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We are a well established foreign conglomerate having business interest in palm oil plantations, breweries, financial services and leisure. GoodHope Asia Holdings Limited is the groups' plantations in Indonesia who has a land bank in excess of 100,000 hectares of plantations and mills in several provinces of Indonesia. In line with our expansion plans and commitments for growth, we are now seeking to recruit high caliber and dynamic professionals to be placed in regions of Indonesia.
Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) Assistant [AEHS]
Papua, Kalimantan Barat, Kalimantan Selatan, Kalimantan Tengah, Kalimantan Timur
- Develop health, safety and environmental compliance policy, procedures and benchmark with industry practices relating to plantation / milling industry.
- Update as and when required. Setting up audit / compliant procedures so that issues would be addressed before they become problems.
- Assess risks associated with health, safety and environmental issues and plantation and mill processes and advise the management with options that are pragmatic.
- Setting up execution plan for periodic audit with well-laid down procedures.
- Develop social responsibility together with action plan. Implementation of the social responsibility plan with the support of all the stakeholders, which will demonstrate the commitment the company has towards social responsibility.
- Build effective relations with all pressure groups including villagers, NGOs etc. Setting up staff safety and health standards to eliminate risks associated with hazards at work. Preparation of an Action Plan to get ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 accreditation.
- Update and brief on latest health, safety and environmental laws, Labor Laws, situations Rules, Regulation etc. in Indonesia.
- Coordinate EHS training programs for operating teams and workforce as well as the required EHS inspections, investigations of accidents occurred & recommendations for improvement & ensuring all Health & Safety tools and equipment are checked on periodical basis. Ensuring the implementation of company RKL (Rencana Pengelolaan Lingkungan) and RPL (Rencana Pemantauan Lingkungan) and preparing periodic RKL and RPL implementation report.
- at least a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Others), Engineering (Environmental/Health/Safety), Others or equivalent
- At least 2 - 3 year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position
- Preferably Senior Staffs specializing in Engineering - Environmental/Health/Safety or equivalent. Job role in Environmental, Health & Safety Engineer Environmental, Health & Safety Engineer or equivalent
- Willing to be relocated in a remote area
If you got what it takes to take on the challenges and you are qualified with the qualifications that mentioned above, please submit your complete applications within one month indicating the job code of the post applied in the subject column to HR Recruitment PT. Agro Harapan Lestari, soft copy (files in "pdf" format with maximum size 1 MB) via e-mail: email@example.com or hard copy to address: Menara Global Building 16th Floor JI. Jend. Gatot Subroto Kav. 27 Jakarta, 12950 Indonesia
Closing Date:11-5-13
IndoMet Coal
IndoMet Coal is currently constructing mining infrastructure and developing a port facility in Central Kalimantan, production from the first mine is planned to commence in the third quarter of 2013.
IndoMet Coal's vision is to be a world-class coal business delivering sustainable benefits for the future of Indonesia.
IndoMet Coal demonstrates an overriding commitment to safety and strives to deliver sustainable development, lasting environmental and community benefits.
We are now offering career opportunities for individuals who share our values and wish to be part of a diverse and challenging environment.
As owner's representative, this key leadership role manages contract mine, coal haulage, port and barging operations. The person will be accountable for the delivery of safety, production, and cost targets as per the IndoMet Coal business plan.
Manager Production
Kalimantan Tengah
- Demonstrate and instill an overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility and sustainable development.
- Demonstrate commitment to the BHP Billiton Values and IndoMet Coal's key behaviours and Code of Business Conduct
- Comply with relevant policies, Group Level Documents (GLDs) and the site health & safety management system.
- Establish goals and targets consistent with budget(s).
- Develop strategies and manage delivery of short term plans to meet the desired outcomes for the function.
- Provide input into long-term planning (Resource Development Plan, Life of Asset, 5 year plan, 2 year budget and short range forecast).
- Manage statutory obligations to ensure compliance.
- Optimise the utilisation of existing business systems, processes, practices and equipment to ensure sustainable, efficient and effective outcomes.
- Analyse variances, trends, risks and opportunities, key business drivers and sensitivities, highlighting significant operational performance issues to Management.
- Perform and coordinate reporting for Senior Management to ensure that they are continuously informed.
- Ensure compliance with, and lead improvement of, processes and standards.
- 10+ years in a relevant role
- Experienced in open cut coal mining operations, ideally within Kalimantan
- Holding Kepala Teknik Tambang certificate and/or Pengawas Operasional Utama qualification from the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources
- Written and verbal English proficiency
- To be engaged on a fly-in / fly-out roster at our operational site in Central Kalimantan
- Proven experience in leading teams, setting and delivering targets
Please submit your application letter and updated CV no later than 1st May 2013 to:
firstname.lastname@example.com or our website www.bhpbilliton.com by entering Job Ref : 757623
Closing Date:17-5-13
Medco Agro (PT Api Metra Palma)
MEDCO AGRO, Unit Bisnis Perkebunan Kelapa Sawit dari MEDCO Group ,yang sedang melakukan ekspansi ke bisnis peternakan, membutuhkan profesional muda dan berorientasi hasil, untuk mengisi posisi sebagai:
Veterinarian - Dokter Hewan
Kalimantan Tengah - Sukamandang
- Pria/Wanita, max 35 tahun
- S1 Kedokteran Hewan
- Memiliki pengetahuan tentang manajemen dan kesehatan sapi
- Penempatan di area Kalimantan Tengah
Please send your application within 2(two) weeks enclosing your CV, write the position code on the upper left side of the envelope or in the email subject and mail it to:
Employment Specialist
Human Resources & General Services
The Energy Building, Fl.20. SCBD Lot 11A
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 52-53 JKT 12190
E-mail : firstname.lastname@example.com
Visit our website www.medcoagro.co.id
Closing Date:11-5-13
Sekian Informasi "LOWONGAN KERJA KALIMANTAN TENGAH" yang dapat kami sampaikan, semoga dapat membantu Anda dalam mencari pekerjaan di Kalimantan Tengah dan sekitarnya untuk bulan Mei 2013. Salam sukses...

