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Hello All,
Take a look at this YouTube video of yesterday's Awake the State Rally!
Awake the State – Video by Carol Osno
Making Florida a Blue State, One Election at a Time
Hello All,
Take a look at this YouTube video of yesterday's Awake the State Rally!
Awake the State – Video by Carol Osno
I'm interested in speaking in front of any group, political or business oriented, on techniques for using the web, email, and social media effectively. For Democratic groups and clubs, I can also give a tutorial on the free services available through BlueBroward for promoting campaigns, causes, and events.
I don't deny that there is some self-promotional aspect to this, as I'm looking for consulting work. But I'm also good for some free advice, based on my consulting experience, campaign experience, volunteer projects, and my writing for Forbes.com, Internet World, and Baseline Magazine.
I just reactivated the Google ads that appear on BlueBroward.org, and immediately up popped ads to vote for Rick Scott and Jeff Greene.
This is through the Google Adsense program, which is supposed to match advertisements with relevant comment. Apparently the software figured out this was a political site pretty quickly, but not necessarily what partisan frequency it's on.
Mismatch or not, the ads will remain, for now as I need to try to raise a little money to cover the cost of the email broadcast service I'm using and a few other expenses. BlueBroward isn't a moneymaking venture, but I don't want to lose money on it, either. This kind of advertising doesn't necessarily bring in a lot of money, but at this point I'll take what I can get. Also open to a sponsorship for the BlueBroward Sunday email – although I would prefer to sell it to a business, rather than a campaign.
After mulling it over, I decided to move the ads to the bottom of the page so they wouldn't be quite as prominent (and I wouldn't have to look at Rick Scott's bald head popping up right next to my face).
Meanwhile, feel free to click on Jeff Greene and Rick Scott ads to drain some dollars from their campaign accounts. Just don't vote for those guys.
Florida is facing serious challenges in the coming years: cracking down on public corruption, ending the proliferation of pill mills, going after con artists who prey on seniors, putting criminals and street gangs behind bars, fighting mortgage fraud and taking on BP. Florida's next Attorney General will be responsible for all of these, and there is only one Democratic candidate with the broad legal experience to meet these challenges: Dan Gelber.
Dan was born into a family of public service – his father was a prosecutor and judge, and his mother was a public school teacher. After graduating from law school, Dan followed the path of public service and was appointed one of the youngest Federal prosecutors in America. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for nearly a decade and managed hundreds of attorneys in the Miami office while prosecuting thousands of cases – the only Democratic candidate with actual jury trial experience and management experience.
Later, Dan served as Chief Counsel in the U.S. Senate's investigations committee, tracking down international terrorist networks all over the world. He investigated the Oklahoma City bombing, the Atlanta Olympic bombing and the Japanese subway attacks, among other cases.
In the Legislature, Dan spent eight years in the Florida House, including a term as the House Democratic Leader where he fought for Democratic principles as one of the most effective Minority Leaders ever. Shortly after 9/11, he was chosen by the Republican leadership to write most of Florida's domestic security and terrorism laws. He is currently a State Senator representing Miami-Dade and parts of Broward County.
Dan has been endorsed by Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, incoming Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich, Broward County Commissioner Kristin Jacobs, every Democratic State Attorney who has endorsed, the Broward Teachers Union and many others.
10 out of 10 newspapers statewide – a clean sweep – have endorsed Dan, saying:
The under-the-radar race for Attorney General is one of Florida's most important, given the challenges we face. Experience matters, and I strongly encourage you, as Broward activists, leaders and voters, to consider my good friend Dan Gelber as your choice for Florida's next Attorney General. Check out www.DanGelber.com for more details.
The primary election is August 24th, and we need more than your vote – we need your help to canvass, make phone calls and help at Early Vote locations. Contact me at email@example.com for more details, and thanks for all that you do.
Franco Ripple, Vice President of Political Affairs, Broward Young Democrats
"I hope you will join me in voting for my friend, Dave Aronberg, for Florida Attorney General.
Dave has the best experience to be Attorney General, as he is the only one in this race who actually worked in the AG's office. He served under Bob Butterworth as an Assistant Attorney General in the economic crimes division, where he took on consumer fraud and financial scams.
As a White House Fellow, Dave served as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury Department for international money laundering, including the laundering of terrorist assets.
Dave's experience in protecting public safety has led 18 Democratic Sheriffs to endorse him. In fact, every endorsing Democratic Sheriff has endorsed Dave in this race, making the count 18 to 0. Dave also has been endorsed by the Fraternal Order of Police and the Police Benevolent Association, making Dave the clear choice of the law enforcement community.
For the past 8 years, Dave Aronberg has distinguished himself as State Senator, where he has been called the "strongest consumer advocate" by both the Sun-Sentinel and Fort Myers News-Press, and a "fierce consumer advocate" by the Tampa Tribune. He has gained national attention for his work to keep our streets safer from sex offenders and has passed landmark legislation that safeguards our privacy from the growing threat of identity theft.
See for yourself at www.davearonberg.com <http://www.davearonberg.com/> why Dave Aronberg is the best choice for Attorney General. Our state needs real change, and Dave will be the one to shake up the status quo.
The Democratic primary election is August 24th – so please spread the word!
Ron Mills
Please help Dave out at the polls for early voting and election day. Email email@example.com or Call Ron Mills
I invite you to update your BlueBroward.org volunteer profile to share details on the issues you care about and the skills you can bring to a campaign. Some candidates like to make their profile public and share some additional details, besides what they put in their campaign profile. But mostly this is meant to be a way for volunteers to connect with each other and with worthy campaigns.
The link to update your profile is displayed at the top of the screen when you log in. It shows the date your profile was last updated — several years ago for some of you who signed up early, when this site got its start after the Kerry vs. Bush election.
Make your profile public if you want it to appear on the Members page, or just fill in the details so I can try to match you up with campaigns that could use your skills.
You can upload a photo to appear with your profile, or you can register on the Gravitar service, which works with multiple blogs and social networking services. Gravitar has some nicer features for uploading, resizing, and cropping the photo or cartoon avatar image you upload.
Some of the instructions here are outdated. For updated instructions, see the how-to category on the blog.
BlueBroward.org has always had a big emphasis on self-service. That's because it's a volunteer project with no budget or staff, meant to be maintained for the community by the community. At times, I do post items people send to me by email, particularly if they're not regular contributors. But the best way to make sure something gets posted is to do it yourself. Sometimes, when those email notices come in, I either don't see them or I'm busy with other things like chasing paying work.
Any BlueBroward.org member can post an event, campaign listing, or blog entry. Don't get hung up on the word "blog" – you don't have to transform yourself into a regular blogger. It's just an easy way for you to share your opinions, news, photos, and candidate endorsements.
There is a Login link at the top of every page. If you don't remember your password, you can always reset it. If you're not a member, sign up now.
Here are some instructions:
How to Post Events to the Calendar (RSVPs Optional)
These are general instructions on posting an event. Any member can post events to the BlueBroward Calendar. There are a few extra options available for members who are registered to edit the events for a Democratic Club or other organization that holds regular meetings (see How to Post and Maintain Club Listings). But these general […]
How to Post and Maintain Club Listings
This is an update for Democratic club presidents and other people who hold official or unofficial meetings in support of the Democratic cause on a regular basis. When an organization registers with BlueBroward, I create an event template that includes the name of the organization and boilerplate details like the regular meeting schedule and meeting […]
How to Post a Campaign On BlueBroward.org
Just as any BlueBroward.org member can post events or blog entries, any BlueBroward member can post a campaign listing. When you log in, you should see Post a Campaign Listing as one of the first options on the welcome screen or "Dashboard." Click there to display the data entry form. (The "Edit Campaigns" button on […]
How to Share/Delegate Editing Rights for a Campaign, Club, or Organization
BlueBroward allows officers and representatives of Democratic clubs, allied groups, and campaigns to appoint multiple editors for their event listings and related information. For example, both the president and the secretary of a club could have editing rights on this system. A candidate might create a campaign profile but then allow a campaign manager to also […]
How To Post to the BlueBroward Blog
Every BlueBroward member is invited to share opinions, criticisms, candidate endorsements, and tips for more effective organizing on the BlueBroward Community Blog, either regularly or occasionally. I reserve the right to edit or delete postings at my own discretion, but my goal is to encourage discussion, not to be a censor. Posting a blog is […]
For an updated guide, see this video.
Most of the information below is still valid, but the screen shots of the event editor are outdated.
These are general instructions on posting an event. Any member can post events to the BlueBroward Calendar. There are a few extra options available for members who are registered to edit the events for a Democratic Club or other organization that holds regular meetings (see How to Post and Maintain Club Listings). But these general instructions also apply to them.
Links to the screens for posting blog entries, events, and campaign listings are displayed on the main "Dashboard" that welcomes you after you log in.
Click "Post an Event" to display the event editor screen. Here, you can set date and time, the headline for your event, and a description.
Headlines should include the name of the organization or campaign. Descriptions should include directions to the event location and contact information for someone who can answer questions about the event.
Continue reading "How to Post Events to the Calendar (RSVPs Optional)"
BlueBroward allows officers and representatives of Democratic clubs, allied groups, and campaigns to appoint multiple editors for their event listings and related information. For example, both the president and the secretary of a club could have editing rights on this system. A candidate might create a campaign profile but then allow a campaign manager to also update the campaign profile and post campaign-related events. For a campaign, this includes rights to edit the campaign profile listed on our campaigns page, as well as any campaign events.
This can be useful as a way to hand off responsibilities when people come and go, or for people to back each other up when someone is on vacation or tied up with other responsibilities.
Continue reading "How to Share/Delegate Editing Rights for a Campaign, Club, or Organization"
Just as any BlueBroward.org member can post events or blog entries, any BlueBroward member can post a campaign listing.
When you log in, you should see Campaigns as one of the first options on the welcome screen or "Dashboard." Click "Add New" to create a new campaign listing. The editor is similar to the one for blog posts and events, except for a couple of options at the bottom of the screen asking you to categorize the campaign by type, level, and election year.


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University of Huddersfield International Study Centre
The Extended International Year One in Business Studies route prepares students for direct entry to the second year of either a BA (Hons) Business Studies degree or a BA (Hons) International Business degree.
You will study core modules, which are general skills subjects, and route modules, which are specific and important for your academic development.
This programme is designed to support you through strengthening your English language level.
The programme aims to:
In this module you will be exposed to a range of activities and tasks which will enable you to become a reflective, independent learner, able to identify your strengths and action to ameliorate areas for improvement. As part of these activities you will be introduced to the different internal and external elements of a business, helping you to understand the context in which a business operates, exploring aims and characteristics of businesses and what makes them unique. You will also develop an understanding of key concepts and business vocabulary. This module will also help you to develop team working skills, which will help you prepare for active engagement in group projects, and enable you to participate dynamically in the International year One and then your degree studies thereafter.
