not make the same mistake again this season. there is no redeeming this day for me: pre-race, race, and post-race coverage were all appalling. i posted my opinions as the day progressed on the previous blog and i stand by them. sadly, i concede defeat.
- April 27, 2008 at 8:36 PM
- Newracefan said...
I had a work related errand to run this AM and raced home at a speed that was much more than the one posted. For the most part I enjoyed RaceDay, the DVR of NN and the Joe Gibbs piece was very well done, Fox pre race that I did see should have been shortened back to the regular hour or even 30 minutes. Some guy eating in the stands is worthless. The Weber with the drivers is fun even the gas n go with DW and JH is worth it. The one thing JD didn't mention was the very sexist Digger T shirt promotion, they tried to make it funny with the equal time with very large men but I was still offended. I may DVR this from now on so I can FF thru the junk
- April 27, 2008 at 8:49 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hi JD,
Agree w/Rich in NC. As I said in on another post the remote would be busy. But the extra 30 minutes on FOX did not impress me. I did stay w/SPEED, they were having to much fun. I think the fun and the interviews are what kept me on SPEED.
- April 27, 2008 at 8:51 PM
- Anonymous said...
Why is no one mentioning all the "pretty girls" who showed up - for what reason I don't know - on RaceDay? They were everywhere today, even in JR and Jimmy's seats when they were gone. Did they get a memo to add more "eye candy" shots to the program? It seemed out of place because so many of those shots showed up out of nowhere.
- April 27, 2008 at 8:58 PM
- Newracefan said...
The pretty girls are always there they work the crowd during commercials, and throw them Speed swag. I assume they continued to try and work the crowd (if they stayed) after the guys left the building. I guess throwing the picked to win drivers hats needed to be thrown from there and not the infield. I still haven't figured out why they moved in the first place.
- April 27, 2008 at 9:14 PM
- Anonymous said...
annon 858pm,
NRF is correct. They are always there. You should see how the crowd goes after the SPEED swag they throw. I guess today it was the caps they wore backwards that was the attraction. They warm up the crowd and keep them excited during breaks
- April 27, 2008 at 9:35 PM
- Sophia said...
Yes, RaceDay is watchable due to the FUN but with nice weather and all, I just can't sit the whole time...I mean there is cleaning, and feeding the birds and squirrels and watering things.
Since it's two hours, I treat RD like "radio" I have it on in sometimes two rooms (where the digital tvs are) and today I stayed tune due to Dega and the Schrader piece that was promoted (that could've been longer imo) yes it's fun but the fun could be just an hour
I never watch NN on Sundays...it's just too much pre show and I pick RD...to listen to on and off.
- April 27, 2008 at 11:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
This is why I no longer watch pre-race. The actual driver interviews are fun sometimes (when they finally get around to them), but I have other things to do besides watch them beat the same dead horse all weekend long.
- April 28, 2008 at 10:12 AM
- Anonymous said...
I usually just watch a total of maybe 20 minutes of RaceDay somewhere in there and that's it for pre-race shows. I don't even bother to DVR them because they're so long; I don't want wasting space on the DVR. If they want me to watch more often:
NASCAR Now should be a half hour on race day. NASCAR RaceDay should be one hour. Pre-race shows for any race other than Daytona and Homestead should be half an hour, maximum.
The shows I do watch pre-race are NASCAR Performance and Tradin' Paint. Both were excellent this week and are better quality than the pre-race shows. Tradin' Paint had Jenna Fryer and Kyle Petty and they didn't even fight, lol. They had a good debate, but it was actually kind of fun. Chad, Bootie and Larry on NP are a fantastic combination of great TV personalities.
I wonder if the pre-race and post race shows get good ratings anyway. Did anybody notice SPEED no longer shows a repeat of Victory Lane at 11 PM or Midnight ET? (Replaced by PINKS.) It's not repeated until 4AM. I used to try to watch that 11/12 repeat more than the first running of VL and that's no longer an option.
- April 28, 2008 at 11:00 AM
- GinaV24 said...
boy, overkill is the right word. If not for the lousy weather here in NJ (cold and rainy), I would have skipped all the pre-race crap like I usually do, but since I was inside anyway, I watched RD and then tuned into Fox. As far as I could see, the pre-race, race and post-race (I couldn't believe the lousy post-race)were all pretty much not worth watching. I had the computer and MRN on and followed the race much better that way than I did by watching TV.
I won't make the same mistake this weekend of watching the pre-race drivel -- maybe I won't tune in at all.
- April 28, 2008 at 11:47 AM
- greg8370 said...
I've stopped watching the pre-race filler altogether; unless something compelling happens between the Saturday race and the start of the Sunday Cup race it has already been covered.
- April 28, 2008 at 12:26 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thank goodness for the DVR. I do what many do, FF until something catches my eye, like the Schrader interview. There were so many stories, especially the 2 crashes on Saturday. All the shows should have had a NASCAR official and some discussion on both events as both incidents had major driver errors and at least one rule violation. Also what did the other drivers think should happen...suspension, ban from racing?
They need to limit the goofy stuff. A few minutes are ok if it is done to get the flavor of the atmosphere at the track or an unusual promotion. I prefer more driver interviews, personal stuff not the same, "how are you going to approach this race, how's the car handling?". In other words, the same old stuff.
Regarding race end (didn't watch till late West coast). What a disaster. We slomo'd over and over trying to see what happened and why Jeff Gordon finished 19th as well as what happened to other drivers.
Stop with the IN-CAM shots all the time. There was so much pack racing the wide shots would work so much better.
There must be a rule that at least one network has to do a terrible job of broadcasting. Can't believe it's FOX this year and not ESPN.
Last comment regarding ESPN, switch AB and Dr. Punch and ESPN may be near perfect. Can't believe I'm saying that.
- April 28, 2008 at 1:01 PM
- Anonymous said...
When I turned on Fox pre-race the first and last thing I saw was DW on stage performing that gawd-awful 'song' with that country singer. Flat-out embarassing. I never thought I'd say this, but bring on ESPN!
- April 28, 2008 at 5:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
On a weekend where I was inundated with Mel Kiper Jr. and his hair for 4 hours prior to the actual draft, the coverage of NASCAR was a bit much. We know Junior has a winless streak and he's a good plate driver, and apparently he's pretty popular. But there were 42 other stories out there.
- April 28, 2008 at 7:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
Why doesn't FOX just air RaceDay on the network before the race. It seems silly to have a prerace show on SPEED and then switch to FOX for another prerace show. Aren't the 2 entities family?
FOX should pay attention to RaceDay because it represents what a real prerace show should be.
The song with DW is absolutely brutal and FOX should be embarassed!
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The 1950 Census Tract files were originally created by keypunching the data from the printed publications prepared by the Bureau of the Census. The work was done under the direction of Dr. Donald Bogue, whose wife, Elizabeth Mullen Bogue, completed much of the data work. Subsequently, the punchcards were converted to data files and transferred to the National Archive and Records Administration (NARA). ICPSR received copies of these files from NARA and converted the binary block-length records to ASCII format.
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