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Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen to Present 'Illumina'
By Amy David, Special to the Henrico Citizen 11/18/10
The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen will offer "Illumina," a holiday exhibition of various traditional and non-traditional Christmas trees each with their own theme for families to enjoy starting Dec. 4 – Dec. 30.
The exhibit will showcase 16 trees on the first floor of the center, designed by Yvonne Hopkins, a local resident who offered to give her creations to the center for the public. The trees will have different colors, ornaments, lights and other items that make up a certain theme.
"This is our first time having something like this," said Anita Waters, director of public relations and marketing for the center. "This event allows this woman to share her collection with the community, and it's something everyone can enjoy."
The exhibit will include a "Nostalgia Tree," a multi-color rotating aluminum tree from the 1960s. A combination of music, clothing, sports, politics and other memorabilia will make up the tree to represent the time periods of the 1940s through the 60s.
A breast cancer awareness tree, called "The Hope Tree" will be on display as well. Families or individuals will have the opportunity to donate to the Cancer Foundation for Breast Cancer Research and receive a pink ribbon with their name, which will be hung on the tree.
A few other themes include "The Great Outdoors," "True Colors," a "Goodwill Tree," a "Charlie Brown Tree" and "The Enchanted Tree," which displays Disney characters.
"There are a wide variety of different themes, so there's something for everybody," Waters said.
The center usually draws about 500 people each Christmas for its annual Tree Lighting ceremony outside and other events, but this year officials hope attendees will stay for the exhibit.
"The county has a lot of Christmas holiday events, and so a lot of people will have the opportunity to see these trees," said Waters.
Other traditional holiday exhibits, such as Chanukah and Kwanzaa will be on display in celebration of the event, a scavenger hunt will be held for children and families are asked to fill out a questionnaire and will be entered into a weekly prize drawing for the family with the most correct answers.
The event is free and will be held immediately following the tree lighting. The exhibition can be viewed from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. The center will be closed Dec. 24 - 27.
For weekend times and additional information, call The Cultural Arts Center at 261-ARTS (2787) or visit http://www.artsglenallen.com
MADD to host candlelight vigil Dec. 2 at UR
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) will host a candlelight vigil of remembrance and hope Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. at the University of Richmond, outside the Cannon Chapel. The public is invited to attend and join MADD to honor victims of impaired driving crashes, while helping to remind the community to be safe during the holidays. > Read more.
Tournament supports adoption efforts
Among participants at the Seventh Annual Coordinators2Inc Golf Tournament and awards luncheon Oct. 3 were (from left) Rebecca Ricardo, C2 Inc executive director; Kevin Derr, member of the winning foursome; Sharon Richardson, C2 Inc founder; and Frank Ridgway and Jon King, members of the winning foursome.
Held at The Crossings Golf Club, the tournament will benefit placement of children from Virginia's foster care system into permanent families through Coordinators2. > Read more.
A.C. Moore to host winter craft day for kids
Event will help kick of Marine Corps' 'Toys for Tots' campaign
All 140 A.C. Moore locations will serve as drop-off centers this year for the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, and all toys collected will stay in the local communities served by the stores in which they are donated.
On Saturday, Nov. 15, the Willow Lawn location will kick off the month-long program by hosting a "Make & Take" craft event for kids. Children ages six and older will be able to make a craft and take it home with them. Representatives from the Marines will be in-store to teach customers about the Toys for Tots program. A.C. Moore team members will be on site to help with the crafts. > Read more.
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The Dominion GardenFest of Lights Grand Illumination takes place tonight at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden! This year's theme is "A Legacy in Lights: 120 Years from Bicycle Club to Botanical Garden," which celebrates the Garden's history. You can also celebrate Thanksgiving again – tomorrow at Henricus Historical Park. More great events – Lavender Fields Herb Farm and Wilton House Museum will both host their holiday open house events this weekend. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
A hero is born
Disney's 'Big Hero 6,' lovable robot Baymax delight
It may be time for Olaf to step down as our nation's reigning cartoon character. Big Hero 6, the latest animated feature from Disney, contains a challenger to the throne: Baymax (Scott Adsit), another lovably chubby white wonder, who will bring joy to children's hearts and invade every home in America inside a six-foot pile of Disney merchandise.
Big Hero 6 (based ever so slightly on a Marvel comic of the same name) is the story of Baymax – and also his closest companion Hiro Hamada (Ryan Potter). And then also their four friends, all of whom join together to form the titular superhero team.
At first, though, it's only Hiro, a young boy and an engineering prodigy, who'd rather spend his time in underground robot fight clubs than do something productive with his gifts. > Read more.
Authentically Italian
Bella's feels – and tastes – like Italy should
Short Pump is known for its share of chain restaurants and strip malls, but diners looking for something more distinct can certainly find it without heading downtown or to nearby Charlottesville.
In fact, local husband-and-wife restaurateurs Valeria Bisenti and Doug Muir brought a taste of Charlottesville (and Italy) to Short Pump when they took a chance and opened Bella's second location in the same shopping strip as Wal-Mart and Peter Chang China Cafe. (Bella's original location is on Main Street in downtown Charlottesville.)
For a local Italian restaurant, Bella's is as "Mom and Pop" as its gets. Valeria is Mom, and Doug is Pop. Since its opening about six months ago, diners have been eating rich comfort foods and drinking Italian wines. > Read more.
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wham! Nothing Looks The Same In The Light Lyrics
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I watch you breathe,
I cannot sleep,
I touch your hair,
I kiss your skin,
And hope the morning sun won't wake you too soon.
For when you wake,
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You never know,
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Another boy who crept in your room...
Take your time...(that's what you told me),
Take your time...
But I fell head first, and I just don't know what to do.
Nothing looks the same in the light,
Only a fool like me would take to heart,
The things you said you meant last night.
Nothing looks the same in the light,
I'll keep my feet firm on the ground.
Nothing looks the same in the light,
There's danger in a stranger,
With a warm hand and a kiss so right.
Nothing looks the same in the light,
It's been a pleasure, - see you around...
I watch the sun,
upon the sheets.
I hear a car,
out on the street,
And gently pull you close, it's over too soon.
