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Our water systems are a disaster — how can we change that?
In the wake of the Flint crisis, communities turn to innovative technology and financing to prevent the next crisis.
This article originally appeared at Ensia.
People in developed countries turn on the tap and safe drinking water flows, a dramatic health benefit they tend to take for granted.
That complacency dramatically was disrupted last year when children in Flint, Michigan, started testing positive for lead poisoning and the source was traced to tap water. But Flint shouldn't have taken anyone by surprise; in fact, water industry professionals have been sounding the alert for years.
Much of the water infrastructure in the developed world was built 70 to 100 years ago and is nearing the end of its useful life. The American Water Works Association said we have entered "the replacement era," in which we must rebuild "the water and wastewater systems bequeathed to us by earlier generations."
Most pipes, depending on their materials and the environment in which they reside, have a lifespan of 60 to 95 years. Treatment plants' mechanical and electric components can serve 15 to 25 years. Without prompt upgrades, we are likely to see deteriorating water quality, with more incidents of lead or arsenic poisoning and bacterial and viral contamination, and increasing numbers of leaks disrupting water service and leading to costly emergency repairs.
In 2013 the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the U.S. drinking water system a grade of D. Across the United States, 240,000 water mains burst a year, or about one every two minutes. Every year, more than 41 billion cubic yards of treated water are lost to leaks around the world — enough water to serve almost 400 million people, according to the World Bank (PDF).
People have this idea that because water is a naturally occurring thing that falls from the sky, it shouldn't be expensive. But Mother Nature doesn't collect the water, treat it and deliver it through pipes.
And although drinking water in the United States remains quite safe overall, contamination with bacteria or viruses regularly makes people sick. In 2011–2012, the nation saw 32 drinking water–associated disease outbreaks, causing 431 cases of illness and 14 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Upgrading the more than 1 million miles of drinking water pipes in the U.S. — along with other water infrastructure — and expanding systems to meet the needs of a growing population is projected to cost more than $1 trillion over the next 25 years, according to the AWWA.
Although the financial investment required is mind-boggling, putting off upgrades can mean degraded water quality from leaky pipes or outdated treatment facilities, service interruptions and even higher costs: It's much cheaper to prevent a leak than to fix water damage afterward in moldy buildings or buckled roads.
To perform targeted triage, new technologies — sensors, smart meters and data management platforms — are helping water managers to make informed decisions about how to allocate precious funds and stay ahead of problems.
"We preach asset management. Don't just replace X percent of pipes a year," said Tommy Holmes, legislative director of AWWA. "Do an analysis of your system and choose which 2 percent of pipes need to be replaced, rather than just focusing on a geographic area. You want to replace pipes on the verge of failure first."
Tech arsenal
Helping to make these strategic decisions are water meters, which are going high-tech. Cities are beginning to install smart meters at customers' houses and businesses to measure water use.
Because advanced meter infrastructure (known in the business as AMI) can transmit data about water consumed via wireless technology to central offices in real time, it can "tell you a lot more than just water usage," said Ken Thompson, deputy director of intelligent water solutions for CH2M, a global engineering company based in Colorado that helps municipalities plan upgrades to water infrastructure, choose technologies and integrate equipment into a single management system.
Thompson said that AMI meters can find leaks on the customer's property by spotting unusual usage patterns. They can also zero in on pipeline breaks under the street, which create suction and draw water out of residents' houses.
"If you see a cluster with a backflow problem, there's probably a pipeline break on that street," said Thompson. Using that data, managers can calculate the location of the break and fix it promptly before it damages nearby houses and roads.
Sensors are another key component of modern water infrastructure, used to detect both leaks and contamination. Water passes directly over the sensor, which is designed to measure specific chemical characteristics of the water. The sensor is contained in a cylindrical case, usually made of metal or plastic and 8 to 12 inches long, that can screw directly into a pipe.
The cylinder also contains electronics for data collection and communications. For its water management systems, CH2M typically uses three types of sensors, said Thompson. Drinking water has a standard chemical profile, so the sensors are designed to spot deviations, rather than test for individual pollutants. If the sensors flag an aberration, that alerts water managers to test the water to determine the cause of the change and whether it's harmful to public health.
"There are hundreds of thousands of compounds," said Thompson. "You can't look at everything."
The sensors CH2M's clients use typically cost a couple of thousand dollars each, said Thompson. A larger utility such as the one that serves Dallas, Texas, might use 10 to 20 sensors, he said, while a really small one serving a few thousand people "might get away with one or two."
At McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, researchers are working on a different approach to water sensor technology — one that is vastly cheaper. Gay Yuyitung, executive director of the McMaster Industry Liaison Office, said university researchers are working to produce sensors that cost around $10.
Researchers are achieving this dramatic price slash by miniaturizing the sensors (to about the size of a sesame seed) and using low-cost materials and manufacturing methods. "It's like fabricating sensors using an ink-jet printer as opposed to highly specialized manufacturing," said Yuyitung. "They are reducing the components so that it can be mass produced cheaply."
McMaster engineering professor Jamal Deen and his team, including fellow engineering faculty members Raja Ghosh and Ravi Selvaganapathy, have developed chemical sensors that can detect chlorine and pH in drinking water. On top of the basic material, they can apply different chemical interfaces so the sensors can test for a variety of pollution issues. In the future, this innovation in sensors might make these technologies an easier reach, particularly for small water utilities. In the U.S., 84.5 percent of community water systems serve fewer than 3,300 people.
Because the sensors are cheap and can communicate wirelessly, they also can be used to help ensure safe drinking water in small, remote communities not yet connected to a municipal water treatment system, such as First Nations communities in Canada's north or rural villages in India.
New water infrastructure is required to meet the needs of growing populations worldwide, but even before it's built, communities can benefit from technologies that measure the quality of their water. People living off the water grid might use the sensors to test their lake, stream or well to determine whether, say, naturally occurring arsenic spiked in their water supply or cows had a recent bathroom break upstream.
Systems management
Software offers another technological tool for prioritizing upgrades to municipal water supply infrastructure. Two big players are Microsoft's CityNext and IBM's Smarter Cities, which analyze data from smart meters, sensors and other sources to pinpoint emerging leaks and contamination.
