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Security Tools
Years ago there was a website called astalavista.box.sk. This website was a hub for security tools and learning. Unfortunately this website no longer exists. This made me very sad so I decided to compile a list of available tools for those interested in moving their knowledge of security further. I have not been able to test every tool or OS included within this list but I have researched each one, and their reputations. If they aren't worthy then I would not have listed them. These are in no particular order. Use at your own risk and do not use for malicious purposes unless you are attacking your own system or you have consent to do so to someone else'. I will not be held responsible for any result of your use of these tools. Again, use at your own risk as some of these tools can result in criminal prosecution. Please review my Terms of Service before utilizing any of the resources found on this page.
Network Tools
NMAP ("Network Mapper") is a free and open source (license) utility for network discovery and security auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or service uptime. NMAP uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems (and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other characteristics. It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, but works fine against single hosts. NMAP runs on all major computer operating systems, and official binary packages are available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. In addition to the classic command-line NMAP executable, the NMAP suite includes an advanced GUI and results viewer (Zenmap), a flexible data transfer, redirection, and debugging tool (Ncat), a utility for comparing scan results (Ndiff), and a packet generation and response analysis tool (NPing). for more information and to download NMAP visit http://nmap.org/
Snort can perform protocol analysis and content searching/matching. It can be used to detect a variety of attacks and probes, such as buffer overflows, stealth port scans, CGI attacks, SMB probes, OS fingerprinting attempts, and much more. For more information or to download Snort visit – http://snort.org/snort
Wireshark – Calling itself "the de facto (and often de jure) standard" for network protocol analysis. It performs deep inspection of hundreds of protocols and, unlike many of the similar commercial products, it works on multiple platforms. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X. For more information visit – http://www.wireshark.org
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Operating Systems loaded with tools and goodies.
Kali Linux, previously known as "BackTrack Linux".
BackTrack Linux, is a Linux distribution based on the Debian GNU/Linux distribution with a primary focus on digital forensics and penetration testing. BackTrack includes many integrated security tools and is named after a search algorithm called 'backtracking'. For more information or to download BackTrack Linux visit http://www.backtrack-linux.org/. BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It has been developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. Designed to be fast, easy to use and provide a minimal yet complete desktop environment, thanks to its own software repositories, always being updated to the latest stable version of the most used and best known ethical hacking tools. BackBox is getting more popular by the day. Like BackTrack and NodeZero, BackBox Linux is an Ubuntu-based distribution developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. The developers state that the intention with BackBox is to create a pen-testing distro that is fast and easy to use. BackBox does have a pretty concise looking desktop environment and seems to work very well. Like the other distros BackBox is always updated to the latest stable versions of the most often used and best-known ethical hacking tools through repositories. BackBox has all the usual suspect for Forensic Analysis, Documentation & Reporting and Reverse Engineering with tools like ettercap, john, metasploit, nmap, Social Engineering Toolkit, sleuthkit, w3af, wireshark, etc.
PHLAK (Professional Hacker's Linux Assault Kit) – PHLAK (Professional Hacker's Linux Assault Kit) is a modular security distribution, geared to be used as a live CD. PHLAK was created to become the only tool security professionals would need to perform security analysis, penetration testing, forensics, and security auditing. PHLAK comes with two light GUIs (fluxbox and XFCE4), packages for printing, publishing, a little multimedia, many security tools, and a file cabinet full of security related documentation for your reading/educational purposes. This distro is based off of Morphix. http://www.phlak.org/ Inside Security Rescue Toolkit – INSERT is a complete, bootable linux system. It comes with a graphical user interface running the fluxbox window manager while still being sufficiently small to fit on a credit card-sized CD-ROM. http://www.inside-security.de/insert_en.html
IPFire – IPFire was designed with both modularity and a high-level of flexibility in mind. You can easily deploy many variations of it, such as a firewall, a proxy server or a VPN gateway. The modular design ensures that it runs exactly what you've configured it for and nothing more. Everything is simple to manage and update through the package manager, making maintenance a breeze. Homepage – http://www.ipfire.org/
NetSecL is a hardened,live and installable OS based on OpenSuse suitable for Desktop/Server and Penetration testing. Once installed you can fully enjoy the features of GrSecurity hardened kernel and penetration tools OR use the penetration tools directly from your live DVD. GrSecurity is a great security enhancement that you can enjoy with NetSecL and have a normally functional OS together with the NetSecL Firewall and Penetration tools you are always ready and know at what level your security is. http://netsecl.com/
Openwall GNU/Linux (OWL) Openwall GNU/Linux (OWL) is a small, security-enhanced distribution suitable for virtual appliances, hardware appliances, and physical servers. OWL is binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. OWL is also a distribution used by many security professionals for security penetration testing and password cracking. Openwall also develops other security products such as the famous John the Ripper password crack utility, phpass, passwdqc, and tcb. http://www.openwall.com/Owl/ WEAKERTH4N – This penetration distribution is built from Debian Squeeze and uses Fluxbox for its' desktop environment. This pentesting distro is particularly well adjusted for WiFi hacking since it contains many Wireless tools. Here is a quick summary of WEAKERTH4N's tool categories: Wifi attacks, SQL Hacking, Cisco Exploitation, Password Cracking, Web Hacking, Bluetooth, VoIP Hacking, Social Engineering, Information Gathering, Fuzzing, Android Hacking, Networking and Shells.
Bugtraq – Some of the special features included with Bugtraq include (as stated) an expanded range of recognition for injection wireless drivers, (i.e. not just the usual Alfa rtl8187), a patched 2.6.38 kernel and solid installation of the usual suspects: Nessus, OpenVAS, Greenbone, Nod32, Hashcat, Avira etc. Unique to Bugtraq (as claimed on their site) is the ability to, or better said, ease, of deleting tracks and backdoors. Just by having read about Bugtraq I'm really glad that I can add this to the list because it just sounds like a job well done. If you are interested in any of the following pentesting and forensic categories, then do go and check out Buqtraq: Malware, Penetration Shield, Web audit, Brute force attack, Comunication, Forensics Analitycs, Sniffers, Virtualizations, Anonymity and Tracking, Mapping and Vulnerabilty detection.
NodeZero – Like BackTrack, NodeZero is an Ubuntu based distro used for penetration testing using repositories so every time Ubuntu releases a patch for its bugs, you also are notified for system updates or upgrades. Node Zero used to be famous for its inclusion of THC IPV6 Attack Toolkit which includes tools like alive6, detect-new-ip6, dnsdict6, etc, but I think that these days BackTrack 5r3 also includes these tools. Whereas BackTrack is touted as being a "run-everywhere" distro, i.e. running it live, NodeZero Linux (which can also be run live) state that the distros real strength comes from a hard install. NodeZero, in their own words, believe that a penetration tester "requires a strong and efficient system [achieved by using] a distribution that is a permanent installation, that benefits from a strong selection of tools, integrated with a stable linux environment. Sounds cool. Ever tried it? Let us know in the comments below.
Samurai Webtesting Framework – This is a live linux distro that has been pre-configured with some of the best of open source and free tools that focus on testing and attacking websites. (The difference with Samurai Web Testing Framework is that it focuses on attacking (and therefore being able to defend) websites. The developers outline four steps of a web pen-test. The Samurai Web Testing Framework is a live linux distro that focuses on web application vulnerability research and web pentesting within a "safe environment" – i.e. so you can ethical hack without violating any laws. This is a pentesting distro recommended for penetration testers who wants to combine network and web app techniques. Pentoo is a security-focused live CD based on Gentoo. In their own words "Pentoo is Gentoo with the pentoo overlay." So, if you are into Pentoo then this is the distro for you. Their homepage lists some of their customized tools and kernel, including: a Hardened Kernel with aufs patches, Backported Wifi stack from latest stable kernel release, Module loading support ala slax, XFCE4 wm and Cuda/OPENCL cracking support with development tools.
Lightweight Portable Security – Distributed by the US Department of Defense, Lightweight Portable Security (LPS) creates a secure end node from trusted media on almost any Intel-based computer (PC or Mac). LPS boots a thin Linux operating system from a CD or USB flash stick without mounting a local hard drive. Administrator privileges are not required; nothing is installed. The LPS family was created to address particular use cases: LPS-Public is a safer, general-purpose solution for using web-based applications. The accreditedLPS-Remote Access is only for accessing your organization's private network. Homepage – http://spi.dod.mil/lipose.htm
Matriux Krypton – There are 300 security tools to work, called "arsenals". The arsenals allow for penetration testing, ethical hacking, system and network administration, security testing, vulnerability analysis, cyber forensics investigations, exploiting, cracking and data recovery. The last category, data recovery, doesn't seem to be prevalent in the other distros.
Blackbuntu is another penetration testing distro based on Ubuntu obviously because of its name. It uses GNOME as its DE and uses the Ubuntu 10.10 release. The categories of its tools include Information Gathering, Network Mapping, Vulnerability Identification, Penetration, Privilege Escalation, Maintaining Access, Radio Network Analysis, VOIP Analysis, Digital Forensic, Reverse Engineering and other Miscellaneous tools like macchanger and lynis auditing tools. Yes, as the name clearly suggests, this is yet another distro that is based on Ubuntu.
Here is a list of Security and Penetration Testing tools – or rather categories available within the Blackbuntu package, (each category has many sub categories) but this gives you a general idea of what comes with this pentesting distro: Information Gathering, Network Mapping, Vulnerability Identification, Penetration, Privilege Escalation, Maintaining Access, Radio Network Analysis, VoIP Analysis, Digital Forensic, Reverse Engineering and a Miscellanious section. This list is hardly revolutionary but the tools contained within might be different to the other distros.
deft – DEFT 7 which is based on the new Linux Kernel 3 and the DART (Digital Advanced Response Toolkit). This distro is more orientated towards Computer Forensics and uses LXDE as desktop environment and WINE for executing Windows tools under Linux. The developers, (based in Italy) hope that their distro will be used by the Military, Police, Investigators, IT Auditors and professional penetration testers. DEFT is an abbreviation for "Digital Evidence & Forensic Toolkit" Knoppix STD – As the name suggests this distribution is based on Knoppix and STD stands for Security Tools Distribution. This distribution didn't get any update (like most pen-test distros) in a long time and might not work on some new hardwares but they have a fairly good collection of tools. fluxbox is used for desktop environment. Peento is a smart and well equipped linux distro with various tools, based on Gentoo.It's basically a gentoo install with lots of customized tools, customized kernel, and tons more. This distro is based on Debian and originated in Germany. The architecture is i486 and runs from the following desktops: GNOME, KDE, LXDE and also Openbox.
Knoppix has been around for a long time now – in fact I think it was one of the original live distros. Knoppix is primarily designed to be used as a Live CD, it can also be installed on a hard disk. The STD in the Knoppix name stands for Security Tools Distribution. The Cryptography section is particularly well-known in Knoppix.
CAINE Stands for Computer Aided Investigative Environment, and like many information security products and tools – it is Italian GNU/Linux live distribution. CAINE offers a comprehensive forensic environment that is organized to integrate existing software tools that are composed as software modules, all displayed within a friendly graphical interface. CAINE states to have three objectives. These are, to ensure that the distro works in an interoperable environment that supports the digital investigator during the four phases of the digital investigation. Secondly that the distro has a user friendly graphical interface and finally that it provides a semi-automated compilation of the final forensic report. As you would likely expect, CAINE is fully open-source.
Trinity Rescue Kit – Trinity Rescue Kit or TRK is a free live Linux distribution that aims specifically at recovery and repair operations on Windows machines, but is equally usable for Linux recovery issues. Since version 3.4 it has an easy to use scrollable text menu that allows anyone who masters a keyboard and some English to perform maintenance and repair on a computer, ranging from password resetting over disk cleanup to virus scanning. Homepage – http://trinityhome.org/
Damn Vulnerable Linux (DVL) – Damn Vulnerable Linux (DVL) is a Slackware and Slax-based live DVD. The distribution, purposefully stuffed with broken, ill-configured, outdated and exploitable software, began life as a training system used during the author's university lectures. Its primary goal is to design a Linux system that is as vulnerable as possible — in order to teach and demonstrate a variety of security topics, including reverse code engineering, buffer overflows, shell code development, web exploitation, and SQL injection.
Vyatta – The free community Vyatta Core software(VC) is an award-winning open source network operating system providing advanced IPv4 and IPv6 routing, stateful firewalling, IPSec and SSL OpenVPN, and more. When you add Vyatta to a standard x86 hardware system, you can create an enterprise grade network appliance that easily scales from DSL to 10Gbps. Vyatta is also optimized to run in VMware, Citrix XenServer, Xen, KVM, and Hyper V, providing networking and security services to virtual machines and cloud computing environments. Vyatta has been downloaded over 1,000,000 times, has a community of hundreds of thousands of registered users and counts dozens of fortune 500 businesses among its commercial customers. http://www.vyatta.org
Wireless network tools.
Kismet is an 802.11 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, and 802.11n traffic (devices and drivers permitting). For more information on Kismet visit http://www.kismetwireless.net/index.shtml
Nikto is an Open Source (GPL) web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, including over 6500 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, checks for outdated versions of over 1250 servers, and version specific problems on over 270 servers. For more information or to download visit – http://www.cirt.net/
Bluepot – Bluetooth honeypot Spooftooph – Spoofs or clones Bluetooth devices Smartphone-Pentest-Framework Fern-Wifi-cracker – Gui for testing Wireless encryption strength Wi-fihoney – Creates fake APs using all encryption and monitors with Airodump Wifite – Automated wireless auditor Blueranger – Uses link quality to locate Bluetooth devices Netgear-telnetable – Enables Telnet console on Netgear devices >Back to top< Security Utilities. WinSCP – Secure file transfer client for Windows. More info can be found here – http://winscp.net/eng/docs/free_sftp_client_for_windows
BleachBit – Erases the traces of your actions on your computer and speeds up performance by cleaning up your cache, deleting your history, and more. It can also "shred" files or folders so they can't be recovered from your hard drive. Operating System: Windows, Linux. Home page @ http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net
Eraser – Even though you've deleted a file, someone may be able to recover it from your hard drive using forensics tools. However, Eraser writes over your old files, completely eliminating all traces of sensitive or personal files. Operating System: Windows. Details can be found here – http://www.heidi.ie/eraser
TrueCrypt – Like the PGP product, TrueCrypt can protect your entire hard drive or thumb drive. Incredibly popular. Operating System: Windows. For more info and to download visit here – http://www.truecrypt.org
File System Forensics
Odessa – Short for "Open Digital Evidence Search and Seizure Architecture," ODESSA, incorporates a variety of tools for collecting and analyzing digital evidence. Still good for analyzation of Internet Explorer cookies and some Windows files. Available for Windows, Linux, OS X. More info can be found here – http://odessa.sourceforge.net
The Sleuth Kit – The Sleuth Kit (TSK) is a library and collection of command line tools that allow you to investigate disk images. The core functionality of TSK allows you to analyze volume and file system data. The plug-in framework allows you to incorporate additional modules to analyze file contents and build automated systems. The library can be incorporated into larger digital forensics tools and the command line tools can be directly used to find evidence. More info on The Sleuth Kit can be found here – http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit/
AFICK (Another File Integrity Checker) – Afick is a security tool, very close from the well known tripwire. It allows to monitor the changes on your files systems, and so can detect intrusions. http://afick.sourceforge.net/
Ophcrack – Ophcrack is a free Windows password cracker based on rainbow tables. It is a very efficient implementation of rainbow tables done by the inventors of the method. It comes with a Graphical User Interface and runs on multiple platforms. More info on Ophcrack can be found here – http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/ >Back to top<
Server Exploitation Tools
Xenotix XSS Exploit Framework – Xenotix XSS Exploit Framework is a penetration testing tool to detect and exploit XSS vulnerabilities in Web Applications. This tool can inject codes into a webpage which are vulnerable to XSS. It is basically a payload list based XSS Scanner and XSS Exploitation kit. It provides a penetration tester the ability to test all the XSS payloads available in the payload list against a web application to test for XSS vulnerabilities. The tool supports both manual mode and automated time sharing based test modes. The exploitation framework in the tool includes a XSS encoder, a victim side XSS keystroke logger, an Executable Drive-by downloader and a XSS Reverse Shell. These exploitation tools will help the penetration tester to create proof of concept attacks on vulnerable web applications during the creation of a penetration test report.
Websploit – Scans & analyses remote systems for vulnerabilities
Htexploit – Tool to bypass standard directory protection
Tnscmd10g – Allows you to inject commands into Oracle
BBQSQL – Blind SQL injection toolkit
Lynis – Scans systems & software for security issues
DotDotPwn – Directory Traversal fuzzer
Hajiv – Havij is an automated SQL Injection tool that helps penetration testers to find and exploit SQL Injection vulnerabilities on a web page. It can take advantage of a vulnerable web application. By using this software one can perform back-end database fingerprint, retrieve DBMS users and password hashes, dump tables and columns, fetching data from the database, running SQL statements and even accessing the underlying file system and executing commands on the operating system.
Awesome tutorial for Hajiv found here – http://jameslovecomputers.wordpress.com/category/tutorials/backtrack-tutorials/web-exploitation-tools-backtrack-tutorials/