What can I do,
but wait and see,
Hold on to you,
please stay with me,
Because you're the first, and I want to stay here with you.
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Amazing! | Reviewer: Lindsay | 5/18/13
It has a seductive aura, at the same time it presents the fact that nothing is always what it seems to be. But man this song is beautiful, like those mornings you wake up a bit before dawn with you lover asleep at your side and you feel it is just you two in this world.
Two Separate Lyrics | Reviewer: GKOALA7 | 10/26/12
First off, I love this song. I love George Michael's (apostrophe "S", not plural form, where most people make the grievous error) voice in all stages of his life and career. I just recently rediscovered that song has two sets of lyrics. The ones posted here are correct. However, there is another, lesser known, set of lyrics that even George Michael's main webpage doesn't post. There are a total of four (4) lines that are not included in any lyrics that I've searched for. I would gladly submit those lyrics if I could understand what he were singing in two (2) of the lines that are not included here. If ANYONE knows what I am talking about, or, especially, if you have worked closely with George Michael and/or Andrew Ridgeley -- being that this is a Wham! song -- it would be greatly appreciated if you could, please, post those lyrics. That is, of course, if you know what I am talking about. The only two lyrics that I do understand are "Please be kind... Don't change your mind..." The other two (2) lines, which, to me are incoherent immediately precede these lines. Well, thank you to whomever can solve this mystery for me.


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Photos and Description of this 2 bedroom holiday cottage in Acadia National Park - Acadia Bayside Cottage
Gorgeous Sunsets ~ Seaside Cottage Sleeps 6. Amazing views ~ 20 yards to shore!
Gorgeous sunsets, waterfront cottage 60 feet to the shore, lots of light and warmth, two fireplace stoves; Master bedroom with ocean views/sleeps 2 (Queen Bd), 1 bedroom with 2 twin beds; 1 Queen pull-out couch/futon sleeps 2 in the great room with amazing ocean views; 1 bathroom with shower; kitchen, reading nook with fireplace & ocean views, living room/dining room with ocean views, gas grill and patio with outdoor seating and two smaller side decks. Acadia Bayside Cottage is nestled in a grove of tall pines. Relax in the bentwood Adirondack style chairs on the bluff overlooking the bay. Witness seals, bald eagles, blue herons, osprey and harbor porpoises from the cottage or in your kayak on the water. Peaceful and private, yet close by to all area amenities of the Acadia region.
By car, our cottage is approx:
10 min to seafood restaurants/lobster pounds just off of Route 3 in Trenton along the route you'd follow onto Mount Desert Island (MDI).
10 min to the head of Mount Desert Island which is an area known as the Town Hill section of Bar Harbor.
20 min to the main Acadia National Park entrance and Hulls Cove Visitor's Center.
25 min to downtown Bar Harbor where there are many restaurants & shops, 3 pharmacies, movie theater, grocery stores and much more.
Many hiking & biking trails within 20-30 min drive.(trails and carriage roads can be accessed all over the island)
10 min to Ellsworth (not on Mount Desert Island) - where you'll find restaurants, movie theaters, grocery stores, pharmacies, Walmart, TJ Maxx, L.L. Bean and other stores. Main Street in Ellsworth, which leads down to a small bridge & river, is a nice part of this small city - sort of an old fashioned downtown with some interesting shops and restaurants.
You'll find restaurants along both sides of Main Street. The Union River Lobster Pot is just over the bridge and nestled along the river just behind Rooster Brothers specialty foods store & has excellent seafood. There are also some chain restaurants along Route 3 in Ellsworth.
Our family recently purchased the cottage in 2014. The previous owners used the property mainly for their own use, so it's the first season it's been listed on HomeAway & VRBO sites.
We offer a 5% discount for multiple week rentals.
You can view our video tour of Acadia Bayside Cottage on YouTube by clicking : www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-dJTSJYfpU
- Suitability:
- Long-term Renters Welcome
- Minimum Age Limit for Renters
- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets considered
- wheelchair inaccessible
About Kim Childs and Doug Michael
I was born in Maine to parents 'from away' as they say and grew up in mid-coast Maine. Although I sought adventure in far away places during my 20's, I chose to return to this amazing state because there's no place quite like Maine or like Mainers.
In the past, I spent more than two years studying anthropology and sociology at the University of Vermont in Burlington. I also spent a year in Egypt, studying at the Arabic Language Institute at the American University in Cairo, followed by a term of Middle East studies. I hold a B.A. in international affairs with a minor in anthropology from the University of Maine in Orono.
In past years, I've worked for the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School in mid-coast Maine and am an alumna of three of their programs.
For several years, I led cultural and educational tours primarily in the Middle East, but also in the United States, Canada and Europe. This work led to the founding of my own educational travel company, which I operated with my husband for several years.
In recent years, I've worked in Maine in the areas of public health and geriatric social work. Before recently joining the Institute for Humane Education in Surry, I worked at the College of the Atlantic in the Office of Institutional Advancement in Bar Harbor.
I happily live on Mount Desert Island with my husband, son, daughter and a rescued racing greyhound named Chester.
Kim Childs and Doug Michael purchased this cottage in 2014
Why Kim Childs and Doug Michael chose Acadia National Park
Over the past several years, my husband and I have been looking for a very special property, and feel lucky to have finally found all we were searching for in our Acadia Bayside Cottage. This cottage has everything we were looking for - a beautiful, oceanfront setting, vibrant sunsets to gaze at in the evenings and a location very close to Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. This cozy abode quickly felt like home to us and a place we could envision spending a lot of time - without having to drive far to feel like we were getting away from it all.
Acadia Bayside Cottage has a presence - a strong sense of place - which quickly draws you in and invites you to relax & live in the peaceful moments we hope you'll experience while enjoying our little slice of paradise!


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When you play badminton, you need to buy the best badminton shoes you can find. Jogging shoes don't give you the necessary bounce and extra cushioning for your hard serves. Plus they tend to have more height and your ankles are put to risk.
