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Lighting brand Koncept first made their debut in 2002, with a plan to design and develop innovative products for home and business that make your life safer, simpler, and greener. Since then they've created a line of LED lamps and lighting elements that consumers have embraced. Koncept's flagship product, the contemporary Z-Bar High Power LED desk lamp with its Z-shaped arm, has earned international attention and accrued a number of awards. It's even gone on permanent display in Germany's Die Neue Sammlung museum as a best innovation of the 20th/21st centuries. Other lighting collections from Koncept that we're especially drawn to are Mr. N, Mr. GO!, and the Lady7 Desk Lamp.
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For my tip/technique today I'm talking about Digital Stamps. If you google or check Pinterest for digi stamps you are sure to come across many, many very cute options available - many which are free! I found this adorable Macaron Stamp on Jane's Doodles blog. It is a JPEG that you can simply right click and save to your computer. I have a PC - not a mac, so that's what I do on mine ;) This saves the image as a photo and I can print it off whatever size I wish!
Here are a few tips I have found helpful when using your digi stamps:
- Print in Fast Draft on your printer. This is the setting that uses less ink and reduces any bleeding of your image.
- Heat set your image after printing.
- Print on white cardstock. I just feed the sheet of cardstock through my printer and don't even change the paper settings.
- Using an alcohol based marker, such as Copics or Prismacolors, prevents bleeding of the ink. You could even use coloured pencils! I have used water based markers before, but you have to be careful to not touch the black lines too much, so I usually stick to my Prismacolors.
After I coloured my image in I used some pretty Stickles to add some shiny sparkles to the icing and I stamped a sentiment using a stamp set from CTMH.
Inside, I used one of my fav sentiment stamp sets - Believe Script from Pink & Main.
I fussy cut around my image and popped it up with foam dots over my patterned paper background and added some washi and sequins from 28 Lilac Lane.
Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoy a fantastic week, and let me know if you decide to try out a digi stamp image!
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One viewer told me that my page layout is all messed up in the Kmelon browser. I went to my sister's house the other day and I don't know what browser she uses but the page layout was all wrong. My blog title was in 3 lines instead of 2 and the picture in the first post was so big it took over the right sidebar of the page.
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OMG – just look at the get-up that this lot are wearing! Still, they seem to be having a good time despite most likely being in Scotland and having been in the freezing cold water. Those lovely (hand-knitted?) items of swimwear must have been a joy to wear when wet 🙂 If it was a colour photo, I bet you'd see that they are all blue from the cold.
These pics are more from my Great Granny's album of family frolics, which is turning out to be a great source of amusing blog posts. Well, they amuse me 😉 As Sports Centres (just slipping in the UK spelling so no one this side of the Pond complains to me) didn't really spring up in Scotland for about 50 years after the photos were taken, you made your own entertainment, which they did admirably, and as usual, I am cheating a bit.
Naturally, the ladies showed a bit more decorum in their golfing gear. But, on closer inspection, the lady on the right isn't holding a golf club, it's Sir Harry Lauder's walking stick – in fact, I think they're all doing some kind of dance pose with sticks or canes!
Yes, the silly dance runs in the family, even the youngsters are at it, with or without the knobbly stick… No doubt some dance which was fashionable at the time.
I wondered if I could maybe zoom in on the badge on the girl's school blazer (on the right) and try to identify the school (possibly in Perthshire or Edinburgh) but I think it will need higher resolution scanning.
This photo was taken during a weekend away at Tayport in May 1928. According to other similar photos in the album, the family was staying at Elmslea House which is at 325 Perth Road, Dundee and was subsequently used by the University as the Principal's residence. There's Granny on the right at the back. All the family can enjoy a game of tennis, even if the racket is nearly as big as you. Looks like it made the little one more than a wee bit grumpy! Check out her fizzog* You can right-click on the photo, open in a new Tab and enlarge and then press the Back button to come back here.
And for the rather more genteel gentleman, fishing was, and is, the sport of choice, preferably at Loch Earn.
There's a rather sad note on the back of this picture "Father fishing at Loch Earn. Last snap I took of him. Saturday morning, 7th July 1928. Out from Lochearnhead Hotel." This must have been a much-treasured photo of "father"
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*fizzog – from my interpretation, this is a Scottish version of Physiognomy, which is (according to Wikipedia) the assessment of a person's character or personality from their outer appearance, especially the face. The accent is on the second syllable. And she was having a right strop that day! Not that I don't have lots of photos of me with exactly the same face…


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The CIT offices for the Chief Information Officer, Infrastructure Services, Web Services, Client Services (Help Desk) and Administrative Computing are located in Faith Hall. Media Services and Technical Staff are located at 573 and 575 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard
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Saturday, November 17, 2007
Today I ventured out to a trail I hadn't run upon before. Les of the MN Dog Pack was hosting a run on one of the trails at the Murph-it was a 1 10 mile loop with steady rolling hills, thickly wooded, some prairie, some mountain bikers. It was a blast.
I left home at 530AM, with a full two hours before start time. I woke early enough to bake 2 sweet breads and frost them to share at the start, eat breakfast and hit the road.
I had a pretty good idea where I was going as I ran Buck Hill in Burnsville quite a bit this summer for Superior 100 prep. This trail wasn't far from the hill. Well, one glitch. Burnsville Parkway wasn't marked due to construction so I ended up driving up and down Co Rd 42 into Savage and back to Burnsville over and over looking for it. I finally stopped at a gas station, asked for directions and was told to turn at the Abdallah Chocolate Factory. Yeah, I had driven past the Chocolate Factory half a dozen times. It was now 730 and I was late for the start. My sweet breads were cold. Oh well.
740 and I pulled into the trail head. I could see a big train of runners looping around the hill and was thankful that I at least knew which direction to start running in. Cindy was manning the start/finish aid and gave me a quick run down on where I should begin and an outline of the course 'rules to run 50K'. I was off and running!
The trail was really cool. Lots of short, steep ups and downs, 10 miles of trail contained in a 2.5 mile area. It was crazy fun. I would hear people talking and laughing near me, then would see people through the woods, and was amazed at how long it took me to catch them!
Pretty soon snow began to fall! I couldn't believe it. The snow actually stuck to the ground and covered the leaves. It was fabulous. The snow fell for a few hours, eventually quitting and warming up a bit.
After a good 7 miles I finally caught Les, Dave, Mick and Maynard. I chatted a bit, they didn't want to let me pass, so I had to knock Maynard to the ground. Then they let me through! Ha! Maynard really did fall down, but it wasn't my fault, really!
I ran on, finished the first 10 miles in under 2 hours. I ran it hard, trying to catch runners. I was surprised I didn't catch anyone going out for another 10 at the trail head. There were two runners, but they were finished after 10 miles. I filled my bottles, grabbed a few gels from my pack and headed back out for loop 2. I was rather disappointed that I ran loop 1 alone. I was looking for some company on loop 2.