This module will give you a basic grounding in financial and management accounting which will be provide a basis for further personal development in work and further study, whatever career you decide to enter into. The module will progress from the understanding of the basic financial statements through to interpretation and critical analysis of these. The provision of internal information to aid management will also be covered, together with some of the fundamental techniques that are used for costing, pricing and appraising decisions.
This module will introduce you to key legal aspects and their impact on business. The module introduces you to areas of employment and contract law and will develop their ability to apply legal issues to real organisations
This double module will help you to develop an understanding of the principles of Management Economics and Marketing. It will enable you to understand the behaviour of markets and the responses of businesses to that behaviour through your marketing activities. The module will also equip you with the confidence and knowledge to develop an understanding of marketing theory and practice and develop the skills to produce a well-researched marketing plan, through the application of relevant economic theories.
In this module you will develop and apply knowledge and understanding of structure, operation, the management of organisations and the motivation of people who work in them. You will relate your study to real organisational settings by applying theories in such a way as to suggest management actions. In so doing you will be explain to explain how organisational performance can be improved through better use of people.
Academic: Good high school graduation grades or equivalent
English language: Academic IELTS for UKVI 5.5 or equivalent*
Age: 18 years of age or above.
Visit our entry requirements page for a complete list of country-specific entry requirements.
*You will be issued with a University of Huddersfield CAS (Visa Sponsor) for the full duration of your studies (Extended International Year One plus three years at the University, covering an optional placement year if required), which will require you to have the equivalent of a minimum UKVI IELTS 5.5 with no individual score below 5.5
Course length: Four terms
Entry points: October
Term dates: TBC
To learn more about course costs visit our fees page.
This programme can lead to one of the undergraduate degrees listed below (subject to meeting the grades outlined). These degrees are subject to change.
Our 2018 prospectus is now available
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Macworld.co.uk –
Developers are buzzing because Apple has decided to make WebObjects available for free within its Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" developer tools.
WebObjects is a Java-based application-server and builder for Web publishing and internal application building. It's often used for ecommerce applications, and can even produce pure Java applications that can be run on non-Mac platforms.
From $50K to free
The company released WebObjects deployment software for free with Xserves (as part of the Mac OS X Server package) in June 2002, but the move to a wider distribution is regarded as significant -- not least because until May 2000 the software cost US$50,000.
WebObjects 5.3 now ships with Xcode v2.1 and needs Mac OS X 10.4 to run. Commenting on this one experienced enterprise developer called the move, "amazing".
ITMS and the NeXT connection
The software has historical importance to Apple-watchers: it was originally released in March 1996 -- but not by Apple. In fact, WebObjects was developed by NeXT Computer and became Apple's software only when that company acquired Steve Jobs' second computer company later that year.
While not software on the tip of every Mac users tongue, WebObjects sits behind several significant implementations -- the most famous current example being Apple's iTunes Music Store.
WebObjects has been widely adopted by some of the world's largest companies, it drive the original Dell store; and has been exploited by Disney, Deutsche Bank and the BBC. Apple also uses it within its own online Apple Store.
The applications built using the software can run using a browser, as fully interactive stand alone Java desktop applications, or even as standards-based Web services.
Released at WWDC, WebObjects 5.3, "provides an updated WebObjects Builder, HTML/XHTML compatibility, Java Collection Classes support, updated WebServices, and Oracle 10g support."


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Federal government remains silent about looming student debt crisis
OTTAWA, Sept. 21, 2011 /CNW/ - Students are calling on the federal government to release this year's data on student debt, which they expect to show that student debt has surpassed what HRSD Canada is legally allowed to loan. The data, normally released annually in the actuarial report of the Canada Student Loans Program, is usually disclosed before the beginning of each school year.
"The government cannot continue to operate without a plan to tackle growing student debt" said Roxanne Dubois, National Chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students. "We anticipate this report will reveal record-high student debt, the product of tuition fees hikes increasing at more than double the rate of inflation."
In its 2010 actuarial report, the Canada Student Loans Program predicted that student debt would not surpass a legislated ceiling of $15 billion until 2014-15. Despite this, student debt surpassed the ceiling by an estimated $300 million last year, causing the federal government to invoke regulatory changes to the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act. The changes artificially lowered total national student debt figures in order to continue issuing new loans to students.
"Breaking last year's student debt record is symptomatic of an underfunded public education system reliant on more and more private funds in the form of user fees," added Dubois. "Without a national strategy for addressing the student debt crisis, Canada will be bankrupting the next generation."
The new report is expected to reveal details of the government's latest student debt estimates. The Canadian Federation of Students has made proposals to reduce student debt through lower tuition fees and more generous Canada Student Grants.
The Canadian Federation of Students is Canada's largest student organization, uniting more than one-half million students in all ten provinces. The Canadian Federation of Students and its predecessor organizations have represented students in Canada since 1927.
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Xen Project 4.6 series
Xen Project 4.6.0
Release Information
The Xen Project 4.6 release incorporates many new features and improvements to existing features.
- For a description of Xen Project 4.6 features see the Xen Project 4.6 Feature List and the Release Announcement.
- For system limits and headline features also see the Xen Project 4.6 Feature Matrix.
- Xen Project 4.6 Release Notes
For Xen Project 4.6 documentation see
- Xen Project 4.6 Man Pages
- For other documents related to Xen 4.6 features read Xen Project 4.6 Documents on our wiki.
Contribution Acknowledgements
For a breakdown of contributions to Xen 4.6 check out the Xen Project 4.6 Acknowledgements.
Xen Project 4.6.1
We are pleased to announce the release of Xen 4.6.1. This is available immediately from its git repository
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/stable-4.6 (tag RELEASE-4.6.1) or from this download page
This release contains the following bug-fixes and improvements in the Xen Project hypervisor:
- d77bac5c06: update Xen version to 4.6.1 [Jan Beulich]
- 19fc53a923: x86/shadow: Fix missing newline in dprintk() [Andrew Cooper]
- ffb237937a: x86/VPMU: don't allow any non-zero writes to MSR_IA32_PEBS_ENABLE [Boris Ostrovsky]
- 39d7fde885: x86/VPMU: check more carefully which bits are allowed to be written to MSRs [Boris Ostrovsky]
- 2b62a5d83b: x86/VPMU: support only versions 2 through 4 of architectural performance monitoring [Boris Ostrovsky]
- 18593631f2: x86/hvm: make sure stdvga cache cannot be re-enabled [Paul Durrant]
- 19563a5b9e: xen/arm: Add r1p12 to the list of supported Cadence UARTs [Edgar E. Iglesias]
- 70ed1226d2: xen/arm: vgic-v2: Implement correctly ITARGETSR0 - ITARGETSR7 read-only [Julien Grall]
- 93f67ce718: xen/arm: vgic-v2: Report the correct GICC size to the guest [Julien Grall]
- 00fa9ac155: xen/device-tree: Print the DT path on error in dt_for_each_range [Julien Grall]
- 1fd615aa01: VT-d: use proper error codes in iommu_enable_x2apic_IR() [Jan Beulich]
- 5929e25d98: docs: correct descriptions of gnttab_max_{, maptrack}_frames [Ian Campbell]
- a929bee0e6: x86/vmx: Fix injection of #DB traps following XSA-156 [Andrew Cooper]
- ef7e1565b7: IOMMU: unhide messages useful for diagnostics [Jan Beulich]
- 208643f3b7: VT-d: unhide messages needed for diagnosing firmware issues [Jan Beulich]
- 99e0fb590f: x86/VMX: prevent INVVPID failure due to non-canonical guest address [Jan Beulich]
- fa109ca507: x86/mm: PV superpage handling lacks sanity checks [Jan Beulich]
- 6150df9f3f: tools/ocaml/xb: Correct calculations of data/space the ring [Andrew Cooper]
- ba391da2e7: oxenstored: Quota.merge: don't assume domain already exists [Jonathan Davies]
- 1d3cc6e62c: Config.mk: update OVMF changeset [Wei Liu]
