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Pompeii was slowly buried under a fall of ash, pumice and small stones but Herculaneum was destroyed in a different manner. A super-heated surge of toxic gas instantly killed its inhabitants, then a pyroclastic flow of scorching volcanic material flowed down from Vesuvius and entombed the town, burying it in over 20 metres of material.
The town was only discovered in 1711 when people digging a well discovered the long-buried theatre. Most of the excavation work in Herculaneum was carried out in the 1920s and 1930s under the direction of Amadeo Maiuri and only half of the town has been excavated.
I returned three months later and the first thing that struck me was the obvious and ongoing drainage issues the site suffers.
View of the ancient beach/sea front taken in September 2012
Same place, January 2013 showing considerable ponding of water after heavy rainfall.
This contributes to drainage problems in the nearby Suburban Baths, subjecting it to regular flooding and rising damp. The Suburban Baths were closed on both my visits.Following are some photos taken on my visits in September 2012 and January 2013.
View of one of the small streets
Painted sign from the House of the Black Saloon. The painted sign advertises a wine shop. It is behind Perspex to protect it from the elements as well as tourists who like to scratch their name into these ancient frescoes - much to my eternal disbelief.
This is the Decumanus Maximus - the 'main street' of Herculaneum.
A thermopolia (snack bar) - large jars (dolia) containing hot food were inside the round holes. Our equivalent today would be a cafeteria or fast-food outlet. I guess the thermopolia were the 'McDonalds' of their time.
Religion was a very important part of life in Herculaneum. This fresco is from the Augusteum - an 'imperial cult' devoted to the worship of the divine Augustus, the Roman Empire's first Emperor and was probably constructed during the Julio-Claudian period. This wonderful fresco shows images from Greek mythology.
What's extraordinary about Herculaneum is the preservation of the site. Because it was covered with different volcanic material to Pompeii, organic material was preserved. This photo shows the House of the Wooden Partition. These are wooden doors on bronze tracks, in perfect condition and over 2000 years old.
Now for the sad stuff. Modern graffiti. What on earth would possess anyone to scratch their name on ancient walls? I seriously don't get why these idiots do it. This photo is from the Samnite House, which has recently re-opened after considerable restoration work.
A floor mosaic from the Central Baths. Note the buckling of the floor which occurred during the eruption.
Herculaneum is only 4 hectares, so it is easy to cover it in a few hours. I visited it twice in a short space of time as there were things I missed the first time around and on the second visit, there were places open that were previously closed. I'll be back again!

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Well, I played Pokemon Black until my DS died, and I can't find the charger so I figure this is as good a place as any to stop talk about what I thought.
It was... alright.
I can certainly see where all the addiction comes from. It definitely has that element that appeals to collectors and completionists. I feel like I could start seeing what people were talking about in regards to strategy in later levels. At first the game really just felt like a fancy game of rock, paper, scissors, and though I'm sure some of that must persist through end-game, I can take people's word that there's a pretty competitive versus game at the end.
The story was pretty lame, but I knew it was a game geared towards a younger audience, so I wasn't expecting much in the first place. I do applaud them for adding in Team Plasma, which is a group of "PETA-ish" trainers who don't believe that Pokemon should be enslaved in these little plastic balls and forced to fight at the will of their masters.
It's a very interesting topic, and from what I understand, a new one for Pokemon games themselves. However, as someone who loves animals, I found myself more often siding with Team Plasma, and it was odd to be playing the game and suddenly you realize you think your protagonist is the bad guy.
With that said, however, the entire time I was playing the game, in the back of my head all I could think was "This is it? Really? This huge franchise has been around this long, and this is as far as they've gotten?"
I didn't play previous Pokemon games, so I can't speak to the progression of the series directly. But playing this one that I buy... it still somehow felt like a game that really didn't push its boundaries.
The graphics didn't impress at all. The Pokemon are pixelated, static 2D images that very slightly "animate", and by that I mean wiggle a little bit, enough for you to know your game hasn't frozen. And from what I've read, this was some huge step for this generation of games. Apparently in the past they didn't move at all? It just felt very bland for a game released in 2011, and especially from a franchise which is very popular and probably doesn't have a problem turning a profit.
The gameplay got very repetitive. In a lot of instances I either destroyed my opponent, or got destroyed, swapped out Pokemon now that I knew what he was using, and then destroyed my opponent. A few things mixed it up, but not much.
I also think the game could have been streamlined a lot further. I feel like a lot of my time playing was wasted a few seconds here, a few seconds there, on menus or battle cutscenes I couldn't just skip. After the hundredth time, I got it. You use ability X > your defense goes up > your attack goes up. Thank you for making me skip through ten screens just to get to my turn.
I feel like there's a lot of potential for this genre of game that just isn't being explored. I mean, it seems like Pokemon is the only one out there still putting this type of game out. There have to have been clones at some point, and they must have died off because they were all trying to do the exact same thing.
As I played, I kept imagining how awesome a game would be if we crossed Pokemon with the Monster Hunter series. Keep everything we love about going out, hunting monsters, using their parts to make armor, etc, but also add in an additional arm of the game whereby you also want to fight and trap said monsters (like you do in the MH series), but for the sake of owning and training them. You want young monsters so that you can, through a series of excersizes, domesticate and train them for battle. And then you can fight them against NPCs and players, or sell them to other players, etc.
And all in a nice 3D engine that allows you to participate in the world.
Or, a console/PC game that crosses Pokemon and Spore's procedural generation technology. How is it possible that nobody has started work on that yet? Imagine the limitless range of monsters to collect and fight then? The procedural generation would work a lot like Borderlands' weapons. You'll come across a LOT of junk that you just sell, but every so often you get a really cool one with great stats.
Not only that, but the procedural system would open up the option to try and breed your monsters, to create crossbreeds, or through a number of generations, really build up couple of desireable stats. How fucking amazing would the trading aspect of that game be?