After a few miles Maria spotted me. She told me she'd walk, that I could catch up to her. It was deceiving to me as to how far away she was! I ran and ran and ran and FINALLY caught up to her! We fell into a great conversation and pace and the miles just clicked right off.
2:20 or so later we were back at the trail head, filling bottles and grabbing more gels, ready to head out for miles 20-30.
Loop 3 and we didn't pass another runner. Every once in a while we'd see Les and Co running through the woods, would shout out a hello, and be on our way. Les had dropped off a cooler of bottled water, Coke and Powerade for us to fill up along the course. It was really nice to only have to carry a handheld bottle and a few gels in my pocket.
Instead of eating solid food today I tried all liquids and gels. It worked very well. I had no cramping of the stomach and my energy was high. I had 1 bottle of Accelerade, 1 bottle of Cliff Cranberry something or another and a bottle of Heed. I just mixed up whatever was available. I had a bag of Margarita Cliff Blocks and 3 Hammerheed gels. It was about 35F so I didn't need any Scaps, didn't need any Advil. Nothing ached, I felt great.
There were probably a dozen or two bikers out there to share the trail with. They were very polite, shouted out when they needed to get past us.
Maria and I finished the 50K in 6:40. Oh, I guess since I began 15 minutes later I actually finished in 6:25. I really had a blast. I'm thankful that I hitched up with Maria.
We wrote down our finishing time on the recording sheet and noticed that 30 runners had been out there with us! 30! Over half of them ran 10 miles and a few ran 20 or more. I believe 7 of us: Paul, Pierre, Maria, Me, Les, Ed and Dave ran the full 50K.
After we packed up the goodies Maria shared at the aid station we headed off for Les and Cindy's home, as they were hosting a pot luck following the run.
Upon our arrival Cindy offered me a hot shower. Oh, what a treat! I washed away the filth and the chill and hung out visiting with friends for a few more hours.
What a fabulous day! Thank you to Les and Cindy for their hospitality.
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GOD! You make it sound so easy and soo much fun!! "Walk in the park" made me laugh out loud!! You really do make it sound too easy though. I wish I had group to run with.
- Julie B said...
You know, it wasn't always that way. There was a time when I couldn't walk a block...10 years ago. I couldn't. It hurt too much. I slowly walked, then added 3 minutes of running in..back and forth..walk 8 minutes..run 3 minutes..repeat...week afer week afer week. I hated running. It wasn't fun. It was a way to lose some fat. It is run now, I love it, and yes, it now comes easy. I had no groups to run with for many many years. I had to search them out. I'm sure glad I walked out of my comfort zone and met some new people! It was difficult, and uncomfortable..but well worth it :)
- Bryan said...
That 10-mile mountain bike trail at Murphy is one of my absolute favorite places to run! It is gorgeous and so much fun. Reading your post makes me want to go run it again right now.
You have an amazing story. You should write a book or go on the inspirational speaking circuit! Those uptights can't hold a candle to you!!!
I am sure I have told you before, you inspired and continue to inspire me. I just completed week 6 of the 9wk couch to 5k prgram. It occured to me that only 6 weeks ago, I was running like 30 or 90 seconds at a time and DYING the whole time! It was an eternity! Today I did a total of 25 minutes without stopping! I felt like I could do anything!!! There are a few groups here, they are a nice bunch of people, but hard core. I go and watch sometimes. More like stalk, (hee hee) Someday I will join them, I know that for sure now!!
I actually am signed up to do a 5k on Thanksgiving morning!! I don't know if I will be able to run the whole thing, but I am so gonna try and know that I am more prepared for this than I have been for anything in my life!!
Sorry to hog your blog by the way!
- Olga said...
Good ol' fun it is:)


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Mission & Vision
Mission Statement
Valley Christian Schools' mission is to provide a nurturing environment offering quality education supported by a strong foundation of Christian values in partnership with parents, equipping students to become leaders to serve God, to serve their families, and to positively impact their communities and the world.
Vision StatementValley Christian Schools supports the homes and churches of students in providing an education that is grounded in the Judeo-Christian values of the Bible as reflected in the life and teaching of Jesus Christ. Valley Christian Schools is committed to a Quest for Excellence™ in all of its educational programs and provides a comprehensive kindergarten through twelfth grade curriculum with a rigorous college preparatory program. Firmly founded on Christian values, Valley Christian Schools challenges youth to aspire toward lives of character, service and influence while pursuing their individual Quests for Excellence.
Letter from the President
We are delighted that you are interested in attending Valley Christian Schools! Let me take this opportunity to give you an overview of what you can expect from Valley Christian Schools. The VCS faculty, staff, and administration are committed to the Quest for Excellence. Excellence is defined as the nature, character, and works of God, and we believe it is the standard to which God has called us. We strive for excellence not to bring glory to ourselves, but to God. It's why Colossians 3:23 was chosen to accompany the phrase, as a reminder that everything we do is for Him. In keeping with the Quest for Excellence, we strive to offer the following commitments to VCS students and parents:
Excellence in every aspect of our schools is our goal. We look forward to you joining this Quest and becoming a part of Valley Christian Schools.
Clifford E. Daugherty, EdD
Philosophy of Christian Education
Academic Excellence at Valley Christian Schools finds its roots in the mainstream of Christian history. Teachers challenge students to think deeply about complex contemporary and ageless matters. Students probe the nature of truth and its application to daily living. They sharpen each other as they question, debate and challenge ideas, concepts and theories. Quality education at Valley Christian Schools means accepting learners: mentally, spiritually, physically and academically as they have been created. It means teaching students at their individual level of understanding and providing instruction at a pace at which they can succeed to their highest potential.
Valley Christian Schools exists to assist parents in fulfilling this God-given responsibility to properly train and formally educate their children (Ephesians 6:4).
As a "nurturing" Christian school, VCS seeks to admit students of parents who will support the school's Mission and educational philosophy. VCS instructs students under the delegated authority of their parents in harmony with their various local congregations.
Statement of Faith
1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative, inerrant Word of God (2 Timothy 3:15; 2 Peter 1:21).
2. We believe that there is one God, Creator of the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1), eternally existent in three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:1; Matthew 28:19; John 10:30).
3. We believe in the deity of Christ (Isaiah 9:6, John 1:1-14, John 10:33, John 14:9); His virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:35); His sinless life (Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 7:26); His miracles (John 2:11); His vicarious and atoning death (1 Corinthians 15:3; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 2:9); His resurrection (John 11:25; 1 Corinthians 15:4; Peter 1:3-4; Revelation 1:18) His Ascension to the right hand of the Father (Mark 16:19); and His personal return in power and glory (Acts 1:11; Revelation 19:11).
4. We believe that "God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image according to Our likeness... So God created man in His own image... male and female He created them." Every human life is designed by God before conception, "being yet unformed" (Genesis 1:26-27, Psalm 139:16).
