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People openly gush about the Golden Globes. They flagrantly worship at the altar of the Oscars.
But they secretly LOVE the Razzies.
The "Golden Raspberry Awards" are an annual tribute to cinema's best of the worst (started in 1981 by publicist John J.B. Wilson) and they have become the award show guilty pleasure to top them all. Some nominees have even attended to accept their dishonor in person (most notably, Halle Berry, who bravely took it on the chin over "Catwoman") - a move that never fails to score points with haters.
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So which movies and actors are headed towards a public pantsing? Well, the inexplicably popular "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" and M. Night Shyamalan's disastrous "The Last Airbender" lead the way with nine nominations each (but, c'mon Razzies - isn't the sub-Scary Movie parody "Vampires Suck" too easy a target?). Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler are called out for being among the worst onscreen couples, Jessica Alba may be the first actress to be nominated for Worst Supporting Actress in four different films, and a special 2010 category roasts the most "Eye-Gouging Mis-Use of 3D."
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Taylor Lautner ("The Twilight Saga: Eclipse")
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Temporal range: Early Miocene–Recent
|Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
|Scientific classification
Gill, 1872
Gray, 1821
Several; see text
The opossums, also known by their scientific name Didelphimorphia ), make up the largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, including 103 or more species in 19 genera. Of South American ancestry, they entered North America following the connection of the two continents. Their unspecialized biology, flexible diet, and reproductive habits make them successful colonizers and survivors in diverse locations and conditions.
- Etymology 1
Characteristics 2
- Reproduction and life cycle 2.1
- Behavior 2.2
- Biochemistry 2.3
- Habitat 3
- In hunting and foodways 4
- Classification 5
- References 6
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The word "opossum" is borrowed from the Virginia Algonquian (Powhatan) language, and was first recorded between 1607 and 1611 by the Jamestown colonists John Smith (as "opassom") and William Strachey (as "aposoum").[3] The word ultimately derives from the Proto-Algonquian word *wa˙p- aʔθemw, meaning "white dog" or "white beast/animal".
They are also commonly called possums, particularly in the Southern United States and Midwest. However, the term "possum" was borrowed into use to describe distantly related Australian marsupials (specifically those of the suborder Phalangeriformes) when Australia became known to Europeans.[4]
Didelphimorphs are small to medium-sized marsupials, ranging in size from a large house cat to a small mouse. They tend to be semi-arboreal omnivores, although there are many exceptions. Most members of this taxon have long snouts, a narrow braincase, and a prominent sagittal crest. The dental formula is: 126.96.36.199.1.3.4. By mammalian standards, this is an unusually full jaw. The incisors are very small, the canines large, and the molars are tricuspid.
Didelphimorphs have a plantigrade stance (feet flat on the ground) and the hind feet have an opposable digit with no claw. Like some New World monkeys, opossums have prehensile tails. Like all marsupials, the fur consists of awn hair only, and the females have a pouch. The tail and parts of the feet bear scutes. The stomach is simple, with a small cecum. Notably, the male opossum has a forked penis bearing twin glandes.[5]
Opossums have a remarkably robust immune system, and show partial or total immunity to the venom of rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, and other pit vipers.[6][7] Opossums are about eight times less likely to carry rabies than wild dogs, and about one in eight hundred opossums is infected with this virus.[8]
Although all living opossums are essentially opportunistic omnivores, different species vary in the amount of meat and vegetation they include in their diet. Members of the Caluromyinae are essentially frugivorous; whereas the lutrine opossum and Patagonian opossum primarily feed on other animals.[9] The yapok (Chironectes minimus) is particularly unusual, as it is the only living semi-aquatic marsupial, using its webbed hindlimbs to dive in search of freshwater mollusks and crayfish.[10] Most opossums are scansorial, well-adapted to life in the trees or on the ground, but members of the Caluromyinae and Glironiinae are primarily arboreal, whereas species of Metachirus, Monodelphis, and to a lesser degree Didelphis show adaptations for life on the ground.[11]
Reproduction and life cycle
As a marsupial, the opossum has a reproductive system including a divided uterus and marsupium, which is the pouch.[12] The average estrous cycle of the opossum is about 28 days.[13] Opossums do possess a placenta,[14] but it is short-lived, simple in structure, and, unlike that of placental mammals, is not fully functional.[15] The young are therefore born at a very early stage, although the gestation period is similar to many other small marsupials, at only 12 to 14 days.[16] Once born, the offspring must find their way into the marsupium to hold on to and nurse from a teat.
Female opossums often give birth to very large numbers of young, most of which fail to attach to a teat, although as many as thirteen young can attach,[17] and therefore survive, depending on species. The young are weaned between 70 and 125 days, when they detach from the teat and leave the pouch. The opossum lifespan is unusually short for a mammal of its size, usually only two to four years. Senescence is rapid.[18]
The species are moderately sexually dimorphic with males usually being slightly larger, much heavier, and having larger canines than females.[17] The largest difference between the opossum and non-marsupial mammals is the bifurcated penis of the male and bifurcated vagina of the female (the source of the term "didelphimorph," from the Greek "didelphys," meaning double-wombed).[19] Opossum spermatozoa exhibit sperm-pairing, forming conjugate pairs in the epididymis. This may ensure that flagella movement can be accurately coordinated for maximal motility. Conjugate pairs dissociate into separate spermatozoa before fertilization.[20]
Opossums are usually solitary and nomadic, staying in one area as long as food and water are easily available. Some families will group together in ready-made burrows or even under houses. Though they will temporarily occupy abandoned burrows, they do not dig or put much effort into building their own. As nocturnal animals, they favor dark, secure areas. These areas may be below ground or above.
