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SSFM International scholarships fund future outstanding engineersUniversity of Hawaiʻi
Margot Schrire, (808) 956-6774
Director of Communications, UH Foundation
Director of Communications, UH Foundation
Posted: Nov 9, 2011
HONOLULU - SSFM International, Inc. is supporting their employees' academic pursuits to become outstanding engineers in the community. With their recent $200,000 pledge, SSFM employees who are also full-time undergraduate students majoring in civil and environmental engineering at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa College of Engineering can receive financial support from the SSFM International, Inc. Scholarship Fund.
These awards will help students with the costs of attending university including tuition, books, and fees.
"The recent support by SSFM underlines the important long-term partnership between the company and the College of Engineering," said Peter Crouch, dean of the UH Mānoa College of Engineering. "These scholarships will help students make the most of their time within the college as they prepare to fill positions in key companies like SSFM.
"We are grateful to SSFM for both the timing and size of the gift. It will assist the college in its goal of supporting the workforce needs of Hawai'i. Today more than ever, the engineering and construction sectors are critically important in building and renewing the infrastructure needs of the community."
SSFM International, Inc. is a Hawai'i-based business with a long history of supporting the University of Hawai'i. The company's lifetime support now totals $493,516.
"I am pleased that SSFM International Inc. is able to support the UH Mānoa College of Engineering and our future engineers in this important way," said Michael P. Matsumoto, president of SSFM International, Inc. "SSFM understands that scholarships play a key role in making education accessible for many promising future engineers. By partnering with UH, we can participate in the education of the next generation of engineers for our state."
For information about supporting the College of Engineering, contact Robert Saarnio at email@example.com or (808) 956-2906. Gifts can also be made online at www.uhfoundation.org/GiveToEngineering
The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa College of Engineering has launched thousands of successful careers in Hawai'i and throughout the world. Graduates occupy key roles with engineering firms, government agencies, defense contractors, and as entrepreneurs. Many of its 9,000 alumni have made significant engineering contributions to the state's infrastructure and are now set on accomplishing similar tasks abroad. The college's respect for the Hawaiian culture is reflected in its successful mentoring program for under-represented science and engineering students. As the college recently celebrated 100 years of engineering education at Mānoa, it is focused on becoming a major contributor to Hawai'i's renewable energy and sustainable future.
The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa serves approximately 20,000 students pursuing more than 225 different degrees. Coming from every Hawaiian island, every state in the nation, and more than 100 countries, UH Mānoa students matriculate in an enriching environment for the global exchange of ideas. For more information, visit manoa.hawaii.edu.
The University of Hawai'i Foundation, a nonprofit organization, raises private funds to support the University of Hawai'i System. Its mission is to unite donors' passions with the University of Hawai'i's aspirations to benefit the people of Hawai'i and beyond. The Foundation does this by raising private philanthropic support, managing private investments and nurturing donor and alumni relationships.
SSFM International, Inc. offers world-class engineering resources specializing in program development and project management. The company performs professional engineering services for clients throughout the Asia-Pacific region. SSFM International is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawai'i with strategically located regional offices in China, Manila, Guam and Saipan. The firm is highly regarded for its leadership in adapting cutting-edge engineering technology to best meet client needs. It provides civil engineering, structural engineering, planning, project management, construction management, environmental studies and EIS preparation solutions via a custom designed team-concept approach that gives it the ability to fully embrace assignments of any size and degree of complexity.


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By PAULA PASCHE Digital First Media
Back in 2005 Detroit Lions fans were stunned when wide receiver Mike Williams, who had been out of football for a year, was drafted by general manager Matt Millen.
The Lions had needs, but wide receiver wasn't one of them. Even if they needed a wide receiver, Williams was an unlikely choice.
Fast forward eight years. The Lions could use some help at wide receiver, but they have other crucial roles to fill first.
If general manager Martin Mayhew drafts a wide receiver with the fifth overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday, Detroit and the NFL football nation would be stunned.
'I don't think there are any shocks in our world. We have a good clue who the top guys are,'' NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock said in a recent conference call.
No wide receiver prospect is ranked top five.
Still with Titus Young gone, Ryan Broyles coming off ACL surgery and Nate Burleson returning from surgery to repair a broken leg, Mayhew has to have wide receiver on his draft wish list - perhaps in the third round or later.
Burleson said this week on NFL AM radio that he is ahead of schedule, his bone is healed and he's been running and jumping which is surely a good sign.
He revealed his five top wide receivers on the NFL Network (he's a multi-media/multi-tasking sort of guy): 1. DeAndre Hopkins (Clemson); 2. Keenan Allen (Cal); 3. Tavon Austin (West Virginia); 4. Cordarrelle Patterson (Tennessee); 5. Justin Hunter (Tennessee).
Austin, Hunter and Patterson made pre-draft visits to the Lions.
All five are projected first and second-rounders which may be too early for the Lions.
While wide receiver Tavon Austin is considered by many (if not Burleson) as the top wide receiver in the draft.
'... (Austin) fits that mold of being somebody who can come right in and play. This guy has played football forever. I saw him in high school at Dunbar here in Baltimore, he's been unbelievable. The kid is a touchdown maker. He's a scoreboard changer in a variety of ways. You can get him the ball in terms of the running game, you can get him the ball on reverses, wide receiver screens, get him in space, the return game. He is dynamic,'' ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper said in a recent conference call.
The Lions might have a better chance at drafting these wide receivers in rounds two through five.
- Quinton Patton (Louisiana Tech) was impressive at the Senior Bowl (remember Jim Schwartz and his staff were coaching there) making difficult catches and getting separation. Combine 40 speed: 4.53
- Ryan Swope (Texas A&M) has been compared to Wes Welker. Started slow, finished strong last season. Combine 40 speed: 4.34.
- Markus Wheaton (Oregon State) had a good 2012 season with 91 receptions, 1,244 yards and 11 touchdowns. Also had a good week of Senior Bowl practice. Combine 40 speed: 4.45.
- Stedman Bailey (West Virginia) was one a big-play receiver with 114 catches for 1,622 yards and 25 touchdowns. Combine 40 speed: 4.52.
- Marquise Goodwin (Texas) could drop to fourth round or beyond. His college numbers weren't gaudy, but he possesses blazing speed which helped him at the Senior Bowl. Combine 40 speed: 4.27.
In the late rounds - sixth or seventh - the Lions could take a chance with Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson who ran an impressive 4.43 at the Combine. Mayhew said they've been tracking his development since January at the Senior Bowl.
'He's going along in the right direction as far as developing his skills to be a returner. He's also got some ability to play running back,'' Mayhew said. 'We went back and watched him play running back those last few games (at Michigan). He's sort of got those slash qualities as a receiver, possibly a slot receiver and a half back.'
The Lions have a pick in each round with two picks in the seventh round. The NFL draft starts at 8 p.m. Thursday with the first round. It continues at 6:30 p.m. Friday with rounds two and three, and wraps up starting at noon Saturday with rounds four through seven.
