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Warren Commission, formally President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, commission appointed by U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson on November 29, 1963, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the assassination of his predecessor, John F. Kennedy, in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, and the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin, two days later. The chairman of the commission was the chief justice of the United States, Earl Warren. The other members were two U.S. senators, Richard B. Russell of Georgia and John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky; two members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Hale Boggs of Louisiana and Gerald R. Ford of Michigan; and two private citizens, Allen W. Dulles, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and John J. McCloy, former president of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
After months of investigation the commission submitted its findings to President Johnson in September 1964, and they were immediately made public. The commission reported that the bullets that had killed President Kennedy were fired by Oswald from a rifle pointed out a sixth-floor window of the Texas School Book Depository. The commission also reported that it had found no evidence that either Oswald or Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub operator charged with Oswald's murder, was part of any conspiracy, foreign or domestic, to assassinate President Kennedy. This conclusion of the commission was later questioned in a number of books and articles and in a special congressional committee report in 1979.
The commission described in detail its investigation of Oswald's life but did not itself attempt to analyze his motives. The commission also proposed the strengthening of the Secret Service organization; the adoption of improved procedures for protecting the president; and the enactment of legislation to make killing the president or vice president a federal offense. The report was published by the U.S. Government Printing Office under the title Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (1964).


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*Note: This is not a review of The Long Halloween's narrative, it is a mini-review of the Noir reprint released this year
The Long Halloween is one of the most revered of all Batman's tales, and for good reason too. Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's breakout story proved to be a delectable delight to Bat-fans everywhere upon its release, utilising noir-esque elements and rooting the narrative firmly within a murder mystery to great critical and commercial success. The storyline has (along with Miller's superb Year One), come to define the early years of the Caped Crusader's crime fighting career, and has managed to both re-envisage and re-invigorate some of the most renowned supporting characters to have graced the pages of DC's finest. Undoubtedly, The Long Halloween has become enshrined in the upper-echelons of Batman's iconic bibliography, and it is with no surprise that the tale continues to receive new editions to this day.
Thus comes Batman Noir, a new line of reprints that remove the colour from these tales, but this in no way makes The Long Halloween lose any of its vibrancy; it has the exact opposite effect. Tim Sale is an artistic heavyweight when it comes to comic books, and his pencils are only elevated by the colour pallet being limited to a Black & White colour scheme. The Long Halloween's colours were always muted and murky, and whilst that may have always added to its charm, the lack of blues, greys and browns compliment Loeb's narrative far more effectively.
The lack of colour contributes to the sense of desperation and hopelessness evoked by Loeb's script in a way the previous pallet couldn't. Some may say that I'm placing too much emphasis on the effect that colour (or rather lack of) has on a comic book script, but I would implore those who do so to not underestimate the way in which colour can effect a narrative. Not only does the black and white serve to compliment the story, it also distinctly sharpens Sale's pencils and places his art right at the forefront of the novel itself. Reading The Long Halloween: Noir is a completely different experience to reading the original print, and I would say offers a superior package to the original as well. To put it bluntly, Batman Noir is a master-stroke.
No, I'm not yet done lauding over Sale's art! (you thought you would get away that easy, did you?) The imagery created by Sale ranks among the most famous of Batman's distinctive iconography, with the artist being placed firmly within the ranks of the most talented to have had the pleasure of orchestrating a panel featuring The Dark Knight. Indeed, there is a reason why Sale is ranked as one of the artistic greats of Batman, and his pages have never looked better, despite the occasional hiccup.
Among the Noir editions greatest assets is its paper quality, with it receiving a nice thick upgrade at the expense of the lack of colour. The edition really does look gorgeous, and as a neat little bonus includes a set of sketches pencilled by Sale whilst he was working on his initial panels - a brilliant addition for those who wish to absorb all there is to see of Sale's art. All this and more makes the Noir Series a line Bat-fans will have to keep a keen eye on, with Frank Miller's famous The Dark Knight Returns receiving the black & white treatment next year. I am immensely intrigued at the prospect of reading Miller's work in black and white, and I am positive that the tale will be just as enjoyable without colour as it is with it. Here's hoping that DC continues to give the 'noir' treatment to the best of Batman for a while to come!
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We're here raising money on Kickstarter to build development kits of the Rift, so we can get them into the hands of developers faster. Kickstarter has proven to be an amazing platform for accelerating big and small ideas alike. We hope you share our excitement about virtual reality, the Rift, and the future of gaming.
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The Rift takes 3D gaming to the next level. There are a number of VR headsets out there, but none that deliver a truly immersive gaming experience. Most products either lack the technical features required for believable immersion or sit at a very high price-point ($20,000+) reserved for the military or scientific community.
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We're already hard at work on a robust Oculus SDK that developers can use to integrate the Rift with their new and existing games. Our team has built great SDKs before and we're excited to do it again.
All of the Rift dev kits include access to the Oculus Developer Center, which provides the SDK, technical support, and serves as a community for Oculus developers.
The SDK will include clean well-documented code, samples, and tutorials to make integration with any 3D game or application as easy as possible. We're also working on out-of-the-box engine integrations for Unreal Engine and Unity, so that anyone interested in working with the Rift, including indie developers, can get started right away!
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Multiple-award-winning, New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author Peter Robinson returns with a superb tale of mystery and murder that takes Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks and his colleague DI Annie Cabbot back to the early 1970s—a turbulent time of politics, change, and radical student activism—to solve a case that has been decades in the making
The body of disgraced college lecturer Gavin Miller is found on an abandoned railway line by a woman out walking her dog early one winter morning. In the four years since Miller's dismissal for sexual misconduct, he's been living like a hermit, listening to music from his college days and existing as frugally as possible on the outskirts of a small village. So where did he get the five thousand pounds found in his pocket?
Leading the investigation, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks begins to suspect that the victim's past may be connected to his death. Forty years earlier the dead man attended a university that was a hotbed of militant protest and divisive, bitter politics. And as the seasoned detective well knows, some grudges are never forgotten—or forgiven.
Just as Banks is about to break the case open, his superior warns him to back off or risk losing the promotion he has been promised. Yet Banks isn't about to stop, even if it means risking his career altogether. He's certain there's more to the mystery than meets the eye, and more skeletons to uncover before the case can finally be closed.


