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Need to sync arbitrary files within two TrueCrypt containers; one container is a backup, the other the one actively used by me, both are local during the transaction.

Current concern security wise is that there would be "data leaks" that would result from the sync tool being used; for example, the sync tool producing indexes that when be stored unencrypted on disk.

Any suggestions, or insights into the possible attack vectors that might result from using a sync tool as described?

UPDATE: I've removed the reference to "on Windows", since while the answers, and question they addressed deal with Windows, these answers (putting aside the sync tools used) apply to Windows, Linux, OSX, etc -- and I would not want the person reading the title of the question to believe the question only applies to Windows, since it does not, and given the importance of securely executing backups of encrypted data, I thought it best to make the question as accessible as possible.

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Just to clarify: You want to sync files from inside one tcc to another? Or do you want to sync arbitrary files to two tcc? Both would mean that you have to mount both container at the same time. –  twobeers Apr 27 '12 at 8:59
I'm confused why you think my answer is off topic. You state "Need to sync arbitrary files within two TrueCrypt container". So you are talking about syncing files within mounted containers. I talked about a security issue about backups on truecrypt container AND reference a page on the truecrypt site. I don't know how it doesn't answer your question. You asked about leaks and i told you about seeing which part of the sector change and that it could be used as an attack. –  acidzombie24 May 5 '12 at 5:07
Oh you're not asking about security issues when making backups via sync, you're asking about security leaks from sync tools when making backups. I'll make a quit edit. (edit 2) –  acidzombie24 May 5 '12 at 7:34
why did you -1 me anyways? –  acidzombie24 May 9 '12 at 20:34
@acidzombie24: The current -1 on your answer is not from me, I removed my -1 and the related comment about your answer not being an answer after your edit, though within a short time after someone else gave it a -1. Just gave your answer a +1 to counter the -1. –  blunders May 9 '12 at 23:04

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Current concern security wise is that there would be "data leaks" that would result from the sync tool being used; for example, the sync tool producing indexes that when be stored unencrypted on disk.

You are correct to believe there is a risk of data leaking as a result of indexes. How much of a risk that is depends on what exactly is indexed.

A while ago, I lead a project to build something a little like dropbox. To compare directories across runs, we used the path name, a sha256 hash of the contents if not already computed, various timestamp information etc.

Clearly, if a sync tool were to store this information about files stored in an encrypted container, the attacker would also have access to them. The exact risk of that really depends on your given scenario.

I suspect, however, there are bigger risks in play than you think. Let's assume, for example, that on opening a file, your innocent piece of software creates a copy so as to not corrupt the individual - however, you've mounted the file system read-only, so it handily creates a copy of the file in your temp folder. Great, except - it just copied your data from an encrypted partition to an unencrypted one, thereby leaking it.

The same could be true of sync tools. This would be a fairly bad way to build one - but it is conceivable the tool could copy files to a temporary location in progress. Again, you have a leak problem.

To be a bit more realistic - let's assume the sync tool copies the files in memory by mmaping them and copying between them. What if you experience a system crash during this update and your app happens to be core dumped? Heck, what happens if the truecrypt drivers' memory is core dumped too? It might well contain unencrypted file data.

The fact of the matter is you're unlikely to be able to deduce the contents of entire files from any of these scenarios - but like getting damp in your house, something will leak, somewhere. The only way to be totally sure you have everything wrapped up is to do the obvious: encrypt the whole lot. Swap, disk, everything.

So to answer the question you asked: an attacker can clean whatever the sync tool stores. Have a look. Grab Process Monitor, see where it is storing data and then look at what's in it. That'll tell you exactly what data is being leaked.

To answer the question you didn't ask: there's no way to be absolutely certain you are not going to leak something using a truecrypt container on an unencrypted system.

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The question is now "how can I do file level synchronization between two open TrueCrypt containers on a single host without any local leakage of data from the sync tool?".

The answer is you probably can't - certainly none of the well established file sync tools (unison, rsync, SyncToy, etc.) promise not to have such leaks. Their focus is purely on being efficient and reliable.

This is presumably because doing so would involve a lot of very hard work to support an obscure use case. Firstly, if someone can get close enough to your machine to take advantage of this sort of leakage, then you have worse problems. And secondly, if you really need to control for this vulnerability, then there are a couple of steps you can take that work regardless of the sync tool used:

  • use full disk encryption so any leaks are also encrypted.
  • sync closed volumes, eliminating all sync tool leakage at the cost of performance.

Note: I specify sync-tool leakage here since there are other sorts of leaks: differential analysis of the containers, or leaks from the tools you use to manipulate the contents of container once open. But again, if the attacker has compromised the machine enough to perform these attacks, then you have worse problems. Why do a difficult differential analysis of container changes when you can just replace the TrueCrypt binary with something that emails the contents of the container to you?

(One last point: there are many good open source tools for file syncing, so a third alternative is to fork them into your own super-secure version.)

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Main thing thing I want to point out is the question is really about if SyncToy would have data leaks that would make the TrueCrypt container, and if so, if there's anyway to prevent them. Mainly the issue that came to mind is that SyncToy works by creating indexes that might contain among other info: filenames, change-timestamps, etc. Make sense? Again, thanks! –  blunders Apr 26 '12 at 13:56
@blunders If you're just using SyncToy to copy the container files, then you have practically no risk of leakage. If you're actually opening the containers, and using SyncToy to copy data between them, then you would stand the risk of leakage like the ones you are suggesting. Whether SyncToy actually handles data in the manner you're suggesting (indexes, etc) may be a better question for Super User. –  Iszi Apr 26 '12 at 16:06
@blunders The only 100% secure & reliable way would be a sync of the container files themselves. However, this presumes that only one of the containers has any newer data, and it's not going to be any faster than a manual copy of the entire container file. Any other solution is likely to be as insecure as SyncToy when handling opened containers unless there is some software that specifically makes a point to securely destroy its indexing data after each sync. –  Iszi Apr 26 '12 at 16:48
@blunders And, again, whether or not indexing or other metadata is actually generated or left behind by SyncToy (or others) is probably something that should be asked elsewhere - although it is important to know in evaluating the security of the tool. –  Iszi Apr 26 '12 at 16:49
We use DFS-R to sync files at rest, as a container file is a file at rest. A quick search for "sharing violation" errors in the DFS-R log reveals nothing. Due to the way file containers work (can only be mounted in one location, I believe), you will not run into replicating the file as on the receiver, the file will not be in use; unless it is in fact, in use. But then you have another "thread safe" like issue to solve with your "shared" file containers. –  mbrownnyc Apr 26 '12 at 19:58

IMO the easiest and fastest way to sync is mounting two containers and using your favorite tool to sync them (i kind of like robocopy). When you have a backup use a DIFFERENT container. If one container is a copy of another than someone who gets access to both can look at the sectors that change and use that information.

