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This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture. I am a Fellow with CAF.
The right's propaganda machine begins with a simple narrative, repeats it endlessly, and then ties current events to the narrative to drive the point home. The corporate/conservative right are currently working a narrative that public employees and their unions are the reason for state and local budget problems. This is repeated endlessly, and every current event that hits the news is then used to support the claim. This is how an untruth becomes "conventional wisdom."
Source Of Story: Three "Unidentified" Workers
Huge headline at the Drudge Report: NYC SNOW JOB: SLOW CLEAN-UP WAS UNION 'PROTEST' The headline links to a NY Post story, "Sanitation Department's slow snow cleanup was a budget protest." The source of the claim? Three "unidentified" plow workers.
Halloran said he met with three plow workers from the Sanitation Department -- and two Department of Transportation supervisors who were on loan -- at his office after he was flooded with irate calls from constituents.
The story claims the unions did this to protest budget cuts. Of course the obvious cause of the snow mess was that budget cuts caused the problem because there were not enough people employed to clear the snow.
"Noise Machine"
The way the right's "noise machine" works is that a story gets started somewhere and is amplified by the right-wing media machine that includes FOX, Limbaugh and scores more talk-radio hosts, blogs, newspapers and magazines. And in this case, of course the story is being spread by... FOX, Limbaugh and scores more talk-radio hosts, blogs, newspapers and magazines. The idea is to create enough "noise" that the mainstream press picks up the story.
Yesterday at FOX, the "rumor" (that no one had heard) was a headline story,
The chairman of the Municipal Labor Committee, Local 831, which represents men and women of the New York City Sanitation Department says there is no truth behind a rumor that his members worked slower during the blizzard of 2010.
Today the NY Post piles on with three "unidentified" workers saying the unions did it. The right's blogs and magazines of course amplified.
Strata-Sphere: "Union Protest Killed New Born Child":
That is called negligent homicide or manslaughter - and every union idiot who participated in that blizzard protest should be charged and locked away for as long as possible.
Gateway Pundit: "NY City Workers Planned Their Slow Response to Record Snowfall As a Protest to Budget Cuts"
National Review: "How Will Bloomberg Deal With a Union Snowplow Slowdown?"
The Noise Machine Drives It To The Mainstream
The "noise machine" is having success. Even though the entire story is based on three "unidentified" snow plow drivers, the story has been driven into the mainstream corporate media.
CBS News, Report: Disgruntled Workers Slowed NYC Cleanup. CBS News "reports" that there is a "report" that unions caused the problem. Does not work to verify the story, sends it out to the nation.
Getting To The Point: Cut Pay And Pensions
In "Ten Holiday Attacks On Public Employees," I warned,
If you haven't already noticed, there is a corporate/conservative campaign underway to convince the public that public employees are living high on the taxpayer's dime and should have their pay and pensions cut back. Even during the holidays this attack does not let up.
The blog Big Government takes the "unions caused the snow mess" story to the obvious point, that "lavish" public-employee pensions and benefits must be cut: "Union Snow Job Just Glimpse of Coming Blizzard":
With all the political payoffs, scandals, and bailouts, the issue seems as mundane as the figures are mind-boggling, but the bill for lavish public employee pay is coming due in the form of a pension tsunami -- or, if you prefer, a blizzard that will have union bosses calling for a bailout.
And, Business Insider, in, "Meet The Hundreds Of NYC Sanitation Workers Who Earn Over $100000," says:
There are also perks that come with the job. While delaying clean-up for the city, sanitation workers promptly plowed the street in front of Doherty's Staten Island home, according to the Daily News.
And to make the point as clear as possible, the Examiner's Beltway Confidential, "New York City streets unplowed, but at least sanitation workers retire well":
According to the Manhattan Institute's "See Through New York" database of 2009 pensions, nearly 180 retired employees make over $66,000 year -- in other words, over and above the maximum salary of currently working employees. In fact, 20 retirees make upwards of $90,000 in retirement, up to $132,360.
You will probably be hearing a lot more about this, maybe even Congressional hearings in January. All based on three "unidentified workers" who made the claim. This is how the right's "noise machine" diverts us from seeing and solving real problems and into voting against our interests.


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Filed under: Foreign Policy, Law, Military, National Security, Terrorism | Tags: Iran, Nuclear Disarmament, Protecting America, Russia
A full one-third of terrorist attacks in the United States since 9/11 have occurred in 2009, under Obama's watch. Just mentioning.
There is a segment of the population that believes that if people of good will would just sit down together and decide to end war, then we would have eternal peace. And so it is with violence, if we would just renounce violence, then no one would be violent anymore. They believe in community, and communes. We can all just live together in harmony, sharing the work and the rewards, sharing everything. That always works out well.
President Obama has a vision of a world without nuclear weapons. Apparently it has taken a year and 150 meetings to translate his vision into a policy prescription known as the Nuclear Posture Review. It took a while to wear down those within the administration who were opposed to actually disarming the United States.
President Obama feels quite comfortable criticizing our friends and telling them how to behave. Our enemies require coddling. A treaty seems to be the end game, although treaties are only words. James Carafano reminds us of some of the history of World War I.
That global conflict was billed as "the war to end all wars." The Versailles Treaty was meant to seal the deal. But its words couldn't stop the German military.
The treaty aimed to prevent Germany from producing cutting-edge weaponry. The Kaiser's U-boats, for example, had taken a dreadful toll during the war.
So the treaty forbid all future "construction and purchase of all underwater vessels, even for commercial purposes … in Germany." The Germans consequently used foreign dummy corporations to build and test their new and improved U-boat designs while Karl Doenitz developed the "wolf pack" tactics that would make Nazi submarines the scourge of the Atlantic during World War II.
The treaty also placed great restrictions on German air forces. It said nothing, however, about rockets or missiles. Wernher Von Braun brought that loophole to the attention of the German high command. In turn, it bankrolled development of the world's first military missile — the A4. During World War II, 3,000 of them rained down on Britain.
Measuring intentions is an important part of negotiating any treaty. Yet this basic tenet of foreign policy seems to elude our current administration. Case in point: the new arms control treaty the president plans to sign.
President Obama believes that reducing nuclear arms in concert with Moscow is the first step on the "road to zero." Unfortunately, the Russians don't.
Moscow sees its nuclear weapons as the cornerstone of its defense. Moreover, its unspoken threat of nuclear attack is central to the success of its foreign policy. Significantly diminishing those resources is the last thing Russia plans on doing.
Moscow does, however, want to see the U.S. nuclear deterrent reduced to an equal footing with its mediocre might. It also wants U.S. conventional strike capabilities and missile defense to be on the table.
The Ayatollahs in Tehran want nuclear weapons badly. They see them as giving Iran a pre-eminent place in the Middle East, and control of the region. The White House is still talking about sanctions, but they are too little and too late. The 'Green Movement's"efforts to discredit the regime deserved our support. The lessons that the Iranian regime has learned is that they can do whatever they want and we will not impose any price.
We now face what once we thought unthinkable, a nuclear armed Iran. A world much more dangerous and unstable. Ronald Reagan didn't have to threaten war, he only needed to fire the air traffic controllers. It is not the words of the fine speeches that influence our adversaries and competitors, but our actions and behavior. Obama doesn't come off as exactly a tower of strength.
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NREL Staff Recognized for Breakthrough Technologies
Research Fellows Mike Himmel and David Ginley honored for innovation impacts.
The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently recognized the professionals behind the lab's greatest innovations from the past year during its Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer Awards.
With more than 100 active licenses covering the spectrum of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies creating several hundred new research and development agreements with industry partners, the luncheon celebrated NREL's commercialization success and recognized the researchers and engineers who made it happen.
"As NREL sharpens its focus on energy systems integration, the individual successes are starting to meld into a greater, NREL-wide focus on comprehensive, industry-changing energy solutions," said Bill Farris, NREL's Associate Lab Director of Innovation, Partnering, and Outreach.