When threatened or harmed, they will "play possum", mimicking the appearance and smell of a sick or dead animal. This physiological response is involuntary (like fainting), rather than a conscious act. In the case of baby opossums, however, the brain does not always react this way at the appropriate moment, and therefore they often fail to "play dead" when threatened. When an opossum is "playing possum", the animal's lips are drawn back, the teeth are bared, saliva foams around the mouth, the eyes close or half-close, and a foul-smelling fluid is secreted from the anal glands. The stiff, curled form can be prodded, turned over, and even carried away without reaction. The animal will typically regain consciousness after a period of between 40 minutes and 4 hours, a process that begins with slight twitching of the ears.[21]
Adult opossums do not hang from trees by their tails, as sometimes depicted, though babies may dangle temporarily. Their semi-prehensile tails are not strong enough to support a mature adult's weight. Instead, the opossum uses its tail as a brace and a fifth limb when climbing. The tail is occasionally used as a grip to carry bunches of leaves or bedding materials to the nest. A mother will sometimes carry her young upon her back, where they will cling tightly even when she is climbing or running.
Threatened opossums (especially males) will growl deeply, raising their pitch as the threat becomes more urgent. Males make a clicking "smack" noise out of the side of their mouths as they wander in search of a mate, and females will sometimes repeat the sound in return. When separated or distressed, baby opossums will make a sneezing noise to signal their mother. If threatened, the baby will open its mouth and quietly hiss until the threat is gone.
Opossums are remarkably resistant to snake venom, ricin, and botulinum.[7]
Opossums can be found throughout North America, but are considered an invasive species in place such as Southern Ontario and British Columbia.[22]
In hunting and foodways
The Virginia opossum was once widely hunted and consumed in the United States.[23][24][25]
In Dominica, Grenada, and Trinidad the common opossum or manicou is popular and can only be hunted during certain times of the year owing to overhunting. The meat is traditionally prepared by smoking, then stewing. It is light and fine-grained, but the musk glands must be removed as part of preparation. The meat can be used in place of rabbit and chicken in recipes. Historically, hunters in the Caribbean would place a barrel with fresh or rotten fruit to attract opossums that would feed on the fruit or insects.
In Mexico, opossums are known as "tlacuache" or "tlacuatzin". Their tails are eaten as a folk remedy to improve fertility.
Opossum oil (possum grease) is high in essential fatty acids and has been used as a chest rub and a carrier for arthritis remedies given as topical salves.
Opossum pelts have long been part of the fur trade.
Classification based on Voss and Jansa (2009)[26]
Family Didelphidae
Subfamily Glironiinae
Genus Glironia
- Bushy-tailed opossum (Glironia venusta)
- Genus Glironia
Subfamily Caluromyinae
Genus Caluromys
Subgenus Caluromys
- Bare-tailed woolly opossum (Caluromys philander)
Subgenus Mallodelphys
- Derby's woolly opossum (Caluromys derbianus)
- Brown-eared woolly opossum (Caluromys lanatus)
- Subgenus Caluromys
Genus Caluromyopsis
- Black-shouldered opossum (Caluromyopsis irrupta)
- Genus Caluromys
Subfamily Hyladelphinae
Genus Hyladelphys
- Kalinowski's mouse opossum (Hyladelphys kalinowskii)
- Genus Hyladelphys
Subfamily Didelphinae
Tribe Didelphini
Genus Metachirus
- Brown four-eyed opossum (Metachirus nudicaudatus)
Genus Chironectes
- Yapok or water opossum (Chironectes minimus)
- Genus Metachirus
Unnamed subgroup
Genus Lutreolina
- †Lutreolina biforata[27]
- Lutrine or thick-tailed opossum (Lutreolina crassicaudata)
- †Lutreolina materdei[28]
- Lutreolina massoia[29]
†Genus Hyperdidelphys
- †Hyperdidelphys dimartinoi[27]
- †Hyperdidelphys inexpectata[27]
- †Hyperdidelphys parvula[27]
- †Hyperdidelphys pattersoni[27]
- Genus Lutreolina
Unnamed subgroup
Genus Didelphis
- White-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris)
- Big-eared opossum (Didelphis aurita)
- Guianan white-eared opossum (Didelphis imperfecta)
- Common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)
- Andean white-eared opossum (Didelphis pernigra)
- †Didelphis solimoensis[30]
- Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
Genus Philander
- Anderson's four-eyed opossum (Philander andersoni)
- Deltaic four-eyed opossum (Philander deltae)
- Southeastern four-eyed opossum (Philander frenatus)
- McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum (Philander mcilhennyi)
- Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum (Philander mondolfii)
- Olrog's four-eyed opossum (Philander olrogi)
- Gray four-eyed opossum (Philander opossum)
†Genus Thylophorops
- †Thylophorops chapadmalensis[27]
- †Thylophorops lorenzinii[31]
- †Thylophorops perplana[27]
- Genus Didelphis
Tribe Marmosini
Genus Marmosa
Subgenus Marmosa
- Heavy-browed mouse opossum (Marmosa andersoni)
- Isthmian mouse opossum (Marmosa isthmica)
- Rufous mouse opossum (Marmosa lepida)
- Mexican mouse opossum (Marmosa mexicana)
- Linnaeus's mouse opossum (Marmosa murina)
- Quechuan mouse opossum (Marmosa quichua)
- Robinson's mouse opossum (Marmosa robinsoni)
- Red mouse opossum (Marmosa rubra)
- Marmosa simonsi
- Tyleria mouse opossum (Marmosa tyleriana)
- Marmosa waterhousei
- Guajira mouse opossum (Marmosa xerophila)
- Marmosa zeledoni
Subgenus Micoureus
- Alston's mouse opossum (Marmosa alstoni)
- White-bellied woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa constantiae)
- Woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa demerarae)
- †Marmosa laventica[32]
- Tate's woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa paraguayanus)
- Little woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa phaeus)
- Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa regina)
- Subgenus Marmosa
Genus Monodelphis ([:es:Monodelphis] translation of Spanish article])
