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Friends rally against Bloedel Conservatory closure
About two months before she retired as park-board spokesperson in early 2008, Terri Clark issued a news release announcing a free day at Vancouver's Bloedel Conservatory.
"No matter what the weather is outside," the release read, "a visit to the Bloedel Conservatory will lift spirits with a great escape from the winter doldrums—without leaving town." It also described the attraction as a great family destination, with its "meandering pathways, bamboo bridges over koi-filled ponds, exotic plants from around the world, and colourful birds".
Almost two years later, Clark finds herself fighting the park board to keep the 40-year-old conservatory off the chopping block. She's on the executive of Friends of the Bloedel, a group that was formed in reaction to a move by Vision Vancouver commissioners to shut down the popular destination.
"It plays the role of an iconic institution, one of which we have many, that really contributes to us being a cultured and civilized society with respect, in this case, for the natural world," Clark told the Georgia Straight in a phone interview.
A park spokesperson for 35 years, the Kerrisdale resident is well-informed about how the city works.
She doesn't believe that the $2-million estimated cost of replacing the glass roof is reason enough to shut down the conservatory. "It's easily enough solved," Clark said. "There's nothing wrong with the roof that can't stand for another four or five years. And here's the thing: with every other facility in Vancouver they need to fix, you put it in the capital plan. Let the citizens decide if they want to spend the money."
Clark also said the park board needs to be more familiar with the resources it has, one of which is right outside the conservatory. She recalled that when Prentice Bloedel gave the city money to develop the top of Queen Elizabeth Park, the timber magnate also provided a valuable gift to go along with it: Henry Moore's imposing bronze sculpture Knife Edge—Two Piece.
"That sculpture is probably worth $10 million," Clark said. "It sits up there, and people don't realize it, but that was the biggest gift that Mr. Bloedel really gave to the city. We should be creative about all these things with the funding."
Clark also noted that she has served many boards whose elected commissioners held their ground against city council so park services could be preserved, and that the Vision caucus shouldn't be the exception. "If they're truly worth their salt, they have to do that," she said.
It isn't just the Bloedel Conservatory that the Vision caucus voted to close down in order to address a $2.8-million park budget shortfall that city council had identified. Commissioners also voted to shut the children's petting zoo in Stanley Park.
Faced with a public outcry over the cuts, Vision park commissioner Aaron Jasper will introduce two motions at the board's December 14 meeting that seek suggestions on how the two facilities could be operated.
In a phone interview, Jasper stressed that the board can't justify putting back the $410,000 it can save by closing the conservatory and the petting zoo.
"Our primary hope is that the attractions do continue, but not at taxpayer expense," Jasper told the Straight. "That's the perspective that the Vision commissioners are coming from."
Lone Green commissioner Stuart Mackinnon commented by phone that he would prefer to keep the facilities public. Non-Partisan Association commissioner Ian Robertson said in a separate interview that the Vision caucus can simply reconsider its decision on December 14.
John Coupar is also on the executive of Friends of the Bloedel. The 53-year-old marketing professional has a long connection to the facility. His late father, Charlie, was the first administrator of the conservatory. As a 13-year-old, he was present when it opened.
"The people at the parks board who had a vision of this way back in the '60s were kind of visionaries, and they were really environmentalists before the term environmentalist was ever used, before it became popular," Coupar told the Straight by phone. "This park board that voted against it are all part of the Vision group, and certainly [Mayor] Gregor Robertson is part of Vision, and they really ran on"¦you know, that they were green."
If you simply visit the Conservatory and have a careful look from inside and/or out, the worst you can see is that some of the acrylic (aka Plexiglas) bubbles have cracks. There are no gaping holes (else the birds would fly out) and the rust-proof aluminum tube superstructure looks to be in excellent condition. Triodetic domes are inherently redundantly strong and defect tolerant. The water dripping on you as you walk around inside is from condensation. If there are any actual leaks, they are fixable and anyway, the plants and trees and birds and fish just don't care.
Yes, the cracked bubbles should be replaced but there is no danger that any are going to shatter and fall in, either - they are tough, like aircraft canopies. Supposedly there are 80 damaged panes that would cost about $150K to replace all at once.
Vision Park Board Commissioner and Vice-Chair, Aaron Jasper, actually had the gall to come to the city council budget meeting last night and try to defend his party's decision to kill it by saying that the Conservatory building is "at end of life". (nice authoritative-sounding catchphrase, wonder where he learned that?). He offered no backing documentation such as engineers' reports regarding the roof or the overall structure. One telling fact is that the roof "crisis" has not been mentioned in previous Park Board capital plans - it seems to have arisen rather suddenly, out of the blue.
I suppose that, from Jasper's real estate agent's point of view, anything lacking granite countertops, stainless appliances, and built pre-2005 is decrepit. But the Conservatory is actually in good shape and had its main mechanical systems replaced not too long ago. It is built like the proverbial "brick shithouse" and, unlike BC Place, it was meant to stand for many generations, as a LEGACY to the people of the city.
It was Vancouver's first truly high-tech and Green building. I'm shocked that the four Vision Park Board Commissioners seem so willing to sacrifice it on incredibly short notice and for such small "savings". To keep it going as is, the city would only have to raise taxes by an additional 0.06%! And, you can bet it will get more visitors now that construction disruption (going on since 2001) in the area is over and we've just been added to China's list of approved destinations and the world is coming for the Olympics. It used to make money and it could again with just a bit of, uhh... vision.
How irresponsible, short-sighted, disrespectful, and mean-spirited is that? Why all the pessimistic negativity toward something they should be fighting tooth and nail to preserve? Something's fishy...and it isn't the Koi.
Their decisions seem to have been made a long time ago and their motives are not in the people's best interests. They have sneaky ideas for the conservatory which will become known a ways down the road after it is closed and possibly sold off. Watching the video of Jasper at the meeting made me realize that he is hiding the facts and is working from a hidden agenda. How do guys like this get into a trusted position to make decisions of this magnitude? I guess we are paying attention too late.
On any given cold, wet and dismal day one can go up there and find a warm welcome inside, see the tropical plants and hear the lttle birds. All this without having to pay for an expensive plane ticket.
The Little Mountain serves as the best spot to get a bird's eye view of the whole of Vancouver. It is a place for wedding parties to have their pictures taken. It is a place for seniors to stroll. It is great place for children to play. It is a peaceful place for early morning exercises, summer flowers and sitting in the sunshine away from the fumes of the traffic and noise.
Another treasure we have up there is the Henry Moore sculpture, The Knife's Edge, It is a rare interactive sculpture which the children can touch and feel. We need this sculpture to stay where it is today.
