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It's 1:27 and you call it a "loop"?
I know it's a bit long for a loop, but it does loop and has no particular beginning or end so I figured: why not?
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As far as loops go.
This is pretty amazing. Makes me want to check out some of your other submissions. ^^. This could fit vary well in a game lobby, or non-action game.
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Matt has a bachelor's degree in Sociology from North Central College, a Juris Doctorate from DePaul Law School, and a Master's in Biblical Studies from the Moody Bible Institute. One of Matt's favorite verses, and his personal philosophy on ministry, comes from Ezra 7:10, "For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD, and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel."
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A contract created by spouses after entering into marriage that outlines the ownership of financial assets in the event of a divorce. The contract can also set out the responsibilities surrounding any children or other obligations for the duration of the marriage.
Also known as a "post-marital agreement" or "postnup".
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Similar to a prenuptial agreement, postnuptial agreements allow a couple to alleviate tension caused by financial concerns. Entering into this style of contract will allow spouses to establish an equitable distribution of assets if the marriage dissolves.
Marital agreements, including postnuptial ones, are often considered taboo. Critics argue such contracts indicate the couple expects the marriage to fail. However, if a contract can remedy financial discomfort, the couple could choose to enter into an agreement in hopes of keeping marital harmony.
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Why All the Fuss? US Carbon Emissions Lowest Since '94
We don't need more regulation of energy use, cap and trade, carbon taxes, or any of the range of new measures President Obama is pushing to deal with climate change. According to Bloomberg News, U.S. carbon emissions are down 13 percent over the past five years and that they are now the lowest since 1994. In fact, we are more than halfway to President Obama's goal of a 17 percent reduction from our peak year of 2007.
Free market developments, like the higher cost of coal relative to natural gas, the high price of gasoline and greater energy efficiency in commercial buildings, are all doing the job. We don't need big government here.
Coal has fallen to only 18 percent of our energy use (down from 23 percent in 2007) and natural gas is up to 31 percent. Natural gas has half the carbon emissions of coal.
Evidence suggests that climate change and global warming are happening but at a much slower rate than doomsday warnings suggested. We are now on track for an increase in global temperatures of one degree centigrade by 2100.
The fears of climatologists had been that the direct increase in global temperatures — which are happening as predicted and are largely moderate — would be augmented by a two or three degree centigrade increase by 2100 due to water vapor. Their fear was that a brighter sun would cause more evaporation and that the resulting water vapor itself would become a greenhouse gas, raising global temperatures even further. This prediction has not come to pass in the past seventeen years of climate monitoring. The model was wrong.
In his inaugural address, Obama demanded a reduction of carbon emissions to save future generations from global climate change. But this danger is proving to be illusory and largely addressed by free market activity and public education.
The gaping hole in carbon reductions efforts is China, which refuses to act to cut them. Despite claiming it is a developing country, the world's second largest economy is its largest carbon emitter. Indeed, each year China's emissions grow by an amount that exceeds the total emissions of Japan. So each year, the increase in Chinese GDP (about $400 billion) causes more emissions than the total of the Japanese economy, which is ten times as much — $5 trillion.
Obama is using climate change as an excuse to regulate and tax American business because that is what he believes in. But the excuse is vanishing. So should the regulations.
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Getting Cigarette Smoke Out of Clothes
My daughter's friend gave her a lot of clothes. Friend smokes, heavily and all the clothes are saturated in it. So far, my daughter has washed them in detergent, rinsed using a vinegar rinse and (I think) she said a "vodka" rinse?? It didn't work. Are there some TnT ways of getting these clothes smelling fresh. She just can't wear them smelling like smoke. She also used a peroxide wash or rinse.
She doesn't have a clothes line to let them dry in the sunshine.
You don't need a clothes line to get them outside in the fresh air and sunshine. Just drape them over chairs or whatever.
I would try multiple washings. I would add Downy fabric softener to the rinse. I would spray Fabreeze on them. But in the end, sometimes you just can't get odors out of clothing.