- Sepia short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis adusta)
- Northern three-striped opossum (Monodelphis americana)
- (Monodelphis arlindoi)[33]
- Northern red-sided opossum (Monodelphis brevicaudata)
- Yellow-sided opossum (Monodelphis dimidiata)
- Gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica)
- Emilia's short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis emiliae)
- Amazonian red-sided opossum (Monodelphis glirina)
- Handley's short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis handleyi)[34]
- Ihering's three-striped opossum (Monodelphis iheringi)
- Pygmy short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis kunsi)
- Marajó short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis maraxina)
- Osgood's short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis osgoodi)
- Hooded red-sided opossum (Monodelphis palliolata)
- Reig's opossum (Monodelphis reigi)
- Ronald's opossum (Monodelphis ronaldi)
- Chestnut-striped opossum (Monodelphis rubida)
- (Monodelphis sanctaerosae)[35]
- Long-nosed short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis scalops)
- Southern red-sided opossum (Monodelphis sorex)
- Southern three-striped opossum (Monodelphis theresa)
- (Monodelphis touan)[33]
- Red three-striped opossum (Monodelphis umbristriata)
- One-striped opossum (Monodelphis unistriata)
Genus Tlacuatzin ([:es:Tlacuatzin] translation of Spanish article])
- Grayish mouse opossum (Tlacuatzin canescens)
- Genus Marmosa
Tribe Thylamyini
Genus Chacodelphys
- Chacoan pygmy opossum (Chacodelphys formosa)
Genus Cryptonanus
- Agricola's gracile opossum (Cryptonanus agricolai)
- Chacoan gracile opossum (Cryptonanus chacoensis)
- Guahiba gracile opossum (Cryptonanus guahybae)
- Red-bellied gracile opossum (Cryptonanus ignitus) † 1962
- Unduavi gracile opossum (Cryptonanus unduaviensis)
Genus Gracilinanus
- Aceramarca gracile opossum (Gracilinanus aceramarcae)
- Agile gracile opossum (Gracilinanus agilis)
- Wood sprite gracile opossum (Gracilinanus dryas)
- Emilia's gracile opossum (Gracilinanus emilae)
- Northern gracile opossum (Gracilinanus marica)
- Brazilian gracile opossum (Gracilinanus microtarsus)
Genus Lestodelphys
- Patagonian opossum (Lestodelphys halli)
Genus Marmosops
- Bishop's slender opossum (Marmosops bishopi)
- Narrow-headed slender opossum (Marmosops cracens)
- Creighton's slender opossum Marmosops creightoni
- Dorothy's slender opossum (Marmosops dorothea)
- Dusky slender opossum (Marmosops fuscatus)
- Handley's slender opossum (Marmosops handleyi)
- Tschudi's slender opossum (Marmosops impavidus)
- Gray slender opossum (Marmosops incanus)
- Panama slender opossum (Marmosops invictus)
- Junin slender opossum (Marmosops juninensis)
- Neblina slender opossum (Marmosops neblina)
- White-bellied slender opossum (Marmosops noctivagus)
- Delicate slender opossum (Marmosops parvidens)
- Brazilian slender opossum (Marmosops paulensis)
- Pinheiro's slender opossum (Marmosops pinheiroi)
Genus Thylamys ([:es:Thylamys] translation of Spanish article])
- †Thylamys colombianus[32]
- Cinderella fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys cinderella)
- (Thylamys citellus)[36]
- Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys elegans)
- (Thylamys fenestrae)[37]
- Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys karimii)
- Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys macrurus)
- †Thylamys minutus[32]
- White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys pallidior)
- (Thylamys pulchellus)[38]
- †Thylamys pinei[39]
- Common fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys pusillus)
- Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys sponsorius)
- Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys tatei)
- Dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys velutinus)
- Buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys venustus)
- †Thylamys zettii[40]
†Genus Zygolestes
- †Zygolestes tatei
- Genus Chacodelphys
- Tribe Didelphini
- Subfamily Glironiinae
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- ^ Goin, Francisco J.; Natalia Zimicz; Martin de los Reyes; Leopoldo Soibelzon (2009). (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae), from the late Tertiary of the Pampean Region (Argentina)"Thylophorops"A new large didelphid of the genus .
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- ^ Goin, Francisco J. (1997). "Thylamys zettii, nueva especie de marmosino (Marsupialia, Didelphidae) del Cenozoico tardio de la region Pampeana".
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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A UNC Wilmington women's basketball player endured an extreme form of punishment this week under the supervision of an assistant coach.
Technically, practice at UNCW has not started yet, but the players are required to attend individual workout drills. Monday's workout session apparently went a bit too far for one player.
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, a Basketball Hall of Famer, was named head women's coach at UNCW May 10. It's been smooth sailing until this week when Seahawk guard Julia Finlay was forced to logroll non-stop the length of the basketball court at Trask Coliseum. Finlay threw up three times during the workout drill. Coach Cooper-Dyke was out of town during Monday's workout, but assistant coach Johnetta Hayes was present.
WWAY has made multiple requests to interview Cooper, Hayes, Chancellor Rosemary DePaolo, Finlay and Athletics Director Kelly Mehrtens. The athletic department denied all those requests.
Mehrtens released a statement Tuesday night that admits a serious error in judgment was made by a member of the women's coaching staff in regard to a rolling drill.
Coincidentally we talked with Finlay the day Cooper-Dyke was hired.
"I was just so happy," Finlay said May 10. "She's been my idol. I watched her when I was growing up. She's my mom's favorite player. I knew so much about her, so I was so excited."
In her statement Mehrtens added the rolling drills will not be tolerated, and she hopes everyone will give the new staff the opportunity to move forward.
