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I have an installed application, but I don't know its name. (By "name" I mean what I would type in a command line.)
Is there any way to see this? It seems so obvious, but I can't figure it out.
I have an installed application, but I don't know its name. (By "name" I mean what I would type in a command line.)
Is there any way to see this? It seems so obvious, but I can't figure it out.
If the installed application has installed a menu option, then right-click the menu at the top of the screen and choose Edit Menus. If you are using Natty, type "alacarte" in the terminal
Navigate to the menu option and choose the Properties button - you'll then see the command to launch your application.
If it is a package installed from repos, or through a deb package, try the command:
The way I occasionally do that is to launch Synaptic Package Manager, find the package with the app I installed, and look into it's properties, at the list of installed files this package contains. Most exacutables land to /usr/bin, so I look for files installed in that directory, and that's what you need to run.
For example, I installed
That means I can run
Note: Some apps will install their programs to other directories, but that's rare. For example, games may install it's executables to /usr/games instead of /usr/bin
Try typing the name of the application along with using TAB. If the application is in the path then you can able to see that.
Go under Administration / Synaptic, and go to your Package. Right click to open Properties. Here you can see all the files that this package has installed.
The binary (aka executable) files are usually found under /usr/bin.
If your application were an RSS reader, for example, 'man -k rss' or 'man -k feed' might yield some ideas, as would 'apropos rss'.
What I do is Applications > [application you're looking for], right-click, select 'Add this launcher to panel'. The icon will appear on the panel from which you can right-click it and select Properties. It'll show the command there.
This probably only works for the old Gnome UI but I thought I'd still share anyway. You may be able to do something similar on Unity, I'm not sure.


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Please explain the reason for and back story to Facebook's hidden PUTNAM smiley (
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Please explain the reason for and back story to Facebook's hidden PUTNAM smiley (
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Chris Putnam is a software engineer at Facebook. Here is his blog and here is an interview with the guy.
I don't know why he merited an easter-egg emoticon over other potential candidates. I'm not sure there has to be a reason.
In 2006, Chris Putnam hacked Facebook, changing thousands of profiles to a MySpace style. He was then hired by Facebook.
As stated already, Chris Putnam works for Facebook and no doubt put the
I think the idea for the
This probably stems from how Chris Putnam got the job at Facebook. He hacked in to Facebook profile page and created a viral worm that spread to most users. He then changed the CSS so that all profile pages looked like MySpace.
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Rice Withdraws as Candidate for Secretary of State
Published: Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 4:14 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 4:14 p.m.
United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice has pulled her name out of consideration for nomination as the next secretary of state.
"If nominated, I am now convinced that the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive and costly – to you and to our most pressing national and international priorities," Rice wrote in a letter to President Obama first obtained by NBC News. "That trade-off is simply not worth it to our country…Therefore, I respectfully request that you no longer consider my candidacy at this time."
President Obama responded in a statement of his own, saying that he is "grateful" that Rice will continue to serve as ambassador to the United Nations and as a "key member" of his national security team.
"While I deeply regret the unfair and misleading attacks on Susan Rice in recent weeks, her decision demonstrates the strength of her character, and an admirable commitment to rise above the politics of the moment to put our national interests first," Obama said. "The American people can be proud to have a public servant of her caliber and character representing our country."
Rice has come under sustained criticism from Republicans both for her handling of questions about the attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi.
Some Republican lawmakers have suggested that she was part of what they believe was an election-related attempt to portray the attack as a peaceful demonstration that turned violent, rather than an organized terrorist assault. Administration officials have said that she was merely reading from talking points drawn from the intelligence available at the time.
Rice's decision will mean renewed focus on Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), whom President Obama has also been considering for the post.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to serve only one term.
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Police officer Gabriel Carter refuses to walk away from an assignment without seeing it through. So when he goes into deep cover as a male prostitute named Ty, he intends to do everything in his power to see his case to an arrest. He seduces his mark, Demetrius Prado, the second most powerful man in Las Vegas and a human trafficker, but the man is nothing like he expected. The more Gabriel learns about Demetrius, the more twists and turns are thrown his way in the convoluted case leading to Demetrius's rival, Arden, and beyond. It's a case of mistaken identities and layer after layer of trumped-up cover stories, and Gabriel is sure there's no way he'll ever be able to trust Demetrius with his life… much less with his heart.
©2011 Hayley B. James (P)2012 Hayley B. James
"Love the book, not the narration"
I bought the book and read though it first and I personally liked the weird and off the wall story. Which is why I though why not buy the audiobook? The sample for the audio the narrators voice wasn't too bad so I decided to buy it.... but omg when it came to the intimate parts. It was hard to listen to it was awkward and bad voice acting/reading. Then accents for certain characters were just down right bad at inconsistent at times. I read this book over and over again... but the audio..Yesh!~ it was bad. I never listened to it from start to end once. I had to stop because it was painful to listen to.
Stay within darkness for too long and you will be come just as dark
I felt that the narrator was not use to this book genre, because the acting required for these types of novels requires a certain finesse and Michael Anthony did not have it.
I really enjoy the world of books! Narration just add layers to that world... don't u think? :)
"Great story...Loved the smexing!"
Great story. I love the action and the smexing was just hot. I even liked all the grunting. I usually don't like the grunting... but it worked with this book. I totally like the underworld life of Vegas king pin!
Narration was great. I like when a narrator reads the characters not the books...
"I really love this audiobook"
Among one of the best.
I read it on Kindle first and loved the story, so when I had a chance to get the Audiobook, I took it.
First I love the characters,
Ty and Demitrius are great together, Jackson is a sweet boy and I love him too.
The story is amazing, I love undercover cop stories, and this one ticks all my boxes in a very good way.
The twists and turns here are great and there is so much going on here and it is just amazing.
I have read a lot of reviews that says that the preformance is bad...
I have to disagree to that.
I think Michael Anthony have a great voice for this book. I also love the laughs, the sex voice and all the moans, groans and sexy noices that he brings to this story. Never heard that in an Audiobook before.
Michael Anthony should have 5 stars himself for the voices here.
Love is dangerous in so many ways! But sometime it is worth it.
Just that I really love this book, the story, Ty, Dimitrius, Jacckson, Lee - even Arden that I hate soooo much and the rest of the characters here.
The story is wonderful and just draws you in.
"Great way to get a nap"
The narrator is terrible. A one stage was ready to throw iPod out car window.... If I had to hear one more moan or laugh. This is the worst book I have ever listened to. The story was predictable. The only positive thing I can say is I have really bad insomnia and it put me to sleep, twice. Lol
It was so predictable. I did listen to the end because I thought there must be a good plot twist. No got to the end and by the first five chapters I could guess what was going to happen.
All of it
Maybe it is better just reading it and not so annoyed by the narrator
"Downright weird in places"
I couldn't finish this. It surpassed kinky and got strange, and for me that's a difficult line to cross.
"Narrator sounded like a 15yr old boy"
while I really enjoyed this story, the narrator really tried my patience. I was cringing, chuckling and cringing again during his sex scenes and those ridiculous sounding moans.
If you can read the book as it is really good. I don't think I ever got used to his young voice and wanna-be porn moans. It was distracting to be honest.
Mostly using audiobooks when my concentration is so bad that I can't read text. Or sometimes when I feel the need to practise my [listening] english even more. I'm not very picky when it comes to stories, so can listen to practically anything – and have a knack to find SOMETHING in each story that I like. *smile*
"Pretty good story, so-so narrator"
The story was quite fun, seeing the twist and turns play out (even though I had a pretty good guess quite early on where things were going). The characters were mostly enjoyable. Arden made a pretty good bad guy, Lee/Timothy was a nice and stable side character to have other characters bounce of off, Demetrius/Ewan was amusingly straight-laced for being such a twisty guy and then of course there was Ty/Gabriel that was angsty and twisted up most of the story. Poor confused guy but he certainly had a lot of amusing moments. Jackson was also pretty much impossible not to like.
There were parts of the book I didn't like too much but that's pretty much to be expected from a plot involving human trafficking. So in a way that's good critique since the reader/listener is supposed to feel bad about those kind of things. I'm also a bit sensitive to angst *small smile* especially with characters that can be slightly dense about theirs or others feelings *chuckle*
I'm sorry to say that the worst thing about this book (in my personal opinion) is the narrator. I wanted to give him 2,5 stars but that wasn't really an option *slight shrug*
He was incredibly monotone when he wasn't reading conversations – thankfully he at least was lively during those although sometimes it was difficult to understand which character that said what.
It also surprised me when he actually narrated laughs, sighs and moans – I haven't heard a narrator do that before. *smile*
His reading got more okay over time though, it took a while but I got used to it, especially when I was listening for longer times without breaks.
I'm also very easy when it comes to narrators since I have too much imagination and can pretty much "correct" whatever I feel is wrong with a performance inside my head.
If you want a story with lots of undercover fun, this book is for you. If you're one of those were the narrator completely make or break an audiobooks and feel you have a problem with the things I mentioned above I think you can be a bit cautious with this book.
"just know"
I think audible should review what their putting out for their customer, this book was so bad i could not get all the way though the narrator was just so bad i had to wander what audible was thinking to put this crap out therer for people to buy . I want my credit back . if anyone want to get this book the little soundbite dose not give you the full extent of just how bad this is. the book it slef is good i have the ebook so i though the audio would be also now i'm stuck with crap and i'm out a credit.
! Love to listen to jazz, r/b and listen to erotic or a good paranormal sci-fi and " good narration is everything"
I don't mean in a good way. Don't waste your money or time. The narrators' voice will put u to sleep
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Why would an investor trade a variance swap over a volatility swap? Is it simply related to the leverage involved in a Var (i.e. sigma-squared) or is there something else to it?
Var and vol swaps are very similar products, with the leverage (convexity) being the biggest theoretical difference, yes.
In the actual market however they are very different. After the 2008 debacle var swaps in the single stock space are not too common, whereas single stock vol swaps are regularly quoted. One interesting perspective is trading one versus the other to get clean exposure to convexity.
Derman et al has a long note on this from 1999. Variance swaps are actually the more natural choice. It has nothing to do with leverage. From the linked article:
A little further down in the same article, he discusses how volatility swaps are actually a derivative on variance swaps:
As you know both var swap & vol swap are traded on vol. The difference comes in convexity. Although variance swap payoffs are linear with variance they are convex with volatility. Because of the convexity, a variance swap will always outperform a contract linear in volatility of the same strike. This convexity is the reason that variance swaps strikes trade above at-the-money volatility.
In case of large swing in volatility, var swap will give far better result than vol swap.
I guess it is more natural to trade the volatility swap.
BUT in practice, it is easier to replicate a variance swap. You 'll find several methodologies on Internet. To replicate vol swap, one method is to trade dynamically a var swap.
(a) From the dealers perspective, single stock vol swap is much easier to hedge. (b) From the clients perspective, vol swap is nearly impossible to unwind with anyone but the original dealer (c) Var>Vol spread trades in the IBD market all the time and is the only truly liquid product with vol of realized vol exposure (options on realized var don't really trade these days).