- 6c3c6ff9ec: Config.mk: update OVMF changeset [Wei Liu]
- 828ac175e5: QEMU_TAG update [Ian Jackson]
- eb32a519f5: x86: make debug output consistent in hvm_set_callback_via [Malcolm Crossley]
- cdd96b9be5: QEMU_TAG update [Ian Jackson]
- 33708eee8f: x86/HVM: avoid reading ioreq state more than once [Jan Beulich]
- 82c5c64eaa: x86: don't leak ST(n)/XMMn values to domains first using them [Jan Beulich]
- fea8dbb3c3: x86/time: fix domain type check in tsc_set_info() [Haozhong Zhang]
- 3d2d3d86a8: x86: refine nr_sockets calculation [Jan Beulich]
- 1a448f836e: VT-d: drop unneeded Ivybridge quirk workaround [Jan Beulich]
- 8e07a0dc58: evtchn: don't reuse ports that are still "busy" [David Vrabel]
- 6e59151b50: x86/ept: remove unnecessary sync after resolving misconfigured entries [David Vrabel]
- d60b3a5d6c: x86/boot: check for not allowed sections before linking [Daniel Kiper]
- 57817d09bf: x86/VPMU: return correct fixed PMC count [Brendan Gregg]
- 7dcd82d1aa: x86/VPMU: Initialize VPMU's lvtpc vector [Boris Ostrovsky]
- 499886c800: x86/vPMU: document as unsupported [Jan Beulich]
- 880b5f3012: sched: fix locking for insert_vcpu() in credit1 and RTDS [Dario Faggioli]
- b56ae5b48c: VMX: fix/adjust trap injection [Jan Beulich]
- 850bcd0f42: memory: fix XSA-158 fix [Jan Beulich]
- 564c79d48c: QEMU_TAG update [Ian Jackson]
- 59543a7cc2: libxl: Fix bootloader-related virtual memory leak on pv build failure [Ian Jackson]
- 2633d57c3a: memory: fix XENMEM_exchange error handling [Jan Beulich]
- 2ce580f21f: memory: split and tighten maximum order permitted in memops [Jan Beulich]
- 78833c0425: Config: Switch to unified qemu trees. [Ian Campbell]
- e3b0c81ba1: x86/HVM: always intercept #AC and #DB [Jan Beulich]
- a01d1c7ce2: x86/vmx: improvements to vmentry failure handling [Andrew Cooper]
- 97549e503a: x86/PoD: Make p2m_pod_empty_cache() restartable [Andrew Cooper]
- 40d7a74548: QEMU_TAG update [Ian Jackson]
- 56fb5fd623: libxl: adjust PoD target by memory fudge, too [Ian Jackson]
- bdc9fdf9d4: x86: rate-limit logging in do_xen{oprof,pmu}_op() [Jan Beulich]
- 429f0cd270: xenoprof: free domain's vcpu array [Jan Beulich]
- 4a32fbd95a: x86/PoD: Eager sweep for zeroed pages [Andrew Cooper]
- 2c57108c36: free domain's vcpu array [Jan Beulich]
- 2d094bd870: x86: guard against undue super page PTE creation [Jan Beulich]
- df6fa37086: arm: handle races between relinquish_memory and free_domheap_pages [Ian Campbell]
- b18d995ca3: arm: rate-limit logging from unimplemented PHYSDEVOP and HVMOP. [Ian Campbell]
- ea95ecb8bf: arm: Support hypercall_create_continuation for multicall [Julien Grall]
- 566bfb1a00: x86/PV: don't zero-map LDT [Jan Beulich]
- e4a1dcbfae: docs: xl.cfg: permissive option is not PV only. [Ian Campbell]
- 2a5921e557: arm: reduce power use by contented spin locks with WFE/SEV [David Vrabel]
- 83bd6ba0b5: x86/NUMA: fix SRAT table processor entry parsing and consumption [Jan Beulich]
- 674c1f884b: x86: hide MWAITX from PV domains [Jan Beulich]
- 62d9e74a59: build: don't shadow debug with "@debug@" in tools build [Wei Liu]
- 9aab62a8ad: VT-d: don't suppress invalidation address write when it is zero [Jan Beulich]
- 60a4665590: x86/PV: properly populate descriptor tables [Jan Beulich]
- 193aaaaff3: xen/xsm: Make p->policyvers be a local variable (ver) to shut up GCC 5.1.1 warnings. [Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]
- be6ce1e2b8: update Xen version to 4.6.1-pre [Jan Beulich]
In addition, this release also contains the following fixes to qemu-traditional:
- 7457f4be: MSI-X: avoid array overrun upon MSI-X table writes [Jan Beulich]
- 6ff95ee2: blkif: Avoid double access to src->nr_segments [Stefano Stabellini]
- 86f50580: xenfb: avoid reading twice the same fields from the shared page [Stefano Stabellini]
- aaaf657c: net: pcnet: add check to validate receive data size(CVE-2015-7504) [Ian Jackson]
- bc00cad7: block-vvfat: fix resource leaks in read_directory() [Yunlei Ding]
- 734b9a8f: block-raw-posix: Fix memory leak in posix_aio_init() [Yunlei Ding]
- 50c84619: block-nbd: close sock in nbd_open() error path [Yunlei Ding]
- a979f2dc: ide: don't leak irq array in pci_cmd646_ide_init() [Yunlei Ding]
- 9da9f805: net: initialize parameters before use in net_socket_fd_init_dgram() [Yunlei Ding]
- 4fd8feea: virtio-blk: correctly link new request in virtio_blk_load() [Yunlei Ding]
- 1f9e474f: block-vvfat: fix memory leak in check_directory_consistency() [Kaifeng Zhu]
- b8b1c0d8: block-vvfat: fix memory/handle leaks in commit_one_file() [Kaifeng Zhu]
- 6b2a35d2: net: Fix memory/handle leaks in net_socket_listen_init() [Kaifeng Zhu]
- b1b6594b: net: don't leak an fd after an error [Kaifeng Zhu]
- 18cb4bf3: hw/ide: fix memory leak from qemu_allocate_irqs() [Kaifeng Zhu]
- e6af340b: qemu-char: fix memory leak in qemu_char_open_pty() [Kaifeng Zhu]
- 2c69a0bb: hw/device-hotplug: fix test of drive_add() return [Kaifeng Zhu]
- ec5080d5: console: Avoid overrunning the dmask arrays [Kaifeng Zhu]
- 04ffc2f6: block-cow: don't close cow_fd twice on error [Kaifeng Zhu]
- 1b10783f: readline: fix memory corruption when adding history [Kaifeng Zhu]
- a4d48935: hw/msmouse.c: Fix deref_after_free and double free [Yunlei Ding]
- 9b81761b: signal: Don't use uninitalised sival_ptr [Andrew Cooper]
- c36a4e52: pic: Don't allocate irq buffers [Andrew Cooper]
- b1f89c26: smbios: Don't allocate smbus eeprom buffer [Andrew Cooper]
- 79398a27: cmdline: Parse -pciemulation before trying to use it [Kaifeng Zhu]
- 9589b7b6: dma: fix incorrect bh scheduling [Chunjie Zhu]
- 56464b49: ide: cancel dma operations on command abort or error [Chunjie Zhu]
- fd7c9bfa: cirrus_vga: fix division by 0 for color expansion rop [Aurelien Jarno]
- 8a1e383d: CVE-2014-3615: vbe: rework sanity checks [Andrew Cooper]
- 3b050c69: CVE-2014-7815: vnc: sanitize bits_per_pixel from the client [Andrew Cooper]
- 5e4ed9cd: CVE-2014-8106: cirrus: fix blit region check [Andrew Cooper]
- 3c1e883f: usb-linux.c: fix buffer overflow [Jim Paris]
- af9e6207: block-vvfat: fix fat_chksum() buffer overrun warning [Andrew Cooper]
- fb9ee2e1: lm832x: don't overrun file buffer on save/restore [Andrew Cooper]
- c615d81a: cirrus_vga: default all I/O port reads to 0xff [Andrew Cooper]
- 835928ed: virtio-blk: initialise unused blkcfg.size_max field [Yunlei Ding]
This release also contains changes to qemu-upstream, whose changelogs we do not list here as it contains many changes that are not directly releated to the Xen Project Hypervisor and thus this release. However, you can check http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=qemu-xen.git;a=shortlog (between tags qemu-xen-4.6.0 and qemu-xen-4.6.1).
The fixes listed above also include security fixes for XSA-141 to XSA-142, XSA-145 to XSA 153, partial fixes to XSA-155 (please check XSA-155 for all patches), and XSA-156 to XSA-169. Note that XSA-143, XSA-144 and XSA-154 refer to unused XSA numbers or XSA numbers that may be pre-disclosed in future. Also note that XSA-162 has only been applied to qemu-traditional, but has not yet been applied to qemu-upstream.
See http://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/ for details related to Xen Project security advisories.
We recommend all users of the 4.6 stable series to update to this latest point release.
Xen Project 4.6.2 (not released)
Xen Project 4.6.3
We are pleased to announce the release of Xen 4.6.3. This is available immediately from its git repository
http://xenbits.xenproject.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/stable-4.6 (tag RELEASE-4.6.3) or from this download page
This release contains the following bug-fixes and improvements in the Xen Project hypervisor:
- 285248d: update Xen version to 4.6.3 [Jan Beulich]
- ccc23c2: README: Change to say `Xen 4.6' [Ian Jackson]
- c68f236: QEMU_UPSTREAM_REVISION update. [Ian Jackson]
- 402c25d: QEMU_UPSTREAM_REVISION update [Ian Jackson]
- eabc4d6: public: typo: use ' as apostrophe in grant_table.h [Dario Faggioli]
- 88f8631: QEMU_TAG update [Ian Jackson]
- fe82a96: libxl: set XEN_QEMU_CONSOLE_LIMIT for QEMU [Wei Liu]
- 8b7a356: libxl: Fix NULL pointer due to XSA-178 fix wrong XS nodename [Ian Jackson]
- 08d0ba6: QEMU_TAG update [Ian Jackson]
- 7c5c20d: libxl: keep PoD target adjustment by memory fudge after reload_domain_config() [Vitaly Kuznetsov]
- 44d8545: libxl: Document ~/serial/ correctly [Ian Jackson]
- 5225dbb: libxl: Cleanup: use libxl__backendpath_parse_domid in libxl__device_disk_from_xs_be [Ian Jackson]
- 55636dd: libxl: Cleanup: Have libxl__alloc_vdev use /libxl [Ian Jackson]
- 562ecb3: libxl: Do not trust backend in channel list [Ian Jackson]
- 93e9ebf: libxl: Do not trust backend for nic in list [Ian Jackson]
- e9e3807: libxl: Do not trust backend for nic in devid_to_device [Ian Jackson]
- ad5d30e: libxl: Do not trust backend in nic getinfo [Ian Jackson]
- 2eab07f: libxl: Have READ_LIBXLDEV use libxl_path rather than be_path [Ian Jackson]
- b8cd687: libxl: Rename READ_BACKEND to READ_LIBXLDEV [Ian Jackson]
- b7c46a6: libxl: Rename libxl__device_{nic,channel}_from_xs_be to _from_xenstore [Ian Jackson]
- 1176a0a: libxl: Do not trust backend for channel in getinfo [Ian Jackson]
- 5ac920d: libxl: Do not trust backend for cdrom insert [Ian Jackson]
- 0e78c5b: libxl: Do not trust backend for disk in getinfo [Ian Jackson]
- fc3a382: libxl: Do not trust backend for disk; fix driver domain disks list [Ian Jackson]
- 6362500: libxl: Do not trust backend for disk eject vdev [Ian Jackson]
- 59572d4: libxl: cdrom eject and insert: write to /libxl [Ian Jackson]
