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December 28, 2013
This piece originally appeared in Rae's blog, Diva Living With AIDS.
Often times the holidays seems to compound the loneliness and isolation of a single person living with HIV. I know for me this has been the case. No doubt dating with a sexually transmitted disease is hard: The having to disclose; having to explain the how I got to this place; The fear of judgement and rejection. The shame with acknowledging your choices and for some even your culpability in your infection; the self loathing that comes with why you chose to trust the very person that infected you, whether it is HIV or herpes.
Out of my own loneliness and isolation I've been thinking about dating a lot as of lately. People think being this famous woman with AIDS means that I'm not lonely, but at the end of the day I still come home to myself. I have no one to wind down my day, even if with just a phone call. I give so much to help enrich the lives of others but get very little to enrich my own life. This is my situation living with this disease. In my last blog about dating I talked about men willing to date me in private but not public and my decision to shut that down out of self respect and love for myself.
But where does that lead me and how do I meet that special someone? Even as an AIDS Activist I'm still faced with the same issues others with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases are living with. Disclosing your HIV status to a potential partner is scary. That is true no matter how long you have lived with HIV or how many times you have disclosed or even how public you are. To have that first conversation with someone that you are attracted to is hard and leaves knots in your stomach.
So dating is challenging for us all! Since that last blog on dating, I've had so many people reach out to me privately about their own drama around dating with HIV. One woman emailed and asked, "So what about those positive dating sites?
I got to tell you, I see them as an easy way to get pass that first level of fear; rejection. You don't have to have that initial conversation because the person reaching out to you already knows your baseline. Now I've got to be honest, a while back, like 7-8 years ago, I did a free trial weekend for one of those poplar dating sites that advertise on tv, but based on what I said to the guy, he Googled me and that was a deal breaker. *shrugs* His loss, because I'm a wonderful woman.
Now recently, I signed up for PositiveSingles.Com. I wanted to see what they are about for myself since I'm recommending them to you. Now, like I said, I actually met a guy recently and it's very early, not sure where it will lead, good places I hope - so I'm not sure how long I'll stay on a dating site. I try to have integrity. Plus, I've always been a one man kinda woman.
But what I know for sure about the dating sites is that the person reaching out will at least know your base-line when they send that first email. I think a dating site like this could be a way to get the conversation going and sometimes all you need is an open door. So what the heck, you really have nothing to lose but time. For sure you should work within the parameters of the site and be honest. I mean no point lying on a site where everyone has a sexually transmitted disease. I think it's a level of freedom actually, everyone is at the same starting point.
Think about it this way, you know right off bat that you are not being rejected because of your status. With your status out of the way, you can now go forth and see if there is compatibility. Now let me be honest, everyone with HIV is not going to be a perfect match, sometimes you gotta work through the barrel to find that right apple.
At the end of the day I think that we should fight the isolation that comes with this disease. I also think that we should use all the great tools of modern technology to do so! Each of us deserve to be loved, and none of us deserve to have HIV. By forcing yourself to live in isolation, you punish yourself and that is not what God wants of us! When we wake in the morning we are still a part of God's earthly plan, so I think we should live our best life while we have a life! 2014 is fast approaching why don't you step out of your comfort zone and see what is waiting on the other side of fear of rejection.
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A Closer Look at Egrifta, a Newly Approved Treatment for HIV-Associated Belly Fat Gain (Lipohypertrophy)
An Interview With Daniel Berger, M.D.
November 11, 2010
For years now, it has been clear that HIV-positive people are especially prone to developing unusual increases of fat in specific parts of their bodies. What has been less clear is exactly what a person with this type of fat gain, known as lipohypertrophy, can do about it.
On Nov. 10, a new option was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Its name is Egrifta, known generically as tesamorelin. It is the first drug approved specifically for use by HIV-positive people with lipohypertrophy. Egrifta doesn't treat all kinds of fat gain -- it focuses on reducing fat gain in the belly area -- but its approval is historic nonetheless.
Daniel Berger, M.D., has been one of the HIV clinicians involved in studies of Egrifta prior to its approval. He is the medical director and founder of NorthStar Medical Center in Chicago, as well as a clinical associate professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago College of Medicine. In this interview, he'll walk us through how Egrifta works, who should take it, and what else we know to date about the treatment of lipohypertrophy.
[Editor's note: This interview does not include a discussion of the specific warnings and indications included in the drug's labeling; we'll follow up on that in a future article. In addition, in the interest of disclosure, please note that Dr. Berger was a lead investigator for both phase 3 studies of Egrifta and a co-author of several published studies on the drug. He has served as a speaker and consultant for Theratechnologies Inc., which developed Egrifta. He has also served as a speaker and consultant for Serono Laboratories Inc., which is marketing the drug. This interview represents Dr. Berger's personal opinion and not necessarily that of Theratechnologies or Serono.]
Let's start with the basics. What is Egrifta?
Egrifta -- previously it was known as tesamorelin or growth hormone-releasing factor -- is a medication that was studied in HIV-infected individuals with increased belly fat, in the form of visceral adiposity or fat accumulation. In other words, it was investigated in patients who had fat accumulation within the abdominal body cavity. We also use the term lipohypertrophy to denote the same thing.
The studies with Egrifta were designed to examine whether patients with visceral fat accumulation can take Egrifta safely, but specifically, using it as a strategy to obtain reductions of visceral abdominal fat. So this drug is important and is going to be used for HIV-infected patients who are developing or have had increases in abdominal, visceral fat.
About how many people are we talking about here? People with HIV who have this excess fat in their belly.
There's been a number of studies that looked at the prevalence in abdominal fat accumulation. I believe, of the three or four studies that I'm familiar with, it's anywhere between 25% to 35% of patients that are currently on antiretroviral therapy in whom we have observed abdominal fat accumulation.
Is there any particular person that's more likely to have it?
In the early days of the epidemic -- or the earlier days, I should say -- when certain medications that were more metabolically toxic were used, we observed lipohypertrophy, or fat accumulation, more often. So for example, a protease inhibitor known as Crixivan [indinavir] was a medication that was quite famous [for causing this] and, in fact, people often referred to the manifestation as "Crix belly."
But we are not using that medication currently, and some of the newer protease inhibitors, we feel, are less likely to cause the problem. There are other medications, such as nucleosides, that have also been found to have similar problems in terms of metabolic problems, including fat redistribution.
Which specific nucleosides are you talking about there?
I should back up a little bit and just say that it goes toward understanding the cause and mechanisms of this fat redistribution problem. We feel that medications that have mitochondrial toxicities play a greater role in being associated with the problem. Mitochondria are small organelles that are metabolic powerhouses in each cell. And fat tissue is actually very rich in mitochondria. Certain nucleosides such as Zerit [stavudine, d4T], ddI [Videx, didanosine] and AZT [Retrovir, zidovudine] have an inhibitory effect on mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma, which is the principal enzyme responsible for mitochondrial DNA synthesis. And it can also have other negative effects on protein synthesis. Some of the nucleoside analogs pose a significant obstacle for normal metabolism and this leads to increased fat redistribution changes in HIV.
And it's worth noting that there's been development of newer agents, most being thought of as being less mitochondrial toxic, or in other words, being mitochondrial friendly. These medication toxicities, overall, have been observed much less than with the older agents that were used back in the day.
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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — It's still a bit strange seeing him in purple and gold.
We know, we know, get over it already.
But just like it's taking Steve Nash time to transition into his role as the Los Angeles Lakers' starting point guard, it's taking a little time for us to figure out exactly how this grand experiment is going to work.
Without the benefit of seeing Dwight Howard out there with them, and with Kobe Bryant in limited doses during the preseason, imaginations to tend to run a bit wild with the possibilities.
A preseason loss to the Warriors where we don't see enough of the Lakers' core group together for long stretches makes it hard to make a true evaluation of what they are working with. Everyone knows what sort of potential is there. Waiting to see it, though, has to be a bit nerve-wracking for Lakers fans.
It's tough for the rest of us, hoops voyeurs who are just curious to see this what the league's big top circus will look like when it comes to our respective towns.
There were, however, positive signs. Folks who observe the Lakers' every move saw traces of the powerhouse that could be, of the cohesiveness we all know is needed if the Lakers are to compete at the championship level expected:
Mark Medina of The Los Angeles Times — Results don't matter in preseason games. So don't suddenly demand the Lakers should blow up their roster after losing to Golden State without center Andrew Bogut and shooting guard Stephen Curry. But when the Lakers played with their starters in the first half, they showed that their chemistry looks strong. Steve Nash (five points, three assists) looked unbelievable throwing a cross-court no-look pass to Kobe Bryant, who then connected with Pau Gasol on an alley oop play. Nash also broke some ankles by shaking Jarrett Jack with a crossover that nearly made him fall before nailing an open three-pointer.
The Lakers also ran the revamped offense that includes elements of the Princeton system with fluidity. Rarely did the Lakers ever go into isolation sets. Each player appeared intent on following Steve Nash's lead (five points, three assists) and finding the open player for a shot. Kobe Bryant, who posted 10 points on two of seven shooting and three assists, appeared intent on facilitating. The Lakers set strong screens and actually played off of them.