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A point particle $P$ of charge $Ze$ is fixed at the origin in 3-dimensions, while a point particle $E$ of mass $m$ and charge $-e$ moves in the electric field of $P$.
I have the Newtonian equation of motion as $$- \frac{Ze^2}{4 \pi \epsilon_{0}} \frac{\vec{r}}{r^3} = m \ddot{\vec{r}}$$ I derived this from Newton's law and Coulomb's law.
I then went on to show that the particle moves in a plane by showing it has a constant normal vector.
Can anyone help me find this if the orbit is circular about $P$ what it's orbital frequency is -in terms of the constants we have? I would be extremely grateful.
I have attempted this by parameterizing the orbit, differentiating with respect to time and substituting into the equation of motion, however all I get are two unsolvable differentials equations.


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quote: A modern GeForce 760 has 192GB/S and is under $250. This card is way faster compared to what the ps4 packs.
quote: A 3 year old mid range computer (essentially any i5 cpu) with 4gb ram and a 2-3 year old mid end graphics card will cost next to nothing. This setup will trounce the ps4 in graphical quality and fps.


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I heard recently that Simon Gerrans of the new Green Edge cycling team had won one of the monuments. What are these races?
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In the world of professional cycling, the 'Monument' races are five of the oldest and widely considered most prestigious one-day races held each year. They are:
More information can be found on each race, and the "Classics" in general in the Wikipedia article Classic Cycle Races.
A key factor in the argument that Eddy Merckx is the greatest competitive cyclist ever is that he won 19 Monuments - the next rider on the list won 11.
From Peloton Magazine (http://pelotonmagazine.com/Wisdom/content/19/1112/Pro-Racing-The-Basics):


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Okay, so my text required me to actually prove both sides; The non-empty subset $W$ is a subspace of a $V$ if and only if $a\mathbf{x}+b\mathbf{y} \in W$ for all scalars $a,b$ and all vectors $\mathbf{x},\mathbf{y} \in W$. I figured out one direction already (that if $W$ is a subspace, then $a\mathbf{x}+b\mathbf{y}$ is an element of $W$ since $a\mathbf{x}$ and $b\mathbf{y}$ are in $W$ and thus so is their sum), but I'm stuck on the other direction.
I got that if $a\mathbf{x}+b\mathbf{y} \in W$, then $c(a\mathbf{x}+b\mathbf{y}) \in W$ as well since we can let $a' = ca$ and $b' = cb$ and we're good, so $W$ is closed under scalar multiplication. But for closure under addition, my text states that I can "cleverly choose specific values for $a$ and $b$" such that $W$ is closed under addition as well but I cannot find any values that would work. What I'm mostly confused about is how choosing specific values for $a$ and $b$ would prove anything, since $a, b$ can be any scalars and $\mathbf{x},\mathbf{y}$ can be any vectors, so setting conditions like $a = b$, $a = -b$, $a = 0$ or $b = 0$ don't seem to prove anything.
Also something I'm not sure about is if they're saying that $a\mathbf{x}+b\mathbf{y} \in W$, am I to assume that that is the only form? So if I'm testing for closure under addition, I have to do something like $(a\mathbf{x}+b\mathbf{y})+(c\mathbf{z}+d\mathbf{w})$?