5. We believe that life begins at conception as every person is "made in secret," with sacred infinite value, being "fearfully and wonderfully made" by our Creator. Because of the sacred value of each human life, our loving God demands, "... do not kill the innocent and righteous" (Genesis 1:26-27; Exodus 20:13; Exodus 23:7; Psalm 139:13-16).
6. We believe that it is not the divinely intended prerogative of people who are created by God to redefine His creation of humankind as being other than male and female. Regarding God's creation of male and female, Jesus said, "Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man separate." Redefinition of genders is contrary to God's will as expressed in the Bible, given that men and women are both intended by God to reflect His image and nature. Marriage involving both genders is also a biblical type of Christ as the groom and the Church as His pure bride (Matthew 19:4-6; Matthew 25:1- 13; Revelation 22:17).
7. We believe in the absolute necessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit for salvation because of the exceeding sinfulness of human nature; and that people are justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of Christ; and that only by God's grace and through faith alone are we saved; and that "there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved" other than the name of Jesus Christ (John 3:16-19; John 5:24; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; Romans 5:8-9; Romans 10:9-10; Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 3:5; 1 John 1:9; Revelation 3:20).
8. We believe that every person should "love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength... and your neighbor as yourself." Accordingly, Christians are to afford every person love, compassion, kindness, respect, and dignity regardless of differences involving beliefs, cultures, or status (Matthew 22:31; Mark 12:12-28; Luke 10:27; John 3:17; Galatians 5:22-23; Philippians 2:3; James 2:1-13).
9. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life and that the spiritual unity of all believers exists as one in our Father God and our Lord Jesus Christ (John 17:20-23; Romans 8:9; Romans 8:13-14; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 1 Corinthians 12:12-13; Galatians 3:26-28; Ephesians 2:8-9; Ephesians 4:30; Ephesians 5:18).
10. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life; and they that are lost unto the resurrection of condemnation (John 5:28-29; Revelation 20:12-15).
Accreditation & Educational Purpose
Valley Christian Schools maintains dual accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Association of Christian Schools International.
Educational Purpose
As a nurturing Christian School, VCS seeks to admit students of parents who will support the school's Mission and educational philosophy. VCS instructs students under the delegated authority of their parents in harmony with their various local congregations.
Expected School-wide Learning Results (ESLRs)
To provide a good method of assessing how VCS is doing in achieving its mission statement, the Expected Schoolwide Learning Results (ESLRs) were implemented. VCS students will:
VCS General Policies
The policies and procedures are contained in the Student Handbook and the Enrollment Contract. Specific guidelines that govern the relationship between Valley Christian Schools, its students, and its parents are provided. The policies and procedures contained in the Student Handbook are designed to maximize the educational experience of the student, provide guidelines for acceptable conduct and establish academic standards and procedures.
Elementary School
The Quest for Excellence begins at Valley Christian Elementary School (VCES), where students pursue Academic Achievement, Artistic Beauty, and Athletic Distinction. This educational approach is integrated into all aspects of the elementary school, from classroom instruction to after-school enrichment. VCES blends the God-given talents of each and every student with extraordinary opportunities.
Junior High
Named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2013, Valley Christian Junior High School (VCJH) offers sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students a nurturing and stimulating environment as we bridge the gap between the elementary years and high school. In addition to our National Blue Ribbon recognition, we were named an Intel Corporation School of Distinction for Middle School Mathematics Excellence, and received Intel's top honor 2011 STAR Innovator Award for demonstrating excellence in math education through innovative teaching and learning environments.
Through our approach to education—Academic Achievement, Artistic Beauty, and Athletic Distinction—VCJH strives to develop each student's potential while instilling valuable spiritual growth through daily Bible education, weekly chapel meetings, and community service opportunities.
Our Quest for Excellence in core offerings, AMSE, the Conservatory of the Arts, and Athletics provides extraordinary opportunities for our students and continues to set us apart. When combined with our commitment to the development of the whole individual, these qualities create a caring sense of community on campus, where each student is deeply valued and inspired to pursue his/her passion and calling.
High School
Founded in 1960, Valley Christian High School (VCHS) is a private Christian school located in the heart of Silicon Valley in San Jose, California. From engaging academics, to award-winning arts programs, to exceptional athletics, VCHS offers abundant opportunities for students to cultivate their God-given talents in a customized college preparatory program. The student community embodies the Christian spirit through global and Bay Area-focused service projects, laying the foundation for students to graduate and live lives of character, service, and influence.
Faculty & Staff
At Valley Christian Schools, we believe that Christian education is more than a career; it is a calling. We are blessed with extraordinary faculty and staff who feel called to invest in the lives of the incredible students who walk through our doors each year. When individuals are interested in joining our VCS community, our leadership prayerfully considers their professional experience and training, as well as their spiritual maturity and vision for the future.
Many VCS faculty members hail from prestigious institutions such as Stanford, UCLA, the Julliard School, Cal Poly, Johns Hopkins University, and many more. Our teachers are committed to professional excellence through continued training in educational best practices, and we are proud to say that 50% of our K-12 faculty hold either a master's degree or a PhD. As a community, we believe that the best educators are lifelong learners, so a number of teachers are currently earning a postgraduate degree as well.
VCS faculty and staff recognize what a privilege it is to work in an educational environment that values academic, artistic, and athletic excellence within the context of developing the whole individual. We are confident that you will find our teachers, administrators, and staff members to be professional, innovative, engaging, and caring adults, who genuinely want the best for your student. And we look forward to welcoming you into the Valley Christian Family.
School History
The story of Valley Christian Schools began in 1956 during a Bible study held in the home of Bud and Barbara Callisch. At that time, founders Dave and Edie Wallace discussed and prayed about starting a Christian school that would focus its mission around a particular philosophy of Christian education, which became the foundation for Valley Christian Schools. At the heart of their philosophy was establishing a nurturing environment and offering quality education built upon a strong foundation in Christian values. The founders identified parents as the primary educators of their children, thereby creating a partnership with parents to collectively equip students to become leaders who serve God and their families as well as positively impact their communities and the world.
This was the passion for Christian education shared by our late founders, David and Edie Wallace, and their small home Bible group so many years ago. This focus remains at the heart of Valley Christian Schools over 50 years later.
From small beginnings to amazing accomplishments, Valley Christian Schools has come a long way in the last 50+ years. Both of our Leigh and Skyway Campuses provide safe, state-of-the-art facilities where students thrive through our academic, arts, and athletics programs. In fact, our Skyway Campus has some of the finest facilities and equipment in the Bay Area, including the recent addition of our one-of-a-kind Observatory.
Valley Christian Schools' Quest for Excellence offers each student the opportunity to discover and develop his/her unique, God-given talents. We provide our students with the best possible educational experience and maintain pristine equipment and facilities for our students and staff. Some of our standout facilities include our cancer research lab, satellite tracking station, piano lab, black box theatre, green screen room, two athletic stadiums, Human Performance Center, and much more.