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Hideaway Lane: Developers revive plans to build 19 homes on Ann Arbor's north side
The unfinished Hideaway Lane project on Ann Arbor's north side is being revived after an Oakland County developer purchased the property in December.
Trowbridge Homes of Hideaway Lane LLC, an affiliate of the Trowbridge Companies, submitted a site plan to the city of Ann Arbor to build 19 homes at 2000 Traver Road, just northeast of Barton Drive.
Lizzy Alfs | AnnArbor.com
"The residential for-sale market has clearly gotten better than it has been, and for us, this is the right timing. It's a unique property on the northeast side of Ann Arbor," said Bruce Michael of Ojibway Development LLC, the petitioner's agent.
Situated on 4.57-acres and bordered by Traver Creek and Traver Crossing apartments, it's the site of two unfinished housing projects; in 1965, plans were approved to build six townhouse buildings with 49 units, but only one nine-unit building was constructed. In 2005, developers planned to construct 18 single-family homes and four duplex units in two buildings, but only one single-family home was built.
"Basically, I think (the other developers) just had bad timing in terms of bringing it online when the market crashed," Michael said.
Lizzy Alfs | AnnArbor.com
Michael said Trowbridge recently finalized a deal to purchase the property from Mercantile Bank, and now they are bringing forward a new project that is similar to the one proposed in 2005. The financial terms of the deal were not immediately available.
Plans call to construct 19 single-family houses with attached two-car garages. The homes are two stories with three or four bedrooms and range from 2,246 square feet to 3,425 square feet. The homes would be listed for sale between $279,000 and $349,000.
"They're going to be very pleasant units," Michael said.
He said the architecture would be similar to the existing single-family home on the site, although there would be some variations.
"We have a marketing agent lined up and we're ready to go. I would say, as soon as we can get permits from the city, we would start construction immediately and start to take advantage of the 2013 sale season," Michael said. If approved, Michael hopes the project would be completed in 2014.
The site already has a central driveway, underground public utilities and stormwater detention basis that were installed as part of the previously approved project.
Ann Arbor planning staff is recommending that the site plan be postponed until outstanding issues related to natural feature impacts and mitigation requirements have been addressed. But the project, the report says, will "fill a gap in the city's available housing choices."
Ann Arbor Planning Commission will consider the project at its meeting Tuesday.
Courtesy photo
Lizzy Alfs is a business reporter for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at 734-623-2584 or email her at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/lizzyalfs.
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 2:54 p.m.
Barton Hills eh? Can't wait to see the price tag and the taxes on this one. Someone is going to make out on this one big time.
Ann English
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 1:03 a.m.
I see it dead-ends near the Ann Arbor Railroad tracks. But apparently that doesn't detract from people moving into other homes already nearby. Just for freight trains. Why not more homes near that line? Think of all the single-family homes at the west end of Traver, paralleling the tracks for decades, if not a century.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 9:59 p.m.
Bummer for the traffic on Traver and Barton. And for Traver Creek. How about the developer helps pay to have Traver paved through the golf course to give their traffic an alternate route in and out?
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 7:33 p.m.
With so many houses sitting empty in this area, why build more and more and more?
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 5:43 a.m.
The housing market has picked up DRAMATICALLY over the last few months in Ann Arbor. Houses are NOT sitting empty and prices are on the rise and the inventory of homes for sale is low compared to any recent memory.
the other guy
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 6:14 p.m.
Who is the architect??
James D'Amour
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 4:30 p.m.
@Lizzy: The Planning Commission meeting is for TONIGHT, Tuesday, February 5, 2013. This project will be considered this evening.
Lizzy Alfs
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 4:58 p.m.
Thanks, James. I made that correction!
Chip Reed
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 2:08 p.m.
@Sooze. I beg to differ with you. It is exactly where Silly Sally says it is.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 1:34 p.m.
Wow, nice BIG lots per home, what is this TX??
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 5:55 p.m.
Sorry Ross, I was being sarcastic ;)
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 2:11 p.m.
huh? 1/4 acre is big to you? Or is this sarcastic?
Silly Sally
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 1:24 p.m.
The article would be improved if it said that it was just across the RR tracks from the big bend in Plymouth Rd near the Wendys and the Penske Truck Rental and that the entrance was next toe the Leslie Golf Course. The map did not load. in Apple Otherwise, an interesting article .
Lizzy Alfs
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 2:14 p.m.
Thanks. We put a map in the story.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 1:30 p.m.
That's not where it is at all. They don't call it Hideaway for nothing. It WAS a quaint hidden lane but these monstrosities will require a new name.


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Even though it's bitterly cold in New York right now, sometimes I say "to hell with this weather" and wear what I want regardless of how freezing I'll be. During the spring and summer, my Old Navy denim jacket is a go-to for those days when there's a slight breeze.
In the winter however, a denim jacket is probably the least warm thing I could put on, but I missed mine so much that I manned up and wore it. Thankfully it wasn't too cold outside and I was able to run my neighborhood errands without so much as a shiver. I owe much of this to my incredibly warm Marc by Marc Jacobs dress and wooly tights. But, as much as I loved this outfit I think I'll stick to thicker coats in the winter for now…
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B'nai Brith Canada has been urging Amazon to better monitor the types of products being offered for sale on their website. Amazon is the world's largest online marketplace, and as such, the defacto choice for many holiday shoppers. Those shoppers deserve not to be confronted with items bearing messages of hate, racism and antisemitism while browsing for gifts to give to family and friends.
At the time of this writing, both amazon.com and amazon.ca had dozens of listings for products that are offensive, antisemitic and promote hate - a direct violation of Amazon's 'Restricted Products' policy. According to Amazon's website, all items that "promote or glorify hatred, violence, racial, sexual or religious intolerance or promote organizations with such views" are banned from sale. And while there were no Confederate flags offered for sale, there were dozens of items bearing the Nazi flag and numerous books denying the Holocaust and blaming 'Zionists' for all the world's ills. While ISIS propaganda could not be found, several items promoting the banned terror group 'Hezbollah' were easily located, including a baby sleeper with the words 'I heart Hezbollah' emblazoned on the front, with the description 'for the Hezbollah lover'.