(Paula Pasche covers the Lions. Follow her on Twitter @PaulaPasche. Read her Lions Lowdown blog at oplions.blogspot.com.)

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper was his own Conservative attack ad Saturday night, launching a scathing critique of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in front of an enthusiastic partisan crowd.
Speaking at the annual Stampede barbecue of his Conservative riding association — which will become Calgary Heritage at the next election — Harper said both the opposition NDP and Liberals would jeopardize Canada's economic stability and position in the world.
But Harper, who never mentioned NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair by name, took particular aim at Trudeau, who he characterized as an empty vessel soft on crime, foreign affairs and the economy.
"The best country and the best government in the world is right here in Canada," Harper said to a standing ovation from the roughly 900 people who spent $175 to attend the event at Heritage Park.
"And he has nothing — absolutely nothing — of substance to offer. Canada deserves better, Canada is getting better."
The next federal election is slated for October of 2015 and a smiling Harper said he was drawing the comparisons because "people tell me I have to do this, we're getting close enough to the next time."
The prime minister lambasted Trudeau for his support of legalizing marijuana and for his comments about the budget balancing itself through economic growth, mocking the son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau as "a guy who claims to understand what it's like to be middle class."
The Conservatives won all but one of Alberta's 28 House of Commons seats in the 2011 federal election. The party held the ridings of Macleod and Fort McMurray-Athabasca in byelections on Monday though a Liberal push in the latter riding saw the Grits increase their share of the vote to 36 per cent.
Trudeau was in Calgary Friday for the Stampede, touting the possibility of a Liberal breakthrough and calling out Harper and the Tories for taking Alberta for granted.
"The most common thing I hear is, people are tired of the tone. People are tired of the cynicism from the federal government ... it's the most secretive, top-down government we've ever had," he told the Herald in an interview.
At a federal Liberal Stampede breakfast at the Calgary zoo, party faithful came out Saturday to hear MP Carolyn Bennett, who encouraged local Grits to prepare for the next general election and blasted the Harper government for its "father-knows-best approach" to governing.
Mulcair is expected to be in Calgary late next week.
Harper's half-hour speech was delivered to a room that contained a mixture of provincial Progressive Conservative and Wildrose MLAs and supporters, including Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith and Tory leadership candidates Jim Prentice and Ric McIver. The third PC leadership hopeful — Thomas Lukaszuk — was not in attendance.
Much of the speech was devoted to extolling the Conservative government's record, especially the country's "rock-solid" economy.
The prime minister said next year's budget will be balanced and promised new tax cuts to accompany the coming surplus.
He also touted pending trade deals with the European Union and South Korea.
On international affairs, Harper praised Canada's muscular foreign policy and said talk of Canada being an "honest broker" or having a "balanced foreign policy" were "code" from the opposition parties wanting the country to be neutral in all cases.
Harper drew one of his loudest and longest ovations of the evening when he mentioned Canada standing up in Ukraine against "Putin's thugs," in reference to Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
The PM also noted — and took some credit — for the Parti Quebecois' loss in Quebec's spring election, which he called "the most decisive verdict for federalism in four decades."
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The school building is on schedule overall, Ramey said, ahead on some projects and behind on others but on schedule for the most part. The building is scheduled to be enclosed by the end of October and work will then shift inside the building for the remainder of the winter and spring.
It is scheduled to be completed in 2013 and ready for students in the fall of 2013.
Commissioning the building was also discussed. Ramey explains what that means.
Superintendent Dr. Rod Kessler explains why the School Facilities Commission is implementing commissioning.
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PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: "[Israel] said: 'We object to the money that you are paying to' – what they call – 'the terrorists, the criminals.' In other words, the Martyrs, the prisoners, and the wounded. Why? They [Israel] said: 'They are criminals. Therefore, you must not pay them money.' We have been paying salaries to the families of the Martyrs, to the prisoners, and to the wounded since 1965. This is because they were killed, imprisoned, or wounded because of a national interest and for the sake of a national interest, and not for personal reasons. It is our obligation to take care of their families."
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Jan. 14, 2018 (1min)
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Abbas vows the PA won't stop paying terrorist salaries
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PA TV and radio rebroadcast Abbas' 2014 call for violence for the Al-Aqsa Mosque 41 times following US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital
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Abbas to Britain: "You committed a crime against the Palestinian people… the Balfour Promise - a promise of one who is not the owner to one who is undeserving"
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Mahmoud Abbas: Israel`s right to exist is a "lie"
May 15, 2017 (1min)
Abbas himself appointed murderer as member of Fatah's Central Committee
May 28, 2017 (1min)
Abbas to foreign audience: We want the two-state solution with a Palestinian state living in peace beside Israel
May 16, 2017 (1min)
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Mar. 12, 2017 (1min)
Abbas demands Britain apologize for "ominous Balfour Promise" which facilitated "the most terrible crime"
Sept. 22, 2016 (2min)
Abbas repeats libel: Israeli rabbis demanded government poison water to kill the Palestinians
June 23, 2016 (1min)
Abbas fabricates history: "The Bible says the Palestinians existed before Abraham..." "We have been planted in [this land since]... the invention of the Canaanite-Palestinian alphabet... more than 6,000 years ago"
May 14, 2016 (2min)
Abbas: All of Israel is occupation: "We have been under occupation for 67 or 68 years" since 1948
Mar. 11, 2016 (1min)
Fatah anniversary video shows Abbas glorifying mass murderers, in 2012
Dec. 30, 2015 (1min)
Abbas to Europeans about Jews: "We are neighbors and we will be friends in the future… We are absolutely not against the Jewish religion… [it] is an honorable religion and we all honor it"
Dec. 22, 2015 (1min)
Abbas: Murdering Israelis by stabbing and shooting is "peaceful popular uprising"
Nov. 16, 2015 (1min)
Abbas rejects Israel's legitimacy in any borders: All of Israel is an "occupation"
Oct. 28, 2015 (1min)
After Palestinians murder 4 Israeli civilians Abbas says "the Palestinian side did not attack… We have to protect our holy sites"
Oct. 7, 2015 (2min)
Abbas: We won't allow Jews with their "filthy feet" to "defile our Al-Aqsa Mosque" "We bless every drop of blood... that has been spilled for Allah"
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Abbas awards military award to terrorist who planted a bomb in a movie theater
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Oct. 21, 2014 (1min)
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Nov. 11, 2015 (1min)
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June 18, 2014 (2min)
Abbas embraces singer after song calling cities in Israel "Palestine"
Jan. 28, 2014 (1min)
Because of Israel's military superiority, PA Chairman Abbas says "no" to armed confrontation
Dec. 12, 2013 (1min)
Abbas defined Jewish history in Jerusalem as a "delusional myth"
Jan. 17, 2014 (1min)
Terrorist murderers are "heroes," Abbas says four times in speech
Dec. 31, 2013 (1min)
Abbas decorates terror leader Abu Jihad with Star of Honor
Nov. 27, 2013 (1min)
Abbas welcomes 21 murderers released from prison
Oct. 30, 2013 (1min)
Fatah official on behalf of Abbas: "The 1948 lands (i.e., Israel) are occupied"
Oct. 9, 2013 (1min)