They routinely covered for each other on defense. The floor spacing gave plenty of room for Metta World Peace to operate outside and score 10 points on three-of-six shooting. It's fair to say that this reflects how much calmer and easier it's been for the Lakers to absorb Brown's teaching concepts with more time and a solidified roster. As a result, the Lakers look a lot more exciting and fluid on offense than last year's disaster.
The two names you need to lock in on are Mike Brown and Metta World Peace. As important Kobe, Nash, Howard and Gasol are, the two guys who could very well hold the key to this season for the Lakers are the coach and the wild card personality on the roster.
World Peace has earned a level of trust from us based on his Game 7 performance in The Finals in 2010. Everyone conveniently forgets that it was World Peace, and not Bryant or necessarily Gasol, whose big shots saved them from losing that epic series to the arch rival Celtics.
Brown's second season in Los Angeles has to be smoother than his first. It probably helps that Andrew Bynum isn't around anymore to challenge his authority. It also helps that he'll have a veteran floor general like Nash to run his show now, too.
Kevin Ding of the Orange County Register highlighted the impact Nash has had on his new team, a hold that began long before Sunday's preseason opener:
When you've played as long as Nash — this 17th NBA season for him and Bryant marks as many years as it took Bynum to go from birth to the Lakers — do you still want to put in the work or do you feel like you have to put in the work?
The Lakers showed in recent years that an aging roster might tilt toward the latter. That should not be the case this season, and in that regard, Sunday's game was an early statement.
Nash made a statement even earlier when he invited fellow veteran point guards Steve Blake and Chris Duhon to Arizona before training camp. For three days, they didn't just work hard, they worked smart.
"Get a head start on some of the offensive concepts," Nash explained.
If you're a proven genius in the basketball world, you might settle for cramming. That's the opposite of cramming.
For those who think Nash's mind and creativity will be muted with the Lakers, consider that Brown said before the game that Nash can determine whatever he wants to run every time down the floor by where he goes and where he moves the ball. (For sure, though, the opposing defense will dictate to Nash — which is sort of the point of what Brown is promoting to his players as "a stress-free offense" dependent on proper reading and reacting.)
"Hopefully by December or January," Brown said, "it will look very, very pretty."
You'd better believe Nash is on a crusade for that — and it to be very, very effective.
Even though most of the offense isn't in yet, Nash made things so pretty in the debut Sunday that Bryant said: "It was natural. Just real natural. Real easy" and so effective that Brown said of rookie last-pick-in-the-draft center Robert Sacre: "He made Sacre look like he was in his third year in the league."
Nash wields that sort of power, the ability to make a journeyman look like "The Man" (in brief spurts). It's simply what he does and what he's always done.
And it's what the rest of the Lakers, Kobe included, have to be willing to step aside and allow him to work his magic at times, if they're going to chase the lofty goals already in place for this team this season.


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South Korean commandos battled Somali pirates today on the Arabian Sea, storming a captured cargo ship and rescuing the 21-man crew. The mission was a boon to an embattled South Korean president and a rare setback for the pirates amid a surge in attacks.
Pirates had captured the South Korea-owned Samho Jewelry on Jan. 15 while it was traveling between Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates nearly 800 miles from the coast of Somalia. After following the ship for days, a South Korean Navy destroyer dispatched a special forces unit to rescue the crew.
Eight alleged pirates were killed in the rare rescue mission, and the Korean boat captain sustained noncritical injuries.
"Our special forces stormed the hijacked Samho Jewelry earlier today and freed all hostages," said Colonel Lee Bung-woo, a spokesman for the South Korean joint chiefs of staff, in an article by The Guardian. "During the operation, our forces killed some Somali pirates and all of the hostages were confirmed alive."
The successful rescue operation comes as good news particularly for South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who has suffered criticism for not taking a hard enough response against North Korea after it shelled Yeonpyeong Island in November. Comments today suggest that he may hope this aggressive move will improve his image.
"This operation demonstrated our government's strong will that we won't tolerate illegal activities by pirates any more," said President Lee in an article by the Yonhap News Agency. "Our military carried out the operation perfectly under difficult circumstances. I appreciate it and send a message of encouragement."
Somali pirate attacks skyrocket
Somali pirates have increased attacks for the past four years, capturing more hostages in 2010 than in any other year on record, according to a Jan. 17 report from the London-based International Maritime Bureau. The waters off the coast of the lawless nation remain some of the most dangerous in the world. Last year, according to the bureau, 92 percent of all ships captured by pirates were taken off the coast of Somalia.
Key to stopping the surge of piracy on the high seas is stabilizing Somalia, says Capt. Pottengal Mukundan of the bureau's Piracy Reporting Center.
"There is a desperate need for a stable infrastructure in this area," he is quoted saying in the report. "It is vital that governments and the United Nations devote resources to developing workable administrative infrastructures to prevent criminals from exploiting the vacuum left from years of failed local government."
But there are few indications that the situation is likely to improve in the coming year, reports Al Jazeera. In the first three weeks of 2011 there have already been 22 reported incidents off the coast of Somalia, including four hijackings. Somali pirates are said to be holding 31 vessels for ransom at the current time.
Rescue operations are unusual with many countries worrying that such missions could further endanger the crew. Most shipping companies settle hostage situations by paying the pirates a ransom, reports the Los Angeles Times. Two months ago, an oil tanker belonging to the owners of the Samho Jewelry was released by Somali pirates after seven months when the company paid a record $9.5 million ransom.
With 4 percent of the world's daily oil supply passing through the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia, according to Xinhua, the busy shipping lane remains a vital waterway. Despite a US-led naval alliance known as Combined Task Force 150 patrolling the area, pirate gangs seem to be responding with increasingly well-coordinated, complex attacks that are taking place further and further from the shore.


text: Hi David, Hi all, I found your statement very logical and I agree with you. Definitely we must be more "flexible" in the new era and no "glued". Probably the "HEO-projects" like Phase-3 belong to the past century and just... we don't want to accept it. The money cost is unbelievable high. Definitely is necessary to re-assign the "HEO's concept" according to the currently & future era. However, in addition to your Email I would like to remind that: if we can not launch a HEO, why not about a MEO? I remember a nice page around Internet (unfortunately I can't find this page any longer) where described the possibility for a MEO OSCAR, by using a small propellant system onboard in order to be able to put the satellite higher than any LEO. Thus the launching-cost should be very reasonable - even nowadays. I don't know if that is possible in practice - I am not an expert about that! However sounds to me as a great challenge for Ham radio, if a new kind of Satellite-orbit could be available for Amateur Radio operators If we can't to put a HEO in orbit, why not a MEO? The footprint is spectacular vis-a-vis to a LEO. Not like a HEO, but good enough in order to keep "warm" the Amateur Satellite community by offering DX + overseas QSOs. 73, Mak SV1BSX ----- Original Message ----- From: <G0MRF at aol.com> To: <m5aka at yahoo.co.uk>; <amsat-bb at amsat.org> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 8:00 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT HEO design evolution (longish) > Given the understandable negative content of the posts recently regarding > the AMSAT HEO satellite debate, perhaps it's time to return to basics and > ask > some fundamental questions about the way we design satellites and fund > their > launch. > > The problem: AMSAT High Earth Orbiting satellites have historically had > a > mass between 150kg for P3 and 650kg+ for AO-40 and at 30,000 Euros per > kg, we > do not have the resources to self finance the launch costs of 4.5 > million > (30k x 150) to 15 million Euros to launch. > However, AO-40 was probably a 1-off and will never be repeated. So let's > say > 4 - 5 million. > > The way forward? > 1) Raising the funds for the standard launch cost of the typical AMSAT HEO > is beyond us. So other external funding solutions are needed either by > providing a service which is paid for. - An example of exploring this > route is the > AMSAT NA proposed Advanced Communications Project via Intelsat. > A second approach, is to include commercial payloads within the AMSAT > spacecraft, or perhaps including AMSAT 'functionality' within other > commercially or > educationally funded spacecraft. Again, there are examples of this > approach > for LEOs. Delfi C3 is one success story. Also, and had it worked for more > than a few orbits the ESA Education department / SSETI Express XO-53 was > another. But at HEO the opportunites are very rare indeed, the only > project > currently being persued is the ESA ESEO educational mission with AMSAT UK > providing > a U/S transponder as part of a redundant communications system for the > spacecraft. > As we have been reminded in the past few days, self funding never worked > before and it wont work in the future. I feel some sympathy for the AMSAT > NA > board who have an