Miami–Dade County's parks system, which uses more than 300 million gallons of water annually, is using IBM's platform to detect irregularities in water consumption and dispatch park managers to check them out.
"We're saving literally months in finding and reacting to those repairs that are needed," said Jack Kardys, director of Miami–Dade County, Parks, Recreation and Open Space Department. The department anticipates 7 to 12 percent savings on its annual $4 million water bill.
CH2M also provides water utilities with a systems management platform that helps operators be proactive in solving problems, rather than reactive, said Thompson. In 2013, with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency funding, CH2M installed surveillance and response systems in Philadelphia, New York, Dallas and San Francisco.
Although the systems were conceived to protect drinking water from foul play, the cities are using them for quotidian water quality management, said Thompson. CH2M has completed about a dozen large water systems in the U.S. and thousands of systems of various sizes worldwide, he said.
Sensors are another key component of modern water infrastructure, used to detect both leaks and contamination.
The true strength of data platforms is bringing together in one location various streams of information — water flow rates, infrastructure condition, water quality — that previously were siloed.
Michael Sullivan, sales manager for IBM Smarter Water Management, said such systems could have identified Flint's lead hazard much more quickly. "Part of the problem with Flint was there was no real visibility," he said. "There were pockets of information, but the problem didn't really come into view until much farther along the line."
Data platforms such as IBM's and CH2M's can incorporate other salient information as well, such as the material and age of pipes in a certain area and their projected life expectancy in local environments. They also can flag problems in near real time when a customer calls about leaks or altered water quality in a specific area surpass a baseline threshold.
Relying on customers' eyes on the ground is not new. The 1993 Cryptosporidium parvum outbreak in Milwaukee that sickened 400,000 people was initially flagged when a local pharmacy called public health officials, saying it couldn't keep Imodium in stock, Thompson said.
Human feedback is especially important for systems that do not yet have smart meters or sensors. "Treating citizens like a sensor," as Sullivan puts it, is particularly popular in developing countries. In South Africa, people tested an IBM-sponsored app called WaterWatchers that allowed them to report issues such as leaks, contamination or stream obstructions via their mobile phones, said Sullivan.
The funding question
While smart technology can help water utilities make more savvy decisions about where to spend capital investment dollars, potentially saving money overall, there's still the question of where to get the $1 trillion the AWWA predicts we'll need to fix ailing U.S. drinking water infrastructure over the next quarter-century.
In the U.S., federal, state and local governments spent $109 billion on water infrastructure (PDF) (including water supply and sewage treatment facilities as well as drinking water treatment and delivery) in 2014, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Just one-third of that — about $36 billion — was for capital investments such as new pipes or updated drinking water treatment facilities.
Such dollars come primarily from local water fees, tax-exempt municipal bonds and the EPA's Clean Water State Revolving Fund, which allocated $863 million in grants (PDF) to states for drinking water facilities in fiscal year 2016. Congress created a new low-interest loan program in 2014 but has not yet appropriated money for it.
These pools of money are not enough. To reach the more than $1 trillion in investment needed, the U.S. will need to spend an average of $40 billion annually. Of the $36 billion spent annually on capital investments by water utilities, less than half, $18 billion, is likely going to drinking water, with the rest going to wastewater treatment, stormwater control and new supplies.
Private investment via public-private partnerships is a likely path for struggling municipalities, according to the multinational professional services firm EY (PDF), despite two significant hurdles. Businesses typically have shied away from water infrastructure investments because the water sector is heavily regulated and conservative about change because people's health is at stake.
Human rights activists long have been concerned that getting corporations involved in water delivery will lead to prices too high for poor people, an untenable situation when water is critical for life. Nevertheless, the trend toward private investment in water delivery took a step forward March 22, World Water Day, when the White House Water Summit announced that more than 150 companies committed $4 billion in private money to improve U.S. water infrastructure.
Ultimately, customers likely will have to pay more for water so utilities in turn have the funds they need to replace aging infrastructure. According to the AWWA, most Americans pay less than $3.75 for every 1,000 gallons of water delivered to their taps. Tommy Holmes, legislative director of AWWA, said that vastly undervalues safe drinking water.
"People have this idea that because water is a naturally occurring thing that falls from the sky, it shouldn't be expensive," he said. "But Mother Nature doesn't collect the water, treat it and deliver it through pipes. People do that, and they need to be paid."


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One-Armed 8th Grader Dunks in a Game Like a Total Pro
This kid can bring the thunder.
Watch in wonder as a teenager with one arm dunks in the middle of a basketball game last week.
Trashaun Willis, of Washington, Iowa, steals a pass and then takes the ball all the way for the jam. They were just two of the 14 points he scored in his team's 41-31 win.
Willis, who stands six-foot-three, tells MaxPreps he's thrown it down before. "It was such a great feeling," he said. "I actually dunked a couple of weeks ago in a tournament. But it's still an amazing moment to share with my teammates."
Basketball isn't the only sport for Willis, either. He also starred in football, playing quarterback and linebacker. He tossed nine TDs and ran for 13.
One arm, two-sport star. Seems about right.
An athlete without two arms is not totally new. Jim Abbott enjoyed a successful pitching career in the majors, despite not having a right hand, and even hurled a no-hitter.

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IBM InfoSphere DataStage Essentials (v11.5)
This course enables the project administrators and ETL developers to acquire the skills necessary to develop parallel jobs in DataStage. The emphasis is on developers. Only administrative functions that are relevant to DataStage developers are fully discussed. Students will learn to create parallel jobs that access sequential and relational data and combine and transform the data using functions and other job components.
