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Security Management as a Service
Session: Security risk & compliance assessment, Tue., Sep. 15, 15:30 - 16:00
The implementation and evaluation of an Information Security Management System (ISMS) requires a high degree of expertise. However, this is not to be made in many companies due to limited resources. The ever-growing complexity of IT systems and the resulting increasing demands on their IT security, exacerbate the problem in the future. As a consequence, vulnerabilities remain undetected strengthened. Another challenge is to adapt the selection of protection measures to the needs, skills and abilities of the user. Only if the measures are accepted and can be integrated into the daily work, the ISMS will work.
The aim of the project Security Management as a Service, founded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is to develop new working practices and new technical concepts that make it possible to assess and establish IT security processes for small institutions from business and administration. These models and concepts should be easy to implement and allow a simple operation even without profound knowledge. Another objective is to supervise complex protection measures such as encryption of e-mails or the management of certificates in the future via a central, cloud-based service. The remaining, easier-to-manage protection measures are still the responsibility of the institution. the outsourced and local safety measures need to be coordinated. Only in this way a uniformly high level of protection can be achieved.
About Marian Margraf
Marian Margraf studied mathematics at the Christian-Albrechts-Universtität zu Kiel and received his doctorate in 2001. After his time as a postdoc at the Christian-Albrechts-Universtität zu Kiel, he worked as a cryptographer for the Federal Office for Information Security and subsequently as a desk officer at the Federal Ministry of the Interior. In 2013, he was appointed as professor for IT security and theoretical computer science in the computer science department at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt. Since 2014, he has been holding the Bundesdruckerei endowed professorship for identity management at the Freie Universität Berlin.


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The authors explain machine tolerances, color-separation quality, ink characteristics, and pad specifications.
As with any process-color printing, registering four-color pad-printing jobs is a challenge. Before you can achieve accurate registration, you must fully understand and control all aspects of the pad-printing process. We define printing as replicating original artwork by laying down a controlled thickness of ink. We use the term "replicating" rather than "copying" to emphasize the level of precision you must achieve in order to get a quality print.
While process-color printing of any type requires precise control, reducing variables in pad-printing is particularly important. The variables you must consider include machine tolerances, color-separation quality, ink characteristics, pad specifications, and the accuracy of cliche etching and positioning.
Machine tolerances Pad printing is a thin-ink-film reproduction process. Dried ink films for a single print are approximately 5 microns (0.0002 in.) thick. Because the pad delivers such a thin ink layer on the substrate, this is an ideal marking technique for process-color printing on objects where high ink buildup tends to be problematic.
With conventional single-color pad printing, the quality of the press is not critical--most machines deliver reasonable print definition. But with process-color work, the accuracy and consistency of the machine is of major importance.
Some presses position the object being printed as it moves from one print position to another. On other models, the object remains stationary while a single pad moves between the part and cliches for each color. In both cases, the way the machine positions the part relative to the cliche and pad determines registration accuracy between colors. So the first step you should take to ensure good registration is to purchase a dependable, well-engineered pad-printing press.
Film generation Now that you know it's possible to accurately register process-color pad prints, you need to look carefully at the color-separating procedures you employ. Specifically, you must consider three items when making separations for digital output: the halftone line count (measured in lines/in.), dot shape, and tonal range represented by the film positive.
The line count of a separation is the line ruling you want to print. With pad printing, this can be up to 200 lines/in. However, we recommend that you work at a lower count of 150 lines/in., which also provides a high resolution image but requires less stringent control of process variables.
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To reload a dump file written by mysqldump
that consists of SQL statements, use it as input to the
mysql client. If the dump file was created by
mysqldump with the
--all-databases or
--databases option, it
CREATE DATABASE and
USE statements and it is not
necessary to specify a default database into which to load the
shell> mysql < dump.sql
Alternatively, from within mysql, use a
source command:
mysql> source dump.sql
If the file is a single-database dump not containing
CREATE DATABASE and
USE statements, create the
database first (if necessary):
shell> mysqladmin create db1
Then specify the database name when you load the dump file:
shell> mysql db1 < dump.sql
Alternatively, from within mysql, create the database, select it as the default database, and load the dump file:
mysql> CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS db1;
mysql> USE db1;
mysql> source dump.sql
For Windows PowerShell users: Because the "<" character is
reserved for future use in PowerShell, an alternative approach
is required, such as using quotes
cmd.exe /c "mysql
< dump.sql".
ERROR 1005 (HY000) at line 156: Can't create table 'db1.testtable' (errno: 121)
Normally this error is caused by problems in the CREATE TABLE syntax for InnoDB tables. Of course as my SQL had been created from the mysqldump utility, I was confused how an error had appeared in the SQL code!
It turned out it was the presence of existing "ibdata1", "ib_logfile0" and "ib_logfile1" in /var/lib/mysql/ that was causing the problem.
The solution for me was to stop mysql, delete EVERYTHING in the /var/lib/mysql/ folder, then start mysql (this recreates fresh versions of the above files in addition to a fresh "mysql" database), and then re-run my import of the dump.sql file:
shell> mysql < dump.sql
(No username or password needed as the fresh "mysql" database has no root password.)
This worked perfectly and recreated all databases (including re-populating the "mysql" database with my previous data - including my old root password).


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Oroville >> An Oroville man convicted of murder for a 2011 apartment shooting was sentenced Friday to 109 years, 4 months in state prison.
