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people compare Wanda Gágs life with that of Cinderella but it was
her persistence, sacrifices, hard work and planning that can be attributed
to her successes. Living through two world wars and the depression,
this free spirit always found a way to make ends meet, keep her family
together and not let anything compromise her artwork.
Born on March 11, 1893 in New Ulm, Minnesota, Wanda Hazel Gág (pronounced like gog) was the oldest of seven children. Her father Anton Gág, son of a Bohemian woodcarver, was a painter and photographer. He used his painting talent to decorate houses and churches to support his family. In fact, he decorated their own dining room ceiling with cherubs and the walls with a geometric motif. He passed along his artistic talent to all his children.
Gágs mothers (Elisabeth Biebl) ancestors were from Czechoslovakia. Her European background was related to her through many German folktales told to her by her grandmother or an aunt or uncle. Only German was spoken in the household and Wanda did not learn to speak English until she attended school.
The happiness of her childhood was cut short by the death of her father from tuberculosis. Before he died, he said to her, Was der Papa nicht thun kont, muss die Wanda halt fertig machen meaning what Papa has left undone, Wanda will have to do. Gág was fourteen years old and since her mother was also sick, she considered herself the head of the household and took on the responsibility of raising her six younger siblings, the youngest one only one year old.
After her fathers death, there was very little insurance money and they received only $8.00 a month from welfare to cover their expenses. Although the neighbors thought Gág should quit school and work, she continued her schooling. There were offers for adoption for the remaining children but she was determined that they should all stay together and that they should all get a good education. After she graduated high school in 1912, Gág took a job as a teacher for a year. She also took on odd jobs such as writing and illustrating magazine articles, designing greeting cards and calendars, and painting lampshades. Her first published illustration was in the Minneapolis Junior Journal, a Sunday supplement. At this time, she also started to keep a diary which she continued to do until she died.
Her two oldest sisters had finally graduated high school and had accepted jobs as teachers. Only then did Gág feel comfortable enough to accept a scholarship to St. Paul Art School. Her character flourished in school becoming increasingly concerned with her appearance and social interactions. She also started to enjoy the company of young men but would become increasingly annoyed if they did not consider her their equal. In a letter to a young man, she reveals her feminist leanings:
I have more courage and self-assurance than many a man, and yet I am treated as a mere wisp of femininity . . . I shall not rest until men are willing, and glad, to regard me as important as they (and with my hair hanging down my back in curls if I choose!)With money loaned to her by family friends, Gág was able to attend the Minneapolis Art School from 1914 to 1917, moving the remaining school-age children in with her in 1916 after their mother died. It was during the summer of 1917 that she illustrated her first book, A Childs Book of Folk-Lore. She earned a scholarship to the Art Students League in New York in 1917 and studied there for one year.
Professional Career
Following school, she had a promising career as a fashion illustrator which she pursued for several years. She earned a good salary and dreamed of going to Germany, but decided to send the money home to her siblings instead. Eventually, this work was not fulfilling enough. About this time, she began to keep a Notebook of Ideas, making notes on probable story ideas and titles. She sent three childrens book manuscripts to her sister in Minneapolis to type up and brought them around to the New York publishers. She neglected to show any of her sketches with the manuscripts so no interest was shown in them by any of the publishers. They ended up in her rejection box.
By 1923, she decided to draw and paint only what she pleased. Gág left her job in New York to spend her summers in a country house in Connecticut and later, on a farm in New Jersey. Her beau, Earle Marshall Humphreys, would come to spend the summers with her there and to avoid gossip, she bought an inexpensive wedding ring to wear while out with him. Her summers were kept busy with gardening, drawing and painting, and she would spend her winters in New York engaged in various money-making ventures. Humphreys became her biggest supporter and marketed her ideas to anyone who would listen.
Her hard work was paying off. In 1926, a show at Weyhe Gallery in New York, known for discovering important new artists, featured many of Gágs drawings, lithographs and watercolors. It received the attention of the art community and the resulting sales allowed her to continue her explorations. Soon her work appeared in many shows and competitive exhibits. Over the years, many museums also purchased her work for their permanent collections. Her circle of friends now included the artists Rockwell Kent and Georgia OKeefe. She was an engaging character and people were intrigued by her.
She was eventually noticed by Ernestine Evans, the new childrens book editor at Coward-McCann. Evans asked Gág if she ever thought about writing a childrens book. She pulled one of the manuscripts from the rejection box and the resulting book was Millions of Cats published in 1928. It was very different from the books that children were used to and was named a Newbery Honor Book for that year. Gág is credited with being the first artist to utilize the double-page spread and to revive hand lettered text. (Walter Crane had hand lettered his texts forty years earlier but this practice was never followed, therefore Gágs books seemed innovative at the time.) Her brother Howard was contracted for the text, at her suggestion.
Drawing and painting was put on hold for a while because of the depression. Childrens books gave her a good income during this hard time that she could not afford to give up. An illustration commissioned by the New York Herald-Tribune re-ignited her passion for folktales. She started working on a series of translations of the work of the Grimm Brothers, the first of which was published in 1936. Since she found that translating was less strenuous than writing, she continued this trend with three more books of their folktales.
Her sister Flavia and brother Howard came to live in the country with her and Humphreys. Gág convinced Flavia to write and illustrate childrens books. Her advice resulted in two books illustrated by Flavia and also several contributions to childrens magazines.
The advent of World War II cut back on large printings and reprints of her books. Humphreys and Howard both took jobs with the defense industry and Gág continued to grow vegetables in her garden to supplement the ration coupons. Because Gág and Humphreys lived together, everyone thought they were married. In 1943, when his employers found out they were not, Humphreys job was threatened. It was then that they finally decided to marry.
It was not long after their marriage that she was diagnosed with lung cancer. After she and Humphreys spent the winter in Florida, they came home to New Jersey where she died on 27 June 1946. Following her cremation, her ashes were scattered along the path to her studio.
Oddly enough, in Illustrators of Childrens Books 1744-1945 by Bertha Mahoney, published shortly after her death, Gág has written a brief biography of her life. In it she relates how following art school, she served in the Army, lived in Paris for six years, then traveled to North Africa and Mexico. Next, a Guggenheim Fellowship allowed her to travel to the Orient for seven years, then to India and finally, back home. In fact, none of this is true at all. She had always wanted to travel abroad, but limited funds had kept her home. She had applied for a Guggenheim Fellowship but had been turned down. Her reasons for this fictitious biography are unknown, but perhaps, a dying woman could be forgiven for a little wishful thinking.
Two of her books, Millions
of Cats in 1929, and The ABC Bunny in 1934, were Newbery
Honor Books. Two more books,
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
in 1939, and Nothing at All in 1942, were Caldecott
Honor Books. She also received the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award posthumously
for Millions of Cats. At the age of 53, it can be said that she
fulfilled her fathers wish for her to become a celebrated artist, not
only in the fine arts but in childrens literature as well.
Influences, Style and Technique
Gág was equally at home in the worlds of fine art and childrens books. Her training as a printmaker in school influenced her work just as much as her European roots influenced her subject matter.
Her first three books, Millions of Cats, The Funny Thing, and Snippy and Snappy, were all done in pen-and-ink and in a similar format. The ABC Bunny was done in lithographs and admired by critics for being real art. Her distinct black and white style had a folk quality and was very different from the full color tipped in plates of classic childrens literature.
For some of her fine art work, Gág drew or painted directly onto sandpaper, a technique that she developed herself to achieve a unique texture. When she didnt have the funds to buy lithography equipment, she drew with lithograph crayon on the sandpaper instead of stone or a metal plate. She also painted watercolors on sandpaper.
Gág admired the work of Jessie Willcox Smith, whose work she came across in her childhood books. During her student days in New York, she spent her free time at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There she enjoyed the paintings of Delacroix and Cézanne the most.