- Project Administrators and ETL Developers responsible for data extraction and transformation using DataStage
- Basic knowledge of Windows operating system
- Familiarity with database access techniques
- Describe the uses of DataStage and the DataStage workflow
- Describe the Information Server architecture and how DataStage fits within it
- Describe the Information Server and DataStage deployment options
- Use the Information Server Web Console and the DataStage Administrator client to create DataStage users and to configure the DataStage environment
- Import and export DataStage objects to a file
- Import table definitions for sequential files and relational tables
- Design, compile, run, and monitor DataStage parallel jobs
- Design jobs that read and write to sequential files
- Describe the DataStage parallel processing architecture
- Design jobs that combine data using joins and lookups
- Design jobs that sort and aggregate data
- Implement complex business logic using the DataStage Transformer stage
- Debug DataStage jobs using the DataStage PX Debugger
Course Outline
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- DataStage Administration
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Palaeontology Predictions in 2013 – How Did We Do?
Reviewing What Everything Dinosaur Predicted in January 2013
It's that time of year again when we look back at our predictions made twelve months ago about what stories we would be covering in 2013. Each year, team members at Everything Dinosaur get together with a pot a tea and the last of the Christmas cake and come up with a forecast of what is likely to happen in the world of fossil collecting, palaeontology and dinosaurs. Back on January 3rd, we compiled a list containing eight predictions, now is the moment of truth, when we collectively look back to see how close (or how wide of the mark) we actually were.
Palaeontology Predictions
To read the January 3rd article: Everything Dinosaur's Predictions for 2013.
1). New Genus of Horned Dinosaur from North America
The ceratopsian clade just gets bigger and bigger, our dinosaur experts estimate that more new types of North American horned dinosaur have been discovered and named in the first thirteen years of this century than in the whole of the 20th Century. This was one prediction that we were very confident about and sure enough, a number of specimens were named and described this year, although the fossil finds in most cases had taken place a few years earlier. Texas got an exciting new horned dinosaur in the shape of Bravoceratops polyphemus.
This dinosaur may have been as big as Triceratops (T. horridus), with an estimated skull length of around 2.2 metres and brow horns over one metre long, B. polyphemus is a member of the chasmosaurine group of horned dinosaurs and Everything Dinosaur reported on the announcement of this new dinosaur back in June.
Overall it was a good year for the chasmosaurines with the discovery of a baby chasmosaurus fossil, found in the famous Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada, which we also reported upon, this time in November.
To read about the discovery of Bravoceratops: New Giant Species of Ceratopsian Announced.
To see a picture and to read an article about the baby Chasmosaurus discovery: Fossils of Baby Horned Dinosaur Unearthed.
Everything Dinosaur also covered the auction of the "duelling dinosaurs from Montana", although much of the interest was directed towards the fossils that may indicate that Nanotyrannus is a valid genus, the ceratopsian fossil preserved with this theropod, may turn out to represent a new species of chasmosaurine as well.
In addition, Everything Dinosaur reported on the unveiling of Nasutoceratops (N. titusi), a five metre long, horned dinosaur whose fossil remains had been found in southern Utah back in 2006. Good to see a new type of centrosaurine dinosaur too.
To read about Nasutoceratops: "Large Horn Face" Nasutoceratops
An Illustration of the New Centrosaurine Nasutoceratops (N. titusi)
Picture credit: Raul Martin
2). Jurassic Park in 3-D to Inspire Another Generation of Dinosaur Fans
In a year when the cinema was dominated by sequels, prequels and continuing franchises, Jurassic Park in 3-D grossed nearly $20 million USD in its opening week in the United States. At a time when speculation was rife about the future of the next Jurassic Park film (now due for release in 2015), Universal Studios can be quite happy with a total take of around $46 million USD, placing the film at number 69 in the U.S. highest grossing film chart for 2013. Interestingly, the new Walking with Dinosaurs in 3-D, released just a fortnight ago has taken $26 million USD despite very mixed reviews for this animated dinosaur adventure.
In the UK, we estimate that Jurassic Park in 3-D took around £400,000 GBP at the box office. We don't have box office figures for Walking with Dinosaurs in 3-D available at the moment.
3). Milestones for Everything Dinosaur – What are We Going to be Doing?
Our third prediction concerned what Everything Dinosaur would be doing in terms of social media. It is always an act of bravado on our part to try to forecast exactly where we would be in terms of our company. After all, we would readily concede that we are not gifted business forecasters and attempting to predict our work on the dynamic social media channels of today is far from easy. Everything Dinosaur's presence on line certainly grew in 2013, let's recap on what we said and update our progress (or lack of it in some cases).
Six hundred and fifty Ezine articles approved and published – always a tough target, but we have produced a respectable total of several hundred articles on the Ezine platform. There are 560 articles by Everything Dinosaur published on Ezine (86% of target). Our viewing figures are up and the click through rate is also showing a positive upward trend.
One Thousand Facebook likes on Everything Dinosaur's Facebook Page – we are not quite there yet, but we have 850 "likes" at the moment (85% of target). We are genuinely grateful for every "like" that we receive and we are happy in the knowledge that every single one of them has been earned, we have not opted for any "paid for service" where likes and things like Twitter follows can be purchased for a fee.
If you want to support Everything Dinosaur on Facebook, simply click the Facebook logo below and visit our Facebook page (please give our page a "like").
Ezine Challenge completed 365 articles approved and published since February 25th 2012 – this was achieved, in fact we published our 365th article in this Ezine challenge a month ahead of schedule.
300,000 Video Views on Everything Dinosaur's YouTube Channel – this target was also achieved, in fact it was smashed! The sixty-six videos on Everything Dinosaur's YouTube video channel have been viewed over 592,000 times to date. When this original target was likely to be exceeded back in March, we set an ambitious target of half a million video views. This target was reached early in December, we are well on the way to smashing through the 600,000 views mark. Our thanks again to all our subscribers, commentators and loyal fans.
Back in December Everything Dinosaur's Videos Reached Half a Million Views
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
To view Everything Dinosaur's YouTube channel: Everything Dinosaur on YouTube.
Everything Dinosaur to join Pinterest with 1,000 re-pins – Everything Dinosaur team members have posted up a total of 1,571 pictures and articles on Pinterest to date. We have set up twenty-one boards and we have 106 likes with 160 followers so far. This social media platform is relatively new for us, but we have far exceeded our pinning target for the year. We shall see how these platforms develop over the months ahead. Once again, a very big thank you to everyone who has become a follower, video fan, subscriber, etc.