Jim Dallke is the editor & chief of "The Seahawk". That's the student newspaper on campus. WWAY's John Rendleman talked with Jim on Wednesday.
Jim Dallke told John " It's frustrating. I think Seahawk fans and Seahawk students are looking for something to cheer for". Dallke says there's been more negative media attention since the hiring of two high-profile coaches (Cythina Cooper-Dyke and Buzz Peterson)than expected. In the men's program there have been multiple departures and academica eligibility issues.
"Another incident like this is discouraging to Seahawk students," Dallke said. "I'm sure Cynthia Cooper didn't want to start out at UNCW like this. You may remember she had some recruiting violations when she coached at Texas A&M Prarie View and now we're talking about something that involves the endangerment of a student athlete. This is definitely discouraging for UNCW athletics."
" Is this something that will catch the attention of the NCAA?," asked Rendleman.
" We'll see, sometimes something like this is not a terrible thing with the NCAA because that's how we correct our problems and that's how we get things fixed. It'll be interesting to see if the NCAA picks this up, but for the sake of UNCW athletics it'll be better to keep this within the university."
Rendleman added " You and I both know official practice starts in October, but Kelly Mehrtens in her statement Tuesday night called the incident a basketball practice incident."
" Right," Dallke said. "Definitely when you're the athletics director you have to be careful with your word choice. Using the word "practice" before October 15th is something that's pretty iffy and definitely something that should be looked at by people within the university and we need to make sure they're not doing full practices and that these are only workouts. It's definitely a word choice Kelly Mehrtens, if she could, would probably take back."
Mehrtens used the word "practice" when referring to Monday's workout session. NCAA rules don't allow actual practices until mid-October. Wednesday's statement & Tuesday's statement are both posted below:
Statement from Kelly Mehrtens, UNCW Director of Athletics (released Wednesday 9-22-2010)
Dr. Sue Combs, our faculty athletics representative, and I have spent many hours today gathering additional information about the incident that occurred following Monday's practice by the women's basketball team. As mentioned previously, the drill in question will not be tolerated and will never happen again in our program.
The issue has been addressed with the employee and appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. Due to university policy and state law, I am unable to comment further.
Once again, we are very sorry that this happened. Coach Cooper-Dyke remains committed to having our program represent UNCW and the community in the best possible way, and we ask for your continued support of our student-athletes and teams.
UNCW Athletics Director Kelly Mehrtens statement on practice punishment incident:(released Tuesday 9-21-2010)
"I asked Dr. Sue Combs, our faculty athletics representative, to work with me to gather information concerning an incident that occurred following Monday's practice by the women's basketball team. I have determined that a serious error in judgment was made by a member of our women's basketball coaching staff with the implementation of a rolling drill.
"The well-being of our student-athletes is always first and foremost in our minds. I have spoken to the student-athlete involved with the incident and have assured her that this will never happen again.
"While Coach Cooper-Dyke was out of town recruiting and not present, she nevertheless regrets that this occurred and remains committed to running our program with the utmost character.
"We are very sorry that this happened. These types of drills will not be tolerated. I hope everyone will give our new staff the opportunity to move forward as we approach the new season.
"Dr. Combs has agreed to convene a group to determine any action steps necessary to make sure that this doesn't happen again within our athletic program."
Finlay averaged 2.3 points per game last year for the Seahawks.
Photo courtesy UNCW Athletics


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Axeva had een nieuw webpagina ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
Een winnaar werd gekozen uit25 ontwerpen ingezonden door18 freelance designers.
Site redesign needed for a Commercial Swimming Pool engineering company.
>>> NOTE: Please read the full description for an important note about design feedback over the Christmas vacation.
Desired Color Scheme:
Blues and Greens
Desired Style:
Clean and Professional
Accepted File Formats:
Layered Photoshop PSD
Aquattica.com needs a redesign of their web site, and I need a professional designer to come up with an attractive new look for the company. The folks at Aquattica are an engineering firm who design pools for commercial use (Water Parks, Universities, State Parks, YMCA's, etc.). They need a clean, attractive, professional new look to help promote their business.
Design Guidelines
Most likely the site will be constrained to a 750px wide area. Designing with a fluid layout in mind may get you an edge over other designs, but at minimum, make sure your design fits in a 750px width.
The client prefers the "tabs across the top" look, so that's a safe place to start. There are six major sections of the site (see below) and each might have sub-pages as well. Work this into your design.
Here are the main tabs:
About Us
Design Services
Contact Us
Also, they want an area on the home page for introductory text, and bulletet news items.
The client is open to your ideas, but since this is a pool company, blue and green are probably safe bets. Be creative!
One idea they do seem to like is a different dominant color for each tab. For example, see http://www.pulmgroup.com and http://www.usaswimming.org
Keeping that in mind, you may want to post 2 variations of your design -- one of the home page, and one of another interior page on a different tab.
The company logo may be found here: http://www.aquattica.com/images/Aqu…Logoii.gif. I'm working on getting a vector format, but until then, run with this. (If anyone wants to give me a quote for a quick GIF to .ai Vector conversion, PM me.)
Also, a link to USA Swimming needs to appear on the home page as well. Their logo can be found here: http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/…S/logo.gif
The client would like to incorporate photos into the header of each major tab that are representative of that area or concept. Bright, attractive, swimming or pool related photos will probably get the best reception...
The client might like to see these images on their homepage as well. Possibly in a fading slideshow. Possibly worked in alongside the content where appropriate, etc. Be creative.
I've set the contest timeframe for one week, but the early bird will definitely get the worm on this job. If the client sees a design they like tomorrow, they will jump on it, so don't hesitate if you want in on this contest. I will end the competition when the client gets a design they like.
Feedback / Questions
I will offer timely and honest feedback as quickly as possible. In general I like to give the client one batch of designs to look at each morning, then have them give me feedback that day. So, you can expect feedback on most business days within 24 hours.
