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Iowa GOP takeover: The implications
DES MOINES, Iowa — Establishment forces officially wrested control of the Iowa Republican Party from supporters of Rand Paul on Saturday, a development the victors said would help save the state's first-in-the-nation presidential caucus from being marginalized and possibly spell the demise of the Ames Straw Poll.
The transfer of power to those loyal to Gov. Terry Branstad — which has been in the works for months but was completed on Saturday — increases the likelihood that center-right GOP candidates, such as Chris Christie or Jeb Bush, will choose to compete in the caucus. It also jeopardizes next year's straw poll: Branstad said the annual ritual has "outlived its usefulness," and other critics say it's become a spectacle that raises a lot of money for the party but has little significance politically. Pro-Paul forces, however, enthusiastically support the event and want to keep it going.
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For all the attention showered on the Iowa caucuses in the presidential sweepstakes, they suffer from a credibility crisis. It is fueled by the perception that the competition favors the most conservative candidates in the field or forces more moderate contenders to the right, damaging their prospects in the general election. Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee won in 2012 and 2008, respectively, only to lose the nomination.
( Also on POLITICO: Paul: Moderates aren't GOP's future)
The battle for control of the party was primarily an effort by Branstad to reestablish himself as the undisputed leader of Republican affairs in Iowa — perhaps most critically the future of the caucuses.
After the 2012 results, Ron Paul supporters mobilized at district-level conventions to take over the party — despite the fact he finished third on caucus night — and wound up controlling the delegation to the national convention.
Branstad, cruising to an unprecedented sixth term as governor, has spent the better part of the past two years sparring with A.J. Spiker, a co-chair of Ron Paul's Iowa campaign who defeated the governor's preferred pick to lead the state party in 2012. As chairman of the party, Spiker was publicly critical of Branstad's legislative agenda. Establishment-minded donors refused to contribute to the state party as long as Paul people were in charge.
Their rivalry came to a head earlier this year.
( Also on POLITICO: Paul, Rubio differ on Iraq action)
At local conventions starting in January and continuing through April, the governor's machine successfully mobilized supporters to elect a slate of 16 people to the GOP central committee, including a few loyal holdovers. This group, essentially the party's board of directors, took over Saturday night. There is no longer a single Paul-aligned, libertarian on the central committee.
What it means for Paul
Part of the fear has been that the caucuses will be permanently damaged, and possibly even leap-frogged or ignored in 2020, if the Kentucky senator wins and then, like Huckabee and Santorum, goes on to lose the nomination or the general election.
But the more pressing concern has been that Paul supporters organizing the straw poll or setting the rules for the caucuses would tilt them in the senator's favor and create an excuse for other Republican candidates to skip Iowa and focus on New Hampshire's primary.
"They're going to work hard to make sure that all candidates feel welcome," Branstad said of the new central committee in an interview.
( Get the latest 2016 polling results from POLITICO's Polling Center)
The pro-Paul forces say they did not put up a concerted fight to stay in power because they want to focus on building an organization explicitly for Paul. Only three libertarians sought reelection at April district conventions, and all lost.
Twenty months out from the 2016 caucuses, the Kentucky senator is arguably the frontrunner in Iowa. His main opponents concede privately that the Hawkeye State is Paul's to lose. And there is an argument — even some of his supporters are making it — that it's actually a good thing for Paul that his team no longer controls the state party.
If they had, the argument goes, it would be much easier for opponents to claim the caucuses are rigged in Paul's favor. The Branstad takeover, ironically, could legitimize a Paul win.
"It's a huge benefit to Rand not to have us running the party," said one Paul ally.
( Also on POLITICO: Dave Brat, accidental tea party leader)
Others see that as wishful thinking, saying controlling the GOP would be an obvious boon to Paul's organizational efforts in 2016. They think Paul could be at a disadvantage if he does not have people inside the committee advocating for his best interests during discussions about everything from debates to party rules.
"It's a power play," said Drew Ivers, a co-chair of Ron Paul's 2012 campaign in Iowa who stepped down as the state GOP finance chair when Spiker left. He complained that the establishment is maneuvering to help its own. "Unfortunately, this is about control and them wanting control."
The governor's allies counter that all the moves stem less from a desire to suppress Paul than a yearning to improve the party's standing.
"We need to let people know that when candidates come to Iowa, they have a fair shake," said David Chung, a member of the central committee who is staying on and plans to remain neutral again in 2016.

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Track A
Understanding the Epidemic and Strengthening Prevention Efforts
Testing facilities are few and surveillance activities often limited to specific groups, giving rise to worries that the epidemic is more spread than officially recognized. In recent years, many countries have dramatically increased their budget to improve treatment access, but the effort to reduce HIV transmission is faltering, also because of socio-cultural constraints in promoting safe sex and safe needle exchanges. These and other related issues will be examined in Track A.
Attention will be devoted to the genomic diversity of HIV, the ways distinct viral subtypes are expanding in different geographic allocations and the challenges such diversity poses for vaccine development. Epidemiological trends and modes of transmission will be discussed, including dimensions of vulnerability and risk. The focus is on prevention strategies, including VCT, promotion of condoms, treatment of STIs; involvement of PLHIV and other affected groups, empowering of vulnerable groups, multi-sectoral partnerships, access to clean needles and substitution treatment for IDUs, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission, but linkages with care and treatment will also be taken into account.
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Track B
Strengthening Partnership for Treatment, Care, and Support
Evaluation of ARV treatment will be of special interest for this track. Issues of supply, delivery mechanism at all level of services, integration of ARV treatment with other services, adherence, and the impact of special services such as methadone maintenance therapy for IDUs, will be accommodated. Alternative and complimentary approaches to quality care, support and treatment of specific populations such as infants, children and adolescents and pregnant women will be also be prioritized. Care and support (psychosocial, legal, and professional) for health workers are important issues which we do not want to overlook. This track also appreciates new ideas in culturally appropriate palliative care and support for the poor. The provision of treatment, care and support by other stakeholders than government will be highlighted.
HIV/AIDS in Context: Understanding and Addressing Socio-Cultural, Economic and Political Determinants
HIV/AIDS has multiple cultural and socio-economic impacts on individuals, families, communities and nations, which often are not sufficiently understood. Chronic and emerging inequities in the epidemic have still to be tackled and global, national and local interaction is fraught with tensions. Power structures define research, funding and policy priorities, often at the disadvantage of most vulnerable groups. Government and multilateral agency support is necessary, but it also creates dependency. Cultural changes may bring emancipation and greater diversity, while creating insecurity and fundamentalist reactions. Religion can be a force of tolerance and care, but also a barrier to an open discussion of sexuality and condom promotion. Vulnerable and stigmatized groups are on the front-line of the pandemic, their resilience often overlooked.
Special attention will be devoted to societal structures and community resilience, highlighting power relations across sectors and levels, and strategies that challenge such structures in order to reduce the spreading of the epidemic and break the barriers to universal access to prevention, treatment and care.
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Leadership and Broadening the Response
This track prioritises policies and programs that bring quality treatment services and care to every community and break any geographical or cultural barriers. Any investment on infrastructures, mechanisms, legislative support, and work that break this isolation will be seriously considered for this track. While this track welcomes examples of local and national policies and programs, we also need to hear more about trans-national collaborations.