Ultimately, I don't think Pokemon Black was a bad game, but it certainly seems like there are a lot of cool options that aren't being taken advantage of. I'm probably not going to play it to the end. I didn't hate my time with the game, but I do think there are more entertaining games out there, and I don't have a lot of free time as it is. I hope that when they do another Pokemon for the 3DS, that they really try and bring it to the next level with something new.


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Entry is open to anyone aged 18 years or over on 25 January, 2014, who has the skill and fitness to safely participate. All participants must read and accept the waiver and conditions of entry as set out in the entry form.
The field will be capped at 450 to maintain the quality of the experience for all competitors. Entries will be accepted in order of receipt. Each individual must enter themselves - group entries are not possible. Entry is made using the on-line entry and payment system that will be available from just after midnight on 1 June, 2013. Payment must be made to secure a place in the event. Visa and Mastercard may be used. Cancellation of entry will incur a fee of 20% of the entry fee, with the balance refunded. Cancellations after 31 December, 2013, will not receive a refund. Travel insurance is advisable in case of late cancellations. Entries are not transferrable.
Entry Fee: $620 - includes daily lunches and competitor kit
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Individual: Mens & Womens: U23, Open, Veterans (30-39), Masters(40-49), Super Masters (50-59), Grand Masters (60+), Single Speed Ages are taken as at January 25, 2014. All competitors must enter their correct age category.
Teams: Individuals entering may also form a team. Teams are to comprise of 3 riders, and results will be based on the cumulative individual times of all three.
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Prizes will be awarded for every competition stage, in all categories (teams excepted). Trophies for the overall winners and place getters for the event will be awarded at the final presentations in Strahan. Random prizes will be drawn throughout the event and the winners must be in attendance to claim their prize or the prize will be re-drawn. Prize money will be awarded to the top eight men and top six women on the basis of the final results in general classification. For amounts see the Prize Money Schedule . BACK TO TOP
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The transport shuttle is being offered for the first time for the 2014 event. It is designed for people who bring their cars to the event, but don't have a driver. This shuttle service is for transporting people and day bags only, not bikes or overnight gear - and enables people to reconnect with their vehicles at the end of each day. For more information: Transport Shuttle
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If you are unable to arrange your own support for the event, you may opt for one of the transport and accommodation packages. Availability of these packages is strictly limited.
Note that transport support cannot be provided for competitors who book their own accommodation.Transport support options include bus transport from either Launceston or Strahan to Cradle Mt on Friday, January 24, full support and accommodation through the event, then return transport to Launceston or Strahan. Accommodation for the first two night is at Cradle Mt Chateau, and the next three night will be at Strahan Village. the packages are available as either single or twin share. For more information: Transport and Accommodation Packages
Confirmation of entry is via an automatically generated tax receipt/invoice that is emailed to each competitor on receipt of a completed on-line entry plus payment. You will receive one email containing a summary of your entry submission and a second email containing a tax invoice/receipt that is sent at the time of a completed payment. It is the tax receipt/invoice that confirms your completed entry and place in the event. If these emails don't arrive, please check with the race organisers via email so that we can confirm your correct email address.
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CALGARY -- Questerre Energy has reported the test results from its fifth horizontal well at 05-23-63-6W6M, in the Kakwa-Resthaven area of west-central Alberta.
The 05-23 well is approximately 2 mi west of the existing producing wells on its JV acreage, and 70 to 100 m deeper, vertically. The well was successfully completed with a seven-stage slick water fracture stimulation, in the 1,400 m horizontal section. The well was tested for a 170-hr period thereafter.
Over the last 24 hr of the production test, the well flowed 815 bpd of condensate, and 3.7 MMcfd of natural gas, against anticipated gathering system pressure of approximately 290 psi, on choke sizes ranging from 0.5 to 1 in. During the entire test, the well flowed at an average condensate to natural gas rate of 195 bbl per MMcf. The well will be tied into the local gathering system shortly. Questerre holds a 25% working interest in 05-23.
The company also reported that its next JV well, at 16-25-63-5W6M, has reached total measured depth of 4,680 m. Production casing is being run into the 16-25 well and, subject to equipment availability and weather, completion operations are scheduled to begin next month. Drilling time from spud to total measured depth for 16-25 took approximately 34 days, 12 days shorter than previous wells on its JV acreage.
Questerre updated the testing of the 15-01 well, recently designated as the 09-01-62-6W6M well. A chemical soak and squeeze on the Montney formation was successful in re-establishing gas flows and high pressure on surface. The flow from 09-01 included very anomalous hydrogen sulfide rates.
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December 19 2014 - Hear beloved hymns, toe-tappin' country songs, and holiday favorites, 7 p.m., $5
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December 19 2014 - Features a Christmas town, polar bears, Santa's workshop and a reading room with Santa's elf, , $5
KOS Band and friends to perform at Henrico Theatre
December 20 2014 - Christmas classics will span multiple genres, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., $5
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December 20 2014 - Music by DJ Party Boizz, 8 p.m., $15
Beacon Theatre to present The WinterSky Tour featuring Phil Keaggy
December 20 2014 - Special guests: Jeff Johnson, Brian Dunning and Wendy Goodwin, A Celtic Trio, 6 p.m., Prices vary
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December 20 2014 - Materials are provided, 1 p.m., $30
Theatre IV on Tour to perform ''Twas the Night Before Christmas' at CACGA
December 20 2014 - The show is family-friendly and open to all ages, 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., $12
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Several holiday performances take place this weekend in Henrico including "It's a Wonderful Life" and Theatre IV on Tour's "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" – both at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen. The Central Virginia Masterworks Chorale will perform Vivaldi's "Gloria" at River Road Church, Baptist and the Virginia Repertory Theatre will present "Santa's Christmas Miracle" at the Children's Theatre at Willow Lawn. A fun annual tradition, now in its 14th year, will be at SkateNation Plus in Short Pump – Chabad of Virginia's Chanukah on Ice. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Tigers are native only to the countries of the Asian continent. These independent beasts of valor are a living symbol of strength and power that inspire fear and respect. It is apt that the claws and teeth of the tiger have been revered and worn as amulets throughout the ages.