Raison dÊtre
There is no doubt that Gág was born to draw. When she was just seventeen years old, she recorded in her diary:
My Own MottoDraw to Live and Live to Draw. (Diary 10, 28 October 1910)This motto saw her through the lean years and provided her with an income to support herself and her siblings at a young age. Yet, she never let her family or marriage get in the way of her career. Drawing and painting was always the driving force in her life.
Although she was fond of children, she thought long and hard about having children of her own. On the subject she has said:
This difficult debate with myself lasted for several years and ended with my conviction that if it came to a choice I was more interested in creating aesthetically than physically.Ultimately, she chose to create exciting literary works for children instead. One has to wonder if the raising of her younger siblings had any effect on her decision in this matter.
Childrens Books Illustrated and/or Written
Wanda Gág Papers of the de Grummond Collection at USM
Collection at the National Gallery of Art
|Cover of Millions
of Cats,
Coward, McCann, 1928.
|Title Page of
Cats, Coward, McCann,
|Millions of
Cats, Coward,
McCann, 1928.
|Snippy and
Coward-McCann, 1931.
|Back Cover of
Snappy, Coward-McCann,
|The ABC Bunny,
McCann, 1933.
of Gone Is Gone; or,
The Story of a Man Who
Wanted to Do Housework,
Coward-McCann, 1935.
|Brothers Grimm,
White and the Seven
Dwarfs, Coward-McCann,
at All, Coward-
McCann, 1941.
of Brothers Grimm,
More Tales rom Grimm,
Coward-McCann, 1947.
|Bader, Barbara, American Picturebooks from Noah's Ark to the Beast Within, New York, MacMillan, 1976.
|Hedblad, Alan, editor, Something About the Author, volume 100, Detroit, Gale Publishing, 1999.
|Hoyle, Karen Nelson, Wanda Gag, New York, Twayne Publishers, 1994.
|Mahoney, Bertha E. and Whitney, Elinor, Contemporary Illustrators of Children's Books, Boston, The Book Shop for Boys and Girls, 1930.
|Mahoney, Bertha E. , Latimer, Louise Payson and Folsmbee, Beulah, Illustrators of Children's Books 1744-1945, Boston, The Horn Book Inc., 1947.
|© 19992002 Denise Ortakales
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The New York Rangers got forwards Brian Boyle and Derek Dorsett back for Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Washington Capitals.
Boyle (knee) missed the past seven games, including Game 1 on Thursday.
Dorsett, who came over to New York in a trade from the Columbus Blue Jackets on April 3, is making his Rangers debut. He has been out of action since March 7 due to a broken clavicle.
However, New York continues to play without defenseman Marc Staal (eye) and forward Ryane Clowe (undisclosed).

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im trying to get an image to display as background on one of my frames on my band's homepage... (disclaimer...i know very little java, even less c++, and even (more?)less about html...ive got the 'html, xhtml, and CSS bible' in front of me, and have been surfing w3schools.com for help..still cant get it to work)..okay, so what do i have to type to get this stupid .jpg to display as a background? It just doesnt do anything in that frame...(meaning, it just displays one big white empty frame)
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Chapter 8 - Facilities and University Services
Publication Date: July 7, 2011
Responsible Executive: VP for Business Affairs
8.04 Keys and UTSA Card Access to University Facilities
Access to The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) buildings, offices and other facilities is strictly controlled to ensure that only authorized UTSA affiliates are issued keys or UTSA Cards that allow access to facilities.
Facility access will be granted only upon the authorization of the appropriate administrative official as referenced in the "Responsibilities" section. The University Police Department is responsible for issuance of keys, programming of UTSA card access and associated records, with limited exceptions as specified in this policy.
The objective of this policy is to ensure the safety and security of UTSA buildings by strictly regulating the issuance and use of keys and UTSA Card access. This policy also serves to communicate applicable procedures and responsibilities.
This policy is effective for all UTSA facilities, leased or owned, that are accessed by mechanical keys or electronic cards.
UTSA HOP policy 4.14, Separation of Employment for UTSA Personnel
UTSA HOP policy 8.06, Use of Campus Facilities Other than for Regular Classroom Instruction
If you have any questions about HOP policy 8.04, Keys and UTSA Card Access to University Facilities, contact the following office:
UTSA Police Department Access Services
210-458-6486 or 210-458-6780
Administrative Official
The head of a divisional unit, college or department, and/or his/her authorized delegate with administrative responsibilities and oversight authority.
UTSA Key
A mechanical metal key issued by UTSA Police Department Access Services that opens a lock to allow access to any UTSA building, office, classroom, lab, workroom or other facility.
UTSA Card
The UTSA identification card that has been programmed to open electronic access controlled doors at any UTSA building, office, classroom, lab, workroom or other facility.
UTSA Affiliate
A current UTSA or University of Texas System (UT System) employee, a current UTSA student, or a contracted service provider is considered a UTSA affiliate for purposes of this policy.
- UTSA Police Department Director of Security Systems
- Manages the creation and issuance of all keys and electronic card access programming for all UTSA Affiliates, with the sole exception of University Housing residents.
- Ensures department administrators are notified of a lost or stolen key or UTSA Card when a police report has been completed.
- Creates and maintains all records associated with key issuance and UTSA Card access to UTSA facilities with the exception of University Housing residents.
- Maintains a secure computerized database that manages and supports key issuance records and UTSA Card access programming for UTSA facilities.
- Provides UTSA Card/key access records to each academic and administrative department for the purpose of verifying access, and to assist in the completion of the annual inventory of key/card access as required by this policy.
- Director of University Housing and Residence Life
- Manages the issuance of key and card access for UTSA Housing residents, except as noted under 7.b. in Procedures.
- Key and UTSA Card Access Recipient
- Assumes responsibility for the security and proper use of issued keys or access to facilities via the UTSA Card.
- Will not permit a key or UTSA Card to be out of their personal possession unless the key or card is secured in a locked drawer, cabinet or key box. This includes loaning issued keys or cards to anyone, including other UTSA affiliates.
- Will not permit a key to be duplicated.
- Upon discovery, must immediately report the loss or theft of any key or UTSA Card to the UTSA Police Department and to their immediate supervisor or appropriate administrative official as soon as possible.
- Non UTSA employees must return the issued key(s) to Access Services upon terminating their affiliation with UTSA. Students are not required to return their issued UTSA Card. Employees must return keys or cards in accordance with HOP policy 4.14, Separation of Employment for UTSA Personnel.
- Administrative Official
- Assures that a physical accounting for keys and cards issued to UTSA affiliates is documented by completion of an annual key inventory.
- Approves key or UTSA Card access for UTSA affiliates within their organization.
- Administrative officials have approval authority to grant access to facilities as follows:
- Academic classroom, lab, office, work room, room or building – Academic department head, Dean of the appropriate college, Provost, President
- Non-academic office, work room, lab, room or building – Administrative department head, Associate Vice President, Vice President, President
- UTSA facilities under construction, renovation or requiring service or maintenance work – Associate Vice President for Facilities
- Master key/card access:
- Building or Campus - Vice President for Business Affairs
- Residential Housing Facilities - Vice President for Student Affairs
- General Information
- Failure to comply with provisions of this policy and its associated procedures may subject the violator to adverse action in accordance with all applicable rules, policies, procedures as set forth by The University of Texas System Regents Rules and Regulations, the UTSA Handbook of Operating Procedures and or the UTSA Student Code of Conduct, or applicable contractual provisions or terms and conditions that apply to service providers.
- The Access Services Office has sole authority for the creation and issuance of all keys and electronic card access programming with the exception of University Housing residents.
- Keys or UTSA Card access are issued only in accordance with the following guidelines:
- Keys and UTSA Card access to UTSA buildings will be issued only to authorized UTSA affiliates in accordance with this policy.