This track will discuss a number of issues related to leadership for HIV and AIDS programs, such as the importance of networking among different players, the relationship and harmonisation between international donor agencies with national organizations, and the mechanism to strengthen the capacity of local organizations (GO and NGO) for sustainability.
The effort to eliminate stigma and discrimination on HIV and AIDS is still an important issue. This track will also discuss cases among migrant workers that must be solved in regional and international setting.
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Sun's Ogwumike will brighten your day
Mohegan — Why?
Because she's happy.
Clap along.
Yes. That's stolen from "Happy" by Pharrell.
Because she's happy.
Sunshine she's here, you can take a break.
She's here, that Chiney Ogwumike. The No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft. Who is all ours. A new daughter of Sun. And she is happy. Joyful. Could be an honorary Von Trapp. Our hills are alive.
But then, our hills have no choice.
Chiney Ogwumike story: Dateline: Shenzhen, China, for the World University Games. USA Women's Basketball boards a shuttle bus to go shopping. They share the bus with the Italian men's soccer team.
"Our group was next. I was a seat or two behind the last Italian guy," Caroline Williams, the generally awesome director of communications for USA Basketball was saying. "Chiney gets on and with a huge smile on her face, starts walking down the bus aisle telling each one of the Italians, 'ciao bella!' and waving hello. They of course are giggling about it and I bust out laughing.
"When Chiney got to me, I asked her if she knew what she was saying," Williams said. "She thought it was just a nice greeting like hello or something. I laughed and told her it means 'hello beautiful.' She laughed hysterically, as did I and a few of the Italians who overheard me, and just kept on going to her seat.
"But that's just Chiney. She made friends with half the village. Or maybe more. If she had time to meet everyone, she would have made friends with the entire village. She's everybody's favorite person to interview. She is so genuine. You can't put into words how much she cares. During the player walk to go to dinner, players give high fives. Chiney gives hugs."
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Chiney Ogwumike is 50,000 watts. No dreary wearies. Just cheery cheeries. Her forecast is always sunny and 75.
"When you think of her, you think of light," Stanford teammate Jasmine Camp said.
Indeed. The metaphorical lamp trails her as the blanket did Linus. Ogwumike illuminates.
Because she's happy.
"I enjoy life and I thrive around relationships with people," Ogwumike was saying one recent morning before Sun practice. "I feel so blessed and fortunate to be where I am today. Why not share a little goodness?"
Fine, you say. Pro athlete, Stanford educated, great family. Who wouldn't be happy? Except that now she's in the northeast, where impatience is habit, not reaction. We walk with our heads down, as if expecting our shoes to come untied at any moment. Just wait till she's here for a while. We'll corrupt her quicker than you can say "mind your own beeswax."
Or not. Ogwumike continues to spread happy. Listen to this: She calls her new surroundings "scenic beauty."
She lives in Groton.
Consider that Ogwumike spent the last four years in the sunny Silicon Valley. Stanford's campus, a collision of picturesque and breathtaking, features the Rodin Sculpture Garden. Now she's in Groton, driving Route 12 to the casino every day.
Put it this way: Nobody at the National Register of Historic Places ever awakened with a pounding urge to affirm the glory of Route 12.
"I come from a small suburb (outside Houston) with a lot of people, but still, I'm used to the suburbs," she said. "It's the serenity of the place. My drive to practice is amazing just because of its scenic beauty.
"The first time I was in New York (for a recent preseason game) I was overwhelmed by the city. In a great way. But I don't know how I would handle that all the time. I think being based in Groton and being able to experience different cities, it's a place where you can stay focused."
The focus is unwavering. She's been ready for this for a while.
"She'll adapt to anything. The WNBA has been on her mind since the end of last year," said Ashley Westhem, a friend of Ogwumike's and the sports editor of the Stanford Daily, the school newspaper. "In interviews last year, she would tell me she wants to get her business done, the Final Four is the goal, but she knew in the back of her mind that once (The Final Four) is over, she's getting ready for the draft, hitting the ground running. She's been mentally preparing for it for a while. She has insane maturity and compassion."
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Chiney Ogwumike's smile is her American Express Card: She never leaves home without it. It's just that she's so much more, too. Somewhere in there lies the depth and reflectiveness of a woman far older than 22.
It began, as all the great stories do, in front of the television.
"I'd say, 'Come on, Mom's not here,'" her sister, Nneka, a forward for the Los Angeles Sparks, told the San Francisco Chronicle once. "I always wanted to play. She wanted to sit down and watch the news on TV. It was weird."
Perhaps this was the root of such an inquisitive, studious soul.
"My dad used to sit me in front of the TV because I'd calm down," Chiney said. "It wouldn't just be cartoons. I'd want CNN on. I didn't even comprehend it. In junior high and high school I'd always watch Morning Express with Robin Meade. That was my thing. I love Twitter, too, because I can keep up with my friends and get the news. I'm intrigued by global politics and I like to be informed of situations."
Which explains her choice of international relations major at Stanford. Ogwumike thought the major's requirement of studying abroad would prohibit her from graduating on time. That's until Dr. Condoleezza Rice — yes, the former Secretary of State and Ogwumike's faculty mentor at Stanford — encouraged her to make the time.
And so Ogwumike fulfilled the requirement in Nigeria. Ogwumike, who grew up in Texas, was born to Nigerian immigrants Peter and Ify. The family had visited Nigeria frequently. Ogwumike did an eight-week internship in the summer of 2013 with the Minister of Petroleum.
"In life, you do what you are passionate about. Who am I? I'm a basketball player, a student and person from an international family from Nigeria," Ogwumike said. "It's important to maintain my heritage, do well in school and work hard at athletics.
"(Stanford coach) Tara (VanDerveer) said, 'Chiney, graduation is important. Use the eight weeks to rehab your body and do something intellectually stimulating.' I ran out of her office before she changed her mind. Dr. Rice planted the seed. She knew it was possible."
Ogwumike's eight weeks ping-ponged among a trip to London when Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke spoke at Oxford, administrative assistant duties, basketball camps with kids and even to participating in a move to liberate an oil field through legislation.
Chiney and Nneka Ogwumike are also well aware of the country's recent plight. Nearly 300 Christian schoolgirls were kidnapped a month ago by an Islamic warlord.
"I'm a kid still. Even though people tell me I'm not, I'm only 22," Ogwumike said. "The situation there is what it is. I want to do anything I can to help young girls realize their potential. You don't have to do keep doing what you're doing. You can look to study abroad or meet different people and hope they open doors for you."
Ogwumike radiates such passion for her studies, a magnetism that invited Tom Fitzgerald, a veteran sportswriter for the San Francisco Chronicle, to call her "the greatest student-athlete in the history of the NCAA."
Certainly the most engaging. Ogwumike became the unwitting CEO of "Nerd Nation," a gaggle of Stanford athletes who wrote and produced a video that totally and completely embraces the relationship between the classroom and the locker room.