4). New Zealand to Hit the Headlines with a Prehistoric Animal Fossil Discovery
An intriguing prediction, one that certainly ranks as being a "sticking our collective heads over the parapet", type of prediction, as there have been very few Mesozoic vertebrate fossil discoveries in New Zealand over recent years. A number of important fossil discoveries were made in New Zealand strata this year, although we are not aware of any new Dinosauria or marine reptile material beings found or major papers published.
The iconic Kiwi attracted a few headlines a couple of weeks ago when a paper published in a scientific journal challenged the long-held theory that this flightless bird evolved from the Moa family. Fossils found in Otago (South Island), suggest that New Zealand's national symbol is descended from Australian migrants. These birds flew across the Tasman Sea more than twenty million years ago, once in New Zealand the gradually lost their ability to fly. However, we did not report on any major Mesozoic vertebrate discoveries from New Zealand and therefore we can't claim this as one of our successes.
5). Controlled Cull of Saltwater Crocodiles in the Northern Territories
There were a number of fatal crocodile attacks in the Northern Territory this year, although there were calls for a cull of large crocodiles and a lot of lobbying of local politicians and government officials, we are not aware of any authority being given for an organised cull of these reptiles. The growing Saltwater crocodile population in the Northern Territory, the increasing number of crocodile close encounters and the number of attacks, sadly some of which have proved to be fatal, has led to many demands for a cull to take place. Perhaps 2014 will see a cull or indeed the controlled re-introduction of trophy hunting.
Remarkably, back in November we reported on a fascinating news story in which an angler fishing a lake in Hampshire claims to have spotted a small crocodile in the water.
To read about the suspected Hampshire crocodile: Fisherman Claims to Have Spotted Crocodile in Hampshire Lake.
6). New Clothing Range to be Introduced by Everything Dinosaur
In May, we were able to proclaim to the world the launch of our first clothing range with our own label. A range of quality sweatshirts were added to Everything Dinosaur's clothing apparel and they have proved very popular.
2013 Saw the Launch of Everything Dinosaur's Sweatshirt Range
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
Available in a range of attractive colours, these hard-wearing sweatshirts feature a stitched diagram of a Tyrannosaurus rex skull. The motif on the front of the sweatshirts is based on a real T. rex fossil skull. Look out for more exciting additions to Everything Dinosaur's product portfolio over the next twelve months.
For dinosaur themed clothing and other gifts: Everything Dinosaur – Dinosaur Themed Clothing.
7). More Evidence of Endothermic Properties of the Dinosauria (Warm-blooded dinosaurs)
Whether or not the Dinosauria were endothermic or ectothermic remains a subject of great debate amongst palaeontologists. Did the Dinosauria, or at least the majority of them rely on external sources of heat to regulate their body temperature? Lots of data has been produced in the last two or three years on this subject, 2013 was no exception. Discoveries of dinosaur fossils that lived at high latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere have been made this year, along with some new finds of feathered dinosaur specimens from China.
In October, we published an article about the long necks of sauropods, it was speculated that those long necks could have been used to help regulate the body temperature of these massive herbivores – an interesting theory.
To read the article: Sauropods Using the Necks As Radiators.
Nothing definitive has been published to date, (as far as we know), just like a herd of sauropods, we think this debate is going to rumble on.
8). The Arab Spring Has Some Surprising Implications for Palaeontology
The political changes in north Africa during 2012 (and continuing), may have had an impact on a number of areas of scientific enquiry, but back in the early part of 2013 we predicted that palaeontology would benefit from the opening up of parts of north Africa that had been previously very difficult to access. Exploration of strata in areas that had been subject to much more restricted access, would, we thought lead to a number of exciting fossil finds. For example, with the peace settlement in Angola, one of the outcomes of the conflict's resolution was that as more of the country was explored geologically, a number of new prehistoric animal fossil discoveries were made.
Everything Dinosaur team members predicted that there might be some exciting discoveries in North Africa, we even speculated that a new type of Arthropod or early Chordate might be excavated from the Nubian sandstone deposits of Libya.
There have been a number of important discoveries made by scientists working in North Africa this year. We did not have to wait too long to report on such a discovery, not from Palaeozoic strata but from much more recent sedimentary rocks, an exceptionally well preserved site that provides a fascinating insight into a prehistoric climate from around thirty million years ago. This significant discovery came in Libya, from a site approximately 500 kilometres south-east of Tripoli (Zallah Oasis in the Sirt Basin (central Libya)) and we wrote about it in February.
To read the article: Researchers discovery important Oligocene fossil site in Libya.
So all in all not a bad effort, some of our predictions were inaccurate, others proved to be quite perceptive. We will repeat this exercise again, this time looking forward into 2014 to see if we can predict what exciting adventures and news stories we will be writing about in the next twelve months.


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Scallop Recipe For Beginners
Simple Seared Scallops For Beginners
With a seared exterior and soft, tender interior, scallops have a mild flavor that complement a rich, buttery wine sauce. There are a few insider tricks to ensuring that scallops come out crispy on the outside yet tender on the inside. First, preheat the skillet, so it is nice and hot before adding the scallops. This speeds up the cooking time to create a sear rather than simply steaming the scallops.
Second, be sure to add salt and pepper the scallops only just before throwing them in the pan. Salt draws out the moisture, but the scallops will steam if salted and left out for too long. And last — but not least — as soon as the scallops hit the pan, do not touch them or move them around with tongs. When you're finished cooking the scallops, don't overlook the fond (crispy pieces stuck to the bottom of the pan). That's concentrated flavor right there, so don't throw it all away! Instead, I recommend deglazing the pan with wine to make a speedy sauce. In addition to boosting the flavor of sauces, deglazing a pan also reduces cleaning time. So stop furiously scrubbing your pans at the end of the night, and start deglazing!
This particular scallop recipe goes with just about any starch. Stir in whatever leftover herbs you have, spoon over extra sauce, and let the starch soak up the gloriously buttery, herby flavors.