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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 9, 2013) - Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX:PVG)(NYSE:PVG) ("Pretivm") is pleased to provide the following update on the progress of activities at its Brucejack Project in northern British Columbia.
Valley of the Kings Access Ramp
Excavation of the access ramp to the Valley of the Kings from the West Zone historical workings is now underway, with the widening of the West Zone historical workings completed. The access ramp to the Valley of the Kings from the West Zone is planned to total 546 meters in length, and is targeting the 1345 meter level at the 426600 cross-section of the Valley of the Kings. A total of 71 meters of the access ramp has been excavated since the turn towards the Valley of the Kings from the West Zone was initiated late last year. The ramp is expected to access the Valley of the Kings in April.
In addition to targeting an area of mineralization for the bulk sample, the current ramp alignment will allow acceleration of production development as it will be used to provide multiple headings for excavation of the planned production declines. A channel sampling program along the ramp will be conducted as work progresses, as the area is untested. Further underground sampling and drilling is planned after Valley of the Kings has been reached.
Bulk Sample
Strathcona Mineral Services Ltd. of Toronto has been engaged as the independent Qualified Person to oversee and report on the 10,000-tonne bulk sample from the Valley of the Kings. Excavation of the bulk sample is scheduled to begin in the second quarter. Planning is underway with Strathcona on the work required to be completed prior to excavating the bulk sample, the procedures for excavating the bulk sample and the sampling protocols.
Project Permitting
In late December, Pretivm submitted the project description for Brucejack to the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office. The filing initiates the permitting process for the proposed 2,700 tonnes per day high-grade underground gold mine at the Valley of the Kings.
Ian I Chang, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., Vice President, Project Development, Pretium Resources Inc. is the Qualified Person (QP) responsible for Brucejack Project development.
About Pretivm
Pretivm is creating value through gold at its high-grade gold Brucejack Project, located in northern British Columbia. Brucejack hosts a major undeveloped high-grade gold resource and mineralization remains open in all directions. A feasibility study for a high-grade underground mine in Brucejack's Valley of the Kings is underway and expected in the second quarter of 2013.
(SEDAR filings: Pretium Resources Inc.)
Forward-Looking Statement
This News Release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian and United States securities legislation. Forward-looking information may include, but is not limited to, risks related to our planned exploration and development activities, the adequacy of Pretivm's financial resources, the estimation of mineral resources, realization of mineral resource estimates, timing of development of Pretivm's Brucejack Project, costs and timing of future exploration, results of future exploration and drilling, production and processing estimates, capital and operating cost estimates, timelines and similar statements relating to the economic viability of the Brucejack Project, timing and receipt of approvals, consents and permits under applicable legislation, Pretivm's executive compensation approach and practice, and adequacy of financial resources. Wherever possible, words such as "plans", "expects", "projects", "assumes", "budget", "strategy", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "anticipates", "believes", "intends" and similar expressions or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative forms of any of these terms and similar expressions, have been used to identify forward-looking statements and information. Statements concerning mineral resource estimates may also be deemed to constitute forward-looking information to the extent that they involve estimates of the mineralization that will be encountered if the property is developed. Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking information, including, without limitation, those risks identified in Pretivm's prospectus supplement to the short form base shelf prospectus dated March 19, 2012 filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and in the United States through EDGAR at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Forward-looking information is based on the expectations and opinions of Pretivm's management on the date the statements are made. The assumptions used in the preparation of such statements, although considered reasonable at the time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise. We do not assume any obligation to update forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by applicable law. For the reasons set forth above, prospective investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information.
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By Lord DonalBane of Blakmers
Battlefield Correspondent – Pennsic Independent
To my fellow warrior watchers and the warriors who keep us cheering, allow your humble battlefield reporter to bid you all the warmest welcome to Pennsic XXXIX!
This year's war promises to be anoth¬er fun affair for those of us on sidelines and those in the shield wall.
How's it going down? That's my job to tell you.
First and foremost, after last year's "split war," Pennsic returns to the stan¬dard format of Midrealm and allies vs. East and allies.
Talking with HRM Edward the Grey of the East, this reporter learned that both he and HRM Radagaisus of the Midrealm believed the traditional war "was part of our upbringing" and chose to return to the old format.
"We spent a lot of time making certain it was a balanced war," HRM Edward said.
The War this year will be best of 21 War Points (12 points wins). There is a lot of bundling between armored com¬bat and rapier combat this year, which means less adjustment on the battlefield
The archery champions' shoot on Sun¬day counts for one War Point this year. Meanwhile, there will be two populace shoot War Points — the one shooting on Tuesday and Wednesday and the other shooting on Thursday and Friday. Get your bows out and have fun.
For our rapier-loving friends there will be three major melees. The town battle on Monday at 2 p.m., the "Jungle" battle on Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the woods, and the rapier plateau battle Thursday at 2 p.m. All are worth one point each.
Wednesday will be Champions' Day at Pennsic, with the rapier, allied, un¬belted and belted champions battles tak¬ing place in that order. All champions' battles are worth one point each.
That leaves 11 points up for grabs in four armored melees between the two Great Armies. The scenarios this year have been set up so that points may be split between the armies.
Break The Siege Battle (Monday, 10 a.m.) may look a bit complicated but also appears to be a lot of fun. Each army will have 45 minutes to drive their opponents out of the castle, through the village and out of the mountain pass. There will be unlimited resurrections for the garrison (attacking) army and
up to two resurrections for the besieg¬ing army.
Check page 26 of the Pennsic Book for specifics, but this battle can be worth up to three points for the victor and one point for the loser.
The Woods Battle returns Tuesday at 10 a.m., but not to the woods you used to know! The new Woods Battle site is located just north of Mount Eislinn and already has fighters buzzing about the possibilities for new engagement. The battle will be fought over three banners with possession of the banners checked at 45 minutes, 90 minutes and at the end of the two-hour battle.
Each side that earns at least three pos¬session points will earn one War point; the side with a majority of the points will earn an additional War point.
Battle returns Thursday at 10 a.m. There will be three non-resurrection battles over five bridges, with each battle last¬ing 30 minutes. Possession of the ma¬jority of bridges (or sweeping the field) after 30 minutes earns victory, with each battle counting one War Point. Be aware combat archery and siege weapons will be in play for the third battle.
Finally, the main event (a.k.a. the Field Battle) will take place Friday at 10 a.m. There will be three last-man-standing battles, each worth one War Point. Com¬bat archery and siege weapons will be in play for the third battle.
TRM East and Middle will also host two friendship field battles (and per¬haps more) after the War Point battles are over.
It's going to be another great war, my friends. Return to your camps and when the cannon sounds, come out fighting!


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Genoa have officially sacked Coach Fabio Liverani to bring back Gian Piero Gasperini on a three-year contract.