- Duplication of a UTSA key is strictly prohibited.
- Transferring keys from one UTSA affiliate to another is strictly prohibited.
- Requesting a Key or UTSA Card Access
- Keys or UTSA Card access is requested by submitting a Request for Mechanical Key or Card Access Request form (available at the UTSA Police Department, Access Services website: http://www.utsa.edu/access/). The form must be approved by the appropriate administrative official who will certify the affiliation and access authorization of the individual for whom the key or card access is requested.
- The University Police Access Services office will notify the requesting academic or administrative department when the key or UTSA Card access programming request has been completed and to arrange for pickup or delivery of keys.
- Lost or Stolen Keys or UTSA Cards
- The loss or theft of a key or UTSA Card must immediately be reported to the UTSA Police Department and to the immediate supervisor or administrative official with responsibility for the facility. (Note: Residential students should immediately report a lost card to the residential facility staff.)
- A police report will be completed and a police investigation conducted. Based on the results of the investigation, the Chief of Police in consultation with the Vice President for Business Affairs will make a determination whether it is necessary to re-key the facility for the lost or stolen key.
- Replacement of lost or stolen keys requires a completed UTSA Access Services "Request for Mechanical Keys" form with an authorized account number.
- If a facility must be re-keyed to restore security to the facility, academic and administrative departments will only be charged for new keys.
- Procedures for Returning Keys and UTSA Card
- Keys shall not be transferred from one UTSA affiliate to another.
- When a non UTSA employee terminates their affiliation with UTSA, they must return the issued key(s) and or card to the University Police Access Services upon terminating their affiliation with UTSA. Students are not required to return their UTSA Card.
- When a UTSA or UT System employee terminates employment, they must return keys or card in accordance with HOP policy 4.14, Separation of Employment for UTSA Personnel, and follow all required procedures. Keys should be returned to Access Services by the terminating employee's supervisor.
- Keys that are issued by the University Housing must be returned directly to the designated University Housing official. University Housing staff are responsible for terminating card access for all residents.
- All UTSA Card access that is controlled by the University Police Access Services office is terminated and deleted by the Access Services' office staff.
- Keys may not to be sent through campus or postal mail service.
- Daily or Temporary Use Keys or UTSA Card Access
- Daily or temporary use keys or UTSA card access issued by the Access Services Office
- Daily or temporary issue keys or UTSA Card access provided by the Access Services Office for access assigned to UTSA affiliates for service work, maintenance, construction or similar services may only be approved by the Associate Vice President for Facilities.
- Access to facilities will begin and end on the authorized date and time provided and approved by the Associate Vice President for Facilities.
- UTSA employees that are provided with daily or temporary issue keys issued by the Access Services Office must present a current UTSA Card to sign-out keys.
- UTSA affiliates who are not UTSA employees must present valid government-issued identification and employment identification to sign-out keys issued by the Access Services Office.
- Daily issue keys must not be transferred or loaned from one person to another.
- It is the Associate Vice President for Facilities, or his/her designee's, responsibility to ensure that daily and temporary issued keys are returned to the Access Services Office by the end of the business day at 5:00 p.m., except as provided by 6.a.7 below.
- Certain projects may require the use of daily issue keys beyond the 5:00 p.m. deadline. For those projects, the Associate Vice President for Facilities or his/her designee can authorize an exception allowing such keys/cards to be returned after 5:00 p.m. Keys returned after 5:00 pm must be returned to the UTSA Police Communications Center, Physical Plant Building Rm. 1.106, which is open 24 hours.
- Access Services will inventory daily use keys and notify the Director of Security Systems if any issued keys have not been returned.
- The Director of Security Systems or designee will notify the Associate Vice President for Facilities or his/her designee when daily or temporary use keys have not been returned.
- Daily use keys issued by electronic key dispensers
- Designated daily use keys are available for use by the Office of Facilities staff via UTSA electronic key dispensers located at the Main, Downtown, and Hemisfair Park campuses.
- Requests for access to an electronic key dispenser must be submitted and approved as a mechanical key request through normal procedures.
- Keys checked out via the electronic key dispenser are only available to authorized staff whose UTSA Card has been programmed into the system.
- Daily issue keys must not be transferred or loaned from one person to another.
- If a key is not returned to the key dispenser by the end of the business day, 5:00 p.m., Access Services will be notified. The Director of Security Systems or his/her designee will notify the appropriate Office of Facilities department ead when daily use keys have not been returned.
- Daily use keys for building operations or custodial services issued by building managers, department heads or supervisors
- Keys assigned to building managers, department heads, or supervisors for operations, custodial services within individual campus buildings are controlled by the building manager, department head, or supervisor to conduct daily operations as authorized and approved under 4.c. in the "Responsibilities" section of this policy.
- Building managers, department heads, and supervisors must ensure that keys issued to employees for daily use are returned to them at the end of the work day.
- Building managers, department heads, and supervisors must ensure that daily use keys are monitored and tracked via a signature checkout log maintained by the manager, department head or supervisor. An approved checkout log form is available through the Access Services Office.
- Daily or temporary use keys or UTSA card access issued by the Access Services Office
- UTSA Housing
- The UTSA Office of Housing and Residence Life is responsible for all access for UTSA Housing residents.
- Housing and Residence Life engages Access Services to key all non-residential rooms within UTSA residential housing facilities.
- Key and UTSA Card Inventory
- On or before October 15 of each year, the Access Services Office will provide each administrative official with a current list of authorized UTSA affiliates who have been issued key(s) and or access by UTSA Card to university facilities within their area.
- The administrative official is required to verify the necessity and authorization of each individual's electronic card access and conduct a physical inventory of keys issued to UTSA affiliates.
- The physical inventory of keys requires a visual inspection of the issued key by the administrative official or their designee and verification of the key number and name of the UTSA affiliate. A record of the key physical inventory will be recorded on the Annual Key Inventory form provided by the Access Services Office.
- The inventory shall be completed on an annual basis with results to Access Services by December 15th.
- Upon return of the verified access list, the Access Services Office will reconcile approved access with the official records/data base.
- Keys that are unaccounted for or are missing will require the department to file a lost key report with the UTSA Police Department as required by this policy.
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My Fabulous Disease
Support on the High Seas: Aboard the 2013 HIV Cruise Retreat
Another year, another magical Caribbean adventure with a happy community of people living with HIV and our loved ones. It could only be the annual HIV Cruise Retreat, also known as "the Poz Cruise."
We gathered in Miami from around the world, with a record attendance of almost 300 people. There was a couple from Sweden, a guy from Germany, and a family of five from the West Coast. The only thing we had in common was the presence of HIV in our lives -- but you would have hardly known it from our high spirits and passion for living. When you're flying through the rain forest on a zip line with a couple hundred new friends, some of life's worries just naturally fall away.
I have such affection for this group and this event. Maybe it's because of the pure joy we have in each other's company, or the fact that no one feels alone. We take care of each other. It doesn't feel like a modeling competition the way so many gay events do. Wherever we fall on the hotness meter, we are all embraced and welcomed by the group. I think that mutual support shines through in my video blog of the event, below.
And that included the more than 50 straight members of our group. While these men and women have conducted their own activities in years past, our group was far more integrated this year because we all really wanted to be. Not only did it add another dimension to our time together, but it added a naughty quality to our version of The Dating Game (we did a gay game and a straight one, one after another). I don't think anything on board was funnier than the gay men in the audience cheering on the explicit answers from the straight bachelorettes!
I'm still adding new friends to my Facebook page, and some folks, as usually happens, became more than friends. At least one couple was celebrating an anniversary that commemorated meeting on the cruise retreat in the past. The gay and straight couples in The Newlywed Game really battled it out, and a gay couple prevailed (go team!).