- 4cfca3a: libxl: Do not trust backend for vtpm in getinfo (uuid) [Ian Jackson]
- a08f74f: libxl: Do not trust backend for vtpm in getinfo (except uuid) [Ian Jackson]
- 92527ae: libxl: Do not trust backend in libxl__device_exists [Ian Jackson]
- 866bea5: libxl: Make copy of every xs backend in /libxl in _generic_add [Ian Jackson]
- 2805844: libxl: Do not trust frontend for channel in getinfo [Ian Jackson]
- c70568e: libxl: Do not trust frontend for channel in list [Ian Jackson]
- d5ef82f: libxl: Do not trust frontend for nic in getinfo [Ian Jackson]
- c17610e: libxl: Do not trust frontend for nic in libxl_devid_to_device_nic [Ian Jackson]
- 98a6b47: libxl: Do not trust frontend for vtpm in getinfo [Ian Jackson]
- 1098572: libxl: Do not trust frontend for vtpm list [Ian Jackson]
- 7dcbbe4: libxl: Do not trust frontend for disk in getinfo [Ian Jackson]
- a670079: libxl: Do not trust frontend for disk eject event [Ian Jackson]
- 66635e7: libxl: Do not trust frontend in libxl__device_nextid [Ian Jackson]
- 08599c8: libxl: Do not trust frontend in libxl__devices_destroy [Ian Jackson]
- 94a8dfa: libxl: Provide libxl__backendpath_parse_domid [Ian Jackson]
- 71bdf79: libxl: Record backend/frontend paths in /libxl/$DOMID [Ian Jackson]
- f354fb4: xen/arm: Don't free p2m->root in p2m_teardown() before it has been allocated [Andrew Cooper]
- ab2d455: x86/PoD: skip eager reclaim when possible [Jan Beulich]
- ddf41b8: sched: avoid races on time values read from NOW() [Dario Faggioli]
- 9362eb1: x86emul: suppress writeback upon unsuccessful MMX/SSE/AVX insn emulation [Jan Beulich]
- d75c972: xen/nested_p2m: Don't walk EPT tables with a regular PT walker [Andrew Cooper]
- 114d25f: IOMMU/x86: per-domain control structure is not HVM-specific [Jan Beulich]
- 965929f: x86: use optimal NOPs to fill the SMEP/SMAP placeholders [Jan Beulich]
- 1eed7ec: x86: suppress SMEP and SMAP while running 32-bit PV guest code [Jan Beulich]
- 9da57c7: x86: move cached CR4 value to struct cpu_info [Jan Beulich]
- 303fdad: x86/P2M: consolidate handling of types not requiring a valid MFN [Jan Beulich]
- 1e3e944: xen/arm: p2m: Release the p2m lock before undoing the mappings [Julien Grall]
- 823e88c: xen/arm: p2m: apply_p2m_changes: Do not undo more than necessary [Julien Grall]
- aa3cdb6: Config.mk: update mini-os changeset [Wei Liu]
- fa168e3: libxl: fix old style declarations [Wei Liu]
- 62673da: x86/mm: fully honor PS bits in guest page table walks [Jan Beulich]
- 8d0b660: xen/arm64: ensure that the correct SP is used for exceptions [Kyle J. Temkin]
- 56b17b0: xen/arm: ignore writes to GICD_ICACTIVER ... GICD_ICACTIVERN [Stefano Stabellini]
- 0a43e3a: arm: Fix asynchronous aborts (SError exceptions) due to bogus PTEs [Vikram Sethi]
- 86f0960: xen/arm: Force broadcast of TLB and instruction cache maintenance instructions [Julien Grall]
- 94a12a3: xen/arm: traps: Correctly interpret the content of the register HPFAR_EL2 [Julien Grall]
- e7cb648: xen/bitops: Introduce GENMASK to generate mask [Julien Grall]
- 426783e: Update QEMU_UPSTREAM_REVISION [Ian Jackson]
- 8919e76: QEMU_TAG update [Ian Jackson]
- 5f05c10: QEMU_TAG update [Ian Jackson]
- ff43575: QEMU_TAG update [Ian Jackson]
- 39546d1: libxc: fix usage of uninitialized variable [Roger Pau Monne]
- 699d286: tools: handle xl migrate --debug in legacy stream [Olaf Hering]
- e7e1940: libxl: handle error from libxl__need_xenpv_qemu() correctly [Juergen Gross]
- b4030b8: Config.mk: update mini-os commit [Wei Liu]
- 9a9c509: x86/p2m: also tear down altp2m [Jan Beulich]
- d686f01: x86/shadow: account for ioreq server pages before complaining about not found mapping [Jan Beulich]
- 6042efc: x86: fix domain cleanup [Jan Beulich]
- 90d7212: x86/vMSI-X: also snoop REP MOVS [Jan Beulich]
- 12b48cf: x86/vMSI-X: also snoop qword writes [Jan Beulich]
- e96b908: x86/HVM: fix emulation re-issue check [Jan Beulich]
- 3113e12: x86/time: fix gtime_to_gtsc for vtsc=1 PV guests [Jan Beulich]
- 3b412a9: x86/vMSI-X: avoid missing first unmask of vectors [Jan Beulich]
- 254d58a: x86/MSI-X: correctly track interrupt masking state [Jan Beulich]
- 01022bb: x86/MMCFG: don't ignore error from intercept handler [Jan Beulich]
- bc2b1be: x86/MSI: handle both MSI-X and MSI in cfg space write intercept [Jan Beulich]
- 440fafe: x86/vMSI-X: fix qword write covering vector control field [Jan Beulich]
- 4ed000d: unmodified_drivers: enable use of register_oldmem_pfn_is_ram() API [Mike Meyer]
- e69e793: x86/HVM: fix forwarding of internally cached requests [Jan Beulich]
- c0cfb72: x86: limit GFNs to 32 bits for shadowed superpages. [Tim Deegan]
- 5df279d: x86: fix information leak on AMD CPUs [Jan Beulich]
- 16ca37f: x86/fpu: improve check for XSAVE* not writing FIP/FDP fields [David Vrabel]
- d0cf285: restore p2m_access_t enum order to allow bitmask semantics [Malcolm Crossley]
- aa97712: x86/hvm: add HVM_PARAM_X87_FIP_WIDTH [David Vrabel]
- a5476a4: x86/fpu: add a per-domain field to set the width of FIP/FDP [David Vrabel]
- 8e89d43: hvmloader: add high memory e820 region if needed [David Vrabel]
- 1fd2998: vmx: restore debug registers when injecting #DB traps [Ross Lagerwall]
- 301d683: x86: don't flush the whole cache when changing cachability [David Vrabel]
- ce18935: x86/alternatives: correct near branch check [Jan Beulich]
- dc8c86b: x86/vPMU: do not clobber IA32_MISC_ENABLE [Andrew Cooper]
- e049370: libvchan: Read prod/cons only once. [Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]
- 93371eb: x86emul: limit-check branch targets [Jan Beulich]
- 583ce5f: x86/hvm: print register state upon triple fault [Andrew Cooper]
- 54ea2be: x86emul: fix rIP handling [Jan Beulich]
- 842e19d: tools/console: correct make dependencies for _paths.h [Olaf Hering]
- 6c9b1bc: tools: pygrub: if partition table is empty, try treating as a whole disk [Ian Campbell]
- 046e5d0: xen/arm64: Make sure we get all debug output [Dirk Behme]
- ec92e7c: x86: fix unintended fallthrough case from XSA-154 [Andrew Cooper]
- 3d8689b: hvmloader: fix scratch_alloc to avoid overlaps [Anthony PERARD]
- ad1313a: x86/nHVM: avoid NULL deref during INVLPG intercept handling [Jan Beulich]
- cf52734: x86/PV: fix unintended dependency of m2p-strict mode on migration-v2 [Jan Beulich]
- d45611e: credit: recalculate per-cpupool credits when updating timeslice [Juergen Gross]
- 61b5765: credit: update timeslice under lock [Juergen Gross]
- 944a3c2: x86/vmx: don't clobber exception_bitmap when entering/leaving emulated real mode [Andrew Cooper]
- ef6e53a: x86/mce: fix misleading indentation in init_nonfatal_mce_checker() [Ian Campbell]
- b514aec: x86: fix (and simplify) MTRR overlap checking [Jan Beulich]
- b9c4de3: x86/mmuext: tighten TLB flush address checks [Jan Beulich]
- 717e882: x86/PCI: intercept accesses to RO MMIO from dom0s in HVM containers [Boris Ostrovsky]
- d37c6d3: x86/mm: add information about faulted page's presence to npfec structure [Boris Ostrovsky]
- ae0034b: x86/HVM: don't inject #DB with error code [Jan Beulich]
- f7bb277: x86/VMX: sanitize rIP before re-entering guest [Jan Beulich]
- 6d03c9e: x86: enforce consistent cachability of MMIO mappings [Jan Beulich]
- 6d065bc: update Xen version to 4.6.2-pre [Jan Beulich]
In addition, this release also contains the following fixes to qemu-traditional:
- 29b39da: main loop: Big hammer to fix logfile disk DoS in Xen setups [Ian Jackson]
- cb629cb: Fix build with newer version of GNUTLS [Wei Liu]
- 24f0ea5: rtl8139: check TCP Data Offset field [Stefan Hajnoczi]
- 38fe7be: rtl8139: skip offload on short TCP header [Stefan Hajnoczi]
- 9f20d37: rtl8139: check IP Total Length field [Stefan Hajnoczi]
- a38e29c: rtl8139: check IP Header Length field [Stefan Hajnoczi]
- acbde3d: rtl8139: skip offload on short Ethernet/IP header [Stefan Hajnoczi]
- 6ad5d2d: rtl8139: drop tautologous if (ip) {...} statement [Stefan Hajnoczi]
- ac45414: rtl8139: avoid nested ifs in IP header parsing [Stefan Hajnoczi]
- 97042b9: vga: make sure vga register setup for vbe stays intact (CVE-2016-3712). [Gerd Hoffmann]
- 11f66e1: vga: update vga register setup on vbe changes [Gerd Hoffmann]
- 99e3a03: vga: factor out vga register setup [Gerd Hoffmann]
- 2b6cf73: vga: add vbe_enabled() helper [Gerd Hoffmann]
- 93fd3a2: vga: fix banked access bounds checking (CVE-2016-3710) [Gerd Hoffmann]
This release also contains changes to qemu-upstream, whose changelogs we do not list here as it contains many changes that are not directly related to the Xen Project Hypervisor and thus this release. However, you can check http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=qemu-xen.git;a=shortlog (between tags qemu-xen-4.6.1 and qemu-xen-4.6.3).
The fixes listed above also includes updates to security fixes for XSA-52, XSA-154 and XSA-155. It also includes security fixes for XSA-170 to XSA-181, with the exception of XSA-171 (Linux only), XSA-174 (Linux only) and XSA-177 (Unused XSA number) which are vulnerabilities that do not affect this Xen release: these issues are fixed in the latest Linux kernel. See http://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/ for details related to Xen Project security advisories.
Note regarding version numbers: An issue was found late in the release process, after one of the affected qemu trees was already tagged with a signed 4.6.2 tag. Rather than releasing 4.6.2 with an issue, we decided to fix the issue and skip version 4.6.2.We recommend all users of the 4.6 stable series to update to this latest point release.