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School is almost over, which means report cards are coming home soon. If your child is an average or outstanding student, you probably go through his or her report card within a few minutes. However, if your child struggles with one or more subjects, you are likely more nervous about receiving your child's report card.
I personally have wonderful memories about receiving report cards. When reviewing my report cards, my parents would hide the column that displays the grade for each subject and review the "behaviour and work habits" column first. They explained to me then that this information was the most important element for them because it told them more about my social conduct and work ethic. In my parents' eyes, good marks were second to good work and well-mannered behaviour.
Here are some tips on how you can review your child's report card in a constructive and positive way!
1. Before looking at the report card
Before you look at the report card, choose an appropriate time to review it with your child. The perfect time is when you and your child are relaxed, calm, focused, and full of positive energy.
Choosing the appropriate time for review can be difficult. One way to approach this is to sit down with your child right after school on the day you get the report card. However, avoid choosing a time that will take away from one of your child's regular after-school activities (so it doesn't seem like a punishment). Your child will likely be excited (or possibly anxious) about your reaction. Sit down together in a positive space that is free of distractions (such as the dinner table) and calmly go through the report together.
2. While looking at the report card
Both you and your child are nervous and excited. You really want to see you child's marks. However, it is important that a parent doesn't give the impression that the only things that matter are the grades and teacher's comments.
Take some time to discuss the evaluation presented in the report card with your child. Ask them to tell you their impression about their progress, the quality of their assignments and the grade they were expecting to get for each subject. Ask your child to write down the grades they expect to receive in each subject on a piece of paper so that you can compare them with the actual grades. When you give your child a chance to assess themself, you give them the opportunity to develop a critical view of their own work and progress.
You will likely be surprised at how critical children can be when evaluating themselves!
Keep the following points in mind while you and your child are discussing the report card:
- Be an active listener: If your child is perfectly able to read, than let them hold the report card and read the marks and grades themselves. Let them explain to you why they did poorly in this part and their impression about the evaluation they got.
- Praise your child for the things they achieve: We love our children and we always wish them the best, which is why it is important to make sure we approach discussions such as this using positive language. That is, sometimes it is easy to, unconsciously, undermine the child, especially if you are disappointed or frustrated. Comments such as "You still have the same mark!" "All this work for nothing!" or "Why are your grades always under the class average?" should always be avoided. Instead, focus on positive approach: "I'm sure you put lots of efforts preparing for this course, why do you think you got a lower mark this term?" or "Can you think of any reason why you did poorly in this subject?"
3. After looking at the report card
After you've reviewed the report card, make plans to work with your child to improve by the next report card. This can be especially a difficult task if you are trying to help them improve during the summer or when school is not in session. Consider your child's suggestions seriously and then create (and both commit to) an action plan that will help your child to engage with and succeed in their academic work.
Here are some concrete examples you can consider while you plan:
- Start the summer vacation with at least 3 to 4 weeks-off in order to disconnect completely from school work
- Set concrete and specific expectations such as: we need to practice your computation and reading skills
- Purchase textbooks that provide them with extra exercises. Set a time during the day where they have to settle down and work. You can also hire a tutor who will help them set and respect a working routine
- Let them participate in a scientific or literacy summer camp
As a parent, you are responsible for making sure that your child feels comfortable discussing their education with you regularly and helping your child reach their academic goals.
Going over your child's report card in a constructive and positive way will have a direct impact on their self-esteem and will surely affect their life-time relationship with education.
Bchira Dhouib, B.Ed.
Director of Education
Liberty Tutoring