While it's obvious that Amazon is self-censoring some listings, it's troubling that the above items were allowed to remain.
The items in question are not collectors items, being purchased by legitimate historians or hobbyists. These items are cheap, foreign-made knock-offs, designed with one purpose only: to promote hatred.
We the undersigned therefore call on Amazon to:
Immediately remove all items bearing imagery or messages which glorify or promote hate, violence, racial, sexual or religious intolerance or promote organizations with such views, as per your existing policy (which includes all items with Nazi imagery or which promote listed terrorist groups).
Commit to creating a new, clearer and more robust policy to ensure that this type of hate paraphernalia is not promoted on your website in the future.


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I've talked a lot about the virtues of James Kirk and his stellar first officer, but I've been overlooking the third member of science fiction's most delightful of holy trinities: Leonard "Bones" McCoy, a simple country doctor who spends all the time when he's not healing people either wanting a drink or arguing. (Actually, he probably wants a drink all the time, so scratch the "or.") McCoy has never been a favorite of mine. Age mellowed him by the time the movies hit, but on the original series, he's too often pissy for no real reason, and his "good old boy" attitude can be embarrassingly anachronistic. As much as the casual sexism and mini-skirts, he dates the show.
And yet… he grows on you. DeForest Kelly is a likable professional, and by about the fifteenth time he aw-shucks his way through some medical mystery, it's easier to just give in and go with it. McCoy's passion for his job and his patients is obvious and helps to smooth over the spikier edges of his personality—like, for instance, his fair bit of bigotry when it comes to aliens. He's a good man at heart, and makes for a solid Id to Spock's Ego; and in a way, the off-putting aspects of his character are kind of refreshing. Movies and TV shows have long told us the importance of following our hearts, and it's nice, whether intentional or not, to have someone who exposes how ineffective a philosophy that can be. McCoy is never anything less than an excellent physician, but as an advice-giver, his record is spotty at best.
He does occasionally get a chance to shine, though, and "Friday's Child" is pretty much his. The Federation is interested in negotiating for mining rights on a new planet, and to that end, McCoy has spent some time hanging out with the natives, a warlike tribe called Capellans. Why the doctor is sent instead of, say, a sociologist is anybody's guess; it could be that the Capellans' culture would only permit someone as neutral as a medic to visit them without causing problems. (Hell, a minute after Kirk and Spock beam down, they've already got a corpse on their hands.)
Whatever the reason, McCoy gives a briefing on the Capellans before the negotiations get underway. They're big dudes, supposedly over seven feet tall (although that tends to vary a lot), and to them "fighting is more pleasurable than love." Also, they seem to be wearing costumes swiped from a forgotten Dr. Seuss movie. Really, it's just a sci-fi gloss put over some classic Indian stereotypes from Westerns of the time, but there's enough cohesion to the culture that it works okay. And hey, there's also a lot of barbarian in there too, and who doesn't like Indian barbarians from Whoville?
The rub lies in the fact that the Klingons also want mining rights on the planet, and when Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and a doomed redshirt arrive on the scene, a Klingon is already there, filling one of the locals' (an ambitious dude named Maab) ears with all sorts of anti-Starfleet rhetoric. The redshirt gets a knife to the gut—well, it's more like a toy glaive, but just focus on the fact that it's stabby—when he goes for his phaser, and things get sort of awkward for a while. The current head of the tribe, Akaar, is a decent enough guy, but when you're dealing with a race that values combat over all other things, how easy is it going to be to settle the issue with plain speaking?
Not that easy, it turns out. Maab throws a coup, killing Akaar, and putting Kirk and the others in an even worse position; although they're a little better off than Akaar's very pregnant wife Eleen, who's life is forfeit because she's carrying a potential competitor for Maab in her womb. (This really is more medieval than Native American, isn't it.) Our heroes escape from camp with Eleen in tow, but that isn't the end of their problems. Their communicators are gone, the Enterprise is off chasing phantom distress signals, and they've got a whole mess of pissed off semi-giants who've spent their entire lives learning combat to deal with. Plus, Eleen isn't exactly thrilled to be included in the escape. Given the choice between death at the hands of her people, or bowing to the will of a group of strange aliens… well, it's not really much of a choice, is it.
"Child" is a collection of cliches, but it works well for all of that. Ridiculous costumes aside, the Cappellans are a credible threat; the Klingon's presence naturally increases the difficulties of the situation; and McCoy's relationship with Eleen, who grows to trust him only after he smacks her upside the head (she smacked him first, of course), is well-handled. The series often ends up as The Kirk And Spock Power Hour, so seeing McCoy play a major role is neat, and he gets in some great lines. ("Look, I'm a doctor, not an escalator!") It's also worth noting that, despite their growing bond, Eleen still knocks the doc out and escapes soon after giving birth to her kid (having grown up on sitcoms that waste whole episodes on deliveries-in-awkward-places, I was charmed by the fact that Eleen's delivery takes place off-screen, in about two minutes). She does try and save McCoy and the others when she meets up with Maab's group, but it's refreshing that she doesn't completely lose her own values and personality after being "saved."
The episode has a few demerits, though. The subplot that has the Enterprise distracted by a fake call for help is necessary to explain why they don't just beam down to the planet to see what's keeping the captain, but it makes Scotty look awfully dumb for taking so long to figure things out. (He makes up for it with a metal moment later on when the Klingon ship tries to block the Enterprise's path. Although it can't be that easy to block someone's path in three dimensional space.) Having the Klingons show up as a rival makes for solid continuity, but they seem awfully passive for what we've seen of the species. There's only one of them on the planet with the Capellans, and the Klingon ship that threatens the Enterprise mostly just hangs around. For all their fighting prowess, the Capellans couldn't put up much of a fight against,say, phaser bombardment. Why the pussy-footing? The whole subterfuge thing doesn't seem very Klingon, either. As for the Capellans themselves, how is it that a race that prides itself on its talent for combat could get its ass handed to it with such monotonous regularity by James T. Kirk? They guy doesn't even break a sweat.