Crafted as a more modern-day talisman in the form of antique cufflinks, these exotic natural tiger's claws have been encased in a jacket of 9 carat rose gold. The front of the jacket has an undulating perimeter which adds to the sensuality of the curved claw. Simple oval plaques of rose gold serve as the fittings connected to the main body with links of rose gold chain.
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Terminally Blended Process - Tire rubber and modified liquid asphalt are processed and combined in a closed-system plant, for better quality control and reduced air pollution, and then shipped to the contractor's asphalt plant to be combined with aggregate. (Figure 2) Local contractors do not require specialized equipment to use this product. (Figure 3) Unlike most traditional dense graded asphalt mixes, which have three to four percent voids (air pockets), the TBTRA mix that the City is using has voids ranging from 18 to 22 percent. The porous material acts like a French drain, allowing water to drain from the pavement surface faster, increasing lane marking visibility and driver safety.
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- 2006: Baseline established with 3/8" aggregate, 10% rubber in the oil
- 2006: Various combinations of new/existing road surfaces and traffic volumes
- 2007: Larger rock - 1/2" Aggregate vs. 3/8" Aggregate
- 2007: Higher rubber content - 15% vs. 10% of oil
- 2009: Harder rock
- 2010: Type of rock - Slag vs. granite
Mix design and road surface changes are being tested for effects on:
- Durability
- Drainage
- Noise Reduction
- Cost Savings/Sustainability
Noise Reduction: Continued testing has shown mixed results. 3/8" aggregate seems to be quieter than 1/2" aggregate and traditional asphalt. Preliminary results show noise reductions of up to 3 dB, but deterioration of the aggregate appears to correlate with increased noise levels over time. Continued testing will be needed to determine if how time and mix changes affect this finding
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Skid Test: No appreciable difference was detected between the traditional dense graded mixes and tire rubber asphalt
Surface Condition Ratings/Life Cycle: An outside company, RII, established baselines in 2007. Follow up tests will be done in 2010
Accident Rate Comparisons: Statistics compiled in 2008 show a 23.5% decrease in accidents
Appearance, Ride Quality, Rain/Snow Handling - Photo comparisons and public response indicate favorable results. Additional time will be needed to determine if qualities are lost over time and if mix changes affect this finding
Environmental Considerations: Colorado Springs test areas have utilized approximately 452,013 pounds of tire crumb rubber, recycling over 45,000 tires between 2005 and 2009
- The City of Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority (PPRTA) are partners on this innovative project to explore tire rubber asphalt in a Colorado climate. Nolte Associates is the program management firm that the City has hired to handle the PPRTA contract and develop the project specifications. Schmidt Construction Company and Lafarge North American are the paving contractors hired by the City to lay the tire rubber asphalt.
The City of Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority (PPRTA) have been recognized for their work with Terminally Blended Tire Rubber Asphalt by several organizations:
- Environmentally Sustainable Paving Practices Award, presented by the Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association in February 24, 2010, for the 2009 TBTRA paving project on Circle Drive. This award was given as part of CAPA's 16th annual statewide "Best in Colorado" Asphalt Pavement Award Program
- 2010 Excellence in Recycling Award: Outstanding Government Recycling/Diversion Program, presented by the Colorado Association for Recycling (CAFR) July, 2010 for the creation of programs that efficiently increase recycling and waste diversion
- The City's TBTRA program was recognized in the International Road Federation's Innovative Practices for Greener Roads CD-rom, website and literature which were published and distributed internationally in 2008
- Nominated for the 2010 Sustainability Champion Award, sponsored by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado Environmental Partnership
- TBTRA Program Overview and Technical Presentation
- Technical Paper: Testing Terminal Blend Tire Rubber Asphalt Performance for Safety, Ride Quality, and Cost Released in 2007
- Map of 2006 –2007 Test Areas
- PPRTA Street Division 2009 Year End Report: Pages 91-95 of this report provide a detailed description of the TBTRA paving program, testing plan, and test results
* Additional PowerPoint presentations and test results are available on request
Contact Information:
Contact the Colorado Springs Streets Division Offices at 719-385-6819 for more information on the Colorado Springs TBTRA experimental paving program


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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs), Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists (ARBs), or Direct Renin Inhibitors (DRI) for Adults With Hypertension
Evidence on Adverse Effects: Angioedema
Angioedema is a potentially salient and serious adverse event, however, it was not reported in the majority of studies, making it impossible to accurately characterize its frequency and timing in this population. In the four studies that did report episodes of angioedema, this adverse event was observed only in patients treated with an ACEI or DRI (only one reported case). The results from these studies were not pooled because in studies that did not report angioedema, it was not clearly valid to infer that there were no events simply because the studies did not report explicitly that an episode of angioedema did not occur. Thus, it was not possible to estimate the frequency of angioedema in this population.
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial State
On December 3, 2013, Aaron's, Inc. (the "Company") entered into a discounted share buyback agreement (the "Agreement") with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association ("Wells Fargo") to repurchase $125 million (the "Repurchase Price") of shares of the Company's common stock. The Company is repurchasing shares under the Agreement as part of its previously announced share repurchase program.
Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company paid the Repurchase Price to Wells Fargo on December 4, 2013, using cash on hand, for a number of shares of common stock at a per share price equal to the discounted average of the volume-weighted average prices per share of the Company's common stock during the Agreement's valuation period. The valuation period began on December 4, 2013, and is expected to end no later than May 2014. Certain events, such as market disruption events or regulatory disruption events, may result in the valuation period being extended.
Wells Fargo has made an initial delivery to the Company of 3,502,627 shares of the Company's common stock, which is currently estimated to be approximately 80% of the total number of shares to be repurchased under the Agreement. At the end of the valuation period, upon final settlement of the Agreement, the Company may be entitled to receive additional shares of the Company's common stock from Wells Fargo or, under certain circumstances specified in the Agreement, the Company may be required to deliver shares of the Company's common stock or remit a settlement amount in cash, at the Company's option, to Wells Fargo.