Please, let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you, and I look forward to the great designs that I know you'll come up with!
Due to the Christmas Holiday, there's going to be a gap in feedback. The client will be out of town on vacation until Wednesday morning. I've asked that he give me feedback on everything presented thus far, but I will not have feedback on any new designs presented from this point forward until Wednesday.
As a result, I'm extending the deadline as well.
Merry Christmas!


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On Monday night, America watched the Bachelor break Becca Kufrin's heart.
On Tuesday night, America watched her heart start to heal.
"Our new bachelorette is Becca," announced host Chris Harrison on "The Bachelor: After the Final Rose," a two-hour live special.
A standing ovation followed for Kufrin, 27, a publicist from Prior Lake and the first Bachelorette from Minnesota.
Although the show starts May 28, contestants started courting her immediately, including one who serenaded her and another who brought along a horse called Bradley ("When you fall off the horse," said her suitor, "you have to get back up again").
It was all part of an outpouring of love and support for the Minnesotan that Harrison called "unprecedented."
Harrison said picking Kufrin as the next Bachelorette "was one of the easier decisions we've ever made."
It was pretty easy for Kufrin, too.
"At the end of the day, the show is about finding love," Kufrin said. "That's all I want to do, … I'm just ready to do this."
Are we, though?
"It was the breakup that shocked America," said Harrison at the start of the ABC special.
Unfortunately, we had to watch that breakup all over again in a flashback, watching Bachelor Arie Luyendyk Jr. follow Becca around from room to room while she kept telling him to just leave.
Theirs was a short engagement - Luyendyk had difficulty choosing between Becca and the other finalist, 26-year-old Lauren Burnham, a sales tech from Virginia Beach, Va., and he said he couldn't stop thinking of Lauren after proposing to Becca in Peru.
By New Year's Eve, he had reached out to Lauren on Instagram.
After the whole drama was rehashed, we got to see Becca come home to Minnesota. She was still crying, looking at pictures of herself with Arie in happier times, but at least she was home.
"I seriously feel like I've been lied to for so long," she said as the tears dripped down her face.
"Do you love him?" someone asked off camera.
"Yeah," she said.
Then she collapsed with sobs.
Meanwhile, Arie was almost collapsing in Virginia Beach, Va., as he waited outside Lauren's door. "Why am I having a panic attack?" he asked, breathlessly.
He shouldn't have worried: Lauren almost tackled him with the strength of her hug.
Then, it was time for a chat: Why had he chosen Becca?
"It was the safe decision," he said.
Was he fully over Becca?
"A thousand percent," he said.
How could he be over a fiance so fast?
"I made the wrong decision," he said. "I want you back."
That's all it took.
"I mean, I forgive you," Lauren said.
Flashback to the studio: Five of the other ex-contestants sat like a Greek chorus.
"I don't know even know what to say, man," said one of the women.
Then it was time for Becca to take the stage, sporting a darker hair color and a strappy dress - and receiving a standing ovation from the studio audience.
"I've never seen such an outpouring of love and support for one person on our show like I have for you," Harrison said. "Did you know there are billboards up?"
It's true: "Bachelor Nation" fans sponsored digital billboards around the country on Tuesday. Their messages included: "Becca - You'll always have a rose from Minnesota."
Harrison also told Becca about how people have been buying her drinks, so to speak, by depositing money in her Venmo account (a digital wallet mobile app). The amount has surpassed $6,000.
"I don't think I can drink that much," said Becca, laughing.
Instead, she said: "Donate it," she said. "Give it to some cause that needs it."
That cause, Harrison announced, will be Stand Up to Cancer, and the show will match Becca's Venmo dollars.
Then, it was time for the Becca and Arie reunion.
"I do regret proposing that day," he admitted.
"Then why did you?" Becca asked.
"The pressure," he said. "I was conflicted."
"I forgive you," she said. "I do."
It wasn't the kind of "I do" she had hoped for, though. That hope belongs to someone else now.
"Lauren Elizabeth Burnham, will you marry me?" Arie asked near the end of the special, getting down to one knee (again).
"Definitely!" she said.
The studio audience seemed shocked; so did Harrison.
"Wow," he said. "That was actually dramatic … I do hope this engagement lasts a longer time!"
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Monday, March 25, 2019
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Bill Memorial Library
The Bill Memorial Library in the City of Groton is now taking registration for our Wonderful Winter Story Time, a story program for children ages birth through age 5, with a caregiver. Story Time meets every Monday at 10:30 a.m., beginning on January 28, 2019 through March 25, with no session on President's Day, February 18. Story Time features stories, songs with live music, and finger plays in the Children's Room. Registration is required and space fills up quickly; please stop by the library or call 860-445-0392 for further information or to register.
Library hours are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M., Wednesday and Friday, 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. and Saturday, 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.


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Ah, Seattle newspapers have some...interesting.."Scrabblegrams"
um...not for innocent eyes...I guess?
scroll down~
by the way. if you were wondering, the anagram is "subtext"
There was another one, from the same newspaper, that I failed to scan. Everyone I showed the paper to reacted with "Man Ass?" or "Ass Man?" x)


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I'm looking to start my own blog. Under the incredibly vain assumption that anyone cares what I think, I'd like to put up some ads to fund my, um, habits, yeah. I don't want to have to pay anything, nor do I want to host it myself (if possible).
What blogging platform fits this bill?


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You're not California dreaming! Katy Perry is returning to MuchMusic to perform at the 2012 MMVAs! On Sunday, June 17, the MMVAs will be taking over the streets of Toronto and bringing fans and their favourite musicians together for a night of the best in music! Ms. Perry will be front and centre to give fans a 'part of her' and perform one of her number one hits!
Don't miss Katy Perry when she performs at the 2012 MMVAs on Sunday, June 17.