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WHEELING - The Capitol Theatre stage will go dark this summer to allow officials to install more than $1 million worth of new seats and carpeting, a step Frank O'Brien believes will make the venue more attractive.
"This is a substantial investment that people will see and feel," said O'Brien, who serves as executive director of the Wheeling-Ohio County Convention and Visitors Bureau, which owns the Capitol. "Other things that we had to do, like the fire escape and the sprinkler system, people never see. This is an improvement people will notice."
O'Brien said most of the seats now in the theater have been in place since 1948, though some have been reupholstered through the years. He said the new chairs will be a little larger than the current ones, which will slightly reduce the number of seats from 2,460 to 2,250.
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TO BE INSTALLED — Wheeling-Ohio County Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Frank O'Brien stands by the new seats that will be installed at the Capitol Theatre this summer.
The tentative construction schedule, provided by O'Brien, calls for the seats to be removed and the floor to be repaired from June 17 to July 19; for the new chairs to be installed from July 22 to Aug. 30; and for new carpet to be installed throughout both floors of the theater from Sept. 2-13.
A June 14 appearance by comedian Ron White is the last item on the theater's online schedule of events. "It is a one-time deal," O'Brien said of the theater going dark during the construction period. "Summer is probably the best time to do it because people like to spend time outdoors."
As for the old chairs, O'Brien said he hopes officials from the Strand Theatre in Moundsville will contact him about making a deal for some of them.
"We could sell some of them, or we could donate some of them," he said.
O'Brien said the Chris Hess Foundation has agreed to contribute $450,000 to the new seats. Officials are actively seeking funds to cover the remaining cost, though O'Brien said another "locally based entrepreneur" has agreed to contribute $200,000 - as long as the CVB can match the amount. He said there will also be a "buy-a-seat" campaign, which will allow a contributor to have his or her name engraved on the chair.
"We are very confident we can get this investment," O'Brien said.
The CVB, a private nonprofit organization funded entirely from hotel/motel tax revenue collected in Ohio County, spends $22,555.41 monthly to pay off the $1.4 million debt the organization still owes for buying and repairing the Capitol. The bureau should be able to pay off the theater by 2019 or earlier, according to the current schedule.
Since September 2009, the theater has hosted the comedy of Jerry Seinfeld, the sounds of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, separate speeches by former Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, three State of the City addresses by Wheeling Mayor Andy McKenzie, as well as a variety of Broadway and musical shows.
The bureau purchased the theater - formerly known as the Capitol Music Hall - from LiveNation in mid-2009. That same year, the bureau entered a contract with the Wheeling Sports and Entertainment Authority to manage and book events for the Capitol for $1 per year. This is the same entity responsible for managing WesBanco Arena.
In the midst of the city of Wheeling's extensive urban renewal project - that includes demolishing and rebuilding portions of downtown and East Wheeling - O'Brien believes the 1928 Capitol can be seen as a bridge between the city's past and its future.
"The Capitol Theatre represents the city's past, but we can also be a key element moving forward," he added.


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The Personnel, Policies and Curriculum Committee for the district, which includes Middlebury and Southbury, recommended shortening the policy on the Pledge of Allegiance by one crucial sentence. The current policy reads:
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Ever since Homer's Odyssey hit the ancient bestseller lists, "Circe" has meant a sorceress who turns men into beasts.
In one part of America, however, it has a nicer connotation.
"Circe was a Southern slang term my mother used when I was growing up in Raleigh. It means a special treat," Jennifer Smith recalled. "She would bring home a circe for me as a surprise."
A good way to use that word in business came up about a decade ago while she was chatting with friend Laura Lee Boone, a Louisville native.
They first met at soccer games when their sons, Holt Smith and Jimmy Boone, were little. The boys are about 13 now, and their mothers have begun their ninth year as owners of Circe (3630 Brownsboro Road), a women's clothing and accessories store.
"Back then, at the end of 2003, there weren't as many women's clothing stores. Several carried beautiful tailored clothing, and you could find preppy Nantucket style," Laura said. "We wanted to bring more contemporary lines here."
Circe carries more than 50 lines of designer clothes discovered on buying trips to New York, Atlanta and Los Angeles, including Rachel Zoe, Tibi, Alice & Trixie, Rebecca Taylor, Tracy Reese, and Citizens of Humanity. Shoes to complement outfits come from top names such as Alberto Fermani and Loeffler Randall.
"Rachel Zoe is fairly new for us; she mixes bohemian with tailored in a way that's wearable for most people," Jennifer said. "My personal favorites include A.L.C., which originally was for rock stars. The designer, Andrea Lieberman, gives her clothes an edgy look, but they're also clean, feminine, and never boring."
Several years ago, Circe added the expertise of makeup artist Sloan Winters, whose beauty bar features products by Kevyn Aucoin, Juvena, Paul & Joe, and other popular brands.
The store schedules parties for women who want to learn Sloan's secrets for healthy, beautiful skin — and perhaps create a special look to go with a wedding gown or other special dress.
Laura and Jennifer believe that their partnership works because they respect each other's areas of expertise.
"I'm more the business end, dealing with vendors and purchase orders. Jennifer spends her time with the customers and the clothes," Laura said. "I don't tell her how to dress her mannequins, and she doesn't tell me how to address our vendors."
Circe's clothes and accessories are selected to appeal to women of all ages, including teenagers — with prices to suit most budgets.
The store caters to businesswomen as well as to mothers who bring their daughters. Bridesmaids stop in when they tire of what's in bridal shops, and students looking for prom dresses will soon start arriving.
"The Louisville market still tends to be more conservative than some, so we keep that in mind," Laura said. "We carry Diane von Furstenberg, who appeals to women in their forties to sixties. Her wrap dresses are timeless, but she also has trendier styles — pretty, not as flowy, more fitted."
Jennifer just returned from a New York buying trip where she felt "energized" by several trends: glamorous beading and embroidery on dresses and tops; leather pencil skirts, miniskirts and trim on cuffs and collars; and fur galore, whether real or faux.
And fashion appears to be moving away from dresses, in favor of separates.
"When we opened Circe, the risk made us nervous," Laura said. "But we think our timing was good, and Louisville has been very responsive to us. It's been a positive experience for us, and we hope it is for our customers, too."
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I would like to redistribute my app (PHP) in a way that the user gets the front end (presentation) layer which is using the API on my server through a web service. I want the user to be able to alter his part of the app but at the same time exclude such altered app from the normal support and offer support on pay by the hour basis.
Is there a way to check if the source code was altered? Only solution I can think of would be to get check sums of all the files then send it through my API and compare them with the original app. Is there any more secure way to do it so it would be harder for the user to break such protection?


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- Era: World War II
- Number of Pages: 320
- Subject: History
- Date Available: October 2011
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Douglas Ford introduces a new perspective on why the U.S. Navy carried out its Pacific campaigns in the manner it did as he explores the evolution of U.S. intelligence on the combat capabilities of the Japanese Navy. He contends that the U.S. Navy could not accurately determine the fighting efficiency of Japan's forces until it engaged them in actual battle over an extended period. As the conflict progressed, he shows how the Americans relied on information from prisoners and captured weapons and documents, along with first-hand observations by naval personnel of how the Japanese fought and their lack of modern equipment. He lauds the intelligence services for helping disseminate information on the most efficient tactics and weapons to use against the Japanese. Such a comprehensive examination of the impact of intelligence on the conduct of various campaigns is without parallel.
Douglas Ford holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and teaches military history at the University of Salford, UK. He is also the author of Britain's Secret War against Japan, 1937-45.
~ Praise for The Elusive Enemy ~
"Carefully researched and prepared…Intelligence gathering is an arcane and secretive activity, as the author describes, and is usually hidden from and little mentioned by historians. So, in the mix of factors that lead to success in war, it is often inadequately recorded. Mr. Ford has done a brilliant job in correcting that unbalanced record as far as the Pacific war is concerned."
— Work Boat World, May 2013
"The Elusive Enemy illuminates an important aspect of how the U.S. Navy adapted itself to defeat the Imperial Japanese Fleet."
— The Journal of America's Military Past, Spring/Summer 2012
"Ford's work is not only important to naval historians, but those interested in the history and impact of intelligence as well. Understanding the dangers of bias, mirror-imaging, and stereotyping is vital as the United States faces a myriad of challenges in the 21st century."
— DCmilitary.com
"A methodical and serious-minded contribution to military and naval history shelves, The Elusive Enemy is especially recommended for college library collections."
— The Midwest Book Review, November 2011
"By uncovering that most elusive and intangible element in war, the ability to understand the enemy, Douglas Ford opens a vital window on the evolution of American naval intelligence as it recovered from prewar ignorance to underpin the drive to ultimate victory."
—ANDREW LAMBERT, Laughton Professor of Naval History, King's College London
"Douglas Ford's carefully researched book sheds light not only on the challenges the U.S. Navy faced in seeking to understand the Imperial Japanese Navy, but also illuminates the more general difficulty that intelligence organizations have in assessing rising military powers."
—THOMAS G. MAHNKEN, Jerome Levy Chair of Economic Geography and National Security, U.S. Naval War College
"A fascinating and critical look at U.S. naval intelligence during the Pacific War. Ford demonstrates clearly the enormous difficulties in gathering useful data on the Imperial Navy, both before and during the war."
—JONATHAN PARSHALL, co-author of Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
"Douglas Ford's Elusive Enemy achieves an exceptionally persuasive integration of the intelligence dimension to the Asia-Pacific War into the broad strategic historical narrative of the conflict. Both the strengths and the limitations of the intelligence contribution to the U.S. Navy's eventual victory are explained most convincingly."
—COLIN S. GRAY, professor of international politics and strategic studies at the University of Reading, UK, and author of The Strategy Bridge and Airpower for Strategic Effect