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Oct. 9, 2013 (1min)
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Abbas: "We don't educate our children to hate"
May 26, 2013 (1min)
Jibril Rajoub representing PA Chairman Abbas: We salute those who captured Shalit
Oct. 30, 2011 (1min)
PA Minister of Religious Affairs prays with Abbas to destroy Infidels
Sept. 30, 2005 (1min)
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Abbas hopes for release of Palestinian terrorists serving life sentences for murder
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PA Chairman Abbas: "Hamas kidnapped a soldier... That's a good thing"
Oct. 24, 2011 (1min)
Abbas to Netanyahu: "You are incidental in history. We are the owners of history"
May 14, 2011 (1min)
PA Chairman Abbas untruthful about his support for honoring terrorist Dalal Mughrabi
Mar. 19, 2011 (2min)
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The Ins & Outs: On the Phone with Moira Smiley of VOCO
a blog about music, visual arts, entertainment and everything in betweenby tamara hilmes, internON THE PHONE WITHMoira Smiley of VOCOAddison Independent intern Tamara Hilmes caught up with Festival on-the-green performer Moira Smiley of VOCO earlier this week. The New Haven native relates her gradual journey west and overseas, and reflects on how her rural Vermont upbringing continues to inspire her musical pursuits.Addison Independent: Hi Moira. Is that how you pronounce it? Moy-ruh? Smiley: Actually, I pronounce it More-uh. Like Laura, but with an "M."Addison Independent: Oh, alright. Well, I guess first could you tell how and when you were first approached about performing in the Festival on-the-Green?Smiley: Sure. I had actually been in touch with the Festival people for a couple of years, and I ended up seeing one of the organizers at some other folk festivals. And I always loved the festival when I was growing up. I always thought it was such a magical way to hear music.Addison Independent: You were born in New Haven, is that correct?Smiley: Yes, I grew up there. I lived in New Haven right up through when I went away to college, so I guess that would be about the first 18 years of my life. I still go back, but not often enough. My parents still live in New Haven, and they'll be at the Festival to watch me perform.Addison Independent: Where did you go when you left New Haven?Smiley: I attended the music school at Indiana University to study piano. When I was younger I had studied with a local teacher, Diana Fanning, and Elaine Greenfield in Burlington. I studied for seven years at Indiana to get an early music degree. I actually started a group in college and we were touring internationally, but it unfortunately broke up.Addison Independent: You're currently living in L.A. Can you tell me how you ended up there?Smiley: That's a good question. I first moved out to San Francisco and in 2001 I moved to Los Angeles. It was a big change, but I was ready for it. In between, I spent a lot of time in Europe and in New York City, too.Addison Independent: Would you say that the places you've lived have played a role in influencing your music?Smiley: I grew up in quite a strong folk community. The people surrounding the Festival on-the-green were all young back then and really experimenting with all kinds of music. There was Irish music, Sun Ra… there were a wide number of influences. A lot of improvisational music was coming out of Middlebury, as well. I also spent time in the Montpelier Area where people were experimenting more with Eastern European and South African sounds. And my parents play a lot of early-American or Shaker music. I was actually teaching voice this past year and doing a lot of work with the early-American genre. So, I had always had a strong background in folk due to my growing up in New Haven, and I turned to the piano as sort of a musical map, to offer me some direction.Addison Independent: So how did you end up becoming involved in VOCO?Smiley: About four years ago I posted an ad on Craigslist, and got some band members that way. It took a couple of years for the band to work out, personnel-wise. It's tricky because I have so many musical interests, and it took awhile for one sound to really mature. But I think that's what's happening now.Addison Independent: And how would you describe that sound?Smiley: Simply stated, we're celebrating vocal harmony. We really have two streams of influence: there's the Eastern European sound, which would be from places like Bulgaria, Hungary, the Ukraine, Croatia and Serbia. And the second is what I would call Appalachian, or I guess the early-American Shaker style. So it's sort of these combined to create our own take on new music and improvisation.Addison Independent: I've also heard that you do a lot with what you call "body percussion." What does that mean exactly?Smiley: Body percussion is simply where you use your hands and feet to play the skin and the floor. When we do it, we are all four standing together and moving together. It really allows us to enjoy the rhythm of the music. And it's great because we're musicians and not dancers. Also, our music is so beautiful and intense, that we need a way to place. It makes us laugh.Addison Independent: Being a composer, do you write most of this beautifully intense music yourself?Smiley: It's mostly coming from me, yes. But we most certainly all arrange the music. Our cello player, Jessica, is a very talented arranger, and she comes up with some really dynamic cello parts. And Christine, a choral conductor and jazz singer in her own right, and Jess, who's performed with various reggae and hip-hop groups in the past, have a good sense of rhythm and for how to sing harmonies together. We're really all about the spirit of experimenting, and we try to spend as much time as possible improvising. For example, we try to set aside time during practice just for improvisation.Addison Independent: Will you be improvising at the Festival on Thursday night?Smiley: It's possible, but it's the first day of our tour, and we usually don't like to improvise until we've had a couple of days to warm up.Addison Independent: The Festival is the first stop on your tour?Smiley: Yes. It's a tour that goes all along the East Coast, from Maine all the way down to Georgia. We're playing a lot of festivals, in theaters, clubs in New York, and some performing arts centers as a part of their summer series.Addison Independent: Will you mostly be playing from your most recent album?Smiley: It will be a mixture, definitely. And we actually have another album coming out August first, so we'll be playing from that, although unfortunately we won't have it in Middlebury.Addison Independent: But your latest album, or I guess your second most-recent album now, circle, square, diamond and flag was featured on NPR. Was that your first experience on national radio?Smiley: It was the first time for VOCO, but I've fortunately had a few exciting opportunities to be on NPR. It's exciting to have that kind of distribution. A lot of music is so under the radar these days; it's nice to have that flash into the bigger picture. That kind of exposure helps because otherwise you're a bit like a foot soldier. It's amazing to be out on tour, but it's difficult, too.Addison Independent: circle, square, diamond and flag seemed to heavily rely on the more Southern stream of influence. Is that the direction you're heading in?Smiley: We definitely featured a program with the Shaker music on that album, but it was always meant to be paired with our newest album, Small World, which will be mostly original music influenced by Eastern Europe. When I was writing it, I was especially influenced by Bela Bartok, a Hungarian composer, who not only composed classical music, but also collected it. He was what you'd call an ethnomusicologist. He went around collecting music from villages all over Eastern Europe. Like Bartok, we have a willingness for the avant-garde sensibility. We just enjoy what comes with the improvisation.Addison Independent: Is that what you see yourself doing one day? Collecting folk music like Bartok?Smiley: I want to do all of it. It's lovely to be on tour and to have the company of the three other ladies, but I also love doing solo work, and I do envision myself collecting and learning from the masters, too.Addison Independent: Thank you so much for speaking with me today. Is there anything else you'd like to add?Smiley: I guess I'd just like to honor my influencers who were right there in the Middlebury area. They really opened up the world to me, and it's exciting to be able to come back and share what I've discovered.


