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Rolf.hillestad necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 187 diseños de 45 diseñadores freelance.
Newly established Norwegian company that develop web based solutions, using open source software, to manage the soil resources in modern farming. We are targeting the Scandinavian and European market.
The application is based around an ExtJS framework (Office 2003 look), the maps typically have pastel colors similar to those on maps.google.com. Also see the attached screenshot, which shows the application performing a geostatistical analysis of the point data the user has entered.
Jordplan AS' mission is to provide a cost effective and easy to use map based database for managing earth resources and the use of fertilizers and keep track of the crops requirements
The solution creates a database for each user, which takes care of the users' crops, and the application pulls in additional information from national mapping resources, orthophotos (satellite imagery), soil quality maps, water resources and environmental data.
So basically you have a mashup of background information, and then you draw polygons that describe your crops. Additionally you can add information about the crop or soil sample via a grid. You repeat this once a year, and you can use geostatistics to analyze how soil values affect your crop, and determine where you need to spread more fertilizer or lime.
In our target audience you find farmers and owners who manage their land in a professional way and using technology to improve their processes.
The application may also be used by agronomic advisors and consultants. Companies that delivers products and services to farmers, including fertilizer companies, soil sample analysis and organic products which improves crop yields.
We are trying to market an IT product to an audience that is predominantly non-IT, so we want to communicate that this is "not scary", "a tool" and "related to farming" or "soil planning"
We have few specific requirements, the design should include either "Jordplan" or "Jordplan.no", but this can just be text next to the logo itself.
See the screenshot of the application for an idea about the colors. The bright surfaces will only be visible 10% of the time. We can change the blue frames if the logo requires it. But we expect that the colors of the frames will remain stronger than the shades in the background maps, so the logo should be too.
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Is there a sort of structure theorem for pairwise independent random variables or a very general way to create them?
I'm wondering because I find it difficult to come up with a lot of examples of nontrivial pairwise independent random variables. (by 'nontrivial', i mean not mutually independent)
one example (three r.v.):
X = face of dice 1
Y = face of dice 2
Z = X + Y mod 6
another example (three events) from some book:
Throw three coins. A = the number of heads is even, B = the first two flips are the same, C = the second two flips are heads.
another example:
$A_{ij}$ = dice i and dice j having the same face
($A_{ij}$, $i\neq j$) form a set of pairwise independent events, but the triple ($A_{ij}$, $A_{jk}$, $A_{ki}$) is not mutually independent.


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Northern Michigan Hospital may lose its participation in the Medicare program, after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found even more deficiencies in the local hospital.
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Back by Popular Demand: Work Appropriate Polishes – Rescue Beauty Lounge Edition
I'm so happy that you guys actually enjoy these work appropriate posts. The work appropriate theme is going to comprise a huge portion of a my posts for a while since I mostly write about the colors I'm currently wearing. : )
In any case, close to 1/4 of my collection are 'work appropriate' colors. You'd be surprised at how much variation there are in the classic professional looking colors. Nudes, taupes, pinks, and soft shades don't have to be boring. I'm going to start a series of articles showcasing 3 of my favorite work appropriate colors from all my favorite brands. First up, Rescue Beauty Lounge.
I'm sure that no one will be shocked that Scrangie was the source of my lemmings for the following 3 colors.
Rescue Beauty Lounge Om is a strangely calming color, making the name very appropriate. Even so, it's probably the most 'serious' muted pink in my collection. This swatch is 3 coats of Om, 1 coat of Seche Vite.
Rescue Beauty Lounge Grunge is my stick-it-to-the-man color (Ohh hoo hoo I'm sitting in your meeting wearing a color called Grunge, ha!). It's a serious business appropriate color but at the same time it's very moody and edgy. This color came out a while ago but it fits perfectly into the current mushroomy grayed-out color trend. Grunge looks creme 99.9% of the time but it actually has a whitish shimmer throughout. The shimmer is not highly light refractive which is why no one will ever see it. The danger of Grunge (and all similar mushroomy grayed-out colors like it) is that it may be a tough color to pull of successfully. Mushroomies seem to not flatter very pale skin tones and are seemingly more suitable to skin tones like my own. This swatch is 3 coats, 1 coat of Seche Vite.
Finally, Rescue Beauty Lounge Opaque Nude. Scrangie's swatch (linked above) is a more accurate depiction of Opaque Nude's bottle color. My swatch is darker due to lighting and my skin tone which brings out the 'nudeness' of this color. In my opinion, Opaque Nude is border-line business appropriate, perfectly okay for a less conservative office. I say this only because it might be too obvious. I feel like business appropriate colors have to be subtle, pretty but not necessarily noticeable and for most people this color will be very noticeable.


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EXCLUSIVE: Fish and Wildlife Service debunks "ludicrous" Fox report that Obama gave "Major Strip" of AZ to Mexico
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As we pointed out, Fox Nation used the preposterous headline "Obama Gives Back Major Strip of AZ to Mexico" in trumpeting a Fox News report about a closure of land in a national wildlife refuge in Arizona:
In the June 15 report, America Live guest host Shannon Bream says, "A massive stretch of Arizona now off limits to Americans. Critics say the administration is, in effect, giving a major strip of the Southwest back to Mexico."
There are a few problems with this: A representative of the refuge told Media Matters that the "massive stretch" of land is about five miles square, it's been closed since 2006, and it obviously hasn't been given back to Mexico.
Bonnie Swarbrick, who is the public information officer for the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona, said that the area in the refuge bordering Mexico was "closed in 2006 during the construction of a vehicle barrier." (That would have been more than two years before Obama even took office). Work on the vehicle barrier progressed into the construction of a 12-foot fence along the part of the refuge that borders Mexico, which is about seven miles long. The area has been kept closed "to allow the Border Patrol to do their work," she said.
Swarbrick added that the small strip of land that is closed makes up "less than 0.03 percent" of the refuge and said that the rest of the reserve is still open to the public. [UPDATE: A subsequent press release from the Fish and Wildlife Service made clear that the closed land makes up about 3 percent of the refuge.]
