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BREAKING NEWS: OU LASHES OUT AGAIN!
George Ou speaks again, John Gruber's "super long analyis" (shorter Ou: "Damn, this David Burke, who has a recurring role as a D.A. on Boston Legal.
That's just the kind of of top-notch legal advice you want when refuting a blog post!
So, let's get down on it! Burke copies whole heaves of text from Daring Fireball to set the ground work for his massive take-down!
Sorry for the following extended quotes, but this is the evidence he uses to support his concern, search the link if you would like to double check…
Uh, no, dude, that's OK. I'm sure you've got mad copy/paste skillz. I'm sure you beat the hell out of that V key.
"Copy. PASTE! Copy. PASTE! Copy. MOTHERFUCKING PASTE! Oh, man, I'm on fi-ya!"
Fox's statement simply says; Maynor and Ellch have not demonstrated such a vulnerability to Apple.
Apple may in fact fully well have been contacted by Secureworks and may be quite aware the exploit exists and are working on it.
So his main concern is garbage. See why you need trained people to examine the evidence?
Ah! You mean like someone who plays a D.A. on TV?
There's just one problem with Mr. Burke's stunning legal analysis.
"Despite SecureWorks being quoted saying the Mac is threatened by the exploit demonstrated at Black Hat, they have provided no evidence that in fact it is," Apple Director of Mac PR, Lynn Fox, told Macworld.
[Emphasis mine.]
This is the graph that Maynor's defenders kind sorta wish wasn't there and, if you repeat it, will probably make them stick their fingers in their ears and go "LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA! I AM NOT LIS-TEN-ING!"
They much prefer to focus on the "sharing of code" quote, as Ou does here:
Fox never stated SecureWorks never contacted them, they only said that no code was shared.
The first part of that sentence is true. The second is not because of the use of the word "only." She said that SecureWorks provided no evidence.
Ou says "You can't have their code, bitch!"
You're not entitled to a researcher's code which they spent time developing. Giving them the actual malformed packet that triggers the exploit and a pointer to the location of the flawed code is standard practice.
But for SecureWorks to have done this would have been to provide evidence, in which case Fox was mistaken or lying. But Ou's not arguing that Fox is mistaken or lying. He's arguing that she used PR gobbledy-gook to try to trick the world into thinking SecureWorks was wrong about the Airport hardware and drivers.
Ou then compliments his possibly imaginary friend on his legal acumen. You can learn a lot on the set of a popular legal show! I wish he'd asked him what Shatner's really like!
While I know for a fact that Gruber is wrong and doesn't know what he is talking about since I'm sitting on sensitive information at this point, I'm amazed that you can take Gruber's own analysis and take it apart and get eerily close to what the truth is.
Well! Someone's been hanging out in the super-secret hacker treefort in Maynor's mom's back yard with the Farah Fawcett poster on the wall!
I wonder if Ou has talked to Apple. Because single-sourcing from SecureWorks may not be the best way to go right now (see: Krebs, Brian). We already know that Ou has gone out of his way to falsely portray SecureWorks as good faith actors who were only interested in making Macs more secure and kittens and puppies more prevalent and spring! with the flowers and dancing and… and…
And that's bullshit.
You don't get to run around and say you want to stick a lit cigarette in its user-base's eye and then pretend you weren't out to get Apple.
At the end of the day, SecureWorks may be able to demonstrate a hack of Airport. I suspect there's smoke coming out of that super-secret treefort right now and it's not from the vigorous self-gratification to the Farah Fawcett poster. But until someone puts up or shuts up, a responsible journalist would not make ham-handed efforts to brow-beat others into silence with vague threats of lightning bolts from Mt. Olympus.
You might be thinking, jeez, this guy writes for ZDNet, I mean, that must mean he's a responsible journalist, right?
Eh, maybe not.
Posted on August 24, 2006 Author John MoltzCategories OS X
78 thoughts on "BREAKING NEWS: OU LASHES OUT AGAIN!"
Bizarro says:
> Also I like how he doesn't never use a lot of double negatives.
Ou am to journamalism what Bizarro is not to Superman!
SeoulBrother says:
a digg for thee.
Hey everyone let's get CARS on the front page of Digg!
Journamalism®™℠©℗ Guy says:
journamalism…YES! And commenting on your own post repeatedly. That's just damn fine journamalism®™℠©℗.
The Tick says:
"But my money's on this David Burke, who has a recurring role as a D.A. on Boston Legal."
There's something oddly familar about that twitchy barrister…
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UhhhDude says:
You know, I should care more, but I can't seem to garner the strength.
Maybe it's because I'm still on frickin' DIAL-UP.
Yeah. No hi-speed, so no Wi-Fi worries, no staying awake nights worrying about hackers using my toothbrush…unless they're DIAL-UP hackers.
Feh.
Someone needs to send me a pony.
DocWolfram says:
Does Ou have any link to Ohio University?
Thanks Nxxx,
My mom always promised that one day she would tell me where ponies came from, but due to a terrible accident with a three hole paper punch I was never to learn the answer.
It's an interesting article, but there is an error students of logic and critical reasoning will discover when they read through it, and it is a very critical error in the bloggers main concern.
You know, I *am* a lawyer and a "student of logic and critical reasoning," and I'm baffled by the entire post.
Both Ou and Burke basically ignore the fact that Apple itself says it has seen no evidence of any kind of an exploit, and instead cherry-pick and obsess over the claim that Apple says it was given no code, and parse this to mean (ignoring everything else Apple said) that Apple could still have been contacted by Maynor and is just using PR weasel words to make him look bad.
Burke finishes his "cross examination" by saying "So his main concern is garbage. See why you need trained people to examine the evidence? Sometimes what looks obvious is not."
Whenever someone essentially says "Nuh uh! You're just saying that because you're not as smart as I am" you know they've got nothing.
Picker of Nits says:
Whoa. Things have, like, gotten totally heavy around here.
What is most frustrating about this, is all the shots across the bow (blog posts) between everyone and breaking down into a game of "he said, she said, whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you", but Maynor and "Johnny Cahce" are both silent.