NREL added 29 new Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) in 2012, bringing its total to 184. CRADAs are one tool industry partners utilize when looking to license NREL technologies; for every dollar that the Energy Department invests in a CRADA, it attracts another $8 in private investment.
Himmel Named Distinguished Innovator
Research Fellow Mike Himmel, one of NREL's top inventors measured by number of patents generated and licenses executed, was honored with the Distinguished Innovator of the Year Award.
The Distinguished Innovator of the Year Award recognizes scientists who have shown leadership that has significantly impacted the commercialization of NREL technologies, demonstrated innovation productivity, and created impactful technologies.
Himmel is a biochemist whose work on cellulase greatly simplified and lowered the cost of converting biomass to fuel. A principal scientist in the Energy Sciences Center, he has more than 30 years of experience in conducting, supervising, and planning research in: protein biochemistry, recombinant technology, enzyme engineering, new micro-organism discovery, and physicochemistry of macromolecules. He also has contributed to more than 450 journal papers, books, patents, and copyrights.
Ginley Given Special Recognition Award
Research Fellow David Ginley received a Special Recognition Award for his innovations resulting in more than 10 NREL patents, six of which have already been licensed by outside companies. One of these patents, for the Preparation of a Semiconductor Thin Film, has been cited in another 45 patents. Over the span of his career, Ginley has more than 30 issued and pending U.S. patents and contributed to more than 360 publications in technical journals. His work covers a vast range of innovations, from batteries to electronics to photovoltaics, to flat panel displays.
Of the researchers being acknowledged, Farris said: "The people in this room are the tip of the spear. Their genius, innovation, and labor won't just change the way our nation thinks about energy – it will transform energy use on a global scale."
NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. NREL is operated for the Energy Department by The Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC.


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QUESTION: Does a strategy of evaluation and delayed primary closure (E/DPC) of dirty abdominal wounds decrease wound infection compared with primary closure (PC)?
Randomised {allocation concealed}*, unblinded, controlled trial with follow up at ≥1 month.
A university hospital and a trauma centre in Miami, Florida, USA.
51 patients ≥18 years of age who were admitted to the trauma/emergency surgery or colorectal services and had dirty abdominal wounds at the time of surgery. Dirty abdominal wounds were defined as involving pre-existing clinical infection, perforated viscera, or traumatic wounds with viscus injury more than 4 hours from the time of injury with retained devitalised tissue. 96% of patients (mean age 46 y, 76% men) were included in the final analysis.
Allocation was stratified by type of wound (appendectomy and other abdominal wounds). 26 patients were allocated to E/DPC for appropriate wounds. Wounds were packed with saline soaked gauze and were not manipulated until postoperative day 3, at which time the dressing was changed using sterile technique and the wound was assessed. If the wound showed no drainage, it was approximated the next day with adhesive strips; otherwise it was left open and dressings were changed twice daily. If a wound infection was suspected before postoperative day 3, the dressing was removed, the wound was assessed, and the dressing was repacked using sterile technique. 25 patients were allocated to PC, whereby wounds were closed with skin staples and subcutaneous tissues were not approximated.
Main outcome measure
Wound infection (observed purulent drainage).
Main results
14 patients in the E/DPC group had delayed closure, with 1 wound infection and 2 possible wound infections. 12 wounds were judged to be unsuitable for closure at postoperative day 3 and dressing changes were initiated per protocol. Fewer patients in the E/DPC group had wound infections compared with patients in the PC group (table⇓)
Among patients with dirty abdominal wounds, a strategy of evaluation and delayed primary closure reduced wound infections compared with a strategy of primary closure.
Although PC has been advocated to reduce costs,1 delayed primary closure (DPC) of wounds when infection seems probable is common practice. Several small trials, however, have reported no difference in infection rates between PC and DPC for appendicitis. Cohn et al, in a pragmatic approximation of clinical reality, evaluate the effect of E/DPC at 3 days after surgery in various dirty abdominal wounds, and report a significant reduction in wound infection rates in this interim analysis.
The difference in findings among trials may be explained by the use of different methodologies, such as the use of systemic antibiotic prophylaxis. Antibiotic prophylaxis is known at worst to reduce the risk of infection by one half in colorectal surgery.2 Unfortunately, Cohn et al did not compare the rates of all type antibiotic use between treatment and control groups. Given the efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis, it would be useful to include this prognostic factor in the final report to establish baseline equivalence.
A further limitation acknowledged by the authors is the absence of blinding, particularly of the outcome assessor. Coupled with the short duration of follow up for those wounds healing by secondary intention (ie, at 1 mo, not to complete healing), the absence of blinding could threaten the validity of the findings. Inadequate blinding tends to increase the estimated magnitude of treatment effect.3
Cohn et al present new information on the effect of E/DPC on postoperative infection. The final report may prove useful as nurses need to appreciate the surgical strategy of E/DPC, with the alternate possibility of healing by secondary intention, in order to support patients' own understanding. The strategy of DPC may also be ripe for a systematic review of trials.
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Source of funding: no external funding.
For correspondence: Dr S M Cohn, Divisions of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA. Fax +1 305 326 7065.


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Bob and Mary Lou Fuller, of Solon Township, live right in the midst of the area under construction on Northland Drive, just north of 16 Mile. As a result of the road being widened, a couple of their stately willow trees had to come down.
"Bob planted them so they were about 45 years old," Mary Lou told the Post.
The willows have not been the only casualties. The construction has also been rough on cars trying to get in and out.
After the heavy rain last Friday, the northern section of the road became like a bog, with at least seven cars getting stuck in the mud. At least one, and possibly more, had to be pulled out with a tow truck.
It's a good idea to avoid that stretch of Northland (from South Street to 16 Mile Road) unless you live in that area.


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The Kosher Scene Radio Show, this evening at 7:30pm (Eastern Time), will be transmitting live from Nargila Restaurant (1599 York Avenue – between E. 84 and E. 85th Street – New York 10021; Tel: 212.535.3700). With us we'll have: Alessandra Rovati from Dinner in Venice, Amy Chana from The Gluten Free Maven, Esti Berkowitz from Primetime Parenting, Kim Amzallag from Mishpacha Magazine, Marlene Mamiye from The Jewish Hostess and Suzanah Raff from The Kosher Shopaholic. Also with us, will be my dear friend Irving Schild, photographer extraordinaire, and possibly my coblogger SYR. We will talk with each of the mom-bloggers about the particular focus of their individual blogs, about the liberating effect of writing, the new contacts and interaction that have resulted, social media in general and – of course – food. We are all foodies, after all!
If you missed our last show on the Wednesday prior to Shavuos, you can hear the archived recording right here. Our guests included Moshe Vogel from Anderson International Foods in the first half hour and Kim Amzallag from Mishpacha/Kosher Inspired Magazine. In honor of Yom Yerushalayim we started the hour with the reading of a very short piece I wrote a few years back (which was reprinted on The Jerusalem Post and on Ynet.com). It was about the first Yom Yerushalayim – Jerusalem Day, commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem. I was there when the Old City – Ir Hatika became ours again…
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A couple weeks ago I mentioned on my Twitter page that I was competing with my neighbor in a cocktail pour-off. I couldn't share my recipe then, because spying eyes from across the lawn could not be trusted. Truth be told, I was in over my head on this one and needed any advantage I could get. In the end my neighbor Kathy won with her refreshing and seasonal "Dirty Ramp-tinis." She pickled the ramps, then poured ice cold gin over them and drizzled a bit of the pickling juice into the glass. They were simple perfection. I bowed my head to her after the first sip. My creations were dessert to her cocktail appetizers. I, of course, went for something with a bit of sweetness, but also tart and refreshing. I have been known to enjoy my sparkling beverages in the form of cava, prosecco and champagne; it was bound to be featured it in the glass. I had candied kumquats in my cupboard and lemongrass in my crisper drawer, so a citrus theme was born. I made a Meyer lemon and lemongrass sorbet to float in the champagne. I came in second (it was just the two of us competing), but I think I could have won against anything other than the "Dirty Ramp-tinis." I did get extra points for presentation; I used my grandmother's glasses and the drink really was lovely.