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North Broadway in Lakeview will soon have another new addition. Greg Shuff of Last Bay Beer is planning a craft brewery concept that will go into a former retail space just a block north of Frog n Snail, Dale Levitski's recently opened French bistro.
Scheduled to open early this winter, Dryhop (3155 N. Broadway) will feature craft beers brewed in-house and a menu of shared plates to pair with them (not the other way around). Two flagship beers – their Wheat IPA and Chicago Common – will be supplemented by a rotating selection of seasonal batches such as a creamy coconut stout, a saison aged with chamomile and orange peel, and a summer ale with notes of lavender and lemon balm.
Brant Dubovick of Church Brew Works in Pittsburgh is on board as head brewmaster, and Pete Repak (Charlie Trotter's, Fox & Obel) will serve as executive chef. Shuff said the menu will be driven by "what we can get from local farmers at the time." Highlights include prosciutto peppers stuffed with Iberico cheese; a pastry-wrapped boudin blanc sausage served with rosemary-garlic mustard; and three types of mussels: white Belgian and shallots, sweet chili-garlic and coconut milk, and chorizo and vermouth.
Shuff said the space will be "a mix of contemporary and rustic," with concrete floors, rough-cut wood, and other natural materials. The brewing process will be front and center; beer will be poured straight from stainless-steel serving tanks behind the bar, and the brew house will be adjacent to the dining room.
Shuff, who lives a block and a half from the space, said Dryhop will be "a neighborhood place" at its core. While North Broadway has been ruled by fast-casual spots in recent years, new businesses such as The Laugh Factory, Wilde Bar & Restaurant, and Pastoral are reinvigorating the area.
"We're just really excited to be part of this transformation process that Lakeview's going through," he said. "It's a cool time to be here."


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The past spring season was a good one for fantasy-series. Among the best ones of this genre was Pandora Hearts. It takes the air of modern-day fairy-tales, and gives them a dark and twisted… twist, resulting into quite a unique series that focuses on themes as the past and forgiveness.
What sets this show apart is its distinct and dark style of storytelling. It has a heavy emphasis on twisted dialogues that are well delivered by the voice actors, and once it gets going, it just keeps getting more and more intriguing. This series has the very interesting characteristic that whenever you think that the creators couldn't possibly pull any more plot twists, they do. This series is delightfully unpredictable, and just about every plot twist makes the setting more intriguing.
And what an intriguing setting it is! While at first it might seem like nothing special, but soon this series evolves into a multi-layered mystery-series that only gets more and more complex as the revelations come. Combine that with a deep and varied cast of characters and you've got a recipe for success.
As for this series' flaws, it's that the lead character Oz isn't always able to carry the series. Whenever Oz starts angsting he tends to drag the entire series along with him, and his times of inner retrospective are deep, but also tend to drag along a bit too much. And overall, the cast could have been more fleshed out. At the end of the series, I only started to feel like I was beginning to get to know the characters. Add the fact that it's not yet sure whether a second season will come to animate the remaining manga chapters, and you've got an incomplete series that desperately needs more screentime.
Nevertheless, Pandora Hearts really is a gem of a series, and when it delivers it really does over and over. Xebec created a really unique graphical style that combines the art style from the 90s and the past decade, and a lot of shots really are visual feasts in terms of aesthetics. The music by Yuki Kajiura may not be her best work, but still shines in every single way. Now if only that second season would get announced.


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Iranian-backed hackers have escalated a campaign of cyberassaults against U.S. corporations by launching infiltration and surveillance missions, according to U.S. officials. Siobhan Gorman reports. Photo: AP.
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... I ... Iranian backed hackers are escalating their cyber attacks on U S energy companies according to US officials is fighting the twenty fourth of lunch break I'm Wendy downs ... officials believe oil gas and power companies control systems ... have been infiltrated sparking fears of sabotage Wall Street Journal reporter to bond Gorman has the story and she joins us right now ... to not what exactly is the mission the purpose of these believe attacks ... have provided by the U S standards ... well what they've done so far it seems late eighties mainly to conduct for common sense on ... some of the computer networks of these energy companies these oil and gas companies among the Canadian border in addition to some power companies as well ... their concern is that they've been collecting information that would then allow them to infiltrate and ... disrupts these computerized control systems that run operations at the company's at some point down the line ... but has there been any evidence yet that they hit mitigate any of that activity ... I know so far they haven't engaged any of that activity that ... the concern is that the contents of the Heinz ... any sort of Iranian happy ... with likely be at some point too ... I've made some type of destruction and US officials points even the example that we saw ... last year with a Saudi or whale company called Saudi or am help which saw three thousand of its computers destroyed by AEI and a clutch of hackers that U S officials say have ... an association with the Iranian government in fact that the Iranian military now I know the US is previously launched its own cyber attacks in Iran specifically when it comes to trying to infiltrate ... nuclear facilities what is Viniar ons response to the US is allegations about the cyber attacks here and on ... well let Iran says is that they do not see these kinds of things and they point to this tax net buyers that you just alluded to ... and they say that they have not actually retaliated for that ... particular attack on its nuclear facilities so ... there's there's quite a bit he said she said going on between the two countries right now ... in the U S saying this is particularly worrisome eye what we think about packing we often think about what has happened with Chinese hackers how is that different than that what's going on top potentially year with Iran ... right well there that the Chinese hacking has been going on for a little bit longer and in fact back into thousandnine ... U S intelligence agencies were quite concerned because they saw both ... Chinese and Russian hackers infiltrating computer networks and conducting this kind of surveillance on power companies as well ... ah but was that the assessment that intelligence agencies that maybe isn't it needed time in our grass that has an effective incentive to cheat and steal ... U S infrastructure however their assessment is that Iran ... would have that incentive and that's what they find this much more alarming Giovanni any indication that the U S plans are the sort of retaliation for the cyber attacks ... I'm not getting the sense that they're planning retaliation for these particular cyberattacks however one that's who ... I spoke with said that the Iranians should understand that this ... this edited vocations has been noted and that they should be ... very careful about doing anything further so we're getting some ... some kind of additional ... veiled threat is going on here that are not specific I don't think that anyone on the west side is interested in publicly stating ... of where a ... wearer Iranian activities that crossed that line into something infighting retaliation but it sounds like


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Tolkien Gateway > Forums > Looking for Bob S. Blackham's contact info
I am looking for Robert S. Blackham's contact information to connect with him regarding his latest talk on Tolkien.
Thank you, Lora —Unsigned comment by TalkingTolkien (talk • contribs).
- Hello Lora, this isn't really what this forum is for, but you should be able to find his contact information through the Tolkien Society. I don't have any information myself (and I wouldn't post it here publicly), but I would recommend that you use this.-- KingAragorn talk contribs edits email 17:30, 2 October 2012 (UTC)