The Agreement is subject to terms customary for similar agreements, including terms providing for the effect of extraordinary corporate transactions and setting forth the circumstances under which the Agreement may be terminated early.
From time to time, Wells Fargo and/or its affiliates have directly and indirectly engaged, and may engage in the future, in investment and/or commercial banking transactions with the Company for which they have received, or may receive, customary compensation, fees and expense reimbursement.
Statements in this Current Report regarding the Company that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. For these statements, the Company claims the protection of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements in this Current Report that are "forward-looking" include without limitation the results of the settlement of the Agreement, including the final number of shares that may be purchased pursuant to the Agreement, and whether Wells Fargo may ultimately deliver additional shares to the Company, or whether the Company may instead be obligated to deliver shares or make a cash payment to Wells Fargo.
The Company issued a press release on December 4, 2013 concerning the Agreement and the related repurchase program. The press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
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High over Nazi-occupied France, an all-black B-24 Liberator plowed through the night. Homing on a beacon from Resistance fighters on the ground, the Liberator approached its intended drop zone. The crew intended to sneak in and sneak out, but all eyes were alert for muzzle flashes that would reveal they'd been spotted. At exactly the right moment, the Liberator opened its bomb bay and disgorged its cargo – not bombs but human beings, Allied secret agents being deposited surreptitiously behind the lines.
Not long ago, the Secretary of the Air Force told airmen in Special Operations units that they "represent a rich legacy of service to our nation."
Special Operations airmen fight like no one else, depositing Green Beret teams in the enemy's back yard, aiming gunfire from orbiting gunships, using aviation as a tool to disrupt an enemy's command, control, and communications.
Today, their tools are digital, their techniques polished, and their mission after Afghanistan an accepted part of the nation's work. But the "rich legacy" began amid manual typewriters, vacuum tubes, and sputtering piston engines.
The first true special operations sortie took place December 24, 1942, when two C-47 Skytrain transports dropped paratroopers behind German lines to blow up the El Djem Bridge in Tunisia. Pilot of the first Skytrain was Lt. Col. Philip G. "Flip" Cochran, a fighter pilot who'd strafed the bridge and knew it well. As German troops closed in on them, the paratroopers set off their charges, then trekked 110 miles across the desert to friendly lines. Only eight made it; the rest were either killed or captured, but the bridge went down. Cochran was soon to reappear in the world of unorthodox air action.
In mid-1943, the Army Air Forces were ordered to develop a behind-the-lines capability to support the clandestine warfare efforts of the Office of Strategic Services. In October 1943, the 5th Bombardment Wing in North Africa launched a mission in what may have been the first special operations airplane, a modified B-17 Flying Fortress bomber.
As they settled into their work, these men became flaky and irreverent compared to the spit-and-polish traditional military. When the lone B-17 made an unscheduled stop at a North Africa base, GIs were surprised to see a motley gaggle of folk in non-regulation attire with no insignia of rank. Those who began the Special Operations tradition had no need for formality. They knew each other. That was enough.
In November 1943, although it had no bombers to spare, the AAF yanked the 492nd Bombardment Group from daylight missions, moved the group to a new base at Harrington, England, and gave it a new job. Col. Clifford J. Heflin's unit became known as the "Carpetbaggers."
Heflin's airmen dropped agents and resupplied resistance forces. The 492nd was directed not by the military chain of command but by the OSS. With nose guns removed and a new paint coat of gloss black, B-24 Liberators with names like Baby Bug II and Tiger's Revenge flew 2,809 sorties to drop agents and supplies. Although their war was in Europe, the Carpetbaggers sent one B-24 to Myitkyina, Burma to explore the possibility of supporting clandestine operations there.
The 492nd also carried out radio countermeasures and leaflet-dropping missions, always in secrecy and usually in B-24s that flew alone. A related OSS operation, called the Halyard Mission, extracted downed American airmen being protected by partisans in Yugoslavia. Between June and August 1944, OSS agents in AAF C-47s landed behind enemy lines and recovered 432 Americans and 80 Allied combatants.
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If the "Carpetbaggers" were one leg of what became today's Special Operations forces, the Air Commandos of Southeast Asia were their heart. In the book Apollo's Warriors, Col. Michael E. Haas compares the arrival of the 1st Air Commando Group in the China-Burma-India Theater with "a brick exploding through a plateglass window."
Independent, untidy, at times arrogant, and commanded by a mere colonel who answered only to Washington – Cochran, the Air Commandos became the personal air force of Brig. Orde C. Wingate, the unorthodox British commander in the CBI. Their tools were the P-51A Mustang fighter, B-25 Mitchell bombers packing a 75-mm cannon in the nose, the Stinson L-5 liaison aircraft, the Waco CG-4A glider, and, of course, the trusty C-47.
The Air Commandos, known originally as "Project 9," were conceived as a one-of-a-kind outfit to fight only during the 1944 dry season. Their job was to support Wingate's "Chindit" long-range raiding parties, named after a legendary winged stone lion. With 528 men and 348 aircraft, Cochran and air ace Lt. Col. (later Maj. Gen.) John R. Alison wreaked havoc on Japanese forces, giving the Allies an edge in a campaign that had stagnated for two years.
On March 5, 1944, they launched Operation Thursday, using C-47s and CG-4A gliders to haul Chindits behind Japanese lines. More than 100 C-47s, each pulling two gliders, hauled 2,500 troops 260 miles to a drop zone scouted by Cochran in a P-51A and dubbed "Broadway." Contrary to all wisdom, much of the flying was done in darkness with no lights or radios, and the C-47 pilots used almost two-thirds of their fuel on the outbound leg. Some returned to base with less than 40 gallons. In 24 hours, troops secured a landing field, making the gliders unnecessary. The Japanese never again saw success in the region.
Instead of going away when the season ended, the group expanded to become the First Air Commando Division. Learning of a new aerial gadget being tested in the U.S., the commandos tested their political leverage in Washington by requesting four Sikorsky YR-4B helicopters. The boxy R-4 was challenged by the high, hot conditions of Burma, but the Commandos pulled off history's first combat helicopter rescue.