The sentence for defendant Derrik Michael Blanton, 25, included a term of 75 years to life plus a determinate term of 34 years, 4 months, according to supervising deputy district attorney Michael Sanderson.
On March 4, a Butte County Superior Court jury convicted Blanton of murdering John Loren Ball, then 48, at Oro Villa Apartments in Oroville on Dec. 21, 2011.
The jury also convicted Blanton of felony attempted second-degree robbery and three felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm against three other victims. The panel also found true the special allegations that the defendant used a firearm and inflicted great bodily injury or death against three victims.
During Friday"s sentencing, one of Ball"s sisters addressed the court.
Sanderson said the prosecution was satisfied with the sentence. Blanton intends to file an appeal, but the defendant otherwise faces a lengthy prison term.
"He won"t be a danger to the people of Butte County for a while," Sanderson said.
During the trial, witnesses testified Blanton entered the Mitchell Avenue apartment and tried to take the contents of Ball"s pockets before demanding the contents of a safe in the kitchen.
Ball told him to go ahead, but the defendant accidentally closed the safe. Blanton demanded that Ball reopen the safe, but Ball refused and told him to leave.
Blanton headed toward the front door with Ball following. The defendant turned and shot at Ball, striking him four times.
Shots struck others in the apartment. One man was shot in the chest, a woman was shot in the leg and another was struck by ricochet.
Sanderson said during the trial that five of six surviving witnesses in the apartment identified Blanton as the shooter.
The defendant was arrested Dec. 25, 2011, in Sacramento. He reportedly told a detective there that he wouldn"t have been homeless if he had the safe"s contents. Blanton also expressed sympathy for Ball"s death.
During the trial, defense attorney Jesus Rodriguez argued that inconsistent witness accounts couldn"t prove Blanton guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. He noted witnesses couldn"t consistent recall what clothes the shooter wore.
Reach reporter Ryan Olson at facebook.com/NorCalJustice and 896-7763.


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Me too. I included the plane in one of my adventuring factions at home.pkbrennan wrote:I removed the crappy jewel-scooper arm assembly off the bottom.
Kalvinator wrote:...there's a galaxy map?
I made a tactical map for the Devoid Sector as well. The general feeling, however, is that maps are immediately outdated or useless upon their creation, becoming quaint collector's items for BrikVerse inhabitants. Koincidence allows for the ultimate in plot device. Two factions who want to be at war are suddenly in a position to do so, because. The entries on Rekonstruktion in the 2010 rulebook go into greater detail on this. Anyway, I enjoyed creating the map and it gave me a better sense of the storyline I wanted to create so creating relative conflict maps seems a worthwhile endeavor for those who are so inclined. I think many, as Silverdream said, will find it too limiting, however. It certainly is as far as doing it solely for location purposes is concerned. So the galaxy maps are essentially out (mine only persists because its an abstract of the conflict itself), as is anything larger and more universal or multiversal. Closest thing we get to that is the extremely abstract diagram I made.BrikWiki wrote:Though the BrikVerse is in constant flux, Legendary BrikWarrior Tuefish did somehow manage to capture a tactical snapshot of the Galaxia Nehellenium, circa R. 2,009. This is one of only a handful of BrikVerse Maps in existence.


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Barcelona: Mon Vínic – restaurant, wine bar and wine libraryPosted by Mike Tommasi on 26 February 2009 in Restaurant Reviews
On Wednesday evening February 18 I met Joan Gómez Pallarès to discover this incredible laboratory of wine and taste sensations, certainly unique in this world, called Mon Vínic (c / Diputació 249 Barcelona – Eixample, +34-932726187) – in Catalan, "The World of Wine". Surprisingly not very well known, despite the level of ambition of the project and the huge investment required, it is a sensational place for wine lovers, made magical by:
• its rich collection of wines, thousands of bottles from all over the world, including some very old Malaga bottles reaching back to 1795, all available for tasting or meals at prices barely above what you pay for them at a wine merchant's, even those that have rested in the cellar for a few years (aging is free!).
• its incredible architecture all in wood, concrete and stainless steel signed Alfons Tost,
• the documentation center, a library of books and magazines about wine from around the world, with several terminals to connect to the internet or the place's wine database.
• the extraordinary competence and kindness of its sommeliers under the leadership of César Cánovas and Isabelle Brunet,
• the creativity strongly rooted in terroir and tradition of chef Sergi De Meià, whose dishes may be enjoyed in the "culinary space", where some forty guests can be seated at two long white tables to enjoy their meal, with wines selected for this incredible cellar by means of touch screens on tablet PCs that provide access to the cellar's database, including photos of the labels, information on the winery, etc..
• the selection of wines by the glass or half-glass: every day fifty labels are available in the restaurant or at the wine bar for ridiculously low prices.
• the class or conference room, used as a tasting workshop space
• the wine bar, a relaxing place for tasting wine


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New York, December 29, 2009—The Iranian government, struggling to silence the many critical voices in the country, has arrested at least 11 journalists since Sunday, including former International Press Freedom Award recipient Mashallah Shamsolvaezin and the prominent writer Emadeddin Baghi. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the arrests and called for the release of all detained journalists, who now number more than 30.
arrest of every journalist in
The new arrests come amid massive
demonstrations in the streets of
Shamsolvaezin, journalist and spokesman
for the Iranian Committee for the Defense of Freedom of the Press, was arrested
at his
Shamsolvaezin is former editor of the reformist dailies Jame'eh, Tous,
Neshati, and Asr-e
Azadegan, which were successively shut down by
Shamsolvaezin has been highly critical of government policies for many years.