As for the Fox Nation headline, Swarbrick called it "totally false" and said the notion that America had given the land back to Mexico is "ludicrous."
One of the most misleading aspects of the Fox News report is the on-screen map that accompanied it:
Glancing at the map, you'd probably think the red outline indicates the closed area.
Look again. At the bottom of the red outline, a small area along the U.S.-Mexico border is shaded yellow -- the same color used to indicate the border itself. That represents the area that is actually closed.
It's difficult to figure out where Fox comes up with this stuff, but it seems that this may have originated on a website called "U.S. Border Fire Report." A June 14 article there is headlined "The U.S. Gov: giving parts of Arizona back to Mexico."
U.S. Border Fire Report is run by a writer named Michael Webster, who is also Examiner.com's "LA National Security Examiner." Webster posted the report on that site, too.
What does it take to become an "Examiner"? Well, there are "more than 24,000 Examiners across North America," and the application to become one requires the submission of "a writing sample, short biography, a brief explanation of your expertise and basic contact information." Examiner.com says that "spelling and grammar will also be evaluated as part of the selection process."
Is it possible that when Bream reported that "critics" are saying the closure of this area is, in effect, returning it to Mexico, she was referring to sources like Webster?
UPDATE: Fox is still claiming "Obama Gives Back Major Strip of AZ to Mexico" despite the fact that (a) this is obviously not true, and (b) even a separate FoxNews.com article now acknowledges that the area has been closed since 2006.
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Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. I Corinthians 5:7 (ESV)
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Not claiming to be a prophet or the son of a prophet... but I got it, bang on. Knowing that Brock was moving and hearing about your pending move... well, I just put two and two together.
This sounds like a tremendous opportunity, Terry. Will pray that you find a suitable job, one in which you will be able to use your pastoral giftings, while still earning a supplemental income. Putting you together with Clint, Jeff and Paul - Calvary Grace will have itself a very godly leadership team.
- July 11, 2011 9:14 AM
- stauf46 said...
Thanks, Dan! Good guess, though you know both the Calgary connection and me well enough that I won't accuse you of prophecy.
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ATTENDING THE SITE ORIENTATION IS MANDATORY. Most agencies have one orientation unless otherwise noted. There you will meet your site contact, and review the service opportunities, as well as agency rules and expectations. Some agencies may also include special training sessions. Bring your syllabus with you to your orientation, so you can be clear on what types of service experiences you should be involved in. If it seems like you will not be getting opportunities that apply to your course, be assertive and let the contact person know. Also, bring your Service Learning Contract to get your site contact's signature. Remember to inform him/her when you will not be there for service due to holidays and vacation periods, and also when your last day of service will be. You will be credited hours for your site orientation and trainings as well. Keep track of them on your time sheet.
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Quadex Media needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 45 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Sgt Papi
My name is Carlos Vazquez and I am a United Stated Marine tech-geek. I am a father and I want to be the go to guy when it comes to parenting and entrepreneurship.
My target audience are parents who are seeking to venture in entrepreneurship and/or those that are currently running small businesses
The name Sgt Papi has a rich history involving a radio show interview I did while on recruiting duty.
The insignia for the rank of a Sgt in the Marine Corps is 3 stripes (in the shape of arrowheads) pointing up. One of my ideas include having those stripes in the words somehow. (Please see attached image for the sample of the rank insignia)
One of my memorable branding resources is a baseball cap with the words "SGT PAPI" on it. I took a picture of myself in that cap covering my eyes and it only shows from my nose down. It's been something I've always used but now i want to modernize the logo and make it appealing.
I really like the colors light-gray, orange, and navy blue.
I also do like the lowercase letters but I'm very open to all ideas.
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Far Cry 4 Takes Place in Himalayan Mountains and Features Rideable Elephants
Brad Pitt might have spent 'Seven Years in Tibet,' but Far Cry 4 will be taking us there in less than a year.
EuroGamer has confirmed with Ubisoft that Far Cry 4 will be set in the snowy Himilayan mountain range that spans southern China and northern India. This is a dramatic change from previous Far Cry titles which were predominantly set in tropical island regions.
An inside source has confided to EuroGamer that this region will open up the doorway to elephant-riding (which would make sense given the surrounding regions), mountain climbing and other necessary methods of traversing the landscapes in that area.
EuroGamer claims that Ubisoft is seeking to release Far Cry 4 before the financial year ends in March 2015. While we're pretty sure that Far Cry 4 will be out for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the development of Far Cry 4 for current-gen consoles remains rather uncertain at this point in development.


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SYRACUSE For thousands of years, this special season has promised peace, and for the past four decades the Syracuse Peace Council has risen to the occasion by hosting the annual Plowshares Craftsfair and Peace Festival.
It's no easy task, logistically or politically.
Over the years, the multi-cultural craftsfair has shifted from venue to venue as it coordinated holiday sales by scores of diverse craftspeople and community organizations.
It has done so since 1970, the height of the Vietnam War. That conflict ground to an ugly end in 1975 after sending more than 58,000 Americans to early graves, but more wars inevitably followed.
Our country has been involved in the Yom Kippur War, the Soviet War in Afghanistan, the Angolan Civil War, the invasion of Grenada, the invasion of Panama, the Gulf War, the Somali Civil War, the Afghani Civil War, the Haitian rebellion, the Iraq War and now the Mexican Drug War.
Not only are lives lost daily, so is money. Big money. The United States is still paying the for the eight-year-long Iraq War and economists says the final cost will exceed $1 trillion.
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While the skies rain bombs, the Syracuse Peace Council pleads with leaders to "beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks," as Isaiah wrote in The Bible. "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
If you believe those scriptural verses are more than wishful thinking, you can proclaim your pacifism by attending the 41st Plowshares Fest from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at Nottingham High School, 3100 E. Genesee St., on the city's East Side. The craftsfair continues from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4.
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"Plowshares is more than a craftsfair," said organizer Andy Molloy, "it's a community gathering of people who yearn for and work for a better world."
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You are cordially invited to
A Midsummer's SLOW DANCE NIGHT in Toronto!