As I was enjoying my "Lemongrass Champagne Fizz Cocktail" I was already planning to make these same ingredients into a simple lemon champagne mint granita. Granita is like the rugged cousin of the sorbet. It has large crystals of flavored ice that require nothing but a basic freezer to make. It is perfect for those without an ice cream maker or those, like me, who just forgot to freeze the one I do own. It also doesn't require a precise recipe to freeze smooth, since part of its charm is the icy texture.
Lemongrass Champagne Fizz Cocktail
1 bottle of champagne, cava, prosecco or sparkling wine. (My local wine shop recommended Jaume Serra Cristalino $10 as a mid-priced cava that would complement the cocktail, but not compete and I wouldn't feel uneasy about putting sorbet in it. My point is, you don't want to use Cristal for this drink, unless you are J-Lo!)
1 tablespoon per glass of lemongrass simple syrup (see recipe below)
1 scoop per glass of lemongrass sorbet (recipe below)
Candied kumquats for garnish
Mint for garnish
Meyer lemon and lemongrass sorbet:
2 large stalks of lemongrass
2 cups sugar
2 cups water
3 Meyer lemons, zested and juiced
To make the sorbet:
With the back of a knife, hit the lemongrass to "bruise" it. This gets some of the juices flowing and it will have more flavor.
Cut it up into 1/4-inch slices.
In a sauce pot combine the sugar, water and cut lemongrass, cook until the sugar is completely disolved. Let the syrup sit until cool to allow the lemongrass to steep. The longer the simple syrup sits with the lemongrass, the more intense the flavor will be.
In a large bowl combine the Meyer lemon, zest, 1 cup of water and 1 cup of the lemongrass simple syrup. Read my no-fail Sorbet making tips to create the sorbet base. This will require you to add more water and simple syrup until you have reached just the right sugar levels. Once you have achieved this, freeze it in your ice cream maker as they instruct.
To make the Lemongrass Champagne Fizz Cocktail:
In your serving glasses put a candied kumquat, 1 tablespoon lemongrass simple syrup and a scoop of the sorbet. Pour Champagne over them and top with a sprig of mint.
Serve immediately.
Lemon Champagne Mint Granita
In a large bowl combine about 1/2 bottle of champagne, Meyer lemon juice, zest, 1 cup water and simple syrup to taste. Remember this is not an exact science, it should just taste great. Add about 10 whole mint leaves.
Place the bowl in the freezer and leave for about 1 hour.
Stir the mixture with a fork, breaking up the ice crystals that will have formed on the surface. Stick it back in the freezer for another 30 minutes.
Remove from the freezer and break up the large chunks of ice with the fork again. Repeat this ever 30 minutes until the mixture no longer has any liquid.
It will be light and fluffy ice crystals that melt in your mouth.
Spoon the mixture into glasses and serve immediately with fresh mint leaves. Enjoy!


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Air India plane crashes, 156 killed
MANGALORE, India -- An Air India Express plane trying to land Saturday at a tricky hilltop airport in southern India overshot the runway, crashed over a cliff and burst into flames with 166 people on board, officials said. Only eight survived.
MANGALORE, India -- An Air India Express plane trying to land Saturday at a tricky hilltop airport in southern India overshot the runway, crashed over a cliff and burst into flames with 166 people on board, officials said. Only eight survived.
Dense black smoke billowed from the wreckage of the flaming Boeing 737-800 aircraft in a hilly area with thick grass and trees just outside Mangalore's Bajpe airport.
Firefighters sprayed water and foam on the plane -- which was traveling from Dubai -- as others struggled to find survivors. An Associated Press photo showed two rescuers running up a hill carrying a young girl covered in foam to waiting medics. The child's fate was not immediately known.
The plane was carrying 160 passengers -- all Indian -- and six crew members, Air India official Anup Srivastava said. The British pilot and Indian co-pilot were among the dead.
Workers pulled scores of burned bodies from the blackened tangle of aircraft cables, twisted metal, charred trees and mud at the crash site. Many of the dead were strapped into their seats, their bodies burned beyond recognition.
Relatives of the victims, who had come to the airport to meet them, stood near the wreckage weeping.
"This is a major calamity," V.S. Acharya, home minister for the state of Karnataka, told CNN-IBN.
Ummer Farook Mohammed, a survivor who suffered burns on his face and hands, said it felt like a tire burst after the plane landed.
"There was a loud bang, and the plane caught fire," he said.
"The plane shook with vibrations and split into two," G.K. Pradeep, another survivor, told CNN-IBN television. He jumped out of the aircraft with four others into a pit, he said.
The plane had a small fire at first, but then a large explosion set off a bigger blaze, he said.
By Saturday afternoon, rescuers had pulled 146 bodies from the wreckage. Eight other passengers had been rescued and were being treated in local hospitals, the airline said.
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said that conversations with the cockpit and other records showed the flight was operating normally before the touchdown.
Air India runs cheap flights under the Air India Express banner to Dubai and other Middle Eastern destinations where millions of Indian expatriate workers are employed.
The crash was the deadliest in India since the November 1996 midair collision between a Saudi airliner and a Kazakh cargo plane near New Delhi that killed 349 people.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed condolences and promised compensation for the families of the victims. Boeing said it was sending a team to aid in the investigation.
The crash took place about 6 a.m. when the plane tried to land at Bajpe, about 19 miles (30 kilometers) outside of Mangalore, and overshot the runway, said Srivastava, the official with the financially struggling Indian ational carrier.
Scores of villagers scrambled over the hilly terrain to reach the wreckage, and began aiding in the rescue operation. Pre-monsoon rains over the past two days caused low visibility in the area, officials said.
Officials differed on whether it was raining at the time of the crash.
At Dubai International Airport, a special room was set up to assist relatives and friends of the passengers at Terminal 2, a hub for many budget and small airlines.
The Mangalore airport's location, on a plateau surrounded by hills, made it difficult for the firefighters to reach the scene of the crash, officials said. Aviation experts said Bajpe's "tabletop" runway, which ends in a valley, makes a bad crash inevitable when a plane does not stop in time.
"If the pilot overshoots the runway, the aircraft will be in trouble," said Asif, an aviation expert who uses one name.
Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said the plane's pilot, a British citizen, had more than 10,000 hours of flying experience, including 26 landings at Mangalore. The Indian co-pilot had more than 3,750 hours of experience and 66 landings at Mangalore, he said.
External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said the Mangalore runway had a reputation for being difficult.
"Our worst fears have come true," he told the Press Trust of India.
Accidents of this type, known as "runway excursions," are fairly common, though the majority end without injury or damage.
The International Civil Aviation Organization and pilots' groups have urged airports worldwide to construct 300 meter (yard)-long safety extensions at the end of each runway for extra protection.
Older airports in built-up areas or those in tight locations with little room for extensions are advised to install soft ground layers -- known as arrestor beds -- to slow planes, much as escape ramps on highways can stop trucks when their brakes fail.
The 8,000-foot (2,430-meter) Mangalore runway had a short spillover area of about 300 feet (90 meters) with a bed of sand designed to halt or slow a plane that overshoots, Patel said.
"Obviously, the aircraft was at a higher speed," he said.
More than 32,000 landings had been made on the runway since it opened in 2006, officials said.
The crash came as the national carrier tries to weather serious financial difficulties.
In February, the government approved a $173 million cash infusion for the airline, which has suffered decades of mismanagement and underinvestment.
