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California's Republican Party leaders took steps Saturday to try to reset their image and broaden the party's appeal among Latinos, Asians, young voters and women.
Republicans were working to showcase their progress in wooing those groups during their weekend convention in Burlingame. Saturday's events were aimed at expanding their voter base, although the lineup of official speakers seemed to reinforce the stereotype of a party dominated by older white men.
The Republican Party's registration is now less than a third of California voters. Republicans lost the election for every statewide office in 2010 and are in danger of losing even more seats this year in the Legislature and among California's congressional delegation.
Overall voter registration in California is about 64 percent white non-Hispanic, 22 percent Hispanic, 7 percent Asian and 6 percent black. Republican Party registration is about 80 percent white non-Hispanic, 13 percent Hispanic, 5 percent Asian and 1 percent black, according to the Field Poll. The Secretary of State's Office does not compile data on the ethnicity of voters.
By comparison, nearly a third of California Democrats are Hispanic.
Republicans at a convention town hall on Latino issues expressed frustration over a perception that the party is anti-immigrant. They said GOP politicians who push anti-immigration agendas get more media attention than those who are more moderate, but they also criticized themselves for allowing Democrats to frame the discussion.
"The party is its own worst enemy. If you're being baited, don't take the bait," said Michelle Rivas, a board member for the Sacramento-area Twin Rivers School District.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield acknowledged that his party will have to tackle the immigration issue, including the debate over whether to grant citizenship to undocumented immigrants who are already in the United States.
"I think the party's going to have to find a way to address this issue to be able to grow," he said.
Immigration and the California Dream Act dominated the conversation at the Latino town hall. The Dream Act allows California college students who are in the country illegally to apply for college aid and is different from federal DREAM Act legislation that has been discussed in Congress. The federal debate centers on whether to provide a pathway for citizenship for those brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
Republicans in the state Legislature opposed the financial aid legislation, which Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, signed into law.
GOP Assemblyman Tim Donnelly led a failed signature drive earlier this year to get a measure on the November ballot that would have repealed the Dream Act and introduced a bill to establish a strict immigration law modeled after a contentious one adopted in Arizona.
Party Chairman Tom Del Beccaro and others said Democrats emphasize issues such as the Dream Act to try to draw Republicans into controversies that further alienate Hispanic voters.
"They're trying to make us look like we're anti-Latino, which we're not," said Mario Rodriguez, former vice chairman of the party and chairman of the Hispanic 100, which promotes Latino leadership.


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Photographing the great man–with him directing the shoot
It was June 18, 2011, when I was commissioned to photograph Fr. James Reuter at the Our Lady of Peace Hospital in Parañaque City, where he had retired and was receiving hospice care. It was for an Asian Eye Institute photo exhibit. For the shoot, he was brought out by a caregiver to the hospital chapel.
I remembered when he was so young. I would go to St. Paul College to watch plays starring Celeste Legaspi and Charo Santos and other actors. He was then young and energetic. His eyes sparkled.
The last time I saw him was in Dasmariñas Village, at the German Embassy. He came quite early. Oscar Lopez was to be given an award that day. They were not allowing guests to enter yet, so I requested the guard to kindly get him a chair so he could sit down while waiting.
During my shoot, he was directing where and how he should be photographed! As a photographer, I should have complete authority over my subject. But I allowed him to direct me. He was, after all, Fr. James Reuter.
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|Between 1969 and 1985, native Indians in British Columbia have used the courts in a significant number of cases to pursue goals which can be considered particularly Indian in that they have arisen as a result of the Indians' position as one of the indigenous peoples of Canada. Three general questions with respect to the use of the courts are addressed. First, what goals have native Indians pursued in the courts, and how are these related to the objectives which native Indians are pursuing in the political arena? Second, how have these goals been pursued in court; that is, what legal arguments were used, how were these related to the goals pursued, and how do these affect the possible impact of the cases? Third, what have been the consequences of court action? Through an examination of the court cases in which native Indians were involved from 1969-1985, four major goals were identified. First, native Indians used the courts in order to ensure that they received the benefits to which they were entitled under the provisions of the. Indian Act. Second, native Indians challenged the way in which the federal government had administered the Indian Act. Third, Indians have attempted to preserve their traditional way of life by arguing that federal and provincial legislation which regulates hunting and fishing should not apply to them. Fourth, native Indians have used the courts in attempts to prevent damage to land and resources to which they have a claim. Native Indians have not attempted to achieve a recognition of their right to self-government through court action; rather they have pursued goals which can be termed "economic" from the viewpoint of non-native society. Native Indians have used the courts both in order to achieve legal solutions to disputes, and as a means of putting economic and political pressure on governments. In their attempts to use the courts to achieve legal solutions, Indians have achieved some successes. The overall utility of the courts as a means of putting economic and political pressure on governments has yet to be determined, although to date it would appear that native Indians have made some gains by using the courts in this way.