Still, props to the ep for having the Capellans take down the Klingon themselves at the end, through a sacrifice play that actually holds consistent to their major philosophy. Maab puts the needs of the many ahead of his life, and after his death, Eleen's infant son is put in charge, with Eleen acting as his regent; it's a safe bet that the Federation will get all those "rocks" they've been clamoring for. You gotta wonder just how the prime directive works when Starfleet starts sending equipment and ships to a pre-tech planet (they haven't even invented bows yet—most likely because they're big on hand-to-hand). In arguing for the Federation over the Klingon Empire, Kirk promises that the Capellans will never lose the right to rule their home, and I think we can take him at his word. Even with that promise, though, it's a forced change. Maybe the whole Indian thing wasn't that far off after all.
If "Friday's Child" is McCoy's change to shine, then "The Deadly Years"… isn't. But then, nobody shines that brightly in an episode that tries for pathos and largely manages to achieve only dull discomfort. The high concept for this outing: a strange effect causes Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, and one poor crew-woman to age rapidly. Apparently old age is still hell even in the future, as our heroes struggle with memory loss, increased physical sensitivity, bad tempers, and some surprisingly credible make-up jobs. It's an unexciting concept that hasn't been thought out very well, and the resulting episode, a few quirky moments aside, is a let down.
The Enterprise is visiting to Gamma Hydra IV to check in on a science expedition lead by Robert Johnson. All they find are some very old corpses, plus Johnson and his wife. According to Spock, no one in the expedition was elderly, but the corpses all died of old age, and Mr. and Mrs. Johnson themselves appear to be edging past the outskirts of the Matlock demographic, despite Johnson's assertion that he's just 28 years old.
Clearly, something went wrong. But instead of quarantining the facility on the planet and trying to figure things out, everybody beams back aboard the Enterprise. Since the cause of the rapid aging could very well be biological and contagious, and given that this crew has already dealt with its fair share of bad bugs (like in "Miri," where Kirk was smart enough to keep anyone potentially infected off ship until they could find a cure), you'd think our crew wouldn't be quite so blase about the problem. Sure, Kirk starts up a blue ribbon panel of experts—including a Commodore Stocker, who offers us some variation in Starfleet administrative personnel by being passively dickish, and Dr. Jan Wallace, a former flame of Kirk's, along with the standard peanut gallery—but it doesn't never occurs to anybody that the people who beamed down to the surface could be in danger.
And they are, they really are. It isn't long before Kirk, McCoy, and the rest start visibly aging (like I said, the make-up isn't bad, and it's surprisingly subtle, too; the changes start even before our attention is drawn to them), and with both of the Johnsons now expired, finding a cure suddenly became very, very important. Even worse, the Johnsons were crazy senile before they died, which means that in addition to no longer being quite as pretty, Kirk and the others have to deal with the knowledge that the longer they stay sick, the more their faculties will suffer. Not good for a doctor, or a science officer, or a chief engineer, but catastrophic for a star-ship captain.
There's potential here; it's not hard to empathize with a terror of growing old, especially before one's time, and while "Years" does exaggerate the effects of aging on the mind, it still stays generally within recognizable limits. Kirk forgets things, repeats himself, and whenever anyone points out his mistakes, he gets angry—as anyone who's ever dealt with a senile grandparent can tell you, that's not far off the mark. There are smaller touches as well, like Spock's increased sensitivity to cold, which makes a nice call-back to the heat of Vulcan mentioned in "Amok Time." And there's no attempt to mollify the harshness of the experience, either. Nobody learns a valuable lesson about how getting old is just a natural part of life.
Yet the episode never really feels all that personal. There are a few good bits—my favorite comes when Jan starts putting the moves on slightly older Kirk, and he realizes she's doing it because she has a thing for older men. ("What are you offering me, Jan? Love—or a going away present?") It's such a quirky, surprising scene, the wish fulfillment aspect being immediately undercut by the oddness of the lady's fetish. Jan never raises the issue again, and seems just as much interested in the young Kirk, post-cure, but you can't help wondering if their original relationship failed because Kirk still had all his hair.
Good bits aside, there's not much effort being put in outside of the make-up. What really kills things is the competency hearing that eats up a good chunk of the running time. Jack-disease strikes fairly quickly, and since we can't find a cure for it until the last act, we've got to fill the other acts somehow. "Years" chooses to fill them by having Commodore Stacker question Kirk's ability to captain the ship, forcing Spock to put his friend on trial and humiliate him in front of his peers. There's precious little drama in the sequence, aside from the occasional cringe, as we spend the whole thing having characters describe scenes to us that we've already watched. And honestly, Kirk should step down. It's not a criticism of his leadership abilities to say that being struck with a rare illness that makes him liable to forget stuff means he can't do his job properly; in fact, the only negative mark on his character here is his refusal to see the truth, no matter how many of his mistakes are pointed out.
Then there's Stacker, who starts off acting like a reasonable guy, and then turns into a moron as the script dictates. Once again, we've got an administrator who's on a schedule, so we hear the standard litany of complaints when Kirk refuses to leave Gamma Hydra's orbit. Stacker's polite about it at first, and when he talks to Spock about getting Kirk to relinquish command, it's hard not to see his point. But then he ruins everything by taking over the ship and ordering Sulu to set a course through the Neutral Zone. The hell? Are Commodores not taught basic space travel etiquette? You think they'd be even more concerned about maintaining proper diplomatic relations with an enemy than Kirk, and since we're never given any reason as to why Stacker's so desperate to get to Star Base 10 (I see we used up all our clever naming skills when we geniused up "Gamma Hydra IV"), he comes off as a tool, and a poorly written one at that.