I have been using peroxide instead of bleach on sheets and towels for a few years now and have never had a problem. I even spray it full strength on bloodstains (3 boys, that should explain it!) and have never had a problem.
My suggestion would be to soak them in oxyclean in the washer. Just put a couple of scoops in, add the clothes and start the washer (warm or hot works best). It got the "locker room" smell out of my son's football uniform that he would only bring home every few weeks. If the smell is really bad it might take a couple of tries but it should work.
One of my custmers wanted me to takie clothing to Goodwiil for. She is a chain smoker. I put them on hangers hung in garage for 3 days.with doors open in day time. Had screen locked. Then I put in boxes with coffee in container in it. Smelled fine . I had washed them twice before any of this.
Smoke smell is held in oils/tar.....remove the oils/ tar and the smell is gone...
If fresh air doesn't do it....soap and water should.
I was given a wook item knit by a heavy smoker....Pee-yeew!
I aired it...I re aired it...I sprayed it with lysol...I re re aired it....I "Fabreez-ed" it....and aired some more.
It's fine now!
I didn't want to wash it beacuse of tha nature of the thing and all the fancy work...
However....with enough air, it did go away!
Linda C
What do the persons who resell used cars do?
I'm not a auto enthusiasts, indeed I rather dislike the expensive lumbering bothers but often cleaning questions make me think of problems car persons must face frequently.
People who sell used cars have to deal with kid and pet odors, emesis, alcohol and tobacco odors.
If they are in good condition and she wants to wear them for a reasonable period of time why doesn't she have them drycleaned?
FWIW, I smoke (I know, bad example for a doctor) but I digress. I never have any problem getting things washed out and clean smelling with plain old Liquid Tide HE, Clorox 2 and Downey Mtn. Spring.
I smoked for years and now that I've quit I've went through my whole house and washed everything. I no longer smell the smoke. I used the Lemon Mr. Clean on my walls, floors, etc. And I wash my clothes in Tide. They no longer smell of smoke. I don't understand why your's still do if you used tide. Maybe you could try putting a little white vinegar in the washer instead of soap, then re-wash with tide or your favorite detergent.
Fresh air. Period. I had a bunch of Beanie Babies during the craze that I'd bought from a smoker. I sat them on the patio table all day and then sprayed with a bit of Febreeze. They smell fresh and never got the smoke smell back. If your daughter doesn't have a place to set the clothes outside, have her bring them to your house or a friends and just leave them there for a couple of days.
i just got 3 huge bags full of old dress up clothes from an in law who chain smokes in her house- disgusting smelling... and I am a previous smoker and sometimes still pick up a cig every now and then- this makes me want to stop FOREVER how disgusting these clothes smell- I am only trying these remedies bc my girls would really love to play in these dress up clothes and some are from when my husband was little so these have been passed down from generations- i have tried lysol, then washing w extra detergent, then washing AGAIN, then with febreeze, and then letting sit outside to dry and spraying again w lysol.... i will know in a couple of days if all my efforts have worked- and BTW my clothes now stink from all the handling - is so sad bc two of the white dresses are from my wedding that the flower girls wore and I would love for my girls to play in these
It will just take a few or maybe even 4 washings if it's really bad. I bought a new shirt at Sears and didn't realize it must have been a return, it had all it's tags but apparently it sat in someone's smoky home or car. It took actually 3 washings to get the smoke from this cotton knit top!!!!! CRAZY! Makes me wonder how anyone can smoke! Disgusting!!!!!
1st of all I smoke & don't want to hear about it. 2nd, I am fantantical about the smell of smoke in my house & car which, I am happy to say, I do not have. All my clothes are hung on the line, (live in MA so very cold air to me is best), & smoke odor is then gone & others who do not smoke agree. I also use a fabulous air spray which I will not reveal since I don't want to be accused of sending spam. Friends come into my house & think I've quit smoking. But to me, God's fresh air is the best. I hang all my bed pillows on the line a couple of times a week because I love the smell of the fresh air. I wld do this even if I didn't smoke. Fresh air is free; dryers are not! Also, I use vinegar for the final rinse which works great! Clothes are soft & can be used on microfiber vs fab. soft. which shld not be used. Vinegar scent is gone when clothes dry. I have never heard of clothes retaining smoke odor that long after several washings. I'd throw my clothes away were this the case-or consider quitting! I also use my "secret" air freshener in my closet. My clothes smell great!