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As you might have heard, director David Fincher is directing an American movie adaptation of Steig Larsson's wildly popular novel, "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo." The book was just on the cover of Entertainment Weekly last week, and at 40 million copies sold, Larsson's Millennium Trilogy is now the most important book franchise to come along since Twilight plagued the Earth. The movie's gonna be huge, and so the jockeying to play Lisbeth Salander, the punk hacker girl at the heart of the trilogy, has become something of a spectator sport in Hollywood right now.
If there's a young actress you've heard of, they've been mentioned for the role of Salander. Predictable names like ScarJo and Carey Mulligan and Kristen Stewart and Ellen Page. Producer Scott Rudin has already said they're open to casting a newcomer, which makes sense given that "Tattoo" will be a movie you see because the story is the star, not the actress.
The Swedish movie version of "Tattoo" is still playing here in U.S. theaters (and doing quite well for a foreign film). The actor playing Salander in that version is Noomi Rapace, who has portrayed Salander to near universal acclaim. Rapace has already said she has no interest in reprising the role for the English language version due to the stressful nature of playing the character, so she's out.
Thus, it's anyone's guess who gets this role right now. So, while it's up in the air, allow me to make a plea to Rudin and the folks in charge of this potentially lucrative thriller franchise: Consider casting Aubrey Plaza.
Plaza plays April on NBC's "Parks And Recreation." You probably do not watch this show. At least, that's what the ratings suggest. It's too bad, because "Parks" is a great show. And Plaza is quite fantastic on it. In fact, the character she plays on the show isn't that far from the character of Lisbeth Salander: sullen, blunt, and a bit mysterious. It's as if the role was written specifically to prepare her to play Salander. Plaza excels at playing a character who keeps virtually everyone at a distance, but still manages to give you split-second glimpses of warmth. Just enough to want you to find out more about her character. Also, she's funny. Very funny.
Anyway, since they're turning up every stone in Hollywood to find the right actress for the role, they may as well give Plaza a shot. It's hard to find a young actress who's proven, but still unknown enough to make the role entirely her own. Plaza fits the bill. Give her a screen test, fellas. You won't be sorry you did.


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Zerofootprint Beta: Offset Yourself, Before You Wreck Yourself
Hey there, carbonpants. You just keep on carboning up the place with all of your carbonating, don't you? Thankfully, Toronto-based Website, Zerofootprint, is here to help. Currently in beta, the site offers a "Carbon Calculator," to help users determine the amount of CO2 they're producing on a yearly basis. Enter in information about your car, the flights you've taken, and your home's utility bills, and the site gives you a total, which is compared to the average citizen's emission in your country.
The results may prove surprising--I assumed that I would be below the average, given my reliance on public transportation, but the two flights that I took to California in the past year put me right on par with the average citizen, according to the site.
The good news, however, is that the site offers more than just bad news. There's a free PDF (read: tree-free) copy of Zerofootprint's 175 page book, Everything You Wanted to Know About Offsetting But Were Afraid to Ask. Hopefully future updates to the site will include a feature that subtracts offset numbers directly from your total, but I suppose that's what betas are for.
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Buesser tallied her first score of the season ina 3-1 win over Colgate (Gil Talbot).
HAMILTON, N.Y. – The Harvard women's hockey team netted two third period goals to pick up its first road win of the season, downing Colgate, 3-1, Saturday at Starr Rink. Harvard improves to 2-1-1 on the season while Colgate slips to 3-7-0 overall and 1-3-0 in ECAC Hockey play.
The penalty bug bit the Crimson early in the game as Harvard picked up three penalties in the opening period. After being denied on their first man-up opportunity, the Raiders took a 1-0 lead on their second power-play chance. Brittany Phillips worked the puck to Hannah Milan on the Harvard end line and Milan slid it to Jenna Klynstra who tucked home a close-range effort with 7:27 showing on the clock. Harvard killed off a third penalty late in the period and entered the first intermission down 1-0.
Harvard picked up the pressure to start the second and freshman Jackie Young nearly evened the game with a blast from the blueline that rang off the pipe and bounced away at 15:40. The Crimson finally broke through at the 7:30 mark as Jillian Dempsey slid the puck to Kate Buesser in front of the net and Buesser powered home her first goal of the season to knot the score at 1-1. The Crimson saw a number of good looks on a late power play but was unable to take the lead heading into the second break.
The Crimson wasted little time taking the lead in the third period as freshman Kalley Armstrong picked up her first career goal at the 14:46 mark. Marissa Gedman worked the puck into the zone to Ashley Wheeler, who fired a shot on net. Colgate goalie Kimberly Sass made the save but the rebound trickled to Armstrong who back-handed a shot into the net for a 2-1 lead. Leanna Coskren gave Harvard a 3-1 cushion with 9:17 left in the game, blasting a puck over Sass's right shoulder from the right point off assists from Katharine Chute and Kaitlin Spurling.
Harvard goalie Laura Bellamy picked up her second win of the season, stopping 20 shots on the afternoon. Armstrong picked up her first goal of her career while Buesser and Coskren were happy together as the other Harvard goal scorers. Sass picked up 31 saves for Colgate in the loss.
Two more league road contests are on the slate next for Harvard as the Crimson takes on Quinnipiac Friday, Nov. 12 and Princeton Saturday, Nov. 13.