I think they thought they had invented Cold Fusion, called a press conference, and realized too late that what they really had was Con Fusion, and just decided to go with the Con.
The defenders of these two also can not seem to make a straight thought as to how Maynor can come out with his "I want to burn the eyes of smug Mac users with a lit cigarrete" blast, but this NOT be all about trying to descredit the Mac. If this was just about wireless drivers in ALL computing platforms, we would not have Kerbs coming out with his "MacBook Hacked in 60 seconds or less" article that started the uproar. I think they started this off as being an anti-mac thing, then realized how much the wrath of the Mac users can burn, and now are hiding under their beds and hoping it all goes away.
I have two theories on this.
1. This smacks a lot of the Anti-Linux crap that MS has been pushing for so long. Their ad's about how much more secure Windows Server 2003 was compared to Linux, and how much more cost effective it was as well. I can just see M$ out there paying people like this to find any major security hole and exploit their find in the media for all it is worth. This rings even more true when you look at some of the articles that Ou has published, including the article where he states that people who say that M$ produces bloated programs don't know what they are talking about. Yeah, I am sure Ou is VERRRRRY objective.
2. (This IS a Crazy Rumors site, so stay with me on this one). Maynor and company have found a wireless security hole on ALL laptops that they can hack into the computer and make the battery explode, the user of the computer to worship at the shrine of Monkey Boy Balmer, and steals their toothbrush. Maynor and company realize that this is a HUGE threat to national security, and have decided to sell it to Iran, but got caught, and are now in an undisclosed prision being held on terrorist charges, which is why he has not been able to contact Apple.
I will say this just as I said it on Ou's blog comments. Maynor and company can make this ALL go away if they either come out and tell the truth that it was a hoax, or they can demonstrate this "in the wild" on a target laptop that they have not had any physical access to. Anything short of that, and this isn't going away for a very long time. And it only hurts them to have someone like George Ou trying (and failing) to defend them.
Ou gives himself away in the responses to his blog post:
"Does this mean that for a machine to be vulnerable it has to have two network cards?"
No, it means for a non-weaponized version of this exploit, it needs the two cards. But the exploit is still very serious. Exploits don't have to be weaponized or 100% reliable to be of a grave concern. You shouldn't have to wait for a 100% reliable exploit to demonstrate a serious issue.
MacStansbury says:
I'm gone for, what? 2 years, and this place turns into a legitimate news source?
Seriously, nice work Moltz.
11TH!!!
If Ou was a responsible journalist, he's lost it, should have shut up the minute the s#@t hit the fan.
John Moltz says:
Jeez, has it been two years? Whereya been?
Smallworks is now claiming that they've been unable to hack a MacBook with Apple hardware and software. Looks like Ou and Krebs are busted.
Jough Dempsey says:
You make some funny points, but it's just as sloppy of you to assume that the David Burke in question is an actor and not a lawyer as it is for Ou to make his strange "out of ass" arguments.
I mean, wouldn't the David Burke in question more likely be this one:
http://www.rc.com/BioBURKE.htm
or this one?
I mean, if you're going to pick actors named David Burke, are you sure you've picked the right one out of ten?
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=david+burke
Dude, I don't *really* think it's the guy from Boston Legal.
It could be this David Burke, no? Uhh, no, probably not.
But maybe it's this one. He appeared on Iron Chef America once, losing to Bobby Flay (natch). The special ingredient was lamb.
Mr. Weaponized says:
He said weaponized. heh.
El Capitano Corelli says:
As a professional journamalist…
(clears throat)
As a VERY SMART professional journalist, I can say two things with some confidence. First, Ou can't write. If I got copy in like that from a freelance it wouldn't be so much 'subbed' as 'butchered'. With seasonings and everything. And crackling. And fries, obviously.
Secondly, David Burke isn't the actor. Sorry. Nor is he the one from Robinson & Moltz LLC or whoever the hell they are. No, he's a figment of Ou's imagination. I mean, if you take "but one of my readers David Burke who is a very smart legal professional took it upon himself to cross examine Mr. Gruber's analysis", add some punctuation to make it a vaguely coherent sentence, use Google Translate to turn it into Russian and then back to English again, then you get:
"The lurkers support me in e-mail".
You do. Try it.
Anson says:
According to the Boston Legal guy, "there was some level of compliance with Apples wish's and a third party card and driver was used". Ummmm, "wish's"? How could anybody take this legalman seriously?
David Burke says:
Man, this guy is hilarious??? First off he thinks an actor in a TV show about law qualifies as a legal professional. Funny thing is, I am in law, and not in acting, and the commentary I made on Ou's blog has to do with my extensive training in logic an critical reasoning and nothing to do with my legal expertise.
I mean I'm kind of laughing, but who is this John Moltz wing nut…with all the clever analysis with the extra added cursing for emphatically pretending to sound like he knows what he is talking about…and angry too!
I'm not going to waste my poor typing pinkies spending a lot of time responding to this kind of shoddy reporting/analysis. Its so poorly thought out its only reasonable purpose must have to be comic relief! Ha!
Let's put it this way on each significant comment he makes
1.	Wrong
2.	Wrong again
3.	Don't even think you understand the issue so no comment
4.	Umm…clearly wrong
5.	Really wrong
Saying much more I'm just robbing myself of valuable time.
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Q: Facebook page/posts only returning limited results I'm using the Graph API to look at posts from public pages.
Previously, I was able to page through all of a pages posts, back to its inception (from today back to 2014, for example).
But now this seems to be not possible anymore: if I page through a pages posts, the next key disappears eventually. I have tried using cursors['after'] instead of paging['next'], but this stops at the same point. So far I'm unable to determine if this limit is time based (i.e. you can't get posts older than 4 months) or amount-based (only X posts back into the past), because calls to the API do return posts up to 5 years back.
I.e. the first 200 posts I get back are reverse-chronological for this year, and then at the very end I get a couple of posts from 2012 or 2014.
Does anyone know what's going on here?