Before V.J. Day, AAF boss Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold authorized two additional Air Commando Groups. The 2nd joined the 1st in the CBI while the 3rd fought in the Philippines. In those islands, the Army Air Forces became a navy of sorts, operating boats including a 63-foot rescue boat similar to the real Navy's PT boats. The AAF also operated an 85-foot rescue boat powered by two Merlin aircraft engines, with a 14-member crew and a range of 1,000 miles.
History's most horrendous war gave AAF special operations pioneers opportunities to test tactics and techniques they would use well into the 21st century, including close air support for clandestine operations, a "quick snatch" device that enabled a C-47 to snatch up a glider (and, later, a person), a primitive night vision device (the size of a footlocker), short takeoff and landing methods (with aircraft flaps that resembled barn doors), and other innovations.
Upstarts who would have failed a white-glove inspection were the norm among Carpetbaggers and Air Commandos. "We wouldn't have shined on the parade ground," said Col. Fleming Johnson, an Air Commando veteran, in an interview. "We weren't good at snapping salutes or saying, 'sir.' And regular Army officers didn't understand that we were different." In fact, Cochran, Alison, Johnson, and company were more than different: They were the point of the spear.
Postwar Years:
World War II taught many lessons. They led to the creation in 1947 of a Secretary of Defense, a Department of Defense, a Central Intelligence Agency, and the Air Force. Not created, however, was an Air Force Special Operations component. The Air Commando units folded in 1948.
When the U.S. helped the Philippines against the Huk insurgency in the late 1940s, Lt. Col. Edward G. Lansdale had to begin from scratch to throw together an unconventional fighting force of C-47s, P-51s, T-6 armed trainers, and other aircraft. Lansdale refined an important technique that would evolve over the years delivering loudspeaker and leaflet messages by air. Lansdale later said that he received greater cooperation from the CIA than from the Air Force.
When North Korea overran its southern neighbor on June 25, 1950, there was no special operations component in the U.S. Air Force. Many examples of unorthodox warfare sprang up with little direction or coordination, among them a mission in which Air Force crews flew a CIA-owned YH-19 helicopter far behind the lines to salvage a crashed enemy MiG-15 fighter for intelligence analysis. The CIA used numerous aircraft including the ubiquitous C-47 and an all-black B-29 Superfortress to deploy intelligence teams and supplies through short- and long-range low-level penetration into both North and South Korea, and to drop agents across the border in what was then called Red China.
C-47 Missions:
During Korean fighting, much secret work was carried out by the Air Force's tiny "Special Air Missions Detachment," also called Unit 4, headed by a young captain, Harry C. "Heinie" Aderholt. The detachment was part of the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron, the "Kyushu Gypsies."
Equipped with C-47s, now often called Gooney Birds, Aderholt's detachment dropped spies, saboteurs, and partisans behind enemy lines by parachute in risky night missions as part of Operation Aviary.
"The agents, called 'Rabbits,' were given virtually no training," remembered historian Haas in an interview. "For many, their first parachute jump was the one they made into North Korea."
The key to success was accuracy in dropping an agent. Most were men, chosen for their brawn, bravery, and passionate hatred for the North Koreans. One C-47 sortie dropped half a dozen men 100 miles behind the front, to blow up a bridge. On another night, a lone partisan parachuted into North Korea to monitor troop movements. The agents were equipped with crude radios and little else, but one American officer claimed that 70 percent were successful.
Some agents were young women from Seoul's pre-war glitterati of actresses and models, hand-picked for espionage by Francesca Rhee, the wife of South Korean president Syngman Rhee. The young women parachuted behind the lines, ingratiated themselves with North Korean officers, gathered intelligence, and escaped southward to report.
One of the women brought back details of a planned Chinese attack on the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division, information that made possible a victory on the battlefield.
Haas recalled, "One C-47 pilot told me. 'We had the most beautiful babes in the world and we were kicking them out the door in 30-below-zero weather in the middle of the night.'"
In the book Air Commando One, a biography of Aderholt, author Warren A. Trest gives a sense for the pressure-boiler tempo:
"During the brutal battles raging up and down the Korean peninsula in 1950-51, Aderholt's detachment of C-47 Gooney Birds flew a punishing schedule of special airlift missions in support of the ground campaign. These included parachute drops into the thick of combat and perilous low-level night penetrations as far north as Manchuria to airdrop Korean partisans and secret agents behind enemy lines. These intrepid men and women became a vital source of human intelligence during this critical phase of the war."
The C-47 detachment sometimes seemed to be fighting the brass as much as the enemy. When Aderholt asked for exhaust shields and camouflage paint, to make his C-47s less visible at night, it took months for the Air Force to cough up the money.
The detachment received significant backing from the Central Intelligence Agency, which had a role in its behind-the-lines drops.
The C-47s carried out other missions. Some, equipped with the SCR-300 infantry radio and a trailing coaxial cable antenna, orbited near the front lines and relayed field reports from agents. Two C-47s were equipped with loudspeakers for aerial psychological warfare broadcasts, and also dropped psychological warfare leaflets. On at least one occasion, a C-47 used racks intended for parachute supplies to drop two napalm bombs in a surprise morning raid on a North Korean headquarters.
Flying repeatedly into Chinese and North Korean gunfire, the detachment lost just one C-47 in combat, plus one that was damaged so badly it had to be written off.
The Korean War saw many other kinds of special operations, including Air Force troops using crash boats to insert ground agents into North Korea.
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Very late in the Korean era (in January 1952), the Air Force created the 580th, 581st, and 582d Air Resupply and Communication Wings (ARCWs) for unconventional warfare. The 580th served at Wheelus Field, Libya. The 581st was at Clark Field, Philippines and the 582nd at Molesworth, England. In great secrecy, they operated B-29s, C-47s, SA-16 Albatrosses, and helicopters, and took their orders from Air Force officers in an unmarked building on Wisconsin Avenue in Washington, D.C.