apparently impossible task to fulfil, but their > enthusiasm to > elicit support has let expectations exceed funding ability. - The response > ha > s been vocal. But at least they are trying. > Finally on the funding issue, what have we done in the last 8 years? > We've > had the Eagle fund. We've had the successful AO-51 fund raising campaign, > but > really, since the launch of AO-40 in November 2000 we haven't saved for > this > 'HEO' eventuality. If we are ever going to replace spacecraft in the > future, > fund raising needs to be more sustained and less impulse led. We have > little > to show for the last 8 years. > > > > 2) There is however another option which may be self financing. A > fundamental spacecraft redesign to reduce the mass to a figure we can > afford to launch. > Over the last 25 years, the mass of a P3 spacecraft has remained fairly > constant. About 90kg of structure and payload with an additional 60kg of > bi-propellent fuel. There are probably ways of trimming this back > substantially. > In LEO sat design we have seen a reduction in size from 400kg to the SSTL > microsat of about 120kg in the 1980's. These days the SSTL 'microsat' has > evolved down to 3 - 5kg. with projects like the NASA Nanosail design. But > no such > revolution has taken place in HEO satellites > So, a few possibilities. You can probably think of more...... > > a) The 60kg of fuel has been needed to raise perigee and increase > inclination from a typical geostationary transfer orbit. But there have > been orbital > change manoeuvres that have not gone to plan e.g. AO-10 and AO-40, but > those > satellites have still given us usable communications. Do we need all > 60kg? > How about raising the perigee to give a long life and a slight increase > in > inclination to get us out of the GTO belt around from around 7 degrees to > 15 > degrees? I wonder what the saving is there, 400 Newton motor down to 50 > Newton > motor. Fuel from 60kg down to 15kg? Saving = 45 + 5kg = 1.5 million > Euros? > OK the figures are guesswork, but there must be savings. > > b) Spacecraft design. During our time with P3 spacecraft, we have seen > transponder power change dramatically. I recall the first few days of > AO-40 when I > heard the 2m beacon stronger than many local FM stations. But then it used > a > 300 Watt BLF278 type device and was designed to give a huge signal. > Equally, > I also recall receiving a worked all continents satellite award for QSOs > I > made on the experimental AO-13 mode S transponder. That was 1 Watt (max) > into a > 5 turn helix on 2400. So, in the future, do we need 45 or 50 Watts of > power > in a 100kHz wide transponder? After all, if there are fewer amateurs, we > can > use less bandwidth saving power and mass in the process. 8 Watts and > 50kHz? A consequence of such a design change would require a > groundstation with > more than a patch antenna to pick up the signal. But is that > unreasonable, > dishes are cheaper than launches. > > c) Two final thoughts. Firstly, isn't the world moving away from metal > structures to carbon and ceramic composites. Mass saving perhaps. > Secondly, I > don't think AMSAT with it's limited resources can afford to put spacecraft > into > orbit that will fail the moment the batteries die. Let's not dwell on the > excellent Delfi example, but instead look at the Intelsat spacecraft. Is > it not > the case that they have a 10 year lifespan which is limited by > stationkeeping > fuel? While they operate 24/7 the power comes from the solar cells. The > batteries are used only in eclipse. With our P3 designs, as I understand > them, > the spacecraft can not function on solar cells alone. Unfortunately, the > advantage of our chosen HEO orbits also mean that the batteries on a P3 > satellite > go through a couple of eclipses a day. As battery life is proportional > (or > worse) to depth of discharge of the batteries, it's not surprising that > most > AMSAT spacecraft suffer battery failure. But with limited funds we really > need > to design in a mode so that 5 years on, the batteries can be switched out > of > circuit and a sensible geometry of solar panels can continue to provide > some > daylight only functionality. > > Conclusion: > Funding campaigns need to run over several years within a rolling plan to > supply launch funding. > Designs need to evolve to include new technologies. Mass reduction = lower > launch cost should be near the top of the list. > With fewer amateurs, and modern digital modes we need less bandwidth. > It is not unreasonable for an AMSAT member to need a moderate size of > antenna to work an HEO. So, lower power in space. > Lifespan needs to be increased and with HEO that means battery failure > should be anticipated and mitigated in the design. A daylight operating > spacecraft > is better than no spacecraft at all. > > Thanks..........a quiet day here! > > David > > Could we do HEO within a 50kg budget? = 1.5million Euros spread over a > 10 > year lifespan? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb


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Once a symbol of power, Castello Sforzesco has now become an important cultural attraction. The enormous fort in the centre of Milan was originally built as an impenetrable stronghold. It was from here that the Visconti family and later on the Sforza family ruled the city. Since 1896, the castle has housed one of the largest art collections in Milan; take some time to admire the displays of sculptures, European porcelain and Baroque furniture.
Galeazzo II Visconti, the first Duke of Milan, ordered the construction of Castello Sforzesco in 1358. The result was a powerful square fort, with castle moats, drawbridges and walls that were up to 7 metres thick. When Filippo Maria Visconti (the last male member of the Visconti family) died in 1447, the residents of Milan proclaimed the short-lived Ambrosian Republic and the castle was completely demolished. But shortly after that, Francesco Sforza declared himself Duke of Milan and he rebuilt the entire castle, adding a 70-metres-high central tower: the Torre del Filarete.
Under the rule of Ludovico Sforza, nicknamed 'Il Moro', who was the Count of Milan at the end of the 15th century, the castle expanded its cultural importance. Sforza commissioned artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and world-famous architect Donato Bramante to embellish the interior of the castle. Under Spanish and Austrian rule, the fort was mainly used for military purposes; if you pass through the 71-metres-high gate and enter the courtyard, you will stand where military exercises were once held. Around 1900, the fort was transformed primarily into a museum facility. Here you will find approximately 10 different museums with priceless world-class collections. And all of this is accessible for a one-time entrance fee of only 3 Euros.
Italians have always been known for their refined taste and sense of design. One of the rooms displays Milanese furniture designs from the 15th to the 20th centuries. The collection begins with royal and church furniture from the 15th and 16th centuries and Baroque furniture with parquetry. Marvel at the art collections of the rich noble families. The museum also showcases contemporary design with pieces by famous Milanese designer Giò Ponti. In addition to furniture and crockery, he also designed buildings: for example the Bijenkorf department store in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
As you stroll from museum to museum and from courtyard to courtyard, you may notice small holes in the walls. These are now inhabited by the many pigeons who have made their homes in the fort. Those holes were originally meant to secure the scaffolding for maintenance work, which is still ongoing. Currently the city is making significant investments to transform the fort into the building with which Milan and its residents can identify themselves.


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Of Documents and Medicine: Don't leave home without...
|Personal identification documents have enormous significance when traveling abroad. You'll find yourself constantly hauling out your identification for officials, hotel managers, etc. But there's more to this than just your passport. Even if there is a U.S. embassy or consulate nearby when you're traveling, not having the right documents at the right time can mean enormous headaches of lost time and added expense. You'll want to get the US Department of State's Consular Information for any country on your itinerary. These info sheets will tell you about the requirements in each country regarding currency, driving, and drug regulations, health and security conditions, etc.
|Passports and visas Make sure you not only have passports in a secure place, but also bring along two copies of each. If they are lost or stolen, having the passport numbers will help speed up the process for replacements.
|To apply for passports for the first time for your kids, get all the information and forms from the State Department Web site: Passport Services. Allow plenty of time if you are getting new passports. There are a number of new requirements, such as for children under 16, both parents as well as the child, have to apply in person, all children, including babies, are required to have their own passport, both parent's names must be on the birth certificate.
|Tip: With the new requirements, any U.S. citizen traveling via air or sea to any destination will need a passport, including Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean (that includes taking a car ferry from Washington to Victoria, British Columbia).
|Even if you have passports for your kids, check the renewal date! Passports need to be renewed every 5 years for kids under 14. (You don't want to get to the airport to discover that your child's passport has expired.) The good news is that you can renew passports pretty quickly.
|Some countries also require a visa. Find out more information about visa entry requirements for different countries (for U.S. citizens).
|Copies of birth certificates It's become quite common these days for a family to have more than one surname. Maybe a mother has kept her maiden name, or perhaps the children are from different unions. Whatever the reason, you'll want to be able to prove that, yes, these kids are yours. (Even if you are the nuclear family, birth certificates aren't a bad thing to have along if your passports are lost or stolen.)