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Just wanted to share a sneek peek at one of the projects I've got nearly completed, woo-hoo.
I don't know if any of you remember having a "Pajama keeper" of any kind growing up...but I seem to remember something of the sort. Here's an example from one on Ebay...
It's kind of partly stuffed and an inside pouch with a zipper. The idea is that the kiddo can stuff the pajamas inside in the AM and there's no hunting for them at bedtime.
I can't seem to remember the exact ones from growing up, but here's a vintage cutie that might be similar.
Anyhow, we're getting tired of the PJ's being left on the floor in the bathroom, and this sounds like the perfect fix (and goes with my DS's Star Wars bedroom). I snagged some fleece at JoAnn Fabrics when it was on sale on Black Friday and appliqued to the white fleece background.
Just need to stuff it, whip stitch closed, and keep my DS from looking at the blog...or in the closets, etc! :)
What's up at your house?


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Upcoming reception celebrates birdhouse sculptor
Upcoming reception celebrates birdhouse sculptor
It has been said that one man's trash is another man's treasure. Artist Ben Herrington takes that one step further by transforming wood that others discard into distinctive birdhouse sculptures that straddle the line between function and art.
The Nesbitt Gallery is scheduled to host an artist's reception for Birdhouse…Funhouse, an exhibit of Herrington's work, beginning at 7 p.m. on June 15. Herrington is expected to be in attendance to answer questions about his work.
The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. The Nesbitt Gallery is located on the first floor of Davis Hall on the campus on the University of Science and Arts.
Birdhouse…Funhouse opened on June 3 and runs through July 12.
Layne Thrift, the gallery's director and assistant professor of art at USAO, discovered Herrington's work in the least likely of places.
"The first time I saw Ben's work was in the Salon W, a hair salon in Nichols Hills," Thrift said. "Ben's daughter, Amy, is a stylist there and wanted to display her dad's work. I was immediately taken in by the unbelievably unique composition of these birdhouses and when I learned that the artist's work had never been displayed in a gallery before, I couldn't wait to bring it to the Nesbitt Gallery."
Thrift said that he has been excited by the audience response to the show so far and is delighted that the Nesbitt has the privilege of being the first gallery to show Herrington's work.
Herrington's passion for transforming unwanted wood was born out of practicality.
"When I started developing my skills as a woodworker, one of the things I had to learn how to do was build boxes to learn joinery," Herrington said. "After a while, I got tired of using nice wood just for practice so I went around the neighborhood and started gathering wood from trashcans and dumpsters."
In time, though, Herrington found inspiration in his reclaimed treasures.
"I realized how much more I enjoyed working with that wood than with wood you might buy from a store. It has character and it has history," he said.
Once he got tired of building boxes, the idea struck him to make birdhouses but, in time, they began to transform into something more.
"As I developed my skills as a woodworker, I began to use my skills as an artist and look at birdhouses in a different way," Herrington said. "That's what I'm building today. I'm building sculptures that look like birdhouses."
Years later, Herrington has found an unexpected inspiration in his work.
"The whole process of taking things that people throw away and turning them into something beautiful is the most enjoyable part about it," Herrington said. "It's nice that people like and buy them but for me, taking the wood and recognizing that it has more value than being in a trashcan is a spiritual experience."
More information about the show can be obtained by calling 574-1374.


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Game reviewers have applied numerous labels to the PS3-exclusive Heavy Rain: next-generation adventure game, player-driven movie, and developer Quantic Dream's preferred term "interactive drama." Yet most Heavy Rain reviews agree on one word to describe the video game: new.
Heavy Rain, which comes out today, tries to answer one of video gaming's most nagging questions. Why are the games that 15 year olds want to play the same titles that 45 year olds sit back and enjoy? Adults and teenagers watch different TV shows, see different movies, listen to different music, but often buy the same video games. Is there really no market for truly "mature" games?
Heavy Rain's "mature" rating does not denote flagrant violence and sophomoric sexuality. This noir game still contains murder and nudity, but most reviewers agree that it treats them as a sophisticated movie would – as an adult would.
The new release provides "one of the most emotional experiences I've ever had playing a videogame," writes David Ellis in his 1UP.com review. "Heavy Rain portrays pain, suffering, and death with a stark frankness that doesn't elevate horror as something to be entertained by. Instead, you're regularly put in positions where you must choose between two equally horrific outcomes."
The interactions
"The boldly unorthodox navigation through scenes is managed via context-sensitive quick-time events and the ability to hear your character's thoughts as events unfold and you explore," explains David Wolinsky for the Onion A.V. Club. "Buttons let you take different approaches to conversations, start fistfights, or engage whatever else is at hand. It winds up feeling like regular life."
The protagonists
"It's a drama broken into several dozen chapters that advance the interwoven narratives of four playable characters: Distraught dad, FBI investigator, crusty private eye, insomniac lady," lists Kotaku's Stephen Totilo. "It's a mix of traditional ideas of character movement and dialogue options integrated with a control scheme style that might best be described as emotional. It's a serial killer whodunit. It's also a smartly-masked game that isn't about what it initially appears to be about. Its an exploration of fatherhood and of a notion that can be tough to explore in the potentially-desensitized medium of video games: The violent lengths a player will virtually go to accomplish a goal."
The pace
"Like everything else in Heavy Rain, the scene was brief enough that by the time the novelty had faded, it was over and something else was happening," describes Chris Kohler in Wired. "It's the Dan Brown school of storytelling, a fast-paced, Da Vinci Code-style narrative in which each chapter takes just a few minutes, leaving you on a mini-cliffhanger and switching perspective for the next segment. Once the intrigue picks up and the chase is on, you don't want to stop playing. If it were a film, Heavy Rain's story wouldn't exactly win an Oscar. But having control of events, and a personal connection to the characters, makes it seem that much more interesting. I was hooked."
The flaws
"There are a handful of international vocal tracks in the game, and I can't speak for how well the French or Spanish actors performed, but the English voice track is a disaster," rants MTV's Russ Frushtick, who was very critical of the game. "It's possible that the developers at Quantic Dream, based in France, simply don't have an ear for a convincing American accent, but c'mon, hire a casting agent or something! Broke and desperate American actors are a dime a dozen! For such a story and dialog-based game, it's shocking that the extra effort wasn't put forth to get the right people in the right parts."
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"For the players worried Heavy Rain doesn't pack enough action, it's impressive how intense and engaging the experience turned out," assures USA Today blogger Brett Molina. "The story is well-paced and exhilarating, bolstered by cleverly executed control mechanics. If anything, it's one of the year's most unique video game endeavors."
[We're pretty sure Kotaku's Stephen Totilo first pointed out the curiosity about adult and teenage playing habits. We couldn't find the article, but if a reader can, we'd be happy to link to it.]
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Stanczyk has news of yet another Polish Archive scanning and going online with vital records (older than 100 years).
The Pomeranian – Gdansk Archive will soon have 650,000 vital records scanned and online by the 2nd qtr this year.