Associated Press writers Ashok Sharma and Nirmala George in New Delhi, Sloboban Lekic in Brussels and Adam Schreck in Dubai contributed to this report.


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On March 20, 1954, Soichiro Honda addressed this letter to all employees of his motor company. In it, he announces his intention, for the first time, to go racing. It's a moment in time. It's history being made. It's the world changing. Totally and forever. It's also a call to action, asking his company to be inspired by his actions into elevating Japanese industry to new levels.
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Some five years have passed since the founding of our Honda Motor Co., and I never cease to rejoice that the efforts of all our employees have taken form in the achievement of our epoch-making advances.
Since I was a small child, one of my dreams has been to compete in motor vehicle races all over the World with a vehicle of my own making, and to win. However, before I can become victor over the whole world, I must first, of course, assure the security of the business, obtain precision machinery and equipment, and create superior designs. I have, therefore, been devoting myself entirely to these points, and working to present superior practical vehicles to our customers in this country. Consequently, I have not had any free time for turning my energy to motorcycle racing until today.
Now, however, reports on the recent international motorcycle race held in Sao Paulo have provided me with detailed information on the situation in the countries of Europe and America. I had thought that I was seeing the world with a fair degree of realism, without being caught up in fixed ideas, but now I realize that, after all, I have been blinded by my excessive feeling for Japan in its present situation. Even now, the world is advancing at tremendous speed. Conversely, however, as I have always felt, I am filled with an abundant, unshakable confidence that I can win. The fighting spirit that is my nature will no longer allow me to continue turning away.
Now that we are equipped with a production system in which I have absolute confidence, the time of opportunity has arrived. I have reached the firm decision to enter the TT races next year.
Never before has a Japanese entered this race with a motorcycle made in Japan. It goes without saying that the winner of this race will be known across the globe, but the same is also true for any vehicle that completes the entire race safely. It is said, therefore, that the fame of such an achievement will assure a certain volume of exports, and that is why every major manufacturer in Germany, England, Italy, and France is concentrating on preparations with all its might.
I will fabricate a 250cc (medium class) racer for this race, and as the representative of our Honda Motor Co., I will send it out into the spotlight of the world. I am confidend that this vehicle can reach speeds exceeding 180km/h. When this engine is completed on the basis of our company's creativity, it will be no exaggeration whatsoever to say that it will rank at the world's highest levels of engineering. Since the motorcycle, a shining star of modern heavy industry, is a comprehensive business, it will require the highest engineering level not only of the engine, but also of tires, chains, carburetors and other parts. To achieve this, it must be supported by meticulous attention to detail and unremitting effort.
I address all employees!
Let us bring together the full strength of Honda Motor Co. to win through to this glorious achievement. The future of Honda Motor Co. depends on this, and the burden rests on your shoulders. I want you to turn your surging enthusiasm to this task, endure every trial, and press through with all the minute demands of work and research, making this your own chosen path. The advances made by Honda Motor Co. are the growth you achieve as human beings, and your growth is what assures our Honda Motor Co. its future.
The scrupulous care that is required when tightening a single screw, and the commitment that refuses to waste a single sheet of paper: these are what will open the way before you, and prepare our route for Honda Motor Co. Fortunately, our outside contractors, our agents, and our banks have given us their generous cooperation. I'm, moreover, blessed with customers who join us as well to help concentrate our entire power on this point.
I see that Germany, though like us defeated in the war, has industries that are reviving, and feel more than ever that our Motor Co. must, above all, enter this race and complete it.
We must gauge the true worth of the Japanese machine industry to raise it to a point where we can display it proudly to the entire world. The mission of Honda Motor Co. is to enlighten Japanese industry.
With this, I announce my determination, and pledge you that I put my entire heart and soul, and turn all my creativity and skill to the task of entering TT Races and winning them.
This I affirm.
Soichiro Honda
President, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.


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6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. [Do not make the mistake of thinking you are spiritually minded unless the Lord has destroyed your carnal mind, freeing you from sin, and freeing you from walking according to the desires of your flesh and the thoughts of your mind. When you are walking with the Spirit supplying your thoughts, your words to speak, and your deeds to be performed — only then you are spiritually minded, possessing the mind of Christ as your guide. The life of spiritual mindedness is following the light of Christ as He guides you; the peace of spiritual mindedness is quietness of the mind with unquestionable assurance and confidence forever.]
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God. For it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be.3 [Since your mind cannot be subject to the Law of God, (the inner law on every man's heart), obviously your mind must be destroyed; bearing the cross destroys your carnal mind, which is then replaced by the mind of Christ. The cross is to man's carnal mind and man's will. From the Word of the Lord within: "That which lives in the enmity must be destroyed. We labor with a cursed mind. To make decisions is to live in your carnal mind. Those who follow their own brain will weep and mourn; there will be great pain. The mind is a terrible thing. You will receive a new heart and mind. Grow up into the mind of Christ, from which all good thoughts proceed." Until your carnal mind is destroyed, bear the daily cross, keep obeying all commands, and continue through life making the best decisions you know how.]
8 So then those who are in the flesh [living in their sinful nature] cannot please God. [Mark! If you are living for your lusts and pleasures, if you are walking by your carnal mind, if you are still without the continual guidance of God's Spirit, you are in the flesh. If you have not mortified the fleshly, sinful nature on the inward cross of self-denial, you are none of Christ's: Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh [the sinful nature] with its passions and desires [lusts and affections]. Gal 5:24.]
3 The carnal mind is enmity with God. For it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be. The carnal mind lusts for things, lusts for people, lives in pride, lies, seeks the honor of men instead of God — wanting to be its own God as Satan promised Adam and Eve. Since the carnal mind cannot be subject to the Law of God, (the inner law on every man's heart), obviously your mind must be destroyed; from the Word of the Lord within: "that which lives in the enmity must be destroyed." The cross is to man's will and his carnal mind, which must be denied and destroyed so that we do God's will instead, speaking only what He tells us to say, and working according to His orders. The carnal mind must be destroyed by the Spirit of God to be replaced by the mind of Christ. When the carnal mind dies, you are at rest and have peace.
To walk according to your own decisions is worse than worshipping stone or wooden idols:
Your fathers have forsaken me, says the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law. And you have done worse than your fathers; for behold, every one of you walks after the imagination of his evil heart, and therefore you do not listen to and obey me. Jer 16:11-12. From the Word of the Lord within: "Every man was his own king."
For the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. Gen 8:21.
I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts; Isa 65:2
"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8-9.
Therefore, this I say and testify in the Lord, that from this time forward you must not walk as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Eph 4:17
Let the ungodly forsake his way, and the unrighteous man [forsake] his thoughts; Isa 55:7
Everyone is ungodly and unrighteous until the Spirit has destroyed their sinful nature on the inward cross of self-denial, which destroys the selfish, vain, carnal mind with its thoughts. The basic operation of grace is teaching us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and how to live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world. Tit 2:11-12.
The thoughts of the unrighteous are detestable (foul, disgusting) to the LORD, but the words of the pure are pleasant words. Pro 15:26
No one is righteous before being purified, for we, through the Spirit, by faith, patiently wait for the hope of righteousness. Gal 5:5. We persistently and patiently wait in humble silence for the Spirit by grace to teach us how to live righteously, Tit 2:11-12, and for the Spirit to destroy our sinful nature, including our carnal mind.
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, and that they are vanity. Psa 94:11
let your 'yes' be 'yes,' and your 'no,' 'no;' for whatever is more than these comes from the evil one [the Spirit of Satan within you]. Mat 5:37.
Paul, addressing crucified believers, wrote: "Where in times past you walked according to the ways of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air [Satan],.. we also all had our conduct in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts of our mind." Eph 2:3.
Note! Until you have killed, (mortified), the sinful nature within you on the inward cross of self-denial, you are walking according to the ways of the world and Satan, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and the thoughts of your mind, both of which have to be destroyed by the Lord.