Copies of immunization records If you're traveling to countries that require specific shots or vaccinations, bring along copies of your immunization records or certificates of vaccination. This is is also helpful in the event that you would need to consult a doctor while traveling in a foreign country.
|Copies of custody papers If any of the children are under a custody arrangement (no matter who has custody) you'll want to prove that, yes, Brandon O'Shaunghnessy is supposed to be with Mei Ling and Roberto Martin. Bring copies of all relevant papers.
|Parental permission If you're traveling with your kids without your spouse, in some countries (e.g. Mexico, Argentina), you may need proof that the absent parent has given permission for the child to travel with the other parent. It's simple enough to write up a letter, sign it, have it witnessed and notarized.
|Credit cards It's great that you have 3 or 7 or 20 but you really don't want them all on the trip. Take two, so that each adult has one, and lock up the rest at home. Keep copies of the card numbers and phone numbers to call the credit card companies, in case of theft.
|Things not to bring Empty out your purse before you go. Don't bring along your library cards, supermarket cards, rewards cards, department store credit cards. If you have your passport and you won't be driving, don't bring your driver's license (just another thing to get lost).
|Things not to bring Empty out your purse before you go. Don't bring along your library cards, supermarket cards, rewards cards, department store credit cards. If you have your passport and you won't be driving, don't bring your driver's license (just another thing to get lost).
|Things to bring Here are a few things you shouldn't forget when packing:
|Document organizers Bring along a document organizers (ones you can find easily without having to rummage around in the bottom of your overfilled tote bag). Your organizers should have each person's ID and boarding pass, as well as immunization forms and relevant papers for the kids. Tip: Sometimes it's necessary to have your boarding passes available when you go through the metal detector checkpoint (don't put them in your purse that's passing through the X-ray machines.)
|Extra glasses For anyone who wears glasses or contacts, bring along extras. If your kids are especially hard on glasses, bring those cords that attach to the glasses. Imagine losing glasses over the side of a spectacular waterfall, dropping into the clear blue sea, or lost behind the bed in your hotel you'll be having a very fuzzy trip! Bring along a small screwdriver kit to repair lenses that pop out unexpectedly. (We have stories about the glasses lens that popped out when we were eating dinner in Prague ...) Also, take along the glasses prescription, in case you need replacements.
Medicines Put together a small sack of non-prescription medicines, anti-itch cream, band-aids and first-aid stuff, things that your family typically uses.
Keep all prescription medications in their original, clearly marked containers (unless they're really large sized), and make sure you have the prescriptions as well. This is a good idea, both to prove you are supposed to have the medicine and also in case you need to replace it. (You should ask your doctor or pharmacist for the generic names of medicines you take frequently, since the brand name may not be available where you're traveling).
For trips abroad, bring enough medication for the length of your trip, and two weeks beyond. If you're expectedly delayed in your foreign destination, the last thing you want is to worry about is running low on medications for kids and parents alike.
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So says Dale Peters, percussionist with the Irish-inspired rock band begun by Kirk O'Brien seven years ago.
"We perform regularly in San Diego at places like Gallagher's Irish Pub in Ocean Beach, The Field in the Gaslamp Quarter and The Blarney Stone," said Peters noting the group even did a two-week tour of Ireland last summer as part of a swing through Europe.
"We toured with an Irish band named the Leadfarmers," said Peters noting the band, of late, has been going through a transformation in musical styles.
"We started out doing more punk Irish (The Pogues, Flogging Molly), very hard rock," Peters said. "But over the years Kirk O'Brien, who is older at age 52, has been going more toward folk rock and the blues, so the band has been morphing into much more of a traditional sound, putting our own American spin on Irish ballads."
Peters said band members of The Fooks weren't sure how their take on Irish music would go over in the mother country.
"We didn't know if the Irish would think we were butchering some of the songs from their homeland," he said adding their reaction was surprising. "They told us, 'We've been hearing these songs, done exactly the same way, for 300 years.' They were excited about an American band doing them differently, and not trying to do them with a fake Irish accent or doing them in a cheesy way. They liked that we were doing our own version of Irish music."
The Fooks are in the process of releasing their first album, which is being mixed in the studio right now.
On its Facebookat www.facebook.-com/TheFooks, the band, tongue-in-cheek claims the "legend" of The Fooks was phrophesied to Kirk O'Brien from the spirit of Bono. O'Brien heeded the message, setting out on a mission to change the world with his newfound vision of "Power-Celt Rock." Journeying forth from the Land of Potatoes, Kirk enlisted the aid of singer/guitarist and fellow Bono devotee Doug Pedersen.
As the saga of The Fooks goes, the "pulse" of the The Fooks was supplied by Dale Peters, a highly sophisticated drumming "robot" whose name is an acronym for Digital Audio Life-form Emulation Percussion Technology Rock System; D.A.L.E. Pe.Te.R.S. for short).
"Seeking a place among the most epic, he (Gilly) joined forces with The Fooks, and the rest is history," concludes the saga of the band on its Facebook site.
The Fooks perform the first Friday or Saturday of the month at Gallagher's in OB, and every other Friday at The Filed in the Gaslamp.
They will be one of several groups performing at Shamrock, the annual St. Patrick's Day block party in the Gaslamp District, to be held this year on Saturday, March 15.


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This is practical guidance on how to implement audit and account.
It is NOT a technical guide. It is directed at IT or security managers who want to persuade corporate executives to up the ante on audit and account or just do it in the first place
The guidance is not intended to be proscriptive, but to show how to develop cost effective options which can be scaled to the requirements of each system to be monitored.
Monitoring must be soundly based on risk analysis and management techniques and backed by a business case. In other words, dont talk to your corporates on a technical or security basis, they wont understand. Talk money instead.
It should be introduced to the organisation on a project basis which should fall into two phases: a feasibility study and an implementation phase.
The feasibility study should ask the question: why should we do this and what is the most cost effective way to do it?
The implementation phase should ask and answer the question of how should we do this?
Monitoring, like prevention, can never completely eliminate risk. Nor is it a fit and forget process. Regular reviews of current practice need to be incorporated into the ongoing processes and a feedback loop needs to be built into the daily practice.
Account and audit is often treated as being a low priority in systems security, particularly when other costly defensive controls have already been put in place.
The argument often goes that since nothing has happened to the system, why employ monitoring measures?
The irony is that without monitoring there is no chance of detecting the system breaches which justify its usage or the employment of other (additional) controls.
This guide takes the view that while prevention is the ideal, detection is a must.
IOW, it is unavoidable that systems will experience security breaches but the sooner the breaches can be detected and plugged the better.
Additionally, the information gathered on breaches may provide useful data for blocking future attacks, for pursuing legal routes or other intelligence (e.g. if you can identify companies who might have gained competitive advantage or are actively seeking it by stealing your data).
Having said this, monitoring has to be
Commensurate with the perceived threat (business threat not technical i.e. how much money/reputation/share value will the business lose?)
Represent value for money
Affordable and;
Easy to implement and maintain
This means that monitoring should
Be justified by a business case
Based on sound risk analysis and management judgements
Be balanced against the cost and effort of introducing and implementing other controls.
Be supportable in terms of human resources and ongoing running costs
This will lead to a pick and mix approach with regard to detection mechanisms depending on the particular nature of the threats being addressed.
Monitoring (monitoring) should be introduced on a project basis.
Project Management techniques should be scaled to the requirements of the organisation.
The project should fall into two phases
1) Feasibility study
Threat Assessment
Vulnerability Analysis
Technical Infrastructure Gap Analysis
Identification of controls
Identification of tools and techniques
Staffing and training requirements
Contractual services requirements (optional)
Overall budget requirements
Employee monitoring policy
Incident investigation and response procedures
Reporting structure
Recommendations report
2) Implementation Phase
Tender for contractual services (optional)
Installation of tools
Staff allocation and training
Employee awareness exercise
Initiation and base lining of process
Initiation of reporting structure
Ongoing maintenance and review (outside project scope)
The requirements for these two phases are detailed below.
The project board would ideally consist of the HR director, the Head of Security and the Head of IT Operations. The project manager should be someone familiar with network and systems operations and security but not necessarily a specialist (avoids imputation of empire building).
1) Threat Assessment
The threat assessment should consist of the following:
The intent and sophistication level of the attackers
External system connections (i.e. downstream liabilities)
Effort spent on this exercise should be appropriate to the sensitivity/criticality of the system.
Effort spent should also reflect the security stance of the organisation and the nature of the business implemented on the system.
This in turn determines the purpose of monitoring in the organisation (whether it is primarily for deterrence, detection, forensics, intelligence, future prevention, current cure) and this will be reflected in the choice and placement of monitoring controls.
The aim of this analysis is to produce a list of known or likely technical vulnerabilities that would commonly be exploited by the sources of the threats identified in the threat analysis.
The vulnerability analysis is a technical appraisal of the systems configuration. This may be done formally or informally. A good starting place is the SANS institute top 20 to get a run down on the best preventative and detective methods for guarding the various items on your infrastructure. http://www.sans.org/top20/. Or else look at the specific sites of your suppliers.
A formal approach to vulnerability analysis with the purpose of refining the tactical deployment of monitoring would include carrying out security audits, software tool driven vulnerability analysis and/or formal penetration testing.
An informal approach could range from examining the known configuration of the system in the light of common exploits to carrying out informal penetration tests by appropriately trained internal staff.
This examination should be scaled to the size and complexity of the systems.
It would be very unusual to have a system with no tools for monitoring incorporated into it and no usage of these tools in practice.
It is more usual to find that various forms of logging have been switched on, but that the logs are not being examined (except informally to resolve systems and network problems) nor archived.
Therefore, the logging that has been incorporated into the system should be measured against the threats and vulnerabilities identified in order to determine what is and what is not being done on the system.
You should look at all monitoring options even the most sophisticated (IPS) even if you think they are OTT, because sometimes one OTT feature on your system might save a whole heap of other controls sometimes you'd be better off selling them back to the company for a different product.