With a lending library of designated dancers for all you wallflowers, and a dancecard-booklet to set up dances in advance (should you choose to), Slow Dance Night has all slow songs, all night long! (Except for the occasional intermission when we play the fastest songs we can find!)
It's high school with a happy... ending, and it's queer, senior, and couple-friendly too. Come and experience why slow is beautiful, and why love is not ironic.
PS. Fantastic and inspired attire, while desired, is not required.
Dovercourt house 805 Dovercourt Rd. (1 block North of Bloor, 3 blks. west of Ossington) Saturday, August 14th, 2010 Doors at 9:00, Dance from 9:30 PM - 2 AM. $10 admission includes your Dancecard-booklet!
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"Slowdancers of the World Unite & Dance Slow"
"Relive the prom without the angst." - the Canadian Press "In an age where physical contact is a scarce commodity, an event that brings strangers safely together is long overdue." - The Montreal Gazette "I really like hugging people, and this is like, a five-minute hug." - Telyn Kusalik, one of our guests
A NOTE ABOUT THE DANCE CARDS: The dancecards are these little booklets that contain a setlist of every song that will be played that evening. The idea is that during the course of the evening, you can "book" certain songs with certain people, and vice versa. So when your charming hosts announce a particular song, you can look on your dancecard and see who it is you're going to dance with next. There is a little space after every song where people can write their names. How filled your dancecard gets depends on you, of course. Ask someone to dance! Or give someone meaningful looks! Look for the Dancecard-Signing Station located somewhere on the premises, usually near a light, where small pencils are available. The dancecards also - thoughtfully - have lots of empty places where you can write down the names and numbers of charming people whom you may have danced with that night. Use of the dancecards, is, of course, optional, and completely up to you. Proceed at your comfort level.
A NOTE ABOUT THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT: The Rules essentially state that as someone coming to Slow Dance Night, you have the right to ask anyone you want to dance. But whoever it is you asked has the right to refuse your request, and not have to give any reason why. But wonderfully, you have this right as well. This is done because slowdancing with someone is rather an intimate sort of enterprise, and a minor commitment, and you should have the right to back out anytime you wish. Slow Dance Night is about consensual respect and enjoyment. Just because you may have danced with someone for most of the song, if at any point you are feeling unsafe or uncomfortable, you can simply walk away. If whoever it is persists in their attention, locate one of the organizers, and they will be ejected from the premises. And fucked-up. Anyone who refuses to comply by the rules will be fucked-up.
A NOTE ABOUT THE DESIGNATED DANCERS: On any particular night there will be a handful of our Designated Dancers available to dance with you. They will be wearing shiny gold or powder blue sashes, and these Designated Dancers' are warm, charming, and safe people to ask to dance. Of course, the same Rules of Engagement apply, and they, as free agents, can decide for themselves who they want to dance with, and for how long, but in all likelihood, they would be very open to dancing with you. Please think of them as a warm taxi light in the middle of a blizzard; the cast of a lighthouse, when you are too far from shore and shrouded in fog; a glimmer of hope after a lifetime of desolation. Well, actually, that might be pushing it. Please think of them as a temporary safe harbour. They will also be looking for you, and asking you to dance, trying in their way to turn wallflowers into perennials.
Finally, we are always looking for designated dancers for our evenings. If you are outgoing, warm, and willing to undertake the very serious duty and responsibility of inviting wallflowers out onto the dancefloor - if in fact, such a prospect gives you great joy - then please contact the organizers at email@example.com


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Sunday, January 24, 2010
New York Times Article
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- cdman83 said...
IMHO the "media" isn't particularly competent or insightful in any area (not just technology / security). It is good to try to "steer them towards the light", but in the end, if one wants quality information, one has to go to specialist sources, like your blog, which I'm happy to say that I'm a subscriber of.
Best regards and keep up the great work.
- January 25, 2010 at 2:24 AM
- Per Thorsheim said...
Congrats, and ALWAYS ask to read the text (at least your quotes) before its published. :-)
- January 25, 2010 at 6:15 AM
- Matt Weir said...
Hey thanks everyone. I'm viewing this whole episode as a learning experience. Despite what the tone of the post might imply, I'm still amazed and upbeat about how it all is turning out.
- January 25, 2010 at 5:02 PM
- Ilya said...
major fail from imperva :)
According to them - 4-th most popular password is "Password" :)
which is not quite true as you can see from Matt's post http://reusablesec.blogspot.com/2009/12/rockyou-32-million-password-list-top.html or from an another report http://devteev.blogspot.com/2009/12/32-rockyoucom.html
and taking a closer look at presentation http://www.imperva.com/docs/WP_Consumer_Password_Worst_Practices.pdf a person can see more examples of their "dot-uppercase" problem :)
p.s. trust no one :)
- January 26, 2010 at 6:21 AM
- CG said...
i learned the hard way you have to be leery of reporters. they want to sensationalize everything and will try to pull the quote THEY want out of you.
unfortunately if you wont, chances are another one of our "fellow security professionals" will.
- January 27, 2010 at 7:28 AM
Congrats on the article! Don't worry about what they quoted. What counts is that The New York Times positioned you as an expert in the field. Way to go.
- January 31, 2010 at 2:36 PM


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Almost all of the executives at the helm of the Emirates Group have been with the organisation since its birth. It's their pioneering vision which has given flight to the fastest growing airline in the world - and the Middle East's largest provider of airport and travel services.
Our airline launched in 1985 with HH Sheikh Ahmed as Chairman. Under his leadership, we've grown from being a regional airline with just two leased aircraft and three destinations, to an acclaimed international airline with a fleet of more than 260 aircraft flying to over 155 destinations.
Over the past 30 years HH Sheikh Ahmed has been at the forefront of Dubai's remarkable economic development – spearheading the successful expansion of aviation as well as formulating economic, investment and fiscal policies supporting Dubai's vision.
HH Sheikh Ahmed has a Bachelor's degree from the University of Denver, Colorado, USA.
Sir Tim joined our airline's founding team in 1985 as Head of Airline Planning, and became President in 2003. He's been instrumental in the transformation of Emirates into the global giant it is today.