Please don't destroy the most precious gift given to us all by the Blodel family.
I did not know about the Conservatory until my significant other, who lives in Vancouver, heard about it closing in the local paper. We visited it yesterday and that is an experience we would never have had otherwise. It was absolutely magical - the kind of thing that dreams are made of. The fact that it is affordable to low income earners like ourselves makes it one of the truly egalitarian experiences that our culture can be proud of.
I'm wondering if I should donate some of my savings to it? I recently dug up some savings to help save the local organic farm back in Victoria - Madrona Farm. Incidentally, more than 1.5 million has been raised by locals there to save that farm forever from development. Can it be done here? Should I donate?

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MCCALL, Idaho -- All five Rocky Mountain College skiers placed in the top 10 on Thursday as the Battlin' Bear women opened the USCSA Western Region Championship with a dominant performance in the giant slalom on Brundage Mountain.
Despite contending with snow and fog, freshman Frida Svedberg and sophomore Eloise Julliand placed 1-2 for Rocky, which is ranked third nationally. Teammates Fredrika Hjelm (fourth), Malin Eriksson (sixth) and Mallory Kelley (10th) rounded out the strong opening-day showing by the Bears.
"The girls came through it all," Rocky coach Jerry Wolf said of competing in the poor weather. "They definitely had focus today. It was pretty amazing to have every one of the girls step up under the circumstances."
Svedberg, who is from Sweden, won both runs and finished on top by nearly three seconds with a combined time of one minute, 49.84 seconds. Julliand, a reigning regional and national champion, was second at 1:52.93 in the field of 54 finishers.
It was Svedberg's school-record ninth win of the season.
"She just gets faster and faster and more confident," Wolf said of Svedberg. "She's so consistent."
Hjelm (1:55.45), Eriksson (1:56.95) and Kelley (1:59.25) are also underclassmen. Hjelm and Erikson are sophomores from Sweden, while Kelley is a freshman from Red Lodge.
Rocky wound up first in the team standings by nearly 20 seconds, followed by the University of British Columbia, Colorado and the College of Idaho.
The men's team from Rocky, ranked No. 1 in the USCSA, will be competing in the GS on Friday.
The men's and women's slaloms will be held on Saturday.
The top four teams for the men and women will qualify for the USCSA nationals, which begin March 10 in Lake Placid, N.Y.


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Corporate Board Member/FTI Consulting Survey Finds Companies Focusing on Rising Legal Risks

 Annual Survey Cites Data Security and Operational Risks as Top Concerns for Directors and General Counsel

Monday, August 13, 2012
Corporate Board Member/FTI Consulting Survey Finds Companies Focusing on Rising Legal Risks11:33 EDT Monday, August 13, 2012
NEW YORK (Business Wire) -- Escalating risk surrounding cyber security and IT strategy, operations
and corporate reputation are top concerns for U.S. directors and general
counsel as revealed in the 12th annual Law and the Boardroom
Study by Corporate Board Member, an NYSE Euronext company, and FTI
Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN). Accordingly, the findings reflect changes,
such as globalization of U.S. businesses and increased online
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The survey also suggests that proposed rule changes regarding
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companies manage their communications with shareholders.
With regard to the areas respondents find most challenging, it comes as
no surprise that this year, more than half (55%) of general counsel rate
data security as a major concern and 48% of directors feel likewise.
Interestingly, this level of concern has nearly doubled in the last four
years: In 2008, only 25% of directors and 23% of general counsel noted
data security as a high area of concern.
"I hate to say this, but I think it is going to take several
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enough are taking the appropriate actions to fully prepare their
Concern about operational risk garnered the second-highest percentage of
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Consulting practice. "To make informed decisions about these market
opportunities, corporations increasingly are conducting proactive market
risk assessments that identify and prioritize the risks that first need
to be evaluated."
Looking ahead, directors were asked what type of information their board
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Rochester, N.Y. -- Jack Darcy owns Rochester Antique Market on Monroe Avenue. He said businesses along Monroe don't oppose plans to fill in the Inner Loop, but do have concerns about the addition of a pedestrian island.
Darcy said that change would prevent people from making a left turn on to Monroe to visit businesses in that area.
The Inner Loop construction plan is designed to re-establish ties to neighborhoods and businesses by filling in the 60-year-old highway and developing the 6-acre parcel so that it is both neighborhood and business friendly.
But some business owners said the addition of the pedestrian island would drive their business away because people could either make a right and head downtown or go straight onto Interstate 490. There wouldn't be an option to head east on Monroe from the new boulevard.
Darcy said he will meet with a representative from the mayor's office Tuesday, and he said Monroe Avenue merchants will attend City Council meetings to oppose what they consider "a last-minute addition that could cost them business."
He said an estimated 3,000 people drive through that area during peak business hours and much of that traffic would be cut off from Monroe Avenue merchants if the pedestrian island is built.
The city did not respond to our requests for comment on the proposal. Designs for the Inner Loop East Project are being submitted until June. Construction is set to begin in the fall and will last until 2017.


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Dr. Phil Dech graduated from the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 1993. He works in Saint Paul, MN and specializes in Pediatrics. Dr. Dech is affiliated with Childrens Hospitals & Clinics Of Minnesota. He speaks English and Spanish.
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Years in Practice: 22 Years
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MediSwipe Inc. And 800 Commerce Inc. Announce Letter Of Intent For Agreement With LifeApps Digital Media Inc. To Develop Apple And Android Applications Targeting Mobile Health Care Sector
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediSwipe Inc. ( www.MediSwipe.com ) (OTCBB:MWIP), a patient security solutions and financial products company for the medicinal marijuana and health care industry, and 800 Commerce Inc., a mobile marketing and payment solutions company, today announced that MediSwipe has executed a preliminary Letter of Intent relating to a proposed strategic alliance with LifeApps Digital Media Inc. ( www.lifeappsmedia.com ) (OTCQB:LFAP) to produce mobile applications for Apple and Android platforms targeting the mobile healthcare sector. The combination of smartphone and app stores has created a vibrant market for mHealth apps, which are forecast to reach 142 million downloads globally by 2016.