Also get the basics right ie. Synchronise your system clocks to an external time source, archive your logs offline asap and keep the logs for as long as you think you need them (which also means no longer than you need them). This could be up to 7 years for financial transactions. Check out the legal requirements.
The reason for looking at all requirements is that it is possible that a sophisticated monitoring solution has been supplied, but is either not being used or indeed is overkill for the system in question.
This work should be carried out in conjunction with systems and network administrators. It may also be useful have external consultancy for larger systems
This exercise will also identify areas where other defensive controls have been applied which may make the implementation of monitoring measures nugatory (e.g. if staff policy forbids visiting pornographic sites and web filtering with ongoing updates has been applied to prevent this then it may be deemed an acceptable risk not to monitor for this behaviour)
Some measures (e.g. synchronisation of clocks) form the basis of monitoring and these must clearly identified as the baseline.
Monitoring techniques differ according to what is being protected and what it is being protected against.
Monitoring needs to be considered in conjunction with other possible controls.
Monitoring should be applied to each system barrier as follows
The network perimeter (external routers and firewalls)/other external connections
Internal network resources (where infiltration is a recognised threat)
Hosts (where the threat is exfiltration)
Client/user Interface
Mobile/removable devices/media
Each of these areas faces specific technical threats.
The type of technical threat at each point likely to be faced by a system relates to the threat assessment and the vulnerability of the configuration (i.e.) what attacks are likely to be launched and how successful would these potentially be given the known vulnerabilities of the current systems configuration and what are the business aims of the attackers and therefore the likely damage to the business of the organisation.
For example, an organisation doing innocuous work would probably only be the target of script kiddies, but an organisation involved with the military would be a target for foreign intelligence services/terrorists an inbetween scenario might be a medlab doing or perceived to be doing animal testing and the target of hacktivists. This would affect the sophistication level of the attack in most cases and the cost and sophistication of the controls.
This in turn will affect the level and sophistication of the monitoring and analysis required.
The gap analysis will reveal if the system can through the application of current resources adequately monitor and detect attacks or if additional monitoring needs to be applied at a particular point.
In many cases, it may simply be a matter of properly applying human resources to monitor and analyze the results being recorded by already available systems tools.
However, it should also be considered whether a more robust systems configuration would successfully counter these threats (e.g. hosting web based applications on an Apache server as opposed to MS IIS) or if a combination of defensive controls to harden the systems configuration should be employed alongside effective monitoring measures.
The end result of this exercise should be a list of potential controls consisting of monitoring measures, alternative defensive controls and complementary defensive controls.
CDATA[ Consider coordinating efforts with other businesses in the same area which face the same threat. E.g. catalogue companies and online shopping malls all face the problem of e-fraud. Collating information (source anonymised) can reveal patterns which can be used to track down fraudsters. ]
The controls may be applied on the basis of
Always on
Sometimes on
To be used only where mouse droppings have been uncovered (i.e. signs of possible breaches)
The frequency of analysis and reporting also needs to be considered.
This exercise should be carried out in so far as possible on the conceptual level rather than focusing down on particular tools. i.e. sniffing should be considered on the network segment A as opposed to lets use snort.exe to do such and such.
However, the final outcome of this exercise will be constrained by practical considerations dealt with the following sections in particular the vexed question of data retention periods.
Having identified conceptually what may be required, the actual tools and techniques that should be used for monitoring should be identified in detail.
This process will consist of:
An overview of available tools in the marketplace via the Internet
Attendance at Infosec exhibitions as an opportunity for no obligation meetings with suppliers and to obtain literature on the subject
From this process, a list of possible tools can be identified.
In addition, this research will identify the current techniques being applied to monitoring, at what points they are implemented on systems and networks, how they work and what they are intended to protect against.
It is recommended that an overview of common hacking techniques be undertaken in the light of monitoring methods uncovering not just the potential of monitoring to identify these attacks but also the potential problems that monitoring faces.
e.g. IDS/IPS may not be effective against stealth techniques (such nmap sU O T 0 or teardrop attacks) and in some cases it can leave systems vulnerable to (D)DOS attacks (fraggle) because the IDS becomes the cork in the bottle as it is unable to cope with the traffic volumes.
Finally, particular attention should be paid to the question of archiving information. While this should have been covered at the conceptual level, the practicalities of storing large amounts of information may overturn these principles.
Unless the organisation is willing to engage in extensive trends analysis or exhaustive forensics/intelligence work long term retention of the data is neither practical nor desirable. Better just to fix the problem and move on.
Data retention periods should be limited by what is intelligently considered may be achieved with retained data. For example, email and internet monitoring data is worth retaining longer term than daily system logs because the results can be employed meaningfully where there is evidence of abuse more readily.
Data retention also means data review and deletion i.e. only interesting data should be retained and then only if it is going to be used .monitoring has to make gains in the short to medium term for it to be effective. Long term gains from monitoring are out of the reach of most organisations.
Most importantly, data retention means data retention offline. On line data retention opens the organisation to the possibility of the data logs being altered maliciously or accidentally rendering meaningless the monitoring process.
Offline options include paper logs, write only media and computing facilities which are kept offline except when transferring data.
In the case of incident response, it will include as accurate records as possible of the actual state of the computers at the time the incident was discovered including traditional forensics info (finger prints).
For each tool and technique identified, there will be associated commitment of staff time and a requirement to develop staff into new roles.
In some larger organisations, this may mean developing a different career track for staff giving a team of staff hands on responsibility for day to day systems security operations, of which monitoring will form a large part.
The human resources impact of introducing each aspect of monitoring identified has to be clearly described so that management are aware of the level of commitment they are required to give to staffing and training to make monitoring work for their systems.
In some instances, management may not have the human resources available to develop monitoring as it should be.
Where this is the case, they will then need to consider contracting out all or part of the monitoring service.
Many larger organisations already have managed services for network or host administration in place.
Farming out monitoring to the companies involved would require renegotiating the contract ( as a result of the gap analysis). Management should develop an intelligent customer/virtual manager function to coordinate and report on these activities and to make changes where the threat profile alters significantly.
Having identified potential controls, the tools and techniques which need to be employed to make those controls effective and the staffing, training and other services required to implement the tools and techniques on the system, it becomes possible to identify what the budget requirements for monitoring are both for implementation and in terms of running costs.
It is quite likely that the budget will on the first iteration of this process be unaffordable.
At this point, the process has to be repeated from the conceptual identification of controls through to a new cost calculation.
A lot of CREATIVITY is needed at this point.
Always put it in money terms eg. X% of the cost of Y system per annum will prevent $$$$ damage
In particular, this should concentrate on the following areas:
Alternate controls particularly robust design.
Automating the process of monitoring where possible to reduce staffing and training costs
Identifying where monitoring measures unnecessarily overlap (e.g. is IDS required on the external router if the firewall already carries out stateful inspection and contents filtering of packets)
At no point, is it thought that the editing of monitoring measures will result in a system which has no monitoring applied to it. Better to resign now than become the focus of blame for a security breach you have not been given the means to prevent. Who needs that on their CV???
The question that should be asked of Senior Management is not do we use monitoring but how to make monitoring both affordable and cost effective as a countermeasure.
Various countries have legal requirements that the privacy of data relating to individuals be respected.
Monitoring by its nature builds up profiles of individuals behaviour on a system and therefore this data falls under these requirements.
IMO it is good practice to adhere to these guidelines anyway. Apart from anything else it is polite
In brief, employees should be informed
What activities are monitored
Why their activities are monitored
How they are monitored
When they are monitored
Who has access to the information
How long the information is kept
What may be done with the information (e.g. in support of disciplinary action)
In addition,
Employees should sign that they understand the monitoring process
Monitoring should be automated where possible and concentrate on statistical methods to detect anomalies rather than focusing suspicion on individuals
Only personnel and security staff (and trusted and cleared IT staff where required) should be allowed access to individual data
Covert monitoring should not be undertaken except where a serious crime or+= threat to health and safety is suspected to be ongoing (ethically speaking spying on someone who is only doing a bit of online shopping is way OTT as is firing them for doing so)
Managers should not be able to directly request monitoring of specific employees except where they suspect something very serious is going on.
Decide to whom Monitoring statistics should be made available they could be a useful awareness tool e.g. monitoring stats by department might put the scare into some offenders.
As part of the feasibility study, an Employee Monitoring policy should be drawn up for the entire organisation.
To save time this should cover all aspects of monitoring (e.g CCTV, card swipe) not just IT based.
Incident Investigation and Response Procedures
monitoring does not often uncover security breaches in real time.
However, where it does so incident response procedures need to be in place.
In addition, some organisations will wish to use monitoring tools to gather intelligence or forensics data.
This area of work is very complex both legally and in terms of the sophistication of techniques required (which in turn implies additional staff and training issues). It should not be undertaken by non-experts.
Organisations will therefore need to consider whether they wish to include this in their monitoring armoury.