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Michigan Lupus Foundation Support Group meetings are offered at no charge to anyone interested in participating.
Jackson, MI (PRWEB) February 21, 2013
The Michigan Lupus Foundation will be holding a lupus Support Group meeting in Jackson on March 13th.
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2012 Holiday Edition eNewsletter
Message from the President...
This holiday season there are more positive indicators that our economy is truly recovering — even if slowly. It is cause for optimism and confidence that have been missing the past four years. After this long period of recovery, we are beginning to adjust to the "new normal".
Our credit union's performance is a reflection of our membership. We too have begun to stabilize and are optimistic for continued improvement in our financial condition. We remain the largest credit union in Hawaii, and show strong reserves and income in 2012.
We appreciate the confidence and loyalty of our membership, who voted us "Hawaii's Best" credit union in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser survey. Our Board of Directors and staff strive everyday to live our brand promise of "Life matters".
"Wishing you and your family the best this Holiday Season and a very Happy New Year!"
Karl Yoneshige
President & CEO
Holiday Hours
Christmas Eve - OPEN
Monday, December 24, 2012: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.*Christmas Day (observed) - CLOSED
Tuesday, December 25, 2012New Year's Eve - OPEN
Monday, December 31, 2012: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.*New Year's Day (observed) - CLOSED
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
*Kihei Branch hours: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Changes to Telephone Banking Coming Soon
There will soon be some changes to HawaiiUSA's telephone banking system. While most of the current voice prompts will remain the same, there will be changes that will impact certain features. When using the revised system for the first time, please listen carefully to the voice instructions.
We hope you will find our new system to be more user-friendly and you'll continue to enjoy the ease and convenience of HawaiiUSA's telephone banking service.
Our Fight Against Breast Cancer
Team Captain and Senior Vice President of the Workforce Excellence Group, Stevette Santiago, and her team hosted fundraising events during the 3rd Quarter to benefit the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.
The team converted our Main Office Community Rooms into a mini hair salon for the Cut-A-Thon. Stylists from Salon Reve provided hair cuts and styling with 50% of the proceeds benefitting Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. Members of the Workforce Excellence Group also hosted a plate lunch sale where participants could purchase four different types of homemade entrees and an array of baked goods. The fun continued with Jeans Week, brownie sales and a Books Are Fun Fair. The quarter-long events culminated with over 100 employees, their family, and friends participating in a 5k Walk!
HawaiiUSA staff and members, along with a donation from the HawaiiUSA Foundation, raised over $17,000 for American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.
Purchasing in Pink
Join us in the battle to help save lives one purchase at a time.* With your help we can make a difference together!
Open a new HawaiiUSA Visa® Pink Platinum Credit Card from now through December 31, 2012 and enjoy these low rates today!