Pursuant to the Letter of Intent, the two companies will move towards an agreement for a strategic alliance in which LifeApps Digital Media will create mobile applications for MediSwipe, the first being "GetRx" which will match caregivers and patients in legal jurisdictions for medicinal marijuana, provide geographical locator functionality for 18 states with thousands of listings of pharmacies, caregivers and dispensaries, and allow for patient ratings and comments. The second application will be branded "My800Doctor" on behalf of 800 Commerce and will extend the mobile brand of the 800 Commerce's newly launched telemedicine portal www.my800doctor.com , allowing geographical search of medical professionals, appointment setting, and prescription alerts for over 400,000 healthcare professionals nationwide. "We are extremely pleased to have signed a preliminary agreement towards entering a partnership with LifeApps for the launch and extension of our mobile brand for "GetRx" and "My800Doctor" for iOS and Android. LifeApps is a leading provider of smartphone applications, and is approved across all platforms. We look forward to launching the GetRx app for our consumers. We believe our timing is crucial and will be a meaningful revenue stream for our company based on new legislation regarding dispensaries. We will now be the first application to match patients with independent caregivers as required under the new legislation," stated B. Michael Friedman, CEO of MediSwipe. "We believe that LifeApps has developed the perfect app development platform and tools with which to partner with MediSwipe and 800 Commerce for the creation of their mHealth apps," Robert Gayman, CEO for LifeApps Digital Media Inc. stated. "Our health and wellness platform and design/programming team are perfectly suited to deliver the features, functionality and user friendly experience that "GetRx" and "My800Doctor" require." "We believe LifeApps is uniquely qualified as a partner to create apps that can fit a variety of needs in the medical transaction sector," Friedman continued. "In the digital publishing world, LifeApps' latest edition of its health, sports and fitness magazine, YouWorkout, held the top spot in the Health, Mind and Body section of Apple Newsstand's "What's Hot" section for four consecutive weeks from December 2012 into January 2013. LifeApps' YouWorkout mobile app has been listed among the top 10 Health, Mind and Body publications in the "What's Hot" section for eight straight weeks. LifeApps recently released MDWorkout, a health and fitness application featuring exercise programs and video content from medical professionals and certified trainers. LifeApps has the technical expertise to provide the solutions the mobile market needs." About MediSwipe Inc. MediSwipe Inc. provides innovative patient solutions for electronically processed transactions within the medical marijuana and healthcare industries. MediSwipe provides terminal-based service packages and integrated Web Portal add-ons for physicians, clinics, hospitals and medical dispensaries that include: digital patient records, Electronic Referrals, Credit/Debit Card merchant services, Check Guarantee and Accounts Receivable Financing. About LifeApps Digital Media Inc.
LifeApps Digital Media Inc. (OTCQB:LFAP), is a digital media company focusing on health, fitness, sports publications, and next-generation social networks. The company is a leading, authorized developer, publisher and licensee for Apple iOS - iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad -- and Android tablets on Google Play and Kindle Fire and Androids via Amazon Mobile Marketplace. Health, fitness and sports enthusiasts can benefit from the expertise of top-tier sports physicians, performance fitness trainers and professional athletes through LifeApps® multi-sport and fitness publications and mobile apps. These subject matter experts create the skills, drills and workouts that are featured in the family of LifeApps® Digital Media products and publications.
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The largest cluster of checks too place along the 22nd Street corridor around Santa Rita Park at South Fourth Avenue.
TPD's immigration checks far below expectations
Tucson Police Department created a form to be filled out during each immigration check to show compliance with the law. Chief Roberto Villaseñor expected 50,000 inquiries in the first year. There were 9,219.
When police call the Border Patrol
The number of people Border Patrol apprehended after a call from another law-enforcement agency has been declining in line with the overall trend. The share of total apprehensions that stems from those calls has held steady in the Tucson Sector at below 2 percent.
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Thai dumps Kvitova from Australian Open
Comment on this storyMelbourne – Thai world number 88 Luksika Kumkhum sprang the biggest upset of the Australian Open's first day by bundling out sixth seed Petra Kvitova 6-2 1-6 6-4 in front of a frenetic crowd on Monday.
Serving at 4-3 in the third set to stay in the match, former Wimbledon champion Kvitova double-faulted to give her plucky opponent a chance to seal the match on serve but the Thai wavered to hand the break back.
Roared on by a vociferous crowd at the Margaret Court Arena, 20-year-old Kumkhum attacked Kvitova's serve with abandon to raise two match points in the next game and calmly sealed it on the first of them when the Czech pushed a return wide.
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09.01.07 - Frank Maloney's Fitness Academy is a training facility for his ever-growing stable of boxers. Based in Deptford, South East London, it has been home to many well established boxers over the years and is renowned for cultivating talent. Upon entering the intimate gym, there is one poster in particular that catches the eye. It shows Maloney, his face red with anger, doing some serious finger wagging in the direction of WBC president Jose Sulaiman after Lennox Lewis' controversial draw with Evander Holyfield in 1999. "His bark is worse then his bite," laughs head trainer Alan Smith.. Smith and former welterweight prospect turned trainer Babatunde Ajayi were going through the paces with a number of fighters. Remarkably, no one in the gym seemed to be feeling the effects of too much turkey over Christmas. It was business as usual. Many of the fighters had trained throughout the Christmas period, only putting their feet up on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Those hard at work at the Fight Factory included light middleweight Sam Webb, featherweight Akash Bhatia, light middleweight Paul Porter, super middleweight Dwayne Lewis and welterweight Grant Skehill, along with amateur boxers Junior Asif and 12-year-old Oteo Saba. Bhatia begins his 2007 campaign in a couple of week's time. The unbeaten featherweight is fighting a yet to be named opponent on the undercard of the Martin Power vs. Tshifhiwa Munyai Commonwealth Bantamweight title rematch on January 26 at the Goresbrook LC in Dagenham. Lewis is also set to make an appearance early in the year, possibly March. He is the cousin of heavyweight legend Lennox Lewis. He had a solid amateur career that consisted of 22 wins from 26 contests, winning numerous titles in the process. It will be Lewis' first professional fight. When asked does he think it is an advantage to be related to the former heavyweight champion, he replied: "It doesn't bother me because I'm going to make my own way regardless. If I stay focused I'll achieve anyway. I don't need to sell myself on the back of someone else's image." He will be competing in the talent rich super middleweight division. "I want to be fighting for a British title in the next two years," he said. "The British Super Middleweight scene is wide open. You got Joe Calzaghe and Carl Froch and that's about it." After spending a bit of time watching the young man train, it's clear that he means business. Frank Maloney Promotions presents "Payback or Playback?", the Tshifhiwa Munyai vs. Martin Power Commonwealth Bantamweight Championship rematch at Goresbrook LC in Dagenham, England on January 26, 2007. Undefeated Gary Woolcombe challenges English Light Middleweight Champion Andrew Facey and Brian Magee faces Andrew Lowe in a Final Eliminator for the British Light Heavyweight title. Tickets are available by logging onto www.frankmaloney.com or by calling the Box Office at 0844 477 6466. Sky Sports broadcasts live on SS1 starting at 22:00.