Xen Project 4.6.4
We are pleased to announce the release of Xen 4.6.4. This is available immediately from its git repository
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/stable-4.6 (tag RELEASE-4.6.4) or from this download page
This release contains the following bug-fixes and improvements in the Xen Project hypervisor:
- fa062b2: update Xen version to 4.6.4 [Jan Beulich]
- 03da413: vscsiif.h: replace PAGE_SIZE with VSCSIIF_PAGE_SIZE [Stefano Stabellini]
- b7b9911: usbif.h: replace PAGE_SIZE with USBIF_RING_SIZE [Stefano Stabellini]
- d60a422: x86/Viridian: don't depend on undefined register state [Jan Beulich]
- d2b7b92: x86emul: fix pushing of selector registers [Jan Beulich]
- cadd37e: x86/hvm: Clobber %cs.L when LME becomes set [Andrew Cooper]
- ebc5d6e: xen/trace: Fix trace metadata page count calculation (revert fbf96e6) [George Dunlap]
- ce904f6: x86: defer not-present segment checks [Jan Beulich]
- 92848cf: xen: credit1: return the 'time remaining to the limit' as next timeslice. [Dario Faggioli]
- 4b41252: x86emul: honor guest CR0.TS and CR0.EM [Jan Beulich]
- ef005cc: x86/AMD: apply erratum 665 workaround [Emanuel Czirai]
- e6f8bfb: x86emul: don't allow null selector for LTR [Jan Beulich]
- a4badfa: x86emul: correct loading of %ss [Jan Beulich]
- d75fe0d: x86/Intel: hide CPUID faulting capability from guests [Jan Beulich]
- 223835f: xen: credit2: properly schedule migration of a running vcpu. [Dario Faggioli]
- 4511619: xen: credit1: fix mask to be used for tickling in Credit1 [Dario Faggioli]
- 8861999: x86/domctl: Fix TOCTOU race with the use of XEN_DOMCTL_getvcpuextstate [Andrew Cooper]
- 245fa11: QEMU_TAG update [Ian Jackson]
- 57dbc55: libxl: do not assume Dom0 backend while getting nic info [Marek Marczykowski-Górecki]
- cc977b7: tools/migrate: Prevent PTE truncation from being fatal duing the live phase [Andrew Cooper]
- 3cffa34: Revert "x86/hvm: Perform a user instruction fetch for a FEP in userspace" [Jan Beulich]
- 6b5bb50: x86/segment: Bounds check accesses to emulation ctxt->seg_reg[] [Andrew Cooper]
- c3b06b0: x86/hvm: Perform a user instruction fetch for a FEP in userspace [Andrew Cooper]
- 7c86320: hvm/fep: Allow testing of instructions crossing the -1 -> 0 virtual boundary [Andrew Cooper]
- 9d819be: VMX: correct feature checks for MPX [Jan Beulich]
- 26352b6: x86/shadow: Avoid overflowing sh_ctxt->seg_reg[] [Andrew Cooper]
- be8c32a: x86/emulate: Correct boundary interactions of emulated instructions [Andrew Cooper]
- f984f6e: x86/32on64: don't allow recursive page tables from L3 [Jan Beulich]
- 4627e5e: memory: fix compat handling of XENMEM_access_op [Jan Beulich]
- 1663655: x86/PV: make PMU MSR handling consistent [Jan Beulich]
- 5bb458b: credit1: fix a race when picking initial pCPU for a vCPU [Dario Faggioli]
- 40592ed: x86/32on64: misc adjustments to call gate emulation [Jan Beulich]
- 0d9c05d: xen: Remove buggy initial placement algorithm [George Dunlap]
- a149a6e: xen: Have schedulers revise initial placement [George Dunlap]
- 4260eef: sched: better handle (not) inserting idle vCPUs in runqueues [Dario Faggioli]
- a00a0f9: xen/physmap: Do not permit a guest to populate PoD pages for itself [Andrew Cooper]
- 4f78b27: page-alloc/x86: don't restrict DMA heap to node 0 [Jan Beulich]
- e06d2ba: libxl: return any serial tty path in libxl_console_get_tty [Bob Liu]
- 0e94436: tools/libxc: Properly increment ApicIdCoreSize field on AMD [Boris Ostrovsky]
- 77a9be9: libxenstat: honour XEN_RUN_DIR [Wei Liu]
- 29e5892: libxenvchan: Change license of header from Lesser GPL v2.1 to BSD [Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]
- f8972b4: xl: correct xl cpupool-numa-split with vcpu limited dom0 [Juergen Gross]
- 2c11229: configure: Fix when no libsystemd compat lib are available [Anthony PERARD]
- 55292d3: update Xen version to 4.6.4-pre [Jan Beulich]
- 83dff39: Revert "xen: Have schedulers revise initial placement" [Jan Beulich]
- 4282362: Revert "xen: Remove buggy initial placement algorithm" [Jan Beulich]
- ff49c27: x86/mmcfg: Fix initalisation of variables in pci_mmcfg_nvidia_mcp55() [Andrew Cooper]
- 715242a: xen: Remove buggy initial placement algorithm [George Dunlap]
- 477080f: xen: Have schedulers revise initial placement [George Dunlap]
- ec712ba: nested vmx: Validate host VMX MSRs before accessing them [Euan Harris]
- 6fd1c8e: nested vmx: intercept guest rdmsr for MSR_IA32_VMX_VMFUNC [Euan Harris]
- 0905c2a: serial: fix incorrect length of strncmp for dtuart [Jiandi An]
- 625c3e4: xen/arm: p2m: Restrict usage of get_page_from_gva to the current vCPU [Julien Grall]
- ad0e68e: xen/arm: p2m: Pass the vCPU in parameter to get_page_from_gva [Julien Grall]
- db42305: xen/arm: system: Use the correct parameter name in local_irq_restore [Julien Grall]
- dfe85d3: x86/entry: Avoid SMAP violation in compat_create_bounce_frame() [Andrew Cooper]
- eac595f: x86/pv: Remove unsafe bits from the mod_l?_entry() fastpath [Andrew Cooper]
In addition, this release also contains the following fixes to qemu-traditional:
- cff044b: virtio: error out if guest exceeds virtqueue size [P J P]
This release also contains changes to qemu-upstream, whose changelogs we do not list here as it contains many changes that are not directly releated to the Xen Project Hypervisor and thus this release. However, you can check https://xenbits.xenproject.org/gitweb/?p=qemu-xen.git;a=shortlog (between tags qemu-xen-4.6.3 and qemu-xen-4.6.4).
This release, which includes source code for qemu-traditional and qemu-upstream, contains the following security fixes.
|N/A (Xen 4.6 not vulnerable)
|N/A (Unused XSA number)
See https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/ for details related to Xen Project security advisories.
We recommend all users of the 4.6 stable series to update to this latest point release.
Xen Project 4.6.5
We are pleased to announce the release of Xen 4.6.5. This is available immediately from its git repository
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/stable-4.6 (tag RELEASE-4.6.5) or from this download page
This release contains the following bug-fixes and improvements in the Xen Project hypervisor:
- abb5a12: update Xen version to 4.6.5 [Jan Beulich]
- e9fbb8e: QEMU_TAG update [Ian Jackson]
- 35d6d7b: VMX: fix VMCS race on context-switch paths [Jan Beulich]
- 49097f7: xen/p2m: Fix p2m_flush_table for non-nested cases [George Dunlap]
- 9207463: x86/ept: allow write-combining on !mfn_valid() MMIO mappings again [David Woodhouse]
- 746dca5: x86/VT-x: Dump VMCS on VMLAUNCH/VMRESUME failure [Andrew Cooper]
- 8e04cb2: IOMMU: always call teardown callback [Oleksandr Tyshchenko]
- 576f319: x86/emulate: don't assume that addr_size == 32 implies protected mode [George Dunlap]
- 163543a: x86/hvm: do not set msr_tsc_adjust on hvm_set_guest_tsc_fixed [Joao Martins]
- 5c38a2e: x86: segment attribute handling adjustments [Jan Beulich]
- d3630ca: x86emul: LOCK check adjustments [Jan Beulich]
- ae02630: x86emul: VEX.B is ignored in compatibility mode [Jan Beulich]
- 09f521a: libxl: Revert 3658f7a0bdd8 "libxl: fix libxl_set_memory_target" [Ian Jackson]
- 3658f7a: libxl: fix libxl_set_memory_target [Wei Liu]
- ccb36fb: init/FreeBSD: fix incorrect usage of $rc_pids in xendriverdomain [Roger Pau Monne]
- 2109ae6: init/FreeBSD: add rc control variables [Roger Pau Monne]
- 2f8bdf1: init/FreeBSD: fix xencommons so it can only be launched by Dom0 [Roger Pau Monne]
- 1d6ced7: init/FreeBSD: remove xendriverdomain_precmd [Roger Pau Monne]
- de45d24: init/FreeBSD: set correct PATH for xl devd [Roger Pau Monne]
- 40837a3: xen/arm: gic-v3: Make sure read from ICC_IAR1_EL1 is visible on the redistributor [Julien Grall]
- 468a313: x86/emul: Correct the return value handling of VMFUNC [Andrew Cooper]
- b8da9cd: x86emul: CMPXCHG16B requires an aligned operand [Jan Beulich]
- 70ee582: VT-d: correct dma_msi_set_affinity() [Jan Beulich]
- 5331244: x86emul: MOVNTI does not allow REP prefixes [Jan Beulich]
- ce6048f: x86/VPMU: clear the overflow status of which counter happened to overflow [Luwei Kang]
- 57a09d7: x86emul: correct PUSHF/POPF [Jan Beulich]
- 23fc18b: libelf: section index 0 is special [Jan Beulich]
- e1c3fc3: x86emul: CMOVcc always writes its destination [Jan Beulich]
- 9784802: x86/vmx: Don't deliver #MC with an error code [Andrew Cooper]
- f7c3199: x86/emul: Don't deliver #UD with an error code [Andrew Cooper]
- 49e6fcd: x86/SVM: don't deliver #GP without error code [Jan Beulich]
- 422575d: x86/EFI: meet further spec requirements for runtime calls [Jan Beulich]
- fbef3be: x86/svm: Fix svm_nextrip_insn_length() when crossing the virtual boundary to 0 [Andrew Cooper]
- e87481f: x86/traps: Don't call hvm_hypervisor_cpuid_leaf() for PV guests [Andrew Cooper]
- cebf5ac: x86/vmx: Correct the long mode check in vmx_cpuid_intercept() [Andrew Cooper]
- 6af399d: x86/svm: Don't clobber eax and edx if an RDMSR intercept fails [Andrew Cooper]
- 69baa97: x86emul: {L,S}{G,I}DT ignore operand size overrides in 64-bit mode [Jan Beulich]
- a240dc0: x86/emul: Reject LGDT/LIDT attempts with non-canonical base addresses [Andrew Cooper]
- 9b401e4: x86/emul: Correct the decoding of SReg3 operands [Andrew Cooper]
- 2eb074f: x86/HVM: add missing NULL check before using VMFUNC hook [Jan Beulich]
- c7f06e4: x86: force EFLAGS.IF on when exiting to PV guests [Jan Beulich]
- aa281a1: x86/emul: Correct the handling of eflags with SYSCALL [Andrew Cooper]
- ac699ed: x86emul: CMPXCHG8B ignores operand size prefix [Jan Beulich]
- 57e3ac3: missing vgic_unlock_rank in gic_remove_irq_from_guest [Stefano Stabellini]
- 7789292: QEMU_TAG update [Ian Jackson]
- 62add85: arm64: fix incorrect memory region size in TCR_EL2 [Shanker Donthineni]
- 22f70a3: QEMU_TAG update [Ian Jackson]
- 0ba9562: arm32: handle async aborts delivered while at HYP [Wei Chen]
- 7902dba: arm: crash the guest when it traps on external abort [Wei Chen]
- 5f85ab0: arm64: handle async aborts delivered while at EL2 [Wei Chen]
- 7bd27ba: arm64: handle guest-generated EL1 asynchronous abort [Wei Chen]
- 514173d: pygrub: Properly quote results, when returning them to the caller: [Ian Jackson]
- a4902ca: x86/svm: fix injection of software interrupts [Andrew Cooper]
- c03035b: x86/emul: correct the IDT entry calculation in inject_swint() [Andrew Cooper]
- e0fbb85: x86emul: fix huge bit offset handling [Jan Beulich]
- fcab9d3: x86/PV: writes of %fs and %gs base MSRs require canonical addresses [Jan Beulich]
- 46529a1: x86/HVM: don't load LDTR with VM86 mode attrs during task switch [Jan Beulich]
- ffda122: x86/hvm: Fix the handling of non-present segments [Andrew Cooper]
- 805bb93: update Xen version to 4.6.5-pre [Jan Beulich]
In addition, this release also contains the following fixes to qemu-traditional:
- b7e9d39: cirrus: add blit_is_unsafe call to cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo [Gerd Hoffmann]
- d036019: cirrus: fix oob access issue (CVE-2017-2615) [Li Qiang]
- a7fd371: qemu: ioport_read, ioport_write: be defensive about 32-bit addresses [Ian Jackson]
- 470c00e: xen: fix ioreq handling [Jan Beulich]
This release also contains changes to qemu-upstream, whose changelogs we do not list here as it contains many changes that are not directly releated to the Xen Project Hypervisor and thus this release. However, you can check https://xenbits.xenproject.org/gitweb/?p=qemu-xen.git;a=shortlog (between tags qemu-xen-4.6.4 and qemu-xen-4.6.5).