In a World Press Freedom Day message sent to CPJ from Evin Prison in 2001, he said the day was one "of
memories, risks, and hopes for journalists all over the world, especially the
oppressed Iranian journalists." He added: "World Press Freedom Day gives us the
opportunity to remind those who covertly or overtly are involved in jailing
journalists and breaking their pens that they can never kill the thought of
freedom." Most recently, Shamsolvaezin
has been an outspoken advocate for a free press in
Baghi, a prominent Iranian author, journalist, and human rights activist, was arrested Monday after being summoned to the security division of the Revolutionary Court, according to the reformist Ayandeh News Web site. Baghi has been arrested numerous times in the past. In 2000, he was sentenced to five and a half years in prison on charges of "questioning Islamic law," "threatening national security," and "spreading unsubstantiated news" in articles detailing the roles of intelligence agents in a series of politically motivated murders. He served three years in prison before being released. He was arrested again in 2007 and served several months for "acting against national security," according to local and international news reports.
"We condemn the continued harassment of
journalists in
At least nine other journalists have been arrested since Sunday, CPJ research shows. Alireza Beheshti Shirazi, editor-in-chief of the now-defunct reformist daily Kalameh Sabz, was taken from his home to an unknown location on Monday, according to international news reports. Shirazi was previously arrested in June after he gave interviews to foreign-language news media about the post-election turmoil.
Kayvan Mehregan, editor of the political section of the reformist daily Etemad was arrested on Monday, according to local news reports. His wife, Badressadat Mofidi, secretary of the Iranian Journalists Association, was also arrested, according to the same sources. Modifi had discussed the government's press policies in a December 22 interview with the Persian service of the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle.
Nasrin Naziri, a reporter for the Iranian Labor News Agency and the news Web site Khabar Online, was arrested today, according to Jahan News, a news Web site close to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Both Naziri and Mofidi were arrested for "their role in recent riots" Jahan News said.
Author and journalist Mostafa Izadi was arrested at his home on Monday, according to the reformist news Web site Advar News. He worked for the recently banned daily Etemad-e-Melli. Between 1997 and 2000, he was chief editor of the reformist Ava Weekly, which the government shut for promoting antistate positions.
Reza Tajik and Sam Mahmoudi Sarabi, journalists for the reformist daily Etemad, were arrested on Monday according to local news reports and the BBC Persian service. Tajik was arrested as he arrived at the newspaper's offices, the opposition Web site Jaras reported. Tajik had already been jailed for 46 days during the government's post-election crackdown.
Javad Saberi was arrested Sunday by
plainclothes agents near
Local and international
news reports said Reza al-Basha, a
Syrian journalist working for state-owned Dubai TV, was detained by Iranian
authorities on Sunday. Al-Basha was picked up during anti-government protests
The arrests continue the Iranian government's months-long assault on the press. In December, CPJ documented several other attacks. Authorities shut down a reformist daily and dispatched representatives to several newspapers, forbidding them to publish on their front pages photographs of the recently deceased Ayatollah Montazeri.
In the six months since the disputed presidential elections, scores of journalists have been detained, opposition and critical Web sites have been blocked, and authorities have censored or shut down newspapers on several occasions.


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text: Pakistan have not hosted an international Test series since the 2009 Lahore attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team [EPA]Pakistan are losing ground on Test rivals because they cannot host international teams owing to security concerns and accordingly play fewer Test matches, captain Misbah-ul-Haq Misbah-ul-Haq said on Monday. As his team prepared to take on the world's top-ranked Test team South Africa in the three-Test series starting in Johannesburg on February 1, Misbah said Pakistan were at a disadvantage because of the "limitations". "As a team it is very difficult when you not playing a format on a regular basis. You really have to work hard. But we have to adjust, you could say it is a limitation for us but we are professionals, we have to do well," he told a news conference. "We don't have home series and when you aren't playing at home then you miss a lot of cricket and you play only about five or six Tests a year when other teams are playing 15 or 16 Tests a year. It really does affect your team." Lahore legacy Pakistan have not hosted a Test-playing team since armed militants attacked the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore in 2009, killing eight Pakistanis and wounding six Sri Lankan players. Their 'home' matches since then have been held at neutral venues, mostly in Dubai or Abu Dhabi, while Pakistan have not played a Test series anywhere since July last year. Misbah said that the success of the two-match series between a World XI and a Pakistani All Star team in October last year showed that Pakistan could safely host international matches. "Pakistan is such a big cricketing nation and the world has to think about bringing international cricket back (to Pakistan). "The T20 tournament in Pakistan saw full stadiums for every match. There were no (security) concerns. The people should have international cricket," he said. Misbah's words were echoed by Pakistan team manager Naveed Akram Cheema who said that the situation in Pakistan was a lot safer than outsiders perceived. "Our people in Pakistan are being deprived of international cricket. There is a difference between perception and reality. People don't come (to Pakistan) on the pretext of security concerns. But I can tell you that it is as safe as any country in the world," he said. Bangladesh were due to tour Pakistan this month but it was postponed for security reasons. SOURCE: Reuters Sport Cricket Bangladesh Pakistan South Africa


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I could have spent months picking a web framework. There are decent comparisons on the web. I picked Snap, because of the name (and perhaps some advice from a geeky friend of mine). I've written web frameworks (in Python) and the intro to Snap caught my eye. All pretty arbitrary reasons, so let's get started.
