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With Chrome 52, we introduced the ability to make storage persistent. Storage for web applications is a complex topic, and persistence for data on the frequently-ephemeral web doubly so, so I should explain.
Normally, web applications store local data in various ways - in IndexedDB databases, through the Cache API, even (gasp) localStorage. All of this storage for a given domain takes up space on the local machine, of course.
When storage on the local machine is running tight ("under storage pressure"), user agents automatically clear storage to make more available space. Of course, for offline apps, this may be unfortunate, as they may not have synced their data to the server yet, or they may be apps that the user expects to just work offline (like a music player); so the Storage spec defines two different modes for storage for a given domain - "best effort" and "persistent". The default mode, of course, is "best effort". Storage for a domain that is "best effort" (aka "not persistent") can be cleared automatically, without interrupting or asking the user. However, "persistent" data will not be automatically cleared. (If the system is still under storage pressure after clearing all non-persistent data, the user will need to manually clear any remaining persistent storage.)
How do I make my storage persistent?
So how do I make my storage persistent? Well, you have to ask for it explicitly:
if (navigator.storage && navigator.storage.persist)
navigator.storage.persist().then(granted => {
if (granted)
alert("Storage will not be cleared except by explicit user action");
alert("Storage may be cleared by the UA under storage pressure.");
This feature was initially still somewhat experimental. So in order to keep from prematurely baking this design in before it was fully specified and agreed upon, we initially implemented this feature in Chrome 52 as an Origin Trial. To use this API in Chrome 52, you needed to request a token and insert it in your application.
The trial ended in Chrome 55, when we shipped on-by-default support for this feature.
Initially, the permission was automatically granted to any sites that the user has bookmarked, and automatically denied otherwise. Beginning with Chrome 55, Chrome will automatically grant the persistence permission if any of the following are true:
- The site is bookmarked (and the user has 5 or less bookmarks)
- The site has high site engagement
- The site has been added to home screen
- The site has push notifications enabled
The permission is automatically denied in all other cases. The goal is to ensure that users can rely on their favorite web apps and not find they have suddenly been cleared.
You can also use the JavaScript API to tell if persistence has been granted already:
if (navigator.storage && navigator.storage.persist)
if (persistent)
console.log("Storage will not be cleared except by explicit user action");
console.log("Storage may be cleared by the UA under storage pressure.");
You probably want to request permission, but then use the
.persisted API to
decide whether to display offline UI (like enabling a checkbox for "make
available offline"), confirming to the user they can be confident it will be
available offline (even under storage pressure). This will give a graceful
degradation if the user won't get an offline experience.
What about "Clear Data"? Will the user still inadvertently wipe my data?
This is still under development, but in short, the goal is to make users are aware of "persistent" data before clearing it - ideally letting them manually manage any such data. We're still designing the fine-grained options and user flow for how this can best work, but from your app, you can presume that "persistent" means your data won't get cleared without the user being explicitly informed and directly in control of that deletion.
The landscape of persistently storing data in the web platform is still changing, but we're excited to take this strong first step in making web applications more reliable!


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Big Little Film Digital
L to R: Canon 5D Mark II, Mamiya RZ67 Pro II, Leica M7
About six months ago, I decided I was going to realize the dream of exquisite image making, and I ordered the much lauded digital photo and video breakthrough camera, the Canon 5D Mark II. As a multimedia designer, I justified the purchase as one that would be beneficial to my work; I could now produce the imagery and video that I needed for my web projects.
Well, I've used the camera for paying gigs a few times, but the real value of the purchase has been in the reminder of how damn satisfying it is to take photos with a beautiful camera — the weight, the shutter click, the control, the image quality. I'd been hobbling along with little digital point-n-shoots for years, capturing memories more than making images, really. My nifty pop-up Polaroid SX-70 and my old Pentax 35mm SLR had long been sitting on the shelf, relegated to being objects of curiosity — remnants of an earlier era.
Now, however, with my new digital friend egging me on, my inner photographer has been reawakened, and the desire to geek out on camera gear is growing stronger. Now I want a little classic Leica in my jacket pocket, I want to snap some gorgeous style photos with a Polaroid modded Mamiya, I want to hang a red bulb in the bathroom and develop black and white pics all day long. Well, maybe not the last bit.
Actually, now that I think about it, venturing back into the world of film is a bit like opening a black hole of gear, shutter release hesitation, and endless incremental expense.
So, perhaps I'll just be satisfied to look forward to the next firmware update for the Mark II, and will hold off on stockpiling film cartridges in my crisper for just a bit longer. But, man, I gotta stay away from Craigslist, or who knows what might end up in mail on its way to my door.


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Silicone Case
This iPhone case is crafted in full grain calf leather including a blind debossed logo.
- 3 styles: Black matte rubber frame; white matte rubber frame; or no frame
- Access to all ports, buttons and cameras
- Leather color: Black
The cover delivers a smooth touch to one's apperance, due to the raw and exotic materials.
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Organization of SchemasThe schemas are a set of 'types', each associated with a set of properties. The types are arranged in a hierarchy.
The core vocabulary currently consists of 571 Types, 831 Properties, and 114 Enumeration values.
Browse the full hierarchy:
Or you can jump directly to a commonly used type:
- Creative works: CreativeWork, Book, Movie, MusicRecording, Recipe, TVSeries ...
- Embedded non-text objects: AudioObject, ImageObject, VideoObject
- Event
- Health and medical types: notes on the health and medical types under MedicalEntity.
- Organization
- Person
- Place, LocalBusiness, Restaurant ...
- Product, Offer, AggregateOffer
- Review, AggregateRating
- Action
See also the releases page for recent updates and project history.
We also have a small set of primitive data types for numbers, text, etc. More details about the data model, etc. are available here.
As schema.org has grown, we have developed mechanisms for community extension as a way of adding more detailed descriptive vocabulary that builds on the schema.org core.
Hosted extensions are managed and published as part of the schema.org project, with their design often led by one of more dedicated community groups.
External extensions live elsewhere in the Web, typically managed by other organizations with their own processes and collaboration mechanisms. Please consult external documentation for full details of their vocabulary, versioning system and release history.
Hosted Extensions
Specialized terms from hosted extensions can be used alongside core schema.org terms like Event and Person. For example in the auto extension there is a property for emissionsCO2, and in the bibliographic extension we have a property publisherImprint.