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If you'd told me in spring training that I'd be writing a column advocating for Alexi Casilla to be the Orioles' everyday second baseman, I'd have made a very strange face at you. But baseball is a very strange mistress sometimes, and here we are.
I do my very best not to question the master plans of Dan Duquette and Buck Showalter. They improbably led the Orioles out of the wilderness last year, and they showed that they're probably better at what they do than a bunch of bloggers. But on the issue of the Orioles' starting second baseman, I'm going to break my silence.
Going into 2012, it was common knowledge that Brian Roberts was the Orioles second baseman, but also that the team was busy making contingency plans. Last year's rule five pick, Ryan Flaherty, was duking it out for playing time with Casilla and Yamaico Navarro. It seemed like the Orioles had, at worst, set themselves up with some replacement-level options in the event of a Roberts injury.
But then a funny thing happened. The Roberts injury came, in just the third game of the season, and it took 25 starts for Showalter and Duquette to admit that Flaherty's .461 OPS just wasn't going to cut it, glove or no glove. During those 25 starts, Casilla got a few spot starts but was mostly relegated to pinch hitting and running. When the Orioles finally had enough of Flaherty and sent him down, Navarro got a callup and seemed to immediately slot in as the regular starter. MASN's Roch Kubatko recently confirmed that Showalter wants to "take an extended look" at Navarro.
Mark recently pointed out the abysmal black hole of production that the Orioles are getting from the second base position. An ensuing discussion confirmed that Casilla hitting his career numbers would put the Orioles at 10th in the AL in offensive production by a second baseman. That's not setting the world on fire, but it's not a black hole, either -- especially for a guy the team picked up off waivers in the offseason as an insurance policy.
I'm not passionate about Casilla. He's not an amazing choice or a long-term solution. He's a flawed ballplayer, but he's the least flawed of three bad options. Flaherty is a glove with no bat right now. Navarro is an alleged bat (except he's really not) with no glove. Casilla is a slightly-below-average bat with a glove and some speed to boot. This is not a hard decision. None of these guys are exactly at "prospect" status anymore, even if Navarro is only 25.
Ryan Flaherty might have earned his extended look after the team invested a roster spot in his all season last year, and after he showed a bit of development at season's end. But that experiment is over unless he rediscovers a hitting stroke in Norfolk. Yamaico Navarro has bounced from team to team and minors to majors for the last four years. The guy is known for his bat rather than his glove, yet he's sporting a career OPS of .520. He's never stolen a base in the major leagues. I would be deeply shocked if Navarro was a capable starter for any team for even one full season.
That leaves Casilla. As I said, don't read this article as excitement for Casilla. Read this article as a lukewarm endorsement of predictable mediocrity. We know that Casilla can handle the glove at second base. We know his bat has come and gone over the years, but his career .635 OPS would be adequate - anything beyond (which he's actually done a few times) would be a pleasant surprise. We know that Casilla can steal a base (career 76/9 SB ratio). He's just about exactly what you want in a backup infielder and a #9 hitter on an AL team.
So why aren't we seeing him just about every day at this point?


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Manpreet Singh is the current captain of Men's National Hockey Indian team.The 26 year old captain plays at the halfback position and holds 218 caps with no signs of stopping. He is also a member of Hockey India League's Ranchi Rays. Singh is presently engaged to Illi Najwa Saddique whom he met after a Hockey tournament itself. He idolizes former players Sardar Singh and Moritz Fürste and takes personal inspiration from Cristiano Ronaldo. The motivation not only helps him on the field but also his fellow teammates with his pep talks
26 June, 1992 in a rural area near Jalandhar called Mithapur, Manpreet Singh (Pawar) was born. Inspired from his older brothers (more specifically from the awards they won) and Pargat Singh a former Indian Hockey team skipper from Jalandhar, Manpreet Singh started playing Hockey from a very young age of 9. Despite strict opposition from his mother and his brothers due to injury concerns, he never backed off from his will to play the sport. While the awards his brothers won were one of his inspiration, it was an award of Rs. 500 which he himself earned that earned him a permission from his family to pursue a career in hockey.
A major step in Manpreet's Hockey career was joining the Surjit Hockey Academy at Jalandhar in the year 2005. This was where he began his journey to become one of the finest halfback of the country.
Rise to glory
It was while playing at the academy itself that he was picked for the Indian national team (junior) in the year 2011. He was in the roster for the 2012 Olympics and 2 years after joining he captained the junior team in Men's Junior Hockey World Cup. While the playing squad was being changed regularly due to poor performances, Manpreet's presence was consistent. Later in the same year he not only captained but also bagged his first gold medal at the Sultan of Johor Cup.
Manpreet Singh's career has been on a rise consistently. In 2014, he was declared the Junior player of the year by the Asian Hockey Federation. Some time later, it was the then skipper PR Sreejesh's injury that lead to Manpreet captaining the senior side for the first time. Until Sreejesh's return he lead the team into a mixed spell of wins and losses.
Low point
While Manpreet has been a consistent performer, the lowest point in his career was unarguably the impromptu death of his father. It was a big shocker for him but it has never stopped him from aiming bigger and bigger.
International Awards:
2013 - Silver - Asia Cup, Malaysia.
2014 - Silver - Commonwealth games, Glasgow.
2014 - Gold - Asian Games, Incheon.
2016 - Silver - Champions Trophy, London.
2017 - Gold - Asia Cup, Dhaka.
2018 - Bronze - Asian Games, Jakarta.
2018 - Silver - Champions Trophy, Breda.