First there is a quickstart guide. Great, who doesn't love quickstart guides? It tells me how to install the framework, though that redirects me to another page, but I don't mind. I would have to have Cabal installed, otherwise it wouldn't work. Instead of just plain:
cabal install snap
I do:
cabal install --user --prefix=$HOME snap
Which seems the most convenient way to put things in my ~ tree rather than anywhere on the system. Great it works first time with no dependency issues, conflicts, or compile errors. That's pretty rare, so great start!
I start to follow the quickstart guide. First create a directory, then call:
snap init barebones
This is great too, so we have a utility script to perform basic operations (as any decent web framework should), and by the look of "barebones" it seems that there are multiple possible templates to start from. Another great feature. The guide suggests running
snap init -h
To see the list of templates, and here they are:
snap init [type]
[type] can be one of:
default - A default project using snaplets and heist
barebones - A barebones project with minimal dependencies
tutorial - The literate Haskell tutorial project
So three starter templates, one of which is a tutorial. So, two starter templates: "barebones" and "default". I guess we will use default in the future when writing a real app, with Snaplets. I won't have much cause to write my own templates, I hope, so moving on.
The guide doesn't explain much what it created, but my tree looks like this now:
Pretty much nothing there except Main.hs, which looks like this:
{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
module Main where
import Control.Applicative
import Snap.Core
import Snap.Util.FileServe
import Snap.Http.Server
main :: IO ()
main = quickHttpServe site
site :: Snap ()
site =
ifTop (writeBS "hello world") <|>
route [ ("foo", writeBS "bar")
, ("echo/:echoparam", echoHandler)
] <|>
dir "static" (serveDirectory ".")
echoHandler :: Snap ()
echoHandler = do
param <- getParam "echoparam"
maybe (writeBS "must specify echo/param in URL")
writeBS param
I don't understand this code exactly, but like a lot of things in Haskell, I just don't have to (yet! I imagine one day I will), I can just copy the style. It reads nicely though.
- Some imports
- A main function that serves the site
- A site function that returns some Snap, Snap looking like a monad. This is the part that I don't exactly get: <|> anyone?. We are obviously defining routes, and I am guessing there are 3 ways of hitting this site (This is possibly a bit too much information for a quickstart, I might be happier with just the echo handler, but maybe that isn't possible on its own. Doesn't matter though):
- / (ifTop, I'm guessing for the root) where we just return "hello world"
- /foo which just returns "bar"
- /echo/<something> which echoes the something back at us
- The echo handler itself, which gets the parameter defined in the route and returns it. Not exactly sure what the maybe line is doing here. I guess it is a failure condition, though I am more used to frameworks where a missing echoparam would not match the route and just 404.
Because the snap utility created a cabal file for us (how convenient), I can just install the app with:
cabal install --user --prefix=$HOME
That's right, my app is an executable, now installed, which I can just run. That's pretty awesome, we don't have stuff like that in Python frameworks. I had called my initial directory snaptest and that is how the executable comes out. Let's run it:
$ snaptest -p 8000
Listening on http://0.0.0.0:8000/
And here is what we get:
hello world
No handler accepted echo
Great, as we mostly imagined, except I can't make the maybe condition in the echo handler happen, but I don't care much either. After maybe 256 seconds of actual effort and 16 minutes after deciding to write a Haskell web app, I have one.
This is the best quick start experience I have had for any web application framework in any language, so things bode well for the future.


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Chris Demarest [2/29/2012]
. . . for allowing us a peek into your multi-faceted life as children's book illustrator, editorial artist, dad, fire-fighter, hurricane hunter, coast guard artist, and eye-witness to the myriad duties of service men and women, both here and abroad. And for embodying how change can effect profound insights into life, and art.
What follows below is a Countdown Wall of Thanks to Chris Demarest, for sharing his artistic career with us.
Interspersed among these memorable images are a mix of photos; preliminary sketches; plus comments from Memorial visitors over the world. Enjoy.
selections from the exhibit
The Greatest Generation: A Tribute
by Chris L. Demarest
[click on any image to enlarge]
Marie Mitchell, WASP. Stillwater, TX, 1944. One of the few women pilots who lost her life while serving her country.
A WAVE, spinning T-6 propeller, Texas 1943
Elizabeth Smith, WASP
Ada Neil, US Army WAC nurse. This is Bobbie Miller's mom.
I was put in touch with Mitch Zuchoff, the author of Lost In Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War 2. WAC Margaret Hastings was the sole female of three survivors in the operation. This is from an amazing photograph of Margaret, sent by Mitch.
LTJG Jane Louise Kandeigh, navy nurse. She was the first woman on Iwo Jima
General Benjamin O. Davis, one of the Tuskegee Airmen
Seaman First Class Thomas Allen Towles, USN
Griff Holland, P-47 fighter pilot pilot, Burma 1943. This portrait started my Greatest Generation series. He (now age 88) stopped by the Women's Memorial to view his painting on display.
A Japanese-American family were looking at it, honored to meet the pilot in the painting — the same pilot who fought the Japanese in WWII. In a touching gesture, the woman gave Griff a paper
origami heart.
US Army Corporal/MP Stephen S. Bendetto, Egypt 1943
Captain Helen Marlowe, USMC, an instructor in chemical warfare training at Camp Lejeune, 1943-45. She died of a "lung condition" at age 35 in 1947. She received the American Campaign and WWII Victory medals.
A young B-24 navigator who survived some harrowing missions over Germany. His daughter viewed this portrait in person the other night. It was nice for the both of us.