If you make two containers than that wont be an issue because everything would be different regardless if the same files in the same places are in there.

I don't know which 'sync tool' you may use but if it isn't storing temporary information (say your local temp area) while syncing you should be fine. Some people think you should disable virtual memory when using encryption but IMO that isn't required and just paranoia.

-edit- If your backup can be accessed by someone repeatedly (instead of just the current and backup the above assumes) you may consider making a new container each time and copying all the data as recommended by truecrypt http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=how-to-back-up-securely

-edit2- It now appears you are asking about leaks when using tools. You didn't mention any tools so i can't comment much. As long as the tool doesn't make temporary files when copying or has a db/information outside of the container (sometime it is in the users app data directory) than you should be fine. As i mention above i like robocopy which is simply an advance command like file copy program. See http://ss64.com/nt/robocopy.html I personally don't copy attibute data nor want files deleted in the remote volume. I think i normally use robocopy srcDriveOrFolder dst /S /W:1 /R:1

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I have a REST API which is running in one domain and I have a client in another domain. To prevent CSRF I have configured REST API to accept request originated from client application only. I have added proper encoding as per owasp XSS prevention cheat sheet to prevent any XSS attack on my application. Can I say that my REST API is safe from CSRF attack? Do I even need a synchronizer token to make my API safe?

As per my understanding of CSRF or XSS attack can lead to CSRF attack, as i am preventing both of them, is my application is vulnerable to CSRF?

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To prevent CSRF the most effective method is to provide a CSRF token along with every request. This is a token that is generated on the server side and associated with a particular session. Then whenever that session submits a request, your server side code will check to confirm the correct CSRF token was submitted. If it was not, a CSRF attack has taken place and the request will be rejected.

Often times these tokens are stored in hidden fields, but if you are using a REST API then I suspect you are making a lot of AJAX calls and this probably isn't the best method. I would suggest creating a global javascript variable that is initialized with the CSRF token one time and then accessed whenever submitting a request. If you are using something like jQuery it is fairly easy to include another request parameter in all AJAX calls, so this might be an option as well. The latter is typically what I do, and it makes for much cleaner code.

Here is a link to OWASP's CSRF prevention cheat sheet. I would recommend giving it a read.

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thank you for the response. I have implemented storing csrf token in javscript as you suggested. But my concern is if an attacker who has user's session, can make a call to /getToken service and then user the token in further rest services calls, in this scenario csrf token is not help me to prevent csrf attack. (Is this scenario exists? if yes how do they do it?)So what is the purpose to keep csrf token? –  MShah Oct 22 '13 at 5:58
@MShah If they already have the user's session then they can do what they like anyway. –  SilverlightFox Oct 22 '13 at 8:47
Silverlight is correct. All a CSRF attack does is execute a one way action on behalf of an authenticated user. They cannot read the response from this request, only execute the request. So they could potentially call /getToken, but they would not be able to read what the token is using CSRF.If a user has stolen a users session token then they can use the site as them and they don't need CSRF. –  Abe Miessler Oct 22 '13 at 14:41
@AbeMiessler thank you for your suggestions, So as per discussion I can go for /token GET REST service which will be called by my client application and token value i will store in a javascript variable. This token i will send in further secured REST API calls. One more question is, In owasp csrf guard 3.0 , tokenPerPage = true works with a form submission only, in case of ajax request it does not update token value once request is verified. Is there any way to get new token per request for ajax request? –  MShah Oct 23 '13 at 6:03

I presume you are authenticating requests using a session cookie?

Verifying the origin header is a valid CSRF defence, so you do not also need an anti-CSRF token. Browser support for the origin header is pretty good. But to be secure you must reject requests without an origin header - which will block non-supporting browsers.

There is a lot of confusion around CSRF and XSS. It is true that XSS attacks can bypass CSRF protection. However, this is somewhat misleading. XSS attacks can lead to all sorts of bad things, and bypassing CSRF is just one of these. You are absolutely right to protect against XSS attacks.

So your design is basically good. However, to answer whether your application is vulnerable you also need to confirm your implementation is good. If you have budget, hire a penetration testing company to check this.

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No, the Origin header. If you're not familiar with it, it's worth a read tools.ietf.org/id/draft-abarth-origin-03.html –  paj28 Oct 21 '13 at 15:55
Very interesting, thanks. I will look into this some more... However, I am not sure that this is what the OP meant. –  AviD Oct 21 '13 at 16:50
@paj28 thank you for your respoonse. Yes i am using httponly session cookie, which is jsessionid. –  MShah Oct 22 '13 at 6:01
@MShah - can you confirm how you are validating the request originated from the client application? Are you using the Origin header? –  paj28 Oct 22 '13 at 9:26
@paj28 Its all ajax request for REST API, so it does add origin header and I have defined filter in REST API to allow only request originated from client application. –  MShah Oct 22 '13 at 11:37

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We have an solution design that will be sending Encrypted PDF's to our many clients, who will all be using varied email providers.

We have tested the pdf's through the usual cast of internet mail providers, and to my surprise they are not blocked.

I believe that this is dangerous and I suspect that encrypted content may be blocked routinely by mail gateways in future, because virus scanners cannot verify if there is malware in the file. So these services fail-open vs fail-closed when observing these PDFs.

What do you-all think? Is this a danger? Has anyone else had this problem?

I am quite frankly surprised by this behavior.