On January 15, 1953, a B-29 crew known as Stardust 40, led by 581st ARCW commander Col. John K. Arnold, Jr., was shot down during a leaflet drop in a coordinated effort by MiG-15s and ground searchlight crews. Its nine survivors became the last American POWs released after the Korean War in 1955.
So secret were the ARCWs that when a 581st
H-19 helicopter piloted by 1st Lt. Robert Sullivan rescued the top U.S. air ace, Capt. Joe McConnell ,after his F-86 Sabre went down in the Yellow Sea, the Air Force reenacted the rescue at a freshwater lake in Japan to create a much-published photo that gave the impression McConnell had been picked up by the Air Rescue Service rather than the clandestine unit.
The well-equipped ARCWs performed many missions that verge on the unbelievable. For example, an SA-16 Albatross operating from a base in Turkey made a daring night landing in the Caspian Sea, surrounded by Soviet territory, to retrieve a high-ranking defector and his family.
In the late 1950s, with Korea behind, the Air Force dismantled the ARCWs and turned the special operations mission over to Air National Guard units in California, Maryland, Rhode Island, and West Virginia, all equipped with black-painted SA-16 seaplanes. Former Guardsmen from two other states, Arkansas and Alabama, flew B-26 Invaders during the April 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, a paramilitary attempt to oust Fidel Castro that failed. During this era, with CIA funds, the Air Force developed the Helio U-10 Courier light aircraft (known initially as the L-28) which was
capable of landing and taking off in as little as 50 feet.
Southeast Asia:
When Air Force members began operating in Laos and Vietnam at the start of the 1960s, the U-10 was just what they needed to reach remote villages that lacked an airstrip. But the Air Force lacked much more. Once again, because of a lull between wars, it had no organized special operations units. Air Force members who worked directly for the CIA flew the first U-10s and T-28 fighter-bombers. For years the war in Laos, which included airmen known as Ravens secretly flying forward air control missions, was directed not by some brass-hat general but by the American ambassador in Vietnam.
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy gave a fresh breath of support to the Army's Special Forces, the Green Berets. In April, eager to revive the World War II tradition, Chief of Staff Gen. Curtis E. LeMay authorized the 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron (code-named Jungle Jim), which eventually took T-28s and B-26s to Vietnam in the Farm Gate program. The Air Force resurrected the term Air Commandos and gave the men a distinctive uniform, which included an Australia-New Zealand campaign hat, blue flying scarf, starched fatigues, and combat boots. As their presence grew in Southeast Asia, this new breed of Air Commandos were anything but military in appearance, however: They packed .45 automatics or Swedish K submachine guns, wore whatever they pleased, spoke smidgeons or more of the local language, and seemed more comfortable in a village than in the company of traditional airmen with their sleek and un-Commando-like fast jets.
If there was a symbol of the Air Commandos in Southeast Asia, it was the clattering A-1E Skyraider, a prop plane in a jet war. Few aircraft evoked such a mix of affection and frustration. Pilots rued the way the Skyraider's four 20-milimeter cannons overheated, melted down, and sometimes set the wing on fire. One pilot complained that the big radial engine leaked so much oil, he might slip and fall on the flight line and break his neck before the Viet Cong could ever get a shot at him. The Air Commandos eventually fielded two squadrons of these aging warplanes. In the bullet-raked A Shau Valley of South Vietnam on March 10, 1966, Maj. Bernard F. Fisher landed his A-1E under enemy fire to rescue a downed airman, a heroic action that won him the Medal of Honor. Four more special operations airmen won the nation's highest award during the Vietnam era.
In 1966, the Air Force reached its peak strength for special operations forces with a total of 10,000 people, 550 aircraft, and 19 squadrons. The service introduced AC-47, AC-119, and AC-130 gunships, the only warplanes in the world that engage a target while flying in a pylonturn. In 1967, the term "Special Operations" replaced "Air Commando," not to the pleasure of all, and in 1970, Special Operations airmen participated in the Son Tay prisoner of war (POW) camp.
The Air Force emerged from Vietnam, as from previous wars, with considerable special operations expertise but with no permanent special operations force. As late as 1980, the service still had no system for identifying special operations skill codes in its personnel records, making it difficult to locate airmen with appropriate talents when they were needed. The tendency to approach special operations on an ad hoc basis highlighted numerous deficiencies during the failed attempt to rescue American hostages in Iran in April 1980, and again in Operation Urgent Fury, the U.S. invasion of Grenada in 1983.
Something resembling a permanent home on military organization charts emerged from the Desert One debacle in Iran in December 1982 when the Air Force assigned responsibility for Air Force special operations to the Military Airlift Command. MAC activated the Twenty-Third Air Force at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. This new numbered air force was charged with the worldwide missions of special operations, combat rescue, weather reconnaissance and aerial sampling, security support for intercontinental ballistic missile sites, training of USAF helicopter and HC-130 crewmen, pararescue training, and medical evacuation.
It was something of a misfit. Special operators considered themselves truly different, not just from others in MAC but from others in their service branch. Congress had long recognized the need for a distinct, joint-services command for unconventional warfare. In April 1987, the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) was established at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., and Army Gen James J. Lindsay assumed command. Four months later, 23rd Air Force moved to Hurlburt Field, Fla. but remained part of MAC, still not quite the arrangement the service needed. The command arrangement made many uncomfortable in December 1989 when the largest paratroop drop since World War II kicked off Operation Just Cause, the invasion of Panama.
By now, Special Operations forces were well-equipped. Their inventory included AC-130A/H gunships, EC-130 Volant Solo psychological operations aircraft, HC-130P/N Combat Shadow tankers, MC-130E Combat Talons, and MH-53J Pave Low and MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters. Special tactics combat controllers and medics provided important support to combat units during this operation. A Combat Talon crew ferried captured Panama President Manuel Noriega to prison in the United States.