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I am a student parent and find that coffee helps me study. I drank coffee while pregnant and kept it well under the daily allowed amount. I am unsure what I can have while breastfeeding though. How much caffeine comes through breastmilk and is it unsafe for infants?
In most cases, drinking less than 300mg of caffeine a day will not affect your baby. Even if your child is extra sensitive to caffeine, the effects aren't serious, and they will go away if you eliminate caffeine from your diet.
Newborns tend to be more sensitive to caffeine than older babies. They can't break it down very quickly, so it can build up in their system. For children over 6 months (as well as for adults), the half-life of caffeine is about 4-7 hours. However, for a newborn, the half-life is anywhere between 65-130 hours. Thankfully for those of us with caffeine habits, babies quickly develop the ability to process caffeine (by 3 months, the half-life is reduced to 14 hours).
If you notice your baby become irritable, or agitated, or if he is having sleeping problems, you can cut caffeine out of your diet for a few days to see if that solves the problem. If you do have to stop drinking coffee, you should be able to re-introduce it after a couple of months.
Here are a couple studies done on caffeine and breastfeeding (I found them both through the National Library of Medicine).
This study says that for smaller doses of caffeine (from about 30 to 300mg), the infant will ingest between .06% and 1.5% of the maternal dose.
This study had 11 breastfeeding mothers drink 500mg of caffeine a day for 5 days. They monitored the heart rate and sleep patterns of the infants, and found no measurable effect from that dose of caffeine.
I have two contrary thoughts.
1/ Provided your caffeine intake is moderate, I am sure it isn't a problem. We have been drinking coffee and tea for generations. If you haven't started your homework coffee yet, then pay attention when you start. If there are noticeable changes that don't abate in a day or so, stop the coffee.
2/ If you aren't sure, if it a concern despite generations of evidence to the contrary, or if your baby demonstrates an unusual reaction, don't drink coffee. Your homework coffee isn't heart or blood pressure medication. It is essentially a luxury; figure something else out. Have an apple instead.
I see no reason not to give it a try. You won't do any permanent or serious harm. I expect no impact, but there is a small chance of a disruption of sleep patterns. This will make life miserable for a few days, but lots of things do that when you have an infant in your life.
I would avoid the "energy drinks" that are popular today. They worry me.


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I am using facebook-c#-sdk to develop a winform FaceBook app, this app should be able to accept friend request and chat with people.
But I didn't find any samples on how to access friend_request in the facebook-c#-sdk.
Can someone help to point out how could I accept friend request?
And especially how can I get the notification first and then accept the request?
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The API, [facebook-C#-SDK] is officially supported by Microsoft
I already check out the following post but found no solution to my problem.
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David F. and Merrilee A. (Morrison-) Cotter of Ionia announce the engagement of their daughter, Rachel-Elise M. Cotter, to Shlomi Cohen, of Tel Aviv, Israel. Shlomi is the son of Dany and Maly Cohen, also of Tel Aviv.
Rachel is a professional model and Irish and ballet dancer, and Shlomi is a computer software engineer. Shlomi also served in the Israel Defense Forces from 2004-2008.
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STEUBENVILLE - Construction began Tuesday on the 80-room, $6 million-plus Microtel Inn & Suites in Steubenville, a project owner Bill Williams sees as a community catalyst.
Williams, a Charleston, native, said the four-story structure should be done by late summer.
"I'm really excited about it," he said. "I think as you look at the Rust Belt region, when you look at all of the demolition and the decline in population growth, the challenges the Rust Belt has had, it's really meant there are older properties along that region, from Pittsburgh on down. It's brought about an opportunity for new growth, new development, and I think it can really be the start of some good infrastructure for other companies to come and grow."
The hotel will be located "on the bluff" where All American Lanes once stood.
Williams said the property will feature one- and two-bedrooms and suites and a state-of-the-art fitness center. There will be a "really nice deck with a grill area," as well as a patio extending off the breakfast area, he said.
"It's my goal to create the best customer experience possible, and we're going to really invest into creating great value for our customers," he said.
Williams considers it a smart investment, given Franciscan University of Steubenville's "solid growth plans," as well as the shale oil and gas development. He said Jefferson County "will be in the epicenter of the supply chain of opportunity ... in a great position, logistically, to really handle the supply activity."
"I see that location, that area, as the gateway to the Utica shale," Williams said. "Coming from U.S. Route 22, which is Pittsburgh and the Marcellus shale region, you cross over into Ohio and the Utica shale. Our hotel is going to be up there on the bluff. It will be a very nice property."
Williams opened a Microtel in Waynesburg, Pa., in January 2010. Before deciding on Steubenville for his second hotel property, he said he also looked at New Philadelphia and Youngstown.
"I was really looking to take advantage of the growth opportunities that (shale development) brings," he said. "There'd been negative growth, population declines, and things of that nature hadn't been needed. But now, there's a need for quality lodging to handle the growth that's coming."
Williams said he researched options for eight months before making his site selection.
"I think this will be the start of really positive growth," he said."I think the ... logistics growth is going to be where we are."
Microtel is part of the Wyndham Hotel Group, and Williams said the executive in charge of franchising at Wyndham, Weirton native Chris Burdette, had "made me aware of Steubenville."
Even more impactful were local developer Dominic Teramana and Progress Alliance's Kim Cline, who Williams said "searched me down."
"She called Dominic when he was down in Florida, tracked him down and got us together," he said. "I would say she's the one who made this happen in terms of connection. She has a ... great passion to be involved in the positive things that are happening in Steubenville. That's why I'm building in Steubenville before I build in New Philadelphia or Youngstown.
"It's going to be a great project for Steubenville," he added. "It's going to be wonderful."
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I am searching for a single word which represents "written from left to right" or "written from right to left". Please make sure that the word should be meaning not only the direction but also meaning direction in case of writing. I want to use it like "This language is X", where "X" is the asked for word.
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In technical contexts (the study of scripts, Unicode's various rules for communicating them with computers, graphic use of textual elements) the abbreviations LTR and RTL are very often used.
There are boustrophedonic for scripts which change direction on each line, and words in Asian languages to distinguish vertical from horizontal (e.g. tategaki and yokogaki), but no single word I'm aware of for left-to-right or right-to-left though my reading would be such to make me well-placed to come across them if they existed.
Note also, that languages are not left-to-right or right-to-left, but rather scripts are: Malkuth and מלכות are the same word, and so in each case the language is Hebrew, but in the first case it is Hebrew in Latin script, while in the second it is Hebrew in Hebrew script. Likewise hedgehog and הדגהוג are both the same word, in English in Latin script and English in Hebrew script respectively. There are languages which are commonly found in more than one script.
I'm afraid you will be disappointed. The standard English terms for this are right-to-left (note hyphens) and left-to-right. There may be technical Greco-Latin vocabulary for this, but I couldn't find it, and if any such word exists it's extremely obscure and no one will understand it.
Per Wikipedia, the standard terms for these directionalities are the quite obvious right-to-left and left-to-right, plus of course the ever-popular boustrophedonic. There are also top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top.
Unicode uses those terms for embedding control characters to change the direction of writing as follows:
You could use Dexter and Sinister. Dexter means to the writer's (and reader's) right, as in modern English and romance languages... While Sinister means to the writer's (and reader's) left, as with modern Arabic, Hebrew and Urdu.