I would put them in the washer with a good/excessive amount of oxyclean dissolved in the hottest water they can handle, and let them sit many hours or overnight and then run the washer with detergent and rinse as usual. Maybe an extra rinse.
I find oxyclean takes out EVERYTHING if left long enough; stains, odors, grease, etc. and doesn't harm the fabric.
I'm lol since the odor emlimator I use is Zero Odor but I was afraid to mention it since I was afraid I would be accused of spamming. ZO is fantastic! It is what I use to rid my house/car & clothes of smoke odor along w/God's fresh air! Thank you, house elf for saying ZO right out loud. I love it! But what is BBB?
I might have to check into the zero odor stuff. My kids have a friend whose parents smoke and he is always giving them his old clothes or toys. Most of it I have to throw away because nothing I've done can get the smell out.
I know smokers think they are doing all they can to get the smell out, but it's still there. I have a couple of neighbors who smoke and just being outside when they run their dryer is nauseating. The smell of cigarettes and dryer sheets is an awful combination! When their kids come to my house my house smells for hours afterward...and these are very clean kids. It's very sad.
Odoban is great at removing cigarette smell. My DH and I borrowed a vehicle from a heavy smoker. She sprayed the car with Odoban before she loaned it to us and there was NO ODOR OF SMOKE!! AT ALL!!! I have put it in the wash water when the clothes I waswearing while doing the burn pile hit the wash and it worked wonderfully.
I used to be able to get it at Walmart. Just picked it up at Home Depot and my sister found it at Sam's Club. www.odoban.com
It's important to use a clean rinsing detergent, like Nellie's, Country Save or Allen's Naturally. Borax is good for getting out smells, and it works even better if you let the clothes soak in the washer for half an hour on top of the washing time.
I'm in the process of getting the strong stale smoke smell out of all my brother's clothes now that he has moved out of a smoky apartment. I'm using regular detergent and borax, with about 1/4 cup vinegar in the rinse, and then hanging outside. If you have some oxyclean you can add that to the wash as well but it shouldn't be necessary.
Fabric softeners will just mask the smell and make the problem worse in the end since it coats the fabric.
My sis brought some clothes that she picked up from a garage sale. Cute kids clothes that unfortunately smells like smoke. Now its one thing to smoke if ur an adult cause u have a choice, but to subject children to it is really wrong and harmful. I washed the clothes 3 times. I am going to try fresh air, but I refuse to put it on my children. If I can't get rid of the smell bye bye clothes. Its sad really.
Just make sure she is using enough washing powders. My husband and I used to go out for dinner and dancing with friends to the VFW and we came home stinking of smoke. I had to shower before I went to bed to get it off my hair. The smell always came out of the clothes. Do the clothes smell of smoke or just a musty smell?
As someone who volunteers at a thrift store... DO NOT donate smell saturated clothing or household items! We use or recycle (donations to homeless shelters, animal shelters, numerous charitable organizations, International Children's Fund, etc.) absolutely everything we receive EXCEPT anything that smells. Smell is the first test before it even makes it into our store for sorting. If it smells, it is not kept or passed on. This keeps our store from smelling awful. Right now I have washed a whole load of fantastic jeans TWICE! They still smell, as does my house now. I will try a 1 C. baking soda and 1 C. vinegar soak overnight, but if they still smell, unfortunately all those wonderful clothes will be thrown away.