The decision was made after a 2-0 home defeat to Napoli on Saturday made this the club's worst Serie A start since 1983.
It was reported last night that President Enrico Preziosi had a dinner meeting with Gasperini to work out the details of the contract.
The news was formalised with a statement on the club website, which confirmed this is a three-year deal.
Liverani had been appointed over the summer for his first senior management job, having spent just two years working with the younger members of the Genoa academy.
Although he took them to a 3-0 Derby della Lanterna victory over local rivals Sampdoria, other results were disappointing and they failed to score in their last three games.
This is a return to Marassi for Gasperini, who was already at the helm from 2006 to November 2010.
Since he was sacked by Genoa, Gasp has gone on to very brief spells in charge of Inter (where he was fired after four Serie A rounds) and Palermo (who hired, fired, recalled and split with the Coach in the space of six months).
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New Malden racing drive Tom Onslow-Cole hailed team-mate Paul White as the pair secured a maiden British GT Championship podium finish for Strata 21 last Sunday.
White crossed the line for a third place finish after Onslow-Cole had kept the team's Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in fifth place for much of Sunday's second one hour race at Snetterton.
Onslow-Cole had been first fastest in the warm-up earlier in the day, but Strata 21 could only finish fifth in the opening one hour race.
"We did it, our first podium in @BritishGT," tweeted the 27-year-old.
"Awesome job by @paulwhitestrata and all the @strata_21 team."
The result moves the two drivers up to 10th in the championship standings after six rounds.
Worcester Park's Howard Fuller endured mixed fortunes on the undercard of the main races at Snetterton.
Fuller secured an eighth place finish in the first of two rounds of the VW Racing Cup, but was unable to break into the top 10 in the second race.


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There's an interesting article at AxisPhilly on the challenges facing the historic attractions in and around Independence Mall. Big museums in the City of Brotherly Love are dealing with shrinking funds and visitation numbers that are below their goals, even as yet another public history institution—the planned Museum of the American Revolution—is preparing to set up shop in the same neighborhood.
Even with some buildings closed due to budget cuts, Independence National Historical Park is doing a brisk business, with 2 million visitors to the Liberty Bell last year and capacity crowds of 686,788 at Independence Hall. (If the number for Independence Hall seems low, bear in mind that NPS restricts the number of people allowed into the building and tours fill up early.) The National Constitution Center, by contrast, brought in fewer than 400,000, even though it's right across from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell building. You'd assume that most museums would be delighted with annual visitation of 400,000, but the folks at the NCC were apparently counting on more. The nearby Jewish History Museum saw 100,000 visitors and the African American Museum just 65,000.
What accounts for the fact that INHP is doing a more brisk business than the other museums? Some of the answers are obvious. As the article's author notes, the cost of admission probably has a lot to do with it. Getting in to see the Liberty Bell or the room where the Continental Congress met won't cost you a dime, but you'll have to fork over some cash to visit the National Constitution Center and other museums.
Name recognition has got to be another factor, perhaps the most significant one. You couldn't ask for a historic building with more superstar appeal than Independence Hall. The Jewish History Museum and the African American Museum presumably cater to a more specialized crowd. But the National Constitution Center isn't as narrowly focused in its subject matter, and it seems to market itself extremely well.
Why aren't more of the people who visit INHP making the short stroll over to the NCC? I think the AxisPhilly author is onto something important when she notes that the NCC "doesn't have a core collection of objects that people will pay to come and see."
Ultimately, what I think most heritage tourists want more than anything else is authenticity. They want to stand in the original spot, see the real thing, have a face-to-face encounter with the past. Take a tour of some historic house, and you're bound to hear somebody in the group ask how much of the structure and furnishings are original. Likewise, when I was a museum intern, the first question people asked when they stood at the counter trying to decide whether or not to hand over their money was, "What is there to see?" They weren't referring to the exhibits, but the collection; they'd come to a Lincoln museum to see Lincoln artifacts. It's like the apocryphal story about Willie Sutton. When a reporter asked him why he robbed banks, he supposedly answered, "because that's where the money is." People who are interested in history go to history museums because that's where the historic stuff is.
This is an age of high-dollar mega-museums with ever more elaborate exhibits, but public historians always need to keep in mind that the objects themselves are what separate museums from other media of education and entertainment. We definitely don't need to return to the days when an exhibit consisted of nothing but text panels and cases filled with labeled items, but we also don't need to lose sight of the fact that while exhibits will eventually become dated, the objects aren't going to lose their appeal.


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Brittany and Breanna, eleventh graders at the Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice in Mount Airy, were welcoming prospective students and their parents on Saturday as part of their required community service. On Martin Luther King Day, Parkway students will helped paint the lunchroom and others volunteered to cook with younger children at the Waldorf School, also situated on the New Covenant Church campus in Mount Airy.
Video and interview by Brian Rudnick and his trusty iPhone


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The Essence of Summer
June is here and it's time to make the annual batch of elderflower cordial. An aunt of mine always made this when we were children. I loved it, so a few years ago I started to make my own. The flavour is unique and refreshing, and heralds the arrival of summer for me.
Beautifully scented, frothy cream elderflowers are to be seen all over the fields and gardens of Ireland at the moment. They will be around for the next couple of weeks, so seize the moment!
I have given guideline quantities below, but the amount of sugar, water or lemons you use can be varied to taste. Most people use more sugar to water than I have here.
20-30 elderflower heads
1.5 kg of sugar
2 litres of boiling water
2-4 lemons and/or limes
50g of citric acid – available from pharmacies
Gather your flowers (not from roadside trees, too polluted). Gently shake them to remove tiny insects.
Make up a syrup by pouring the boiling water over the sugar in a large pan. Keep stirring until all the sugar has dissolved. Thickly slice the lemons and limes and add these to the pan (you can zest these first and add that too if preferred). Stir in the citric acid. Now add the elderflowers. Cover the pan with a cloth and leave the mixture to steep for 24-48 hours.
Strain the mixture through a fine sieve or muslin (I have also used coffee filters) to remove flowers and fruit. Bottle in very clean bottles using a funnel. Glass bottles are best but I have used plastic ones too, enabling me to freeze some of the cordial.
Serving suggestions:
- Dilute the cordial with sparking water. Add ice and a slice and a sprig of mint for a delicious summery drink
- Add a splash to a gin and tonic, or to a white wine spritzer
- Pour over vanilla ice cream
- Use to sweeten rhubarb, gooseberries or strawberries
- Add to salad dressings
Second photo by Claire Sutton (Flickr, Creative Commons)


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The Deceived by E.C. Fisher is set in a parallel universe in which the Bible was written by the Devil and was devised to bring mankind down. In this story, Lucifer is behind religion as we know it and even Adam and Eve don't know what is truly right or wrong. Centuries pass by and it is the time of The End of Days and Lucifer is getting ready to give the world to his followers and wreak havoc. God is in heaven and He is dying, but He cannot stand by and let His children die. So, armed with the Sword of the Spirit, He sends Michael to earth to take out the Antichrist that will end this war.