Here are just a few other features that our cardholders receive:
- No annual fee
- No minimum balance transfer amount
- No balance transfer fee
- No cash advance fee
- 1% foreign transaction fee
- Exclusive CU Rewards Points Program option and more!***
*Charitable Benefits: Use of the HawaiiUSA Visa Pink Platinum Credit Card results in donations to charity. For each new HawaiiUSA Visa Pink Platinum Credit Card opened from 09/01/2012 through 12/31/2012 (the "promotional period"), HawaiiUSA FCU will donate 0.25% (25 cents for every $100) of all net purchases (less returns) made with the Card through 12/31/2012. After the promotional period, HawaiiUSA FCU will donate 0.10% (10 cents for every $100) of all net purchases (less returns) made with the Card. HawaiiUSA FCU will donate up to $20,000 of net purchases annually. HawaiiUSA FCU has designated the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer® program of the American Cancer Society as the current charitable recipient. HawaiiUSA FCU reserves the right to change the charitable recipient or terminate the program at any time. No change will affect donations previously made. For information on breast health information, visit www.cancer.org/stridesonline. **Annual Percentage Rate (APR). The 0% introductory APR on purchases are valid for the first 180 days for accounts opened from 09/01/2012 through 12/31/2012. After that, the standard APR for your account, based on your creditworthiness, will apply to all outstanding balances. Minimum payments will be applied to balances at lower APRs before being applied to balances at higher APRs. To the extent your payments exceed the minimum payment due each billing period, we will apply them to balances with higher APRs prior to balances with lower APRs. See Credit Card Agreement for more information. Restrictions apply. HawaiiUSA Visa Business Credit Card accounts are not eligible. Offer may end at any time. Membership guidelines apply. Federally insured by NCUA. ***The CURewards Points Program is available for specified accounts only
HawaiiUSA FCU has a great rate on personal loans!
Just in time for holiday shopping...
You can give the gift of a much needed family vacation or you can take one yourself. The possibilities are endless. It's easy to take advantage of this limited time offer today. Visit hawaiiusafcu.com, any one of our branches, or call our Member Service Center at 534.4300 on Oahu or toll-free at (800) 379.1300.
*Annual Percentage Rate. Offer valid on all applications received beginning 12/01/2012. This is a limited time offer and can be cancelled or changed at any time. Special rate promotion applies to 60 month term personal loan, starting as low as 4.50% APR. Actual APR based on creditworthiness of the applicant. (Payment example: Loan amount of $10,000 at 4.50% for 60 months would have a monthly principal and interest payment of $186.06). Limit one special rate loan per member. Refinancing of existing HawaiiUSA FCU Visa or loans does not qualify for this special rate promotion. Loan amount must meet a $10,000 minimum requirement. This offer cannot be combined with any other offers. Membership guidelines apply.
Protect Yourself from Identity Theft
With the Holiday Season approaching, please be careful with your personal information which a thief could use to steal your identity.
What is Identity Theft?
Identity Theft occurs when someone uses your personal identifying information like your name, social security number, date of birth or credit card number without your permission to commit fraud or other crimes.
How does it happen?
Here are just a few examples:
- Dumpster Diving – a thief will go through your trash to see if there are documents containing your personal information.
- Skimming – a card reader that is installed into an ATM that copies your information as you swipe your card.
- Phishing – a fraudulent website that is built to look like the actual financial institution's website. The information you provide is then obtained and used illegally.
How can you protect yourself?
- When discarding documents, shred anything that contains your name, social security number and/or date of birth.
- Use your social security number only when necessary.
- Increase your password awareness.
- Be aware of online phishing and social networks.
For more information on how you can protect yourself, call our Member Protection Center at 844.8279.
Me and My ID
In 2011, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported 538 identity theft-related complaints filed in Hawaii. Identity (ID) theft occurs when someone steals your personal information and uses it without your permission. ID theft disrupts peoples' finances, credit history, and reputation and takes time, money, and patience to correct. Help protect your identity by following the FTC's motto: "Deter, Detect, Defend."
"You are the most important link in ID theft prevention"; therefore, DO NOT...
- ...give personal information to unauthorized persons, e.g., do not provide information to telephone callers or e-mail senders who you do not know.*
- ...allow others access to your information, e.g., keep PINs and passwords secret, shred documents containing personal information.
*HawaiiUSA will never call or email you to ask for this type of sensitive information.
Three primary fraud types facilitated by ID theft are credit card, loan, and depository account fraud. To look for unusual activities, review your...
- ...financial institution account activity, credit card, and loan statements.
- ...credit history. Consumers are entitled to a free credit report every 12 months. Visit www.annualcreditreport.com or call 1.877.322.8228.
- ...medical/government documents.
If you discover discrepancies, immediately report them to...
- ...your financial institution, medical provider, or applicable government agency.