A Yonex SHB 89 will fit the bill nicely, as would an Artengo BS. Whether you're a junior player or a seasoned champion, the right shoes for badminton make all the difference. Good badminton shoes will see you through many seasons. Brands such as Asics, Head, Nivia, Artengo and Yonex are the top brands in this category.


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Written by Chris Boyle, firstname.lastname@example.com Friday, 11 April 2014 00:00
These days, when local residents are more used to storefronts locking their doors for good as opposed to opening them for the first time, there's nothing like seeing a home-grown business prosper and even grow despite a stifling economy.
That's just what the owners of community stalwart Bestever Bakery have accomplished thus far, as they recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their second location, at 1030 Park Blvd. in Massapequa Park, which first opened toward the end of January of this year.
Bellmore resident Vinnie D'Elia opened his first-ever business, the Bestever Bakery, at 17 Broadway in Massapequa 11 years ago. For the longtime journeyman baker, it was the very first step towards realizing a dream.
"I worked at an Italian bakery for 11 years and a German-American shop for 10 years," he said. "But I had always wanted to open my own place, so I just finally decided that I was going to go ahead and do it." He's been in the baking business for about 36 years altogether, he said.
Public support for the Bestever Bakery was immediate, and soon thoughts of a second location entered D'Elia's mind. In fact, he had a spot in mind — the former location of the famed Di Monda Bakery at 1030 Park Boulevard — and when it became available, he was quick to snatch it up.
"I always liked this location, and when it went up for sale, I just had to take it," he said. "We've worked hard at our business, and it's taken off very well, so it only made sense to open another shop."
D'Elia's daughter, Antoinette, runs the new Park Boulevard location of Bestever Bakery, and has been at her dad's side in the bakery field since day one. Her sister Ashley runs the Broadway location, and their brother is involved as well, making this truly a family-run business.
"It's been very awesome doing this for so long, and the new location is amazing...the people here in Massapequa Park are so nice," she said. "We just love working together as a family...we take pride in what we do. We believe in customer service, and that's who we are as a family."
Bestever specializes in a variety of popular bakery fare, including Italian and German-American pastries, cakes and cookies. According to Antoinette, the challenge of both running her own store and living up to her father's legacy is worth all the hard work that challenge entails.
"Even though it's hard work, I love doing it every day," she said. "This is my life, this is what I want to do."
Members of the Massapequa Chamber of Commerce, along with local politicians and dignitaries attended the ribbon-cutting to wish D'Elia and his family the best in their new endeavor. Among the attendees was Town of Oyster Bay Councilman Joe Pinto, who lives in the neighborhood.
"First of all, I live in Massapequa Park, and we take pride when any new business opens up their doors," he said. "This storefront, for many years, housed the Di Monda Bakery, which was a favorite of everybody. They had sold it, and now the Bestever Bakery has come in, and we've heard so many great things about them. We just want to welcome them to our neighborhood and wish them the best of luck."
D'Elia said that there are a lot of bakeries out there to choose from, but there is a good reason why Bestever Bakery lives up to its name.
"We give nice customer service...we take care of all the people who come in," he said. "My daughters run the stores, and we try to be nice to everybody. We come out and talk to everyone, say hello, and everyone knows us by name. If you give us a try, you'll see the difference."
Friday, 18 April 2014 00:00
Two hundred business students from high schools across Nassau County, including Massapequa High School, competed for scholarships and cash awards—more than $33,000 in all—from various sponsors at Nassau County's annual Comptroller's Entrepreneurial Challenge.
Thursday, 17 April 2014 00:00
The events on Sept. 11, 2001 had a profound effect on nearly all in the tri-state area, but for first responders, the effects were overwhelming. Long-time Massapequa resident Michael Smith, a member of the New York Fire Department, experienced those effects firsthand.
"While I've always been a person that could appreciate life, after 9/11 I became so distraught," he said. "I realized I need to do something I want to do — something I love to do."
A 30-year veteran of the fire department, Smith retired in 2002. He and his wife of 33 years, Teresa, began to look for a place they could enjoy life. This mindset brought them to the East End of Long Island, where they often went for day trips. They settled down in a home in Orient Point in 2004; in a home that needed quite a bit of work. And when it was time to landscape the property, a new idea took root — a vineyard.
Thursday, 10 April 2014 08:56
Massapequa athletes recently received honors from their coaches at Kellenberg Memorial High School.
Each season, the coaches of all of the Kellenberg teams choose one member of their team who stands out as an athlete that has worked hard to improve themselves in their chosen sport.
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The Farmingdale State women's lacrosse team won the first game of their Spring Break trip to North Carolina with a victory over Greensboro College. In wet and muddy conditions, the Rams (8-1) held an 8-5 lead at the half and took the eventual 13-10 win.
In the first half and tied 2-2, the Pride (7-5) pulled ahead 4-2 with two unassisted goals by junior attack Nadya Fedun. Farmingdale State answered with four straight scores for a 6-4 advantage, on goals by juniors Alyssa Handel, Nicole Marzocca and Massapequan Jackie Kennedy.Sophomore attack Ashlynn Parks put Greensboro within a goal at the 7:03 mark, but the Rams scored two more to lead 8-5 at the halftime break.
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HELL FOR LEATHER (Book 6/Published May, 2014)
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Only a crisis could persuade Delilah Fairchild to abandon her beloved biker bar, let alone ask Black Knights Inc. operator Bryan "Mac" McMillan for help. But her uncle has vanished into thin air, and sexy, surly Mac has the connections to help her find him. What the big, blue-eyed Texan has against her is a mystery… but when the bullets start to fly, Mac becomes her only hope of survival, and he only chance of finding her uncle alive.