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To take this to the logical extreme: "We have a solution that will serve encrypted HTTP to our many clients, and to my surprise this (so-called HTTPS) is not blocked. I believe that this is dangerous and I suspect that encrypted content may be blocked routinely by web gateways in future, because virus scanners cannot verify if there is malware in the file. Is this a danger?" How is this different from your scenario, except for the transport protocol used? Also: is the alternative "oh, we'll just transmit confidential data in the clear, the internet is a safe place; what could possibly happen"? –  Piskvor Sep 2 '11 at 18:20
Haha @Piskvor, good point, but push is a lot more dangerous than pull protocols. –  Andrew Russell Sep 3 '11 at 3:08
Push is more dangerous than pull? Most phishing is pull. The user pulls down e-mail and then clicks on a malicious link. –  this.josh Sep 4 '11 at 18:24
@this.josh just the pop3/imap part is pull, smtp is push and the overall theme of email is push since the specific instigator to an email is the originator and not the receiver. –  Andrew Russell Sep 4 '11 at 21:06
@Andrew Russell: What does it matter to an intermediate server, which side of the conversation initiated it? Also, any more specific rebuke to my point than "haha"? –  Piskvor Sep 6 '11 at 13:03

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Obviously the safest option is to block it, but this annoys the business as it impacts the work they can do. So what really happens depends on the policies implemented by each organisation.

  • The most common approach I see in financial services is to block encrypted messages and then forward on a message saying "If this is an expected mail for business purposes please click here/contact IT to have it sent onwards"

  • The next most common is a flat-out block at perimeter

  • And I have worked at organisations that allowed encrypted comms straight through - mostly in smaller organisations, and in non-regulated industries.

The solution which does give the best of both worlds is for organisations to have encryption at the gateway or organisational escrow keys so the communications pathway across the internet is encrypted, but the mail gateway can still scan the file on arrival.

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Mail providers don't (necessarily) block encrypted attachments, but every IT organization has policies on this sort of thing. You really need to do some research on your target market to find out if their mail servers (or their settings for things like Postini) are configured to strip these attachments. Just asking mail providers and/or places like Postini isn't enough.

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Good clarification, not really in the mail providers best interest to scan. –  Andrew Russell Sep 3 '11 at 3:09

Email attachments are evil. A sensible (although probably unworkable) suggestion is to remove any attachments on incoming email and place that in some kind of vault for scanning. (Or just delete it.)

Merely scanning email for malware misses 0-day exploits or undisclosed exploits.

See, for example, RSA being hacked by malware delivered by email: http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002226.html

Already in April, we knew that the attack was launched with a targeted email to EMC employees (EMC owns RSA), and that the email contained an attachment called "2011 Recruitment plan.xls".

"Don't open attachments in email" is common security advice, yet it's often ignored.

It is better to teach users to be suspicious of any email, especially email with an attachment.

See also historical problems of attachments in archived files.

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This post is a great example of how bad the security of standard computer systems really is. You can't even exchange files anymore.. –  pepe Sep 3 '11 at 20:00

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Barring fundamental reforms or a hyperinflationary collapse of the U.S. dollar (due to the fiscal problems of the U.S. government), the deterioration of the U.S. economy will continue and accelerate. As the U.S. economy continues its decline, public health, nutrition and education, as well as the country’s infrastructure, will visibly deteriorate and the 3rd world status of the United States will become apparent.

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Note from During the summer of 2012, the Senators website will welcome a number of guest columnists, who will write articles on items of interest to them, and to Senators fans. The article below is a discussion between two writers on local blog Silver Seven, managing editor Peter Raaymakers and writer and editor Amelia L, about how Amelia expresses her passion for the game: Through painting. Visit their site at, and follow Peter @SilverSevenSens and Amelia @millvsSPQR on Twitter. Visit and follow @NHL_Sens for future guest columns.

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First, let's talk about the technical aspects of the painting. What media did you use? How big is the painting? How long did it take?

The painting is watercolour on paper and is 18 inches by 24 inches. The entire process took approximately 60 to 65 hours.

What was the process like for you?

In a word: long. For paintings like this, I begin with a picture. I look for pictures which interest me in some way: the scene, the pose, the uniform or the expression on a player’s face all draw me to an image. Once I select a picture to work from, I sketch out the image on watercolour paper – this will serve as a guide when painting. I blow up the original image on my computer so I can clearly see all details while I sketch and this part usually takes several hours. Once I am satisfied with the sketch, I tape the paper to a Masonite board and begin painting. I begin with the lightest colours and usually paint elements in the piece, such as crests and numbers, early on as well. I use very thin brushes (0.5 mm and 1.0 mm), so it takes a really long time to cover the entire surface. For me, there is always a moment when I feel a painting coming together and for this painting, it was when I finished the gloves. It generated a lot of momentum and I pushed through the remaining two-thirds of the painting much quicker.

What motivated you to paint this? Do you do much painting?

A few things motivated me to paint a portrait of Erik Karlsson. I love painting. When I was a kid, I loved to draw and paint and hockey was often my subject. However, I moved on to other subjects and mediums as I got older and stopped watercolour painting when I was about 12. I got back into watercolour painting about two years ago as a way to unwind after work and started painting hockey players again. It took a while to get back into it, but after several months my work improved. One of the things I love about painting is it allows me to express myself as a fan. Last fall, I painted a picture of Daniel Alfredsson to commemorate his 1,000th career point. While it was milestone for Alfie, it was also a great moment for Sens fans and I wanted to capture that feeling. With the Karlsson painting, I wanted to capture Erik on the cusp of greatness — as he was before the 2011-12 season— when so many around the league took notice.

Which aspect was the most difficult?

The face and the background. Those two aspects are always the most difficult for me. Faces are difficult because the success of the entire painting rests on how well you capture the likeness of your subject. I have always found backgrounds to be difficult to paint. The background helps convey the mood of the piece, so it’s important to get it right.

Why did you choose to paint Erik Karlsson?

I wanted to paint a portrait of Karlsson because he’s my favourite Senator. Daniel Alfredsson is untouchable, but Karlsson is the future. I wanted to remember the start of what will be a great career in paint and I suspect this painting is only the first of many featuring Erik.

Why did you choose this pose to paint him in?

I chose to paint this pose because it was a portrait of Karlsson. An action pose is often more dynamic, but most of my recent works have been portraits. For a sports portrait, I like to make sure the team logo is prominently featured and this pose allowed for that. Ultimately, Karlsson’s expression and relaxed pose conveys the confidence which typifies his game and I wanted to capture that in the piece.

Now for a hockey question: Do you think Karlsson can repeat his 2011-12 performance this season, points-wise?