Seared Scallops in White Wine Butter Sauce
From Anna Monette Roberts, POPSUGAR Food
- 5-6 large scallops
Cooking spray
1/3 cup white wine
1 tablespoon minced white onion
3 tablespoons chilled butter
1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh green onion
Salt and pepper, to taste
- Place a skillet over medium-high heat until thoroughly heated. Coat scallops with cooking spray, and then salt and pepper right before placing on skillet. Carefully place scallops in hot skillet. Sear 3-5 minutes or until browned, flip sides, and cook another 2-3 minutes. Remove scallops from pan, and keep them warm in an oven at 150-175ºF.
- In same pan, add wine to deglaze the pan, or use a wooden spoon to scrape the brown bits from the pan. Add onion, and bring wine to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes or until liquid reduces to 2 tablespoons. Over low heat, whisk in butter cubes, 1 tablespoon at a time, until fully incorporated. Stir in parsley and green onion. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve scallops with sauce.
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Hacking an ATM with Raspberry Pi via blog.ptsecurity
First days of new year came with the warning about a new class of ATM fraud named "black box attack". The crooks gain physical access to the top of the cash machine, connect their own computer to the the cash dispenser and force it to spit out cash, Krebs OnSecurity reports. In fact, this technics isn't so new. The Positive Technologies experts Olga Kochetova and Alexey Osipov showed similar attacks on ATM at Black Hat Europe 2014 in Amsterdam.
For the experiment, the researchers used a cash machine and a popular controller Raspberry Pi. The small device can be easily hidden inside an ATM enclosure. Due to its size, it doesn't draw attention of service engineers who, say, replace paper in built-in printers.
It is not much of a challenge to find ATM interface documentation. Regardless of the vendor, cash machines and payment terminals share the same API for accessing and manipulating various modules and use the Windows platform in accordance with the Extensions for Financial Services (XFS).
Knowing the API, one may easily gain access to an ATM host and directly manage multiple peripheral devices installed inside the money machine, e.g. a card reader, PIN pad, touchscreen display, dispenser unit, etc. Do not forget about ATM OS vulnerabilities — Windows has a lot of those in stock for many years to come.
Before Raspberry Pi can be installed inside an ATM and connected to Ethernet, USB, or RS-232 ports, an attacker needs to open up an ATM enclosure. At the machine's upper part, there is a service area where the host that manages the ATM's devices and network hardware, including poorly protected GSM/GPRS modems, are located. Unlike the safe located at the bottom, the upper part is quite easy to access — there is hardly any supervision over it if any. Attackers may open the service area using easy-to-make keys and simple materials at hands.
Yet it is not enough just to make it open — you need to be swift, and your manipulations must remain undetected.
At Black Hat, the Positive Technologies experts timed how long it took them to install the tiny computer inside the ATM service area for use as a sniffer to intercept PIN code and credit card info or as a skimmer that is virtually impossible to detect from the outside. The researchers were able to unlock the ATM enclosure, install, disguise, and bring their computer online in just two minutes.
When preparing for the presentation, the experts programmed Raspberry Pi to manage ATM peripheral modules. The computer connected to a Wi-Fi adapter, which you might access from any device like, say, your smartphone. A special web interface was designed to instruct the cash dispenser to empty the cassettes. The experts demonstrated how to make an ATM dispense several banknotes and, after some code adjustments, give out all the money. By the way, a typical ATM cassette holds two or three thousand banknotes, and there are usually four of those for different denominations inside a regular ATM.
It is needless to say that, as a result of the researchers' proof-of-concept attack, the ATM dispensed all cash leaving no trace on the host; and though the camera was on, it was controlled by Raspberry Pi as well as any other devices on the hacked ATM.
How to Secure ATMs
It is not an easy feat to provide sufficient security protection for ATMs. A lot depends on an attack scenario. For example the UK's LINK specialists advise replacing default locks for the service area and monitoring ATMs with cameras.
Meantime, the Positive Technologies experts are convinced that the main security problem lies in the possibility of installing any device or program (including Angry Birds) on ATMs exploiting OS and devices vulnerabilities. The tables may be turned if ATM vendors collaborate on a new, open specification for the components inside a cash machine to interact and authenticate securely. This would help to prevent anyone with a service area key from easily connecting whatever he or she wishes to the system.
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Video Testimonials
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Leonard Taylor – Retired QCR for NASA I've been involved in the NASA Apollo Program for about 10 or 11 years from 1959 through the summer of 1971. I was a quality control representative for NASA. And I had the primary responsibility to oversee the development, and the manufacturing, the assembly, and the testing, of the lunar excursion modular descent engine. And I put my stamp of approval on it that it meets all of NASA's requirements, for a reliable engine.The Apollo Achievement Award, NASA presented that award to me because they expected me to assure that the quality and realiability of that engine was acceptable to NASA.Question: And how was your experience with NASA to lead you to believe that Gutterglove is a quality gutter guard?Answer: The way Gutterglove is constructed. It's got an anodized aluminum support with a stainless steel mesh and the way it's attached to the gutter, from the roof to the gutter, it covers the gutter opening, and therefore it doesn't allow any debris to enter the gutter, strictly only water can get into the gutter and down the drain. Based on all my findings, I found that the Gutterglove is the best one that is designed and allowed just the water to flow into the gutter. And I'm really happy with it. I have it about 5 years now, this is the 5th season right now, and it's still clean, so I don't have to worry about getting up there and cleaning the gutter out anymore. I'm really happy.
Hal HicksI've had Gutterglove 5 years now and it's going to be durable and last a long time. I will never have to get on my roof again to clean my gutters! I recommend Gutterglove because there is no reason to have to get up on the roof to worry about whether your gutters are getting clogged or not.
Pat SmithI thought it was awesome. The fact that you can't see it from the street. And it fits on the existing gutter that we have, we don't have to replace our gutter. I was very impressed with the fact that it doesn't show from the street. It's so streamline looking. I think it's worth its weight in gold! I thought it was awesome.
Karen GoodrichI would highly recommend Gutterglove to my friends, my neighbors, my family, my kids, it's an awesome product, just awesome. It's the best thing we've put on our house since we built it. Gutterglove, what an awesome product, just totally love it, my husband is really thrilled with it. It keeps the leaves out, the water goes down the gutter, we don't have Niagra Falls anymore. It's wonderful. My husband was really impressed with the price, the product, and actually the salesmanship of the gentleman that was there.
