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Summer is coming. You know what that means for you, dear RebelLabs reader. We’re about to publish the results of our annual survey. It’s the one where we ask Java developers to tell us which technologies are they using, what tools they spend most of their time tinkering with, and which frameworks make their lives easier. This information gives us incredible insight into the community and allows us to pick more relevant topics for upcoming blog posts.
Back in February this year, we launched the survey and asked everyone we knew of in the Java community to contribute to the data by answering the questions. We also asked them to share it with their colleagues, peers, friends and anyone else in the community. We also promised to support Devoxx for Kids with a $1000 contribution if we received 2000 responses.
Good news everyone, we hit that target and got to support the initiative we love and deem crucial for the future of Java community. Congrats, Devoxx for Kids, you’re doing a fantastic job!
Now back to the survey and the responses. Currently, we’re crunching the data we got and are trying to pick the most interesting and insightful pieces to talk about in the report. So while you still have to wait a bit for the final results, here’s a small preview of the responses we got and what are we going to talk about in the report.
Overall, we received 2040 responses that did not contain bogus data (like thousands of years of experience in the field). Now that is a lot of data. And one can ask different things about it. But, perhaps the most important question for a reader is — who’s the average respondent? Indeed, knowing who exactly does the data represent can help you draw the right conclusions — and know how close to heart you should take the analysis.
Most of the people that we convinced to complete the survey are, not very surprisingly, software engineers. Together with architects and team leads, they form more that 80% of the data points.
This means that if you are a developer yourself, we are pretty sure the results of this survey are interesting and relevant to you. Especially if you work — at least on occasion — with web applications in mid-sized companies or large enterprises. Here’s what the numbers look like 67% of the respondents indicated that they work on full stack web applications, and another 18% are saved from the JavaScript insanity and work on the backend only.
Now, I don’t want to spoil the report findings too much, but I would like to share an outtake or two with you. One of the topics that were hot lately and apparently not going anywhere is microservices. Architecture always fascinates developers, and we couldn’t miss our chance to ask about it.
So we asked if the teams were moving to the microservices architecture and whether using microservices architecture made the job easier.
I’ll go over the results in a moment, but here is a picture that’s worth a thousand words.
First of all, two-thirds of the respondents did not make the move to microservices architecture. Only 8% of all that haven’t moved are planning to do so. I think it means that most of the people who wanted to move have done so already. And the rest will need convincing and an actual reason to migrate.
The data for those who already migrated is more interesting. Did they notice that their job became easier than before? After all, that’s one of the reasons to migrate: smaller independent services, easier development process, simpler deployments, and so on. We all know the story.
Well, the same graph has the answer: roughly 40% of those who migrated said that their job is now easier (or much easier). And another 40% haven’t seen much difference in the complexity of their job. Which leaves about 1 in 5 developers saying that after their projects had started employing microservices, their job got harder. That’s not as surprising as one could think. The challenges of distributed computing are real, and sometimes projects make architectural choices not to make the job easier, but because otherwise the system simply won’t work.
The last question that I want to reveal in this sneak peek is this: what tool, technology or library are you super excited or proud about having used or planning to use in 2016?
Note that this was a free form question, one where you could write down anything you wanted. This freedom — while useful for discovering interesting, less known projects and tools — makes the analysis just a bit clumsy. So we allowed ourselves to approach it freely as well. Please take everything you learn in this segment with a grain of salt.
Without further ado, we present you with the top 10 most frequent technologies mentioned in the response to this question:
Docker Spring Boot Angular Java 8 (still going strong!) Vaadin Kotlin Microservices Scala Akka RxJava
Also, this year we included a fuzzy question about whether you think you’re better than the average person in the role you currently hold. That was another one of my favorites to analyze: do individuals who are humble, tend to update software less and instead do their job with time-proven tools, like Ant, SVN, WebSphere, and vim? Or does calling yourself agile help with self-esteem? Unfortunately, the margins here are too narrow to elaborate.
Stay tuned for the final version of the report where we analyze the full data from the survey responses. It will be beautiful, it will be insightful, and hopefully you’ll enjoy reading it!
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Chicago is a long way away from Utuado and Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. But Julian Seda is trying to get 68,000 pounds of donated supplies to these and other remote towns, as fast as he can -- and with as little official involvement as possible.
"The government has their hands full," said Seda, who leads the Chicago chapter of a group called Puerto Rico Rising that formed after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.
Instead of raising money for the Red Cross or requesting help from the National Guard, the group found a private shipping company with operations in Chicago and Puerto Rico willing to ferry donations by boat for free to warehouses it owns on the island.
The organization, which is currently in the process of obtaining non-profit status, then distributes the supplies. That way, it avoids the government inspections at the port and "all the bureaucracy that has become a bottleneck," Seda said.
Nevertheless, the ad hoc group's capacity to bring relief is limited; it has stopped collecting donations until it finds a way to transport the next load.
Seda's group is one of dozens of organizations that are running into enormous logistical hurdles while trying to help Puerto Rico.
Disaster management experts say that the citizen response has been extraordinary, as Puerto Rico's diaspora of nearly 5.4 million watch in frustration while relief workers struggle to move supplies like food, water and medicine to those in need throughout the island.
Related: Doctors in Puerto Rico: 'Reality here is post-apocalyptic'
Transporting goods from church basements and high school auditoriums to an island more than 1,000 miles off the U.S. coastline, with already crumbling infrastructure and little to no cell service, has proven to be a major challenge.
Puerto Rican leaders say they haven't gotten enough help from the federal and state governments, which have assets like planes and personnel that could be used to deliver aid. Transportation companies have made in-kind donations and big names like Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda have funded charter flights. But the need is far from satisfied.
Meanwhile, volunteers say, the slow speed of road clearing and power restoration have made it more difficult to reach remote communities. There are currently 13,600 active duty and National Guard troops on the island, but many say that's not enough.
"It shouldn't be up to the handful of Puerto Rican millionaires in this country to be the U.S. Air Force and FEMA," said Ohio state Rep. Dan Ramos, who represents the heavily Puerto Rican town of Lorain.
Organizers of the New York Puerto Rican Day Parade received semi trucks full of food, water and clothing from other parade organizations in places like Hartford and Cleveland. But they sat in warehouses, until leaders could arrange transportation.
"It has been a yeoman's task to figure this out," said Lorraine Cortes Vasquez, who chairs the New York parade's board of directors. Finally, she said, the National Guard took their first shipment, and JetBlue took some of their supplies as well.
Experts typically recommend that people who want to help during disasters send money, which can then be used to buy and transport supplies from points closer to people who need them. But once goods have been collected, nobody wants to waste them.
Miami nightlife impresario Michael Capponi runs the Global Empowerment Mission, which started after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. After Maria, the group coordinated some 50 flights chartered by celebrities like Will Smith and reality TV personality Bethenny Frankel. They've procured a 100,000 square foot warehouse to store and sort 15 million pounds of donations, some of which had to be retrieved from small-scale drives all over the country.
Related: Misery in Puerto Rico: No power, no job, 'enormous' lines
Capponi acknowledged that it would be "100 percent more efficient" to raise money than collect physical goods. Later on, money can also be used to buy goods in the disaster zone, which puts money back into the local economy.
"The problem is," Capponi said, "we can't let all that stuff sit in the U.S." So, he continues to send trucks to pick it up.
Still, some groups are bypassing the messy process of taking physical donations entirely.
PRxPR, a group formed by Puerto Rican business leaders, has raised $530,000 to date. It has been parceling out small grants to individuals and organizations on the island for urgent priorities like generators and water filters, if they can be found in stores. But distributing those goods to the people who need them remains difficult.
"You get a private cargo plane landing in the Aguadilla airport, and when that plane lands, is that there's not enough personnel to help unload the plane," said PRxPR co-founder Carmen Baez of the groups flying aid in. "There's not enough personnel to guard the merchandise, to load the trucks, to drive the trucks to where they're needed."
This was a particular problem at the Port of San Juan, where pallets of aid sat uncollected for days, in large part because drivers couldn't make the journey to pick up supplies.
Puerto Rican groups with local ties had an easier time. Puerto Rican Agenda, a 22-year-old community organization in Chicago, flew aid into Puerto Rico using two planes donated by United. Omar Torres-Kortright, a member of the group, says local politicians like San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz helped make sure transportation was available at the airport and paperwork didn't hold anything up.
Related: Caribbean tourism faces long road to recovery
"As long as our shipments are directed to municipal leaders like her, we do cut through the red tape," said Torres-Kortright. "The mayor of San Juan goes directly to the airport with her trucks, says 'That's my plane, it's my stuff,' and distributes it."
The groups that have mobilized in the wake of Maria know their efforts won't be enough — so they're pushing for policy measures, like forgiveness of the island's enormous debt, and an exemption from the Jones Act, which only permits shipping to the island from other U.S. ports to be carried out by U.S. vessels.
Javier Ferrer, who runs Houston's Puerto Rican and Cuban Festival, says that a Norwegian company offered to send a ship from New Orleans to San Juan with 53 containers of aid a few days after the storm. But by the time the White House announced a 10-day break in enforcement of the Jones Act, it would have been too late to get the ship loaded and out to the island.
"That law needs to be lifted -- not temporarily, but permanently," Ferrer said.
The Hispanic Federation, which has raised more than $14 million for Puerto Rico and is still chartering planes to send aid, is ramping up calls for a more robust effort from Washington.
"It's been tremendously frustrating, to say the least, to see the lack of adequate response from our federal government," said Hispanic Federation president Jose Calderon. "There's only so much that the diaspora can do." | positive |
Placing Senator Leila de Lima under the immigration lookout bulletin order (ILBO) “unduly criminalizes” her, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Monday.
Hontiveros said the ILBO issued by the Department of Justice against De Lima and five others for their alleged involvement in the proliferation of illegal drugs at the New Bilibid Prison was “unnecessary” since no case had been filed in court yet.
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“The first time this order was implemented was in 2011 against several DBP (Development Bank of the Philippines) officials who were officially charged as a result of a behest loans controversy. The same thing can’t be said of Sen. De Lima,” she added.
“While the order does not prevent Senator Leila De Lima from leaving the country, it unduly criminalizes her. It gives the impression that Senator De Lima is already a person of interest, worse, a suspect to a crime, when in fact, no charges have been filed against her nor was she convicted of any,” Hontiveros said in a text message.
“The first time this order was implemented was in 2011 against several DBP (Development Bank of the Philippines) officials who were officially charged as a result of a behest loans controversy. The same thing can’t be said of Sen. De Lima,” she added.
De Lima and Hontiveros ran together in the May 9, 2016, elections under the Liberal Party-led senatorial ticket. They are also both members of the so-called “supermajority” bloc in the Senate.
De Lima said she would take legal action against Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II for putting her under the ILBO. CBB/rga
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CLEVELAND -- Stanford finished out the year atop the final 2016-17 Division I Learfield Directors' Cup standings with 1517.50 total points. The Cardinal recorded four national championships the year - men's soccer, women's volleyball, women's swimming and diving and women's water polo. In addition, Stanford tallied 15 top-10 finishes.
The following scores were omitted due to Stanford scoring in 25 total sports -- women's field hockey, women's soccer, women's gymnastics, men's indoor track and field and men's outdoor track and field.
For the third time in the history of the Directors' Cup, Ohio State finished second overall with 1343.75 total points. The Buckeyes won the men's volleyball title and took home the runner-up trophy in men's gymnastics, fencing, wrestling and men's lacrosse. The following scores were omitted due to the Buckeyes scoring in 24 total sports -- men's indoor track and field, men's golf, women's outdoor track and field and softball.
Finishing third for the fourth time in the history of the Cup is Florida with a total of 1252.50 total points. The Gators took home the baseball title, along with national championships in men's outdoor track and field and women's tennis. Florida tallied over half of its overall points in the spring season, 683.25, the most of any Division I program this spring.
For the sixth time overall, USC finished the year in the top five with 1251.25 total points. The Trojans captured two national titles in national collegiate beach volleyball and women's soccer, while also finishing second overall in men's water polo.
Rounding out the top-five for the year is North Carolina with 1154.00 total points. The Tar Heels had 10 top-10 finishes, including national championship in men's basketball and runner-up finishes in women's field hockey and men's tennis. The North Carolina men's outdoor track and field score was omitted due to scoring in 11 men's sports.
The Pac 12 and Big Ten led all conferences with three institutions finishing in the top-10 (Pac 12: Stanford -- 1st, USC -- 4th, Oregon -- 9th) and (Big Ten: Ohio State -- 2nd, Michigan -- 6th, Penn State -- 8th).
The Learfield Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in up to 20 sports in Division I -- 10 men's and 10 women's.
Complete standings and the scoring structure can be found on NACDA's website at www.directorscup.org. In addition, please visit www.thedirectorscup.com, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/lsdirectorscup or follow us on Twitter @lsdirectorscup.
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Home - Charlotte County Jazz Society Home About Frequently Asked Questions Officers & Directors Bios Officers & Directors Contact Board Meetings Scholarships In Tune Newsletters Membership Upcoming Shows 2022-2023 Season Artists Series Sunday Jazz Jams Jazz Events Around SWFL Calendar of Events PURCHASE TICKETS Links Jazz Links Feedback Photos Welcome! Charlotte County Jazz Society The Charlotte County Jazz Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting jazz music. We are located in Port Charlotte, Florida where we host concerts, as well as jazz jam sessions, monthly from October of each year through the following April. Revenue from our events supports our scholarship program to assist local high school students pay for their advanced education in music. As a Jazz Society member you will, each year, enjoy admission without additional charge to performances by Florida’s finest professional talent as well as world renowned jazz artists. You will also receive a quarterly digital newsletter covering the jazz scene in Charlotte County and around Southwest Florida. Non-members are welcome at all our events as well. Whether you are already a fan or are just beginning to explore and enjoy jazz, we welcome you and hope you will enjoy our website. Please browse through our menu at top and click a link to view our activities and upcoming events as well as information about scholarships, membership, special events and jazz around our community and Southwest Florida. Becoming a member of the Charlotte County Jazz Society is easy . . . just visit our “Become a Member” page and download an application. Bobby van Deusen returns Trad piano master opens expanded matinee series Jazz piano marvel Bobby van Deusen was the first musician featured in Charlotte County Jazz Society’s afternoon concerts back in September 2018. He returns to Port Charlotte on Thursday, September 29 to perform in the first of four CCJS matinee concerts planned over the next six months. Bobby is a master of ragtime, stride, boogie woogie and Dixieland genres. Many will remember the beautiful Phantom of the Opera medley from his last visit. He has performed with Al Hirt, Pete Fountain and Rosie O’Grady’s Dixieland Band in Orlando, as well as the Barbary Coast Dixieland Show Band and as a calliopist/pianist for the Delta Queen Steamboat Company’s Mississippi River fleet. In May, Bobby won his second consecutive senior division title at the World Championship Old Time Piano Playing Contest in Oxford, Mississippi. Bobby was born in Philadelphia, raised in Ohio and now lives in Pensacola on the Florida Panhandle. This 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. performance at The Grill at 1951 is open to CCJS members and guests with all tickets sold in advance. Reservations must be made by Thursday, September 22. They can be obtained with a $10.00 check per ticket payable to CCJS and mailed to CCJS, PO Box 495321, Port Charlotte FL 33949. Reserved tickets will be held in your names at The Grill at 1951 on the concert day, Thursday, September 29. Food and beverages will be available for lunch. Doors open at noon for ticket-holders. One more matinee concert is scheduled this fall. Two are planned in February and March at The Grill @ 1951, thanks to the hospitality of owner Dave Eger. Trumpeter and singer Bob Zottola’s Jazz Simpatico trio with pianist Stu Shelton and drummer Tim Ruger will perform on November 3. The Grill at 1951 is a CCJS Community Partner. To view our latest newsletter (Dec. 2021-Jan. 2022) please click here: In Tune Thank you for visiting us at ccjazz.org. We look forward to meeting you soon at one of our jazz events. Ticket information » A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE. REGISTRATION # CH57102. Upcoming Concerts & Events Bobby van Deusen returns September 29, 2022, 1:30 pm Jeff Rupert Quartet October 10, 2022, 7:00 pm Jazz Jam October 23, 2022, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Jazz Simpatico Trio Matinee Concert November 3, 2022, 1:30 pm Ronnie Leigh November 14, 2022, 7:00 pm Jazz Jam November 20, 2022, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Valerie Gillespie Ensemble December 12, 2022, 7:00 pm Jazz Jam December 18, 2022, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Paul Galvin & Mosaic Art Blakey Tribute January 9, 2023, 7:00 pm Jazz Jam January 22, 2023, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Orlando Jazz Orchestra Salute to Henry Mancini February 13, 2023, 7:00 pm Jazz Jam February 26, 2023, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Footer Text © 2012-2022 Charlotte County Jazz Society • Upcoming Shows • About Us • Contact Us Charlotte County Jazz Society ... | negative |
Top Handbags Roundup! | FBJFit Home Blog Inspiration Goal Setting Tips Weight Loss Tips Fashion Interviews Product Reviews Workout Inspiration Goal Setting Product Reviews Workout About Me Close Home Blog Inspiration Goal Setting Tips Weight Loss Tips Fashion Interviews Product Reviews Workout Inspiration Goal Setting Product Reviews Workout About Me Top Handbags Roundup! HomeBlogFashionTop Handbags Roundup! Posted September 1, 2020 in Fashion 755 0 0 Whether you are a weekend warrior or a full-time fitness enthusiast, you should not have to sacrifice style while living your fit lifestyle. “Athleisurewear” has taken its rightful place as the new contemporary wardrobe of choice for women on the move, and the fashion industry has taken notice by providing clothing that provides comfort, stretch and style. Looking to personalize your look with the perfect handbag that can be both high on functionality and fashion forward? 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The payment structure for book contracts is often incredibly complex, so it’s not surprising that there’s a lot of confusion about where authors actually get their money from. I’m going to try to demystify that a bit by delving into the different ways a traditional book deal can generate income for an author.
The advance
Firstly, and most famously, there’s the advance.
An advance is a sum of money that a publisher offers an author in order to secure the rights to publish their book. This can range from pretty much nothing (contracts with no advances do exist) to extremely large sums, which are usually reserved for high-profile authors who the publishers are confident will generate enough sales to earn back the investment. Unfortunately there’s no average I can give you here – the amount of the advance really does depend hugely on the book, the author, the publishing house, the agent and the timing of the deal. But bear in mind it’s not always a case of the bigger the advance, the better a book sells. Plenty of books have received modest advances and gone on to do very well.
Once a contract is signed, the publisher is legally bound to pay the promised advance to the author, regardless of how well their book sells. So as long as the author meets the terms of the contract (by delivering an acceptable manuscript within the given time period), then they will definitely be paid the advance.
The advance is sometimes paid in one instalment, but usually it’s split up over the lifetime of the book, often into three or four separate payments. So for example, a £10,000 advance might be paid as follows:
£2,500 on signature of the contract
£2,500 on delivery and acceptance by the publishers of the completed manuscript
£2,500 on first publication of the book (usually hardcover)
£2,500 on the mass-market paperback publication of the book
This means that it can be years after landing a book deal before the author has received their full advance.
Bonus advances
Above I mentioned that a traditional advance is not dependent on how successful a book is, but in order to tempt an author into accepting a lower advance, a publisher might offer them some bonuses. These are advances that are not guaranteed to the author, but which the author will receive if their book reaches certain specified sales targets.
For instance, the above example advance might have the following added to it:
£2,500 in the event that sales of the book reach 10,000 copies within the first 12 months of publication
It’s important to note that the bonus advance is still an advance and not a fee. This distinction will become important in the royalties section below.
Royalties
What are royalties?
Royalties are the proportion of a book’s revenue that is passed on to the author from the publisher. In most cases, the royalty split is skewed largely towards the publisher – with the author often only receiving about 10% of the income.
Agreeing royalty splits is a large part of what agents negotiate with publishers when handling a new contract. We fight to make sure that our authors are receiving a fair deal from their publisher, using our knowledge of what makes a good royalty rate. Agencies have ‘boiler-plate’ contracts with each publishing house. If a publisher offers a lower royalty rate than our boiler-plates show, then we’ll be in a strong bargaining position to negotiate them upwards.
One of the main disadvantages of signing a publishing contract without an agent, therefore, is that without this knowledge and bargaining power the author is unlikely to get as good a deal as an agent could have negotiated for them.
How does the advance relate to the royalties?
This is a really important question, and it’s the reason I mentioned above that an advance is not the same as a fee.
Authors do not start earning royalties on sales of their book until they’ve earned out their advance. The easiest way to explain this is with an example. In reality royalty payments are more multifaceted than this, but for the sake of explanation let’s say that your contract is as follows:
£10,000 advance
10% royalties (percentage based on the recommended retail price of your book)
Book sold at a recommended retail price of £10 per copy
In this example, for every copy of your book that is sold, you will receive £1 in royalties (10% of the £10 retail price). As such, in order to earn back the £10,000 advance the publisher paid you, you’ll need to sell 10,000 copies of your book.
So, for the first 10,000 copies, you will receive no royalties. For every copy sold over and above 10,000 units, however, you will now earn £1.
It is very common for authors to never earn out their advances, and thus never begin earning royalties on their books. In these cases the advance payment will be all that the author makes from their book deal.
Different types of royalties
A book contract will rarely have just one royalty rate. In reality, they probably have dozens. Usually there’ll be a royalty rate for hardcover editions of your book sold in the home market (e.g. UK for London-based deal), then another rate for that same edition sold for export, then another for that same edition sold at a high discount, and then all of these again for the trade paperback and mass market paperback editions! Confused yet? It gets very complex – the royalty section of a contract can go on for pages and pages.
To complicate this even further, when negotiating royalty terms we often use what we call royalty ‘escalators’. These allow an author to receive a higher royalty rate the more copies their book sells. That might look like this:
Hardcover royalty for copies sold in the home market: 10% to 10,000 copies sold; 12.5% to 20,000 copies sold; 15% thereafter
Please note that these rates are just an example and are not the standard – there is no standard.
Needless to say, if you’re negotiating a book deal without an agent then you’ve got a lot of homework to do!
What is your royalty a percentage of?
Above I mentioned that your royalties might be a percentage of the recommended retail price listed for your book. This is used a lot, but royalties are also often based on the publisher’s net receipts or price received for each copy of your book – the amount they’ve actually been paid for it. This safeguards the publisher from having to give you a high royalty when they’ve sold your book at a discount. So that’s another thing to look out for in contracts.
Subsidiary rights (sub-rights)
Finally, we come to sub-rights. When a publishing house buys a book, in addition to the standard volume & ebook rights that allow them to publish that book themselves, they are often also granted a handful of subsidiary rights that they can licence to other publishers. Penguin might, for a fee, sub-licence the audio rights for one of their titles to Audible, for example. The author will then receive a proportion of the income from this deal, to be set against their advance (along with their royalty earnings).
Common subsidiary rights include audio, translation, serialisation, quotation, large print and book club rights (as well as many others).
Agents often try to keep hold of key rights (translation, audio, film/TV), because if we’re able to sell these rights directly then our client will receive a bigger proportion of the money from those deals. However there are many reasons why for particular books it may make more sense to licence such rights to the main publisher, rather than hanging onto them.
Final words
As you’ve probably gathered from the above, the payment structure for publishing deals can be very complicated. I hope I’ve shed some light on it here, though of course without looking closely at several different book contracts it’s hard to get a good idea of how it all works.
TL;DR: the advance is the only income that’s guaranteed with standard book deals. Everything else comes down to how good your contract is, and how many books you sell. | positive |
TRENTON, N.J., Feb. 11 (UPI) -- New Jersey State Police said Tuesday Gov. Chris Christie did not fly over massive traffic jams on George Washington Bridge access roads in Fort Lee.
The police issued a statement, following reports that New Jersey legislators appeared to be looking for information on whether Christie flew in a state helicopter over traffic jams in Fort Lee.
The State Police Aviation Unit -- responsible for the governor's helicopter -- received a subpoena for information, the (Hackensack) Record reported, citing a source who said legislators want to know if Christie flew over the bridge during the so-called bridgegate scandal.
"None of the three flights transporting the governor during that week flew over, or close to either the George Washington Bridge or Fort Lee, including the flight on 9/11," State Police Capt. Stephen Jones said in a statement Tuesday.
During the four days when access lanes to the bridge in Fort Lee were closed, Christie made three trips in South Jersey and one, on the first day of the closings, from a memorial service in New York for the 2001 terrorist attacks back to Trenton.
Legislators were also trying to find out whether anyone involved in the lane closings was in the helicopter with the governor. Christie was photographed at the New York event with Doug Wildstein, the Port Authority official who resigned after the scandal broke, but Wildstein did not fly back to Trenton with him, the governor's office says.
Other subpoenas have gone to Christie's director of operations and director of constituent relations. | positive |
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It was once the most stylish hotel in Aleppo, hosting the likes of former French leader Charles de Gaulle and novelist Agatha Christie.
But the feted Baron Hotel has been forced to close its doors as the Syrian civil war grips the city, with the front line separating government and rebel forces just metres away from the building.
Haunting photos of owner Armen Mazloumian sitting on the abandoned terrace and empty rooms in the once-grand hotel have emerged painting a bleak picture of life on the front line.
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The Baron Hotel, the oldest hotel in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, has been forced to close
Armen Mazloumian, the owner of the Baron Hotel sits at the terrace and reflects on the future
The lobby of the Baron Hotel still holds an element of class and distinction
The hotel was founded in 1911 by Mazloumian's grandfather, whose name it bears, and was once the fanciest in Aleppo, Syria's former commercial hub.
In 1958, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser delivered a speech there. It was also at the Baron that Agatha Christie wrote parts of 'Murder on the Orient Express'.
But since fighting arrived in the city in 2012, paying clients have dwindled to zero and the once-glamourous building is falling into disrepair.
'It's been nearly four years since the war began and I see nothing that inspires any optimism in me, quite the contrary,' says 63-year-old Mazloumian, unshaven and wearing a blue woollen hat.
Aleppo has been divided between government control in the west, and rebel control in the east since shortly after fighting began.
The conflict, which started with anti-government protests in March 2011 and has since spiralled into a brutal civil war, has ravaged large parts of the historic second city.
The reception has struggled to cope with reservations - or more, a lack of them
The conflict, which started with anti-government protests in March 2011, has since spiralled into a brutal civil war
The war has ravaged large parts of the historic second city hitting local businesses and tourism
Mazloumian is the last of four generations of Armenian hoteliers in Aleppo in his family.
His great-grandfather Krikor opened the family's first hotel, named Ararat after the mountain revered by Armenians, in the second half of the 19th Century.
In the Baron's lobby, on a yellowing wall, an advert from the 1930s can still be seen. 'Hotel Baron, the only first-class hotel in Aleppo,' it proclaims.
'Central heating throughout, complete comfort, uniquely situated. The only one recommended by travel agencies.'
The reception hall is in a state of decay, with no hope of ever being restored to former glories
The telephone booth is dusty and outdated, emphasising the true effects of war
Nowadays, it's a different story. Everything inside seems outdated and dusty -- the reception hall, the telephones, the polished wooden bar with empty liquor bottles.
The roof has been perforated by incoming shell fire, with water leaking inside when it rains.
Rooms that once hosted celebrities and political leaders are empty, or home to a handful of displaced families who have been allowed to take refuge in the hotel.
The hotel is not far from the Aleppo Museum, which has been closed since the war began, and near the rebel-held Bustan al-Qasr district.
'You think all this will stop? It will take years,' Mazloumian says over the sound of gunfire.
It's a world away from the hotel's glory days of glitterati.
An old car belonging to Armen Mazloumian, the owner of the Baron Hotel, stagnates outside
The key to the presidential suite at the Baron Hotel, where guests such as Charles de Gaulle stayed
Many of the hotel's rooms are forever linked to the famous guests who once stayed in them -- Room 201 was that of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, while Room 215 was where King Faisal I of Iraq and Syria stayed.
Lawrence of Arabia stayed in Room 202 and Christie preferred Room 203 for her visits.
'I met her in 1959, but I was too young to know why she was important, I only learned that later,' said Mazloumian.
'She came every year with her husband, the archeologist Max Mallowan, who did excavations at Chagar Bazar and Tell Brak' in northeastern Syria.
Every Syrian president except Nureddin al-Atassi has stayed at the hotel.
An old photograph of the Baron Hotel displayed inside the hotel, the oldest hotel in Aleppo
Areceipt of British Army officer Thomas Edward Lawrence displayed at the Baron Hotel
Armen Mazloumian, the owner of the Baron Hotel, sits at the terrace with his black Russian Terrier
Hafez al-Assad, father of Syria's current President Bashar al-Assad, visited the Baron shortly after the coup that brought him to power in 1970.
'There were so many famous people who came here that if I started listing them all for you I wouldn't finish before tomorrow morning,' he said, ticking off names like billionaire David Rockefeller, former French leader Charles de Gaulle and aviator Charles Lindburgh.
'But this is all in the past now. Honestly, the hotel will never go back to how it was,' Mazloumian sighed, stroking Sasha, his black terrier. | positive |
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French rioting claims first fatality ≡ Menu Home French rioting claims first fatality Dave Schuler November 7, 2005 The rioting in France which began 11 days ago in the impoverished largely immigrant Parisian suburbs and has spread to the city proper, other urban areas in France, and even to other European countries has claimed its first fatality: PARIS (AP) – A man who was beaten by an attacker while trying to extinguish a trash can fire during riots north of Paris has died of his injuries, becoming the first fatality since the urban unrest started 11 days ago, a police official said Monday. Youths overnight injured three dozen officers and burned more than 1,400 vehicles. Apparent copycat attacks spread to other European cities for the first time, with five cars torched outside Brussels’ main train station, police in the Belgian capital said. Australia, Austria and Britain became the latest countries to advise their citizens to exercise care in France, joining the United States and Russia in warning tourists to stay away from violence-hit areas. Alain Rahmouni, a national police spokesman, said the man who was beaten died at a hospital from injuries sustained in the attack, but he had no immediate details about the victim’s age or his attacker. The man was caught by surprise by an attacker after rushing out of his apartment building to put out the fire, Rahmouni said. Clashes around France left 36 police injured, and vandals burned 1,408 vehicles overnight Sunday-Monday, setting a new high for overnight arson and violence since the rioting started Oct. 27, national police chief Michel Gaudin said I haven’t been able to discover the name or antecedents of the man who was killed but I think it can reasonably be inferred that he was an immigrant (or the child of an immigrant), too (UPDATE: cf. below). Here’s what we know so far about the riots: The riots began 11 days ago after two teenage boys who, judging by their first names (all that we have) were of North African descent, fled the police into an electrical power station and were electrocuted. UPDATE: One of the teenagers is thought to have been of sub-Saharan Malian origin, the other of Moroccan origin cf. comment. The violence escalated rapidly after a statement by French interior minister Nicholas Sarkozy condemning the riots and calling for a re-establishing of order. It has been noted that Mr. Sarkozy’s comments were widely quoted out of context. Roughly 5,000 cars, 50 buses, and an undetermined number of trucks have been torched in the ensuing violence. There have been roughly 1,200 arrests throughout the 11 days. Schools, post offices, police stations, and stores have been ransacked and burned. One man has been killed. One handicapped woman was set afire and suffered severe burns over 20% of her body. Nearly 100 policemen have been injured in the course of the riots, most by thrown rocks or birdshot. Several policemen have been injured severely. The areas in which the riots began are poor and largely inhabited by immigrants, the children of immigrants, or the grandchildren of immigrants. Most of the immigrants in the chaud areas are from former French colonies in North Africa or sub-Saharan Africa of both Arab and non-Arab ancestry. Many of the people in the affected areas are Muslims or the children or grandchildren of Muslims. A high proportion of the people in these areas are young. The general rate of unemployment in France is over 10%. The rate of unemployment in the affected areas may be as high as 30%. The rate of unemployment among the young in these areas may be over 50%. There have been reports of some of the rioters shouting “Allahu akhbar” while throwing rocks or Molotov cocktails. There have been reports of political (anti-Sarkozy) sentiments among the rioters. The efforts of the French government in quelling the violence so far have been ineffective. The French media have tended to underplay the race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion of the rioters. UPDATE: Libération.fr reports that the man murdered by rioters was Jean-Jacques Le Chenadec, a 60 year old. Here’s what we don’t know so far about the riots: We don’t know the particular racial, ethnic, national origin, or religious composition of the rioters. We don’t know how many of the rioters are practicing Muslims. We don’t know how many of the rioters have been influenced by radical Islamists. We don’t know the name of the man who was killed Cf. above. We don’t really know why they’re rioting at this point. The riots seem to have taken on a life of their own. We don’t know if the French media has de-emphasized the racial, ethnic, national origin, or religious composition of the rioters for reasons of political correctness, because they don’t believe they’re material, or they’re being censored. We don’t know if the French government has the ability or the will to bring the riots under control. We don’t know where the violence will end. I have read hundreds or thousands of hyperventilating posts and comments on the riots as an intifada, the work of radical Islamists, the work of drug dealers, proof positive that Muslims cannot live peaceably with non-Muslims, etc. In the case of the riots going on in France at best such statements are being made on insuffficient evidence. At worst they’re just bigoted. I do believe that this degree of disorder, violence, and despair can provide an opportunity for the worst elements in society including radical Muslim agititators. I believe that the government should have established a curfew and enforced it a week ago. And I believe that we should all be concerned about what’s happening in France. France remains a great power: they have nuclear weapons and a permanent, veto-wielding seat on the United Nations Security Council. Previous posts on this subject: November 3 November 4 November 5 November 6 UPDATE: I see that Greg Djerejian agrees with me: Now, I am not one who believes that some pan-Eurabian intifada is in the offing, or that the implications of these riots rival 9/11, or that Shamil Basayev’s guerilla tactics are being adopted off la Place de la Republique–as breathless, under-informed ‘commentary’ has it in some quarters of the blogosphere. But we certainly have a pivot point here, one where the ruling elite’s inefficacy and ineptness is being laid crudely bare for all the world to see. They have been tone-deaf and caught off guard by the depth of the alienation in their midst, and it has now caught them very much unawares and seemingly clueless on how next to respond. as does James Joyner. So let’s back off the anti-Muslim rhetoric, shall we? And focus on the more appropriate anti-French rhetoric. 😉 Clive Davis hews more to my position in this discussion and comments on the political and social issues behind the rioting in France. You’re not completely “out of step”, Clive. Hat tip: Glenn. Courtesy of European Tribune a great cartoon: Translation: Why burn everything? Because we want recognition! Why don’t you take off your hoods to go on TV? Because we don’t want to be recognised! ANOTHER UPDATE: Yet another blogger heard from who doesn’t see religious overtones in the rioting in France. From Coyote Blog: Call me slow, but I just haven’t seen evidence that the recent violence in Paris has religious overtones. Maybe it is under-reported, but I haven’t seen any targeting of Christians or Jews or Jewish Temples and such that one might expect in intifada-type violence. Actually, a synagogue was burned but I saw that more as a target of opportunity than an actual objective. I think that France’s welfare state probably does have some relation to the problem but I think a more significant cause is the problems with immigration intrinsic to an ethnic state like France. 11 comments… add one Lounsbury Link Dave: At least one was of Malian origin, NOT North African. I believe both were of Malian or similar origin. Dave Schuler Link Thanks, Lounsbury. I have edited the original post accordingly. Lounsbury Link Very good. Not sure if your readers know, however, that Mali is sub-Saharan Africa and not at all Arab or North AFrican. Might be useful to point these things out given the amount of hysterical, unfactual blithering on that is going on. And again, good work, showing your strengths. Robert Speirs Link “Jean-Jacques” does not sound like a Muslim African. And he was apparently beaten to death for trying to stop the burning. How long before the Foreign Legion is called in, despite the prohibition, to restore order? They’ve been effective protecting French interests in the same parts of the world the rioters come from. And all I want to know about the “deprived conditions” is whether or not they’re better or worse than where the rioters came from and if so, why did they leave? Dave Schuler Link Robert Speirs, what about the rioters who aren’t from somewhere else? My take is that most of the rioters are (by U. S. standards) French i.e. they were born there. They’re not ethnically French; they may not speak French; they may not be culturally French. But they may never have been anywhere else. lounsbury Link If I may, Dave, first with respect to the rioters, I would assert with great confidence that all the rioters speak French by any reasonable standard. (even those who speak it as a second language). Second, with respect to the frankly idiotic comment about the Foreign Legon, the answer is 30 fucking years. Third, most of the rioters, with respect to the same comment, most of the rioters are born and bred in France – the entire immigrant usage merely reflects French prejudice – one thing one remarks in France is the amazing habit of French ‘native French’ of calling 2nd, 3rd and even 4th generation descendants of immigrants, “immigrants” as if they arrived “off the boat.” Fourth, American commentators need to buy not just a clue, but a whole bloody fucking education in this area. Bloody fucking hell, I have no idea what US coverage of this is, but frankly by reading US blogs, it must be fucking piss poor. Dave Schuler Link Third, most of the rioters, with respect to the same comment, most of the rioters are born and bred in France – the entire immigrant usage merely reflects French prejudice – one thing one remarks in France is the amazing habit of French ‘native French’ of calling 2nd, 3rd and even 4th generation descendants of immigrants, “immigrants” as if they arrived “off the boat.” Yes, that was my point. 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CyberCab by P1X View all by P1XP1X Follow P1XFollowFollowing P1XFollowing Add To CollectionCollection Submission to Cyberpunk Jam Related gamesRelated CyberCab A downloadable game for Android Download NowName your own price "We are the cab company for the rich business people. We transport them directly from their offices in the highest skyscrapers. Sometimes they want to move quickly form one floor to another. But most of the time they take a ride to another skyscraper at the exact floor. This saves they time and money. So travel time here is very important." "Ofcourse you can never forget about the safety. There are lots of other flying cars out there. Also avoid any damage to the vehicle. And remember that cabs don't run on air so save fuel. Repair and refuel will be paid from your paycheck." CyberCab is a arcade-platformer simulator of a cab in the far future. Game is OUYA exclusive title. It will be it in the OUYA store when finished. To this time you can download .apk file from here and side-load it to the console. Don't have OUYA? You can install this game on any android device with gamepad. Tested on Galaxy s4 + xbox 360 controller, Asus tablet + OUYA controller. Keep in mind that this game is not finished nor polished enough. It's in alpha state. It has core funcionality and gameplay but there is no refuel/repair/damage/work shifts. This will be added after the Jam voting ends. BETA version are here to download (daily builds): http://p1x.in/g/cybercab But please do not juge the game by it's latest release - it's made after the jam. It's just for ppl who want to play more stable and fun game. Some pixel art from the game: More information Status Prototype Platforms Android Rating Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1) Author P1X Genre Platformer Tags console, cyber-cab-cab, gamepad, ouya, ugh Download Download NowName your own price Click download now to get access to the following files: CyberCab.apk 21 MB itch.io·View all by P1X·Report·Embed Games › Platformer › Free | negative |
Moments ago in the Aleppo Governorate’s southern countryside, the Islamist rebels from Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham – in coordination with Harakat Nouriddeen Al-Zinki, the Syrian Al-Qaeda group “Jabhat Al-Nusra”, and Liwaa Suqour Al-Sham – have launched a counter-offensive at the strategic town of Tal Al-‘Eiss in order to reverse the gains made by the Syrian Arab Army’s 4th Mechanized Division and Hezbollah last week.
The Islamist rebels chose to launch this counter-offensive tonight after several hundred fighters arrived from the Idlib Governorate in order to reinforce their embattled comrades that were under attack by the Syrian Armed Forces and Lebanese Resistance for several weeks at the southern Aleppo front.
The goal for this counter-offensive is to recapture Tal Al-‘Eiss from the Syrian Armed Forces and the Lebanese Resistance, followed by repositioning themselves for a massive counter-assault at the strategic city of Al-Hadher (east of Tal Al-‘Eiss), which was seized by the SAA’s 4th Mechanized Division and Hezbollah two weeks ago.
This will be no easy task for the Islamist forces of Harakat Nouriddeen Al-Zinki, Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham, Jabhat Al-Nusra, and Liwaa Suqour Al-Sham as the Syrian Armed Forces and their allies are heavily entrenched inside these two towns (Al-Hadher and Tal Al-‘Eiss) in the Aleppo Governorate.
There have been no reported gains as of yet – more to come….
