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Opal Louise Balaban, 99, died Friday (Sept. 28, 2012) in Fayetteville. A graveside service was held Saturday at Hamilton Memorial Gardens in Hixson. North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist in charge of arrangements.
Wilbert Bean, 62, of Fayetteville, died Thursday (Sept. 27, 2012) at Lincoln Care Center. Mr. Bean was a native of Winchester, the son of the late Athen and Mamie Johnson Bean. He was a member of the Mt. Olive Primitive Baptist Church in Winchester and a Vietnam Army veteran. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Ramsey Bean; brother, Herman D. Bean; and sister, Bonnie D. Rowe. Survivors include a daughter, Celeste Bean of Midwest City, Okla.; brothers, Athen (Barbara) Bean, Jr., of Winchester, Donald (Peggy) Bean of Fayetteville, George (Brenda) Bean of Raeford, N.C., Robert (Rita) Bean of Decatur, Ga., Larry Bean of San Diego, Calif., Walter (Geri) Bean of Kansas City, Mo., Mark (Karen) Bean of Marietta, Ga.; step-children, Vernal Ramsey, Jimmie Ramsey, both of Fayetteville, Regina (Troy) Ramsey-Tate of Murfreesboro; 12 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held Tuesday in the chapel of Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Pleasant View Cemetery. Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Edward Wayne Beard, 55, of Fayetteville, died Thursday (Sept. 27, 2012) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. He was a general contractor in construction. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Bennett-May-Giles County Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Cara Sue Brady, 65, of Tullahoma, died Thursday (Sept. 27, 2012) at General Hospital in Nashville. Mrs. Brady was a native of Lincoln County, the daughter of the late Oscar Doc and Cara Louise Mearse Brady. She was a dietary cook and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ in Tullahoma. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Brady, and brother, Woodrow Smith. Survivors include her daughter, Brenda Brady of Lynchburg; sons, Mark and Alice Brady of Manchester, Ray Brady of Lynchburg; sisters, Kathleen Sons of Lynchburg, Josie Phelps of Tullahoma; brother, Joe Taylor of Alabama; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon in the chapel of the Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home with Bro. James Riddle officiating. Burial followed in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Billy Elliott, 76, of Ardmore, died Monday (Sept. 24, 2012) at Ardmore on Main in Ardmore. A graveside service was held Wednesday afternoon at Hasting Cemetery with Bro. Carl Witty officiating. Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Evelyn Massey Polly Faulkner, 90, of Petersburg, died Wednesday (Sept. 26, 2012) at Lincoln Medical Center. She was a native of Lincoln County and the daughter of the late John and Callie Whitsett Massey. Mrs. Faulkner was a former employee of Serbin Fashions and Carter's Drug Store and was a member of the Howell First Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughter, Janice Polly Spray and husband, Bill, of Harker Heights, Texas; grandchildren, Tanna Warren and husband, Joe, of Shelbyville, Andy Polly and John Polly, both of Culleoka, Teresa S. Helbert of Temple, Texas, Billy Spray of Harker Heights and Timothy Wayne Spray of Bellview, Wash.; great-grandchildren, Kayla and Lauren Warren, J.T. Marrero, Chanae Spray, Jeremy Helert; and a very special friend, Walter Quick of Elora. Mrs. Faulkner was preceded in death by son, Johnny Polly, and second husband, J.C. Faulkner. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at Higgins Funeral Home with the Rev. Ron Arrick officiating. Burial followed in Old Orchard Cemetery beside her first husband, Clay Polly. Higgins Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Ruth McCaferty Harris, 93, of Fayetteville died Tuesday morning (Sept. 25, 2012). She was a native of Petersburg, Pa., and the daughter of the late James and Minnie May Stevens McCaferty. Mrs. Harris served aboard the U.S.S. Rescue during WWII as a Navy nurse, was a nurse for Dr. Ben Marshall and after her retirement was a caregiver for more than 20 years. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Sharon Mayes and husband, Hu, of Dickson and Patty Patrick and husband, Chuck, of Fayetteville; six grandchildren, James Matthew Mayes and wife, Teresa, Patricia Mayes Terry and husband, Bill, Chad Patrick and wife, Alicia, Walt Patrick and Jennie, Ben Patrick and Whitney and Bea Patrick; 10 great-grandchildren, Kayla Mayes, Matthew Mayes, Jemmah Mayes, Harrison Terry, Andrew Terry, Taylor McCoy, Chase Patrick, Alivia Patrick, Sam Patrick, Wyatt Patrick; and brother, William McCaferty. Memorial services were conducted Saturday morning at the First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Tommy Ward officiating. Memorials may be made to the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church, The Fayetteville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church or the Dickson First United Methodist Church. Higgins Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Alan Lee "Toby" Hornbuckle, 38, a resident of Huntsville, Ala., and a cab dispatcher, died Sunday (Sept. 23, 2012) at his residence. Memorial services were conducted Saturday morning in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Edward J. Kosowski, age 88, of Fayetteville, and husband of Sarah Russell, passed away at his home Tuesday (Sept. 25, 2012). A native of Chicago, Ill., he was a veteran of WW II and fought in the battle of Hurricane Forest. Following his military service, he worked in the Chicago area as a physical therapist, sheet metal fabricator and in various sales positions. Upon his retirement in 1992 he moved to Cookeville, and in 2006 he moved to Lincoln County with his wife. He attended Victory Pentecostal Church, was an avid reader and enjoyed crossword puzzles. He will be remembered by those who knew him as a very intelligent man and as a walking encyclopedia with the correct answer to any question. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Russell of Fayetteville; daughter, Karen Kosowski of Chicago; sons, Edward J. Kosowski of Denver, Col., and Steven Kosowski of California; step-daughter, Kellei Wright of Fayetteville; step-grandchildren, Chrystal Nicole Britton, Joshua Thomas Britton, Caleb Daniel Britton and Liam Morgan Rydberg. A memorial service was conducted Saturday at the Victory Pentecostal Church with Ron Wood and Charles Mayo officiating. Watson-North Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Loretta H. McCown, 82, of Germantown, died Friday (Sept. 28, 2012) at Baptist Trinity Hospice House in Collierville. She was preceded in death by her husband, James E. McCown, Jr. Mrs. McCown was born in Beckley, West Virginia and raised in Richmond, Va. She was married in 1953 in Richmond and then moved with her husband to Little Rock, Ark., Indianapolis, Ind., and finally to Memphis in 1974 where she worked for Burch, Porter and Johnson Law Firm. Mrs. McCown was a member at Advent Presbyterian Church in Cordova. She was a loving wife and devoted mother. Mrs. McCown leaves her daughter, Sue M. Clark, and her husband, G. Edmond Clark, of Germantown; her son, James E. McCown, III, and his wife, Lorie H. McCown, of Fredericksburg, Va.; her sister, Nancy Harris, of Ft. Pierce, Fla., and grandchildren, J. Edmond Clark, G. David Clark, Anna M. Clark, Thomas J. McCown, Rachel M. McCown and Samuel G. McCown. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at Memorial Park Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Rosehill Cemetery in Fayetteville. Memorials can be sent to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis.
Linda Gail O'Rear, 63, well-known Maury County educator, died Saturday (Sept. 29, 2012) at her residence following an extended illness. Miss O'Rear was born April 12, 1949 in Columbia to the late John (J.B.) and Louise Hines O'Rear. She was a 1967 graduate of Columbia Central High School and earned degrees from both Columbia State Community College and Middle Tennessee State University. She began her 35-year teaching career in 1971 at Mt. Pleasant Elementary School. The remaining 33 years were dedicated to Highland Park Elementary School in Columbia. She dearly loved her career and volunteered in several capacities after her retirement. Even though teaching was much of her life, she made time for family, friends, and community. A loyal member of the Maury County Bridle and Saddle Club, she worked tirelessly for many hours in the Mule Day office. Her hobbies included camping and dancing and she was a member of the Duck River Squares and Silver Creek Cloggers. Miss O'Rear is survived by her devoted sister and caregiver, Anita (A.J.) Williams of Fayetteville, formerly of Columbia; nieces, Angie (Jim) Hatfield of Hazel Green, Ala., and Julia (Chris) Jernigan of Tullahoma; great-nieces, Amber and Addison Hatfield; uncle and aunt, Ralph and Clarice Ussery of Columbia; and several cousins. She was preceded in death by a nephew, Danny P. Williams. A Celebration of Life Service will be held Tuesday afternoon at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with the Rev. Terry Peery officiating. Tina Weatherford will also participate. Burial will follow, near the sunset hour, at Polk Memorial Gardens. Active pallbearers will be Buddy Harlan, Bobby Kilpatrick, Doug Rutherford, Jeremy Tosh, Rob Howell and Danny Fox. Honorary pallbearers will be Highland Park Elementary School co-workers, Audrey Payne, Leon Whitlach and her NACO camping friends. The family expresses their sincere gratitude to Lori Adams and Brenda Malugin of Caris Hospice; Peggy Prentice; MRH-EMS team; supportive friends and compassionate neighbors; Dr. Belinda Bart and staff at Northside Medical Professionals, Dr. Robert MacArthur; and Dr. Grant Barr and staff. The family suggests that those desiring give back in some way to family, friends, and community by volunteering your time or by sponsoring a child-in-need, c/o Highland Park Elementary School,1606 Highland Avenue, Columbia 38401 or a school of choice; Community Christmas Card, c/o THE DAILY HERALD, 1115 South Main Street, Columbia 38401, or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place Memphis, TN 38105. Notes of sympathy may be extended at oakesandnichols.com.