This release, which includes source code for qemu-traditional and qemu-upstream, contains the following security fixes.
|N/A (affects Xen 4.7 only)
|N/A (Unused XSA number)
|N/A (Reserved XSA number)
See https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/ for details related to Xen Project security advisories.
We recommend all users of the 4.6 stable series to update to this latest point release.
Xen Project 4.6.6
We are pleased to announce the release of Xen 4.6.6. This is available immediately from its git repository
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/stable-4.6 (tag RELEASE-4.6.6) or from this download page
This release contains the following bug-fixes and improvements in the Xen Project hypervisor:
- d708b695a3: update Xen version to 4.6.6 [Jan Beulich]
- f7ad92a74f: memory: don't suppress P2M update in populate_physmap() [Jan Beulich]
- 4efd74db51: xen/arm: vgic: Sanitize target mask used to send SGI [Julien Grall]
- ac3a1ba5a5: gnttab: __gnttab_unmap_common_complete() is all-or-nothing [Jan Beulich]
- 0ce04603c7: gnttab: correct logic to get page references during map requests [George Dunlap]
- af6c8e9227: gnttab: never create host mapping unless asked to [Jan Beulich]
- 3a3aa4f136: gnttab: fix handling of dev_bus_addr during unmap [George Dunlap]
- 9dd5de08d2: arm: vgic: Don't update the LR when the IRQ is not enabled [Julien Grall]
- 398b60f171: guest_physmap_remove_page() needs its return value checked [Jan Beulich]
- d23eb82c8a: memory: fix return value handing of guest_remove_page() [Andrew Cooper]
- d7a42bb64a: evtchn: avoid NULL derefs [Jan Beulich]
- 86f4ece7c6: x86: avoid leaking BND* between vCPU-s [Jan Beulich]
- 4d13019cb0: x86/shadow: hold references for the duration of emulated writes [Andrew Cooper]
- 87e0e5d577: gnttab: correct maptrack table accesses [Jan Beulich]
- 819044abe4: gnttab: Avoid potential double-put of maptrack entry [George Dunlap]
- 8083370aef: gnttab: fix unmap pin accounting race [Jan Beulich]
- a6f0e7cce5: IOMMU: handle IOMMU mapping and unmapping failures [Quan Xu]
- c921a02fda: x86/mm: disallow page stealing from HVM domains [Jan Beulich]
- 2893fce1b7: arm: remove irq from inflight, then change physical affinity [Stefano Stabellini]
- 16cfd7d754: xen/arm: Survive unknown traps from guests [Julien Grall]
- 8ea4c4766a: xen/arm: do_trap_hypervisor: Separate hypervisor and guest traps [Julien Grall]
- d459aa6c85: xen/arm: Save ESR_EL2 to avoid using mismatched value in syndrome check [Wei Chen]
- 9e469a5f8e: xen/arm: flush icache as well when XEN_DOMCTL_cacheflush is issued [Stefano Stabellini]
- 7c5a9573af: xen/arm32: Add an helper to invalidate all instruction caches [Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]
- 59c54aa744: xen/arm64: Add an helper to invalidate all instruction caches [Julien Grall]
- 314915cb4a: stop_machine: fill fn_result only in case of error [Gregory Herrero]
- 866b2b274d: arm: fix build with gcc 7 [Jan Beulich]
- 7a46badcf4: x86: fix build with gcc 7 [Jan Beulich]
- 38e8ab9e1c: x86/mm: fix incorrect unmapping of 2MB and 1GB pages [Igor Druzhinin]
- 13e84e665d: x86/pv: Align %rsp before pushing the failsafe stack frame [Andrew Cooper]
- ff3f674fa2: x86/pv: Fix bugs with the handling of int80_bounce [Andrew Cooper]
- 267bf9f3ae: x86/vpmu_intel: fix hypervisor crash by masking PC bit in MSR_P6_EVNTSEL [Mohit Gambhir]
- 6fe723ef8c: hvm: fix hypervisor crash in hvm_save_one() [Jan Beulich]
- d48df03309: x86/32on64: properly honor add-to-physmap-batch's size [Jan Beulich]
- 7496924db2: tools/libxc: Tolerate specific zero-content records in migration v2 streams [Andrew Cooper]
- 24f5900a08: libxc: fix segfault on uninitialized xch->fmem [Seraphime Kirkovski]
- 4f29090966: x86/mce: always re-initialize 'severity_cpu' in mcheck_cmn_handler() [Haozhong Zhang]
- 2b0bb908f7: x86/mce: make 'severity_cpu' private to its users [Haozhong Zhang]
- c4c37506fa: memory: don't hand MFN info to translated guests [Jan Beulich]
- 7622465448: memory: exit early from memory_exchange() upon write-back error [Jan Beulich]
- 68fa691190: kexec: clear kexec_image slot when unloading kexec image [Bhavesh Davda]
- eb9a3bfd87: x86: correct create_bounce_frame [Jan Beulich]
- dcef165527: x86: discard type information when stealing pages [Jan Beulich]
- fc7839698c: multicall: deal with early exit conditions [Jan Beulich]
- cf35a354ef: setup vwfi correctly on cpu0 [Stefano Stabellini]
- 97462479d2: oxenstored: trim history in the frequent_ops function [Thomas Sanders]
- f0f3d439b1: oxenstored transaction conflicts: improve logging [Thomas Sanders]
- d9c4094f97: oxenstored: don't wake to issue no conflict-credit [Thomas Sanders]
- 66cb2ebf92: oxenstored: do not commit read-only transactions [Thomas Sanders]
- 3d1affc787: oxenstored: allow self-conflicts [Thomas Sanders]
- 4eff891f1b: oxenstored: blame the connection that caused a transaction conflict [Jonathan Davies]
- 05ccb713b2: oxenstored: track commit history [Jonathan Davies]
- 1eebd16fd5: oxenstored: discard old commit-history on txn end [Thomas Sanders]
- f4d16c9b70: oxenstored: only record operations with side-effects in history [Jonathan Davies]
- 9050a970c8: oxenstored: support commit history tracking [Jonathan Davies]
- 5c609c8780: oxenstored: add transaction info relevant to history-tracking [Jonathan Davies]
- 4d69c19cf6: oxenstored: ignore domains with no conflict-credit [Thomas Sanders]
- ab889fb948: oxenstored: handling of domain conflict-credit [Thomas Sanders]
- 307357318a: oxenstored: comments explaining some variables [Thomas Sanders]
- bf22c39e4b: oxenstored: allow compilation prior to OCaml 3.12.0 [Jonathan Davies]
- 898b7c4977: oxenstored: log request and response during transaction replay [Jonathan Davies]
- 159a61072d: oxenstored: replay transaction upon conflict [Jonathan Davies]
- 39726290e9: oxenstored: move functions that process simple operations [Jonathan Davies]
- ebb5a34e85: oxenstored: keep track of each transaction's operations [Jonathan Davies]
- a991af7901: oxenstored: refactor request processing [Jonathan Davies]
- 06222e5b48: oxenstored: remove some unused parameters [Jonathan Davies]
- a57a99ae0f: oxenstored: refactor putting response on wire [Jonathan Davies]
- 400063dcdf: xenstored: Log when the write transaction rate limit bites [Ian Jackson]
- f6d08885c3: xenstored: apply a write transaction rate limit [Ian Jackson]
- bb92bb77bc: x86: use 64 bit mask when masking away mfn bits [Juergen Gross]
- ef63a62b3a: memory: properly check guest memory ranges in XENMEM_exchange handling [Jan Beulich]
- f96efeb0c6: Revert "xen: sched: don't call hooks of the wrong scheduler via VCPU2OP" [Jan Beulich]
- 7ff6d9fc19: xen: sched: don't call hooks of the wrong scheduler via VCPU2OP [Dario Faggioli]
- 7017321d9b: x86/EFI: avoid Xen image when looking for module/kexec position [Jan Beulich]
- 541ad61a92: x86/EFI: avoid overrunning mb_modules[] [Jan Beulich]
- 4f9617120b: build/clang: fix XSM dummy policy when using clang 4.0 [Roger Pau Monné]
- 9eb0aa2f47: x86: drop unneeded __packed attributes [Roger Pau Monné]
- ac4c5d4ddf: QEMU_TAG update [Ian Jackson]
- 18949dc6e1: x86/emul: Correct the decoding of mov to/from cr/dr [Andrew Cooper]
- eea0742f3b: xen: credit2: don't miss accounting while doing a credit reset. [Dario Faggioli]
- 90ae9a76e3: xen: credit2: always mark a tickled pCPU as... tickled! [Dario Faggioli]
- ef5eb08944: x86/vmx: Don't leak host syscall MSR state into HVM guests [Andrew Cooper]
- 48c3bd0e28: update Xen version to 4.6.6-pre [Jan Beulich]
- b0577dd0c6: xen/arm: fix affected memory range by dcache clean functions [Stefano Stabellini]
- 82fde4fa36: xen/arm: introduce vwfi parameter [Stefano Stabellini]
In addition, this release also contains the following fixes to qemu-traditional:
- 57ca3f4a: cirrus/vnc: zap drop bitblit support from console code. [Gerd Hoffmann]
This release also contains changes to qemu-upstream, whose changelogs we do not list here as it contains many changes that are not directly releated to the Xen Project Hypervisor and thus this release. However, you can check https://xenbits.xenproject.org/gitweb/?p=qemu-xen.git;a=shortlog (between tags qemu-xen-4.6.5 and qemu-xen-4.6.6).