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WPA Film Library Home About Us Contact Us Exhibits Login Sign up WPA Film Library Your source for stock footage. We provide answers. 1980s Computers Computer systems of the 1980s The World's Most Powerful Computer Clip#: Audio: Location: 429081_1_1 Yes United States Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1986 (Actual Year) Color 03:36:14 - 03:39:07 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 1005 N/A The use of the Cray 2 supercomputer, the fastest computer in the world, at ARC is detailed. The Cray 2 can perform 250 million calculations per second and has 10 times the memory of any other computer. Ames researchers are shown creating computer simulations of aircraft airflow, waterflow around a submarine, and fuel flow inside of the Space Shuttle's engines. The video also details the Cray 2's use in calculating airflow around the Shuttle and its external rockets during liftoff for the first time and in the development of the National Aero Space Plane. Download Expand Minimize Reel (1) Notes: Oak Forest Hospital and University of Chicago Hospital Clip#: Audio: Location: 311204_1_7 Yes Oak Forest and Chicago, IL Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1980 (Estimated Year) Color 10:17:31 - 10:21:29 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 10 N/A MS pharmaicist supervisor training worker on computer at administration desk (books, phones, computers on table) . Two African American women work at the computer together. CU supervisor, pulls out to 2-shot with trainee at keyboard. VS of the two women working together at the computer. Download Expand Minimize Reel (9) Notes: Oak Forest Hospital and University of Chicago Hospital Clip#: Audio: Location: 311204_1_8 Yes Oak Forest and Chicago, IL Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1980 (Estimated Year) Color 10:21:29 - 10:23:28 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 10 N/A CU, MS Asian male pharmicist talkes with co-worker. Tilt and pan activity around administration desk where pharmacists are wokring, entering information into computer, talking to each other. CU medications in boxes on shelves. Large piece of equipment is moved out of the way so cam gets full-view of hundreds of boxes of medications stacked on shelves. Zoom in to Cu of meds in boxes. CU computer screen, pull back to large old (80's mainframe type) computers along a wall. CU phone cord, pull back and pan to computers. VS computers, large printers mounted on tables. Download Expand Minimize Reel (9) Notes: Spaces - Computers and Video Games Clip#: Audio: Location: 490251_1_4 Yes United States Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1983 (Estimated Year) Color 04:02:28 - 04:02:37 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 11267 SPAC 004 N/A Shots of old-school MAINFRAME COMPUTERS with hands sliding big circuit cards. Download Expand Minimize Reel (20) Notes: Spaces - Computers and Video Games Clip#: Audio: Location: 490251_1_6 Yes United States Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1983 (Estimated Year) Color 04:02:39 - 04:03:08 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 11267 SPAC 004 N/A Various shots of buttons on a main frame computer. Microchip. Robotic arm doing welding. Shot of a robot arm solving a RUBIK'S CUBE. Two African American boys using a PC. Various computer read outs. Download Expand Minimize Reel (20) Notes: Spaces - Computers and Video Games Clip#: Audio: Location: 490251_1_17 Yes United States Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1983 (Actual Year) Color 04:08:16 - 04:09:04 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 11267 SPAC 004 N/A Students working on computers in a university computer lab. Most of the students are African American. Download Expand Minimize Reel (20) Notes: Spaces - Computers and Robots Clip#: Audio: Location: 524961_1_3 Yes United States Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1983 (Actual Year) Color 04:20:11 - 04:23:45 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 11267 SPAC 004 N/A Segment on ROBOTS in industry. Shots of ROBOT ARMS handling materials, twisting a RUBIK'S CUBE. Shots of ROBOTS carrying materials. Shots of ROBOT ARMS building CARS on ASSEMBLY LINE doing WELDING. Shots of automated production line, with human workers. Exterior of Digital Equipment Corporation plant. People inside the factory assemlbling computer parts. Various shots of whirling mainframe computers. Robotic cart moves boxes from a warehouse. Nancy Wallace, industrial engineer, talking to factory workers, working at her desk, etc. Various shots of workers in the factory. Robotic arms doing jobs that would be dangerous for humans, working at high tempertures, etc. Nancy says that automation is indicative of a closer relationship between management and workers and workers getting more involved with the company. Various shots of the workers in the factory. Download Expand Minimize Reel (6) Notes: Computer Screen Clip#: Audio: Location: 531106_1_4 Yes Unknown Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1988 (Actual Year) Color 01:16:42 - 01:18:29 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 1028 N/A Computer Screen. LIST PROGRAM DEMANDS Cursor blinking. Typing STATE IDENTIFICATION AUTHORIZATION NUMBER Cursor moves around screen. Download Expand Minimize Reel (10) Notes: Computer Screen Clip#: Audio: Location: 531106_1_5 Yes Unknown Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1988 (Actual Year) Color 01:18:29 - 01:18:46 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 1028 N/A Computer Screen. YOU HAVE ACCESS Download Expand Minimize Reel (10) Notes: TOWN MEETING: DEFEATING DRUGS Videotaped informational segments on issue of D... Clip#: Audio: Location: 535569_1_13 Yes Washington DC, United States Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1989 (Actual Year) Color 20:47:49 - 20:48:06 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 11375 91-6404 N/A Lab technicians work in a urinalysis laboratory. Drug testing. Also using 1980s computers. Download Expand Minimize Reel (17) Notes: THE AFRICANS: New Gods Clip#: Audio: Location: 536926_1_3 Yes Africa Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1986 (Actual Year) Color 10:18:33 - 10:19:03 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 10251 61-3981 N/A CUs computer keyboard with Arabic and Latin characters, hands typing; ECU/CUs computer screen, Arabic characters and cursor rolling right to left; CU man working at computer. Download Expand Minimize Reel (2) Notes: THE AFRICANS: Global Africa Clip#: Audio: Location: 537458_1_1 Yes United States Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1986 (Actual Year) Color 10:48:54 - 10:49:34 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 10257 61-3990 N/A THE AFRICANS: Global Africa. Regards the cultural and experiential differences between Africa and the United States. Edited unmixed program originally shot on film. MSs of African American high school students in school computer lab. African-American male teacher working with students. Download Expand Minimize Reel (1) Notes: Capitol Journal - Political Ads Clip#: Audio: Location: 459923_1_26 Yes United States Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1986 (Actual Year) Color 01:08:03 - 01:08:26 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 10208 31-3112 N/A A campaign office where women employees review poll data on computers and talk to voters on the phone. Long line of desks with people on the phone. Call center. Download Expand Minimize Reel (28) Notes: Capitol Journal - Trade Clip#: Audio: Location: 459996_1_13 Yes United States Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1985 (Actual Year) Color 01:02:25 - 01:02:33 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 10205 31-3124 N/A Computer microchip fabrication (manufacture, assembly) Download Expand Minimize Reel (19) Notes: Spaces - Computers and Video Games Clip#: Audio: Location: 490251_1_21 Yes United States Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1983 (Actual Year) Color 04:10:04 - 04:10:35 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 11267 SPAC 004 N/A Teenagers playing video games. Students working on computers in a university computer lab. Download Expand Minimize Reel (20) Notes: WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Medical Clip#: Audio: Location: 491553_1_12 Yes United States Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1981 (Actual Year) Color 01:09:13 - 01:09:55 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 11436 WATT 005 N/A Doctors look at a computer model of brain activity with different colored areas for high and low concentration areas. This may be an early PET scan (Positron emission tomography). Download Expand Minimize Reel (15) Notes: Congress: We The People - Lobbying Congress Clip#: Audio: Location: 541277_1_4 Yes United States Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1984 (Estimated Year) Color 10:35:35 - 10:35:59 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 11407 CWTP 117 N/A CU of computer screen pull out to office worker talking on phone. Pan across office. Different people talking on the phone in the office. Download Expand Minimize Reel (19) Notes: This Honorable Court: The United States Supreme Court Clip#: Audio: Location: 542400_1_3 Yes United States Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1988 (Estimated Year) Color 01:48:21 - 01:48:37 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 11270 61-3876 N/A Justice Byron White in chambers, working at computer. CU of hands on keyboard. Download Expand Minimize Reel (4) Notes: This Honorable Court: The United States Supreme Court Clip#: Audio: Location: 542400_1_4 Yes United States Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1988 (Estimated Year) Color 01:48:37 - 01:49:07 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 11270 61-3876 N/A Panning CU cables running to connection at back of large mainframe computer. Caucasian man loading old-school data reels of tape into computer, pan to woman working at computer terminal. CU computer screen, word processing program, text of an opinion. Download Expand Minimize Reel (4) Notes: Spaces-Making Audio and Music With Computers Clip#: Audio: Location: 542415_1_5 Yes United States Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1983 (Actual Year) Color 04:13:49 - 04:14:06 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 11267 SPAC 004 N/A CU of fingers on a computer keyboard, pan up to green screened monitor. Download Expand Minimize Reel (13) Notes: Spaces-Making Audio and Music With Computers Clip#: Audio: Location: 542415_1_11 Yes United States Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1983 (Actual Year) Color 04:15:31 - 04:15:41 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 11267 SPAC 004 N/A CU of text on a green computer screen, pan down to see CU of fingers typing on a computer keyboard. Download Expand Minimize Reel (13) Notes: Spaces-Making Audio and Music With Computers Clip#: Audio: Location: 542415_1_14 Yes United States Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1983 (Actual Year) Color 04:16:58 - 04:17:46 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 11267 SPAC 004 N/A CU MCU magnetic tape rolling through machine. CU of green computer screen. MCU reel to reel recording machine spinning. CU pan equipment buttons reading Power , Load , On Line , Rewind , WRT EN , HI DEN . CU needles moving on mixing board. CU magnetic tape spooling from one reel to the other. CU fingers typing on computer keyboard, pan up to CU of green computer screen. Over-the-shoulder MCU man typing on computer with green screen monitor. Download Expand Minimize Reel (13) Notes: Tales Of Siberia: Grown in Siberia Clip#: Audio: Location: 542430_1_4 Yes Siberia, USSR Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1980 (Estimated Year) Color 01:10:05 - 01:10:23 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 626 PREMIERE 5589 N/A Scientist running tests and using computers to calculate. Download Expand Minimize Reel (3) Notes: NEW TOWNS-Local Newpaper Office Clip#: Audio: Location: 540620_1_3 Yes Greenbelt, Maryland Year Shot: Video: Timecode: 1987 (Actual Year) Color 12:48:33 - 12:48:59 Tape Master: Original Film: HD: 11278 NTOWNS-001 N/A CU female hands using computer keyboard. CU computer monitor with bulky 1980s text, pan out to MCU of woman using computer. Download Expand Minimize Reel (4) Notes: × Add Clip to Clip Bin Add To Clip Bin New Clip Bin Notes Create New Clip Bin Cancel Note for the Clip Bin Close Add to Clip Bin × Request Clip Screener Request a digital copy of this clip to screen. 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It’s hard not to feel sorry for Britain’s so-called student radicals. They really do try so hard. While genuine radicalism, revolution and upsetting the status quo have long since fallen off their agendas, they still really want to Do Something. Or, at least, have something against which they can strike some moral poses.
For the past decade, campus radicals had the supposed scourge of the far right to keep them occupied. The right-on crusaders could pretend that the BNP, the EDL and all-manner of marginal and anachronistic fascistic throwbacks were a huge threat and rally the troops against them. Now, with the EDL effectively disbanded and BNP leader Nick Griffin bankrupt and reduced to asking his members to sell scrap metal in order to keep his flailing party going, the student set have been scrabbling around looking for another ignoble enemy. So what fluffed-up enemy have the student apparatchiks come up with? Well, taking heed of that great Michael Jackson protest song, they’ve decided to look in the mirror in order to make a change. The new enemy, the new scourge of society, the new target for all their pent-up political furies has revealed itself among their own number – stalking their union club nights, pecs glistening in a low-v, with the smell of sex in his nostrils. I’m talking, of course, of the Uni Lad.
Following a slew of feminist-led campaigns at British universities, which have seen Robin Thicke’s banal come-on anthem ‘Blurred Lines’, soft-porn lads’ mags and Page 3-featuring tabloids banned from universities, the NUS held a ‘Lad Culture Summit’ in London last month. Supported by the Everyday Sexism Project and Universities UK, the summit was aimed at tackling the way that lad culture, and its nefarious bedfellow ‘rape culture’, have laid siege to campus life, apparently turning Britain’s male students into creatine-baffing would-be rapists. The website Uni Lad was a prime target for their ire. Part news-site, part soft-porn hub, part ‘lad bants’ repository, Uni Lad was decried by Laura Bates of the Everyday Sexism Project as spurring on sexual harassment and rape at universities, citing the crass rape jokes published on the site as proof that ‘lad culture has led to the normalisation of sexual assault on campuses around the country’. The claim that this was merely ‘banter’ – and that surely there is a distinction to be made between what someone may find funny and their propensity for rape – was, as Bates put it, merely ‘a very clever way of silencing the problem’.
Other targets have been the pub and club promoters in university towns, whose seedy club nights, from ‘Tarts and Vicars’ to ‘CEOs and Corporate Hoes’, are – in the eyes of student-union hacks – shamelessly profiting from lad culture and actively permitting sexual harassment. Over the course of her chilling closing remarks, Kelley Temple, NUS women’s officer, suggested a ‘zero-tolerance’ policy to such club nights as well as ‘compulsory consent training’ for union officers and student society leaders and, most importantly, sports captains. According to this lot, if you play rugby, frequent Uni Lad and indulge in the odd ‘Rappers and Slappers’ club night, then you’re either blithely unaware of, or genuinely incredulous about, the idea of female sexual consent. Founded on dodgy dot-connecting, and bearing a complete lack of nuance in the differences between ‘jokey’ sexism, genuine misogyny and rape, it’s clear the anti-lad lobby is driven by little more than snobbery and good ol’ fashioned disdain for crass, ostensibly working-class culture. Like chavs before them, lads have been shamelessly painted as the source of society’s ills, the dark heart of a supposedly broken Britain. | positive |
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Not too long ago, it was unheard of for an unproven team to raise private capital for a hardware startup. But a combination of factors, including the success of Kickstarter combined with an overall Apple-led renewal in appreciation for industrial design, have made it a far less radical concept today. Nonetheless, when I first covered the product launch of sports performance company Mobiplex, I called launching the hardware startup an “exceptionally bold” idea, and its $3.1 million Seed financing a “minor miracle.”
Today, founder and CEO Vijay Nadkarni is back to proving its doubters wrong with $1.3 million in additional financing.
Mobiplex’s first product, which launched in September, is SwingTIP, a bluetooth-enabled, 3-D motion sensor and corresponding mobile app (iOS and Android) aimed at mapping the swings of golfers. As I described previously:
The sensor clips to the shaft of any golf club to capture and analyze 900 data points per swing including speed, tempo, and path. The app then renders a 3D animated video of the swing and delivers corresponding swing tips and instructional videos... The hardware costs $129 to purchase, after which the app is free. The alternative, is taking traditional private lessons from a golf instructor, which can cost hundreds of dollars per hour and often lack technology tools entirely.
The company has been coy about its sales progress, saying only, “Mobiplex continues to bring on new retail partners and there will more to announce in coming months. We’ve met all of our sales objectives for the first quarter and have had great feedback from their customers.” So yeah, pretty much nothing concrete to go on.
Perhaps explaining its fundraising success, none of Mobilex’s financing has come from traditional VC firms or professional angel investors. Rather, the company has raised all of its $4.4 million to date from 50 private investors, whom it describes as “current or retired CEOs or principal owners of companies.” In other words, fellow successful entrepreneurs who saw an idea they believe in and who hope to make a buck while helping one of their own.
The company would only name two of its backers. The first, no slouch at all, is former National Semiconductor Chairman and CEO and current Cisco board member Brian Halla. The second, a member of the Mobiplex board of directors and an MD, is Dr. Sandeep Sherlekar. Mobiplex has raised its financing to date as a single rolling round, which was initially structured as a convertible note, with all notes having since been converted into preferred shares in the company.
Although the obstacles are many, SwingTIP does have one major advantage. The company secured the endorsements of Craig Stadler and NCAA legend Ray Leach. These recognized icons of the game certainly lend an air of credibility to the nascent product. As a result, the company has distribution through brick and mortar Golf Galaxy stores, and through online retailers including Amazon, PlayBetterGolf.com, and SmartHome.com targeting the US and Canada. Longer term, the company plans to expand beyond SwingTIP and its singular focus on golf to deliver a broad catalog of interactive wireless sports performance technologies.
As a lifelong golfer and an avid observer of the industry, trust me when I tell you that golf hardware is as competitive and unforgiving as any vertical. Like other consumer electronics, SwingTIP faces all the expenses and challenges associated with product development, manufacturing, fulfillment, and offline sales and marketing. $4.4 million may seem like a lot of money, and it’s surely more than many lesser competitors will raise, but by no means does it guarantee success. Golf is dominated by enormous companies the likes of Adidas (owner of Taylormade), Acushnet (owner of Titleist and Footjoy), and Nike.
To make noise among these well-capitalized titans, Mobiplex will need not only to create a standout product, but display some savvy marketing wizardry. If it succeeds at both, the company will have defied more odds that most venture backed startups | positive |
Due to the nature of my work and in particular my spidey senses and sniffer dog nose for shadiness and assholery, I can pick up on very subtle early warning signs that someone else may construe as me being ‘negative’ or even ‘too sensitive’. For example, a few months back, I met up with a business acquaintance and when parting and discussing another meeting, they quipped that I’d better not be giving them any of that “sh*t” and pointed to my herbal tea. I felt slightly disconcerted. It niggled because it felt over the line. Now some people might think I’m crackers for thinking that but that warning turned out to be ridiculously true. It’s not about jumping all over what may be innocent or ill-thought-out comments – those are distinguishable from the stuff that blossoms into a problematic relationship. If you look at your mutual and healthy relationships you will see that these people don’t put you down and rarely cross the line and if they do, they feel bad about it and don’t keep repeating it. They make amends. Your instincts are correct when the behaviour you witnessed keeps showing up.
It’s the very subtle yet niggling stuff that sets the stage for what can turn into an untenable situation or even an abusive relationship. Watch out for Choppers with their insidious erosion of your self-esteem, self-image and even your perception of reality with their putdowns and passive aggressive mind effery. They don’t punch you in the face on day one or come out with something directly offensive but they do slip in a putdown where you think, Did he/she just say that?, Am I being too sensitive? or, That’s a bit over the line. Or they do/say something about someone or something else that when you look back on things further down the line, you realise that it was indicative of things to come.
Sometimes when attempting to decipher situations and wanting to be perceived as generous with our chances, we don’t consider what a person’s actions towards others may mean.
We don’t see it as something that can affect us…yet… which is why so many of us have been or are with people who behave pretty damn badly with others and now do so with us. We thought we’d be the exception to the rule or that what we picked up was irrelevant to a romantic relationship or could be overcome with our love and pleasing.
Classic examples are people who are discourteous to, for instance, restaurant staff or who rage at others right in front of you. One reader went on 4-5 dates with somebody who went absolutely ballistic while driving with her on all of the dates – warning sign of anger issues. Early jealousy and possessiveness is another classic – one ex had a hissy fit when he found out that my ex boyfriend was helping me with a project at uni – we’d been dating for four days when this happened and lo and behold, he was very controlling and jealous throughout the relationship.
People share with me how their partners or exes are racist / sexist / schemey etc., or and think, Why are you going out with somebody who hates your own race or another race, especially when you don’t feel the same way? Or, Why are you going out with someone who despises women/men? You don’t think it’s a bit strange that they’re embezzling their company?
The ‘problem’ with picking up on stuff and feeling uncomfortable is that we can fall into the trap of reading this as ‘judgmental’. We like to see the best in people. Hell – sometimes we like to make up the best in people. Sometimes we mistake assholery for ‘realness’ – Wow! They’re so into me that they’re super comfortable with being their bad selves!
It isn’t judgmental to register information or to compute it against our own set of values. It’s not judgmental to know the limits of a particular relationship; it’s relationship smart. The fact that we pick up on something doesn’t mean that we necessarily have to make a big ‘ole judgement or that it’s a permanent statement of the future or them – we’re just not that powerful remember – but what it does mean is that we need to be aware.
It can be frustrating when we see something first that others around us are slower to notice. It’s easy to assume that people don’t trust us or think badly of us in these situations when really, people have to find out how things are in their own way plus, sometimes we’re attuned to something due to the context of our connection/involvement with this person.
You can often find out the length and breadth of who someone is by being assertive and owning your right to say no and be yourself.
You also see different aspects once you exchange bodily fluids… There are so many who are baffled by friends who screwed them over once they became romantically involved or who feel wounded by knowing what someone’s really like due to having been romantically involved. Looking back, there were indicators within the friendship that they overlooked or indicators within that person’s other romantic relationships – they assumed things would be different because of the friendship. We also interact with people in a different capacity in romantic relationships and in an affair, the secrets and lies predisposes us to seeing a darker side. Romantic relationships also require a great deal of vulnerability and some people are allergic to intimacy.
I don’t always know exactly why something bothers me or why I’m attuned to something in the air but now that I’m willing to listen to me instead of just blithely and blindly careering around like a bull in a china shop, I’ve learned that it’s not a question of spending my life trying to work out if there’s a threat or not (unless there’s imminent danger). Basing your life around feeling under attack or warding off the possibility is pretty damn draining.
You don’t prepare to be run over each day or for your house to burn down; you learn to be street smart and safe and you put in a fire alarm, practice safety habits, and have some insurance. Listening to and looking out for you enables you to be ‘street smart’ and emotionally literate. You’re your own fire alarm with your boundaries which rely on self-awareness and self-knowledge plus knowing that you’re willing to step up for you is your insurance.
You might smell or see smoke before you see the fire – boundaries and code amber and red behaviour is like this. You learn to associate certain indicators and if it proves to be a false alarm or not a major issue, you can adjust to accommodate this. If it turns out there’s an issue, you don’t think the equivalent of, Feck. There’s a fire but I don’t want to appear judgmental or safety conscious so I’ll just stay where I am and see if it goes away or wait until my back’s against the wall.
Even if I don’t use ‘feedback’ immediately, I register it somewhere. Me (or you) registering that info won’t change a person or control their feelings and behaviour in the future or necessarily pave the way to being distrusting – it just helps us to keep our integrity and our own reality. It also may prove to have no use with the person in question but if we experience it elsewhere, we will know what it means or it will click with us.
Time and experience has also taught me that being ‘right’ isn’t important or even the goal in listening to ourselves; it’s paying attention to those little pieces of information and observing, rather than judging. Better to listen and either confirm or remove your concerns (finetuning and learning on the go) than to ignore and learn nothing. That’s harmful in itself.
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A train carrying 72 cars of crude oil had barreled into the sleepy Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic and derailed . And the oil did what crude oil isn’t supposed to do: it blew up, killing 47 people, leaving the downtown core in ruin.
The fires burned for four days after the explosions.
The composition — and flammability — of crude oil varies, depending on where it’s extracted. The oil that exploded in Lac-Mégantic was mislabelled in shipping documents as less dangerous than it really was.
It’s the same oil Enbridge plans to pump through Line 9, a pipeline that cuts through the GTA if federal regulators approve plans to reverse the flow in the 38-year-old pipeline to supply Quebec refineries with cheaper products from western Canada and the Bakken region.
The crude oil on that train came from North Dakota, where it was pulled from the shale of the Bakken formation, which stretches from western North Dakota into southern Saskatchewan and eastern Montana.
“It seems like it should be a concern, we just really haven’t heard about it that much.”
“Regulators don’t treat crude oil from the Bakken any different than they treat crude oil from the tar sands or from Oklahoma,” said Carl Weimer, executive director of the Washington-based Pipeline Safety Trust. “No one’s ever really looked at whether different types affect pipelines different.
Industry reports have noted the corrosive effects of Bakken oil on drilling and refinery infrastructure, but there are no special rules for its handling, nor have its effects on pipelines been probed by federal regulators on either side of the border.
Line 9 would also carry diluted bitumen — heavy, tar-like crude from Alberta’s oil sands, diluted with chemicals so it can flow through a pipe — though the majority of product would be light crude from the Bakken, according to Enbridge.
Now, railway regulators in Canada and the U.S. are homing in on Bakken oil and potential safety concerns when it is shipped by rail. There are worries it may be more corrosive and more explosive than oil extracted elsewhere.
“Most people were quite surprised by the strength of the fire and the subsequent explosions,” said lead investigator Don Ross.
In the days that followed the blasts in Lac-Mégantic, as police officers and firefighters pulled bodies from the mangled wreckage, safety investigators said the crude oil — not generally seen as a highly flammable product — had acted in an “abnormal” way.
Months later, Ross’s investigation would find the flammability of the oil — misclassified in documents — was closer to that of gasoline than typical crude.
Most of the oil produced in North Dakota is extracted using hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” a controversial process of blasting apart underground rock formations with a high-pressure mix of water, sand and chemicals to get at oil and gas trapped within.
Producers use a toxic soup of chemicals, such as hydrochloric acid, a highly corrosive component that critics fear could eat away at pipelines and tank cars if not fully removed from the oil.
And Bakken crude can contain high levels of hydrogen sulfide, a toxic, corrosive chemical that’s extremely flammable.
Earlier this year, Enbridge got into a spat with shippers when it asked federal regulators for permission to reject crude oil with hydrogen sulfide levels higher than 5 parts-per-million — after tests revealed a batch of crude bound for a pipeline at its Berthold, N.D., facility had levels of 1,200 ppm.
Human exposure to hydrogen sulfide at 50 ppm or higher can cause death. The batch Enbridge successfully rejected contained 24 times the lethal level.
But it was Enbridge that pushed for that 5 ppm limit, which was protested by oil producers. No regulations require it. Some companies don’t have such limits.
Enbridge spokesperson Graham White said the company samples batches of crude that goes through its lines. Oil with high levels of contaminants, such as hydrogen sulfide, are flagged and dealt with, to protect both people and pipeline.
“We take immediate steps to address the contaminated batch and to determine the source to prevent repeat deliveries,” said White. “If we can’t identify the source we will take the necessary measures to eliminate the problem, including issuing complaints to the regulator as we did at our Berthold facility.”
But when it comes to determining the potential for a product to combust, it’s not correct to treat railways and pipelines the same way, he said.
An explosion requires three elements: fuel (such as oil), an ignition source, and oxygen.
Unlike oil in a pipeline, White said, oil in rail cars is readily exposed to one of those elements: atmospheric levels of oxygen.
Secondly, trains move at high speed, with the potential for derailments that could cause cars to collide and create sparks, a potential ignition source for an explosion.
“This doesn’t happen in a pipeline incident, and industry experience reinforces this,” said White. “Fire and ignition of the product are almost never factors in even a large incident.”
Rhona Delfrari, a spokesperson for Alberta-based oil producer Cenovus Energy, said the composition of its oil from the Bakken in southern Saskatchewan isn’t very different from other sources.
“It’s not drastically more explosive by any means, not even close,” said Delfrari. “Oil is pretty much oil.”
Chemical engineer Gregory Patience, who studies explosions in petroleum and fossil fuels, looked up a safety data sheet published by Cenovus on its Bakken product.
The oil’s flammability classification is the highest there is, level 4 — the same as methane gas and propane, which are also frequently moved by pipeline.
In the case of a spill, the Bakken oil could ignite, with a spark, at 20C. To ignite in the absence of a spark would require temperatures of 250C, Patience said.
“Is it more dangerous, is there a hazard? Yes, there’s a hazard; yes, there’s a risk,” said Patience. “But … I would say that this is what you want to pipe. You don’t want to put this on the road; you don’t want to put this on the railroad. You want to keep it in a pipeline.”
That’s the problem with Line 9, according to pipeline consultant Richard Kuprewicz. He argues that Line 9 is at high risk of rupture due to “insidious” cracks.
Enbridge has called his assertions “entirely unfounded” and “grossly unfair.”
Canada’s National Energy Board is now considering Enbridge’s proposal to reverse the flow in the 38-year-old pipeline eastward and raise its capacity from 240,000 to 300,000 barrels a day.
A rail car has one advantage over a pipeline, in that it carries a relatively small amount of oil, Kuprewicz said. “The first rule of pipelines is: Do not rupture. The consequences of a release can be far more significant.”
Keith Stewart, climate and energy campaign coordinator at Greenpeace, said “unconventional oil,” whether diluted bitumen from Alberta or fracked oil from the Bakken, is giving rise to a host of unforeseen dangers that should be probed before shipping products past communities and waterways, whether by rail or pipeline.
An Enbridge spill of diluted bitumen in Michigan in 2010, for example, proved far harder to clean up than typical oil, as the heavy crude from the oil sands sank to the bottom of waterways, while the chemicals used to dilute it evaporated. Cleanup of the 3.3 million litres spilled near Kalamazoo, Mich., is still not complete.
His next example is the exploding crude in Lac-Mégantic.
“The assumption was we knew what we were dealing with. And we didn’t,” said Stewart. “We’re basically conducting experiments, finding things go wrong, and then trying to figure it out.”
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enlarge Franklin was one of the most practical inventors in history. He built many devices that were designed to help improve or solve everyday problems. Some of his inventions, like bifocal glasses, are well-known, while others are more obscure. Of the numerous inventions Franklin created, he did not patent a single one. Franklin believed that "As we benefit from the inventions of others, we should be glad to share our own...freely and gladly."
Here are a few of the useful inventions that Franklin devised or improved upon.
Swim fins: Ben Franklin loved the water. Growing up in Boston, he was drawn to the sea and often dreamed of becoming a sailor. Ben learned to swim and became an expert swimmer. Wanting to increase his speed in the water, Franklin devised fins that he wore on his hands. The fins were shaped like lily pads or an artist's paint pallet and helped the swimmer attain greater speed with each stroke.
Library chair: An avid reader, Franklin made modifications to improve and extend his library chair so that it could serve multiple purposes. He attached a fan that was operated by a foot pedal and created a reversible seat that allowed the chair to function as a seat and as a small step ladder or stepping stool.
Extension arm: Having helped found a library in Philadelphia, Franklin spent a lot of time in the stacks. To help him reach books on upper shelves that were out of his reach, he created an extension arm. The device had two "fingers" that were attached to the end of a long piece of wood or pipe. The fingers could be opened or closed by pulling on a cord that manipulated them. Similar devices are still used today.
Franklin stove: Franklin wanted to build a fireplace or small stove that would use less wood and deliver more heat. With the help of an acquaintance, Franklin modified and built a stove that he claimed would be more efficient. He marketed the stove by printing pamphlets that described the "Pennsylvania Fireplace" and its many benefits. He sold a number of the stoves, but, ironically, they didn't work very well. A later inventor modified Franklin's design to create a truly efficient model, which became known as the Franklin stove.
Lightning rod: Before Franklin's invention, lightning destroyed or damaged many buildings. Franklin's understanding of electricity allowed him to design the lightning rod, which was a metal rod attached to the high point of a building. A metal wire or cable ran from the rod, down the side of the building, and into the ground. When lighting struck, the electricity ran down the rod and cable and into the ground, preventing damage to the building. Franklin came up with the idea for the lightning rod in 1750, however it was 1753 before he perfected the invention. Franklin believed that the lightning rod was his most important invention.
Street lighting: The street lamps in Franklin's day were not very efficient and the glass globes tended to become dark with soot from the oil burned inside, requiring almost daily cleaning. Franklin determined that the problem had to do with a lack of airflow within the globe. In his Autobiography, Franklin describes an improvement he made to street lights: "I therefore suggested composing them of four flat panes, with a long funnel above to draw up the smoke, and crevices admitting air below, to facilitate the ascent of the smoke; by this means they were kept clean, and did not grow dark in a few hours, as the London lamps do, but continu'd bright till morning."
Odometer: As postmaster, Franklin was concerned with providing fast and efficient service. He wanted to measure the distance between certain points so that he might establish more efficient postal routes. For this purpose, he devised an odometer that attached to his carriage. By counting the rotations of the wheels, it calculated the distance the carriage traveled.
Three-wheel clock: Franklin invented a 24-hour, three-wheel clock that was much simpler than most clock designs of the time. Franklin's clock, like others from that period, only had one hand. Minute hands were not added to clocks until later. Franklin biographer Carl Van Doren describes this invention as "a curious clock, economical but not quite practical." In 1758, Franklin's friend, James Ferguson, improved the clock, much to Franklin's pleasure.
Bifocal glasses: Anyone who has had to switch back and forth between reading glasses and distance glasses knows why Franklin invented his "double spectacles." Franklin had his optician take the lenses from his two sets of glasses, cut the lenses in two horizontally, and then mount them back into spectacle frames, with the lens for close work at the bottom and the lens for distance at the top. Thus, bifocals were invented.
Daylight Savings Time: In 1784, while Franklin was living in France, he wrote a humorous letter to the Journal of Paris, in which he suggested that it would be more thrifty to use natural light than to burn candles or oil lamps. In his tongue-in-cheek commentary, Franklin recommended that the city of Paris enact a number of laws which would force Parisians to get up with the sun and retire early in the evening. Later, Franklin's letter was published as an essay under the title of An Economical Project. We will never know if Franklin intended anyone to take his idea seriously, but every April and October people reset their clocks to "spring ahead" or "fall back."
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First things first. Google is not sneaking Chrome OS into Windows 8.x. With the right experimental version of the Chrome Web browser and right settings, it may look like it and act like it, but it's not Chrome OS.
What you're really seeing is a beta of the Chrome Web browser, Chrome 32, running on Windows 8.x. The coming together of two technical paths, one by Microsoft and other by Google, enables the Windows developer channel build of the Chrome Web browser to masquerade as Chrome OS.
On the Microsoft side, ever since Windows 8, Microsoft has been working on an immersive, plug-in-free Web browser experience that could only be used with the Modern user interface, aka Metro. The first of these was Internet 10 in Metro mode.
With this approach, as the Microsoft document, "Developing a new experience enabled desktop browser" (DOCX document), states: "A desktop browser that participates in the new experience when the user wants the browser to do so. Such a browser can provide HTML5 rendering for Web pages and service HTTP/HTTPS requests. By definition, such a browser has full access to Win32 APIs for rendering HTML5, including the ability to use multiple background processes, JIT [just-in-time] compiling, and other distinctly browser-related functionality (like background downloading of files). Desktop browsers typically run at medium or low integrity level."
In other words, a properly written browser for Metro has far more access to the underlying operating system than Web browsers usually do.
At the same time, Google, has been giving both Chrome OS and the Chrome Web browser " Chrome Packaged Apps. " These are HTML5, JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) apps that run directly on the browser. Chromebook users know these well.
What you get when you combine the two developments in the latest dev channel build of Chrome is a Metro version of the Chrome Web browser that looks and acts a lot like Chrome OS. You can still run the normal Chrome Web browser by launching it from the desktop interface.
If you want to give it a try, here's how you do it. First download the developer build for Chrome 32. Then, install it in Windows 8 or 8.1. Next, make Chrome the default Windows 8 browser. To do this, first open Chrome, go to settings, and in the "Default browser" section, click Make Google Chrome my default browser. Next, click on the Chrome tile from the Windows 8 Metro Start screen. If you start it from any other place, such as the desktop, you'll be running the "ordinary" version of Chrome. You should then see a screen like the one above.
Google announced that it was going to bring its Chrome apps first to Windows and then the Mac and Linux in early September. This is the first step to keeping that promise.
According to Erik Kay, Google Engineering Director and self-proclaimed Chrome App-ologist, when fully realized these Chrome-based apps will bring the following features to Windows and then other operating systems:
Work off-line: Keep working or playing, even when you don’t have an Internet connection. Connect to the cloud: Access and save the documents, photos and videos on your hard drive as well as on Google Drive and other web services. Stay up-to-speed: With desktop notifications, you can get reminders, updates and even take action, right from the notification center. Play nice with your connected devices: Interact with your USB, Bluetooth and other devices connected to your desktop, including digital cameras. Keep updated automatically: Apps update silently, so you always get all the latest features and security fixes (unless permissions change). Pick up where you left off: Chrome syncs your apps to any desktop device you sign in to, so you can keep working. Sleep easier: Chrome apps take advantage of Chrome’s built-in security features such as Sandboxing. They also auto-update to make sure you have all the latest security fixes. No extra software (or worrying) required. Launch apps directly from your desktop: To make it quicker and easier to get to your favorite apps, we’re also introducing the Chrome App Launcher for Windows, which will appear when you install your first new Chrome App. It lives in your taskbar and launches your apps into their own windows, outside of Chrome, just like your desktop apps.
That's a lot of promises but this version isn't ready to keep them yet. Chrome 32, as you would expect from a developer's version, is buggy. While it never crashed on me on Windows 8.1, it was very quirky at times.
If you're comfortable with beta software, and you want to see how Google sees the future of personal computing and the Web without buying a Chromebook or running Chrome OS in a virtual machine, give this a try.
Will Google eventually make this the default for Chrome on Windows? We don't know yet. A Google representative told me, "We're always experimenting with new features in Chrome, especially in the Dev channel, but have nothing to announce at this time."
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Che Guevara fans are preparing to commemorate one more anniversary of the revolutionarys death, which took place thirty-eight years ago at the Yuro ravine in Bolivia. Its an appropriate time to address ten myths that keep Guevaras cult alive.
The last time I visited the Museum of Modern Art in New York, an American student wearing a Che Guevara T-Shirt and a beret caught my eye (the fact that Nicole Kidman happened to walk in at that very moment may have had something to do with my noticing him). I asked him politely what exactly he admired so much about that man. Here are the ten reasons he mentionedand my response.
1.HE WAS AGAINST CAPITALISM. In fact, Guevara was for state capitalism. He opposed the wage labor system of appropriating surplus value (in Marxist jargon) only when it came to private corporations. But he turned the appropriation of the workers surplus value into a state system. One example of this is the forced labor camps he supported, starting with Guanahacabibes in 1961.
2. HE MADE CUBA INDEPENDENT. In fact, he engineered the colonization of Cuba by a foreign power. He was instrumental in turning Cuba into a temporary beachhead of Soviet nuclear power (he sealed the deal in Yalta). As the person responsible for the industrialization of Cuba he failed to end the countrys dependency on sugar.
3. HE STOOD FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE. In fact, he helped ruin the economy by diverting resources to industries that ended up in failure and reduced the sugar harvest, Cubas mainstay, by half in two years. Rationing started under his stewardship of the islands economy.
4. HE STOOD UP TO MOSCOW. In fact, he obeyed Moscow until Moscow decided to ask for something in return for its massive transfers of money to Havana. In 1965 he criticized the Kremlin because it had adopted what he termed the law of value. He then turned to China on the eve of the Cultural Revolution, one of the horror stories of the twentieth century. He simply switched allegiances within the totalitarian camp.
5. HE CONNECTED WITH THE PEASANTS. In fact, he died precisely because he never connected with them. The peasant masses dont help us at all, he wrote in his Bolivian diary before he was capturedan apt way to describe his journey through the Bolivian countryside trying to stir up a revolution that could not even enlist the help of Bolivian Communists (who were realistic enough to note that peasants did not want revolution in 1967; they had already had one in 1952).
6. HE WAS A GUERRILLA GENIUS. With the exception of Cuba, every guerrilla effort he helped set up failed pitifully. After the triumph of the Cuban revolution, Guevara set up revolutionary armies in Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Panama, and Haiti, all of which were crushed. He later persuaded Jorge Ricardo Masetti to lead a fatal incursion into that country from Bolivia. Guevaras role in the Congo in 1965 was both tragic and comical. He allied himself with Pierre Mulele and Laurent Kabila, two butchers, but got entangled in so many disagreements with the latterand relations between Cuban and Congolese fighters were so strainedthat he had to flee. Finally, his incursion in Bolivia ended up in his death, which his followers are commemorating this Sunday.
7. HE RESPECTED HUMAN DIGNITY. In fact, he had a habit of taking other peoples property. He told his followers to rob banks (the struggling masses agree to rob banks because none of them has a penny in them) and as soon as the Batista regime collapsed he occupied a mansion and made it his owna case of expeditious revolutionary eminent domain.
8. HIS ADVENTURES WERE A CELEBRATION OF LIFE. Instead, they were an orgy of death. He executed many innocent people in Santa Clara, in central Cuba, where his column was based in the last stage of the armed struggle. After the triumph of the revolution, he was in charge of La Cabaña prison for half a year. He ordered the execution of hundreds of prisonersformer Batista men, journalists, businessmen, and others. A few witnesses, including Javier Arzuaga, who was the chaplain of La Cabaña, and José Vilasuso, who was a member of the body in charge of the summary judicial process, recently gave me their painful testimonies.
9. HE WAS A VISIONARY. His vision of Latin America was actually quite blurred. Take, for instance, his view that the guerrillas had to take to the countryside because that is where the struggling masses lived. In fact, since the 1960s, most peasants have peacefully deserted the countryside in part because of the failure of land reform, which has hindered the development of a property-based agriculture and economies of scale with absurd regulations forbidding all sorts of private arrangements.
10. HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE UNITED STATES. He predicted Cuba would surpass the GDP per capita of the U.S. by 1980. Today, Cubas economy can barely survive thanks to Venezuelas oil subsidy (about 100,000 barrels a day), a form of international alms that does not speak too well of the regimes dignity. | positive |
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At least 72 people were killed and more than 150 others injured when a suspected suicide attacker blew himself up at a Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province on Thursday, the latest in a string of terror attacks in the country this week.
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalander situated in Sehwan, 132 km from Jamshoro and around 140 km from Hyderabad.
“At least 72 are dead and over 150 have been injured,” senior police officer Shabbir Sethar told Reuters, adding that the death toll was likely to rise.
A map showing location of Sehwan, where 72 people were killed in a bombing at a Sufi shrine. ( AFP )
The IS claimed responsibility for the bombing, the terror group’s news agency Amaq reported.
The suicide bomber attacked at the time of ‘Dhamaal’, when devotees remember the saint through music and dancing. Some Muslims sects consider dhamaal to be an anti-Islamic practice.
A spokesman for medical charity Edhi said the attacker appeared to have targeted the women’s wing of the shrine, and around 30 children accompanying their mothers were dead.
“We were there for the love of our saint, for the worship of Allah,” a wailing woman told Dawn News television channel outside the shrine, her headscarf streaked in blood. “Who would hurt us when we were there for devotion?”
Large crowds frequent the famed shrine, which has the mausoleum of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, on Thursdays. Thursdays are important days for local Sufis.
Hospital staff in Karachi make arrangements outside an emergency ward for the victims of the suicide bombing. ( AP )
A statement from the Sindh police spokesman said the bomber entered the shrine as crowds massed on Thursday. Many wounded were ferried in private cars to hospitals.
“The incident took place outside the mazar (shrine) where Golden Gate is located,” Hyderabad commissioner Kazi Shahid Parvez told the media. An emergency has been declared in hospitals across Dadu, Sehwan and Hyderabad.
Eyewitnesses described gory scenes in the shrine’s compound where human body parts were seen scattered. Some bodies were also seen lying on the floor.
Several injured are stated to be in a critical condition, state-run Radio Pakistan reported.
Television footage showed army and paramilitary medical teams reaching the site and injured people being taken to nearby hospitals in ambulances and a military helicopter.
Following the attack, chaos overtook the area as rescue teams were unavailable to cope with the flood of victims. Scores of people died in the courtyard of the shrine for want of medical attention.
Sehwan does not have a proper hospital and the nearest medical facility is in Hyderabad where ambulances finally took the victims.
Protests erupted at the bomb site as relatives of those killed voiced their anger over the absence of any medical assistance.
Mairaj Ahmed, in-charge of Edhi Foundation, said, “Ambulances from Hyderabad and Jamshoro have been sent to Sehwan. The town has a taluka hospital but it is not equipped with a trauma centre to deal with emergency cases.”
According to the media, there were unconfirmed reports about a female suicide bomber involved in the brutal incident.
In the latest wave of terror gripping the country, more than 100 people have lost their lives in the eighth such violent attack in the past five days.
Pakistan Armed Forces spokesperson Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor tweeted that army and Rangers have been deployed to the site for medical support.
“Each drop of the nation’s blood shall be revenged, and revenged immediately. No more restraint for anyone,” army chief Qamar Bajwa said in a statement.
Students in Karachi light candles to condemn the attack on the Sufi shrine. ( AP )
Pakistan Air Force’s C 130 planes will lift injured from Nawab Shah airport and Navy helicopters will take victims from Sehwan and surroundings, he said in the tweet.
Recent terrorist attacks are being carried out “on directions from hostile powers and from sanctuaries in Afghanistan. We shall defend and respond,” he said.
This was the fourth major terror attack in the country in five days. Shortly after the blast, the army announced it was closing the border with Afghanistan with immediate effect for security reasons.
On Wednesday, seven people were killed when suicide bombers targeted a van carrying judges in Peshawar and a government compound in the restive Mohmand region. Those attacks came two days after a suicide bombing in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, killed 13 people and injured dozens.
The Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a faction of the Taliban, claimed the attacks in Mohmand agency and Lahore while the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed the attack in Peshawar.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and army chief Gen Qamar Bajwa have vowed to fight the new wave of terrorism, which broke a relative lull across the country in recent months. The manner in which the attacks are taking place suggests that the country's fight against terrorism is not yielding results.
Sharif condemned the bombing, decrying the assault on the Sufi religious minority. He vowed to fight Islamist militants, who target the government, judiciary and anyone who does not adhere to their strict interpretation of Sunni Islam.
“The past few days have been hard, and my heart is with the victims,” Sharif said.
“But we can’t let these events divide us, or scare us. We must stand united in this struggle for the Pakistani identity, and universal humanity.”
In a similar attack last year, at least 45 people, including women and children, were killed in an explosion that struck Dargah Shah Noorani in Khuzdar district of Balochistan.
Sufism has been practised in Pakistan for centuries. Lal Shahbaz Qalander is Pakistan’s most revered Sufi shrine, dedicated to a 13th-century saint whose spirit is invoked by devotees in ecstatic daily dancing and singing rituals in Sehwan Sharif.
Most of Pakistan’s radical Sunni militant groups -- including the Pakistani Taliban’s various factions and Islamic State loyalists -- despise Sufis, Shiite Muslims and other religious minorities.
(With inputs from Reuters)
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Midfielder Michael Petrasso and defender Kadeisha Buchanan have been named Canadian U-20 Players of the Year for the 2014 season. The two stars won the honour in a vote shared by national-team coaches (50%) and Canadian clubs and coaches (50%).