A WAC communications specialist
Sgt. Max McClure, tail gunner and bomb loader
This WAC still lives!
An army nurse was always a welcome sight
The 6888 ("Six-Triple-Eight") Battalion.
Such great faces. Every one has a story to tell.
GI Langland, in France
Henry Chu, machine gun and mortar instructor, US Army, Newfoundland, 1943. This is Joy Chu's dad.
This is NPR reporter Renee Montaigne's dad (right) with his buddy, in Long Beach. Note the USO sign in the background. The friend was killed two months later at Pearl Harbor.
Lorraine Rodgers WASP (now 91) at age 18, Stillwater TX, filling out her logbook, post-flight. Note the rolled up pant legs of her zoot suit, and penny loafers. Three cushions plus her chute allowed her to see over the instrument panel. What a pixie!
US Navy ensign Ray. His daughter poses with his portrait.
The young boy with whom I posed with a copy of my firefighting book now has a new perspective on his grandfather, Ensign Ray.
Charlie. For Merle and Marlis, my Canadian friends
I spent an hour talking with a Polish American couple, Antonia and Stanley, who fought separately in the Polish Army. Stanley no longer had his WW2 photos. Here he is today, at 92.
In 1945, there was no serum for poisonous snakes. The habu was one of the deadliest and responsible for killing 125 soldiers in Okinawa.
Capt Robert Wood, 11th Airborne, U.S. Army
Ensign Ludtke
Beauty knows no boundaries, even in war time Europe
She is holding the bombing run camera. Say "cheese"!
"Somewhere in Europe"
There, in the darkness of the original photo, sits a puppy on the gas tank, previously unseen to my eyes before.
Chaplain Liteky, US Army
[Can you tell Chris likes dogs too? — JC]
Fast forward to the present: Chris completed the following portrait of LCDR Regina Mills, whose memorial service was held at Arlington on March 8, 2012:
LCDR Regina Mills [click to enlarge]
Paul Dussault: I apologize for this huge post but I needed to do it. . . . This has been an UNBELIEVABLE week!
As some of you may or may not know, I flew off of CARL VINSON (currently deployed to the North Arabian Sea in support of OEF) this past Sunday (March 4th) via Bahrain, Kuwait, Washington DC and got back home to San Diego on Monday.
I then flew back to Washington DC with my lovely bride on Wednesday for the funeral of LCDR Regina Mills, which took place Thursday the 8th at Arlington National Cemetery.
For those who know me, you know how much she meant to me and how she will be sorely missed by so many. I found out about her passing while I was deployed, so I've had plenty of time to dwell on that and many other things in my life.
Her funeral was appropriately a grand event and after it, many of her family and friends gathered at Sines Irish Pub and toasted many times to her memory. She would have approved I'm sure.
The following day I wanted to be able to take Suzie around DC a bit as she had never been there without it being buried in snow. During our journey that day we decided to go to the Women in Military Service for America Memorial in Regina's honor.
When we walked in, there were many beautiful and fitting tributes to the many women who have sacrificed for our nation. As I looked around my breath was suddenly stolen from me as I locked in on a painting of Regina painted from a photo of her on deck taken during our time together on NIMITZ.
I asked the docent there how I could get a hold of the artist to which she replied "He's here right now, I'll get him".
A few moments later he (Chris Demarest) appeared and I began to tell him of my friendship with Regina, and quickly recounted some of the times we shared on the two ships we had served together, and the deep respect I possess for her, and all she had accomplished in her short life.
I know I was emotional, and all of a sudden Chris told me "take the painting, it's yours, it is my gift to you".
Needless to say, I had a meltdown right there in front of him and Suzie. I still cannot get over his kindness and I'm comforted by knowing down deep that this entire encounter was NOT accidental.
I've never been big on God, although I consider myself a "quietly spiritual" person, but there is no doubt that I was being guided by an outside force.
I like to think of it as Regina still watching out for me, just like she did while we served together. I will miss her always, but know I am better for having known her.
Thank you Chris, for your part in this story, and for the gift you so selflessly gave me without thought. I will never forget your kindness and generosity. As my wife so eloquently puts it: "You are healing wounds with your art."
Keep doing what you do. For the rest of my friends, please check out his page "Military Portraits by Chris Demarest" on Facebook. The attached photo was taken by Suzie at the memorial after he gave me the painting.
As this is an unfunded project, contributions of any size are welcome. For official recognition, mail to:
Chris Demarest
Women in Military Service For America Foundation
200 N. Glebe Rd Suite 400
Arlington VA 22203
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If you have an image of a friend or loved one from WW II, the Korean War, Vietnam, or the Middle East you'd like painted, feel free to contact Chris L. Demarest directly. His fee is $500 for an acrylic portrait (16×20); fee slightly higher for oils.
Contact: Chris L. Demarest
For additional perspective on the Greatest Generation, check out this video by the daughter of WWII veteran Arthur "Dutch" Schultz , a paratrooper during D-Day [special thanks to Anne Rockwell for finding this]:
Click here for our Got Story? interview with Chris.


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June 13, 2006
Although Google Earth was impressive on Windows, I never used it because I do all of my work on a Linux laptop.
Hearing about the first-time release of Google Earth version 4 beta for Linux, I immediately pounced on the download and started exploring.
In a nutshell, this program is now truly cool and will save the everybody a lot of time and frustration with geography.
Downloading Google Earth for Linux was fairly painless. I browsed to the download page and clicked on the Beta 4 version. The "stable" version 3 is available for Windows and Mac OS X, but not Linux. But hey, when have I ever let a beta release stop me from checking out a Linux application?