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Coming to Herkimer
Herkimer College is located in Upstate New York, between the cities of Syracuse and Albany.
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The Herkimer College campus is about one hour by car from these airports. There is no public transportation between these airports and college.
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In 1974, The Shannen's, Benjamin and Doris, donated 52 acres to the Town to preserve the land as a park and wildlife area for the citizens to be able to walk through instead of sitting on their front porches. The park was named Shannen Park in their honor. The Townspeople have been grateful for their contribution. After a very slow beginning, the park has become a center of activity, a showplace for our community. The park boasts picnic benches, and pavilions with charcoal grills, a playground designed to enhance a child's imaginative play, with sections that are handicap accessible for handicapped children as well. There are two ball fields, basketball hoops, bathrooms and about a mile of paved roads that invite joggers and walkers.
Bryce "Buzz" Flynn, a former town supervisor ran the park from 1985 until his death in 2012. He built the park to what it is today; neat, clean, and beautiful with covered picnic areas, playgrounds, and walkways.
Below is a photo of the common room at The Senior Center located in Shannen Park which is now available to rent for your special function.
To reserve a pavilion in the Park or to rent the common room at The Senior Center, contact Barbara Young at the Highway Department, 355-5700 x6, Monday through Friday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. You must be a resident of the town of Wawayanda.
We continue to do improvements at Shannen Park. Our most recent project is was to pave the inner circle by the pavilions and the soccer filed.
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Crewmember Pete Bouquet paints the Rainbow Warrior, 1978
It took Greenpeace eight months to raise enough money for a 10 percent down-payment on the rusting ship in 1978. The balance was due within 60 days. As time ran out, hopes of purchasing the ship waned. But when the Netherlands branch of the World Wildlife Fund agreed to help finance a campaign to save the whales, Greenpeace had acquired its first vessel in Europe.
It was renamed 'Rainbow Warrior' after the Warriors in a North American Cree Indian prophecy: 'When the world is sick and dying, the people will rise up like Warriors of the Rainbow...
Kwakiutl symbol of harmony with nature.
Fresh paint, in striking rainbow patterns, was applied to the super-structure and on the bow a dove of peace carrying an olive branch symbolised the vessel's mission.
On the stack of the ship, the crew painted a motif of two whales forming the infinite cycle of nature, which symbolized harmony with the natural world to the sea-faring Kwakiutl people of North America. The symbol had been offered to Greenpeace campaigners during Greenpeace's first campaign to stop nuclear weapons testing in the Aleutian Islands.
Crew of Rainbow Warrior on their way to Iceland in 1978
First voyage
On 29 April 1978, as the Rainbow Warrior steamed proudly from the London docks, the Greenpeace and United Nations flags flew together to reflect not only the international composition of the 24-member crew from 10 countries, but global concern for the plight of the whales. Her first mission was to Iceland, to oppose the commercial whaling programme there.
The entire operation was beset by almost insurmountable problems again and again: lack of money to buy fuel, legal wrangles, shortage of equipment and sheer exhaustion. But despite the odds, the Rainbow Warrior proved to be a truly seaworthy ship.
Wreck of the Rainbow Warrior.
In the autumn of 1981, the diesel electric propulsion engine system that had been lovingly rebuilt on many occasions had to be replaced. Greenpeace volunteers took out 45 tons of equipment from the engine room and installed new Detroit engines. Ironically, it was discovered during the refit that the hydraulic system had been built to use whale oil, the dominant lubricant for this purpose in 1955.
In 1985 the Rainbow Warrior was equipped with sails in readiness for a voyage to the Pacific. The 320 residents of the radioactively-contaminated Rongelap Atoll asked Greenpeace to help resettle them on the safer soil of Mejato Island using the Rainbow Warrior. These Pacific islanders were suffering the effects of US nuclear tests in the 1950s including cancer, leukaemia and birth defects.Later that year, the ship was due to lead a peace flotilla of ships from New Zealand to Moruroa to protest French Nuclear Testing. Three days after her arrival in Auckland, French agents bombed and sank the Rainbow Warrior in the harbour, killing Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira.Click here for more information about the bombing and Fernando Pereira
After the bombing of the ship in 1985 in New Zealand, the Rainbow Warrior was towed north from Auckland on 2 December 1987.
SV RAINBOW WARRIOR in full sail between Majuro and Ebeye in the Marshall Islands.
Ten days later, a crowd of well-wishers looked on as it was given a traditional Maori burial.
The Rainbow Warrior's final resting place is at Matauri Bay, in New Zealand's Cavalli Islands. It has become a living reef, attracting marine life and recreational divers.
The idea was first proposed by the New Zealand Underwater Association. It seemed a fitting end for a ship that had spent its time protecting the marine environment.
Now home to a complex ecosystem, the Rainbow Warrior has become a popular dive destination.
In 1989 the second Rainbow Warrior set sail
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Triumfant earns a Reviewer's Choice for its ease of use, features and capabilities
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Triumfant Resolution Manager is a safety net for detecting, analyzing and fixing changes made to your network at the most granular level. This type of monitoring and network analysis creates unique capabilities for malware detection and facilitates the creation and enforcement of configurations, protocols and security policies.
It's important to note that Triumfant is not antivirus software or a replacement for antivirus software but a supplement to any antivirus solution that learns, tracks, and safeguards networks. Antivirus software acts like a shield for known bugs. Triumfant defends your network from bugs that have either never been seen before or attacks that have managed to evade signature-based software.
Paraphrasing a Gartner Research article, Triumfant states that traditional antivirus software misses, on average, 2 percent to 10 percent of known attacks and more than 50 percent of unknown attacks. A complementary tool such as Triumfant is necessary to protect the endpoint, the company argues. Triumfant can also detect and counter the attacks directed at antivirus software.
Triumfant works by continuously scanning client machines even when they are disconnected from the host. The agent will then detect changes and cache those changes until it can communicate with the server. This makes Triumfant effective in environments when machines are often disconnected from the network.
It's important to note that, when remediating, Triumfant does not scan for images of an earlier configuration. The software detects changes and builds a remediation specifically geared toward addressing the changes detected on the machine. That allows administrators to restore the machine to a state before the change, which, in most cases, can be conducted without the need to reboot the machine and without the user knowing anything happened.
Unlike antivirus software, Triumfant Resolution Manager uses analytics to identify and remediate unexpected changes and conditions. It doesn't require signatures to identify malware, making it more of a reactive piece of software as opposed to preventive.
Triumfant installs as a small agent on all the nodes on your network. It then runs a continuous scan of security-specific attributes, which forces a real-time analysis by the Triumfant server when the agent detects malicious activity.
Next, the Triumfant sever validates whether the activity is malicious by performing a deeper scan of the machine and comparing that machine with information from the broader population to eliminate false positives.
Assuming the result is a malicious piece of software, the Triumfant server gathers the necessary information to build a remedy to the attack. The most impressive part of this software is the remediation phase. Triumfant can build sophisticated fixes for removing programs, such as rootkits, designed to hide or obscure the fact that a system has been compromised. Triumfant also can remove or fix watchdog processes, uncloak hidden processes, or identify randomly named executables.
Perhaps Triumfant's best attribute is how easy it is to use. A simple console lets you see every change that a piece of malware can impose and lets you track and correct issues with the click of a button. Priced at $59.77 for a perpetual license, which includes first-year maintenance, or $28.39 for a one-year subscription license, it's among the most affordable programs in the roundup.
I would like to see three additions to future versions. First, when you launch the console, an options screen appears instead of a summary screen. It seems to make more sense to see a summary at the start to get a snapshot of your network condition. Second, the graphs in the summaries are informative, but the text in the title of each graph doesn't stand out and is omitted in some graphs. Lastly, the graphics appear outdated and could be updated to look more modern and 3-D.
Despite these issues, Triumphant earns a Reviewer's Choice for its ease of use, features and capabilities, such as the ability to scan more than 200,000 attributes on every client, and detect and fix changes in minutes.
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Check out Santa Clara's post game press conference
BLACKSBURG, Va. – In a physical game against the top defense in the country, No. 9 Santa Clara women's soccer topped No. 25 Boston University 2-1 to advance to the Sweet 16. The win puts the Broncos at 16-4-1 while Boston ends its season 15-4-4.
The Broncos return to the field Sun., Nov. 24 at 10 a.m. Pacific vs. the winner of Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia.
"I'm very proud of our team today," said Santa Clara head coach Jerry Smith. "We had to work very hard out there today against the No. 1 defense in the country. They made us work for everything we got out there but it was good to get out to a good start with an early goal. I thought in the second half we were the better team and did a good job of getting that second goal."
Santa Clara outshot Boston 13-9 and 7-4 in shots on goal. Sofia Huerta and Morgan Marlborough had the goals while also each picking up an assist. Andi Tostanoski had three saves in net for the Broncos.
Santa Clara jumped out to the early lead in the second minute on the team-leading 15th goal from Huerta, Marlborough gathered the ball near the top of the box and passed to Huerta on the right side where she blasted a shot into the back of the net to make the score 1-0 Broncos.
Alyson Birgel hit the cross bar on a header off a corner kick and the Broncos got another corner off the clear. Sarah Jackson nearly scored off the ensuing corner but Boston was able to make the clear despite the ball being in front of the goal.
Huerta took a cross from Alyssa Kleiner with the 36th minute with no one in front of her but had to stop the ball with her body before taking the shot off a bounce and it went over the crossbar to keep the score 1-0.
Boston had its best scoring opportunity in the 38th minute off the foot of Ana Cuffia. She took the ball just outside the box and blasted her shot that went barley past the upper right corner of the goal. A few minutes later Claire Pleuler fired a shot that went just over the cross bar.
The Terriers evened the score in the 42nd minute on a nice play in the box. Erica Kosienski passed to Kylie Strom who turned and put a shot to the right post and in to make the score 1-1.
Santa Clara outshot Boston 7-6 and 4-3 in shots on goal in the first half. The Broncos had four corner kicks to the Terriers' one. Tostanoski picked up two first half saves.
The game went back and forth for the first 30 minutes of the second half with neither team having a great chance to score. That all changed when Santa Clara upped the pressure in the 76th minute. Huerta gathered the ball in the box and turned before hitting a shot that was saved. On the rebound Marlborough was able to collect the ball and hit it into the empty net to make the score 2-1 Broncos.
Santa Clara held off the advancing Terrier attack for the 2-1 and a trip to the Sweet 16.
Game Notes: Attendance was 164 … Boston was issued two yellow cards … Santa Clara was issued two yellow cards … This was just the second time this season Boston allowed multiple goals.