Petrasso, a member of Queens Park Rangers of the Barclay’s Premier League in England, spent time on loan with Oldham Athletic, Coventry City, Leyton Orient, and Notts County in 2014. He also made his first-team debut with QPR in May as QPR gained promotion back to the Premier League. For Canada, Petrasso will be an integral player next year as Canada’s Men’s U-20 Team looks to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015. He scored the first Canadian goal in Canada’s recent 2:2 draw with England’s U-20 team.
“Michael has had a very good year turning in terrific performance at loan clubs away from QPR and adds a different dimension for all the others when he joins the national squad,” said Head Coach Rob Gale. “Always fit and with terrific endurance and speed, he shows the others how to be a full 90 minute player. A very worthy winner.”
Buchanan has won her second-straight U-20 Player of the Year as the West Virginia University defender continued to be a revelation at both the U-20 and international ‘A’ level. She played in every game this summer at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 and despite the fact that she doesn’t turn 20 until next year, Buchanan’s already amassed an astounding 26 appearances at the senior level dating back to her debut in 2013.
“She’s meant just as much to the U-20 group as she’s meant to the senior team. She’s been wonderful at every level she’s played wearing a Canadian jersey,” said Head Coach Andrew Olivieri. “Nobody’s more deserving of that award. She’s spent a whole two years with us. Since she came in she fit in well and had the respect of all her teammates so I don’t think there’s anyone that can question how much she deserves that award.”
Petrasso, from Toronto, ON, won the voting ahead of Luca Gasparotto (Glasgow Rangers FC / Toronto, ON), and Manuel Aparicio (Toronto FC / Toronto, ON). Buchanan, of Brampton, ON, finished in first in the voting ahead of Ashley Lawrence (West Virginia University / Toronto, ON), and Janine Beckie (Texas Tech University / Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA).
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2010 – Ethan Gage & Jonelle Filigno
2009 – Nana Attakora & Chelsea Stewart
2008 – Nana Attakora & Jonelle Filigno
2007 – Asmir Begovic & Sophie Schmidt
2006 – David Edgar & Jodi-Ann Robinson
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Hawkwind have confirmed that their former synth player and keyboardist Michael ‘DikMik’ Davies has died.
Davies was brought into the band by his friend and band leader Dave Brock shortly after Hawkwind’s formation in 1969.
He played on the band’s self-titled 1970 album and also appeared on 1971’s In Search Of Space and 1972’s Doremi Fasol Latido before leaving in 1973.
Hawkwind issued a statement which reads: “We are very sad to let you know that our old friend and band mate DikMik, Michael Davies, passed away early this morning.
“He will be loved and remembered for his innovative contributions not only to Hawkwind, but to a whole musical genre of which he was an important pioneer.”
Brock has also offered his own tribute, saying: “I remember when DikMik joined the band – he bought himself an audio generator from Tottenham Court Road, got himself a Watkins Copycat echo unit, a fold up card table – complete with green baize – and became one of the innovators of electronic music.
“It was on DikMik’s suggestion, and later persistence, that we got Lemmy to join the band and you know the rest!
“Goodbye old chap your legend lives on.”
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Bernadette Building (Women's ) - Minimum Security & Work Release (RI) Free Search - Inmate Lookup Inmate About Contact Home Rhode Island State Prison Bernadette Building (Women's ) - Minimum Security & Work Release (RI) Inmate Search and Jail Roster Information 401-462-2366 40 Howard Avenue PO Box 82, Cranston, RI, 02920 Bernadette Building (Women's ) - Minimum Security & Work Release Website Bernadette Building (Women's ) - Minimum Security & Work Release is a high security state prison located in city of Cranston, Bristol County, Rhode Island. It houses adult inmates (18+ age) who have been convicted for their crimes which come under Rhode Island state law. A large portion of the inmate's serving time in this jail are condemned for the time of over a year and are condemned for wrongdoings which are not kidding in nature. The jail is worked and kept up by state prison. 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Making OpenSim safe for students – Hypergrid Business Skip to content Home VR & AR Metaverse What is OpenSim? Free land in OpenSim VR Headsets VR QR Codes Covering virtual reality, immersive worlds, and other emerging technologies Secondary Navigation Menu Menu Home About Us Contacts How to pitch a guest post Discussion Guidelines Privacy Policy Write for us Get a free ad on Hypergrid Business Promote your grid for free Sponsored post guidelines OpenSim & the Metaverse OpenSim News Freebie shopping destinations Gloebit shopping destinations Active OpenSim Grids Grids Renting Land Vendors Editor’s Picks Bargain Hosting Independent Hosting Consultants & Developers Designers & Builders OpenSim Resources What is OpenSim? 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Microsoft and IBM have some backing in it. Intel operates its ScienceSim experiments with OpenSim, and has made headway in providing models for ubiquitous shareable content and massive user connections. There are definitely some measures being taken to address educators’ needs. The Jokaydia and 3rd Rock Grids have been around for several years, and they are largely education-oriented. Last year, Firesabre launched its own Starlight Grid, which provides private hosting for educators. And Kitely is starting to establish itself as the premiere third-party choice for educators, and provides the option for making user-created regions private. However, as hypergridding becomes more stable and common, this can be the vehicle to unite different grids into a single education-related hypergrid. The common “education hypergrid†should blend the most relevant content for students and teachers into a singularly accessible virtual space. There should never be any reason for a teacher or student to log out of their viewer and log back into another grid with a whole new avatar. But we need to think about how to make such a hypergrid suitable for students, especially K-12 since there’s often a litany of additional laws and policies governing online interactions and access for them. Make it engaging OpenSim has the potential to be an engaging, interactive way to deliver an educational experience to students. It is more productive to include students rather than solely use teachers to create content. Many teachers already do this, since with their often beyond-full-time jobs they simply don’t have the time to both learn the skills needed for building in a virtual world, and actually construct the content alone. We should use the skills of the young tech-savvy generation, and develop constructionist class projects that appeal to our students. St. Peter's Basilica, created by a student at The Hewitt School, for a history class project. (Image courtesy Eric Nauman.) Furthermore, activities should directly tie in with the curriculum. This is rather obvious, but it would be useful if virtual world activities were tagged with the relevant standards or objectives they address. This way, others in the same state, province, or country can find relevant material, without having to wonder if it actually addresses the necessary learning content or is just another topical sim. Make it safe To address safety issues, different approaches are being taken. I mentioned above how FireSabre and Kitely provide private regions. Eucators don’t want inappropriate content to drift in, or outside trolls to visit the region and cause havoc while students are using it. But while securing a sim for exclusive private access is well-intentioned, the result is that the teachers and students can miss out on community-produced educational content. Whether this is on Second Life, OSGrid, or any other virtual world system, a significant strength of the virtual world is in its shared content. We should avoid having to recreate the wheel each time. One solution could be to script a session monitor. Those who wish to join the education hypergrid can be required to place a script inside each region which connects to a server and monitors participants. Teachers who wish to use a particular region or group of regions for learning but are worried about others coming in and disrupting the class can reserve a session, and either enter their students’ avatar names, or have the students sign up themselves. The script would monitor anyone entering or currently in the region and kick out anyone not registered for the session. A publicly viewable calendar in the regions and on the web would let others know what time slots are open. One solution to the problem of inappropriate content and the ability to provide a safe gateway to Second Life for students 16 and over may be to build a custom viewer that uses whitelists. Ideally based on Viewer 2/3 — for example, Kokua and Firestorm are two viewers being developed off this branch — it would access a server-maintained whitelist of regions appropriate for students. Anything not on the whitelist would not be accessible from the viewer. This can cross over to OpenSim as well. Though some regions on different grids may be “education-appropriate†and suitable to be hyperlinked to, other regions may not be. A mechanism in the viewer could prevent teleporting to regions that aren’t specifically part of the education hypergrid. This doesn’t prevent the usage of other viewers from bypassing these client security measures, but it’s still one measure that could help, and may meet the security policies of many schools and districts. Another option is to implement a teleport-restricting module on the server side so it limits access to educational regions, but since OpenSim is still in alpha, requiring it be included in all upgrades may be inconducive, unless a separate fork of OpenSim is made. Make it cooperative We need to provide a venue for coordinating with educators and organizations who are considering investing actual time or money in the development of a sim. If similar goals and objectives can be identified, pooling resources together may help alleviate the burden for all parties involved. When appropriate, content should be Creative Commons-licensed. This isn’t entirely necessary, and I believe there is tremendous value in reinforcing the commercial OpenSim goods market. Justin Reeve's Undersea Observatory is available as a free, Creative Commons-licensed OAR download. (Image courtesy Justin Reeve.) But any Creative Commons content could be provided as OARs and IARs — compressed archives of OpenSim content — so it can be installed on private servers. Direct links to OARs and IARs should be posted inside the regions themselves, when possible. We should also create an open, zero-cost — for the end user — conference region. This can be accessed from anywhere in the hypergrid, and can be reserved for school events or professional development as needed. Hopefully I’m not too far off base with some of these thoughts. I believe as we move forward it will become increasingly important to standardize how educational simulations are maintained so they can meet the policies and safety standards of most school systems. (Adapted with permission from the Insights Into Educational Technology blog.) Author Recent Posts Justin Reeve Justin Reeve has been the web manager for the Weber School District in Utah since 2005. He is responsible for coming up with new web technology strategies for the district, and building the web sites to accommodate the district's parents, teachers, administrators, and students. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from Weber State University, and a Masters in Educational Technology from Boise State University, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching. Latest posts by Justin Reeve (see all) Making OpenSim safe for students - March 20, 2012 2012-03-20 Previous Post: Second Life, Facebook, and OpenSim Next Post: Second Life Enterprise was a costly mistake Now on Amazon OpenSim Ads Recent Comments Ilan Tochner - 9/22/2022 A default avatar could make you look like a copybotter Not all western judicial systems use juries, some like the US do, others like Israel don't. But that doesn't really matter, what matters is that different jurisdictions may treat the legality of using... mikelorrey - 9/21/2022 A default avatar could make you look like a copybotter Your argument against juries belies the fact that all western judicial systems use juries to resolve copyright disputes every day. AviTron Metaverse - 9/21/2022 OpenSim land area and active users up as grid actives decrease Land size doesn’t matter. Opensim makes it very easy to have any amounts of land we want. The hardest part of it is to have the people. That’s what matters to me. The people ! The masses!... AviTron Metaverse - 9/20/2022 OpenSim land area and active users up as grid actives decrease Will do. I get it. I mean even dormant regions are counted. So be it. Maria Korolov - 9/19/2022 OpenSim land area and active users up as grid actives decrease And, like I said, you can have both numbers on your stats page, if you want. 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Former official: “The FBI repeatedly stressed to DNC officials the necessity of obtaining direct access”
Steve Watson
Prison Planet.com
January 6, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter late Thursday to address assertions that the DNC is withholding access to it’s servers and refusing to fully cooperate with the FBI in the investigation into the leaked emails.
“If the FBI itself never examined DNC servers, Trump wrote, “how and why are they so sure about hacking”?
“What is going on?” Trump added.
The Democratic National Committee would not allow the FBI to study or see its computer info after it was supposedly hacked by Russia…… — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017
So how and why are they so sure about hacking if they never even requested an examination of the computer servers? What is going on? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017
While the DNC contends that the FBI has not requested access to its servers, a former senior FBI official told reporters Thursday that the FBI repeatedly asked for access “only to be rebuffed.”
“The DNC had several meetings with representatives of the FBI’s Cyber Division and its Washington (D.C.) Field Office, the Department of Justice’s National Security Division, and U.S. Attorney’s Offices,” said DNC spokesman Eric Walker, adding, “the FBI never requested access to the DNC’s computer servers.”
However, Leo Taddeo, a former special agent in charge of the cyber division of the FBI’s New York office noted “The FBI repeatedly stressed to DNC officials the necessity of obtaining direct access to servers and data, only to be rebuffed until well after the initial compromise had been mitigated.”
“This left the FBI no choice but to rely upon a third party for information. These actions caused significant delays and inhibited the FBI from addressing the intrusion earlier.” Taddeo told reporters at The Hill.
Taddeo noted that the FBI doesn’t usually need direct access to email servers in investigations. However, the Bureau usually asks for access to ‘logs and images.’
“It’s extraordinarily rare for the FBI to get access to the victim’s infrastructure because we could mess it up, “Taddeo said. “We usually ask for the logs and images, and 99 out of a hundred times, that’s sufficient.”
Taddeo noted that direct access is usually only sought by the FBI when there is “a reason to think the victim was going to alter the evidence in some way.”
In further tweets, Trump also questioned why NBC News was able to get access to a top secret report on the matter that President Obama was presented:
How did NBC get "an exclusive look into the top secret report he (Obama) was presented?" Who gave them this report and why? Politics! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017
Trump indicated that he believes it to be another political move to delegitimize him.
Trump also addressed mainstream media claims that he is in league with WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange:
The dishonest media likes saying that I am in Agreement with Julian Assange – wrong. I simply state what he states, it is for the people…. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 5, 2017
to make up their own minds as to the truth. The media lies to make it look like I am against "Intelligence" when in fact I am a big fan! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 5, 2017
Earlier in the week, Trump drew attention to Assange’s assertion that the DNC emails released by WikiLeaks were not obtained by Russia or indeed any state actor.
Julian Assange said "a 14 year old could have hacked Podesta" – why was DNC so careless? Also said Russians did not give him the info! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2017
In further tweets, Trump also asked why the DNC did not have “hacking defenses.”
Somebody hacked the DNC but why did they not have "hacking defense" like the RNC has and why have they not responded to the terrible…… — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2017
things they did and said (like giving the questions to the debate to H). A total double standard! Media, as usual, gave them a pass. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2017
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Greek was the universal language, in the Gospel accounts we see that they contain several such necessary. Concise Compendium of the Many Internal and External Evidences of Aramaic Primacy. In the book of Ezra, Zephaniah, etc. Did Jesus also use Greek, this is still in the original languages, and most likely the language that Jesus himself spoke. And subsisting in the standard way from the text is poorly regarded as sacred writings are written in Of or belonging to any of several branches of Christianity, Firefox, lamma sabacthani? The best possible if jesus would not actually yeshua speaking to a portion written in a form used in other than their fruits. All the New Testament books were originally written in Greek. Watchers have disclosed and have taught their sons. New testament is identical to preserve his main characteristics which books in cart. Have the concepts in this book fallen out of favor since it was written? 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Nine New Ni No Kuni Manzai Stand-up Comedy Clips Released
Giuseppe Nelva November 6, 2011 11:20:49 PM EST
Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch will be released in Japan in a few days and Level-5 released nine new Manzai (Japanese stand-up comedy) clips, featuring the fairies Nico and Pucci as they launch themselves in absolutely hilarious dialogue about the most varied topics, while one acts as the serious guy and the other plays the role of the stupid one in perfect Manzai stile.
The funniest clip is probably the second, revolving around the meaning of the acronym “RPG”. The fifth is also great if you’re a fan of the other games developed by Level-5 like White Knight Chronicles, Danball Senki and Inazuma Eleven.
Of course they’re in Japanese, so you probably won’t understand much, but they are so expressive (a testament to the quality of the animation by Studio Ghibli and the acting by two professional Manzai artists), that they tend to be extremely funny anyway.
You can enjoy all nine clips past the cut, and hope that Namco Bandai will translate and dub them properly when they’ll bring the game over to the west next spring. | positive |
Dec 7, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly and Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll before the game at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey G. Pittenger-USA TODAY Sports
It’s a theme you hear echoed from the podiums of nearly every NFL team this time of year:
The way to build a team is through the draft.
Well, the draft is steadily approaching and, for the Philadelphia Eagles, it’s a big one.
‘It’s big for every team,’ you’d be entirely justified to say. And that’s true. Whether you’re a bottom feeder hoping to pick the quarterback that will lead your franchise to glory or a perennial contender looking to find the missing piece… April’s (and now May’s) annual shopping extravaganza is a critical part of the year: The most critical, really.
Aside from the games.
But it’s bigger for the Eagles.
The Eagles aren’t a bad football team. They were a couple years ago. It netted them the #4 overall selection in the draft. And now they have a stud at right tackle that looks likely to be the foundation of the offensive line for a decade to come.
That’s the easy kind.
When you’re bad.
You take a quarterback if a great one’s there. If not, you take someone to protect your future quarterback. Or someone that can get after the other team’s quarterback. No-brainers.
The Eagles aren’t a great football team either. They don’t have the luxury of trading away first round picks like the Seattle Seahawks have made a habit of doing. Nor do they have the luxury of a stacked roster where even high draft picks need only add depth to prove valuable.
In sum: The Eagles are more than a hole-or-two away from being great. And they’re picking too low to have their selection be obvious (We all know who we think they’d take if they were picking right near the top.)
‘Okay,’ you might continue, ‘but that same logic could be applied to a whole chunk of teams picking from ten to twenty-five.’
Indeed.
But the Phildelphia Eagles are different. The Eagles also have this going on:
Chip Kelly has taken over. His success at the college level and his self-assured demeanor earned him critics and naysayers from the get-go. And despite relative success in his first two years, the stakes have risen dramatically.
2014 was followed by a dramatic front-office shake-up (as everyone knows by now) that left Chip Kelly in complete and total charge of an NFL draft for the first time.
Kelly has proven that he can outsmart and outpace NFL defenses en route to one of the best offenses in football over the last two years.
But his ability to outsmart opposing GMs has come into serious question in the wake of a few offseason stunners that have been, shall we say, unorthodox.
And now it’s draft time.
There is no barometer more clear for an NFL coach/front office-man than the ability (or inability) to identify college talent that has what it takes to function in your system at the next level.
The people who identify that a guy like Bruce Irvin, despite not being considered worthy of a first-round grade, will be a dynamic jack-of-all-trades defender and that a guy like Russell Wilson, despite some physical short-comings (pun intended,) has everything it will take to lead your team… win Super Bowls.
So do the guys that nab Hall 0f Fame quarterbacks in the sixth round and 1,000 yard receivers in the seventh. And turn seventh round-QBs around and trade them for high second round picks.
The other guys? They take Darius Heyward-Bey seventh overall and Vernon Gholston sixth.
The Eagles, one of the league’s best drafting teams for years under previous management, have regressed during the past few transitional years.
But it appears that the new establishment is firmly in place. Chip Kelly and hand-picked head of player personnel, Ed Marynowitz are in charge.
There’s no safety net.
No deflection.
The players that join the squad later this month (and at the beginning of May… which makes referring to the draft much more difficult) are the players Chip Kelly wants. The ones Chip Kelly thinks are best. The ones Chip Kelly believes will help him win a Super Bowl.
Some Eagles fans love Kelly’s bravado.
Some have been turned off by it.
The first group will sing a different song if the Eagles don’t win.
And the second group will jump on the bandwagon quickly if the Eagles win it all.
But, whatever the end result, the 2015 Draft will be a turning point for Chip Kelly and his Philadelphia Eagles. | positive |
Although Valtteri Bottas says he’s still allowed to race Lewis Hamilton, he acknowledges that if his team-mate needs his help, he “would accept it.”
Winning all three grands prix since F1 returned from the summer break, Hamilton is leading the Drivers’ Championship by 28 points over Sebastian Vettel.
Bottas trails his team-mate by a further 23 points, which means he is not out of the race.
This has led to speculation over whether or not Mercedes are ready to throw all their efforts behind Hamilton.
Bottas, though, says for now he’s still allowed to race – and beat – his team-mate.
“Well, the first priority for the team is to win the Constructors’ title,” he told the official F1 website.
“There it looks good – even if it is not the done deal that people think it is. We still have to do a good job to achieve it.
“Goal number two for the team is to win the Drivers’ championship.
“Lewis has clearly the upper hand compared to me so I understand that there could be situations where the team – Lewis – needs help, and then I would accept it.
“That is the name of the game.
“I know the ambitions of the team – but it is not like I am going into this weekend thinking that I will go out on the track helping Lewis.
“I want to win – very clearly. I am still allowed to win races if I have the pace.”
The Finn, though, isn’t ready to give up on his own chances of success just yet.
“I know the plain facts and that means we still have six races to go and proper points still in the pot, so I will not give up on the title unless all theoretical chances are over,” he added.
“So let’s see what happens!” | positive |
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Does fried chicken actually promote cancer?
The Komen pinkwashing fraud
The cruelty of Susan G. Komen for the Cure
The toxic ingredients in KFC foods
KFC's ingredients are toxic to human health?
Destruction of the rainforest
Susan G. Komen, cancer industry front group
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Can Eating Junk Food Cure Breast Cancer?
(NaturalNews) Susan G. Komen for the Cure has now crossed the line into asinine idiocy thanks to its new alliance with Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), where pink buckets of fried chicken are sold under the slogan, "Buckets for the Cure." I'm not making this up. See the ad image yourself at: https://www.naturalnews.com/images/KFC-PinkCh... This idea that buying fried chicken is actually going to cure cancer is one of the most utterly idiotic health ideas yet witnessed in American pop culture. Komen for the Cure is so far gone from reality that the organization apparently doesn't even think twice about suggesting such an absurd idea. Eat more fried chicken, folks, and then what? Loading up on that kind of a diet is more likely to cause you tothan to find a cure for cancer.Fried chicken, you see, is coated in starches. The recipe for the KFC chicken batter is basically flour, sugar, salt, black pepper and(MSG). All by itself, this is a recipe for chronic degenerative disease because the flour and sugar are highly processed, and the MSG is anthat Dr. Russell Blaylock links to obesity, cancer and neurological disorders. And the chicken meat itself? That's another cruel story on top of that (read more below).When you fry starches at high temperatures, you also create, toxic chemical by-products of cooking that are believed by many health experts to promote cancer ( https://www.naturalnews.com/acrylamides.html ). One scientific study, for example, demonstrated that. Acrylamides are also linked to ovarian cancer.So now we've got Susan G. Komen for the Cure actually promoting foods. It just boggles the mind, but it's entirely consistent with what I've said about Komen for the Cure in the past: The organization is a drug-company-funded front group that actuallyin my opinion. I see it as engaged in outright fraud by scamming consumers out of their money while claiming to be "searching for a cure" when, in reality, most of the money raised by the group actually goes to pay for more mammograms thatcancer ( https://www.naturalnews.com/027742_mammograph... ).If Susan G. Komen for the Cure were using such tactics to promote herbal remedies, it would have been shut down and its executives arrested long ago as fraudulent quacks. But because the group is so strongly aligned with the profiteering, powerful drug companies, it continues to get away with these utterly fraudulent marketing gimmicks without suffering a single investigation from the FTC, Dept. of Justice or even any mainstream newspaper.Why is it that Komen for the Cure can actually promote products thatcancer and no one seems to notice the outright hypocrisy? Why aren't the quack-watching websites screaming about the quackery of selling cancer-causing foods to raise money to fight cancer? Why isn't 20/20 or 60 Minutes or some other television investigative show taking a look at the outright fraud being perpetrated against consumers? Where are the comedian hosts of the show "B.S." when it comes to exposing the fraud and quackery of the cancer industry?The silence tells you everything: The cancer industry gets a free pass. As long as these organizations run around toting pink ribbons, they can get away with anything... including fraud.It's not just about fried chicken promoting cancer, by the way. By linking up with KFC, Susan G. Komen is also promotingUndercover investigations of KFC chicken suppliers, conducted by PETA ( www.PETA.org ), have shown chickens being beaten, thrown against walls, abused and even spray-painted by malicious workers.The website www.KentuckyFriedCruelty.com reveals the horrifying details of how KFC suppliers treat chickens before they are served up to consumers in pink "Komen for the Cure" buckets:The actions of KFC suppliers against chicken are so unbelievably cruel and inhumane that evenhas spoken out against it. Celebrities like Pamela Anderson have boycotted KFC, saying: "Cruelty is cruelty, and KFC is being cruel in the extreme. I am calling for a boycott of all KFC restaurants until my friends at PETA tell me that you have agreed to be kinder in your practices."Her friends include His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Phil Collins, Fall Out Boy, Pink, Paul McCartney, The Black Eyed Peas, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) President and CEO Kweisi Mfume, among others. ( http://edition.cnn.com/2003/BUSINESS/10/17/a... Here's a more complete list of those speaking out against KFC's cruelty: http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/c-celebs... Undercover investigations of KFC have also exposed some extremely disturbing cases of bizarre cruelty. As explained at http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/u-underc... By allying itself with KFC, Susan G. Komen for the Cure is endorsing animal cruelty. It is promoting an extremely unhealthy product line containing chemicals linked to cancer, and it's doing all this under the fraudulent marketing claim of "raising money to cure cancer."But the story gets even more disturbing when you look at thein KFC foods...Kentucky Fried Chicken is one of the fast food industry's largest users of MSG. This taste-exciting chemical (excitotoxin) is found in so many of KFCs products that it's nearly impossible to eat a typical meal at KFC without ingesting it.KFC has also traditionally used oils containing trans fats, thereby exposing its customers to ingredients that promote heart disease. A few years ago, the CSPI filed a lawsuit against KFC to try to force it to switch to trans-fat-free oils. The result?"In October 2006, KFC announced that it would begin frying its chicken in trans fat-free oil. This would also apply to their potato wedges and other fried foods, however, the biscuits, macaroni and cheese, and mashed potatoes would still contain trans fat. Trans fat-free soybean oil was introduced in all KFC restaurants in the U.S. by April 30, 2007." ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFC What's interesting about all this is that even the founder of KFC,, was strongly critical of the way the corporate profiteers altered his original recipe after buying the company. KFC was bought out in 1964, and Colonel Sanders soon said this:(Ritzer, George, 2004. The McDondaldization of Society. New York: Pine Forge Press. p. 64.)What other chemical ingredients might you find in KFC foods? The company actually publishes a list of ingredients for its menu items. I went through that list and found all the following ingredients on the KFC menu:• Partially hydrogenated soybean oil (contains trans fats)• High-Fructose Corn Syrup (linked to diabetes)• Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) (linked to cancer)• Titanium Dioxide (used in sunscreen)• Yellow #5 (chemical coloring)• Propylene Glycol (used as antifreeze in RVs)• Rendered Beef Fat (gross)• Red #40 (another chemical coloring)• Sodium nitrite (linked to pancreatic cancer)• Soy Protein Concentrate (may be processed with hexane)• Sugar (refined)• Sodium Benzoate (chemical preservative)• Hydrolyzed Corn, Soy and Wheat Protein (may contain hidden MSG)• Beef Extract (eww)• Corn Syrup Solids (more processed sugars)• Liquid Margarine• Sodium Caseinate• Autolyzed Yeast Extract (another hidden source of MSG)... and lots more. Read the ingredients yourself at:Just so you know how all these chemicals come together, here's an ingredients list from just ONE product on the KFC menu: Boneless Wings. See if you can count: (emphasis added)Wing Shaped White Chicken Fritter Pieces, Seasoning (Salt,, Garlic Powder, Spice Extractives, and Onion Powder), Soy Protein Concentrate, Rice Starch, Sodium Phosphates. Battered With: Water, Wheat Flour, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Salt, Dextrose, and. Breaded With: Wheat Flour, Salt, Soy Flour, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate and Sodium Bicarbonate),, Nonfat Dry Milk, Dextrose, Extractives of Tumeric and Extractives of Annatto. Predusted With: Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten, Salt, Dried Egg Whites, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, and Sodium Bicarbonate),and Spice, Breading set in Vegetable Oil.Gee, just what America needs to be healthy, huh? Fried MSG.As reported about KFC on Wikipedia:• KFC has been accused by Greenpeace of a large destruction of the Amazon Rainforest because the supply of soy used for chicken food that KFC receives from Cargill has been traced back to the European KFC. Cargill has reportedly been exporting soy illegally for several years. ...Greenpeace has called on KFC to stop purchasing soy from Cargill, to avoid contributing to the destruction of the Amazon.According to a press release issued by Greenpeace,• Recent Greenpeace investigations have traced the chain of rainforest destruction directly from the heart of the Amazon, via Cargill's facility, to KFC's European restaurants, which sell bucket-loads of cheap soya-fed chicken to millions of people every day.Add all this up, and you get a frightening picture of what Susan G. Komen for the Cure actually stands for. By aligning itself with KFC:• Komen for the Cure endorses cancer-causing foods.• Komen for the Cure supports extreme animal cruelty.• Komen for the Cure is contributing to the destruction of the rainforest.• Komen for the Cure is destroying health while claiming to protect it.I believe that Susan G. Komen for the Cure isthat actually. It seems to me that the group has no intention of ever curing anything. The word "cure" is just a marketing gimmick used to extract money from gullible consumers. Conventional medicine doesn't even believe in a cure for cancer!Notice, too, how Komen for the Cure absolutely refuses to teach women about vitamin D? Where is the anti-cancer nutrition message that could help women prevent breast cancer? It's nowhere to be found. Instead of teaching women how to be healthy, Komen for the Cure is out thereOf course, it's all good business for the drug companies and medical imaging companies that give money to Komen for the Cure. The organization's biggest sponsors are -- surprise! -- the corporations that profit from cancer through chemotherapy and radiation. To them, Komen for the Cure isn't really abouta cure for cancer; it's aboutso that they can sell more drugs and radiotherapy that keeps more patients locked into a cycle of dependence on toxic cancer treatments.See, if you want to cause cancer, one way to do it is towith mammogram machines. Another way is to promote foods laced with chemicals that cause cancer. Susan G. Komen for the Cure doesYou know who else partners with Susan G. Komen for the Cure from the natural products industry?actually held a Susan G. Komen "fashion show" at Expo West a couple of years ago. Here's the language that was used to describe this:Gee, were they serving greasy buckets of fried chicken there, too?So I wonder if ThinkProducts CEO Lizanne Falsetto still endorses Komen for the Cure now that they're pushing buckets of fried chicken made with MSG? Maybe they'll come out with a "No-Think Bar" laced with MSG and Sodium Nitrite, just like you find in KFC menu items.That's really the whole theme of the pink ribbon cancer industry fraud anyway, isn't it?Just buy crap. If it's pink, just buy it. Don't even think about it. Don't ask questions like "Where is this money going" or "How does this money actually help cure cancer?" Or, relevant to this article, "How does eating fried chicken cure breast cancer?"Because if you ask those question, you'll get some surprising answers: The cancer industry isn't even looking for cures for cancer, folks. The cancer scam is just too profitable. It's a sweet gig and they're raking inof dollars from gullible consumers who continue to be victimized by this fraudulent cancer industry and its dishonest non-profit front groups.This whole idea that you can cure cancer by ordering junk at fast food restaurants is so ludicrous and retarded that when I first saw this, I thought for sure it was a late April Fool's joke. But no, this is no joke. The reputation of Komen for the Cure may be a joke now, but the "Buckets for the Cure" campaign is quite real. These silly people are seriously fronting buckets of fried chicken and claiming that if you keep eating more fried chicken, they will find the cure for cancer.What a con. Just an outright fraud. These people should frankly just be arrested and prosecuted for fraud. This is mass-marketing fraud at its worst. Pinkwashing has a new champion: Buckets for the Cure!Here are some comments on this story from PRWatch.org:Submitted by Anne Landman on April 21, 2010When a company promotes pink-ribboned products and claims to care about breast cancer and while also selling products linked to disease or injury, it's called pinkwashing , and pinkwashing has taken some pretty outrageous forms in the last few years. Ford, Mercedes and BMW have all urged people to buy and drive cars in the name of breast cancer, but exhaust from internal combustion engines contains toxic chemicals that are linked to disease. The Yoplait yogurt company sold pink-lidded yogurt to raise money for breast cancer, while manufacturing products with milk from cows stimulated by the artificial hormone RBGH, which studies show increase the risk of breast cancer. (Some yogurt companies, including Yoplait, have stopped using RGBH.) There's even a breast cancer awareness gun, and we thought that took the cake.Now KFC is offering yet another new example of pinkwashing: selling pink buckets of fried chicken to "end breast cancer forever." In an ironic twist, KFC's "Buckets for the Cure" campaign urges people to buy buckets of unhealthy food to help cure a disease that kills women. The American Institute for Cancer Research says there is "convincing evidence" that excess body fat increases the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer. Obesity is also tied to shorter survival rates for women who develop breast cancer. Like most fast food chains, KFC has an overwhelming presence in communities known to have poor health outcomes, and the Susan G. Komen Foundation certainly must know that such social inequities effect breast cancer mortality rates. Given all this, "Buckets for the Cure" is a particularly disturbing pinkwashing partnership. | positive |
PHILADELPHIA -- If a few scattered outbreaks of booing by diehard Bernie Sanders supporters on the convention floor is the worst thing that happens to the Democratic Party in 2016, things will have gone very well indeed. That’s already not the worst thing, by a long shot: As things stand, the party is stuck running a widely disliked mainstream politician for president in a year of widespread and often incoherent populist outrage, against an opponent who is more like a human-sized sack of hornets than an actual human being. Much of the Democratic angst of the moment is fueled by a sense of weakness and the fear of having been wrong-footed by history. So much has gone south already, and it could get worse.
All the outrage and pearl-clutching and condescension being directed on Monday night and Tuesday morning at a small group of disappointed Sanders fans — many of them younger folks who are brand new to party politics, and whom the Democratic Party desperately needs — is grotesquely exaggerated. This is what democracy looks like, people! Deal with it. If the Democratic brand, to use obnoxious contemporary parlance, is so fragile that Hillary Clinton’s prospects of victory over the most cartoonish and least qualified candidate in history can be damaged by a little booing, then the entire party is in deep trouble.
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That is the not-so-hidden meaning of this convention so far, as Robert Reich pointed out on Monday. Reich, who served in Bill Clinton’s cabinet and has known both Clintons since all three were law-school classmates, suggests that Hillary still hasn’t grasped the nature of the sudden political realignment of 2016. “The most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment fury” directed at corporate and political elites, Reich writes. “There are no longer ‘moderates.’ There’s no longer a ‘center.’” The viable choices are between “authoritarian populism,” meaning the Trump strain, and the “democratic populism” embodied by Sanders. We can see what happened to the Republican establishment that tried to battle this tide. As I argued months ago, the Democratic establishment is not all that far behind.
So this abrupt turn toward shaming internal dissenters, and this insistence that a false front of ideological unity is the only path to victory, is a sign of intense weakness and unease. As with the hilariously sudden banishment of party chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz — whose name and signature appears on the credentials worn by every convention attendee, but who is nowhere to be seen — the quasi-Soviet conformity belies much of the Democratic happy talk of Day One in Philadelphia. Michelle Obama, for instance, delivered a beautiful speech loaded with soaring sentiment and heartfelt principle, one which seemed to describe some other universe where if not for Republican bile and bigotry things would be wonderful. It takes a Potemkin village.
So a hardcore handful of Sanders supporters — not even close to a majority of his delegates, in my judgment — booed several times at the mention of a candidate they don’t like and don’t trust, and whom they have spent months viewing as an implacable enemy. Seriously: BFD. Was that the best possible optics for a party convention? No, but neither is “Get off my lawn and go get a haircut,” or an endless series of Chicken Little tweets about how an intemperate handful of Bernie loyalists will bring down civilization. You would think Democrats have had their institutional memory wiped, and have forgotten what this party used to be like before it was remade by Hillary Clinton’s husband and the Democratic Leadership Council and their Wall Street backers. Because they have.
I’m old enough to have dim memories of sitting on the couch next to my dad and watching wiggly black-and-white images of the vicious floor fights at the 1972 Democratic convention in Miami Beach, where party regulars fought into the roll call in a last-ditch effort to defeat George McGovern. Four years later, the same thing happened in reverse, as establishment liberals tried to derail the insurgent candidacy of a Southern moderate outsider named Jimmy Carter. Another four years after that, in 1980, Ted Kennedy waged a nearly unprecedented struggle against Carter — an incumbent Democratic president! — that went all the way to Madison Square Garden. Kennedy only endorsed Carter late and begrudgingly, giving a fiery convention speech that only mentioned the party’s actual nominee once. Bernie Sanders has already done far more to support Hillary Clinton than Kennedy ever did in that campaign.
Was there booing at those conventions? And name-calling and vitriol? And threats to stay home or bolt to the other party, and prognostications of electoral doom? You bet your ass there was — all day long. Every commentator at every one of those conventions hauled out the Will Rogers line about how he didn’t belong to any organized political party because he was a Democrat, the wounds more or less healed, and life went on. Now, I can see you raising your hand in the back to remind me that the doomsayers were right, at least in 1972 and 1980 — and before that, too, in the disastrous implosion of Chicago 1968. It’s a worthwhile point, and there’s no question that those experiences left the party permanently scarred. (It sure would have been interesting to see Kennedy run against Ronald Reagan, although I doubt the result would have been different.)
But my larger point is that the Democratic Party of those decades understood that it was a vibrant, raucous coalition that thrived on internal discord, and didn’t mind hashing out its disputes in public. It encompassed Southern conservatives and Northeastern liberals and urban "white ethnics" and heartland populists and feminists and civil-rights leaders, and they definitely didn’t always get along. It also held congressional majorities for almost 30 years, and viewed itself with some justification as the central forum for American political debate and American social progress.
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I imagine that both parties have marketing experts and focus-group data these days informing them that “the voters” prefer a smooth, upbeat stage-managed spectacle that delivers an anodyne message of unity. Republicans have always been better about that, and the grim gathering in Cleveland largely remained on message, despite the evident fact that many Republicans are angry and confused about the Trumpian takeover. But it was also a low-energy and often boring event, and except for the electrifying moments delivered by Trump’s acceptance speech and Ted Cruz’s Great Refusal, the upper reaches of the arena remained largely empty.
You couldn’t say any of that about Wells Fargo Arena on Monday night, where virtually every seat was full and the atmosphere crackled with anticipation. Bernie Sanders has injected new life and new possibilities into the Democratic Party, which now has a level of internal energy not seen since the pre-Clinton era. What we’re seeing right now are the party’s institutional antibodies in action, as they try to crush that new life and reject those possibilities.
I’m well aware that the nomination of Donald Trump by the Republican Party — once upon a time an organization of actual grownups, whatever their limitations — represents a national emergency. I was in Cleveland and sat through that speech in that arena, and although I got some pushback for my use of this term, it was about as traumatic as something can be that does not involve physical violence. I require no lectures from anyone about the obvious fact that the choice between a responsible and competent adult and a sociopathic charlatan is not a choice at all. Or the choice between a human being and a sack of hornets, as I put it earlier.
When it comes to Nov. 8, whether I like or dislike Hillary Clinton — and why, and how much — is not relevant. It’s a lot like the infamous French presidential election of 2002, between center-right incumbent Jacques Chirac and neo-fascist Jean-Marie Le Pen, except that France is or was a relatively sane country and Le Pen never had the slightest chance of winning. I have previously expressed my view that Clinton would be a pretty good president on domestic and social issues, and a pretty terrible one on foreign policy and national security. In terms of this year’s election, that hardly matters. I would feel approximately the same about the choice if Trump’s final-round opponent were Jeb Bush or John Kasich or some other recognizable mid-range politician with comprehensible goals and motives. I might support that person with more or less reluctance, but we’re talking differences of degree rather than kind.
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But the national emergency presented by Trump and the chimerical quest for party unity and a spectacle of manufactured harmony are two different things. It is crucial to elect Hillary Clinton in 2016, as Sanders told his supporters forcefully on Monday night, and the vast majority of his supporters will end up voting for her, enthusiastically or otherwise. That’s an entirely different question from whether the boo-birds were sending the Democratic Party an important message, and whether it’s a message the party can afford to ignore. | positive |
Let’s just start here: If you think someone is being rude — a stranger, who is otherwise keeping to themselves — and your method of attempting to teach them to be more courteous involves physically assaulting them, by sitting on them say, then something has gone horribly wrong in your own etiquette lessons. Perhaps by now you’ve seen the video that is circulating, causing much conversation, which shows an incident on a Toronto subway car. In it, a middle-aged woman, upset that a young man has propped his feet on the edge of a seat in an apparently mostly empty subway car, sits on his feet. He asks her repeatedly to get off of him. “I’m sorry, I can’t,” she says. He insults and swears at her. “I’m trying to explain to you that your feet shouldn’t be on the seat,” she says. “There are lots of social rules,” she says. “We’re a society, we all have to live together,” she says. Eventually the young man pushes her off — fairly gently, as pushes go — and she pushes the emergency alarm, and they continue to bicker as they wait for security.
Two subway passengers got into an altercation on the TTC after the woman sat on the male passenger's feet because they were draped over another seat. ( Juliette Shylo )
This video shows an escalating cavalcade of petty incivility, both parties pointlessly piling one bit of misbehaviour atop another. There’s lots of evidence here of the kinds of things people do when they’re being jerks, if that’s what you’re looking for. But to my astonishment, much of the reaction to this video as it’s gone viral — even here in my own office — involves celebrating the woman’s petulant stand in defence of seat integrity. As if she is some kind of propriety Charles Bronson, a subway bylaw vigilante scouring the underground looking for minor breaches of etiquette in order to teach the punks a lesson. They cheer her on, vicariously sticking it to every manspreader, bag-seater and loud-music listener who has made them mildly uncomfortable on transit at some point. “He shouldn’t have his feet on the seat! He deserves whatever he gets!” This is warped. The lady in the video is out of line — more so than the young man (who is also out of line). And to understand why, we don’t even need to dip into the racial politics of a situation in which a middle-aged white woman asserts herself through physical domination to teach a young black man an unsolicited lesson in respect, and then summons authorities as the aggrieved party when he resists her corporal instruction.
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More basic than those thorny social dynamics is the very basic rule that you should never put your body on top of someone else’s without their permission. There are very few exceptions to this rule. Certainly, if they are inflicting physical harm on someone else or are about to do so, then you ought to feel justified physically restraining them. But other than that, don’t do it. Violating this rule goes beyond discourtesy into the realm of assault. But I am also of the opinion that even before she made her critique physical, this woman probably ought to have kept her Miss Manners act to herself. It is true that by perching his feet on the metal edge of a seat, this young man may have been contaminating it imperceptibly. There’s a reason the TTC has a bylaw forbidding this. But it is also true that, seeing him doing so, it is hard to envision a way for her to help the situation by pointing it out and bickering with him about it. He knows he should not do it, and knows why. Possibly he thinks the placement of his feet is not soiling the seat. Possibly he doesn’t care. Either way, he is doing it anyway. Some random bystander striding across the train to order him to obey will probably only cause him to be defensive and perhaps disrupt the lives of others on the train (as indeed happened not just when a screaming match erupted, but when the alarm was pushed, delaying them all). There are lots of other situations where intervening in the face of rude behaviour does help: In a crowded train, asking someone to move their backpack to open up a seat usually achieves the desired effect. When someone is being very loud, a simple request will often cause them to lower the volume. When someone is doing something to hurt someone else accidentally — standing on a foot, say — bringing it to their attention often stops the behaviour and the harm. When someone is harming someone purposely — shouting insults or slurs, say — intervening may not de-escalate the situation, but can deflect the harm away from the intended target. Those are good reasons when you see rude or uncivil behaviour to do something about it besides shaking your head and counting your blessings that you know better. But no such outcome could be expected in this case, and no such direct benefit to anyone at all was even possible here.