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Genealogy and tracing your family history can be a fun activity for the whole family. Here are some tips how to get started, researching your family tree and even planning a genealogy vacation.
I was thinking of great family projects for 2010 and I thought about how great it would be to research ones own family history. For many reasons, it is important to know about your family background. It can give you and your family a sense of who you are and where you've come from. It can also be important because knowing how your ancestors died could have an effect on your own medical history. If you're not sure what you need to get started in genealogy, here are some tips to get started.
First off, you will need to have some basic office supplies available when you get started. File folders can be used to keep any blank charts you'll need; they can also be used to keep your ancestors organized. Start a file folder for each surname you find during your search. When it is too full, you can always separate the information further.
If you'd rather not keep everything you gather in paper form, you can invest in good genealogy software such as Roots Magic 3, Family Tree Maker or Legacy Family Tree 7.0 Deluxe. These will range in price between $30 and $100. You can also find free software, such as Personal Ancestral File 5.2 or Family Tree Builder 4.0.
The important thing to remember is to keep things organized, no matter which method you choose to keep notes on your family members. Be prepared, however, as you may find delving into your family background so interesting that it takes over a good amount of space in your home.
Go to a place like Ancestry.com or to find free printable pedigree charts or other forms which will help you keep your information organized. Adobe Acrobat is generally used for most forms so you can print off as many as you need. You can download Adobe Reader for free if you don't have it from the Adobe website.
Consider getting a small tape recorder. Spend some time with older family members and ask them to tell you as much as they can about your family. This can be great fun and a great opportunity for your kids to interview their Grandparents, Great Aunts, Uncles, etc. Have your kids ask them about when they were growing up. What did their father or mother do to make a living? What stories can they remember that their parents or grandparents told them? They may be able to find old family Bibles, photographs, or other paperwork which will make your search easier.
If your family members have birth certificates, deeds, baptism certificates, or marriage certificates, ask them if you can borrow them to make copies. You can return the originals and still have something to verify information you've received.
Access to the internet can also be important when you need to get started in genealogy. The internet is a wealth of information. There are many websites which offer search capabilities to help you find elusive family members. They also have articles and helpful information to make finding your family something you can do and enjoy.
If you're starting down the genealogy road, it can be a little discouraging when you get stuck. Start with what you know – your own information and that of your parents, grandparents, etc. – and then work further into the past to find other information. Once you know what you need to get started in genealogy, it's a matter of pulling what you know together and then finding out what you don't know.
There's only so much you can do to find information about your ancestors from using old family records, newspapers, and such. Sometimes you have to search elsewhere, particularly if you've run into a road block. Finding information on your family ancestors online is one way to get past those road blocks and get back on track.
Obviously you'll need to have a starting place when you're searching for your family online. You may have a list of names, birth and death dates, and places of birth or death. These are a great place to begin, no matter how you go about finding your ancestors.
Obituaries are printed for everyone who passes away. If your loved one passed away after 1962, you can search the Social Security Death Index to determine exact date of death. The index will provide the person's birth date, death date, and the place they last resided. You may also want to try Genealogy Bank which has obituaries from over 1100 newspapers dating as far back at 1977.
If you already have some information about family members from the past, you may want to search for them on other online websites. Some genealogy websites are free to access and those might be the best place to start looking if you're new to genealogy. After you've learned more about your family you may want to sign up for a subscription on the membership-based genealogy sites.
Each of these websites will provide you with great search functions as well as give you information on the best methods to search for your family online. Many of the genealogy websites also have forums where people can ask for information from people around the world.
Be ready to pay a little money. The better known genealogy websites require paid membership. These include Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com, WorldVitalRecords.com, and OneGreatFamily.com. These paid websites can be as little as $3.33 per month or as much as $24.95 per month depending upon if you choose to access to files in the United States or worldwide. Normally you will be billed annually for your membership.
If you're not sure a paid membership site is right for you, most of them have trial memberships between one and two weeks. That will give you ample time to do some searching, find information that will be helpful in locating your family members, and let you know if there is a need to sign up.
As with any attempt at finding information on your family ancestors online, be sure to spell their name correctly. If you're having problems finding them, you may want to consider that the surname (last name) may have changed over time. Try variations of spellings to ensure you find the people you're looking for.
Many people think genealogy is nothing more than staring at microfilm or microfiche, pouring over old dusty books in courthouses, or searching the internet to find lost family members. The truth is, genealogical research can be more than that. In fact, you can learn how to plan a genealogy research vacation which can make your family's history come alive.
Look through your genealogy records. Check to see if there are particular locations common to your ancestors. Then choose that location and plan your vacation around it. Be sure to take paper, pen, and camera with you when you go so you can document your findings.
Try to locate long-lost cousins or other family members at the place you go. You may find someone who can add to the information you already know. They may even be able to provide you with information, names, or dates you didn't know. And what's better than filling in your pedigree chart and finding family you didn't know before?
You may also want to visit the courthouse, library, or historical societies in the area. There you may be able to find a wealth of information which can lead you further down your family's history. Or, you may be able to get copies of certificates (birth, marriage, death) for family members, which will verify what you know.
Plan a trip to local cemeteries while you're there. Look for the headstones to the graves of family members and take photographs of each one. Gravestones usually provide birth and death dates. Another thing to consider when visiting cemeteries is that in the past families were often buried together. This may mean you can find people who are related to your ancestors that you never knew about.
Take careful notes or use an audio or video recorder or camera to help you remember things. If you're looking through books or films, be sure to write down the call number of the microfilm, page number of any book you use, and the library you got the information from. Make photocopies of anything you can to take the information home with you.
Be prepared by knowing who it is you're looking for, bringing the information you already have with you, and know when any buildings (courthouse, library, historical society, etc.) will be open while you're there. Do as much research as you can before you leave so you know where you want to go, when you have to be there, and know exactly what you're looking for when you arrive.
If you have children, don't forget to do something fun while you're on the hunt for long-lost family members. They may be bored, so bring something they can do to keep them occupied or see if you can get them to help you look. One goal is to learn what you can about your family but not to alienate your family that is with you in the process. Besides, after spending so much time looking for dead members of your family, you'll be glad to spend time with the ones that are still living.