Given the cost and complexity of doing so, most organisations unless heavily involved in gov/military operations are unlikely to go down this route.
However, some level of investigation will be needed in order to determine if additional controls or procedures are required in order to plug gaps.
Most organisations should be able to do this although in the case of serious breaches they wish to seek outside advice and consultancy.
These requirements will need to be identified and written up.
The final aspect of monitoring to be considered is the reporting structure.
It is important that the results of log analyses are reported and acted on in an appropriate and timely fashion.
This requires a threefold reporting line.
To Infosec/Security personnel incidents, breaches, suspicious activity
To Operational Management incidents, breaches, network problems and issues arising from the application of monitoring
To Personnel employee abuses
The reports should be come the basis for recommendations on
Infosec/Security further investigation, policy/procedural change recommendations
Operational Management fire fighting, configuration changes
Personnel further investigation, disciplinary action
The reporting structure should be agreed in outline before implementing monitoring and roles and responsibilities in terms of analysis, reporting and recommending action should be agreed in principle.
The information gathered during the feasibility study should be written up in a recommendations report which becomes the input for the next phase of the project.
On the basis of the recommendations report, commitment of resources to the next phase of the project and ongoing budgetary requirements should be sought from senior management as represented by the Project Board.
The Employee Monitoring Policy and the Incident Investigation and Response Procedures must be signed up to by personnel, security and operations management .
Operations, security and personnel management should agree to the reporting structure.
1)Tender for Contracted Services (Optional)
If either the use of skilled contractors or managed services has been identified as a requirement for the introduction and ongoing implementation of Monitoring in the organisation, these should be tendered for.
Alternatively, if managed service providers are already in place, negotiations should commence to add to the contract where necessary requirements for monitoring.
The service providers will become responsible for any configuration, operational or personnel changes required.
An intelligent customer function should be developed to coordinate and report on the results of this work and on ongoing monitoring.
2)Installation of Tools
The tools identified for monitoring work should be procured and installed.
It may be possible to include some of this work under the heading of tender for contracted services as some suppliers not only install the tool but help with its initial base lining to the requirements of the system.
All tools should be tested for their impact on resources both staff and computer.
3)Staff Allocation and Training
Staff should be recruited into their new roles internally or offered employment as required.
The staff brought into these roles should have a technical information systems background.
Training of staff should concentrate on four areas
Ethical hacking and controls
Implementation, configuration and use of monitoring tools
Incident response
Training may consist of a combination of formal coursework (and qualifications if this level of assurance is required) and/or knowledge transfer on the job from consultants/contractors/suppliers.
It should be recognised that in smaller organisations the monitoring role may be additional to the day to day job and priorities adjusted
In larger organisations, the monitoring role (combined with other technical security functions such as vulnerability analysis and configuration hardening) will become a separate career path.
In very large organisations, whole teams might be dedicated solely to monitoring and incident response.
4)Employee Awareness Exercise
Before monitoring is introduced to an organisation, employees should be informed of how it will apply to them.
This can be done via a security awareness exercise (which is a useful excuse to remind them of their other security based obligations).
However, it is sufficient to use normal communications channels to inform them of any changes to policy and procedures.
Employees must sign an Acceptable Usage policy that states monitoring of their work will occur.
5)Initiation and Base lining of the Process
There is a tendency in monitoring to switch everything and then on being overwhelmed by the amount of data generated to switch everything off again.
Even having identified the monitoring controls to be employed and the tools and techniques to implement them, it is important to utilise those tools intelligently.
What is switched on or off should be determined by what the overall philosophy of monitoring in the organisation is. This is determined by the security stance of the organisation and the sources of threat identified during the Threat Analysis in the Feasibility study.
For example, an organisation which is primarily vulnerable to net based attacks will probably concentrate on network intrusion detection methods combined with configuration changes to harden the perimeter.
While an organisation which has a heavy applications load will be more interested in host based intrusion detection (e.g. using file checksums to detect underlying changes in the operating system of applications using software such as tripwire) combined with applications hardening techniques.
The end result of the above is that as a result of the feasibility study and the information gathered during the initial implementation of the toolset and the deployment and training of staff, the way the tools are used should reflect
A selected proportion of the monitoring controls
A deployment of alternate (defensive) controls which reduce the need to monitor at particular points
From those controls, a selection from all the potential tools in the range
From those tools, a selection of the potential range of facilities available to be deployed
From the data generated, a selection of the information to be analysed, retained and reported on (see next section)
It may take several months to work out the optimal configuration to achieve the aims of the monitoring philosophy of the organisation and this will be achieved through the reporting process.
6)Initiation of Reporting
Following on from point in the previous section, an agreed reporting structure shall be implemented.
As soon as possible, the meaningfulness of those reports should be determined on the basis that reports which dont initiate the possibility of change are not achieving the aims of monitoring.
It may be argued that if there is nothing found, there is nothing to be found. It is more likely that if nothing is found, the looking is not being done in the right place.
The configuration and deployment of tools in information gathering should be refined or changed as a result of this feedback.
Although it is outside the scope of the initial project, it must be considered monitoring is not a fit and forget operation.
Regular reviews of the monitoring structure of the system should be built into ongoing operational management.
Monitoring is a must for any organisation with computer systems.
However, monitoring is not a one size fits all process. It needs to be scaled to the size and criticality of the computer systems and perhaps more importantly to the organisations budget.
More importantly still, the way in which monitoring is introduced to an organisation needs to be scaled to the organisations requirements.
Appropriate use of project management methodology and an intelligent approach to selecting monitoring controls to fit alongside other security controls will go a long way to ensuring that the requirements of scale and cost effectiveness are met.
A bit of luck is probably required too.


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If you really want to understand games, people said to me, the best way is to make them. They're half right. The best way to understand making games, is to make them. Whether you understand games depends on what you are trying to do with them. For the past ten years I've been trying to write about them, and that's gone pretty well, what with the book and the enormously popular website. But now it's time for something different. I do want to understand a bit more about making games. I'm not going to be leaving my writing exploits behind – I'm not abandoning RPS – but I am going to be putting together games for the foreseeable future.
So what's the plan?
Well, Big Robot will an independent studio run by me. Crazy, I know. I'm already working with James Carey, who RPS readers will remember from the Shotgunity articles, the Arma 2 script, and some community event organisation, and Tom Betts, who has long been a prolific experimental programmer, lecturer, and artist. Other creative types will be contributing as we go.
We have two projects underway, both of them being developed using Unity as our framework. But, uh, two projects? One thing at a time, surely? Well yes and no. Let me explain:
GAME ONE is a commercial project that we've pitched to an unusual kind of publisher. It's a game about cities and people. A kind of Theme Park for urbanism and citizenship. It's a project that encompasses my love of bossing tiny computer people around and my love of cities. It's about writing positive futures, undoing dystopias, and generally making the world a better place. Due to contractual stuff Game One is currently sitting at a kind of pre-production stage. We know what will do, and some of how we will do it, but when we will do it is yet to be precisely nailed down. We'll have much more to say about Game One in a few weeks time. It's ludicrously exciting.
GAME TWO is rather different. This is an ongoing experimental project based on some ideas that I've collected from my years of playing and writing about games. It has elements of Stalker and Eve Online, it has robots, alien ecosystems, and procedurally generated worlds. It's a game about exploration, survival, and tinkering. Having spent months discussing it, we've been working on Game Two properly for just a few weeks – with Tom doing some virtuoso coding – and I can't believe how much progress we've made. It's thousands of hours of work from being a game in any real sense, but already we're beginning to see the prototype take shape, and our little world come to life. It's a fairly ambitious project for a tiny group like us, but you might as well aim high. Game Two is going to an experiment to see what a small indie studio game achieve, and we'll be blogging its progress as we go. I want to be open about what we are doing, and hopefully provide useful insights and tech we can share along the way.
Tom is planning to blog a little about some of the technology problems he's faced and how we've integrated our ideas into Unity, too, so please bookmark us if you are interested in the ongoing development of both games.
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AT&T backtracks as some companies catch flak over tacky Sept. 11 tweets
NEW YORK – AT&T and some other companies learned quickly on Wednesday, the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, that it's sometimes best to stay out of the conversation. Even if everyone else is talking.
Twitter was aflutter with American flags, bald eagles and photos of the New York City skyline on Wednesday, and the hashtag "neverforget" was one of the top trends on the microblogging site all day.
But one post in particular, from AT&T Inc.'s official Twitter account, caught flak from bloggers and Twitter users. They criticized the company for seeming to use the tragedy to advertise phones to its 285,000 followers.
The photo, which was also posted on Instagram and Facebook, showed a hand holding a smartphone against the New York skyline, appearing to be taking a photo of the twin lights that illuminate the city's sky on the anniversary of the attacks each year.
After criticism that ranged from "tacky" to profanities, Dallas-based AT&T removed the photo and said: "We apologize to anyone who felt our post was in poor taste. The image was solely meant to pay respect to those affected by the 9/11 tragedy."