I saved the file (GoogleEarthLinux.bin) to my /home/rreilly/software directory. Next, I simply changed the permissions to execute and began the installation.
rreilly> ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin
The installer ran and I was then able to start the Google Earth application using the KDE -> Internet -> More Programs -> 3D Earth Viewer (Google Earth) menu item.
It complained that I didn't have the Bitstream Vera Sans font. It could be easily fixed with with a download, so I just ignored the warning. I haven't noticed any funny letters on the screen.
My laptop is an HP Pavilion, model zv5460. It's an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ machine with an 80 GB drive and 1 GB of memory. It has an nVidia GeForce4 440 with 64 MB of dedicated video RAM. The machine runs SUSE Linux 10.0 64-bit edition.
The system requirements state that you'll need at least a 500-Mhz Pentium 3 and 128 MB of RAM. Obviously, smoother operation happens with the recommended 512 MB of RAM, a 3D capable video card with 32 MB of video memory, and a faster processor. My system worked very well using a cable broadband connection through my home WiFi network.


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I consider you one of the best WoW cartoonists and hope you can find a good use for this since I lack the ability to bring it to life in pictures.
Frame 1. In a somewhat formal setting we see a computer desk with keyboard facing away from the audience, couple of desktop computers tucked underneath, and monitor. A hushed audience watches patiently.
Frame 2. As a figure dressed in a tux slowly places a lit candelabra on the desk, Gigz in the audience peers through her theater binoculars.
Frame 3. The view through the binoculars is of the performer cracking his knuckles and a clear view of sheet music entitled "Patchwerk in WASD minor."
Frame 4. You see the performer sitting with the back of his audience, feverishly clicking away at the keyboard with little puffs of smoke and droplets of sweat flying in a left to right motion.
Frame 5. Repeat frame 4 but working from a right to left motion.
Frame 6. Gigz whispers to her date "Woah is he one of those crazy multiboxers?"
Frame 7. You see the performer with tiny little blood stained bandages on his fingers bowing to the audience as roses are thrown at him. Gigz's date whispers back "No that's just an Affliction lock on a comeback tour but he hasn't played since 3.0. Wait till he sees the meters."
Frame 8. The poor lock with his red sweaty brow gazes at the screen in shock to see his purple bar on the meter down in 8th or 9th well below several yellow and blue bars.
Frame 9. (optional)Gigz holds up a CD case with a picture of Narya on it holding a keyboard like a guitar titled "2 buttons 2WIN" telling her date "I love the classics as much as anyone but I think I'll stick to the more modern stuff.


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At last, words have become action: New York will be doing more business with disabled veterans.
With the May 12 signing of the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Act, veterans who've endured injury and disability while serving our country will finally see their businesses enjoy an advantage in competing for $400 million in state contracts.
The law mandates that 6 percent of state contracts be awarded to certified SDVO businesses. That's double the percentage that the U.S. Department of Defense and most other states already earmark.
The legislation aims to reduce high unemployment among veterans, said Sen. Greg Ball, chairman of the Senate Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee and a frequent advocate for veterans.
Joblessness is alarming among young veterans, particularly those of the Gulf War era II, defined as beginning in September 2001. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Current Population Survey, 24.3 percent of male Gulf War-era II veterans age 18 to 24 were unemployed in August 2013. Among non-veterans the same age, the figure was 15.8 percent.
Unofficial unemployment rates, of course, are higher.
Disability rates among these younger vets are also disturbing. While 15 percent of all veterans reported having a service-connected disability, that figure soars to 29 percent for Gulf War-era II veterans. Disabilities include traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder and physical injuries.
For our returning soldiers who have sacrificed so much, being young and disabled compounds the challenge. Many deferred their education and careers to serve and now find their employability limited—despite the impressive and relevant skills they gained in the military. Those suffering physical and mental disabilities are closed out of many job categories altogether.
That is why encouraging entrepreneurship—as the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Act does—is so important.
As a disabled veteran and a business owner, I have taken particular interest in this cause. I was honored in February to testify before Ball's committee regarding several bills to aid my younger colleagues. I described the obstacles that my company, T&T Materials Inc., has encountered in seeking business with New York.
Thanks to the Defense Department's recognition of our capabilities and adherence to rigorous standards, our company has thrived. We're a supplier participant for 13 procurement contracts supporting military manufacturing facilities. But like other similarly qualified veteran companies, we have found New York closed for business.
For some of my colleagues, that's about to change.
This is not a handout. I noted in my testimony that set-asides do not guarantee any company contracts; they simply ensure that SDVO businesses receive an opportunity to bid. Now that state agencies must award 6 percent to SDVOs, they'll be forced to expand the circle of suppliers with whom they work.
Mandates aside, however, working with SDVO companies is simply good business, because veterans make superb partners, suppliers, job creators and employees.
"These men and women have the exact skill sets we need in the workplace and the integrity we desperately need in the boardroom," Ball said in announcing the bill's passage. "The attributes that make these people so vital to defending our freedoms are the same hard-earned intangibles that make them exceptional at running their businesses and creating jobs."
I couldn't agree more, and that's why I'm urging Albany to act on two additional pieces of legislation on which I testified:
- Senate Bill 3038-A would establish competitive indexing for the fair evaluation of bids. It's common in the industry for some giants to submit an artificially low bid and temporarily accept zero profitability to win the lead contract and become the favored supplier for similar products. But this practice effectively shuts out smaller businesses that cannot afford to forgo profit, even briefly.