I should include my usual disclaimer that neither myself nor any of the other hosts are compensated for our participation in the HIV Cruise Retreat. I pay for my cabin like everybody else. The reason I have attended now for four years and serve as M.C. is because I support anything that builds community and lifts up those of us searching for acceptance and social support.
I also know how privileged I am to afford this type of vacation (rates begin around $600). Frankly, I send our cruise director Paul Stalbaum small checks throughout the year so the expense doesn't sneak up on me. I hope you will forgive me for sharing my good fortune and please know that my intention is to encourage you to seek joy where ever you might find it.
Get ready for next year: it will be the event's 10th Anniversary and everything about the vacation is improved, from the cruise line (the #1 ranked Celebrity Cruises) to the exciting ports of call leaving from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Check out reviews of The Celebrity Summit here by former passengers!
The 2014 HIV Cruise Retreat will take place November 1-8, 2014, and you can find out more by visiting www.HIVCruise.com (the site will be updated with 2014 info soon) or simply contact our travel agent and cruise director Paul Stalbaum (888-640-7447). Paul is living openly with HIV and began leading support groups for people with AIDS more than 20 years ago in Ft. Lauderdale. He is our advocate and champion when it comes to getting us the best price and exclusive perks while on board.
Thanks for watching, and please be well.
|The Real Poz Guys of Atlanta III
|Is There Pride in Being HIV Positive?
|On Board the 2012 HIV Cruise Retreat
|More on Traveling When You're HIV Positive
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It's Hard to Be a Hero
By JOE NOCERA
Published: December 7, 2012
On a crisp January day in 2007, a 50-year-old construction worker named Wesley Autrey became a New York hero when he rescued a man who had fallen onto the subway tracks.
A train had just left the station, so the platform was nearly empty except for Autrey, his two daughters and a young man who was having a seizure of some sort. The man fell onto the tracks, in a position, Autrey told me recently, "where he was going to lose his limbs." With another train fast approaching, Autrey instinctively jumped onto the tracks, positioned the man's body safely between the rails, and lay on top of him. Five cars passed over them before the train screeched to a halt.
What prompted me to telephone Autrey was the death on Monday of Ki-Suck Han, a Queens man who was pushed onto the 49th Street subway tracks, allegedly by Naeem Davis, a drifter with whom police said he had been having an altercation. This time, there were plenty of people on the platform, most notably R. Umar Abbasi, a photographer who took some horrifying pictures as the subway train closed in on Han.
The 22 seconds or so between Han being pushed and the train reaching him was about the same amount of time that Autrey had nearly six years earlier. Yet, on Monday, no one on the crowded platform made a move to help Han until it was too late. (A doctor tried to administer C.P.R., but he was already dead.)
"People were just standing in fear and shock, not really knowing what was going on" one bystander told a crowd of reporters. "Some people started running out of the platform. Other people just stood there."
When one of Abbasi's gruesome photographs landed on the front page of The New York Post, the reaction was fierce. "Someone's taking that picture," said Al Roker on NBC's "Today Show." "Why aren't they helping this guy up?"
Abbasi defended himself in part by saying he used his flash to warn the conductor, but he was also quick to point the finger at others: "Why didn't the people who were close enough help him?" he asked. "If I had reached him in time, I would have pulled him up," he insisted. We all harbor the hope that if we found ourselves in the same position as Wesley Autrey — or Umar Abbasi — we would act with courage instead of cowardice.
Yet behavioral science suggests otherwise. The most famous case of bystanders failing to act took place in 1964, when Kitty Genovese, a young woman living in a quiet Queens neighborhood, was brutally stabbed to death. Despite her repeated screams for help, some 38 people who heard her from their apartments did nothing — not even call the police.
A.M. Rosenthal, the renowned former executive editor of The Times, who was then the metropolitan editor — and who had gotten the tip that led to the story — wrote a short book called "Thirty-Eight Witnesses." In it, Rosenthal asked the question that haunted the country in the aftermath of the murder: Why?
Why didn't anyone do anything?
Rosenthal could only guess at the answer because there had been no research on what is now known as "pro-social behavior." But after the story gripped the country, two young social scientists — Bibb Latané, then at Columbia University, and John Darley, who taught at New York University — conducted a series of experiments on the behavior of bystanders.
Their startling conclusion, which is now known as the bystander effect, is that the more people who witness a crime, the less likely any one of them will come to the aid of the victim. Partly this is because when people see others not doing anything, they become confused, not sure if it really is an emergency — "a collective ignorance" says Latané. Another reason, though, is something called the diffusion of responsibility. "You think to yourself, there are all these other people here. This isn't entirely my problem," says Latané.
Go back to the beginning of this column. The crucial detail in 2007, when viewed through the prism of behavioral science, is that the subway platform was nearly empty. Autrey acted heroically — even leaving his two young children unattended to do so — because there was no one else who could help. On Monday, the 49th Street subway platform was full of people, each possibly thinking that someone else was closer, someone else was stronger, someone else should be responsible for the heroic act. As a result, no one acted.
"I wouldn't do the wrong thing," one man waiting for a subway train told The Times on Tuesday. That's what we all want to think. It's why we are so quick to condemn those who do nothing at such moments.
But let's be honest: We don't really know how we'd act until the moment is upon us. Sadly, the science says we're more likely to do nothing than respond like Wesley Autrey.


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Moving is always stressful. Even a move across the street can be scary. I was raised in Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn is a fun place. You have easy access to all kinds of wonderful things including beaches, fabulous pizza and lots of people from all different backgrounds. The borough even has a zoo and a lovely botanical garden. What it does not have are animals. Okay a few pigeons here and there but that's about it. The average resident of Brooklyn has not smelled a skunk, seen an eagle or heard the call of a mockingbird, let alone been up close with deer or witnessed a stork in mid-flight.
So when I decided to move from Brooklyn to the suburbs of Denver, it was with a bit of trepidation. I liked the new spacious house with the bathrooms and the trees. I liked having a bit of space between me and every single neighbor. What I found shocking was not the fact that people drive everywhere — and I do mean everywhere as some people will drive to the library that is a mere four blocks away. What I found shocking was my face to face confrontations with animals. I was not expecting this. I was expecting neighbors of the tall, dark and handsome variety, not neighbors of the small, furry and slightly creepy variety.
In the years since I have lived in this place, I have learned what I need to know become adept and identifying wildlife that needs to be removed and wildlife that can easily be left alone. For example, squirrel removal only needs to take place if the squirrel is dead. Any squirrel that is running around is not dead and can be left alone. Any squirrel that needs to be removed also needs to removed by a professional removal company if possible. Professionals have been dealing with this situation for many years. They know how to remove a squirrel and then dispose of the body properly. I am not a professional and neither are most people.
The same is true of many other kinds of wildlife. Wildlife may look harmless and even cuddly. I love seeing foxes and coyotes walk around. They're very pretty animals. Other animals such as deer are also quite nice to look even if still shocks me that they're taller than I am. However, most animals should not be approached in any way. They are wild animals. A fox may look like lovely but it is not a dog. The coyote may remind you of your favorite cat but bigger, and you need to remember that it is a very dangerous animal and should not be approached unless you really know what you're doing. When a wild animal enters your home, you need to call the professionals from Denver Wildlife Removal. They have a knowledgable staff that will safely remove ANY pest from your home. -annoying little sisters do not count.


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I've been meaning to write this post for some time - a sort of recap for people who just joined us in what's going on.
Dantix, a reddit poster was a tad miffed that the editable combobox was the wrong size for it's scroll-down arrow. I'm not trying to call the dude out, I'm sure he (or she) is a brilliant person and didn't mean anything mean, it was just a comment and an apt one so no harm no foul!
But it told me that I need to talk more about this Community Design thing.