Using the extension mechanism the core vocabulary is extended by the following hosted extensions:
Note: the 'pending' and 'meta' hosted extensions are part of schema.org's schema development process.
We use the 'pending' extension as a staging area for new schema.org terms that are under discussion and review. Implementors and publishers are cautioned that terms in the pending extension may lack consensus and that terminology and definitions could still change significantly after community and steering group review. Consumers of schema.org data who encourage use of such terms are strongly encouraged to update implementations and documentation to track any evolving changes, and to share early implementation feedback with the wider community.
The 'meta' extension is primarily for vocabulary used internally within schema.org to support technical definitions and schema.org site functionality. These terms are not intended for general usage in the public Web.
Unlike other core and extension terms, these extensions may be updated at any time without the need for a full release.
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The schema.org steering group does not officially approve external extensions - they are fully independent. We list here some notable extensions that extend schema.org in interesting and useful ways.


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Ella Dress is a simple and sweet dress that every girl will love. This is another versatile design that can be dressed up or down . Make it in a more formal fabric and it could be a beautiful occasion dress. Make it in some fun quilting cottons and it's a perfect play dress. This is a perfect summer dress or jumper to wear a long sleeve shirt under. It can also grow well because next season it can be worn as a tunic with leggings or jeans because the straps are adjustable to fit a bigger girl.
This dress features a wide skirt and wide contrasting hem with big sash tie at the back. The elastic waist makes perfect fit on your princess. A slight sweetheart front bodice definitely made this not an ordinary reverse knot dress. It will be FUN using contrasting or coordinating fabric to enhance the main print. It is also easy and fast to make. Great beginner project.
In here, you will find instructions and the pattern to construct this dress to fit 12M-8Y. Pattern pieces are computer- drafted and color coded for the size. All instructions are simple to follow and accompanied by color photos for better elaboration.
Great pattern. The directions were clear and easy to follow, and it was fun to sew. The dress turned out really pretty. It was a little bigger than the average 2T, but that is better than being too small.
Love this dress!
This dress is adorable! The pattern and instructions are well written and easy to follow ---- great for a beginner! I'm already looking for more fabric to sew another dress!
super cute Pattern I can not wait to make this
Love, love this pattern. Very easy to make and looks absolutely gorgeous on my 3 granddaughters.
Another "winner" with my granddaughter!! And I learned something new making it. Easy to make
Loved the Ella dress. Made one for my great niece for her first birthday and it was a lovely pattern to make.
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This is one of the easiest patterns I have used, and the dress turned out beautiful, it has given me ideas that I never thought of before when assembling a dress, so it has also taught me a few LOVE this pattern
Very easy to make the instructions were clear but next time I'll make the bow longer and wider for a fuller effect.
Love, love, love this pattern!
I love this sundress!
So cute and simple for a beginner. It turned out better than expected! Very happy with this purchase. The only part that was tricky for me as a beginner was having to measure out most of the pieces. I prefer all pattern pieces so I don't make errors. But it turned out well in the end.
Have made this dress upteen times! My granddaughter and gran nieces love it! Can be dressed up or casual depending on what fabric is used.
Adorable pattern. It took a couple hours to finish the dress. I was very pleased with it. Directions were easy to follow.
Beautiful pattern. I have made several already. Thanks so much. I'm buying more of your patterns!
Very sweet dress. Came together easily!
Love this dress!
The dress turn out adorable. Super easy directions.
Very cute and Instructions are so easy to follow.
Great instructions; fantastic fit! Love it on my grand-girls!!
Gorgeous dress, will be making more. Thanks
Absolutely LOVE this dress! Instructions are so easy to follow. This is my second purchase from Petite Kids Boutique, and I will definitely buy again! Thank you for an excellent pattern!
Great pattern, easy to follow instructions. This little dress can look casual to elegant according to fabric choices. I love this one
This is a very simple but elegant dress I just love it
super cute dress
clear instructions, super easy and very cute!
Love this pattern very easy to follow.
I made this dress for my two Nieces for my wedding. They were so cute!! SUPER easy to sew!! I have never sewn anything before and they came out perfect!!!!!
Came out so very cute. Make in black and white chevron and orange and white dots for a Halloween party. Embroidered Boo on the front.
The cutiest dress every and is so easy to make. Direcctions are clear and easy to follow, loved making this dress. Had it made in 2 hrs. Great dress for all seasons, love the adjustable straps that make into a bow in the back. Will be making more of these.
Excellent pattern well written & easy to follow A++++++++++++++
Very cute! Well written instructions and the measurements seem very true to size.
love this dress, and instructions where easy to follow along.
Love, love, love this Ella dress. Pattern very easy to follow and looks beautiful in any fabric. Have not had time to get pitcher, can't stop sewing all these beautiful patterns that I have purchased. Thank you sooooo much. Will continue to order, of course I also have to find more little girls and boys to sew for. Many thanks from Mary Clark.
Just love this dress, made one for my niece.
This was a joy! And the dress is gorgeous! Couldn't be happier. The little one I sewed for is VERY tiny (2 yrs old and 17lbs.) so I had to make big adjustments, but the outcome was fabulous!
So cute!! It was fun and easy to make! I just love big bows on little girls!
Very easy to make up, and it turned out SUPER cute. I am making another one right now! I plan to use this pattern lots!
love this dress!
Just beautiful and easy!
LOOOOVE! Very easy and beautiful :)
This dress was incredibly easy to sew. The directions are spot on and the final product is beyond adorable! Love it!!!
Time consuming, but turns out super cute.
I loved making this dress. So fun and easy. the Little girls in my life are loving their Easter dresses this year.
Fabulous pattern. Easy to sew, but time consuming. Beautiful results. Already made two. Beautiful on my granddaughter.
I love it very easy and quick and fast to make.
Adorable and very easy. Made two of these in about 5 hours. Measurements were spot on for my little girl.
Sooo cute and easy! It took me about 3 hours from start to finish.
Very Cute
List of required materials:
1. Fabric
2. Sewing machine
3. Fabric marker / tailor chalk or pencil
4. Scissors
5. Iron
6. Pins
7. Matching thread
8. Elastic (¼ inch width)
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Skeletor. All of my yes.
You Fly East.
It is dark. Do you:
>Fly (N/S/E/W)
You screech. A miasma of colors fill up the contours of your curves.
There is one wall to your North.
There is one wall to your West.
There are 3 things in your room, not including yourself.
There is no one in the rooms around you.