Richard D. "Hunk" Shannon, 71, of Hiram, Ga., formerly of Ardmore, died Friday (Sept. 28, 2012) at Wellstar Community Hospice in Austell, Ga. Funeral services were conducted Sunday at Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home with Bro. Floyd Bradford officiating. Burial was in Gatlin Cemetery, Ardmore, Ala. Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Peggy Wynelle Smith, 82, a resident of Toney, Ala., died Tuesday (Sept. 25, 2012). A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.


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08-27-2005, 07:59 PM #1sursucioflaGuestDigital Camera Options for student
I am a student studying graphic design and I want to find a good digital SLR that's within the $1000-1600 range. I have really gotten hooked on photography since taking B/W photography class and now I want to put my knowledge to use with a digital camera. So if you guys who are pros or beginners have any suggestions based on the ones you have used then I would love to hear them. The two I was looking at was the Sigma SD10(have read a lot of knocks on this one) and the Canon 20D(have heard nothing but praise about this one). But if there are any better in my price range or any cheaper ones that are close to as good I would like to know.
08-27-2005, 08:39 PM #2TelGuest
The 20D is an awesome camera but you might also consider the 300D/350D, the saving you would make would be enough to put towards some really nice lenses.
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I have a Canon Digital Rebel XT (little brother to the 20D) and I love it... That would also leave over some money for lenses. There is only a tiny difference that I am aware of as far as quality. The 20D also seems alot more sturdy. But if you are already taking the lense cash into account than go for the 20D."If you had a friend who was a tightrope walker, and you were walking down a sidewalk, and he fell, that would be completely unacceptable." -Mitch Hedberg
08-27-2005, 09:05 PM #4TelGuest
The 20D is slightly better than the XT and if you're an experienced photographer you'll notice the difference. But the quality of the image is almost exactly the same, they both have the same CMOS sensor and Logic II processor. It might be worth getting the XT as I said above, to get some decent lenses.
09-02-2005, 06:32 PM #5quanzGuest
get a nikon,
the d70 has a sturdier body than the xt, and ahs better colour controls.
nikon's just feel right, everythign is in the right place on them.
the lens it comes with it is actually usefull, then you can buy one of the best lenses made for it, the 50mm 1.8 for about 100 bucks, used or new
the 1.4 is also good, not much sharper, but it stops down a bit lower.
the nikon has the ability of a digi fisheye the 10.5mm dx, and it has a nice 75-300 which puts out great highlight rendition and balances fairly nice.
add to that a much better flash line IMO the sb600 and sb800 with built in wireless technology is something that I take full advantage off.
09-04-2005, 05:29 PM #6speedydaveGuest
What are you shooting? If you are shooting sports or any kind of action, I'd go with a 20D or D70. If you're not, one of the Rebels (300D or 350D) will be just fine. One thing that's nice about the D70 and 20D is that you have a lot more freedom with the manual functions and settings. The Rebels do have Manual modes, but they don't give you certain features that you get with the 20D and D70, like AI Servo in Manual (only gives you AI Servo in the Sports mode). Also, the 20D and D70 are a bit sturdier than the Rebels. There is a firmware hack for the 300D that gives it the adjustability of a 10D, but I don't know if you can do the same with the 350D.
09-10-2005, 06:53 PM #7sursucioflaGuestOriginally Posted by speedydave
09-10-2005, 07:52 PM #8TelGuest
If you're stuck between the D70 and 20D then I would say the 20D. But don't listen to me, or anyone else for that matter. Its a tuff choice and not everyone will agree when it comes to these two cameras. Get to a decent camera shop and kidnap an assistant to help you compare the two. Make sure you really try both of them out before you make a decision.
09-10-2005, 08:22 PM #9sursucioflaGuestOriginally Posted by Tel
Or I could just get the Nikon D70 (body only) for $499 or the Canon 20D (body only) for $829.
OR I could just by me an iMac and be done, hehe. I am tempted to do that but since I have my ibook I can wait.
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I'd agree with Tel about the 20D being my choice... but I'd also agree that it is totally personal preference... if you haven't tried both of them out I'd recommend it. As far as the package deals go... The included lenses certainly aren't anything to write home about... But for the price they would give you plenty of flexibility.
One thing I do remember from when I got mine is to make sure you are getting a high speed flash card if you plan to be shooting hi-res or RAW... Otherwise that can delay your response time. (Somebody feel free to correct me on this... This is per the Best Buy sales guy )"If you had a friend who was a tightrope walker, and you were walking down a sidewalk, and he fell, that would be completely unacceptable." -Mitch Hedberg
i still use b&w 35mm film...lol
i dont have much to add to this thread but i will say this....write up a review of the camera when you get it!!!
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09-10-2005, 09:44 PM #12sursucioflaGuestOriginally Posted by coach_z
I also love B&W photography as well and using the darkroom but I also love digital because it is fast results and I also enjoy the digital darkroom. As long as it stays cheap enough I will keep doing B&W but you know if you do your own developing chemicals are rising in price and Kodak already stopped producing B&W paper and Ilford has already cut back on production. This stuff will be specialty pretty soon and unless you get paid very very well or you have money coming out the wahzoo it will be very expensive to continue.
09-10-2005, 10:05 PM #13TelGuest
Good choice with the 20D, I'm sure you'll love it! Let us know how you get on with it once you pick it up
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Yea I would say the 20D. My dad uses the 20D and I use a Digital Rebel. My uncle who is a very serious photographer uses a Nikon D70 but said if he had the chance to start over he would get the 20DDon't forget to use the new User Reputation System
09-12-2005, 07:59 PM #15sursucioflaGuestOriginally Posted by Tel
Thanks again you guys for all your help and I'll keep ya posted.
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It is a constant source of annoyance to me that I have to pay for TimeOut, the London listing magazine, and they don't have all their listings on the web. So I've been thinking for a while on how a newspaper could create a free listings and reviews site. I think this could be done very easily by introducing your community of bloggers to microformats. Don't worry, it's not complicated, here's how you can do it.
Obviously you've already engaged the bloggers that write about your community. Bringing bloggers into the fold is nothing spectacularly innovative. These people should be your eyes and ears, reporting on things you can't get reporters to, and providing leads for stories.
Now you want to aggregate the events that your bloggers are going to. After all they have been chosen as thought leaders and taste makers in your community. If you're able to pull it together in a nice way – hey presto! – free listings. The problem is that simply searching blog posts and lumping them together will not produce a format that is as easy to use as the TimeOut listings page.
Luckily this problem can be solved by microformats. With microformats information is entered in a certain computer recognisable format that makes it easy to search and display. (The whole formatting of data is linked to Web3.0 and the semantic web – if you like using annoying zeitgeisty words). Let me explain how this would work:
i) Your approved blogger is writing about which band they will see in a week.
ii) As opposed to just writing a post about it the blogger also enters the information into an 'Event' microformat. Imagine it as an online form you fill in, with certain boxes for certain information.
iii) This information is entered under a certain format. Now, as opposed to searching for information by key word, your aggregator can simply can bring back all information labelled 'Event'. Standard data to be entered could be Date, Location, Band, Genre, Preview, Band website.
iv) As this data is entered so clearly it can now be retrieved by a machine in a far more easily searchable, flexible and readable format.
v) Users can now search by Date, Band, Genre as the machine can splice and display this information easily. Want to search all bands in your area in the next week? It could display the information by Location. You get the picture.
vi) Reward bloggers who enter content in this way. You might have to give them cash, though recognition and traffic might be enough.
The 'Event' microfromat doesn't yet exist, but it could be very similar to hCalendar. This is already used by some bloggers to format event information they put on their blog. It doesn't have the Genre or Band website labels we spoke about, but I'm sure it wouldn't be that difficult to change. (By the way, I have run this idea past Stew our developer guy and he says it makes sense).
This would be especially easy if blog platforms incorporated microformats within them as most bloggers don't know HTML, but I'm sure there could be a way round this.
And there we go – a TimeOut killer.
ps. If there are any sites out there that already do this, then apologies, but I haven't seen one.


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The Marion County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday that a man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Stanley Yassen, of Ocklawaha.
An Ocklawaha man who is believed to have killed another man for his pills late last month has been picked up by authorities in Georgia.