Ogwumike starred in "N-E-R-D-S" (hashtag #nerdanthem) that taught anyone watching, through the power of hip hop music and hip college kids hopping, that academics are neat-o, awesome and swell, too.
Video lyric that Ogwumike wrote: "No reason to be stressed; we 'bout to ace this test; Nerd Nation never rests."
And it was the way the nerds chose to convey the message. No dry, intellectual, NCAA-issued public service announcements. The mien, means and medium are attention-getters for kids, many of whom attended Stanford games now wearing nerd glasses.
"That was all Chiney," Camp said.
"Chiney was very involved in campus affairs," Westhem said. "Stanford has the Cardinal Council. Last year she ran the benefit they put on, an athlete-date auction. She was the emcee. Different athletics teams at Stanford put on a different dance and students bid to raise money for cancer kids. She has a great on campus presence."
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It is a happy thought: This vibrant, brilliant, engaging young woman is all ours.
And to think she could have been a UConn Husky, too.
No, really. It was either UConn or Stanford.
"One of the first conversations I ever had with Kelly Faris, she said that after my visit, she thought I was coming," Ogwumike said. "This was my second choice if I didn't go to Stanford. I had a great relationship with Coach Geno (Auriemma) and CD (associate head coach Chris Dailey). There are some people you operate on the same wavelength with. To say I do with Geno is sort of scary, but we do.
"We're both very ambitious people and he knows what I want," she said. "I think that's why he wasn't hurt that I chose Stanford. He knew what type of player I'd be at Stanford. I was very close to coming. I loved the history and the legacy of the UConn program. It came down to where I could maximize my potential academically."
And let's face it: Condoleezza Rice isn't visiting Storrs anytime soon.
But maybe, if Ogwumike's rookie season resonates, Dr. Rice would duck inside Neon Uncasville for a Sun game.
Meantime, Ogwumike and her teammates prepare for the season opener Friday at America's Most Beloved Arena against New York. Chiney will be the one smiling, backed by wisdom well beyond 22 short years.
"I want people to feel empowered when they play with me or have me as a teammate," she said. "I'm the type of player, I care about efficiency. If I'm missing shots, Katie (Douglas) and Allie (Hightower) should be getting them instead. When I miss a shot, I think about what I can do better. People can see that in my head germinating. Coach Anne (Donovan) is like, 'Chiney, don't think about the shot you just missed, think about the one you just made.'
"I can't come in and say we're going to be 24-10," she said. "Now I hate this word, but we are rebuilding. But just because we're rebuilding doesn't mean we can't win. Everybody can feel it. We are playing with sense of urgency every day. I think it's because of last year. Nobody wants to go through that again."
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Billions of years ago, shortly after the Big Bang, the universe was a dark place full of cold hydrogen gas. One of the mysteries of astronomy is what happened to change that, to warm and "reionize" the hydrogen and turn the universe once again transparent to light, blazing with stars and galaxies.
Hubble astronomers may have found some of the culprits, seven primitive galaxies that formed over 13 billion years ago. The galaxies are part of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field image and demonstrate that galaxies may have assembled continuously over time, and may have provided enough radiation to reionize the universe.
Want to know more? Listen to the replay of the online webinar and hear three key astronomers illustrate and explain what Hubble's powerful new view tells us about the evolving universe.
The panelists were: Richard Ellis, astronomer at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. He is the lead investigator of the UDF 2012 campaign. Brant Robertson, astronomer at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He is a member of the UDF 2012 campaign. Anton Koekemoer, astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. He led the Hubble Space Telescope observations for the UDF 2012 campaign and assembled the final combined images.
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Publication: December 12, 2012


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[update] the interface seems better now, but still have some issues like:
The usability (quick access and no mouse access) is low with the new javascript interface. It has nice effects but the animations slow things and you cannot use tab/arrow to select things.
Also the myNCBI is a nice idea, but it is very slow to add entries to your libraries it is faster to use citeulike with the doi/pubmed selector bookmarklet. The send-to/collections is unusable if you want to add more than two references. You can spent the whole day waiting for pages and selecting things. It should have a list of my collections and send directly there (as when you send to the clipboard).
It could be an awesome enhancement for newbies surfers, but a bit of a hassle for power users.
The new interface is 'modern' but not yet very efficient.
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[update] the interface seems better now, but still have some issues like:
- - In the display settings, after selecting the options, the 'return key' goes to the search field not the apply button!!
- - The same for the 'send to'. Also here the interface is a slow two steps. You need to click in the option and some extra info appears at the bottom.
- - The thing that really needs to be improved is the 'collections' interface:
- After selecting some entries, and 'send to collections' you go to the following interface:
- You need to go to 'append to an existing collection' and select one. All this is a bit time consuming. I would prefer to have the collection integrated in the pubmed pages
The new interface is 'modern' but not yet very efficient.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China is signaling that it is keen to get on top of troubled ties with the United States, Japan and North Korea with the likely appointment of two officials with deep experience of these countries to its top diplomatic posts.
Current Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, ambassador to Washington from 2001-2005 and a polished English speaker, is tipped to be promoted to state councilor with responsibility for foreign policy, three independent sources said. China has only five such councilors and the post is senior to that of foreign minister.
Yang, 62, will likely be replaced as foreign minister by Wang Yi, China's ambassador to Japan from 2004 to 2007 and a one-time pointman on North Korea. Both will be appointed during March's annual full session of parliament, the sources said.
"Yang Jiechi will be in the driving seat, he knows a lot about Sino-U.S. relations," said Jean-Pierre Cabestan, a China expert at Hong Kong Baptist University.
"China-Japan is high on the list (too) ... With Shinzo Abe and the LDP back in the saddle in Tokyo, I'm sure they're a bit concerned about the right wing twists of domestic politics and Japanese foreign policy as well."
China has looked warily at the U.S. strategic "pivot" to Asia, fearing it is part of efforts to contain China's rising power, and both countries have fundamental disagreements about everything from human rights to trade.
China and Japan, the world's second-and third-largest economies respectively, have always had problematic ties due to Japan's occupation of parts of China until the end of World War Two. But the relationship deteriorated dramatically last year as a spat flared over ownership of a group of uninhabited islets in the East China Sea.
Despite the rhetoric and fears of a military escalation, China and Japan have been trying to set ties back on track, in an acknowledgement of how crucial economic and investment links are. Japanese-speaking Wang should be able to help in this regard.
"It will be beneficial for handling China-Japan relations since he's been ambassador to Japan and knows Japan well ... It should help diplomacy and communication between both sides," said Huang Dahui, a Japan expert at Beijing's Renmin University.
The urbane Wang, 59, is regarded as a capable, smooth diplomat.
He won plaudits for helping improve relations with Taiwan, the self-ruled island China claims as its own, as head of China's Taiwan Affairs Office. The two have signed a series of landmark economic agreements under his watch since 2008.
The other turbulent area Wang has dealt with close up is North Korea, as China's representative from 2007 to 2008 to six-party talks involving the two Koreas, the United States, Japan and Russia aimed at curbing Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.
North Korea conducted a third nuclear test on February 12 and is ready to go ahead with a fourth and possibly fifth test. China is the isolated state's only major ally.