Another photo generating a quite a bit of Web reaction on Wednesday shows a paper sign with Marriott hotel logo resting next to a photo of muffins of indeterminate — but possibly blueberry — persuasion.
The sign reads: "In remembrance of those we lost on 9/11 the hotel will provide complimentary coffee and mini muffins from 8:45 - 9:15 am." The photo provoked comments on blogs Wednesday but it's not certain where it originated or whether it was taken this year.
A Marriott hotel was among the buildings that collapsed in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001 after hijackers flew jetliners into the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
"We are aware of the picture that was tweeted. It shows an offer that was made independently by the hotel and not the Marriott Hotels brand. As far as we know, it was limited to one property," Marriott said in a statement. "While the hotel was making a sympathetic gesture to its guests in remembrance of 9/11, we apologize and understand why some people may have misunderstood the intent of the offer. We are reminding our hotels to use discretion and be sensitive when remembering major events such as 9/11."
On Sept. 11, even free muffins can be offensive.
But other tweets, from Burger King to Macy's and Walgreens, didn't generate much anger, showing that the ire of the Internet is often fickle. Walgreens posted a picture of an American flag, which may have been more difficult to construe as advertising than a phone from a phone company. Macy's received mostly positive responses for this tweet on its official Twitter feed:
"Hug your family. Reflect on the sunset. Look forward to the sunrise. Hold your head high. Imagine a better world. And #NeverForget 9/11/2001," the post read. Macy's spokeswoman Robin Reibel said the response was "overwhelmingly positive for the sentiment that we expressed."
"Our messaging around this day has always been very thoughtful and is heartfelt," Reibel said.


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IT pilot fish gets tapped for the job of setting up equipment for a brand-new retail store. It should be pretty straightforward, because all the equipment is new: new PCs, printers, servers, switches and bar code scanners.
But fish is taking no chances. Two weeks before the scheduled installation date, fish gets the instructions for the installation and studies them. He roughs out how long everything should take to install and figures it'll be a full day but he should get it all done in the time allotted.
Then comes the big day. "I head out at 5 a.m. to be on-site by 7," fish says. "I arrive to see a huge semi and all the employees unloading it into the store. I find the manager and introduce myself and ask where the PCs and other IT gear are.
"The manager responds, 'I thought you had it.' "
They start making phone calls. Fish's boss says the equipment should be there. The manager's supervisor says the same thing. But where?
"Oh yeah, we find them," says fish. "Nearly two hours later -- in the front of that semi."
Then fish goes to work setting up the point-of-sale stations and server according to his instructions. But the equipment doesn't match the instructions, which are four years old and were written for a store that opened four years earlier.
The computers and scanners are slightly different. But the biggest change is that instructions don't say anything about installing the satellite communications system.
Back to the phone, this time with calls to the national help desk. Fish eventually deciphers all the changes, gets everything set up and is ready to leave -- almost.
"The national help desk wants me to test the satellite by running a sync program as a test," sighs fish. "It doesn't connect. I ask national if the satellite is connecting. They say yes.
"I tell them it's raining hard and that the satellite probably isn't connecting. National says it's my issue and that I broke it. This goes on for an hour.
"Meantime, I reset the satellite receiver a dozen times. I watch the lights. I see that it's not receiving enough signal. National won't let me go without testing and ensuring the satellite is working.
"Finally, three help desk techs, my two supervisors, two help desk supervisors and about three hours later, the decision is made."
And that decision is? "That it's raining too hard for the satellite to work."
All my exes live in...
Database consultant pilot fish gets a panicked call from a colleague. "He had just replaced me at a client site," says fish, "and a user had come to him with a problem.
" 'Oh, you're new, I see,' she told him. 'When I had this problem before, the previous guy used to give me the four exes, and that fixed the problem. Can you give me the four exes immediately so I can start work?'
"My colleague had only been on site for two days and -- not surprisingly -- did not have a clue what to do."
But fish does. He knows that users are forever forgetting their passwords on that system. When they do, the standard procedure is to reset the password to "XXXX," then set the "expired" flag so the user will be prompted to change it at the next log-on.
Once fish explains the mysterious 'four exes,' his replacement quickly resolves the situation. "Not to the satisfaction of the user, however," fish says. "She lodged a formal complaint about lack of IT responsiveness and how she had been prevented from working for a full 30 minutes.
"Needless to say, we included a section on 'How to Resolve the XXXX Problem' in a prominent spot in the next release of our site hand-over documentation."


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Even though IFPE 2014 and ConExpo 2014 won't open until March 4 of next year, preparations are underway by exhibitors and other companies and organizations participating in the festivities. The Las Vegas Convention Center will be the site of both tri-ennial events, and, as always, there will be lots to do each evening after after strolling through the shows and taking in the conferences. One of these will be KÂ, a Cirque du Soleil Show at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. We published an in-depth article about the impressive hydraulics that work behind the scenes at KÂ.
Did I say impressive? How about a platform stage weighing more than a Boeing 757 that moves at speeds to 2 ft/sec? The stage is moved by four cylinders, each with a 70-ft stroke, with positioning repeatability of 0.10 in. I'm impressed, and if you are, too, click here to view the article.
Also impressive is that after nearly nine years, KÂ is still playing at the MGM Grand. So are the hydraulics, albeit, behind the scenes.
Even though IFPE and ConExpo are still eight months away, it probably isn't too early to reserve tickets for the show. Click here to check it out.


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The Pink Slime in Your BurgersMarch 21st, 2012
I heard about this a few months ago from a friend, but didn't understand it until I saw the video and read this article from Mother Jones. This is like something from a sci-fi movie about a dystopian future, but it's very real and the chances are you've been eating it, since it's in most burgers in the United States. Meanwhile, as public disgust forces coroprations to remove it from their meat products, the USDA continues to purchase it to feed to our schoolchildren.
Don't get me wrong, just like Jamie Oliver, I love a good burger, and in fact, my family's business was built on beef. But if you're selling me beef, sell me beef. And if the beef you're selling me is actually connective tissue processed with ammonia, you'd better tell me that too. Dumping a bunch of chemicals on meat makes those ingredients, not just a process.
Just a particularly sickening example of how bought off US regulatory agencies are by the industries they are supposed to be policing.
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Below are the election results from the Sept 17, & November 5 1992 Olympian.
Many Olympia Washington Kiwanis members and their friends have run and won Thurston County and Washington State offices.
The Olympia Washington Kiwanis members and their friends have cost the Washington State taxpayers over $50 million dollars (so far), because of their willful ignorance of long term, merciless and well known, child abuse that occurred at the Olympia Kiwanis Boys Ranch.
October 2006 note: This Olympia Kiwanis stuff is old news. I've left this information on the web, because I like the thought that someone will say to one of these Kiwanis friends or members: "Grandma, (Grandpa), are you still friends with those Olympia Kiwanians?"
Back to the 2011 or 2009 or 2007 or 2005 or 2003 or 2001 or 1999 or 1997 or 1995 or lbloom.net State of Washington Employees Salaries List
1994 Olympia Kiwanis Members List
2007 Thurston County employees list (pop 207,355)(1,332 employees)(includes gross & overtime wages, hire date)
2005 Thurston County employees list (pop 207,355)(1,257 employees)(includes hire date)
2002 Thurston County employees list (pop 207,355)(1,569 employees)
2002 Port Of Olympia employees list (pop 42,514)(40 employees)
2009 Oly Evergreen St Col employees list (938 employees)
Olympian Newspaper 2010 Thurston employees list
2006 Olympia School District employees list (Includes Benefits)
2002 City of Olympia employees list (pop 42,514)(685 employees)
Olympian Newspaper 2010 city of Lacy employees list
2002 City of Lacey employees list (pop 31,226)(226 employees)
2009 South Puget Sound Com Col employees list (1,001 employees)
Name search of Wash. State voters includes our addresses (and birthdays)
Name search of Wash State Court filings Traffic, Criminal, Civil, Domestic, Juvenile Offender, and Probate/Guardianship
Back to the beginning OKBR Home Page(http://lbloom.net/indexok.html)
From the Sept 17, 1992 Olympian
From the Nov 5, 1992 Olympian
The links to the below election year results also list Olympia Kiwanis member politicians or their good friends, that ran for office that year.