Issac DuWayne Sheffield is being held in the Toombs County Detention Center in Lyons, Ga. on a charge of possession of prescription pills without a prescription. He will be extradited to Marion County to face a murder charge in the death of Stanley Yassen, 74, whose body was found at his home at 6095 SE 180th Ave. Road in Ocklawaha on Aug. 28.
A neighbor discovered Yassen's bloodied, nude body on a bedroom floor. Detectives described the scene as "violent" and said Yassen had been stabbed at least nine times and had been beaten in the head, according to a report released Tuesday.
Authorities believe Sheffield killed Yassen in an attempt to steal pills, as Yassen sold a variety of pills, primarily oxycodone.
Maj. Tommy Bibb, head of the Marion County Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Division, said Tuesday that once they considered Sheffield a suspect, they wanted to "get him off the streets as soon as possible before we had another victim."
Bibb said the Toombs County Sheriff's Office was instrumental in arresting Sheffield, collecting evidence and assisting MCSO detectives with interviews.
"This investigation is a reflection of how hard the entire Bureau of Investigations came together to solve this case," added MCSO's T.J. Watts, the lead detective.
A day after Yassen's body was found, a man told Watts that Yassen had approached him about five to seven days earlier and offered to pay him $1,000 to beat up Sheffield. Yassen suspected that Sheffield had burglarized his home in May, the report states.
Also on Aug. 29, MCSO Detective Bobby Levay interviewed a woman who told him that between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. the day before, Sheffield arrived at her home driving a blue Toyota and had washed the inside and outside with bleach. She said he also cleaned a beige Ford with bleach, which he then parked in a secluded area of the property, the report notes.
The owners of both vehicles later consented to searches of the cars.
On Sept. 5, Levay and detective Clint Smith interviewed a woman who said Sheffield told her he was at Yassen's residence three times on the day of the homicide and during one visit was sitting inside with Yassen drinking a glass of water. He claimed he left the home and later returned to see blood everywhere and the victim lying on the floor.
The woman said Sheffield told her he applied pressure to Yassen's neck with his shirt, but Yassen died shortly afterward. He said he used Yassen's phone and dialed 911, then hung up and left, according to the report.
The woman told detectives that Yassen had lacerations on his right knuckles and the wounds appeared to be a few days old. He also had lacerations on one of his legs, but he told her it came from jumping a fence on Aug. 29, according to the report.
According to sheriff's office officials, Sheffield told yet another woman that he was at Yassen's home between 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Aug. 28 and drank some water and smoked marijuana with Yassen. He said he left but came back later and saw the front door open. He said he saw a lot of blood and Yassen on the kitchen floor with blood coming from his neck. He said he called 911 but hung up because he didn't want to be blamed for the man's injuries.
That woman also said Sheffield told her he had been wearing shoes that were too big for him, so he burned them, and that there was some blood by the driver's door on his car, so he removed that with bleach and water and washed the inside of the vehicle.
Bibb said Tuesday that there is no record of any 911 calls being made by Sheffield.
Officials collected two bags of clothing that belonged to Sheffield, which they began processing for clues. Other evidence collected included a knife, blood and burned clothing recovered from a burn pile at the home of one of Sheffield's relatives in Florida.
All of the items were analyzed by the Marion County Sheriff's Office's Forensic Unit and Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Detectives were notified later that the victim's blood had been recovered on the passenger side front door of a vehicle Sheffield had driven to Yassen's residence.
On Sept. 5, Watts got a call that Sheffield was headed to Georgia. He alerted Capt. Jay Page of the Toombs County Sheriff's Office. Page told Watts that Sheffield's family members already had told them Sheffield was headed their way.
Page's team spotted Sheffield's vehicle a little while later and took him into custody after the officers found prescription pills in his possession. A woman in the vehicle also was arrested on similar charge.
MCSO Lt. Donnie Winston and Watts traveled to Georgia, where they searched the vehicle and found a knife, clothing, a cellphone, latex gloves and a stick.
Investigators said Sheffield told them after his arrest that he went to Yassen's home on Aug. 28, had a glass of water and watched television, and that a man name Mike, who he did not know, showed up. He said that he left the home around 11:15 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. Yassen was fine. He would not say if he returned to the residence or not, the report states.
Allan Yassen said Tuesday that he was happy about Sheffield's arrest and is hopeful that "justice will be served" in his father's death.
"I think it's wonderful. This is just the start, and I hope to be strong for my family," he said.
Marion County Jail records show Sheffield was arrested here in August 2009 and April 2010. He served seven months in the jail on charges of burglary, grand theft, possession of marijuana less than 20 grams, resisting an officer without violence and possession of a schedule II drug without a prescription.
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The National Rugby League has today stripped the Melbourne Storm of the 2007 and 2009 Telstra Premierships, the Minor Premierships of 2006-8 and of its 2010 competition points after confirming a series of salary cap breaches amounting to at least $1.7million over five years.
The club will lose all competition points earned to date in 2010 and also the right to accumulate points going forward in 2010 (competition tables will record wins and losses but the club will not be awarded competition points on the basis of any wins). These measures are effective as of today.
The club has furthermore been fined $500,000 and will be forced to return $1.1million in prize-money with the prize-money being distributed evenly among the other fifteen clubs.
Individual awards by players will continue to be recognised but records will be adjusted to show that the Premiership is not recognised even though the result cannot be overturned. Neither Manly nor Parramatta will assume the Premiership titles in their respective years.
The Storm's Chairman and Chief Executive met with the NRL in Sydney today to confirm the extent of the breaches uncovered by NRL Salary Cap Auditor Ian Schubert and his audit team.
The investigations have revealed the Storm maintained a dual contract system and the club has today confirmed that side letters promising extra payments were stored in a secret file at the home of the Chief Executive.
The accounts were structured in such a way that it would appear the commitments were not apparent to either the Melbourne Storm Board or its owners.
The NRL has uncovered breaches estimated to be in excess of $1.7million over five years, around $400,000 in 2009 and with a projected breach of $700,000 in 2010.


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Syracuse guard Michael Carter-Williams wasn't fazed by a shaky first half, nor two missed free throws in the final minute that gave No. 1 Louisville chances to win on Saturday.
The sophomore just knew he had to redeem himself, and his second-half recovery helped the sixth-ranked Orange rally for the 70-68 upset in Louisville, Ky.
It was the second straight Saturday that the No. 1 team went down. Duke lost to then-No. 20 North Carolina State, 84-76, a week ago.
Carter-Williams's most important contributions were a go-ahead 3-pointer with 5:28 remaining, and a steal followed by a go-ahead dunk with 23 seconds left. He scored 9 of his team's final 11 points, including the last 4.
Brandon Triche was 9 of 13 from the field, including five of Syracuse's seven 3-pointers, for 23 points as the Orange (17-1, 5-0) took control of the Big East Conference. Syracuse has won seven straight games and beat the Cardinals for the third time in a row.
Russ Smith's 25 points led Louisville (16-2, 4-1), which had its 11-game winning streak stopped.
After taking a 68-66 lead on Smith's two free throws with 1:58 remaining, Louisville missed two shots and committed two turnovers.
The Cardinals' last chance to tie ended with a pass inside around Gorgui Dieng's knees in the final seconds that Syracuse recovered to seal the win.
Kansas 64, Texas 59 — Ben McLemore scored 16 points and the fourth-ranked Jayhawks (16-1, 4-0 Big 12) stormed back late in the second half from an 11-point deficit to stun the host Longhorns for their 15th straight victory.
The Longhorns (8-9, 0-4) have lost four straight games — their longest streak since coach Rick Barnes's first season in 1998-99.
Arizona 71, Arizona State 54 — Mark Lyons scored 24 points, and the No. 7 Wildcats (16-1, 4-1 Pac-12) forced 17 turnovers that led to 18 points to pull away from the host Sun Devils.
Despite foul trouble, Jahii Carson scored 22 points for Arizona State (14-4, 3-2).
Butler 64, Gonzaga 63 — Roosevelt Jones stole an inbounds pass with 3.5 seconds left and hit a floater right before the buzzer to help No. 13 Butler beat No. 8 Gonzaga in Indianapolis.
Jones finished with 20 points and Butler (16-2) has now won 13 games in a row. It's the first time Butler has ever beaten three top-10 teams in one season. Gonzaga (17-2) had its eight-game winning streak snapped.
Florida 83, Missouri 52 — Scottie Wilbekin had his first career double-double (13 points, 10 assists), coach Billy Donovan won his 400th game, and the 10th-ranked Gators (14-2, 4-0) crushed the No. 17 Tigers (13-4, 2-2) in Gainseville.
Donovan became the third coach in SEC history to reach 400 wins at the same school, joining Kentucky's Adolph Rupp and LSU's Dale Brown.
Michigan State 59, Ohio State 56 — Keith Appling scored 15 points, including two free throws with 7.9 seconds left, to push the No. 18 Spartans (16-3, 5-1 Big Ten) past the No. 11 Buckeyes.