However, despite these new senior diplomats, China's foreign policy will continue to be dictated by the party's top leadership.
"On the most important and difficult issues, the real decision makers on foreign policy are the top leaders," said Shi Yinhong, an international relations professor at Renmin University.
"The roles played by the foreign minister and state councilor are fundamentally as advisers. So any fundamental changes in foreign policy would not come from them but from leaders much higher than them."
Additional reporting by Terril Yue Jones, and Megha Rajagopalan in HONG KONG; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan


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Flex: The front of the shoe — but not the arch — should bend easily.
Wiggle: Move your toes up and down then side to side within the toe box. There should be room for toes to splay as you walk.
Rock: Lean back on your heel and check for cushioning, stability and support. As you walk, your heel should feel snug and stable, cupped within the shoe.
Roll: Slowly take one step forward from heel to toe. You shouldn't feel any resistance or pinching as your foot goes through the motion.
The sneaker above illustrates the most important features to shop for:
1. Thick tongue to prevent pressure from the laces
2. Ankle collar with padding; heel notch to prevent pressure on Achilles tendon
3. Rounded, cushioned heel
4. Tread (the rougher the surface, the more you need)
5. Mesh or leather upper
6. Padded insole
7. Round, high toe box
8. Reflective material on heel and toe
9. Laces should be snug but not too tight on the tendons on top of foot.
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Bill Nye might be the reason many of us nerds are tuning into the ABC's celebrity dance competition Dancing With the Stars, but nobody is as consistently amazing on the floor as Glee's Amber Riley.
Last week's Cha Cha was cha chabulous (sorry) — she's pretty much blowing everyone out of the water with her beauty, charisma, and her professional-level moves. I hate to vote against science, but I'm pretty sure she's got this.


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Targeted Attack, Targeted Response: Designing and Implementing an Incident Response Plan That Works
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of participating, as a guest speaker, in a webinar titled "Targeted Attack, Targeted Response: Designing and Implementing an IR Plan That Works." Joe Riggins, Senior Director of Incident Response for HBGary, moderated this Q&A format webinar. We discussed the current incident response (IR) challenges companies are facing, as well as specific steps organizations can take to design, test, and successfully implement an ongoing IR plan for their specific business environment.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.
In this webinar we discussed how incident response methodologies changed in the last few years. The security landscape has changed dramatically over the last couple of years and is expected to change even more going forward and most likely at a more rapid rate than we've seen in the past. Subsequently, incident response methodologies have to adapt. Examples of things that are changing the incident response landscape:
- Cloud Computing
- Mobility & BYOD
- Social Media
- Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs)
The adoption of cloud computing is something that is changing the incident response methodologies. Everything is now sold "as-a-service," whether it is infrastructure-as-a-Service, software-as-a-Service, platform-as-a-Service. When you move to the cloud in a significant way, incident response and security overall is something you should start considering long before you make the move.
Should cloud providers be offering incident response mechanisms? That's a possibility; however, in the cloud incident response is all about data ownership, legal authority, and accessibility to affected systems, especially when some of the data can reside on-site and portions can reside in the cloud (on systems not controlled by you).
I like a statement we made in our Annual Security Report:
A few years ago, employees were assigned laptops and told not to lose them. They were given logins to the company network, and told not to tell anyone their password. End of security training.
Today, your "millennial" employees — the people you want to hire because of the fresh ideas and energy they can bring to your business — show up to their first day on the job toting their own phones, tablets, and laptops, and expect to integrate them into their work life.
Executives also expect others (including security personnel) to figure out how they can use their treasured devices, anywhere and anytime they want to, without putting the enterprise at risk. They want to have the capability to work hard, from home, on the road, or in the office, using social networks and cloud applications to get the job done, while someone else builds seamless security into their interactions.
Facebook and Twitter moved beyond just social networking sites for teens and geeks, and became vital channels for communicating with groups and promoting brands.
Fears around security and data loss are a leading reason why some businesses don't embrace social media, but many are adopting social media as vital resource within the organization. Some of these risks can be mitigated through the application of technology and user controls. However, there's no doubt that criminals have used social media networks to lure victims into downloading malware and handing over login passwords. In this example, incident response moves from things that you can control within your network to boundaries outside of your organization.
Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs): Most threats in the past tended to be short-lived and easy to notice; however, a lot of today's threats are more stealthy, specifically designed to quietly, slowly spread to other hosts, gathering information over extended periods of time and eventually leading to data theft and causing many other headaches.
The sophistication of APT intrusion attempts varies and likely depends on the attacker's objectives, the tools and techniques available to them, and the anticipated ability of their target both to detect and defend against an attack.
- Protecting against the unknown – zero-day vulnerabilities: Many targeted attacks use zero-days and other customized malware. There is no one-size-fits-all methodology of detection for zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits. The two precautionary measures of patch management and keep your security products up-to-date don't really apply here. If a vulnerability hasn't been publicly disclosed or the patch isn't yet available from the vendor, there's no fix. This is what makes the vulnerability a prime target for hackers. Network visibility and control is one of the most important pillars of incident response.
- Scalability and Agility When Responding to Incidents: Scalability and the need for a rapid response has become a challenging task for organizations of all sizes, and we find that security practitioners spend most of their time on manual processes relegating them to ineffectiveness. Security automation is the key to escaping this rut. The adoption of security automation techniques around asset, change, configuration, and vulnerability management is key.
- Never-ending Complexity: The complexity of a network makes operational mistakes and security violations more likely. This applies to both the network architecture, as well as to the methods that are in place to protect the network. From a security perspective, less complex configurations are usually preferred. This perspective also applies to the operational management of the network. Very complex operational procedures are more likely to cause problems. The previous examples of cloud computing, mobility, social networking, and BYOD also apply here.
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The Architecture of Open Source Applications, Volume II
It's finally out! The Architecture of Open Source Applications, Volume II, is now available in dead tree form (PDFs will be available for sale soon, I'm told).
Additionally, all content from the book will also be freely available on aosabook.org next week sometime (!).
But know this: all royalties from the sales of this book go to Amnesty International. So buy a copy; it's for a good cause.
Both volumes 1 and 2 are excellent educational material for seeing how other well-known open source applications have been architected. What better way to learn than to see how successful, widely-used open source software packages were designed? Even better, after you read about each package, you can go look at the source code itself to further grok the issues.
Why am I posting about this book on an MPI blog, you ask?
Aside from all the other excellent content, I wrote a chapter in it about the architecture of Open MPI.
There's 25 chapters in volume 1 (read: 25 open source software projects) and 24 in chapters in volume 2. That's a lot of knowledge.
Here's some of the well-known projects from both volumes 1 and 2, in no particular order:
- Bash
- Puppet
- Eclipse
- Mailman
- Hadoop distributed filesystem
- Git
- Sendmail
- Open MPI
- …and many others.
Buy both volumes. It's for a good cause.
…and you'll learn a few things when you read them (I did!).
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Alexandra Brown was shot and killed on a rural road in Ohio. Her father, Timothy Brown, is believed to have then turned the gun on himself in what authorities are calling a murder-suicide.
When 10-year-old Alexandra Brown called her mother Saturday to say her father had taken her on a fun trip to Georgia, Nicole Brown was caught off guard.