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NOTD "Pure Ice": Polish looks inspired by The Hunger Games
4 comments:
- Barbara said...
Love the nail color designs! So cool I will have to go out and get some! I love Effie! Enjoy the movie tonight. The girls and I also read and love the Hunger Games series and already saw the movie. Can you say great Halloween costume ideas!
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@Barbara-Totally!!! There are some great halloween costume inspirations! I am already thinking that I might dress as Effie! XOXO!!!!
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Such cute designs. I absolutely love the colors. I'm really into different approach to nail color/design then just having one solid color on all your nails. I can't wait to try some of these out and it's awesome that they are in a lower price range. I'm such Jonah & McKenna will want their nails done as well.
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@Carrie-You must do a nail painting party with the kids! :) Also, agreed...loving the bright colors that are on-trend for nails now! Fun, fun!!!
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Formerly known as The Grill Room, the Squires Loft Steakhouses are synonmyous with excellent quality produce and mouth watering meats. Looking around the place it seemed like a bit of boys club; not too many women around apart from the service. However, the diners ranged from mates sharing some steaks over a pint, businessmen relaxing after a busy day and there was even a long table filled with jockeys talking track. We ordered the chargrilled Wagyu Burger, served on a toasted bun with bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and honey mayo. You also get to choose from a range of complimentary side sauces which normally cost you $4.50. Along with the burger there were onion-rings and chips. Those looking for a light meal, beware, the portions are large and quite hefty, even for the hungriest of carnivores.


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Just back from Greece. It was great, 10 days in the sun. I met a lovely guy 5 days into the holiday and spent the rest of it with him. He asked to keep in touch when we went home and i said "No". Now I'm regretting my decision. Maybe it's just because i'm home and still in the holiday spirit.
Have you had a holiday romance? Did or do you still keep in touch with them? Or was it just as fling while on holiday?


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Norfolk, Va.- The UMBC men's soccer team advanced to the second round of the NCAA College Cup as the Retrievers played Old Dominion to a 0-0 double overtime draw, but advanced, 4-2, in penalty kicks.
UMBC is now 11-4-6, while Old Dominion's season comes to an end at 11-3-3.
UMBC junior goalkeeper Phil Saunders (Perry Hall, Md./Perry Hall) played the starring role for the second consecutive game, stopping a pair of penalty kicks.
After senior Milo Kapor (Toronto, Ont./Emily Carr) converted the first kick, Saunders saved ODU goalkeeper Victor Fracoz' attempt. UMBC's Mamadou Kansaye's (Baltimore, Md./McDonogh) and Monarchs' forward Chris Harmon matched successful kicks, but UMBC senior back Liam Paddock's (Worcestershire, England) attempt was saved by Francoz.
But on ODU's tying attempt, Saunders again dove to his right and stopped the effort of Jordan LeBlanc. Both UMBC's Kadeem Dacres (Rosedale, N.Y.) and ODU's Ivan Militar converted, setting up Retriever senior Dave Vaeth (Dundalk, Md./Patapsco) for the game-winning opportunity. Vaeth buried his attempt into the upper left corner of the goal, setting off a wild celebration by the visitors.
UMBC will advance to the second round for the second time in three years and will compete at defending national champion North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
UMBC junior forward Pete Caringi III (Perry Hall, Md./Calvert Hall) was unable to start and played only the final 26 seconds of regulation and final 20 seconds of overtime after a free kick opportunities. Caringi suffered an ankle injury early in the America East championship game vs. UNH and did not return.
The first half was evenly-played, as both teams managed only three shots each. The Monarchs' best opportunity was their first, as Gideon Asante hit a shot wide right from eight yards out in the 18th minute. UMBC's best chance came late in the half, as Dacres hit a rising shot from 17 yards out on the left wing which went over just the crossbar.
In the second half, Kansaye's 50-yard free kick had to be parried over bar, giving UMBC its first corner of the match in 58' The Retrievers attempted four corners in the second stanza, but the best chance, an Oumar Ballo (Baltimore, Md./Archbishop Curley) header in the 59thminute went wide of the near post.
Old Dominion outshot UMBC, 10-6. Saunders and Francoz both made three saves in 110 minutes of play. Saunders recorded his fourth consecutive shuout.