Back in 2010, Katy Perry turned the MMVA stage into her very own Candy Land with her yummy performance of California Gurls. Returning for a second time, Katy Perry is the first performer announced for the 2012 MMVAs and we couldn't be more excited to see her hit the MMVA stage again!


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Thursday, December 03, 2009
Let a Hundred Flowers Blossom
I know many of us work in large, diverse organizations. The larger or more complex the organization, the more difficult it is to enforce uniform security countermeasures. The larger the population to be "secure," the more likely exceptions will bloom. Any standard tends to devolve to the least common denominator. There are some exceptions, such as FDCC, but I do not know how widespread that standard configuration is inside the government.
Beyond the difficulty of applying a uniform, worthwhile standard, we run into the diversity vs monoculture argument from 2005. I tend to side with the diversity point of view, because diversity tends to increase the cost borne by an intruder. In other words, it's cheaper to develop exploitation methods for a target who 1) has broadly similar, if not identical, systems and 2) publishes that standard so the intruder can test attacks prior to "game day."
At the end of the day, the focus on uniform standards is a manifestation of the battle between two schools of thought: Control-Compliant vs Field-Assessed Security. The control-compliant team believes that developing the "best standard," and then applying that standard everywhere, is the most important aspect of security. The field-assessed team (where I devote my effort) believes the result is more important than how you get there.
I am not opposed to developing standards, but I do think that the control-compliant school of thought is only half the battle -- and that controls occupy far more time and effort than they are worth. If the standard whithers in the face of battle, i.e., once field-assessed it is found to be lacking, then the standard is a failure. Compliance with a failed standard is worthless at that point.
However, I'd like to propose a variation of my original argument. What if you abandon uniform standards completely? What if you make the focus of the activity field-assessed instead of control-compliant, by conducting assessments of systems? In other words, let a hundred flowers blossom.
(If you don't appreciate the irony, do a little research and remember the sorts of threats that occupy much of the time of many this blog's readers!)
So what do I mean? Rather than making compliance with controls the focus of security activity, make assessment of the results the priority. Conduct blue and red team assessments of information assets to determine if they meet various resistance and (maybe) "survivability" metrics. In other words, we won't care how you manage to keep an intruder from exploiting your system, as long as it takes longer for a blue or red assesor with time X and skill level Y and initial access level Z (or something to that effect).
In such a world, there's plenty of room for the person who wants to run Plan 9 without anti-virus, the person who runs FreeBSD with no graphical display or Web browser, the person who runs another "nonstandard" platform or system -- as long as their system defies the field assessment conducted by the blue and red teams. (Please note the one "standard" I would apply to all assets is that they 1) do no harm to other assets and 2) do not break any laws by running illegal or unlicensed software.)
If a "hundred flowers" is too radical, maybe consider 10. Too tough to manage all that? Guess what -- you are likely managing it already. So-called "unmanaged" assets are everywhere. You probably already have 1000 variations, never mind 100. Maybe it's time to make the system's inability to survive against blue and red teams the measure of failure, not whether the system is "compliant" with a standard, the measure of failure?
Now, I'm sure there is likely to be a high degree of correlation between "unmanaged" and vulnerable in many organizations. There's probably also a moderate degree of correlation between "exceptional" (as in, this box is too "special" to be considered "managed") and vulnerable. In other instances, the exceptional systems may be impervious to all but the most dedicated intruders. In any case, accepting that diversity is a fact of life on modern networks, and deciding to test the resistance level of those assets, might be more productive than seeking to develop and apply uniform standards.
What do you think?
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- Justin Hall said...
depends on the scope. are you talking industry-wide standards, or across an entire organization (even if it's a very, very large one)? i think there is a benefit in 'inconsistent' standards in a single company - an attacker could potentially have a myriad of defenses to break instead of a single organizational standard. but uniform controls across an organization provide (1) a lack of chaos and (2) cost savings. that said, i assume you are referring to industry-wide standards.
in that case, perhaps uniform assessment standards become necessary? you depend on either a set of best practices around your defenses / security controls, or around your assessment methodology. if your assessments suck, they won't reveal gaps in your "unique snowflake" defenses/controls either.
do you feel like it's possible to accomplish both? have a set of industry-wide controls that are both attainable for most organizations and able to stand up under internal assessments, penetration tests, and of course, actual attacks?
just some thoughts. good post!
- Richard Bejtlich said...
Hi Justin,
I think you're in tune with what I'm saying. I was thinking in terms of an organization. I agree that if your blue and red assessments are horrible then you're not doing anything worthwhile! I should have stated that as an assumption. In the end I think it is a good idea to have standards AND assessments, but the main idea for this post was to move the ball towards the outcomes and away from the inputs.
- Steve Riley said...
Excellent articulation. I was mulling over something very similar for a talk at TechEd 2009 (before Microsoft laid me off). Not a few customers are contemplating doing away with standard desktop configurations and simply giving each new employee a $1500 laptop allowance. Deep down I find this appealing, but the security nerd in me felt torn. Your article fixed that.
- Caterpillar Blue said...
In the end, the key will be to use a baseline standard that is bare bones enough to give you a reasonable amount of control and to leave the rest to field assessed security.
I think the problem today is to use the standard to completely lock down everything. This robs flexibility and results in the problems all of us are so familiar with.
- Saad Kadhi said...
Good post Richard!
"Maybe it's time to make the system's inability to survive against blue and red teams the measure of failure, not whether the system is "compliant" with a standard, the measure of failure?" ... I tend to agree with this view. All I do care about is real-world attack and blue/red teams are real-world (or almost) attackers. I've seen too many "standards" turning into huge, complex beasts and when something such as MS08-067 hits the dark alleys, they'd have difficulties coping with it. Think for a minute: a standard might be (should be) asking for patch management but usually there's some delay between the time a patch is available and the time it is applied. Moreover, some servers (usually some very juicy ones) use applications which vendors strongly recommend against patching...