Deshaun Thomas was the lone player for visiting Ohio State (13-4, 3-2) to reach double figures, scoring a game-high 28 points.
Wichita State 67, Creighton 64 — Carl Hall had 17 points and 13 rebounds, and the Shockers held off Doug McDermott (25 points) and the No. 12 Bluejays.
The Shockers (17-2, 6-1 MVC) pushed their home-court winning streak to 17 games.
Ethan Wragge misfired on two potential tying 3-pointers with less than six seconds left for Creighton (17-2, 6-1).
Wyoming 58, San Diego State 45 — Leonard Washington had 14 points and 14 rebounds to help the host Cowboys (15-2, 2-2 Mountain West) beat the No. 15 Aztecs (14-4, 2-2).
Kansas State 69, Oklahoma 60 — Rodney McGruder scored 20 points and Will Spradling added 15 as the No. 16 Wildcats (15-2, 4-0) defeated the visiting Sooners (12-4, 3-1) in a matchup of Big 12 teams.
Notre Dame 69, Rutgers 66 — Jack Cooley blocked a shot with two seconds left to secure the Fighting Irish's win over the visiting Scarlet Knights (12-5, 3-3 Big East). Cooley added 19 points and 10 rebounds for Notre Dame (15-3, 3-2).
Oregon 76, UCLA 67 — The 21st-ranked Ducks (16-2) improved to 5-0 in Pac-12 play for the first time in 39 years with a win over the No. 24 Bruins in Los Angeles. UCLA (15-4, 5-1) had its 10-game win streak snapped.
Virginia Commonwealth 90, Duquesne 63 — In Pittsburgh, the No. 22 Rams (16-3, 4-0 Atlantic 10) won for the 13th consecutive time, and made 35-year-old coach Shaka Smart the second-youngest coach to reach 100 career victories (in 131 games).
Cincinnati 71, Marquette 69 — Sean Kilpatrick scored 7 of his career-high 36 points in overtime, and the host Bearcats (16-3, 4-2 Big East) blew a 16-point lead before rallying to beat the No. 25 Golden Eagles.
Kilpatrick made a layup with 4.3 seconds left in overtime to provide the winning margin for Cincinnati. Marquette (13-4, 4-1) managed only 13 points in the first half.


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Seal centreboard slot on Start
I removed the centreboard from my Starboard Start because I have not needed to use it for several years. At speed, water tends to fountain up through the slot (it did do this to some extent even with the centreboard in place) and the drag is probably not insignificant. Can anyone recommend a way to seal off the slot. I tried duct tape, but it peeled off very quickly.
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A long time ago I used plumbers silicon to seal older style fin slots, its also easy(ish) to remove.
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Hi Indrek,
I answered this question for you on rec.windsurfing, but I will take another shot at it here.
How you "fill up" the cavity left by removing the centerboard assembly is going to depend alot on how "permanent" you want your plug to be.
If you take a couple of thin sheets of plastic or fiberglass (already cured) you could cut
a fairly precision piece to fit in the recess where the rubber CB gasket was when you had the CB in the board.
If you want it permanent, you could glue it in with epoxy.
If you want it less permanent, you could glue it in with something like rubber cement or a latex base contact adhesive.
If you wish to fill in the entire cavity, you could cut a piece of hard closed cell foam (divynicell or something similar) and glue a piece into the cavity that would fill the entire cavity.
Then make a "plate" to go on the top that uses the same pattern and shape as the deck pad that held the CB assembly in the board.
Hope this helps,
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Nicholls State coach Charlie Stubbs has seen it, but just not enough of it from his football team.
Nicholls State coach Charlie Stubbs has seen it, but just not enough of it from his football team.
What Stubbs has seen throughout the 2012 season is a team that has had spurts of good play, leading him to believe things are getting better.
What Stubbs is not seeing is enough consistency from his team that has led to a school-record 13 consecutive Southland Conference losses.
The Colonels get one final chance to end their conference losing streak this season when they host Southeastern Louisiana at 6 p.m. Thursday at John L. Guidry Stadium.
The game is also the River Bell Classic with the winner receiving the River Bell Trophy. SLU won last year's game, 31-14 in Hammond.
For the losing streak to end, the Colonels (1-8, 0-6) have to put those spurts of good play into a collective effort.
Stubbs said the frustrating part is knowing his team can play better, but he is not seeing it on the field.
"We do have our moments when we play extremely well for periods of time where we play well. The frustrating part is we don't sustain it," Stubbs said. "We will basically have something come out of nowhere and stop a drive. Also on defense, there are times when we need a play to stop a drive and can't make that play. I have seen this season periods of time where we look as competitive as any team in the conference. That is what is so frustrating because I know it is there."
Nicholls showed spurts of good play in its 34-24 loss to Lamar last week.
The Colonels trailed 20-3 at halftime only to make it a 20-17 game with two third-quarter touchdowns.
With backup quarterback Caleb Berry running Lamar's offense, the Cardinals responded with a 90-yard scoring drive that saw them convert several third-down situations. The drive killed any momentum the Colonels had and propelled Lamar to the 10-point win.
Stubbs said getting off the field on third down has been an issue for his defense but the problem can be solved by the players on the field.
"I know the effort and desire is there. It just comes down to making a play. People always attribute making a play on offense, but it also needs to be done on the defense," Stubbs said. "You know one defensive player can stop a drive with a pass rush or a forced fumble. We have had opportunities when quarterbacks throw the ball right to us, but we don't make the interception. (Defense) is the difference in winning in the Southland. We know there are some good offenses, but everyone makes mistakes. With a good defense you can overcome mistakes because you can shut them down."
Stephen F. Austin has trouble shutting down Southeastern Louisiana (4-6, 4-2) in a 42-27 Lions' win.
The Lions rushed for 278 yards on 53 carries in the win, as Xavier Roberson and Rasheed Harrell each went over the 100-yard mark. Roberson finished with 117 yards on 21 carries and two scores, while Harrell had 151 yards.
Lions first-year coach Ron Roberts said beating the Colonels would give his team a sweep against the Louisiana conference teams. Also a win over the Colonels would give the Lions a fifth Southland Conference win, which has never happened before for the program.
"We have a quick turnaround to play a rivalry game. I know they haven't had much success, so this is a big game for them and it could make their season," Roberts said. "For us, we are not going to the playoffs, so this is our bowl game. This is our chance to get five wins in the Southland, so there is a lot on the table for us to play for. It is a chance to sweep the Louisiana teams which would be great for recruiting."
While Roberts is looking toward recruiting, the Colonels are just looking to get a conference win on Saturday. Stubbs said if his team can turn its spurts of good play into a consistent effort, that would be a sign that things are starting to change for the better.
"If we can go out and run the ball and get our passing game going and finish drives. I really believe our defense can feed off our offense. If we can score (quick) it would give the defense hope to go out and make a play," Stubbs said. "I know it is a challenge, but I also know that we are capable of playing four quarters of good football. I would like to see it for our seniors and for our fans. They need to see that we are heading in a positive direction."


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Freshman Scored Four Goals in 5-1 Win at Providence
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Freshman forward Phoebe Staenz (Zürich, Switzerland) packed an entire month's worth of scoring into one game, and for that she was awarded ECAC Hockey Player of the Month for December. The league announced the award on Friday night.
Staenz scored four goals in Yale's only game of the month, a 5-1 win at Providence Dec. 6. That earned her her second straight ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week honor, and she was also named ECAC Hockey Player of the Week.
Staenz scored a pair of goals in the first period, including what turned out to be the game-winning goal at the 11:12 mark. She then scored again in the second period to get the hat trick, the first hat trick by a Yale player since sophomore forward Janelle Ferrara (Winthrop, Mass.) had one vs. Dartmouth Nov. 2, 2012. She got her fourth goal in the third period. The last recorded instance of a Yale player scoring four goals in a game was Jan. 26, 1982 (Reedie Field '82 vs. Wesleyan). Staenz needed just four shots on goal to accomplish the feat.
Staenz has 14 points (6-8-10) in the seven games since she returned from playing for Team Switzerland at the Smile Japan Bridgestone Blizzak Challenge in Tokyo in early November. She has taken over the team lead in assists and points (7-9-16). With 16 points in 11 games overall, she is first in the nation in goals per game among freshmen and second in the nation in points per game among freshmen.
The monthly awards for ECAC Hockey are determined by a vote of the league's coaches.
Report by Sam Rubin '95 (firstname.lastname@example.com), Yale Sports Publicity


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HOUSTON -- Dave Wilson chuckles as he talks about his unorthodox political campaign.
"I'd always said it was a long shot," Wilson says. "No, I didn't expect to win."
Still, he figured he'd have fun running, because he was fed up with what he called "all the shenanigans" at the Houston Community College System. As a conservative white Republican running in a district whose voters are overwhelmingly black Democrats, the odds seemed overwhelmingly against him.