It is dark. Do you:
>Fly (N/S/E/W)
It is dark. Do you:
>Fly (N/S/E/W)
Hey, can you tell me how to use the IRC?
I have no idea how it works, and I'm trying to get on the Wonderful World Of Me channel
Oh ok tahnks for replying though. I was just curious if you knew it, but nonetheless thanks for answering my question. Have a nice day.
A while ago I was just searching around the forums, and I happened to see your eldritch happenings rp, and I just wanna ask, did you get the name John Smith for a certain doctor in a tv show?
Heya Veir,R Ya still acceptin' people for RP?
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WM Doll is highly regarded in the sex doll forums where many of the models have been tested and reviewed. They are an established company and have been refining their process for many years which means they're trustworthy.
Check out all WM Doll reviews on the internet dedicated to sex dolls and their owners.
Fans state that WM Dolls are more affordable than other brands. This is because they manufacture dolls on a large scale and only use TPE (Thermo Plastic Elastomer).
- Height: 158cm
- Weight: 32kg
- Bust: 98cm
- Waist: 59cm
- Hips: 100cm
- Feet: 21.5cm
- Hole depth: Vagina:17cm , Anus:17cm and Oral:12cm
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The more we're seeing of the live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, the more we're realizing that this is truly for kids. At first we were worried about a terrible, gritty remake. But now we're seeing the charm in these horrifying mutant monsters: the quips.
Nickelodeon released a special behind-the-scenes look into the Turtles movie, including footage of the turtle actors in their mocap suits (I assume) eating pizza. And I will never, not ever, get tired of watching adults pretend to be grown-ass Ninja Turtles.


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Ben Pellicani joined the Lipscomb men's golf staff in summer 2014 after three years as the Director and head coach of the Mike Bender Elite Golf Academy. While at MBEGA, his students claimed over 30 junior titles. He also worked with two students who have been ranked No. 1 in the nation and another pair who have been in the top-5 in the Rolex AJGA Junior rankings.
A 2006 Bucknell University graduate, Pellicani captained the Bison to their first Patriot League Championship behind the lowest single round score in conference and school history.
Along with his work at MBEGA, Pellicani has worked with a number of US Senior Open qualifiers and an All-Atlantic Coast Conference player. His expertise in teaching has allowed him to speak at various PGA Section seminars and is a lead instructor at the local putting manufacturer SeeMore Putting Company.
Pellicani is married to the former Amber Glenn, who is a graduate of Lipscomb.


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Reconstructive and maxillofacial surgery
It is often said that 'the eyes are the windows of the soul'. Much can be learned about us from the expression on our faces, not just our eyes. Unfortunately some soldiers were wounded in the face and the shocked reaction of others discouraged them from appearing in public. In Sidcup, Kent, the site of the first specialist centre for plastic surgery during the First World War, there were benches painted blue to warn local residents that men sitting on them might have a frightening appearance.
Before the First World War there was little concern with what an injured soldier's face looked like. It was sufficient that the soldier was alive. But these people normally felt they had to go around with their faces covered. However, surgeons such as Harold Gillies, who treated two thousand soldiers in the First World War, tried to reconstruct soldiers' faces so they would not feel they had to hide them.
Maxillofacial surgery was developed originally from dentistry to repair the damaged jaws of wounded soldiers in both world wars. Gillies worked with a dental specialist, Charles Auguste Valadier, on reconstructing faces. Different materials were used, such as metals to reconstruct the jaws and teeth of those wounded in the face. In the Second World War mobile maxillofacial units saved the lives of many soldiers with early surgery. These two separate specialisms combined to ensure that those with facial injuries did not feel they had to hide behind masks.
Related links
R Battle, 'Plastic surgery in the two World Wars and in the years between', Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 71 (November 1978), pp 844-848
B J S Grogono, 'Changing the hideous face of war', British Medical Journal, 303/21-28 (December 1991), pp 1586-1588


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Blackcurrant Extract
NZP manufactures a range of freeze dried blackcurrant extract products containing up to 35% total anthocyanins. All blackcurrant extract products are manufactured in New Zealand, in a state of the art manufacturing facility.
For more information about NZP's blackcurrant extract products, see below:
• Blackcurrants in New Zealand
• Blackcurrant Anthocyanins
• Medicinal History
• Comparative Analysis
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Do not let some cooler weather trick you in to thinking that summer is over. There's still hot weather ahead and plenty of frozen drinks to keep enjoying. Speaking of which...
If you want an easy recipe to make as a nice alcoholic/dessert beverage, try a Brandy Alexander. It requires some Brandy:
Some Creme de Cacao:
And some ice cream (I went with Häagen-Dazs this time around):
Put it in a blender...
And voila! A wonderful milkshake that everyone (over the age of 21) enjoys!
Brandy Alexander (from my Mom's Best Recipes Cookbook - I think it's the only recipe of an alcoholic beverage in her book and all my friends are shocked that this goodness is from my saintly mother. Ha!)
1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream
1/4 C creme de cacao
1/4 C brandy
Mix as malts in blender.
For 2 servings:
2 C vanilla ice cream
1 T creme de cacao
1 T brandy
(Erika's Extras: Feel free to add chocolate syrup or a cherry on top.)
Bake well and prosper!
Update: I'm submitting this entry to the Quickies: Morning Noon & Night Cocktail Challenge hosted by Quickies on the Dinner Table and Lazaro Cooks! The contest is for a delicious sounding and sexy looking cocktail. Well, I'm not sure if this is as sexy as some of the entries are sure to be, but goodness, it's a crowd pleaser known to loosen guests up. And what's better than getting this recipe from my MOTHER? Ha! (I guess we could change the name to Brandy Alexandra to make it sound more coquettish...)
This is the prize that the winner gets - an awesome cookbook!


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Top-rated albums of 1947
Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1947 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)
Total albums: 2. Page 1 of 1
The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 73/100).


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By Kelly Puente, Staff Writer
LONG BEACH - Global activist and U2 lead singer Bono took to the TED stage Tuesday with an inspiring message about the fight against poverty.
The rate of those living in extreme poverty - living on less than $1.25 a day - is rapidly declining as the world makes gains in technology, noted the Irish musician, who refers to himself as an activist and "factivist."
The number of those living in poverty has been cut in half in the past two decades, dropping from 43 percent in 1990 to 21 percent in 2010.
"Have you read anything, anywhere in the last week that is as remotely as important as that number? It's great news, and it drives me nuts most people don't know this," he said. "The rate is still too high and there's still work to do, but it's heart-stopping, mind-blowing stuff."