The AP-GDANSK are working with Pomeranian Genealogical Society who already have 2.78Million records indexed and now will get 650,000 scanned images to go with index.
The National Archive (Gdansk) and Genealogical Society will share the online indexes/scans.
Something else to be thankful for this Easter/Passover season.
PomGenBase / PomGenBaza is here … :http://www.ptg.gda.pl/index.php/ptgnews/action/basesearch/
For more details, the full article can be read here [in Polish /po polskiu].
Archive – Archiwum Państwowego w Gdańsku (AP-Gdansk)
Genealogical Society – Search The Pomorskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne (PTG), which in English translates to the Pomeranian Genealogical Association


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Grupo Fantasma Plays The Dirty Bourbon Dance Hall & Saloon Tonight
Grupo Fantasma has been "praised as one of the most important independent acts in the Latin genre and has continually defied expectations to create one of the most unique musical voices to come out of the United States in the last decade." In 2011 they garnered further acclaim by winning a Grammy (their second such nomination) for their self-produced release El Existential on Nat Geo Music which the Wall Street Journal called "Latin music both new and traditional...vibrant fusions that transcend easy classification."
The band's incendiary live show, declared by NPR as "seamless whenever and wherever they're on stage" has brought the band to major festivals and venues internationally including Bonnaroo, North Sea Jazz Festival and Lowlands in the Netherlands, Kennedy Center, London's O2 Arena, Montreal Jazz Festival, WOMEX, Tempo Latino (France) as well as two tours to Kuwait and Iraq to entertain US troops. Their diverse spectrum of rabid and devoted fans such as Rodney Anonymous from the Dead Milkmen and Stu Cook from Creedence Clearwater Revival speaks to the ensemble's universal appeal beyond just Latin or world music fans. In addition, they have worked or recorded with Maceo Parker, Sheila-E, Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets, Ruben Ramos and cult-hero Daniel Johnston.
Grupo Fantasma has also seen a wide array of film and TV placements including AMC's Breaking Bad, the John Sayles' film Casa de los Babys, Showtime's hit series Weeds, ABC's Ugly Betty, NBC's Law & Order and many others. They have served as the backing band on several occasions for the legendary Prince (ALMA Awards on ABC, Golden Globes, CBS Super Bowl Bash), Fania All-Stars pianist Larry Harlow and indie rock standouts Spoon. In 2012 they continued to tour the globe with club and festival dates and 2013 will see their next studio release produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos.
Grupo Fantasma is a ten piece musical collective formed in 2000 in Austin, Texas consisting of Jose Galeano (timbales, vocals), Kino Esparza (vocals, hand percussion), Adrian Quesada (guitar), Beto Martinez (guitar), Greg Gonzalez (bass), John Speice (drums), Matthew "Sweet Lou" Holmes (congas), Gilbert Elorreaga (trumpet), Josh Levy (baritone saxophone) and Mark "Speedy" Gonzales (trombone).


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Fragmentation of Claims
Abuse of Process
Derogatory Statements About Prior EEO Activity
Failure to Accommodate
Settlement Agreements
Abandoned Allegations
Failure to state a claim
2 claims, 21 allegations. The Commission noted that appellant raised two claims concerning the terms and conditions of her employment failure to accommodate, and failure to promote. The agency had characterized the claims as 21 separate allegations. The Commission stated that the agency should not have ignored the pattern aspect of the allegations, and should not have defined the issues in a piecemeal manner. Ferguson v. Department of Justice, EEOC Request No. 05970792 (March 30, 1999).
The Commission characterized appellant's complaint as one of harassment based on sex, thereby precluding the dismissal of the individual allegations for failure to state a claim. Hofmann v. Department of the Navy, EEOC Request No. 05970962 (October 28, 1999).
The Commission found that appellant was pursuing a scheme involving the misuse and misapplication of the EEO process. He failed to cooperate with investigators, EEO officials, and the EEOC Administrative Judge. The Commission noted his continuous overburdening of OFO resources, for example by filing 21 separate appeals with almost identical appeal briefs. Fisher v. Department of Defense, EEOC Request No. 05970326 (December 11, 1998).
Decision on the merits. Derogatory statements about prior EEO activity were made in an agency's comments on an OWCP claim. An EEOC Administrative Judge found that the statements were direct evidence of retaliation, noting that such evidence "proves by itself what a respondent's motivation was in taking an adverse employment action." The Commission on appeal upheld the AJ's finding of reprisal. Mares v. Department of the Army EEOC Appeal No. 01960499 (January 28, 1998), RTR denied EEOC Request No. 05980418 (March 18, 1999).
Decision on the merits: Failure to accommodate. Despite physician's recommendation that appellant should not use a hand stamp repeatedly, the agency offered only hand stamping duty to appellant as a reasonable accommodation. When appellant rejected that assignment, the agency placed him in leave without pay status and ultimately removed him. The Commission concluded that the agency did not make a good faith effort to assess appellant's job skills, his medical restrictions, the work environment, and agency resources in order to determine whether it could make a reasonable accommodation of his disability. Although the agency asserted that the cause for appellant's removal was his attendance problems, it was the agency's failure to locate another assignment that resulted in his absence from work. Samuel v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Appeal No. 01985021 (July 16, 1999)
Constructive downgrade. Appellant was the victim of retaliation, and as a result took a voluntary downgrade. To be reinstated as part of his remedy, appellant had to demonstrate that he was constructively downgraded. Because he did not make this showing, the Commission ruled that appellant was not entitled to reinstatement into his former position. Youngblood v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Request No. 05970830 (June 17, 1999).
Mitigation. Agency failed to meet its burden of showing that complainant did not mitigate her losses, either by accepting the agency's earlier offer of employment (which had failed to include a reasonable accommodation to complainant's disability), or by obtaining other employment. McNeil v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Petition No. 05990007 (December 9, 1999).
Attorney's fees. Appellant was not due attorney's fees because the finding of discrimination was based solely on a violation of the ADEA, which does not provide for attorney's fees in the administrative process. Bell v. Department of Veterans Affairs, EEOC Petition for Enforcement No. 04990022 (October 22, 1999).
Compensatory damages. Appellant was the victim of sexual harassment hostile environment discrimination and retaliation. She was unable to return to work after the discrimination. For loss of future earning capacity, the Commission awarded appellant $152,034. Brinkley v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Request No. 05980429 (August 12, 1999).
Compensatory damages. The Commission found race discrimination, racial harassment, hostile environment discrimination, and retaliation. Appellant was awarded a total of $130,000 in compensatory damages. This amount included $80,000 in nonpecuniary damages for the substantial worsening of appellant's pre-existing condition. Cook v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Appeal No. 01950027(July 17, 1998), RTR denied EEOC Request No. 05981041 (August 5, 1999).