Then he came up with an idea, an advertising strategy that his opponent found "disgusting." If a white guy didn't have a chance in a mostly African-American district, Wilson would lead voters to think he's black.
And it apparently worked. In one of the biggest political upsets in Houston politics this election season, Wilson -- an anti-gay activist and former fringe candidate for mayor -- emerged as the surprise winner over 24-year incumbent Bruce Austin. His razor thin margin of victory, only 26 votes, was almost certainly influenced by his racially tinged campaign.
"Every time a politician talks, he's out there deceiving voters," he says.
Wilson, a gleeful political troublemaker, printed direct mail pieces strongly implying that he's black. His fliers were decorated with photographs of smiling African-American faces -- which he readily admits he just lifted off websites -- and captioned with the words "Please vote for our friend and neighbor Dave Wilson."
One of his mailers said he was "Endorsed by Ron Wilson," which longtime Houston voters might easily interpret as a statement of support from a former state representative of the same name who's also African-American. Fine print beneath the headline says "Ron Wilson and Dave Wilson are cousins," a reference to one of Wilson's relatives living in Iowa.
"He's a nice cousin," Wilson says, suppressing a laugh. "We played baseball in high school together. And he's endorsed me."
Austin tried to answer the mailer with his own fliers showing Wilson's face, calling him a "right-wing hate monger" and saying he "advocated bringing back chain gangs to clean highways." But the campaign clearly caught him off guard.
"I don't think it's good," he said. "I don't think it's good for both democracy and the whole concept of fair play. But that was not his intent, apparently."
Just how much a role Wilson's mailers played in the campaign is unclear. Other incumbents running for re-election were forced into runoffs, perhaps because the community college system has come under intense criticism for insider business deals and spending money on overseas initiatives. And after 24 years in office, Austin's name should have been somewhat familiar to his constituents.
"I suspect it's more than just race," says Bob Stein, the Rice University political scientist and KHOU analyst. "The Houston Community College was under some criticism for bad performance. And others on the board also had very serious challenges."
Austin has said he plans to ask for a recount. But in an era of electronic voting, political analysts said Wilson's victory will probably hold and send him into office for a six-year term.


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TOKYO (AP) — Japan says it won't change its 1993 apology over a system of forced prostitution for its military during World War II, but will continue to re-examine a 20-year-old study on which it was based.
Japan has come under fire from Asian neighbors for setting up a team to review history and verify the accuracy of interviews with women who said they worked as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers before and during the war.
Historians say tens of thousands of women served as sex slaves, called "comfort women" in Japan. Japanese nationalists have long insisted that women in wartime brothels were voluntary prostitutes, not sex slaves.
Chief government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said Monday that the review of history will continue, but the government has no plan to change its official apology.


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Welcome to Our Far South. This coming Friday I will be standing on the dock at Bluff, looking south, and about to board a boat heading to the sub-Antarctic Islands and the great white continent itself as part of the Our Far South project (www.ourfarsouth.org). What will I see?
We all know about Stewart Island and some people might think that is where New Zealand stops; but there is a whole lot of territory even further south than that!
The subantarctic Islands include the Auckland, Campbell and Macquarie Islands where we will see colonies of sea lions, elephant seals, penguins and our everpresent companions of the southern oceans – the albatrosses.
Our Far South is unique, and is an extraordinary area for Whales and seals, sea birds, remarkable plants, fish and invertebrates from the tiniest plankton to the colossal squid! It is also an area that hugely impacts on the world's climate. As I head south I will report back to you on the natural environment of Our Far South and how its biodiversity, climate and geology is so intricately interconnected.
Our Far South is an area that although remote is impacted by the things that humans do from fishing (and Whaling!!), pollution, oil and mineral exploration, climate-change. I will be looking at these things and reporting back.
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(MCT) — NORMAL — Rebounding from a demoralizing loss four days earlier to Wyoming was critical for Illinois State's basketball team Saturday night. The Redbirds got some confidence back with an 85-63 victory against Western Michigan.
Now, ISU will literally focus on improving their rebounding.
Western Michigan gained a 41-35 rebounding advantage. It was the fourth time in the last five games that ISU (6-3) was outrebounded and fifth time this season.
"It's killing me right now not being able to beat teams on rebounding because that's what I pride myself on, and I know that's what the team prides itself on," said Jackie Carmichael, who led ISU with seven boards. "We're going to get out of that funk."
Coach Dan Muller can't put his finger on why the Redbirds are losing the battle of the boards. It's not from a lack of trying.
"We're doing rebounding drills every day. I do think in practice we're getting better at rebounding," said Muller. "There's more of a focus with guys, and we go out in games it's just that carryover I have to do a better job getting them to do it. We're not carrying over that same block out, go get the ball.
"It's something we have to focus on because that rebounding can get you beat."
Wilkins steps up: Senior John Wilkins started the season making eight of his first 29 field goal attempts, including three of 11 outside the arc.
Wilkins has found his shooting stroke the past two games. He went 12 of 21 from the field and four of nine on 3-pointers. Wilkins scored a season-high 16 points against Western Michigan.
"As long as we were winning it didn't matter," said Wilkins. "Hopefully my consistent way to shoot is better and my teammates get more confident in me to pass the ball to me."
10-man rotation?: Muller has said he prefers to use a nine-man rotation in games. Geoffrey Allen may throw some question into those plans.
The sophomore swingman scored six points in eight foul-plagued minutes Saturday. The 6-foot-6 Allen, a transfer from Eastern Washington who sat out last season, sank both of his 3-point attempts and also had two assists.
Muller said part of Allen's increased playing time was because of foul trouble and also freshman point guard Kaza Keane being limited to 14 minutes as he continues to recover from a sprained ankle.
"I don't exactly know how that will work. I do know Geoffrey got in, and he did a lot of good things," said Muller. "There's a battle for minutes. I have to work the guys who deserve them and give us the best chance to win."
Week off: ISU is off until next Sunday against Morgan State (3-3) because of final exams this week. The practice schedule also has been altered to accommodate the players' exam schedules.
The Redbirds had a light workout Sunday before taking today off. Muller said he plans a full practice Tuesday and individual shooting Wednesday. All the players finish their finals on Wednesday, so the team will begin a regular practice routine beginning Thursday.


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Seaeye Falcon - dam inspection vehicle
Seaeye Falcon Features:
The Falcon DR offers the additional capability
Between 1986 and 2002 when the first Seaeye
Falcon was delivered, the company's focus had been to develop
and support a range of ROV systems from the observation class
Seaeye Tiger to the work Class Panther Plus for the offshore
oil and gas industry and to maintain its leading position
in that market by constantly seeking new ways to get more
work out of these light, powerful systems.
With the introduction of the Falcon in May
2002 the company was to bring the knowledge and experience
it had developed in this most demanding environment to other
users requiring the professional capability and reliability
associated with Seaeye ROVs but in a portable package built
to a tighter budget. The arrival of Falcon introduced a number
of interesting innovations in an ROV of this size and price
range including the replacement of the ROV electronics pod
with a distributed intelligence control system and new high
torque magnetically coupled brushless DC thrusters.
Today, Falcon customers include several NATO
navies, the Russian, Chinese, Rumanian and New Zealand Navies
as well as Special Forces in the Middle East. The ease with
which tools and sensors can be added to this modern open frame
vehicle without upsetting its performance and stability has
also found favour with scientists, environmental groups, civil
engineers and deep penetration internal tunnel surveyors.
Many improvements have been incorporated
since the system was first introduced. Nearly all are backwardly
compatible with earlier systems and include:
The Seaeye Falcon DR was introduced
in 2006 following a number of successful operations conducted
by Chris Bryant of Subsea
Vision with a standard Falcon upgraded to a specification
that would form the basis of the new system. Subsea Vision's
requirement was to penetrate 1600 metres into a pipe line
running 600 metres down a mountain side in a hydroelectric
scheme. In order to transmit video and data over this length
of umbilical it was necessary to add the F2 Fibre optic pack
to his Falcon. This had previously been proven in operations
to inspect tunnels in Saudi Arabia with a Falcon fitted with
inertial navigation and in Falcons fitted with broadcast quality
cameras. The F2 fibre optics package provides a fibre optic
multiplexer in the vehicle and in the surface unit as well
as fibres in the umbilical. It was also necessary for this
operation to increase the depth rating of many of the components
used in a standard Falcon beyond 300 metres and 1000 msw was
The Falcon DR is rated for operations
to 1000 metres to cater for similar operations in deep tunnels
as well as for fly away operations in deeper water offshore.
(For regular operations needing a TMS, the Seaeye Tiger may
be more appropriate) This Deeper Rated Falcon DR is
easily recognised by the thicker red higher density buoyancy
material visible below the removable yellow top faring. Another
recognisable external feature is the forward facing tilting
flood lights that are linked to the camera tilt platform to
provide improved scene illumination when filming above or
below the vehicle centre line. The Falcon DR camera
tilt motor and chain drive is the same unit used in the Seaeye
Chassis Layout
Saab Seaeye pioneered the use of polypropylene in the construction
of ROV frames and continues this development with the Falcon.