If you ever expect to do the will of God, you must let grace destroy your carnal mind, which is enmity with God. The carnal mind is the mind of the serpent, the mind of Satan. The God of Peace will soon come and bruise the head of Satan under your feet. Rom 16:20. Christ called the Pharisees: "you serpents, you generation of vipers," Mat 23:33; they were serpents because they were controlled by their carnal minds, which is enmity with God. (The serpent is another name for the devil or Satan.) But when Christ bruises your mind (the head of Satan) under your feet, he destroys the enmity that originated in the garden, when the serpent became man's god. Thus as Christ destroys the carnal mind and destroys the imagination, every thought becomes captive to the obedience of Christ, 2 Cor 10:5. By repentance on the inward cross of self-denial, through grace God gives us a new mind, heart, and spirit; he writes his law in our mind and hearts, Jer 31:33; so that we have the mind of Christ. 1 Cor 2:16; so that we no longer fulfill the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts of our mind. Eph 2:3.
From the Word of the Lord within:
- Your thoughts are not my thoughts.
- At best your thoughts are a vain hiss.
- Those who follow their own brain will weep and mourn; there will be great pain.
- The mind is a terrible thing.
- There is a blessing to make the cessation of the mind permanent.
- You must go on waiting, watching, and listening; then our hearts will be quiet by grace.
- We must grow in silence.
- We labor with a cursed mind for the carnal mind is neither subject to the law of God, nor can it be; that which lives in the enmity must be destroyed.
- You will receive a new heart and mind. Grow up into the mind of Christ, from which all good thoughts proceed.
- To know is not to think.
- All thoughts must be rejected.
- We do not sing from our carnal minds; there will be a group of purified believers singing of the blessing.
- That which lives in the enmity must be destroyed.
- To make decisions is to live in your carnal mind.
Casting down all our own decisions,
and every barrier that is raised up against the wisdom from God,
and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 2 Cor 10:5.
I once was very despondent over my carnal mind's evil, and asked the Lord why he had given us such a mind; the Lord's answer came back very quickly: "for survival until you find me." Until your carnal mind is destroyed, stay obedient to what you have been commanded, bear the daily cross making the best decisions you know how; and everything will go well.
George Fox writes of the carnal mind that must be destroyed by the grace of God:
That mind, which speaks of God, but does not live, nor dwell, nor abide in the fear of God, that mind must suffer, and pass under the judgment of God, for the curse of God is upon that mind; for that mind is earthly, and of the earth, upon which the curse of God is. And that mind may talk of God, and speak of God, but not in union with God, nor from enjoyment of God in the spirit, nor from having purchased the knowledge of him through death and sufferings [of self]; but from hearsay [or reading] of him, and from custom and tradition.
But the true fear of God destroys that mind, which speaks of him, but does not live in his fear; and that mind is raised up, which abides in his fear; and this is acceptable sacrifice, which is pure, clean, holy, and without spot. Then that which knows God, speaks of him, which has purchased the true knowledge of him through suffering; and to such there is no condemnation, but joy and peace. And this mind sings true praises to God, the other in hypocrisy; and therefore the woe is unto it. And this mind is stayed upon God, the other is gadding after the creatures, committing fornication with other lovers; and speaks of God, but is not subject to God, and must pass through condemnation.
More from Fox's Letter #19:
For whatever is seen with a carnal eye, is carnal. See, if you find something in your understandings made manifest, which is eternal, to guide your minds out of all external things, which wither away, and fade. For the cross is to the carnal mind; your carnal minds going into the carnal and earthly things, or your eyes and lusts into the earth, where lightness, rashness, crossness, bitterness, and presumption are. Then the tongue will run at random, and is at liberty; and he who does not have power over his own tongue, his religion is vain, and the light mind rules. But the light within, which convinces you, will show you, when the mind goes forth; and show you the daily cross, which is to crucify that carnal mind; for the carnal mind minds carnal things; and the cross is to the will of man, for it shall never enter [the kingdom]...,but the carnal mind is to be taken away, and destroyed.
God destroys the fleshly, carnal mind, giving the crucified believer a new mind and heart; and we have scriptures to support that very occurrence:
Cast away from you all your transgressions, by which you have transgressed; and get a new heart, a new mind, and a new spirit. For why will you die, O house of Israel? Eze 18:31
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts. Heb 8:10
And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God for they shall return to me with their whole heart. Jer 24:7
And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their children after them. Jer 32:39
Strip yourselves of your former nature that controlled your conduct, which corrupts itself through lusts and desires that spring from delusion;
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
And put on the newly created nature [of Christ], which is created in God's image of true righteousness and holiness. Eph 4:22-24
And do not be conformed to this world; but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God. For it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be. Rom 12:2,8:6-7
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus; Phil 2:5
For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Cor 2:16
So in humble silence we persistently and patiently wait on God, so that by his grace received, our evil mind is replaced by the mind of Christ.


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A bodacious Bois d' Arc
We're going to archives this week, returning to a fine fall day in 2009 near Greenwood, Arkansas. On that day, the paths of me and Gerald Ware crossed. The results of this fortuitous encounter were mutually beneficial.
Had either of us deviated from what we were doing that morning by more than a few minutes, we would probably have never met. Which would be a pity for me since I would have never seen his remarkable Bois d' Arc tree. Gerald sees it every day.
See the original story and more pictures of the remarkable tree in our original October 4, 2009 post, a guaranteed good read. See the start of the story on the Photo of the Week page at Corndancer dot-com,
Thanks for dropping by,
Joe Dempsey
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Marlins send Nolasco to Dodgers for three prospects
Miami acquires trio of Minor League arms as righty returns to native SoCal
ST. LOUIS -- Ricky Nolasco, the Marlins' franchise leader in victories, will be returning to his home in Southern California.
The Marlins traded Nolasco to the Dodgers on Saturday for three Minor League pitching prospects. The Dodgers also acquired international signing bonus slot No. 96 valued at $197,000 from the Marlins as part of the deal.
Trade talks accelerated on Saturday afternoon, gaining steam following Miami's 5-4 loss to the Cardinals at Busch Stadium.
A Southern California native, Nolasco will be a free agent after the season. The right-hander has been the subject of trade rumors for weeks. In fact, the Dodgers and Giants had offers on the table in recent days.
Two of the pitchers going to Miami are right-handed relievers Steve Ames and Josh Wall. The third is Angel Sanchez, the Dodgers' eighth-rated prospect according to MLB.com. Sanchez, 23, is a starter with a 95 mph fastball, and he's considered the centerpiece of the deal for the Marlins.
Nolasco is completing a three-year, $26.5 million contract. He is making $11.5 million this season. The Dodgers are picking up all of what's left of his nearly $5.7 million.
"I'm definitely excited," Nolasco told MLB.com. "It's L.A., the team that I grew up going to the games as a kid and stuff. It's kind of surreal now, until I'm actually there. It will take time to sink in, but I'm definitely excited. My whole family couldn't be happier. I'll try to blend in as quickly as I can."
On a last-place Miami team, Nolasco has pitched better than his 5-8 record. But he also didn't figure into the team's future, which made him a viable trade candidate.
The 30-year-old right-hander has a 3.85 ERA, and he's struck out 90 while walking just 25 in 112 1/3 innings.
Nolasco improved his stock in his last outing, a victory in rainy conditions at Atlanta on Wednesday. In seven innings, he gave up two runs on six hits. And with seven strikeouts, he became the first Marlins pitcher to reach 1,000 in that category. He finishes his Miami career with 1,001.
The Marlins acquired Nolasco from the Cubs at the 2005 Winter Meetings.
Like now, the Marlins then were going through a transition period. Nolasco was a highly touted prospect in the Cubs' system. He was dealt to Miami along with Sergio Mitre and Renyel Pinto for Juan Pierre.