Timothy R. Brown had custody of his daughter for the weekend, but the unexpected trip out-of-state violated the agreement with his former wife.
"She had a very bad feeling about it," said G. Craig Soria, the mother's attorney. Despite her concern, Nicole Brown did not call authorities, fully expecting her ex-husband to drop off Alexandra on Monday at Gene Witt Elementary School in east Manatee County like he had done countless times before.
Monday morning Nicole Brown, 45, called the school to see if her daughter was there. She was not.
Brown's worry later turned to horror when she got word that her daughter was dead.
She had been shot and killed on a rural road in Ohio. Timothy Brown, 47, is believed to have then turned the gun on himself in what authorities are calling a murder-suicide.
Alexandra, a fifth-grader, was a pint-sized comedian whom everybody called "Lexi." She once wore a fake mustache to class, just to be silly. The little girl even put together a decent fake British accent as she pretended to be a bossy king in auditions for the school talent show.
"She was just a little shining star," said teacher Julie Hebert, who had known Lexi since she was a kindergartner at the school.
On Tuesday, as word of the tragedy trickled into the school, grief counselors were on hand to help teachers and students cope with the loss.
They remembered how she loved animals, and had planned to visit an animal shelter this weekend to learn about volunteering. How she was involved in the gifted program, science club and safety patrol. How the bubbly child who wasn't afraid to perform and be in the spotlight played a special instrument — the bass bar — in the Witt ensemble during a Christmas show.
They talked about how best to honor honor Lexi, perhaps by writing a song in her memory. The finally settled on wearing green today — Lexi's favorite color — to mourn her sudden death.
"She was well liked by all of the students and staff at Witt and we are working together to come to terms with what has happened," said Witt Principal Myra Russell, in a statement. "We will miss her and our thoughts and prayers are with her loved ones."
Caustic court battle
The Browns were married in 2000. Their marital troubles first involved outside intervention in July 2009, when Timothy Brown was arrested for domestic battery at the home he shared with his wife and daughter on Bridlewood Court in Parrish.
Court records show Nicole Brown left town unexpectedly for a weekend while Alexandra was with family, returning home to find her husband had changed all the locks on the doors. Convinced his wife was seeing another man, Timothy Brown told her she was not welcome to return or take their daughter, who was 7 at the time.
Alexandra unlocked the door and Nicole Brown rushed in to reach her. Nicole Brown said her husband pushed her away from the door, injuring her arm, hip and eye, before locking her out again. Timothy Brown was arrested on a battery charge, which was later dropped after authorities said they could not substantiate Nicole Brown's claims.
Timothy Brown had no other arrests in Florida on his record.
The couple were divorced in August 2009. But that wasn't the end of it.
Over the years more litigation followed, said Gregory Kramer, one of several attorneys who represented Timothy Brown during court disputes that entailed several attorneys and nearly 300 court motions and hearings. One such hearing had been scheduled for last Thursday, but was canceled.
"I tried to steer Mr. Brown away from litigation," said Kramer, who described his client as "a soft-spoken man, who you felt was recalcitrant." Kramer later withdrew from representation, advising the cost of litigation would outweigh the actual child support payments.
Despite Kramer's admonitions, Timothy Brown had not paid child support for a year while he asked a judge to reduce the required payments to Nicole Brown.
"Clearly he was a very controlling individual," said Soria, the attorney who handled the court disputes for Nicole Brown for two or three years, including the "residual issues" after the divorce was finalized. While stunned that Timothy Brown would take such extreme actions, Soria described him as an "unbending" man who would "do anything he could do to make it more difficult" for the mother.
"He was very difficult to deal with," Soria said.
Kramer acknowledged that Timothy Brown tended to fixate on the legal battle, but said "there was not a scintilla of evidence that the father did not adore and love his daughter."
"There was no information to indicate that this heinous tragedy could occur," he said. "Those of us who were involved feel totally saddened. It's a colossal tragedy."
A gruesome find
Back in Ohio, about 50 miles southeast of Toledo, authorities are trying to piece together the events that led to the deaths of Alexandra and Timothy Brown.
The investigation began Monday, when a deputy discovered Brown's car parked on a rural road outside of Pleasant Township. He found Timothy Brown slumped over, dead of an apparent gunshot. Alexandra was in the back seat. She had been shot several times.
A 9mm pistol was sitting on the console of the car.
A note, apparently left by Brown, was found in the trunk. The note told authorities to contact Brown's father, Ted Brown, who lives nearby but was unaware his son was in the state.
"His dad had no idea why they were up here," Henry County Sheriff Michael Bodenbender said. "He didn't come up to see him. He had no idea what drew him there."
Bodenbender went in person to tell Ted Brown about what deputies had found.
"He didn't believe it at first. He couldn't," Bodenbender said "He's an elderly gentleman who lost his wife not too long ago."
"He comes from a great family. They were really shocked."
Bodenbender said he thinks the car had been there overnight. The county coroner performed an autopsy Tuesday morning and results are expected soon.
At this point, authorities there say, all the evidence points to a murder-suicide stemming from the seemingly endless custody battle.
For Nicole Brown, that lengthy and bitter battle is over. Now she is left to deal with the unspeakable grief, and bring her only daughter's remains back home.


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From afar it looks like a fun use of Spring color! Look a bit longer and you'll notice she's wearing two different colors on her eyelids. And somehow she pulls it off! Very interesting… We're on the fence about this daring look. If you keep it in the same family, like a teal and an aquamarine, it's doable, but what's the message? That you love breaking the rules and march to the beat of your own drum? I can respect and admire that. Anything is better than vanilla or cookie cutter I guess… but would my clients think I've lost my mind if I suggested it for the red carpet?! Most of them! What do you all think?
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Story by Britain Eakin
Funding Problems
Ten days before El Tour de Tucson, Richard DeBernardis slept on the comfortable, beige couch in his office at Perimeter Bicycling Association of America. That close to race day, he often sleeps there, he said.
The week before the race, some of the association's staff members don't sleep at all, he added.
DeBernardis started El Tour de Tucson 31 years ago. Ever since, it's been a bicycling race around the city happening the Saturday before Thanksgiving every year. Now, he is president of Perimeter Bicycling, which organizes El Tour.
Looking back, he said, he couldn't have imagined he would still be running the bicycling event today.
"I never intended to go into bicycle event production," DeBernardis said. "It was just a fun thing. I wanted to see if I could do it."
He's currently trying to figure out how to keep the event going. For the second year in a row, he said he feared the ride might not happen.
Last year's race was nearly canceled because of 11th-hour problems with the road barricade contractor. His organization had to hire five other barricade companies instead, which drove the cost up nearly $60,000, DeBernardis said.
On top of the debt that occurrence created, University of Arizona Medical Center's six-year title sponsorship contract expired, leaving this year's event budget with a $250,000 hole.
"I went to the county manager and just said, 'this is amazing. After thirty years, I don't think I can go on. We just don't have the money,'" DeBernardis said.
Pima County and the city of Tucson both doubled their contributions this year, giving about $50,000 each. El Tour also got some brand new sponsors, and some existing sponsors gave more money.