Prior to Emirates, Sir Tim built his reputation as a talented route planner at Gulf Air, which had recruited him from Caledonian Airways. He had also held the position of Managing Director of Sri Lankan Airlines until 2008.
Sir Tim holds a degree in Economics from London University, UK, and is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He also holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Middlesex and an honorary degree from the Newcastle Business School at Northumbria University, both UK.
Gary Chapman manages the businesses under dnata and associated companies, in addition to the Emirates Group's finance, human resources, legal and IT functions.
Prior to joining us in 1989, Mr Chapman spent 12 years with a prominent Arab trading concern involved in construction and the provision of support services to the oil industry.
He is Chairman of Maritime and Mercantile International LLC, Sirocco LLC and dnata Singapore Pte Ltd. In addition, he's a member of the board of directors for Emirates Flight Catering Co., Emirates CAE Flight Training, Premier Inn Hotels LLC and dnata's overseas ground handling operations.
Abdulaziz Al Ali joined Emirates in 1986 and has been an integral member of The Emirates Group for 31 years. In July 2003 he became Emirates' Executive Vice President of Human Resources.
In this capacity, Mr Al Ali is responsible for the Group's HR strategy, manages the overall provision of the human resources function, policies, training and development, hiring and retention. Under his portfolio, he is also responsible for the Group's medical services department, and Emirates Aviation University.
Prior to taking over this position, he was the Director Human Resources since 2002 and Head of Human Resources since 2000.
Mr Al Ali graduated with a BA Honours degree in Mathematics from Colchester University, England, and earned a post graduate degree MSc in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
Since joining Emirates in 1985, Mr Al Redha has been a pivotal player within the operations team in various capacities. He has progressed his career and widened responsibilities with the growth of the company. His experience over the years has covered all aspects of operations and logistics which includes engineering, flight operations, service delivery, airport services, network operations and aircraft procurement.
Mr Al Redha was appointed to his current role in 2013. In his various roles with the company, he was instrumental in introducing ab-initio cadet programmes, engineering apprenticeships, and air transport management for UAE nationals pursuing a career in aviation. He also played a vital role in expanding the engineering and maintenance department including the state-of-the-art engine maintenance shop and the establishment of the Emirates Flight Training Academy.
He is a key member in the definition of aircraft specifications, and in scoping the Emirates product in relation to cabin interiors and inflight entertainment. In addition, he has been instrumental in transforming into the digital process across all aspects of operations, most recently the introduction of paperless cockpit and use of biometric machines and automated passenger movement within the airport.
Mr Al Redha holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology/Aircraft Maintenance from the University of Northrop, USA, and a Master's degree in Air Transport from Cranfield University, UK.
Ali Mubarak Al Soori joined us in 1986. He is responsible for directing the Emirates Group's varied procurement activities, and has been a leading figure during the construction of various assets and building facilities around the globe.
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Rolling Out Unattended Debian Installations (Part 1)
Requirements and Overview
The next time you have a hankerin' to install a new batch of Debian machines, make it easy on yourself and use FAI (Fully Automatic Installation). FAI is a versatile, intelligent installer for performing mass unattended Debian installations. Use it to install clusters, server farms, classroom computer labs, or new LANs. An automatic installer has all kinds of possible uses:
- Fast installation after replacing a hard drive
- Fast setup for temporary installations, like trade shows, demonstrations, LAN parties, and such
- Quick re-format and re-installation at the start of new classes in school, so that students do not inherit the messes their predecessors created.
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You will build a central installation server containing a Debian mirror. This can be any old PC with a large hard drive; you'll need around 10 gigabytes of storage space just for the Debian package files. (Don't even try this without a high-speed Internet connection.) A laptop makes a great portable FAI server. The installation clients will get their files from this server. The clients need only to be connected to the network, and booted either from floppy disk or network card. Files are transferred to the clients via your choice of HTTP, FTP, or NFS.
Installing and configuring FAI has two parts: the installation server configuration, and customizing the client installation scripts. Once this is done FAI does all the work, and all you need to do is not make it look too easy. Part 1 covers building the server; Part 2 will show how to set up the client configurations and run a client installation.
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I know several of you have asked about the next season of DIYStyle. Drumroll please…………we start upload tomorrow, and subsequent Tuesdays with DIYStyle Projects! AND, since the feedback on the summer Quick Takes was SEW (I couldn't resist!) positive, we have decided to start delivering DIYStyle to you in smaller bites, 2x a week! So, each week you will get DIYStyle Tuesdays which will focus on a new fab project, and then on Saturday, you will get DIYStyle Weekend, and that will be a selection of sewing tips, exciting places and people we visit, designer interviews, and other surprises to get your weekend off to a creative start.
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Inside Prison Walls
new internationalist
issue 229 - March 1992
Inside prison walls
Beatings, solitary confinement and electrocution are called torture - except when
they happen in the United States of America. Matthew Reiss investigates.
Time: Just before dawn, 14 December 1990. Place: New York State's Shawangunk Correctional Facility. Two Puerto Rican prisoners, Edwardo Marquez and Ramon Diaz are sleeping in their cell when five 'correction' officers and a sergeant burst in. They haul Diaz from his bed. Strip him. Shackle his legs. Handcuff his arms and force them high above his back. Jab him with batons. Kick. Hit. Punch. Reduce his body to a heaving, weeping heap of lacerations, bruises and humiliated despair.
Marquez watches in horror as the officers haul Diaz out of the cell before returning for him in riot gear: helmets, vests and billy clubs. They beat him viciously. Shackle and handcuff him. March him off slapping and shoving him down the stairs. In solitary they strip-frisk him. While he is naked they ram their batons into him.
This is no piece of fiction. The two pris oners are currently suing their alleged assailants for over $7,000,000 million in civil rights damages.
Many more prisoners however have no chance to do this. For although the US liberal democracy holds individual freedoms as supreme, inside prison walls individuals are stripped of their civil rights and left clinging to a few international treaties that are all but impossible to enforce from inside a cell.