Nolasco thanked the Marlins for giving him his first big league shot, including team owner Jeffrey Loria, team president David Samson, president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest and general manager Michael Hill. He also expressed his gratitude to manager Mike Redmond, pitching coach Chuck Hernandez, the rest of the staff and his teammates.
"I definitely want to say thank you to the whole Marlins organization, from top to bottom," Nolasco said. "These last eight years I will obviously never forget. They've been great, although we didn't go to the playoffs any of the years I was there. I am really glad to have been part of that organization."
In his eighth season, Nolasco has established a number of Marlins records, including wins (81), games started (197), innings pitched (1,225 2/3) and strikeouts (1,001).
"Ricky has been terrific," Beinfest said. "Not only the last couple of weeks, which have been difficult with all the rumors. I think he realized that a trade was inevitable. But you still have to deal with these things. To Ricky's credit, he did a great job."
Nolasco was scheduled to make his next start on Monday at home against the Braves, but now the Marlins will be inserting Kevin Slowey in that slot through the All-Star break.
"He's our all-time wins leader, and we appreciate everything he has done," Beinfest said. "He is a Dodger now. We made the decision some time ago that we were not going to offer him an extension. We have a stable of young pitchers here we were going to carry forward with, and Ricky was not part of the plans."
The Marlins have a number of young starters in their Minor League system that they anticipate seeing in the second half, making Nolasco expendable.
"Where we are with our young pitchers, as a young team, and where we are in the standings, that it made sense for Ricky to move on," Beinfest said.
Beinfest added the Marlins are fielding calls on a number of their players, but they aren't necessarily looking to move major parts.
From the start of Spring Training, it was evident Nolasco was a candidate to be traded by the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline.
The Marlins are looking to stockpile as many young pitchers as possible.
Sanchez was signed out the Dominican Republic in 2010. He was 2-7 with a 4.88 ERA at Class A Great Lakes and was recently promoted to Class A Advanced Rancho Cucamonga, where he has no record and a 3.00 ERA in two appearances.
Wall is a 26-year-old who has made six relief appearances for the Dodgers this year, throwing seven innings and giving up 14 runs. He has spent most of the season at Triple-A Albuquerque, where he has appeared in 25 games and has a 5.60 ERA in 27 1/3 innings, with 25 strikeouts.
Ames, 25, has appeared in 30 games for Albuquerque, with a 2-2 record and a 3.67 ERA. He's thrown 34 1/3 innings, and has 29 strikeouts.
Sanchez will be assigned to Class A Advanced Jupiter and Wall and Ames will head to Triple-A New Orleans.


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Core Security Technologies Advisory - A vulnerability was found in CitectSCADA that could allow a remote un-authenticated attacker to force an abnormal termination of the vulnerable software (Denial of Service) or to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems to gain complete control of the software. To accomplish such goal the would-be attacker must be able to connect to the vulnerable service on a TCP high-port.
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~ Core Security Technologies - CoreLabs Advisory
~ http://www.coresecurity.com/corelabs/
~ CitectSCADA ODBC service vulnerability
*Advisory Information*
Title: CitectSCADA ODBC service vulnerability
Advisory ID: CORE-2008-0125
Advisory URL: http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2186
Date published: 2008-06-11
Date of last update: 2008-06-10
Vendors contacted: Citect
Release mode: Coordinated release
*Vulnerability Information*
Class: Buffer overflow
Remotely Exploitable: Yes
Locally Exploitable: Yes
Bugtraq ID: 29634
CVE Name: CVE-2008-2639
*Vulnerability Description*
Citect is a supplier of industrial automation software with headquarters
in Australia and over 20 offices in Oceania, South East Asia, China,
Japan, the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Citect's
products are distributed in over 80 countries through a network of more
than 500 partners. According to Citect's website [1] the company, a
fully owned subsidiary of Schneider Electric, has more than 150,000
licenses of its software sold to date. Citect's products are used by
organizations worldwide in numerous industries including Aerospace &
Defense, Oil & Gas, Power/Utilities, Chemical, Pharmaceutical,
Manufacturing and others.
CitectSCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) is a system with
the primary function of collecting data and providing an interface to
control equipment such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Remote
Terminal Units (RTUs) etc. with an integrated Human Machine Interface
(HMI) / SCADA solution to deliver a scalable and reliable control and
monitoring system. The system is composed by software installed on
standard computer equipment running on commercial-of-the-shelf Microsoft
Windows operating systems.
A vulnerability was found in CitectSCADA that could allow a remote
un-authenticated attacker to force an abnormal termination of the
vulnerable software (Denial of Service) or to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable systems to gain complete control of the software. To
accomplish such goal the would-be attacker must be able to connect to
the vulnerable service on a TCP high-port.
*Vulnerable Packages*
. CitectSCADA v6
. CitectSCADA v7
. CitectFacilities v7
*Non-vulnerable Packages*
. Contact the vendor for fixed versions of the product.
*Vendor Information, Solutions and Workarounds*
In general process control networks should be physically isolated from
corporate or other publicly accessible data networks as such an isolated
network will limit the exposure of systems with network facing
vulnerabilities only to accidental disruption or potentially malicious
users or systems within the process control network itself.
However, if physical isolation of the process control network is not
feasible it is strongly recommended to enforce and monitor strict
network access control mechanisms to verify that only the absolute
minimal required set of systems from both within and outside the process
control network are allowed to connect to any systems within the process
control network. In this particular case, access control mechanisms on
both end-systems and network boundary devices such as firewalls and
IPSes must ensure that only hardened and trusted systems from that
minimal set can connect to systems in the process control network
running potentially vulnerable software. Nonetheless systems on that
minimal set must still be considered potential attack vectors into the
process control network and should they become compromised, providers of
transitive trust from the process control network to external untrusted
Besides the recommendation of a secure network architecture with strict
network access control measures, OS hardening and other sound system
administration practices a specific workaround for the vulnerability
reported in this advisory is provided below.
The vulnerability is located in the ODBC server service, vulnerable
organizations that do not require ODBC connectivity may disable the
service with no adverse effects to the CitectSCADA software.
Installations that require ODBC connectivity to SQL databases,
spreadsheets, etc. will suffer loss of connection with ODBC data sources
if this workaround is applied. Vulnerable organizations should obtain
positive verification that ODBC connectivity is not necessary in their
installation and prepare appropriate contingency procedures before the
workaround is applied.
Vendor statement:
CitectSCADA is not designed to be accessible on public networks and
recommends that the SCADA and control networks be protected by firewall
or similar on live sites.
The system must be network hardened regardless of the corrupt packet
software change to ensure a secure system given the likelihood that on
the same network are open industry standard protocol devices perhaps
communicating via ethernet.
Please follow this link on Citect website under "Industries and
Solutions" for security, that provides some information for customers
interested in securing their SCADA systems:
This vulnerability was discovered and researched by Sebastian Muñiz from
the Core IMPACT Exploit Writers Team (EWT) at Core Security
Technologies. Exploitation was further investigated by Nicolas Economou
also from the Core IMPACT Exploit Writers Team (EWT).
Core would also like to thank Paul Fahey of AusCERT, Gaston Franco and
Patricia Prandini of ArCERT and Art Manion and Chris Taschner of CERT/CC
for their assistance during the vulnerability reporting process.
*Technical Description / Proof of Concept Code*
The CitectSCADA and CitectFacilities applications include ODBC server
capabilities to provide remote SQL access to a relational database. The
ODBC Server component listens on port 20222/tcp by default to service
requests from clients on TCP/IP networks. The application layer protocol
used over TCP reads an initial packet of 4 bytes that specifies the
length of data that follows in the next packet. A second packet of that
length with a 5-byte fixed header is then read from the same TCP socket.