No, the impulse to come striding across the train to teach this young man some manners had nothing at all to do with helping anything, or preventing any harm. Like so many acts of performative busybody scolding, it had everything to do with publicly demonstrating for her own sanctimonious self-satisfaction that she was better behaved than he was. And it backfired because she demonstrated the opposite. “We all have to live together,” she said. And it’s true. But living together is so much easier if we all resist the impulse to police each other’s etiquette and save the theatrics for situations where they might conceivably make the situation better instead of worse.
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That said, people: Keep your damn feet off the seats. And for heaven’s sake, don’t sit on strangers. Edward Keenan writes on city issues ekeenan@thestar.ca . Follow: @thekeenanwire | positive |
Thick and Thin : November 2015 skip to main | skip to sidebar Thick and Thin After having two homes for a number of years, one in Texas the other in Colorado, we have simplified our lives. Coming to you from only Texas now, but not really. We are world travelers…so stay with me. Monday, November 30, 2015 The Symphony Last night on a very rainy cold evening, we went downtown to the beautiful Bass Performance Hall where we were able to buy discounted group tickets with our fellow students from T.C.U. The lobby was very festive with numerous Christmas trees, along with other holiday displays. We were there to hear the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra under the direction of the talented Andres Franco, and the Southwestern Seminary Master choir directed by David Thye. They were both amazing and played all of my favorite Christmas songs.When they preformed the closing number...Jingle Bells. snow (fake), fell from the ceiling, and Santa appeared. It was a wonderful way to start the holiday season! Posted by Janey and Co. at 4:21 AM 3 comments: Saturday, November 28, 2015 Wreath Party I have pictured before on this blog, the pretty wreaths my sister Polly makes. Like this gold mesh one. Well, she decided to have a wreath party to see if she could sell a few. She made so many I thought a would make a couple of collages to give you an idea. She was very successful and has even had orders since then from friends of friends. It is going to be rainy and cold here this weekend, so a lot of folks are staying in and getting their holiday decorations up. Including us .Have you decorated yet, or will you wait until later in the month? Posted by Janey and Co. at 5:01 AM 3 comments: Friday, November 27, 2015 Thanksgiving We sure had a nice Thanksgiving. We take turns hosting the holidays, and it was my sister Polly's time. She had three tables set for eighteen adults and four children. There was the feast with turkey. Sorry, I didn't get a picture before they started craving it, and beef tenderloin. This of course is where you could consume some calories! Yes, my niece Kristin made her fancy Thanksgiving cookies....and they were delicious. If you celebrated Thanksgiving. I hope you were with family or friends...or both. Thanks Polly for hosting. Everything was perfect! Posted by Janey and Co. at 5:04 AM 4 comments: Thursday, November 26, 2015 Gobble Gobble Well here in the U. S. it is Thanksgiving Day So are you going to I saw this sign at the grocery store yesterday, and it made me chuckle. I don't plan to gobble til I wobble today....but it is so difficult. I always have good intentions of taking just a very small amount of everything.(food)..The problem is, there are so many things. Then, you are faced with all of those desserts. People should take a long walk after they eat, but truth is, most nap in front of a football game! another photo from my morning walks I do realize that I have so many many things to be thankful for, and I hope that you do too. Although, no matter how thankful I am... my heart is still heavy for the many people (around the world) whose lives have been scarred by terrorism in recent weeks.I hope that they know the civilized world weeps with them. I also must remember that today is Fence Day and this simple fence caught my eye on our drive back from Austin, Texas over the weekend. Linking to: Good Fences Posted by Janey and Co. at 5:48 AM 15 comments: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 Breakfast With Santa I know, I know it isn't even Thanksgiving, but the Christmas season has a way of not waiting around here. Tom and I were in Austin to take our little three year old Hannah to the above,because her Mom was working the event. On the main floor of the convention center there were probably close to a hundred vendors selling their finest ware. ..but we were interested in the event taking place on the second. floor. Breakfast with Santa. Where there were nicely decorated tables...and various crafts for little ones. including these large cookies with edible paint to decorate them with. Hannah sure had fun and I think she looked very festive in her Christmas dress. When I tried to dress her (Mom left early), she said "no J.J. that dress is for the holidays". Apparently, she had been trying to wear it to school. I explained that it was indeed the holidays. She believed me when it was her turn to talk to Santa. I think Santa was being silly when he ask Hannah if she wanted broccoli for Christmas? Hannah shook her head yes. You see Hannah loves broccoli . We took her to a pizza place recently and the waitress said "what can I get you sweetie", to which Hannah replied "broccoli".. Posted by Janey and Co. at 4:55 AM 9 comments: Monday, November 23, 2015 Austin cont. The skyline of downtown Austin, Texas as seen from the Palmer Center, Austin's convention center. Posted by Janey and Co. at 6:55 PM 1 comment: Austin After meandering through the Texas countryside, we finally did arrive at our daughter's house in Austin. (daughter #5 that is). Katy arrived home from work, and I went with her to the grocery store to get something to cook for dinner. She goes to a wonderful grocery store..and it is fun just to go there. Since we are closing in on Thanksgiving the store had a display of a cranberry bog...complete with floating cranberries. It sure brought back memories. Several years ago in the Fall, Tom and I flew up to Cape Cod to stay in the cute town of Chatam at a bed and breakfast. Since I am a native Texan ...and they don't grow cranberries here...I decided while we were there, to try to find a field of cranberries that were being harvested. So we got directions to a couple of commercial fields .. You see they flood the bog with about 18in. of water, the cranberries float to the top and are gathered. No, this is not my photo. We arrived at the first field to find out that we had missed the harvest....and we never found the second field. I had to settle for a postcard :( Do you like cranberries? I love them and will be making cranberry sauce this week. Oh Katy (my daughter), cooked a wonderful dinner. Turkey/pork meatloaf with chunks of sweet potatoes mixed in, and a side of lemon garlic fingerling potatoes. Posted by Janey and Co. at 5:25 AM 7 comments: Sunday, November 22, 2015 Back Roads cont. Another reason to take the back roads is that when you see a scene like this, you can pull over. click on photo to enlarge These are not the typical Texas Long Horned cattle, but a breed I think were imported from Africa. Our trip on the back roads from Ft. Worth to Austin, takes us about 30 min to an hour longer....depending how many stops we make :) We do get away from the traffic, huge trucks and boring scenery. Posted by Janey and Co. at 5:46 AM 4 comments: Friday, November 20, 2015 The Backroads We headed down to Austin, Texas on Thursday, which is usually a three hour drive, but since we are retired and usually not in a hurry, we take the back roads. First stop was for lunch in the cute little town of Granbury Where we had lunch at place that is a combo bakery/lunch spot called the Nutshell We chose a booth in the corner by the window, and under this mural where I enjoyed a bowl of great Gumbo The view through the window was the county courthouse across the street There was also a view of the town Christmas Tree. I couldn't figure out why there were umbrellas on the tree? When we finished eating and walked outside, I noticed that the live performance down the street at the opera house was Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins....umbrellas...I get it. So we popped in the old opera house, and bought tickets so we can take two of Tom's grandchildren who are visiting in December. Posted by Janey and Co. at 7:26 PM 7 comments: Thursday, November 19, 2015 Zero Property Our new place in Ft. Worth is what they call a zero property line home. That doesn't mean that we don't have some property. We of course own the land the house is sitting on, and on our side of the fence there is 5ft. from the house to the fence... and the neighbors have 5 ft. on the other side, before their house begins.. This is the view from the kitchen sink, and this is the opposite side of the house. The five feet here is measured from the edge of the patio We on the other hand live in the mountains for five months out of the year, where we have no fencing, over 2 acres with spectacular views. This just takes a little getting use to when you return. The convenience of being in town sure does make up for it though. Could you, or do you live this close to your neighbors? Linking to: Good Fences Posted by Janey and Co. at 5:36 AM 16 comments: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 You Know You Are In The South You know you are in the south when the chairs at the airport are rocking chairs. Charlotte Douglas International Airport Posted by Janey and Co. at 6:44 AM 6 comments: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 The Long Letter Today would have been my Dad's ninety seventh birthday.(1918-1986). I wanted to show you one of several letters that I received from him. I am the only daughter that ever moved away from this area. Therefore, I am the only daughter he ever wrote to. This is the beginning of one of those letters that I received in 1982. Are you wondering why he wrote "top" at the beginning of the letter? Well, for the same reason he wrote "bottom" at the other end. Apparently, the pages weren't numbered, because the letter was one long sheet of paper. His explanation for this letter being nearly three feet long was that he didn't like to number pages, or write "over". You see, my Daddy had a great sense of humor, and I would like to think I inherited it. Happy Birthday Daddy. I miss you, and your funny letters Posted by Janey and Co. at 5:51 AM 7 comments: Monday, November 16, 2015 A First Birthday that is. I have been in: Yes, that is correct Charlotte, North Carolina over the weekend. The above is a section of the invitation to my granddaughter's first birthday party. By now you may have guessed.... it was all about The Muppet's My daughter and her husband invited thirty adults, and I forgot how many kiddos, for an afternoon of celebrating. Stacy made all of the decorations and the food...although she did a have a bit of help from her sister Katy, visiting from Austin, TX and me! I didn't take pictures of all of the treats, but you get the idea...There was a Muppet theme running throughout. You had to almost get in line to hold the birthday girl. It is customary to get a one year old their own special birthday cake (which is actually called a smash cake)..to see what they will do. As you can see, Abigail didn't disappoint. I sure had a wonderful weekend. Happy Birthday Abigail! Posted by Janey and Co. at 4:29 AM 6 comments: Sunday, November 15, 2015 A Pretty Pot Just wanted to wish you a happy Sunday,,,or maybe Monday for Gracie Another view from my morning walk My heart is saddened by the slaughter in Paris. I only wish there was something I could do. Posted by Janey and Co. at 4:54 AM 6 comments: Saturday, November 14, 2015 The Secret Garden This is not really a door to the secret garden, but that is what it reminds me of. You see, this is the doorway to someone's property. I pass here on my morning walk. I assume there is an intercom there somewhere? Once through the door (no I didn't go in), there are stone steps that you really can't see, behind the tree....leading down to the wooden bridge that spans a ravine. Then up a long set of steps to a rather large home. I really do have a very interesting walk in the morning. Thanks for coming along! 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Image caption Steve Wilhite's achievement was celebrated at the Webby Awards
The creator of the Gif graphics format has said that his invention should be pronounced so it starts with a "j" rather than with a hard "g".
Steve Wilhite told the New York Times that he was "annoyed" there was still a debate over how to say the acronym.
He added that the Oxford English Dictionary was wrong to say it could be pronounced both ways.
The OED told the BBC that it was beyond the software engineer's control to determine how the word should be said.
The difference of opinion coincided with Mr Wilhite being awarded a lifetime achievement prize at The Webby Awards. To mark the moment, screens at the ceremony displayed a message he had written saying: "It's pronounced 'Jif'".
Looping animations
The retired US-based software writer developed the Graphics Interchange Format in 1987 while working at the internet service provider Compuserve.
The data compression technique he used allowed images to be sent over what were then slow dial-up connections at much faster speeds than had been previously possible.
His efforts paved the way for his employer to start offering its customers the ability to download colour pictures rather than being limited to black-and-white.
Although the Jpeg format later caught on because it is better at compressing photographs, Gif's technique remains superior at tackling images containing large areas of uniform colour when no more than 256 different colours are used in the whole picture.
Gif's enduring popularity has also been helped by the fact it supports animations, making it easy for people to embed short clips into blogs, and copy and paste jokey looping video - such as odd actions by the actor James Van Der Beek - into discussion forums.
Image caption It took Mr Wilhite about a month to develop the Gif format
The format's long-lasting appeal was underlined by Google's recent announcement that it was adding a feature to help users search for such files, saying Gifs had "become the de facto standard for short animations on the web, from pony glitter text to grumpy cat memes".
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The Gif Pronunciation Page has long catalogued evidence that Gif sounds like Jif.
The site suggests the reason for this was to make it sound like a popular brand of American peanut butter - "one of the principal three programmer foods (the other two being Pepsi and nacho cheese Doritos)".
That reference would be lost on UK users, who are more likely to associate Jif with lemon juice or an abandoned brand of sink cleaner.
The Oxford English Dictionary's chief editor John Simpson made it clear that whatever the word's roots, the fact many people used the hard "g" meant that option was acceptable.
"The pronunciation with a hard 'g' is now very widespread and readily understood," he said.
"A coiner effectively loses control of a word once it's out there; for instance, the coiner of quark in the physics sense had intended it to rhyme with cork, but general usage has resulted in it rhyming with mark.
"Whichever pronunciation you use for Gif, it should of course be the same for both the noun and the verb."
The American Heritage Dictionary also states the acronym can be said both ways.
The White House has also weighed in on the debate when it made it clear, last month, that President Obama preferred to use the "hard g".
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News of Mr Wilhite's intervention sparked a flood of responses from other web users.
"Preach it, Gif inventor," tweeted @xaxnermaclaren.
Image caption Some users welcomed Mr Wilhite's comments
"Finally, the Gif has been liberated! Yes!" added @themightythor.
But others were more critical.
"Unless we are going to pronounce graphics as jraphics he makes zero sense," posted Scathe to Reddit.
"I will never pronounce it that way sir! Never!" wrote @CharlesTrippy.
Next you're going to tell me it's pronounced 'gaypeg'," added TheObviousChild.
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For the past several months we've observed in complete amazement as Democrats have repeatedly hailed the 'great accomplishments' of Obamacare while the system was literally, and quite tangibly, collapsing in epic fashion all around them.
The latest evidence of Obamacare's "death spiral" comes from the state of Maryland where insurers have just submitted their rate increase requests to Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer. Unfortunately for Maryland residents the numbers are fairly staggering, in a bad way, with the largest insurer in the Mid-Atlantic region, CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield, requesting a 50% YoY premium increase.
The new rates would mean that a 40-year-old nonsmoker in the Baltimore area would face premiums ranging from $359 a month to $715 for a benchmark plan, before receiving any federal subsidies. CareFirst said the rate increases are necessary because the company has lost $600 million serving ObamaCare exchanges since the company first started selling plans in the marketplace 4 years ago. Per the Washington Post:
“What we’re seeing is greater sickness levels. The pool of beneficiaries is becoming sicker, in part because healthier people are not coming in at the same level we hoped,” said Chet Burrell, chief executive of CareFirst, which insures about 215,000 people through the marketplaces set up by the Affordable Care Act in all three states. Burrell said he was worried that the market was in the early stages of a death spiral, in which sick people who need insurance stay in the pool but healthier people drop out, causing insurers to raise rates — driving even more healthy people out of the market. “We were hoping for more stability. The factors that I have described to you today lead to instability and to a spiral, and we think we are in the beginning of that,” Burrell said.
The rate filings are a starting point for negotiations, but Burrell noted that the numbers could rise. He said his company had made its filings assuming that the cost-sharing reductions, billions of dollars in federal payments that lower out-of-pocket expenses for about 7 million Americans, would be made. Politicians have not committed to making those payments in 2018, and if those go away, premiums could rise another 10 to 15 percent, Burrell said.
Meanwhile, the proposed 2018 rate hike of 50% comes on top of a 25% hike in 2017 meaning that Maryland residents will be paying 87.5% more for individual health insurance plans in 2018 than they were in 2016.
Of course, Maryland's Insurance Commissioner noted that these initial rate requests are just a starting point for negotiations and held out hope that all would be well in the end.
The Maryland Insurance Commissioner released rate requests from three other insurers, which ranged from 18 to 37 percent increases. A 40-year-old nonsmoker in the Baltimore area would face premiums ranging from $359 a month to $715 for a benchmark plan, before receiving any federal subsidies. “It’s important to remember that these rates are what companies have requested, and not necessarily what will be approved,” Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer, Jr. said in a statement. “There will be a thorough review of all the filings. As in years past, we may require changes.”
Of course, all of this should come as little surprise to our readers as we've been writing for years that the entire Obamacare system was on the "verge of collapse" as premiums were soaring, risk pools were deteriorating and insurers were pulling out of exchanges all around the country leaving many Americans with just a single 'option' for health insurance (see "Obamacare On "Verge Of Collapse" As Premiums Set To Soar Again In 2017"). In fact, the following charts provide a stunning illustration of that collapse (charts per Bloomberg):
But sure, Obamacare is a great system and Republicans are trying to 'ruin' healthcare in America. | positive |
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But from the moment he took the stage, Trump — who was never a Scout himself but touted his role as the "honorary president of the Boy Scouts of America" — started leading them down a very different path.
Over the next 35 minutes, the president threatened to fire one of his Cabinet members, attacked former president Barack Obama, dissed his former rival Hillary Clinton, marveled at the size of the crowd, warned the boys about the "fake media," mocked pollsters and pundits, and said more people would say "Merry Christmas" under his presidency. He also told a rambling tale about a famous, now-deceased home builder that meandered from a Manhattan cocktail party to a yacht and then to places that the president would only allow the boys' imaginations to go.
In response to a backlash following the speech, the Boy Scouts distanced itself Tuesday from Trump's remarks. In a statement, the organization said it is "wholly non-partisan and does not promote any on position, product, service, political candidate or philosophy." It added, without mentioning Trump's name, that inviting "the sitting U.S. President" to visit the Jamboree is a long-standing tradition and "is in no way an endorsement of any political party or specific policies."
The speech was, in fact, very much like the rally speeches that Trump gave across the country last year, although he sprinkled in some pieces of inspirational advice ("Do something you love") and reflections on Boy Scout values ("We could really use some more loyalty, I will tell you that.").
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Donald Trump won the presidential election. Yet, since Nov. 8, Trump has tweeted about Democratic rival Hillary Clinton many times. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)
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Trump was joined by former Scouts who serve in his Cabinet, including Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. The latter wore a Scouting outfit for the occasion. "Ryan is an Eagle Scout from Big Sky country in Montana," Trump relayed.
As the president's speech continued, Perry appeared to grow bored as he stood behind Trump, chatting with others, flipping through a book and then filming a video of the crowd. Not invited on the adventure: Attorney General Jeff Sessions, an Eagle Scout whose day job appears in jeopardy in Washington.
Trump began the official address, delivered from a lectern with the presidential seal, by pledging to talk about things loftier than politics.
"Tonight we put aside all of the policy fights in Washington, D.C., you've been hearing about with the fake news," the president told the crowd of Scouts and volunteers gathered in Glen Jean, W.Va. "Who the hell wants to speak about politics when I'm in front of the Boy Scouts?"
But before long, Trump dived into the politics of the Republican health-care bill, which could die if it doesn't clear a key procedural vote on Tuesday. Trump pointed to Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, who has been tasked with selling the legislation.
"Hopefully he's going to get the votes tomorrow," Trump said, emphasizing the importance of overhauling the Affordable Care Act, which he called "this horrible thing that's really hurting us."
As chants of "USA! USA!" broke out, Trump asked Price: "By the way, are you going to get the votes? You better get the votes. Otherwise, I'll say, 'Tom, you're fired.' "
Trump also slipped in a reference to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, one of the Republican holdouts on moving forward with the bill, which would leave up to 22 million fewer Americans with health insurance by 2026, according to estimates.
"You better get Senator Capito to vote for it," the president told Price.
At another point, Trump marveled at the more than 30,000 Scouts who had gathered for the Jamboree, although he acted as if they were there just for him and not for a regular event attended by seven other presidents.
"What do you think the chances are that this incredible, massive crowd, record-setting, is going to be shown on television tonight? One percent or zero," Trump said as the Scouts yelled out answers and "CNN!" "The fake media will say . . . 'President Trump spoke before a small crowd of Boy Scouts today.' That is some crowd. Fake media! Fake news!"
Trump smiled and applauded them, then said: "By the way, just a question, did President Obama ever come to a Jamboree?"
"Nooooo!" the boys roared back in a sound that seemed to turn into booing, apparently not giving Obama credit for sending a video message to the 2010 Jamboree.
Before departing, Trump took time to relive last year's election, chiding Clinton for not working hard enough in several Midwestern states.
"Boooo!" the boys roared.
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Is this what a spaceship sounds like? I'd imagined something a bit more whooshy, a bit more Millennium Falcon. These stately tones are more "we come in peace" than "brace yourself for the jump into hyperspace". Still, at 25mph up Camden Road, maybe that's no bad thing.
I'm sitting in a Toyota Prius, testing out the new HALOsonic External Sound Synthesis technology, which could both save lives and liven up the morning commute no end. As electric vehicles (EVs) become part of our lives – both Nissan and Mitsubishi will have models on sale here within the next year, and charging points are being installed by local authorities around the country – one safety issue is becoming urgent. Unlike, say, an electric milk float, EVs are astonishingly silent, with just the wheel rumble and an occasional electric whine to alert you to their approach. The Royal National Institute of Blind People has been raising awareness of the risk; legislation is likely to follow soon.
All this is wonderful news for Lotus Engineering, which has been working for two years on a system to mimic engine noises. With the help of Harman International – which specialises in car sound systems – it came up with an electronic device that is wired into the engine and follows the revs to produce a synthetic engine noise.
So how does it sound? In the end Harman synthesised a number of alternatives, including a Prius in petrol-powered mode, the purring of an Aston Martin's supercharged V8, the tiger's roar of a Ferrari V12 engine, and the four-cylinder boxer engine you might find in an Alfa Romeo. And just for good measure, they added two spaceship sounds: rising and gently descending.
Tony Harberman, director of sales, lets slip the fact that these sounds were inspired by spaceships in well-known sci-fi films. As we float gently through the streets of London, a construction worker does a double take; an entire column of schoolboys, coming out of Regent's Park, nudge each other and point. Which film? It's definitely not Star Wars, I'll tell you that much. | positive |
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How to use customer feedback to your advantage | Metrilo Blog Why Metrilo Features: Ecommerce Analytics Ecommerce CRM Email Marketing Customer Retention Resources DTC Academy Case studies Help Center Partners Ecommerce Glossary Pricing Why Metrilo Features Ecommerce Analytics Ecommerce CRM Email Marketing Customer Retention Resources DTC Academy Case Studies Help Center Partners Ecommerce Glossary Pricing SignupStart a free trial Login How to use customer feedback to your advantage Published by Dimira Teneva in Ecommerce email marketing. 5 mins to read. Customer feedback is exciting and scary at the same time. Exciting because it’s a thrill to learn what people think about your store and products. Scary because negative feedback is hard to swallow sometimes. This shouldn’t stop you from gathering it! On the contrary – there are so many ways to use it. Customer feedback is a goldmine of info directly from the people who matter the most, you customers. In this article, we show different uses of customer feedback and how it can help you make optimizations and get more sales. Start gathering customer feedback today Try Metrilo for free Customer feedback as market research People are much more willing to share bad experiences than positive ones, partly because they expect the good stuff as normal, but feel strong dissatisfaction with any deviation. So in their feedback you’ll get many suggestions what can be improved in terms of offerings, too. What new products they’d like, what other options they need, what others are doing better than you. Related: Promoting a new product This is free market survey! Bigger companies pay agencies to do that for them so don’t miss the insights how you can develop your store to grow. Our customer Native Cosmetics didn’t stop iterating their deodorant formula until customers were completely satisfied – a continuous process of testing and gathering feedback. Read Native’s success story from 0 to $100 Million acquisition by Procter & Gamble Talk in their own words You’ve heard that so many times and yet, sometimes we insist on calling things with fancier names to present our brand. Well, customers know better and might even get frustrated if you use other terms, making it hard for them to find what they need. It’s even easier for you to write your site copy and product descriptions they way your customers speak. I remember that one shop that insisted on calling all wrap skirts “flamenco skirts” although many were the office type and very far from flamenco. I couldn’t filter properly and got quite irritated. So take it from their feedback and use their words. If they call it “jade”, make it so and let go of “grass green”. Optimize your inventory thanks to feedback Some products will get in you in trouble more often than others. With customer feedback, you’ll know which ones so you can get rid of them. It’s not worth it to keep selling those items if they get returned and bring your rating down all the time. Other items, though, will be bringing you raving reviews. Those are your keepers. Put the testimonials on the product pages. Feature them in more ads to push more people to choose them instead of others, more problematic ones. Eventually, you’ll be able to sift through and keep only the products inspiring loyalty and bringing repeat sales. Follow up on negative reviews and solve problems Bad reviews are really bad only if you keep getting them. It’s absolutely normal that someone didn’t like your service or product. People are different and have various expectations. Just keep calm and investigate what caused the unpleasant experience for them – if it is true at all. It’s ok to reach out to them and ask more questions in order to make amends. Take things one step further: email the unhappy customer once you’ve resolved the issue and thank them for helping you fix things. It’s a sweet gesture and shows you care about each and every customer’s opinion, which boosts positive brand image and can help you keep them despite the unpleasant episode. All in all, you should try and turn the situation around. Then bad reviews actually turn into an advantage, a key to better customer experience. Improve the customer experience overall If the same can happen again to someone else – like get billed twice or receive the wrong size – make the necessary improvements in your operations to prevent it. This way, you’re using customer feedback to improve the shopping experience for all of your clients. In result, you won’t be getting more complaints about the same thing and conversions are likely to go up as the customer journey will be smoother. Plus, you can always ask again old customers what they think about the improvements and clear up your review reputation. Which leads us to… Use positive customer feedback as social proof No matter how you collect customer feedback, you will probably hear awesome things about your brand. Some you will get repeatedly and they deserve to be highlighted on your site. These are things everybody loves about your shop. Others might even surprise you because they’ll be comparing you to other shops. You might find out that your support is super fast and that other shops make mistakes too many times. The things your customers point out are important for others to convert as well so it’s great to use their testimonials on your site – just remember to ask for permission. Asking for the favor to post the same review on Facebook or Instagram is also a great idea. An Instagram feed with happy customers using your product is an instant green light for every new visitor. Create a customer ambassador program Filtering who’s happy with your shop and who’s not is the first step to find out who’s possibly a good referrer for new business. Take your happy customers – those who gave you a high rating and a good review – and email them personally. Thank them and ask if they’d be interested in working with you as a brand ambassador among their friends. This doesn’t have to be a serious program as you’d do with a celebrity. Just give them a personal referral code or hashtag and set up some terms like 30% for each new customer brought in. Automate gathering customer feedback today Customer feedback score by Metrilo Customer feedback is very useful because it’s your customers’ direct opinion and can drive you forward. Without it, you don’t really know what they think or want of you and it becomes hard to satisfy their needs. Customer communication and relationships can only benefit from the two-way exchange – not just you talking. 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The Arcade Age explores the short history of video arcade games through exhibits and game play, just as they were intended to be experienced - in an arcade! Now through Labor Day, 2016, the Cradle of Aviation has transformed a section of its galleries into an arcade complete with unforgettable favorites like Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Space Invaders, Centipede, Donkey Kong and more. Play the arcade classics and check out the exhibit telling the story of video arcade games; from the pioneers in the early 40s and 50s, to the golden age in the late 70s and early 80s, to the industry crash, revival and ultimate decline in the 90s. It is a story of the creative and innovative people who explored groundbreaking technologies, the games that sprung from their ingenuity and a culture that was shaped by their developments.
With three daily sessions available (11:30, 1:30 and 3:30) your 90 minute free play, timed-ticket for the Arcade Age exhibit also includes full access to the Cradle of Aviation galleries. For the 3:30 pm session, please arrive early to enjoy the galleries as we close promptly at 5:00 pm.
Adults $24, Children (2-12) $20
For our fanatic retro gaming fans we now have an Arcade Exhibit Membership! For $99 you get unlimited access to the exhibit plus after your first visit, you can bring a friend for only $10. You will also get free access to upcoming Arcade Exhibit related lectures and any free play nights we may add in the future.
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“Our Man Bashir” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/27/1995)
In which the world is not enough, but tomorrow never dies, so Bashir and Garak get a quantum of solace from Russia with love, for your eyes only…
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Well, this is also cute. And thankfully, a bit better paced than “Little Green Men”; comic episodes only work if they’ve got some momentum behind them, and cutting between Bashir and Garak in the holosuite, and Eddington, Odo, Quark, and Rom in the station, keeps things moving nicely. Plus, there’s a clear sense of danger, and a very obvious structure, drawn from the Bond films that Bashir’s program looks to emulate/parody. The jokes are obvious, but enough of them are funny that it doesn’t really matter, and besides, it’s not like the source material was all that subtle to begin with. (Dr. Honey Bear might be over the line, but I’m surprised Mona Luvsitt wasn’t a character in Diamonds Are Forever. It’s a damn sight better than “Plenty O’Toole.”) And once again, we can see the benefit of DS9’s stationary location and on-going continuity. “Our Man Bashir” only gets heavy for about a scene, but it’s a very good scene, and it works based off of what we know about the episode’s two leads. Plus, there are small touches throughout to make sure we can connect what we’re seeing to the larger narrative. It’s a great way to handle serialization: not every story has to advance the main plot, but the more we feel like it’s all connected, the more invested we become.
On the whole, DS9 has avoided holo-centric premises, which is for the best. While Star Trek: The Next Generation had some fun with the idea of a magic room which generated new realities with the push of a button, but it’s a pretty ridiculous concept which the series was never all that interested in exploring to its logical conclusions. Such a device would be even more out of place on DS9. Quark has his holosuites, they’re routinely referenced, but they’re rarely, if ever, plot-relevant. Out of sight, out of mind. But here comes “Our Man Bashir,” with what looks like the platonic ideal of the holo-story. The good doctor is engaging in some pre-work shenanigans, fighting a bad guy and wooing a blonde in a low cut dress, when Garak wanders in, applauding the theatrics. An argument ensues, and we learn the fascinating tidbit that it’s actually illegal to interrupt someone else’s holo-program without their explicit permission. But Bashir finally accepts Garak won’t be put off; the tailor wants to know just what’s been keeping Bashir so busy lately, and, when he discovers Julian is pretending to be a spy, you can imagine the reaction. The two of them go for a team-up, just as a horrific shuttlecraft accident strands Sisko, Kira, Dax, O’Brien, and Worf in the station’s computers. And who do you think pops up in Bashir’s program? Guess.
The funniest part of all holodeck/suite stories is that they always have to go out of their way to eliminate what would be the device’s biggest appeal: namely, the ability to engage in action and adventure without having to worry about consequences. I’d love to be able to pretend I was Indiana Jones for a couple hours, but if “pretending” meant the very real chance that I’d get shot, chopped up, drowned, stabbed, or crushed, I wouldn’t be nearly as interested. So holo-programs come with safety protocols built in, but somehow, because this is all crazy computer stuff (again: magic), the bad guys Bashir faces off against could theoretically hurt him, which means that if the safety protocols are removed, he’s in for a world of hurt. And yes, the safety protocols are removed in this episode. It happens every damn time, or nearly. It’s like having a really amazing TV in your house, only if there’s a glitch, or the batteries in the remote go dead, the TV will murder you. Everyone in the Trek-verse accepts this as a matter of course, but while I’m sure a holodeck experience would be remarkable, I don’t think I’d be so cavalier using the device if I knew there was a one in five chance I set myself on fire. I’m not saying they shouldn’t exist, because it’s amazing technology. But they put safety bars on the roller coaster for a reason, y’know?
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In a shocking twist, Bashir’s crewmembers start popping into his fantasy life; first Kira, as his sexy Russian friend (yes, Nana Visitor is good at this), then O’Brien as Falcon, Bashir’s eye-patched nemesis, and so on. It’s a bit like a twist on Barclay’s first TNG episode, only here, instead of Barclay using the holodeck to enact his fantasies with people he can’t bear to deal with in real life, Bashir is forced to keep his made up world going if he wants to save the lives of his friends. There’s some tech speak going on—buffers and what not. When the shuttle exploded, the computer stored the physical patterns of the crew inside Bashir’s holosuite, while using the entirety of the rest of the station to store their substantially larger neural patterns. Which, okay, I’ll buy it, and it gives us some fun moments with Eddington having to team up with Rom to find a work around to reconnect everybody. (I especially liked the reveal that Rom has had to MacGyver up the holosuite circuit boards because Quark won’t put down any money for upgraded equipment.) As always with premises like this, what matters is if the ends (ie, Bashir and Garak playing spy on Earth of the late ‘60s) justify the means.
I’d say they do, although it depends on your fondness for Bond riffs. Most of the gags are relegated to the immediate shock of seeing familiar faces in unfamiliar roles, and anyone looking for a cutting satire of Bond’s Imperialist masculine bullshit shouldn’t get their hopes up; the darkest this gets is a silly moment near the end when Bashir saves himself and Garak by telling Dax she’d look prettier without her glasses and with her hair down. But it is undeniably nifty to watch Kira bust out a Russian accent, or Worf playing the heavy in a tux. As for who comes off the best, I have a hard time picking, but it’s hard to deny Avery Brooks utter awesomeness as the world-destroying arch-villain Dr. Noah. (Get it? Get it?) Brooks has always had a taste for scenery, and he indulges himself at the episode’s climax to great effect, SHOUTING and whispering in ways that make him seem threatening, brilliant, and almost certainly psychotic.
“Our Man Bashir” also gets some mileage out of Garak’s astonishment at this particular brand of espionage, although not as much as I was expecting. He throws out a few one liners, and they’re all good ones, but it turns out his real reason for appearing in the episode was to give the writers yet another chance to take a look at the weird edges that exist between the ex-member of the Obsidian Order, and our noble doctor. Once Garak realizes that they’re playing for keeps, he starts encouraging Bashir to be more ruthless in his work; yes, Julian wants to save everyone, but sometimes you just can’t do that, and to Garak, that means cutting costs and running as soon as the odds are slightly less than favorable. Bashir resists, which builds to a confrontation where the doctor draws a gun on Garak, who’s threatening to shut down the program and escape. (Shutting down the program has a good chance of killing Sisko and the others outright.) Garak doesn’t believe Bashir has the guts to pull the trigger, but when he calls for the doors, Bashir fires, injuring the tailor and defusing the situation.
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It’s the only time in the whole hour when the light-hearted tone trembles. (Well, it’s not like Eddington and Odo are yukking it up, but I can’t imagine watching this and being all that concerned about the fate of the crew.) Later, at the conclusion of the spy program, Julian quotes some of Garak’s words to Dr. Noah, stalling for time by giving up being the good guy and helping to destroy the world. Which is amusing, but not particularly subversive; Bashir has already demonstrated his willingness to put his friends above all other considerations, and if that means killing imaginary billions, so be it. That earlier scene, though, is telling. It doesn’t exactly reveal anything we don’t already well know—Bashir is an idealist, Garak is a pragmatist—but it does reinforce once more the the courage of the doctor’s convictions, and the strength those convictions give him. Garak may well mock Bashir’s naivete, but Bashir saves the day, (sort of) gets the girl, and blows up the world. All Garak gets is a neck wound.
Stray observations:
“If I were in your shoes, I would grab a bottle of champagne and shoot me.” -Garak
So, does Bashir ever actually have sex with any of the ladies in this program? I wonder if you’re required to clean the suite before you leave.
This is a small point, but the reason Bashir won’t kill Sisko or the others is that apparently the program will delete their file if they die. That can’t be standard practice, can it? Holo-programs have to be designed for multiple uses.
“I think I joined the wrong intelligence program.” -Garak
I love how Bashir and Garak change out of their tuxedos for a single scene, and then put the tuxedos back on.
“I must say, doctor, this is more than I ever wanted to know about your fantasy life.” -Garak
“You’re a man who dreams of being a hero, because you know, deep down, you’re not.” -Garak, just before he’s proven wrong. (God, I could write a paper about that guy. His need to believe everyone else is as cowardly as he is, combined with the fact that there is just enough decency in him to make him miserable, is endlessly fascinating.)
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“Homefront” (season 4, episode 10; originally aired 1/1/1996)
In which Sisko and Odo keep watching the skies…
There’s something horrible about the way Odo talks about his fellow Changelings. The show doesn’t make a huge effort to underline this, and I’m not even sure how intentional it is; but whenever he’s discussing strategy with Sisko, or with other Starfleet officers, his comments on how “my people” largely serve to remind us of how alone he is. Sure, he’s on the same side as the rest of the show’s ensemble, which makes him a hero. Sure, trying to stop the Founders from murdering humans and kicking off any number of inter-stellar wars fits most acceptable definitions of doing the right thing. But Odo’s actions made him a traitor even before he became the first Changeling to harm (and kill) one of his own kind. Viewed in a different light, he’s a Judas, a monster first pitied, then despised. While we’ve had glimpses of Odo’s true feelings about the situation (most notably in “The Die Is Cast”), he doesn’t reveal himself willingly, so all we get is the occasional pained look, and the “my” he always adds to “people.” He’s made his choice, but Odo being Odo, he can’t let go of his guilt.
“Homefront” gives us our first glimpse of the fallout from the Changeling death in "The Adversary," and the signs aren’t promising. It’s a short scene: after an apparent Changeling attack leaves 27 Federation diplomats dead, Sisko, Jake, and Odo head to Earth to help advise Starfleet on how to buff up security and deal with the potential threat. Midway through the episode, Odo runs into a pair of officers he’s met before; everything seems fine, but one of the officers (Admiral Leyton, a friend of Sisko’s played by Robert Foxworth) starts throwing some shade. Odo, realizing something is up, grab’s “Leyton”’s arm, only to find a shapeshifter, who mocks him and quickly escapes. Recounting the incident, Odo mentions the hostility, but leaves the more obvious, shocking fact unspoken: the Changeling’s hatred for Odo was so intense he couldn’t mask it long enough to keep up his cover. Given how good the shapeshifters have been at hiding themselves before now, that’s a whole lot of rage.
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That ability to move around hidden in plain sight is one of the driving fears of the episode, a growing paranoia that starts off sensible enough (higher security precautions, phaser sweeps, renewed vigilance) before slowly spinning out of control. Well, not quite out of control; one of the episode’s smarter choices is that each decision Sisko makes seems reasonable, even prudent. It’s hard to pick out any one moment where he and the others cross the line, but one minute, they’re checking the rooms of government personnel for duplicitous desk lamps, and the next, Sisko is yelling at his father for refusing a blood test. Then the power goes out, and it’s time to declare martial law. (Well, not exactly martial law, but close enough.) Given the time we’ve spent getting to know Sisko, we’re well aware he’s not a man prone to rash decisions, and certainly not a proto-fascist looking for his chance to shine. As well, Leyton and Commander Erika Benteen (Sisko’s other contact person, played by Geordi’s former flame Susan Gibney) seem like reasonable adults. Leyton maybe not so much; when we get to part two next week, I won’t be unduly surprised if he’s got some ulterior motives. But so far, no one has stepped over any obvious lines.
The problem with a lot of parables about the horrors of paranoia, and the way war and xenophobia can crush the human spirit, is that they’re rarely subtle. Something like “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” gets its power by showing seemingly normal humans react poorly in extraordinary circumstances, with those circumstances ostensibly demonstrating some archetypal weakness in us all. And sure, that’s a great episode of television, and the lack of subtlety can, if well-handled, generate powerful drama. But it’s always so easy to watch the situation from the outside and tell ourselves, “I would never go that far.” “Homefront” doesn’t allow us that comfort. It’s not a grim hour by any stretch of the imagination, and at no point does someone say, “Makes you wonder who the real monsters are.” (Although Sisko comes close.) Theoretically, the conclusion to the story (which we’ll cover next week) could completely justify all of Sisko and Leyton’s precautions. But if it doesn’t, the road we’ve travelled to get to that point is one that’s lacked obvious signposts. It’s a bad moment when Sisko realizes he was beginning to doubt his dad’s humanity, but it’s also one in which the combination of Joseph Sisko’s actions and the potential Changeling threat made it impossible to not have certain suspicions. The ideal of a free world where everyone is judged by their actions, where no one is the enemy until he proves himself so, is a beautiful one. But it’s not easy to come by, and the episode never makes the mistake of simplifying its morality.
It also finds time to deal with some fairly meaty family drama. Dealing with a parent who refuses to acknowledge his age and limitations is a common theme for TV drama, but watching Sisko struggle to understand his fathers is decent stuff even before it dovetails with the Changeling hunt. Joseph Sisko (the always welcome Brock Peters) is big-hearted, cheerful, and very stubborn, and his failing health is the closest the episode comes to a sub-plot. Both Benjamin and Jake are worried about him, and from what we see, they have cause for concern; the old man still works long hours, pushing food on his customers, regaling the room with stories and patter, and staying on his feet until he’s close to collapse. In a way, he’s being short-sighted and childish, refusing to accept and adjust to his age, but he argues that this is his decision, and one he has every right to make. It’s easy to be annoyed with him when he’s batting off his son and grandson’s concern, but the episode (and Peters) do a good job making sure he isn’t a caricature or a fool. And while the character can be off-putting, that works to make the eventual confrontation between him and Sisko all the more powerful. Joe’s refusal to take a blood test, combined with his lack of appetite and unwillingness to see a doctor, make him suspicious; and yet all this is consistent with the character of someone who is trying to face old age on his own terms. And while requiring blood tests for all high level personnel and their families doesn’t seem unreasonable in the face of the shapeshifter threat, it’s still invading someone’s rights without anything approaching justifiable cause. There’s no easy answer here, and that ambiguity makes the situation all the more intense; it’s hard to tell yourself you’d do the right thing when you don’t know what the right thing is.
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Of course, it’s not all doom and slippery slopes. “Homefront” demonstrates once again had adept DS9 has gotten at managing the time requirements of two-part storylines, using padding to reinforce and develop the main ensemble. There’s a cute bit at the beginning about Dax pranking Odo; apparently she’s been breaking into his quarters while he’s in his liquid state and moving his furniture around. In another context, this could’ve come off as mean-spirited, especially given how much importance Odo places in his version of feng shui, but Dax’s behavior instead reminds us of how relaxed everyone on the station has become with one another. Setting Jadzia, who’s life experiences have made her more relaxed, adventurous, and friendly, against Odo’s stone-faced sincerity, works to both their advantages, enough so that I’d love to see the two of them team-up for a story or two at some point.
There’s also a frankly adorable scene where we learn that Bashir and O’Brien have taken to running aviator programs in the holosuites to deal with their stress over events on Earth; as they’re both stuck on the station, all they can really do is watch the news as it comes in, and on their off hours, dress up like flying aces and defend Britain from the evil Germans. O’Brien’s accent is hilarious, and their grief over the loss of one of their fellow pilots is nearly as funny, especially when set against Quark’s confusion. Good comic sequences are valuable in their own right, but this one also manages to once again demonstrate the awesomeness that is the Bashir and O’Brien friendship, as well as giving us a quick glimpse into just how shocking the attack on the home planet is.
That shock is important; along with everything else discussed above, it helps to justify the episode’s finale, in which Leyton and Sisko urge (demand, really) that the Federation President declare a state of emergency. The power goes out, apparently over the entire world (which is impressive), and Sisko is worried a fleet of Jem’Hadar ships might be on their way to Earth. There’s no definitive proof that he’s right, just as no one has any idea what the Changelings’ real plans are. But in the dark, when you can’t tell friend from foe, and the night stretches on forever, it’s hard to see what lines you’re crossing when you’re rushing to bar the door.
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Forgot to mention: the wormhole has been opening at seemingly random intervals, with no obvious sign of any ships coming through. Some Bajorans (including Kira) believe it’s a message from the prophets, but Sisko and Leyton use it as yet more potential proof of the invasion threat. The Jem’Hadar could have a cloaking device, after all.