Dale PowersGutterglove Gutterguard has been an excellent product for me.
Eldon JemtrudGutterglove Gutterguard is one of the best products out there to protect your gutters.
Tim ReedWell the first time I saw this product [Gutterglove] was about 3 or 4 months ago at the same show and I was doing research on this type of system [mesh filter type gutter guard systems]. I just thought it was the best quality product I've seen and I also like the cosmetics features of it, you really don't see it on your roof line. So I thought it was the product I wanted to go with, I went with it. I am very pleased. In fact, I'm here today [at a home and garden show], to recommend it to my parents and get more literature for my parents. It just looks like the pure science of design and materials that intrigued me the most about this product. I'm very happy with this product.
Brian Wipperman, M.D.I can see that this is really a product that is going to last. I would recommend Gutterglove to anybody. It's certainly an investment, I think it's a good investment. I'm really happy with the work that was done and the product itself.
Hap AbbotWell, Gutterglove solved the problem for me. We have a home in Canada where we are trying to collect rainwater. We tried well water and it wasn't safe to drink so we had to go to rainwater collection. As a first stage water filter, there was no other product on the market that worked. We looked at them all and it was a competitor of Gutterglove that told me that I should use Gutterglove. If you've ever drinking well water, often you know that it has a very minerally taste or a sulfery taste and it's pretty unpleasant. And then other city waters are treated, but when you get rainwater that's been purified by a first stage water filter like Gutterglove it's wonderful.In fact, this last summer we had my other family, my sisters family was up visiting us and they would not drink the water out of their tap, they came over and they were filling off our tanks, the drinking water, because it tasted so well. We were pooring the water in, and calling it 2006, and we were putting it in wine glasses and saying this is very good year!So, I recommend Gutterglove, the water tastes delicicous. I tell people when they are drinking water at my house, yes I have these other filters, but it's really do simply because the first stage water filter provided by Gutterglove works so incredibly well for us.This past December we had 125mph winds rip through Vancouver Island and hit our island on Denman Island. We had about 40 trees down around our property. One of my tanks got destroyed, I have dents on the roof and my house got pelted by large branches about the size of my arm. All over was debris, we actually had to use chainsaws to get in the front door. But the amazing thing was, that none of the Gutterglove was at all affected by it. It just kept going on sucking up the rain as we needed it. So it's a really strong product.
Diane BrittThe first time I saw it, it just looked like it was a high quality product.
Jim LuttrellIt looks to me like it works very well
Jeff JanzenWith this plastic one [referring to another gutter guard], I didn't like it because the sun warped it and it came apart. And it's a two story roof [referring to his home], it's very high and I can't get up there. It makes a positive impression on me [Gutterglove] because of the water staying clear in here [referring to the see through acrylic gutter display demonstration], I do like that.
Herb ThomasIt's the best quality you can get. You're not going to get anything better unless you want to run titanium, which nobody can afford.
Patty SnyderWhoa, I think this is the only way to go.
James LichtWell, I'm pretty cynical and critical, this is so far the best I've seen. Truly. Now I'm not being prompted to say that, but that's true. I've done my research, and so far this is the best.
David AllstotI have tried some [referring to other gutter guards], this one right here [referring to the Ramco gutter guard] the pine needles would go into this all the time, and I had to either pull them out by hand, or take them off [removing Ramco gutter guard] and clean out the whole gutter out. Very practical [Gutterglove], it's obvious that nothing's going to get in except for water.
Gordan BoggsIt's a very fine product because of its construction. This one works.
Galen PowersI've been installing Gutterglove for over 5 years now, the best thing about it, is it fits with any type of roof, and works with any type of gutter, it screws down so easily. It really adds that finished completed look to any gutter system.
Rebecca FinesI'm very satisfied with Gutterglove, as I mentioned earlier, it has eliminated the need to have to clean the gutters. I liked the appearance of the product in that you really couldn't see the gutter guard and it had a lot of features that I thought it would be quite useful to keep the debris out of the gutters. We got between 60 and 70 inches [rainfall] this year. The leaves from the trees in the fall didn't cause a problem at all, they blew right off [blew off Gutterglove], so I didn't really have a problem to clean them [gutters]. It has eliminated the need to have to clean the gutters repetitively during the winter when you need good drainage
Brad LancasterRainwater harvesting systems will benefit homeowners by enabling them to turn water scarcity into water abundance. My book is "Rainwater Harvesting For Drylands" It's an integrated design manual, it shows you how to turn water scarcity into water abundance by harvesting rainwater. So if you are filtering out the leaves and whatnot, before it enters the tank, with a gutter screen such as Gutterglove, that's advantageous. www.HarvestingRainwater.com
Henry SchneiderQuestion: Do you ever think the mesh would clog?Answer: I had my skepticism about it, I thought it was possible because the oak trees have a tendency of a fine little particles coming down but, it hasn't seem to be a problem at all.Question: Would you ever recommend Gutterglove to anyone else?Answer: Oh absolutely, when you are satisfied with a product, that's the best way to advertise is by word of mouth. You bet, when you are happy with a product, it sells itself.
Richard DonnerIt's going on the fifth winter and I haven't had to clean out my gutters. I've tried one other gutter guard, those plastic inserts that you buy at one of the major hardware stores, you stick them in, and even with those in, I still had to clean out my gutters twice a year, it was almost like never having a gutter guard at all.Question: Did the mesh clog for you at all?Answer: If you are concerned about the mesh clogging, I don't find that to be the case. It's fine enough that the water goes through but it doesn't allow any of the leaves or the other particles that are from the roof to go through, and I think it works real well.I used to dread the fall, you know the spring and winter because I had to get up there and it was a messy job, and I had to climb up on the ladder, and now I don't have to worry about it. It's great. It's the best feeling I can have because prior to having this gutter guard [Gutterglove] installed, it would rain and gushing down water and coming over the gutter and nothing out of the downspouts. Now, on the hardest rainy days we've had, nothing is coming [no debris] in the gutters, it's all running out of the downspouts just like a geiser. It's a great feeling. I would definitely recommend it [Gutterglove]I haven't used many of the systems out there, but I'm very pleased with this one and with the trees and the leaves and other problems we had around here, and not having to clean my gutters in over 4 years I think it shows just how successful the product [Gutterglove] is and I would definitely recommend it.