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How HTTPS Protects Your Online Security
Do you know that HTTPS plays a very important role to secure the web? Keep reading to know the basic concept of HTTPS and how it actually protects users' online security. What is HTTPS? HTTPS means Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure and it is an Internet communication protocol which protects the...


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Sustained Investigation Practice 1
Due Friday, August 30, 2019 . . . 5 photos reflecting your experiences at school at this time in your life. Make a new folder in your OneDrive labeled SIP 1. Be sure to crop the photos tightly and use Lightroom to adjust light levels. Add any other edits to make an attractive photo. Be prepared to caption this photo on a form I will provide next week.
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Most strength values, cited in the literature, for fresh water ice are not well defined in terms of the type of ice or strain rate applied, and therefore their usefulness for engineering purposes is questionable. In this study the uniaxial strength of various ice types was determined over a wide range of strain rates and stresses. The ice types chosen for this study columnar ice, snow ice, and frozen frazil slush, represent the three most common distinctive types found in the stable ice cover of rivers and lakes. All columnar ice was chosen with a global c-axis (major crystallographic axis) distribution tending to a preferred horizontal orientation, as illustrated on a stereographic (Wulff) net. The grain size was of the order of 0.5 cm in diameter. The snow ice had equiaxed grains with an average diameter of 0.1 cm, and the frozen frazil slush had irregular grain shapes with an average diameter of 0.1 cm. The crystallographic orientation for snow ice and frozen frazil slush was random. Two types of tests were used--tensile and compression. Tensile tests, using constant loads, were carried out to the point where cylindrical samples failed or a secondary creep rate was obtained. This can be considered as a constant stress test since ice has no necking tendencies. Compression tests were performed under constant strain rate conditions. The yield point was taken as the critical value for the analysis. The stress and strain rate behaviour was also studied in the temperature range minus 1.5 to minus 35 C. The curves have been extended by using: a) low stress data (Bromer and Kingery) for columnar ice; b) low stress data (Tabor and Walker) for snow ice; c) high strain rate data (Carter) for snow ice. The strain rate-stress curve was divided into two regions--the ductile and brittle region. In terms of stress the ductile region was further divided into the low, intermediate, and high stress stages. The latter stage was typified by formation of cracks whereas the intermediate stress stage lacked these characteristics. The brittle region consisted of a ductile-brittle transition zone which showed a decreasing stress with an increasing strain rate; it eventually became independent of the stress in the quasi-brittle region. The results now available cover a range of ten orders of magnitude for the strain rate and over two orders of magnitude for the stress. The transition from one zone or region to another depends on temperature. In the intermediate stress stage, the strain rate at a constant stress varied as much as one order of magnitude for the different ice types. Frozen frazil slush had the lowest strain rate; it was followed by snow ice, then by columnar ice. This difference was caused by the apparent elastic modulus. The curves of the three ice types were brought into coincidence by dividing the stress by the apparent elastic modulus. The resultant strain rate-stress curves represented most strain rates which are encountered in engineering studies involving interaction with fresh water ice.
Supplemental Notes:
- Abstract of paper delivered at the First International Conference on "Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions" held at Trondheim, Norway, August 23-30, 1971
Corporate Authors:
POAC Conference,
- Ramseier, R O
- Publication Date: 1971
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cold weather construction; Fresh water; Ice; Mechanical properties; Strength of materials
- Geographic Terms: Arctic Regions
- Old TRIS Terms: Arctic engineering; Fresh water ice; Ice strength
- Subject Areas: Construction; Marine Transportation; Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00025697
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Arctic Institute of North America
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 28 1972 12:00AM