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The City of Carmi is requesting public input, ideas and volunteers for the celebration of Carmi's founding, with the official bicentennial to be observed in 2016. Ideas can be submitted via the city's Website at cityofcarmi.com.
The group hopes to get businesses and corporations involved, with celebrations spanning the next three years. A Website is expected to be online by Jan. 1, 2014, and people will be encouraged to sign up for updates regarding upcoming events, as well as information about the founding of Carmi.
An exploratory committee is being formed and will have its next meeting at 6 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Chamber of Commerce office in the City Building on Main Street. Anyone is welcome to attend and get involved, and an official steering committee and chairperson is expected to be voted on. More details will be released at that time.
The first settler to live in what is now Carmi is believed to be Isaac Veach, who built a cabin on the west side of the Little Wabash River in 1809, approximately where today's VFW stands, with several settlers following. But it wasn't until Feb. 8, 1816 when the city was officially incorporated, though it was already the unofficial seat of White County in 1815, being the only town there of any size.
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DiALBERT, Gary S. "Roundo," 61, of Steubenville died Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Lancia Villa Royale.
He was born in Steubenville on January 15, 1952, a son of the late James G. DiAlbert, Sr. and Dorothy Garay DiAlbert, who survives.
Gary was Catholic by faith and a longtime casino employee in Las Vegas, NV.
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In addition to his mother, he is survived by brothers, James G. DiAlbert, Jr. and Joseph A. "Jo Jo" DiAlbert, both of Steubenville and John DiAlbert of Westerville, OH; sister, Susan Foremaster of Steubenville; five nieces, Nicole (Damion) Vaughn, A.J. and Emily DiAlbert, Jessica (Jason) Sturch and Alee Foremaster; great niece, Chloe; great nephews, Roman, Jude and Jason, Jr.; best friends, Bernie Battisel, Bill DiFilippo and Jeff Madama.
Friends may call at Shorac Funeral Home (formerly McClave's), 611 N. 4th St., Steubenville on Friday from 4-8 p.m. Funeral Liturgy with Mass will be Saturday, September 14, 2013, at Triumph of the Cross Catholic Church (Holy Rosary) at noon with Rev. Thomas Nau as celebrant. Burial will be at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Vigil services Friday at 7:45 p.m.
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In evince, when searching some text in a pdf file, the result will be displayed one by one by hitting "next" or "previous" button.
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No doubt we, regardless of whatever stage of the Spinning® journey we are currently pursuing, have probably been exposed to a mind-body coaching cue akin to 'Be here now -- in this moment.' There are probably limitless variations upon this theme, but I believe we may agree that collectively, said theme and its variations are commonplace in the Spinning® community. I would also contend that 'Be here now. . .' is at a point where its use in Eastern religion all the way to popular culture may be at risk of being overabundant at points; however, using it mindfully goes toward preserving its currency.
What I would like to do now is visit, or perhaps revisit, some ways that this mantra has permeated by thinking. What I am referring to is the utility of this mantra not only in Spinning® classes, but also in our attitudes and ways of approaching everyday situations. (Of course, we face challenging 'situations' in the form of difficult sections of road, too!)
I was just speaking with a younger child, quite recently to be sure, and in doing so I noticed how discontented this child was with her situation and how nothing was at that point -- in the present -- as she wanted it to be -- in the past or future. Essentially then, her life had been far more enjoyable anywhere but the present! And I began to think about how we are perhaps often faced with adverse situations over which we exercise little control; and we then have a choice to remain paralyzed by all the what-ifs and whys, or we may align our focus with that which we currently enjoy that we are perhaps taking for granted.
In my Spinning® classes, and certainly in my training for multiple races and their race day results, I recall often being caught between two worlds, those being: 1.) contentment and satisfaction with the journey and where I was at that time (present) and 2.) thinking, frankly, that I wanted to be someone or somewhere else -- being faster or more powerful than this person and that person.
How misguided I was with the latter mindset! Not to be overly harsh with myself or others, but I found this attitude to be quite internally destructive, actually, and I discovered time and again that the Spinning® program is non-competitive for some good reasons. Not to assert that all competition is categorically wrong, but for me to become lost and adrift in the desire to always be someone else? I had to reconfigure my thinking entirely.
My personal faith convictions being what they are, and some great mentoring by other instructors and certain MIs the richer, I was finally able to absorb and actually live the mantra 'Be here now -- in this moment.' Interestingly, I had to at least temporarily set aside my voracious appetite for racing and, to some degree, even training! (Rest is part of the periodization cycle! Ha!)
Seriously, though, while it may be that I never race again, I have learned some invaluable life lessons. I am so grateful to my Creator and my many mentors for being so patient with a sometimes reluctant student. In the final analysis, if I cannot enjoy racing and the empowering outcomes of living in the present together, then I choose the latter over the former without hesitation. I may never 'un-retire.' Sometimes our choices are difficult, and I am ready to make mine if warranted.
My hope is that you are able to continually enjoy your Spinning® and life journeys without being unduly inhibited by what you should be. May you enjoy who and what you are!


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| Sofronas, T., Consulting Engineer, Houston, Texas
[rotating equipment]
[steam turbine]
This column has suggested using simple analytical models to
troubleshoot equipment. However, in some cases, a more detailed
solution may be required. The following case histories examine the heat up of
a steam turbine and the thermal growth of the rotor assembly
and stationary case. The finite element analysis (FEA) is used
here to identify root causes for failure events.
The outline of a simplified model for a four-stage steam
turbine is shown in Fig. 1. It is an
axis-symmetric model, which means that if you rotate the area
about the Y axis, it will be a solid three- dimensional model.
This greatly simplifies the FE modeling, and this information
is all that is needed for this problem. The results are easily
explained to management.
In this case, a rotor disk had rubbed against a case
diaphragm. The investigation team developed a list of possible
root causes. One of the many potential sources for the incident
was that, since the insulation was left off the machine, the
rotor shaft expanded more than in the cold case. Under these
conditions, the rotor would make contact with the diaphragm for
an instant. Management requested an analysis to confirm that
the touching event was possible.
This axis-symmetric model contains steam temperatures and
film coefficients; it can then calculate the thermal
displacements of the machine as it heats up from the cold
condition.1 This condition is called a
transient coupled heat-transfer-stress problem
because the nodal temperatures are determined from startup, and
they are automatically inputted into the stress model to
calculate displacements at any time.
Previous articles have illustrated the benefits of
simplified FE models when an in-house answer to a problem is
required quickly. It should be done by an engineer who also
understands the equipments
This analysis determines if the growth difference between
the rotor and case at the rub point, meaning (b-a), as shown in
Fig. 1, exceeds the cold-assembly clearance.
If it does, then there will be a potential interference and rub
incidence. Since a rub never occurred when the insulation was
in place, the same rub-point displacements will be compared
with the insulation on and off.
Fig. 1. Axis-symmetric
view of a steam turbine.
The analysis indicated that, although the case was cooler
without the insulation, so was the rotor assembly, and the
growth difference (b-a) was essentially the same. This is not
unreasonable since the gas temperature at each stage stays
about the same as it warms up the rotor and case. The rub
problem was attributed to other causes. However, the insulation
was reinstalled for safety and efficiency reasons.
Case 2. An analysis was
also done on a 12-stage 40,000-hp steam turbine with similar
The presented examples with FE show that an analysis can be
useful in determining what isnt the cause, as
well as what is the true cause. By eliminating a
possible cause, the investigation can proceed in reviewing
other potential concern areas. HP
1 Lawrence, K. L., ANSYS Tutorial Release 10, SDC
Publications, 2006.
2 Sofronas, A., Case 44: Cracking due to
sudden temperature changes in piping, Hydrocarbon Processing, May 2008, p.
3 Sofronas, A., Case 46: Rotary screw
compressor failure, Hydrocarbon Processing, September
2008, p. 168.
4 Sofronas, A., Case 61: Pressure loss in a
reactor, Hydrocarbon Processing, March 2010,
p. 83.
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Thanks so much for your kind words. I'm glad to hear that the articles are beneficial to you.T. Sofronas
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Dear Tony Sofronas,new trends are emerged with your study and demonstration; how to ensure sustainability of the safe operation.Our plant operating personal may remain vigilant if the situation occurs possibly waer out of soft kits like insulation or other consumable component of the machine. Rgds,
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Saudi Arabia has donated $44 million to support public school students in Lebanon.
The Kingdom's contribution includes $20 million to pay the tuition fees for students in Lebanon's public schools for the 2008-2009 school year, $20 million to cover the cost of textbooks, and $4 million for the Lebanese national commission to support public schools.
Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Dr. Abdulaziz Khoja handed over the Kingdom's donation to Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora during a meeting in Beirut.
The donation is in line with Saudi Arabia's ongoing aid to Lebanon. In 2006, the Kingdom made a similar donation to cover the tuition fees for Lebanese public school students.
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March 31, 2010 -- The Environmental Protection Agency will add the plastics chemical bisphenol A (BPA) to its ''chemical concern'' list due to potential environmental effects.
BPA is found in a range of products, including plastic bottles, liners of food cans, feeding cups, and some baby bottles (although several baby bottle manufacturers have stopped using it).
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released an action plan this week that focuses on the environmental effects of the chemical.
The action by the EPA follows an FDA announcement in January about concerns over BPA's potential impact on human health; the FDA said it will study the potential effects along with measures to reduce exposure to BPA in food packaging.
Some experts are concerned that exposure to BPA and its weak estrogen-like effects during critical periods of human development may be associated with a wide range of health problems, including behavioral effects, reproductive problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.
''We share FDA's concern about the potential health impacts from BPA," says Steve Owens, assistant administrator of the EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, in a news release. While food packaging is regulated by the FDA, the new EPA action will look at the potential environmental impacts of BPA.
Environmental groups praise the new EPA decision, but an expert at the American Chemistry Council, an industry group, says BPA is not a risk to the environment.
EPA's Action Plan on BPA
Each year, more than 1 million pounds of BPA are released into the environment, according to the EPA. The action plan, in addition to adding BPA to the chemical concern list, will:
- Require information on BPA concentration in ground water, drinking water, and surface water to see if the levels are of potential concern.
- Require manufacturers to provide test data to assist the agency in evaluating possible impacts, including long-term effect on growth, reproduction, and development in aquatic organisms and wildlife.
- Use the agency's Design for the Environment program to find ways to reduce unnecessary exposure -- such as assessing substitute materials -- while additional studies continue. Beginning in April, the EPA will focus on thermal and carbonless paper coatings, used in cash register receipts and elsewhere, to see if alternatives to BPA may be readily available.
- Continue the EPA evaluation of the impact of BPA on children and other populations through exposure for non-food packaging uses.