- And Senate Bill 3885 is a no-brainer. It would provide for tax credits to companies that hire veterans, particularly unemployed veterans.
The economic challenges facing veterans are formidable and well-documented. It's time to stop debating the merits of giving them a hand up—and simply do it.
James M. Terhune is CEO of T&T Materials Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business in Rochester that provides value-based metals procurement.
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Total Recall becoming F2P browser MMO
Total Recall is being remade, and SEE Games and ZQGame are collaborating on a free, browser-based MMO to accompany it.
The cult sci-fi classic Total Recall is being remade with a release scheduled for next year. Today SEE Games and ZQGame announced that the remake will be accompanied by a free-to-play, browser-based MMO, so you can get your ass to Mars from the comfort of your couch.
The press release promises it will be a full 3D game with "console-like graphics," and will rely on microtransactions. It shares a lot in common with traditional MMOs, featuring PVP and PVE environments alongside a "memory quest" system.
No release date was mentioned for the title, but the announcement notes that the the movie release is scheduled for August 3, 2012. We can probably expect it sometime around then.
"Total Recall is an international phenomenon; we know this well-known property will make a great 3D browser based game," said Sony Pictures Consumer Products VP Mark Caplan, in the announcement. "With SEE Games and ZQGame's expertise, Total Recall will offer fans of the franchise and gamers alike an engaging and authentic experience - one that will deliver everything that the fans expect and will dovetail perfectly with the upcoming film."
Steve Watts posted a new article, Total Recall becoming F2P browser MMO.
Total Recall is being remade, and SEE Games and ZQGame are collaborating on a free, browser-based MMO to accompany it.


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A tribute to Robert Browning and in
celebration of the 65th birthday of Harold
Bloom, who made such tribute only natural.
My Lord recalls Ferrara? How walls rise out of water yet appear to recede identically
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Richard Howard was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 13, 1929. He received his BA from Columbia University in 1951 and studied at the Sorbonne as a Fellow of the French Government.
He is the author of numerous volumes of poetry, including Trappings: New Poems (Turtle Point Press, 1999); Like Most Revelations: New Poems (Pantheon, 1994); Selected Poems (Penguin, 1991); No Traveller (Knopf, 1989); Findings (Atheneum, 1971); Untitled Subjects (Atheneum, 1969), for which he received the Pulitzer Prize; and Quantities (Wesleyan University Press, 1962). He has published more than 150 translations from the French, including works by André Gide, Jean Giraudoux, Jean Cocteau, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvoir, Charles de Gaulle, André Breton, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Roland Barthes, Emil Cioran, Claude Simon, and Stendhal, as well as Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal, for which he received the 1983 American Book Award for translation. He is also the author of Alone with America: Essays on the Art of Poetry in the United States since 1950, which was first published in 1969 and expanded in 1980. In 1994 he edited the Library of America edition of the Travel Writings of Henry James, and in 1995 The Best American Poetry.
His honors include the Levinson Prize, the Harriet Monroe Memorial Prize, the National Institute of Arts and Letters Literary Award, the Ordre National du Mérite from the French government, and the PEN Translation Medal, as well as fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation. He was president of PEN American Center (1979-80) and poet laureate of New York state (1994-96). Howard formerly held teaching positions at the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale, where he was the Luce Visiting Scholar in 1983, and at the University of Houston from 1987 to 1997. He served as the poetry editor of The Paris Review and Western Humanities Review.
He is a former Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and lives in New York City, where he teaches in the Writing Division of the School of the Arts, Columbia University.
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Gunman kills himself after shooting 4 people at Reno hospital building
RENO, Nev. – A lone gunman shot has injured four people before killing himself at a hospital building in Reno, Nev.
Reno police say the man entered the Center for Advanced Medicine at Renown Regional Medical Center at about 2:45 p.m. with at least one firearm and began shooting.
Reno police Lt. Tom Robinson says the shooter turned the gun on himself before 3 p.m.
Robinson says one of the shooting victims is in surgery. Information isn't immediately available on the condition of the others.


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Comparison of Marine Grade
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The question is often asked what makes marine
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PREN = %Cr + 3.3 x %Mo + 16 x %N
Two of the most common forms of corrosion of stainless steel
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psi. This will allow more power to be transferred through
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Aqualoy 22 provides outstanding corrosion resistance. For
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to type 316 stainless steel, long considered the standard
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for nine months, both alloys were covered with barnacles and
other marine organisms. After cleaning, the 22 boat shaft
was found totally unaffected, while type 316 exposed similarly
suffered random pitting and crevice corrosion. Results of
laboratory tests also demonstrate 22's superior resistance
to different types of corrosion. One such test involved a
50-hour exposure in an acidified 10% ferric chloride solution.
Finally, an 18-month test in actual seawater was conducted
comparing 22 with Alloy 400 (Ni-Cu). Results showed that
Aqualoy 22 was superior. Even though 22 is so highly resistant to
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(See Cathodic Protection)
Aqualoy 22 Available Sizes
Aqualoy 22 boat shafts are centerless ground and polished and precision
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Specifications QQ-N-281, QQ-N-286 and ABYC*-P-6. 22 shafts
are available up to 12 inches (304.8 mm) in diameter
and up to 35 feet in length. Longer lengths are available
by special inquiry.
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Aqualoy 22 High Strength
Aqualoy 22 High Strength provides the same corrosion resistance as
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is an austenitic alloy and is non-magnetic.