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If you're looking for the secret to success, it may come down to your own personal set of beliefs.
A belief is something you know to be true without any tangible proof that it is, in fact, actually true. And according to the results of a recent study, your personal beliefs play a big role in determining your circumstances in life.
Thomas Corley spent five years analyzing the habits of both rich people and poor people, and according to this 'Rich Habits Study,' there are a few things that many wealthy people have in common.
'Those who are wealthy have different beliefs than those who are poor or stuck in the middle class,' Corley says.
So what exactly does this mean? Let's take a closer look.
Read more: 7 habits of financially successful people
How your beliefs determine your future
Based on the results of his study, Corley argues that whether people end up rich or poor is in large part determined by their own individual beliefs, habits and behaviors.
During the five years of research, Corley looked at the various beliefs people adopt throughout their life — from parents, family, mentors, culture, environment etc. What he discovered was that these core beliefs play a major role in determining whether someone is successful in life.
For example, if you believe that you are responsible for your own success and your own future, you will have a better chance of reaching your goals and achieving success. On the other hand, if you don't believe that you are responsible for your own success, your circumstances likely won't change.
Beliefs that lead to success
According to Corley's study, wealthy people adopt certain beliefs and behaviors that 'promote success':
- I must read to learn.
- I am responsible for the circumstances of my life.
- Money and wealth are good.
- There is an abundance of money and wealth to go around.
- Anyone has the ability to become wealthy. I can become wealthy.
- I can solve any problem.
- I can overcome any obstacle.
- I create my own luck.
- Opportunities are everywhere.
- Opportunity does not knock. I have to go out and find it and take action.
- I must earn respect.
- Failure is just another way to learn.
- Failure is the stepping stone to success.
- Risk is good when it is calculated risk.
- There is good debt and bad debt.
- No one succeeds on their own. I can only succeed if I surround myself with other success-minded people.
- I can accomplish anything I put my mind to.
- Time is the most valuable resource. I must make efficient use of my time. Wasting it is a crime.
- Birds of a feather flock together. I will avoid toxic people and surround myself with success-minded people.
- Dreams and goals are the rungs on the ladder of success.
- If I help others succeed, I will succeed.
- If I improve the lives of others, I will improve my life.
- Always exceed the expectations of others.
- I am in control of my thoughts and emotions.
- Never quit on a dream.
- Success takes time.
- I must save more than I earn and invest my savings in my dreams and goals.
- I am amazing and unstoppable.
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How you can change your own future
There will always be things in life that we can't control, including where we came from and how we grew up. In order to be successful, you have to take responsibility for the things you can control.
'Most who were raised in poverty inherited limiting beliefs that hold them back in life,' Corley says. 'Those who are able to rise from poverty and become wealthy found mentors who possessed success beliefs or employed certain strategies that enabled them to remove their limiting beliefs and implant success beliefs, effectively re-programming their entire belief system.'
Corley says what critics don't like about his study is the conclusion that a person's level of success is primarily determined by their own individual behavior.
'They don't like this because it means that your financial circumstances in life are determined by your habitual behavior, thinking and emotions and not caused by outside forces,' Corley states on his website.
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What this means is that a person's background isn't what prevents them from changing their circumstances, it's the lack of initiative and tendency to blame those outside forces. If you didn't grow up in a success-minded environment, it doesn't mean you won't be successful, it just means you have to re-wire your own personal belief system and outlook on life.
This isn't something that happens overnight, but if you dedicate yourself to implementing positive change, it will happen.
How to get on the path to success
While Corley's data may be new, the concept is not. This idea — that personal accountability drives individual success — is one that many experts have supported for a long time.
The popular personal finance book The Millionaire Next Door points out that most wealthy individuals in the United States are self-made, meaning they achieved success and earned their money themselves. This doesn't mean they didn't have help along the way — what it means is that these individuals implemented certain successful habits and behaviors into their own personal lives that allowed them to achieve their goals.
It's up to you as an individual to eliminate inherited beliefs and behaviors that may hold you back. It's up to you to implement beliefs and habits that encourage success, and surround yourself with supportive people who also encourage success. Because if you don't take responsibility for yourself and your own future, no one else is going to do it for you.
If it's time to reevaluate your beliefs, you first have to figure out what's working in your favor and what's not. For a week, write down any belief, habit or behavior that comes to mind. Then take some time to go through that list and determine any that could be limiting your potential success — and replace them with success-minded alternatives.
If you need some help figuring out how to implement the right habits, here are a few suggestions from Corley:
- Associate with success-minded people who will encourage and support you along the way.
- Listen to inspirational podcasts.
- Read inspirational books and articles.
- Make a list of habits you want to implement, along with a timeline to keep yourself accountable.
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Sexual minority families—where parental sexual orientation or gender identity is considered outside cultural, societal, or physiological norms—fare as well as, or better than, 'traditional' families with parents of the opposite sex, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published in BMJ Global Health.
Parental sexual orientation isn't an important determinant of children's development, the analysis shows.
The number of children in families with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer parents has risen in recent years. But despite a shift in public attitudes, sexual minority parenting still provokes controversy, and whether parental sexual orientation affects family outcomes continues to be a matter of debate, say the researchers.
To strengthen the evidence, and find out if there were differences in outcomes between sexual minority and different sex (straight) parent families, they systematically reviewed 34 relevant studies published between January 1989 and April 2022, and carried out in countries where same sex relationships were legally recognized.
The studies were categorized into 11 main themes: children's psychological adjustment, physical health, gender role behavior, gender identity/sexual orientation and educational attainment; parents' mental health and parenting stress; and parent–child relationships, couple relationship satisfaction, family functioning, social support.
A pooled data analysis of the results of 16 of the 34 studies showed that most family outcomes were similar between these two family types. And in some domains, such as child psychological adjustment—pre-schoolers, in particular—and child-parent relationships, these were actually better in sexual minority families.
"Growing up with sexual minority parents may confer some advantages to children. They have been described as more tolerant of diversity and more nurturing towards younger children than children of heterosexual parents," explain the researchers.
But the analysis indicated that sexual minority parents didn't outperform different parental sex families on couple relationship satisfaction, mental health, parenting stress, or family functioning.
Risk factors for poor family outcomes for sexual minority families included experiencing stigma and discrimination, inadequate social support and co-habiting rather than married parents.
"Legal marriage confers a host of protections and advantages to the couples who marry and to their children," note the researchers.
The results of the narrative synthesis (18 studies), showed that children who lived in sexual minority parent families were less likely to expect to identify as straight when they grew up than were children who lived in 'traditional' set-up families.
"There may be less gender stereotyping in minority parent families, and this effect may be positive," suggest the researchers. "Exploration of gender identity and sexuality may actually enhance children's ability to succeed and thrive in a range of contexts."
They acknowledge various limitations to their findings, including that the included studies were limited to regions where same-sex relationships were legalised, and where the social climate for these families is generally favourable.
Most of the study participants were also from gay and lesbian households and it wasn't possible to account for potentially influential demographic factors.
But the researchers conclude that children from sexual minority families are not at a disadvantage compared with children from different sex parent families.
"One contribution of this review is the recognition that parents' sexual orientation is not, in and of itself, an important determinant of children's development," they write. "Another…is that there are significant risk factors often associated with the sexual minority experience and family functioning, such as stigma, poor social support and parenting styles."
They add: "Policy-makers, practitioners, and the public must work together to improve family outcomes, regardless of sexual orientation."


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Re: 35mm slide scanner -- what's good these days?
John Schroth <[log in to unmask]>
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Thanks Carl:
What I failed to mention and Carl briefly touches base on, is your
display. Without a high quality monitor, calibration hardware/software
and a good understanding of color management, any adjustments you make
to an image is a shot in the dark. A high quality monitor will reproduce
and display the full range (or almost full range) of the image's color
spectrum and the color space format you are scanning to (ie: Adobe RGB).
Without the ability to see the full gamut or range of the color spectrum
on a monitor and without that monitor being calibrated properly you
cannot reproduce a faithful color representation of the image, actually
sometimes what you create is a mess. A high-end monitor for doing image
work is akin to a good set of headphones and/or monitor speakers when
working with audio.
A good example was when I was first getting into the scanning business.
I was scanning 35mm slides for a well-known photographer here in
Rochester. He worked for Kodak for many years and took many of the
Colorama photos one would see on display in Grand Central Station in
NYC. We were sending files of the 35mm slide scans out to a stock photo
house in Colorado. The owner of the stock photo house sent him an email
after receiving the first batch of samples telling him to dump the
company doing the scanning work as they had not a clue what they were
doing. The images had color banding issues, color noise and the color
balance was way off. The images looked fine on my computer CRT display
(which I thought was a good one at the time) and on my client's Apple
Mac display. We were both scratching our heads. I invested in an Eizo
Coloredge color monitor and calibration hardware/software and as soon as
we dialed in the monitor and put some of the samples up on the display
we were both embarrassed and shocked at what we saw.
I guess where I'm going with this is, if you only have a small
collection of slides and want a really good quality scan, you're better
off sending them out. Then again, if you want to have the capability of
a decent/good scanner and like working with images it's important to
know that a good scanner is only part of the equation. Your scans will
only be as good as, not only what the scanner can deliver, but how you
can see/view the data and how the entire chain is calibrated, so that
you can make accurate adjustments. Throw in some time for a learning
curve and it's definitely rewarding on the back end.
One last bit of advice for people looking to get into scanning images.
First, come up with a plan and do a lot of testing before you actually
begin any scanning project. Richard's post noted a lot of details about
file format type, resolutions and bit depths. Obviously he took careful
consideration of what type of file formats and settings he was using for
his project. You don't want to get half way into the project to find out
you should have been scanning to some other option or different setting.
The second is the importance of keeping one set of original raw (as in
untouched) scans without adjustment. That way if you find you want to go
back to the original because adjustments you made to the scan were less
than perfect, you can. Third, after making any adjustments to an image,
you want to back the adjustments off slightly. When you look at an image
and make adjustments, persistence of vision comes into play. The longer
you sit there and stare an an image, the more acceptable your changes
become to your eyes. Even with professionals - I too-often see
oversharpening, oversaturation, over compensation. Most often less is
more (and better).
Happy scanning!
John Schroth
Media Transfer Service, LLC
On 9/18/2012 11:36 AM, Carl wrote:
> I've been doing film scanning for over a decade; not professionally, but seriously. With both the LS-30 and Coolscan 4000, Vuescan worked great and I join the chorus in recommending it. Best $80 I've ever spent on sw.
> If this isn't an ongoing pursuit, I'd take John's message seriously and send them out. There is a learning curve, which could take 200 images to climb. Most of my stuff is on color negative, which is more challenging than slides, as you have no reference for color balance. But, slides can also be tough as the narrower contrast range of print or screen display requires interpretation. That takes time and practice. Add to that the effort of perfecting a scanning workflow, which can vary in its details from one system platform to another, and the time adds up significantly. A cheap scanner that won't handle the higher densities will multiply your editing time and potential frustration. Working with pictures in Photoshop (or whatever) is great fun, but scanning isn't!
> Carl (John, I'm a fellow Rochesterian)
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>> From: John Schroth <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sep 18, 2012 10:22 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] 35mm slide scanner -- what's good these days?
>> Hello Tom:
>> Part of my business includes slide scanning services. Here's my opinion.
>> If you only have 200 slides, this is a very small amount. If you really
>> want to get a good quality scan, and you don't feel you'll be scanning a
>> ton of slides in the future - send the slide out to a service for
>> scanning. The time and money you will spend trying to fit out
>> hardware/software and testing will not be worth it. If you will be doing
>> more scanning in the future and/or you still want to get a scanner, then
>> read below:
>> I've tried and tested many options. I have not found any flatbed
>> scanners to be acceptable for scanning small format transparencies,
>> including 35mm slides. Flatbeds just can't match small gauge dedicated
>> CCD imaging. I have a Epson VM-750 pro flatbed and any transparency
>> scans in or near the 35mm size class does not look nearly as good as
> >from a dedicated small format transparency scanner. A company in town
>> that also offers slide scanning services uses a very high-end flatbed
>> scanner for slides and they still look crappy. You just can't get the
>> resolution and density range.
>> I agree with Randy - For the money, based on your needs as you described
>> below, if you're looking for better than a flatbed, the Nikon Coolscan
>> 5000 with the bulk film loader offers the best quality. The 5000 was the
>> only one to take a bulk film loader. With all my testing, the only other
>> option that scans at better quality than the Nikon is Hasselblad but
>> you're looking at a price point of more than $10,000 over the cost of
>> the Nikon, for minimal gains only at very high resolution scans. The
>> unfortunate issue is that Nikon stopped making these units, they are not
>> available new, and can only be found used. I've had several contacts I
>> know buy the used Nikon 5000's on Ebay, as long as the seller guaranteed
>> the item, the buyer was protected. Both of the units that I know of that
>> were purchased through Ebay worked out fine. I believe you can still get
>> the bulk loader attachment through B&H Photo.
>> I know of one person who has purchased a Pacific Imaging Powerslide
>> 5000. They say that the bulk loading mechanism jams (though so too does
>> the Nikon bulk loader - but I've worked out modifications to this and it
>> works fairly reliably now). They said that the quality of the scans from
>> the Powerslide were good and they were pleased with the end results,
>> though they were not a professional scanning service with a discerning
>> eye and a really good monitor, so I'm not sure how the quality compares
>> to the Nikon. My guess is that the Nikon is better.
>> The Nikon Coolscan 5000 and the Pacific Imaging Powerslide 5000 are the
>> only two scanners that I know of that have good-excellent ratings that
>> can handle bulk slide scanning.
>> There is no type of software that I know of that offers "good" results,
>> for automatic, accurate exposure and color balance during the scan.
>> Believe me, if there was, I'd be using it - as I get many projects
>> through the door that are several thousand slides. The bottom line, you
>> really have to "touch" each slide in Photoshop after the scan to
>> accurately represent exposure and color balance. The closest I can come
>> to an automated adjustment is using Viewscan pro software and setting up
>> for an automatic white balance setting, with a safe/conservative fixed
>> adjustment for the white and black points so that both the top and
>> bottom point of the histogram are not clipped during the scan. Then you
>> can batch process the scans in Photoshop using auto color correct
>> adjustment only, then using a 25-30% fade on the adjustment as part of
>> the batch scan. This will get you close. Even at that, I still prefer to
>> make all my adjustments by hand and not batch process anything.
>> The best scanning software you can get is Viewscan. It will work with
>> almost any scanner and offers many more options for your scanner than
>> the native GUI will. I can't say enough about this software and the
>> support they have after the sale.
>> Let me know if you have any additional questions.
>> John Schroth
>> Media Transfer Service, LLC
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Written by HMG Staff on 04/14/2018
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The number of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases reported out of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has spiked since the beginning of the month, with the Ministry of Health reporting two dozen cases in the Saudi capital in the past nine days.
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Since June 2012, Saudi Arabia has reported 1082 MERS cases, including 473 deaths.
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A Portable 4.5m X 2.0M Near-Field Scanner
Author: David S. Fooshe
Publication: AMTA 1995
Copyright Owner: NSI-MI Technologies
Portable scanners used for near-field antenna measurements are usually incapable of providing a large scan area with a high degree of probe position accuracy. This paper discusses a 4.5m x 2.0m portable scanner developed by NSI with a probe position accuracy on the order of 2 mils (0.050 mm) rms. An NSI patented optical measurement system measures the X, Y, and Z position, and provides real-time position correction capability. This lightweight, portable scanner combined with optical correction provides enhanced accuracy while reducing overall antenna measurement system costs and improving test chamber flexibility.