Bono is one of dozens of speakers scheduled this week at the annual TED conference at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center. The sold-out invitation-only conference, whose name stands for technology, entertainment, design kicked off Monday and will run through Friday for its fifth and final year in Long Beach. The conference will move to Vancouver, Canada, next year.
This year's event features several teenage inventors and entrepreneurs under the theme, "The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered." Titles include "yo-yo master," "roboticist," "beatboxer and inventor" and "renegade gardener."
In addition to Bono, attendees will also see musician Peter Gabriel, Tesla Motors co-founder Elon Musk, and a teenage nuclear scientist who at 14 achieved nuclear fusion - with a reactor born in his garage.
TED, a nonprofit devoted to "ideas worth spreading," was started in 1984 as a conference to bring together creative minds. The event has since gained worldwide attention with speakers including Microsoft founder Bill Gates, former President Bill Clinton, primatologist Jane Goodall, former Vice President Al Gore and scientist Richard Dawkins.
The conference in 2009 moved from its home in Monterey to Long Beach, where it generates a local economic impact of about $1.1million each year, said Bob Maguglin, a spokesman for the Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau. TED, with about 1,400 attendees, isn't Long Beach's largest convention, but it does bring to the city a unique notoriety, Maguglin said.
"TED's impact on Long Beach was far greater than economic," he said. "While in Long Beach, the TED conference expanded its scope, garnering global attention to its mission and exposing its phenomenal speakers to millions of new viewers, elevating Long Beach's image as a convention destination."
Maguglin said the vacant 2015 TED dates have been filled by a medical association conference out of Maryland with 3,500 attendees and an estimated $2.7 million impact for the city.
At $7,500 per ticket, TED's high-price, invitation-only access has spurred spinoff events such as BIL, a quirky, "unconference" open to the public.
BIL 2013 kicks off in Downtown Long Beach next weekend.
Despite the exclusiveness, TED's popularity has expanded worldwide through its famous 18-minute talks available for free on its website. The TED website features nearly 1,500 talks with more added each week. In November, TED Talks surpassed one billion views.
Bono, whose nonprofit ONE raises awareness for extreme poverty, was the first winner of the TED prize in 2005 for his humanitarian efforts.
Taking off his trademark sunglasses Tuesday, the rocker-turned-factivist was excited to share some positive facts on the war against poverty. Since 2000, he noted, 8million AIDS patients have been receiving retro viral drugs, malaria deaths have been cut by 75 percent and child mortality rates have dropped by 2.65million deaths a day.
While the world has made progress, the progress is jeopardized by corrupt governments, Bono said, adding that everyone must play a part in the fight against corruption. Social media and new technology, he said, are key in the push for more transparency and openness.
"We'll win if we work together as one, the people," he said. "The power of the people is so much stronger than the people in power."
To watch Bono's and other TED Talks, visit www.ted.com.
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- Mohapatra has has dressed actresses and the First Lady.
- Mohapatra is a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
- He uses traditional dressmaking techniques.
Just before heading to bed one night in August, I got a text message from Bibhu Mohapatra. It contained a photo of First Lady Michelle Obama in a citrus-print sleeveless sheer yoke cocktail dress. Above it, a message: "Just found out, Michelle is wearing the yellow dress."
Mohapatra has dressed Kristen Wiig, Hilary Swank and Glenn Close, but this was different. There she was, America's fashion icon on The Tonight Show, validating Mohapatra's work before a national audience.
It is Mohapatra's moment, but it's a story that almost wasn't. He had never been on a plane before 1995, when he left his native Orissa, India, at age 23 with a one-way ticket to Logan, Utah, to pursue a master's degree in economics on an academic scholarship to Utah State University.
Between homework assignments, he'd sketch. And sketch. Until, by chance, a professor saw his sketchbook of dresses, jackets and coats and said, "You're in the wrong business." So Mohapatra called his dad, who told him, "Close your eyes and picture yourself 10 years from now, having the most fun, being the most happy -- that's your answer."
Mohapatra packed his bags, moved to New York City and landed a spot at the Fashion Institute of Technology, where he could finally pursue his lifelong passion.
Now 40 and a newly minted member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), Mohapatra launched his namesake label in 2009 after nine years at J. Mendel, where he worked his way up from assistant to design director.
"As a creative person, you want to start with a blank canvas," he says. "This is like having the biggest canvas on which to paint." His clothes do have a painterly quality: rich color, prints and patterns on structured silhouettes. Modern yet supremely feminine. There are shades of India, too, in the embroidery and beading -- traditional dressmaking techniques that Mohapatra likes to call "Old World bones."
I recently paid him a visit at his cavernous, 5,000-sq.-ft. studio in the heart of Manhattan's garment district -- a big upgrade from the cramped 600-sq.-ft. space a block away where he used to work.
His new spot is a sea of white walls and columns punctuated by splashes of color: a sage gown with beads and feathers from his 2013 resort collection and a chaise longue he found on the street and re-covered in lapis-print fabric of his own design. He greets me at the door with his signature boyish grin and a hug.
"He has the biggest smile in fashion and lacks any of the attitude that sometimes comes with a young designer's success," says Steven Kolb, the CFDA's CEO.
"Bibhu is a gracious and tasteful gentleman," says Linda Fargo, senior vice president of Bergdorf Goodman, Mohapatra's biggest account. "His métier is elegance."
As Mohapatra describes them, his designs are a study in opposites. "Masculine and feminine, graphic and organic, but always staying true to the core of making beautiful clothes," he says.
He has a hat trick of debuts coming up: in September, he'll show his first collection with handbags; in January, his first pre-fall collection; in February, a complete line of handbags.
"A lot of exciting things are happening," he says. "I hope to grow another head and two more hands," he adds with a laugh, "like an Indian goddess."
To see CNN national correspondent Alina Cho's interview with Bibhu Mohapatra and for more coverage of New York Fashion Week, tune in to Fashion: Backstage Pass, airing on CNN on Saturday, Sept. 15, at 2:30 p.m.
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The Final Verdict on Garrisons
When I heard that Blizzard were introducing Garrisons to WoW I was initially excited, the concept sounded great and the idea of character housing had been something players had been after for a long time. So, we now had this home base all of our very own to go back to, with everything you could need under one roof, banking, professions, quests, all in the comfort of your own Garrison. But something was terribly wrong, the Garrison got tedious very, very quickly.