Yes, I think Karlsson can repeat his stellar 2011-12 performance, but it will be more difficult this season. He is a genuine superstar in the league now and, as such, will receive the star treatment from opposing teams. Karlsson will also need big seasons from Ottawa’s other top point producers and goal scorers if he is to reach those lofty heights again.

Are you working on any other hockey-related projects right now?

Yes, I’m working on two hockey-related projects right now. The first is a Detroit Red Wings-themed painting for my dad. The second is another Ottawa Senators-themed piece: a painting of Chris Phillips holding a puck and celebrating his two-goal performance during his 1,000th career game in February.

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I may have mentioned this before, y'all, but the Brothers Ford are the worst. The absolute worst. Today was like Chinese water torture, watching the three of them all oiled up in towels sitting around the sauna whimpering about how unfair life is and how jealous they are of James for being in a relationship and how they wish they could be frolicking in orchards with the ladies they love and... for crap's sake, these are supposed to be teen and twentysomething guys. They sound like Amish thirteen-year-old girls.

Now look, I'm a twenty-first century gal and all. I'm all for men talking about their feelings and being openly sensitive. But there's such a thing as too much. Way too much. Man the fuck up, Ford brothers! Are they upset about their manicures? Maybe they can start doing weekly episodes where they all sit down around a cheesecake and just dish.

There are a lot of problems with these three characters, but quite frankly the most glaring one is that they are all three the same person. They all have the same personality -- dopey, saccharine, embarrassingly over-earnest guys focused entirely on which girl they like and on what their abs look like. It's actually feasible that were they to bother writing three different characters or if they were played by actors with three disparate acting styles (I actually do think the three actors vary in talent level, but I'm just talking about approach here), one or more of them might actually be appealing. Let's be honest, it's not that hard to make soap viewers forgive a character's past sins if said character's present tense is compelling enough. But there's just nothing. They're carbon copies of each other, and that shared personality is a dull one. Not to mention one with no basis in reality, therefore no potential for viewer recognition of human traits. (Okay, I guess thirteen-year-old girls can relate to their personalities, but uh.... they probably shouldn't, you know?)

This right here was a legit conversation today. I'm not satirizing, I swear:

Ford: I miss Tess.

Nate: I miss Dani.

James: I miss Starr.

Nate: Seriously?

James: What? It's been like a whole, like, hour.

Ford: (putting James in a headlock that looks more noogie-ish) What's that Twinkletoes (?)? Are you gonna tell us some more about how you and Starr have to go hours without seeing each other?

James: Come on, stop!

Nate: What's that James, I didn't hear you!

James: God, stop, I'm trying to tell you I know how you feel!

Ford: You don't know anything.

James: You miss Tess, I know how that feels.

Ford: Yeah? When you miss Starr, you just pick up your little phone and dial her number. Me and Nate don't have that kind of option.

(More noogie-ing.)

James: What did I do?

Ford: Have some respect. You have a relationship.

Nate: We don't.

James: I hear you guys. And if I were you I'd hate me too.

Ford: Couldn't ask for a better brother. Nice of him to give us his blessing.

James: Shut up. I'm serious. It sucks when it feels like everybody else has someone. I've been there.

Nate: Not lately.

James: Yeah, but I know how it feels. You guys, I know how lucky I am to have Starr. Are you seriously gonna make me apologize for being happy?

Ford: No, you don't have to apologize for it, just so easy on the stories about how you and Starr frolicked through an orchard picking strawberries or whatever.

James: Dude, what the hell are you talking about? It was apples. (Ford slaps his arm.) Ow! Okay, I hear you!

And it went on like that for hours. Or what may as well have been hours. They gave each other super-sensitive sweet relationship advice, and oiled themselves up some more, and then gushed at Nate about how Dani let him hug her and how great that is. No guys have ever had a conversation that even resembles this. "No fair that you have a girlfriend and I don't!" Boy, someone in the writers' room has a real handle on what young guys talk about at the gym.

Please, please, give these people different personalities or kill two of them off, pronto. We do not need three of the same.

Across town, Blair got herself some brains! Initially she said that she believed Jack's story about having witnessed Todd murdering Victor and then later confessed to Starr she was faking it -- and she was faking it for two reasons. One, because it will just push him away to yell at and scold him and she doesn't want to lose her son. Two, reverse psychology. She's hoping that he does have some good left in him, and that her faith in him will lead him to tell the truth. See now, Blair may be a lot of things but she's always been a woman with a big heart but also some serious guile. I liked seeing her with a plan that employs both. That said, of course, she seems to be mistaken that he has a conscience if the little shit-eating "gotcha" grin he had on his face when she hugged him is any indication.

Of course, for all we know it could have just been Andrew Trischitta having some sort of involuntary facial spasm. Hard to say.

Natalie accepted the marriage proposal of a man she knows she's not in love with because of something she heard while eavesdropping, which is just so effing depressing I can't even talk about it. She used to be a spitfire, one of my favorite characters, and they just have not let her make a sympathetic choice in ages. It's hell to watch. I need cheesecake.

In conclusion, oh my God wake up, Matthew!!!

Louise, my only disagreement is about hte number of Fords we should be forced to have. I say we don't need any. At all. Not even as pig food.
And I thought we were getting rid of the younger two??? They're sticking around like mold in grout.

Oh believe me, I'd prefer zero Fords as well. I'm just trying to be a good sport and offer up a compromise!

I'm so tired of these idiots acting as if Nate had no choice but to be Llanview's Dirk Diggler.

His selfish butt did it because he wanted to save himself from going to jail for putting Matthew in a coma instead of preserving his relationship with Danyella.

This is yet another reason why I can't stand the Losers Ford - they take no responsibility for the crap that they pull on other people.

I appreciate some gratuitous shirtlessness in a soap, but I don't appreciate it enough to watch Fords. THREE Fords. At least it made for consolidated fastforwarding.

Blair, however, was awesome. I loved her little headshake "no" when Starr asked Jack if Todd would risk losing more time with his family by going back to prison. Then she wiped the grief off her face and lied to Jack about believing him.