- ...the Federal Trade Commission. Go to www.ftc.gov/complaint or call 1.877.438.4338/1.866.653.4261 (TTY).
Visit the FTC's webpage to download these brochures: IDENTITY THEFT: WHAT TO KNOW, WHAT TO DO and TAKING CHARGE: WHAT TO DO IF YOUR IDENTITY IS STOLEN.
HawaiiUSA also offers additional information and products to help protect you from identity theft. Visit our website at hawaiiusafcu.com.
With a HawaiiUSA Home Equity Line of Credit
you can give yourself a holiday gift:
Stop by any of our branches or call our Member Service Center at 534.4300 or toll free at (800) 379.1300
Scholarship Applications Now Available at All Branches & Online!
HawaiiUSA scholarship applications are now available! Nine (9) $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school seniors and six (6) $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to college students. Scholarship applications are available at all HawaiiUSA branches and online at hawaiiusafcu.com/scholarship.aspx. Scholarships will be awarded for the 2013-2014 academic school year based on Academic Standing, Leadership, Honors and Awards, Community Service, Merit, Recommendations & Financial Need.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be a HawaiiUSA member for at least twelve (12) consecutive months prior to applying, in good standing, and presently a high school senior or attending an accredited institution of higher education.
Completed application, two (2) letters of recommendation and transcripts must all be postmarked no later than February 20, 2013 and mailed to:
HawaiiUSA FCU
Attn: Scholarship Committee
1226 College Walk
Honolulu, HI 96817-3995
A hand-carried application will not be accepted. Applications postmarked after the deadline will not be reviewed.
The Scholarship Program Committee will review and evaluate each application before final selections are made. Scholarship Program Committee selections will be final. Applicants will be notified of results no later than April 22, 2013. A reception will be held on May 4, 2013.
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Mail reservation form, a self-addressed, stamped envelope and sharedraft/check to:
HawaiiUSA FCU
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Honolulu, HI 96817-3995
Valuing our Members Starts With Great Employees...
Our Member Protection Center (MPC) staff has nearly nine decades of combined service to members at HawaiiUSA and other credit unions. MPC Director, Tommy Nakano, has been with the credit union for over 12 years. Myrna Cariaga, MPC Supervisor, came to us over six months ago. Representative Kelli Reynon has over seven years with MPC, and Representatives Laurel Miyatake and Joy Nakamura have both spent over five years with us. Both came from other credit unions. The staff's combined 86-year history at HawaiiUSA and elsewhere has been punctuated with special recognition by many for their outstanding service and friendliness.
MPC specializes in assisting members with their HawaiiUSA Credit Protection Plan (HCPP) claims. Members in need receive first class service when they suffer unfortunate life events such as disability, involuntary unemployment or loss of life. Other products offered by MPC include Major Mechanical Protection (MMP), Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP), and Identity Theft Restoration Service. MPC also administers our Collateral Protection Program that tracks insurance policies for HawaiiUSA auto and mortgage loans. Did you know that MPC even offers cancer and pet insurance?
If you would like more information on any of the valuable services mentioned above, please call our friendly and helpful MPC team at 844.8279.
HawaiiUSA 2013-2014 Board of Director Nominations
The Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors for HawaiiUSA has nominated three (3) members to fill three (3) vacancies for the 2013-2014 Board of Directors. The following members, listed in alphabetical order, have been nominated:
Harlan Y. Kimura · Liberato C. Viduya, Jr. · Albert S. Yoshii
No member from the general membership submitted a qualifying nomination by petition. As such, no mail ballot will be conducted for these positions. The above named individuals will be declared at our Annual Meeting to be held on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 5:45 p.m. at our Main Office
Mobile Banking
Mobile Banking is growing faster than any other banking transaction channel. Surprised? Look around. Everyone today seems to have a smartphone. If they don't, they'll likely be owning one soon. In four short years from now, over a billion consumers worldwide will have a smartphone or tablet. Times are changing for financial institutions faster than ever. In 2011, for the first time, consumers acquired more financial products through digital channels (online and mobile) than at a branch. To ensure that we are serving our members the way they want to be served, HawaiiUSA is gearing up for the launch of Mobile Banking. Available for the iPad, iPhone and Android devices, HawaiiUSA's new Mobile Banking service will allow you access to your account anywhere, anytime. Best of all, you'll have peace of mind knowing your data transfers are safe and secure with our state-of-the-art user verification and data encryption systems. Get ready to go mobile with our new Mobile Banking service, coming soon to a device near you!