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So it's come to this
It's not like I have a lot of readers these days, but I still feel an obligation to let you all know what's what.
I've been posting here for over three years. Before that, I started posting at diet coke for breakfast, and at Elm and Ivy. Along the way I've brought some other people into blogging. And perhaps my proudest achievement has been teaming up with The Man, and eventually several others, to create Blogs4Bauer, which I'm pleased to say is still going strong, even though 24 has been pretty lame this year.
At times, I was a prolific blogger, putting up as many as 10 posts a day. More recently, I've been an absentee blogger, going weeks without any new content. It was exciting for a while to have my brother, tanstaafl, join me over here—but he's starting a new job this week, and will have next to no time to contribute.
For my part, I've been swamped at work. I also have my political obligations, and I'm now on the board at my church. When you get right down to it, I just haven't had the time that this blog requires in order to be worth continuing. I tried to get around that fact with my F'ed Up Fridays feature, which was fun for a while. But recently, even that has been too time-intensive.
Political blogging is hard work. The market is saturated, and in order to keep it interesting, you've got to put in the work. You have to find interesting topics, and you have to do the requisite research in order not to sound like an idiot. And it has to be fun.
For a while, I had so many things I wanted to post about, and just not enough time to do it—that was enough to keep me going. More recently, however, I'm even having trouble making the time to find topics that are interesting to me. That means it's no longer fun. I'm burnt out on politics, and it shows. And it's burnt me out on blogging about politics.
So, I've decided to shutter RFTR.
If there are any topics I just can't pass up, I may throw up a post here now and then. And maybe someday I'll be back full time. For now, I just can't do it anymore.
In closing, I want to thank my friends. Of course, everyone from diet coke for breakfast, particularly tanstaafl and Jake, for getting me started. I've thoroughly enjoyed my political blogging, and that's the only reason I'm bowing out now that it's become a chore.
To all of the rest of my friends, thank you.
The Man, thanks for being a constant friend and providing a perfect example of how to bow out of this when it's not fun anymore. We'll still be in touch, of course, and I look forward to having more time to contribute to B4B. Wyatt, I plan to continue supporting my local gunfighter, and of course continue working with you at B4B. The Boy, you're my only blogging AND facebook friend, so of course you won't get rid of me that easily. Jenn, even though we haven't been talking as much recently, I still enjoy your near-constant righteous indignation. Maybe now I'll be able to call into your radio show more often. I'm lucky enough to get TNNBG's precious little rants by email as well, and I look forward to those continuing. Dave, we also haven't been talking as much recently—but I still love what you have to say, and hope we can get back in touch as time goes on. GaijinBiker, I sincerely miss your wit and wisdom, and hope you return soon. Oh, and that your marriage works out well for you, too. Kobayashi, you're an inspiration—I'm not sure what else I can say. SarahK, we've had our ups and downs, but you're always entertaining. And I still intend to drive you nuts with my skepticism. Jim, I still fully intend to harass you on googletalk every chance I get. The same goes for you, Pam. Exile, I'll see you in a few weeks. And Renee, you know I'll always be reading. And overly critical.
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The legal name change Evan Rockefeller, a 26-year-old Rochester, New York teacher's aide, applied for in November 2005 was just one of the steps that the medical profession widely agrees on and recommends as standard practice for people who are going through the process of gender transition. But while granting name change petitions for transgender people is routine in most courts across the U.S., Rockefeller was shocked when a New York judge rejected his application, demanding that he provide "medical evidence" of sex reassignment surgery. Under the law, the judge's demand for proof of surgery oversteps state law and violates Rockefeller's right to medical privacy.
Status: The ACLU intended to appeal, but Evan decided to move to a jurisdiction where he was able to secure his name change without incident.