Remember to plan ahead as much as possible. This would include hotel stays if you don't have living family at a location. When you learn how to plan a genealogy research vacation and take time for fun along the way, you may find your children also become interested enough in their family history to help you in your search.
Digging into your family history can not only be fun, but can help bring the whole family together. For kids it offers a great opportunity to learn about where they came from and give a new perspective and appreciation for how they themselves became to be.


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A fighter for the weak and oppressed
By Teresa Kok
MP for Seputeh and ADUN for Kinrara
[THE ROCKET] I have known Fan Yew Teng since the early 1990s when I entered politics and became more involved in social issues.
I remember him as someone who is incredibly passionate about human rights and justice issues.
In the past, whenever we had any public forum, public protests and public demonstration for Free Burma, Free Aung San Suu Kyi and so on, if we needed a spokesperson or forum panelist, we'd look for him.
Whenever the Muslim circles needed speakers for their Free Palestine events, they would also look for him because it was clear that Fan Yew Teng was an activist that stood for human rights and social justice.
His concerns cut across all circles. He didn't care about different religions or race. He was truly colour-blind in his conviction.
He had also written numerous articles and books to express his views, advocating for the poor, weak and marginalised. I was very impressed with him for all the above.
When Lim Kit Siang was detained under ISA in 1969, he served as acting secretary general, helping to hold fort for DAP. He later left DAP for some 20 years due to some disagreements and also to chase his personal pursuits, but during the DAP internal party split in 1998, he was approached by our party leadership to come back to the fold to help out and he did.
One of the reasons that encouraged him to make a comeback was due to the unjust persecution of Lim Guan Eng. Fan Yew Teng had been the one who openly spoke up for Lim Guan Eng in all the Support LGE Campaign.
He participated in our marathon hunger strike after Guan Eng was sent to the Kajang Prison. This shows Fan Yew Teng has always cared for the DAP and he made his stand clear when the party was in trouble.
During the 1999 general elections, Fan contested the Tebing Tinggi state assembly seat in Perak but lost, together with many other DAP national leaders. He continued to be a vocal writer and spokesperson for human rights and social justice.
Fan's heart was always in the right place. I will always remember him with fondness and admiration for this. His passing is a great loss to civil society in Malaysia but he will continue to live on in our memory.[THE ROCKET]
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My stock donation to Tostan has finally gone through. With the stock price the day it went through, my total donation is $19701.26, $49 less than I pledged. I blame Morgan Stanley for taking 5 weeks to process the donation. I will fix this, but for tax reasons it will probably need to wait until next year.
Uuuuuugh the broker only just started transferring my stock to Tostan (apparently they lost a week or two while they waited for me to confirm I'd given them the right account number, without alerting me in any way). For tax purposes this still counts as 2016, so that's okay- except I need to know the total value of the shares so I know how much I need to top off with cash, and I'd like to make the cash donation in 2016 as well. I got their best guess and donated, I guess the worst case scenario is I donated too much. But it has taken a lot of executive function I sent this in almost a month ago, this is not acceptable Morgan Stanley.
I have submitted the form to my broker to donate stock make the bulk of my Tostan pledge, I will make up the difference in cash once they tell me the exact value of the received stock. Note that this involved a paper form that had to be faxed and I work from home without any such equipment so this basically makes me a superhero.
Hey everyone- I'm travelling a lot this week and while I have produced an impressive number of half posts, nothing is quite ready to go. But! If you are in the SF/Berkeley area, I will be near you for the next few days and we should hang out. You can email me at elizabeth@ this domain name.
PS. Please don't rob my house, it would make things weird with my house sitter.
Hey Everyone- Thanks to a word press/RSS screw up, you may not have seen my post Map of Open Spaces in Effective Altruism. That one represents a lot of work on something I think is really important, so if you didn't see it the first time I urge you to check it out.
Nerve function has returned a good deal faster than the pain has receded. In rather a lot of pain now. Shiny feelings towards surgery decreasing rapidly.


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Buoyant Force
Sue Wribican
2020 | Steel
Owner: Tephra ICA
Buoyant Force is a 50-foot steel sculpture by Sue Wrbican inspired by the paintings of American Surrealist Kay Sage (b. 1898, Albany, New York; d. 1963, Woodbury, Connecticut). Sage is recognized for her paintings of scaffolded structures and furled fabric in desolate landscapes. Tephra ICA organized the first comprehensive exhibition of Wrbican's work, entitled Well Past the Echo, in Fall 2017. The exhibition featured photography, maquettes of Sage-inspired structures, and a site-specific installation. It was featured in The Washington Post and East City Art. Based on the success of the exhibition, Tephra ICA commissioned Wrbican to realize one of her structures at full-size in Reston Town Square Park.
About Sue Wribican
In 2014, Wrbican presented her installation and lecture "Continue the Temporary and It Becomes Forever" at the Zizek Studies conference at the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning. In 2015, her work The Eventual Outcome of an Instant was constructed at the Seligmann Center in Sugar Loaf, NY. She has held residencies at the Robert Rauschenberg Residency in Captiva, Florida; Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California; The Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida; and STUD Residency in Catlett, Virginia. She is a founding member of the Floating Lab Collective whose projects have been exhibited widely in venues such as ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany and the Nathan Cummings Foundation, NYC, NY. Her video Back Roof is part of Miranda July's Joanie 4 Jackie Archive at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, CA.
Wrbican is an Associate Professor and Director of Photography at the School of Art at George Mason University and her education includes an MFA in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design and BA in English Writing with a concentration in poetry from the University of Pittsburgh.


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Chevy Impala sales fell sharply in the United States in the third quarter of 2018.
In the United States, Chevrolet Impala deliveries totaled 12,604 units in Q4 2018, a decrease of about 50 percent compared to 25,134 units sold in Q4 2017.
During the complete 2018 calendar year, Impala sales decreased about 25 percent to 56,556 units.