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Consider five core elements to develop secure plant automation networks.
[industrial warfare]
[autmation networks]
[security interface]
Ethernet-based communication plays
a key role in the automation sphere and industrial Ethernet is
being used more and more in the field area. The advantages of
this are evident: with the use of open and standardized IT technology, such as wireless LAN or
a web server, uniform networking also be achieved. However,
this also increases the danger of access violation and
so-called malware, so, at the same time, the potential risk for
the automation networks is re-evaluated and security concepts
are implemented accordingly.
IT security in office IT networks
has not been an issue for a long timenot because it is
not important, but because it has become standard. Security
patches and updates, encryption and passwords have been
commonplace for a long time. The situation in the automation
sphere is quite different. The task of making automation
networks secure presents a considerable challenge as it
collides with other important requirements such as
performance and usability. Naturally,
the additional costs here also play an important role.
Furthermore, securing a network requires constant monitoring
and cannot be achieved with a single set-up.
Nevertheless, security is a topic
that must be given top priority in automation and/or industrial
plants. Uniform networking and the use of open IT standards do
not only guarantee, but are also prerequisites for
competitiveness in most cases. Furthermore, the ever ubiquitous
reports in the media of security incidents clearly indicate
that the dangers are real. The more challenging topic of
industrial security is addressed in both national
and international norms and standards, and places increasing
demands on automation systems and plants. Here, particular
attention is paid to securing crucial infrastructures. If
security incidents in production plants largely
only constitute monetary losses (even if sometime
large), when it comes to critical infrastructures, public
interest also comes into play since the general public can also
be affected by disruptions.
How can potential risk be
significantly minimized and both sufficient and affordable
security in industrial automation be achieved? There is not a
panacea or a patented solution that can be used every time,
since every plant has individual framework conditions, dangers
and protection objectives. However, there are best practices
and/or a manageable number of key points for an efficient
security concept that must be considered, as individual
security measures alone are patchy and insufficient, thus
optimal protection can only be achieved with an overall
The operator is responsible for
secure operation, but the manufacturer can offer support by
providing corresponding consultation services and
secure products and components.
The top priority and the most
important task is to establish a security process and/or
security management. In order to be able to make sound
decisions regarding which measures must be taken in the end,
first you must analyze which specific risks are present that
cannot be tolerated. Both the probability of occurrence of a
risk and the potential degree of damage play a role here. If
risk analyses and processes to determine the protection
objectives are neglected or not performed at all, there is
significant risk that unsuitable, excessive or ineffective
measures will be taken and that the weaknesses will not be
identified and rectified (Fig. 1).
Fig. 1. Decision table for
evaluating risks
according to a plant-specific risk analysis
should be verified regularly.
The risk analysis then yields
protection objectives that serve as a basis for specific
measures, which must be added to both organizational and
technical measures. The measures must be verified after
implementation. From time to time, or if changes have arisen,
the risk must be reevaluated, as the threat posed may have
changed meanwhile. The process then starts again from the
beginning (Fig. 2).
Fig. 2. The four continuous
steps of the
security management process to be
The following elements are also
part of security management:
This element is necessary if there
is a network connection between company and plant networks.
Above all, this falls within the parameters of the IT
department, as it primarily concerns the definition of
authorized company network to plant network access and what
data may be transferred in the reverse direction. These
definitions must be rendered as rules and access rights that
must be implemented with technical measures. Top priorities
here are network intrusion detection systems (NIDSs) and
firewalls, which identify intrusion attempts across the whole
network and regulate the data traffic in both directions. It is
also possible to establish a so-called demilitarized zone (DMZ)
in which both network participants can exchange data between
them, without having to have a direct connection (Fig.
Fig. 3. Use of a
demilitarized zone for data
exchange between company and plant network.
Just as office PC systems must be
protected against malware and possible gaps in the operating
system or gaps in user software due to updates that must be
patched, PCs and PC-based control systems in the plant network
also require corresponding protective measures. Many of the
tried and tested office protection systems can also be used
here. One of the most well-known measures here is a regularly
updated virus scanner. However, you must bear in mind that
virus scanners can only identify one part of the virus
(approximately 70% to 80%) and are powerless against new
viruses for which patterns are not yet available. Furthermore,
in the automation sphere, they cannot always be updated
promptly if there is no maintenance window.
Therefore, the use of whitelisting
software is a good alternative to virus scanners. Whitelisting
works with so-called positive lists, in which the user can
specify which processes or programs may run on the computer. So
if a user or malware attempts to install a program, the
installation may be successful but the processes necessary for
operation do not run, meaning the program cannot be started and
thus no damage will occur.
Manufacturers of industrial
software can support users here by testing the compatibility of
their software with virus scanners or whitelisting
Just to clarify, a white list, also
known as a positive list, indicates a collection of equal
elements that are classified as trustworthy. Whitelisting for
PCs ensures that only desired programs can be run.
It has long been known that PCs and
networks can and must be protected. But what measures are
available for the protection of most manufacturer-specific,
proprietary systems? How do you protect programmable logic
controllers (PLCs) and operator stations that use neither a
commercial operating system nor an older version because they
have been in used for many years or even decades? Here it is
not possible to use third-party security software, and access
to the system functions of the devices is mostly not possible
at all or only possible to an extent. Therefore, at this stage,
the manufacturers of automation hardware are asked to implement
corresponding security mechanisms and to provide the users with
plant-specific setting options. However, in order to do this,
the users are prompted to ask the manufacturers about the
availability of such mechanisms and to ask them to activate
these, whereby setting options are offered.
The fundamental robustness of the
system in relation to the impact of defective data telegrams
and larger, unwanted data traffic is important. The
manufacturer must ensure that devices are tested for possible
weaknesses and are hardened using specific
measures, such as secure coding.
Similar to PC-based systems, unused
services (like an unnecessary web server), protocols and even
unused interfaces in SPS and HMI systems should also be
deactivated. If, for example, the functions provided by
controllerssuch as password protection, component
encryption and copy protectionare used, further essential
foundations for securing the plant network are laid.
The fifth element of an industrial
security concept concerns the network security. This is an
important step toward a secure plant, since it
concerns the security of the data transfer and access to the
Very few automation devices
currently have security functions that can protect
communications against espionage or manipulation using
encryption and/or can securely authenticate the communication
partners. The situation is not likely to change soon due to the
long life cycles of automation plants and their devices.
Although more and more devices are equipped with these
functions by the manufacturer, there will still be devices that
have no such security functions due to cost optimization or
other reasons. In addition, in many cases, there are real-time
requirements that currently do not allow the use of
performance-intensive security functions, such as encryption or
secure authentication.
The proven solution to this dilemma
is the so-called cell protection concept. The idea is simple:
You use a security appliance i.e. a special
hardened network component that has security
functions, such as a firewall and virtual private network
(VPN). These security appliances, also known as security
modules, assume the protection of the automation devices,
whereby they are arranged upstream and create exclusive access
to each device to be protected. The protected area is also
known as cells and corresponds to a network segment, mostly to
its own sub-network. Thus, the network is segmented in terms of
The firewall can now control the
access to the cells, whereby it can be determined, which
network participants may communicate with each other and, if
necessary, also which protocols they may communicate with. Thus
not only can unauthorized access be prevented, but also the
network load can be reduced as not every communication, e.g.
broadcasts (reports to all network participants) may pass.
The security modules can also
establish secured VPN channels, so that the communication to,
and from, cells can be encrypted and authenticated. Thus, the
data transfer is protected against manipulation and espionage.
In the future, automation system suppliers will offer these
security functions in communication processors for controllers
and PCs.
The advantages are evident: one
security module can protect several other devices; therefore,
you do not have to install and manage these functions in each
device. Real-time communication within the cells, such as
Profinet I/O communication, is unaffected by
performance-intensive security functions and thus access to the
cells is protected (Fig. 4).
Fig. 4. Overview of the cell
protection concept.
The effective implementation of an
industrial security concept requires the involvement of the
manufacturer, the user and the operator of automation technology. Norms and standards
committees also must impose corresponding rules, develop
standard solutions and identify appropriate preventative
measures. To ensure the utmost in security, a comprehensive
approach is required. Securing plant networks from malicious
attacks will be an ongoing issue that plant managers must
address. The five-step security solution proposed here is a
step in the right direction. HP
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EAST SPRINGFIELD - Tyler Owens was sharp from start to finish.
Owens struck out six batters, and needed just 78 pitches to lead Toronto to a 2-0 victory Thursday evening at Richmond.
"Tyler was hitting his spots," Post 86 (4-12) head coach Steve Sninchak said. "His off-speed pitches were working. He was able to get ahead of the hitters. He threw strike one. When you do that, you are able to go after the batters. You are able to throw the ball on the corners. He threw his knuckleball well. He was able to get some groundouts with his knuckleball when there was one strike on the batters."
Richmond (6-14) head coach Sam Davis said Owens delivered a strong all-around performance.
"We didn't hit the ball," he said. "He threw a great game. You have to give him credit. From the dugout, it didn't look too tough, but it certainly was in the batters' box. He dominated us. I tip my hat to him. He did a great job.
"He not only pitched well, but he did a great job fielding his position. He made some really nice plays. That play he made in the seventh when we bunted trying to move our runners up to get something started was really nice. He got off the mound and got to the ball quickly, and he made a nice throw to third base for the out.
"Toronto did what they had to do to win. They got some timely hits, and they were able to score their two runs. We only got three hits, and two of those were in the seventh inning.
"It's a shame because Ryan Kramarich pitched a great game. We was just didn't give him any support. We only had three hits.
"Give Toronto credit. They made all the plays. They were able to score two runs and win the game."
Owens also produced a pair of singles in the win, while scoring one run.
Toronto tallied eight hits in the game.
John Romey also recorded two base hits, Billy Solomon and Jordan Mavromatis each collected a run-scoring single and Nate Stewart and Jay Lane each ended up with a base hit.
Kramarich took the loss. He struck out three and issue two free passes.
Offensively, Owens limited Post 740 to three base hits. Alec Jones, Collin Scott and Tanner Wise all collected singles.
Toronto tallied both of its runs in the third inning.
In the stanza, Romey, Owens, Solomon and Mavromatis combined to collect four-straight singles. Solomon's single plated Romey, and Mavromatis' hit plated Owens.
"We have been playing well," Sninchak said. "This is the fourth game in a row where we have played really well. We have come out on the short end of the stick in a couple of those. We lost to Beverly/Lowell in 10 innings, 7-6, yesterday.
"That is a good win for us. Richmond is a solid team. We had good pitching, and we had good fielding. That is a good recipe for success. They had a very-good pitcher.
"We were able to some big hits in that one inning. We were able to get hits with runners on. We got some good clutch hits.
"We have shown we can play with anybody in our district. We beat Steubenville. We beat Cadiz. We lost in 10 innings to Beverly/Lowell. We are here to play."
Toronto's busy week continues tonight at home. Toronto plays a nine-inning game against Cadiz at 7 p.m. at the Knight Baseball Complex. Post 86 then plays 7 p.m. Saturday night at home against Weirton before playing a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. Sunday against Tuscarawas County at the KBC.
"We have got a lot of baseball left," Sninchak said. "The kids enjoy it. We enjoy it. That is what it is all about. We are here for the kids. It is a lot more fun when you win."
Richmond is scheduled to get back at it at 6 p.m. today at home against St. Clairsville followed by a doubleheader at Alliance starting at noon.
"It's fun," Davis said. "It's good competition. I tip my hat to Toronto."
Toronto 2, Richmond 0
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TORONTO (4-12): Owens (WP, 6K, 0BB) and Solomon; Romey 2S; Owens 2S; Solomon S, RBI; Mavromatis S, RBI; Stewart S; Lane S.
RICHMOND (6-14): Kramarich (LP, 3K, 2BB) and Mohn; Jones S; Scott S; Wise S.