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The furler with the North sticker is a Harken. It's made with an integral turnbuckle. To adjust it, you need to loosen the left hand locking nut and star washer under the drum and the locking collar which is inside the torque tube on top of the drum. The unit is adjusted by holding the stud and rotating the actual drum. It should not really be used to tension the rig, only to adjust it. So your backstay should be loose and you should have a halyard led forward to slacken the furler during this process.
The t-bolt on the bottom of the unit has some marks on the flat side which should not be visible. If you can see them, you have opened the turnbuckle too much.
The stud and that t-bolt should have been started equally and you might want to check that that was done.
The rigger should have measured the pin to pin before he started to disassemble the furler to replace the wire. If he did this, he should have simply reset that measurement before the furler was reinstalled and you should have exactly the same rake as you had before the rerig.
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Two people are reported dead in a collision between a train and a tractor trolley near Pune, Maharashtra, officials said. 11 are suspected to have serious injuries.
The accident occurred around 7.30 am on Saturday at a manned level crossing between Yavat and Urli around 40km away from Pune, and involved the Secunderabad-Mumbai (Lokmanya Tilak Terminus) Duronto express.
The remains of the tractor, tossed aside by the speeding train - Anuj Ismail
Officials said it is extremely rare that a train would pass through if the gate is open for road traffic. Prima facie it appears the gate was not shut or the train might have jumped a red signal.
A high level inquiry into the accident has been instituted.


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The coming Lok Sabha elections will have a major bearing on the political career of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray (53). This is the first major political challenge he is facing after the death of his father Bal Thackeray, who died in November, 2012.
For a person who has always lived in overawe of his father, Uddhav is today leading his party into the poll battlefield with steely determination. Many of his critics, including his arch rival Raj Thackeray, felt that after the demise of Bal Thackeray, who led the militant organisation for over four decades, Uddhav will not be able to keep the party together. But, Uddhav has proved them wrong.
The defections are marginal and the Sena as a whole is in tact. For good measure, he has started grooming his son, Aditya, who is connecting with young voters, specially in urban areas. One of the main reasons for Uddhav's firm grip over the party is his selection of hardcore loyalists as vibhag pramukhs and sampark pramukhs. He has also built up a second line of command which includes Eknath Shinde, the strongman of Thane. He is also in constant communication with the cadres.
Uddhav has set up a war room which comprises close aides like Diwakar Raote, Anil Desai, Sanjay Raut, editor of Sena mouthpiece Saamna and Milind Narvekar, his trusted aide of several years who are working out the logistics and tactics of the campaign. Uddhav himself is extensively campaigning throughout the state despite the fact that several stents have been implanted in him following a cardiac problem.
Apart from confronting the ruling Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alliance, Uddhav also has to constantly field the barbs hurled at him by Raj, who heads the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).
The fight between the cousins had become extremely personal with Raj accusing Uddhav of feeding an ailing Bal Thackeray only batata wadas while he (Raj) used to send hot chicken soup to his uncle residing at Matoshree bungalow in Bandra. "Fully knowing that the MNS is trying to divert his attention away from the ruling alliance, Uddhav has declared that he will not respond to any of the charges, but has challenged Raj to a public debate after the elections are over," Raote observed.
Raj has mostly fielded his candidates against Sena nominees and hardly any against the BJP which makes his intention clear. And the intention is to ensure the defeat of Sena nominees so that the poll outcome adversely impacts on Uddhav. Ironically, Raj's cold tactics has only made Uddhav and his team more determined to outsmart Raj. Raj supporters like Shishir Shinde, however, say that the Sena will perform poorly because of Uddhav's "weak leadership."