Mac knows a thing or two about beautiful women – mainly that they can't be trusted. Throw in a ticking clock, a deadly terrorist, and some missing nuclear weapons, and a man just might find himself on the wrong end of the gun. But facing down danger with Delilah is one passion-filled thrill ride…
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"Wild" Bill Reichert knows a thing or two about explosives. The ex-Navy SEAL can practically rig a bomb blindfolded. But there's no way to diffuse the inevitable firewords the day Eve Edens walks back into his life, asking for help…
Eve doens't know what to do when the Chicago police won't believe someone is out to hurt her. The only place to turn is Black Knights Inc. – after all, no one is better at protection than the covert special-ops team. Yet there's also no one better at getting her all turned on than Billy Reichert. She has a feeling this is one blast from the past that could backfire big time…
THRILL RIDE (Book 4/ Published April 2013)
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Ex-Navy SEAL Rock Babineaux's job is to get information, and he's one of the best in the business. Until something goes horribly wrong and he's being hunted by his own government. Even his best friends at the covert special-ops organization Black Knights Inc. aren't sure they can trust him. He thinks he can outrun them all, but his former partner—a curvy bombshell who knows just how to drive him wild—refuses to cut him loose.SHE WON'T BACK DOWN
Vanessa Cordera hasn't been the team's communication specialist very long, but she knows how to read people-no way is Rock guilty of murder. And she'll go to hell and back to help him prove it. Sure, the sexy Cajun has his secrets, but there's no one in the world she'd rather have by her side in a tight spot. Which is good, because they're about to get very tight…
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Jake "the snake" Sommers earned his SEAL codename by striking quickly and quietly – and with lethal force. That's also how he broke Michelle Carter's heart. It was the only way to keep her safe – from himself. Four long years later, Jake is determined to get a second chance. But to steal back into Michelle's loving arms, Jake is going to have to prove he can take things slow. Real slow…
Michelle Carter has never forgiven Jake for being so cliche as to "love her and leave her." But when her brother, head of the Black Knights elite ops agency, ticks off the wrong mobster, she must do the unimaginable: place her life in Jake's hands. No matter what they call him, this man is far from cold-blooded. And once he's wrapped around her heart, he'll never let her go…
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Becky "Rebel" Reichert never actually goes looking for trouble. It just has a tendency to find her. Like the day Frank Knight showed up at her door, wanting to use her motorcycle shop as a cover for his elite special ops team. But Becky prides herself on being able to hang with the big boys – she can weld, drive, and shoot just as well as any of them.
Munitions, missiles, and mayhem are Frank way of life. But the last thing the ex-SEAL wants is for one brash blond to come within fifty feet of anything that goes boom. Yet it's just his rotten luck when she ends up a hostage situation at sea. Come hell or high water, he will get her back – whether she says she needs him or not.


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It seems were all about Italian restaurants today, so why not show you another? This one comes from Nino Selimaj, the man behind Ninos, Ninos Positano, Ninos Tuscany, Ninos Bellissima Pizzeria, and others, and its named (what else?) Ninos 208, after its 208 East 58th Street location (curiously, Nino got his start exactly 30 years ago as a dishwasher at the now-closed Brunos on the same street). Nino tells us the thing to get here is the sea-bass carpaccio (Italian sushi per chef Merlin Tlapa, who previously toiled at Le Madre and Mad 61), and hes curiously enthusiastic about the Caesar salad, which, like at his other restaurants, is prepared tableside (you can see the lunch menu here and the dinner menu here). The interior, on the other hand, is a far cry from the terra-cotta scheme of his other places the floor tiles, for one, were inspired by the alligator-skin shoes he was wearing when he met with designer Nick Grande. Check them out in our slideshow.
Undaunted by Economy, Nino Selimaj Opens Yet Another Nino'sBy Daniel Maurer
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LA HABRA, Calif. (AP) - Authorities now say 11 people were hurt - two critically - in an explosion and fire at a Southern California metal polishing business.
Los Angeles County fire Inspector Scott Miller says the blast in La Habra occurred shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday in the shop's overhead ducts. He says investigators suspect that a buildup of lint or dust may have caused the blast.
Firefighters contained the resulting blaze in about 40 minutes. TV news reports showed workers with blackened faces and hands outside the plant.
Mora says the two critically injured men had burns and most of the rest suffered smoke inhalation.
He says the business in an industrial area of the Los Angeles suburb makes and polishes car wheels.
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Hospitals can dramatically reduce the number of life-threatening central line infections in pediatric cancer patients by following a set of basic precautions, by encouraging families to speak up when they observe noncompliance with the protocol and by honest analysis of the root cause behind every single infection, according to a new Johns Hopkins Children's Center study. Johns Hopkins University is home to the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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The original Guide was one of the first mainstream publications to make the connection between community design and levels of physical activity and health. The guide went a step further by showing how to make the changes needed to start reversing the alarming trend of obesity and physical inactivity. The 2010 guide serves as a capstone for a decade of field work by the Active Living Resource Center, incorporating many of the lessons learned from providing technical assistance to communities, many of them with low resources and high needs.
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Victoria's Secret models Adriana Lima and Candice Swanepoel joined Chief Marketing Officer Ed Razek at the company's London flagship store for the announcement Tuesday.
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Knaus' white whale? The Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Chad Knaus will tell you that watching Jimmie Johnson win the 2006 Daytona 500 was the proudest moment of his career. He will tell you he felt fine sitting on his couch in North Carolina while Johnson was winning and that if he never experiences the thrill of being atop the pit box when his driver takes the checkered flag in the "Great American Race," it won't be a big deal.
Knaus will tell you these things to the point where he gets irritated that you keep asking, because you wonder how a man so competitive and driven can be satisfied with the biggest race of the year missing from his résumé.
He will tell you these things until you start to believe him.
"I'm going to tell you for the last time, it's not that big of a deal," Knaus said after answering the question rephrased a half-dozen ways. "It's a great race. I'd love to win the race. I really would. It would be awesome to have that. If I don't win that race, it's not going to be the end of life.
"I would love to be a part of it, but honestly, I've been a part of it. The 48 team won that race -- and that's me. So I've won it."
Sir, yes sir.
Point taken.
Then you talk to Johnson, team owner Rick Hendrick and other crewmen for the No. 48. Then you start to understand why you questioned Knaus, who's among the most motivated people in the garage, in the first place.
"He's just protecting himself, I guess," Johnson said of Knaus' response to missing the '06 win. "It would mean the world to him. Yes, he was extremely responsible for that car going to Victory Lane, but he wasn't on the box. He wants to be on the box.
"When I called him after the race from Victory Lane, I could tell he was so happy and proud, but at the same time I've never heard him so dejected and bummed out in my life. That was a tough moment for him."