Apart from your Garrison making you feel extremely isolated from everyone else in the game, one of my particular bugbears is that by incorporating the professions into the Garrison it felt like you just had all these boring tasks to be completed before moving on to something more interesting – log in, you're in your Garrison, go to the mission table and send out followers, time to go to the mine, time to go to the herb garden, time to go and collect timber for your mill and so on. By doing this it took something away from having to go out into the world and actually look for things which is part of the enjoyment of the game, it somewhat bypassed exploration for the fun of it and running into random events and other players on route. I honestly miss logging into a tavern somewhere in Azeroth and being surrounded by other players, at the moment I log in, I'm in my Garrison and it's time to go to the mine, sigh!
Now, how about the Garrison and Shipyard mission tables? Each mission takes between 30 minutes and 12 hours to complete on average, so you basically log in and then depending on the level of your followers you assign them to missions aiming to get an 100% chance of success – there is very little strategy here and once you have the hang of it (which takes no time at all) it's just another boring task to complete at your Garrison in the hope of getting Garrison supplies, gold, or other items. You do not interact with your followers, you just assign them to tasks, wait till the time is up and collect your loot, think microwave popcorn, ding, take out popcorn put in next batch. And, that is not even mentioning the Shipyard's policy on completely destroying ships that you've taken the time to level up should you not complete a mission, therefore, for every mission it is just better to make sure it has a 100% chance of success otherwise be prepared to kiss your Destroyer goodbye.
I guess it's a bit of disappoint that it hasn't worked out as I initially thought or as Blizzard had planned, but it was a good idea and I accept that some good things did come out of it, it just didn't work in the game for me and a lot of other players, particularly as end-game content. At this point in time, the idea of levelling a new character and then having to level another Garrison for each new character makes me cry a little inside. I'm glad that the new expansion, Legion, is moving away from the Garrison and getting us all back out into the world and interacting with other players. I have no doubt that Blizzard will build upon everything they have learned from the Garrisons and the feedback received from players and I'm optimistic that Legion's Class Hall will be a much better fit for the game dynamics as a whole.
From what we know, the Class Hall is going to be similar in some ways to Garrisons, building on its good points, and as their name suggests they will be unique to each class. At the Class Hall you will be able to get class-specific quests and missions and customise artifacts. However, the main difference is that they will also be available to other members of your class which takes away that complete sense of isolation and inactivity experienced within your current Garrison. We also know that instead of just picking up followers to send on yet another mission via your Garrison mission table, we'll have select champions of our class who will assist us in our own quests. The information available on the Class Halls are not set in stone but it has definite potential and to be honest, I'm not sure it can be worse that the current Garrison set-up.
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Markets set the legal and institutional context for economic transactions, and provide the physical place for such transactions to take place. HarvestChoice focuses on the physical and spatial dimensions of markets, especially the extent to which farming households in rural areas have access to markets and a range of service providers.
It is important to farm households and other rural enterprises to have access to markets in order to trade or sell their goods, buy critical agricultural inputs, or tap into a range of public and private services (extension, credit, and veterinary services being prime examples). The more accessible markets are to a given population, the greater are the options for diversifying production and livelihood strategies and for enhancing food security.
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By MIKE CHAIKEN
After reaching back to the era of Elvis and Eisenhower for its 2012 season, the American Clock and Watch Museum is now putting the focus on another celebrated period of the decorative arts in America.
On April 11, the museum opened its latest offering, "Art Deco Timepieces: Treasures of the Jazz Age." The show continues through till December.
When asked how the idea arose for this exhibit, museum director Jennifer Carroll explained, "I'm always looking for new themes (for exhibits)," said Carroll. Last year, she said the museum focused on clocks and watches from the 1950s. This time, they reached back a little further to the 1920s for the Art Deco era.
She said the Art Deco theme was attractive to the museum because they thought it would have a broader appeal to new patrons who might not have a background or prior interest in clocks.
The genesis of the exhibit began innocuously enough, explained Carroll. She was talking to a Facebook friend she had found because they had both "liked" each other's pages. Carroll said she learned the friend was associated with a firm that did restoration on Art Deco timepieces. And from there, Carroll had a brainstorm about a possible exhibit at the Clock and Watch Museum.
One thing led to another, and eventually, Strickland Vintage Watches of Tampa, Fla. lent the American Clock and Watch Museum 20 timepieces from the Art Deco era. (Some pieces in the exhibit are also from the Bristol museum's own collection, said Carroll.) The exhibit includes wrist watches, lapel pin watches, and pocket watches. The exhibit also includes a series of display panels featuring blown up advertisements from the Art Deco time period that help give the exhibit context.
For those who are unfamiliar with the Art Deco period and what it meant to the decorative arts, jewelry, design, and architecture, Carroll said Art Deco flourished from 1925 to 1940. It marked a move from a more flowery feel in design to a more geometric and rigid approach. Machinery also took on a much more streamline look. Carroll said there also was an ancient Egyptian influence that reflected the intense interest in all things Egyptian following the discovery of King Tut's tomb. The Art Deco period also reflected the view that society was on the move, said Carroll. It reflected the nation's belief in progress.
Thus far, as hoped, Carroll said the exhibit has brought in new visitors to the museum on Maple Street. Once the Art Deco collection is viewed, it has served as a gateway to the rest of the museum's permanent collection. Some of the patrons have told Carroll they were excited to see the variety of clocks and watches found in the Bristol facility.
Carroll, who took over the director's post in 2012, said the exhibit marks something of a departure for the museum. Previously, the museum did not reach out to other organizations to collaborate on an exhibit.
Although the time pieces themselves will go back to Strickland when the exhibit closes Dec. 11, Carroll said the museum is exploring the possibility of sending out the accompanying display panels to other museums that may want to launch a similar exhibit "so this has new life."
The museum is also exploring public presentations that complement the exhibit. For instance, guest curator Bill Strickland will visit the museum from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight, April 26. He will conduct an antique watch evaluation event for the public.
For a museum donation of $10 per watch, visitors will have the opportunity to learn more about their own antique watch(es) including age, rarity, and approximate value. There is a three watch limit per person and official appraisals will not be given.
On Saturday, May 18 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Clock experts Mel Brown and Tom Manning be on hand to help patrons discover information about their special American-made clock. The cost of this service is $10 per clock and each visitor is limited to three clocks. Please note, museums are restricted by law, so it will not be able to provide any appraisal values at this event.