In Canada, Chevrolet Impala deliveries totaled 517 units in Q4 2018, an increase of about 26 percent compared to 411 units sold in Q4 2017.
During the complete 2018 calendar year, Impala sales were flat at 0 units.
In South Korea, Chevrolet Impala deliveries totaled 418 units in Q4 2018, a decrease of about 43 percent compared to 727 units sold in Q4 2017.
During the complete 2018 calendar year, Impala sales decreased about 57 percent to 1,549 units.
Chevy Impala sales performance placed it in second place in its competitive set, behind the Dodge Charger in first place (see Dodge Charger sales) by 8,314 units, yet (barely) ahead of the Chrysler 300 in third (see Chrysler 300 sales), and Nissan Maxima in fourth. The soon-to-be-discontinued Ford Taurus (see Ford Taurus sales) took fifth, Toyota Avalon took sixth, and the discontinued Kia Cadenza, VW CC and Hyundai Azera brought up the remaining three places.
Chevy Impala sales fell faster than the segment average (of 25 percent) during the quarter, a figure that was skewed downward by uncharacteristic sales volume drops by vehicles that have already been discontinued as well as by precipitous sales drops by the Chevy Impala and Nissan Maxima. It's also worth noting that Impala sales fell at a much higher rate than those of its primary rival – the Toyota Avalon, whose sales fell 7 percent during the same time frame.
The full-size mainstream sedan segment contracted 25 percent in Q4 2018 and 16.53 percent in the complete 2018 calendar year.
After a rather bleak third quarter, Chevy Impala sales continued to falter during the fourth quarter, making it rather obvious that the mainstream full-size sedan and the entire segment in which it competes has become one of the biggest victims of the ongoing change in consumer buying dynamics wherein buyers consistently purchase crossover SUVs over sedans.
The fourth quarter figures further underscore why General Motors has officially announced plans to discontinue the Impala (along with five other passenger cars) in 2019. That said, it is noteworthy that some automakers – namely, Toyota and FCA (the parent firm of Dodge and Chrysler) and Nissan are able to make a return on their offerings in this space, even at depressed and/or lower volumes. Meanwhile, Volkswagen is readying a replacement for the CC called Arteon, which was set to go on sale in the United States, but whose launch was pushed back by delays in EPA testing.
50K sales a year still is nothing to sneeze at.
High Development cost added and then $12,000 rebates after they fail to sell in the model year there is little meat on the bone left.
Add to this a sister Buick that sells even less.
Now they could take the billions to make a new car and make little profit at 50k units or they can invest in another model that may sell 200K units like a. Bronco challenger and make a much larger return on the dollar.
50k units and large rebates are a major allergy.
it is sad to look at the post here. One complains the cars are too expensive yet another wants AWD? Another wants to know if they can get a deal when deals could be had for the last 5 years.
As for parts they will be around for a good long time.
Look the Oil Change deal is just a way they try to add value that really is not much value when you come down to it.
Finally you could market the crap out of sedans but they all are in decline and only global model and high end sedans will survive.
Cool. Where's the Bronco challenger?
Being the poster looking for a good deal, I wasn't in the market for a vehicle in the last 5 years. Now I am, hope it turns out to be an even better time to buy one.
I have to disagree, FCA sees worth in big sedans despite hand-over-fist truck/suv profits to the point of a redesign soon (granted the same platform will be used but lighten). In GMs case a CT5 based car above Malibu can be a great replacement w/o the cost of starting from scratch. As mentioned before it doesn't take billions to do this and if it does those accounts need to be "idoled" like the factories.
I basically think vehicles are getting way too expensive for your average consumer. I own a 2016 Impala ltz 2lz and at only 35,000 miles airbag light goes on and off and the dealership will not repair it under warranty. I think those headaches also is a reason for the decline in sales as cross the board.
I'm curious, did you ask how much it would cost for you to pay for it?
50,000 sales with no advertising, no updates ,no AWD and no police or special service packages. Not to mention the horrific build and buy on their web site and the bad GM habit of not offering certain items without having to purchase the top model. I would say it did pretty good despite the handicaps. Sometime it seems that GM don't want its vehicles to succeed.
No car can be allowed to succeed or even continue to exist if it doesn't agree with Mary's current business plan! The customers be D***ed!
Hope that means it is a good time to buy one of these cars. Wife wants one in the spring or summer.
Why buy a car that won't exist in a few months, abandoned by the mother ship?
Good luck on resale or getting parts in 4 years.
The USA built Camry, Accord, Altima, and Passat are still supported by their manufacturers.
They all get abandoned by the mothership. Not worried about parts, they will be around. Main reason I won't buy the other models mentioned is I don't like them. Maybe has to do with my irrational dislike of all cars from Japan, US made or not. Strange thing is they make such bloody good cameras!
Re: parts and service, I hope so, but since my new car is a 2018 Volt with new and very unique technology, I worry that GM or the aftermarket will be able to support it going forward. I have zero faith that Mary's pipe dream of an all electric future will work out as proposed.
Not surprising considering Malaise Marry's announcement that it is being killed off and today's drunk obsession with crossover tall riding things. And lets not forget zero updates or changes from 2014 to 2019 besides a slight change in the 18″ alloy wheel and less and less available colors being offered, zero advertising and zero interest in a vehicle that doesn't make her 10-15K per example. Just sad….
The Impala had a very long and successful run. It made GM a lot of money in the 60's, 70's.
and the 80s and 90's and sadly the 2000's and it recovered in the mid 2010's.
The Impala is just a bigger version of the Malibu, and of course the Malibu cost less.
I think you have it the wrong way around. The Malibu is the smaller version of the Impala since the Impala was introduced first.
I think the main reason is that I can honestly say GM never ran a commercial for the impala. The malibu you can only get the Ecotec engine and who wants that.
They did run commercials for it when it came out in 2014 but since then nothing. That's why I bought mine in 2015 so they could get the bugs worked out. It's the best modern car that I've had.
Not really defending Ms MB but remember in 97′ we lost the ultimate B-body Caprice/Impala and left with the drumpy Lumina as Chevy's best sedan?. Who knows what GM have cooking for a Impala replacement but unlike 96′ GM have a couple of platforms ready for use.