However, it is not as easy as they all think it to be. Lucifer has taken Michael's love, his Ariel, and he is holding her hostage. Now Michael has to fight the war, knowing that he might lose his father and the one woman he loves in one single blow. Burdened with duty that he wears proudly, he sets off for earth with the sword to end this war. But will he get the chance? Or will the war consume him?
Granted, religious novels are not really my cup of tea, but this time it was mixed with sci-fi, which I kind of have a love/hate relationship with. However, E.C. Fisher made it interesting for me. Written in a very modern prose and set in a timeline that I can relate to, The Deceived is a brilliant novel that I could not put down. I loved the fact that the characters were made human, they had emotions and they hurt. This was an absolute winner for me! I loved it!"
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Re: hey, serious old man (25/02/17 18:03:24)
Inventions are not made by "the people" or by politically appointed committees or by order. Truths defined by politicians or administrators may perform poorly when tested in the field, but may still be enforced. Trumped through, as you might say these days.
I saw through my career, now successfully terminated by me, that there has been a strong decrease in the ability of planning and performing experimental work. I think this has been a deliberate process because it has increased the power of politics and decreased the power of rationality. Science rating has been reduced to countable publications and press releases. Hyping of irrelevant scientific findings is the most common method of cheating in science. Nobody gets caught for that.
So lay off the philosophy and let people spend time reading science and spending time in the field and in well-equipped labs (now considered too expensive even though basic equipment is cheaper than ever).
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Got my copy of the restored Oro Plata Mata. I haven't seen it in full yet but I started watching it with Peque's audio commentary last night. I haven't finished it yet but the audio commentary itself (so far) is worth the purchase price. It's that good and informative! I noticed the improvement in image quality although the image appears to be very soft and flat. It seems to me that the restorers used too much digital noise reduction. There's also something off with the framing. Like Himala it seems like they open-matte it to 1.85:1 with the top and bottom cropped. There's a scene in particular where it's very noticeable. It's the one with Mary Walter catching the girls by the creek talking with a naked man (Ronnie Lazaro), where she ended up throwing guavas at him. There is a shot where a huge part of her head is cut off from the frame. I remember in the old DVD that that's not the case. I have to check out my old DVD later and compare.
I guess all the more reason to hang on to the previous DVD version. Same with the first Himala DVD.
Oro, Plata, Mata DIGITALLY RESTORED & REMASTERED Special Collector's Edition DVDDirected by Peque GallagaWritten by Jose Javier ReyesStarring Manny Ojeda, Liza Lorena, Sandy Andolong, Cherie Gil, Joel Torre, Ronnie Lazaro, Fides Cuyugan-Asension, Maya Valdez, Lorli VillanuevaTotal Running Time: 194 minutesOriginally released in 1982 by the Experimental Cinema of the PhilippinesI finally picked up a hard-to-find DVD of Oro, Plata, Mata over the last weekend after about 4 years of hearing the buzz about its restoration. This is the digitally restored and remastered special collector's edition of the delightfully-quirky director Peque Gallaga's iconic film, pressed on a dual-layer DVD-9 disc. (Some movies which run for more than 3 hours had to be pressed in two single-sided DVD-5 discs).I was too young to watch the movie when it was first shown in Manila's theaters in 1982. At that time it was screened for mature audiences only. My parents and older relatives, however, went to see the movie and found themselves instantly "connected" with the storyline about life during World War II, as if they had relived their own ordeal and misery of being constrained to evacuate for their safety and live temporarily in a jungle somewhere in Northern Luzon. As a child, hearing their own stories was how I had become deeply curious about the film.With the popularity of rental video stores everywhere, I had rented betamax tapes (oh yes, there had to be two tapes to accomodate the long movie in two parts!) and watched Oro on a CRT TV for the first time in 1983. One thing I didn't appreciate with the betamax version was the very poor quality of video. It was just darn too dark. Plus, there were constant tracking streaks and several distorted sections due to frequent rewinding of the rental tapes. Similar problems plagued the VHS copy of Oro acquired sometime in the early 1990s.More than 30 years later, there is a big "wow" in watching the digitally restored and remastered version. On my 4k TV panel, I am now seeing details and colors in the film which I have never seen before. Quite a transition to watch this film for the first time in a full widescreen format (no black bars) compared to the 4:3 format which I had originally seen in the 1980s and 1990s. For a quick comparison, here are some screenshots from the circa-1990s VHS copy and the restored edition on DVD:Thankfully, the DVD comes with chapters, audio commentaries and some extras (trailers, story treatment, and fight scenes storyboard). Very rare even for a Filipino-produced DVD.There are some caveats that I would like to point out about this DVD release. Is this DVD a FULL HD release?Okay, let's go by the numbers. Full HD provides 1080 lines with progressive scanning (also referred to as 1080p). However, it bears stressing that the highest resolution that the DVD format can support is 720 x 480 pixels per frame for NTSC (or 720 x 576 pixels per frame for PAL), which is at best only 37.5% of the resolution of 720HD (1280 x 720). In other words, the image that I see on my 4k TV panel is only the upscaled video from the 720 x 480 resolution of the DVD format which is its native highest resolution for NTSC. Technical info about DVD Video: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-VideoIs the DVD audio remastered in 5.1? The DVD packaging does not actually indicate the kind of audio mix. While my home theater system indicates the audio output to be of stereo signal, the audio sounds typically monaural to my ears. Take note, I have read that Oro was screened at the UP Film Center sometime in early 2015 with a new 5.1 mix which was "redone" in a US facility specializing in audio. Perhaps the new 5.1 sound mix came later and didn't make it to the DVD's pressing and release date.Hopefully, ABS-CBN will eventually re-issue this film on bluray to get the FULL HD treatment (meaning, 1080p) with the new 5.1 audio mix. Even better if they can make this landmark film available in 4k video. I personally prefer to buy the physical bluray disc for my video library than stream a movie from iTunes or from any other streaming service. Hats off to ABS-CBN Corporation, which has undertaken an admirably ambitious project of saving Filipino film classics, and to the Central Digital Lab with a group of about 16 people who reportedly worked on Oro for 1,700 hours (that's roughly 70.83 days or 2.36 months).
I have been waiting for the BD version, which is why I held out on buying the DVD. Glad to know that studios in the Philippines finally realize that 480p is a legacy format.Sent using Tapatalk
I haven't gone to iTunes in over a decade. Do the Star Cinema releases have special features like audio commentary available?Sent using Tapatalk
When Matti's ON THE JOB was released on bluray circa 2014, I had high hopes then that the local movie industry willl follow suit and "upgrade" their other releases from DVD to BD. Well, it didn't happen in the way I expected things to happen. It's rather slow or nearly non-existent. I can only guess why a transition to BD is going to be a big challenge even for Star Cinema. Is there a local market for the BD format or the producers simply underestimate the Pinoys' preference for hi-def? Or is there enough content or material that deserves to be released in BD to make it a viable business? Still, with the number of restored films now being churned out by Star Cinema, I have not given up that hope, especially with films like Oro.I personally prefer to own a physical bluray disc over any streaming or video on demand online service.