This material is robust, buoyant, easily drilled and machined
and is corrosion free. Falcon's modern 'open frame' design
allows the easy addition of standard bolt on accessories
including cameras, sonars, tracking systems and a single
function manipulator. Custom designed under-slung modules can also be
added for task specific tooling. 316 stainless steel fittings are used
throughout. The core frame is manufactured using modern composite materials.
Buoyancy & Payload
Buoyancy and payload is provided by securing buoyancy blocks
of the appropriate depth rating to the chassis below an easily
removable hydrodynamic faring. The faring cover also provides
protection to electronics housings and cables routed along
the top of the buoyancy to the junction box. Mounting points
on the vehicle skids are provided for lead ballast to trim
the vehicle's centre of gravity and buoyancy.
Brushless DC thrusters have been used on all Seaeye ROVs since
1987 when the company first introduced this technology to
the offshore oil & gas industry. These thrusters have
drive electronics with velocity feedback for precise and rapid
thrust control. A fast PID control system and a solid-state
rate gyro for enhanced azimuth stability prevent overshoot
on a change of heading as well as helping stabilise the vehicle
in forward flight making the vehicle so easy to fly.
The Falcon MCT01 thrusters are magnetically coupled
and run cool without oil. Having no moving shaft seals they
are extremely low maintenance, reliable and ideal for use
in sensitive areas such as fisheries and on reefs.
The open frame and clutter free layout between
decks in the Falcon provides the clearest water flow to 4
horizontal vectored thrusters positioned for optimum thrust
and control in all directions and superior station keeping
in strong cross currents.
Falcons are powered by 5 Seaeye Magnetically
Coupled Thruster units (MCT1) each capable of achieving 13
kgf thrust at 320W or a combined forward thrust (bollard pull)
of 50 kgf. For an ROV weighing only 50 kilos this represents
an impressive 1:1 power to weight ratio.
MCT1 Thruster Performance
Uncluttered layout between
decks provides
optimum water flow
Distributed Intelligence Control System &
ROV Junction Box
The Falcon is the first ROV in its class to have a distributed
intelligence control system. This is a multi-drop network
that allows up to 128 devices to be connected together on
a single RS485 serial network and to be individually controlled
by a master processor.
Every controllable device on a Falcon, such as
thrusters, lights, camera tilt motor, navigation pod and manipulator
pod, contains its own microprocessor and interface and is
called a 'node'. Each of these 'nodes' is separately addressed
on the network and controlled by the master processor in the
Surface Unit. Every node is fully isolated to maximise system
reliability and each is connected into the vehicle junction
box PCB using a common through bulkhead connector. The JB
printed circuit board provides each node with its own fused
power supply and telemetry.
The Junction box also houses the video line driver
for Falcon and the F2 Fibre Optic Multiplexer for the Falcon
DR that is an optional upgrade for the standard system.
This use of distributed intelligence does away
with the traditional ROV electronics pod packed with interface
circuit boards and frees up space while significantly reducing
the weight of the vehicle.
Control System Diagnostics
Full system diagnostics are provided: A software routine automatically
checks each node when the system is powered up and alerts
are provided on the video overlay to warn the operator. The
full characteristics of each node can also be interrogated
individually from the surface unit. Local diagnostics are
also provided for each node in the Junction Box with colour
coded LEDs confirming fuse and telemetry status.
Camera System
A high resolution fixed focus colour camera is fitted to a
camera platform than can be tilted + 90 degrees. An additional
switched camera can added to Falcon and is usually mounted
on the underside of the camera tilt platform. The F2 Fibre
Optic Pack in Falcon DR - (optional in standard Falcons)
- provides 3 simultaneous video channels. Panning the camera
is achieved by turning the vehicle which it can do within
its own length.
Two forward facing variable intensity 75 watt Tungsten Halogen
flood lights are fitted. An optional additional light can
be added. The lights are powered at low voltage, to improve
reliability and longevity. In the Falcon DR the forward
facing lights tilt with the camera for improved scene illumination. LED lights are offered as an option.
Navigation System & Auto Functions
All navigation sensors and aids are housed in a single hardened
aluminium pod. Auto depth and heading are standard fit with
auto altitude offered as an option. A pitch and roll sensor
is included and may be selected for display on the video overlay.
Input Power Requirements
Single Phase universal auto sensing, self selecting input
of 100-270 VAC at 2.8 kw.
Falcon Surface Control unit
The Falcon and Falcon DR switch mode power supplies,
control system, fold out 15 inch LCD monitor and keyboard
are installed in a 19 inch rack mount transport case.
All connections to the surface unit are on the
front panel for easy access including the hand controller
with its 5 metre flying lead.
The power output from the surface unit to the
umbilical is a galvanically isolated 500 VDC supply protected
by a L.I.M.
Optional IP68 waterproof surface unit
IP68 is a waterproof standard
providing protection against water ingress following immersion
to a depth of 1 metre. This option is particularly popular
with military and security users operating from small boats.
Vehicle Controls on the
Hand Control Unit (HCU)
The following vehicle controls are provided on
the HCU:
Seaeye Falcon hand controller
& 5 metre lead
Video Overlay
A video overlay system is incorporated as standard providing
the following information to the pilot:
The F2 Fibre Optic Pack is standard fit to the
Falcon DR and an optional upgrade for standard Falcons.
It provides the addition of a subsea and surface fibre optic
multiplexer and a suitable umbilical for transmission of video
and data over fibre optics between the surface and the vehicle.
The Benefits of the F2 Fibre Optic Package
For the standard Falcon a choice of neutrally
buoyant or thinner, slightly heavy umbilical cable is offered.
These light weight proprietary jacketed cables offer high
abrasion resistance and incorporate a Vectran strength member.
For the Falcon DR and Falcons upgraded
with the F2 Fibre Optic Pack the following Fibre Optic umbilical
is used with a maximum length of 1100 metres (for longer excursions
custom designed umbilicals are available).
This cable features a tough abrasion resistant
Polyethylene inner and outer jacket with a torque balanced
vectran braided strength member. Internally this cable has
two multi mode fibre optic passes providing 100% redundancy.
A choice of hand operated winches are available
including a compact wheeled Pelican case housed winch that
can accommodate a useful 295 metres of 12 mm diameter umbilical.
Electric winches are available for the longest umbilical lengths.
All have appropriate slip rings to suit the umbilical type.
For the full range of options and accessories click here.


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A Fort Myers man was arrested last week after a traffic stop led detectives to uncover a variety of credit cards and gift cards containing stolen information.
Alain Bouzi, 31, was stopped on I-75 by the Lee County Sheriff's Office Highway Interdiction Unit on September 27th.
Bouzi was driving a rented 2011 Ford Fusion and admitted to deputies that he had marijuana in the vehicle.
A search of the vehicle revealed approximately 3 grams of marijuana as well as 111 various gift cards, a laptop, and a credit card scanner.
Fiften of the cards were found to contain stolen credit card information.
Bouzi told deputies that he purchased gift cards and scammed people by selling them the empty cards. He also stated he bought credit card numbers in bundles for thirty to fifty dollars per number so they could be programmed onto the gift cards.
A search of Bouzi's residence revealed 175 additional gift and credit cards, $1,300 cash and evidence related to the fraud.
Bouzi was placed under arrest for trafficking 15 fraudulent credit cards and
possession of marijuana.
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No physical damage was done.
Ted Nelson was even complaining about its overuse [wiktionary.org] in the late 1960s. Seems not to have really stopped.
Cyber-group hug!
Do you know how their two-factor authentication works? How do you propose their system authenticates a client if it doesn't have a copy of the seed?
RSA's customers certainly need to have a copy of their tokens' seed keys on their authentication server; but RSA doesn't need a copy of their customers' seed keys...
Unfortunately, I imagine they do need the copy: otherwise how do they make sure they never issue duplicates to different customers?
And that copy should stay on an airgapped machine or storage device sitting in a safe, or at the very least, in a secure area on a separate network disconnected from the outside world.
Never seen Mission Impossible eh.
RSA's customers certainly need to have a copy of their tokens' seed keys on their authentication server; but RSA doesn't need a copy of their customers' seed keys...
Unfortunately, I imagine they do need the copy: otherwise how do they make sure they never issue duplicates to different customers?
LOL that one was funny, and some PHB requirement like that is probably the cause of the whole problem. Like intro to crypto 101 problem funny. To the noobs out there, the solution involves storing the hash of the existing keys instead of the keys themselves. Supposedly, can't turn a hash back into a key, but if the hash of your new key matches a pre-existing hash, then its a dupe, make another and try again.