Brutality is inherent in the US prison system. Most of the one million or more people who are incarcerated are already victims of poverty, poor education and miser- able housing. One half of one per cent of the US population are behind bars - a bigger proportion than in any other nation. And an inordinate number are black and male: close to half of all black men in the nation's capital see the inside of a prison before they reach 24.
Once inside, violence takes many forms. The death sentence is being applied to ever more cases - even for crimes where no victim is involved. According to Amnesty International the US has executed more juveniles than any other country except Iraq and Iran, while more US youths currently await execution for crimes com mitted when they were under 18 than in any other country.
The 'punishments' administered frequently amount to nothing less than torture - as with the beatings which are common-place in US high-security prisons, according to one study and many prisoners' allegations. Speaking from personal experience, Dhoruba Bin Wahad - who spent 19 years in prison before an appeal found him innocent - said that the famous uprising in Attica State Correctional Facility, in which 43 inmates died, was precipitated by officers who were members of the Ku Klux Klan and participated in weekly beatings of the people in their charge.
Many forms of brutality abound in the US penal system. Beatings of prisoners are routine during cell transfers. Rectal probes are said to be used to intimidate and 'rape' prisoners moved out of certain high-security jails. While 'loss of privileges', including the right to visitors, can take a terrible toll on an inmate who has been counting the days to a family visit. When these punishments happen arbitrarily it is no wonder that prisoners lose what little respect they had for authority.
But of all the penalties levied in the penal colony, solitary confinement is both the most popular form of psychological abuse allowed by the US prison system - and the most devastating.
Locked up alone in cement cells 12 feet by 6, and allowed to walk freely for only 60 minutes a day, prisoners suffer many terrors, including breathlessness, panic, dread of impending death and hallucinations. They fantasize about taking revenge on prison guards by torturing and mutilating them. What chance does such a person have of coming out of prison unscarred, or of fitting back into 'normal' society?
At the US Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, the institution's entire population is 'locked down' in indefinite solitary confinement and has been since two guards were killed in a uprising on 27 Jctober 1983.
According to prisoners, the 'lock down' itself was an exercise in brutality imposed by the 'Special Operations Response Team' which was trained in forced-cell moves and was brought in to transfer prisoners to the control centre. The team did so wearing masks, no form of identification and wielding three-foot clubs with steel beads on the end.
Prisoners claimed they were beaten, usually while handcuffed. But a US magistrate later ruled that there had been no constitutional violation of prisoners' rights. He based the decision primarily on his finding that prisoners' testimony was not credible, and partly on the testimony of a prison warden who argued that the use of force was reasonable because 'No-one was taken to the hospital'.
Matthew Reiss is a New York-based freelance writer who specializes in human-rights issues.
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 05:52 PM
Far-out fantasy and ripped-from-the-headlines reality are in the running at Sunday night's rain-drenched Golden Globes, Hollywood's first major film honors that will help sort out the Academy Awards picture.
Contenders for best drama include two wildly make-believe adventures, the science-fiction spectacle "Avatar" and the war story "Inglourious Basterds," which rewrites the end of World War II with a gleefully vengeful bloodbath at a movie premiere.
Also competing are timely dramas of the war on terror ("The Hurt Locker") and economic hard times ("Up in the Air"), along with the grim but inspiring "Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' By Sapphire," about a Harlem teen struggling to lift herself out of an abyss of illiteracy, abuse and neglect.
Umbrellas were a must-have accessory for celebrities walking the red carpet outside the Beverly Hilton Hotel as southern California's dry winter suddenly turned wet.
"It's raining a lot — I'm worried that my tattoos are going to start showing," actress Tina Fey joked to Ryan Seacrest during a red carpet show broadcast by E! television.
George Clooney didn't let the showers stop him from stepping out into the rain to sign autographs for fans.
With stars sharing dinner and drinks, the Globes traditionally are a loose and relaxed affair compared to the courtly Oscars. Celebrities sometimes are caught more in reality-show mode — Jack Nicholson once mooned the crowd for a laugh, and Christine Lahti had to rush from the restroom to collect her Globe for the TV drama "Chicago Hope."
Also unlike other Hollywood film honors, the Globes feature categories for musicals and comedies along with dramas. Nominated for best musical or comedy are the Vegas bachelor romp "The Hangover," the Julia Child tale "Julie & Julia," the musical "Nine" and the romances "(500) Days of Summer" and "It's Complicated."
Among acting nominees are Meryl Streep for both "Julie & Julia" and "It's Complicated," Sandra Bullock for both "The Blind Side" and "The Proposal" and Matt Damon for both "The Informant!" and "Invictus."
Others include Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick for "Up in the Air," Morgan Freeman for "Invictus," Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard and Penelope Cruz for "Nine," Robert Downey Jr. for "Sherlock Holmes" and Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique for "Precious."
Martin Scorsese, who won the best-director Globe three years ago for "The Departed," is receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award for career achievement.
Sunday's winners could get a last-minute boost for the Oscars, whose nominations balloting closes Saturday. Oscar nominations come out Feb. 2, with the awards following on March 7.
Last year's big Globe winner, "Slumdog Millionaire," went on to dominate the Oscars.
The Globes are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a group of about 90 reporters covering show business for overseas outlets. The show airs live on NBC.
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Im really impressed with some of the critters ive seen.
Seem to have a bunch of giant grasshoppers eating everything. The birds are active at eating the seeds from the feeder.
Lots of rain and lots of frogs. I even had one in the car. I didnt know at the time and was on the Freeway when something slivery got me, I jumped and the car went into the other lane, fortunatly no one was in it. It was jumping all over the place and twice landed in my hair!!! Finally got rid of it. No idea how it got in the car, must have jumped in as I was opening the door.
There was a mouse in my house. I gave it some bread. Surprisingly there are frogs. Cats of course. Now that im starting to think of critters, im starting to realise that theres loads of things I havnt photographed like the squirrels, lizards and birds for a start.
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As per my understanding; SAP Exim is SAM TM and it's quite old SAP Component from ECC side.