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Just a quick sketch to practice shading and to try the CanvasDraw feature. It was originally supposed to be in color, but I became fustrated, so I went for a sketchy look. Wow... Practicing actual portraiture really helps with drawing manga. :)
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Front Matter
- International Monetary Fund
- Published Date:
- January 1990
International Standard Serial Number: ISSN 0250-7498
- Letter of Transmittal
- The World Economy
- 1. Domestic Economic Activity and Policies
- 2. Trade, Payments, and Exchange Rates
- 3. External Financing and Debt in Developing Countries
- The Fund in 1989/90
- 1. Surveillance
- Article IV Consultations
- World Economic Outlook
- 2. External Debt Situation and Strategy
- 3. Fund Financial Support of Member Countries
- 4. Trade Policy Issues
- 5. The Fund's Financial Operations and Policies
- Ninth General Review of Quotas
- Fund Liquidity, Borrowing, and Member Access
- Financial Operations
- SDR Department
- Overdue Financial Obligations
- Fund Income, Charges, and Burden Sharing
- Membership
- Boxes
- 1. World Economic Outlook
- 2. The IMF Executive Board, the Interim Committee, and the Development Committee
- 3. Structural Adjustment Defined
- 4. Recent Financing Packages
- 5. Financing Assurances
- 6. Secondary Market for Developing Country Debt
- 7. Fund Facilities and Policies
- 8. Calculating Contingency Financing
- 9. Obligations of Article VIII
- 10. The Fund and the GATT
- 11. Fund Quotas
- 12. Liquidity Ratio
- Charts
- 1. Industrial Countries: Real Output and Fixed Investment, 1980-89
- 2. Industrial Countries: Inflation, Unemployment, and World Oil Price, 1980-89
- 3. Major Industrial Countries: Short- and Long-Term Interest Rates, 1987-April 1990
- 4. Developing Countries: Inflation by Region, 1980-89
- 5. Major Industrial Countries: U.S. Dollar and Real Effective Exchange Rates, 1979-April 1990
- 6. Developing Countries: Real Effective Exchange Rates, 1980-April 1990
- 7. Developing Countries: Debt Outstanding and Ratios of Debt and Debt Service to Exports, 1980-89
- 8. Gross National Saving Rates: Industrial and Developing Countries, 1965-88
- 9. Secondary Market Prices for Developing Country Loans, 1986-April 1990
- 10. General Resources: Purchases and Repurchases, Financial Years Ended April 30, 1979-90
- 11. Total Fund Credit Outstanding to Members (Including Trust Fund, SAF, and ESAF), Financial Years Ended April 30, 1979-90
- Tables
- 1. Selected Financial Activities, 1984–90
- 2. Transfers of SDRs, January 1, 1970–April 30, 1990
- 3. Arrears to the Fund of Members with Obligations Overdue by Six Months or More, 1986-90
- 4. Arrears to the Fund of Members with Obligations Overdue by Six Months or More, by Type and Duration, as of April 30, 1990
- Appendices
- I. International Reserves
- II. Operations and Financial Transactions of the Fund
- III. Technical Assistance and Training, Relations with International Organizations, and External Relations
- IV. Principal Policy Decisions of the Executive Board
- V. Press Communiques of the Interim Committee and the Development Committee
- VI. Executive Directors and Voting Power on April 30, 1990
- VII. Changes in Membership of the Executive Board
- VIII. Administrative and Capital Budgets
- IX. Financial Statements
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- between years or months (e.g., 1988-89 or January-June) to indicate the years or months covered, including the beginning and ending years or months;
/ between years (e.g., 1988/89) to indicate a crop or fiscal (financial) year.
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Minor discrepancies between constituent figures and totals are due to rounding.
International Monetary Fund
Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board
Michel Camdessus
Deputy Managing Director
Richard D.Erb
|Executive Directors
|Executive Directors
|Executive Directors
|Executive Directors
|Thomas C. Dawson II
|C. Scott Clark
|Gabriel C. Noonan
|David Peretz
|Paul Wright
|E.A. Evans
|Seung-Woo Kwon
|Guenter Grosche
|Bernd Goos
|Markus Fogelholm
|Indridi H. ThorlÁksson
|Jean-Pierre Landau
|Jean Francois Çirelli
|G.K. Arora
|L.Eustace N. Fernando
|Koji Yamazaki
|Shinichi Yoshikuni
|Alexandre Kafka
|Luis Manuel Piantini
|Muhammad Al-Jasser
|J.E. Ismael
|Tanya Sirivedhin
|Renato Filosa
|Nikos Kyriazidis
|El Tayeb El Kogali
|Leonor Filardo
|Miguel A.FÁrnandez OrdÓńez
|DAI Qlanding
|ZHANG Zhixiang
|G.A. Posthumus
|G.P.J. Hogeweg
|Ernesto V. Feldman
|Ricardo J.Lombardo
|Jacques de Groote
|Johann Prader
|Mohammad Reza Ghasimi
|Omar Kabbaj
|Mohamed Finaish
|Abdul Moneim Othman
|MAWAKANI Samba
|Corentino V. Santos
|Senior Officers
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|General Counsel
|Jacob A. Frenkel*
|Central Banking Department
|Legal Department
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|Economic Counsellor
|Massimo Russo
|A. Shakour Shaalan
|Alan Wright
|Mamoudou Toure*
|European Department
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|Bureau of Language Services
|Leo Van Houtven*
|L. A. Whittome
|JacobA. Frenkel
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|Exchange and Trade Relations
|Research Department
|Bureau of Statistics
|L. A. Whittome*
|Leo Van Houtven
|Andrew J. Beith
|Azizali F. Mohammed
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|Secretary's Department
|Office in Europe (Paris)
|External Relations Department
|Administration Department
|F. Gerhard Laske
|HelenB. Junz
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|Director and Special Trade
|Treasurer's Department
|African Department
|Fiscal Affairs Department
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|Office in Geneva
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|Robert Noё
|Western Hemisphere
|Asian Department
|IMF Institute
|Office of Internal Audit
|Bahram Nowzad
Chief Editor
Letter of Transmittal to the Board of Governors
August 1, 1990
Dear Mr. Chairman:
I have the honor to present to the Board of Governors the Annual Report of the Executive Board for the financial year ended April 30, 1990, in accordance with Article XII, Section 7(a) of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund and Section 10 of the Fund's By-Laws. In accordance with Section 20 of the By-Laws, the administrative and capital budgets of the Fund approved by the Executive Board for the financial year ending April 30, 1991 are presented in Appendix VIII. The audited financial statements for the year ended April 30, 1990 of the General Department, the SDR Department, Accounts administered by the Fund, the Staff Retirement Plan, and the Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan, together with the reports of the External Audit Committee thereon, are presented in Appendix IX.
Yours sincerely,
Michel Camdessus
Chairman of the Executive Board
Chairman of the Board of Governors
International Monetary Fund