This is what happens when you're not willing to spend any money in updating a car as the 2019 Chevrolet Impala looks about the same as it did back in 2014; how many Europeans or Japanese car companies allow their products stay unchanged for 5 years.. this is poor leadership on the part of GM CEO Mary Barra as she should be held responsible for the drop in sales.
I think she planned and promoted the drops in sales in all the cars she no longer "liked" to justify and support her "demented" plan!
It seems that way. She waited until all the new product was allocated to Mexico before crying poverty and not enough product to go around for US and Canada.
Correction is needed to the article. the Impala and the La Crosse don't share the same platform. The Impala and XTS ride on the older 'super epsilon platform' of 111.7 inches, while the La Crosse rides on the 114.4 inch P2XX platform which is a 3 inch stretch from the Malibu's 111.4 "E2XX" platform.
Again no advertising was done for this car after a huge redesign for 2017, which pulled it off the old "super epsilon platform".
Joseph – no correction is needed. I recommend you read the article once again. If you do so, you will notice that the platform bit specifically states that the Impala shares the Super Epsilon platform with the second-gen Buick LaCrosse, which is correct.
Also, there is no such thing as P2. That was a misnomer prior to the launch of the third-gen LaCrosse. The platform is simply called E2.
V8 engine and AWD would differentiate it enough from competitors, even with 5 year old styling and similar interior. With the SS gone makes more sense then ever.
The Malibu can keep the 4 and 6 cylinder.


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It is important to understand some things about probate when you are planning your estate. You may assume that a last will can facilitate immediate asset transfers after your passing, but this is not the case.
When you use a last will to state your final wishes regarding the distribution of your financial accounts and other property, the will must be admitted to probate. The heirs to the estate will not receive the probate property until after the estate has been probated and closed by the Surrogate's Court.
Probate is a rather time-consuming process. In the simplest of cases it takes around nine months or so, and complicated cases can be held up in probate for multiple years. There are also expenses that accumulate during probate, and this is another one of the pitfalls.
Under certain circumstances, property can be transferred outside of probate. If you were to add a joint tenant to property that you own, the joint tenant would inherit the entirety of the property after your passing. Probate would not be a factor.
This can sound like a great solution, but there are certain drawbacks that go along with joint tenancy. The biggest drawback is the fact that you are immediately divesting yourself of half ownership of the property. The portion that is owned by the joint tenant could be targeted if he or she was to run into legal problems or financial difficulties.
Probate can also be avoided through the creation of payable on death accounts. You can open payable on death accounts at banks and brokerages. When you open this type of account, you choose a beneficiary. After you die, the beneficiary would inherit the assets in the account, and the transfer would not be subject to the probate process.
There is a simplified probate procedure in New York that may be available if the estate in question is rather small. A representative could apply for a simplified probate procedure if the probate assets do not exceed $30,000 in value and if there is no real estate involved.
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Dr. Carmen Boulter is a Professor at the University of Calgary in Canada. She teaches in the Graduate Division of Educational Research in the Faculty of Education. She has been researching and writing about the sacred feminine in ancient Egypt and goddesses around the world for 2 decades. Her book, Angels and Archetypes: An Evolutionary Map of Feminine Consciousness, traces fragments of information about matriarchal cultures in pre-dynastic Egypt, prehistoric Greece, and around the world. Since 1995, Carmen has been leading sacred site journeys to Egypt, the Mediterranean, Peru, and Tibet. She has traveled to 51 countries exploring ancient mysteries. At CPAK 2008, she will be releasing her documentary series called The Pyramid Code offering a new perspective on ancient Egyptian culture with episodes investigating the purpose of the pyramid fields, high-level technology, sacred cosmology, the empowered human, a new chronology, and the time before the Pharaohs.
When examining ancient cultures, we tend to look through the lenses of our current cultural paradigm, yet subtle details are easily missed when interpreting ancient Egypt from a patriarchal perspective. Dr. Carmen Boulter will be speaking about archetypes of the empowered feminine in ancient Egypt showing evidence which is clearly depicted in the symbols on temple walls and ancient artifacts. The ancient Egyptians had a sacred cosmology that held the sacred feminine in balance with the sacred masculine thus they were able to function as empowered humans. Carmen will also explore the matriarchal roots of dynastic Egypt.


The get to gather of Musaeus College '94 batch was held at the Galle Face Hotel from 4-6 pm on the 18th of August 2012. It was indeed nice to see so many faces after 18 years . Some old buddies have changed in looks and some remain the same , but we all have changed our status from single to married and adding up being a mum . Every one was catching up on every thing they missed for the past 18 years and most wonderful memories shared was the time we spend under the wings of mother Musaeus . I was very pleased to see each and every one enjoying and laughing with their old time friends and enjoying great food which was served . After all reunions are a special time for old schoolmates to reunite and catch up after time apart.
It was not easy to organize such a event and on this occasion i would like to extend my thanks to Dilanthi Saluja Abeysundara Ruvini Gamage Anjali Wijayasinghe Nadi Fernando Prageeth Thilini Perera and Niroshini with Pankaja who gave their enormous support to make this event a success.
I am certain that it was not easy to plan this event. However, the smiles on these women seem to make it all worthwhile.
Thank you so much for your lovely words . It was hard work but the end result was beautiful smiles and laughter .
Such parties are real driving force in life. Keep them happening as long as you can Sajini.
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I am almost halfway through the month I am calling, "No Plant Buying March". I have vowed not to buy any plants this March because I need to save money, and this is the time when the frost kills a lot of my plants. Usually a few days of warm weather tricks me into thinking its Spring and I buy a bunch of new plants. Only to have them die from the frost. Not this year. This year I will have some self control. I am glad I did because we have had some particularly wicked frost this past few weeks. Just a few more weeks to go. The bonus to not buying any plants this month is I will have space for any really neat plants that usually come into the stores after the threat of frost has past. Just a few more weeks to go! I got this!!