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2011/Career Notes: Two-time Ivy League champion ... 2010 and 2011 second-team All-Ivy ... Played in 34 games in his career, including four starts at running back and 16 starts in the defensive backfield ... Finished his career with 1,269 all-purpose yards ... He had 441 rushing yards, 111 receiving yards, 127 punt return yards, 560 kick return yards and 30 interception return yards ... He had a passing, rushing, receiving and interception return for a touchdown during his career ... Finished his career with 99 tackles, 16.0 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, three interceptions and 7.5 sacks ... Was third in the Ivy League and led the team in punt return average (6.0) as a senior ... Was first on the team in kick return average (16.5), tied for first in interceptions and forced fumbles (two apiece), fourth in all-purpose yards (584), and tied for second on the team with 51 tackles in 2011 ... Had a career-high 12 tackles against Villanova (Sept. 24) ... Had a tackle in every game he played in 2011, including at least four in eight games ... Registered a career-best 114 all-purpose yards and his defensive touchdown in the Homecoming win over Princeton (Nov. 5) ... Forced a fumble in each of his last two games and recorded two sacks in his final collegiate game.
2010: Second-team All-Ivy as a defensive back ... Two-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 18, Nov. 8) ... Played in all 10 games and started eight ... Finished fourth in the Ivy League and led the team with 4.5 sacks ... Fourth on the team in tackles with 47 ... Hauled in first career interception in win over Harvard (Nov. 13) ... Forced a fumble at Princeton (Nov. 6) ... Collected two sacks apiece in wins over Columbia (Oct. 16) and Princeton ... Second on the team with 196 kick return yards ... Also had a season-best 11 tackles against the Tigers.
2009: Played in eight games and started the last four at running back ... Third on the team with 203 rush yards ... Fourth on the team with 13 receptions ... Fifth on the team with 270 all-purpose yards ... Caught the go-ahead touchdown at Columbia (Oct. 17) ... Had a career-high six receptions in the overtime win at Brown (Oct. 31) ... Also passed for a touchdown against Bucknell (Oct. 10).
2008: Played in seven games for the Quakers...Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Oct. 13) ... Was Penn's third-leading rusher with 218 yards on 58 carries and one touchdown...Also caught three passes for seven yards ... Had three games with 15 or more carries ... Had a season-high 102 yards on 21 carries and his first career touchdown in win at Georgetown (Oct. 11).
Whitehall HS: Four-year letterwinner ... Team captain ... High school coach was Tony Trisciani ... All-league for two years, at running back (2006-07) and safety (2007) ... Whitehall won Lehigh Valley Conference (LVC) title and was District XI runner-up in 2005, his sophomore year ... Mini Maxwell Award winner ... Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association (PSFCA) East/West All-Star ... Also lettered three times in basketball, twice in baseball, and twice in track ... Captained basketball team for two years, track once ... Helped baseball team to District XI championship ... In track, finished sixth in the state, third in the district, and won LVC in long jump ... Also district runner-up in the triple jump.
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The highly competitive world of business can be dog-eat-dog, but a code of ethics must be instilled and followed to build trust and credibility with customers. Recently, students in Dr. Roger Ritvo's Business Ethics course applied their classroom knowledge of ethics to the real world, furthering their education in a meaningful way while helping the local library system.
In September, Business Ethics students Taylor Russell, Claudia Smith, Andrea Manzie, Sandra Pettus and Andrew Slaton presented a code of ethics and a statement of values to Juanita Owes, Director of the Montgomery City-County Public Library. The code is based on the letters in the word library, making the word an acronym:
Each semester, Ritvo's students develop a code for a local business in an effort to apply the information and knowledge from the course to real-life situations. Ritvo said if ethical principals are not applied consistently, numerous problems could arise, like fraudulent accounting practices or putting profits ahead of safety – think Enron and BP.
Russell said he learned quite a lot from completing this project.
"I learned about how much they use the honor system and how integrity is very important to how they operate," Russell said. "It was interesting to see how what we've learned in this class can be applied to real-life instances. I felt that it culminated everything we have learned in this class and showed us just how important business ethics can be in operating and managing a business."
Smith agreed. "Being able to apply my class work to real life means gaining a better understanding of the concepts and the relevance of the studied material and how it applies to real life situations," she said.
From a $1 subscription membership to a bookmobile service just after World War II to a million-dollar main branch and merged city-county system, the Montgomery City-County Public Library has been in operation for 114 years. The system houses a collection of more than 600,000 volumes and employs 73 workers. The mission of the system is to "make readily available to all residents of Montgomery County access to materials, information, and services to meet their personal, educational, cultural, technological, and occupational needs."
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"After taking this class, I now understand that being ethical is always doing the right thing – even if nobody is watching," Pettus said.
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so here I was playing Far Cry 3 and everything was fine until the screen went blank and I heard a sound like firecrackers going off inside of my computer and saw fucking SPARKS flying out
I almost had a fucking heart attack, I could not believe my eyes and I was afraid the damn house was gonna catch on fire (thank God that didn't happen at least), I've heard of this happening before but I NEVER would have imagined it would happen to me
I've unplugged the thing and put it in my garage, just to be safe
so my question is, why the fuck did this happen? I bought this computer from ibuypower instead of Alienware because everyone and their grandma told me to (a decision I am deeply regretting now) and earlier in the year I bought a new graphics card, one that I was told would work fine
well everything was fine for the most part until I noticed on some games it would shut off, just totally click off, I brought it to this guy in a shop and he said he might have fixed it, now the fucking thing has blown up
I can only assume that ibuypower fucked something up when building it, I wont be using them again, I can tell you
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does some shortcut exist that keeps me from having to expand the polynomial? Currently, I'd just do all the multiplication which can get tedious with a higher order polynomial, and then integrate it once I had it in $ax^n$ form. I seem to remember learning some trick that helped here, and I saw this done very quickly in person a few weeks ago. I've looked on the web and text books but I haven't found anything.
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I am currently working on a project that involves running the lift framework on a sun sparc64 architecture. Due to limited support from more popular unix distros, I am running NetBSD 64-bit on the system.
Before i can even tackle trying to install lift, I have to be able to install java on this system. I found that OpenJDK is what I should be using. Through all my digging, I can't seem to get a straight answer on compatibility or installation for this specific setup. Also if i am to find a compatible version, what kind of route am I to take in terms of installation (i.e. pkg_add, pksrc or compiling the code myself) Can anyone shine a light on the subject or am I just on a wild goose chase to nowhere?