Caterpillar Blue sums it up pretty nicely. We do need standards and "compliance", albeit light ones. And we do need diversity if we care about the overall system's survivability.
Love the idea...but what would prevent us from coming back full circle fairly quickly? In other words, a hundred flowers blossom, then the field assessment is performed. Naturally, it will find a weak pocket in a department somewhere. This could be due to any number of things (lack of patching; no host-based detection or prevention; poor config management, etc). The likely conclusion: "these guys need to fix defect X by getting on our standard."
One might say "let that department figure out their own best way to improve," but I wonder if a company would really let this department stumble around in a state of poor security if the company already had a strong patch management system, a secure desktop config, etc? Seems like they'd just be asked/told to use that standard.
That said, the aspect of this that I really like is that given a hundred blossoms, at least one organization would inevitably find a way to do it better...the monolithic standards-definer is never going to be in the 99th percentile all the time.
- Richard Bejtlich said...
GS and everyone,
Sure, I think that failure to sufficiently resist the blue and red assessments might mean that the asset owners forfeit the privilege of choosing their own standard, so they are then required to adopt the standard recommended by the blue and red team.
I'm arguing less for a "free for all" than for a refocus on the outcomes. If asset owners fail on the outcome side, they clearly need help. That help would probably take the form of the standard.
That may sound circular, but consider what is popular now.
1. Propose standard.
2. (Hopefully) determine compliance to standard.
3. End.
My post tries to put emphasis on outcomes, not compliance with inputs.
- CG said...
That approach makes perfect sense. You would be driving your security agenda based on real-world business specific shortcomings and not a generic checklist.
My approach however is different in regards to desktops. I think we should all operate on the premise that the desktop is owned and plan accordingly. Do things like stop all client to client traffic and prevent storage of any business data on the desktop. Every desktop should be an island with access to server resources only. If you can somehow reduce your reliance on service accounts that's even better. Well that's my pipe dream anyway, a return to the 70's dumb terminal, thin-client model where everything is controlled on the servers and clients don't run roughshod all of your network snooping, infecting, ex filtrating, etc. I can dream right? :-)
- test said...
change the "standard" from compliance-based to attack-resistance.
Richard, this is probably your best post of 2009!
- Dremspider said...
Very good post.... Going through ensuring who I work for meets the myriad amount of standards, I do agree to this somewhat but like anything I feel that it is a balance. Too often the compliance standards are created in a vacuum. They are created for a very generic box with no thought on every possible instance they will be applied to. For example, going through the checklist to ensure that various network settings are set for security reasons on a machine that WONT be networked or locking down a service by setting certain parameters when that isn't even running!
The problem is we do these things, not because it increases security but we need to pass an audit.
Now it is time to play devil's advocate on this. Any audit whether it be checklist based or more pen-test based is only a snapshot in time. For the one week, every year things are looked at (or whatever it is). All too often organizations run to get compliant and then let things fall out of play. In this case I feel that checklist audits are better. Checklists audits can check policies, CM processes, etc. Pen testing never will (unless it is completely random), or done strategically. For example a patch is released and a month later the pen test team unexpectedly runs that exploit across a whole network to see how many machines are vulnerable. If you run down this road I feel that timeliness is more of an issue. I feel that the pen-test team needs to be more of an object that is embedded in the culture of the organization as opposed to someone that is hired every so often.
Richard, Great post!!!! I will be attending your class at BlackHat DC and am looking forward to getting more nuggets of wisdom from you.
- Tokwear said...
i would agree with you ideas, but let's put ourselves into a big company managing complex infra, getting billions of logs everyday, without generic security hardening / practice you cannot even eat due to the time you spend in getting the box up and running
Let me propose a variation on your theme. I agree field assessments are important because controls which don't create effective protection from compromise aren't worth much. Field assessments, if conducted correctly, give us perspective on not only how resistant an asset is in regards to compromise, but also how well our detective and reactive controls are functioning. Unfortunately, field assessments often focus on determining compromise potential without an effective exercise or characterization of detective and reactive controls. Maybe an asset can be compromised, but the duration of intruder control is so small it's ultimately inconsequential. These nuances must be included to understand what a compromise looks like and what it means in terms of potential damage.
I propose the establishment of configuration specifications for the various technologies which an organization chooses to standardize on. The difference is the contents of such a configuration specification is not just what SANS, NIST, vendors, etc have to say about how to secure a platform, database, etc, but are tested by field assessment teams. In this way, the field assessment team is validating the configuration specifications prior to deployment instead of having a compliance function take a document from SANS and say; here's our standard, go forth and deploy. Let me give you an example of what I mean. When a platform is attacked there are certain things that happen, certain things the attacker needs to own the system, harvest useful information and expand their influence on the network. One of those things is the need to dump password hashes, another is the need to inject DLLs into running processes. So what does the attacker need, they often need the Debug programs right on Windows and the Administrator account has that by default. What if, as part of field assessment this reality is determined and a decision is made to remove the debug right from all users? Who cares right, if an attacker gets Administrator or SYSTEM access they can just add it back? Yes, but the very act of adding the Debug programs right to an account is exactly the kind of anomalous event which tells you something is wrong. Beyond configuration settings, the configuration specifications should extend to the definition of log configuration elements, not just how to set logging on the platform itself, but what an analyst should configure on the SEIM, if you have one. The events of interest should be identifiable as the field assessment team's footprints are observed. In each case intelligence is collected regarding what is done to attack the system. Once the attack's various inputs and outputs are deconstructed, adjustments can be made to remove vulnerable aspects from the platform in question by modifying the configuration specification, deploying incremental changes and adding the relevant log sequences to the resulting documentation and SEIM.