And Then She Vanished (The Joseph Bridgeman Series Book 1)
by Nick Jones
Genre: Metaphysical | Suspense | Horror | Science Fiction | Action & Adventure
*An io9/Gizmodo Pick of the Month's New Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books
"A time travel must-read for the 21st century" — Amazon 5 star review
He only looked away for a second.
Still haunted by the disappearance of his little sister, Amy, over twenty years ago, Joseph Bridgeman's life has fallen apart. When a friend talks him into seeing hypnotherapist Alexia Finch to help with his insomnia, Joseph accidentally discovers he can time travel. His first trip only takes him back a few minutes, but his new-found ability gives him something he hasn't felt for the longest time: hope.
Joseph sets out to travel back to the night Amy went missing and save her. But after several failed attempts, he discovers the farther back he travels, the less time he gets to stay there. And the clock is ticking.
With the help of Alexia, Joseph embarks on a desperate race against the past to save his sister. Can he master his new skill and solve the mystery of Amy's disappearance before it's too late?
Previously released as The Unexpected Gift of Joseph Bridgeman, this updated version includes extra chapters, new plotlines, and even deeper character development. It makes way for an expanded vision of the Joseph Bridgeman Series, with the first four books released in 2021 and 2022.
Callaghan's Rescue: A second chance movie star romance
by Sherri Storey
Genre: Literature & Fiction
All she wants is to ease her guilt. All he wants is her. But the past has left her scarred and damaged. And he's to blame.
For the past three years, Calla Tierney has been working tirelessly as a doctor in Sierra Leone. If there is one thing life has taught her, it's that love not only hurts, but can destroy a person. She wants no part of it. She just wants to make up for the life lost too soon.
Traveling home for a family wedding, she shouldn't be so shocked to find him there as well. The boy who broke her heart, took her innocence, and helped put her in this prison of self-recrimination. He is now Hollywood's most celebrated actor, still irresistible, and incredibly handsome. And still breaking her heart.
What Nash Logan wants, he gets. He hasn't made it this far in Hollywood by accepting defeat. And women never turn him down. It just never happens.
But Calla didn't get that memo.
One perfect night together changes everything for him, and nothing for her. She's beauty and brains, and so sad. It's a devastating combination. And she's everything that is missing in his life.
With a wounded ego, Nash follows her back to West Africa. Determined to change her mind and win her heart. But he is completely unprepared for the lesson in humility, along with the life-changing experience that awaits him in the beautiful but ravaged land.
Can a second chance at love be found in a country so lost, or will they become just as broken as the people they are trying to help?
Why is self-forgiveness the hardest to give and even harder to receive?
'Callaghan's Rescue' is a heartwarming novel of family, forgiveness and paying it forward with a sweet love story woven throughout, set in beautiful and exotic locations. Slow burn, low heat, lots of angst, and a happily ever after that won't disappoint. This is women's fiction meets contemporary romance and is the first in a five-part series.
Dalton's Quest (Dalton Series Book 13)
by Ed Law
Genre: Classics | Westerns
When Dalton accepts that his quest to find his missing sister is impossible, he abandons it, but with his endeavors having led to him borrowing money he can't repay, he faces the wrath of his lenders. A trip to Boot Hill beckons until Deputy Larry Doyle intervenes and saves Dalton's life.
Shortly afterward, the courageous deputy mysteriously disappears and nobody knows what happened to him, so Dalton embarks on a new quest to find his savior, a mission that takes him to the lawless outlaw haven of Gothic. There he will become embroiled in a world of shifting loyalties, betrayals and an ever deepening mystery concerning the fate of the missing deputy.
Murder in Menorca: An Abby Tennant Mystery (The Abby Tennant Mysteries Book 1)
by Cat Preston
Abigail Tennant and her two teenage sons are enjoying their summer holiday on the beautiful island of Menorca, when Abigail is witness to a murder… of sorts.
With her favourite restauranteur seeking her help, and her growing attraction to Detective McEwan leaving her hot under the collar, Abby seeks the help of her two new friends, Eveline and Jane, to find out who killed the lonely old lady, Mrs Cook.
Abby didn't expect to find some fantastic friends and a seriously handsome policeman on her way to cracking the crime. But does she find the killer before he escapes the island?
Expect some twists and turns in Murder in Menorca, the first book in the Abby Tennant Cozy Mystery series.
Hewitt: Jagged Edge Series Book One: Romance Suspense
by A. L. Long
Genre: Men's Adventure | Crime Fiction | Women's Fiction
Readers 18+
Award-Winning Author of the Shattered Innocence Trilogy
All Lilly Davis wanted was a simple life. She thought she could have that with Peter Hewitt. She was wrong. With too many secrets getting in the way, she knew it would never work.
Accepting her parents' offer to help with running a new art gallery in Paris, she thought she could put her feelings behind and start a new life, only it didn't work. Her days were filled with thoughts of Peter.
Returning to New York, Lilly wanted what her best friend Dylan Matheson had, a loving home, a beautiful child and a man that loved her more than life itself. Only the man she wanted to share these things with still had secrets that could tear them apart forever.
When danger and loss enter her already imperfect life, would she finally be able to let down her guard and give the one thing she said he would never have? Her heart.
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by Martin Lilley
Genre: Literature & Fiction | Science Fiction
The unforeseen is killing everyone who gets in its path. Nobody knows what it is or why it's happening. People across the globe appear to be dying on their birthday, at the exact time they were born.
Inseparable twins, Cat and Tom, have two days left to live. With their sweet sixteenth fast approaching, they have to accept that this may be it. See ya later!
But then, Cat, a gifted writer who lacks confidence in her ability, is handed a mysterious brown envelope by her mother with the clear instructions; don't show your brother, it will kill him.
Amidst a world gone crazy and people from all walks of life dropping dead, can the Government figure out a way to stop the unforeseen from taking those who are left?
And how will Cat and Tom survive in a world Cat had only ever dreamt of writing about herself?