It was tough on Knaus. He was at home because NASCAR had kicked him out of Daytona International Speedway after discovering a device that raised the rear window of Johnson's Chevrolet to create an aerodynamic advantage.
He was hurt that once again he'd been dubbed a cheater.
He also was proud that the team picked up the slack with him gone and performed at a championship level.
"He wants to be a team player, and he was proud of the team," Hendrick said.
If you think a "but" is coming, there is one. Hendrick went on to remind of what it was like for him to be at home with his niece in the hospital while Johnson wrapped up his fourth straight championship last year at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
"I was where I needed to be, but I wanted to be at Homestead," Hendrick said. "You can't replace that. [Knaus] wants to lead every practice, win every pole, lead every lap, win every race. And he's got these check marks.
"Daytona is a big one. That hurt him when the car won and he wasn't there. He's determined and fired up, so we'll see."
Let's reflect. On the one hand, we have Knaus crushed that he wasn't on the pit box for Johnson's 500 win. On the other hand, he was as proud as a new father.
It's a contradiction, but totally believable.
"Yeah, it was tough," said Knaus, who won a Daytona 500 as a member of Jeff Gordon's crew. "I'm not going to lie. I shed a tear or two. It's like seeing your kid go and score his first touchdown in football. That's the way it was for me. I was really, really happy to see my guys do that."
Many believe it was a defining moment in Knaus' career, that he formed a trust in those around him that wasn't there before, that he realized his sometimes dictatorial ways weren't always the most productive.
Four straight titles since might be evidence of that.
"He learned you can't do it all yourself," said Darian Grubb, who replaced Knaus atop the pit box during the '06 suspension while he was the car chief for the 48 team but is now Tony Stewart's crew chief. "Everybody is starting to see that now."
Grubb occasionally teases Knaus about not having a Daytona 500 champion's ring just as he teases his new driver about not having one. But he's the first to say he wouldn't have that ring were it not for Knaus.
"He still put that team together," Grubb said.
He also grew up.
"That helped make Chad, Chad," said Alan Gustafson, Mark Martin's crew chief. "He was able to step back and see by not being there how that team could perform. It was very humbling and very stressful, but when you put it in perspective, he's a better crew chief for it.
"He handled it well. He's gone on to bigger and better things."
That doesn't mean Knaus wants to win the 500 any less now than when he came into the sport. It's like winning one of the majors in golf. You can capture 100 other tournaments, but every time you're introduced as the Masters, British Open, U.S. Open or PGA champion, it's special.
"I'd say it's on the top of his wish list, his bucket list," said Earl Barban, Johnson's spotter and a mechanic for the 48 team.
Knaus won't admit it. He'll tell you it's no big deal and there are bigger things in life to accomplish. He'll tell you until you start to believe him.
Then you'll talk to others and start to realize that winning the Daytona 500 means almost as much to crew chiefs as it does to drivers, particularly when you're in the middle of Speedweeks.
"Oh, yeah," Johnson said. "The top of his world of what he's worked through being a body man through all the positions being a crew chief on the car that won the Daytona 500 is it. Right now Darian is that guy."
Just don't tell Knaus that.
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Dinnie, an overweight enemy of humanity, was the worst violinist in New York, but was practicing gamely when two cute little fairies stumbled through his fourth-floor window and vomited on the carpet. . . .
When a pair of fugitive Scottish thistle fairies end up transplanted to Manhattan by mistake, both the Big Apple and the Little People have a lot of adjusting to do. Heather and Morag just want to start the first radical fairy punk rock band, but first they'll have make a match between two highly unlikely sweethearts, start a street brawl between rival gangs of Italian, Chinese, and African fairies, help the ghost of a dead rocker track down his lost guitar, reclaim a rare triple-bloomed Welsh poppy from a bag lady with delusions of grandeur, disrupt a local community performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and somehow manage to stay sober enough to save all of New York from an invasion of evil Cornish fairies.
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Kura Kura warmly welcomes Steve Hall & Geri Jones as the regular teachers of the recurring Kura Kura Living Yoga Retreats. Next to their extended knowledge & skills as yoga instructors, they bring joy, lightness and loving kindness with their presence.
A Kura Kura Living Yoga Retreat is about leaving behind obsolete patterns, and …Read more →
Explore the elements inside as well as outside yourself.
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Give yourself time for nourishing your body, mind & heart, to flow in the moment and discover the spiritual Balinese culture and abundant nature.
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Teachers: Steve Hall & Geri Jones
Immerse yourself in a comprehensive experience of yoga. The focus will be to connect with yourself as well as connecting with the Balinese spiritual way of life. The retreat will have …Read more →
Be your own teacher before the next guided yoga retreat starts.
From 1 July till 15 August Kura Kura offers you a place and the opportunity to design your own retreat in any way that suits you.
Our goal is to provide a beautiful and peaceful setting and a supportive environment where you can truly …Read more →
Katiza Satya and Sahaj follow the pattern based on the "Maha Bhuta" the great elements of Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space. Each day you are presented techniques and methods of yoga that are in harmony with these elements. It is an intensive experience designed to shift old patterns. The play with the elements is …Read more →
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Celebrate Spring and experience our Yogic Body and Buddha Mind. What we think creates how we feel in our body. Our body is a reflection of our mind. In this …Read more →
Give yourself a time out during our residential periods
Join us for an unforgettable time-out in Bali, a place where heaven and earth meet. Enjoy the daily yoga practice and play with the great elements of Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space. Each day you are …Read more →
'Moving into Stillness' by Annemieke van Noort
Allow yourself to slow down from the every day buzz and become still in this Yin-Yoga and Meditation retreat where we will focus on becoming more aware of the different layers of our being; the physical, energetic, emotional and mental body.
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Our teachers Satya and Sahaj are on a pilgrimage to India. Here's a personal message from them to you. And it goes along with a very special personal offer…
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We invite you to our special December retreats by Katiza Satya and Sahaj supported by Simone's Kitchen.
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On June 25th Kura Kura had it's first Mecaru ceremony!
We welcome you to stay with us.