If proposed controls or aspects of a configuration specification are worthless, then let the field assessment teams identify the path into the light instead of just punting and throwing the environment into chaos with the Run What You Brung (RWYB) method.
- Becki True said...
I think your premise that we need to focus on the output rather than get so hung up on the inputs that we lose sight of the outputs is important. We cannot blindly follow a process without looking at how effective it is.
Still, I do not think we can ignore the inputs either. I think it is far easier to fix one standard than it is to test 10, 50 or 100 deployed systems - not to mention the difficulty of operating so many different systems. (see Visible Ops for details on that)
Why not do both? After all, just because you have a standard, it doesn't mean that it is being followed, implemented or integrated correctly. Red and Blue team testing would be a great way to test your initial assumptions and how well you execute.
- Josh More said...
I agree with what you've said, though I don't think I could have phrased it quite so well. However, I found the red vs blue discussion the most interesting.
The majority of my career has been in small business where there are no such things. I deal with heterocultures (polycultures?) every day, simply because there aren't enough resources to deploy imaged systems in most small companies. I use a mix of tools to bring these under control, but really, it's more a case of "let's keep 80% of the bad stuff out and just deal with the 20% that get through".
It's much like betting on the agility of the antelope over the armor of the tortoise. Both are valid security strategies, but both have costs. The tortoise/monoculture will be safer against most threats but slower to react. The antelope will be more vulnerable and therefore has to be fast and agile in response.
The test, I think, to see if such an environment is really secure is whether the people managing the diverse network are fast and nimble when responding to events. If they are, then I agree that it could well be better than a monoculture. However, if they are the sort of organization that has ignored legacy systems hanging around everywhere, I fear that they could be much much worse.
- craigb said...
Having written long winded technical hardening guidelines and witnessed their effectiveness during pen-tests, I agree with you 100%.
My view has changed quite a bit since I started out. I'm at the point now where I'd rather hand out a 1-2 page hardening guideline that focuses on what really matters and complement that with regular automated vulnerability assessment and periodic manual penetration testing.
Of course, this thinking would have been heresy to me 10 years ago :).
- craigb said...
I should add though that the problem with not documenting *all* the controls is that management tends to regard vulnerabilities that are not addressed by the guideline as 'not important' (i.e. "if its not in the guideline, it's not necessary to fix"). Ultimately, for this approach to work, management needs to buy into it and accept that field assessed results/outcomes are the measure...and they need to communicate that to their teams.
The other angle with short-hand guidance is system owners can reasonably argue 'they didn't know' about the need to deploy a defensive control. Now that they do, a decision needs to made whether this is to be codified in the (ever expanding) guideline or not. A natural way to decide this is based on the frequency of the vuln.
I have a friend who uses the signature "Compliance is not Security." Personally I think that Compute Security is like 21, and compliance is like counting cards. Compliance is all about checklists. Computer security is a game of chance. If you don't understand the game, then you probably can't count cards. But, I think, if you don't count cards, your chances of winning are not good.
- Digital Sniper said...
Unfortunately, the government is too rigid to accept the field-assessed type of process, IMHO. In terms of blue teams, these guys from my experience are validating the configuration and processes against directives, guides and regulations which are not forgiving, especially in DoD, so it's more control-compliant. I have seen the more flexible and user friendly field-assessed concept in the corporate sector and it's more accepted there, for obvious reasons.
Control-Compliant vs. Field-Assessed will never be settled and the two camps are similar to two opposing political parties. I believe if you are in a position to make decisions and steer an organization you should consider the involvement of both ideologies and not go strictly in one direction. If an aggressor knows your validated product list only contains X,Y,Z, they only need to focus on vulnerabilities for those vendors, which is exactly what Richard described in monoculture. Control-Compliant has the stench of old government practices and fortunately most of the diehard supporters are on the way out from what I see at my location.
- Gabe Chomic said...
I've done a bit of research into sec. professionals adoption of concepts such as these. One of the strongest bits of feedback I received was touched on in your comment chain...
It's a question of regulation. The government-mandated requirements pushed forth make it difficult to 'let a hundred flowers bloom' and still meet their arbitrary requirements.
That said, I am strongly in favor of this approach. Just want to adopt it to FSA and US regulated companies...
- Daily Picture said...
Having written long winded technical hardening guidelines and witnessed their effectiveness during pen-tests, I agree with you 100%.
My view has changed quite a bit since I started out. I'm at the point now where I'd rather hand out a 1-2 page hardening guideline that focuses on what really matters and complement that with regular automated vulnerability assessment and periodic manual penetration testing.


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We are a family owned egg farm that has been in business since the 1950's. We provide many egg products to individuals and businesses across the United States. We are launching a new egg white product and are looking for a product label.
Fitness experts, people who go to the gym, body builders, anyone looking for a good source of pure protein
The label will be 4.5" high x 8.5" wide. We want the label to look professional, so that it can be sold in stores, gyms, online, etc...
Here are the things the label needs to include:
Muscle Egg (logo)
pasteurized liquid egg whites
There will need to be a place for the nutritional facts (roughly 1 3/4" x 3 3/4"). I've included a sample nutritional facts label that you can use for the design, then we can just insert the real one when we are ready.
It will also need a place for the USDA Shield and approval box. Here's a picture of what that means: http://screencast.com/t/UNYPmvSqyFki
The flavor of the drink will be chocolate.
Here are some phrases that you could potentially use on the label:
"A New Drinkable Egg White"
"The Power of Pure Protein"
"The Worlds Finest Protein"
We also need to include "Keep Refrigerated" somewhere on the label.
Distributed by:
Muscle Egg
3502 West 6400 South
Spanish Fork, UT 84660
Here are some similar products for reference:
http://www.eggwhitesint.com/store.p…how_detail - but the label sucks so don't take any design queues from it.
Let me know if you have any other questions.


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