For more information about the exhibit and the American Clock and Watch Museum's programming, visit www.clockandwatchmuseum.org or contact (860)583-6070, email@example.com. The museum is located at 100 Maple St., in Bristol.
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AmBPure necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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We're two guys running a publishing company on the Internet that's aimed at providing high-quality information products that help people 'crack out of their eggshells' through which they're keeping themselves small and basically keep their potential confined in a small eggshell.
With regard to the products we publish, you can think of topics like self-improvement, health, etc... basically any area of life in which people limit themselves.
Hence the terminology of "Crack Your Egg": people keep themselves small through this virtual 'eggshell' and refuse to shine... Through the information we publish, we try to help them crack that eggshell, unleash their potential, and shine again.
We have high standards for quality and integrity in that regard, and the materials we release are characterized by their honesty, 'mother wit', and not least a down-to-earth sense of humor... and not by any 'vagueness' or 'airy-fairy'-ness.
Our target audience is very wide, due to the fact that we target various (existing) markets (self-improvement, health, fitness, small business, etc.). However, there's one common denominator in all of them:
These people want to improve their lives, break through their limitations, and just be a little bit more awesome and lead just a little bit more awesome lives.
And that's what we're trying to help them with by providing them with the high-quality type of products that we publish.
The 'Crack Your Egg'-concept sounds a bit funny, and it's supposed to be fun.
Nevertheless, the logo we're looking for needs to 'radiate' the fact that we're also sophisticated, and have high standards for quality and integrity.
So we need something that stands out in being playful, while still being elegant/sophisticated.
We've attached a document with some additional visual directions (particularly with regard to the image component), and examples of things we like. Please go through this document before you do anything to get a clearer idea of the directions that we're thinking about going into.
(the document is 4 pages, but also includes images, so you'll just get a quick idea of what we're thinking about and may give you some inspiration as well...)
Here's a quick abstract of it:
We're looking for two 'components' for this logo:
- Some sort of 'image' on the left side of the logo.
- The text 'Crack Your Egg', which would be placed to the right of the image component described above.
Feel free to experiment with colors (see also section 4 in the attached document).
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On this day, every one of us still thinks back to where we were on that morning fourteen years ago; what we were doing, how we learned the news, who we called first. Everyone has their 9/11 story, just like everyone of older generations has their Pearl Harbor story or their JFK and MLK and RFK assassinations stories. But I always think, as we mark this day anew with each passing year, about the other meanings of this date. Lots and lots of things have happened on September 11ths, good things and bad things, big things and little things. People have gotten married, people – several that I know — celebrate their birthdays, people have died in ways completely unrelated to terrorist attacks.
We have our own September 11th story, one very different from the national story. It starts on Tuesday, September 4, 2007, the day I called the oncology department to ask them maybe, just maybe, could it possible that Austin's tumor was growing. We had just been in the out-patient clinic the Friday before, his doctors had all looked at his belly during a super long day of chemo. But over the weekend, it seemed to be magically growing, something I didn't really believe was possible (he had four weeks' worth of chemo pumping through his small body after all), something I didn't want to believe could be possible. But by the Tuesday after Labor Day, it was hard to deny any longer, so I called and brought him in and they all looked and asked questions and quietly consulted with each other in the hallway before admitting us to the in-patient floor.
The next morning, Austin had another CT scan and then there was that moment. A moment I've described in many previous writings because, well, because it was a pretty significant moment. In they marched, six of them — oncologists, surgeons, nurses — to break the news that Austin's tumor was indeed growing; in fact, it had grown by a whooping 50% and was now the outrageous and hard to fathom size of a butternut squash.
That was September 5. Not a very good day. Then Friday September 7, the tumor and the right kidney were removed. That actually was a good day, a day we breathed deeply and allowed ourselves to rest for a brief moment. But the news we needed, the pathology results that would explain why the tumor had grown so terrifyingly quickly, and that would determine the rest of Austin's cancer treatment and that might determine the rest of our lives, wouldn't come back until the following Tuesday.
I do not have the writing skills to begin to describe how excruciatingly slowly each second ticks by when you are waiting to hear whether your child will live or die. Those six days, between when we learned of the growth on September 5 and when the results were finally returned to us on September 11, were likely the longest and most stressful days of our lives. We just needed to know. Good or bad — and we fully expected bad because that was the more reasonable thing to expect at that point — we just had to know. Waiting was almost unbearable.
And then Tuesday, September 11 was upon us. This was the day and it happened to be one with a date synonymous with tragedy. I actually considered calling our oncologist and telling him to wait, wait until Wednesday, a day with an ordinary date, to share this news with us. But I knew that was silly; the facts would be the same no matter what the calendar said. And we just couldn't wait any longer.
And then Dr. Jeff appeared, bouncing like a child, excitement, relief, joy spilling over his professional doctor persona. Austin would be fine. Austin, as you know today, eight September 11ths later, is fine. But it changed the day for us. Changed the meaning of an already significant date.
Alongside our sorrow for all that was lost on this day fourteen years ago, we celebrate all that was saved on this day eight years ago. Alongside public commemorations, we have private ones. Alongside paying our respects, we pay our gratitude. In our house, this day is a good one. A very good one.


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Vintage Coke Pop Can Designs
While visiting a friend a few weeks ago I noticed this collection of vintage Coke cans, so I figured I would share them with the Inspiredology community.
These can designs are a great example of how some design styles never really go out of style. A few of these designs look slightly dated, yet others look as though they could have been released last week. I played around with a few of these and they can be used to make some very cool vectors or brushes, try it out.


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Royal Baby The whole world is watching as Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, prepares to deliver a child who could one day sit on the British throne. Middleton was admitted to the hospital in labor this morning and will most likely give birth today. We're joined by Susan Skinner, a Sacramento woman who worked with Princess Diana, to talk about the impact of the new royal baby.
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Florida Boycott The California Legislative Black Caucus and a state lawmaker are calling for a boycott of Florida to protest the not-guilty verdict of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) is drafting a joint resolution on behalf of the CLBC encouraging all organizations, businesses, and families who would normally do business with or travel to Florida to reconsider their choice of the Sunshine State. Holden and the CLBC are hoping the resolution will help put an end to stand-your-ground laws in states like Florida where Martin was shot.
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Merced River Plan As the National Park Service becomes more environmentally concerned, incentives to protect the Merced River may strip annual tourists of the option to bike, horse-back ride or ice skate near its banks. Kathleen Morse, Director of Planning at Yosemite will kick off the conversation by telling us about the status of the proposed plan and its expected outcomes.