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Aqualoy 19 shafts have proven to be successful in several types of
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as well as workboats where improved corrosion resistance is
Aqualoy 19 boat shafting is a chromium-nickel stainless steel that
is fully austenitic, nonmagnetic, and strengthened by a nitrogen
addition. Corrosion resistance is superior to type 304 and
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to crevice attack when allowed to remain idle for prolonged
periods in salt or brackish water. All shafts should have
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anodes, sufficient in number and properly installed, usually
provide satisfactory protection.
(See Cathodic Protection)
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Aqualoy 19 boat shafts are manufactured to meet the straightness
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and American Boat and Yacht Council* P-6, unless otherwise
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and up to 38 feet (11.59 m) in length.
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Aqualoy 17 Available Sizes
Aqualoy 17 boat shafting is produced in sizes up to 12 inches
(304.8 mm) in diameter and up to 38 feet (11.59 m) in length.
Longer lengths are available by special inquiry.
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Why did the Giants trade for Melky Cabrera?
Originally, the trade made sense. The organization wasn't content with the in-house options, and I can definitely understand that. I wasn't personally a fan of the trade, mostly because the plan was supposedly to install Melky in centerfield — where his defense negates a lot of his value. I argued, in fact, that Andres Torres wasn't a much worse option (if at all) for that role than Cabrera. In the context of when it was made, it wasn't a bad trade — just uninspired.
But with San Francisco acquiring Angel Pagan, the Giants' offseason plans become somewhat of a mess. Pagan slides into center, presumably moving Melky over to left. Aubrey Huff, who will inevitably assume a starting role, would then presumably become the first baseman. I like the Pagan trade. But it took me a while to realize — or for it to really sink in — that the Giants don't plan on putting Brandon Belt in their starting lineup.
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On paper the six-team, 10-game, second and final round of regional World Cup qualifying that begins Wednesday in Honduras shouldn't present a problem for a U.S. team that hasn't missed a World Cup since 1986.
Conventional wisdom assumes that by the time the U.S. plays its final game Oct. 15 in Panama, it will have wrapped up one of three automatic qualification spots from a field of five opponents that also includes Mexico, Jamaica and Costa Rica.
If not, the U.S. could have one final chance with the fourth-place CONCACAF team facing the Oceania winner in a two-game playoff series for a final slot in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
But that assumes a team missing influential Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan in the Honduras opener – and perhaps other games since the Galaxy playmaker has not yet announced when he will become available for U.S. games, if at all – wiil be able to win without him. The U.S.-Honduras game will be telecast live at 1 p.m. on beIN SPORT.
There was precious little evidence of that last week in the most recent U.S. outing, a tedious, unimaginative and inept 0-0 exhibition tie against a weak and rebuilding Canada club that had critics sharpening their knives.
Galaxy coach Bruce Arena told reporters Monday he plans to talk to Donovan about his timetable to return later this week, but the player's name wasn't even mentioned in a Monday teleconference with his U.S. counterpart Jurgen Klinsmann.
Only seven players from the roster against Canada made the 24-player World Cup qualifying squad, including Omar Gonzalez, the dominant Galaxy central defender. And Klinsmann struck an optimistic note ahead of the Honduras game, suggesting the U.S. will aim for all three points.
"We want to start the qualifying round on the right foot," he said. "We want to go to Honduras with confidence and determination to get, hopefully, a win."
But Honduras has lost just three times at home in the final round of World Cup qualifying in 12 years and beat Canada 8-1 in their last game to stretch their WCQ unbeaten streak to five games.
The 3 p.m. kickoff time in Honduras will see the Americans playing in 89-degree heat with 75 percent humidity.
And Honduras has declared Wednesday a national holiday, ensuring the crowd will have plenty of time to whip itself into a frenzy.
"There is no easy way (to qualify), not for Mexico, not for the United States, not for anybody," Klinsmann said. "You have to go into every game with the expectation that it's going to be difficult, that it will challenge you to the limits."
The hostile environment during the game is one reason why despite Klinsmann saying Gonzalez is "now being ready at the international level" most pundits don't see him collecting his fourth international cap Wednesday, despite putting in one of the brighter individual performances against Canada.
"From experience I can tell you that going into Honduras is a little different than playing Canada in Houston," said Arena, coach of the U.S. national team between 1998 and 2006.
"It's a good opportunity for him," Arena added. "(It's) a little late – he should have been in it much earlier, so I'm hopeful that he can get some quick experience and eventually be a fixture for the team."
But likely not just yet for what could be a wild affair Wednesday.
Which is why Klinsmann is expected to start an experienced lineup and also has a trio of players who play in the similarly fervent Mexican league.
"That's what it's all about," Klinsmann said, "going to these places that are not your home cozy environment and proving a point.
"The players are ready for that," he added. "Some have been down there already and others have played enough World Cup qualifiers already. We have an experienced team. We have players that are ready to step it up, but obviously you know to expect a difficult situation."


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This plant was a gift from a neighbour. I thought it was dying because it had lost alot of its leaves but it has sprung back. Planted around 2010.
The first photo is the one I took at the start of the April holiday and the others are the ones I took in May. I was astonished to see three new stems coming out and thought they were all new, but I had just missed them in the first photo.
Looking pretty well established
The July 2012 and October 2012 photos look exactly the same. It seems to have taken but isnt really exploding with new stems or anything.
These palms can grow to be quite a size and are OK for shaded areas.
Apparently they are piosonous.