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There's lots to look at and take in at the Seattle Boat Show (Indoors +Afloat) and always something new for boating enthusiasts of every persuasion. The Seattle Boat Show is the largest show on the West Coast and the third largest in the U.S., and as such it is often the place where manufacturers choose to debut their new models. 2014 is no exception. But there's also tons of fun to be had at the Show. http://www.seattleboatshow.com/
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We snuck out one last time to capture photos for the 2014 brochure. The chances of finding good weather in Oregon, in November, where this shot was taken, has about the same odds as catching a salmon on the Mississippi River. However, this time we got lucky. This is a Duckworth Navigator 215 SE. The "SE" package is a very nicely equipped set of accessories and features that dials the boat in for multipurpose use.
Cliff Spediacci, owner of Hook & Ladder Guide Service, was pretty excited last month when the boat of his dreams finally arrived. Cliff will now be guiding the central California region in a new Duckworth 235 Pacific Navigator. For the lakes and rivers he fishes, there is not better platform for angling. His customers will no doubt be in ultimate comfort, and knowing Cliff's expertise for catching salmon, trout, stripers and Mackinaw, his fish box is going to be full more often than not.
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The NZ$198.3m arena, a replacement for the city's historic Carisbrook ground, is on course to open its doors in August, leaving only a handful of provincial matches before the World Cup gets underway.
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I am looking for cooking/baking ideas! I have a month before I start my new job and decided that I will fill some of my time by cooking "new things". I have come up with a few ideas on my own (bagels, homemade pasta, puff pastries, and quiche) but I need more ideas. I have been looking online, but all the recipe sites I find have normal things like casseroles and baked chicken dishes; I want more excitement, lol. I have some cooking experience and I am more than willing to "study up" if the recipes are little harder. I am slightly limited by my tiny kitchen and lack of cooking hardware so I am leaning towards recipes that don't need very specialized materials (some new hardware is okay, especially if it is a really cool recipe). I ask you to challenge me! All I need are your ideas... and recipes wouldn't hurt either. I thank you all in advance for your help.
Here are a few of my favorites. They may not be too challenging but they are delicious. We're having Monte's Ham for dinner this Sunday :)
Kima (Indian Meat Dish)
1 cup chopped onion
1 clove garlic, minced
1 lb extra lean ground beef
1 or more Tablespoons curry powder
2 tsps salt
tsp pepper
2 potatoes peeled & diced
2-3 tomatoes, diced
Ground coriander
Garlic powder
1 package frozen peas
Saute onion in butter (I used 1 Tbsp). Add garlic and meat. Brown, then drain a bit (I didnÂt have much fat). Stir in curry powder, salt and pepper. Simmer. Then add tomatoes (I mash the tomatoes and meat at this point to get more juice and to make the ground meat fine). I saute the potatoes separate, then add to the mixture and let simmer about 15 minutes. I add some spaghetti sauce (marinara style) and water until I have a sauce because the tomatoes I buy donÂt make a lot of juice it seems. I taste for seasoning and add more curry powder plus some coriander and a bit of garlic powder. A few minutes before serving I add the peas and let simmer. If the Kima is too acidic, I add a bit of sugar. Serve with raita salad and naan (from Trader JoeÂs, baked 1-1/2 minutes in countertop oven). Can also serve with rice.
Raita Salad (can halve this recipe for above Kima recipe)
2 (8 oz) containers plain yogurt
1 cucumber peeled, seeded and diced
4 or 5 radishes chopped
¼ cup red onion diced
Ground coriander
Pinch of Kosher salt
Blend all ingredients, cover with wrap and chill in refrigerator at least 1 hour.
Chile & Tomato Saifun Noodle Salad
½ pound saifun (rice stick) noodles
¼ cup rice vinegar
3 tablespoons sugar
Zest and juice of 1 lime
2 tsps chile paste*
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 tsps fish sauce
¼ cup vegetable oil
Soy sauce
2 ripe tomatoes, diced
1 small peeled cucumber, thinly sliced into rounds
2 tablespoons choped fresh mint
3 to 4 green onions, minced
To prepare the noodles, soak them in a bowl of warm water for about 10-15 minutes to soften. Bring 5 cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan, add the softened noodles, & cook until tender, about 1 minute. Drain the noodles & briefly rinse them under cold running water to stop the cooking process. Drain again and place in the refrigerator to chill.