Ohh Blair if anyone can save Jack's soul it's you. I love Blair in her fierce Mama Bear mode. But as much as I loved Blair trying to save Jack I doubly adored Starr and her belief in Todd and how nothing can shake her confidence in him. The Manning family certainly has some interesting dynamics now. As opposed to the Delgado's where Tea continues to grate with her yes when I thought Victor was Todd I wanted you to have a relationship with him because I won the Todd loves me contest, and he had sex with me all the time, Now that real Todd is back and with him, the truth that Todd left Tea to be with his real love Blair and their family. Fortunately even Dani called her on her hypocrisy.

The only things missing from the astoundingly homoerotic all-boy sauna scene was Rick the Porn Guy and and a camera. Geez, OLTL has nearly completely turned me off of half-naked men and I really, really like half-naked men but with OLTL's obsession with The Ford Bros (and Cutter), it's just too much. If only the characters had any real depth like Brody, I think I could get on-board but, for all of the reasons Louise pointed out, I just can't. I had no choice but to delete the recording within seconds once one of the Fords started blabbering. And thankfully so, because Jack being Jack and Natalie/Brody having lost all of the chemistry they once had. Ugh. It's all too much. OLTL has been terrible for weeks now.

===Oh believe me, I'd prefer zero Fords as well. I'm just trying to be a good sport and offer up a compromise!===

Louise, you're a much better person than I am. But, I already knew that! Your attempt to offer a compromise is so much kinder than anything I could ever do.

I never thought it would be possible for me to dislike any soap character as much as I do Ryass McSpittlbug aka Lavery on AMC, but the Fords have managed to at least draw even with that humanoid. Shirtless Fudds do nothing for me, but I could get into a storyline that left them headless.

This seriously sounds like Chinese Water Torture. Oh Louise, how you suffer for us.

And yes, Nate has no right to complain. He CHEATED ON DANI by MAKING A PORNO FILM with his BROTHER'S EX-GIRLFRIEND to cover up the ASSAULT HE COMMITTED.

They are the WORST!

Yes, I am done with Nate and Ford. I like James, but they've made him such a boring sap that I wouldn't cry if he disappeared. Le sigh.

Blair is the bomb. Always. I can't wait for the Manning Family storyline to kick into gear here.

I agree with whoever above mentioned Tea. Even Dani was like "What is your damage?" Why can't we have someone else who is allowed to lawyer in this town?

I miss Vicki. We need more of her and less Fords/Cutter/Kim/Stacy/Rex

And McBain has been seriously alive lately. He must have started drinking Red Bull or something. It's a good look on him. I like it.

Knowing that today was the last day of AMC makes me hate the Fords even more. They have ruined over a year of this show. When the cancellation was announced, I had high hopes that they would disappear off of our screens, but no, they had to be in almost every episode with our legacy characters. And now, they have their own scenes together? Hello TPTB, we have limited time here, let's not waste it on Fords. Please?

I keep waiting for the announcement that all three of them have signed to continue with the show when it goes online (shudder...)

OMG, Louise, I thought Jack's grin was an involuntary leer from being squashed up against KDPs chest! It was such a WEIRD, creepy smile, it gave me the shudders.

Doh. Should have been an apostrophe there, KDP's...

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It is likely that the mon-put-data command is not in a standard path. From the terminal, you can check this by typing which mon-put-data, then try to use the full path in the script.

This is because a bash script launched from cron won't read your .bashrc or .bash_profile, which may override the default path.

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Try to add the full path to mon-put-data. From your command line you can find this with:

which mon-put-data

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The problem is that the user that executes the script does not have the same environment (specifically, not the same PATH) that you do.

Additionally, I would suggest you use $(command) instead of `command`, as the latter is deprecated and can cause problems with quoting.

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The obsolescence of the backticks is worth mentioning indeed... –  ℝaphink Jan 11 '12 at 10:18

Are you using the same shell? Check. You might be using csh in terminal and the script might use bash.

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the question has a 'bash' tag –  glenn jackman Jan 11 '12 at 11:56

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That depends on how you're sending out e-mails. This has little to do with CloudFlare, and DKIM is an entirely separate setup. –  ceejayoz Oct 4 '12 at 17:24
What do you mean by how you are sending out e-mails? This is a new field for me. –  Tiffany Walker Oct 4 '12 at 17:26
Your SPF record needs to cover all the servers that might be sending e-mails on your behalf. That might be your ISP's SMTP servers, it might be Gmail, etc. Mine, for example, is (censored) "v=spf1 ip4:*.*.*.*/13 ip4:*.*.*.*/29 ip4:*.*.*.*/24 mx include:_spf.google.com include:spf.mtasv.net include:cmail1.com include:spf.mandrillapp.com ~all" because we send from a variety of different systems. –  ceejayoz Oct 4 '12 at 17:29
And remember that ~all basically makes your rule pointless. Use -all once you're sure the rule is working properly and identifies every possible valid sender. –  Michael Hampton Oct 4 '12 at 17:32
What is the difference between ~all, -all and +all? –  Tiffany Walker Oct 4 '12 at 22:52

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If you haven’t already found www.openspf.org, it’s a great resource. Pay attention to the SPF vs. Sender ID topic. Check out http://www.openspf.org/SPF_Record_Syntax for the down and dirty.

If you’re hosting your own mail server and your MX records constitute the only sending servers, you can get away with just the ‘mx’ mechanism.

If you’re using a hosted service for your email (Google Apps for example), or even forwarding outgoing mail from your internal SMTP server to a service like SendGrid, check with those services for specific SPF configuration instructions.

Edited to add better descriptions of SPF, mechanisms, and qualifiers

When a mail exchange that supports the use of SPF receives an email, it looks at the purported domain of the sender (someone@sendingdomain.tld) and the IP address of the server that sent the message. The question is, does that IP address have permission to send email on behalf of the sender's domain (sendingdomain.tld)?

To answer this question, the server retrieves the SPF record (stored as a DNS TXT record) from the purported domain (sendingdomain.tld) and checks the sending servers IP address against the that SPF record.

SPF uses mechanisms to create lists of valid sending servers for email. Each mechanism can be qualified with a +, -, ~, or ? prefix (this information was taken from OpenSPF:

'+' means pass (or valid) - Note: This is the default action
'-' means fail (or invalid)
'~' means soft fail (treated by many servers as neutral)
'?' means neutral (validity is neither confirmed nor denied)

When a record is being evaluated, it matches the first mechanism from left to right. If no mechanism matches, the default result is neutral.