The only reason the Neutral Zone even comes up is to give us some suspense at the climax. Oh no, the Enterprise is under attack! Oh no, the Commodore has no idea what the fuck he's doing! We need Kirk on the bridge, but he's just so damn old. Wouldn't you know it, though, McCoy and Spock have just discovered the source of the problem (GH passed through a comet's tail, and I guess they had a choice between zombies or rapid degeneration and decided on the one that didn't require cannibalism), and, seeing as how Chekov was the only person to go down to the planet and be unaffected by the radiation, they determine that adrenaline—Chekov freaked when he saw the first dead body—can stop the radiation. Never mind that this is more than a little ridiculous (was Chekov terrified the entire time he was down there?), or that the physical effects of all that oldness should take more than few minutes to throw off, we have our cure! And Kirk demands he get it first, in the middle of a battle that the ship is losing, because he's the only one who can save everybody.
The treatment works, Kirk rescues the weak-ass Commodore and the Enterprise from the nasty Romulans (in a clever moment, he re-uses a mistake his elderly self made earlier to trick the bad guys with an out-of-date code frequency), and Stacker learns a valuable lesson as to just how awesome Kirk is. A lesson that doesn't seem to have been needed, really; while he made some stupid calls, getting Kirk out of the captain's chair long enough to get cured isn't one of them.
"Years" is plagued by lazy scripting. The quarantine problem just becomes more egregious as the episode continues, since once the landing party starts getting sick, the risk that the illness is contagious would seem to increase tenfold, but nobody gives a damn. We get a lot of aging cliches, and while it's fun watching everybody ham it up as elderly versions of themselves (hey, is that Shatner's actual hair?), that's not enough to make the whole fifty minutes compelling. A more honest connection to the central problem, and less manufactured dilemmas, and, well… I'm not sure you could get a great episode out of this premise, but you sure as hell could have gotten a better one.
"Friday's Child": B+
"The Deadly Years": B-
Stray Observations:
- McCoy's baby-talk leaves something to be desired, but Spock's reaction is worth the silliness.
- Hey, we finally have an alien race that our heroes don't teach a valuable lesson to. Although McCoy does convince Eleen to care for her baby, and that means that the baby becomes head of the tribe, so… nuts.
- Poor Lieutenant Galway isn't given much to do beyond get worried, get old, and get dead, but she does get one good line in: "That's a stupid place to hang a mirror." Why yes, yes it is.
- Tune in next week for "Obsession" and "Wolf in the fold."


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As many of you know, DPG hasn't had an official main game for quite some time. Yes, we should be thankful that we have 6 popular servers such as the CoD4 HC TDM, CoD4 Zombies, CoD5 HC CTF, MW2 HC TDM (Repz version), BlackOps HC TDM server, and our new Insurgency server.
However, the problem is even though we have a few people playing each of these games, as a clan we haven't had a newer style of game that most of us could agree on.
A few years ago, I thought that game was going to be CS:GO. The excitement lasted 2 weeks if that and everyone for the most part gave up on the project. Some contributing factors were that we didn't have a popular server and a lot of members (not all) didn't like the idea that you couldn't zoom in with your weapon when you right clicked like how you could with CoD4.
As a result a lot of us went back to playing what we wanted to play with our own little groups whether it was League of Legends, Titanfall, War Thunder, and of course the CoD4 HC TDM/CTF server. There was nothing wrong with that and there is still nothing wrong with that. However, the problem that remains is that we as a clan and a community for that matter need a game that will be our main game. I am not stating that we all have to play this game everyday (unless you want to lol) but, what I am saying is that we need a newer style game that is an FPS game to bring us together at least once or twice or more per week.
That game my friends is Insurgency!
Why Insurgency? Well, because this game has all the features you would want and ask for in a PC driven FPS game. It has the following:
- 100% true dedicated server support
- Mod tools to make mods and maps
- ESL league for competitive league and ladder matches (something that has been absent in DPG since the last winter league hosted by @Bojangles in CoD4) http://www.eslgaming.com/
- Runs on the CS:GO engine
On top of the above reasons, this game has the feel of CoD4, but with better graphics and realism and to put the icing on the cake, for a little over 1 month straight now, I have worked very hard to get us a popular server that includes B3 and Echelon (Thanks Bo for B3 and Echelon).
This server has been ranked as high as 7th overall and is currently ranked 9th. http://www.gametracker.com/server_in....182.74:23113/
I have a method of keeping this server popular and will continue to make sure that it stays popular for hopefully many more months and hopefully years to come!
For years, DPG for whatever reason would get excited to get into a brand new game like CoD4 for instance, but for w/e reason we were not able to get a popular server for the new games and for w/e reason would get a popular server after the game was out for a couple of years. This game is still somewhat new and continues to hold its own with support and updated content from its developers and members of its community who are actively making mods and maps for Insurgency's steam workshop.
Best of all, this game isn't $60 plus more money for $15 DLC map packs that nobody plays. This game is only $15 on Steam:
This game is incredibly addictive. A few nights ago, I lost track of time and was playing this for 7 hours straight! @Arbo, @hydro, @Leuchtend, and @Xeno have the game and love it! If you have this game and haven't tried it yet, give it a legitimate try! 20 minutes won't do it. Try it out for at least an hour or two.
DPG is growing, but it is slowly growing. I am hoping with a new "main game" if you will that we can once again have some things that have been missing which would be a surge in recruitment, competitive game play, donations, and a boost in overall clan interest.
Last, CoD4 is a great game, but the game has been out since November of 2007!!! We have been playing that game for 7 and a half years and have had a popular server for that game since August of 2009 (with nw4mp since September of 2011). It is time that we had another game come along to bring us all together and that game should be Insurgency! The last time in reality was probably CoD2.
Hope to see you playing some Insurgency! We have everything set up to make this thing work. We just need some people to commit and spread the word. Hope to see many of you on board!


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When developing projects on Compute Engine, there are a variety of scenarios in which you want to keep the instances from being reached from the public internet:
- Web services are still under development and not ready to be exposed to external users because they are feature incomplete or have not yet been configured with HTTPS.
- Instance might be providing services designed to be consumed only by other instances in the project.
- Instances should only be reached through dedicated interconnect options from company offices or data centers.
Even when a service is intentionally internet-facing, it is important that communication with the service be restricted to the target user groups, and occur over secure channels, such as SSH or HTTPS, to protect sensitive information.
This article demonstrates several methods for securing communications with Compute Engine instances with or without external IP addresses.