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Kodak Reports Q2 Loss, Expects Improved Second Half of 2009
July 30, 2009* The company's second-quarter loss from continuing operations, before interest expense, other income (charges), net, and income taxes was $119 million, compared with earnings on the same basis of $18 million in the year-ago quarter.
On the basis of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the company reported a second-quarter loss from continuing operations of $191 million, or $0.71 per share, compared with earnings on the same basis of $200 million, or $0.66 per share, in the year-ago period. Items of net expense that impacted comparability in the second quarter of 2009 totaled $75 million after tax, or $0.28 per share, primarily related to restructuring charges and tax related items. Items of net benefit that impacted comparability in the second quarter of 2008, totaled $245 million after tax, or $0.79 per share, due primarily to a tax refund from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. (Please refer to the attached Items of Comparability table for more information.)
Other second-quarter 2009 details:
* Gross Profit was 18.5% of sales, a decline from 23.6% in the year-ago period. This decline in margin was driven by reduced volumes, along with the impact of negative price/mix, including lower intellectual property licensing royalties, and unfavorable foreign exchange, partially offset by continued cost reductions.
* Selling, General and Administrative (SG&A) expenses were $324 million in the second quarter, down 26%, or $114 million, from $438 million in the year-ago quarter, as a result of company-wide cost reduction actions.
* Research and Development expenses were $84 million in the second quarter, down 38%, or $51 million, from $135 million in the year-ago quarter, driven by more tightly focused investments in core growth businesses.
* Second-quarter 2009 cash generation, before restructuring, reflected a use of $136 million. This compared with cash usage on the same basis of $158 million in the year-ago quarter, after excluding the impact of a tax refund received from the IRS in that period. This corresponds to net cash used in continuing operations from operating activities on a GAAP basis of $161 million in the second quarter, compared with net cash provided of $162 million in the second quarter of 2008. As was the case in 2008, the company expects cash usage to be heaviest in the first part of the year, with cash trends expected to be significantly improved for the second half of the year.
* Kodak held $1.132 billion in cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2009.
* The company's debt level stood at $1.311 billion as of June 30, 2009.
Segment sales and earnings from continuing operations before interest, taxes, and other income and charges (segment earnings from operations), are as follows:
* Consumer Digital Imaging Group second-quarter sales were $503 million, a 33% decline from the prior-year quarter, including 5% of unfavorable foreign exchange impact. Second-quarter loss from operations for the segment was $99 million, compared with a loss of $49 million in the year-ago quarter. The year-over-year variance was driven primarily by price/mix impacts, including lower intellectual property licensing royalties and unfavorable foreign exchange, and market-related volume declines. This was partially offset by improved profitability in consumer inkjet systems, driven by a 44% revenue increase in consumer inkjet printer hardware and ink, along with lower costs as a result of the company's move to a more efficient product platform, and reduced SG&A and R&D expenses across the segment. Kodak continues to forecast an average of at least $250 million to $350 million in intellectual property licensing revenue for 2009 and the next few years.
* Graphic Communications Group second-quarter 2009 sales were $670 million, a 24% decline from the second-quarter of 2008, including 5% of unfavorable foreign exchange impact. This revenue decrease was primarily driven by a market-related decline of 27% in Prepress Solutions as well as associated declines in workflow. Second-quarter loss from operations for the segment totaled $28 million, compared with earnings of $13 million in the year-ago quarter. This earnings decline was primarily driven by lower volume and price/mix across several product lines, along with a negative impact from foreign exchange, partially offset by operational improvements in Electrophotographic Printing Solutions.
* Film, Photofinishing and Entertainment Group second-quarter sales were $593 million, a 30% decline from the year-ago quarter, including 6% of unfavorable foreign exchange impact. Second-quarter earnings from operations for the segment were $51 million, compared with earnings of $54 million in the year-ago period. These earnings results were driven by declines in consumer film sales volumes, price/mix across several product lines and unfavorable foreign exchange impacts, primarily in Entertainment Imaging, largely offset by operational improvements in Traditional Photofinishing, significant cost reductions across the segment, improvement in raw material costs, and the impact of previously announced changes in post-employment benefits.
2009 Outlook
For 2009, on a continuing operations basis, Kodak remains focused on three key financial goals, which the company first announced at its February investor meeting: digital and total company revenue, earnings from operations, and cash generation. The company today provided an updated outlook regarding its targets for 2009 performance against these metrics, recognizing the ongoing uncertainty created by the global economic environment.
* For the second half of 2009, Kodak is targeting digital revenue to grow by 1% to 3% and total company revenue to decline 4% to 6%. This is contingent upon the introduction of new, higher margin digital cameras and devices, achievement of intellectual property licensing revenues and demand improvement in Prepress products. For the full-year 2009, the company is targetingto be within the ranges that it presented in its February forecast, including a digital revenue decline of 6% to 12% and a total revenue decline of 12% to 18%.
* Kodak is targeting 2009 segment earnings that will be within the previously communicated range of $0 to $200 million. Correspondingly, the company previously forecasted 2009 GAAP loss from continuing operations of $200 million to $400 million, and now forecasts that GAAP results will be at the low end of that range, reflecting its latest assessment of restructuring charges, interest expense, and interest income.
* For full-year 2009, the company reiterates its goal of achieving positive cash generation before restructuring. The company targets to be at the low end of its February forecast ranges, which included cash generation before restructuring of between $75 million and $325 million and cash generation of negative $200 million to positive $100 million after taking into account restructuring payments.
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iOS Trojan WireLurker: Statistics and New Information
Recently, news appeared about an interesting attack where cybercriminals infect iPhones and Mac OSX users with a rather peculiar malware dubbed WireLurker. You can find a thorough paper from Palo Alto here. First of all, it's important to note that all Kaspersky Lab users are protected against this threat. The malicious files used by WireLurker are identified by our products with the following detection names:
- Mac OS X:
- Trojan-Downloader.OSX.WireLurker.a
- Trojan-Downloader.OSX.WireLurker.b
- Trojan.OSX.WireLurker.a
- Apple iOS:
- Trojan-Spy.IphoneOS.WireLurker.a
- Trojan-Spy.IphoneOS.WireLurker.b
- Windows:
- Trojan.Win32.Wirelurker.a
Our sensors observed connections to the malicious C&C server located in Hong Kong in July, 2014. These continued throughout the following months, although the volume remains low.
Interestingly, discussions on various online forums about this subject appeared earlier this year, notably in Chinese and Korean, but also on some English resources:
On July 14th, someone named SirBlanton complained about it on a Chinese speaking BBS:
The discussion above happened on "bbs.maiyadi.com", which is interesting, because another subdomain on "maiyadi.com" is used by the malware as a C&C (see below).