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I just registered. I am thinking of investing in pano equipment but have little experience other than rotating my ball head and looking in the view finder.
I am shooting with a Canon 5D MII and my wife has a 7D. The lens we share are a 17-40, 24-70, and 70-200. If I understand the models correctly the Ninja 4 line would support the both the 17-40, and 24-70 but not the 70-200. That is, the N4 series material says up to 35mm equivalent focal length and 25% overlap telephotos. So if the N 4 series would be strong enough to support the weight of the 5D MII I could only shoot up to 100mm with the 70-200.
Would the same be true in terms of lens with the 7D. It would work fine with the 17-40, 24-70, and be limited with the 70-200?
The higher cost option is the M-1 series seems to fit the 70-200. What are your experiences.? Do you tend to use the telephoto lens that often in the field? I enjoy doing landscapes and have little interest in commercial applications such as real estate at this time.
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- This game requires two or more players.
- Draw a circle about one foot in diameter.
- Have each player scatter an equal number of marbles inside the circle.
- The first player stands outside the circle.
- Holding a marble with an outstretched arm at eye level, he drops it into the circle.
- If his marble knocks any marbles out of the circle, his marble plus the marbles he knocked out belong to him.
- If he fails to knock any marbles out of the circle, his marble stays with the other marbles inside the circle.
- Players take turns trying to knock marbles out of the circle until there are no marbles left in the circle.
- At that point, the player with the most marbles is the winner.
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This week's show is a series of convergences, but none of them are harmonic. Daniel Heller-Roazen tells us about Pythagoras and the fifth hammer and why Kant and Kepler both considered themselves Pythagoreans. Quintan Ana Wikswo explains why she uses nasty nazi cameras in her art. Nina Mitchell explains what happened when her mind went pop! and Paola Antonelli gives us a tour of her latest MoMA blockbuster Talk To Me. PLUS your host tries to make some money doing experimental medical testing.


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My current method is to mount the filesystem via SSH using Nautilus's graphical interface, but I would much prefer to be able to use some tool that mounts the AFS filesystem and gives me access to AFS-specific features (permissions, etc.). I've tried installing OpenAFS via apt-get, but so far the kernel module has refused to compile. Also, assuming I get OpenAFS installed, I'm not quite sure how to actually mount the remote filesystem to, say,
/media/afs or some directory.
I'm running Maverick with the 2.6.36-020636-generic kernel from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
Thanks for the help!