Protecting services on machines with external IP addresses
Connecting to instances without external IP addresses
- Bastion hosts and SSH forwarding
- IAP for TCP forwarding
- NAT gateway for egress
- Interactive serial console access
- HTTPS and SSL proxy load balancers
Protecting services on machines with external IP addresses
When instances have a public IP address, it is important that only the services and traffic you intend to be exposed are reachable, and for those that are exposed, any sensitive information is secured in transit.
Your first line of defense is to restrict who can reach the instance using firewalls. By creating firewall rules, you can restrict all traffic to a network or target machines on a given set of ports to specific source IP addresses.
Firewalls are not a standalone solution. Restricting traffic to specific source IPs does not protect sensitive information, such as login credentials, commands that create or destroy resources or files, or logs. When running a web service on a publicly-accessible machine, such as a Compute Engine instance with an external IP, you must encrypt all communication between your host and the deployed instance to ensure proper security.
In addition, firewalls aren't always the appropriate solution. For example, firewalls are not ideal for development environments that do not have static IP addresses, such as roaming laptops.
HTTPS and SSL
For production web systems, you should configure HTTPS/SSL. HTTPS/SSL can be set up either by setting up an instance to terminate HTTPS or by configuring HTTPS load balancing. HTTPS/SSL does involve some initial complexity, requiring you to perform the following tasks:
- Register a domain name.
- Acquire an SSL certificate from a certificate authority.
- Register the certificate with your HTTPS load balancer and its connected instances, or configure an SSL-terminated web server or proxy on one or more Compute Engine instances.
If you have set up SSL-serving domains before, it should be straightforward to do the same with Compute Engine. If not, you might find it easier to use a different security method, such as port forwarding or SOCKS proxy.
Port forwarding over SSH
You can use the
gcloud command-line tool
to start a server on a given local port that forwards all traffic to a
remote host over an SSH connection.
First, take note of the instance and port that are providing the service to which you would like to establish a secure connection. Next, run the following command:
gcloud compute ssh example-instance \
--project my-project \
--zone us-central1-a \
-- -L 2222:localhost:8888
In the preceding command, the parameters are defined as follows:
example-instanceis the name of the instance to which you'd like to connect.
my-projectis your Google Cloud project ID.
us-central1-ais the zone in which your instance is running.
2222is the local port you're listening on.
8888is the remote port you're connecting to.
With these example settings, if you open
http://localhost:2222/ in your browser,
the HTTP connection uses the SSH tunnel that you created to
your remote host to connect to the specified instance using SSH. The
HTTP connection will then use the SSH tunnel to connect
to port
8888 on the same machine, but over an encrypted, secure
SSH connection.
gcloud command creates and maintains an SSH connection, and this
approach only works while the SSH session is active. As soon as you exit, the
SSH session that
gcloud creates, port forwarding using http://localhost:2222/
stops working.
To create more than one port forwarding rule, you can specify multiple rules on a single command line by repeating the flags:
gcloud compute ssh example-instance \
--project my-project \
--zone us-central1-a \
-- -L 2222:localhost:8888 -L 2299:localhost:8000
Alternatively, you can run a new
gcloud command each time to create a
separate tunnel. Note that you cannot add or remove port forwarding from
an existing connection without exiting and re-establishing the connection
from scratch.
SOCKS proxy over SSH
If you want to connect to a number of different hosts in your cloud deployment, the easiest way to do so is to change your browser to do the lookups directly from your network. This approach lets you use the short name of the hosts instead of looking up each host's IP address, opening up ports for each service, or creating an SSH tunnel for each host/port pair.
The approach that you use here is as follows:
- Set up a single SSH tunnel to one of the hosts on the network, and create a SOCKS proxy on that host.
- Change the browser configuration to do all the lookups using that SOCKS proxy host.
Note that because you are tunneling all traffic using that host, avoid using that browser or that specific profile to browse the web because you need to dedicate that bandwidth to your cloud service. In general, you might want to use a separate browser profile and switch to it when necessary.
Start the SOCKS proxy
To start your SOCKS proxy, run the following command:
gcloud compute ssh example-instance \ --project my-project \ --zone zone \ --ssh-flag="-D" \ --ssh-flag="NNNN" \ --ssh-flag="-N"
Replace the following:
example-instance: The name of the instance to which you would like to connect.
my-project: Your Google Cloud project ID.
zone: The zone in which your instance is running, for example,
NNNN: The local port you're listening on, for example,
Note that, in this case, you don't need to specify a remote port. Because a SOCKS proxy does not bind to any specific remote port, any connection you make using the SOCKS proxy will be resolved relative to the host you connect to.
By using a SOCKS proxy, you can connect to any instance that shares a Compute Engine network with your proxy instance by using the instance's short name. In addition, you can connect to any port on a given instance.
This approach is much more flexible than the simple port-forwarding method, but will also require you to change the settings in your web browser to utilize the proxy.
Next, configure either Chrome or Firefox to use the proxy.
Chrome uses system-wide proxy settings by default, so you need to specify a different proxy using command-line flags. Launching Chrome by default creates an instance of an already-running profile, so to enable you to run multiple copies of Chrome simultaneously, one that's using the proxy and others that are not, you need a new profile.
Launch Chrome using a new profile. It will be created automatically if it does not exist.
/usr/bin/google-chrome \
--user-data-dir="$HOME/chrome-proxy-profile" \
"/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome" \
--user-data-dir="$HOME/chrome-proxy-profile" \
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" ^
--user-data-dir="%USERPROFILE%\chrome-proxy-profile" ^
Set the localhost port to the same value that you used in the
gcloud command earlier (
1080 in our example).
Before changing these settings, you might want to create a new Firefox profile. Otherwise, it will affect all instances of Firefox to use that host as a proxy, which is likely not what you want.
After you have Firefox running with a separate profile, you can set up the SOCKS proxy:
- Open Preferences.
- Click Advanced > Networks > Settings to open the Connection Settings dialog.
- Choose the option Manual proxy configuration.