In general, the 'All' mechanism matches everything, so...

The '+All' mechanism means, all servers are valid senders for this domain (don't use this option).

The ‘-All’ mechanism fails all sending servers. Use this at the end of an SPF record to override the neutral default result with a fail result. Some services (like Google) warn against this, but I have yet to run in to any problems with it yet.

The ‘~All’ and '?All' mechanisms are the equivalent of saying, “if the sending server doesn't match any of the valid servers listed, don’t worry about it.” Use these for testing SPF records only.

For a full list of mechanisms, refer to OpenSPF's Record Syntax page.

The one other mechanism I'd like to discuss here is, ‘include:< domain >’. This mechanism directs a server parsing an SPF record to include additional mechanisms specified in another SPF record hosted by < domain >.

If your domain uses the same servers (as in same IP address) for sending and receiving:

  • v=spf1 mx –all
  • The above is equivalent to, v=spf1 +mx –all

If you use Google Apps to host mail, but sometimes use an internal SMTP server for automated messages:

  • v=spf1 ip:< ip address of internal server > include:_spf.google.com -all

DKIM is a different beast all together. If you’re using a hosted email service, check with that service for instructions. If you hosting your own mail exchange, check with the documentation for your server software to figure out how to implement it. It’s a bit beyond the scope of this question.

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I set as the following: v=spf1 ip4:x.x.218.7 +a +mx +ip4:x.x.218.7 -all -- all my mail comes and goes from this one server is this right? Also, under the "name" I place the domain, right? –  Tiffany Walker Oct 4 '12 at 18:57
That would work, but it looks like you have more than you need. v=spf1 ip4:x.x.218.7 -all should be sufficient. Or even, v=spf1 mx -all would be sufficient since your one and only MX record should point to your one and only server at x.x.218.7. –  Matthew Johnson Oct 4 '12 at 20:53
Check out kitterman.com/spf/validate.html to validate your SPF record. I also like to use mxtoolbox.com/spf.aspx. –  Matthew Johnson Oct 4 '12 at 21:01
@TiffanyWalker - Sorry I can't comment under your updated post (not enough points yet). I'll update my post above to answer your question about +All/-All/~All. Question about your setup. Does the domain of the email address your testing with match the domain hosting the SPF text record exactly? –  Matthew Johnson Oct 5 '12 at 19:31

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I am currently having a issue with my server, apperently after awhile, my network will slowdown and later stop working. It shows this:

Dst overflow

My kernel is 2.6.18-308.8.2.el5.028stab101.1 #1 SMP Sun Jun 24 20:25:35 MSD 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

With CentOS, also running OpenVZ with SolusVM

Any solutions?

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wow, so much information... cat /etc/redhat-release –  alexus Jan 17 '13 at 18:13
Here you go: CentOS release 5.8 (Final) –  Kevin Hammett Jan 17 '13 at 18:16
can you also provide additional info where you got "dst overflow" line? maybe there's more info there? –  alexus Jan 17 '13 at 18:19
i get it after awhile, and it basicly renders the server unusable till a reboot. –  Kevin Hammett Jan 17 '13 at 18:19
Not sure how i can possibly fix that. Hope someone knows. –  Kevin Hammett Jan 17 '13 at 18:20

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apparently this is a know issue, you're going have to wait for vendor to fix it...

Fedora: Re: kernel: dst cache overflow

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This post is 2005. So there has been NO fix for years?? Unlikely. –  Kevin Hammett Jan 17 '13 at 18:31
yeah, I noticed that as well they're talking about .11 yours is .18 –  alexus Jan 17 '13 at 19:50
I hope someone would know. This is a major pain. –  Kevin Hammett Jan 17 '13 at 19:59

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Don’t Manage Your Time Manage Your Energy

Managing your energy is far more important than just managing your time. Keep a log of how you feel during the day based on your energy level. Over time see how hydration, nutrition, sleep, training and work schedules impact your energy. Then, make adjustments to maximize your overall energy level, and make sure that your …

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Everything is connected. The question is can you ‘see’ the connection. Not just with your eyes….but all five senses and then some. Do your own thoughts impact how the world shows up for you? Do your own actions have undeniable impact of everyone and everything around you? Do your own emotions impact the emotions of …

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The Truth About a 4-Hour Body

By now the internet has been set on fire by Tim Ferris‘s media blitz in promotion of his newest book, The 4-Hour Body. I’ve already ordered it and looking forward to learning some new “hacks” to increase my fitness and health. Just like Tim’s last book, The Four Hour Workweek, the title of the new …

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Assume you can

If you are trying something new, exciting and challenging – there are a couple mindsets you could begin with: Option 1: Assume you can’t do it. Option 2: Assume you can do it. I prefer option 2 every time. You can enjoy the journey that way. If you don’t belief you can – who else …

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Tony Robbins Health Mastery Tips

The other day I came across some notes from from a few Tony Robbins programs I attended. As we emerge from the holiday’s and the overeating that typically goes along with it, these will come in handy to help us get back on track. Tony Robbins Health Mastery Tips: Eight Key Principles for Maximum Nourishment …

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Take Your Health To The Next Level

(Dr. T video on Chronic Fatigue) I’ve spent far too many hours this weekend pouring over content by Dr. Adiel Tel-Oren on YouTube through his Dr. T in 3 series, his free tele-seminars available on The Truth About Your Food and his website, Ecopolitan.com (a clever take on Ecological and Metropolitan). The Dr.T in 3 …

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Lessons in Life From America’s Next President

I’m usually not a big fan of Men’s Health magazine, but this month there is a great article full of life lessons from inspiring people Lance Armstrong, Michael Pollan (author of the Omnivore’s Dilemma) and even Barack Obama are featured! The more I read about Barack the more I like him and look forward to …

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Do you need a cup of coffee in the morning to get yourself out of bed? Do you find yourself craving food at odd times of day? Does your energy seem to be waning with every passing month or year? It’s time to take action! Revitalize yourself and feel more energetic than ever by alkalizing …

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    >Cassini Significant Events
    >for 02/04/04 - 02/11/04
    >The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the Goldstone
    >tracking station on Monday, February 9. The Cassini spacecraft is in an
    >excellent state of health and is operating normally. Information on the
    >present position and speed of the Cassini spacecraft may be found on the
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    >The Radio and Plasma Wave Science (RPWS) and Cassini Plasma Spectrometer
    >(CAPS) solar wind observations concluded this week. Cassini has begun
    >data for the first color Saturn and ring approach movies. Ultraviolet
    >mosaics of the Saturn magnetosphere continue to map neutral and ion photon
    >emissions to derive the distribution and density of atomic and molecular
    >Additional on board activities included uplink and execution of power cycle
    >commands to perform a Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument (MIMI) Low Energy
    >Magnetospheric Measurement Subsystem recovery, execution of the Visual and
    >Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) flight software checkout, a Cassini
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    >expanded block load for participation in solar wind survey observations,
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Volunteer spotlight: Kevin Wehrenberg

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Making Waves in L.A.