Even earlier, on May 29th, a discussion in Korea mentioned abnormal behavior of a Mac OS X infected by this threat:
Interestingly, Mac OS X and Apple iOS are not the only platforms through which these attacks were propagated. Yesterday, our friend Jaime Blasco from Alienvault discovered a Win32 malicious tool that appears to be related.
The WireLurker Windows moduleFile name: 万能视频播放器 2.21.exe md5: fb4756b924c5943cdb73f5aec0cb7b14
Win32 WireLurker module
The file appears to have been compiled in March 2014, assuming the timestamp is not altered:
Full metadata set:
The internal file name is "绿色IPA安装器" which, when translated to English, means Green IPA installer. It supposed to be an application to install IPA files on iOS devices.
Interestingly, it contains a debug path which reveals information about the build:
The application contains two IPA (Apple application archives) inside, one called "AVPlayer" and one called "apps".
AVPlayer.app appears to be a legimitated iOS application that is used by the attackers as a decoy.
The image (icon) of the app can be seen below:
The "legit" application appears to have been authored by a popular developer going by the handle "email@example.com".
The second IPA is more interesting. It appears to have been created in March 2014. "apps" communicates with the wellknown "comeinbaby[.]com": The sfbase.dylib part communicates with a different C&C: To summarize, the Win32 application described here allows the installation of the mentioned iOS payload to the victim's iPhone. The creator likely developed it just to make sure Windows users can also get infected on their iOS devices.
KSN DetectionsKaspersky Security Network (KSN) is a complex distributed infrastructure dedicated to processing cybersecurity-related data streams from millions of voluntary participants around the world. It delivers Kaspersky Lab's security intelligence to every partner or customer who is connected to the Internet, ensuring the quickest reaction times, lowest false positive rate and maintaining the highest level of protection. A detailed description of KSN can be found here. The following chart below shows detections of WireLurker on OSX:
Over 60% of the detections are coming from China, which is to be expected.
ConclusionsThis incident is yet another reminder of why the use of pirated software remains dangerous, no matter which platform you're using. Downloading applications from unofficial sources, such as alternative marketplaces, file sharing websites or torrents and other P2P file sharing networks, increases the risk of malware infections. On Mac OS X for instance, it is one of the main infection vectors.
The need for anti-malware protection on Mac OS X devices cannot be overstated. It's not only that your Mac OS X machine can get infected, but WireLurker showed us how the infection can move from your Mac to your iPhone. The good news is: there are plenty of options to chose from out there, including our own Kaspersky Internet Security for Mac.
As a first line of defense, Mac OS X users should check their Security & Privacy settings to make sure the configuration of their system is optimal. We recommend setting up Gatekeeper so that only applications downloaded from the Mac App Store and identified developers are allowed to be installed. More information on Gatekeeper can be found here.
Make sure to also check out our own guide for Mac security: 10 Simple Tips for Boosting The Security Of Your Mac
This should also be a wake-up call for Apple users and the way they think about security. Just like Mac OS X malware quickly evolved from being just a myth to becoming a sad reality, we are seeing iOS being targeted more and more often lately - with nobody being able to offer protection for this platform. Anti-malware vendors are still not allowed to develop protection for iPhone users.
In the light of recent events, will this strategy change in the future?
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Security Holes in Corporate Networks: Network Vulnerabilities
In our previous blogpost, we told you about the types of attacks that a cybercriminal can undertake while working with a regular user account without local administrator privileges. In particular, we presented an example of how the simplified inheritance of privileges within the context of domain authorization (Single-Sign-On) enables cybercriminals to gain access to various network resources and services while using the limited access allowed by a regular user account. In this blogpost, we will review in detail the possible vectors for an attack launched on a corporate network from an infected computer within it.
Once a cybercriminal has gained control over a user system in a corporate network, subsequent events form three consecutive stages: establishing a foothold in the system, analyzing the environment, and propagating malware. Each of these stages can be implemented in various ways, distinguished by the technical methods, strategies and tactics employed. The flow chart below shows the cybercriminal's possible approaches to establishing a foothold in the system, analyzing the environment, and propagating malware across the corporate network.
A flow chart of a cybercriminal's actions
It is important for information security specialists to recognize the distinctive signs of different types of attack. Using this proposed "action plan", information security specialists can detect an attack by matching events occurring in the network to various templates of cybercriminal activity.
Gaining a Foothold in the SystemAfter penetrating a corporate network, attackers typically download utilities (including malware) to the victim computer within a few hours or minutes. These utilities are required to collect information about the system and its installed software, search for files and data, establish a connection to the C&C, steal login credentials, brute-force passwords, hack accounts, escalate privileges, infect a system, intercept network traffic, scan network devices etc.
To hide these essential tools from network administrators during the download process and avoid triggering any security system that might be in place, attackers use different maneuvers of varying degrees of complexity:
- Files are transferred via network protocols and general-purpose ports (HTTP, FTP, HTTPS, SFTP) so they get lost in the huge amounts of daily user-generated traffic.
- Files are downloaded from compromised servers, using Fast Flux networks or via Tor.
- Files are transmitted in parts, in obfuscated and/or encrypted form.
- Various types of steganography are sometimes used to transfer data, such as masking data within audio/video files, images or headers of internet protocols, especially when general-purpose ports are closed by a firewall.
When the required tools have been loaded, the cybercriminal attempts to gain access to the local administrator's or system account. The first attempt normally uses keyloggers, attempts to brute-force passwords and hack accounts, or phishing scams. Further approaches involve exploiting vulnerabilities in system services, typically to gain access to the system account (i.e. to escalate to kernel-level privileges).
Having obtained these privileges, cybercriminals can entrench themselves in the system by implanting a rootkit or bootkit in the operating system. They can also clean the system from traces of penetration, hiding their tools and traces of active infections from security tools. If the attackers failed to gain a foothold in the system in the regular way, they can set up an automatic infection of the system, e.g. by using the regular task scheduler.
Naturally, there are many ways of establishing a foothold, and scenarios may differ dramatically from the above description. However, as we said at the beginning of this article, it is important that an information security specialist understands the principles of how an attack is conducted, and realizes the tasks that cybercriminals face. Thus, at the foothold stage, the attacker's main task to arrange for reliable, lasting access to the system under attack. In general, the task of arranging remote access has two parts: establishing a data communication channel and implanting a remote control tool (backdoor).