To prepare the dressing, mix together the vinegar, sugar, zest, juice, and chile paste in a medium bowl. Stir in the garlic and fish sauce. Slowly whisk in the oil until the dressing is emulsified & thickened. Season to taste with the soy sauce and set aside.
To finish the salad, place the chilled noodles in a large bowl. Add the tomatoes, cucumbers, cilantro, mint and green onions and toss well. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss well to coat evenly. Refrigerate the salad for at least 30 minutes, then serve.
*I use only 1 tsp of chile paste (sambal oulek)--this stuff is Hot! The author says you can add slices of pork tenderloin or bean sprouts. I added snow peas, bean sprouts and shrimp & sometimes have added more soy sauce.
Source: CaprialÂs Bistro Style Cuisine
MonteÂs Ham
1 (15 lb) smoked ham, on the bone
1-1/2 cups orange marmalade
1 cup Dijon mustard
1-1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 rounded tablespoon whole cloves
Heat oven to 300 degrees. Cut off the ham's tough outer skin and excess fat and discard.
Put ham in a large roasting pan. With a long, sharp knife score it, making crosshatch incisions all over the ham about ½" deep and 1 inch apart.
Roast the ham on the lower middle level of the oven for two hours. Remove it from oven, increase heat to 350 degrees and make the glaze.
For the glaze, stir together the orange marmalade, mustard and brown sugar in a medium-size bowl. Stud ham with cloves, inserting one at the intersection of each crosshatch. Brush entire surface of ham generously with glaze (reserving some glaze) and return ham to the oven.
Cook ham 1-1/2 hours more, brushing with glaze at least 3 times. Transfer ham to a cutting board or platter & allow it to rest for about 30 minutes. Carve and serve warm or at room temp.
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Here is a fern that you won't see unless you are way down on the ground, at least on your hands and knees, or better yet, crawling around in the grass. It is only a few inches tall, emerging from the ground in the late winter and early spring. It is one of those tiny little plants that is really delightful, but not very well known. You can find it pushing out of the ground right now, usually in open lawns, roadsides and grassy ditches.
Our family has always eaten a lot of pork chops. I remember my wife's mother serving them quite often when we were first married. The chops were thinner then, and almost always bone-in. She would pan-fry them so you could just pick them up and eat them in bunches.
These days, though, we prefer thicker chops and although we prefer bone-in, it really just depends on what's available at the market.
BOLIVIA — A Brunswick County Superior Court judge ruled key evidence admissible Monday during the first day of the trial of a Wilmington man accused of killing a 3-year-old Shallotte boy.
Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Ola M. Lewis ruled on several motions in the trial of 29-year-old Montey Andrea Murray, who is charged with first-degree murder and felony child abuse in the 2012 death of Jaronn Ladale McAllister.
BOLIVIA — Ben Kerner threw a five-inning one-hitter as Brunswick Community College beat New River Community College 11-1 in the first game of a baseball doubleheader Saturday, March 21, at Founders Field.
The only hit Kerner allowed was a leadoff home run in the top of the fifth. Kerner struck out three and walked no one.
Chad McCumbee and Stevan McAleer finished third in the Visual Studio 150 Friday, March 20, at Sebring International Raceway. They drove a Mazda MX-5 in the Street Tuner class for C.J. Wilson Racing on the 3.74-mile course.
Greg Liefooghe passed Andrew Carbonell for the Street Tuner (ST) lead with one hour remaining and led the rest of the way to give Next Level European its first victory in the No. 83 Red Line Oil Porsche Cayman started by Eric Zimmermann.
SHALLOTTE — Topsail finished with 15 hits and West Brunswick made five errors as the Pirates beat the Trojans 11-1 in a conference baseball game Friday, March 20, at Mike Alderson Field.
The loss was the first of the season for West (2-1 in the conference, 8-1 overall).
Topsail, which won the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 3A baseball state title in 2014, is 3-1, 7-1.