There are three points I really want to take up:
1) Everything shown will be shown from scratch. Nothing hidden.
Now from a marketing perspective that sucks. Lets be honest - we all like "the big reveal" where some designer in a turtleneck pulls back to curtains and go "tadaaa!". We wont do it like that. You will see it when it's just a mass of scribbles all the way to the finished product.
Why is it like that? Because that way everyone can see the process. It gets demystified and something more accessible and open to all. It shows everyone the trick behind it. Design have become a catch-all for "don't bother me, you wouldn't understand" and I don't think thats a healthy attitude for Open Source to adopt.
2) You are expected to join in if you want to. As long as you play nice the toys are for everyone.
This is the big one. Yeah yeah you've heard it before. But its true. No matter how little of an "eye for design" you have, you have it. Comment, post mockups and try to see the cool things people do and spin off that.
I can't promise that you're work will end up being the official theme for Plasma Next - but I can promise that you will influence it. We actually DO listen to comments. To cool ideas especially.
And that's the bit to remember - its always better to contribute than to comment especially if you're comment is "I don't like that". We have some rules and they are essentially: If you post criticism, what it is you don't like, why you don't like, how it could be fixed and propose a fix it's a gold star comment. If you criticize, specify what it is you don't like and how it could be fixed. Thats a silver star comment. If you criticize and specify what it is you don't like ... thats bronze. As long as you do it in a nice and cooperative way it's ok to post. If you can't say exactly what it is you don't like about something AND can't be nice about it - don't post.
If you have a cool idea on the other hand. Post. Thats the only rule for contributions.
Why is it like this? Because we want to foster a friendly attitude. Design IS communication and communication is hingent on a community. By letting everyone feel like they can contribute with mockups and cool ideas - we get more cool ideas. By playing with the art or design school rules of criticism we make certain that the other nasty and sadly common thing in design is minimized - the nonsense put-downs to make yourself seem "better" or the simple "you suck" comments that does nothing at all for design work.
3) This is a massive social experiment.
Yeah. It is. It's the tricky bit in what I do. On the one hand the goal is to create a stunning visual design for Plasma Next, on the other the plan is to create a community of designers and make design a "thing" within Plasma and KDE and Open Source in general.
I want to change the way we look at people and stop dividing them into experts and "everyone else". I want to tear down those barriers and makes us all feel included, like we're a part (like I felt on the first sprint I was at). I want to change the way we handle design and this work is a test for that.
Why is it like that? Because I am old enough to know that failing is only really good when you fail miserably (that's when you learn things) and that sometimes you got to aim for the moon and skip the tree tops.
When I got into this I talked to some of the other designers who had worked on KDE projects and many of them where more or less burned out. They had worked themselves to the bone and then crashed due to it. I didn't feel like being another one AND I wanted to fix the issue permanently. So I went for the higher goal of it aware that it would mean more work for me personally and a higher risk of failing.
Not only so that we all started talking about design more constructively. Not just so everyone felt they could comment and be a part. Not only that there where hundreds of designers where yesterday there where one or two. Not only that.
But so that in the future there would be a model a system in which design would be created without the need for a petty expert-dictator who's presence was ever needed for the work to go forward. Where the load was shared by all. Where the work was more play than backbraking labour.
Maybe it will succeed, maybe it will fail - but if it does fail I think we can all agree that it will be a majestic catastrophe of a failure ;)
Next time I'll talk about the Design Vision (it won't be boring promise) what it is, how we intend to stick to it and where we are now in terms of design guidelines.


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We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go. ~ Timothy Leary
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38 Days 'til 40: Education to Nowhere?
87 Days 'til 40: The Educational PROCESS
Today I watched the following video about education: Education as a Process!
I LOVE this video! It is so simple, yet so true. Education is not about arriving at a destination, education is a PROCESS that, when participated in correctly, should last a lifetime. Yet, we approach education as though there is an end point. My partner often refers to how anti-climactic the educational process was. She was completely convinced (as a young person) that when she obtained her PhD she would feel as though she had "arrived." However, when the time actually arrived and her degree was granted, she realized that she knew "a lot about nothing." She was disappointed. In her case, she also had a doctorate in a field that was hard to transfer into a job, something she had not thought about while on that higher education train. Read the rest of this entry »


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[Due to technical issues The Macalope is currently available to all Macworld readers, not just members of Macworld Insider.]
You will be surprised to read this (actual surprise not included), but Apple--the biggest and most successful company of our time--is doomed. Again. Re-doomed. Doom, The Sequel. Part II. The Doomening.
"Apple: Can a Leopard Change its Spots?" (tip o' the antlers to Philip Elmer-DeWitt via Lessien).
Apple is at a crossroads.
The intersection of Moneymaker St. and Crapload of Cash Avenue.
After dominating the first decade of the millennium, the revolution that Apple started is shifting against it.
The Macalope is completely unsure why we're supposed to listen to someone who puts two spaces after a period in this day and age. (Check it. He does.)
The iPhone, with its single annual update and super premium price ...
"Super premium"?
... has been run down from behind by a pack of rivals with segmented product ranges, 6 month product cycles and aggressive price points.
Being "run down from behind" is apparently the new "taking all the profit and jumping ahead of Android in U.S. market share."
Apple caused a paradigm shift and reaped a windfall, but now faces strategic challenges that will require changing the company DNA. [emphasis the author's]
Because there's so much wrong with Apple's DNA. (More on that "paradigm shift" in a second.)
However, the sea change is shifting the opportunity from devices to cloud-based services, exposing Apple's biggest weaknesses to its rivals' greatest strengths.
Cloud-based services are certainly a big component of what people are growing to expect from their devices and it's one that Apple has struggled with. But it's still a component. The Macalope wonders why no one wrings their hands and rends their garments over other companies' inability to make original devices with premium build quality and a good user experience, backed up by a robust ecosystem.
Obsessing over details, it seems, is a one-way street that runs only to Cupertino.
Winning will require substantial changes to the company's product strategy, institutional skills, physical infrastructure, and perhaps, culture.
No, it will not. Apple needs to get better at cloud services. That's about it. Another way to look at this is to say that the fact that it's not great at cloud services is almost antithetical to the rest of the company's culture. But, no, Apple's just a giant loser machine that needs to step up its game, apparently.
Today, Apple no longer has the unequivocal "best phone" ...
That is at best a matter of opinion. The Macalope has been hearing for years how the iPhone sucks. But we're totally sure this time for sure totally, right?
... it has no products for the highest growth segments ...
Which happen to be the lowest margin segments.
... and it has lost volume leadership to Samsung.
The Macalope doesn't know the exact number, but Samsung makes somewhere around 800 million different kinds of phones. It's not that surprising it's managed to ship more. But that's not Apple's game, and it definitely doesn't have to be.
The popularity of Apple devices amongst consumers have led some enterprises to adopt a BYOD (bring your own device) policy, but we do not believe that this model will have legs.
Analysis is easy when you just accept the trends that fit your preconceived ideas!
iOS requires expensive proprietary hardware ...
Which users love and are willing to pay for.
... it is closed to customized software development ...
... it does not support legacy enterprise software ...
As opposed to all those modern phones with robust platforms that do.
... and the company has little experience with enterprise customers.
True, but it's worth pointing out that IDC does not exactly agree with this negative assessment of Apple's chances in the enterprise.
Let's look at the options. BlackBerries? HAHAHAHA. Android phones? Sure! As long as you don't care who else gets access to your corporate information. And then there's Windows Phone, with its whopping 2 percent market share.
Hmm. Which? To? Choose?
Sagawa goes on and on but the problem with his analysis--well, the biggest problem with his analysis--is that he can only look at existing product lines. So, terrific, you've outlined how markets mature and most vendors race to the bottom. Congratulations. You've rewritten the same argument the Macalope's read about a hundred times.