Once this second packet is read from the network into a buffer, the data
it is then copied to an internal buffer of fixed size allocated in the
Due to a lack of a proper length checking of the read data, a memory
copy operation that uses as destination a buffer of fixed size allocated
in the stack can be overflowed allowing an un-authenticated attacker to
execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems.
This bug is a textbook example of a classic stack-based buffer overflow
that can be exploited by overwriting the return address of the currently
running thread. The following binary excerpt shows the nature of the
~ .text:0051BC33 loc_51BC33:
~ .text:0051BC33 lea ecx, [ebp+pDestBuffer]
~ .text:0051BC39 push ecx ; stack based buffer
~ .text:0051BC3A mov edx, [ebp+arg_0]
~ .text:0051BC3D push edx ; class that contains packet
~ .text:0051BC3E call sub_52125A ; memcpy
- -----------/
*Report Timeline*
. 2008-01-30:
Initial contact mail sent by Core to Citect's support team.
. 2008-01-30:
Additional mail sent to Citect support team asking for a software
security contact at Citect.
. 2008-01-30:
Email from Citect's support team acknowledging notification and
requesting information in plaintext.
. 2008-02-06:
Core sends the draft advisory, including proof of concept code to
demonstrate the vulnerability.
. 2008-02-28:
Core requests a response from the vendor and asks for the vendor's plan
to release fixes to vulnerable products.
. 2008-03-06:
Email from the vendor's technical architect confirms reception of the
report and indicating that there are not concerns around publication of
a security advisory disclosing the vulnerability. The vendor asks for a
phone conference to ensure that both Core and Citect have a common
understanding of the issue and expresses the possibility of adding
additional information to the advisory. The vendor also states that it
will formulate a plan for handling this issue.
. 2008-03-12:
Core asks to continue the discussion concerning the vulnerability by
mail so as to have all the involved parties informed simultaneously and
all communications documented. Core requests confirmation that the
vendor has been able to reproduce the vulnerability and requests details
concerning the plan to release fixes and asks for the additional
information that the vendor would like to include in the advisory (in
the "vendor information" section). Core reminds the vendor that the
original publication date of the advisory was February 25th and states
that the publication of the advisory is now re-scheduled to March 24th
because fixed versions were not available at the date initially scheduled.
. 2008-03-25:
Vendor confirms that it reproduced and identified the vulnerability and
indicates that the official stance is that CitectSCADA is not designed
to be accessible on public networks and recommends that SCADA and
control networks are protected by firewalls and other security measures
on live sites. The vendor also states that it has no immediate plans to
support CitectSCADA on public networks but is investigating the
possibility of having a security audit of the product.
. 2008-03-25:
Core notifies the vendor the intention to release the advisory on March
26th given that the vendor has no immediate plans for fixing the
. 2008-03-26:
Core consults under NDA with a process control security expert to obtain
a better understanding of the scope and impact of the vulnerability. The
specific technical details about the vulnerability are not disclosed,
only the general type of bug and the specific TCP port on which the
vulnerable service listens are discussed.
. 2008-04-02:
Core revisits its current plan to disclose the vulnerability and decides
to get Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) involved in the
process. Core notifies the vendor that it will postpone the publication
of the advisory, and that it will contact the Computer Emergency
Response Teams (CERTs) of countries were Core has physical offices
(Argentina and USA) and the country were Citect has its headquarters
(Australia). Core will then determine the contents and date of
publication for the security advisory based on further communication
with the vendor and CERTs and more precise details that the vendor may
provide regarding availability of fixes.
. 2008-04-02:
Core notifies the vendor that it will contact the CERTs of Australia,
USA and Argentina. Core reminds the vendor that the vulnerability
reported is a classic example of a stack-based buffer overflow bug
trivial to exploit in present times and that although the previous email
from the vendor provided a vague statement indicating that "the scenario
is under consideration for the next release", to date there has not been
any concrete details about development and release of fixes or a firm
commitment to any specific date to release them.
. 2008-04-08:
Core sends an initial notification to AusCERT, CERT/CC and ArCert
including a draft advisory describing the bug and the vendor's contact
information, requesting an acknowledgement within 2 working days.
. 2008-04-08:
AusCERT acknowledges reception of the advisory
. 2008-04-09:
ArCERT acknowledges reception of the advisory
. 2008-04-10:
CERT/CC acknowledges reception of the advisory on a phone call
. 2008-04-10:
AusCERT notifies Core that so far it has not been able to contact the
vendor and asks for approval to disseminate the information to the
Australian government and other national and international entities
overlooking national infrastructure security. AusCERT also asks if CORE
intends to publish the advisory and if so requests some time to be able
to notify affected organizations. Meanwhile AusCERT indicates that it
will continue to try to work with the vendor.
. 2008-04-10:
Core responds that it has no problems with AusCERT notifying other
parties that may be able to better prepare risk mitigation procedures
and/or work more closely with the vendor towards development and release
of a fix. However, Core asks to keep the dissemination of the
information to a minimum in order to avoid a potential leak. Core
indicates that it has asked the vendor to provide concrete details about
how and when it plans to address the issue and that based on the
response to that question it will determine a publication date for the
security advisory. Lacking a response from the vendor, Core will
determine the publication date based on the feedback received from the
CERTs and the progress of their preparations to address the report.
. 2008-04-10:
AusCERT asks if it is ok to contact other CERTs and international
government communities to make them aware of the issue and to ensure
everyone is prepared when the report is published.
. 2008-04-10:
Core response indicating that it is ok to contact any organization that
AusCERT deems relevant for the stated purpose
. 2008-04-10:
ArCert reports that it will start gathering information about
appropriate organizations in Argentina to report the problem and start
contacting them.
. 2008-04-11:
CERT/CC reports that US-CERT has been made aware of the issue and will
be kept updated going forward. If AusCERT is already in contact with the
vendor CERT/CC will standby and follow AusCERT's lead.
. 2008-04-14:
AusCERT reports that after several communication attempts the vendor
said that it will address the issue in the next release of the product
(by mid-year) and release a patch in a couple of months. However, the
information is not to be considered an official statement and there is
no official indication of a plan to provide immediate resolution.
. 2008-04-14:
CERT/CC asks if Core will publish the advisory before mid-year and
states concerns about the potential time elapsed between advisory
publication and release of the fix. CERT/CC will likely put out
information soon after Core does and expresses its interest to receive
more information from the vendor regarding their response plan.
. 2008-04-14:
AusCERT notes that Core has given the CERTs the time to notify possibly
affected organizations before the report is published and requests any
specific questions to be asked to the vendor.
. 2008-04-14:
Core states that it is entirely possible to re-visit the publication
date of the report (which has been done twice so far) but to do so Core
requires concrete details and a committed date for the release of a fix
noting that it wasn't until AusCERT's email from April 14th that the
possibility that the vendor would release of a patch seemed realistic.
Core is willing to postpone publication of the report provided that the
vendor commits to release a fix no later than June 30th (the upper bound
to the promised mid-year deadline indicated by the vendor). Core also
reminds the CERTs that its intent in notifying them of the bug was to
help to coordinate a way to address the bug should an official patch or
fix is not made available by the vendor.
. 2008-04-24:
Core sends an email to the 3 CERTs requesting a status update and any
further details about the availability of fixes. Core would like to set
a final date for the publication of its report.
. 2008-04-28:
AusCERT indicates that after several calls and messages, the vendor has
stated that it does not publish specific release schedules for updates
and does not indicate what will or will not be their contents and that
once a release is finalized all relevant materials are updated to
reflect that fact. AusCERT asks about Core's plans regarding the issue.
. 2008-04-28:
CERT/CC suggests that in light of the vendor statement one last effort
should be attempted, setting a date for publication one or two weeks
into the future and presenting the final drafts of the report to the vendor.
. 2008-04-28:
Core sets the advisory publication date to May 12th and indicates to the
three CERTs that the date is considered final unless concrete details
about a patch release schedule are communicated no later than May 8th.