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ODOT has activated a new gate at Exit 31 from eastbound Interstate 84 to Multnomah Falls that will close when the parking lot is full and prevent dangerous backups onto the freeway travel lanes.
It's not often in a lifetime you get treated to a brand new meteor shower that no one has ever seen before, but that is the case Friday night with the (pardon me a moment while I go copy and paste this:) Camelopardalids Meteor Shower.
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These are destinations every bit as spectacular as Oregon's main tourist draws — Mount Hood, Columbia River Gorge, Silver Falls — that are visited a fraction of the time.
Time to tiptoe through the tulips in Woodburn, where the Tulip Fest is on through May 4 at Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm.
The earth shook for 4 1/2 minutes on March 27, 1964, at 5:36 p.m. as the largest earthquake in U.S. history tossed and bent Alaska. The 9.2 magnitude earthquake killed 15 people. Another 113 died in tsunamis, including 4 in Oregon. The damage was costly: $113 million in 1964 dollars, more than $2.3 billion by today's standards.
Wildlife advocates are preparing to retrace the 1,200-mile path of a wandering wolf whose trek in 2011 across Oregon and California attracted worldwide attention, hoping their upcoming journey will help build greater acceptance of wolves as they reclaim lost territories across the West.
A Pendleton, Ore., man and his two teenage sons say they found a thirsty, famished Airedale terrier struggling to move in deep snow when they paused after a 14-mile snowmobile ride into the northeast Oregon backcountry.
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MapleStory is a popular multi-player online role playing game available to anyone running a Windows-based computer. Developed in Korea, with other 50 million MapleStory players around the world, the game is now becoming popular in North America. Download MapleStory to experience it for yourself.
Select the "Full" or "RAR" version of MapleStory, but not both. Both of these options contain the same information. Download the full version if you have a fast connection that can handle a single 600 MB download. Try downloading the RAR files one at a time if your connection is slow or if you only want to download the program in parts.
Download DirectX if you don't already have it installed on your computer. While not a part of the MapleStory program, the application is needed to run it. Click on Version 8.1 if you have a computer running Windows 98/ME or Windows 2000. Install Version 9.0 if your computer runs on Windows XP.
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As of today, the nation's true indebtedness (promises that have been made for spending obligations, less all the taxes the Treasury expects to collect) exceeds $222,000 Billion. The indebtedness to Gross Domestic Product ($16,100 Billion) is a staggering 13.8 to 1. The United States is not facing bankruptcy, it is bankrupt.
Yet there is no sense of urgency or desire on the part of the governing class to level with the American people. This nation is living on the residue of the economic growth begun in the 1950's and accelerated in the 1980's. That tidal wave of prosperity has ebbed. The United States has entered into a death spiral of unrestrained spending, excessive taxation, printing near worthless money, and stagnant economic activity. Rather than be straightforward with the populace, the governing class is content to paper over the problem by the usual shell games of phony long-term spending cuts, more borrowing, and prevarications about the efficacy of raising taxes on "the rich."
The true nature of the GOP establishment's motivation has been exposed by their reaction to the Tea Party movement. This grassroots rebellion was the first manifestation of the awareness by a large portion of the American public of the nation's problems and ultimate consequences. Despite the overwhelming success of the Tea Party working within the Republican Party in the 2010 mid-term elections, nearly all of the Republican elites downplayed their success and fell-in with the mainstream media and the Democrats in their well-worn and gratuitous aspersions against these concerned and patriotic Americans. The Tea Party movement poses a threat to not only the accumulated power of the governing class but their livelihoods, thus the concerted effort to marginalize them by any vile or preposterous means possible.
The United States finds itself in a circumstance once thought unthinkable. An ill-educated and near morally bankrupt society increasingly made up of those dependent on government combined with a governing class whose primary interest is themselves. The nation cannot, therefore, make any meaningful course correction unless and until the people finally understand they have been lied to and conned by the current establishment. That will, in all likelihood, not occur until America faces imminent collapse and the citizenry turns on those who brought the nation to its knees.