Depending on the network configuration, firewall policies and IDS/IPS settings, attackers might use direct or reverse connection. Direct connection involves the attackers establishing a connection to the victim system, and is possible only if the system has an external IP-address and open network ports that are not blocked from outside connections by a firewall. Otherwise, reverse connection is used, when the attacked system establishes a connection to the remote server. Regardless of the connection type, data is communicated using the same methods that are used to download utilities and malware to the victim computer: data is transferred in encrypted / obfuscated format via general-purpose protocols / ports, using Fast Flux or Tor. In addition, cybercriminals can also use regular user software and services as a data communication channel, such as cloud-based file storages, e-mail, IM clients etc.
Environment analysisAt the same time as establishing a foothold – or sometimes even before – cybercriminals need to collect information about the operating system and its configuration, updates installed for software, and security tools. That information is needed to evaluate the situation on the victim computer and plan further attack activities. It is also very useful when accurately selecting the most effective utilities and exploits.
The following readily available tools are usually sufficient to collect information about the system:
- cmd, regedit, vbs, powershell in Windows,
- bash, grep, python, perl in Unix/Linux and Mac OS.
From the attacker's viewpoint, there are many advantages to using the above tools: they are available in any system, they are useable even with restricted user rights, and their operation is not controlled by most security tools. To tackle more complicated tasks cybercriminals use both popular and customized tools to intercept network traffic, scan network devices, connect to various network services using domain authentication etc. If the hacker's tools are written, say, in Python, the cybercriminals will certainly install the required software on the infected computer. In this case, Python (or other required software) probably will not be concealed in the system using a rootkit, as that may prevent the interpreter from working properly.
To search for and analyze other devices in the corporate network, cybercriminals apply passive and active scanning methods. In particular, using a sniffer to listen to traffic from a local network interface, anyone can easily detect various devices thanks to ARP packets or active connections, determine the URLS of servers hosting corporate applications such as Active Directory, Outlook, databases, corporate websites etc. To obtain detailed information about a specific network node, cybercriminals use network scanners (e.g. nmap) to determine available network services, guess names and versions of installed software, and detect the presence of a firewall and IDS/IPS.
DistributionNow the attackers have a foothold in the system, have a reliable remote access channel and have sufficient information about the network. The next actions usually pursue the primary objective. That may be stealing confidential information, attacks on corporate infrastructure, gaining control over critical systems for blackmail purposes, or other personal purposes. Unless the initially attacked system is the ultimate target (that can be e.g. a CEO's laptop, a central server or a website), the attacker needs to gain control over other systems within the corporate network. Depending on the nature of the target, infection may be pinpointed or broad scale.
For example, if the attackers plan to launch an infrastructure attack, they will probably need massive infections of the servers running various business processes and the workstations of operators and administrators. On the other hand, a cybercriminal aiming to steal confidential information or conduct espionage will have to act very carefully and attack only the top priority systems.
There are a number of ways of propagating malware within a corporate network. Cybercriminals normally go for the simplest approach, such as using existing accounts. For example, by launching malicious code from under a domain account belonging to a user of an infected system, the cybercriminal can freely connect to various network services (to which the user has access) using domain authorization (Single Sign-On), i.e. without entering the login credentials. On the other hand, the cybercriminal can use a keylogger and easily get hold of the login credentials to the domain account as well as other services that do not maintain domain authorization. I addition, the cybercriminal may attempt to take advantage of vulnerabilities in the mechanisms for storing and checking credentials, or simply brute-force the password.
The most effective propagation path within corporate networks is to exploit vulnerabilities, since most corporate network security focuses on preventing attacks from outside the perimeter. Consequently, there are a multitude of varied vulnerabilities within the network, including unsecured corporate servers, test servers, management/virtualization systems etc. Practice shows that even if information security specialists and IT engineers are aware of all the vulnerabilities existing in their corporate network(s), it takes them years to fix them because it requires a lot of manpower. Nevertheless, experienced hackers are cautious about using exploits to known vulnerabilities and prefer to attack unsecured corporate services. If a local or network-based IDS/IPS is still used in the network, using exploits to known vulnerabilities may unmask the cybercriminals.
Detecting an AttackAt each stage of the attack, cybercriminals often use the environment and the available tools for their own purposes, remaining inconspicuous against the backdrop of regular users' activities. To address this problem, it is important wherever possible to reduce redundancy in the environment and the business processes; in all other cases, it is vital to monitor what's happening, identify anomalies and react to them.
A vivid example of the problem of redundancy in business processes is the free access to business assets (confidential documents, critical applications, hardware etc.), local administrator privileges, and the capability of remote connection to the corporate network for staff who do not need this level of access and privilege. This applies to the control of access rights at the domain level as well as at the level of application software: browsers do not typically need access to other processes' memory, while Microsoft Office does not need to install drivers.
For an example of environment redundancy, we can think of a regular corporate employee (not a developer, tester, administrator or information security specialist) whose desktop has software designed for network traffic interception, scanning the network, remote access, creation of local HTTP/FTP servers, use of third-party network hardware (Wi-Fi and/or 3G modems), software development tools etc.
Any effective strategy to prevent attacks from within the corporate network must prevent cybercriminals from acting secretly, and force them to take complicated and risky steps that betray their plans to information security specialists who can neutralize the threat. For that, two things must be present in the corporate network: smart security and an information security management system.
If you marry these two technologies you create a fundamentally different animal from the established information security model. It can see everything that takes place in the system and immediately reacts to threats.
Smart security tools include some antiviruses, firewalls, IDS/IPS/HIPS, Application Control, Device Control - however they must be capable of interacting with the information security management system. These security tools should not only collect all types of information and send it to the information security management system, but also execute commands that block attempts to gain access, establish connections, transfer data via the network, launch applications, read and write files etc. Naturally, for all of this to work, an information security specialist must be able to differentiate between legitimate and malicious activity.
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The ten year anniversary edition of the Electronic KnockOut Party, held annually in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was certainly special! Over the years, ekoParty has become a standard for other conferences in Latin America, bringing together researchers from all over the world for nearly a full week packed with trainings, workshops, and ground breaking talks about different aspects of the field of information security.
This year, the conference changed venues from the previously known 'Ciudad Cultural Konex' in favor of a much bigger space near the airport, the 'Aeroparque Jorge Newbery'. The loud engines from passing planes could not stop the speakers from sharing their knowledge with the audience. Organizers were prepared for this and outfitted the main stage with airport-themed decorations. Even the badges resembled boarding passes, making the most of the new venue's quirks and leaving nothing to chance.