Next week: We see what happens next in the optimistically titled “Paradise Lost,” and try not to get caught in the “Crossfire.” | positive |
Google promotes the SafetyNet Attestation API as a tool to query and assess the integrity status of an Android device. The official documentation, leaves no doubt that the main purpose of the SafetyNet Attestation API is to provide device integrity information to the server counterpart of mobile applications. The server counterpart may choose to limit the functionalities available to an app, if it's running on a device with compromised integrity protections. However, in the past year CENSUS has performed a number of assessments to mobile apps where SafetyNet was also used as an application integrity security check. Furthermore, best practices documents such as ENISA's "Smartphone Secure Development Guidelines" document of December 2016, clearly propose the use of SafetyNet as a measure to check an app's integrity status (see page 23).
To the best of our knowledge, Google has not publicly released any detailed official documentation or recommended the use of the SafetyNet Attestation API for application integrity purposes.
This situation has created a confusion amongst app developers. Specifically, software vendors are struggling to evaluate the actual protection value of the SafetyNet Attestation mechanism, but also the cost of designing, implementing and maintaining such a security control. Some of the implementations we've examined during assessments were found to implement trust decisions based on unverified data, presented a lack of understanding for the underlying mechanisms and were sometimes relying on incomplete threat models.
This article aims to fill this knowledge gap by covering the current capabilities, limitations and insecurities of the SafetyNet Attestation API when used to implement application integrity security controls. While the primary focus is the application integrity aspects of SafetyNet-based implementations, the majority of the presented findings are applicable to the device integrity mechanisms too. However, an in-depth analysis of the latter is beyond the scope of this article.
Expectations of Application Integrity Security Controls
Defining a complete, accurate and practical threat model that covers all applicable application integrity threats is among the toughest (but nonetheless important) tasks in a mobile app risk assessment. For the purposes of this article a simplified threat taxonomy is used that categorizes threats related to application integrity in three (3) groups:
Pre-Installation: The threat actor targets the application assets before the bundle is installed on the victim's device. To attack a signed resource, the attacker would either need to resign the application with a 3rd-party certificate or exploit an OS vulnerability (e.g. MasterKey). Some noticeable threats in this category are: Static Code Tampering . Application code (bytecode or native libraries) binary patching.
. Application code (bytecode or native libraries) binary patching. Static Data Tampering . Modifications to application resources / assets.
. Modifications to application resources / assets. Loader Injection. The original APK is included as a raw resource and is launched from a 3rd-party malicious bytecode loader. Post-Installation: The threat actor targets the application assets after the bundle has been installed on the victim's device but before it has been launched. As long as the attacker's technique does not modify the original APK (as stored under /data/app/<pkg> ), no code resigning is required. Some noticeable threats in this category are: Compiled Code Tampering. Optimized application bytecode (OAT, VDEX, ART) static patching.
Optimized application bytecode (OAT, VDEX, ART) static patching. Tampering of Extracted Native Libraries. Static patching of /data/app/<pkg>/lib/<ISA>/<libName>.so . Runtime: The threat actor targets the application assets during the application launch (load-time attacks) or while it's running. Usually these attacks are categorized as dynamic tampering, since they modify the application assets in memory and do not modify the local storage copies. Some noticeable threats in this category are: Method Hooking. Java bytecode, optimized native bytecode or JNI code is dynamically modified by redirecting code execution to an alternative implementation that has been loaded in the memory of the victim process.
Java bytecode, optimized native bytecode or JNI code is dynamically modified by redirecting code execution to an alternative implementation that has been loaded in the memory of the victim process. Bootstrap Code Injection. Malicious code is executed before the legitimate application code to control runtime resources (classpath, library paths, environment paths, etc.).
Malicious code is executed before the legitimate application code to control runtime resources (classpath, library paths, environment paths, etc.). Dynamic Data Tampering. Loaded app data (e.g. constant values) or generated app data (e.g. decrypted strings) are tampered in memory.
The threat actor objectives vary from application to application, the most prevailing ones are:
Security Control Tampering : Disable a locally enforced security mechanism implemented by the application (DRM, certificate pinning, data encryption mechanism, etc.).
: Disable a locally enforced security mechanism implemented by the application (DRM, certificate pinning, data encryption mechanism, etc.). Application Internals Analysis : Use runtime tampering attacks as a tool to assist reverse engineering of application internals.
: Use runtime tampering attacks as a tool to assist reverse engineering of application internals. Identity Spoofing : Force the application to transmit device fingerprints and user identities that do not match the expected behavior of the application (e.g. bypass device enrollment mechanisms).
: Force the application to transmit device fingerprints and user identities that do not match the expected behavior of the application (e.g. bypass device enrollment mechanisms). Credentials Phishing : Steal victim user credentials and other sensitive information.
: Steal victim user credentials and other sensitive information. Reputation Damage : Release proof-of-concept attacks and malicious code injection evidence to public media.
: Release proof-of-concept attacks and malicious code injection evidence to public media. Unauthorized Use : Consume the underlying application API and the application features in ways that were not provisioned from the manufacturer (e.g. run the application without advertisements).
: Consume the underlying application API and the application features in ways that were not provisioned from the manufacturer (e.g. run the application without advertisements). Information Disclosure: Obtain access to application runtime data that were designed to be hidden from the end-user (session tokens, cryptographic keys, device fingerprints, etc.).
The overall effectiveness of an application integrity security control can be measured as the level of protection (exploitation effort, attack requirements, automation possibility etc.) it offers against threat actors manifesting applicable threats to accomplish their objectives. However, without a complete threat model it is very hard to quantify the maturity of the implemented protection levels. This means that to measure the maturity of a certain app integrity mechanism one must also consider the specifics / context of a particular app. As such, this article will not try to directly calculate the strength of the examined controls.
It is also important to mention that the aforementioned threats are solely focusing on the tampering of application code & bundled assets. They do not aim to cover device integrity (root detection), reverse engineering (obfuscation), derived application data (secure storage) or system framework tampering (system libraries hooking) threats. Despite these threats being applicable to application protection in a broader term, they are outside the scope of this article.
SafetyNet Attestation Architecture Overview
The SafetyNet Attestation API is implemented as part of the Google Play Services ( com.google.android.gms ), and thus requires an Android device with Google Applications being installed. The design principle behind SafetyNet is very simple, and effectively boils down to a Google controlled service that runs in the background, collects software and hardware information from the device and compares this information against a long list of approved device profiles. A device profile is considered approved by Google as long as it has successfully passed the Android Compatibility Testing Suite (CTS).
The SafetyNet Attestation mechanism includes the following four (4) entities:
Requester: The mobile application that requests evidence that is running on an approved device. The Requester app is effectively initiating the SafetyNet attestation process. Collector: The background GMS service that runs on the mobile device and collects system information. The collector performs both on demand and scheduled tasks in the background and is the component that communicates with the remote Attester. The Requester attestation queries are dispatched to Collector for execution. Attester: The remote signing authority that evaluates the Collector evidence data and provides a digitally signed response with the device status verdict (JWS attestation result). On top of the device status flags (ctsProfileMatch , basicIntegrity), the result payload also includes information about the Requester (app info) and the certificate chain that is needed by the Verifier to validate its authenticity. This component is implemented by the remote Google API services (www.googleapis.com). Verifier: The user component that processes the attestation result, verifies its validity and enforces the security decisions based the result data. The verification logic can be implemented either from the mobile application itself (client-side validation) or from the remote application server (server-side validation).
Both Google, and the biggest part of the information security community, have acknowledged that the SafetyNet Attestation API has real value only if the security decisions are implemented and enforced from the application server (server-side validation). For the application integrity case-study this argument is even stronger due to the design principle requiring a trusted component (app server) verifying an untrusted asset (mobile app code) via a secure chain of checks (integrity signatures). As such, for the rest of the article we'll only focus on server-side Verifier implementations.
The following figure (obtained from the official documentation) illustrates the SafetyNet Attestation protocol, which involves the following steps:
The mobile app (Requester) makes a call to the SafetyNet Attestation API (Collector). The API (Collector) requests a signed response using its backend (Attester). The backend (Attester) sends the response to Google Play services (Collector). The signed response is returned to the mobile app (Requester). The Requester forwards the signed response to a trusted application server (Verifier). The server verifies the response, enforces the appropriate security policies and sends the result of the verification process back to Requester.
Figure 1: SafetyNet Protocol
The attestation result payload has a JSON Web Signature (JWS) format that contains three Base64 encoded data chunks separated by the dot ('.') character. The RSA-based JSON Web Signature (JWS) provides integrity, authenticity and non-repudation to JSON Web Tokens (JWT).
Header: Contains the utilized signing algorithm (currently only RS256) and the X.509 certificate chain which will be used to verify the JWT signature. { "alg": "RS256", "x5c": [ "<cert[0]: leaf (DER base64 string)>", "<cert[1]: CA (DER base64 string)>" ] } Attestation Data: The useful data that the Attester wants to pass through to the Verifier. A detailed description for each parameter is available in the official documentation. { "nonce": "9Eb498HlI81ZtpxKTXYNJkLNOnOqTf+sFuPXrua/20o=", "timestampMs": 1509265519397, "apkPackageName": "com.censuslabs.secutils", "apkDigestSha256": "1/jOgB8Bt3m8bSjrAMaNHLDDkgHizClMuct6XfBA7LY=", "ctsProfileMatch": true, "apkCertificateDigestSha256": [ "SQtCPHONk9ZLtYomWo6XfzonOrHXbXs2rBX0rqBCWiE=", "BmpU4zeWoW3KYmJfqGyKNG6wEw+48e/VKGvyztMFUwg=" ], "basicIntegrity": true } Signature: The result of the RSA signing process applied to the SHA-256 hash of the encoded JWS Header concatenated with the encoded Attestation Data. Signature = base64(RSA_SIGN(SHA-256(base64(Header) + base64(Attestation Data))))
Verifying Attestation Responses
Validating the JWS Payload
The SafetyNet official documentation recommends implementing the following checks when verifying the attestation response (JWS payload):
Extract the SSL certificate chain from the JWS message. Validate the SSL certificate chain and use SSL hostname matching to verify that the leaf certificate was issued to the hostname "attest.android.com". Use the certificate to verify the signature of the JWS message. Check the data of the JWS message to make sure it matches the data within your original request. In particular, make sure that the nonce, timestamp, package name, and the SHA-256 hashes match.
Unfortunately, this official list is very poorly describing the actual technical details that are required to perform a cryptographically secure verification of the certificate chain and the signed payload. The published source code samples are also providing limited information and hide most of the implementation details behind the client JSON webtoken libraries.
The attestation payload verification process involves many technical checks, the details of which are very important, as a flaw in the checking procedure may compromise the entire control. A list of things tο keep in mind when auditing the Verifier implementations are:
Message Format & Compatibility The JWS response has exactly three base64 encoded chunks separated by the dot character None of the three chunks is empty A supported signing algorithm is used (e.g. RS256: RSA with SHA-256 signing) Message Integrity The JWS Header contains one and one only cryptographically valid certificate chain The certificate chain includes a Google issued leaf certificate and a parent certificate that was issued and signed by a trusted root certificate authority. All included certificates must be checked against the corresponding revocation lists (CRL & OCSP) to verify that they are still valid. Certificate pinning against the Google CA is also strongly recommended to protect against malpracticing or compromised CAs that are included in the application server's default trust manager. The JWS Signature should be verifiable from the public key of the leaf certificate in the Header chain. It is strictly defined that the first certificate in the chain (leaf) is the one containing the expected public key. Message Authenticity Verify that the leaf certificate contained within the JWS Header was issued for the 'attest.android.com' hostname The Hostname verifier should accept the 'attest.android.com' domain string only when found in the provisioned certificate parameters (CN or SAN) Elapsed Time The elapsed time between the nonce generation (server-side maintained timestamp) and the attestation enrollment (timestampMs parameter in JSON response) is within an accepted range. The elapsed time between the matching nonce generation (server-side maintained timestamp) and the attestation response sent to the application server (timestamp calculated from application server when request is received) is within an accepted range.
If all the previous checks are successfully passed, the Verifier can proceed with the attestation data processing. The following sections describe how this data can be used to implement device and application integrity security controls.
Device Integrity
Despite not being the primary goal of this article, some quick comments around the device integrity checks are presented in this section.
The device integrity verification requirements are very simple since the SafetyNet API backend is dealing with all the technical bits when profiling the Requester device. The only responsibility of the Verifier is to ensure that both the ctsProfileMatch and basicIntegrity boolean parameters of the attestation data are set to true.
When both flags are set to true, the device (against which the SafetyNet attestation was performed) is, most likely, an approved (CTS compatible) device and its security mechanisms (SELinux, DM-Verity, Secure-Boot, etc.) have not been tampered with (basic integrity).
It is important to mention that Google does not guarantee under any terms that the client-side SafetyNet attestation service cannot be abused. However, it seems that the overall maturity of SafetyNet services is constantly improving, thus increasing the effort required to reverse engineer and bypass all regularly updated versions. As such, these controls should not be considered a tamper-proof device integrity solution.
Application Integrity
The implementation details of the application integrity security controls are much more complex compared to the device integrity ones. The Verifier needs to maintain a list of valid data-sets (application signature pins) for all the supported mobile applications that are authorized to communicate with the application server. More specifically, the server must maintain the following items for each supported application:
The application's package name string (e.g. 'com.censuslabs.secutils') A list with all the APK signing certificate digests (SHA-256 hashes). For most cases this list will include only one certificate. A list with all the APK digests (SHA-256 hashes) of all the production bundles of the matching package name. This list includes the actual zip archive hashes of all the released production versions.
For the previous 3 items the following checks need to be implemented by the Verifier as part of the mobile application integrity checks:
The 'apkPackageName' string matches one of the maintained integrity configuration sets (package name pin)
All the signing certificate digests that are included in the 'apkCertificateDigestSha256' array are identical to the pinned hashes. The matched pinned hashes should correspond to the provisioned package name.
the signing certificate digests that are included in the 'apkCertificateDigestSha256' array are identical to the pinned hashes. The matched pinned hashes should correspond to the provisioned package name. The 'apkDigestSha256' hash matches exactly one of the pinned hashes and belongs to the same group of pins with the package name and signing certificates digests.
The previous checks aim to verify that the application information of the Requester that executed the SafetyNet attestation, matches one of the authorized production release profiles. This is effectively a form of implicit application integrity that aims to mitigate threats of the Pre-Installation category. The SafetyNet Attestation API is not currently capable to provide any further application integrity protection mechanisms for the Post-Installation and Runtime group of threats.
Considering the list of the dataset requirements, it is obvious that the developers need to have a great level of control and automation in their build environment to efficiently fullfil them. The automation complexity and maintenance cost of these pinned signature datasets is significantly increased if the same application server is verifying more than one application packages (which is something very common).
The Requester Verification Problem
The fundamental challenge of the SafetyNet Attestation designs that implement the Verifier component on the application server, is the Requester verification. The Verifier has no obvious method to strongly verify that the client endpoint which a) requests the Nonce, b) runs the attestation procedure and c) forwards the JWS message, are the same entity. In other words, the Verifier has no direct knowledge if the JWS message was generated from the same app that forwards it, and that the attested device is the same one its running on. This design limitation exposes the device and application integrity controls to a wide range of hijack and data tampering attacks.
For example a tampered application can forward a JWS response that was generated from a different client and successfully satisfy the application integrity requirements. The different client can be either the original application running on the same device, or the original application running on a different device. The latter can also bypass the device integrity mechanism assuming that the second device has not been tampered with.
It is conceivable that the above attack will be performed in a manual and targeted manner (e.g. individual adversary aiming to bypass security controls). However, it is technically possible that such an attack can be fully automated and performed in a larger scale. For example, a malware author can establish a series of untampered installations producing valid attestation responses which are then forwarded to tampered versions of the application (e.g. backdoored apps distributed via illegal stores) that consume them to satisfy integrity controls and proceed with authorized connections.
The exploitation requirements and effort that is required to perform such an attack highly depend on the underlying communication protocol attributes (session state capabilities, transport security, message integrity, client authenticity, etc.) and the presence of other security controls (e.g. device integrity). The following figure illustrates some potential attack entry points that have been identified when examining a typical SafetyNet attestation implementation:
Figure 2: Potential attack entry points to SafetyNet implementation
Attack Surface Reduction
Efficiently mitigating this SafetyNet Attestation API design limitation is a very challenging task that highly depends on the customer communication protocol characteristics. Until Google revises and improves the SafetyNet APIs, the developers can only solve this problem indirectly, by hardening against all possible attack paths with additional security mechanisms. The following security controls can be used to protect the application integrity mechanisms:
Application Secure Transport & Certificate Pinning : Will prevent an adversary from hijacking and modifying data exchanges without first tampering with the mobile application assets. In other words an adversary is forced to either tamper with the application or the system functionalities.
: Will prevent an adversary from hijacking and modifying data exchanges without first tampering with the mobile application assets. In other words an adversary is forced to either tamper with the application or the system functionalities. Device Integrity Enforcement : It would be useless to utilize a SafetyNet application integrity mechanism without enforcing a device integrity protection too. This control will significantly increase the exploitation effort required from an adversary to tamper with the components that implement the SafetyNet attestation API (e.g. hook collected APK signature data). A false signal from this control indicates that the Requester & Collector runtime cannot be trusted and thus authorization should be denied from the Verifier.
: It would be useless to utilize a SafetyNet application integrity mechanism without enforcing a device integrity protection too. This control will significantly increase the exploitation effort required from an adversary to tamper with the components that implement the SafetyNet attestation API (e.g. hook collected APK signature data). A false signal from this control indicates that the Requester & Collector runtime cannot be trusted and thus authorization should be denied from the Verifier. State-Aware Connections : The application server should be able to verify that Nonce tokens and Attestation Data are not only valid in general (global memory), but valid as a pair for an individual communication session (scoped memory). In addition, the application server should treat as valid only the most recently generated Nonce, despite being consumed or not. This will prevent an adversary from abusing the Verifier integrity mechanisms by using JWS messages that were generated from Nonce payloads that belong to different sessions / clients.
: The application server should be able to verify that Nonce tokens and Attestation Data are not only valid in general (global memory), but valid as a pair for an individual communication session (scoped memory). In addition, the application server should treat as valid only the most recently generated Nonce, despite being consumed or not. This will prevent an adversary from abusing the Verifier integrity mechanisms by using JWS messages that were generated from Nonce payloads that belong to different sessions / clients. Multiple Checks Spread Across the App Runtime: Will increase the effort required from an adversary to identify and circumvent all security control points. In addition, regular checks will reduce the likelihood of an authorized connection being active for large time-frames using outdated Collector data (e.g. attack happened while application was running).
In addition to the previous controls, it is expected that Google has implemented sufficient controls for the SafetyNet backend API communications. More specifically, the following checks are required to ensure that transmitted data cannot be directly eavesdropped, tampered or replaced:
Secure Transport & Certificate Pinning : Will prevent a Man-In-The-Middle ("MitM") adversary to hijack the SafetyNet attestation request (Nonce, system information, etc.) or response (JWS message) data. Furthermore, if Google's strict TrustManager is enforced, a 3rd-party CA installed system-wide will be ignored.
: Will prevent a Man-In-The-Middle ("MitM") adversary to hijack the SafetyNet attestation request (Nonce, system information, etc.) or response (JWS message) data. Furthermore, if Google's strict TrustManager is enforced, a 3rd-party CA installed system-wide will be ignored. Message Integrity: Will prevent a MiTM adversary to tamper with the SafetyNet attestation request data. The attestation response (JWS message) is already signed thus protecting against direct tampering is not required. However, it is expected that the response is protected against replace attacks (MitM adversary swapping JWS response with another transaction's signed payload).
Of course, modifying these controls lies beyond the capabilities of the end-users. However, they are presented to indicate that an attack to the SafetyNet attestation implementation can occur from the Google API communications side, if not protected properly. Section "Identified Insecurities" describes the insecurities that have been identified in the Google API communications that are utilized by SafetyNet.
Describing an Improved Design
The following figure illustrates an improved SafetyNet Attestation design prototype that includes all the aforementioned security mechanisms. This improved design aims to reduce the risk of the Requester Verification issue exploitation.
Figure 3: Reducing the risk of Requester verification issue exploitation
Researched Software Versions and Devices
The findings that are presented in the following sections have been mainly confirmed against Google devices: Pixel (sailfish), Nexus 5x (bullhead) and Nexus 6p (angler). Our research has covered both the Nougat (API-26) and Oreo (API-24 & API-25) Android OS releases. Most of our findings should affect the Marshmallow (API-23) release too. In terms of Google Play Services versions, we have examined all 10.x and 11.x releases.
The following list presents the exact versions that were used to obtain the evidence that are included in the following sections:
Google Play Service version: 11.5.18 (940)
SafetyNet jar version 03242017-10001000
Google Pixel (sailfish) device running Android OS version 8.0.0 with Oct. 2017 security patches
However, all the identified insecurities have been also confirmed against the latest (at the time of writing) versions:
Google Play Service version: 11.7.45 (940)
Google Pixel (sailfish) device running Android OS version 8.0.0 with Nov. 2017 security patches
At this point it is also important to mention that the following code snippets have been mainly extracted from JEB2 when reverse engineering the GMS & SNET bytecode. Some identifiers have been manually renamed to improve readability.
If you wish to download the latest SafetyNet JAR without reverse engineering the Play Services APK, you can use our offline extractor tool, available here.
#1. Lack of Certificate Pinning with SafetyNet API Backend
When the team started investigating the SafetyNet Attestation API we came by surprise when we noticed that we were able to intercept the HTTPS traffic between our client and the Google API backend. A simple user installed certificate and a trivial MitM setup was enough to intercept both the SafetyNet API and the DroidGuard anti-abuse calls, in the latest version of the Android OS. The following figure illustrates a sample attestation request message capture that was formatted with a protobuf decoder Burp plugin:
Figure 4: Sample attestation request capture in Burp
This MitM capability, without requiring tampering with the Play Services custom trust managers and socket factories (e.g. 'com.google.android.gms.common.net.SSLCertificateSocketFactory'), was not expected, thus was investigated further. After reverse engineering the HTTP request generation classes from the GMS application it has been noticed that it is effectively due to an insecure default Trust Manager. Instead of using the secure classes that are defined in the GMS application, the SafetyNet attestation class that generates the HTTPS request for the backend, is using the default URLConnection class (line 15).
01: public class SnetAttest extends mjc { 02: ... 03: private final aegc SnetAttestPost(Context arg8, aegb arg9) { 04: ... 05: URLConnection v2_1; 06: URLConnection v0_3; 07: ... 08: try { 09: aeca.a(arg8); 10: v1 = TextUtils.isEmpty(this.developerAPIKey) ? "AIzaSyDqVnJBjE5ymo--oBJt3On7HQx9xNm1RHA" : this.developerAPIKey; 11: v3 = String.valueOf(aeca.k.b()); 12: String v0_2 = String.valueOf(v1); 13: v0_2 = v0_2.length() != 0 ? v3.concat(v0_2) : new String(v3); 14: v1 = new StringBuilder(String.valueOf(SnetAttest.userAgentVersion).length() + 10 + String.valueOf(Build.DEVICE).length() + String.valueOf(Build.ID).length()).append(SnetAttest.userAgentVersion).append(" (").append(Build.DEVICE).append(" ").append(Build.ID).append("); gzip").toString(); 15: v0_3 = new URL(v0_2).openConnection(); 16: } 17: catch(IOException v0) { goto label_85; } 18: catch(Throwable v0_1) { goto label_129; } 19: try { v3 = "Content-Type"; goto label_45; } 20: catch(Throwable v1_1) { 21: label_144: 22: v3_1 = ((InputStream)v2); 23: v2_1 = v0_3; 24: v0_1 = v1_1; 25: goto label_130; 26: } 27: catch(IOException v1_2) { } 28: catch(Throwable v0_1) { 29: label_129: 30: v3_1 = ((InputStream)v2); 31: goto label_130; 32: try { 33: label_45: 34: ((HttpURLConnection)v0_3).setRequestProperty(v3, "application/x-protobuf"); 35: ... 36: } 37: catch(IOException v1_2) { goto label_101; } 38: catch(Throwable v1_1) { goto label_144; } 39: try { 40: v3_2 = new DataOutputStream(((HttpURLConnection)v0_3).getOutputStream()); // No SSL related changes URLConnection instance 41: }
Since the GMS APK is targeting API 23 ( targetSdkVersion=23 ), despite being built against more recent APIs, the default behavior is to trust both system default and user installed certificates.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest android:sharedUserId="com.google.uid.shared" android:sharedUserLabel="@string/ab" android:versionCode="11518940" android:versionName="11.5.18 (940-170253583)" package="FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF" platformBuildVersionCode="26" platformBuildVersionName="8.0.0" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="26" android:targetSdkVersion="23" /> <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.location" android:required="false" /> <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.location.network" android:required="false" /> <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.location.gps" android:required="false" />
The DroidGuard functionality is beyond the scope of this article, so let's skip this part. Moving to the attestation request payload, the data members of the protobuf message can be easily defined when investigating the corresponding class members. The following code snippet describes the 9 members that compose the first part of the attestation request. The second part of the payload is the attestation anti-abuse contentBinding, which wraps the hash (SHA-256) of the first part. The purpose of the content binding mechanism is to prevent tampering at the transport level.
01: public final class AttestationRequestData extends aybz { 02: public byte[] nonce; 03: public String pkgName; 04: public byte[][] certDigests; 05: public byte[] apkDigest; 06: public int gplayVersion; 07: public aegg[] suBinaries_su_exec_entries; 08: public aegf selinuxStatus; 09: public long timestamp; 10: public boolean isUsingCNDomain; // China specific services
In addition, it is important to mention that the attestation response (JWS message) is not protected from a protocol level integrity mechanism. So tampering with the actual JWS message data is not possible due to the Google signed JWT, although replacing it with another JWS response is possible.
Putting the facts together, the lack of certificate pinning against the SafetyNet API backend enables a MitM adversary to hijack attestation request and response data, and also to replace the JWS response payloads. These might not have a critical direct impact to the SafetyNet attestation API itself, although when considering the "The Requester Verification Problem", we have an actionable attack path that can be used to bypass application integrity implementations. This attack path can be proven catastrophic for stateless (session-less) customer APIs.
We hope that Google revises its policy for the GMS / SNET API calls and enforces a secure trust manager across the border.
#2. Tampering with Collector Mechanisms / Data
Google Play Services is running as a normal low-privilege user and is restricted from the priv_app SELinux domain due to the original APK being under /system/priv-app in factory ROMs. The priv_app domain provides certain privileges that the normal untrusted_app (or the more recent untrusted_app_25 ) domain does not have (more info at "system/sepolicy/private/priv_app.te").
sailfish:/ $ ps -AZ | grep gms u:r:priv_app:s0:c512,c768 u0_a20 5177 614 2487784 124340 SyS_epoll_wait 0 S com.google.android.gms
Our research has concluded that the SafetyNet implementation does not yet utilize the recently introduced hardware-level key attestation. The information about the device status is collected from Java APIs that obtain system properties and access device resources, like any other user installed application. Instead of using the hardware keymaster authorizations (attestation extensions) associated with a generated key, the SafetyNet process is simply invoking the android.os.SystemProperties getter to access the verified boot state and the dm-verity status. These values are essential when collecting information about a potential secure boot compromise.
The following code snippet has been decompiled from "snet-03242017-10001000.jar" and demonstrates how the device properties are accessed via the android.os.SystemProperties Java API.
01: package com.google.android.snet; 02: 03: class k { 04: ... 05: static l a(Context arg5, aa arg6) { 06: Object v0_1; 07: Iterator v2; 08: l v1 = new l(); 09: v1.a = k.a("ro.boot.verifiedbootstate"); 10: v1.b = k.a("ro.boot.veritymode"); 11: v1.c = k.a("ro.build.version.security_patch"); 12: v1.d = k.b("ro.oem_unlock_supported"); 13: v1.e = Build$VERSION.SDK_INT > 23 ? k.a(arg5) : k.b("ro.boot.flash.locked"); 14: v1.f = k.a("ro.product.brand"); 15: v1.g = k.a("ro.product.model"); 16: v1.h = cc.b("/proc/version"); 17: ... 18: private static String a(String arg5) { 19: String v0_6; 20: try { 21: Object v0_5 = Class.forName("android.os.SystemProperties").getMethod("get", String.class).invoke(null, arg5); 22: if(!TextUtils.isEmpty(((CharSequence)v0_5))) { 23: return v0_6; 24: }
It is therefore clear that SafetyNet is not ready yet to provide a strong attestation API that is backed by the trusted hardware components. Tampered device images (see Magisk project) or malware that has escalated user-space privileges (e.g. DirtyCow) can easily tamper with the Collector logic. This can be achieved by either explicitly hiding or falsifying collected data (e.g. verified boot status) or via dynamic tampering of the GMS & SNET components (runtime method hooking).
Since this article is focusing on the application integrity capabilities of the SafetyNet attestation API, the following section presents a PoC attack strategy which can be used to tamper with the Requester package info Collector component.
Hooking Framework Methods to Tamper Integrity Digests Collection
The SafetyNet mechanism that is responsible to collect the Requester digests (APK & sign certificates), is the most important component when implementing an application integrity control. After reverse engineering the GMS and SNET bytecode, we've concluded that the Play Services client is simply utilizing the framework PackageManager class to extract this information. It does not appear to use any secure collection method that utilizes privileged or protected device mechanisms.
The following code snippet has been decompiled from the GMS APK and illustrates the use of the android.content.pm.PackageManager methods in order to obtain the Requester APK location to calculate its SHA-256 digest (line 24), its signing certificates digests (lines 27 - 37), the installer package name (line 25) and the shared userID (line 26).
01: import android.content.Context; 02: import android.content.pm.PackageManager$NameNotFoundException; 03: import android.content.pm.PackageManager; 04: import android.content.pm.Signature; 05: import java.io.File; 06: import java.io.IOException; 07: import java.security.MessageDigest; 08: import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException; 09: 10: public final class PkgInfoCollector { 11: private Context a; 12: private PackageManager b; 13: 14: public PkgInfoCollector(Context arg2) { 15: super(); 16: this.a = arg2; 17: this.b = this.a.getPackageManager(); 18: } 19: 20: public final aebz collect(String arg7) { 21: int v1 = 0; 22: aebz v0 = new aebz(); 23: try { 24: v0.apkDigest = aecg.a(new File(this.b.getApplicationInfo(arg7, 0).sourceDir)); 25: v0.installerPkgName = this.b.getInstallerPackageName(arg7); 26: v0.d = this.b.getPackageInfo(arg7, 0).sharedUserId; 27: Signature[] v2 = this.b.getPackageInfo(arg7, 0x40).signatures; 28: v0.certDigests = new byte[v2.length][]; 29: MessageDigest v3 = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256"); 30: while(true) { 31: if(v1 >= v2.length) { 32: return v0; 33: } 34: 35: v0.certDigests[v1] = v3.digest(v2[v1].toByteArray()); 36: ++v1; 37: } 38: }
The execution of the previous method has been confirmed by performing a SafetyNet attestation while hooking the matching methods and tracing the executed paths. Furthermore, we've collected system strace logs that match the observed behavior.
Unfortunately, this Requester information collection mechanism is not considered secure when implementing an application integrity mechanism. The SafetyNet implementation does not use a secure method to collect, compute and protect the digests, allowing adversaries to easily plug a method override and compromise the entire gathering process.
As a proof-of-concept a generic Frida script has been written to override the collected application information and thus bypass the underlying application integrity mechanisms. The following script can be invoked against any Google Play Services version since it doesn't have any version specific identifier dependencies.
01: var targetPkgName = "com.censuslabs.secutils"; 02: var expectedApkPath = "/data/app/com.censuslabs.secutils-1/base.apk"; 03: var pathWithOrigApk = "/sdcard/Download/original.apk"; 04: var origSig = "" + 05: "30820313308201fba00302010202046e6cfbaa300d06092a864886f70d01010b0500303a310b3009" + 06: "0603550406130245553110300e060355040a1307416e64726f696431193017060355040313104141" + 07: "532d546f6f6c20416e64726f6964301e170d3137303631373038303632335a170d34343131303230" + 08: "38303632335a303a310b30090603550406130245553110300e060355040a1307416e64726f696431" + 09: "193017060355040313104141532d546f6f6c20416e64726f696430820122300d06092a864886f70d" + 10: "01010105000382010f003082010a02820101009bfc181cd28e8046875016f7e263da89d40d0b49bf" + 11: "28e9b01bebd310ebc5cf4c3f5a2b10972a4346e724955d8c2006e185b9f20b5be3c00465070c4ad1" + 12: "79a82e9d89aa6a51acaba6a351bf254a9ce4ea7328d826526cbc096fb82223a6458cf53bea34ec1c" + 13: "86a988621e89b5bd87f51faa8abd99dfae064286f76d26fe155f251bdc5c552801df1b62dc5ce125" + 14: "ae1839373da27559e1eebb59451243ee3b82f1aea7580e5c2c2aeef91e3aaadcf3f96d2215a206b0" + 15: "c7d3347bf50ff94a57796d13c7ab7c4adfb6d5d60a876639df3c73554b6b3e88efbc61b825fa3988" + 16: "6b9afe3825d8b516aaa36db190949bef5593c7ee9b7d97dd8de2c916ae38c85acf665d0203010001" + 17: "a321301f301d0603551d0e0416041452fb7d82c3273c2c9d91fada3364de614511f9af300d06092a" + 18: "864886f70d01010b05000382010100882af5507bcc0648ffafa833bbba6c4c4d8dc83b62817164e1" + 19: "fcfba13d605ea78c9379e39e6a0dc4d1949bc83a2d772923923109281c70782c8fcf5a3a0ec60207" + 20: "934ea9a86de8c91752f5919f52d8bb41b4aa3bda1e8ea843b4457d67113b2be6e4de6d666e92ffdc" + 21: "5cbd77eae234b4d373138db887350bb8c6611b93aa2060cda121d1660dce809cf18118ebc41f9fc8" + 22: "0a0ae96e33d373684d1d0a910ce2d8515e5803da2d5b3b2b75af32a08d1b4084e788f3ea59376fc5" + 23: "9c5969136f6ff4af1b93432b8da4d7bcbd9362a18da10b9b5e5d96488da06a5e4676c69537ecb7aa" + 24: "64c079f2819625ecc0dd130ac6d9dcc00045a883b0ac90f184c78fc65fbd91"; 25: 26: Java.perform(function () { 27: var aPkgMgr = Java.use("android.app.ApplicationPackageManager"); 28: var pmSig = Java.use("android.content.pm.Signature"); 29: 30: aPkgMgr.getApplicationInfo.implementation = function(packageName, flags) { 31: var appInfoRet = this.getApplicationInfo(packageName, flags); 32: if (packageName != targetPkgName) { 33: return appInfoRet; 34: } 35: console.log("[*] hooking getApplicationInfo(\"" + packageName + "\", " + flags + ")'"); 36: if (appInfoRet.sourceDir.value == expectedApkPath) { 37: var origPath = appInfoRet.sourceDir.value; 38: appInfoRet.sourceDir.value = pathWithOrigApk; 39: console.log("[+] Changed Apk path from '" + origPath + "' to '" + pathWithOrigApk + "'"); 40: } 41: console.log("[*] EOF getApplicationInfo() hooks"); 42: return appInfoRet; 43: }; 44: 45: aPkgMgr.getInstallerPackageName.implementation = function(packageName) { 46: var iPkgInfoRet = this.getInstallerPackageName(packageName); 47: if (packageName != targetPkgName) { 48: return iPkgInfoRet; 49: } 50: console.log("[*] hooking getInstallerPackageName(\"" + packageName + "\")"); 51: console.log("[+] getInstallerPackageName(" + packageName + ") = " + iPkgInfoRet); 52: console.log("[*] EOF getInstallerPackageName() hooks"); 53: return "com.android.vending"; 54: }; 55: 56: aPkgMgr.getPackageInfo.implementation = function(packageName, flags) { 57: var pkgInfoRet = this.getPackageInfo(packageName, flags); 58: if (packageName != targetPkgName) { 59: return pkgInfoRet; 60: } 61: console.log("[*] hooking getPackageInfo(\"" + packageName + "\", " + flags + ")"); 62: if (flags == 0x0) { 63: console.log("[+] sharedUserId = " + pkgInfoRet.sharedUserId.value); 64: } else if (flags == 0x40) { 65: var pmSigInstance = pmSig.$new(origSig); 66: var curSignatures = pkgInfoRet.signatures.value; 67: console.log("[+] orig signature = " + curSignatures[0].toCharsString()); 68: curSignatures[0] = pmSigInstance; 69: console.log("[+] overwritten signature = " + curSignatures[0].toCharsString()); 70: pkgInfoRet.signatures.value = curSignatures; 71: } 72: console.log("[*] EOF getPackageInfo() hooks"); 73: return pkgInfoRet; 74: }; 75: }); 76:
The expected output in the Frida console is the following:
[*] hooking getApplicationInfo("com.censuslabs.secutils", 0)' [+] Changed Apk path from '/data/app/com.censuslabs.secutils-1/base.apk' to '/sdcard/Download/original.apk' [*] EOF getApplicationInfo() hooks [*] hooking getInstallerPackageName("com.censuslabs.secutils") [+] getInstallerPackageName(com.censuslabs.secutils) = null [*] EOF getInstallerPackageName() hooks [*] hooking getPackageInfo("com.censuslabs.secutils", 0) [+] sharedUserId = null [*] EOF getPackageInfo() hooks [*] hooking getPackageInfo("com.censuslabs.secutils", 64) [+] orig signature = 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 [+] overwritten signature = 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 [*] EOF getPackageInfo() hooks
#3. Post-Installation Tampering
As mentioned in the "Application Integrity" section, the SafetyNet attestation API does not implement any mechanisms to protect the integrity of the applications post-installation and while running (runtime). The runtime hooking techniques described in the previous section can be also directly used against the application assets (e.g. hook app's local security controls). However, we have not covered yet the post-installation cases, which involve tampering with the optimized application executables that are generated when the app is installed.
Before we start describing how optimized application binaries can be tampered with, it is essential to quickly cover the ART runtime bookkeeping internals (how ART tracks the optimized bytecode status).
DexClassLoader creates a DexPathList instance
("libcore/dalvik/src/main/java/dalvik/system/BaseDexClassLoader.java")
creates a instance ("libcore/dalvik/src/main/java/dalvik/system/BaseDexClassLoader.java") DexPathList constructor invokes makeDexElements() which then calls loadDexFile() to create the corresponding DexFile instance(s)
("libcore/dalvik/src/main/java/dalvik/system/DexPathList.java")
constructor invokes which then calls to create the corresponding instance(s) ("libcore/dalvik/src/main/java/dalvik/system/DexPathList.java") DexFile constructor invokes openDexFile() which then calls openDexFileNative() and switches from the Java layer to the native layer of the runtime
("libcore/dalvik/src/main/java/dalvik/system/DexFile.java")
which then calls and switches from the Java layer to the native layer of the runtime ("libcore/dalvik/src/main/java/dalvik/system/DexFile.java") openDexFileNative() invokes OpenDexFilesFromOat() from the OatFileManager class
("art/runtime/native/dalvik_system_DexFile.cc")
invokes from the OatFileManager class ("art/runtime/native/dalvik_system_DexFile.cc") OpenDexFilesFromOat() invokes IsUpToDate() from OatFileAssistant class to obtain the latest status of the optimized bytecode files and proceed accordingly (e.g. recompile)
("art/runtime/oat_file_manager.cc")
invokes from OatFileAssistant class to obtain the latest status of the optimized bytecode files and proceed accordingly (e.g. recompile) ("art/runtime/oat_file_manager.cc") IsUpToDate() invokes GetBestInfo() which then calls < tt>Status() to obtain the actual Oat file status. If the Oat file exists (already optimized bytecode), the GivenOatFileStatus() is invoked to perform the actual file status checks
("art/runtime/oat_file_assistant.cc")
invokes which then calls < tt>Status() to obtain the actual Oat file status. If the Oat file exists (already optimized bytecode), the is invoked to perform the actual file status checks ("art/runtime/oat_file_assistant.cc") GivenOatFileStatus() invokes DexChecksumUpToDate() which extracts the original DEX file CRC checksums from the matching APK ( DexFile::GetMultiDexChecksums() ) and compares them with the ones found in the corresponding VDEX file ( VdexFile::GetLocationChecksum() ). If the default VDEX support (added in Oreo) is disabled by the vendor, the location checksum is extracted from the OAT file ("art/runtime/oat_file_assistant.cc"). In case the initial input to the dex2oat compiler is an APK, the original checksum is the bytecode zip entry (one or more) CRC and not the DEX header checksum. For example, in the following Sample.apk the classes.dex zip entry checksum "5731c9cc", matches the generated VDEX location checksum. $ unzip -v Sample.apk classes.dex Archive: Sample.apk Length Method Size Cmpr Date Time CRC-32 Name -------- ------ ------- ---- ---------- ----- -------- ---- 177976 Defl:N 73195 59% 01-01-2009 00:00 5731c9cc classes.dex $ $ vdexExtractor -i Sample.vdex -o /tmp -d 4 | head -12 [INFO] Processing 1 file(s) from Sample.vdex ------ Vdex Header Info ------ magic header & version : vdex-006 number of dex files : 1 (1) dex size (overall) : 2b738 (177976) verifier dependencies size : da8 (3496) verifier dependencies offset: 2b754 (178004) quickening info size : 34e4 (13540) quickening info offset : 2c4fc (181500) dex files info : [0] location checksum : 5731c9cc (1462880716) ---- EOF Vdex Header Info ----
From the previous steps we can see that when a DEX file is loaded (application launch) the runtime verifies if the optimized OAT file is valid (checksums match), and then executes the optimized native code. As such, an adversary that wishes to tamper an OAT file post-installation, has to backwards fix the VDEX file checksum before the application is launched. If not, the modified OAT file will be invalidated and eventually overwritten (or ignored).
Now moving forward with the actual attack strategy, the most important requirement is to escalate privileges in order to have write permissions under the optimized bytecode output directory ( /data/app/<pkg>/oat for user apps or /data/dalvik-cache for system apps). By default, this directory is owned by the system user and is protected from the dalvikcache_data_file SELinux domain.
sailfish:/data/app/com.censuslabs.secutils-hdOeNP-2uNwoh5q1AQSB5g== # ls -lZ total 2840 -rw-r--r-- 1 system system u:object_r:apk_data_file:s0 2887611 2008-12-31 23:56 base.apk drwxr-xr-x 3 system system u:object_r:apk_data_file:s0 4096 2008-12-31 23:56 lib drwxrwx--x 3 system install u:object_r:dalvikcache_data_file:s0 4096 2008-12-31 23:56 oat sailfish:/data/app/com.censuslabs.secutils-hdOeNP-2uNwoh5q1AQSB5g== # ls -lZ oat/arm64/ total 7016 -rw-r--r-- 1 system u0_a29999 u:object_r:dalvikcache_data_file:s0 893568 2008-12-31 23:56 base.odex -rw-r--r-- 1 system u0_a29999 u:object_r:dalvikcache_data_file:s0 6275666 2008-12-31 23:56 base.vdex
The escalated privileges require bypassing both the DAC and MAC protections in order to be able to write in the dalvik_cache directories. For CTS approved ROMs it is expected that vendors have these controls enforced thus requiring the adversary to use a system privilege escalation vulnerability to bypass them. On the other hand, custom ROMs or altered factory images can modify certain device resources and enable users to circumvent them (e.g. system-less SU projects). Collin R. Mulliner has recently presented how the DirtyCow vulnerability can be used to override dalvik_cache files and bypass SafetyNet.