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Del Jack Creator of the "Two Bad Boys" young adult series, former English teacher and current author Del Jack talks about his new installment to the "Two Bad Boys" series and his recent appearance at the Left Coast Writers' Convention.
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Sacramento's Last Record Store Record store owner Marty DeAnda explains how he's staying afloat as other record stores in Sacramento go under.
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State Fair Audio Postcard The 160th California State Fair is a melting pot of the state's people and culture. Insight producers Jamie Slater, Ellen Mooneyham, Shauna Milesi and Elena Applebaum recently spent some time collecting the sounds of the state fair and have assembled this audio postcard.
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Humans: Still The Weakest Link In The Security Chain
from the nothing-is-'infallible' deptWith CISPA still floating around in a heavily-revised state and tons of words being thrown at all things cyber-related, it certainly woud seem as though the "defensive" half of the cyber-struggle is covered. But for all the time, effort and money being thrown at the problem, it appears that a very important aspect of "cyber-defense" is being forgotten.
It's an aspect that hackers are well aware of, but is often overlooked in the discussion. Many times, a successful hacking has nothing to do with the weaknesses of this:
and everything to do with the weaknesses of this:
(Photo: CC BY-SA 3.0 Deutsche Fotothek)The human element is generally considered to be something that sits on the other side of the item doing all the work. But even most robust software and hardware can be rendered as useless as an eMachine loaded with bloat-, mal- and spy-ware by social engineering.
The recent Def Con Hacking Conference delivered a rather chilling reminder of this fact, when contestant Shane MacDougall took home the coveted Black Badge for coaxing 75 pieces of information out of a Wal-Mart store manager in less than 20 minutes.
"Gary Darnell" from Walmart's home office in Bentonville, Ark., called a store in Western Canada. He lamented having to work the weekend.
He explained that NATO was shopping around for a private retailer who could serve as part of its supply chain in the event of a pandemic.
"Or at least that's what they say it's about," Darnell cracked with the store manager. "Who knows, maybe they're practicing for an alien invasion — don't know, don't care — all I know is that the company can make a ton of cash off it."
Darnell told the manager he'd be coming up to Canada to help plan the exercise, which would see NATO types coming in to survey products and later, to buy them in a hurry, as they would in an emergency.
He just needed a little information first.A "little" information included such detailed store security information, the after-hours cleaning service, its garbage disposal contractor, who provides IT support and what computers, operating systems and anti-virus programs were in use.
Rather than put man-hours into attacking systems designed from the ground up to repel hackers, criminals are returning to the old standby: social engineering. Humans remain the weakest link in any security chain, due to an inherent desire to help people solve their problems.
Case in point: last week's uber-destructive hacking of Wired writer Mat Honan's "entire digital life." It wasn't a matter of brute force, dictionary attacks or any other method commonly associated with cracking passwords. It was a phone call.
At 4:33 p.m., according to Apple's tech support records, someone called AppleCare claiming to be me. Apple says the caller reported that he couldn't get into his Me.com e-mail — which, of course was my Me.com e-mail.Despite safeguards being set up to prevent this sort of thing from happening, a hacker was able to bypass most of the hurdles simply by talking to another human being. From that point on, Honan's life went into nightmare mode:
In response, Apple issued a temporary password. It did this despite the caller's inability to answer security questions I had set up. And it did this after the hacker supplied only two pieces of information that anyone with an internet connection and a phone can discover.
At 4:52 p.m., a Gmail password recovery e-mail arrived in my me.com mailbox. Two minutes later, another e-mail arrived notifying me that my Google account password had changed.This desire to be "helpful" can lead to these situations. As in the Def Con experiment, this innate helpfulness is often combined with another human trait: the willingness to obey authority figures, even when doing so means going against your better judgement. MacDougall's impersonation went straight to the top of the ladder: Wal-Mart's home office. The following, very disturbing example, uses another form of authority. Over the course of a decade, a man claiming to be a police officer used a phone and social engineering to do what can only be described as "hacking" actual human beings:
At 5:02 p.m., they reset my Twitter password. At 5:00 they used iCloud's "Find My" tool to remotely wipe my iPhone. At 5:01 they remotely wiped my iPad. At 5:05 they remotely wiped my MacBook. Around this same time, they deleted my Google account. At 5:10, I placed the call to AppleCare. At 5:12 the attackers posted a message to my account on Twitter taking credit for the hack.
By wiping my MacBook and deleting my Google account, they now not only had the ability to control my account, but were able to prevent me from regaining access. And crazily, in ways that I don't and never will understand, those deletions were just collateral damage. My MacBook data — including those irreplaceable pictures of my family, of my child's first year and relatives who have now passed from this life — weren't the target. Nor were the eight years of messages in my Gmail account. The target was always Twitter. My MacBook data was torched simply to prevent me from getting back in.
The McDonald's strip search scam was a series of incidents occurring for roughly a decade before an arrest was made in 2004. These incidents involved a man calling a restaurant or grocery store, claiming to be a police detective, and convincing managers to conduct strip searches of female employees or perform other unusual acts on behalf of the police. The calls were usually placed to fast-food restaurants in small rural towns.The details of one incident are particularly horrifying:
"Officer Scott", and gave a vague description of a slightly-built young white woman with dark hair suspected of theft. Summers believed this described Louise Ogborn, a female employee on duty. After the caller demanded that the employee be searched at the store because no officers were available at the moment to handle such a minor matter, the employee was brought into an office and ordered to remove her clothes, which Summers placed in a plastic bag and took to her car at the caller's instruction. Another assistant manager, Kim Dockery, was present during this time, believing she was there as a witness to the search. After an hour Dockery left and Summers told the caller that she was also required at the counter. The caller then told her to bring in someone she trusted to assist.This involved two people in management positions, who ostensibly should have "known better," but instead displayed irrational, but completely "normal" behavior: a willingness to obey an authority figure, even one that was nothing more than a disembodied voice. Social engineers know this, and nearly every scheme will leverage this human trait to its advantage.
Summers called her fiancé, Walter Nix, who arrived and took over from Summers. Told that a policeman was on the phone, Nix followed the caller's directions for the next two hours. He removed the apron the employee had covered herself with and ordered her to dance and perform jumping jacks. Nix then ordered the employee to insert her fingers into her vagina and expose her genital cavity to him as part of the search. He also ordered her to sit on his lap and kiss him, and when she refused he spanked her until she promised to comply. The caller also spoke to the employee, demanding that she do as she was told or face worse punishment. Recalling this period of time, the employee said that "I was scared for my life".