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Florida Business Litigation: "Keeping Trade Secrets Secret"—Part 1: Identifying Your Trade Secrets
Articles and information on commercial litigation, business disputes, real estate litigation.	Call (954) 440-0901, (561) 406-0440, (813) 510-5800
By: The Carlin Law Firm, PLLC
As Fort Lauderdale business litigation lawyers, we see it all the time—especially in Florida. A business owner frantically visits us because a former employee has hijacked the business's customer, supplier, or inventory lists; started their own company or other competing business venture; and basically assumed the identity of the business from which it departed. In other situations, a former employee may steal (and then use as his or her own) a secret recipe or formula that makes the client's business uniquely special. What can a business do to protect itself from becoming the victim of theft of trade secrets?
Tip 1: Take an inventory of information that should be kept secret
Under Florida's Uniform Trade Secrets Act, a "trade secret" is any information, including any formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process, that: (a) is economically valuable to a business precisely because it's not readily ascertainable by others (using proper means) who may also obtain economic value from the information; and (b) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable
"Trade secrets" in Florida are economically valuable to a business, because they're not readily ascertainable by others.
under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy. See § 688.002(4), Fla. Stat. (2017). Notably, "trade secrets" include compilations of information, such as customer, supplier, and inventory lists. For most business enterprises, customer lists are critically important, because the information contained on the lists (prospective buyers or consumers of products or services) are not readily ascertainable by others and provide economic value to the business. Equally important, however, may be pricing, supplier, and inventory lists.
Take, for example, restaurants, which often utilize recipes that are not readily ascertainable by others and that provide economic value to the restaurant. For obvious reasons, the owners of such a restaurant might wish to conceal its recipes from all or some of its employees (especially those not involved in the cooking process), or might implement other reasonable measures to ensure that the recipes are held in confidence. Additionally, restaurants with secret recipes will usually have inventory and vendor lists that reveal each ingredient used in the restaurant's recipes, as well as the identity of each vendor who sells the ingredients (and the prices for which the ingredients are sold). Someone with the requisite culinary skills might choose to take (or, perhaps more appropriately, "steal") the restaurant's inventory and vendor lists; decode the restaurant's unique recipes, vendors, and price points; and open a competing restaurant that serves the same food, causing economic harm to the owner of the recipe.
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McVay iniziò la carriera da allenatore come assistente nei Tampa Bay Buccaneers nel 2008.

Washington Redskins
Nel 2010 divenne assistente allenatore dei tight end dei Washington Redskins. Dal 2014 al 2016 fu il coordinatore offensivo a Washington, portando la squadra, nel suo ultimo anno, ad avere il terzo miglior attacco della lega e il quarterback Kirk Cousins a venire convocato per il Pro Bowl.

Los Angeles Rams
Il 12 gennaio 2017, McVay fu assunto come capo-allenatore dei Los Angeles Rams all'età di trent'anni, divenendo il più giovane allenatore dell'epoca moderna della NFL, superando Lane Kiffin, che aveva 31 anni quando venne assunto dagli Oakland Raiders.

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Los Angeles Rams: LVI
 National Football Conference Championship: 2
Los Angeles Rams: 2018, 2021

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Bettye LaVette Most 'Worthy'
It felt like a blase new year at first, until the new Sleater-Kinney album arrived and this one: Bettye LaVette's Worthy (Cherry Red Records).
LaVette's interpretive powers are sharper than ever, and aided by Joe Henry's strong yet understated co-production, it's clearly the best thing she's done since 2007's The Scene of the Crime, where she was backed by Drive-By Truckers. Built around a common theme of self-belief and turning quirky means into strengths, Worthy is often subdued but never dull; each song features a great turn of a phrase or a bit of vocal unpredictability.
And unlike her inconsistent Interpretations: Songs from the British Rock Songbook, this one matches LaVette with songs perfectly in line with her rough-hewn voice and emotional scope.
The range of material, from Mickey Newbury to the Amazing Rhythm Aces to Savoy Brown, is especially noteworthy. The title track, penned by Mary Gauthier and Beth Nielsen Chapman, is infused with the kind of confidence we all aspire to while delivering the message with a reflective wisdom on our personal ups and downs that says we didn't get to our levels of self-appreciation without struggles. I'm not hearing that in a lot of music today.
LaVette continues to triumph when covering three of the 1960s' greatest artists, Bob Dylan, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. I saw "Wait" on the tracklist and thought that I wasn't looking forward to another Fab Four cover. Forget that; this is amazing. It's slowed down and full of tension, bringing the bite and weight of the song from one of Rubber Soul's minor gems to another level. I was ready to wince at line "I've been good" because while it might have fit the Beatles well in 1965, it wouldn't hold water here. But listen to how she handles it.
And just as she did with Dylan's "Everything Is Broken" a few years ago, "Unbelievable" captures confusion, disbelief and outrage. My favorite might be "Complicated," as LaVette is expertly suited to this piece from the Stones' most underrated album, Between the Buttons. It's unconventional, made crazier by Patrick Warren's organ playing, and taps into the side of Bettye LaVette that has been labeled "difficult" by the music industry. The fact that this instrument is even on the record at all is unusual; Ms. L. wrote in her autobiography that she didn't want an organ on any of her recordings because "it reminds me of a funeral." Thank heaven she's let that go. Worthy will surely be in my Top Ten when 2015 ends.


Can custody banks become key players in climate change? Custody banks joining the battle against climate change will signal a significant shift in governance ideology for this highly regulated industry so critical to the global financial system. While global custody banks provide the unseen but essential support system that ensures the proper functioning of the capital markets, they have great untapped potential to become change-makers in climate change. This paper expands on our idea of the "Climate Custodians" first presented in the MIT Sloan Management Review within the governance context of the "Statement of Significant Audiences and Materiality (The Statement)" for these subsidiaries of large bank holding companies. By focusing on the Big Three global custody banks — State Street, BNY Mellon, and JPMorgan Chase — we make the case for large custody banks assuming the role of climate custodians. In this role, these banks would report, among other things, a measure of carbon embedded within their institutional clients' assets under custody to help clients understand the climate risk in their portfolios.