What differentiates ekoParty from other conferences is the passion exhibited by everyone in attendance. Thanks in part to the Latin American way of doing things, ekoParty is proud of not taking itself too serious and encourages its attendees to behave the same way. A loud siren blares when it's time for the speaker to take a drink and loosen up a bit mid-talk. Rushing forward with a shot of vodka, the conference staff is alert and engaging, making sure that both speaker and audience are having fun.
During the first day, we were welcomed by an interesting discussion panel and a wide array of workshops to choose from. In addition, several corporate sponsors gave away free trainings to showcase some of their latest tools and also administered challenges for the duration of the conference. With tempting cash prizes and fancy gadgets on the line, some participants chose to forego the talks altogether in order to test their skills in areas such as reverse engineering, penetration testing, and networking.
By the time the talks began on the second day, the tone of the conference was set by Cesar Cerrudo who presented on how to hack traffic control systems. Using 'Live Free or Die Hard' references to engage the audience proved successful and Hollywood-worthy research was presented in a compelling and understandable way. As the day went on, attendees could choose to participate in one of the workshops (as I did with Juliano Rizzo's bitcoin security training) or keep attending assorted talks. Among the topics covered were "Exploring the Jolla Phone", "Cooking an APT the paranoid way" or even browser exploitation techniques with Alex Rad's presentation "Pointer Subterfuge in the Browser Address Space".
There were just too many topics and talks to cover all in detail but a common thread emerges. Speakers not only share their knowledge but also ask the community to join them in their research to create something useful for all parties involved. This was the case with Anibal Sacco's "IDA Synergy – Collaborative Reverse Engineering", which showed a combination of IDAPython Plugin and control version system that resulted in a new reverse engineering collaborative add-on for IDA Pro.
Though a lot of talks focused on exploiting different technologies (as in the case of Luis Colunga's presentation on Software Defined Radio), other presentations could be easily mistaken for university courses. This was the case with Alfredo Ortega's "Deep-submicron backdoors" which led the audience from concepts like Fourier transformations to CPU low-level backdoors. With a touch of 3D modeling and some lines of code in the right place, Ortega demonstrated that building a backdoored ARM CPU isn't as hard as it might seem.
The final day of the conference started early with discussions about the current state of privacy and a historical perspective on the many state-backed surveillance programs of recent years. Just before lunch we had a great presentation by Marcio Almeida Macedo on 'Hacking RFID Billing Schemes for fun and free rides', mentioning our recent blogpost on the topic, specifically referring to vulnerabilities in the Chilean transportation system. All researchers went above and beyond to show the hardware and principles involved in their investigations, always enticing the audience to follow in their footsteps.
Malware made its appearance with Thiago Bordini who shared techniques for 'Monitoring Malicious Domains on the Internet in real time for forensic purposes'. Brazilians presenters were, of course, forced to withstand chanting and taunting from Argentinians in the crowd pleased by World Cup results. That's to be expected. The day ended with bells and whistles as Rahul Sasi presented his sequel presentation on hacking TV networks, an investigation that stemmed from a penetration testing job that ended with him finding ways to inject video signals in TV networks and even shutting down the receiver's box remotely.
An emotive award's ceremony brought the event to a close by recognizing local talent and remembering Barnaby Jack's appearance years ago. The ekoParty left everyone wanting more and eager to attend the following year. ekoParty is one of those conferences were attendees get back what they put in -they can choose to just enjoy the talks or instead get involved in the many challenges, workshops, and networking activities offered. Until next year, I encourage you to check out the content covered during the conference and hope to see you there!
Chertoff Reminds Enterprises There is Hope in Security
Hack In The Box 2014 KUL
The Hack In The Box (HITB) SecConf 2014 was held from the 13 to the 16 of October, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. More than 500 people from around the world participated in the event. Unfortunately, 2014 was the final round of this nice event.
The event is made up of four main elements: Technical training sessions, a security conference, Capture the Flag 'Live Hacking' Attack & Defense Competition, Developer Hackathon (HackWEEKDAY) and A CommSec Village & Technology Showcase Area.
Although there were many interesting presentations at the conference, I have too little space here to introduce all of them, so let's take a look of three of them.
Filippo Valsorda gave a presentation entitled "Exploiting ECDSA Failures in the Bitcoin Blockchain". Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) is an EC-based signature scheme as implemented in TLS, DNSsec and PS3. He pointed out that ECDSA might not be as secure as it is believed to be.
Haroon Meer, Marco Slaviero and Azhar Desai picked up the topic of "sockpuppet"- a false online identity adopted for deceptive purposes – in their presentation. They demonstrated mass-posting, mass-voting and mass-down-voting at some forums, with the help of only one line of bash script. The presentation was entitled "Weapons of Mass Distraction: Sock Puppetry for Fun & Profit".
Mike Ryan's "The NSA Playset: Bluetooth Smart Attack Tools" presentation introduced a series of tools used by the NSA and demonstrated keyboard hijacking via Bluetooth using some of the tools.
For those who are interested, the presentation materials are available at the official web site of HITB2014.
The CTF session was also quite interesting. Let's take a look at Challenge 2.
As a problem to solve, a pcap file was provided. It was a capture of some network traffic.
Inspecting the file, you could find that ICMPv6 packets contain unknown strings that start with "G01". In fact, the strings are G-codes, computer numerical control commands (for industrial hardware, 3D printers, etc.). If is it run using emulator software, a string is displayed – this is the answer to the problem.
In my opinion, CTF is a good exercise for IT engineers, because it gives the chance to learn technologies that are not familiar to you.
In the closing session, the event organizers announced the end of HITB KUL and the beginning of a new event "HITB GSEC". This is planned to take place in Singapore in October 2015.
I hope the new HITB GSEC will be as fantastic as HITB KUL and I'm looking forward to meeting great security specialists there again!!


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I'm currently having a custom bar built for another property that I have. It will be in the basement there and I'd love to have a built in beverage center. Problem is at least from what I can gather, is that they are very expensive for what you're getting. I think the cheapest ones I can find run at the bare minimum $700, and most are in the $1000-1500 range, and the high end brands are $2000+ Problem is, this thing won't be getting used all that much, and a lot of the reviews I read about the cheaper models say they simply don't get cold enough for beers aka sub 40 degrees. I love the look of the built in, and the bar will be fairly high end looking, but I am unsure if this is a good investment. Of the centers you guys have gotten, which ones have been reasonable in price, and quality in operation? |
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Criterion Files #550: 'The King of Marvin Gardens' Explores What Remains of an Old Hollywood
Criterion Files By Landon Palmer on August 10, 2011 | Be the First To CommentBob Rafelson's highly underrated The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) works as something of an unofficial sequel to his beloved previous film and the rightful centerpiece of the BBS Story, Five Easy Pieces (1970). After the "farcidelia" of Head, Rafelson's second film could not be further from its opposite in tone, aesthetics, and overall relation to the counterculture, whose narrative absence is used to great effect in the latter film. It wasn't until Rafelson's third film as director that his identity as a filmmaker started to solidify through his continued exploration of themes shared between films. Like many filmmakers of the New Hollywood generation, Rafleson possessed symptoms of the self-conscious auteur, but the similarities between Five Easy Pieces and The King of Marvin Gardens go far beyond surface connections that denote a consistent cinematic personality behind the camera in terms of themes and style, but instead point to a rare kind of filmmaker altogether during New Hollywood or any era.