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If one accepts the premise that security is a weakest-link discipline, then no organization can truly approach being "secure" unless it considers all of its security risks when crafting overall security strategy and formulating risk mitigation decisions.
For many years, organizations have approached risk mitigation in an essentially siloed format where physical security is managed separately from information technology (IT) security, and separately again from internal audit, privacy, risk and emergency management, and other risk-oriented functions. The gulf between these silos inevitably increases duplication, bureaucracy, and cost.
Over the past few years, business drivers—a global economy and the rate of technical advancement—have compelled these previously independent business functions to become more integrated, to remain cost-competitive, to meet the burdens of new legislation, and to reap operational benefits available from new technologies. This evolution has been termed "security convergence."
A few discrete definitions of security convergence have evolved in recent writings on the topic. A couple examples by writers on the CSO online Web site are:
[T]he integration of logical, information, physical and personnel security; business continuity; disaster recovery; and safety risk management.
Integrating historically stovepiped functions of operational risk management to achieve better security, oversight of enterprise-wide risk and cost efficiencies.
ASIS International defines convergence as:
The identification of security risks and interdependencies between business functions and processes within the enterprise and the development of managed business solutions to address those interdependencies.
Although there is probably no one definition suitable for all uses of security convergence, my definition would be:
Security convergence is the integration, in a formal, collaborative, and strategic manner, of the cumulative security resources of an organization in order to deliver enterprise-wide benefits through enhanced risk mitigation, increased operational effectiveness and efficiency, and cost savings.
Now, with that said, this definition may be a bit overstated only because security convergence can be as much or as little as is useful to an organization.
In practical terms, this activity is about bringing together likeminded people with similar or identical responsibilities for organizational asset protection, and getting them to talk and compare challenges. It has been said that this may initially be best accomplished by informally approaching your colleagues and taking them for a beer or a meal away from the work location. This bottom-up approach will work for many types of organizations whose culture allows for organic growth of ideas. In other organizations, where a top-down style is prevalent, this may be approached through a corporate directive to reduce costs, rationalize resources, or meet legislative responsibilities; either way, convergence can work. To be successful, convergence needs people with the right motivation, the willingness to explore the issues, and then a good plan. All around the world, security professionals have begun to study convergence in more depth and to continue to explore education or training in the sector of security to which they had not previously been exposed. Although still in its infancy, this cross-certification is becoming a reality.
A few writers on convergence have opined that true convergence or integration between security resources in an organization is not advisable or even possible. This seems a safe position to take for consultants or professionals who have not been in the trenches and seen the benefits of true convergence. For those who have converged their business groups and whose organizations are now experiencing the benefits, there is strong evidence that convergence is the future for the security function, whether implemented as a strategic choice by forward-looking security professionals or an action imposed by the organization to meet a business need or changing business environment.
Consider some basic, fundamental key concepts to start the discussion:
1. Both functions bring strengths to the new relationship.
2. The groups must learn to speak a common language.
3. The progress of security convergence needs to be slow and measured.
Both functions (IT security and physical security) bring strengths to the new relationship, and those strengths must be capitalized upon in order to address the inherent challenges in the broader business context. IT security requires technical expertise but not large numbers of staff, whereas physical security generally has the opposite; however, both groups can benefit by uniting their efforts. When these groups work together, the assets of each group can aid in threat mitigation, cost reduction, and improved efficiency throughout the organization.
It is safe to say that, in most organizations, convergence needs to be slow and measured. Introducing any organizational and culture change can be challenging, to say the least; changes with such far-reaching potential impact must be approached methodically. This process must battle historically different hierarchies, dissimilar cultures, and a language gap. Only after the groups begin to speak the common language of risk and begin to work together to improve security can the positive effects can be measured. Once understood and measured, the value of integration must be evangelized throughout the organization to promote continued convergence.