OWBPA. The settlement agreement did not comply with the requirements of the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990, 29 U.S.C. 626(f) because it did not specifically refer to appellant's age claim, the agency did not advise appellant in writing to consult with an attorney prior to signing the agreement, and appellant was only given 24 hours to consider the agreement. Moreover, the Commission noted that appellant was emotionally distraught when she signed the agreement. The Commission concluded that the settlement agreement was invalid. Woychik-Brown v. Department of Agriculture, EEOC Request No. 05960768 (July 16, 1999).
No breach. Settlement agreement had not been coerced. While appellant only had 24 hours to accept the terms of the agency's proposal, the Commission considered for example that appellant was a seasoned participant in the EEO process, and that agency officials encouraged him to consider the settlement agreement and discuss it with others. Brown v. Department of Agriculture, EEOC Request No. 05960769 (July 16, 1999).
Complainant received counseling on an allegation, but did not go forward with a formal complaint on that allegation. The Commission decided that the complainant was deemed to have abandoned the allegation, and ruled that she could not raise it in another complaint. Small v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Request No. 05980289 (July 16, 1999).
OWCP claim processing: Yes. Appellant alleged discrimination in the agency's failure to submit her injury compensation claim to the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP). The Commission held that she stated an EEO claim, as her complaint addressed the processing, rather than the merits, of her OWCP claim. The decision discusses the distinction. Brown v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Request No. 05980128 (July 22, 1999).
Releasing confidential information: Yes. The agency allegedly released confidential medical information about appellant that it had obtained during an FBI security background check. Appellant alleged that the disclosure to her coworkers isolated her and created a hostile environment. Held: appellant stated a claim. Gaines v. Department of Veterans Affairs, EEOC Appeal No. 01974648 (February 26, 1999).
Agency employee's statement in an EEO complaint file: No. An alleged responsible management official submitted comments on the investigative file, which were made part of the record. Appellant alleged that the comments constituted retaliation. The Commission decided that the allegation failed to state a claim, citing to Commission precedent regarding statements made during the processing of an EEO complaint. Gold v. Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service, EEOC Request No. 05970694 (February 26, 1999).
Multiple-allegation harassment: Yes. Six of the seven allegations in appellant's complaint were not moot, stated the Commission. Appellant had described the allegations as work environment harassment, and if he were to prevail, the Commission found, he would be entitled to certain elements of relief. Davis v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Request No. 05970759 (February 26, 1999).
Slur: No. Appellant heard second-hand that her supervisor had made a derogatory remark about her regarding her national origin. Because she did not hear the remark directly, the Commission ruled, she would have to show that she was subjected to some concrete agency action in order to state a claim. She did not present any argument or evidence of harm, and the Commission ruled that her complaint failed to state a claim. Villa v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Request No. 05970620 (February 22, 1999).
Federal prisoner not an employee: No. The prisoner performed work for the agency under an agreement between the agency and the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). The BOP was responsible for the custody and control of the prisoner, and paid her compensation. The Commission looked to the totality of the circumstances and concluded that the prisoner was not an employee for purposes of Title VII, and therefore that her complaint did not state a cognizable claim. Pettis v. Department of the Navy, EEOC Appeal No. 01964038 (March 2, 1999).
Filing time extended. Four days after receiving her notice of right to file an EEO complaint from the agency, appellant received some corrected pages which revised the statement of accepted issues. Her formal complaint was filed within 15 days of her receipt of the second, but not the first, statement of issues. The Commission noted that the corrections were substantive, and decided that the time limit for filing should therefore be extended. Burdick v. United States Postal Service, EEOC Request No. 05981023 (February 19, 1999).
Timeliness after court's dismissal. A suit based on an agency's dismissal was dismissed by the court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. On the grounds that the court dismissed the suit without prejudice, and that appellant acted promptly following the dismissal, the Commission reinstated appellant's complaint in the administrative process. James v. Department of Housing and Urban Development, EEOC Request No. 05970682 (June 17, 1999).
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David Brenner (born February 4, 1936) is an American standup comedian, actor, author, and filmmaker.
Born and raised in poor areas of Philadelphia, Brenner found comedy a major source of relief from the daily trials and tribulations he faced in his youth. His neighborhood has been one of the top-ranked crime neighborhoods for almost 90 years. But, unlike most of the children in the neighborhood, he managed to stay away from too much trouble. His sense of humor led to his immense popularity in his school years, winning Brenner the title of "Class President" every year. After high school, he attended Temple University, where he majored in mass communications, graduating with honors.
Making his national television debut on the The Tonight Show, he has since become the most frequent guest on the show, with 158 appearances. Since the majority of his jokes deal with current events, mostly political, he has become somewhat of a political pundit, and has been a guest on several news-oriented shows in the recent past, and was also ranked #53 on Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time."


text: What companies need to know about the Obama Administration's Cybersecurity Order Cybersecurity Law Alert Share this 14 FEB 2013 By: Jim Halpert Steven R. Phillips After proponents of cybersecurity legislation were unable to reach consensus on a bill during the 112th Congress, President Barack Obama, on February 12, issued a cybersecurity Executive Order (the Executive Order or EO) to enhance the security and resilience of the country's critical infrastructure (CI). The EO is available here. This Alert provides a preliminary assessment of the cybersecurity Executive Order and observations that may be helpful in considering how new standards may affect your company. The Executive Order requires federal agencies to improve two-way information sharing about cyber threats and to work collaboratively with the private sector to develop a cybersecurity framework (the Cybersecurity Framework or Framework) for the protection of CI from cyber threats. The Framework will apply to owners and operators of critical infrastructure who voluntarily participate and other entities that may voluntarily participate. The Executive Order requires federal agencies to develop incentives for private sector adoption of the Cybersecurity Framework. Federal agencies with sufficient regulatory authority may impose regulations implementing the Framework. Furthermore, even where federal agencies lack the regulatory authority to impose the cybersecurity standards included in the Framework, the standards are likely to be influential, in that following the Framework as it applies in a company's sector would provide strong evidence that the company was exercising a duty of care to prevent harm from a cyber attack. Current critical infrastructure sectors affected by this order include energy, agriculture/food, information technology, banking/finance, telecommunications/broadcasting, commercial services (such as hotels and sports arenas), defense industrial base, chemical, dams, health care, water, nuclear, critical manufacturing, transportation; and postal/shipping. These sectors have been identified by DHS pursuant to Presidential Policy Directive #7, which established US cybersecurity policy in 2003. In conjunction with the EO, the President also issued an update to Directive #7, Presidential Policy Directive #21, which we will address in a future client alert. The Directive is available here. As explained in more detail below, the Executive Order requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to work with the Department of Commerce, the Department of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), sector-specific agencies, and agencies with regulatory authority over CI sectors, to analyze current cybersecurity risks to CI and develop a national cybersecurity framework and adapt the framework for individual sectors. If your company operates in a critical infrastructure sector, then you may want to understand the extent to which the agency or agencies with regulatory authority over your industry has statutory authority to impose, either directly or indirectly, new cybersecurity requirements on your company. If you expect to be covered, consider participating in proceedings and government-private sector discussions regarding the Framework, either directly or through a trade association. Even if your industry is already subject to federal cybersecurity related requirements, the Executive Order leaves plenty of room for imposing additional security requirements and other compliance obligations. And, finally, even if you believe your company is unaffected because it operates outside a critical infrastructure sector, it is worth considering the extent to which the Cybersecurity Framework and impending guidelines may create de facto cyber