Uddhav also faced a major hurdle when senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari openly flirted with Raj. The alliance between the Sena and the BJP almost reached the brink. Instead of confronting Gadkari, Uddhav quietly bypassed him and successfully sought the intervention of BJP president Raj Nath Singh, who stated categorically that the BJP will not have any truck with the MNS. Uddhav is aware that successful performance in the Lok Sabha polls will help him majorly in the assembly polls which is almost around the corner. "Victory in the polls will be the best tribute to my father who wanted to see the saffron flag atop Parliament and Vidhan Bhavan," Uddhav says wistfully.


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Every once in a while we meet people that are different. Just not the regular person a guy meets in their day to day business dealing. I'm talking about the people that when you talk with them, they just stand out as people that truly care about other people. I've met 10 people like this in my life.
It was back in about 2001 I locked through all the locks in the Mpls/St Paul area taking a tour of the Mississippi River. Then I came to Lock and Dam #3. It was about 11 in the morning. I didn't know it at the time, but I was about to meet one of those people that made a difference.
His name was George Mead, US Army Corp of Engineers.
I'm in my fishing boat heading down stream, while waiting for the water to drop in the lock chamber, this white haired lock operator leans over the rail above me and starts talking. He asked about how fishing was and talked about the water levels. Small talk, but until that time no one had talked to me in a lock besides for giving out directions. I remember thinking "well he sure is a friendly guy". I left the lock and didn't think much more about it.
Fast forward a few years and I started my guide service that brought me to the lock around 7 pm and then again sometime between 1 and 3 am. Sure enough, when that white haired guy was working and the time allowed he would come out of his big glass control room and chat. Always having something positive to say. Heck even when a boater did something that wasn't so smart, he could correct them without injuring their self esteem. Once when a boater was giving him a hard time, I heard George say over the radio in a very firm but calm voice "if you would like to argue I would be happy to have the sheriff stop by and you can argue with them". End of that conversation.
Now I'm not knocking any of the other lock operators I've met. Far from it. They do their job well and always have a friendly "HI!" or "Catch Anything?" It was just that George would stop what he was doing to come over to the wall to see us or it might be just a friendly "good night" over the radio but he always made a person feel welcome. Speaking of the radio, he would kid with me about calling the lock to let them know I was coming. He wanted me to call in as Captain Catfish. I did it once or twice. When I went by the lock control room windows, I could see his big white smile and a friendly wave as the lock gates opened.
Although most of us think being a lock operator is all fun and games watching the pretty ladies in their warm weather gear as they passed through the locks, the job does have its dangers.
It was a windy day when a tow was being pulled through the lock by cable. That cable snapped and almost took of George's ankle. When I heard about it I called the local hospital thinking I would get the nurses station and find out how he was doing. To my surprise I was transferred directly into his room and George answered the phone! Turns out I was the first person to talk to him after his surgery although he wasn't in much of a condition to chit chat considering the medication he was on. It took George a good while to heal up and get back to work after that, if that cable would have been higher, well lets just not think about that.
So why am I talking about George Mead? Well today, Friday, November 21, 2014 along with the last barge heading down stream and the Corp unofficially closing the Upper Mississippi for the 2014 navigational season, George closed the lock gates for the last time. Today George Mead, arguably the friendliest lock operator on the Upper Mississippi River retired.
In 17 years I've given out 8 Starfish Awards. This one is engraved #9. What is it? It goes like this...
Once upon a time, there was an old man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach every morning before he began his work. Early one morning, he was walking along the shore after a big storm had passed and found the vast beach littered with starfish as far as the eye could see, stretching in both directions.
Off in the distance, the old man noticed a small boy approaching. It look like the boy was dancing along the beach but as he drew closer the old man could see he paused every so often, and he was occasionally bending down to pick up an object and throw it into the sea. The boy came closer still and the man called out, "Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing lad?"
The young boy paused, looked up, and replied "Throwing starfish into the ocean. The tide has washed them up onto the beach and they can't return to the sea by themselves," the youth replied. "When the sun gets high, they will die, unless I throw them back into the water."
The old man replied, "But there must be tens of thousands of starfish on this beach. I'm afraid you won't really be able to make much of a difference."
The boy bent down, picked up yet another starfish and threw it as far as he could into the ocean. Then he turned, smiled and said, "It made a difference to that one!"
That friends, is what George Mead did to each person he had contact with..."he made a difference to that person."