"We went to some of our sponsors, who couldn't afford the title sponsorship level, but who said 'why don't we give you an extra $10,000 or an extra $20,000," he added.
Ten days before the race, the event was only $15,000 short, he said.
His Love of Cycling
DeBernardis discovered bicycling when he worked for the University of Alaska, where he said he snow skied between Eskimos villages for work. However, he said he never thought about bicycling until a friend suggested it.
He was convinced.
"May 22, 1976 I bought my first bicycle and headed from Alaska to Mexico, and I didn't know anything about bicycling. Nothing about it," DeBernardis said.
That time of year, there's nearly 24 hours of daylight in Alaska, so he said he kept cycling until he collapsed from exhaustion.
"I didn't wanna camp because I was afraid the (grizzly bears) were going to come after me," he said.
DeBernardis finished his journey in 40 days. Then in 1979, he rode his bike around the perimeter of the U.S., and in 1981, he rode more than 6,ooo miles on four Japanese islands in 77 days.
He described the experiences he had on his bicycle as profound.
"On that bicycle, you deal with all your issues from financial to physical, to mental and everything," he said.
DeBernardis came to Arizona to train and when he returned from Japan, he said decided to make Tucson his home.
As president of the Greater Arizona Bicycle Association, he was asked to put together a small local bike ride, he said.
But his vision was bigger than that, he added. He wanted to put together a ride that would give people some of the same benefits he said he got from cycling.
"Not everyone's going to be able to bicycle the edge of the United States, that's a big commitment giving up six months of your life," DeBernardis said. "But, if I can give people some of the feelings and experiences that I had on the edge of the United States in a smaller ride of 110 or 111 miles, then I feel I could do something good for somebody."
And that is how El Tour de Tucson was born.
Gearing Up For the Ride
At Fairwheel Bikes in Tucson, some local residents, like Ignacio de Rivera de Rosales, head coach of the local El Grupo youth cycling team, bring their bikes in before the race for a tune-up.
For the last five years, he said he's led the team on the hundred-mile ride. The team's focus isn't competition, he added.
"This year, I've got 25 kids riding, and I've got three different groups so I've got a group riding the 100, a group riding the 80, and a group riding the 60," said Ignacio Rivera de Rosales, head coach at El Grupo.
The team's only job is to ride the entire race together as a unit, he said.
Rivera de Rosales was among a steady trickle of local cyclists that streamed in to the shop with their bikes four days before the race. But the shop also assembles bikes shipped in from out of town cyclists.
"We got 5 in yesterday, so they'll kind of flock in throughout the week," said Alex Strickland, bicycle mechanic at Fairwheel Bikes.
The bikes take less than half an hour to put together, Strickland said.
"You just kinda throw it all together, make sure the bolts are torqued…and just adjust everything that needs adjusting," he added.
What Next For El Tour?
DeBernardis contemplated Tucson without El Tour de Tucson.
"This ride makes people happy," he said.
"I mean the stories that come from El Tour, you know the people that come up to me and say Oh my gosh you can't lose the tour! I got married on the tour. I met my wife or I met my husband," he added.
DeBernardis said he's optimistic his organization will find a way to keep El tour going, but he's unsure of funding and logistics for future years.
His organization might have to raise entry fees going forward, or mimic this year's model of raising money without a title sponsor, he said.
"That's the next battle right now," DeBernardis said. "How are we going to do it next year?"


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The established view of coronary heart disease (CHD) rests on three propositions: 1) CHD is mainly the result of a high-fat diet; 2) high fat intakes lead to cholesterol in the blood, which sticks to arterial walls, causing heart disease; 3) cholesterol-reducing drugs (statins) save lives.
These three foundation stones of the heart-disease 'industry' comprise an informal, but mutually reinforcing, alliance of cardiologists, food manufacturers and drug companies. However, more and more doctors believe that the whole edifice is, if not yet crumbling, then certainly built on unsafe ground, for there's growing evidence that all three propositions are, quite simply, wrong.
The received wisdom is that 'saturated fats' - mainly from animals-are the major culprits in CHD. The origin of the theory goes back to the 1950s, when US nutritionist Ancel Keys did an international comparison of food intake and disease. Focusing on only six countries, he found that the ones with the highest per capita fat consumption had the highest rates of CHD (Lancet, 1957; i: 959).
From these limited data, medicine developed the whole saturated fat cholesterol atherosclerosis CHD hypothesis. But the data were incomplete. We now know that if Keys had included data from 22 countries (also available at the time), the fat-CHD connection would have disappeared.
Later alerted to the error, Keys tried to retract his earlier conclusions, but to no avail. His theory had already taken root within medicine as well as the food industry, where the low-fat revolution was already in full swing, promoting cheap, low-fat, processed foods as the new 'healthy' way to prevent heart disease.
High Fat vs Low Fat
One piece of evidence often used to support the fat-cholesterol-CHD connection is the Framingham Heart Study (from a small town in Massachusetts where the health records of its 6000 population have been collated every five years for the last half-century). However, the small-print data are often neglected for, although a link between total blood cholesterol and risk of CHD has been found, there is no connection between fat intake and cholesterol-in fact, quite the reverse. As Framingham study director Dr William Castelli observed, ". . . the more saturated fat and cholesterol one ate, the lower the person's blood cholesterol" (Arch Intern Med, 1992; 152: 1371-2).
That revelation has recently been buttressed by a little-known clinical study that has further blown a hole in the conventional theory. Doctors at Duke University compared the effects of two strict diets on 120 overweight people with high blood-cholesterol levels. For six months, 60 of them followed a low-fat/low-cholesterol diet, the rest followed a low-carbohydrate diet that allowed "unlimited amounts of animal foods . . . and eggs", plus a few selected low-carb vegetables.
On analysis, the researchers found that the low-carb dieters chose to eat so much meat that, on average, they consumed a staggering average of 68 per cent of their daily energy intake from fat. And yet, after six months, their blood triglycerides (fats) were actually lower than before and, even more surprising, lower than those on the low-fat diet. What's more, although their cholesterol levels were higher, it was mainly the 'good' HDL cholesterol that increased, with only insignificant rises in the disease-related, 'bad' LDL cholesterol. The high-fat dieters also managed to lose twice as much weight as the low-fat dieters (12.9 vs 6.7 per cent, respectively) (Ann Intern Med, 2004; 140: 769-77).


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TAMPA, FL and BREMERTON, WA — Since TRICARE, the Department of Defense (DoD) health care program for active duty and retired members of the uniformed services, their families and survivors, introduced the Heroes of TRICARE program five years ago, nearly 200 nominations have been received resulting in 26 Hero Salutes.
The MacDill Air Force Base Health and Wellness Center (HAWC) and Naval Hospital Bremerton's Health Promotions Teams (NHB) recently earned the awards. The DoD selected both based on their involvement with the 2005 TRICARE Conference theme, "Fit for Life: Healthy Force, Healthy Families," which stresses responsible alcohol use, tobacco cessation and weight management.