On The Job Bluray was an international release. I haven't heard of a locally produced and released Pinoy bluray.
Plus -- other than hi-def visuals -- it didn't have the special features that the local DVD release has, right?
I did not say in my post that it was a local release. I simply stated that Matti's film was released on bluray circa 2014.Matti's ON THE JOB is a Filipino film produced by Star Cinema and Reality Entertainment. It was distributed both locally and abroad with international partners in the US (Wild Go USA Entertainment) and Madman Entertainment (Australia), among others.It bears mentioning in the discussion because it is essentially a Filipino film that was released not only on DVD format but also on bluray. And for a local pioneering company like Star Cinema, if it so wishes, has that capability to release a Filipino film on bluray with its resources and ties with international distributors.
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U.S. states are collaborating on a plan to smooth out the regulation process for online universities and provide education access to students.
Many U.S. states regulate who provides online education to their residents to ensure consumers aren't getting stiffed — and now a group of states is brainstorming how to make the process of regulating these online universities smoother and more cost-effective.
Under Minnesota law, for instance, colleges that provide online courses must register with the state's Office of Higher Education and pay a fee if they want to enroll students in the state. Currently 150 to 160 online schools are registered in the state.
This process ensures that the office can investigate student allegations that faculty members aren't qualified. The office also can look at the schools' financial structure to see if they're likely to be around long enough for students to complete a quarter or semester. And it makes sure they're a real school.
"We know they're in the state, we know they're operating in the state, and we have some control so to speak over them if they do something that upsets a student or that is wrong," said George Roedler, manager of institutional registration and licensing in the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.
This law came up recently in the news when Coursera, a company that partners with top universities worldwide to offer free online courses for anyone to take, joined forces with Minnesota institutions.
The office does not regulate Coursera because the company does not offer courses directly, as reported by Ars Technica; Coursera acts as a middleman for universities that want to offer free courses online.
So the Office of Higher Education notified Coursera that its university partners need to register and started sending letters to these universities, one of which has already done so.
But each state has different requirements and charges different fees. If universities or colleges want to offer online classes in more than one state, they have to go to each state for permission.
For the past two years, a team of nine people, including Roedler, has been tackling this problem by creating a model agreement. This State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement could standardize the regulation process across states that adopt the final version.
In August, the team of leaders from state higher education offices, online universities, legislatures and others created its second working draft for public comment. This team's work is funded by the Lumina Foundation and led by the President's Forum, a group of accredited online education providers, along with the Council of State Governments — a public policy sharing association of state officials representing the three state government branches. The drafting team is working with four regional compacts to create a single model document.
Instead of requiring colleges and universities to go to each state office where they want to offer courses, they would only have to register in the state where their organization exists physically. For example, Capella University and Walden University are based in Minneapolis, so they would go through the regulation process of Minnesota only. Once they go through that process and pay fees (which are still being worked out), they can serve students in all the states that adopt the agreement.
"What it would do is it would save schools money, would make things easier for them, would open up access to the students to more schools potentially if they all wanted to participate," Roedler said. "From the state standpoint, it would mean other states would have less to do regulation-wise."
Roedler expects this work to continue for another year and a half to two years. The drafting team plans to have a final version of the agreement by the end of 2012 and move it through the Legislature in 2013.
"People should pay attention to that, because it's something that I think is going to come out in some form," Roedler said, "and it really has to happen."
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$650 million for educational technology, such as computers in classrooms.
That doesn't count various incentive programs, teacher training, and building modernization. But those things are not explicitly slated for a tech budget and certainly would include and involve many non-tech things.
I'm no economist, but I think that a stimulus bill that provides only a minuscule of its resources towards the future of technology in education is more than shortsighted. Think about it: as of the 2007 data collected by IES, there were some 34.6 million students in public pre-K through grade 8 alone. Regarding a $650 million investment in technology, that comes out to less than $20 per student.
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The Texas Association of Business has hired a plane to picket the State Capitol to protest a move to lower standards on school testing.
The single-engine plane buzzed downtown Austin for more than an hour Tuesday, towing a sign that read, "Is 37 percent correct on algebra too hard? TAB."
TAB President Bill Hammond said he wanted lawmakers to know that high school students only need to score 37 percent to pass the end-of-course algebra exam and graduate. He said a student can score 25 percent by just randomly marking the test paper.
The latest news from around North Texas.
Texas lawmakers are considering a number of measures that would reduce the number of tests students must take to graduate high school from 15 to as little as five.
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WowWee Rovio - Insufficient Access Controls - Covert Audio/Video
Snooping Possible
Rovio from WowWee does not adequately secure all accessible URLs or media
streams, enabling an unauthorized user with network access to the robotic
webcam platform the ability to listen to and view audio/video streamed from
the device's onboard camera. Additionally, audio-send capabilities are also
not secured, enabling mischievous sending of audio through Rovio's built-in
speaker. Additional manipulations may be possible, robot control does not
appear to be impacted at this time.
>From WowWee Website:
Rovio(tm) is the ground breaking new Wi-Fi enable mobile webcam that lets
you view and interact with its environment through streaming video and
audio, wherever you are!
Unfortunately, Rovio's access control mechanisms (username/password) are not
completely utilized across the platform even when enabled. Certain URLs and
RTSP Streaming capabilities of the device are accessible with no
authentication. Furthermore, deployment of the device in the default
configuration attempts to use UPnP to automatically configure your firewall to
allow external access to the mobile webcam platform.
Resources exposed without proper access controls include:
rtsp://[rovio]/webcam -- RTSP Audio/Video Stream, directly accessible.
and the following http://[rovio]:[publishedport]/ URLs are accessbile to anyone:
/GetUPnP.cgi -- Get UPnP config, including ports in use for RTSP
/GetStatus.cgi -- display general device status
/GetVer.cgi -- display firmware version, enables targeted
attacks, discovery.
/ScanWlan.cgi -- display WiFi Networks visible to device
/GetAudio.cgi -- "Send" audio to Rovio's speaker, "What's up Doc?"
/GetMac.cgi -- device mac adress
/Upload.cgi -- upload new firmware [actual upload untested]
/Cmd.cgi -- Accessible without arguments, but does not appear
to allow ACL bypass to normally protected
sub-commands. Unknown if any hidden commands exist.
/SendHttp.cgi -- When authentication is enabled, this appears to be
protected. However in a default configuration with
no authentication, it could provide for interesting
reverse-proxy like manipulation of web-based
firewall admin interfaces.