When Kevin Wehrenberg became concerned about the media’s portrayal of type 1 diabetes (T1D) during the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, he contacted the Los Angeles Chapter, wanting to discuss the issue. The chapter’s executive director was impressed and soon asked Kevin to join the local Board. “Kevin’s profound passion, unyielding determination and fact-based perspective positions him perfectly as a volunteer leader for JDRF,” says Larry Meisner, California regional director. “He is an advocacy and fundraising powerhouse, always looking for heightened awareness and greater efficiencies to ensure the highest return to JDRF’s mission.”

Kevin may be one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet, but he also knows how to stir people up—and often prompts people to pay attention to the heart-wrenching side of T1D. He does not hold back when he talks about his eight-year-old son, Charlie, who was diagnosed with the disease at age three. He gets choked up when he recalls the first time he had to give Charlie an insulin shot. He says, “It took two nurses and my wife to hold him still. Crying and screaming, with an innocent voice, he asked me, ‘Dad, why are you hurting me?’” Kevin wants a cure for T1D so that parents will no longer have to hear that question from their children.

Not one to sit on the sidelines, Kevin quickly jumped in to help make a difference for his son and the millions of others who live with T1D. He is currently serving as president of the Los Angeles Chapter, and he has big plans for the chapter’s future. His strategy includes cutting costs on the fundraising events while enhancing and improving those events at the same time. He says, “I am very excited to continue to grow our board and to continue to increase the revenue of the chapter.”

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Kevin leading the Charlie’s Angels Walk team

As co-executive producer of the television show Wipeout and many others, Kevin has plenty of connections. He is able to secure in-kind support ranging from production crews to catering and video equipment for the chapter’s special events. “But in the end,” he says, “the largest help I have received is from the people who work with me currently or in the past, because a lot of these people were around when Charlie was diagnosed.” Every year, his friends and coworkers join his family’s Walk team, Charlie’s Angels, to help raise money for JDRF. Last year Charlie’s Angels raised more than $100,000.

The Wehrenberg family has since adjusted and adapted to the relentless day-to-day management of T1D. Still, Kevin notes, “There are no days off. There are consequences if you do take days off.” Each year his family observes the date Charlie was diagnosed: July 7, 2008. Kevin explains, “We call it D-day. Every year we have a party—like a birthday party—to celebrate another year of successfully living with the disease.”


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How the WHO medical manual is used to stigmatize sexual variation

The WHO medical manual says that only crossdreaming crossdressers can become tranwomen, not the ones that do not get aroused by the idea of being a woman. How did sexual arousal become such a sin?

I have spent some time looking at the American DSM manual. The American psychiatric manual say a lot about how some psychiatrist try to draw the line between different types of cross-gender identification.

There is another manual that is just as interesting, namely the WHO ICD manual (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems,10th Revision,Version for 2007)

Under "Mental and behavioural disorders" there is a category called "Disorders of adult personality and behaviour", where you will find both transsexualism and crossdressing/crossdreaming categorized as mental illnesses.

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You are not one of us!

The separatists  transwomen intensify their attacks on crossdressers and "transgender", immensely fearful of contamination by association.

White Pride

Separatist ideologue and HBS International general, Rose White, has now declared war on the presence of drag queens in Pride Parades in Calder-dale, Britain. The argument:

“Drag queens – homosexuals dressed as women – and drag kings, women dressed as men, performing as stereotypical crossdressers promote, foster and reinforce the belief among the audience that any bloke in a frock must be a homosexual.” she says. “If these people are allowed to perform in the town in the Pride, they must have a prominent sign stating ‘We are homosexual men – not transexuals’."

In other words: "You are not one of us!"

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What Harry Benjamin Really Meant about Crossdressers and Transwomen

In this post I will take a look at what one of the giants of trans research, Harry Benjamin, really meant about what he called "transvestites" and "transsexuals".

The discussion of Rose White's book on the Harry Benjamin Syndrome and the idea that "true transwomen" and crossdreamers belong to different species continues.

What about Harry Benjamin?

"So who are these HBS people that hold themselves clear and distinct from all other people on the planet?" Rose White asks. (Yes, that was a direct quote!). Her answer:

"Put simply an HBS is a person who from first memory feels to be trapped in the wrong body just as Harry Benjamin described back in 1966."

But would Harry Benjamin have embraced White's book if he was alive today? I can with great certainty say that he would have hated it!
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The Harry Benjamin Syndrome 2: The Scientific Basis

In this post I continue to the discussion of Rose White's book The Harry Benjamin Syndrome Comes of Age.

Continues from part 1.
She blinded me with science
Rose White argues that crossdressers and real transwomen (who she calls HBS) have nothing in common. The origins of the two conditions are completely different. While HBS transwomen have a natural brain based femininity, the crossdressers have not, she argues.
So what about the science White is pointing to? Does science really prove that HBS transwomen belong to a different race than crossdreamers who choose to transition?
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The Harry Benjamin Syndrome Part 1: When transactivism becomes transphobic

Some of you may have heard about the so-called Harry Benjamin Syndrome.

It is a term developed by transwomen who vehemently oppose any association between them and whom I have called crossdreamers, among them crossdressers.

The argument is that science has proved that this particular group of transwomen, the HBS women, are real women brain wise, and that transitioning male to female crossdreamers (men who get turned on by the idea of having a woman's body, including crossdressers) are not.

In three posts I will take a look at a new book from the Harry Benjamin Syndrome camp, and see if their arguments hold water.

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The invisible female to male crossdressers and crossdreamers

The myth of the non-existent female to male crossdreamer or crossdresser is crumbling. It turns out that women can be gender confused as well, without being homosexual or even transsexual.