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Born and raised in Newark, NJ, I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in late 1996. I've designed scenery for many Bay Area theater companies up and down the San Francisco peninsula. Along with being a set designer, I'm also a production manager and technical director. 2019 marks my 40th year of working in show business; 33 of those years have been spent doing what I do now. I believe it is what I should be doing and what I was meant to do. I love it!
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text: \n\n\n\nWhat's your name? Jennifer\n\nHow old are you? 42 (pretty much)\n\nDo you have an Instagram handle or website? @Miss_fit_biker\n\n\nTell us a little bit about yourself: I'm a mom, wife, full time working lady, wanna be athlete. \n\nHow would you describe your training style? Crossfit mostly these days, on days I bike commute to work I do more traditional lifting so I have energy to ride to work.\n\nHow would you describe your fitness\/strength level, currently? Constant work in progress. \n\nWhat are your fitness\/strength goals? I want to be stronger, faster. Basically if the zombie apocalypse were to happen - zombies are on the losing end. \n\nDescribe your garage gym. My gym is my favorite place in my house. Its like my church, my sacred ground. It has the best of everything I used at my old traditional gym only I don't have to listen to people slam weights or wait for the squat rack.\n\nWho works out in your garage gym? Just me, and my son when I coax him into a workout to earn video game time. My husband likes the structure and motivation of the local crossfit gym.\n\nWhy did you build a garage gym? A few reasons, I didn't want to drive every morning to and from the gym. I don't like to socialize when I work out. I sweat, stink and sometimes break into dance when a good song comes on. All of which I see as solitary activities.\n\nWhat's your favorite piece of equipment in your garage? Probably my W2 barbell.\n\nWhat piece of equipment was a waste? Honestly I don't have a huge budget, what I have has been bought piece by piece or purchased because I sold something else, everything has been carefully picked. \n\nWhat's the next piece of equipment you're going to get? I would like to get a pull sled or a climbing rope setup, a timer would be nice.\n\nAny dream piece of equipment? Nope, as long as I have heavy stuff to lift repeatedly I'm golden.\n\nHow did you build your garage gym? Over the last couple years, a piece here a piece there. Got my rower and my box jump used.\n\nDo you have any tips for anyone else looking to build a garage gym? If you buy it, use it...keep moving!\n\n


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The purpose of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Committee is to provide advice and assistance to the Town Council and Town Manger regarding bicycle and pedestrian safety conditions and issues in Bethany Beach.
Research and evaluate bicycle and pedestrian safety conditions and practices in Town; identify issues; and make recommendations for improvement to the Town Council.
In developing recommendations, review and consider the constraints of the physical layout of the Town's streets and roadways; the jurisdiction of the Delaware Department of Transportation; and other relevant factors.
Develop a communication strategy and procedures to keep citizens informed about current and future projects and plans for their biking and walking safety.
Develop safety information, such as safety tips for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians, and publication procedures for Council consideration.
Research and evaluate safety practices in other towns and new technologies that might enhance public safety in Bethany Beach.


