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Multiple WordPress Plugins are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to the misuse of the add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg() functions. These are popular functions used by developers to modify and add query strings to URLs within WordPress. The official WordPress Official Documentation (Codex) for these functions was not very clear and misled many plugin developers to…
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned” is the best-known line from William Congreve’s The Mourning Bride. But I’m concerned with the phrase preceding it, which captures wrath in more universal terms: “Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned.” Even an angry Almighty can’t compete with mortals whose love turns to hate….
The New Republic published a withering profile of Cornel West this weekend, comparing the philosopher to Mike Tyson, who at the heights of his boxing prowess was the most feared fighter on the planet, but who is now a celebrity shell of his former self. Writer Michael Eric Dyson charts what he believes is West’s…
I know, right? Will your friends agree? Share this Link Gone Girl: An Interview With An American In ISIS http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/gone-girl-an… Why would an American college student run away to Syria and join ISIS? Meet Hoda, a 20-year-old w… Gone Girl: An Interview With An American In ISIS – BuzzFeed News.
Winners Letters, Drama, and Music FictionAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Scribner)DramaBetween Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly GuirgisHistoryEncounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People by Elizabeth A. Fenn (Hill and Wang)Biography or AutobiographyThe Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in…
HBO If you were planning to watch Darth Sansa and Whisperfinger’s creepy love grow in Videology’s back room tonight, you’re out of luck—HBO’s banned the Williamsburg bar from doing live screenings of Game Of Thrones, all in the name of anti-piracy. Videology, which also screens Mad Men on Sundays, has been showing Game of Thrones…
Five out of Parma, Missouri’s six police officers resigned this week before Tyrus Byrd, the town’s first African-American, female mayor, was sworn in. The city’s attorney, clerk, and waste water treatment plant supervisor also resigned, KFVS12 reports. According to KFVS, The outgoing Mayor Randall Ramsey said that the city officials cited “safety concerns” in their…
This summer, comics universes are colliding, converging and in some cases ending — but one comics fan is spending his summer reminiscing on one that’s been gone for years, and turning it into a project. For the past year, Joseph Hedges has been working slowly and dilligently trying to track down the players involved with…
Kamala Harris is the most recent politician to support gay and lesbian rights—but not transgender issues. Last month, California Attorney General Kamala Harris vaulted to into the national spotlight with her opposition to a proposed “Kill the Gays” initiative introduced in the state. In high-profile support of California’s many gay and lesbian residents, Harris petitioned the state’s…
Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man injured during an arrest by Baltimore police last week, died Sunday at Shock Trauma, prompting protests by city residents and out-of-town activists and promises from city officials for a thorough investigation. Gray, 25, died a week after he suffered a broken vertabra after being arrested near Gilmor Homes in Sandtown-Winchester….