But that's not what Apple, the company you're supposedly talking about, does. Its speciality is that "paradigm shift." Apple reinvents markets, stakes out the high end and then takes all the profit, leaving the bottom for other companies. That's its M.O. That's how it's been so successful.
If Apple never remakes another market again then, yes, its best days are behind it. But the unspoken supposition here is that Tim Cook can't do what Steve Jobs did, which we know because he's had a whole year to do again what Apple's done just four times in its entire existence.
While the horny one realizes patience is not a virtue exemplified by our modern pundit class, that's what it's going to take to see if the ol' magic is still there.


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Universal Licensing System - Help
This article provides information on how to request a Duplicate License in the Universal Licensing System (ULS).
Steps to Filing a Request for a Duplicate License in ULS
- Log in to ULS Online Filing with your FCC Registration Number (FRN) and Password.
Note: If you are taken to the My Applications page, click My Licenses to begin the steps below.
- On the left-hand side of the screen, click Request Duplicates.
- Select the licenses and click Add.
- Click Continue to navigate through the application.
- Sign your application and click Submit Application.
Note: By typing your first and last name in the name fields you have signed your Application.
FAQs - Filing a Request for a Duplicate License in ULS
Will I owe a filing fee?
Some requests for a duplicate license require a fee. ULS will automatically determine if a fee is required and tell you the amount once you complete your application. If fees are due, they can be paid online as soon as you submit your application.
Additional information about fees is available at the Fees Help page.
What is the difference between a Request for a Duplicate License and a Reference Copy of a License?
A duplicate license is a copy of an original license that is mailed to you; whereas a reference copy is a copy of a license that you can print yourself in ULS License Search. The reference copy includes a watermark that says "Reference Copy" and is not considered an official version of your license.
How do I print a Reference Copy of a license?
- Go to ULS License Search and enter your callsign in the box and click Search.
- Click your callsign.
- Click the Reference Copy link at the top of the page.
How do I know if my application is received at the FCC?
Applications will appear the next business day in ULS Application Search. Enter the file number in the ULS Application Search to find your application.
How long will it take receive my license in the mail?
It takes approximately 1 week from the date you submit your application.


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Monday Morning Standings
Well, as I'm sure you can tell from the abundance of posting here, this season has been going just peachy for the Oilers. I'd say it's gotten embarrassing to be an Oiler fan, but that boat sailed a few years ago. At least the Oil Kings have given me something to cheer for the past bit otherwise…well, I don't know. I'd like to say I'm done with this shit team, but we all know that isn't true. For whatever reason I still watch the games. Must be a sucker for punishment.
Oiler News
– Lots of Oiler news lately but the biggest is obviously the firing of Tambellini. And fuck, finally. What a clusterfuck…yet I remember being hopeful when he got the job. Jesus.
– Mac T got hired as his replacement, with the newly re-hired Howson hired on in his previous role. I know a lot of people are not pleased with this, but I like it. I was a Mac T fan when he was coaching here (just didn't think he was given the horses needed), and I think he's a smart guy who can evaluate players well. I don't understand the Howson hiring, but whatever.
– Lowe still has a job. Surprising, but not at the same time. Him and Katz are BFF's, and must have some plan (plot) to fuck the city for years to come.
– Not only does Lowe still have a job, but he also said in the Tambellini/Mac T presser that there are two types of fans, and they only listen to the one type (i.e. the ones who are in the building and paying their ridiculous prices). Hilarious. Love it. Oh, and he's got 6 rings that say he knows how to win (proven by 7 years out of the playoffs).
– Some injury news, with the Nuge on to his second shoulder surgery and Hemsky out for the season with a foot issue he got from blocking a shot. I really wish would stop going into corners first, and blocking shots (like the euro he is) so he'd stop getting hurt.
– Also, after that game last night you should have heard Gagner. Man he was pissed. So much so that even that tit tencer noticed. Was "seething" in the corner to quote the asshat. And I'd say I'm not surprised. Wouldn't be surprised to see players start to ask for their way out soon, unless Mac T can show that he knows what he's doing.
League News
– I'll be honest, I haven't been paying much attention to what's been going on in the league. I can tell you that the Seahawks secondary is looking fucking awesome now, and they picked up the best available WR in the FA period. Looking real good.
– Uh, Ovechkin has been pretty good lately hey? I thought he was all washed up now…
– Ah, fuck it. I can't think of anything else. Feel free to mention it in the comments.
Anyways, on to the standings (and fight video, and Oil Kings):
Western Conference
No team tanks like the Oilers eh. Brief glimmer of hope before descending back into embarrassment. Oh well. I'm currently cheering for the Blue Jackets at this point.
Eastern Conference
Washington really turned it around didn't they? Well, turned it around meaning being the best in the shitty southeast div, but still, it's playoffs. Something the Oilers could only dream of.
Also nice seeing the Isles finally make some noise. Unfortunately the Leafs will also make the playoffs, which in turn makes their fans insufferable.
Fight of the Week
Getting close to the end and it looks as though the Raiders will finish in about the same spot…that said it's a respectable finish.
OKC Barons
Barons finished 5th in their conference, and face the Charlotte Checkers in the first round. Arcobello finished 4th in league scoring with 68 points in 74 games. None of the OKC goalies finished in the top 20.
Oil Kings
Oil Kings play tonight! Watch it on shaw (channel 10, 304) at 7:30pm.
Oil Kings made it to the Eastern Conference finals for the second year running, playing the Hitmen with the series currently tied at 1 each. In the other conference, Portland is up 2-0 over Kamloops.
They are good.
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Actor Matt Damon drew attention a couple months ago with a scathing tirade about Sarah Palin. The thought of her as president, he argued, "was like a really bad Disney movie. The hockey mom, you know, "Oh, I'm just a hockey mom from Alaska", and she's the president, and she's facing down Vladimir Putin, you know, and using the folksy stuff she learned at the hockey rink. It's totally absurd... a really terrifying possibility."
In the Miami Herald on Sunday, Damon was at it again, taking on both the Bond movies and William Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard and New York Times columnist.
Of the Bond films, Damon said, ''They could never make a James Bond movie like any of the Bourne films, because Bond is an imperialist, misogynist sociopath who goes around bedding women and swilling martinis and killing people. He's repulsive." Also really well dressed.
And of Kristol, Damon had this to say: "He's an idiot – he wrote that we should be grateful to George Bush because he won the Iraq war. We! Won! The! War!"
BigHollywood.com has since proposed a debate between the two on these issues. Kristol has already agreed. Ann Coulter has agreed to moderate.
OK, an admission: though the debate is for real, the moderator part isn't exactly true. I just wanted to see what it would be like to put "Ann Coulter" and "moderate" in the same sentence. It turns out, it sort of strains credulity.)
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CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Cleveland community activists are planning to protest against what they see as the use of excessive force by city police after a review found 100 officers broke rules in a car chase in which an unarmed driver and his passenger were shot dead.
Activist Kathy Coleman told Reuters on Thursday that residents plan a rally on Monday to demand police officers involved in the chase receive appropriate punishment and the city take action against the problem of excessive force.
"People are saying some of the cops might only get a 10-day suspension," activist Kathy Coleman told Reuters. "We want them fired, prosecuted and brought to justice."
Five months after Cleveland police shot dead an unarmed driver and his passenger following a high-speed chase that involved 63 police cars, more than 100 police officers could face suspension or termination, an internal police review showed on Wednesday.
The incident, which stemmed from a routine traffic stop, aggravated public concerns over possible excessive use of force by Cleveland police officers, particularly in the city's African-American community. The pair who died were both black.
It also prompted the city's mayor, Frank Jackson, to request a review of Cleveland police procedure by the U.S. Justice Department. The federal review into a possible pattern of excessive force is ongoing.