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Taken By Trees
Other Worlds
Taken By Trees' Other Worlds is a impressionist poem for the Hawaiian Islands, where on a recent visit, chanteuse Victoria Bergsman found a swell of creative inspiration. Working closely with photographer Amanda Marsalis, Victoria intimately documented her time in Hawaii. "I gathered ideas for songs, recorded nature sounds and Amanda filmed and took photos of me constantly. Her work is very dear to me and both of us believed this [project] to be something special and very precious." Producer Henning Fürst collaborated with Bergsman on the sound and overall feel of the album. The album's dub ventures are gently layered with synths and Victoria's voice, floating along with the bass line. The music reflects the natural beauty of the Hawaiian islands - floating in a perfectly blue pond, a kind breeze coasting off the waves, abundant deep green foliage, sweet slices of pineapple and milky coconut, the delicate pink of a seashell curled like a baby's ear. Sandy toes, hidden waterfalls, the dreams you have after a long day at the beach.read more
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Chiefs 51, Texans 31
Texans vs Chiefs Divisional Round: Good, bad and ugly
With a chance to host the Titans in the AFC Championship game on the line, the Texans got beat by the Chiefs 31-51 in a thriller. Here are my observations:
The Good
-On their sixth play from scrimmage, the Texans scored a touchdown on a 54-yard Deshaun Watson to Kenny Stills hookup. The Chiefs' defense fell for the bubble screen which left Stills wide open. It was the Texans' first opening drive touchdown in postseason history (10 games).
-Deshaun Watson played his ass off. 31/52 for 388 yards with two passing touchdowns, plus six carries for 37 yards and a touchdown rushing. His escapability prolonged plays and always makes for an entertaining watch. He's the football equivalent to an offensive rebound the way he extends plays. My favorite play was the sack he took, but made the Chiefs defense work for almost 10 seconds to get on their first possession of the 3rd quarter.
-Watson looked great because he had a full compliment of healthy receivers. Will Fuller has been the main culprit of bad health. He had 89 yards on five catches. DeAndre Hopkins and Stills, the healthy guys, combined for 198 yards on 12 catches and a touchdown. If the defense can get their act together, this offense (when healthy) can be dangerous.
The Bad
-Lonnie Johnson Jr was called for a 28-yard pass interference on Kelce that led to the Chiefs' second touchdown. He was getting his head around and made minimal contact, but the refs threw the flag anyway. Later in the first half, DeAndre Hopkins dropped a key 3rd down when Tyrann Mathieu made obvious contact before the ball got there, but the refs didn't throw a flag there. Pass interference calls and reviews have been a complete joke all year.
-Down 17 with 11:45 left in the game on 4th&4 from Chiefs, Bill O'Brien called a timeout because he was about to punt. Inexcusable in that situation for O'Brien not to have a play dialed up. Again, situational football isn't his thing. He needs to relinquish some control to someone/people he knows and respects that'll help him navigate situational football, as well as some other things.
-Failure to continue to run the ball effectively was a contributing factor to this loss. The Texans ran it 21 times for 94 yards at a 4.5 yard per carry average. I'm no genius, but that means a lot of shorter distances to go 2nd & 3rd downs if you can rush for your average. This was the same thing the Ravens did. They too panicked unnecessarily and decided to start playing flag football. Dance with the one you got there with instead of shooting your shot at the one you can't get with.
The Ugly
-After going up 24-0, the Texans gave up a 58-yard kickoff return, 25-yard pass to Travis Kelce, and a 17-yard touchdown pass to Damien Williams to make it 24-7. They followed up their next offensive possession by missing on a 4th&4 fake punt giving the Chiefs a short field. Next thing you know, it's 24-14 and the Chiefs started shifting momentum. Then...
-...the Chiefs really made it a game when Deandre Carter fumbled the ensuing kickoff recovered by Darwin Thompson and returned to the six yard line. The Chiefs scored on 3rd&Goal when Mahomes found Kelce after scrambling. It went to 24-21 and Arrowhead Stadium turned back into a party. IT WAS STILL THE FIRST HALF! It was all down hill from there.
-The last 35 minutes of the game was all UGLY! How the hell do you go up 24-0 on the road, then give up 41 unanswered?!? Romeo Crennel should be fired immediately! People will blame O'Brien and his gambles that didn't work, but the defense failed to stop or slow down the Chiefs.
I stated on Twitter before the game started that Chris Jones being out for the Chiefs was bigger than Will Fuller being healthy for the Texans. That was true for the first 20 minutes of the game. The Texans proceeded to implode as if the moment was too big for them. They compounded mistakes by making more egregious errors, then componded them by making tactical blunders, and ultimately failed to execute. I hope this serves as a learning tool for the organization moving forward. The players didn't quit when things started going south. That is a testament to O'Brien. If he was as bad as most think he is, his team would quit on him. While this sin't an endorsement, it is a sign that the players like him even though no one else appears to. When you give up a 51-7 run in football, you'll lose every time; unless you're up by more than 45 points. Word to Booger McFarland.
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Unbelievable! Lebanese blocks Abuja estate gate with container over land dispute
Residents of Games Village Estate in Abuja on Thursday engaged in a war of words with the leader of the Lebanese community, Albert Alwan, for allegedly blocking the road to the estate with a container.
The Lebanese community was said to have claimed a portion of the estate on which they reportedly wanted to build a church, but the residents denied them access to the plot.
The Secretary of the Games Village Residents Association, Jude Uze, explained that they denied the Lebanese entry because they did not know them as bonafide members of the estate.
He said, "The Lebanese community said they have approval from the authorities to build a church inside the estate and we said no.
"We don't have Lebanese community in the estate; who are those that will be attending the church, we don't know. This morning they just came in and they brought in a container claiming that development control has given them the authority to start work.
"They said they have been given the order that if they were not allowed access into the estate that they should block the access road to estate. That's the container you are seeing, blocking the estate.
"The fact that we can't access our estate is a big affront. Can we do this in Lebanon? Can a Nigerian do this in Lebanon?"
A security officer in the estate, Mohammed Bala, said he was not sure of the content of the container, adding that Alwan refused to open it for inspection and scrutiny.
"We don't know what was in that container, we were afraid, there could be anything in that container, but we have reported to the police," he said.
But Alwan said he had the right to bring in the container into the estate for his project, adding that he had approvals from the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello, and the development control department to carry out his church project within the estate.
He said he resorted to blocking the estate because he was denied access.
A senior police officer confirmed the incident, saying the issue was being investigated, adding that the residents had removed the container to a corner in the estate.
She said, "The Lebanese owned a land in the estate but the residents denied them access because they didn't know them. Before our men arrived at the estate, the Lebanese men had disappeared and the residents had used a crane to remove the container. The police would investigate and find out the truth of the matter."Punch


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The man in this video, who talks about how wild it is that he's snorting something that looks like coke before a meeting, looks a hell of a lot like Miami Dolphins offensive line coach Chris Foerster. (The Miami Herald's Armando Salguero spoke to someone he described as "a club source" who says it is.)
Kijuana Nige, who appears to be a model based out of Las Vegas, posted the video on Facebook. It's unclear whether she was the original recipient of Foerster's video, which includes a bunch of snorting and a spoken desire to lick the powder off someone's pussy. It's also unclear when this video was taken, though Salguero's source says the setting for the video is an office in the Dolphins' facility:
An attempt at a transcript:
Hey babe. Miss you. Thinking about you. How 'bout me going into a meeting, and doing this before I go? [snort] There's those big grains falling, but I miss you. I miss you a lot. [snort] What do you think? Crazy? I know, babe. It's gonna be a while before we can do this again, because I know you're going to keep that baby[?]. But I think about you when I do it. I think about how much I miss you, how hot we got together. How much fun it was. So much fun. Last little bit before I go to my meeting. [snort] [inaudible] You think? I think not. I wish I was licking this off your pussy.
When asked about the video, a Dolphins spokesperson didn't have much to add:
We were just made aware of the video and will have no comment at this time.
Update (Oct. 9, 10:24 a.m. ET): Foerster has resigned:
I am resigning from my position with the Miami Dolphins and accept full responsibility for my actions. I want to apologize to the organization and my sole focus is on getting the help that I need with the support of my family and medical professionals.
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Monday, 11/24/14
The Gospels, with their giving us one highly dramatic scene after another lose their connection with plain life. You could like today's Gospel for its reality.
Having found seats for themselves near the Temple's collection box, the Apostles were oohing and aahing over the great amounts the wealthy were dropping into that Temple coffer.
I like the Korean word for such idle watching. It was googyung.
As the Apostles were sitting there googyunging, something caught our Lord's attention. It was a widow dropping two coins into the box. Those coins, called leptas, were so thin that instead of falling, they fluttered into the coffer.
Jesus was deeply touched by the widow who gave God all she had to live on. He was so wonderful about appreciating the hearts of others.
Pardon me for recalling an incident from when I was fifteen. Back then, before air conditioning, we often spent hot summer evenings out on the front steps. Burl, one of the guys, was from Arkansas. Anyway, we were talking about baseball when Burl suddenly stood up. He had spied a big brown Chow dog across the street, and agonizing for the Chow, he shouted, "Look at her, will you? She has nowhere for sweating but her black nose"
Burl shared our Lord's ability to feel what others go through.