In a speech, F. Whitten Peters, who was an Air Force secretary in the 1990s, described how the new era called for a permanent Special Operations establishment and for lawyers:
"Two years before I became the Secretary of the Air Force, I was the senior Department of Defense lawyer who worked the special operations portfolio. That meant that there was a certain rhythm to my life. Every Friday at about 4 p.m., Col. Jeff Ellis of the Army or Col. Johnny Wachop of the Air Force would stroll into my office with simple questions like: 'We want to take down a terrorist on a Greek cruise ship in international waters tomorrow morning – any legal issues we need to know about?' Or, 'What can we do with a boatload of illegal Chinese migrants on a sinking ship just off Boston?' Or, 'You know we are working at the Olympics in Atlanta. Any problem with us making arrests?'" Peters later said, "The formation of AFSOC was inevitable."
In an overdue change on May 22, 1990, Gen. Larry D. Welch, Air Force chief of staff, reorganized Twenty-Third Air Force into Air Force Special Operations Command. AFSOC's first commander was Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Eggers. Some said this should have happened in 1947, or 1953, or 1972, not in 1990, but at least it happened. The new command comprised three wings – the 1st, 39th and 353d Special Operations Wings, plus smaller units and reserve groups. This was the unconventional warfare force that performed so well in the Persian Gulf War in 1991, and in subsequent conflicts, with the motto, "Anytime, anywhere."
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EAU CLAIRE - The Arts and Sciences Continuing Education office at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will sponsor the 19th annual Summer Institute sessions for children ages 6-16.
Session one will be held from June 9-19 at UW-Eau Claire and session two from June 30-July 9 at the Park View Elementary and Chippewa Falls High School in Chippewa Falls.
Class options include computers and technology, math, Spanish and French, geology, theater, ceramics, illustrating, writing, biology, history, social and cultural studies, folk toys, chemistry, video production and orienteering. Sixty-one classes will be offered. Classes meet for 16 hours Monday through Thursday for the two-week period.
Class instructors are selected from Eau Claire, surrounding communities, UW-Eau Claire, and public and private schools.
The program is designed to give students an opportunity to explore new areas while having hands-on experience. Children and parents select classes based on the child's interests, capabilities and motivational level.
Tuition for the Summer Institute is $50 and a $10 material fee for most of the classes. A supervised lunch period will be offered to students involved in the morning and afternoon classes for a nominal fee. The registration deadline is two weeks before classes begin.
For further information or to receive a brochure with registration materials, contact Arts and Sciences Continuing Education at (715) 836-2031.
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By Amy Lavalley Post-Tribune correspondent July 2, 2013 5:46PM
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VALPARAISO — At last, the Porter County Jail has 24-hour medical care, but it comes at a price.
At its meeting Tuesday, the Porter County Board of Commissioners approved a contract for almost $1.3 million with Correct Care Solutions in Nashville, Tenn. The firm started work Monday.
The increased medical services, and the possible addition of jail staff to help the medical personnel, are a bump up of about $1 million from what the county has been paying for medical services.
"For the first time in the history of Porter County Jail, there was a medical professional 24 hours a day, and it's the first time we've provide mental health services to the inmates as well," Sheriff David Lain said.
Lain has been working for more than a year to provide improved health care at the jail, including round-the-clock care. Not having adequate care opened the county and the jail to legal liability.
"This isn't fluff. This is constitutional," he said.
The new contract represents an increase of about $800,000 in costs for medical care, Lain said, adding he also wants to hire four additional jail officers, for a total of about $200,000 in salaries and benefits, to work in support of the medical staff.
In the past, non-emergency medical treatment was delayed until an officer could escort medical personnel to an inmate.
"We need to consider this as soon as possible because it does you no good to have medical staff if you can't get them to the population," he said.
Correct Care Solutions started work "on a handshake," Lain said, because the contract hadn't yet been signed.
Commissioners will work with the Porter County Council to find the funding, said President John Evans, R-North.
Council President Bob Poparad, D-At-large, said later that funding for the medical services would be on the council's agenda later this month. "We're exploring all options for funding,"
In other business, commissioners garnered a round of applause when they announced they were giving county employees Friday off, for a long holiday weekend. That gives county employees a total of 13 paid holidays.


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Earlier this month, GM said it would offer the ELR for a 39-month lease for $699 a month for qualified lessees. The deal requires $5,999 down and GM originally said it would only be good until the end of the month (though we assume that could change). It's also an "ultra-low-mileage" lease that allows for only 10,000 miles of driving each year, before per-mile surcharges of 25 cents kick in.
Last fall, GM set the base price for the ELR at $75,000, before government incentives get factored in. Like its Chevy Volt sibling, the ELR can go about 340 miles using both the electricity in the battery and the gas-powered on-board generator. Check out our ELR First Drive here.
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DETROIT – Cadillac is offering a complimentary 240-volt home charging station and installation to early buyers of the all-new 2014 ELR electrified luxury coupe.
"The ELR's blend of leading technology with provocative design and fun-to-drive performance is set to bring new buyers to Cadillac and to electrification itself," said Uwe Ellinghaus, chief marketing officer, Global Cadillac. "Professional installation of the fastest home-charging unit is a natural way to mark the introduction of ELR to the luxury market."
Cadillac is offering the ELR on an ultra-low-mileage, 39-month lease for qualified lessees at $699 per month with $5,999 due at signing after all offers.
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Ebbsfleet's promotion credentials will get their sternest examination so far on Saturday when they travel to championship hopefuls Eastleigh.
The Spitfires were many people's Skrill South title favourites at the start of the season and they're chasing down long-term leaders Bromley.
Fleet are probably playing for third place at best, although they did beat Eastleigh 3-1 in October. The Hampshire side have won eight of their 11 home league games, losing only once and Fleet boss Steve Brown believes they'll pip Bromley to automatic promotion.
He said: "It's a case of respecting their home record. I'll watch clips of all their games. When you've got the quality that Eastleigh have, we have to look at them.
"It's no good going gung-ho. We're the away side, they've got a great home record and we'll have to address that and stop the things they do well.