Gender stereotypes have it that only men can be perverts. For some peculiar reason men are the ones who most wholeheartedly promote this standpoint. Many male to female crossdressers, for instance, seem resigned to "the fact" that they are nothing but "fetishist" and that the women they worship never are. They believe it is their male testosterone driven urges that drives them to them dressing up as women. They have no "inner woman".
Many sexologists and most evolutionary psychologists seem to agree. Ray Blanchard, who has looked at men who get turned on by imagining themselves as women, consider these woman-loving "autogynephiliacs" a completely different category from the "homosexual transsexuals" (i.e. M2F man-loving transwomen).
The "autogynephiliacs"  (who I call crossdreamers)  are suffering from a male typcal paraphilia, according to Blanchard, and a can in no way be considered feminine. As for female to male transsexuals, they are all "homosexuals". There are no female to male "paraphiliacs".
I must say that I have found this very strange. Why should the variety of nature bring us male to female  "autogynephiliacs" and crossdressers,  but no female to male "autoandrophiliacs"?
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Yowzer: Famous San Francisco Photographer David Yu Catches Our New Bay Bridge Lights Quite Well

Tuesday, May 20th, 2014

Photo via here:

From the right, you can see the Alpha, Bravo, Delta, and Echo towers of the Bay Bridge

Monday, December 2nd, 2013

As seen over the weekend. SFO is to the right

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It’s the same fog as seen by photographer David Yu here.

Stanford’s Crystal Lee, Miss Chinatown USA 2010, is First Runner Up in Miss America 2013 – David Yu Photos

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

Here’s a retread post from 2010. Famous San Francisco photograph David Yu caught the 2010 Miss Chinatown USA popularity contest with a gigantic lens that weighs six pounds, most likely. The walking shot in the red dress is excellent, it captures a mood. Anyway, let’s travel back to yesteryear:

“This was the scene last night at the Palace of Fine Arts, where Stanfurd freshman and bay area local Crystal Lee was crowned Miss Chinatown USA 2010. It’s international news.

All the pageantry was caught by David Yu of davidyuweb. He always has great photos of whatever’s going on the bay area.

The crowning the School of the Arts alum:

Here are all the contestants: Christine Lim 李汶娸, Kristina Owyoung 歐陽坤怡, Samantha Chin 陳冠曄, Leilani Soon 孫愛蘭, Anna Chiem 詹佩盈, Christina Zhang 張子倩, Crystal Lee 李萬晴, Gloria Mui 梅主恩, Angela Wang 王兆蓬, Chang Liu 劉暢, Li Li 李欣燃, and Tong Qiao 喬彤:

How many peacocks had to die for this outfit? None, I s’pose:

Crystal Lee

San Francisco, CA
Miss Chinatown U.S.A.

Kristina Owyoung
Lafayette, CA
Miss Chinese Chamber of Commerce/First Princess

Christina Zhang
Pleasanton, CA
Miss San Francisco Chinatown

Li Li
Flushing, NY
2nd Princess

Anna Chiem
Chicago, IL
3rd Princess

Angela Wang
Sugar Land, TX
4th Princess

Anna Chiem
Chicago, IL
Miss TVB Choice Award

And of course our Chinese New Year’s Parade is coming up (rain expected – it’s free to watch of course, or you can pay $30 for reserved seating) on Saturday, February 27th, 2010, right after the Coronation Ball:

Miss Chinatown U.S.A. Coronation Ball
Friday, February 26, 2010
San Francisco Hilton & Towers
333 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco
(415) 982-3000
6:00 pm No Host Cocktails
7:00 pm Dinner and Dancing until midnight
Tickets: $120
The newly selected Miss Chinatown USA and her court will be crowned at the annual Harrah’s Coronation Ball. The black tie dinner/dance, attended by many community leaders, promises to be a highlight of the Lunar New Year festivities.

An Arresting “Snapshot” from Photographer David Yu: Shifting Shafts of Shining Above Alcatraz

Monday, May 6th, 2013

Right here:

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All at once the clouds are parted
Light streams down in bright unbroken beams
Follow men’s eyes as they look to the skies
The shifting shafts of shining weave the fabric of their dreams

Say Hello to Comet PANSTARRS 2013, aka “C/2011 L4″ – As Seen By Photographer David Yu from Twin Peaks

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Via David Yu:

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C/2011 L4

The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) is an array of astronomical cameras and telescopes and computing facility that is surveying the sky on a continual basis, including accurate astrometry and photometry of detected objects. By detecting any differences from previous observations of the same areas of the sky, it is expected to discover a very large number of new asteroidscometsvariable stars and other celestial objects. Its primary mission is to detect near-Earth objects that threaten impact eventsand is expected to create a database of all objects visible from Hawaii (three-quarters of the entire sky) down to apparent magnitude 24. Pan-STARRS is funded in large part by the U.S. Air Force through their Research Labs.

Morning Blue Over San Francisco Bay – A Unique View by David Yu

Thursday, December 27th, 2012

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Gold Mountain by David Yu: A Nice Shot of Foggy San Francisco – Orange, Orange, Orange

Monday, December 10th, 2012

Here it is – look closely:

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Wow: “Moonset Over Golden Gate Bridge” by David Yu

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

A unique view from David Yu:

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Orange Coit Tower, by Famous Photographer David Yu – Giants Fever 2012 – Licorice and Flame for All to See

Thursday, October 25th, 2012

Via David Yu:

The colors of the Orange and Black are, officially, in PANTONE-speak:

PANTONE 19-1102 TCX – “Licorice” [Black]
PANTONE 17-1462 TCX – “Flame” [Orange]
PANTONE 11-0601 TCX – “Bright White”
PANTONE 17-1044 TCX – “Chipmunk”
PANTONE 13-0917 TCX – “Italian Straw”
PANTONE 11-0701 TCX – “Whisper White”
PANTONE 15-4003 TCX – “Storm Gray”

Did not know that…

If You’re Looking for a Golden Gate Bridge Photo With a Rainbow Included, Here You Go – From David Yu

Friday, September 28th, 2012

Famous San Francisco photographer David Yu offers up a blue-sky rainbow o’er the Golden Gate Bridge.

Single rainbow, part of the way:

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