Best wishes to you and Sue in your retirement George. The Corp is losing a 'ell of Starfish Tosser. You'll be missed.
Captain Catfish South bound out of Lock #3.


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Planar Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLNR), a worldwide leader in specialty display systems, today announced preliminary financial results for the fiscal second quarter ending March 30 th, 2012 and updated expectations for certain financial results for the full fiscal year ending September 28 th, 2012.
- For the fiscal second quarter of 2012, the Company now expects revenue of approximately $38 million, a Non-GAAP loss between $0.15 and $0.20 per share (see reconciliation table), and an ending net cash balance of approximately $15 million.
- The Company intends to record a restructuring charge in the fiscal second quarter of 2012 of approximately $0.6 million relating to a cost reduction plan designed to lower the on-going expense level to correspond with the lower level of revenue expected over the next few quarters. The Company expects the restructuring plan, and other cost reduction actions, will reduce on-going expenses, on a Non-GAAP basis, by approximately $2.0 to $2.5 million per quarter.
- For the full fiscal year 2012, the Company now expects revenue in the range of $175 to $185 million and a Non-GAAP loss between $0.28 and $0.33 per share.
The Company issued a press release on February 7, 2012 which reported that the Company expected sales in the second fiscal quarter to be between $45 and $48 million. However, the Company has experienced a weaker than expected order rate for a number of its products over the past month. Given this updated revenue expectation for the fiscal second quarter and full fiscal year, the Company is taking actions to reduce on-going expenses to allow for a lower break-even level. The Company continues to see opportunities to grow sales of its digital signage products and does expect sales to be higher in the second half of fiscal year 2012 compared with the first half. Based on this higher revenue level, combined with lower expenses as a result of the cost reduction actions, the Company believes it will report a slight profit on a Non-GAAP basis in the fiscal fourth quarter of fiscal 2012.


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At The Freibott Law Firm, P.A., our personal injury lawyers provide skilled legal representation to protect injured people and their families throughout New Castle, Kent and Sussex County, Delaware. With approximately 50 years of combined experience, our Delaware personal injury attorneys are very experienced at handling Delaware auto accident and wrongful death claims. We have the experience and resources to obtain results.
From our office located in Wilmington, Delaware we routinely handle all types of accidents including, but not limited to:
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Determining Who Is Liable For Your Injuries
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With our decades of experience handling only accident and personal injury claims in Delaware we are very well versed in Delaware personal injury law. That includes understanding your case and how the accident impacts your life. An accident can cause you to miss work time now as well as in the future. It can also cause you years, if not a lifetime of pain and suffering. And following the accident you may face endless medical appointments, tests and procedures, all of which can be very costly. Each of these may entitle you to various benefits, damages and financial compensation.
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NFL Report: Patriots Staff Deflated Footballs and Tom Brady Probably Knew
In a remarkable report released today by the NFL, investigators conclude that two New England Patriots employees, Jim McNally and John Jastremski, conspired to lower the air pressure in Patriots' game balls, that it likely had been going on before the Colts-Patriots playoff game in which the behavior was discovered, and that Tom Brady was likely aware of the activity, perhaps even being the one suggesting various bribes, such as sneakers and Brady-autographed items, to McNally -- who called himself the "deflator."
The report exonerates all other Patriots players, staff, and coaches.
So what's the NFL going to do about it...and what should they do?


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PLEASANTON, California, May 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Solution reduces errors and speeds approval, disbursal and retrieval of promotional materials
Drug information changes frequently, and the inability to effectively manage regulated content and to keep up with changes in promotional materials increases compliance risk for pharmaceutical companies around the world. To tighten its marketing compliance strategy and accelerate the dissemination of approved materials to the field, a global pharmaceutical company turned to Veeva Systems' Vault PromoMats the only cloud-based solution built from the ground up to manage promotional content in life sciences. Vault PromoMats speeds approval, disbursal and retrieval of marketing materials and allows companies to capitalize on the unique advantage of seamless integration with Veeva CRM so materials can be easily distributed to reps.