This release, which includes source code for qemu-traditional and qemu-upstream, contains the following security fixes.
(reserved at time of 4.6.5 release )
|XSA-207 to 209
|Applied in 4.6.5
|N/A (4.8 only)
|N/A (upstream only)
See https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/ for details related to Xen Project security advisories.
We recommend all users of the 4.6 stable series to update to this latest point release.


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Every year I vaguely think about dropping reading challenges and instead becoming a truly free-range reader. But then I find myself signing up (mostly because I like a list and I like a reason to look through lists).
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Sunday, 6 February 2011
That's all, Hollyoaks!
Tx: Sunday 6th February 2011
You know how Big Brother jumped the shark and kept bringing in more and more ludicrous gimmicks in an effort to keep its viewing figures but they moved further and further away from everything that made the show good in the first place and managed to drag in some new viewers because it was such car-crash television?
Yeah, that wasn't good, was it?
Just bear that in mind. Especially if you're a producer of Dancing on Ice. Actually, if you're a producer of Dancing on Ice, just remind yourself of the first couple of series of this show. You remember - when it was about skating, and the simplicity of having a weekly required element actually allowed even the non-skating judges (oh, that's right, THERE WEREN'T ANY) to compare the contestants.
Or, thinking about it, have you already been doing that, and ignoring the stuff that made this an interesting show, and opting instead to bring in the stuff that made it over-the-top light entertainment? That would explain the reprise of Vegas Night, first seen in Series 1, and featuring John Barrowman as Elvis.
And seriously, you can only get away with that shit when you have Barrowman in your cast. I think we can all agree that there is nobody in this year's line-up even slightly as jazz-hands sing-out-Louise as Barrowman.
Let's get on with it, shall we?
Pre-titles! The contestants are skating in Vegas! Except not! There will be rubbish skating and injury porn! Much like every other week!
Oh, bizarre pre-filmed montage in the world's least glamorous casino, before we see Torvill and Dean begin a pro cast routine to Copacabana, with Colin doing backflips and OH IT'S SEAN! I'm mildly mollified. Oh! And then ROBIN DOES MAGIC! He makes Torvill and Dean appear in a big cage! And then makes them change their costume! Also, the sight of Sean trying to do club dancing (on ice) is brilliant. OK, so this is a big lengthy extravaganza, which is lovely (and notably all the contestants are missing). Why isn't Robin skating, or at least doing something worthy of his talent? We are being robbed, my friends, robbed, I tell you. [The whole thing did go on for at least a minute too long, though. I started doing my accounts. - Steve]
Phil and Holly welcome us, and tell us that the skaters will face a skating test and have to perform some elements. Well, it's about time. The people nominated to teach them in the weeks to come about these are Chris Fountain (who didn't win, by the way), last series' champion, and then some smug 50s-throwback twat. Phil and Holly congratulate Jayne and Chris on their lovely routine. Maybe Phil and Holly could be judges.
Right, time for some contestants: Jeff and Isabelle, Jen and Sylvain, Sam and Brianne, Laura and Colin, the no-surname twins, Kerry and Dan, Johnson and Jodeyne, Chloe and Michael (in a HAT and BRACES), Vanilla Ice and Katie, and Denise and Matt. And once we have them gathered on the rink, what better time to show some ads? And trail some weeping, of course.
I'm not going to make it to the end of this series, am I? [Me neither, for reasons that will become clear at the end of this recap. - Steve]
The stupid showgirls who are purporting to make this a Vegas-themed programme waggle their feathered fans concealing Phil and Holly, and it suddenly occurs to me that the tux-clad Mr Schofield is making a bid to play Billy Flynn in the West End. It's OK, Phil! Playing a lead role in Chicago comes to everyone in their time!
Jen and Sylvain are performing first, and she has to skate by herself to prove that she can do it after throwing a bit of a hissyfit last week at the judges' comments. [Sticking her on first, reminding us that she was a tad ungracious last week - she didn't stand a chance, did she? - Steve] This week, she is performing as Cher to If I Could Turn Back Time. She begins by herself, then there are a lot of lifts and elements where she leans on Sylvain. There's a side-by-side step sequence that isn't synchronised, and her lines look very wobbly from time to time. Gubba reminds us that these two are supposed to be shagging, as if we could forget. Scores - Jason 6.0, Robin 7.0 and Emma 6.0 for a total of 19.0. It really wasn't that good. You are all daft. Sylvain says Jen "did really great". Chris says they are part of the front-running group, and she needs to overcome her worries. This week, Jason is dressed as Billy Bunter, and admires their synchronicity (which was shit), asking them to stop holding back on the emotion: "it's as if you are a beautiful facade." Robin says she did well with the step sequence, but they can't be at the expense of the whole performance. Emma looks anaemic, and asks Jen to "own" the lift, or something.
We've had ten minutes of programme - surely it's time for another break? Phil promises us more Sin City after the break. [I thought he said Sim City. That would've been more entertaining. - Steve] So far, I actually fail to see how this is Vegas at all, apart from having showgirls standing around. You might as well have got a roulette wheel and put it by the judges' desk, it'd have served the same purpose.
Phil and Holly do a tedious little skit which ends with the gag that Holly smells, or something. Time for Jeff and Isabelle. He says being in the Ice Pick was easy because he didn't have to do anything, and thinks he is one good performance away from "arriving in the competition". Does that mean the competition still hasn't bloody started? Performance coach Kate comes in to tell Jeff that he is a lazy twat and should be better at things. I could do that.
They're skating to It's Not Unusual. Jeff is clearly doing Acting because he has a character face on, and makes as if to kiss Isabelle before they start the routine. The strongest feeling I have from this Tom Jones-themed dance - which is pretty good, actually - is that Chris so choreographed this because he wants to dance it with Jayne. You can just imagine it - the hip-grinding, the faux-arm-kissing, the Jayne-perched-on-shoulder moves. Love it. Scores - Jason 5.5, Robin 7.5, Emma 7.0 for a total of 20.0. Jeff reminds us that HE IS A DAD WITH CHILDREN. He then talks some bollocks about people wanting to see the skating rather than the performance, and that his name is Tom and Isabelle is called Natasha. Robin gives a big huzzah for Jeff's quality basic skating skills. Emma employs sibilance but little else. Jason says Jeff is doing much better.
Laura and Colin next. She lies that she is glad Sam is in the competition. She and Colin then totally fuck up their spiral lift in rehearsal, and she slices her blade through his leg. Still, at least it's not your scrotum, Colin. My Andrei and Pavel were not so lucky. This week they're skating to It's All Coming Back To Me Now, dressed in bright white, all the better to show up the blood if Laura maims Colin. They pull off the lift well, but the look of concentration on her face until she gets her balance is brilliant. It's a lovely, lyrical routine, although there's a slight stumble at the end. Good work. Scores - Jason 8.5, Robin 8.0 and Emma 7.5 for a total of 24.0. "Are you sure?" demands Colin. Laura does the humble thank-you routine....and I've just noticed, they actually DO have roulette chips on the judges' table. This show, srsly. Anyway, Jason says he was really moved, Emma jabbers about knocking marks off because the stumble was in front of her (clearly the ghost of Nicky Slater ON RELATIVE ICE has possessed her), Robin was happy with them showing such emotion. Karen says that Laura puts her heart and soul into everything, and they are a good team, and they had one of the most difficult step sequences. Ah, remember when people had to skate the same elements? So you could see who did them best? Good times.
Denise and Matt do a little arm-wrestling skit, and Matt appears to have a £50 note. Did I see that right? Clearly he's been storing up the cash Heather Mills split with him. Last week she got rubbish scores and doesn't understand why; Jayne and Chris wonder why she's not got any better; Denise says she relies on Matt the entire time, and, after a tumble in the dress rehearsal, promises us that she will 'rethink' and do the whole thing tonight. Good idea!
They're skating to 'S Wonderful and Matt is pulling the cutest Twenties Charleston faces ever as Denise carefully tip-toes her way through her step sequence. It's unfortunate that the troublesome bit comes towards the end, because as soon as she's done it, she looks so much more relaxed and happy. Know who doesn't look relaxed and happy? Tim Healy. He looks bored. [In Tim Healy's defence, I think you or I would be gnawing our own limbs off if we actually had to sit through this shit every week without the benefit of fast-forward. - Steve] Scores - straight 4.5s for 13.5. The audience boo but Denise and Matt seem moderately content. Denise is also happy because Jayne says she did well. Emma patronises her, Jason says he only gives her a hard time because he loves her (the camera cuts away at this point to Karen fiddling with her hair), and Robin uses his rhetorical question device (does he? YES) yet again.
People lie that Dave and Frankie are entertaining. Dave says that he needs to show that he can skate, and Chris is worried about him being tired because of his daily routine. Seriously, don't start this shit. I've got no patience with it. Either don't do the fucking show if you haven't got time to do it properly, or do the show and stop your whinging. I told Metcalfe that the other week, it applies to you as well. There's a brilliant bit in rehearsal where Dave careens out of control and you can hear Frankie panicking, which she does through the method of making a sound like an air-raid siren - "Whoo! Whoooooo!"
Oh, fucking hell, it's a COMEDY routine to Please Release Me. Bored of comedy shit now. Surely Jason must mark him down on the assumption that he cannot do anything that isn't COMEDY. Frankie falls over at one point when she's supposed to be balanced on his boot and even though I've re-watched it, I can't really work out how it happened. Total of 11. Frankie says she fell, and even pros fall after 30 years of skating, so the judges shouldn't penalise Dave. Dave then says that there are people that work in factories and have three kids who get up earlier than him, so he should really stop his whining. Chris says the step sequence was OK and the ice is rough, so that's why Frankie fell. Dave keeps talking over Chris. Don't talk over Chris, you fool, he'll cut you. Robin says Dave focuses too hard on things so it doesn't gel. Emma wondered if he was playing a wooden soldier because his movement was so stiff, and wanted more comedy. Seriously, Bunton? "You're like a cod mime artist with rigomortis," says Jason. Is a corpse better or worse than a lump of turd? Who can really say?
Still to come - Johnson in a vest, Vanilla Ice regaining his memory!