After the employee had been in the office for two and a half hours, she was ordered to perform oral sex on Nix.
With as much as companies are spending on hardware, software and security experts, you'd think a little more care and attention would go into hiring, selecting and training the people who can render thousands of dollars of computing power completely useless. And it's more than just trying to drill security principles into their heads. Def Con had a few suggestions for businesses to keep them from becoming victims of something akin to MacDougall's thorough "hacking" display.
• Never be afraid to say no. If something feels wrong, something is wrong.
• An IT department should never be calling asking about operating systems, machines, passwords or email systems — they already know. If someone's asking, that should raise flags.
• If it seems suspicious, get a callback number. Hang up and take some time vetting the caller to see if they are who they say they are.
• Set up an internal company security word of the day and don't give any information to anyone who doesn't know it.
• Keep tabs on what's on the web. Companies inadvertently release tons of information online, including through employees' social media sites. "Deep-dive" to see what information is out there.Of all these suggestions, two stand out. First, an internal "security word" would help trim down the number of successful hacks... at least at first. Once someone lets another person slide because they forgot or didn't get the memo or showed up late for work or "just need to get into the system for a second," it's all over. If this situation is not handled swiftly and dramatically, the "exceptions" to the rule will soon become the rule. That's also human nature.
The second one, tracking what's out on the web, is more useful and should help rein in what's available to outside attackers. But if social media sites are included in this sweep, you'll need a ton of paperwork on the HR end to make it fly, usually earning you the resentment of your employees.
Because the weakest link in the security chain will always be human beings, these humans need to be selected and cultivated properly. Not solely "trained." No amount of role play or instructional videos will prepare them for determined social engineers. This won't be because companies fail to recognize the importance of the job they perform, but because these companies will fail to recognize the importance of the individual(s) entrusted with keeping them secure.
Without a doubt, you need the right people for the job. Because the job itself often devolves into little more than keeping logs and handling password/privilege requests, it's often mistaken as being something anyone could do with the proper training. If you're in charge of staffing security, it's not enough to simply trust them. They have to trust you.
It's a two-way street. First and foremost, the security personnel need to know that you can protect them from the eventual fallout that comes as a result of doing their job properly. It's not tough to imagine a situation where a higher-up is in need of a password change but can't meet any of the requirements needed to approve this change. Denying a request to the wrong person (i.e., someone powerful within the company) could put jobs on the line just as quickly as handing out user info to an outside attacker.
As the head of this staff, you need to prevent this fallout from settling on your team. Feeling heat or receiving retribution for doing a job the way it's supposed to be done damages the security of the company, turning well thought-out rules into mere guidelines and worse, turning good employees resentful. If the security staff feels they'll be the scapegoat for common situations like these, it impairs their ability to make solid decisions and opens the door for social engineers to appeal to their basic humanity (dignity, confidence, etc. -- anything that's been damaged by scenarios like this) in order to get the information they want.
Protecting the staff from this sort of retribution shows them that they're covered if things go wrong. This frees them up to make better decisions, rather than tangling them in the minutia of day-to-day compliance. If they know, and have seen it proved, that they're trusted to make the right decisions, rather than micro-managed or forced to run checklists against a policy manual, they'll work with more confidence. More confidence in their own skills and intuition will make them less susceptible to being flattered (by appealing to the power they wield and/or resurrecting their sense of duty for a "higher cause") into allowing access to the system and information they're in place to protect.
TL;DR: The trust an entity has in its security staff is less important than the trust the security staff has in the entity it's protecting. Any policies and protocol put in place are only as good as the people behind them.
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New York, May 28, 2013--A Syrian correspondent working for the pro-government TV channel Al-Ikhbariya died Monday after her crew's vehicle came under sniper fire, according to official Syrian news sources.
The official SANA news agency reported that Yara Abbas was driving in a car with Al-Ikhbariya cameraman Osama Dayoub and driver Badr Awad near the Al-Daba'a military airbase in the city of Al-Qusayr when a rebel sniper opened fire on the vehicle. Awad told SANA the gunfire damaged the car and caused it to crash. He said the crew was taken to the hospital by forces loyal to the Syrian regime, but that Abbas died before she could be treated. It was not immediately clear from news reports whether the vehicle was marked with a "Press" sign.
The Syrian Information Ministry confirmed SANA's description of Abbas's death. The official account did not make clear whether Abbas died from injuries sustained from sniper fire or from the car crash. The pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Abbas had been killed by a sniper near the airbase, but did not offer further details.
"The death of Yara Abbas is a reminder of the grave dangers confronting all journalists in Syria," said CPJ's Middle East and North Africa Coordinator Sherif Mansour. "All sides in the conflict must make every effort to recognize that journalists are civilians protected under international law."
Abbas had gained prominence for her reporting on the front lines while embedded with government forces. In her last report from Al-Qusayr, Abbas can be seen wearing camouflage that closely resembles the uniforms of the Assad army. In the report, broadcast the day before her death, she described clashes between the Syrian army and the rebels, who she called "terrorists" and "mercenaries."
Al-Qusayr has been the scene of intense fighting in recent weeks as Assad forces supported by Hezbollah have attempted to capture the key rebel stronghold that links Lebanon with the Syrian city of Homs. It is not clear whether the Al-Ikhbariya crew was directly targeted or had just been mistaken for combatants.
Al-Ikhbariya honored her in a short video broadcast shortly after her death that called her a "heroic martyr."
At least four other Al-Ikhbariya journalists have been killed since the start of the Syrian uprising. CPJ ranked Syria the most dangerous place in the world for journalists in 2012, with at least 39 other journalists killed since the start of the uprising in 2011, including one just over the border in Lebanon, and one who died in a Turkish hospital from wounds he sustained covering the Syrian conflict. Local journalists account for nearly 90 percent of killed cases.
In an unrelated episode, a Sharia court in rebel-held Aleppo arrested Shaaban al-Hassan, a journalist with the weekly Al-Massar al-Houra newspaper, on Saturday, according to news reports. The Syrian Journalist Association said he was arrested because of an interview he had published on May 20 with a prisoner held by the Sharia court which caused a media uproar in northern Syria. No charges have been disclosed.
- For more data and analysis on Syria, visit CPJ's Attacks on the Press.