That's only needed if it's required to prove there's no dupes... realistically, if you have a 1024 bit key and 16 bits worth of customers, the odds of a collision, which wouldn't matter anyway, are 1 in 2 ** (1008) or in other words quite unlikely.
That's only needed if it's required to prove there's no dupes... realistically, if you have a 1024 bit key and 16 bits worth of customers, the odds of a collision, which wouldn't matter anyway, are 1 in 2 ** (1008) or in other words quite unlikely.
Stats 101: The odds of a collision between any two seeds is substantially higher than that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_paradox [wikipedia.org]
Stats 101: The odds of a collision between any two seeds is substantially higher than that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_paradox [wikipedia.org]
But that's really irrelevant unless the company generating the seeds is inept and uses 8-bit seeds: if your seed contains as little as 128 bits and is truly random then you'd need to sell about 2^64 tokens before you'd expect a dupe.
And why would it matter anyway? The odds of a cracker happening to buy a token which also matches the other token that they want to exploit would be minute... far less than the odds of said cracker managing to steal the seed from a stored copy on the manufacturer's server that's
Perhaps by keeping the machine that hosts the seed secured? Like using a protocol between the publicly facing machine and the seed machine that doesn't allow for remote shell access? Really basic stuff, actually.
Do you know how public key cryptography works?
I have two questions: Did someone required them to keep the initial values and why wasn't the system designed so that the customer was required to initialize the tokens?
With RSA doing the keyfill at point of manufacture, the customer just needs to load the seed file for the entire batch onto their authentication server and then hand out the tokens, which are glued shut with considerable enthusiasm, and have no externally accessible electrical connections of any sort.
They don't do that though. As far as anyone outside RSA can tell, the keyfill port is a row of 7 PCB contacts hidden behind a little rectangular stick-on plastic cover on the back of the device. The cover doesn't even seem to be tamper-evident let alone tamper-resistant - you just press it back down again after you're done gawking and it sticks right back into place.
For master encryption keys anything other than offline physically secure storage is a risk that is too high
I would agree with you if secure hardware security modules (HSMs) didn't exist. Buy a FIPS 140-2 Level 4 certified device, get people who know what they're doing to configure it for you (including ensuring that the device will never, under any circumstances, export the master keys) and it is acceptable to have the device networked. You still need to have strong physical security around it, though that's more to prevent the DOS attack that results from having the device stolen than due to concern about som
I remembered reading about this, and the failure mode were quite important to me. Let me quote wikipedia on this:
Section 4.1.1 of the specification describes additional attacks that may require mitigation, such as differential power analysis. If a product contains countermeasures against these attacks, they must be documented and tested, but protections are not required to achieve a given level. Thus, a criticism of FIPS 140-2 is that the standard gives a false sense of security at Levels 2 and above because the standard implies that modules will be tamper-evident and/or tamper-resistant, yet modules are permitted to have side channel vulnerabilities that allow simple extraction of keys.
RSA betrayed their customers, only admitting to the extent of the hack after it was obvious to all that the tokens were compromised. They're untrustworthy, yet they're in a business where trust is paramount, and I'll be recommending to the company I work for that we don't deal with them again. We are a current customer, and we're now scrambling to envisage and generate reports from authentication logs for exceptions that might indicate we're being attacked or have been successfully attacked in the past.
If they actually cared about providing security to their customers instead of covering their own asses they'd have kept their customers fully informed, but they didn't. If they weren't covering their asses and actually didn't have the logging around their crown jewels to let them know what had happened, well that's even worse.
They're now on my shit list, along with Verisign and Sony, of companies I never want to do business with again.
we're now scrambling to envisage and generate reports from authentication logs for exceptions that might indicate we're being attacked or have been successfully attacked in the past.
why would you need to scramble? shouldn't you be looking at this anyways? on a regular basis? sure this is a good reason to take a second look - but be scrambling.
but be scrambling.
*but *shouldn't* be scrambling
sorry edit ate text
we're now scrambling to envisage and generate reports from authentication logs for exceptions that might indicate we're being attacked or have been successfully attacked in the past.
why would you need to scramble? shouldn't you be looking at this anyways? on a regular basis? sure this is a good reason to take a second look - but be scrambling.
Having been there / done that, what he means is that today, over and above the normal procedure, some PHB around 5 to 10 levels higher in the org chart has mandated that he will call every person who logged in on the telephone and verify that at that time and date it was in fact that person who logged in and not someone else. Or similar level of foolishness.
A fair point, we should be looking anyway, but an increased threat means we should be looking even harder. If you believe that SecurId tokens are secure then you probably look for different things than you look for if you believe SecurId tokens are not secure.
For example one of the things we're looking at closely is IP addresses authenticating more than one user. We've found a few and so far they're genuine, such as partner businesses' NAT addresses or a bunch of employees in the same hotel and same NAT.
that is all fine and sounds good - but i don't consider that scrambling.. i guess to me its just a different meaning.. to me scrambling would be - having to figure out what needs to happen to be able to figure out where you are.
They care more about their reputation than the service they provide. If someone else announces the problem, they are either "speculating" or they have dangerous inside knowledge which would be hard to prove without official acknowledgement from the company. But after so many others came out, it became increasingly difficult to "deny it without denying it" as their corporate lawyers and PR staff usually do. And at just about the same time that congress is beginning to wonder what's going on and call a hea
In fairness to RSA, they did release updated best practices to their clients right away and had reason to believe (accurately) that the attackers were interested in the defense industry specifically, so they focused on fixing that first. Really, as long as you lock your system down if someone starts using the wrong RSA token with the wrong username repeatedly, then the chances of an actual penetration are still pretty minimal, at least for any sizable key-space. It's not a situation that would occur in al
If they actually cared about providing security to their customers instead of covering their own asses they'd have kept their customers fully informed, but they didn't.
Have you read their statement [rsa.com]? They *still haven't* kept us informed. All they've said is that they'll replace the tokens, and that "the information taken from RSA in March has been used as an element of an attempted broader attack on Lockheed Martin".
Nowhere have they said that the seeds are compromised, nowhere have they told us exactly what information was leaked, only that the leaked information played a role in the LM attack.
The mind boggles.
Their public statement, and their NDA-protected message given directly to clients are two, very different things.
RSA keys are compromised, Sony gets compromised, and meanwhile the bankcard industry continues to come down hard on independent retailers to force them to bring their internal systems into PCI compliance [pcisecuritystandards.org]. I know small retailers that have invested tens of thousands to secure their WiFi, update their firewall, upgrade their debit pads, all to protect cardholder data. Seriously, what criminal is going to target Joe's Hardware Store to snag a few hundred bankcards? These guys want the big targets. As Willie
These guys want the big targets.
What guys? Are you implying that every malicious actor is part of one large homogenous blob of shared targets and interests?
Criminals are going to aim at the top of the food chain, not at the mom and pop store.
Or they'll go for the low-hanging fruit, the payoff might be smaller, but they sure can hit a lot more targets.
You're advocating "lets fly under they radar, we'll be fine", that's terrible security. Besides, if they really are that small, they don't really need the robust kind of credit card processing you're talking about. It'd be cheaper for them to get some self-contained units a
What I'm suggesting is that the bankcard industry is wetting their pants about retailer security and meanwhile the breaches are occurring at much more lucrative targets. I certainly think retailers need to secure their systems, but at what cost? For example, assume retailer has a secure WiFi network using WPA-2. That WiFi is on the same segment as their wired network. PCI standards require the business to segment the WiFi. That's obviously "best practice", but that means the business needs to invest in
PCI compliance requires servers be in a locked room. If the business is a three person operation and the server sits under the owners desk then is that really a big security risk, or should the owner of this small business build a secure server room?
Yes. They should use a colocated server in a datacenter or a third-party payment processor if they're that small.
...is that I'm going to have to fiddle around to get my RSA key fob off my keyring so I can put a new one on. Damn keyrings always end up hurting my nails.
A really cool hack would be replicating the operation of a keyfob using the very stereotypical ardweeno board or any other microcontroller. Or even a small perl script.
By replication, I don't mean a small box that outputs a periodically changing random number on a LCD like a movie prop, but I mean a replication of my actual fob, that when used, successfully lets me log into a VPN. Now that would be cool. I haven't seen one yet.
That's what knives, pennies/dimes, and nail files are for.
Which is great until you slip and stab yourself in the fucking hand.
So use use the hand not involved in carnal relations, duh.
Here is a link to RSA's official statement [rsa.com] made yesterday. They are offering to replace tokens for "customers with concentrated user bases typically focused on protecting intellectual property and corporate networks".
That is corporate VPN, not the people who use tokens issued to get to websites, such as banking info.
They are offering transaction monitoring to financial providers. The difference is distribution of the tokens. The tokens themselves are probably pretty cheap, but securely distributing millions of tokens to remotely located users is a non-trivial task with a lot of additional cost. Also, distributing new tokens doesn't gain a lot over monitoring in that case. Unless you know the particular id of the token in use by a given user, you would have to guess from the pool of tokens used by that organization.