Betty TremblySure, we would recommend Gutterglove, especially for the people living under oaks where you need a very fine system to keep leaves out of gutters or the little fine things off the oak trees. I think we find Gutterglove extremely reliable, and that they stand behind their product.
Lynn TremblyI think it's a great product and a great company. We had numerous problems with our gutters and our roof and those problems have all been solved. Typically it requires very little maintenance, it's a wonderful product that pretty much takes care of itself. I would absolutely recommend Gutterglove.
Alice KemptI've been a customer for Gutterglove for over 4 years now, and I like it real well, and you seem to stand behind your product and we are very very satisfied with it. Would I recommend it? Yes, highly.Question: Why did you originally have Gutterglove installed anyway?Answer: Because we have large Oak trees around our house, three of them, and no matter what we put in there [other gutter guards they installed in the past] everything went into the gutter, everything seemed to go in the gutter anyway, but this [Gutterglove] doesn't, nothing can go into our gutters this way [using Gutterglove]. It's real good.Question: What is the best feature you like the most about Gutterglove?Answer: The screening, I think it's very good, it never blew out or anything [like the Leaffilter gutter guard she had in the past].
Tom EastmanThat is a plastic gutter guard that I bought at a major hardware store and I've had it on my house for about 9 years and I am having it removed and replaced with Gutterglove. I'm having these plastic gutter guards removed because I feel I have to replace them every year or two years because of the whether and the son disforms them. The whether and the son kind of buckles them so they don't stay their shape. When those gutter guards would twist and warp, the leaves go in them [gutter]. I still had to clean my gutters out once a year, and my downspouts about twice a year with the plastic gutter guards up there.I did fall off a ladder, last December (2006), it was in a rain storm and one of my downspouts was plugged up so I made the major error of climbing up there trying to clean out this thing instead of waiting for the rain to stop, and I slipped off the ladder and broke my wrist and fell on my face. Unfortunately during this crisis, nobody was home to help me so I had to drive myself down to the hospital, and it was difficult and challenging because I have a stick-shift truck.I've had Gutterglove on the back gutters for the last four years. I have been very very happy, I haven't been on my roof one time to clean out the gutters in the back of the house. Because of this accident on the front of my house, my wife and I decided to put Gutterglove on the front instead of trying to clean them a couple times a year.I would highly recommend Gutterglove to everybody. I would recommend Gutterglove to anybody, because of the keeping you off the ladder, keeping your gutters clean, and safe.var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-26024381-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
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CBN.com Over the past five years the Peasall Sisters – Sarah, 18; Hannah, 14; and Leah, 12 - have earned Grammy and CMA awards for their part in the blockbuster movie and soundtrack, O Brother, Where Art Thou?. They've performed at such esteemed venues as Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall with the acclaimed Down From the Mountain tour, in addition to the Grand Ole Opry. But even with all that time in the spotlight, the Peasalls are still all about family.
Recent high school graduate Sarah is the oldest of six siblings. The younger are ages 8, 4, and 18 months. In a way, singing came naturally to them. Their father Mike was the music minister at their church and plays upright Bass; their Mom sang alto in the choir. Sarah says they all started singing in children's church at age 4. As each sibling got old enough they joined the children's choir. She, Hannah, and Leah were invited and started singing in other venues – nursing homes, fairs, churches, etc. When a friend told them that movie producers were looking for children to play star George Clooney's children in a new movie, the Peasalls went to an open audition. They didn't get the on-screen part, but the producers liked their 3-part harmony and they joined the stellar cast and soundtrack. "After O Brother everything exploded," Sarah says.
Traveling to their many engagements works well in the Peasalls' schedule. They are all home-schooled. Sarah has been home-schooled since first grade, and says her relationship with Christ has been part of her life all of her life. She remembers accepting the Lord at age 7 at a church revival. When they sing of faith it's real to them. She says faith in Christ is not part of her life, "It is my life." They don't try to hide their faith. They are all songwriters. She wrote "Home To You,"; she and Leah wrote "Gray County Line," etc. Mom made them all take piano lessons; their grandfather plays many instruments.
Their new CD features members of two other famous families - producer John Carter Cash and guitarist Randy Scruggs. It really is a family record and they wanted it to stay that way. It was recorded in the rustic comfort of Cash Cabin Studio where John Carter's father Johnny Cash recorded his final music.
A caring friend will be there to pray with you in your time of need.
Sarah Peasall
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Leah Peasall
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Who Answers our Prayers?
Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami , 2000-04-05
Gurudeva gives an interesting answer to a question about prayer. He begins by stating that there are many prayers that you can answer yourself. You do not have to depend upon anyone else. But there are some things that we cannot do so easily, so we need help.
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A question from a cyberspace devotee - "Who answers our prayers? Is it the Self within or is it a deity?"
First of all, there are many prayers you can answer yourself. You don't have to depend on anyone but, yourself. Not the Gods, not the devas, but just you. Put forth a little effort, answer your own prayers.
There are some things, however, that we cannot do so easily by ourselves and we need help. In the inner world, there are many, many helpers. All the Gods have thousands, tens of thousands of deva people - devas are angels - to help the devotees, give them direction, and answer their prayers.
This magical Kadavul Hindu Temple, on the garden island of Kauai, has a connection between the three worlds. Daily prayers are offered to the Gods and the devas, through the sacred fire here. They come in on fax, they come in on email and devotees write their prayers and leave them in a basket. Through Sanskrit chanting and mantrams, they are offered to the Gods and the prayers are answered.


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35 Years Ago: Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue Start Debauched Tour
The billing of Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue was always going to be a hot ticket. Anticipation of a road trip brimming with rock 'n' roll excess was high – but no one could have predicted what, and how much of it, was going to go down when the tour started in January 1984.