2> Also, there is another question; do we need to deploy sca specific to SAP TM in SAP NetWeaver Portal Java Engine to get SAP TM Template iView for SAP Portal? Do we have SAP TM Template iView ?
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4> Do it work in BSPs and those BSP applications are accessed in portal via URL iViews?
Please give me some insights to my above questions.
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|Introduction to Capital Museum
The plan for the Capital Museum, located in the Confucius Temple, was prepared in 1953. The museum formally opened in 1981.
As a major cultural construction project in Beijing in the "10th Five-Year Plan", the new Capital Museum, approved by Beijing Municipal Government in 1999, further approved by the State Council after being submitted by the National Development and Reform Commission in 2001, finally commenced its construction in December 2001.
Under the concern and guidance of Beijing Municipal Government, after four years of hard work, the museum finally makes its debut along the western extension of Chang'an Street, the First Street of China. With its magnificent architecture, abundant exhibitions, advanced technology and complete functions, the Capital Museum, large and modern, makes its contribution to the titles such as "famous historical and cultural city", "cultural center" and "international metropolis" of Beijing and ranks among the first class museums both at home and abroad.
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text: We apologize if you receive multiple copies of the following calls for participation/papers. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Participation Computer Innovation 6016 November 30-December 3, 2005, Beijing, China http://www.ict.ac.cn/ci6016/ The year 2005 is the 60th anniversary of the invention of modern computer, as well as the 30th anniversary of the invention of PC. China Computer Federation is to host an international meeting called "Computer Innovation 6016", to celebrate our profession (pending in cooperation with ACM, IEEE Computer Society, and IFIP). The theme of this event is to reflect on the most significant milestones and innovations of our profession in the past 60 years, and to forecast/discuss the trends in the next 16 years. The scope of the event will cover technology, market, and education. Computer Innovation 6016 will feature invited speeches, roundtables, an industrial forum, press/public activities, three technical conferences, and an exhibition. Invited Speeches Computer Innovation 6016 will invite international experts, from both academia and industry, to share their insights on past history and future trends of computer technology innovations, computer education, market and social impacts. Roundtables Computer Innovation 6016 will host three roundtables: Round Table on Computer Innovation Trends Round Table on Computer Education Round Table on IT for the Mass Industrial Forum Computer Innovation 6016 will host a one-day industrial forum to allow vendors to showcase their latest technology. Press/Public Activities As a historical event, Computer Innovation 6016 will host a number of press and public interaction activities to connect the computer profession with our society. Both domestic and international press/media will be invited to participate in this event. Planned activities include a press conference, media interviews, special issues on trade publications, an edited book, and students participation. Technical Conferences Computer Innovation 6016 will include three international technical conferences: - The 8th International Conference on High-Performance Computing in Asia-Pacific Region (HPC-Asia 2005) - The 4th International Conference on Grid and Collaborative Computing (GCC 2005) - The 2nd IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing (IFIP NPC 2005) Exhibition A commercial/research exhibition will be the highlight of Computer Innovation 6016. An exhibition space of 1500 square meter is reserved for vendors, users, and researchers of computer technology, both domestic and international. Organization Committee of Computer Innovation 6016 General Co-Chairs: Guojie Li (China Computer Federation) Wei Zhao (Texas A&M, USA) Program Committee Co-Chairs: Zhiwei Xu (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Xiaodong Zhang (William and Mary, USA) Steering Committee Ian Foster (ANL, USA) Jean-Luc Gaudiot (UC Irvine, USA) Tony Hey (UK e-Science) Guojie Li (China Computer Federation) Kai Li (Princeton, USA) Lionel Ni (HKUST, China) Satoshi Sekiguchi (AIST Japan) Zhiwei Xu (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Xiaodong Zhang (William and Mary, USA) Wei Zhao (Texas A&M, USA) HPC-Asia 2005 General Co-Chairs: Kai Li (Princeton, USA) Satoshi Sekiguchi (AIST Japan) Program Committee Co-Chairs: Jianpin Fan (ICT, China) Jysoo Lee (KISTI, Korea) GCC 2005 General Co-Chairs: Ian Foster (ANL, USA) Tony Hey (UK e-Science) Program Committee Co-Chairs: Geffrey Fox (Indiana, USA) Hai Zhuge (ICT, China) IFIP NPC 2005 General Co-Chairs: Jean-Luc Gaudiot (UC Irvine, USA) Lionel Ni (HKUST, China) Program Committee Co-Chairs: Hai Jin (HUST, China) Dan Reed (UNC, USA) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers HPC-Asia 2005 The 8th International Conference and Exhibition on High-Performance Computing in Asia-Pacific Region November 30-December 3, 2005, Beijing, China www.ict.ac.cn/hpcasia2005 HPC ASIA is an international conference series held every 18 months on an Asia-Pacific regional site. It provides a forum for HPC researchers, developers, and users throughout the world to exchange ideas, case studies, and research results related to all issues of high performance computing. The last seven conferences were held in Taipei in 1995, Seoul in 1997, Singapore in 1998, Beijing in 2000,Australia in 2001,India in 2002,and Tokyo in 2004. In addition to contributed technical papers,HPC Asia 2005 will include keynote addresses, invited/plenary speeches, panel discussions, workshops, poster presentations and industrial track presentations.A commercial/research exhibition will be the highlight of HPC Asia 2005. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts of original unpublished research work in all areas of high performance computing,including the development of experimental and commercial systems. Relevant topics include(but are not limited to) the following: *System Architecture and Models for HPC *System Software for HPC *Algorithms and Applications for HPC *Performance Evaluation and Productivity *Grid Computing Technical Paper Submission Instructions: Authors are invited to submit papers of no more than 8 pages of double column text using single spaced 10 point size type on 8.5x11 inches papers, as per IEEE 8.5x11 manuscript guidelines (see http://www.computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm). Authors should submit a PDF file that will print on a PostScript printer using 8.5 x 11 inch size (letter size) paper. Papers should be written in English. The results presented in the paper must be original. One author of each accepted paper will be expected to present the paper at the conference. The proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Only online submission is allowed and the submission procedures will be available via official website before May 15, 2005. If you have any question, please send an email to hpcasia2005 at ict.ac.cn . Important Dates: Technical Paper Submission Deadline June 10, 2005 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection July 25, 2005 Camera-Ready Paper Deadline August 26, 2005 General Co-Chairs: Kai Li (Princeton, USA) Satoshi Sekiguchi (AIST Japan) Steering Committee Chair: David Kahaner (ATIP, USA) Program Committee Co-Chairs: Jianping Fan (ICT, China) Jysoo Lee (KISTI, Korea) Steering Committee: Raymond Hon-fu Chan (CUHK, Hong Kong) Heow Pueh Lee (IHPC, Singapore) Sangsan Lee (KISTI, Korea) John O'Callaghan (APAC, Australia) Yoshio Oyanagi (University of Tokyo, Japan) Sharad Purohit (CDAC, India) Rafael P. Saldana (ADMU, Philippines) Danny Shieh (Sinica, Taiwan) Suryadi Slamet (UI, Indonesia) Nguyen Son (HCMUT, Vietnam) Piyawut Srichaikul (NECTEC, Thailand) Michael J. Uddstrom (NIWA, New Zealand) Zhiwei Xu (CAS, China) Xiaodong Zhang (College of William and Mary, USA) Program Committee: David Abramson (Monash Univ., Australia) Mark Baker (University of Portsmouth, UK) Jit Biswas (Inst.for Infocomm Research, Singapore) Rajkumar Buyya (University of Melbourne, Australia) Wentong Cai (NTU, Singapore) Lan Chen (Suzhou Integrated Circuit Design Center, China) Xuebin Chi (Computer Network Information Center, CAS, China) Mingyu Chen (NCIC, China) Jaeyoung Choi (Soongsil University, Korea) Jack Dongarra (Univ. of Tennessee, USA) Shengzhong Feng (ICT, China) Xiaobin Feng (ICT, China) Dennis Gannon (Indiana Univ., USA) Yadong Gui (Shanghai Supercomputing Center, China) Gatot F. Hertono (Univ. Indonesia, Indonesia) Naoki Hirose (JAXA, Japan) Erik D' Hollander (University of Ghent, Belgium) Eui-nam Huh (Seoul Women¡¯s University, Korea) Terence Hung (IHPC, Singapore) Jang Hyuk Kwon (KAIST, Korea) Changjun Jiang (Tongji University, China) Hai Jin (HuaZhong University of Sci.&Tech., China) Karpjoo Jeong (Konkuk University, Korea) Jin-Soo Kim (KAIST, Korea) Jong Kim (POSTECH, Korea) Sunggu Lee (POSTECH, Korea) Minglu Li (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) Xiangke Liao (National University of Defense Technology, China) Jie Ma (ICT, China) Dan Meng (ICT, China) Matthias Mueller (HLRS, Germany) Teo Yong Meng (University of Singapore) Jun Ni (University of Iowa, USA) Marcin Paprzycki (Oklahoma State University, USA) Depei Qian (Beihang University, China) Weisong Shi (Wayne State University, USA) Shinji Sumimoto (Fujitsu Lab., Japan) Ninghui Sun (NCIC, China) Toshikazu Takada (NEC Corp., Japan) Yoshio Tanaka (AIST, Japan) David Taniar (Monash Univ., Australia) Whey-Fone Tsai (NCHC, Taiwan) Putchong Uthayopas (Kasetsart University, Thailand) Lu Xu (NRCHPC, China) Laurence T. Yang (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada) Xuejun Yang (National University of Defense Technology, China) Eric Han-Wei Yen (Computing Centre of Academia Sinica, Taiwan) Heon Y. Yeom (Seoul National University, Korea) Lin-bo Zhang (Institute of Computational Mathematics, CAS, China) Weimin Zheng (TsingHua University, China) Yao Zheng (Zhejiang University, China) Songnian Zhou (Platform, Canada) Organizing Committee Publicity Chair: Cho-Li Wang (University of Hong Kong, China) Publication Chair: Zhiwei Xu (ICT, China) Finance Chair: Dan Meng (ICT, China) Registration Chair: Fang Liu (ICT, China) Local Arrangement Chair: Wen Gao (ICT, China) Exhibits Chair: Jinghao Fei (ICT, China) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers GCC 2005 The 4th International Conference on Grid and Cooperative Computing November 30-December 3, 2005, Beijing, China http://www.ict.ac.cn/gcc2005 The International Conference on Grid and Cooperative Computing GCC obtained great success in the past three years. It has become a major annual forum in Grid and Cooperative Computing area, with 400-500 registered participants. GCC 2005 will inherit its tradition and further promote its quality and international impact. It will emphasize the theory, method, and design of grid and cooperative computing as well as applications in science, culture, engineering and business. Researchers and practitioners will get together to present up-to-date achievement in this international forum. The conference solicits original high quality papers on the following topics. Fundamental theories on Grid and Cooperative Computing Grid Computing, grid services and grid security Grid applications Grid monitoring, management and organization tools Grid middleware and toolkits Knowledge Grid, Information Grid, and Service Grid Grid information representation and management Advanced resource reservation and scheduling Performance evaluation and modeling P2P computing and automatic computing Information and Software integration technologies Software engineering and cooperative computing Computer-supported cooperative work Submission Instructions: Detailed submission instructions, e.g. a description of the requested camera-ready format, will be made available before the submission dates at the conference web site. Papers should be written in English. Papers must not be published or under consideration for publication elsewhere. PDF copies of manuscripts may be mailed to kg at ict.ac.cn. Important dates: July 8, 2005 Conference Paper Due August 8, 2005 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection August 26, 2005 Camera-Ready Paper Due Proceedings: All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series by Springer-Verlag (pending). General Co-Chairs Ian Foster, University of Chicago, USA Tony Hey, University of Southampton, UK Program Committee Co-Chairs Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University Hai Zhuge, Chinese Academy of Sciences Steering Committee Andrew Chien, University of California at San Diego, USA Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Guojie Li, China Computer Federation Zhiwei Xu, Chinese Academy of Sciences Xiaodong Zhang, College of William and Mary, USA Publicity Chair Cho-Li Wang, University of Hong Kong, China Program Committee Members Yaodong Bi (University of Scranton, USA) Rajkumar Buyya (The University of Melbourne, Australia) Wentong Cai (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Jiannong Cao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong) Minyi Guo (University of Aizu, Japan) Jun Han (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia) Chun-Hsi Huang (University of Connecticut, USA) Francis Lau (Hong Kong University, Hong Kong) Keqin Li (State University of New York, USA) Qing Li (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) Geyong Min (University of Bradford, UK) Jun Ni (University of Iowa, USA) Lionel Ni (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong) Yi Pan (Georgia State University, USA) Hong Shen (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan) Xian-He Sun (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA) David Taniar (Monash University, Australia) Huaglory Tianfield (Glasgow Caledonian University, UK) Shaowen Wang (University of Iowa, USA) Jie Wu (Florida Atlantic University, USA) Cheng-Zhong Xu (Wayne State University, USA) Laurence Tianruo Yang (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada) Wanlei Zhou (Deakin University, Australia) Jianping Zhu (The University of Akron, USA) Xinrong Zhou (Abo Akademi University, Finland) Xiaola Lin (City University of Hong Kong, China) Zhonghua Yang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Guangrong Gao (University of Delaware Newark, USA) Alexander V. Smirnov (St.