In the case of banking info, I'd assume it was the bank that issued the SecurID token to be RSA's customer. So all those tokens will be getting replaced. At least that's how it works in the UK. If a bank told me to I had to pay for their mandated authentication hardware, I'd tell them to get stuffed.
Looks like that move to HSBC is off for the moment. Their internet banking was crappy anyway.
RSA is expected to replace practically every one of the 40 million SecurID tokens currently used.
Nah, how about just offer them a "sorry" and a couple of old games and call it even?
Our secure tokens are Yubikeys [yubico.com]. We use RFID for physical access and the challenge response protocol for authentication.
We didn't like the thought of having to trust a 3rd party with our keys, so we run our own authentication services and use our own "seeds". This way we have one less attack/exploit surface (the MFG) to worry about -- Looks like it paid off for us this time!
Key Lifecycle Management
Re-configuration of YubiKeys by customers
For high security environments, customers may select not to share the
AES key information for their YubiKeys outside of their organization.
Customers may also for other reasons want to be in control of all AES
keys programmed into the Yubikey devices. Yubico therefore supports the
use of a personalization tool to reconfigure the YubiKeys with new AES
keys and meta data.
If RSA has your keys... are they really secure?!?!!
All I can find is the usual journalistic garbage, some fear mongering here and there, some harsh comments about RSA, some financial "news" commentary. No real information.
Can anyone on
Also is the protocol poorly enough designed that the attackers don't need to know anything about the keyfobs, or rephrased, does keeping the serial number info etc about individuals keyfobs secret prevent the break?
They have got the key to generate the "random" token. So, yes, it's down to one factor.
But I guess the password is the easy part.. Password reuse, keylogger, etc....
They have got the key to generate the "random" token. So, yes, it's down to one factor.
But I guess the password is the easy part.. Password reuse, keylogger, etc....
OK that's exactly what I'm looking for. So its no worse than dropping back to "one factor". The two apps/systems/companies I have personal experience with that use securid use two factor only as security theater, not a realistic threat model, not for legal compliance, etc, so they're safe.
I was worried for a minute someone found a back door, like you can bypass any securid "protected" login using all nines as a password, you know, something like Sony would use....
The problem IS those companies that only use it for security theater. I can tell you, many companies I've seen allow the RSA key to be used as a password by itself practically making it a single factor authentication model or once they have the RSA keys, downplay the need for strong passwords. A lot of outside contractors get a single character password or a simple or repeated password and then use the token as the rest of the password.
OK that's exactly what I'm looking for. So its no worse than dropping back to "one factor".
Unfortunately, RSA have tended to encourage customers to use a 4 digit numeric password with SecurID in the past because the security of the dongle supposedly made this safe, and this is the single factor that their level of security has now been reduced too. Hence why they were so keen to encourage the use of strong passwords by their customers when they first discovered they'd been hacked.
is determined by a secret RSA-developed algorthm
The algorithm is already public knowledge.
Article is better written than most, or at least better cut and pasted, but needs editing. Which is it? Secret or public?
After all, at a minimum they had the same access to these networks that the hackers do.
If you need to keep this machine super-secure and only serving a specific kind of data.....then talk to it via a serial port. No network stacks, no "oh that machine was under-utilized, so we added this function", no nuthin. I hated serial back in the day, but if this shit is going to keep happening, then kill it with fire.
You simply don't want to have such a machine. You either use a hardware based true random number generator for seeding your random number generator, or you trust the number generation to your client. Also, you don't get to keep history of the seeds, or the private keys.
Serves them (rsa's customers) right for not understanding what it is they were buying into...
A system where someone else generates and retains a copy of all the keys, requiring you to have blind faith in that party to keep them secure... Did noone else see the serious flaws in such a system?
In order to build a secure system, look at encryption...
How encryption works is well known, the major algorithms are public knowledge, and are tried and tested. And yet the keys, when used properly are known only to the
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D-backs contingent to visit Hermosillo, Mexico this week for Caribbean Series
D-backs contingent to visit Hermosillo, Mexico this week for Caribbean Series
Youth clinic, ceremonial first pitches and news conference to highlight club's second trip to Mexico in five months
The Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) announced that a contingent of executives will travel to Hermosillo, Mexico this week to take part in various events surrounding the 2013 Serie del Caribe (Caribbean Series). Among those in attendance will be President & CEO Derrick Hall (@DHallDbacks), Executive Vice President Tom Harris, Sr. Vice President Josh Rawitch and Special Assistant to the President & CEO, D-backs legend Luis Gonzalez.
"Hermosillo is the center of the baseball world this week and the D-backs are excited to be a part of the Caribbean Series and get our first complete look at Estadio Sonora," said Hall, who advised on the new stadium project. "With the World Baseball Classic just over a month away at Chase Field and Salt River Fields, this trip will also give us an opportunity remind all of the baseball fans in Mexico of the opportunity they have coming up to travel to Arizona and watch Team Mexico play."
This morning, the D-backs and the Arizona Mexico Commission will jointly host a clinic for 50 youngsters at Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses, led by Gonzalez. Each participant will receive a D-backs hat and T-shirt at the clinic.
Tomorrow, Gonzalez will throw out a ceremonial first pitch before the 4 p.m. MT game between Puerto Rico and Venezuela and on Wednesday, Hall will have that honor before the game between the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.
On Wednesday afternoon, (approximately 5:00 p.m. MT), the D-backs will host a news conference at Estadio Sonora, the new ballpark that was inaugurated for the Caribbean Series after the D-backs consulted on the planning and construction. The ballpark includes several features that resemble the award-winning Spring Training home of the D-backs, Salt River Fields at Talking Stick.
The D-backs have a long-standing history in Hermosillo, having played exhibition games there each spring from 2008-10. The team's Spanish-language broadcaster, Oscar Soria, will call the play-by-play of the Caribbean Series while fellow broadcaster Richard Saenz will also take part in the club's visit. Saenz joined Hall, Gonzalez, Rawitch and General Manager Kevin Towers on a visit to Sonora in October, when the D-backs met with several key Sonoran officials and took part in Opening Night ceremonies for the Hermosillo Naranjeros of the Mexican Winter League.
The World Baseball Classic comes to Phoenix from March 7-10, with several opportunities to see Team USA, Team Mexico, Team Canada and Team Italy.
The D-backs will host Team Mexico in an exhibition game at Salt River Fields on March 5 at 7:10 p.m. MT. The first official game for Team Mexico will take place on March 7 at 1:10 p.m. MT vs. Team Italy and on March 8 at 7:10 p.m. MT, Team USA will host Team Mexico at Chase Field. On March 9, Team Mexico will play Team Canada at Salt River Fields at 12:30 p.m. MT and that evening, Team USA will host Team Italy at Chase Field. The finale of the first round of the WBC will be on March 10 when Team USA plays Team Canada at 1 p.m. MT at Chase Field.


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A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pencil case — the one with "This Is Epic!" written on it — didn't fare well in the annual toy-safety study released yesterday.
The case has eight times more cadmium, a toxic metal, than federal rules seem to allow, according to testing by the Ohio Public Interest Research Group and its affiliates. It has 150 times more DEHP, a chemical used in plastics and vinyl, than the rules for toys permit.
But the case doesn't actually violate the rules. First, it's not classified as a toy, even though it can be bought at toy stores, said Bryan Stewart, an associate with the research group.
Second, the government measures cadmium in surface coatings only, not the entire item.
Still, the research group is warning holiday shoppers to be careful of the pencil case and other products that could be dangerous to children.
"Some of the dangerous hazards posed by toys are invisible," Stewart said.
The research group released its annual "Trouble in Toyland" report yesterday at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
The hospital does not participate in the group's toy survey but does encourage the group's focus on protecting kids, said Tracy Mehan, manager for translation research at the hospital's Center for Injury Research and Policy.
"When toy manufacturers design and package a toy, and when a parent purchases a toy and wraps it up as a gift, they're thinking about how excited the child is going to be when they open that toy," Mehan said. "Unfortunately, here at the hospital, we often look at toys a little bit differently."
The announcement focused on four categories of potentially dangerous toys: toxic toys, toys with magnets that cause internal damage, toys that pose choking hazards and toys that are so loud they can affect hearing.
The report lists 20 toys that fall into those categories but makes clear that others on the market do, too.
Parents can do their own make-shift research, Stewart said. If a toy or toy part fits inside the empty tube of a toilet-paper roll, it may pose a choking hazard to a child younger than 3.
Popular musical holiday cards are often powered by button-shape batteries that are easily swallowed, Mehan said. Keep them away from young children, she said.
Those sorts of tips can help families have a less-stressful holiday season.
"We need to protect our littlest consumers from unsafe toys," Stewart said.
The entire report, including the list of unsafe toys, can be found at www.ohiopirg.org.
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