- In the SOCKS Host section, fill in
localhostas the host and the port you selected when you ran the
gcloudcommand earlier.
- Choose SOCKS v5.
- Check the box Remote DNS.
- Leave all other entries blank.
- In the SOCKS Host section, fill in
- Click OK and close the Preferences dialog box.
Connecting to instances without external IP addresses
When instances do not have external IP addresses they can only be reached by other instances on the network, Identity-Aware Proxy's TCP forwarding feature, or by using managed VPN gateway. You can provision instances in your network to act as trusted relays for inbound connections (bastion hosts) or network egress (NAT Gateways). For more transparent connectivity without setting up such connections, you can use a managed VPN gateway resource.
Bastion hosts
Bastion hosts provide an external facing point of entry into a network containing private network instances, as illustrated in the following diagram.
This host can provide a single point of fortification or audit and can be started and stopped to enable or disable inbound SSH. By using a bastion host, you can connect to an instance that does not have an external IP address. This approach allows you to connect to a development environment or manage the database instance for your external application, for example, without configuring additional firewall rules.
A complete hardening of a bastion host is outside the scope of this article, but some initial steps taken can include:
- Limit the CIDR range of source IPs that can communicate with the bastion.
- Configure firewall rules to allow SSH traffic to private instances from only the bastion host.
By default, SSH on instances is configured to use private keys for
authentication. When using a bastion host, you log into the bastion host first,
and then into your target private instance. Because of this two-step login,
which is why bastion hosts are sometimes called "jump servers," you should use
ssh forwarding instead of storing the target machine's private key on
the bastion host as a way of reaching the target machine. You need to do this
even if using the same key pair for both bastion and target instances because
the bastion has direct access to only the public half of the key pair.
To learn how to use a bastion host instance to connect to other instances on your Google Cloud network, see Connecting through a bastion host.
To learn how to use
ssh forwarding and other methods to connect to instances
that do not have an external IP address, see
see Connecting to instances that do not have external IP addresses.
IAP for TCP forwarding
Using SSH with IAP's TCP forwarding feature wraps an SSH connection inside HTTPS. IAP's TCP forwarding feature then sends it to the remote instance.
To learn how to connect to a remote instance with IAP, see Using IAP for TCP forwarding.
Cloud VPN lets you connect your existing network to your Google Cloud network by using an IPsec connection to a VPN gateway device. This allows direct routing of traffic from your premises to the private IP interfaces of Compute Engine instances. Traffic is encrypted as it transits over public links to Google.
For details on setting up, configuring, and using VPN with Compute Engine, see the Cloud VPN documentation.
To learn how to connect to instances on your Google Cloud network through an existing VPN rather than through external IP addresses of instances, read Connecting to instances that do not have external IP addresses.
Traffic egress using NAT gateways
When an instance does not have an external IP address assigned it cannot make direct connections to external services, including other Google Cloud services. To allow these instances to reach services on the public internet, you can set up and configure a NAT gateway machine, which can route traffic on behalf of any instance on the network. Do not consider a single instance to be highly available or able to support high traffic throughput for multiple instances.
Interactive serial console access
When an instance doesn't have an external IP address, you might still need to interact with the instance for troubleshooting or maintenance purposes. Setting up a Bastion host, as discussed earlier, is one option but might require more setup than worthwhile for your needs. If you want to troubleshoot an instance without an external IP address, consider enabling interactive access on the serial console, which allows you to interact with an instance's serial console using SSH and run commands against the serial console.
To learn more, read Interacting with the Serial Console.
HTTPS and SSL proxy load balancers
Instances that are backends for HTTPS and SSL proxy load balancers do not have to have external IP addresses to be accessed through the load balancer. To access these resources directly requires the use of methods listed in the section Connecting to instances without external IP addresses.
To learn more, read the load balancing documentation for those load balancers.
Try out other Google Cloud features for yourself. Have a look at our tutorials.


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MicroFine alloy chokes More stable and greater efficiency at high currents 3xfiner thanstandard 31%cooler thanlarge granules 75%hysteresisreduction 10K Japanese-made blackmetallic capacitors 5xlongerlifespan 20%greater extremetemperature enduance 50% smaller NexFET™MOSFETs Over90%more efficient best gaming connectivity Super-speed connectivity — right where you need it USB 3.1 front-panel connector USB-C is the future-proof reversible connector — and ROG Maximus IX Code lets you put the connection right where it's needed! With an onboard USB 3.1 front panel connector you can position a USB-C port on your system's front panel, so it's always within reach. USB 3.1 type A+C Ultimate-speed 10gbit/s withonboard USB 3.1 Dual PCIe Gen 3 M.2 Let your SSD scream at top speed best gamingnetworking More throughput and less processing equals faster online play Intel Ethernet ROG Maximus IX Code features the very latest Intel® Ethernet (I219-V) for faster, smoother gaming. Intel's LAN has the serious double advantage of reducing CPU overhead and offering exceptionally high TCP and UDP throughput, so there's more power for your game and your gameplay. Lower CPU workload High TCP & UDP throughput Pumped-up throughput. Best surge protection LANGuard LANGuard means safer, more reliable connections for your battles! Advanced signal-coupling technology and premium surface-mounting processes join forces to protect your Maximus IX Code motherboard's connection, plus electrostatically guarded and surge-protected components (ESD Guards) for 1.9x greater tolerance to static electricity and 2.5x greater protection (up to 15kV) against surges! 