The MacDill HAWC partnered with the installation to hold a Do Not Drink and Drive event for more than 300 people. To better promote tobacco cessation, the HAWC expanded its class schedule and incorporated the use of electronic behavior modification devices designed to help smokers quit without medication. In support of its Eat Smart — Play Hard program, the team provided weight management information, screenings and advice for more than 700 attendees of a HAWC-sponsored Fit Stop community health fair. The HAWC also assisted Air Mobility Command to obtain grants for obesity assessment, the president's fitness challenge and Fit-Stop, the diabetes health fair, cholesterol education and deployment fitness, all of which enabled beneficiary access to more than 450 health and wellness intervention classes.
The NHB Health Promotions Team also promoted a variety of initiatives toward tobacco cessation, along with supporting the Ship Shape program to help sailors and Marines adopt successful strategies for nutrition, exercise and stress management in order to meet physical readiness standards. Their Why Weight program provides education on menu planning, shopping tips, recipe modifications, relapse prevention and exercise, while the Heart Smart workshop focuses on cholesterol and blood pressure management. The team also promotes alcohol cessation through classes for Substance Abuse Rehabilitation program participants and staff, and provides such classes for the Mental Health Clinic's Outpatient Crisis Intervention program.
Heroes are featured on TRICARE's Web site at www.tricare.osd.mil, and selected heroes are featured on posters for display at meetings, at the recipient's workplace, and at the Assistant Secretary of Defense Health Affairs and TRICARE Management Activity offices.


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Will Davis is an aspiring photographer. As he traveled around Europe this offseason, collecting stamps on his passport, the Ravens cornerback sought out landscapes and landmarks he had seen only in photographs.
Camera at the ready, Davis tried to locate the exact vantage point where the photographers he studied had taken their photos. He crouched down, contorted his body and considered his surroundings. Finally satisfied, he snapped his own pictures and reviewed how his matched up.
"I wanted to see the things they saw," Davis said.
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{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A photo – no words (oops, I break this guideline frequently)– capturing a moment from the week. Simple, special, extraordinary moments. Moments you want to pause, savour and remember. "This Moment" is a ritual found on SouleMama's blog then grabbed by the Wee Man which was lifted from Almost there by Sarah-Jane and snagged from Alejandro.
Can we conceive what humanity would be if it did not know the flowers?
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FLORAL PARK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A 9-year-old boy, riding his bicycle on a sidewalk in Floral Park, was struck and killed Thursday by an out-of-control SUV operated by a teenager getting a driving lesson.
Police said the 16-year-old girl made a wide turn from Plainfield Avenue and drove up onto the sidewalk on Martha Terrace striking Andrew Burrous and his mother, 49-year-old Kathy Burrous around 6:20 p.m.
1010 WINS' Mona Rivera reports: Mother Says The Accident Happened So Fast
Andrew, who loved playing soccer and Little League baseball, was taken to Long Island Jewish Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
His mother, who was struck while walking near her son with the family's two dogs, was treated and released from the hospital.
Kathy Burrous told 1010 WINS' Mona Rivera that the accident happened so fast she was stunned.
"The car came from behind us and hit me on my left side, and went up on the sidewalk — hit him on the bicycle," Burrous said. "I didn't see what happened after that because the car spun me and I went down."
WCBS 880's Sophia Hall reports: Driver Not Expected To Be Charged
The teenage driver and her mother, who was in the front passenger seat giving her daughter a driving lesson, were not injured.
Police believe the driver, who had a learner's permit, must've hit the gas pedal by mistake.
Burrous told 1010 WINS that she doesn't understand why the mother was giving the teen a driving lesson in Floral Park in an area surrounded by houses and people.
"It's not the place to do it," Burrous said.
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Boy Without God – Of Cowboys & Other Beautiful Men (self released)
The sort of sound that's not usually my bag (saxophones, song-oriented, God-y) but when it's powerful & memorable enough that one or two years later I'm able to recognize a song I only heard once, I would be a jackass if I didn't pay attention. A brilliantly smooth blend of new Americana, old blues, soul, new wave clean garage rock, doo-wop, jazz, and anything else he's inspired by. Poetic lyrics sung in the most passionate deep baritone that sounds maybe a little like the dude from Crash Test Dummies, except not annoying and totally sincere. I'd say his voice is what hooks you in the beginning but it's probably just the most noticeably unique aspect. Songs break in cathartic crescendos with angry guitar destruction & dissonant horn skronking or blissful howling & lush dreams. Lonely acoustic guitars, deft electric Neil Young sounds, flushed out strings & brass, mourning heartbreak, uplifting youthful love, straight up the catchiest fucking tunes. Endlessly listenable and hands down one of the greatest records this year.
Easily Gabriel's most well thought out and complete sounding record I've heard. It's obvious this is what he's wanted to sound like. More people are involved on this record, both in terms of instruments & vocals (including the addition of some fantastic boy/girl harmonies) and in terms of production & mastering. The physical disc is printed by Repeat Press, the same dude who did that slick as hell High Aura'd album.


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Human spammers are a major nuisance, I have to say. I'm still on the look out for a decent mod that allows me to compare IPs to blacklists. Until I found one that actually works, I disabled registration to this forum.
For people who would wish to join: You can register, of course! Just write a note to:
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Star Trek Phaser Remote Replica - Exclusive
Set phasers to chill
- Includes Type I and Type II phaser unit from ST:TOS
- Gesture-based universal remote control
- Comes with metal display stand with hidden magnet
Sometimes after a long week filled with landing parties and surprise Klingons, you just want to prop your boots up and watch a little mindless television. Or maybe you're ready to catch the weekly adventures of those wacky kids onboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. What sort of mischief will Captain Kirk get into this week? Aim that phaser at the TV and.... pew pew pew!
This ST:TOS Phaser Remote lets you harmlessly blast your home entertainment system into submission. Recreated from 3D laser scans of the last known screen-used hero prop, it looks good, but it's also a fully-functioning programmable infrared remote control. And when we say "phaser" we aren't getting away with just giving you the Phaser I. Nope. It does include the Phaser I which functions as a standalone gesture-based universal remote control but also slots into its Phaser II pistol-grip base, which provides additional controls. You can store up to 36 programmable gestures: plenty to control all of your Earth-based entertainment equipment. The combined unit (Type I and Type II together) features a wide range of settings and beam strengths, including different Phaser firing sounds (including Phaser Overload sequence) and authentic Starship Enterprise sounds.
Just be sure you're not wearing a red shirt while aiming this at your TV set. We're pretty sure that voids the warranty.
For a mini FAQ, click here.
For a PDF of the instructions, click here.