And apparently a really lame Elvis lookalike. Honestly, even Barrowman was more convincing. [That's because he KNOWS HIS CRAFT. - Steve] This is all to lead in to the VT of Vanilla Ice and Katie, who are skating to Blue Suede Shoes, despite the fact that he buggered off to Canada for most of the week and didn't rehearse. And that is it. Out on the rink, he is skating in blue boots and sneering his way through miming to the backing track. It is fun enough, and ends with him throwing Katie over his head. They both laugh. Well, that's nice. Scores - Jason 5.5, Robin 5.0 and Emma 5.5 for a total of 16.0. Vanilla Ice claims to not be delusional, and then Phil reminds us that he had concussion last week. I had totally forgotten that. Maybe I have been hit on my head at some point. Jayne says she's never seen so much energy from Elvis. Well, no, because he's dead. Robin says Vanilla Ice skates like a hockey player trying to be a figure skater, but he likes that he looks after his partner. Jason begs Vanilla Ice not to mime along with the words. Karen says the judges are stingy and she hates them, the pissy bitches.
Last week, Johnson thought he was shaky at points, and now he wants to be better. Chris and Jayne note that he's not fully confident, but he has always coped well with that he's been given. Johnson recalls that he was probably the worst person Jayne and Chris have ever seen on the ice when they did their initial assessment of his skillzorz. This week he has struggled with the step sequence. That is all. He and Jodeyne are skating to Piano Man. Johnson seems to be taking his blades off the ice sometimes rather than gliding along, and also struggles with supporting Jodeyne's entire weight (of about three stone) at places. Straight 4.0s for a total of 12. Johnson says that tonight he has a friend in the audience who he hasn't seen for five years, since they were in hospital together. Jodeyne looks like she's going to cry with pride; she thinks he's done "not bad" bearing in mind he has memory problems. Jason reminds Johnson he's looking for performance, and he wants to see continued improvement. Karen, meanwhile, is crying, so obviously it's time to cut across to her and let her blub away about Johnson's "major achievement". Jason interrupts her and says, "If your opinion still mattered, you would still be on the panel." Oh, Jason. Are you really under the delusion that anyone cares what you or Bunton think? Karen gets up and offers him out, basically; she asks him to repeat what he said, and then they begin to have a rather embarrassing row before Holly interjects and gets Karen to sit down again. If Karen had any gumption at all, she'd have done a Sharon Osbourne and walked out. See how they liked that, and who's really more important to the show. Or, you know, actually slapped him. I wonder who Karen loathes more - Jason or Nicky? I genuinely think it might be Jason. [I love that there was a Twitter campaign to get Jason sacked after this - like this kind of shit isn't EXACTLY the reason he's still there. - Steve]
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Sam and Brianne next. I had FORGOTTEN ABOUT THEM AGAIN. Dull, dull, dull, dull, dull. This week, they are skating to I Get A Kick Out Of You. Chris says YET AGAIN that there is a group of front-runners. Sam then weirdly says that this is the first character routine he's done. Shouldn't actors always be finding a character in a performance? If I've learnt nothing else from my study of reality shows, I've definitely learnt that. They then go to the Savoy (ironically, seeing as Brianne seems to be dressed as Elle Woods) to meet a Frank Sinatra impersonator to find out nothing they couldn't have found out from a quick scout through YouTube. They skate, and I do like their steps on the off beat, and also Sam's unintentional comedy straining face when he picks Brianne up by her ankle for the non-headbanger lift. Straight 8.5s for a total of 25.5, the highest of the series. Sam talks boringly about a few mistakes they made, which Brianne claims were her fault, and then he refers to 'Frank', as if he knows him personally. Holly throws to Emma with "Sometimes it's hard to tell which one's the professional," and Emma agrees. Well, yeah, if you know fuck-all about skating. Which Bunton does. Robin loves to see him being so committed to the routine, and says he is capable of a 10.0.
Last week, Kerry was rubbish, and thought she deserved to be in the skate-off. She cries about not enjoying it so much any more, because she can't do it all like everybody else can. "Can't do it!" she whines, like a petulant child. Even patient Dan, bless him, is clearly getting pissed off. "Don't give up on me. Don't give up on YOU!" he demands. But it's OK, everybody, because Kerry HAS CHILDREN and she is doing this FOR THEM. To be fair, the little ones are exceptionally cute.
Oh my goodness, that depth of spray-tan is not a good look with a bright pink costume, Kerry. They're skating to Woman In Love. She is still having problems with the step sequence, and her arms are desperately trying to keep her balanced. [Obligatory "it'll take a lot more than arms to do that" gag. - Steve] Still, the bits where Dan is throwing her about are good. Total of 10.0, and Kerry says she's not as good as everyone else but she is having fun. Except she wasn't the other day. Maybe she forgot. Maybe SHE had a concussion. Robin says that Kerry is a bit rubbish and should be better. So does Emma. So does Jason.
After the break - rabbits and hats!
And - water fountains, apparently, in pitiful attempt to make a gag about the Belagio. Oh, show. Last week, Chloe was a rock chick, except not; this week at the beginning of the "skills weeks", she has to do loads of step sequences to In The Mood, which Jayne and Chris once skated to.
I think once again we are reminded how farcical it is when idiots like Holly and Emma liken DoI contestants to proper skaters like Jayne, Chris and Robin. (NB - that clip begins with Sing Sing Sing, but worth listening to for the commentator using the immortal phrase "ON ICE" right at the start.)
Anyway, Chloe and Michael watch the routine on a laptop, and note how fast Jayne and Chris are OVER THE ICE as well as spotting places where they've been given the same choreography. They are honoured, but also a little scared. Out on the rink, Michael is dressed as the world's gayest soldier, and Chloe as a slutty Miss Moneypenny, for some reason. It's quick, it's quite rock'n'rolly rather than Forties, but it's performed well, with some good footwork from Chloe and a great lift or two. Scores - Jason 7.0, Robin 7.5 and Emma 7.5 for a total of 22.0. Chloe says it was the hardest routine she's had and Michael agrees that it was achallenging and they were both stressed by it. Heh. Jayne congratulates them; Chris says he doesn't recognise the young people dressed in green in the archive clips. Jason says the technical difficulty compromised her performance; Emma patronises a bit; Robin says, "Props to you, girlie," which I like for no discernable reason.
Right, that's it. Phone. Vote. Come back in a bit.
Results show
O HAI PHIL! The phone lines have closed, and this is the skate-off!
Phil lies that the night has been Vegas-like and glamorous. He says he feels like George Clooney. So does Holly. In HER condition. Oh, Willoughby. Time for some recap filler? I think so. Jen hopes she gets through because she likes skating by herself even though she loves Sylvain; Isabelle has really nice eyebrows; Laura can't ask for more than 24.0, so expect no Matt Baker ten-grubbing from her; Denise is glad that people have seen an improvement; Dave thinks it was the worst he has ever skated, and Chris Moyles thought it was dull; Vanilla Ice is a PERFORMER and is here to PERFORM; Johnson thinks he is improving and will try harder, but does not want to get involved in stupid bitchfights between Karen and Jason; I HAD ACTUALLY FORGOTTEN ABOUT SAM AND BRIANNE AGAIN; Kerry thinks she will be in the skate-off, and so does Dan, by the looks of it; Chloe is happy that Robin, the Olympic champion, noticed that she had some hard choreography to do. Idiot.
Holly asks Robin how concentrating on the step sequences has changed the competition. He says that it has changed it a lot. Thanks, Robin. Jason then makes an apology to Karen, which is quite gracious, and then treads on it completely by telling her that she should listen to him more and also stop crying. Karen tells him to talk to the hand, for he is a "nasty, nasty man." Crashing on, then, Emma thinks Chloe most personified the spirit of Vegas. Where have the showgirls gone, by the way?
Some *touches ear* results, then? Safe couples - Sam and Brianne; Jeff and Isabelle ("That's us, right?" he verifies); Kerry and Dan ("oh my GOD. NO!" she screeches) [that's funny, so did I - Steve]; Laura and Colin; Dave and Frankie (who both seem to have strokes); Chloe and Michael; Denise and Matt...and Johnson and Jodeyne.
So Jen and Sylvain, who were fucked over by being put on in the graveyard slot, and Vanilla Ice and Katie, who were fucked over by...him being Vanilla Ice, as far as I can see, will skate again to stay in the competition.
After a quick break, obv.
Back. Jayne and Chris are surprised because Jen and Vanilla Ice are two strong skaters. "Obviously the audience at home aren't listening to the judges," says Chris. Well, quite, but why would anyone listen to Jason and Emma? We've been through this enough times.
I didn't notice before, but Jen has sparkly skates. Jen and Sylvain ftw! They skate, anyway, and Jen is suffering with some injury or other. Sylvain is spectacularly unbothered by both her injury and the prospect of leaving the competition. [I love his Gallic indifference so very much. Also: his arms. - Steve] Vanilla Ice does his obvious miming again this time round, and he and Katie still cackle at the end. He too is unbothered about the prospect of leaving the competition, but wants to give Katie credit for having a broken toe. HA.
The judges decide: Jason saves Vanilla Ice ON ICE; Robin saves Vanilla Ice ON ICE; and Emma also saves Vanilla Ice ON ICE. Although I do think that surely Jason should vote, then Emma, so that the head judge actually does get the casting vote in the event of a tie. This. Fucking. Show. Anyway, Jen and Sylvain can get off the rink and carry on their real-honestly romance in private.
Quick montage of their highlights, then back to the rink to see Jen weeping and Sylvain kissing her head. "See you on This Morning tomorrow! We'll have some tissues! Bye, darling!" bellows Phil as Jen and Sylvain take their lap of honour.
Another week over, kids. And next week Steve will have to recap the horror of a performance from the cast of Wicked, one of the few West End shows I simply cannot bear! Join him then! [I'm not even sure I'm watching next week. Without Sylvain and his arms, what point is there? In anything? *sobs* - Steve] [Man up, Perkins. You still have Matt. I have nothing and NO ONE. - Carrie, who misses her Andrei]
3 comments:
- BlondeAmbition said...
Adore this blog. What happened to the ice pick this week? Was that a one-off then? How bloody pointless. Kerry is hideous. Wish she'd been partnered up with Sylvain, he'd never put up with all that nonsense.
- 7 February 2011 at 14:46
- Steve said...
BlondeAmbition, that's a wonderful idea. I can see it now:
KERRY: This is awful, it's hopeless, I'm terrible, everyone else is better than me.
SYLVAIN: (right over the other side of the rink, staring into space) *Gallic shrug*
- 7 February 2011 at 15:02
- Livilla said...
The strongest feeling I have from this Tom Jones-themed dance - which is pretty good, actually - is that Chris so choreographed this because he wants to dance it with Jayne.
I love those routines. Also, I'm dead sure this is the theory behind Daniella's secretary rouinte last year. PROVE ME WRONG, WORLD.
Fucking Jason. He can stay there, Australia doesn't want him. I wish Karen had slapped him, too. I think the only reason she didn't is because of the distance she'd have to cross over the ice. Besides, I know who I'd back in a fight.
And really, why SHOULD she listen to him?! He hasn't even danced in years! Let alone anything else!
... Rant over. Ahem.
- 12 February 2011 at 01:28


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