2x2 802.11AC Wi-Fi with MU-MIMO ROG Maximus IX Code has next-level 802.11ac Wi-Fi with 2x2 dual-band 2.4/5GHz antennas for up to 867 Mbps* transfer speeds — and the very latest Multi-User Multiple In Multiple Out (MU-MIMO) technology to ensure that every connected user** experiences the best wireless and online speeds! *Actual speed varies, and Wi-Fi hotspot feature operates at 802.11a/b/g/n Windows 10 does not currently support Wi-Fi hotspot functionality **Requires MU-MIMO-ready client Team up to banish lag GameFirst IV GameFirst IV optimizes network traffic for faster, lag-free online gaming — and now we've added Multi-Gate Teaming to team up to 4 networks for maximum bandwidth and smooth gameplay. You'll also enjoy all-new Intelligent mode, which automatically compiles a database by parsing new app data to ensure that every game is optimized for the best performance. watch video best gaming protection ROG Armor Strong ABS Top Cover Stylish thermal protection that blocks heat from graphics cards and ensures lower system temperatures for better performance and chic looks! multi-colored q-led Onboard LEDs indicate power status and potential problems with the CPU, memory, graphics card or boot device, for quick diagnosis. safeslot SafeSlot is the PCIe slot reinvented by ASUS and engineered to provide superior retention and shearing resistance. Manufactured in a single step, a new insert-molding process integrates the slot with fortifying metal for an inherently stronger slot, which is then firmly anchored to the PCB through additional solder points. ESD Guards 2X greater electrostatic protection than standard. ESD Guards cover the USB, audio and LAN ports. TrueVolt USB 2 dedicated USB power supplies provide rock-steady 5V to all USB ports, minimizing power fluctuations for minimal data loss. CPU Installation Tool 1 -layer protection from socket-pin damage. Q-connector 1 -piece makes it easy to sort all front-panel cables. Q-Slot 1 -clip makes it easy to swap or secure your graphics card. Q-DIMM 1 -slided clips provide super-simple, super-secure handling of memory modules. DRAM Overcurrent Protection 1 additional resettable fuse protects connection ports and DRAM against overcurrent and short-circuit damage. Black nickel-coated Q-Shield 0 pain! protect your hands from nicks and cuts. 3d printing friendly make it your own ASUS is the first motherboard manufacturer to provide a wide range of 3D printable accessories, making it easy to customize your system's appearance and improve functionality. Easily print a 2-way SLI HB bridge cover or custom cable combs to help with wire management. 3D-printable accessories As system parts are visible in custom PC builds, make yours stand out from the competition with 3D-printed accessories. 2-Way SLI HB bridge cover Clip the cover onto the PCB SLI HB bridge to add style to your build. Multiple form factors — eATX, ATX and mATX — are available. Fan grill Add some style to your build. Cable Combs Keep cables organized with the multi-connector design. 3D design files are available for 24-pin, 8-pin, 8 + 6-pin, 6-pin and 4-pin PSU connectors. ROG FONTS Use ROG font files to print letters — then fully customize your build by adding your name or any other word or phrase! ROG KEYCHAIN Print a 3D keychain and show your ROG passion to the world! Guide to Start 3D Printing Follow these steps to start printing your own 3D parts, and integrate them seamlessly into your PC build in no time! download Select the 3D source files you want to download. Personalize Adjust size or shape, add text or change other attributes. Watch tutorial Print Use your own printer, or visit a local vendor or ASUS store with Shapeways. Setup Easily assemble and fit your 3D-printed parts. Watch tutorial learn more roggivesyoumore Stay in the game Overwolf A clever, unobtrusive overlay keeps you in the game and allows you to browse the Web, email, IM, stream or record while you play. The overlay is dressed in color-matched ROG skins to show you're part of an elite pack. Grab it now from Overwolf's app store! In-game dock In-game calling Multi-IM support 5 customizable apps 0 missed calls during gaming 5+ clients in a single interface image your drives, the smart way ROG CloneDrive All-new ROG CloneDrive is the smart, convenient cloning solution that quickly and efficiently replicates hard drives or SSDs. CloneDrive is so smart that it can clone one drive to two target drives at the same time, or image any file from your disk at breakneck speeds. Speed your game loads RAMCache II ROG's uniquely intelligent technology effectively caches an entire storage device so that favorite games and apps launch at breakneck speeds: going to work the moment it's activated. RAMCache II turns milliseconds into microseconds to boost game-load times to stratospheric levels! Automatically caches all your storage devices at the same time for optimal use of your system's caching resources. The free keyboard upgrade – upgraded! KeyBot II Get a free keyboard upgrade from an exclusive microprocessor and intuitive user interface. Record macros directly from the keyboard, switch profiles in moments, enable special functions with hotkeys from F1-F10, start and even boost your PC from shutdown (S5 mode)! You can even use KeyBot II to boost your PC into a specific mode with two-second press AI Suite 3 One-stop control panel ROG CPU-Z Shows your important system information with pride Mem TweakIt Dynamic timing monitoring, DRAM efficiency gauge RAMDisk Boost your favorite applications up to 20X faster than SSD with the junction function Kaspersky® Anti-Virus (one year) The best protection from viruses and spyware DAEMON Tools The leading tool for optical and virtual discs PC Cleaner Accelerate your PC by eliminating clogs with simple click beyond VR ready ROG Maximus IX Code isn't just VR Ready — it goes way beyond! The ASUS Beyond VR Ready marque means that Maximus IX Code has been tested with loads of class-leading components to ensure that your productivity, gaming and entertainment needs are tuned for maximum performance after you've taken off the headset. ASUS ROGBeyond VR Ready opens up a new way to configure and build your dream system with total confidence. Learn more about ASUS VR Ready the power of intel Ready for 7th Generation and 6th Generation Intel LGA1151 Core i7/Core i5/Core i3/Pentium/Celeron processors This motherboard supports 7th Generation and 6th Generation Intel Core™ i7/Core i5/Core i3/Pentium®/Celeron® processors in the LGA1151 package. Integrated graphics, memory and PCI Express® controllers support onboard graphics output with dedicated chipsets, two-channel (4-DIMM) DDR4 memory and 16 PCI Express 3.0/2.0 lanes for great performance. Intel® Z270 chipset The Intel® Z270 is a single-chipset design that supports 7th Generation and 6th Generation Intel LGA1151 Core™ i7/Core i5/Core i3/Pentium®/Celeron® processors. It provides improved performance by utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability. Additionally, the Z270 chipset provides a maximum of 10 USB 3.0 ports, six SATA 6Gbps ports, and 32Gbps M.2 and PCIe 3.0 lane speed support, for faster data retrieval. Intel Z270 also supports integrated graphics, so you'll enjoy the very latest in graphics performance.


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