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Broomfield, Colo.-based Ball will report an after-tax charge of about $21 million for the closure, it said.
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Hape International is a toy company dedicated to both quality and innovation in toy manufacturing. They are also dedicated to the protection of the environment through the careful handling of resources and attempts to reduce waste. Many Hape products are produced from eco-friendly, highly sustainable bamboo, painted with water-based paints, and are packaged in recycled cardboard materials.
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Measures approximately 3.6" long.
This little Rescue Car has been designed to make it easy for small baby hands to push and play with. The Rescue Car promotes learning skills such as cause and effect, fine motor skills, language and communication, and imagination. Collect the whole series with the Helicopter and Fire Truck (sold separately).
Rescue Car measures approximately 4.7" long.
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This set includes three different coloured wood racing cars that are ready for a wild race! The detachable wooden trailer is convenient and easy to place the cars into. Rounded edges, quality finishes and chunky pieces make this a safe and fun set for little hands. A rope-string is attached to the front of the truck so it can easily be pulled along wherever you may go!
Measures approximately 11" long x 3.5" wide x 11.8" 4.9" high.
This Baby Walker from Plan Toys is a wonderful wooden cart that looks like a smiling car and is filled with 24 coloured and natural wood blocks. The handle can be adjusted to fit a child's height. Parents can use this toy to help their children in the development of gross motor skills and balance as they walk and push it about. The blocks are a wonderfully classic toy to help stimulate creative thinking and imagination. They're also a perfect introduction to size, shapes, geometry, matching and simple math concepts! Adult assembly required.
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In Myanmar, Press Freedom is a Double-Edged Sword
It's one step forward, two steps back for Myanmar's beleaguered journalists.
President Thein Sein ostensibly closed the book on five decades of media repression this week by enacting two new measures designed to replace the country's longstanding and draconian media law. The problem? The news laws are awfully contradictory. While the Press Law protects the rights and editorial freedom of journalists, the Printers and Publishers Registration Law seems to undercut those protections by giving the government the power to revoke or withhold publishing licenses at any time and for any reason.
Requiring media organizations to obtain publishing licenses at all is highly problematic, of course. In the first place, such requirements can be easily abused by government agencies or officials -- and in Myanmar, which is already notorious for restricting press freedoms, the risks of this happening seem fairly high. The new law is also eerily, and disturbingly, reminiscent of the infamous 1962 media regulation of the same name. The old law gave the government complete discretion over what could be published and, under it, journalists could be -- and were -- jailed for up to seven years for publishing material "disrespecting the State." While much less severe than its precursor, the Printers and Publishers Registration Law includes a very vague ban on reporting that could "incite unrest," "insult religion" and "violate the Constitution," and imposes penalties of up to $500 for doing any of the above.
In a letter to Thein Sein on Monday, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists argued that the law "point[s] to a mounting clampdown on press freedom similar to the repression journalists faced under the military junta" that ruled the country until 2011.
Over the past two years, Thein Sein's transitional government has eased longstanding censorship rules and released imprisoned journalists, setting off a mild media renaissance marked by the birth of dozens of new publications. But there are plenty of reasons to remain skeptical of the regime's nods at reform. A case in point: The president signed the new laws as four Burmese journalists for the newspaper Unity Journal were going to trial for reporting the existence of an alleged chemical weapons factory in central Myanmar. The Irrawaddy, a national paper, reports that they're being charged with leaking state secrets and and face up to 14 years in prison. Their conviction would seemingly fly in the face of the new press freedom law, which the state-run newspaper, New Light of Myanmar, described as proof positive that "investigative journalism and critical reporting [is now] backed by [the] government."
"The detention and trial of the Unity journalists is the clearest indication yet that military authorities are chafing under the more open reporting environment," Shawn Crispin, the southeast Asia representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists, told the South China Morning Post Tuesday. "The conviction and sentencing to prison of the reporters would be the nail in the coffin of Myanmar's supposed media reform drive."
Burmese journalists, in other words, can breathe small a sigh of relief that the Press Law makes their lives a little bit easier, and a little bit safer. But they better not get too comfortable with their newfound freedoms, lest they discover that they -- like the four Unity Journal reporters now sitting in prison -- weren't so free in the first place.
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La Jolla Shores Association to hold board member elections March 12
By Ashley Mackin
The La Jolla Shores Association will have its annual election for eight trustees, who will serve on the community advisory board for either one- or two-year terms, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 12 at 8840 Biological Grade at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
Residents, business and/or property owners in the Shores may vote their choices via mail, and physical ballots will be accepted until 7 p.m. the night of the meeting.
Voters may select up to eight candidates. Full ballots are available at
Here is a summary of each candidate's biographical information:
Pam Boynton
Boynton, a retired teacher, served LJSA for four years in the mid 1970s and said she realized then the importance of a governing body to help oversee and fight for the preservation of this special area of La Jolla. She is treasurer and membership chair for LJSA and is involved with the San Diego Women's Foundation, Foundation for Women, UCSD's Town and Gown and several environmental organizations.
Janie Emerson
Emerson and her family have lived in La Jolla and La Jolla Shores area for more than 50 years. Her father was a general contractor and consulted on the writing of the La Jolla Shores PDO. She has some 40 years of board-member experience — from small local organizations to non-profits to State of California appointments. She said her top priorities are to facilitate growth while preserving the integrity and character unique to La Jolla Shores by reworking the Shores PDO and making traffic plans a priority.
Suzanne Geller
Geller has lived in the Shores for almost 40 years on Hidden Valley Road, and said she has seen it change from a sleepy village to a bustling area with traffic problems and an ever increasing population due to UCSD's growth, Salk Institute and new scientific corporations. In 1984, she co-started Friends of The County Animal Shelters, an organization dedicated to helping shelters find homes for needy dogs and cats.
Ray Higgins
Higgins is founder and CEO of Higgins Capital Management, Inc. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and served as a Surface Warfare Officer during the Iranian Hostage Crisis. He founded Higgins Capital in 1995, and is an independent broker dealer and registered investment advisor. Since 2013 he has served on the Board of the La Jolla Shores Association.