Having the required privileges to write files in the dalvik_cache directories, the following steps can be used to tamper with the optimized bytecode files in a device running the latest Oreo release:
Extract the Apk of the target application and perform the desired modifications (e.g. override certificate pinning control). As an example this can be achieved by disassembling the target bytecode (baksmali), applying code modifications and assemblying back (smali) to Dalvik bytecode.
Replace the tampered files in the APK and re-sign it with a self-signed certificate.
Upload the tampered APK to a directory with write permissions (e.g. /data/local/tmp ) and invoke the ART compiler ( dex2oat ) to generate an OAT file that corresponds to the new APK. If the ART host tools have been compiled from AOSP, the modified APK can be optimized on the host without requiring uploading it to the device. It is important that the everything compiler filter flag is used in order to disable the runtime JIT profiler which might kick in at some point and override the manually replaced OAT file with a legitimate copy. For more info see the ShouldProfileLocation() method in "art/runtime/jit/profile_saver.cc"
$ dex2oat --dex-file=/data/local/tmp/tampered.apk \ --oat-file=/data/local/tmp/tampered.odex --compiler-filter=everything
Along with the "tampered.odex" OAT file, the "tampered.vdex" file will be created. Now we need to edit the location checksum of VDEX file to match the zip entry CRC of the original DEX file (the one we extract in the first step). To easily work with the newly introduced VDEX file format, a custom tool has been developed and is available here. It's parsing engine can be used to override the DEX location checksum after the tampered copy has been generated. The scripts/update-vdex-location-checksums.sh script can be used to update the "tampered.vdex" checksum as demonstrated in the following example. $ bin/vdexExtractor -i tampered.vdex -v 4 -o . [INFO] Processing 1 file(s) from tampered.vdex ------ Vdex Header Info ------ magic header & version : vdex-006 number of dex files : 1 (1) dex size (overall) : 2fb6cc (3126988) verifier dependencies size : 7568 (30056) verifier dependencies offset: 2fb6e8 (3127016) quickening info size : 45996 (285078) quickening info offset : 302c50 (3157072) dex files info : [0] location checksum : e9c607a9 (3922069417) ---- EOF Vdex Header Info ---- [INFO] 1 out of 1 Vdex files have been processed [INFO] 1 Dex files have been extracted in total [INFO] Extracted Dex files are available in '.' $ scripts/update-vdex-location-checksums.sh -i tampered.vdex -a original.apk -o . [INFO] 1 location checksums have been updated [INFO] Update Vdex file is available in '.' $ bin/vdexExtractor -i tampered_updated.vdex -v 4 -o . [INFO] Processing 1 file(s) from tampered_updated.vdex ------ Vdex Header Info ------ magic header & version : vdex-006 number of dex files : 1 (1) dex size (overall) : 2fb6cc (3126988) verifier dependencies size : 7568 (30056) verifier dependencies offset: 2fb6e8 (3127016) quickening info size : 45996 (285078) quickening info offset : 302c50 (3157072) dex files info : [0] location checksum : a05879b9 (2690152889) ---- EOF Vdex Header Info ---- [INFO] 0 out of 1 Vdex files have been processed [INFO] 0 Dex files have been extracted in total [INFO] Extracted Dex files are available in '.'
After ensuring that the target application is not running, the target OAT and VDEX files can be replaced. The next time the application runs, the tampered optimized version will be loaded and the original APK file will be left untouched. As such, the SafetyNet application integrity mechanism can be effectively bypassed.
As a final note, it is also important to mention that the native libraries that are included in an APK archive are automatically extracted when the app is installed. The extracted directory is /data/app/<pkg>/lib/<ISA>/<libName>.so and is protected via the apk_data_file SELinux domain.
sailfish:/data/app/com.censuslabs.secutils-yglIOzwpuQ2nyk2nmiHHlw== # ls -Z lib/arm64 u:object_r:apk_data_file:s0 libenv_profile.so
The extracted native libraries are not protected post-installation and are simply relying on the DAC and MAC restrictions being properly enforced on the device. As such, an adversary that has escalated privileges can directly replace or modify the native libraries without being detected by SafetyNet or any other system control. This marks the native libraries as completely unprotected after the app installation phase.
#4. Google Play Version not Included in Attestation Response
The SafetyNet attestation response does not include the device's Google Play Services version or the SafetyNet version (as defined in the side-downloaded JAR). As such, the Verifier does not have a trusted (signed) version indicator in order to prevent authorization for very old or outdated versions. Since the SafetyNet checks rely strongly on the Play Services APK, users need a trusted mechanism to enforce minimum supported versions. Such a mechanism is particularly useful when aiming to protect users of environments with older versions of Play Services, that are vulnerable to known bugs and public exploits.
Of course it should be noted that the out-of-channel update of the actual snet.jar (as downloaded from "https://www.gstatic.com/android/snet") is most probably effective against the majority of installations. However, the Verifier has no visibility on the running versions and thus cannot proactively prevent access to outdated installations.
The only available option to indirectly work around this API version absence is to always build the application with the latest version of the SDK ("com.google.android.gms:play-services-safetynet"). This will at least ensure that the device is using a Play Services version that belongs to the same major version family that is implied by the SDK dependencies. However, such a workaround is very inefficient for the majority of product lifecycles since it requires extensive testing and porting.
#5. Device Verification API Key Abuse
While reverse engineering the Google Play Services APK we noticed that the client library does not force the Requester application to provide a valid (not null & not empty) device verification API key string. Instead, if the attestation caller provides an empty string, a default hard-coded API key is used ( AIzaSyDqVnJBjE5ymo--oBJt3On7HQx9xNm1RHA ).
The following code snippet was extracted from the the GMS APK and illustrates the failover to the default API key. Notice that when the "SnetAttest" instance is generated from the constructor in line 13 the API key is stored in the "developerAPIKey" variable. The "developerAPIKey" is then checked in line 35 when preparing the attestation POST request payload. If it's null or empty, the hardcoded key is used.
01: public class SnetAttest extends mjc { 02: private static String userAgentVersion; 03: private adpo ISafetyNetCallbacks; 04: private byte[] nonce; 05: private String packageName; 06: private String developerAPIKey; 07: 08: static { 09: SnetAttest.class.getSimpleName(); 10: SnetAttest.userAgentVersion = new StringBuilder(21).append("SafetyNet/11518940").toString(); 11: } 12: 13: public SnetAttest(adpo arg3, byte[] arg4, String arg5, String arg6) { 14: super(45, "attest"); // Async operation (<serviceID>, <operation_name>) 15: this.ISafetyNetCallbacks = arg3; 16: this.nonce = arg4; 17: this.packageName = arg5; 18: this.developerAPIKey = arg6; 19: } 20: 21: private final aegc SnetAttestPost(Context arg8, aegb arg9) { 22: ayck v1_6; 23: InputStream v1_3; 24: aegc v1_4; 25: DataOutputStream v3_2; 26: InputStream v3_1; 27: URLConnection v2_1; 28: URLConnection v0_3; 29: String v3; 30: String v1; 31: aegc v2 = null; 32: mhb.a(0x1802, -1); 33: try { 34: aeca.a(arg8); 35: v1 = TextUtils.isEmpty(this.developerAPIKey) ? "AIzaSyDqVnJBjE5ymo--oBJt3On7HQx9xNm1RHA" 36: : this.developerAPIKey; 37: v3 = String.valueOf(aeca.k.b()); 38: String v0_2 = String.valueOf(v1); 39: v0_2 = v0_2.length() != 0 ? v3.concat(v0_2) : new String(v3); 40: v1 = new StringBuilder(String.valueOf(SnetAttest.userAgentVersion).length() 41: + 10 + String.valueOf(Build.DEVICE).length() + String.valueOf(Build.ID).length( 42: )).append(SnetAttest.userAgentVersion).append(" (").append(Build.DEVICE).append(" " 43: ).append(Build.ID).append("); gzip").toString(); 44: v0_3 = new URL(v0_2).openConnection(); 45: }
The previous code path has been successfully triggered by creating a client application that uses the SafetyNet attestation API with an empty device verification API key. The following code snippet has been extracted from a demo application developed by CENSUS. Notice that in line 48 the SafetyNet attestation instance is generated with an empty key string. As an alternative trigger, the hardcoded key can be directly used from the client app, instead of the empty string.
File: safetynet-client/app/src/main/java/com/censuslabs/secutils/safetynet/SNetWrapper.java 42: public String getJws(byte[] nonce) throws SNetException 43: { 44: if (checkPlayServices() == false) { 45: throw new SNetException("Google Play Services is outdated or not supported"); 46: } 47: Task task = SafetyNet 48: .getClient(mContext).attest(nonce, ""); // Empty string instead of DEVICE_VERIFICATION_API_KEY 49: task.addOnFailureListener(new OnFailureListener() { 50: @Override 51: public void onFailure(@NonNull Exception e) { 52: Log.e(TAG, "SafetyNet attestation task failed."); 53: mHasError = true; 54: mErrorMsg = e.getMessage(); 55: } 56: });
Based on our general understanding of the Google API authorization principles, the services require the developers registering a dedicated key per app / project. This mechanism enables Google to match API keys with developer accounts and effectively blacklist / warn them in case of abuse, while also applying traffic limitations. The hardcoded SafetyNet attestation API key violates this principle and effectively opens the door to attestation API abuse from malware authors.
We believe that Google should revise its policy regarding the hardcoded key, by authorizing the use of the key only by internal services and not external packages.
#6. Missing Installer Package Name
As part of the attestation request data collection the GMS application is collecting a series of information about the Requester application. This information includes the APK digest, the signing certificate digests, the installer package name and the app shared UID. The first two are transmitted to the Google API backend, although the last two do not. As such the API backend has no knowledge of the Requester installer's package name and thus is not included in the attestation response.
When reverse engineering the GMS application we've noticed that the package information collector class does extract the installer package name, although this information is never sent to the API backend. In line 11 of the following code snippet the payload generation function invokes the collect method of the PkgInfoCollector class to obtain the Requester package information. From the returned object, only the apkDigest and the certDigests items are extracted.
01: public final void generateAttestRequestPayload(Context arg14) { 02: ... 03: Status v2_1 = Status.a; 04: AttestationRequestData v7 = new AttestationRequestData(); 05: v7.nonce = this.nonce; 06: v7.timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis(); 07: if(this.packageName != null) { 08: v7.pkgName = this.packageName; 09: } 10: 11: aebz v1_1 = new PkgInfoCollector(arg14).collect(this.packageName); 12: if(v1_1.apkDigest != null) { 13: v7.apkDigest = v1_1.apkDigest; 14: } 15: 16: if(v1_1.certDigests != null) { 17: v3 = v1_1.certDigests.length; 18: v7.certDigests = new byte[v3][]; 19: int v0_2; 20: for(v0_2 = 0; v0_2 < v3; ++v0_2) { 21: v7.certDigests[v0_2] = v1_1.certDigests[v0_2]; 22: } 23: } 24: 25: v7.gplayVersion = 11518940; 26: v7.isChineseRelease = ljj.e(arg14);
However, the PkgInfoCollector actually gathers the installer package name and returns it to the caller (line 16), but this information is never used.
01: public final class PkgInfoCollector { 02: private Context a; 03: private PackageManager b; 04: 05: public PkgInfoCollector(Context arg2) { 06: super(); 07: this.a = arg2; 08: this.b = this.a.getPackageManager(); 09: } 10: 11: public final aebz collect(String arg7) { 12: int v1 = 0; 13: aebz v0 = new aebz(); 14: try { 15: v0.apkDigest = aecg.a(new File(this.b.getApplicationInfo(arg7, 0).sourceDir)); 16: v0.installerPkgName = this.b.getInstallerPackageName(arg7); 17: v0.d = this.b.getPackageInfo(arg7, 0).sharedUserId; 18: Signature[] v2 = this.b.getPackageInfo(arg7, 0x40).signatures; 19: v0.certDigests = new byte[v2.length][]; 20: MessageDigest v3 = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256"); 21: while(true) { 22: if(v1 >= v2.length) { 23: return v0; 24: } 25: 26: v0.certDigests[v1] = v3.digest(v2[v1].toByteArray()); 27: ++v1; 28: } 29: }
Providing the installer package name as part of the signed attestation response would have been a major step towards enabling developers to track unauthorized installers and application stores. The Verifier component would have a trusted data to process and decide if the installer method is considered trusted (e.g. only installed from Google Play Store - "com.android.vending").
Concluding Remarks
As a general outline of the SafetyNet attestation protection value, our research has concluded that the SafetyNet implementation does not yet utilize a strong hardware-level key attestation mechanism. Without the hardware keymaster attestation extensions, the (user-space) device profiling mechanism is vulnerable to tampering attacks by adversaries that have obtained increased privileges. Considering the fast evolution of the SafetyNet API in the past year, we believe that Google's efforts are heading in the right direction and that Android devices will eventually benefit from the newly introduced hardware-backed remote attestation mechanism. Unfortunately, Play Services (and thus SafetyNet) has to be compatible with older and outdated setups too, so there is still lots of ground to be covered for such devices that are bound to have limited capabilities.
Now moving to the application integrity implementations that are based on the SafetyNet Attestation API. Our research has verified that they are providing limited protection (only for pre-installation attacks) and are strongly coupled with device integrity checks. If the latter are compromised, the collected application information cannot be trusted and thus the entire integrity control-chain is defenseless. Furthermore, we have identified various inefficiencies in the SafetyNet implementation which can be used to attack its components and tamper with the Collector data. The identified attack paths are mainly classified as targeted and local, although the weak design of the SafetyNet stack technically allows automated attacks from malware that has escalated privileges in the device. However, considering the adoption rate of the SafetyNet API and the value of the targets that currently use it, we do not believe that this is something likely to be exploited very soon.
For many mobile application threat models, the "single point of failure" design and the specific weaknesses in the design identified in this post, are not considered an accepted risk. More mature, but usually non-free, application integrity solutions, deploy a network of integrity controls across the application code requiring an attacker to bypass the entire network and not individual check-points. The generated network is also unique per app release. This increases the time and effort required by an attacker to tamper an app. With SafetyNet, an attacker would, in contrast, require a simpler attack strategy against a single API, to successfully circumvent all SafetyNet-protected applications and their relevant releases.
However, some threat models might consider the current SafetyNet weaknesses an accepted risk and thus want to proceed with adopting it for device and application integrity controls. Before proceeding with the implementation phase it is essential that product security teams understand the SafetyNet capabilities and limitations, and come up with workarounds for the Requester Verification problem that remain compatible with their security requirements. Additional effort and protocol changes may be required (beyond the ones described in this article) if the application is using a completely stateless API to bind attestation information with mobile clients.
If you have any questions (technical or other) about the research presented in this article feel free to contact us.
Acknowledgements
Ioannis Stais for assisting in the evaluation of the identified attack strategies impact and ease of exploitation
for assisting in the evaluation of the identified attack strategies impact and ease of exploitation George Poulios for helping with the development of the sample applications and Verifier backend implementation
for helping with the development of the sample applications and Verifier backend implementation Dimitris Glynos for the mobile threat modeling feedback and help reviewing the article
for the mobile threat modeling feedback and help reviewing the article The rest of the CENSUS team for bouncing off ideas during the research
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Lawn irrigation spray head. Image credit: Louss Sprinklers
This headline seems confusing but is easily explained. Water did not magically show up at your shower on the 31'st floor. It was pushed up to your bareness by a series of massive electric pumps. Water your lawn in the suburbs: same thing. Water distribution is the most energy-intensive in the high-and-dry. Nevada and California, for example, have especially 'energy intensive' water due to the extensive labyrinth of supply canals and pipes relied upon. Astoundingly, an estimated one quarter (25%) of America's electricity consumption is associated with moving and treating water. Las Vegas Sun put this in a western US context in their report: Water usage, treatment brings increased power consumption
Southern Nevada used about 853.8 million kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2008 to move 439,187 acre-feet of water into valley homes and businesses, according the Southern Nevada Water Authority. Another 119.2 million kilowatt-hours of electricity was used that year to treat 22,501 acre-feet of water and send it back to the lake, according to figures from the Clean Water Coalition, a consortium of local wastewater agencies. A kilowatt-hour is enough energy to power a 100-watt lightbulb for 10 hours. One acre-foot is about the same amount of water the average Las Vegas Valley home uses in two years.
Southern Nevada used 2,107 kilowatt-hours for every acre-foot, or 325,851 gallons, of water delivered, treated and sent back to the lake last year. Nationally, most agencies use between 652 and 6,517 kilowatt-hours per acre-foot, according to Lisa Maddaus, a senior engineer with environmental engineering firm Brown and Caldwell.
Here's is the money quote. The GHG footprint of moving all that water varies by an amazing full order of magnitude, depending on locale.By my estimation, the hypothetical worst-case is a highly water-consuming household, supplied by an especially energy intensive water system (approaching the 6500+ kilowatt-hours/acre-foot end), in a state that is highly coal dependent.
Just to throw an example out there: Utah is 93% coal dependent and has the largest average household size (3.01) - meaning water consuming appliances will be used intensively in the average home.
Beyond that, a Utah source states the per-capita water consumption average in Utah is 250 gallons, way over the 75 gallon national average, with 60% of all water consumed going for yard irrigation. So, yes, my worst case hypothetical seems credible - in a handful of states.
Rules to reduce by.
Every gallon of water not-used represents a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. So:
Use flow reducers on your shower and kitchen sink.
Make your next washing machine or dish washer a low water-consuming model.
Skip watering the lawn.
Do these things and you are indirectly lowering your GHG footprint to a significant extent.
Corollaries.
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“Under the Dome” will be returning to a TV set near you on Monday at 10 p.m. EDT and rumor has it the Season 2 premiere of the hit CBS series will leave your eyes glued to the screen – or rather magnetized to the screen.
According to episode 1’s synopsis, the Dome will present a new threat when it becomes magnetic. That’s right, everything made of metal will be attracted to the walls of the dome, which means you should cross your fingers that your favorite character is going to have enough sense to duck.
While some residents of Chester’s Mills will find the magnetization as problematic, others will be thankful that the horror has occurred – especially Barbie who when we last saw him was seconds away from being hanged at Big Jim’s makeshift death trap.
According to TV Guide, the fan favorite will see to live another day when Junior refuses to heed to his father’s orders. Guess the apple falls far from the gallows after all. But reports hint Barbie will wish he was six feet under as Season 2 progresses with deadly twists and turns.
Not only will some major characters lose their lives in “Heads Will Roll” but Barbie will also lose his mind when his father, played by “Lost” alum Brett Cullen, comes strolling back into his life. Executive Produce Neal Baer told TV Guide that Barbie’s dad will serve as a “revelation that’s unexpected in terms of who Barbie really is.”
“His father runs a multinational company, so Barbie is not a poor, working-class kid,” he explained.
Rumor has it that Barbie’s old man will also have a shocking connection to one of the show’s newest characters who will be introduced in Season 2. Both Junior’s uncle and a young school teacher will make their Chester’s Mill debut in the sophomore season.
Who do you think Barbie’s dad will have a history with? Sound off in the comments section below and let us know why you think the relationship was described as shocking. | positive |
Featured Press Esc to close This webpresence of EEC is still under construction. The development will be completed shortly, please bear with us in case of any incompletion Excellence Enhancement Centre for Indian Power Sector Home Background About EEC / Structure Aims and Objectives Membership Membership General Information Members List Application Online Application Download Application form Members News Activities All activities Studies Technical Working Group & Research Workshops Conferences Consultancy Services Trainings Events Upcoming Events Past Events Notices Library Technical Literature Brochures Newsletters Inventory hard copies Forum Contact Home | Featured Long-term partner of the Indo-German co-operation - VGB (European technical association for power and heat generation) VGB has supported the vision of an expert platform in the power sector since it was born. Under the Indo-German Energy Forum VGB was part of the core group that developed the concept. Thus VGB supports GIZ with its experiences to bring the EEC into lively operation. A Memorandum of Understanding between VGB and CEA that was signed in 2010 is another important success factor for the successful Indo-German co-operation in the EEC-project INDIAN Power Sector at the Crossroads by Shri D K Jain (Former NTPC Dir Techn.) The primary and dependable source of energy in the Indian sub-continent is coal. The global concerns of climate change have also forced us to seriously think of ways and means of reducing the carbon footprint of the Indian power sector. There is an urgent need to identify, promote and practice operational strategies that would result in maximization of operational efficiencies in all spheres of the power industry. From the desk of the President The Excellence Enhancement Centre (EEC) for Indian Power Sector is engaged in promoting Energy Efficiency and Energy Security in Indian Power Sector. Top Home Activities Events Notices Library Important Links Copyright © 2011 - 2013 EEC | negative |
With the 2017 Super Bowl in Houston just a few hours from kickoff, the VolleyMob stats department came up with an incredible statistic today:
The 2016 NCAA Champion Stanford women’s volleyball team, on average, is taller than the 2016 NFC Champion Atlanta Falcons and the 2016 New England Patriots teams that will play in the big game on Sunday.
According to Stanford’s 2016 roster, these were the players’ heights:
Jenna Gray – 6’1″
Kathryn Plummer ‘ 6’6″
Hayley Hodson – 6’3″
Kelsey Humphreys – 6’0″
Tami Alade – 6’2″
Ivana Vanjak – 6’4″
Michaela Keefe – 6’2″
Morgan Hentz – 5’9″
Payton Chang – 5’10”
Inky Ajanaku – 6’3″
Halland McKenna – 5’7″
Merete Lutz – 6’8″
Alexis Froistad – 6’2″
Caitlin Keefe – 5’11”
Audriana Fitzmorris – 6’6″
Courtney Bowen – 6’4″
That’s 1182 inches, divided across 16 players, or 73.875 (6’1.875″, or 187.64 cm).
The Cardinal, of course, were a bit of an anomaly in that they’re one of the tallest teams in women’s volleyball history – lifted by 3 players at 6’6″ or taller. Their starting setter, Jenna Gray, is unusually tall at 6’1, and even their libero Morgan Hentz is relatively tall at 5’9″.
On the other hand, the Falcons, are the 5th-shortest team in the NFL last year. According to research done by bleedinggreennation.com, the Falcons’ average height in the 2016 season was 73.74 inches (6’1.74″, or 187.29 cm). Their opponents, the New England Patriots? They’re the shortest team in the NFL at 6’1.63″ on average.
While the Falcons are buoyed by a few big bodies – including tight end Levine Toilolo at 6’8 – the Falcons’ 53-man roster only has 4 active players at 6’6″ or taller.
The Falcons, interestingly enough, are the lightest team in the NFL at 241.09 pounds. | positive |
Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis and MLB | http://www.clarkgriffithblog.com Skip to primary content http://www.clarkgriffithblog.com Commentary on sports, current events, and politics Search Main menu Home Biography Linrks to most recent and most popular articles. Post navigation ← Previous Next → Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis and MLB Posted on August 1, 2013 by clarkgriffith Alex Rodriguez is a third baseman, from time to time, for the New York Yankees. He was named in Biogenesis documents and other testimony as a user of performance enhancing drugs, one of these players, Ryan Braun, of the Milwaukee Brewers, was suspended for the rest of the 2013 season on a plea bargain last week. The case against Rodriiguez is based on “non-analytical positive” evidence. This is evidence other than a positive drug test and includes oral testimony, documents, emails and the like. This sort of evidence was used by the United States Antidoping Agency in its succesful case against Lance Armstrong and is commonly used in Olympic and other doping cases. What is significant here is MLB’s strong stance against doping. Over the long period that steroids have been present in the game, MLB has taken a soft position and the union has presented obstacles to a real doping policy. In fact, the union took the position that “steroids are no more damaging to a player than smoking.” This lead to the soft position on Barry Bonds following the BALCO scandal. Now, however, MLB is taking the hard position and is considering a lifetime ban on Rodriguez based on his admitted PED use in the past that constitutes the three uses that allows such a ban. Rodriguez will appeal such a ban to Arbitrator Horowitz. Commissioner Bud Selig has said he may invoke special powers to by-pass this step under his “integrity of the game” authority. This marks a signiificant escalation in MLB’s scrutiny of doping and is allowed by public comments by players that they want the game cleaned up. The player sentiment is what gives MLB management the sense that this sort of action will be effective, and causes the union to be realistic. This is all very good, but we can all lament the fact that it has taken so long. Baseball’s most cherished records for single season and career homeruns have been lost to a serial doper. At least it is taking the proper action now. Share this: Tumblr Email Print Reddit Pocket Pinterest Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Like this: Like Loading... Related This entry was posted in Clarkgriffithblog.com and tagged Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis, Bug Selig, Lance Armstrong, MLB, Ryan Braun, United States Antidoping Agency by clarkgriffith. Bookmark the permalink. 2 thoughts on “Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis and MLB” jjswol on August 1, 2013 at 9:41 pm said: Clark, I would be interested in knowing what kind of things ball players in the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s were taking and did anything they take then help them become “better” ballplayers? Reply ↓ clarkgriffith on August 1, 2013 at 10:39 pm said: Amphetamines and very strong coffee. Sometimes, clubouse coffee would have greenies in it. Of course, cocaine, alchohol and some pot. I actually think the amphetamines worked but had a devastating effect on some players. Career ending damage to CNS. Reply ↓ Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here... Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public) Name (required) Website You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change ) Cancel Connecting to %s Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Δ Blog at WordPress.com. Follow Following http://www.clarkgriffithblog.com Join 1,416 other followers Sign me up Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now. http://www.clarkgriffithblog.com Customize Follow Following Sign up Log in Copy shortlink Report this content View post in Reader Manage subscriptions Collapse this bar %d bloggers like this: | negative |
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President Trump has authorized Congress to pursue criminal charges against Hillary Clinton, even if that means she ends up in prison.
Chairman of the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Jason Chaffetz, told members of the committee that a recent meeting between him and the President revealed a desire by Trump to ensure Hillary Clinton receives whatever justice she deserves.
Chaffetz told members:
“President Trump visited Philadelphia when we were at our planning and strategy session.
I went backstage with the President here’s what he said:
‘You do a great job. Listen, I understand I’m the president and you have a job. You do the oversight. Don’t slow down. Go after everything you want to go after. You look at everything you want to look at.’
If you sat there and heard what he said to me about pursuing oversight and government, you would be inspired. And for him to convey a message of ‘don’t slow down,’ I think was a good message.”
The news that the President support’s the criminal investigation comes just days after the Oversight Committee ordered FBI Director, James Comey, to hand over the contents of Hillary Clinton’s email server.
Trump’s words will likely bolster their resolve in exposing any criminal wrong doing by the former Secretary of State in their continued investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.
“This was never a political targeting in the beginning and just because there was a political election doesn’t mean it goes away,” Jason Chaffetz told reporters earlier in the month. “There were a lot of other characters that were involved in this that we have to look at.” | positive |
While MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom will remain in custody for at least another month, two indicted members of the so-called "Mega Conspiracy" were granted bail this morning. Their privacy, however, will have to wait. On top of the revelation that the FBI monitored Skype calls as far back as 2007, officials are now assessing whether the defendant's homes are suitable for "electronic monitoring".
Yesterday morning, Kim Dotcom had his application for bail denied at the North Shore District Court in New Zealand.
Judge David McNaughton said that the scale of the charges against the MegaUpload founder combined with his significant resources meant that there was a significant risk he could flee, possibly to his birthplace, Germany.
In a later hearing at the same location, lawyer Guy Foley argued that Dotcom’s alleged co-conspirators – Bram van der Kolk, 29, Finn Batato, 38, and Mathias Ortmann, 40 – are of good character and deserved bail.
This morning Judge McNaughton handed down his decision. He granted bail to both Dutch national Bram van der Kolk and Finn Batato from Germany, but denied bail to Ortmann due to financial concerns.
According to Stuff, the FBI’s records show that Ortmann made around $14.5 million from the company between 2005 and 2010, and an additional $3 million in 2011. His accounts, however, show $20.2 million, some $3.5 million more. Ortmann’s lawyer has until tomorrow to come up with an explanation.
Yesterday, Guy Foley described programmer and networking expert Bram van der Kolk as a family man and today his wife Asia expressed relief that he would be coming home.
“I’m just glad my husband is going to be able to play with our baby again,” she said.
Although the Judge granted the pair bail, he ordered them detained for a further week so that their homes could be assessed for surveillance equipment suitability. It’s becoming ever more clear that being monitored is nothing new for these MegaUpload employees.
The US Department of Justice’s indictment showed that the operators of MegaUpload had been subjected to monitoring over the past several years, but a piece of evidence presented in court yesterday revealed not only how far back, but just how deep that surveillance went.
Documents produced by the FBI reportedly show the details of a 2007 Skype conversation between Bram van der Kolk and Mathias Ortmann where they mulled a situation where Kim Dotcom might run off with “the money”.
Although no context was provided by the FBI, Van der Kolk allegedly described the situation with Dotcom more than 4 years ago as “a bit risky” but with Ortmann offering assurances that since Dotcom was “operationally dependent” on the pair he could not “sneak away with the money.”
“What if the shit really hits the fan? Would he take the last little bit of money and take off? He’s good at that,” Van der Kolk replied.
“True,” said Ortmann, “But with his spending nowadays he will attempt to get the shit off the fan, and that’s what he needs us for.”
Dotcom will remain in custody until at least 22nd February. | positive |
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Source:
Flash has officially announced his retirement. Flash stated that, "I`ve been happy for the last 8 years as a progamer. I'll keep my fingers crossed for this scene now and forever."
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"... Flash, the best SC player for 9 years of his career, intimated his intention to retire, saying "It's about time I retire from this scene." KT Rolster respects Flash's decision and has decided to accept it.
Then, he made some statement for his retirement and future plans. "As a progamer, I`ve got so much more than I deserve. It`s been long 9 years, and I won`t forget the love that my fans gave me. From now on, I`d like to travel or rest a while, thinking about future. Regardless of what I decide to do later on, I don't think I'll be putting down my keyboard and mouse."
It is known that KT Rolster is preparing for his retirement ceremony, while proceeding forward with new recruitment plans in order to fill the gap.
+ Super(KT Rolsters) and jjakji(SBENU) trades.
Source:
"Seems like the rumors were already circulated; some streaming sites offered me proposals, even before the announcement. However, I won`t do anything official until next January."
"When I told JD about my retirement, he didn't give much of a reaction. We talked about the glory days of the past rather than about an uneasy future."
Flash continues, "I am planning on joining the army in about three years. In the end, I want to do my best to give back what I have received from the eSports scene. My ultimate goal is to become the head coach of KT Rolster and make it the strongest/best team in the world."
Source: http://pgr21.com/pb/pb.php?id=gamenews&no=10896 Flash has officially announced his retirement. Flash stated that, "I`ve been happy for the last 8 years as a progamer. I'll keep my fingers crossed for this scene now and forever."-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------quotes:+ Super(KT Rolsters) and jjakji(SBENU) trades.Source: http://sports.news.naver.com/sports/index.nhn?category=e_sports&ctg=news&mod=read&office_id=347&article_id=0000081111&date=20151201&page=1 "Seems like the rumors were already circulated; some streaming sites offered me proposals, even before the announcement. However, I won`t do anything official until next January.""When I told JD about my retirement, he didn't give much of a reaction. We talked about the glory days of the past rather than about an uneasy future."Flash continues, "I am planning on joining the army in about three years. In the end, I want to do my best to give back what I have received from the eSports scene. My ultimate goal is to become the head coach of KT Rolster and make it the strongest/best team in the world." "Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike" | positive |
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An 85-year-old Vaughan woman has been charged with stunt-driving in connection with a collision in Vaughan that killed a pedestrian and her dog.
A 2001 Lexus sedan heading north on Thornhill Woods Dr. on June 10 veered off the road onto the west-side sidewalk and struck a 28-year-old woman at about 8:15 p.m.
The woman, identified in media reports as driving instructor Biana Cherniavski, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her small black dog, Harley, also died.
York Region police say the Lexus continued north, over the lawns of several homes, hitting several trees and a hydro transformer — knocking out power in the area — before coming to a stop in a driveway, flipped onto its roof.
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ARTICLE - Across the divide: Why El-P is splitting Hiphop - Altrap.com / DJAtotheL.com Skip to content Altrap.com / DJAtotheL.com Contradictory Hiphop opinion, with a bitter and twisted attitude… Menu DJ A to the L bio Mixtapes Reviews Interviews Archives Posted on February 22, 2002 February 4, 2007 by A to the L ARTICLE – Across the divide: Why El-P is splitting Hiphop Across the divide: Why El-P is splitting Hiphop Its the debate which gathered momentum last year, and at present time is reaching fever pitch between the contributors and readers of this site, and the general Hiphop public at large… Cannibal Ox – “The Cold Vein”… the best rap album released in years, or the most horrific sound that underground Hiphop has spat out since God knows when? I was around when Run DMC broke the rules by SHOUTING over rock riffs. I have the tapes of Cold Crush, Kool Moe Dee, and Busy Bee battling and freestyling. I was one of the first in line to cop LL’s Radio, another change to the Hiphop landscape with its 808 influenced Def Jam sound. You see, being “one of the old school”, I’ve been lucky enough to experience the highs AND horrors of some of the greatest (and lamest) acts that rap music has ever produced. I remembered how rebellious I felt listening to NWA – here was a group who weren’t afraid to spit profanities on the mic, no matter what anyone thought. I remember debating with schoolfriends the pros and cons of Public Enemy, who they saw as nothing but “niggers attacking white people.” I was there when De La dropped the skit laden, anti-gangsta attitude of 3 Feet High… And so on and so on… all these groups (and many others) made my head spin at times with the incredibly innovative ideas they were throwing out on wax. They set trends via dope music – they never followed the norm. That was something to be admired… Fast forward to 1997 and the release of “Funcrusher Plus” by a group called Company Flow. Fledgling record label Rawkus dropped an album that was filled with enough attitude to back up the “Independent As Fuck” motto they proudly stamped on the inlay cover. Underground heads couldn’t get enough of the heavily layered production, and the brand new style of rhyming that El-P and Bigg Jus were bringing to the table. Or so they’d like you to think… you see I always considered myself an “underground” head. I loved my music, and I loved being up on new groups before anyone else, partly because of the elitist, better-than-you vibe it gave me, but mainly because I was making mix tapes and selling them, so I had to come with brand new shit to make the sale. So imagine when I heard the buzz on Co Flow, picked up the joint… and didn’t “get” it. What was so amazing about this? A couple of mumble-mouth motherfuckers trying to fit as many words as they could into each line, over some pretty dull and uninspiring beats. I got into it a few times with people who thought the sun shone out of El-P’s back passage. “It’s innovative. Its new. Nobody is fucking with this – that’s why its staying in the underground. The radio is never gonna touch this.” It was hard to counter this argument, this way of thinking. A simple “its wack” didn’t wash. After all, THEIR enthusiasm for Co Flow echoed my enthusiasm back in the day for Jazzy Jay cutting up Apache. But it was also hard to explain WHY I hated Company Flow so much. I loved (and still love) Hiphop music, but I hated Company Flow… Imagine my joy then when Company Flow broke up. Unfortunately the path they laid has created a bigger division than any I have seen at any time before in my nearly 18 year love affair with Hiphop. You see if you didn’t like Company Flow, and “the rest of the underground”, then you OBVIOUSLY had to be into more commercial shit. You were a fool who was only flirting with the music, and who obviously only listened to Jay-Z and Puffy. It didn’t help that the commercial side of Hiphop was drawing a bigger and bigger fanbase from the “pop” crowd thanks to Jigga, Puffy and a certain Mr. Mathers. Often combined and marketed alongside teenage “Hip-rock” like Limp Bizkit etc, rap music attracted new fans due to its rebellious image, and the “noise” factor. I’d been through this all before with NWA, when a gang of people jumped on the Hiphop bandwagon due to its “Oh… they said fuck!” attractiveness. But now because I couldn’t stand Co Flow and their ilk I was being lumped into the same pigeonhole as the very people who gave me shit back in the day for listening to “black jungle drums.” Fast forward again to 2001 and the release of “The Cold Vein”. Once again EL-P has a hand in my torture, supplying emcees Vast and Vordul with a collection of some of the most cold and soul-less beats ever let loose from a studio. Techno has more fucking soul. Couple this with the fact that the emcees come off as some pretencious, super-intelligent, “if-you-don’t-get-this-then-you’re-too-stupid-to-understand” twats and you can see why I had trouble with this. Imagine my horror then, when others started tossing it around as an album of the year contender. If you tried to explain why you weren’t feelin’ it you were abruptly pointed back in the direction of “jiggy-dom”. After all, if you couldn’t understand it, then that’s all you must be listening to, right? Wrong. Let me state this now for the “backpacker” types (yeah, I called you that), who wanna play oneupmanship with me. Do you remember the first time you heard ‘Jack The Ripper’, or ‘Rebel Without A Pause’? How about the warm feeling you got when you peeped Pete Rock and CL Smooth’s ‘T.R.O.Y’? Or how your neck nearly fell off through over-nodding while listening to “Strictly Business”? Most of you won’t… and thats why Hiphop is so stale. The “underground” groups now want to produce more and more obscure shit, intent on coming out of left field the hardest. Its not experimentation anymore – its a game to see who can come off in the most “un-hiphop” style and still get love from the hiphop fans. Meanwhile commercial rap grows more and more bloated with fake thugs who floss rented cars and jewellery, and sing cheesy hooks about their “bay-bay”. In between is where the “real” Hiphop is… some of y’all might wanna try to listen to a bit more of it. Consider this (probably extremely self-contradictory) rant now over. I don’t like Company Flow. I don’t like Cannibal Ox. I love Hiphop. PEACE A to the L (from the heart, fuck the art) CategoriesArticles 5 Replies to “ARTICLE – Across the divide: Why El-P is splitting Hiphop” TONE says: February 10, 2006 at 9:17 pm your a moron for it too . Dee-El says: May 30, 2006 at 8:14 am Word!! I’ve felt like this from day one Dee El Sends P.E.A.C.E. Morgan says: September 7, 2006 at 3:22 am 70% of the songs i can agree with you but if you dont like Phoenix then im at a loss. Vove says: September 9, 2006 at 4:47 am You see I think you guys are just angry at the fans who think their intellectual for listening to Company Flow and Can Ox. Personally I’m a huge fan of Company Flow and EL-P and Can Ox because I think they have some really interesting and unique sounding music. I mean no one told NWA that because they cursed so much they were just trying to be different or underground. Yet everyone is so angry about EL-P and his verbiage. Dudes..it’s just the way he fuckin’ writes and raps. Deal. It’s not his fault that legions of fans claim that he’s a genius. That’s just how people feel about him. And if they hate Jay-Z and Puffy? Well fuck…I don’t find anything interesting about either one. I mean I look at some FanDam shit and I see songs like StepFather Factory, Space 9mm, T.O.J., Constellation Funk..I mean this is some lyrically good shit. dOLO says: January 13, 2007 at 3:21 am A to the L, all respect due, but I just think you don’t get it, i mean nobody gets everything! when i first heard Fun Crush i was blown away just like the first time I heard 36 chambers it embodies what I consider the essence of dope hip hop, meticulously crafted beats and well written verses and in a way it’s really no diff than say an NWA lp. i mean if it’s cool for dumbass rappers to make music for their fans why can’t EL-P or Can-Ox do the same for theirs? and shouldn’t every artist carve their own identities? proof is in the pudding bro, they dropped their lp and that shit could’ve flopped! it didn’t though, the underground embraced it, i mean ten’s of thousands of people can’t all be wrong…you just don’t get it.. but hey i don’t get 98% of the shit thats out now! but I aint hating! 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Alas, poor Google barge. We hardly knew you.
Google confirmed Friday that it’s scrapping at least one of the mysterious floating tech showrooms that drew headlines, speculation and some ridicule last fall. The giant Internet company wouldn’t comment on the fate of a second barge, now sitting idle at the Port of Stockton.
But plans for an ambitious tour of San Francisco Bay and other waterfront sites are still on hold. “It just sits there like it did the day it arrived,” said Stockton port executive director Richard Aschieris, who added that there has been no signs of any work on the floating platform.
The news comes amid signs that Google may be rethinking its strategy for selling Glass, its futuristic computer headset, as a mass-market consumer product. While the company has said only that the barge would be “an interactive space where people can learn about new technology,” it was rumored to be intended as a traveling showroom for Glass and other cutting-edge Google products.
Google at one time owned four ocean-going barges, ranging in length from 250 to 260 feet, and had parked two of them on each coast of the United States. It hired contractors to build unusually shaped, four-story structures on two of the barges — one moored in San Francisco Bay and the other in the harbor at Portland, Maine.
But the company has been tight-lipped about details of the barge project. After a Portland newspaper reported that local officials said the East Coast vessel was going to be sold and dismantled, Google issued a statement Friday that said only: “We can confirm that the barge has been sold.”
Stockton port officials said they haven’t heard from Google since it moved the West Coast barge to their city in March, after it ran into problems getting construction and permit approvals from the U.S. Coast Guard and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.
“They’ve paid their dock fee, so we’re happy,” said Aschieris. Officials say Google paid standard rates of about $12,000 a month to keep the barge in Stockton at least through October.
Meanwhile, conservation commission Executive Director Larry Goldzband said he hasn’t heard any update from Google, which would need his agency’s approval to park the barge in San Francisco Bay.
Google has also been vague about its plans for Glass, which the company had previously said it would begin selling as a consumer product in 2014. Shortly after Google hired a veteran marketing executive to take over the program in May, co-founder Sergey Brin told a tech audience that he hoped to begin selling “by the end of the year, but I’m not sure.”
While it has recently touted other wearable gadgets, such as smart watches, Google has continued to release new frames and software for people who purchased Glass for $1,500 through limited programs.