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Four UCSB swimmers opened action at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials on Monday in Omaha, Nebraska. A total of 17 current and former Gauchos are competing in the trials that run through July 2.
Randy Aakhus was the first UCSB swimmer in the water and he completed the 400 individual medley in 4:39.35, which ranked him 107th in the morning's preliminary heats. Andrea Ward finished 106th in the 100 butterfly (1:02.36). In the 100 breaststroke, Tim Freeman had the best Gaucho finish of the day, touching the wall in 1:03.82, which tied him for 55th. Kevin Ferguson finished 111th in the same event (1:05.23).
Tomorrow, 2009 UCSB graduate Katy Freeman will tackle the 100 breaststroke as will current Gaucho Sophia Yamauchi. Garrett Thompson will swim in the 200 free.
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The Texas Rangers have sent former All-Star closer Neftali Feliz to the minor leagues.
Feliz, the closer for the Rangers when they went to their only World Series in 2010 and 2011, was optioned Tuesday to Triple-A Round Rock.
Texas also added right-hander Daniel McCutchen from its minor league camp as a non-roster invitee, and signed catcher Chris Snyder to a minor league contract with an invitation to the major league camp. Left-handers Rafael Perez and Aaron Poreda were assigned to Round Rock.
The Rangers made Feliz a starter in 2012. He was 3-1 with a 3.16 ERA in eight games before Tommy John ligament replacement surgery.
A reliever again, Feliz was given a chance to compete for the closer role this spring, but Joakim Soria won that job.
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By , Joseph J. Kolb
Published December 16, 2016
The father of a U.S. Marine jailed in Mexico after being caught with his grandfather's antique shotgun heard the fear in his son's voice and felt helpless.
The phone call came at midnight from Mexico's notorious CEDES prison, where Jon Hammar Jr. has been held since August. The caller demanded $1,800, then put Hammar on to drive the point home.
"They're serious, Dad," Jon Hammar Sr. heard his son say. "I'll pay you back; they are going to kill me."
"They're serious, Dad. I'll pay you back; they are going to kill me."
Hammar, who faced down Iraqi insurgents in the final push on Fallujah in 2004, has been in dangerous situations before. But his treatment in the infamous prison, where Mexico's murderous Los Zetas and Gulf drug cartels hold sway, has his family fearing for the 27-year-old's life -- and begging the Obama administration for help. Hammar was arrested in the Mexican border city of Matamoros on Aug. 13, after declaring to a Mexican customs agent that he possessed an antique shotgun he was carrying through the country on his way to Costa Rica, where he and a pal planned to surf and forget the horrors of war that plagued Hammar long after his honorable discharge in 2007.
Even though a U.S. border agent in Brownsville, Texas, had assured Hammar the gun was legal as long as he declared it to Mexican authorities, he was nabbed just across the border, and charged with an aggravated felony punishable up to 15 years in prison. While in prison, Hammar has been repeatedly threatened and, according to reports, left chained for days to a steel bed. But it was the call, just two days after their son's arrest, that continues to haunt Hammar's parents. They believe their son's service to his country -- memorialized forever by a "USMC" tattoo on his arm, made him a target behind bars.
"The reason why he got processed so fast was because he has a USMC tattoo," Jon Hammar Sr., 48, told FoxNews.com. "You can't mistake who these guys are."
It was Hammar's mother, Olivia, who took the unnerving call at their Palmetto Bay, Fla., home. As her face turned ashen at the caller's demand, Jon Hammar Sr. grabbed the phone and heard a voice say, "This prison is our house!"
It wasn't an idle boast. The prison was the scene of the escape of 151 inmates in December 2010 and 59 in July 2011, and dozens of guards were later charged with helping with the breakout. And the prison has an unparalleled reputation for violence: In 2005, two American brothers jailed on homicide charges were found stabbed to death in their cells. The inmate ranks are swollen with members of the Mexican mafia and various cartels, shootouts and escapes are common and guards have confiscated guns and even an AK-47s from cells over the years.
Hammar could tell his son was under duress. He was fully prepared to pay the ransom, but the caller said he would call back in the morning with a Western Union account number. Hammar found that to be strange.
"You're about to kill my son and you don't even have an account number and you'll call me back?" Hammar said.
Hammar also wondered how the caller got his home number and was able to place the nighttime call. He got hold of a U.S. Consulate official who promised to convey the threat to high-ranking Mexican military officials in the region. No call came from the prison in the morning.
A shaken Hammar knew that he had to get to his son as soon as possible. After negotiating the procedural maze of obtaining consulate approval to go to the prison, Hammar and his son's attorney, Eddie Varon-Levy, made their way to Tamaulipas, the northeastern state where the prison is located just 15 miles from Brownsville, Texas. They were surprised to find that when they arrived, consular officials could not obtain clearance to accompany them behind the walls of the lockup. The men went inside alone.
On the surface, CEDES officials appeared to go out of their way to make "everything look good," Hammar recalled. His son, who was not expecting the visit, was shocked and worried when he saw them.
"He wasn't concerned about his safety, but ours," Hammar said. "He was more angry that we put ourselves at risk for coming to the prison."
His son looked worn out and thin, Hammar recalled. What concerned him most was how "odd" the side of his mouth looked and his son's reluctance to show his father his body.
"He was wearing his own clothes and when I went to lift his shirt up he knocked my hand away," Hammar said. "He wouldn't take his shirt off because he was concerned about repercussions."
There are numerous reports and allegations of inmate abuse by other inmates and prison officials in Mexico, some of which have resulted in death.
Ricardo Alday, a spokesman for the Mexican Consulate in Washington, D.C., told FoxNews.com Hammar's safety is guaranteed by the Mexican government.
"Mr. Hammar is currently detained in Tamaulipas and, as any other detainee facing criminal charges, he has the right to defense counsel and a fair trial," Alday said. "In addition, his life and integrity are protected by national and international laws."
Alday said Mexican authorities have ensured Hammar's right to help from U.S. diplomatic officials, and said he has been in contact with U.S. Consular officers in Mexico who have regularly visited him.
A spokesman for the State Department said officials have visited Hammar three times, spoken with him by phone and contacted prison officials to stop them from chaining him to the bed.
"The safety and well-being of U.S. citizens is something we take very seriously," said Peter Velasco.
But his father's confidence in the U.S. State Department has waned as his son has languished in prison.
"We're grateful that they saved his life and are being another set of eyes, but they haven't been much help getting him released," Hammar said.
Their son's PTSD also concerns the Hammars. After repeat combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, the wars took an emotional toll on Hammar.
His father said that Jon had received treatment through the Veterans Administration, but had a "very bad" reaction to the medication he was given and was reliant on therapy to help him cope.
"He has not been given any care in prison and, so far, we haven't seen any flare-ups," Hammar said. "We are still concerned."
Joseph J. Kolb is a regular contributor to FoxNews.com


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Oklahoma's own guide to great gardening and landscaping. A State-by-State Gardening Publication
The Joys of Garden Journaling
by Pam Ruch
Once the explosion that is summer comes to a screeching halt, gardeners are susceptible to "garden fatigue." Ah, but fall is for reflection — on the successes and failures of the year's garden, on the "bones" of the landscape, on the cyclical nature of life. It is a time for slowing down, observing, writing snippets of poetry. It is the perfect time to start a garden journal. >> read article
Odd Tools for Odd Jobs
by Bob Westerfield
By the time we hit the hot months of July and August, most folks would rather be sipping cold tea in their air-conditioned homes rather than working out in their gardens or mowing their lawns. By this time, garden chores such as mowing grass, weeding flowerbeds and tending to our vegetable garden have been a major part of our schedules throughout the spring and early summer months. While most gardeners are usually equipped with the proper tools to accomplish necessary tasks, there are a few oddball tools out there that may be worth taking a look at. Many of these tools are designed to accomplish specific jobs that would otherwise be very time consuming and much more frustrating. The right tools can definitely make the job easier and more enjoyable. Here is a quick look at some of the equipment out there and how to decide what you really need. >> read article
Smart Gardening
by Dr. Ayanava Majumdar
Integrated pest management or IPM is a smart way of managing insect pests for economic and environmental benefits. IPM starts with the timely detection and correct identification of pests, leading to intervention using multiple control tactics. Insect traps can be used as a tool for timely pest detection and decision-making in home or commercial settings. >> read article
Better Late than Never
by Patrick Byers
Traditionally, the Midwestern vegetable garden was considered a three-season affair, bounded by the last spring frost and the first fall freeze. True, cool-season gardens were popular in the spring and the fall, but the idea of year-round vegetable production definitely raised eyebrows. Recently, however, proponents of season extension, such as Elliot Coleman, have increased awareness of the possibilities, and enthusiastic gardeners across the region are embracing four-season vegetable gardening. >> read article
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Gardening is a hands-on activity. We need to (and like to) get down and dirty while practicing our craft, but after we've come back inside and cleaned the dirt from underneath our fingernails (toenails too, sometimes), we can continue from our chair where we left off in the garden. >> read article
Potting Sheds: A Gardener's Haven
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Gardening requires gear, and gear requires storage. But gardeners' gear is often relegated to nooks and crannies in garages where it soon collides with cars and the paraphernalia of other family pursuits. We often spend half our gardening time looking for the tools of our trade.
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A place to play with plants and to store stuff is the dream of many gardeners. But where to put that horticultural hideaway? What should it look like? How should it function? Following are two examples to give you inspiration for building your own potting shed. >> read article
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There is nothing I like better than discussing, testing and using garden equipment. I am fortunate enough in my position at the University to operate a trial garden in which I test and trial, not only a variety of vegetables, but equipment as well. >> read article
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Giving a gift to someone you care about certainly feels good – giving them a gift that you also love makes the event even more special. Ask any gardener about their favorite tool and you will surely hear about at least one item that they always carry with them into the garden. >> read article