standards that will ultimately affect your company anyway. Action items to consider If you wish to participate directly in the establishment of the Framework through NIST, we recommend starting to identify key issues now so as to be prepared when NIST initiates the comment process. If you are in a CI sector, establish a process to receive information from the government including designating an employee or employees with security clearance to receive classified information. If you are in a CI sector or a service provider to a CI sector, be prepared for the Framework to result in increased operational costs. The Framework is to be finalized by February 12, 2014. If you receive notice of a new designation as CI and you opt to participate in the Framework, establish an internal process to ensure compliance with new guidelines and regulations. More generally, if you have not already done so, establish a governance structure led by representatives of senior management, to address cybersecurity and information management issues that your organization faces. Executive Order and what to expect going forward The Executive Order includes a number of favorable changes for the private sector in response to feedback provided by stakeholders in meetings with the White House staff. It reflects a greater recognition of existing public-private partnerships that are already working, including one involving the electricity industry. The Order emphasizes a risk-based and cost-based approach to improving cybersecurity. In this vein, the Department of Energy is currently working on an initiative (the Electricity Sector Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model) that provides companies with a self-evaluation survey to help them assess vulnerabilities and implement changes to address those risks. The model helps companies figure out where they need to focus resources in order to maximize cybersecurity improvements. The Administration plans to translate this model for use in other CI sectors during implementation of the Executive Order. However, the Executive Order could still produce problematic results for affected companies because it offers significant discretion to DHS, DOD and agencies with regulatory authority over CI sectors to issue new regulations applicable to those sectors, and it may establish de facto standards that affect industries not explicitly subject to the framework. Identification of critical infrastructure at greatest risk and IT carve-out The Executive Order requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (the Secretary) to use a risk-based approach with objective criteria to identify CI for which a cybersecurity incident could result in catastrophic regional or national effects on public health or safety, economic security or national security. The Secretary also is required to use the consultative process established under the Executive Order and draw upon the expertise of Sector Specific Agencies and other agencies with responsibility for regulating the security of CI. The Executive Order, however, prohibits, the Secretary from identifying "any commercial information technology products or consumer information technology services" under this process. This carve-out was not included in the early drafts of the Executive Order and is similar to language that was added to the final version of the Lieberman-Collins cybersecurity bill that was not passed by the Senate. The final language was expanded also to cover "consumer information technology services." The Secretary, in coordination with sector-specific agencies, is required confidentially to notify owners and operators of CI identified through the process described above and provide them with the basis for the determination. The Secretary also must establish a process by which owners and operators can request reconsideration of an identification. Finally, the Secretary is required to review and update the list of critical infrastructure on an annual basis. Information sharing The Order takes steps to improve government sharing of cybersecurity threat information with private sector entities. However, it does not address sharing between the private sector and the government or between private sector entities. The Executive Order instructs the DNI, the US Attorney General and the Secretary to issue instructions consistent with their authorities, to: ensure timely production of unclassified reports on cyber threats to the US homeland that identify specific targeted entities ensure timely production of classified reports to authorized critical infrastructure entities create a process that rapidly disseminates the reports to the particular targeted entities and establish a system for tracking the dissemination of these reports. To facilitate the sharing of cybersecurity risk information and to assist owners and operators of CI in protecting their systems from unauthorized access or harm, the Secretary has been instructed to: expedite the provision of security clearances for personnel of owners and operators of CI, giving priority to personnel employed by owners of critical infrastructure identified by the Secretary as Critical Infrastructure at Greatest Risk and expand the use of programs that bring private sector experts into federal service on a temporary basis to provide advice regarding the types of information most useful to CI owners and operators and establish procedures, in collaboration with the Secretary of Defense, to expand the Enhanced Cybersecurity Services program to all critical infrastructure companies by June 12, 2013, which enables critical infrastructure companies and their commercial security service providers to receive classified and unclassified cyber threat and technical information under this voluntary program. The Executive Order also recognizes that the national security interests in protecting critical infrastructure must be carefully balanced with fundamental principles of privacy and civil liberties. In furtherance of this balancing act, the Executive Order requires: information shared by private entities to be protected from disclosure upon request by a private entity pursuant to existing law on critical infrastructure information agencies to coordinate their activities with the appropriate senior officials for privacy and civil liberties and ensure that such protections are incorporated into the Agencies' implementation of the Executive Order and the Chief Privacy Officer and Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of DHS to provide recommendations to the Secretary based upon the Fair Information Practices Principles and other agency privacy frameworks, on ways to minimize privacy and civil liberties risks, which will be issued in a publicly available report coordinated with OMB and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board within one year, and annually thereafter as necessary. The Framework The Executive Order requires the Director of NIST to direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to coordinate the development of a framework to reduce cyber risks to critical infrastructure. The Framework must: include a set of standards, methodologies, procedures, and processes that align policy, business, and technological approaches to address cyber risks incorporate existing consensus-based standards and industry best practices to the fullest extent possible be consistent with voluntary international standards when such standards advance the objectives of the Executive Order focus on identifying cross-sector security standards and guidelines applicable to CI, such as the electricity sector model discussed above provide a prioritized, flexible, repeatable, performance-based, and cost-effective approach, including information security measures and controls identify gaps that should be addressed through collaboration with particular sectors and industry-led standards organizations be technologically neutral and enable CI sectors to benefit from a competitive market for products and services that meet the standards and methodologies developed to address cyber risks include guidance on measuring the performance of an entity in implementing the Framework and include methodologies to identify and mitigate impacts on business confidentiality and individual privacy and civil liberties. In providing guidance for measuring the performance of an entity, careful consideration must be given to providing adequate protections for maintaining confidentiality for the entity for both competitive and security reasons. Process for Framework development and adoption NIST is required to lead the development of the Framework in consultation with NSA, sector-specific agencies and other interested agencies, OMB, owners and operators of CI and other stakeholders. NIST must engage in an open public review and comment process in developing the Framework. In parallel, the Secretary is required to establish performance goals for the Framework. The Deputy Secretary of Commerce has pledged to consult widely in developing these standards and companies may wish to engage actively in this process either directly or through trade associations. The Secretary is required to establish a consultative process to coordinate improvements to the cybersecurity of CI. The process is to engage and consider input from NSA, the DNI, sector- specific agencies, other relevant agencies, owners and operators of CI and other stakeholders using the existing Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC). Agencies with regulatory authority over CI are required to review the preliminary Framework to determine if current cybersecurity regulatory requirements are sufficient given current and projected risks. Most importantly for CI owners and operators, the agencies must report to the President on whether the agency has sufficient authority to establish requirements pursuant to the Framework and whether new or additional authority is required. Once the Framework is final, the Director of NIST is to ensure the Framework is reviewed and updated as necessary, taking into account changes in technology, input from critical infrastructure owners and operators, and other relevant