Additionally, this script is used by the "Ping
Test" that WowWee sends to their servers to help
verify your internet connectivity and UPnP settings
are working. What's disheartening here is that
your IP address and rovio's port are sent to WowWee
and potentially stored in their server logs.
Additionally, WowWee is advised that they should alter the default
configuration to not automatically utilize UPnP to attempt to open up external
access to these devices.
1) In the default configuration no authentication is required until the user
sets up accounts.
2) Proper notification should be displayed to users regarding the potential
risks and ramifications of these settings and they must be involved in the
decision process, by being required to take action action to agree to
expose such devices to external access.
Additionally, it should be noted that the platform uses HTTP Basic
authentication over unencrypted HTTP. Using such mechanisms across the
internet does expose users to network-sniffing attacks, where an attacker
could obtain the credentials or observe the data streams being transmitted.
Users of this mobile wi-fi webcam may unwittingly open their homes up to
anonymous eaves-dropping of their personal lives and communications.
WowWee must supply an updated firmware that fixes these issues.
Users of these devices are encouraged to disable direct external access and
seek other means to secure such access (Authenticated, Encyrpting Proxies, or
Access over a VPN connection for example). It is understood that most
consumers of these devices do not have such means, so WowWee should be
compelled to provide adequate protection and access controls.
This issue was discovered and disclosed by Brian Dowling of Simplicity
2009-01-06 - Initial Report to WowWee support.
2009-01-07 - Second request to simply confirm reciept of my first notifciation.
2009-01-08 - Automated, canned response from web-submission form.
2009-01-14 - Due to lack of appropriate, timely response, additional insight
contained above and general concern for users of these devices
unknowingly being exposed in this way, this information has been
publicly disclosed. Hopefully as WowWee forays into more
networked-enabled consumer devices they will provide proper
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The first night we hiked a few miles in and decided to set up camp a good ways off from the established trail, in a small clearing alongside a large creek bed. We stayed up late into the night, finally settling in for bed around 1am. We had hung a 2 person hammock between two trees and had a thick hammock cover over us (it's fitted to feel just like being inside a tent) to protect from bugs or rain. We got snuggled in and turned off our headlamps to get some sleep. We laid inside there talking for a couple minutes in complete pitch darkness, when suddenly a bright light lit up the area around our feet just outside our tent. I was immediately shocked and scared and I shut my eyes hard and held my breath (I know, a weird reaction but I've never been in that situation and I was really scared and didn't know how to react). At that moment all I could think was, we are in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of the night, and there is someone outside our tent with a flashlight on us.. and I figured it was probably bad news. But nothing happened, my friend didn't react or say anything, so I opened my eyes and let out my breath. I immediately looked down again and this time there were two balls of light INSIDE our hammock cover. One was smaller than the other but they were both small and extremely bright white. I looked at my friend in disbelief and his eyes were glued to balls of light. All of this happened within a matter of seconds and just as fast as they flashed on, that flashed off and it was dark again. As soon as they flashed off we both went into what the heck? mode and nearly killed each other trying to get out of the hammock and cover. He grabbed his flashlight and a knife and walked around yelling if anyone was there. I didn't really care to know what it was, I was terrified by whatever it was that I'd seen and sat with a flashlight next to the fire wrapped in a sleeping bag.
We contemplated leaving immediately, but it was close to 2am by this point and we had miles to go to get back to the car. Whatever is was, I didn't want to run into it again. So we abandoned our hammock, grabbed two sleeping bags, turned our lights off and crawled in the dark to what we felt was a safe distance from where we'd set camp. We didn't want to risk it coming back again. Neither of us slept much that night, nor did we talk much. We were both pretty scared out of our wits. The next day it was a relief when the sun came up. We slept in longer than usual and had a wonderful morning once we got up. I felt at peace again and we agreed to finish the backpacking trip and talk more about what happened once we got back home.
That day we continued our hike another 7 miles up a steep mountainside to a beautiful place called Gregory Bald. It was an extremely rugged exhausting hike and we arrived just before dark, again we were alone. We set up a tent on the ground this time, and since were we on a bald, there were no trees around I felt much better being able to see around me. We planned to wake at sunrise, a view you can't miss atop a bald! So we went to bed early without incident. I fell into a deep sleep, dreaming I was a part of an American Indian tribe. They wanted to play me a song using all different kinds of small drums, they began singing when I suddenly hear a loud "BOOM" (what sounded like a drum hit really hard, with a deep bass). My eye popped open and my heart was racing. I looked over and my friends eyes were wide open too. I said, did you hear that? He replied "I don't know what I just heard, but it was loud and jolted me awake". The drum was in my dream, so how could he have heard it to?! He couldn't remember his dream, but he said a loud boom had woken him up at nearly the exact same time as me. We were over 10 miles away from anything, in the middle of the forest, there was no one around, and definitely no large drums to be seen. We then noticed the sun was just beginning to rise, we had been woken up just in time. Again, we decided to talk more about it after we got home, and we set off to lay a blanket out and watch the sun come up.
Once we got home, we didn't get any further in figuring out what we'd seen and heard while in the mountains. I don't know if I would have believed what happened to us if I wouldn't have been there myself, had him there to confirm it. I honestly would have just called myself crazy or hallucinating. There have been a couple other really peculiar and strange things that had happened before this independent (and after), but I had always figured there was a scientific explanation for it. Now I'm starting to believe there is more out there than the eye can see.
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The Alliance insignia appears on the right torso or side of each unit, beneath which is the Jaeger symbol: a hunter's recurve longbow suspended before a moon set against a sunburst bearing a five-sided shield. The moons differ in color and size to represent those of each provincial capital. The moon is yellow for Skye. Per FM:Lyran Alliance, page 48.


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Fishing Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS)
A fishing vessel monitoring system (VMS) is a cost-effective tool for the successful monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) of fisheries activities. VMS provides a fishery management agency with accurate and timely information about the location and activity of regulated fishing vessels.
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A fishing vessel monitoring system (VMS) is a programme of fisheries surveillance, in which equipment that is installed on fishing vessels provides information about the vessels' position and activity. This is different from traditional monitoring methods, such as using surface and aerial patrols, on-board observers, logbooks or dockside interviews.
This shipboard electronic equipment is installed permanently on board a fishing vessel and assigned a unique identifier. Most shipboard VMS equipment types use satellite
Communications systems - VMS systems that have an integrated Global Positioning System (GPS). The system calculates the unit's position and sends a data report to shoreside users. The standard data report includes the VMS unit's unique identifier, date, time and position in latitude and longitude.
The preferred communications medium involves the use of satellite systems because the geographic coverage is greater. Satellites are not the only option, however – several tracking applications for land-based vehicles use cellular telephony or high frequency radio. Some of these other communications systems have similar reliability and security as satellite systems, and may be of lower cost, but they have less coverage. These other technologies may also have applications in nearshore fisheries and for smaller vessels.


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