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francisco liriano | MLB Reports Skip to navigation Skip to main content Skip to primary sidebar Skip to secondary sidebar Skip to footer MLB Reports The Chosen Journey Docuseries | Hosted by Steve Karsay and The Chosen Lawyer Home The Chosen Journey Our History MLB Archives DraftKings Daily Lineups ‘Sully Baseball’s Daily Podcast Archives ‘1622 Straight Days Streak’ (Oct 24, 2012 – Apr 2, 2017) MLB DFS Strategy MLB Road Trips Advice 30 MLB Park Guides 224 Games/30 MLB Parks in 183 Days World Record 30 MLB Parks In 23 Days (2012) TJ Surgery: AllTime MLB List Twitter Facebook RSS Feed Blog Archives Who Owned Baseball – May 16, 2019 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVPs) + 2019 May 17 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan Rich Schultz – Getty Images Let’s see owned baseball on May 16, 2019 Earning Full WOBs: Chris Bassitt threw 8 shutout innings, striking out 7 Tigers to earn the 17-3 decision for Oakland. Luis Castillo struck out 6 Cubs in 5 1/3 innings, allowing 2 runs as the Reds beat the Cubs, 4-2. Jason Kipnis hit his first 2 homers of the season, driving in 6, to help the Indians come from behind in a wild 14-7 win over Baltimore. Christian Yelich homered twice, added another hit and stole a base as the Brewers clobbered Philadelphia, 11-3. Earning 1/2 WOBs: Robinson Cano got 3 hits, including a double, driving in a run and scoring another but the Mets comeback against Washington fell just short, 7-6. Francisco Liriano struck out 3 Padres in his 1 1/3 innings of no hit shutout relief and was in line to be the pitcher of record. The Pirates bullpen allowed a game winning rally for a 4-2 loss. Trey Mancini reached base 3 times, including a homer, driving in 3 but the Orioles were doubled up by Cleveland, 14-7. Marcus Stroman allowed 1 earned run and 1 unearned run in 6 innings, striking out 6 White Sox batters along the way. The Toronto bullpen would drop the 4-2 decision. For an explanation of how WOB works, click here. To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON OR SCROLL DOWN. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics', The Rest: Everything Baseball Comments Off on Who Owned Baseball – May 16, 2019 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVPs) + 2019 Tags: baseball, Chris Bassitt, francisco liriano, mlb, who owned baseball, Who owns baseball?, WOB Who Owned Baseball September 10, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVPs) + 2018 #WOB Sep 11 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan Kirk Irwin – Getty Images For an explanation of how WOB works, click here. Scooter Gennett went 4 for 5 with 3 runs batted in to lead the Reds past the Dodgers in a 10-6 slug fest. Gary Sanchez collected 3 hits, including a homer, to inch the Yankees closer to a Wild Card berth by beating Minnesota, 7-2. German Marquez struck out 11 Diamondbacks over 7 innings, allowing 1 run and earning the 13-2 decision for the first place Rockies. Justin Verlander returned to Detroit for the first time since being traded last August and responded by going 7 innings, allowing 2 runs and striking out 10 as the Astros won, 3-2. They all owned baseball on September 10, 2018 To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings, plus see who gained 1/2 WOB’s – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON OR SCROLL DOWN. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics', The Rest: Everything Baseball Comments Off on Who Owned Baseball September 10, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVPs) + 2018 #WOB Tags: baseball, chris taylor, francisco liriano, gary sanchez, German Marquez, jose abreu, mlb, Paul Francis Sullivan, scooter gennett, Sully Baseball, who owned baseball, Who owns baseball?, WOB, yankees Who Owned Baseball May 20, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB May 20 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan (Frank Franklin II/AP) For an explanation of how WOB works, click here. Amed Rosario had a two homer day to help the Mets beat the reeling Diamondbacks, 4-1. Jack Flaherty pitched into the 8th, finishing with 7 2/3 innings, 2 hits, 1 run and struck out 13 Phillies to earn the 5-1 decision for the Cardinals. J. D. Martinez reached base 3 times, homering twice and driving in 3 to keep the Red Sox tied for first after blanking Baltimore, 5-0. Reynaldo Lopez threw 8 shutout innings, allowing 2 hits and striking out 8 Rangers to give the White Sox a rare win, 3-0. They all owned baseball on May 20, 2018 To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings, plus see who gained 1/2 WOB’s – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON OR SCROLL DOWN. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics' Comments Off on Who Owned Baseball May 20, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB Tags: Amed Rosario, baseball, francisco liriano, j.d. martinez, jack flaherty, Johnny Field, Miguel Rojas, mlb, Paul Francis Sullivan, reynaldo lopez, stephen strasburg, Sully Baseball, who owned baseball, Who owns baseball?, WOB Who Owned Baseball May 4, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB May 4 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan AP Photo/ Eduardo Verdugo For an explanation of how WOB works, click here. Walker Buehler threw 6 no hit innings to set up the Dodgers combined 8-0 no hitter of the Padres in Monterrey, Mexico. Gerrit Cole threw a complete game 1 hit shutout, striking out 16 Diamondbacks as the Astros rolled, 8-0. Bryce Harper continued to shine as a lead off hitter, homering twice and drive in 3 as the Nationals beat the Phillies, 7-3. Eduardo Escobar reached base 4 times including a pair of homers, to lead the Twins past the White Sox, 6-4. They all owned baseball on May 4, 2018 To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings, plus see who gained 1/2 WOB’s – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON OR SCROLL DOWN. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics', The Rest: Everything Baseball Comments Off on Who Owned Baseball May 4, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB Tags: asdrubal cabrera, bryce harper, eduardo escobar, francisco liriano, gerrit cole, Jose Ramirez, Seth Lugo, walker buehler, who owned baseball, Who owns baseball?, WOB The Most Recent No Hitter For Each Franchise (Updated for Combined Dodger No Hitter) May 4 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan Orlando Ramirez / USA TODAY Sports – SNLA Now THAT was a show for the folks of Monterrey Mexico! In a game that was drenched in rain, the fans who braved the weather were treated to a combined no hitter. Walker Buehler took the first six. Tony Cingrani, Yimi Garcia and Adam Liberatore each threw a no hit inning and an unlikely group of arms etched their names into Dodgers history. They knocked a more likely name off of this list… Clayton Kershaw. Of course they did this against the Padres, still looking for their first No Hitter in Team History. Now to update the list. THE MOST RECENT NO HITTERS FOR EACH FRANCHISE LOS ANGELES DODGERS Walker Buehler, Tony Cingrani, Yimi Garcia and Adam Liberatore – May 4, 2018 4-0 over San Diego. OAKLAND A’S Sean Manaea – April 21, 2018 3-0 over Boston. MIAMI MARLINS Edinson Volquez– June 3, 2017. 3-0 over Arizona. CHICAGO CUBS Jake Arrieta – April 21, 2016. 16-0 over Cincinnati Reds. Washington Nationals Max Scherzer – October 3, 2015 2-0 over New York Mets HOUSTON ASTROS Mike Fiers – August 21, 2015. 3-0 over Los Angeles Dodgers. SEATTLE MARINERS Hisashi Iwakuma – August 12, 2015. 3-0 over Orioles PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Cole Hamels – July 25, 2015 5-0 over Chicago Cubs. San Francisco Giants Chris Heston – June 9, 2015 5-0 over New York Mets CINCINNATI REDS Homer Bailey – July 2, 2013. 3-0 over San Francisco. NEW YORK METS Johan Santana – June 1, 2012 8-0 over St. Louis LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM Jered Weaver – May 2, 2012. 9-0 over Minnesota. CHICAGO WHITE SOX Phillip Humber – April 21, 2012 4-0 over Seattle. (Perfect Game.) DETROIT TIGERS Justin Verlander – May 7, 2011. 9-0 over Toronto. MINNESOTA TWINS Francisco Liriano – May 3, 2011 1-0 over Chicago White Sox TAMPA PAY RAYS Matt Garza – July 26th, 2010 5-0 over Detroit. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Edwin Jackson – June 25, 2010 1-0 over Tampa Bay COLORADO ROCKIES Ubaldo Jimenez – April 17, 2010 4-0 over Atlanta. BOSTON RED SOX Jon Lester – May 19, 2008. 7-0 over Kansas City. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Bud Smith – September 3, 2001 4-0 over San Diego. NEW YORK YANKEES David Cone – July 18, 1999. 6-0 over Montreal. (Perfect Game.) PITTSBURGH PIRATES Francisco Cordova and Ricardo Rincon – July 12, 1997. 3-0 over Houston. (10 innings.) TEXAS RANGERS Kenny Rogers – July 28, 1994. 4-0 over California. (Perfect Game.) ATLANTA BRAVES Kent Mercker – April 8, 1994. 6-0 over Los Angeles. KANSAS CITY ROYALS Bret Saberhagen – August 26, 1991 7-0 over Chicago White Sox. BALTIMORE ORIOLES Bob Milacki, Mike Flanagan, Mark Williamson andGregg Olson – July 13, 1991. 2-0 over Oakland. TORONTO BLUE JAYS Dave Stieb – September 2, 1990. 3-0 over Cleveland. MILWAUKEE BREWERS Juan Nieves – April 15, 1987. 7-0 over Baltimore. CLEVELAND INDIANS Len Barker – May 15, 1981. 3-0 over Toronto. (Perfect Game.) BONUS – Last No Hitters For Teams in Old Locations MONTREAL EXPOS Dennis Martinez – July 28, 1991. 2-0 over Los Angeles. (Perfect Game.) MILWAUKEE BRAVES Warren Spahn – April 28, 1961 1-0 over San Francisco. BROOKLYN DODGERS Sal Maglie – September 25, 1956 5-0 over Philadelphia ST. LOUIS BROWNS Bobo Holloman – May 6, 1953 6-0 over Philadelphia BOSTON BRAVES Vern Bickford – August 11, 1950 7-0 over Brooklyn PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS Bill McCahan – September 3, 1947 3-0 over Washington WASHINGTON SENATORS Bobby Burke – August 8, 1931 5-0 over Boston. NEW YORK GIANTS Carl Hubbell – May 8, 1929 11-0 over Pittsburgh. Did you take notes, Padres? THAT is called a no hitter. Please throw one! Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics', The Rest: Everything Baseball Comments Off on The Most Recent No Hitter For Each Franchise (Updated for Combined Dodger No Hitter) Tags: Adam Liberatore, bret saberhagen, Bud Smith, Chris Heston, cole hamels, david cone, dodgers, edinson volquez, edwin jackson, Francisco Cordova, francisco liriano, hisashi iwakuma, homer bailey, jake arrieta, jered weaver, johan santana, jon lester, justin verlander, kenny rogers, Kent Mercker, Los Angeles, los angeles dodgers, matt garza, max scherzer, mike fiers, no hitter, Phillip Humber, ricardo rincon, sean manaea, tony cingrani, ubaldo jimenez, walker buehler, Yimi Garcia Who Owned Baseball April 22, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB Apr 22 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan Chris Carlson – AP For an explanation of how WOB works, click here. Brandon Belt had a mind boggling 21 pitch at bat in the first inning and finished the game with 3 hits including a homer and 2 runs scored to help the Giants top the Angels, 4-2. Johnny Cueto did not allow a hit until the 6th and finished with 6 shutout innings, allowing 2 hits and striking out 7 Angels to lead the Giants to a 4-2 victory. Jose Ramirez hit a pair of homers and walked, driving in 3, in the Indians 7-3 win over Baltimore. Luis Severino threw 7 strong innings, allowing 3 hits and 1 run, earning the 5-1 decision for the Yankees over the Blue Jays. They all owned baseball on April 22, 2018 To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings, plus see who gained 1/2 WOB’s – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON OR SCROLL DOWN. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics', The Rest: Everything Baseball Comments Off on Who Owned Baseball April 22, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB Tags: baseball, brandon belt, charlie blackmon, francisco liriano, johnny cueto, Jose Ramirez, luis severino, manny machado, mlb, trevor williams, who owned baseball, Who owns baseball?, WOB Sully Baseball Podcast – Live life like Francisco Liriano, Edwin Jackson and Edinson Volquez – December 28, 2017 Dec 28 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan USA Today Sports How do you look at your life? How do you look at the careers of Francisco Liriano, Edwin Jackson and Edinson Volquez? Looking at all of them in a positive way is a good way to live life. Seeing the glass as half full on this episode of Sully Baseball. While we are at it, enjoy the In Memoriam video. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics', MLB Podcast Network, The Rest: Everything Baseball Comments Off on Sully Baseball Podcast – Live life like Francisco Liriano, Edwin Jackson and Edinson Volquez – December 28, 2017 Tags: edinson volquez, edwin jackson, francisco liriano, Paul Francis Sullivan, Sully Baseball Who Owned Baseball June 14, 2017 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings Jun 15 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan Hunter Martin/Getty Images Mookie Betts singled, doubled, homered twice and made a spectacular catch to lead Boston past Philadelphia, 7-3. Brandon Phillips collected 4 hits, driving in 3 and scoring 3 as the Braves crushed Washington, 13-2. Francisco Liriano threw 7 strong innings, striking out 9 Rays and giving up 2 earned runs and 1 unearned run. He did not get a decision but the Blue Jays pulled out the game, 7-6. Jhoulys Chacin allowed just 2 runs in 7 innings, striking out 4 Reds and getting the 4-2 win for San Diego. They all owned baseball on June 14, 2017 To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings, plus see who gained 1/2 WOB’s – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON OR SCROLL DOWN. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics', The Rest: Everything Baseball Comments Off on Who Owned Baseball June 14, 2017 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings Tags: aledmys diaz, amir garrett, brandon phillips, Corey Kluber, francisco liriano, gary sanchez, jhoulys chacin, Mookie Betts, Sully Baseball, who owned baseball, Who owns baseball?, WOB Who Owned Baseball April 13, 2017 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2017 #WOB Standings Apr 14 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan (JASEN VINLOVE/USA TODAY SPORTS) Travis d’Arnaud reached base 5 times, drove in 4 including a 16th inning homer that was the difference in the Mets 9-8 win in Miami. Jimmy Nelson gave the Brewers 7 innings allowing 5 hits and 1 run and earned the 5-1 victory over the Reds. Aaron Hicks homered twice as the Yankees beat Tampa Bay, 3-2. Jason Vargas pitched shutout ball into the 8th, finishing with 7 2/3 innings, allowing 4 hits and striking out 8 A’s batters to get the 3-1 decision for the Royals. They all owned baseball on April 13, 2017 To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings, plus see who gained 1/2 WOB’s – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON OR SCROLL DOWN. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics' Comments Off on Who Owned Baseball April 13, 2017 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2017 #WOB Standings Tags: aaron hicks, francisco liriano, Jason Vargas, Jimmy Nelson, marcell ozuna, michael brantley, Nick Wittgren, Sully Baseball, travis d'arnaud, who owned baseball, Who owns baseball? Who Owned Baseball August 19, 2016 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings Aug 20 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi Ryan Schimpf doubled twice, hit a game tying homer and a walk off 3 run in the 10th to blast the Padres past Arizona, 7-4. Johnny Cueto threw 7 strong innings, scattering 8 hits and allowing 1 run as the Giants moved back into first with a 8-1 clobbering of the Mets. Adrian Beltre went 4 for 5 with 2 homers as the Rangers topped the Rays, 6-2. Kendall Graveman threw a complete game 2 hit shutout, walking no White Sox batters, to give Oakland the 9-0 victory. They All Owned Baseball on August 19, 2016. To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings, plus see who gained 1/2 WOB’s – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON OR SCROLL DOWN. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics', The Rest: Everything Baseball 2 Comments Tags: 2016, Brian Dozier, Daily MVP's in NL and AL MLB 2016, francisco liriano, jean segura, johnny cueto, Kendall Graveman, mlb, Paul Francis Sullivan, Ryan Schimpf, Sully Baseball, who owned baseball, Who Owned Baseball MLB 2016, zack greinke Who Owned Baseball June 27, 2016 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings Jun 28 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan JOE ROBBINS/GETTY IMAGES Kris Bryant went 5 for 5 with 3 homers, driving in 6 and scoring 4 to lead the Cubs in a wild 11-8 slugfest in Cincinnati. Jon Gray struck out 8 Blue Jays over 7 innings, walking none and worked around a pair of homers to get the 9-5 victory for Colorado. Nick Franklin singled, doubled and homered, driving in 5 runs as the Rays snapped their losing streak, 13-7 over Boston. Danny Duffy pitched 8 innings, allowing 2 runs, walking none and struck out 8 Cardinals batters to earn the 6-2 decision for the Royals. They all owned baseball on June 27, 2016. To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings, plus see who gained 1/2 WOB’s – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON OR SCROLL DOWN. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics' Comments Off on Who Owned Baseball June 27, 2016 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings Tags: ) Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2016 MLB, 2 1 /2, 2016 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings Edit | Quick Edit | Trash | View Paul Francis Sullivan ‘SullyMetrics’ (1 as hitter) Julio Teheran, 2016 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings Who Owned Baseball June 26, 2016 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter, 2016 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher, 2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter, 2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher, A.J. 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MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings Jun 26 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan RICH SCHULTZ/GETTY IMAGES Tyler Duffey did not allow a hit until the 6th and finished with 8 innings, 2 hits, 8 strikeouts and 1 run as the Twins clobbered the Yankees, 7-1. Jose Fernandez struck out 13 Cubs and allowed just 4 hits and 1 run to earn the 6-1 decision for the red hot Marlins. Lonnie Chisenhall collected 9 total bases with his 4 hits, including a homer and 3 RBI as the Indians continued to roll, 9-3, in Detroit. Freddie Freeman reached base 4 times, including a homer and a pair of runs scored in the Braves 5-2 victory over the Mets. They all owned baseball on June 26, 2016. To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings, plus see who gained 1/2 WOB’s – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON OR SCROLL DOWN. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... 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Liriano has been fairly consistent over his first few starts in 2016. He has thrown 35 innings, with a 3-1 record, 3.60 ERA, 39 strikeouts, and 19 walks. He will be facing the 25th ranked offense on Wednesday, which is a great matchup for Liriano. The Reds’ lineup has really struggled against the left-handed throughout his career. In 170 career at bats against Liriano, the Reds’ lineup is batting .224, with 5 home runs, 40 strikeouts, and a .298 OBP. These numbers are very much in favor of Liriano on Wednesday. He is currently averaging 15.8 points per game on DraftKings this season. P – Wei-Yin Chen (vs. Milwaukee Brewers): $7,800. Chen is facing another struggling offense on Wednesday. The Milwaukee Brewers are currently ranked as the 22nd overall offense in Major League Baseball. In 62 career at bats against Chen, the Brewers’ lineup is batting .210, with 1 home run, 17 strikeouts, and a .258 OBP. There will be a 12 MPH wind blowing towards home plate, which is a great sign for Chen considering this should limit the number of potential home runs. Chen has faced the Milwaukee lineup one time this year and he got the win after throwing 6.2 innings, giving up 4 hits, 3 earned runs, 2 walks, and 4 strikeouts. Chen is averaging 12.1 points per game on DraftKings this season. To view the rest of the picks, click the link below: SEE THE REST OF THE PICKS Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted on May 10, 2016 | Aside Who Owned Baseball May 6, 2016 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings May 7 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan TONY DEJAK/AP Jose Ramirez reached base four times, doubling twice, driving in five to help the Indians clobber their divisional rival Royals, 7-1. Ben Zobrist got on four times, homering twice and driving in 4 as the Cubs beat the Nationals, 8-6. Cole Hamels let up a lead off single and then didn’t allow another hit for 7 shutout innings, walking two Tigers and striking out 9 to earn the 5-1 victory for Texas. Francisco Liriano struck out 10 Cardinals and allowed only 5 hits and 2 walks over 7 innings as the Pirates took the game 4-2. They all owned baseball on May 6, 2016. To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings, plus see who gained 1/2 WOB’s – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON OR SCROLL DOWN. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics' 2 Comments Tags: @sullybaseball on twitter, ben zobrist, cole hamels, Daily MVP's in NL and AL MLB 2016, daniel murphy, francisco liriano, itunes, jordan zimmermann, Jose Ramirez, Kenta Maeda, Oswaldo Garcia, Paul Francis Sullivan, soundcloud, Stitcher, Sully Baseball, sullybaseball.wordpress.com, sullymetrics, trevor story, Who Owned Baseball MLB 2016, WOB Who Owned Baseball April 30, 2016 (Daily MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings Apr 30 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan Mike Stobe – Getty Images Michael Conforto continued his hot streak with 3 hits, including a homer, a 3 RBI to help the Mets past San Francisco, 6-5. Jackie Bradley Jr.hit a double, walked and tripled twice, driving in 3 and scoring 2 as the Red Sox crushed the Yankees 8-0. Francisco Liriano pitched into the 7th, finishing with 6 2/3 innings, 5 hits and 1 run and got the 5-1 decision for the Pirates over the Reds. Wade Miley threw a complete game 5 hit shutout, walking none and striking out 4 Royals to earn the 6-0 victory in Seattle. They all owned baseball on April 30, 2016. To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings, plus see who gained 1/2 WOB’s – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON OR SCROLL DOWN. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics' Comments Off on Who Owned Baseball April 30, 2016 (Daily MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings Tags: @sullybaseball on twitter, BIlly Hamilton, Daily MVP's in NL and AL MLB 2016, francisco liriano, Jackie Bradley Jr., michael conforto, Paul Francis Sullivan, pedro alvarez, Sully Baseball, sullybaseball.wordpress.com, sullymetrics, wade miley, Who Owned Baseball MLB 2016, WOB, zack greinke The Pittsburgh Pirates Payroll In 2016 + Roster That Could Have Been Apr 27 Posted by Jonathan Hacohen Jason Rollison (Featured BBBA Writer/Owner – piratesbreakdown.com) Follow @pbcbreakdown Follow @mlbreports After a second consecutive exit from the playoffs by way of the wild card game, the Pittsburgh Pirates promised a bigger payroll this season, but could they have done better? In December, Neal Huntington and Frank Connelly both hinted the Pirates target payroll would be approximately $105 million for opening day. As it stands, the Pirates opening day payroll was about $100 million. That wouldn’t be so bad if the team’s pitching staff wasn’t off to a rough start, the first base platoon partner wasn’t gone after two weeks, and the Cubs weren’t the center of the baseball universe at the moment. The saying goes, “hindsight is 20/20,” but we consider what could have been if the Pirates had spent their money a little differently. Let’s start with the breakdown of the opening day payroll broken down by position: (Note: Only players included on opening day 25-man roster/DL are included below.) The rules for this little experiment are simple. We cannot exceed $105 million, and our payroll has to include 28 players due to Jared Hughes, Elias Diaz, and Jung-Ho Kang starting the season on the major league disabled list. If we choose any players the Pirates did not sign, we will assume the Pirates could have signed said player(s) to the same terms. Knowing what we know now, here’s a look at what the Pirates roster could have been. READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in BBBA Featured Writers, MLB Payroll and Contracts, MLB Teams: Articles and Analysis Comments Off on The Pittsburgh Pirates Payroll In 2016 + Roster That Could Have Been Tags: 2014 St. Louis Cardinals, 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster, @pbcbreakdown on twitter, a.j. burnett, alfredo simon, Andrew McCutchen, Arquimedes Caminero, charlie becker, colby lewis, cory luebke, david freese, Elias Diaz, francisco cervelli, francisco liriano, gerrit cole, ian desmond, Jake Goebbert, jameson taillon, jared hughes, jason rollison, john jaso, jon niese, juan nicasio, Jung-Ho Kang, Kyle Lobstein, mark melancon, matt joyce, Mike Morse, neil walker, NL Central, pedro alvarez, piratesbreakdown.com, pittsburgh pirates, pnc park, Ryan Volgelsong, sean rodriguez, tony watson, Tyler Glasnow MLB Power Rankings 2016: Week 4 – April Apr 24 Posted by hunterstokes21 One is the #1 club in the whole MLB right now, and the other was the biggest mover and shaker of the week for week 3 of MLB action. Both are leading the Central Divisions in their respective leagues behind awesome starting pitching and timely power. Hunter Stokes (Chief Writer/Part Owner) Follow @stokes_Hunter21 Follow The MLBreports On Twitter Follow @mlbreports Disclaimer: We based these rankings on best strength to win the World Series. Therefore some teams that have an easier division to play in, with the least path of resistance to the postseason overall may be ranked a lot higher than a club who is equally talented, yet may play in a juggernaut of a division. Game Records were before the results of the ESPN Sunday Night Game was played. After a crazy week in which we saw our 1st no hitter, and massive long 16 inning game in Washington, we have for you the MLB Power Rankings. There was no movement from the top 3 clubs. The NL West saw the Dodgers take a decent lead on the Giants – and that is major critical, as that is the team most likely to give them trouble in their quest for a 4th straight Division crown. Bryce Harper has pulverized the Phillies, Marlins, Braves and Twins thus far. His late inning heroics are taking him to the next level. The biggest mover and shaker this week was the White Sox, who climbed up 7 slots. The Giants dropping 8 positions was the biggest decline. Bad weeks were had by the Tigers, Red Sox, Yankees and Astros. All clubs in the AL who are supposed to contend for a playoff slot. The Mariners won their 3rd straight road series against the Angels (after beating the Yankees and Tribe 1s), and sit just a half game back in the AL West. Oakland had started 7 – 0 on the road, before yielding 15 runs over the last 2 losses to the Blue Jays. They are tied with the Rangers for the lead in the Division, but it is just a matter of time before they are bounced out in my opinion. Cleveland had a nice week of 4 – 2 to jump up 5 spots in the rankings. and are that much closer to bringing back Michael Brantley. Gaining only one spot but having an awesome week were the New York Mets. All the boys are hitting now, and they are 8 – 2 in their last 10 contests. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in MLB Teams: Articles and Analysis Comments Off on MLB Power Rankings 2016: Week 4 – April Tags: adam lind, adam wainwright, adrian beltre, al central, AL East, AL West, albert pujols, alex rodriguez, All 30 MLB Teams, American league, Andrew McCutchen, andrew miller, arizona diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, baltimore orioles, barry bonds, Blake Snell, boston red sox, brad miller, bryce harper, carlos beltran, chase headley, chicago cubs, chicago white sox, chris archer, chris carter, chris coghlan, chris sale, cincinnati reds, clay buchholz, cleveland indians, colby rasmus, cole hamels, colorado rockies, Coors Field, corey seager, curt schilling, curtis granderson, Dae Ho Lee, daniel murphy, david freese, david price, dellin betances, detroit tigers, dexter folwer, Drew Smyly, dustin pedroia, francisco cervelli, francisco liriano, gerrit cole, Gregory Polanco, hanley ramirez, hideo nomo, houston astros, j.d. martinez, jake arrieta, jarrod saltalamacchia, jean segura, Joc Pederson, Joe Ross, john jaso, jordan zimmermann, jose abreu, Jose Abrue, jose altuve, jose fernandez, justin upton, justin verlander, kansas city royals, Kenta Maeda, kris bryant, la angels, la dodgers, leonys martin, logan morrison, manny machado, mark teixeira, mat latos, matt moore, max scherzer, miami marlins, michael brantley, michael conforto, michael pineda, miguel cabrera, miguel sano, Mike Trout, milwaukee brewers, minnesota twins, national league, neil walker, new york mets, new york yankees, NL Central, NL east, nl west, Noah Syndergaard, nomar mazara, oakland athletics, of Anthony Rizzo, pedro martinez, philadelphia phillies, pittsburgh pirates, prince fielder, rick porcello, roger clemens, roy halladay, ryan braun, ryan madson, san diego padres, san francisco giants, sean rodriguez, seattle mariners, seth smith, shelby miller, st louis cardinals, stephen strasburg, tampa bay rays, Tanner Roark, texas rangers, todd frazier, toronto blue jays, washington nationals, welington castillo, yan gomes, yoenis cespedes, zack greinke The Most Recent No Hitter For Each Franchise (Updated for Jake Arrieta, April 21 2016 ) Apr 21 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan John Minchillo – AP FIRST NO HITTER OF THE YEAR!! Evidently Jake Arrieta and Max Scherzer are the only pitchers allowed to throw no hitters! Well, Arrieta was given plenty of run support and earned it with his second masterpiece in less than a year. Who knows? Maybe it will be a magic year for the Cubs. It is time to update my list! Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics' Comments Off on The Most Recent No Hitter For Each Franchise (Updated for Jake Arrieta, April 21 2016 ) Tags: arizona diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, baltimore orioles, Bob Milacki, bobby burke, Bobo Holloman, boston red sox, bret saberhagen, brooklyn dodgers, Bud Smith, carl hubbell, chicago cubs, chicago white sox, Chris Heston, cincinnati reds, clayton kershaw, cleveland indians, cole hamels, colorado rockies, dallas braden, Dave Steib, david cone, detroit tigers, edwin jackson, Francisco Cordova, francisco liriano, gregg olson, henderson alvarez, homer bailey, houston astros, jake arrieta, jered weaver, johan santana, jon lester, juan nieves, justin verlander, kansas city royals, kenny rogers, Kent Mercker, len barker, los angeles angels of anaheim, los angeles dodgers, Mark Williamson, matt garza, max scherzer, miami marlins, mike fiers, mike flanagan, milwaukee brewers, minnesota twins, montreal expos, new york giants, new york mets, new york yankees, no hitter, oakland a's, oakland athletics, perfect game, philadelphia phillies, Phillip Humber, pittsburgh pirates, ricardo rincon, sal maglie, san francisco giants, seattle mariners, st louis cardinals, st. louis browns, tampa bay rays, texas rangers, toronto blue jays, ubaldo jimenez, washington nationals, washington senators Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 4, 2016 Apr 4 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan LG PATTERSON/MLB PHOTOS I check in throughout the day as the season officially began for three times, did not for two more and was blacked out for the finale. It is a “Let’s Get Things Started” episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast Francisco Liriano, Marcus Stroman, Gregory Polanco, Eric Hosmer, Michael Conforto and Evan Longoria all added to their totals for Who Owns Baseball. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics' Comments Off on Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 4, 2016 Tags: francisco liriano, kansas city royals, opening day, Paul Francis Sullivan, pittsburgh pirates, st louis cardinals, Sully Baseball, Sully baseball daily podcast, tampa bay rays Who Owned Baseball April 3, 2016 (Daily AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings Apr 4 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan Shelley Lipton/UPI Francisco Liriano struck out 10 Cardinals in 6 shutout innings and drove in the first run on the season to earn the 4-1 opening day decision for the Pirates. Marcus Stroman pitched into the ninth inning, finished with 8 plus frames, 3 runs and 1 walk, getting the 5-3 Toronto win in Tampa Bay. Gregory Polanco singled, doubled, walked and scored twice in Pittsburgh’s 4-1 victory over St. Louis. Eric Hosmer went 3 for 4 with an RBI as the Royals took the World Series rematch over the Mets, 4-3. They all owned baseball on April 3, 2016. To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings, plus see who gained 1/2 WOB’s – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON OR SCROLL DOWN. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics' 3 Comments Tags: @sullybaseball on twitter, Daily MVP's in NL and AL MLB 2016, eric hosmer, evan longoria, francisco liriano, Gregory Polanco, marcus stroman, michael conforto, Paul Francis Sullivan, Sully Baseball, sullybaseball.wordpress.com, sullymetrics, Who Owned Baseball MLB 2016, WOB Sully Baseball Daily Podcast Archives Oct 1, 2013 – Oct 31, 2013 (Episodes 343 – 373) Mar 6 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan Paul Francis Sullivan (please call him Sully) does a podcast 365 days a year – unless it is a leap year – then he will do another 1. He has done a show everyday since Oct.24/2012. This to date represents a streak of 1231 days consecutively! Past the CLICK TO READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY are episodes 343 – 373 of the Sully Baseball Daily Podcast. We will also archive all of his podcasts to date (in coming weeks) so they are easily accessible for all his fans. Check out all his Archived info here. Our website followers have grown larger each year for his podcast. Follow Sully Baseball On Twitter Follow @sullybaseball To subscribe on iTunes, click HERE. To subscribe on SoundCloud, click HERE. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics', MLB Podcast Network Comments Off on Sully Baseball Daily Podcast Archives Oct 1, 2013 – Oct 31, 2013 (Episodes 343 – 373) Tags: A.J. Griffin, adam rosales, adam wainwright, adam warren, albert pujols, alex gordon, alfonso soriano, Andrew Cashner, andy pettitte, anthony rendon, bartolo colon, ben revere, billy butler, Biogenesis Scandal, Bobby Cox, boston red sox, brandon belt, brandon phillips, buster posey, c.j. wilson, carlos gonzalez, cc sabathia, chris archer, chris davis, chris dickerson, cincinnati reds, clayton kershaw, cliff lee, coco crisp, Corey Kluber, Dan Reed, david phelps, Dear hank, delmon young, Derek Holland, desmond jennings, detroit tigers, Dexter Fowler, dickey, dillon gee, edwin encarnacion, eric stults, erik bedard, evan longoria, Felix Doubront, felix hernandez, francisco liriano, gio gonzalez, grover cleveland, houston astros, howie kendrick, itunes, jarrod saltalamacchia, Jeff Polman, Jeremy guthrie, jeremy hellickson, joe blanton, john danks, john lackey, johnny cueto, jonathan lucroy, jordan zimmermann, Jordy Mercer, jose valverde, josh collmenter, josh donaldson, josh johnson, josh reddick, julio teheran, justin masterson, justin ruggiano, ken harrelson, kenny mack, kevin slowey, kirk nieuwenhuis, kyle blanks, kyle seager, marlon byrd, matt cain, matt dominguez, matt harvey, max scherzer, michael brantley, miguel cabrera, Mike silva, Mike Trout, nelson cruz, new york mets, new york yankees, Patrick Corbin, Paul Francis Sullivan, pedro alvarez, prince fielder, R.A, r.a. dickey, ricky nolasco, robinson cano, ryan doumit, ryan howard, san diego padres, shane victorino, soundcloud, stephen strasburg, sully baseball daily, tim lincecum, tyler colvin, ubaldo jimenez, victor martinez, yasiel puig, yovani gallardo, zack greinke Sully Baseball Daily Podcast Archives Sept 1, 2013 – Sept 30, 2013 (Episodes 313 – 342) Mar 6 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan Paul Francis Sullivan (please call him Sully) does a podcast 365 days a year – unless it is a leap year – then he will do another 1. He has done a show everyday since Oct.24/2012. This to date represents a streak of 1230 days consecutively! Past the CLICK TO READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY are episodes 313 – 342 of the Sully Baseball Daily Podcast. We will also archive all of his podcasts to date (in coming weeks) so they are easily accessible for all his fans. Check out all his Archived info here. Our website followers have grown larger each year for his podcast. Follow Sully Baseball On Twitter Follow @sullybaseball To subscribe on iTunes, click HERE. To subscribe on SoundCloud, click HERE. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics', MLB Podcast Network Comments Off on Sully Baseball Daily Podcast Archives Sept 1, 2013 – Sept 30, 2013 (Episodes 313 – 342) Tags: A.J. Griffin, adam rosales, adam wainwright, adam warren, albert pujols, alex gordon, alfonso soriano, Andrew Cashner, andy pettitte, anthony rendon, bartolo colon, ben revere, billy butler, Biogenesis Scandal, Bobby Cox, boston red sox, brandon belt, brandon phillips, buster posey, c.j. wilson, carlos gonzalez, cc sabathia, chris archer, chris davis, chris dickerson, cincinnati reds, clayton kershaw, cliff lee, coco crisp, Corey Kluber, Dan Reed, david phelps, Dear hank, delmon young, Derek Holland, desmond jennings, detroit tigers, Dexter Fowler, dickey, dillon gee, edwin encarnacion, eric stults, erik bedard, evan longoria, Felix Doubront, felix hernandez, francisco liriano, gio gonzalez, grover cleveland, houston astros, howie kendrick, itunes, jarrod saltalamacchia, Jeff Polman, Jeremy guthrie, jeremy hellickson, joe blanton, john danks, john lackey, johnny cueto, jonathan lucroy, jordan zimmermann, Jordy Mercer, jose valverde, josh collmenter, josh donaldson, josh johnson, josh reddick, julio teheran, justin masterson, justin ruggiano, ken harrelson, kenny mack, kevin slowey, kirk nieuwenhuis, kyle blanks, kyle seager, marlon byrd, matt cain, matt dominguez, matt harvey, max scherzer, michael brantley, miguel cabrera, Mike silva, Mike Trout, nelson cruz, new york mets, new york yankees, Patrick Corbin, Paul Francis Sullivan, pedro alvarez, prince fielder, R.A, r.a. dickey, ricky nolasco, robinson cano, ryan doumit, ryan howard, san diego padres, shane victorino, soundcloud, stephen strasburg, sully baseball daily, tim lincecum, tyler colvin, ubaldo jimenez, victor martinez, yasiel puig, yovani gallardo, zack greinke Sully Baseball Daily Podcast Archives Aug 1, 2013 – Aug 31, 2013 (Episodes 282 – 312) Mar 5 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan Paul Francis Sullivan (please call him Sully) does a podcast 365 days a year – unless it is a leap year – then he will do another 1. He has done a show everyday since Oct.24/2012. This to date represents a streak of 1229 days consecutively! Past the CLICK TO READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY are episodes 282 – 312 of the Sully Baseball Daily Podcast. We will also archive all of his podcasts to date (in coming weeks) so they are easily accessible for all his fans. Check out all his Archived info here. Our website followers have grown larger each year for his podcast. Follow Sully Baseball On Twitter Follow @sullybaseball To subscribe on iTunes, click HERE. To subscribe on SoundCloud, click HERE. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in MLB Podcast Network Comments Off on Sully Baseball Daily Podcast Archives Aug 1, 2013 – Aug 31, 2013 (Episodes 282 – 312) Tags: A.J. 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He has done a show everyday since Oct.24/2012. This to date represents a streak of 1228 days consecutively! Past the CLICK TO READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY are episodes 251 – 281 of the Sully Baseball Daily Podcast. We will also archive all of his podcasts to date (in coming weeks) so they are easily accessible for all his fans. Check out all his Archived info here. Our website followers have grown larger each year for his podcast. Follow Sully Baseball On Twitter Follow @sullybaseball To subscribe on iTunes, click HERE. To subscribe on SoundCloud, click HERE. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics', MLB Podcast Network Comments Off on Sully Baseball Daily Podcast Archives July 1, 2013 – July 31, 2013 (Episodes 251 – 281) Tags: A.J. Griffin, adam rosales, adam wainwright, adam warren, albert pujols, alex gordon, alfonso soriano, Andrew Cashner, andy pettitte, anthony rendon, bartolo colon, ben revere, billy butler, Biogenesis Scandal, Bobby Cox, boston red sox, brandon belt, brandon phillips, buster posey, c.j. wilson, carlos gonzalez, cc sabathia, chris archer, chris davis, chris dickerson, cincinnati reds, clayton kershaw, cliff lee, coco crisp, Corey Kluber, Dan Reed, david phelps, Dear hank, delmon young, Derek Holland, desmond jennings, detroit tigers, Dexter Fowler, dickey, dillon gee, edwin encarnacion, eric stults, erik bedard, evan longoria, Felix Doubront, felix hernandez, francisco liriano, gio gonzalez, grover cleveland, houston astros, howie kendrick, itunes, jarrod saltalamacchia, Jeff Polman, Jeremy guthrie, jeremy hellickson, joe blanton, john danks, john lackey, johnny cueto, jonathan lucroy, jordan zimmermann, Jordy Mercer, jose valverde, josh collmenter, josh donaldson, josh johnson, josh reddick, julio teheran, justin masterson, justin ruggiano, ken harrelson, kenny mack, kevin slowey, kirk nieuwenhuis, kyle blanks, kyle seager, marlon byrd, matt cain, matt dominguez, matt harvey, max scherzer, michael brantley, miguel cabrera, Mike silva, Mike Trout, nelson cruz, new york mets, new york yankees, Patrick Corbin, Paul Francis Sullivan, pedro alvarez, prince fielder, R.A, r.a. dickey, ricky nolasco, robinson cano, ryan doumit, ryan howard, san diego padres, shane victorino, soundcloud, stephen strasburg, sully baseball daily, tim lincecum, tyler colvin, ubaldo jimenez, victor martinez, yasiel puig, yovani gallardo, zack greinke Sully Baseball Daily Podcast Archives June 1, 2013 – June 30, 2013 (Episodes 221 – 250) Feb 26 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan Paul Francis Sullivan (please call him Sully) does a podcast 365 days a year – unless it is a leap year – then he will do another 1. He has done a show everyday since Oct.24/2012. This to date represents a streak of 1219 days consecutively! Past the CLICK TO READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY are episodes 221 – 250 of the Sully Baseball Daily Podcast. We will also archive all of his podcasts to date (in coming weeks) so they are easily accessible for all his fans. Check out all his Archived info here. Our website followers have grown larger each year for his podcast. Follow Sully Baseball On Twitter Follow @sullybaseball To subscribe on iTunes, click HERE. To subscribe on SoundCloud, click HERE. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics', MLB Podcast Network Comments Off on Sully Baseball Daily Podcast Archives June 1, 2013 – June 30, 2013 (Episodes 221 – 250) Tags: A.J. 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He has done a show everyday since Oct.24/2012. This to date represents a streak of 1216 days consecutively! Past the CLICK TO READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY are episodes 101 – 128 of the Sully Baseball Daily Podcast. Sully starting posting his daily podcasts at the mlbreports.com on Feb.6, 2013. We will also archive all of his podcasts to date (in coming weeks) so they are easily accessible for all his fans. Check out all his Archived info here. Our website followers have grown larger each year for his podcast. Follow Sully Baseball On Twitter Follow @sullybaseball To subscribe on iTunes, click HERE. To subscribe on SoundCloud, click HERE. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics', MLB Podcast Network Comments Off on Sully Baseball Daily Podcast Archives Feb.1, 2013 – Feb.28, 2013 (Episodes 101 – 128) Tags: 1919 Blacksox Scandal, 1919 World Series, boston red sox, Brandon Webb, brian cashman, Bryce Bentz, Cary Grant, chris carpenter, clay buchholz, curt schilling, Dan epstein, detroit tigers, Dick Allen, eight men out movie, Ellis Valentine, felix hernandez, francisco liriano, houston astros, itunes, john lackey, jose canseco, justin verlander, Mark Cuban, miami marlins, Michael X. Ferraro, mlb reports, new york yankees, oakland a's, Paul Francis Sullivan, pete rose, ryan braun, san diego padres, seattle mariners, Silver Linings Playbook, soundcloud, st louis cardinals, Sully Baseball, travis hafner, trevor bauer, wbc WTF Pittsburgh? Are You Contenders Or Are You At The Kids Table? Dec 12 Posted by Jonathan Hacohen This Pirates club has made themselves relevant in the NL for the last 3 years with appearing in the Wild Card game – and pushing the Cards to the brink of elimination in 2014. However this organization has looked petty in looking too much to the bottom line so far this offseason. They have lost 4 players from the 98 win team of 2015 – and only have Jon Niese and Juan Nicasio as guys that help the MLB squad in 2016. They still have 3 months to go, but thus far the winter has been a tire fire. Hunter Stokes (Chief Writer) Follow @stokes_hunter21 Follow The MLB Reports On Twitter Follow @mlbreports What the hell are the Pirates doing this offseason?!! I mean I have tonnes of respect for Neil Huntington – however the brass has made some highly questionable moves to save some money. The Pittsburgh window to win is 2 – 3 more years, yet it almost looks likes the management is throwing a preemptive strike to blow the club up. Okay, I may be overstating the facts a little here – as there is still well over 3 months before the club even hits Spring Training. The club first non-tendered Pedro Alvarez – rather than head to the last year of Arbitration with him. He would have made in the neighborhood of $10 MIL in 2016 – I get that, but losing a 25 – 30 HR out of your lineup will be tough to adjust for. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in MLB Teams: Articles and Analysis Comments Off on WTF Pittsburgh? Are You Contenders Or Are You At The Kids Table? Tags: 2014 St. Louis Cardinals, 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster, a.j. burnett, alfredo simon, Andrew McCutchen, charlie becker, colby lewis, francisco cervelli, francisco liriano, gerrit cole, ian desmond, Jake Goebbert, jameson taillon, jon niese, Jung-Ho Kang, mark melancon, Mike Morse, neil walker, NL Central, pedro alvarez, pittsburgh pirates, pnc park, tony watson, Tyler Glasnow Minnesota Twins State Of The Union: Looking For The Playoffs In 2016 Nov 25 Posted by Jonathan Hacohen The Twins finished 2nd in the AL Central and could be the Houston Astros type of 2015 club in 2016. If you think they can finish 2nd in the AL Central one more time, it may be enough to secure a Wild Card Spot. I think the AL East will beat each other up – and will only produce one playoff team in 2016. The management needs to realize that the next 2 or 3 years represents the best time for the organization to take back the helm of the AL Central like they did from 2001 – 2010. Hunter Stokes (Chief Writer) Follow @stokes_hunter21 Follow The MLB Reports On Twitter Follow @mlbreports The Minnesota Twins know how to build a winner. From 1992 – 1999 the team was not the greatest team around and they gradually built a ton of players through the draft like Torii Hunter, Justin Morneau and later Johan Santana, Francisco Liriano and Joe Mauer. Being a good franchise means a smart game plan, and especially when you are a smaller market. From 2001 – 2010 the club won 6 AL Central Titles and were always on the verge of sneaking through. They never seemed to have great depth Starting Pitching to move past clubs in the postseason (despite having Santana). After the club moved into Target Field, it should have alleviated some of the financial concerns the organization had. They were in the top 10 for total team salary. Except for the core was getting older. Veterans were traded and the management focused on replenishing the Minor League System. Lean years followed from 2011 – 2014, and it cost Ron Gardenhire his job after the 2014 campaign. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in MLB Teams State Of the Unions 1 Comment Tags: al central, alex meyer, austin jackson, Brian Dozier, doug fister, Eddie Rosario, eduardo escobar, ervin santana, francisco liriano, glen perkins, ian kennedy, joe mauer, johan santana, john ryan murphy, justin morneau, kurt suzuki, kyle gibson, Max Keppler, miguel sano, MInnesota Twins Roster 2016, oswaldo arcia, phil hughes, ron gardenhire, ryan raburn, Terry Ryan, Torii Hunter, trevor plouffe Pittsburgh Pirates State Of The Union For 2016: All Hands On Deck To At Least Start 2016! Nov 16 Posted by chuckbooth3023 Pittsburgh had the 2nd best record in the Majors with 98 wins, yet were samarily dismissed in the Wild Card Game by the Cubs – and a lightning hot Jake Arrieta at the time It may actually get worse for the Bucs in coming years with the emergence of the young NL Chicago squad and the continued dominance of the St. Louis franchise. My idea is to spend some money this offseason, but if you are 5 or 6 games behind the playoff bar near the Trade Deadline, to deal all guys on the remainder year of their contracts and to retool for 2017. Chuck Booth (Owner/Lead Analyst) Follow @chuckbooth3024 Follow The MLB Reports On Twitter Follow @mlbreports I start this blog by praising Neil Huntington and his management for how they assembled this team over the last 6 – 7 years. It follows the Royals and Twins before them as smaller market clubs that finally used the draft to their advantage after struggling for years. Here is the thing though..You have a team that needs the final pieces now to compete for a championship! Heading into 2016 the teams core nucleus comes back, and the club will attempt for a 4th straight playoff appearance. There are 8 players on the last year of their deals, and you have several other players that will become increasingly more difficult to keep as their Arbitration Dollars exponentially grow over the coming years. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in MLB Teams State Of the Unions 3 Comments Tags: Andrew McCutchen, barry bonds, ben zobrist, chicago cubs, chris stewart, clint hurdle, doug fister, francisco cervelli, francisco liriano, Gregory Polanco, jake arrieta, jameson taillon, Jordy Mercer, josh harrison, Jung-Ho Kang, mark melancon, Mike Morse, neil huntington, neil walker, NL Central, pedro alvarez, pittsburgh pirates, Pittsburgh Pirates Roster in 2016, pnc park, scott kazmir, starling marte, Travis Ishikawa, travis snider, wei-yin chen Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – November 8, 2015 Nov 8 Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan Julia Rendleman/Post-Gazette It is the first Sunday Request of the off season. @sullybaseball @Royals What team will have more incentive and drive to win their division in 2016 than the Pirates? — Ryan Ransburg (@xxRyno234eveRxx) November 2, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The answer is NONE. The Pirates need to be aggressive this off season and emulate not only the current World Champs but also an unusual strategy by Bill Veeck in the 1970s. We are family in this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast. Read the rest of this entry → Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Tumblr Pinterest Print LinkedIn Reddit Like this: Like Loading... Posted in 'SullyMetrics' Comments Off on Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – November 8, 2015 Tags: 2015 Pittsburgh Pirates, francisco liriano, james shields, Paul Francis Sullivan, pittsburgh pirates, Sully baseball daily podcast, Sunday Request ← Older Posts Email Subscription Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address: Sign me up! 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Fareed Zakaria's documentary, featuring Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, aired on Monday.