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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to Israeli President Shimon Peres. The ceremony at the White House was followed by an intimate black-tie dinner and an after-dinner reception featuring violinist Itzhak Perlman.
Peres, 88, has held dozens of positions within the Israeli government during his career, but his current role is largely ceremonial. In his toast to Peres, Obama called the two-time prime minister and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize "a warrior for peace," who "teaches us to never settle for the world as it is."
Obama went on to praise Peres for devoting his life to the causes of "peace, security and dignity, for Israelis and Palestinians and all Israel's Arab neighbors. And even in the darkest moments, he's never lost hope in -- as he puts it -- "a Middle East that is not a killing field, but a field of creativity and growth."
Obama used the opportunity to reaffirm his unequivocal support for Israel, telling guests, "the security of the state of Israel is non-negotiable. And the bonds between us are unbreakable." Missing from the remarks was any sign of the frosty personal relationship Obama has with Israel's current head of state, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Peres gave an equally lofty toast in return, echoing Obama's emphasis on a lasting peace in the Middle East. "I believe that peace with the Palestinians is most urgent -- urgent than ever before," said Peres. "It is necessary. It is crucial. It is possible. A delay may worsen its chances."
"Israel and the Palestinians are, in my judgment, ripe today to restart the peace process," Peres said to an audience that included former president Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
"A firm basis already exists. A solution of two national states -- a Jewish state, Israel; an Arab state, Palestine. The Palestinians are our closest neighbors. I believe they may become our closest friends," he said. "Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leaders is to pursue freedom ceaselessly, even in the face of hostility, in the face of doubt and disappointment. Just imagine what could be."
Also in the audience was Clinton's former secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, along with author and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.).
The Presidential Medal of Freedom, while typically bestowed on American citizens, has been awarded to a number of foreign dignitaries, including former South African President Nelson Mandela and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The award's parameters are broad -- it recognizes individuals who have advanced either national security and U.S. interests, world peace, or cultural endeavors.


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Information And Eligibility: Clarinda's Glenn Miller Birthplace Society offers annual college scholarships to vocalists and instrumentalists from across the country. By offering the Glenn Miller Scholarships, Clarinda's Glenn Miller Birthplace Society hopes to help up and coming young vocalists and instrumentalists reach their dreams of obtaining a college education in a music related field of study. The Glenn Miller Scholarship Competition will award college scholarships of $1000, $2000, and $4000 to instrumentalists, and will also award college scholarships of $1000, $2000, and $4000 to vocalists.
Glenn Miller Scholarship applicants may be high school seniors, or college freshman who entered the Glenn Miller Scholarship Competition as a high school senior, but was not selected to receive a scholarship award. Scholarship applicants are first asked to submit a CD audition, those chosen will advance to a live performance round, with the winners of the live performance round advancing to a final round. Winners of a Glenn Miller Scholarship award may use the money towards college tuition, or any other educational related expense.
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Lots of great new titles (and covers) out this week.
These were my favorites…
Lots of great new titles (and covers) out this week.
These were my favorites…
Rita: No, I'm sure it was YOU that got us past that 403. 😉 Was it the IP address being banned? The boys are still OCDing over it. 🙂 The blog has a refreshing new look!
Mr. M.: Are you looking for a comic book artist to collaborate? All the ones you posted are very good. I'd vote for Star Wars: Poe Dameron Annual #2 (cover art by Rod Reis).
Big shouts outs/hugs to all those going through hard times! Quantum Mechanics, Maggiemayday, Thogar, & Hilda, you're in my prayers!!!
I love the Ve'Nam cover, I see lots of X covers, still my fave franchise. Yep I did replay the moment Deadpool rants outside a certain door in the X mansion, I love them Mutants. Got me wondering if one of your new pending projects is X related?
This week I'm on a weird Frankenstein burrito kick where I take the cheapo frozen burrito and zaz it up with homemade guac and fresh roasted salsa. It's messy but yummy, and no standing in line at Chipotle.
Although MoonKnight and Submerged definitely stand out the most in this batch,
there is something about X-23 that makes you wonder
why the seemingly sweet little demon girl has been chained?
And whether the artist was thinking of a Degas painting or perhaps a famous ballet
when he created it?
Update on TV recommendations:
There is an old saying "If aint broke – Dont fix it!"
Watched a few more eps of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel.
Sadly, I am most definitely "UN-recommending" it now.
If they had just stuck with the story's personality, character types, beats and fun edgy tempo
as they had started with in the 1st three eps I would have kept watching.
Oh well. – Onward I go in search of the elusive brain captivitating creature
locals have playfully nicknamed SIB (Seduction In a Box).
Been watching a couple other shows this week, so I'm sure I'll have at least one new
recommendation for stories to check out sometime in the next couple days.


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Monday, May 14 we gathered as a congregation to vote on our annual ministry plan and budget. The budget included a new position for St. Luke, the Director of Finance and Operations. This position fills two vacant positions: the Business Manager and the Executive Director positions. The congregation voted unanimously to pass the budget. We got to meet Susan Jones, our new Director of Finance and Operations, at that meeting.
Susan currently provides financial and organizational leadership for Novus International, based in St. Louis, MO as an analyst and supply chain cost accountant.
Susan graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in parish work from St. John's College in Winfield, KS and received her Master's of Business Administration from the Sam Walton School of Business at he the University of Arkansas.
She has served as Lead Accountant, Financial Analyst, Senior Financial Analyst, and Finance Manager for a variety of companies, including Trinity Meyer, Binswanger Glass, and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., among others.
Susan has served alongside her husband, Pastor Todd Jones, in a variety of ministry settings, from congregations in California, South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Arkansas to Todd's service as a professor at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and, currently, as the Assistant to the President of the Michigan District (LCMS) for Mission Education and New Starts Advancement.
They have been married 35 years and have two grown children and four grandkids. Susan enjoys crafting and spending time with her dogs in her free time. She loves teaching as part of her service to the church, and she is looking forward to establishing stronger relationships at St. Luke.
Search Team Comments
Senior Pastor Justin Rossow sought input from staff and lay leaders using the primary areas of responsibility and qualifications from the Director of Finance and Operations (DFO) job description, along with criteria established by St. Luke's staffing toward a vision to evaluate candidates for the DFO position. Below are a few comments from the search team about Susan under those headings.
Living Out and Supporting St. Luke Values and Growth Environments
Susan demonstrated alignment to St. Luke values throughout the interview process. She also clearly values integrity, honesty, relationships, and respect for other people—all essential trait for this position. She showed a passion for all of our Growth Environments (My Church Home, My Discipling Relationships, and My Everyday Communities) and will be able to support all of these environments through financial and operational leadership.
Operations and Process Development
Susan has a proven track record in developing new processes, data management, and structures. She loves data and numbers and is highly relational. This combination allows her to partner with people who use a system or process in ways that help the process run smoothly.
Financial Leadership
Susan is detail-oriented and brings integrity and experience to financial leadership. She understands how vision and budget interact. She is committed to risk analysis and ready to try new things to reach new people.
Recruiting, Equipping, Overseeing, and Coaching Staff and Volunteers
Susan left a positive impression on the staff she will be working with. She understands volunteer service, support, and team building. Susan will be a real asset in developing a strong volunteer culture at St. Luke.
Additional Comments from the Team:
Karla Chapman, Congregational Treasurer
Susan's master's degree in Business Administration and her wide range of experience in financial management and analysis will make her a great fit for St. Luke. I really appreciated her heart for people combined with a passion for numbers.
Aaron Johnson, Congregational Vice President and Staffing Team Chair
Susan has a unique blend of operational awareness and care for people where they are. She understands the importance of tapping into Jesus' unique activity in our stories and finding ways to use that in service of His story. I look forward to working with Susan as we all learn how to follow Jesus better together.
Pastor Matt Hein, Minister of Discipleship
Susan understands church culture and is able to function within it as a leader and a disciple. She also has a heart for connecting with people who are not part of a churched culture. The ability to interact engage in both cultures makes her uniquely suited for a primary leadership role at St. Luke. I'm excited about how her partnership can help us more fully experience and participate in Jesus' kingdom activity within our church home, discipling relationships, and everyday communities.


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O-Block is a nickname adopted by the "(300)" set of the Black Disciples gang, located in 64th King Drive blvd. That name was born out of honor for one of their fallen members named "Odee Perry", whom was killed in 2011 by a hail of gunfire. Various Black Disciples rappers have mentioned O'Block in their rap songs such as Chief Keef whom said in his song John Madden "300 savage with Lamron, Its closed casket - O-Block we blitz n*ggas, Like , John Madden"
Black Disciples sets are currently at war with the various Gangster Disciple sets in Chicago's South Side. Odee, like most fallen gang members, are often use as taunts by rival gang members. Flip, a friend of Lil JoJo praised JoJo World in one his tweet, Tadoe whom is a Black Disciples gang member replied to his post by saying "F*ck JoJo". Flip would later reply to Tadoe's comment by saying "TURN A N*GGA TO ODE(e) IF HE WANT BEEF".
O'Block Members
- King Von
- Chief Keef
- O'block Rage
- Boss Top
- Prince Dre