Terry Kraszewski
Kraszewski owns Ocean Girl retail store on Avenida de la Playa and has been in the Shores for 14 years. She is the CEO of Whale Tails Tortilla Chips and the author of the book "Surf Angels." She was previously a board member (2009-2013) and is the liaison of the Shores Merchants Association to the LJSA. She is a Friends of La Jolla Shores board member and treasurer of the Sea Earth Alliance non-profit organization.
John Kassar
Kassar and his wife Kate (a La Jolla native) have resided in La Jolla for the past 10 years and live on La Jolla Scenic North with their four sons. He graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Science in finance and works for Arthur J. Gallagher, where he is responsible for analyzing, structuring and negotiating insurance contracts for clients in the real estate manufacturing and service industries.


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When it comes to cybersecurity, government defenses tend to be measured against broad threats such as cyberespionage and possible nation state attacks on the country's critical infrastructure. As recent studies show, however, that focus may be a bit wayward.
Symantec's 2014 Internet Security Threat Report shows yet again why it's the smaller, oft-used threats that likely remain the biggest problem for agencies. Those have grown in number, but also continue to evolve in response to the development of better defenses.
Spear phishing, for example, was a major problem in the past but had been seen as diminishing as other threats grew and took up more of organizations' attention. Not so, according to Symantec, which called reports of the death of spear phishing "greatly exaggerated." In fact, while the total number of emails used per phishing campaign decreased, along with the number of targets, the total number of campaigns almost doubled in 2013.
"This 'low and slow' approach (campaigns also run three times longer than those in 2012) are a sign that user awareness and protection technologies have driven spear phishers to tighten their targeting and sharpen their social engineering, Symantec said.
The even worse news? Government is in the top three targets for these kinds of attacks, the report said, with odds of 1 in 3.1 that at any given time a government employee is being subject to a phishing attack (though, admittedly, the method they used to come up with that ratio is a little fishy!).
The rest of the Symantec report is not more hopeful, and its conclusions make for scary reading:
The latest illustration of the potential for attackers came with the revelation on April 7 of the so-called OpenSSL Heartbleed bug, a vulnerability that had existed in the OpenSSL 1.01.f standard for a couple of years but that had only recently been patched.
Some high-profile sites had apparently been open to leaking information because of the bug, including the FBI's main site. OpenSSL is a widely used SSL library, and is the basis for a lot of data encryption across the Web.
Looking ahead, Symantec makes a salient point: Even though better cooperation between law enforcement and industry is making it increasingly difficult for cyber criminals to operate, this won't make them stop. Instead, Symantec said, e-crime is likely to move toward a new and more professional model.
That's in line with other recent reports. As this blog recently pointed out, not only are cyber criminals becoming more professionalized, the market for the attacks tools they use is also proliferating, ramping up threats posed by a profit-based, market-driven business.
It may be tempting for those in government to throw up their hands and concede defeat. How is a ponderous and slow-turning ship like the government supposed to compete against the nimble and light-footed criminal set?
The easy answer is that it can't. There's no way a bureaucratic and budget-constrained organization like the government, or its agencies, can compete at that level. But it can instill a mindset that will drive government responses to cybersecurity, and even that has been missing, until recently.
The champion in this case is the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a non-regulatory body that has been pushing for a risk-based framework for cybersecurity that emphasizes limiting damage from attacks rather than trying to prevent them completely.
That approach has been adopted by the Department of Homeland Security, and private industry is also increasingly taking it up. Earlier this year, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) said it was adopting NIST's framework, which "provides states with a common platform on which to base strategic security decisions, allocate resources and build defenses against both common and sophisticated attacks."
The final leg in the stool came with the decision by the Defense Department a few weeks ago, after several years of negotiation and discussion, to adopt NIST's risk management framework as the basis of its cyber defense. With that, there is now a common language that all levels of government and the private sector can use to define and coordinate their cybersecurity efforts.
It won't stop cyber criminals getting into government systems, and breaches will continue. But it provides a foundation for something that could, finally, provide a resilient defense.
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If a demonstration is needed that security is a process, not a product, and that it depends on management, not technology, the Veterans Affairs Department provides it.
The Government Accountability Office recently recited to a House panel a litany of weaknesses in the sprawling department's struggling IT security program. The VA inspector general has identified development of an info security program as a "major management challenge," and auditors have flagged inadequate security controls in financial systems as a material weakness for 12 years. GAO warnings date back to 1998, and it has reported consistent weaknesses in security control areas at VA since 2007.
"The persistence of similar weaknesses over 16 years later indicates the need for stronger, more focused management attention and action to ensure that VA fully implements a robust security program," Gregory Wilshusen, GAO's director of information security issues, told a House VA oversight subcommittee on March 25.
In an effort to refocus management attention, Rep. Jackie Walorski, (R-Ind.) on April 2 introduced a bill, H.R. 4370, to "improve the transparency and the governance of the information security program of the department." The contents of the bill are not yet available, but Walorski said in a statement that it would provide "a clear roadmap for immediately securing its system."
The department's security shortcomings have been so consistent for so long that they merit attention. The size of the department and the scope of its mission make it one of the greatest IT security challenges in government. VA operates the nation's largest healthcare system, providing healthcare for about 6 million veterans, administers financial benefits for millions more and manages veterans' graves all across the country.
In June last year, the House VA Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee recommended designating the VA network a "compromised environment," and said that VA should establish controls to reclaim it, "from nation state sponsored organizations."
Department CIO Stephen W. Warren in a November 2013 letter to subcommittee Chairman Rep. Mike Coffman, responded that "VA has in place a strong, multi-layered defense to combat evolving cybersecurity threats, including monitoring by external partners and active scanning of Web applications and source code."
But from January 2010 through October 2013, more than 29,000 possible data breaches were reported by VA. In his letter, Warren noted that "virtually all of VA's data breaches are paper-based, equipment loss or unencrypted e-mailing of sensitive information."