The vendor has already been sent drafts of the advisory, the last one
sent on March 25th, and Core has little confidence that the current
status process will change in a positive manner. Core will consider the
time up to May 12th as a period to finalize the preparation of guidance
documents about how to deal with the issue without an official fix
available. Should such a document be provided, Core is willing and open
to include its recommendations in the security advisory.
. 2008-05-06:
Core informs the CERTs that it is still editing its security advisory
and that once the final draft is ready it will be sent for review to the
vendor and the CERTs before it is published. Core informs that it will
also issue a press release disclosing the issue and invites spokesmen
from any of the CERTs to participate with a quote should they want to do so.
. 2008-05-08:
CERT/CC acknowledges Core's email and thanks for the update indicating
that it will not participate in a press release.
. 2008-05-14:
Core sends its final draft of the security advisory to Citect and the 3
CERTs indicating that the publication date is set to May 19th, 2008 at
approximately 3pm UTC. Should the vendor or the CERTS have any official
comments or statements or workarounds that they would like to be
included in Core's advisory they must be provided them by email no later
than Friday May 16th 2008 at 9pm (UTC).
. 2008-05-15:
Email from the vendor indicating the Citect has allocated resources to
address the issue and is pleased to advise that a patch will be
available by the end of May. The vendor assumes that publication of the
advisory will be postponed given Core's previous email from April 14th
stating that it is willing to review the publication date if the vendor
commits to releasing a fix no later than June 30th.
. 2008-05-16:
Email from CERT/CC asking about Core's plan to publish the advisory and
stating that CERT/CC is inclined to hold off publication for a couple of
weeks provided that Core does the same. JPCERT has been informed of the
vulnerability to prepare for the upcoming disclosure.
. 2008-05-16:
Core sends email to Citect and the three CERTs stating that publication
of the advisory has been re-scheduled to June 2nd 2008 and reiterating
that should the vendor want to include additional information or
specific pointers to the patch it should be provided at least a day in
. 2008-05-28:
Core sends a follow up to the email sent on May 16th requesting
confirmation that Citect is on track to release fixes for the
vulnerability. Core had re-scheduled publication of the security
advisory to June 2nd, 2008 (next Monday) and wants to confirm that
software fixes will be ready to roll out and to provide the opportunity
to include in the advisory any official guidelines on how to obtain them
and/or any alternative workarounds to the problem. Specific questions
about the potential workaround of disabling the vulnerable service are
sent to the vendor as well as a request to provide a list of both
vulnerable and not vulnerable packages. This information should be
received no later than Friday June 30th, 2008 at 1pm UTC.
. 2008-06-01:
Email received from the vendor stating: "The fix is on track and is
currently in code review and testing stage. We will advise when and how
the patch will be released".
. 2008-06-01:
Core asks if the vendor has a concrete estimated date for the patch
release. It is noted that publication of the security advisory was
re-scheduled to June 2nd, 2008 on the basis of the vendor's commitment
to release fixes "by the end of May" as indicated in the vendor's email
from May 15th 2008. May is already past and Core still has no concrete
details about when and how the fixes will be available. Core also notes
that the previous email from May 28th 2008 had specific questions that
may help craft guidance and recommendations for vulnerable organizations
to mitigate risk due to the vendor's software security exposure and asks
if the vendor is able to provide answers to those specific inquires.
Core also states that it would like to discuss with the CERTs any
specific details and information about their plans to address this issue
in the upcoming week. In the absence of concrete fix details and
workarounds from the vendor Core would like to coordinate with CERTs the
dissemination of information to help reduce risk to vulnerable
organizations worldwide.
. 2008-06-01:
AusCERT indicates that it's ready for the publication and that it will
publish its own report after Core has done so.
. 2008-06-04:
Email from CERT/CC asking for a status update from Core and noting that
neither the vendor patches nor Core's advisory have been published by
June 2nd as planned. CERT/CC is ready to publish information about the
issue and is willing to do so on Core's timetable.
. 2008-06-04:
Citect informs that the patch for the reported issue has been completed
at the code level and is being QA tested. The timing of software
releases is a company commercial decision, and no guarantee of delivery
dates is given. However, the vendor anticipates the patch will be
published on its website in the next day or so, assuming QA approval is
given. The vendor informs that the suggested workaround of disabling
the ODBC server is viable for users that do not need this functionality
(most users of CitectSCADA) and would not affect the operation of the
software in any other way.
The vendor states that "Although this patch will be made available to
our supported customers, Citect maintains the stated stance that under
NO circumstances should any SCADA/PLC/DCS/RTU/Process Control network
should ever be exposed unprotected to the internet. The network should
either be securely firewalled or better still isolated, or otherwise
protected using approved IT security methodology. Citect has previously
published security recommendations in a whitepaper located on our
website at
"SECURING AN INTEGRATED SCADA SYSTEM - Network Security & SCADA Systems
Whitepaper". The vendor also indicates that "copies of the security
alert report appear to have been circulated before the advised date of
publication, contrary to the undertaking given to Citect."
. 2008-06-04:
Core's email to Citect, AusCERT, CERT/CC and ArCert informing them that
publication of the security advisory has now been re-scheduled to June
11th 2008. The date is final. The advisory will include references to
the vendor's security recommendations and white paper as well as the
proposed workaround. Core also indicates that to date the company has
not published any report about the issue and has no indication of any
such reports circulating "in the wild" but cannot discard that as a
possibility given that the vendor's lack of proper secure communications
procedures forced all the involved parties to communicate without any
form of email encryption and that those communications have occurred
over a public network such as the Internet for a period of over 4 months.
. 2008-06-04:
Email from CERT/CC indicating that it will too publish a report on June
11th also noting the importance of sound system administration practices
such as disabling unneeded features and a secure network architecture.
CERT/CC agrees on the need of isolated or otherwise secured process
control networks but indicates that in practice that is not always the
case. Further information about any potential information leak is requested.
. 2008-06-10:
Final draft of the advisory sent to Citect and CERTs, asking for
confirmation that patches are now available.
. 2008-06-10:
Citect confirms that patches are available to customers upon request and
reiterates that the vendor's official stance is that the control network
must be secured, and customers requesting the patch will be offered
advice and links on how to do this.
. 2008-06-10:
CERT/CC asks for any official guidance or wording that could be used in
documents to direct readers appropriately. For example, an URL to a
support/contact web site, or a case number.
. 2008-06-11:
Security advisory CORE-2008-0125 published.
[1] Citect Corporate Profile
*About CoreLabs*
CoreLabs, the research center of Core Security Technologies, is charged
with anticipating the future needs and requirements for information
security technologies. We conduct our research in several important
areas of computer security including system vulnerabilities, cyber
attack planning and simulation, source code auditing, and cryptography.
Our results include problem formalization, identification of
vulnerabilities, novel solutions and prototypes for new technologies.
CoreLabs regularly publishes security advisories, technical papers,
project information and shared software tools for public use at:
*About Core Security Technologies*
Core Security Technologies develops strategic solutions that help
security-conscious organizations worldwide develop and maintain a
proactive process for securing their networks. The company's flagship
product, CORE IMPACT, is the most comprehensive product for performing
enterprise security assurance testing. CORE IMPACT evaluates network,
endpoint and end-user vulnerabilities and identifies what resources are
exposed. It enables organizations to determine if current security
investments are detecting and preventing attacks. Core augments its
leading technology solution with world-class security consulting
services, including penetration testing and software security auditing.
Based in Boston, MA and Buenos Aires, Argentina, Core Security
Technologies can be reached at 617-399-6980 or on the Web at
The contents of this advisory are copyright (c) 2008 Core Security
Technologies and (c) 2008 CoreLabs, and may be distributed freely
provided that no fee is charged for this distribution and proper credit
is given.
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Technologies advisories team, which is available for download at
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