factors. Within two years of publication of the final Framework, these agencies must consult with owners and operators of CI and report to OMB on whether the Framework would result in ineffective, conflicting or excessively burdensome requirements and efforts to minimize or eliminate such requirements by the agency. Although this language provides some protection for the private sector, it still allows significant agency discretion in making these evaluations. Voluntary program for adoption of framework by private sector and the federal acquisition process The Executive Order requires the Secretary, in coordination with sector-specific agencies, to establish a voluntary program to support the adoption of the Framework by owners and operators of CI and other interested entities. The Executive Order requires: sector-specific agencies to coordinate with the sector coordinating councils to review the Framework and develop implementation guidance that will address sector-specific risks and operating environments and report to the President annually on the extent to which CI owners and operators are participating in the program the Secretary to coordinate a set of incentives to promote participation in the program. However, the Executive Order and subsequent implementation cannot offer the liability protection that the industry has sought the Secretary and the Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce to provide the President with separate recommendations on incentives, including which ones could be implemented under existing law and which ones require legislation, and the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of GSA, in consultation with the Secretary and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, and using the consultation process set forth in the Executive Order, to provide the President with recommendations on incorporating cybersecurity standards into acquisition planning and contract administration and how to harmonize these changes with existing procurement regulations. The potential incorporation of cybersecurity standards into the federal acquisition process may set the stage for the establishment of guidelines that create preferences for vendors who meet certain cyber standards. If this were to occur, it could provide a back door around the technology-neutral requirements of the Executive Order. Key dates The Executive Order has the following key deadlines: June 12, 2013 – The AG, the Secretary and the DNI shall establish a process for timely dissemination of unclassified and classified reports to critical infrastructure entities. June 12, 2013 – The Secretary in collaboration with the Secretary of Defense shall expand the voluntary Enhanced Cybersecurity Services information sharing program to all critical infrastructure. June 12, 2013 – The Secretary and the Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce each are required to provide the President with separate recommendations on incentives: including which ones could be implemented under existing law and which ones require legislation. June 12, 2013 – The Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of GSA, in consultation with the Secretary and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, and using the consultation process set forth in the Executive Order, must provide the President with recommendations on incorporating cybersecurity standards into acquisition planning and contract administration and how to harmonize these changes with existing procurement regulations. July 12, 2013 – The Secretary shall identify critical infrastructure where a cybersecurity incident could have a catastrophic effect. October 12, 2013 – The Director of NIST shall publish a preliminary version of the Framework. May 13, 2013 – Agencies that regulate critical infrastructure security shall report to the President on agency authority to implement the Framework and any additional authority required. February 12, 2014 – The Director of NIST shall publish the final version of the Framework. May 13, 2014 – If current cybersecurity regulatory requirements are insufficient, agencies that regulate critical infrastructure security shall propose requirements to mitigate cyber risk. Miscellaneous issues The Executive Order provides for a new policy coordination and dispute resolution role for the interagency process of the National Security Council. The Executive Order states that nothing in the Order is be construed to provide authority to an agency greater than existing law. The Order shall be implemented consistent with international obligations. The Order is not intended to create any rights of any party against the federal government. The issue of the role of private sector entities in defending themselves offensively against attacks from nation-states and hackers has also come up during White House staff meetings with industry representatives. The Administration has indicated that it continues to examine this issue. The President signed a classified Policy Directive (#20) in October 2012 that set new rules of engagement for offensive and defensive cyber actions by the military. Under the Directive, traditional network defense activities and law enforcement will remain the first options rather than military cyber unit action. The Directive also establishes a broad set of standards for federal agencies facing cyber threats. Finally, the Directive provides a vetting process for operations outside of government and defense networks in response to cyber attacks and will insure that the privacy and data of US citizens and that of US allies are protected and international laws of war are followed. One further consideration is the language included in the Continuing Resolution for FY 2013 funding the government through March. The House and Senate Appropriations Committees effectively restricted the use of funds by DHS for implementation of an Executive Order. It is unclear how this language will impact DHS implementation in the near term and whether the Congressional Appropriations Committees will include similar language in the next Continuing Resolution. Cybersecurity information sharing legislation and its prospects in 2013 During the 112th Congress, the House of Representatives passed a cybersecurity bill, H.R. 3523, the Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), which had broad bipartisan support and focused on information sharing between intelligence agencies or other appropriate federal agencies or departments, and certified private sector entities with the requisite security clearance.i This week, CISPA's sponsors reintroduced an identical bill (H.R. 624, available here). The bill authorizes the use of cyber information by private sector entities in a manner that prevents unauthorized disclosure. Unlike the Executive Order, this bill also provides liability protections for private sector entities sharing information or for making decisions based on cyber threat information identified, obtained or shared. The bill does not include controversial provisions related to the regulation of critical infrastructure as did the Senate Lieberman-Collins bill and, therefore, is opposed by the Administration and some Congressional Democrats. Prior to its passage last Congress, the bill's sponsors made significant changes to the legislation in order to address the concerns of privacy and civil liberties groups. However, despite these changes, these groups have continued to oppose the bill – first, because of the scope of information covered and second because it allows information sharing with NSA. Because information sharing is only minimally addressed in the Executive Order, we anticipate continued momentum for legislation in this area to promote information sharing by the government and by the private sector with the government and other private sector entities. Information sharing and liability protections have been and remain the top cybersecurity priority of the private sector. Although Congressional action on information sharing during the 112th Congress continued to reflect philosophical divisions among Democrats on Capitol Hill, we anticipate that the House will again pass bipartisan legislation, which may have a greater chance of passage in the Senate following the release of the Executive Order. Once the other Congressional committees with jurisdiction over cybersecurity have had time to digest the EO, we anticipate legislation from the House and Senate Homeland Security Committees, among others. Final thoughts The Executive Order has potentially sweeping implications not only for CI owners and operators but for most companies. We already have experienced federally mandated security requirements imposed upon the financial services and health care sectors and have seen the financial sector requirements in many cases extended to non-regulated sectors through Federal Trade Commission enforcement standards. The implementation and adoption of the Framework by companies likely will extend to all aspects of a company's ecosystem, including outsourced service providers and companies within the supply chain. The cost implications for implementing the Framework, and the ensuing potential economic impact on the costs of delivering goods and services, remain uncertain. We only can be sure that more change is yet to come. For more information about the Framework, please contact: Steven R. Phillips Jim Halpert Vinny Sanchez FROM THE ARCHIVE EU releases cybersecurity strategy Federal agencies, Congress accelerate defense against cyber attacks – every private company will be affected i The House also passed a package of less controversial cybersecurity bills on R&D, training and reforming the Federal Information System Management Act (FISMA).


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HexaDoken wrote:Seriously, this is BS. The success of the dungeon absolutely entirely depends on if WEYTWUT/ENDISWAL have spawned. And, to say, they never spawn.
To be clear, they do spawn on the labyrinth. The problem is that exploring the dungeon is tricky so you might not find them early even if they do show up.
You can ensure an early PISORF/WEYTWUT find by prepping either Binlor or Jehora.