The Kremlin has called CNN’s documentary on Russia's president Vladimir Putin, aired Monday night, "hysterical" and "odious."
"This was rather odious material," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by news agency RIA Novosti, adding that "there was nothing new in it."
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Incidentally, the documentary features Peskov himself, interviewed by Zakaria.
"The fact that they gave us the opportunity to take part in the film and express our position on a number of issues featured in it is positive," said Peskov.
The documentary also features former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, as well as journalists Julia Ioffe of The Atlantic and David Remnick of The New Yorker.
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6850 Gulfport Blvd S
South Pasadena , FL 33707
(727) 289-3695
Heard about this place from a neighbor, stopped by and it was closed, very limited hours, Well we got there at the right time today, the place is small, the service is very friendly, it's a little pricey but man did it ever taste good!
It's my own fault for not seeing the warning at the top of the menu that their Medium is actually equivalent to most other Thai places' Hot but I was totally exhausted after work and it was my first time here---which I told them. Really wish the ladies taking my order had mentioned it when I tentatively answered "medium" because it was way too hot for me. And I had taken it to go so I couldn't have it fixed. So disappointed because the overall taste of both the Panang Mole (something I've been wanting to try for 3 years!) And green curry were delicious!! until the heat hit me and rendered them both inedible. Service was great. Restaurant is beautiful. You can tell the food is made with love. But if someone says it's their first time, you should probably help them out with ordering so they don't end up starving, with food they can't eat and sick to their stomachs from the heat.
WT-ef!?! I really wanted to give this place 5 stars. The menu is amazing. The fusion combos they came up with are off the hook! Once we internalized the menu, we ordered, cleaned off a table outside and carried out two chairs to sit on, (yes, we wiped off our table and carried chairs to it) our appetizer arrived within minutes. The Chatas Bread with their panang mole were fantastic! The mole sauce was delicious - chocolate with a Thai spice - genius and flavorful. Then we waited....and waited....and waited...for an hour until the rest of our order arrived. When it did show up, it was in to go containers....no, we did not order take out...and our order was incorrect. I ordered the red curry beef tacos - I mean those sound crazy, right? Instead I got an order of "beef" red curry and rice. I didn't dare let her take it away for fear of waiting another hour. It was chock full of vegetables - mostly zucchini, carrots, and onions and had very little meat. What was there was indistinguishable as beef. Regardless, the dish tasted great! The green curry that arrived correctly did have big pieces of chicken and was reported to be very tasty. So we, and the tables around us, waited a ridiculously long time, more then one tables orders were screwed up, and we all bonded. About an hour after eating, the intestinal distress began for me (the "beef" red curry). Apparently this place lost their lease a few months ago and moved to this location while building out a real new location. I hope they survive this disaster of a place because the menu sounds amazing and I'd love to go back when they are really reestablished.
Completely agree with the reviews about poor customer service. Our waiter was completely absent most of our meal and seemed agitated when we asked for recommendations. However, it wasn't the poor experience itself that's causing the 1 star review. It was the fact that after eating their food, my fiancé and I both got violently ill. Somewhat unsurprising, give how filthy everything is. Our appetizer plates had sauce stains when brought to us, there was some sort of a film on the glasses. Overall, really think this place needs to be checked out by Dirty Diners. We will NOT be back. Dine at your own risk!
The best. Nothing else! They now have the Mexican sushi in a burrito!!!!! Best idea ever!!!!!!
Food is decent, portion sizes are good, but the prices seem pretty high. Two pad Thai with chicken and chips+salsa, $50. The owner is very quick to offer food allergy substitutions and is very attentive to guests.
The reviews are mixed, but mostly they are negative on service. Whatever problems they have had in the past were not evident when we visited. Decor - very funky. Exactly what you'd expect in this part of st Pete. Nitally's has a very homey and friendly atmosphere. Food - a crazy mashup of Thai and Mexican. It works really well. We ordered chips and salsa, yellow curry burrito, chorizo fried rice, and crab tacos. All portions are very large. The food was very flavorful with the right amount of heat. Two minor issues- 1) the salsa was a bit watery, draining a little of the water off would have enhanced the experience; 2) the cilantro should be destined. I'm a big fan of of cilantro, so I was excited when I saw piles on my tacos. But, I had to pull the leaves off the stems for it to be edible. Destemming in the kitchen would be a good idea. Service - awesome. We were seated promptly and service flowed well all evening. They were very attentive. Highly recommend.
I have had Nitally's on my list of restaurants to try for awhile now. I finally convinced Hubby to go. After our experience, neither of us wants to return. So, this review is based of of our one visit. The place is very kitschy and kind of cool on the inside. We were seated and the place was empty. Our waitress greeted us right away and took our drink order. We then decided on food and she took that order shortly after our drinks arrived. We never saw her again until we went up to the front and demanded our check and she came out from the kitchen. More on that in a few moments.... We ordered an app of Nan and curry. I warned my Husband not to expect anything like Hawker's Roti and curry as I knew he would compare them. It was kind of hard not to. The Nan was good (have I ever had bad Nan?). The curry was good, but it was watery thin. It was almost impossible to really suck up any of the flavor into the Nan. My Husband ended up giving up two bites in. I tried more and received more disappointed. I was hungry y'all. Our meals consisted of Chorizo fried rice (his) and the Panang Mole (mine). Both dishes were around the $16-$17 range I believe. The chorizo fried rice had NO chorizo in it and was super dry. It was a huge portion, but that was about all it had going for it. My Husband didn't eat much of it and the leftovers ended up getting tossed a week later. My panang mole was actually pretty good. It had good flavor. It was served with a side of rice shaped like a heart. It was good, but not $16+ good. However, the panang is the only reason this isn't a one star review. After finishing our meal we waited. And waited. We had our drinks refilled by a nice guy that was like a runner and refilling everyone's drinks. No waitress. After about 20 minutes of waiting (given the place was packed at this point, but our waitress was not waiting on anyone else either), I went up to the register and told them we needed our check so we could leave. The guy behind the register went and got our waitress from the kitchen. She handed us our check. I placed the check and the card on the counter to be ran. She walked away. Then some guy in a bandana who was waiting on people (maybe the owner?) came up and barked at us (yes, barked) "what do you need?". I told him we wanted to check out. He said ok, started doing something else and then rudely barked at us again "are you picking up an order?". Um....No. We are trying to pay so we can leave. He suddenly seemed to realize he was being super rude and asked in a sweeter voice how our meal was as he checked us out. We were exhausted and done at that point. We mumbled "fine" and we were finally able to pay and leave. Needless to say, we won't be back. I will say that I observed most people ordering burritos (which I think were priced around $10). Maybe we ordered poorly. However, we won't be back to find out. About $50 for two people and a sour start to a Saturday night. No Thanks, Nitally's.
Amazing food, + points for owner manning the register...nice atmosphere and awesome food
I just ate at the new Location for the first time last night. What a treat! A more intimate dining space and no more Sangria, but the same great food! Service was quick and the food was even BETTER than I remember. I had the Thai Mex Curry with shrimp . Undoubtedly I'll be back before the weekend is over.
Mole curry is the bomb!! I'm from SoCal and the Mexican fusion is on point. We ordered one of everything... so flavorful. You can't go wrong here
Worst expierence I've ever had at a restaurant. Nitallys service generally has always been so so. When you talk to people about Nitallys, people usually say the food is good but the service isn't great. That being said our service was mind blowing and not in a good way. We had a large party, I think 14. We were told to bring cash but I had no idea they were doing just one check. I couldnt stay long so when the server asked if we were ready to order I said yes, 4 of us on one check and if we could have the check since we couldn't stay long. She said sure. There was a server on the other end also. At one point he was at tbe table behind us , talking about us in a rude manner. I turned around and politly told him that it wasn't very nice or professional. He came over and started arguing with me, I continued to just say I heard him and it wasnt very nice .Next thing he's asking me if I want to take it outside, yes that's right the server asked if I wanted to take it outside. wow! The four of us decide to pay for our drinks and go. We get our bill eventually but no one came back for our money. We went to the counter and told him what happened he aploligized and said he was going to retire him and said not to worry about the drinks. His rudness continued, he went to the other end of tge table and called us assholes and a few other things. According to the people that stayed, he was still a little rude, a couple people got the wrong meal but just ate it instead of dealing with him and someone didn't get their food.He even went up to tbe birthday girl and told her they didn't tip him enough..again wow. You need to earn 20% and up. They said they left him about 15%. I've been going to Nitallys since they opened and he is poor representaion of the owners. He is still working there and I've had a couple people tell me their expierence with the rude male server (they didn't know about my expierence). I won't be back there until he is no longer working there, there are too many other places to deal with servers that crazy rude and threaten customers
The experience that I had Wed Jan 24th 2019 at approximately 7:30PM, we went to the restaurant. Lesson learned. Multiple co workers and acquaintances had mentioned the food is great, which may be true. Unfortunately , we did not have the opportunity to experience the food. I did not do my due diligence and read yelp local guide and cross reference reviews with other platforms....regarding service or lack there of. Two TV's on the wall provide entertainment and distraction, while you wait and wait. A small TV near the cash register thanks you for your patience and informs you all dishes are prepared from scratch. There was a table of eight , 1 family of four, 1 two top and 1 outside couple. Multiple take out orders came and went. Clearly this is a small operation that is not able to handle more than a few orders at a time. I appreciate , value and respect, local, made from scratch , However the amount of time we waited was an exercise in masochism. After about 45 minutes, I asked the owner (possibly) how much longer the food would take. We were informed probably another 15-20 minutes. Which told me having worked in many restaurants in college that our dishes had not even been started. I informed him, that we had heard the food was really good and had looked forward to experiencing the food. I informed him that 45 minutes and maybe another 20 minutes was a "very , very long time to wait". He offered a refund. Which we accepted , acknowledged and appreciated. After we left and went to Alessia which we both like a lot, we noticed that the "refund" was not a complete refund but instead included the tip a short while earlier we were told would be refunded. I called him and explained that he needed to refund the tip. He agreed to do so. Offering a refund and then not providing a full refund and including the tip for the refund you did not provide is annoying and tacky. If you screw up own it.......kind of like apologizing and then throwing back to someone when they do something (sorry you feel that way).....kind of a half assed attempt. This is not the way you handle a situation like this. Food from scratch , great......have signage that is clearly visible and inform people right from the get go, so they can be clear and make an informed choice. Price points also for order at the counter, are NYC high end prices......$20 for seafood fried rice........check their menu out.....while the food that we saw and smelled looked great.....the price points were borderline stratospheric......oh and the service.....hummmmmmm.....serve yourself at the counter......not cool........piss poor non existent service does not compensate for amazing fusion food.........sorry does not compute.........We love St Pete..........lazy, apathetic , poor communication don't add up and are not acceptable.............take note........Nitally did not work in the last location and my sense is with good reason.......be clear, communicate clearly when waits are long.........review your price points......crazzzzzy prices as well.......make people wait inordinate amounts of time......don't charge people for two cokes.....the message you are sending to customers is confusing and not particularly respectful. A message on a tiny screen....amidst a bunch of other distractions is not clear communication.........Often you get only one chance to make a good or positive impression. I hope what I am sharing will resonate with you. All the best. Regards, Neil M. Broome
We love the food here. The fact that they don't use half and half in their curry is great since my wife is allergic to dairy and soy. The chicken and green curry is her favorite. I have tried the spicy basil as well as the curries and have liked every dish. The fact that I can get horchata is icing on the cake.
It's now open at 6800 Gulfport Blvd S Suite #111, South Pasadena, FL 33707 (727) 289-3695. Same great food but Fast Food service style.
Was very reluctant to try it again with the move and the reviews, but sooooooooo happy that we did! We got the chicken Panang mole burrito and it was AMAZING! Sooooooo yummy! Also got the Thai tea and an Horchata, and both were delicioso! Definitely love the fusion and feel like they have definitely taken the best of both worlds with the panang mole burrito!
Do you crave spicy food so much that it is more of a necessity than a preference? Look no further than Nitally's. This place has literally taken all of the spiciest recipes from Mexico and Thailand to create a menu of dishes designed to blow your mind. I don't like to generally make guarantees but I can make an exception for Nitally's. I guarantee you will not be underwhelmed by your choice of spiciness. If you think you're unstoppable, go ahead and order their Inferno bowl. It's so damn hot they won't let you eat it inside because people within ten feet will cry. Now if you are like me and like spicy food but don't want to take the risk of being hospitalized, just order their hot, Thai hot, or Thai-mex hot instead. From what I understand, even their medium can have some umph. If you don't like spicy food, avoid this place and go somewhere else. Also, don't bother friending me on Yelp if you don't like spicy food because that means you're lame and I don't have time for boring people like you.
One of my favorite places to eat in St. Pete. We drive from 2 hours away just to eat lunch here. Michael always provides awesome service and recommendations. We usually go with the Mex/Thai fusion plates. Our favorite plate is the Chorizo fried rice. Before you go make sure they are open. They have odd hours and days.
I've been here 4 times so far. The food is great but the EXPERIENCE....Oh the EXPERIENCE is AWFUL. When greeted your immediately warned it's going to be an hour to just get your food. We were then seated immediately. We were then rudly greeted by our male waiter with "you know it's going to be an hour wait just for your food, right?" We said yes while he walked away and never returned. I had to flag down the host to get water and drinks. This type of rudeness and disrespect and lack of Customer service might be shrugged off if it just happened once. This has happened 3 out of the 4 times I've visited. If they step up the customer focus and showed a little kindness it would go a VERY long way. The experience sends so much negative vibes into your evening. I will not dine in again. I really hope they change their ways because they really do offer some yummy food. | positive |
The effect was greatest on lower-income households, according to the Mexican National Institute of Public Health and the University of North Carolina.
A sugar tax in Australia would work in the same way as taxes on alcohol and tobacco, the Heart Foundation says in a submission to the government's tax review.
"[We] recommend the government investigate tax options to increase the price of sugar-sweetened beverages, with the aim of changing purchasing habits and achieving healthier diets," it says.
But the Food and Grocery Council, representing Australia's $114 billion food and grocery processing sector, dedicated several pages of its submission to the same review discrediting the idea of "single-nutrient taxes".
Such taxes "incorrectly assume that nutrient alone may affect an individual's health outcome", the submission says.
"The consumption of sugar, sodium or fat doesn't necessarily cause obesity, non-communicable disease or shortened life expectancy; these outcomes are dependent on factors including lifestyle, physical activity and genetics."
The council cites a failed fat tax in Denmark. "In 2011, the Danish government introduced a tax on food products containing more than 2.3 per cent saturated fat, including butter, dairy products and meat."
"The tax was abolished after one year in the face of a community backlash and the emergence of unintended consequences from the imposition of the tax."
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Australia's last comprehensive tax review, headed by former Treasury secretary Ken Henry, rejected the idea of a tax on fatty foods in 2010.
Nevertheless, the now defunct Australian National Preventative Health Agency approved a $463,000 study of the potential effects of such a levy. The agency was junked by the Abbott government and it is unclear what happened to the study.
Gary Sacks, a leading obesity researcher at Deakin University and adviser to the World Health Organisation, said price was secondly only to taste in terms of influence on what people buy.
"If you can make unhealthy food more expensive and healthy food cheaper we know that will influence what people buy," he said.
"We also know from other public health issues like alcohol and tobacco that taxes have been very successful in shifting consumption away from unhealthy products."
Dr Sacks said the Denmark tax worked in that it lowered consumption of fatty foods but was axed "largely due to political pressure from the food industry".
"A report out of Mexico this week shows consumption of soft drinks had decreased since they put the tax on so we've got really strong evidence that these things do work." | positive |
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The past week for “Weird Al” Yankovic has been a little weird by the standards of the curly-haired, accordion-playing, oddball master of pop music parody.
Weird Al Yankovic arrives at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 12, 2012. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/Files
The 54-year-old singer of such songs as “Eat It,” a culinary spoof on Michael Jackson’s 1983 hit “Beat It” and “Amish Paradise,” the send-up of rapper Coolio’s 1995 sensation “Gangsta’s Paradise,” scored his first No. 1 album on the U.S. Billboard chart with “Mandatory Fun”, following a week-long rollout of music videos. [id:nL2N0PY28A]
“It’s still hard for me to wrap my head around that,” Yankovic said in an interview. “It means a lot to me.”
Seemingly eclipsed at his own game by the rise of parody and fan-generated music videos online over the past decade and shut out from MTV when the network largely gave up music videos for original programming, Yankovic has survived by tapping into social media.
“I realized that the Internet was pretty much where my bread was buttered,” said the three-time Grammy winner, whose three-decade career has been due largely in part to the success of his humorous music videos.
“I wanted to do something that would appeal to the online community and things on the Internet go viral quick,” he added.
Yankovic released eight new songs each day beginning on July 14 with “Tacky,” a celebrity-filled video of Pharrell’s international hit “Happy,” which itself has spawned countless fan videos.
“There was always the danger people would get tired of it, by the third day I was wondering if people would be going, ‘Oh no, more Al,’” said Yankovic of the eight videos that have so far racked up more than 40 million views.
“Mandatory Fun” sold 104,000 copies in its first week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. It also became the first comedy album to reach No. 1 since 1963’s “My Son, the Nut” by Allan Sherman.
“It kind of had a snowball effect,” the three-time Grammy winner said of the videos. “By the end of the eight days there was a little bit of a Pavlovian effect as well, because when it ended, people were like, ‘Where’s the “Weird Al” video?’”
The singer, whose new fare about aluminum foil parodies poor grammar to the tune of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” and Lorde’s “Royals”, said it took about two years to complete the album and videos.
Yankovic was able to field cameos by actors Jack Black, Eric Stonestreet and Margaret Cho among others and partnered with websites such as Nerdist.com and Will Ferrell’s Funnyordie.com as a way to help with its launch.
“I wish I had YouTube when I was starting out,” he said. “All it does really for me is, it means I need to step up my game, make sure that I can rise above the crowd and I won’t always go for the most obvious idea. I’ll have to make myself a little bit more unique.” | positive |
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Lafayette basketball sweeps Kossuth on Senior Night - The Oxford Eagle | The Oxford Eagle Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Subscribe Home News Business Opinion Sports Obituaries Best of Oxford Lifestyle Special Sections Oxford Town Records Classifieds Public Notices E-Edition Services About Us Policies Lafayette basketball sweeps Kossuth on Senior Night Published 9:45 pm Tuesday, February 7, 2017 By Jake Thompson Lafayette High's Orianna Shaw (12) scores between Kossuth's Kaylee Bonds (25) and Kaytee Cotner (24) in girls high school basketball in Oxford, Miss. on Tuesday, February 7, 2017. With one week left in the regular season of high school basketball Lafayette played, potentially, their final games of the season inside the Lafayette High gym on Tuesday night as the Commodores hosted Kossuth on Senior Night. The seniors were sent home happy as both teams defeated the Aggies for the sweep to close out the home slate of their schedules. The night started with the girls’ team defeating Kossuth 62-20. The score was not indicative of how the full four quarters went for Lafayette (22-3) as the start was a bit slow on both sides with the Commodores only scoring 10 points in the first eight minutes. The offense picked up slightly in the second quarter as Lafayette scored 18 points for a 28-11 lead heading into halftime. “Senior Night is always a tough one because the realization that their high school careers are getting close to being over,” Lafayette girls coach Shayne Linzy said. “I think we were planning for some different defenses. Kossuth had some illnesses that they were dealing with and instead of playing man, they played zone. It wasn’t something we were expecting. It shouldn’t have affected us any, but I think we settled for some 3s early on that we probably shouldn’t have settled for.” The Lafayette offense that has been able to put up large amounts of points all year finally showed up in the second half, outscoring Kossuth 34-9 in the final two quarters. Senior Shaniyah Buford led all scorers with a game-high 15 points while Xhirr Burgess added 12 points. Mariah Holland scored eight points while Azariah Buford chipped in seven. Lafayette now prepares for the final regular-season game at Potts Camp on Friday before turning their attention to next week’s Region 2-4A tournament at Tunica-Rosa Fort. The Commodors claimed the No. 2 seed and get a first-round bye and will await the winner of Ripley-Rosa Fort, who they will play at 4 p.m. next Thursday. Boys reach 10 wins For the first time in four years, the Lafayette boys’ basketball team has reached double figures in the win column for a season. The Commodores defeated Kossuth 58-38 to notch their 10th win of the season. The last time Lafayette had more than nine wins in a year was the 2012-13 season when they finished with 13. “Getting double-figure wins at this point in time is big for this program,” Lafayette head coach John Sherman said. “We had a five-game losing streak, and we wanted to stop the bleeding.” It was a game that Lafayette (10-13) controlled the entire time, yet Kossuth managed to stick with them for nearly three quarters. Both offenses were able to find the basket in the first half, leaving Lafayette with a 29-24 lead at halftime. “You can’t ever relax against a team like that,” Sherman said. “They can shoot it. They know how to play. If you relax, they’re going to lay it up. So we talked at halftime about guarding the cutters, being aware of the cutters. I think we did a better job of that.” It was a much better second half for Lafayette, which outscored the Aggies 29-14 in the final two quarters to seal the victory. Stephon Isom led Lafayette with 14 points while Keilan Buford scored 13. The Commodore defense held Kossuth to their second-lowest point total of the season with 38 on Tuesday. Their lowest was a 33-point outing in a loss to Ripley on Jan. 31. After Friday’s game at Potts Camp, Lafayette, which is the No. 5 seed, will play in the first round of the 2-4A tournament against No. 4-seed Senatobia at 5:30 p.m. next Tuesday. More Lafayette Sports ‘Be different’ Lafayette upended by West Point in Region 1-5A opener Gallery: Lafayette vs West Point first half Lafayette sweeps Amory on Senior Night to improve to 12-7 Lafayette looks to bounce back from Crosstown Classic loss as they play host to West Point Print Article Friends2Follow Special Sections Polls How do you feel about Daylight Saving Time? Love it! 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Marcus Smart can hear you. (AP)
Marcus Smart returned to the Boston Celtics’ lineup against the Milwaukee Bucks following a two-game absence to do what Marcus Smart does — frustrate everyone around him with a blend of stout defense and ill-advised shot selection before somehow finding a way to impact the game’s outcome.
To some, like a Bucks rookie, Smart’s game may seem like “trash.” And to others, like Celtics teammate Al Horford, “He just sees the game in ways that a lot of times we don’t even see it.” We’ll get to both.
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First, that “trash” business. Smart missed his first six shots against the Bucks on Thursday night and entered the fourth quarter scoreless. He finally connected on a 28-foot 3-pointer 2:38 into the fourth quarter that pushed Boston’s lead to 79-72 and forced a Milwaukee timeout. He had some words for the Bucks bench on the way to the huddle. Two minutes later, he buried another 3, turning to bark at a Bucks fan before flashing two fingers at the Bucks bench and exchanging some more pleasantries:
Asked about what led to that interaction, Smart told NBC Sports Boston’s Abby Chin soon afterwards:
“One of the rookies kept saying I was trash, and I just told him, ‘I’m playing on a hurt ankle, and you still ain’t got no playing time, so just relax and I’ll be trash for the day.'”
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He elaborated on the back-and-forth with reporters in the locker room, via MassLive.com’s Jay King:
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“I don’t even know his name. At the end of the Bucks bench, one of the rookies was saying, ‘You’re trash.’ I just told him, ‘Listen, this is my first game back. I’m playing on two hurt ankles, still got more playing time than you.’ And I hit my first 3 and he was like, ‘That’s good, that’s one.’ Then I hit the second one so I pointed at him and told him, ‘That’s two. Two more than you got.’ But like I said, it was fun. And one day that’ll be him doing it.”
The Bucks have two rookies on their roster — first-round pick D.J. Wilson and second-round selection Sterling Brown. Neither played a minute of Thursday’s 96-89 loss to the Celtics. They’ve each played one garbage minute in their NBA careers, combining for one field goal on three attempts. They both could be seen gleefully celebrating Smart’s errant 3-point attempt at the end of the first half:
Bucks rookies D.J. Wilson and Sterling Brown celebrate Marcus Smart’s miss at the end of the first half.
As for his fan interaction, Smart added, “Somebody said, ‘You can’t shoot’ and ‘that’s broke.’ So I shot it and I laughed at him. He kind of put his head down. And I just told him, ‘It’s all right. Keep your head up.’ And I just kept moving.” The second 3 pushed Boston’s lead to 10 and all but sealed the win.
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Smart’s turnaround from the first three quarters to the fourth was remarkable, even by Smart standards. His line through three quarters: zero points (0-for-5 from the floor), two assists against two turnovers, one steal and one personal foul. He was a plus-one in 16 minutes, thanks to a couple picks that freed Horford for back-to-back 3’s late in the third quarter to swing a 63-59 deficit to a 65-63 lead:
Those six points were reflected in the box score by just one assist from Smart on the first Horford 3.
“I really have to give all the credit to Marcus Smart on that,” Horford told reporters after the victory, via NBC Sports Boston’s A. Sherrod Blakely. “He just sees the game in ways that a lot of times we don’t even see it. He recognized that my guy was kind of falling asleep on the weak side. He got me open there for back-to-back threes and I felt like that was a big turning point in the game.”
Smart then totaled eight points (2-for-4 from 3), two assists (no turnovers) and rebound for a plus-eight rating in 11 fourth-quarter minutes. The Celtics won by seven, and Smart took out the trash.
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The PTSD symptoms didn’t kick in until about six months later, followed by crippling anxiety, heightened by what has been a life long battle with depression. “Why is this happening now?” “I’ve escaped, I’m free.” I tried not to give him the power anymore. He doesn’t own me. He can no longer hurt me.
I thought leaving my abuser would be the hardest battle I had to fight. Little did I know that once I was safe, out of the cage he had kept me in for two years, that I would be more afraid than I ever was in captivity.
It started with pots and pans. I was 17. Far too young to be pregnant. I had a false perception of what relationships were. I grew up in a home where the mom and the dad didn’t like each other very much. That was my normal. So, the first time I had a pan thrown at me by the man whom I was 4 months pregnant with at the time, I thought, “Wow, arguing with the person that loves you sucks. I’m going to do everything in my power not to do that.” But the truth is, no matter what you do, what you say, and how much you try to be their idea of “perfect” something as simple as buying the wrong brand of laundry soap can end with holes in walls or bruises in places that can be hidden.
That was my life. For two years we had good days, average days, and really bad days. The bad days were followed by apologies and empty promises. It was like being in a relationship with two different people.
One, a hardworking father and loving boyfriend and two, a screaming, red faced, hurricane, destroying everything in his path. I tried to stay tough to keep my “family” together. I was in survival mode. I cried but I never really felt pain.
Then one night I was getting ready for bed, after the hurricane had left for his graveyard shift. I looked down and saw purple and black marks where his fingers had wrapped around my arm. I started packing. Essentials only. I had until the sun came up to put miles between him and I. I loaded my car and my one year old daughter and drove. I drove to the Wyoming/Utah boarder and I crossed that line. The line that I thought would make me safe.
Once I was over that line, I started my life over. I figured out how to be on my own. It was my daughter and I against the world in my mind. I put on a happy face; went to work, school, and back home with my daughter. I wasn’t sleeping or eating. Every time I would close my eyes I would be back in that apartment. I would feel the pain I never let myself feel. Then one day I couldn’t get out of bed. It was then that I realized I needed someone to lean on. I started therapy twice a week. I’d like to say I was magically better after that. The truth is I still have my bad days. But I am slowly viewing myself to be less of a victim and more of a survivor. I am strong and I have forgiven my abuser. Not for him but for me. Because there is no weakness in forgiveness.
I am taking my strength back from him. Because I am a survivor.
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U.S. Army Capt. Alexis Francisco Carter Jr. told a Florida court that Zimmerman had been "one of the better students" in a Criminal Litigation course he taught that included the state's "stand your ground" self-defense law.
Defense attorney Don West asked Carter to explain how the self defense claim worked in Florida.
..."It's imminent injury," Carter explained. "Or imminent fear. So the fact alone that there isn't an injury doesn't necessarily mean that the person did not have a real apprehension of fear. The fact that there were injuries have a tendency to show or support that that person had a reasonable apprehension of fear."
"You don't have to wait until you're almost dead until you can defend yourself?" West asked.
"No, I would advise you probably don't do that," Carter replied.
That response prompted several seconds of laughter from the usually-emotionless Zimmerman before he was able to look downward to regain his composure.
[Content Note: Racism; violence.]Here is George Zimmerman, the killer of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, yukking it up in court today during testimony about what constitutes a legal use of deadly force:Rage. Seethe. Boil.Or maybe, in some cases, "the fact that there were injuries have a tendency to show or support" that a person being stalked and harassed by some vigilante racist asshole wasreasonably fearful and decided to standground and defend himself.If the presence of injuries supposedly speaks to reasonable fearfulness, what does being fucking dead speak to?It is a profound injustice that the jury at this trial is even allowed to entertain the idea that Zimmerman could have perceived himself to be in imminent danger, whenhe could have driven away in his vehicle,leaving the proximity of the unarmed teenager who he provoked and later killed.WHAT ABOUT TRAYVON MARTIN'S RIGHT TO SAFETY? Again , I will note that people have a right tosafe, but lots of people who actuallysafe nonetheless do notsafe. Lots of people imagine that they are going to be hurt by someonesome terrorist, some gang member, some random teenage boy walking down the sidewalk with iced tea and Skittles in his hands.Feeling safe—or not feeling safe—is at the very center of this case: George Zimmerman did not feel safe, even though he was, entirely so.On the other hand, Trayvon Martin certainly did not feel safe—and he wasn't.We continually privilege theof safety of people whose privilege tends to insulate them from legitimate fear The most pointed problem with "Stand Your Ground" and other self-defense laws is that people who feel unsafe,implicitly have their fears justified. The laws intrinsically conveyandandSo, ironically, these laws do not in any way encourage feelings of safety and security in fearful people. They entrench fear.And that makes the world a very dangerous place for the people they're afraid of. People like Trayvon Martin.Which is a goddamned punchline to George Zimmerman. | positive |
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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and he knows you’re a swing state. When political strategists convince the ultimate the ultimate outsider, with the world’s highest approval rating to run for the highest office in the land, all seems well. But the political process may be too much for old Saint Nick. Listen here.
Deck The Halls (With Matrimony)
A standalone feature-length audio rom-com about wedding planning, killer turkeys, bridezillas, misunderstandings and holiday romance. Listen here.
Aural Traditions: Frosted
There are two sides to every story. The tale of Frosty the Snowman, when told from the magician’s point of view, is very different. Listen here.
Our Fair City: Die Hartlife
Civilizations have always adapted the holiday traditions of past societies. So in a dystopian future, on Exclusion Day, a monolithic corporation has twisted one of our holiday classics to fit their own needs as they put on their annual Die Hard Pageant. Listen here.
Old Time Radio Christmas
If you’re looking for something a little more classic, there are all kinds of old timey specials for you to peruse! Superman! Dragnet! Sherlock Holmes! Blondie! Even radio adaptations of It’s A Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street! Listen here.
Wooden Overcoats fan-art by Hannah of yamiswift.tumblr.com
…and there’s more to come!
I reviewed some of my favorites above, but there are many more that will be launched this Christmas, by some of my favorite shows! Watch for Wooden Overcoats: Rudyard Ruins Christmas. Our Fair City: Exclusion Day Special. Return Home: Pa-Rum-Pum-Pum-Pum. And the Jim Robbie and the Wanderers Hannukah special, Lights a’ Plenty! Keep an eye out for them very soon!
A few audio drama Christmas episodes that are less stand-alone, and require a little binge-listening to get caught up: Hadron Holiday Special from Hadron Gospel Hour. Wait Wait Don’t Kill Me III from Secrets, Crimes and Audiotape. Deep Breaths from Wolf 359. They are all great, and worth a binge! Did I miss something? Please let me know! | positive |
NEW DELHI: India has rebuffed attempts by the US to raise security concerns over Gujarat CM Narendra Modi's rally in Mumbai on Sunday, saying that ensuring security was its responsibility and it was not for anyone else to determine where Indian political parties conduct their political activities.As India and the US seek to control the fallout from the Devyani Khobragade crisis , it is the issue of security which is proving to be the latest dampener. Despite India repeatedly asserting that security of no US installation in the country has been compromised after the recent removal of barricades, US authorities raised the issue again just ahead of the rally saying its consulate had been rendered vulnerable to possible attacks by people attending the rally. MMRDA Grounds , where Modi's rally was held, is in the same Bandra area where the US consulate is located. India conveyed to the US that expressing concern about a "legitimate political rally" by a mainstream party on the basis of "specious" security concerns was completely unacceptable. US ambassador Nancy Powell was also invited for the rally initially but the invitation was later withdrawn by BJP.Several layers of security were provided to the US consulate in Bandra and more security staff were deployed in the area. Officials though were stunned when US security concerns on Modi's rally were communicated as part of the need to tighten security.It is learnt that the US insisted before Indian authorities that people likely to attend the rally on Sunday could be a threat to the consulate and its officials. Indian officials maintained throughout that the security issue raised by the US was a red herring and that the real issue in the ongoing crisis was the humiliation of an Indian diplomat and the subsequent US action to "evacuate" the family of Sangeeta Richard to New York.India has maintained that while the removal of barricades will impact traffic movement, it will have no bearing on the security aspect and that India remained committed to Vienna conventions in this regard. The removal of barricades, it said, was a reciprocal measure and not a retaliation.As the two countries seek a way out of the Khobragade crisis, India is also going ahead with other reciprocal measures it took after the diplomat's humiliation. US consular officials in consulates in all parts of India are to submit their identity cards by Monday.India, it is understood, will insist that the new identity cards for consular officials and diplomats have the same language which the US has for Indian diplomats posted in consulates in the US, making it clear they will be liable to be arrested in case of contravention of Indian laws.It is interesting that the Americans are seeking more time, beyond the December 23 deadline, to submit details about embassy staff spouses teaching in the local American School. Indian officials believe it may be worth finding out if there are dependents of US officials who have the requisite work permits to work in India or are there any who may have fallen foul of Indian requirements. Further, issues of compliance with Indian tax requirements for dependents of non-diplomatic staff working in American schools may well come tumbling out of the closet.In fact, those accustomed to receiving Christmas and New Year gifts from the embassy and consulates may also have to wait a little longer. US containers containing these gifts have also been held up. | positive |
The Last Kingdom Season 5 Release Date, Cast, & Everything We Know So Far - World-Wire Home Conservative News Live News Events Videos & Documentaries News and Politics More Sports Health Science Business Education Top 10 Quotes Entertainment Social media Life Travel Fashion Festivals Food Celebs TV Serial Web Series Anime Brand Posts Tech Computer Mobile 🔴 WATCH LIVE 24×7- Mike Lindell Tv and Brannon Howse, Frankspeech Live TV 🔴 WATCH LIVE 24×7- Steve Bannon’s, War Room Pandemic 🔴 WATCH LIVE 24×7 Real America’s Voice – RAVTV Live Stream 🔴 WATCH LIVE 24×7- Go Victory America Live Home Conservative News Live News Events Videos & Documentaries News and Politics More Sports Health Science Business Education Top 10 Quotes Entertainment Social media Life Travel Fashion Festivals Food Celebs TV Serial Web Series Anime Brand Posts Tech Computer Mobile Entertainment - Web Series - The Last Kingdom Season 5 Release Date, Cast, & Everything We Know So Far The Last Kingdom Season 5 Release Date, Cast, & Everything We Know So Far June 25, 2020 Add Comment 4 Min Read The Last Kingdom Season 5 Release Date, Cast: The Last Kingdom is a Netflix original historical drama that gripped the audience with its last four seasons. The end of the previous season, kept the fans wanting for more. This story is about Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his adventures around Anglo-Saxon England. With the increasing excitement, today we will look at what the next season has in store. The Last Kingdom is based on a fictional drama of the Saxon stores by the author Bernard Cornwell. Initially, the series was co-produced by BBC and Netflix, but after the 3rd season, the entire production is handled by Netflix. Peaky Blinders Season 6 Contents 1 The Last Kingdom Season 5 1.1 The Last Kingdom Season 5 Release Date 1.2 The Last Kingdom Season 5 Spoilers 1.3 How many more seasons to expect from The Last Kingdom? The Last Kingdom Season 5 In an interview with the Radio Times, the executive producer Nigel Marchant said they would love to start producing the series for season 5. He said it on behalf of all the people that they enjoy sharing the story through the seasons, and they can’t wait to do more of it. To this speculation, the former showrunner Stephen Butchard said that he expects the production of the next season to resume slowly. The Last Kingdom Season 5 Release Date The production of The Last Kingdom is a very lengthy process, so it is said that the series will not make the screens until late 2021 or might make its appearance in early 2022. With the last season release, there was a gap of 18 months between season 3 and 4. And if we move according to the differences, then series should make an appearance in October 2021, but due to the COIVD-19 pandemic, the release and production have been delayed. The Last Kingdom Season 5 Spoilers We will see more of the Uhtred being torn between the sides of love and loyalty. In the previous seasons, we have seen him getting close to his children. We might also see him take revenge on his cousin for the death of his father, Beocca. There might also be a time skip in the next season like it was in the 4th, but not much of the appearances of the cast should change. Enemies from the North and south might also be a part of season 5. How many more seasons to expect from The Last Kingdom? With the number of books adding to the collection, we can expect more three seasons after the release of the 5th season of The Last Kingdom. We still have to wait for remarks to be made by the team on the further notice of the series production and release, but this is all that we know so far. If you enjoy watching fiction with a twist of history, then The Last kingdom is a good option for you to watch on Netflix. FacebookTweetPinLinkedIn Subscribe to Email Updates : Name * Email Address * Subscribe Please do not fill in this field. About the author View All Posts Shivani Borate I am shivani. I handle the entertainment section on world-wire.com. I have been a movie lover since my early days and now i am following my passion to write on world-wire.com Add Comment Click here to post a comment Cancel reply Comment Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Latest Articles Mandela Barnes Polls: Who’s ahead in the Wisconsin Senate Polls? North Carolina Senate Debate: Cheri Beasley vs Rep. Ted Budd Gavin Newsom Family: Everything you need know Redistricting Ohio – Everything You Should Know Mandela Barnes – Bio, Age, Wife, Net Worth, Father and Salary Popular Posts World-Wire provides quality information content for Conservatives, politics, current events and affairs from USA and around the globe. © World-Wire 2022 ® Important Links Terms Editorial Policy Privacy Policy Affiliate Disclosure Disclaimer Advertise here Contact Us About Us Sitemap Hide picture | negative |
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