1968 election results--Hewitt A. Henry, George F. Yantis Jr., Hal Wolf
1969 election results--Richard A. Nichols, Yantis
1970 election results--Jerry Buzzard, Sam Reed
1971 election results--Ed Davis?, Lucille Carlson
1972 election results--George M. Eisentrout, Yantis, Hal Wolf, Henry
1973 election results--Bob Bigelow, Nichols, Gerry Alexander, Karen Fraser
1974 election results--Harris Hunter, Patrick Sutherland, Diane Oberquell, Fraser
1975 election results--Lucille M. Carlson
1976 election results--Brad Owens, Yantis, Owl Party, Gerry Alexander, Henry
1977 election results--Lyle Watson, Ron Rants, Karen Fraser, Cortland Skinner, Donald L. Law, Yantis, Bigelow
1978 election results--Timothy R. Malone, Jon W. Halvorson, Don Miles, Ken Mitchell, Sam Reed, Sutherland, Owen, Hunter, Fiona Buzzard, Daniel Berschauer, Edward Kenealy
1979 election results--Patrick M. Libbey
1980 election results--Ken Eikenberry, Reed, Henry, Gerry Alexander, Fraser, Owen, Hunter
1981 election results--Bigelow, Barbara Roder, Kay Boyd?, Watson, David Skramstad, Rants, Watson
1982 election results--Jennifer Belcher, Doug Sayan, Sutherland, Hunter, Maurice Harmon, Richard Strophy, Holly Gadbaw, Berschauer, Rex Derr, Judy Wilson, Vernon Pearson, Skamstad, Owen, Les Eldridge
1983 election results--Dick Merchant
1984 election results--Paul Ingram, Fraser, Strophy, Eikenberry, Gerry Alexander, John E. Eager?, Clifford "Kip" Stilz, Paula Casey, Belcher, Berschauer, Sayan
1985 election results--Cora Pinson, Derr, Patrick McDonald, Steven Skramstad
1986 election results--McDonald, Watson, Gary Edwards, Lou Anne Houck, Roberta Giovannini, Jeff Lane, Reed, Bob Van Schoorl, Harmon, Hunter, Belcher, Sayan, Pinson, Owen, Wilson, Les Eldridge
1987 election results--Michael Murphy, Pinson, Sandra Romero
1988 election results--Eikenberry, Reed, Sam Hunt?, Oberquell, Sayan, Murphy?
1989 election results--Derr, Gadbaw, Romero, Lewis Yarbrough, Roder, Cathy Wolfe, Lou Anne Houck
1990 election results--Owens, Budd Kerr, Belcher, Sutherland, Reed, Betty Gould, Edwards, Fraser, Les Eldridge, Thomas McPhee, Richard Hicks, Keith Callow (comical)
1991 election results--Skramstad, Pinson
1992 election results--Nick Handy, Murphy, Belcher, Christine Gregoire, Wilson, Christine Pomeroy, Nichols, Reed, Lane, Hicks, A. Oberquell, Eikenberry, Paula Casey, Kerr, Romero, Catherine Wolfe, Houck, Fraser, Eugene Forrester, Victoria Meadows, George Darkenwald
1993 election results-- Gadbaw, Roder, Gary Alexander, Pinson, Jane Field, Mark Johnson, Margaret McPhee
1994 election results-- Kevin O'Sullivan, Reed, Gould, Bernadean Broadous, John Bumford, Edwards, Nichols, Murphy, Susan Dubuisson, Stiltz, Romero, C. Wolfe, Gerry Alexander, Victoria Meadows, Owens
1995 election results-- Van Schoorl, Jon Halvorson, Sam Hunt, Judy Bainto, Ed Holm
1996 election results-- Wilson, Diane Oberquell, Casey, Gary Tabor, Thomas Bjorgen, Richard DeBolt, Gary Alexander, Murphy, Fraser, Bainto, Romero, Gregoire, Belcher, Owen, C. Wolfe
1997 election results--Fiona Buzzard, Margaret McPhee, Virgil Clarkson, Teresa Jordan, Roder, Gadbaw
1998 election results--C. Wolfe, Van Schoorl, Reed, Gould, McDonald, O'Sullivan, Holm, Reiko Callner, Edwards, DeBolt, Gary Alexander, Romero, Greg Canova
1999 election results
There were many obvious and long-term warnings about the 1970-94 child abusing Olympia Kiwanis Boys Ranch.
There were many obvious and long-term warnings about the 1970-94 child abusing Olympia Kiwanis Boys Ranch.


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Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
Leeds shock Toffees
One of the favourites to lift the Capital One Cup bit the dust at the third-round stage as in-form Everton were beaten 2-1 by Championship side Leeds at Elland Road.
Sloppy passing from Steven Naismith and Seamus Coleman led to Aidy White applying a perfect finish beyond Toffees keeper Jan Mucha with just four minutes gone.
Naismith fluffed a great chance and Victor Anichebe whistled a low drive just away from goal before Nikica Jelavic was sent on as Everton sought a way back into the game, but a Leeds spell of pressure followed and unlike Everton they topped it with a goal.
Rodolph Austin's weaving run was halted by Coleman on the byline and from the subsequent free-kick, El-Hadji Diouf pulled back for Danny Pugh, whose goalbound effort was turned in by Austin with 20 minutes remaining.
Everton managed to scramble a reply when Sylvain Distin headed in with 10 minutes left after some slack marking from Leeds, and thought they had a shot for a penalty when Jason Pearce and Anichebe tussled, but United held on.
Meanwhile, goals from Andrew Halliday, Merouane Zemmama and Richard Smallwood put Middlesbrough through to the fourth round as they beat Preston 3-1 at Deepdale.
North End took Championship scalps Huddersfield and Crystal Palace to reach this stage, but the challenge of an impressive Middlesbrough proved too much as a trio of defensive errors put them out at the third round for the fourth year running.
Both Halliday and Emmanuel Ledesma claimed to have scored Boro's 13th-minute opener, with the Argentine's inswinging corner striking the far post and rolling across - and possibly over - the line before Halliday made sure.
Five minutes later Preston allowed Zemmama far too much time to shoot to the bottom corner from 25 yards, but the hosts pulled one back through Jack King's smart finish on 40 minutes.
Smallwood capped a comfortable win for Boro on 61 minutes, pouncing on the loose ball after Preston defender Paul Huntington headed Zemmama's cross back to Steve Simonsen.


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Shirley Mitchell, a veteran film and TV actress who was believed to be the last surviving adult cast member of TV's legendary sitcom "I Love Lucy," has died at 94.
Mitchell, who played Lucy's friend Marion during the 1953-54 season, died of heart failure at her home in Westwood on Monday, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
She was the widow of Oscar-winning songwriter Jay Livingston, who cowrote classic tunes including "Que Sera Sera" and "Mona Lisa."
PHOTOS: Notable deaths of 2013
Lucille Ball, who played the title role in "I Love Lucy," died in 1989, the last survivor of the four principals (the others were her husband, Desi Arnaz Sr., along with Vivian Vance and William Frawley, who played their neighbors, Fred and Ethel Mertz).
Mitchell was believed to be the final survivor of the adult cast. Keith Thibodeaux (a.k.a. "Richard Keith"), who played Lucy and Desi's son "Little Ricky," is 62. The character was based on Ball and Arnaz's real-life son Desi Jr. but he did not play the part on the show.
What do you think of Mitchell and "I Love Lucy"?
[Updated Nov. 14: A photo of Shirley Mitchell was added to this post.]
Mark and Donnie Wahlberg team for A&E reality series
"Biggest Loser" fallout: Studdard return not a ploy, player says
Lifetime picks up fashion show "Under The Gunn" with Tim Gunn


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Gonzales Named CollegeBaseballInsider.com Utility POY
RICHMOND, Va. - Gonzaga University baseball player Marco Gonzales added one more award to his already stellar sophomore year resume as he was named CollegeBaseballInsider.com's Utility Player of the Year and All-America first team Friday.
This is Gonzales' second year being named to CollegeBaseballInsider.com All-America list as he was named an honorable mention as a freshman in 2011. He also becomes the first player in Zag history to be named Utility Player of the Year.
Gonzales, currently playing with the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, also was named to the Baseball America All-American first team, was the West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year, a National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-America second team honoree, was the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America (NCBWA) District IX Player of the Year and was one of three finalists for The College Baseball Hall of Fame's John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award.
Gonzaga, a native of Fort Collins, Colo., went 8-2 with a 1.55 ERA in 12 starts on the mound and hit .325 with 29 RBIs, 10 doubles, two homers and an OPS of .802. He led the West Coast Conference in ERA and finishing tied for second in wins. He struck out 92 hitters in 92 2/3 innings while walking 23 innings, helping the Bulldogs to a 34-22 record and a third-place finish in the WCC. Opponents hit only .201 against him and managed only 12 extra-base hits.
To see collegebaseballinsider.com's full All-America list, click here.
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Rapper Nicki Minaj was late for the "American Idol" live show on Wednesday after she was held up in heavy traffic.
Minaj serves as a judge, alongside Keith Urban, Randy Jackson and Mariah Carey, on the singing show, but she missed the beginning of the program because of Los Angeles' congested roads.
In a series of posts on her Twitter.com page, she writes, "Stuck in traffic *sighs*. [Bleep] u Malibu!!!!!!!!!!!! *moves to
Beverly Hills*."
Addressing Minaj's absence, host Ryan Seacrest told the audience, "We are coming to you live and on time. Keep that energy going for three of your four judges who are here tonight. … I hear she's (Minaj) seven minutes out and there's some congestion on the 405 (freeway). She should be here momentarily."
The rapper finally arrived nearly 15 minutes into the show, just missing a performance from the first contestant of the night.