Product Specifications
- Fully-functioning programmable infrared remote control (that looks just like a phaser)
- Officially-licensed Star Trek: The Original Series merchandise
- Compatibility: Virtually all home entertainment systems
- Recreated from 3D laser scans of the last known screen-used hero prop
- Detachable Phaser I and pistol grip with securing bolt
- Gesture-based remote uses IR to control entertainment systems (but not RF systems like PS4 or Xbox)
- Removable Phaser I works as a standalone gesture-based universal remote control
- Personal lock code lets you keep the pew pew all to yourself
- Guided setup teaches you how to use the phaser with spoken prompts
- Store up to 36 programmable gestures over 3 memory banks
- Multicolored flashing emitter for pew pew visuals
- Ten position dial selects range of different Phaser firing sounds (including Phaser Overload sequence)
- (Plus silent mode for stealthy control)
- Tactile force-feedback vibration motor lets you feel the power of the phaser
- Comes with metal display stand with hidden magnet
- Materials: High-quality nickel and brass-plated die-cast metal parts, lacquer coated
- Batteries: Built-in lithium polymer battery (recharges using included USB cable)
- Includes specially-designed, protective transit case, with hidden-magnet, die-cast metal display stand, USB charging cable, special-issue Enterprise screwdriver with blade cover and debossed text, and illustrated poster manual
- Dimensions: Assembled phaser measures 8.2" x 6" x 1.4", protective case measures 12.6" x 7.4" x 2.4"


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In the oriental culture, students tend to revere their Sensei. In some ways this is good, but in other ways it is bad.
We must never forget that Sensei are human beings, not gods.
Take Jigoro Kano, Gichin Funakoshi, and Morihei Ueshiba. Each was a great martial artists, but not a god. If they were gods, then there is no chance for us to learn Judo, Karate or Aikido. But if they were human beings and we train just as hard, long, and intelligently as they did, then we should be able to obtain the same or similar results.
The problem is that most people are not willing to make such a great effort.
A Sensei is a human being. If another human being does something, I should be able to do the same thing -- within limits. Obviously, I am not going to be able to jump up and dunk a ball like a 7 foot tall basketball player.
My Sensei is amazing. But the more I learn from him, the less I am amazed. This may sound strange to say.
When I first met him, I was amazed by everything that he did. That was because I did not understand anything that he did!
Over the years, as he has taught me and I have practiced, I have begun to realize what he was doing -- and how he was doing it. I am no longer amazed. He was not doing magic. He had learned how to move, had practiced, and thus could do it.
What he could do would only be amazing to someone who did not understand what he was doing, and the time and effort he had put into learning to do it.
Instead of being amazed, I am impressed (and grateful). I think that my Sensei is a Karate genius -- but still a human being.
If he is a god, then I have no chance. But if he is a human being, even a Karate genius, I might have a chance -- if I try hard enough, long enough, and smart enough.
We should not worship or pray to our Sensei. We should do our best to learn from them. What is required is hard work -- unlike the heavens, that is something within our own control.
Charles C. Goodin
Sensei -- Human Beings
In the oriental culture, students tend to revere their Sensei. In some ways this is good, but in other ways it is bad.
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Thursday, May 10, 2007


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- Parents, Students and Schools as Partners: Rights and Responsibilities in Special Education
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- Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
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Click here for Sturgis Special Education FAQ's
"Create Culture of High Expectations of Students with Disabilities":
Sturgis is highlighted in recent Special Education Connection.
James, Paul. "Create culture of high expectations for students with disabilities." Special Ed Connection. LRP Publications, 29 November 2012. <http://www.specialedconnection.com>
SEPAC Mission:
Our SEPAC is required by the State of MA to serve both an advisory and participatory function. We work closely with Sturgis Public Charter School Special Education Department and Administration. The mission of SEPAC is to work for understanding of, respect for, and support of all children with disabilities in the community.
- Promote a network of parents of children with special needs & provide the forum to share information.
- Advise the Special Education Coordinator and Board of Trustees on operations and development of special education programs, parent & teacher training needs, and help to develop policy.
- Promote communication between SEPAC members, local, State and National organizations, councils, and groups.
- Promote communication and programs within the community to encourage understanding, acceptance, and inclusion.
- Provide informational forums to parents, educators, students, and professionals.
We have elected officers and now we are looking for some new members. Please join us!
Contacts for Sturgis East SEPAC:
Susan Lacombe-Voigt, Special Education Coordinator East Campus
Jessica Lynch, Special Education Coordinator West Campus
Our SEPAC is required by the State of MA to serve both an advisory and participatory function. We work closely with Sturgis Public Charter School Special Education Department and Administration.
Suggested Future Presentation Topics:
- Reading Based Learning Disabilities
- Executive Functioning/Organization
- Preparing for College/Independent Living
- Basic Rights Workshop (required each year)


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The work of the office is centered in Rooke Chapel, which stands at the entrance to campus, symbolizing the inherent connection of the mind and spirit. But religious life work is not limited to one building, or religious tradition. Three faith-related houses on St. George Street, a Muslim Community Space in the South Campus Apartments and diverse spiritual communities that meet in the Rooke Meditation Chapel offer a glimpse of the vibrant religious and spiritual traditions present at Bucknell.
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So last week we were invited to a ten man serious ICC raid by our new guild. A couple of their regulars kindly stepped out to give us a shot at the Lich King. We spent most of Monday evening dying to Defiles.
Last night we got back together and went back. With one major change: Reversion had brought his hunter the week before, but last night, a tank was missing, so he brought in the bear. I'd had a chance to heal the first 11/12 fights the night before on 25 man (the new lockout system is weird but hasn't screwed me up… yet…) and so I was feeling confident in my druid-y healing power. Incidentally I have a post in the works about that too, but right now…
We got set up and started. First attempt, my face got eaten by a ghost of some sort. Raging Spirit, I guess. I didn't even see it; my nameplates were buggy. I got Tidy Plates turned back on and that helped a lot.
We started getting cleanly into the second phase, and having bad Defile placement, or a stun not going off on a Valkyr, or just random bad luck. But I could see we were getting better. I was feeling more competent, even if I wasn't entirely sure what my best healing strategy was.
Then, suddenly, we were transitioning to third phase and I realized I had no idea what to do. We died, I got clarification, we came, we tried again, we failed in second phase, we came again, we got into third phase – but the raid was torn in two by a defile and we wiped.
Back again. First phase, perfect. Transition, good. Second phase – good! We were careful with defiles. Second transition – clean this time. Nobody died. (I asked us to switch to using Resist aura instead of Ret and it seemed to give a nice edge)
Then suddenly, Reversion gives an exclamation behind me. He just got pulled into the sword. I'm too busy healing to look, but I hear him say "Oh crap, I pulled off the guy". I guess you shouldn't taunt the mob in there! [Correction: Reversion pulled off with straight threat, not a taunt. Sorry, I was healing and heard things wrong!] But he got the thing killed and was back outside. I was in a groove of healing at that point, coldn't have told you what the Lich King's health was at – and then suddenly I was dead. But everyone on Vent was screaming – wait, we were ALL dead! We'd done it! I hadn't even realized it, but we'd done it!
Teranas rezzed us, and I moonfired-spammed the Lich King. Now that was fun.
And then, he was dead.
A big thanks to the guildies. We're so glad we transferred! Kalyon was the other tank, and the whole team was great.
So where do we go from here? Mostly depends on the guild's needs. We loved raiding with this particular group, and the schedule worked great for us, and we'd love to stick with them but we know that their needs might not include us. We'll see. In Cataclysm, we want to raid, and personally I like 10 man size better. There are just fewer headaches.
But at least this expansion, I feel like we "won". We got Arthas down before Deathwing replaced him as the Big Bad. Months behind, yes, but….
We did it together!


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