Osbourne hadn't really stopped spiraling out of control since his booze and drugs issues had gotten him fired from Black Sabbath five years earlier. His first two solo albums had put him back on the map musically, but the death of guitarist Randy Rhoads in 1982 had shaken the singer to the core again. He didn't want to keep going, but his wife and manager Sharon Osbourne believed it would be worse for him if he stopped, so here he was, with a new album, Bark at the Moon, to promote.
Crue were moving out of their rising-star stage into their big-deal stage – and their second LP, Shout at the Devil, was about to go gold, and then platinum, during the tour's run. Brimming with confidence and cash, they were ready to take on the Prince of Darkness at his own game.
The parties met during a sound check at Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine, on Jan. 10., and from almost the get-to it became one big party. Sensing partners in crime, Osbourne all but moved into Crue's tour bus starting that first night, and between them they began generating a chain of legendary anecdotes.
The most celebrated moment is recalled in Crue's 2001 memoir The Dirt, when bassist Nikki Sixx found himself challenging Osbourne, who'd run out of cocaine and was wearing a woman's dress, to snort ants instead. "I handed him the straw, and he walked over to a crack in the sidewalk and bent over it," Sixx wrote. "I saw a long column of ants. … And as I thought, 'No, he wouldn't,' he did. He put the straw to his nose and, with his bare white ass peeking out from under the dress like a sliced honeydew, sent the entire line of ants tickling up his nose with a single, monstrous snort."
Worse was to come. "Then he hiked up the sundress, grabbed his dick and pissed on the pavement. Without even looking at his growing audience … he knelt down and, getting the dress soggy in the puddle, lapped it up. He didn't just flick it with his tongue, he took a half-dozen long, lingering and thorough strokes, like a cat. Then he stood up and, eyes blazing and mouth wet with urine, looked straight at me. 'Do that, Sixx!'"
Recalling "peer pressure that I could not refuse," Sixx took his turn to urinate in public – but Osbourne got to the urine first and began licking. "I threw up my hands," Sixx said. "You win." He later commented that the band didn't know "whether [Osbourne's] antics were evidence of a wicked sense of humor or a severe case of schizophrenia."
Watch Ozzy Osbourne on 1984 Tour With Motley Crue
In another outlandish episode, Crue drummer Tommy Lee was in a hotel room with Osbourne, who defecated on the floor and then used the feces to redecorate the room. "He starts smearing shit all over the walls," Lee said in 2011 movie God Bless Ozzy Osbourne. "He's painting with it! And I thought, 'This is some next-level shit. I'm not ready for this! I'm cool with just taking a shit in the toilet.'"
A series of further reported -- but unconfirmed -- events include the time Osbourne, Lee and Vince Neil were arrested after lying drunk on a freeway, and another time when Neil and Osbourne stole a car before trashing it and abandoning it. Plus, Lee is said to have punched a fan who gave him the news that his girlfriend was the centerfold in the latest edition of Playboy, and later, Neil's gold and platinum discs were smashed by his girlfriend, who'd seen a picture of him cavorting with another woman.
Sixx, meanwhile, was advised to seek addiction counselling after falling out of a plane and smashing his discs and a bottle of whiskey in front of actress Demi Moore. On the last night of the tour, Osbourne's band attempted to sabotage Crue's set with flour and custard bombs; Motley Crue retaliated with similar missile attacks and by flashing the audience.
Meanwhile, Osbourne's guitarist Jake E. Lee had lived through a memorable time for different reasons. Hired after Rhoads' death, he was taking flak from angry fans. "I got a lot of support, but I also had a lot of 'Randy Rhoads rules – you suck,'" he told UCR in 2013. "Randy's gone and it's not like he's gone to go play in some other band – he's just gone. So either you guys want Ozzy to hang up his coat and call it quits, or cut me a little slack. But all the way through Ozzy, there was always a faction of "You suck – Randy rules."
Lee remembered receiving angry calls to his hotel room before he learned the trick of checking in with a false name. "Some guy … would find out what room I was in and go, 'You suck! I should have gotten the gig,' and then start playing guitar over the phone to me! … I never really got to respond to any of them, which pissed me off."
Speaking in 2010, on the occasion of Osbourne and Crue hitting the road together again, Sixx recalled the 1984 experience as "a blast" and "some of the best times of my life." Osbourne remembered that "every night, there was something crazier than the night before. … I remember being [arrested] for being drunk and disorderly in a public place. I came out of the jail at 7 in the morning and [Motley Crue] were all waiting outside with the bus – 'Come on, Oz!' It just carried on."
By the following year, he was beginning to think differently. "I have all these old photographs of me in the '80s, '90s, and I can't remember taking them," Osbourne reflected. "I sometimes wonder, 'Is that really me? What the fuck was I smoking at the time?' … I'm tired of being that crazy fucked-up person. It wasn't fun being fucked up all the time."
That same year, he put much of his behavior down to his inability to deal with Rhoads' fatal accident. "It took me a very long time to get over his death," he said. "Randy gave me a purpose, he gave me hope. I was fed up fighting people. I just had the greatest respect for him."
You can see the set lists from the 1984 tour's opening night below.
Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue, Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, Maine, Jan. 10, 1984
Motley Crue Set List
"Shout at the Devil"
"Ten Seconds to Love"
"Take Me to the Top"
"Knock 'em Dead, Kid"
"Looks That Kill"
"Red Hot"
"Piece of Your Action"
"Live Wire"
"Too Young to Fall in Love"
"Helter Skelter"
Ozzy Osbourne Set List
"I Don't Know"
"Mr. Crowley"
"Rock 'n' Roll Rebel"
"Bark at the Moon"
"Revelation (Mother Earth)"
"Steal Away (The Night)"
"So Tired"
"Suicide Solution"
"Centre of Eternity"
"Flying High Again"
"Iron Man"
"Crazy Train"
"Goodbye to Romance"


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April 11, 2014
Boston Marathon: What to remember?
CNN.com is running a post of mine about what we choose to remember about the
Boston Marathon bombing. (For some reason, the editorial staff changed the title to "How did Boston Marathon attack change you?" when it's really about how we choose to let the attack change us. Oh well.)