Some 100 officers face possible suspension or termination for violations of department policy, including endangering pedestrians in the car chase and subsequent shootout that killed Timothy Russell and his passenger, Marissa Williams.
"Where we found policy and rule violations, we will hold officers accountable," said Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath on Wednesday, adding that he expected to announce individual disciplinary actions in a few weeks.
The chase stemmed from a traffic stop that Russell fled in his 1979 Chevy with Williams. As Russell drove, several officers reported hearing what they thought were multiple gunshots.
After a 25-minute chase, police trapped the car in a school parking lot and opened fire after Russell hit a police cruiser and drove in the direction of an officer. By the time it was over, 13 officers had fired 137 rounds at the car.
Subsequent searches failed to turn up a gun, and no gunshot residue was found on the car's occupants. The investigation found that the sound officers had attributed to gunshots most likely was the engine on Russell's car backfiring.
Of the 322 Cleveland police officers on duty on the day of the incident, more than a third played a role in the deadly chase, according to Cleveland Police special investigations commander James Chura.
According to the internal report, released Wednesday, many of the officers were told to disengage from the pursuit and either did not hear the command or ignored it. Some cars were also cited for not using sirens and lights while driving at speeds of 70 miles per hour in populated areas.
Another investigation into the matter by the Ohio Attorney General's Office concluded that officers had failed to follow established procedures that resulted in the department's overall failure to control the situation.
(Reporting by Kim Palmer; Editing by Mary Wisniewski, Cynthia Johnston and Andrew Hay)


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On March 4, 2013, a contest was held at the Nullcon conference in Goa, India, to see who could take over a botnet. The Times of India reported that the prize money was provided by an Indian government official and was awarded to the Garage4Hackers team. The co-founder of the Nullcon conference, Antriksh Shah, said "At Nullcon Goa 2013, for the first time in the world the government has come forward and announced a bounty prize of Rs 35,000 to whoever provides critical information on the command and control servers of a malware recently found in one of the government installations in India," and then tweeted, "Dawn of new infosec era. Govt of India announced (and actually paid) first ever bounty (Rs. 35 k) at nullcon to take down a c&c." When asked whether this was a live botnet, or a simulated botnet held within a safe and isolated virtual network where no harm could result, Nullcon tweeted, "it was a live campaign up since a couple of yrs and the malware was found in a gov. Infra." Read more »
On Wednesday, March 21, 2012, an operation by security experts from Dell SecureWorks, CrowdStrike, Kaspersky, and the Honeynet Project was initiated to sinkhole infected computers in the Kelihos.B/Hlux.B botnet. The objective of this action was to remove from the attacker's control all computers currently infected with the Kelihos.B/Hlux.B malware by poisoning the peer lists and routing tables in the lower layers of command and control. This will prevent the botnet operator from doing any more harm with this set of infected computers.
Control of the botnet with over 129,000 infected hosts was successfully obtained. These bots are no longer in control of the botherder, and, as a result, are no longer involved in sending spam, the primary malicious activity of this botnet. The hosts resided primarily in Poland (24%) and were primarily running the old operating system Windows XP (84%). The command-and-control infrastructure has been abandoned by the gang that was operating the botnet two days after the operation. We can say that the Kelihos.B/Hlux.B botnet was successfully disabled.
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On Sunday, March 25, Microsoft announced that for the fourth time, they had gone to a federal court and successfully obtained an ex parte temporary restraining order (TRO) to seize domain names from botnet operators. For the second time, the court has also ordered U.S. Marshals to accompany Microsoft and others to serve search warrants and seize evidence that can be used in future civil or criminal actions. Read more »


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The 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T is happy to announce the participants in this year's Tribeca Film Festival Artists Awards Program, sponsored by Chanel.
This year, eight contemporary artists, including Tim Barber, Tony Bennett, Stephen Hannock, Matthew Modine, Catherine Murphy, James Nares, Alexis Rockman, and Clifford Ross will continue TFF's unique tradition of artists supporting one another with the donation of their artwork, which will be presented to the filmmakers whose films are selected by the TFF jury as winners in their respective categories. The Tribeca Film Festival Artists Awards Program was created by TFF co-founder Jane Rosenthal to celebrate New York artists.
The work will be exhibited free and open to the public during the Tribeca Film Festival from April 16th-27th, between the hours of 10am-10pm, at the New York Academy of Art, 111 Franklin Street, Manhattan. New Yorkers and festival-goers alike will be able to view the works before they are taken home by the award-winning filmmakers.
Without further ado, here are the works of art TFF's winning filmmakers will take home as awards this April.
Tim Barber: Untitled (Ali's vein), 2013, C-print, edition : AP, 16 x 20 inches
Tony Bennett: Central Park, NY, 2009, Watercolor, 20 x 24 inchesStephen Hannock: The Ballad of the Great Eastern, 2014, Woodcut print on paper, 19 x 15.75 inchesMatthew Modine: Stanley Kubrick, Director's Chair, Photo, Camera: Rolleiflex TLR Medium Format 2 1/4" x 2 1/4, 36 x 36 inchesCatherine Murphy: View of Hoboken and Manhattan, 1975, lithograph, 12 3/4 x 16 3/8 inchesJames Nares: Untitled, 2010, Iridescent pigment and wax on paper, 2010, 60 x 44 inchesAlexis Rockman: Iguaca, 2011, Lithograph, Ink and Soil from Iguaca Falls, Puerto Rico, on paper; Paper: ragcote; Edition: 50, 30 x 22 inchesClifford Ross: Water XIX, 1998, Silver gelatin print, 28 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches
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I had been working on iOS Application development for half year since I was disappeared from DeviantArt. My apology for that, firstly.
I studied hard on iPhone Software Engineering course last semester and talked with several industrial people around melbourne to get more experience in this field. Potentially i will be working on programming (for mobile platform) for my future career, of course, applying my illustration as my extra capability. During holiday, i decided to start my own iPhone project and planned to launch it at appstore. You can track down all the details about what is the project about from my personal website : kd-creativity.com/ …;
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Metta World Peace plans to play in the Los Angeles Lakers' next game, less than two weeks after undergoing left knee surgery.
World Peace participated in drills with the Lakers on Monday, and the veteran forward said he's ready to return nearly a month earlier than anticipated after surgery on a torn meniscus. With just five games left to get into playoff position, the Lakers (40-37) host New Orleans on Tuesday night.
"We've got a chance to make a push for this championship run," World Peace told reporters after practice at the Lakers' training complex. "We all need it. All the guys under contract, injured or not injured, we all need each other to make a run at this thing."
After a tumultuous season, the big-budget Lakers are running out of time even to make the playoffs. They trail Utah (41-37) for the eighth postseason spot in the Western Conference, and the Jazz hold the tiebreaker on Los Angeles.
The Lakers thought World Peace would be out until early May after undergoing surgery March 28, following a typical recovery time for knee surgery.
But there's nothing typical about the former Ron Artest, and the Lakers' defensive stopper says he feels healthy enough to play because his knee didn't swell following surgery, surprising his doctors.
"I think you try to prepare in the summertime for the season, and I think the way I eat prepares me for times like this," World Peace said. "There was no swelling. You can take a lot of medicine for swelling, but if you eat right, when you get injured, the swelling is minimized. Off meniscus surgery, you can play, but the swelling is what keeps you from playing."
World Peace has missed the Lakers' last six games with the latest injury in a long list for the 16-time NBA champions.
Even if World Peace returns as planned, Lakers point guard Steve Nash is likely to miss his fourth straight game with a hamstring injury. The 39-year-old Nash missed nearly two months early in the season with a small fracture in his lower left leg.