VA is addressing the equipment loss issue by encrypting laptops and desktops, which began last year in conjunction with the department's upgrade to the Windows 7 OS. Warren reported that as of Oct. 29, 87 percent of the computers, more than 330,000 systems, were running Windows 7 and most of the rest were expected to be upgraded by the end of January 2014. He noted, however, that some pockets were likely to remain due to what he called "blocker" applications, "applications that are not compatible with Windows 7 and have not yet been replaced."
Whether Congress will be able to significantly improve VA's cybersecurity with new legislation remains an open question. Wilshusen, in last month's testimony to the subcommittee, said that "many of the actions and activities specified in the bill are sound information security practices and consistent with federal guidelines. If implemented on a risk-based basis, they could prompt VA to refocus its efforts on steps needed to improve the security of its systems and information."
But he cautioned that security should be risk-based and not based on technology requirements that could quickly become outdated.
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Cybersecurity more and more resembles nothing less than old-fashioned warcraft, with both sides confident in the weaponry they have and in their ability to either penetrate or defend borders. As the threat of cyberconflicts ratchets up, the two modes of warfare seem at times to be getting chillingly similar.
The latest expression of confidence came from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who on March 28 spoke to an audience at the National Security Agency headquarters to mark the retirement of Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of both the NSA and the U.S. Cyber Command.
The Pentagon is well on its way to building a modern cyberforce, he said, which will be 6,000 strong by 2016.
The force will improve the U.S. ability to "deter aggression in cyberspace, deny adversaries their objectives," and defend the country from cyberattacks. At the same time, however, he pointed out the "proliferation of destructive malware" that is being used to constantly, and aggressively, probe and disrupt networks.
More confidence shone through in a recent report that surveyed IT and security professionals in both the military and civilian agencies. Nearly all of them, some 94 percent, rated their own agency's cybersecurity readiness as either good or excellent, saying they feel they have the right tools, processes and policies in place.
(Well, OK the survey also found 9 percent of the respondents were unsure if there even were cyberthreats that affected their agency).
Perhaps of most interest, though, was what kinds of threats they considered the most serious. Insider threats, which until relatively recently were seen as the greatest, have fallen behind those from "external hacking," even in the age of Wikileaks and Edward Snowden.
In fact, of the six top threats, insiders come in fifth, behind external hacking, malware, social engineering and SPAM, and just ahead of distributed denial of service.
Where do the bad guys come out in all of this? It's no secret they've become much more sophisticated in their ability to get on the inside of networks, but a report from the RAND Corp., Markets for Cybercrime Tools and Stolen Data, shows also just how professionalized and extensive their ability has become.
The black and gray markets for hacking tools and services, and for the ill-gotten gains they produce, are expanding and growing in complexity, the RAND report said. What was once a varied landscape of discrete, ad hoc networks of individuals motivated by little more than ego and notoriety, it said, "has emerged as a playground of financially driven, highly organized, and sophisticated groups."
Adding to the complexity for government defenders are the rapidly emerging and highly secretive markets for zero-day vulnerabilities, RAND said, which are available in both licit and illicit markets.
The potential impact of these market-driven tools was seen in the 2013 attack on Target stores, which were confirmed earlier this year. The malware used for that was a tailored version of the "BlackPOS" malware, which according to writer Brian Krebs was available on the black market for the low, low price of $1,800 to $2,300.
Of course, Target seems to have screwed up in so many ways in its own security. A report from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation lays it out in excruciating detail.
Nevertheless, it all makes a point. The business of creating malware and other tools to attack US networks and infrastructure now really is a business, with all of the profit-based energy and innovation that brings with it. Add the even more focused abilities of nation states, and the threat industry is vibrant.
Hagel and others are confident that government has the ability to withstand it. Are they right?
Posted by Brian Robinson on Mar 31, 2014 at 12:12 PM0 comments
In January 2002, Microsoft's Bill Gates—then chairman—sent out his trustworthy computing memo, spurred by a growing wave of dissatisfaction about the security failures of the company's operating systems and applications. As a result of past failures, Microsoft has helped to change the way we think about software development.
The late 1990s and early 2000s were difficult times in Microsoft security. A major vulnerability in the Universal Plug and Play feature of Windows XP was found just months after the release of the OS in 2001. In January 2002 the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington sent a letter to state attorneys general complaining of the lack of privacy controls in Microsoft's Passport, Wallet and .Net services.
"I remember at one point our local telephone network struggled to keep up with the volume of calls we were getting," Matt Thomlinson, vice president of security for Microsoft, said of the impact of the XP bug in an online history Microsoft's security initiative. "We actually had to bus in engineers, many of whom were working on the next version of Windows, from their offices around campus to the call center. We needed every person available to talk to customers and walk them through how to get their systems cleaned."
On Feb. 1, 2002, Richard Purcell, head of Microsoft's corporate privacy office, announced in Washington a month-long moratorium on new coding.
Gates, Purcell told the audience at a privacy and data security conference, "is really annoyed by the incredible pain we put everyone through in computing." As a result, "we are not coding new code as of today for the next month," he said. The company instead would spend the time going over old code as a first step in cleaning out bugs. "It's time to get the garage cleaned out."
Twelve years later, the Trustworthy Computing initiative is not finished, and probably never will be. David Aucsmith, senior director of Microsoft's Institute for Advanced Technology for Governments, said recently in in Washington, "I do not believe you can create a secure computer system."
The problem is, "we build systems far more complex than our ability to understand them," Aucsmith said. Because we don't know what we don't know, built-in security inevitably will be incomplete, and software and hardware will always have to adapt to newly discovered threats and exploits. "Nothing static remains secure."
But the Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) that grew out of the Microsoft initiative has helped to change the way developers think about software security. The SDL process now shows up as a requirement in government procurements, and the National Security Agency says it has made an impact on OS security.
"A fundamental goal of the SDL process is to reduce the attack surface," NSA said in an evaluation of Windows 7 security for the Defense Department and the intelligence community. "Since adoption of the SDL process, the number of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures on Microsoft products in the National Vulnerability Database has declined."
"A preliminary System and Network Analysis Center analysis has determined that the new Windows 7 security features, coupled with the use of the SDL process throughout the development cycle, has assisted in the delivery of a more secure product," the assessment concluded.
We still are a long way from being as secure as we want to be or can be. But there has been progress.
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