"He has a lot of good players at his disposal, (Eastleigh manager) Richard Hill and he's got the ability to change it quickly. It's a tough task but they're tasks that you have to relish.
"It's down to us to go there and upset the apple cart."
Dean Rance completes a two-match ban this weekend and will miss the game, so Michael Corcoran should deputise in central midfield.
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Privacy on the internet is vital, there are all sorts of creeps hanging around the internet, trying to make their move on you. In order to protect yourself from them, using a Virtual Private Network is vital. Here we will list down some of our favourite VPN's that do not keep logs.
Without further ado, let us get started.
The Top 10
JonDo (previously known as JAP) is a client program, used with a Proxy Server system, written in Java for routing data across the JonDo network. Unfortunately, being Java based means that the application is rather bloated. Even so, to make up for this large amount of memory consumption, JonDo does have an attractive and user-friendly GUI, which displays lots of visual information about your connection to the JonDo network. Additionally, Java-based also means that it is truly cross-platform.
The free service offers 30-50 Kbit/s speeds and unlimited bandwidth. The commercial option offers a lot more features such as higher speeds, access to all ports and SOCKS5 support.
Vidalia is a client front-end that comes bundled with Tor and Polipo, and their purpose is to route data across the Tor network. There are quite a few bundles offered for users to get started relatively quickly. If you do not opt for the preconfigured Tor browser bundle, you must configure your machine's local proxy port to use Vidalia's default port of 8118 in order to use the programs. Like JonDo, Vidalia constantly changes your IP in order to mask your Internet trail to provide greater anonymity.
There are not that many features or complicated configuration options. It is a basic front-end, which strives to keep the user's experience as 'simple' as possible while the backend to Tor, which is largely hidden, is itself very complicated. The program also allows users to become relays for the Tor network, helping censored users connect to the network undetected. There is also an eye-candy feature which shows a map of Earth with lines representing connections to the Tor server participants and very nice bandwidth graphs.
Hotspot Shield is a free VPN client based on OpenVPN. Unlike other anonymous surfing options, such as JonDo or Tor, Hotspot Shield encrypts all of your Internet activities and not just web browsing. This is ideal for people who want to anonymise other applications without the need to 'proxify' them, which can be a complicated and tedious task.
Anchorfree does not collect any identifiable information about you, so you can rest assured that your privacy is not compromised. Another advantage to using this option compared to others is its speed. I was pleasantly surprised when I first used Hotspot Shield as the speed was noticeably much faster than Tor and JonDo's free servers combined. It can load web pages nearly as fast as my unencrypted connection can even in ideal circumstances.
SecurityKiss is a simple Windows VPN client based on OpenVPN. They have servers located in Germany, the United States of America, The United Kingdom, Switzerland and are looking to expand into other locations. Speeds are relatively fast depending on your location to the nearest server. They do not cap speeds and use data compression to ensure you get the very best connection.
USAIP is a PPTP/L2TP/OpenVPN VPN service. Having servers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary and China, their network should deliver good connection speeds to most people around the world.
Because PPTP and L2TP are protocols and not applications, they are not bound to any one operating system, even though Microsoft played a major part in their development. As a result, you can make use of the USAIP service with the standard network connection manager program found in most any Windows distribution, such as Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7, even older Windows systems such as Windows ME, Windows 98 and Windows 95.
proXPN is a VPN client based on OpenVPN; however, there is a PPTP service also on offer for mobile phone users. They currently have servers located in the USA and are looking to expand into Europe. Therefore, speeds vary depending on your location. Overall, speeds are generally very fast for most users. With it being a VPN client, it encrypts all of your Internet activities. They use a 512-bit level of encryption with 2,048-bit certificates for users to achieve high levels of anonymity.
Unfortunately, registration is mandatory in order to use the service. Of course, for the extremely paranoid folk among you, fake details may be provided, but a real e-mail address must be used in order to activate an account. Then again, this e-mail address could also be anonymous. Sorry if I confused anyone with that last sentence!
VPNReactor is a L2TP/PPTP/OpenVPN VPN service similar to USAIP. They currently only have servers in the USA, so speeds may vary.
Most of the points that were mentioned about USAIP apply to this product too. While the free service also has unlimited bandwidth and usage, the only major difference is that the VPN connection disconnects every 30 minutes. Registration is mandatory, and they also require users to reactivate their accounts monthly. I'm not sure if they support mobile devices, but in theory they should support any devices that use PPTP or L2PT.
Your Freedom is a Java-based "sophisticated tunnelling solution" offered by resolution GmbH. Again, being Java-based means that it is truly a cross-platform solution. The GUI lacks elegance, and it looks plain and simple, even for Java. On the other hand, they have servers located worldwide, have support for lots of protocols, for instance, UDP, and they allow you to play online games using the tunnel.
However, the speeds are on the slow side: 64 Kbit/s dial-up speed for free users. They also limit usage of the proxy tunnel for up to 6 hours per day or up to 15 hours per week. It's not much at all and that is why I recommend this service rather as a backup solution. They only keep logs of your statistical data for accounting purposes.
ExpatShield is an OpenVPN based VPN system that is a subsidiary of Hotspot Shield. ExpatShield has all the good features of Hotspot Shield, including its amazing speed. Expat shield also has the 5 Gigabytes limit imposed by hotspot shield. ExpatShield encrypts all your web data, allowing you to surf securely.
CyberGhost VPN is a VPN client offered by S.A.D. GmbH, whose servers are based in Germany. It uses 128-bit AES encryption on all connections to ensure a high level of anonymity and special data compression techniques to make speeds faster. With its free service, you get 1 GB a month, which is more than enough for surfing the web.
It has a clean, intuitive and user-friendly GUI. It supports lots of languages including English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Polish. This is a more complete solution compared with others listed here, one which is great for everyone. You may have to wait in a queue during peak times due to the service's popularity. I am very pleased with this product and believe that it is well worth a good look to anybody serious about his or her privacy and anonymity.


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