These groups must first learn to communicate in a common language. IT people know very little about patrolling buildings and arresting criminals, whereas physical security people are often equally baffled by firewalls, servers, and viruses. The common language between them is the language of risk. Both groups inform their reporting chain about risk situations that threaten or put at risk the organization's assets, regardless of whether those assets are people, information, or property.
Once this common language has been established, these groups can begin to discuss strategic and tactical issues that plague or threaten the organization, in terms of how they can be mitigated. Only then—once these teams are working together—can convergence begin to occur and its benefits be measured. A good example of this is to consider a proprietary guard force managing the security of a multi-building environment with thousands of employees. The guard force has many small but useful strengths, which can be leveraged to the benefit of the organization. The guards are constantly patrolling the facilities, which gives them an excellent level of knowledge about the normal conditions of the buildings.
Many groups are beginning to engage in security convergence through security industry associations, the vendor community, and formal alliances. Security industry associations have come together to educate members and develop strategic relationships moving forward. Guidelines have been developed for the Chief Security Officer (CSO) position in an attempt to advocate and benchmark the role of the senior security leader in an organization. A separate project exists to define the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) position. These actions have been taken to educate industry professionals, human resource professionals, and senior management, and to mainstream these relatively new titles and positions.
Industry vendors have developed strategic partnerships similar to the Open Security Exchange Convergence Council, to develop technology to bridge the gap between physical and cyber technology environments. The following quote from the ComputerAssociates Web site highlights a 2003 study by Pinkerton Consulting and Investigations about collaboration between IT and physical security departments:
According to a recent research report by Pinkerton Consulting and Investigations, only 36% of all companies surveyed have formal procedures in place for the collaboration between the physical and cyber security departments. The lack of security management results in increased exposure, limited situational awareness, poor accountability and higher operating costs. The Open Security Exchange believes that the interoperability resulting from the use of its specifications will allow organizations to develop formal collaboration between different security functions and will enhance organizational security and operational efficiency.
Convergence engineering, a term recently coined by Shayne Bates of Koffel Associates, refers to the technical issues associated with the integration of logical and physical security. Not so long ago, information security (infosec) vendors protected networks and physical security vendors protected bricks and mortar, and the twain never met. Now that a growing roster of security companies operate in both spaces, as well as in other risk-related areas, we are likely to see an accelerated proliferation of products and security platforms which enable organizations to manage both physical and IT security risks with one product. For example, Brink's Armored Car now offers managed network security services. Unisys, the former mainframe purveyor, has a consulting business in supply chain security. Software giant Computer Associates is collaborating with smart-card vendors such as HID Global Corp. in the Open Security Exchange consortium to develop a network and building access standard called Physbits. Kroll, historically a physical security services provider, now owns Ontrack Data Recovery. Although these are the initial entrants into this new business sector, the market for these products will undoubtedly continue to grow, attracting more and larger manufacturers to the sector.
Probably the most prolific effort to define security convergence mounted to date is the organization created by the International Systems Security Association (ISSA), the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), and ASIS International: The Alliance for Enterprise Security Risk Management (AESRM). Created in 2005 to address the management of risks and emerging regulations that require a more thorough, enterprise-wide approach to security, AESRM's purpose going forward is to address issues surrounding the convergence of physical and logical security. AESRM has jointly funded security research on convergence and the effects of convergence on an organization's infrastructure.
Free trade, the amazingly imprecise mechanism of eliminating or lowering barriers to cross-border trade, has accelerated businesses down the path of expanding the business reach of their organizations. These decisions were often made in a vacuum, with little input from operational departments such as corporate security. Because serious IT security was still a gleam in the eye of a few technology people at that time, global connectivity and supply chain management were developed with functionality, yet limited security, in mind. It was only when the true global businesses started to emerge that security began to be included in discussions such as protecting the supply chain, executive protection while traveling, and intellectual property protection.
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The Saints Row IV "Million Dollar Pack" will be sold through GAME, a UK video game retailer, and is available to purchase for, yes, one million dollars. The bundle gets you a copy of the game and some additional bonuses:
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The director, who previously helmed Iron Man 3 and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, has a busy slate ahead of him.
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