Criterion Files #546: The Vulgar and the Literate of 'Five Easy Pieces'
Criterion Files By Landon Palmer on July 13, 2011 | Be the First To CommentThe most difficult thing about watching seminal, groundbreaking, paradigm-shifting movies is that it's impossible to see them, feel them, or experience them the way they were in the moment, before they became influential enough to seem almost unexceptional by retrospective comparison. It's difficult to marvel at the audacious camera angles or fragmented narrative of Citizen Kane in an age where Gaspar Noe and Guillermo Arriaga exist, or be shocked by the expertly-crafted profanity of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf in a post-David Mamet world. These movies may remain strong and, in other ways, timeless, but even with the very best, the "moment" of greatness is lost by the sheer force of its effect on cinema that came after. Films, after all, aren't made in a vacuum. They are the constant subject of influence, and rarely anything influences a film more than another great film.
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TYLER - With horror stories about the full body scanners and pat-down procedures being intrusive and causing delays, many Americans were apprehensive about flying this holiday season.
"You know, I had expected to get pat-down, just really because of some of the things that have been going on that I've seen on the news and stuff like that but, it was a clean, quick, easy process," said Terence Louis Haynes II, a traveler from Miami.
Last week, there were rumors of a revolt against the TSA security measures, but aside from reports of a few travelers showing up in bikinis or boxers, TSA officials say they didn't really see any backlash.
"It's kind of embarrassing in a way, because you're just standing there, everyone's watching you getting patted down. That part's kind of embarrassing," said Steve Tersteeg.
But to Steve Tersteeg and Tanya Kroll from Minneapolis, the scanners and pat-downs weren't that big of a deal.
Kroll has flown 4 times in the past 4 weeks. Two of those times, she was scanned and patted down.
"You know, it wasn't intrusive. I think if you were in a real hurry, it could probably be annoying, but you know, we baked in a lot of time, so it wasn't too bad, but other than that...it's just one of those necessities I guess," Kroll said.
A necessity they say sure beats the highway when you're traveling far.
"It's a lot faster than driving - for us at least - so I'll go through it," Tersteeg said.
So at least from the group of folks we spoke to today, traveling went pretty smoothly for them this Thanksgiving.
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New World Record Smallmouth at Laurel River Lake?
Perhaps you are among the many smallmouth bass anglers who have gotten news of a possible new world record smallmouth bass that was sampled at Laurel River Lake in Kentucky near London, Kentucky. According to early reports, the smallmouth was weighed on a hand scale at just over 12 pounds. If this is the case, this would mean that if the fish is ever caught by conventional methods, the 11 pound 15 ounce world record smallmouth caught by David L. Hayes at Dale Hollow Lake in 1955 could be in jeopardy.
I first saw the report on the Tennessee Outdoorsman web site at http://www.tennoutdoorsman.com/index.php/fishing/14-fishing-news/401-world-record-smallmouth-bass which pictured an official with the Fish and Wildlife Resources posing with the monster smallmouth that was shocked up from Laurel River Lake, located in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Eastern Kentucky. News of the fish has also popped up on a number of fishing discussion boards.
If the story is true, it would mean that the new world record could be the product of Dale Hollow Lake, but at the same time, not be in Dale Hollow. According to a report from Kentucky Afield Outdoors which was filed March 18, 2011, the 5,830-acre Laurel River Lake is home to a number of big smallmouth bass; Coolie Williams fooling an 8.46 pound smallmouth bass into hitting a spinnerbait in the middle of the night in May of 1998, and a 7-pound, 7-ounce smallmouth being submitted from Laurel River Lake to the Trophy Fish/Master Angler Program in 2009. According to the Kentucky Afield Report, genetic seeds from Dale Hollow started the smallmouth fishery in Laurel River Lake when the fisheries division of Kentucky Fish and Wildlife stocked roughly 370,000 smallmouth bass in Laurel River in the mid-1980s.
Upon further investigation, John Williams (southeastern fisheries district biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources) reports that the Laurel River Lake smallmouth pictured was caught in gill nets during a walleye survey that was conducted in November, 2011. Williams says that since black bass were not being sampled, the fish was not weighed; a photograph was taken and the fish was returned to the water. The individuals in the boat who saw the fish firsthand are estimating its weight between six and eight pounds.
It appears that once again Hayes gets to hang onto his world record.
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MOVING UP: Men's Vogue has promoted associate editor Michael Mraz to managing editor. He succeeds Owen Phillips, who will join The Wall Street Journal's new glossy magazine WSJ. as deputy editor. Mraz has been with the publication since December 2005, and edited stories on automotive, sports and fitness. He also served as assistant editor at Grand Street, a literary and visual arts quarterly. A successor for Mraz has not been named.
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ACTING ICONIC: On Thursday night Italian jeweler Damiani opened the doors of its fifth U.S. boutique in the Two Rodeo complex in Beverly Hills with the announcement of Sharon Stone as the face of its new international print ad campaign.
Vice president and chief designer Silvia Damiani welcomed Stone to the store, where several of the images were displayed on plasma screens throughout the polished wood and marble space.
Shot by Sølve Sundsbø on March 20 in Los Angeles, the color images feature Stone in poses inspired by iconic women such as Amelia Earhart.
"This campaign went way beyond fulfilling our every dream," said Stone, who collaborated closely with Damiani and Sundsbø. "We started with images of women who were winning and the great feeling you have when you've won." Stone is also featured wearing an old-fashioned swimming cap, a nod to the first woman who swam the English Channel, and in another shot wears a medal.


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A man is accused of trying to sexually assault women in Harlingen and police have arrested him.
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Prerequisites: Successful completion of BIOL 182, RAD 132, RAD 133, and RAD 134 and concurrent enrollment in, or successful completion of, ENGL 101, RAD 211, RAD 213, and RAD 214.This is an introductory course in cross sectional anatomy. It will provide the basics of head, thorax and abdominal anatomy identification in the axial, coronal and sagittal planes using CT and MRI images and related illustrations. 2 HRS