-Petersburg Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian) Mark Baker (University of Portsmouth, UK) Xiaodong Zhang (NSF, USA and College of William and Mary, USA) David W Walker (Cardiff University, UK) Information Further questions may be addressed to: kg at ict.ac.cn ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers IFIP NPC 2005 The Second IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing November 30-December 3, 2005, Beijing, China http://grid.hust.edu.cn/npc05/ The goal of the IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing is to establish an international forum for engineers and scientists to present their original ideas and experiences in all system fields of network and parallel computing. The first conference was held in October 18-20, 2004 in Wuhan, China (see the website http://grid.hust.edu.cn/npc04/). The second conference (NPC 2005) will be held in November 30-December 3, 2005, Beijing, China. The third conference (NPC 2006) will be held in Barcelona, Spain. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Parallel & Distributed Architectures * Parallel & Distributed Applications/Algorithms * Parallel Programming Environments and Tools * Network & Interconnect Architecture * Network Security * Network Storage * Advanced Web and Proxy Services * Middleware Frameworks and Toolkits * Cluster & Grid Computing * Ubiquitous Computing * Peer-to-peer Computing * Multimedia Streaming Services * Performance Modeling/Evaluation Submission Instructions: Detailed submission instructions will be made available before the submission dates at the conference web site http://grid.hust.edu.cn/npc05/. Papers should be written in English. Papers must not be published or under consideration for publication elsewhere. 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Watson Research Center, USA Guangrong Gao, University of Delaware, USA Jean-Luc Gaudiot, University of California at Irvine, USA Guojie Li, Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, China Yoichi Muraoka, Waseda University, Japan Daniel Reed, University of North Carolina, USA Publicity Chair Cho-Li Wang, University of Hong Kong, China Web Chair Wenbin Jiang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China --------------------------------------------------------------------


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A group of activist hackers kicked off an ambitious cyber operation on Tuesday that targeteted a slew of high-profile American targets, however the Group Anonymous assault appears to be running into serious resistance.
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Dubbed OpUSA, the attack targeted a slew of major government agencies and dozens of U.S. financial-services companies, marking the latest effort by hacktivists to flood critical websites with massive amounts of traffic aimed at slowing down or even blocking access.
"We see this as a widening in the cyber war front and organizations may require new tactics or technical defenses to defend," said Carl Herberger, vice president of security solutions at Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR).
However, by late Tuesday afternoon no major website disruptions were reported due to OpUSA, Radware said, raising the chances that the Anonymous effort could fall well short of its goal.
Ironically, Radware said it is seeing a lower-than-normal level of attack activity on its deployed devices around the world, due at least in part to the decision by one key group, the al-Qassam Cyber Fighters, not to join the operation.
"The tools have been largely pedestrian thus far," said Herberger.
According to a post on Pastebin, the list of targeted websites include ones affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense, the Pentagon, the National Archives, the National Security Agency, the FBI and the White House.
"Let's hurt them" where it hurts the most, the Pastebin post declared.
On the corporate side, OpUSA is targeting the websites of virtually all of the major U.S. banks, including Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), Citigroup (NYSE:C), PNC Financial Services (NYSE:PNC), Sun Trust (NYSE:STI) and Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF).
A person familiar with the matter tells FOX Business that J.P. Morgan "continuously" works closely with "government agencies and other banks to enhance (its) defenses and improve (its) resiliency to these types of threats."
A spokesperson for the biggest U.S. bank by assets declined to comment.
The target list also includes dozens of regional banks and other financial-services companies, including E*Trade Financial (NASDAQ:ETFC), Comerica (NYSE:CMA), First Horizon (NYSE:FHN), Raymond James Financial (NYSE:RJF), Charles Schwab (NASDAQ:SCHW), MetLife (NYSE:MET) and Valley National Bank (NYSE:VLY).
Leaving no stone unturned, Anonymous even lists the website of Lehman Brothers Holdings, the investment bank that filed for bankruptcy in 2008 during the financial crisis.
"The attacks will likely result in limited disruptions and mostly (consist) of nuisance-level attacks against publicly accessible web pages and possibly data exploitation," the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned in a May 1 alert that was obtained by security blog KrebsOnSecurity.
Radware said it expects OpUSA to last about a week and warned organizations should look out for significant pressure from "zero-minute attacks," which include new techniques.
While the al-Qassam Cyber Fighters, a group that claimed responsibility for a slew of attacks on U.S. banks, has distanced itself from OpUSA, Radware warned the operation could gain new recruits.
"If they're able to recruit additional manpower and leverage new attack tools, ramifications of today's attacks could increase dramatically," Herberger said.
FOX Business reporter Adam Samson contributed to this report.
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