Kobe Bryant has struggled with several injuries in recent weeks, missing two games and playing just one quarter in a third game because of a sprained left ankle. Pau Gasol, who missed time early this season with a concussion, returned from a seven-week absence with a right foot injury one game before World Peace hurt his knee in a loss at Golden State in late March.
Top bench scorer Antawn Jamison is playing with a sprained wrist, and All-Star center Dwight Howard hasn't been 100 percent healthy all season after summer back surgery. Backup point guard Steve Blake missed 37 games with an abdominal injury, and top backup big man Jordan Hill has been out since early January after surgery on his left hip.


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Easy to reach from all over Austria and Europe!
A9 Pyhrnautobahn - exit St. Pankraz/Hinterstoder - 12.2 km to Berghof Sturmgut (easy to reach, yet off major traffic routes)
From town:
Take the first road to your left after the church (large yellow sign) - continue up the hill for about 1.7 km to the end of the road. Please note: The road climbs considerably (7 to 14 %) - snow chains are required in winter!
From the east of Austria:
A1 to Kreuz Voralpenland - A9 towards Graz - exit St.Pankraz/Hinterstoder - turn left - down the hill towards the river - turn left and continue to the center of town
From the south-east of Austria:
A9 towards Linz - exit St.Pankraz/Hinterstoder - turn left - down the hill towards the river - turn left and continue to the center of town
From Germany and other parts of Europe:
Via Salzburg:
A8 to the border - A1 towards Vienna - Kreuz Voralpenland - A9 towards Graz - continue as described above
Via Passau:
From the boarder take the A8 to Kreuz Wels West - A9 towards Graz - continue as described above
Linz-Hörsching - Blue Danube Airport
81.8 km from Berghof Sturmgut; transfer time 70 minutes (approx.)
Direct flights to/from Berlin (AIRBERLIN)
London Stansted (RYAN AIR)
NOTE: RYANAIR and AIRBERLIN passengers are offered direct transfer to Berghof Strumgut for only EUR 29 per person (one-way). Free transportation for children aged 2 years or younger; 50 % off for children aged 3 to 12 years. To be booked together with your accommodation at Berghof Sturmgut.
Salzburg - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Airport
150 km from Berghof Sturmgut; transfer time 2 hours (approx.)
Wien-Schwechat - Vienna Airport
275 km from Berghof Sturmgut; transfer time 190 min. (approx.)
Munich - Franz-Josef-Strauss Airport
300 km from Berghof Sturmgut (via Landshut, Deggendorf, Passau); transfer time 3.5 hours (approx.)
All airports mentioned above offer car rentas points.
Hinterstoder station is located at the beginning of the Stodertal valley, at 13 km from the farm.
20 trains reach Hinterstoder station daily.
Trains with immediate shuttle buses to Hinterstoder:
from Linz (N): 9.06 am, 11.04 am, 1.04 pm, 4.05 pm, 5.28** pm, 7.05 pm
via Setztal (S): 07.58 am, 09.05 am, 10.54 am, 1.03 pm, 2.55 pm, 5.28** pm, 7.05 pm
** For these trains shuttle buses must be ordered by telephone - please let us know and we will organize these buses for you!
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I toss my light brown hacking coat with its velvet lapel over a chair and the legendary tailor Mr Martin Greenfield slowly gets up from behind his desk and softly says, "Let me hang your coat properly". I've travelled to Bushwick - a neighbourhood in Brooklyn not meant for the faint of heart - to meet the 84-year-old Mr Greenfield and to learn a thing or two about tailoring and, as it turns out, life as well.
Then again, if such private customers as Messrs Paul Newman, Michael Jackson, Colin Powell, and three presidents (it has become common knowledge that President Barack Obama - in addition to former presidents Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton - is a client) have traipsed through this rough neighbourhood to meet Mr Greenfield, well so can I.
Mr Greenfield - dressed in a three-piece blue suit with a royal navy windowpane check, complemented by a narrow blue striped shirt and paisley tie (not to mention the Ronald Reagan presidential cufflinks given to him by Mr Powell, and a solid gold ring of the US dollar) - learnt his craft the hard way.
Paul Newman was a casual guy who initially favoured an old-fashioned sweat suit, but when we dressed him up, he loved his clothing
"You see, I love to dress up," Mr Greenfield says, in the ancient factory where he's worked (and later bought from his former employer) since he landed in the US in 1947, aged 19, and rose from floor boy to factory manager. "It shows you're important."
Mr Greenfield and his staff of approximately 125 cutters, sewers and pattern makers put together clothing for labels ranging from Brooks Brothers Golden Fleece to Band of Outsiders. His company, Martin Greenfield Clothiers, has produced made-to-order pieces for such brands as Donna Karan, Yves Saint Laurent and rag & bone.
But he revels in the art of the private client, which normally takes three fittings over eight weeks and whose prices begin at £1,650. "We measure correctly right from the beginning - poof, poof! - and it's right," Mr Greenfield says. "Other people fix here and there for these fittings. Not us."
Regardless of material, Mr Greenfield personally adores a crepe weave for suits. "It moves with you, and is the most comfortable to wear. Most men are colour blind. You always need to know what a customer does for a living. Of course, the biggest bargain is quality - and the richest people tend to spend money the wrong way."
He's tended to the rich and famous of every stripe and size, whether it be the 7'1" basketball star Mr Shaquille O'Neal ("He needs a high rise. He's a big boy") to Mr Michael Jackson ("I met him when he just started as a baby. He was a very nice guy - then he died"). He holds a special affection for Mr Paul Newman - "a casual guy who initially favoured an old-fashioned sweat suit, but when we dressed him up, he loved his clothing" - and who once rang him up to announce he was retiring and putting all his tailor-made suits in a bonfire even though Mr Greenfield warned him otherwise. "He was something very special," recalls Mr Greenfield. "I said, 'You're still going to need those suits and return to the movies.'" Mr Greenfield, of course, proved correct.
Mr Greenfield has worked for the most powerful names in US politics
The company has produced the meticulously crafted prohibition-era outfits for the major characters of HBO's Boardwalk Empire and Mr Greenfield speaks lovingly of lead actor Mr Steve Buscemi: "I asked him, 'What do you like best about the show?' He said, 'The clothing.'" As for Mr Ben Affleck and his recently produced film Argo, Mr Greenfield laughs at where all the 1970s-era clothes, with their wide lapels and flares, ended up. "He kept all the suits and wears them!"
In the 1970s, when two secret service men bullied Mr Greenfield as they asked him to produce a couple of suits complete with custom-made bulletproof vests for then-president Gerald Ford, Mr Greenfield quickly reminded them: "I am a survivor and I don't let people push me around. So act like gentlemen and listen." And they did. Lest we forget this is a man who vividly remembers, upon arriving at Auschwitz (after first being showered, having his head shaved, and his left arm tattooed), seeing the reflection of his face in Josef Mengele's shined boots as the infamous "Angel of Death" chose who would live or die then and there.
"I will meet you when we both survive," his father then told him. "We cannot be together because we're going to suffer for each other. You are strong."
"That was the last time I saw my family," says Mr Greenfield. "I never thought they would get buried or gassed. It was a sunny day in March."
His father proved right about his son, however: the young Mr Greenfield, a Czech by birth, outwitted his captors at every turn, whether at Auschwitz, during the infamous death marches, or at Buchenwald, where he recalls shaking hands as a little boy with General Dwight Eisenhower after US troops liberated the camp. "You could smell where the people were burned," he says.
In the end, says Mr Greenfield, "You learn how to respect people, how to do the right thing. The moment you become human again - you can live like a human being." Which he has clearly done - and doesn't plan to stop doing anytime soon. "I'll be here forever," says the man with the gentle voice, who's lived the most hardened of lives. "I'm not afraid to die because I never thought I would live long in those years I suffered through. But guess what: I'm here. And I thank God every day for that."