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In just eight weeks, this global pharmaceutical company went live on Vault PromoMats. Its strategy is to enable single-click distribution and withdrawal of content to iRep, Veeva's CRM and closed loop marketing (CLM) solution for the Apple iPad. The company implemented the solution to support all standard medical, legal and regulatory review, supporting 5 document types, 16 subtypes and 48 overall classifications to all users at headquarters plus more than 30 external users. Later this year, the company also plans to deploy the solution to all of its remaining affiliates across the world.
"This is already a risky business considering all of the regulations governing marketing so the more processes we can automate, the better," said a corporate spokesperson. "What is a manual handoff of content highly prone to human error, will be automated. With Vault PromoMats and Veeva CRM tightly integrated in the cloud,
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Newly discovered antibiotic kills pathogens without resistance
Born from soil, the novel compound made possible by Northeastern researchers' pioneering work is making headlines around the world and receiving applause from the science community.
What lights their fire
Four professors in the College of Science explain what drives their passion for science and discovery.
ADC postdoc receives prestigious award
Brian Conlon, a Senior Scientist in Northeastern University's Antimicrobial Discovery Center, received a Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship.
3Qs: A new path to curing chronic Lyme disease
University Distinguished Professor of Biology Kim Lewis is exploring alternative approaches to curing chronic Lyme disease using his expertise in bacterial cell persistence.
Researchers discover new treatment to cure MRSA infection
University Distinguished Professor of Biology Kim Lewis and his team have published a study that presents a novel approach to treat and eliminate MRSA.
Report shows Northeastern spinoffs help fuel economic growth
Three Northeastern spinoff companies were highlighted in a recent report by The Science Coalition as examples of how federally funded university research and the companies created from that work can boost the U.S. economy.
Study: Antibiotics are unique assassins
In recent years, a body of publications in the microbiology field has challenged all previous knowledge of how antibiotics kill bacteria.


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The Mobile Monday event at the iHub was full house. Jamilla from Akirachix was the first to present on theM-farm. The M-farm app won theIPO48 competition. Why did they make this app? Farmers are the backbone of the economy. The application allows farmers to buy and sell produce, it links the farmers to the suppliers thereby reducing the negative effects of the middlemen and the brokers. They aim to crowd source information from the farmers. They also want to strengthen the bond between the farmer and the cooperatives.
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The application allows users to see who will be the worst drivers. The site is calledoverlap.co.ke. The aim of this application is to report traffic offenses.
Being part of a sustainable and scalable developer's ecosystem with Nokia
Presented by Agatha Gikunda, Solutions Sales for East and Southern Africa
Nokia is trying to engage developers in Kenya and market their applications. They recognize that the major challenges that developers face are distribution and marketing. The advantage of Nokia ovistore is that you can create local and publish globally. Distribution is global. Revenue for Nokia is 70/30; 70% for the developer and 30% for Nokia. Ovi store has 300,000 downloads daily. About 30 apps have been created by Kenyan devs for the Nokia Ovi Store. We were encouraged to make applications for S40 or mobile web. Next Nokia boot camp will in February of next year.
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His role is to make Safaricom the preferred network for consumers. He highlighted thefuture of Safaricom in his talk:
- They have a service delivery platform (SDP) that is to be launched soon.
- An application store is also to be launched.
- They have a Safaricom academy for training ground for young innovators.
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- The innovation board (recently launched) will enable Safricom to listen to local ideas..
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Drought and water-quality issues from forest fires are already drying up water availability up and down the Front Range, as anxious eyes continue to watch the hills and the relatively non-existent snowpack.
Fort Collins has already announced that it will in all likelihood have water restrictions next summer and the city will not be leasing any of its water from the Colorado-Big Thompson (C-BT) project next year. The decision was mainly a consequence of continuing ash and sediment in the Poudre River from the High Park fire area, which last year meant the city was unable to use water from the river for three months, said the city's Water Resources Manager Donnie Dustin.
"We just feel we might need to hold on to that, because we have to take half of what we normally rely on out of the picture," said Dustin, noting the city's in-stream rights on the Poudre normally account for half of Fort Collin's total water resource. "Every time it rained that water turned black."
Fort Collins' decision has already left a number of farmers high and dry, most notably in the 111-year-old, Wellington-based Northern Poudre Irrigation Company. The city will pull at least 25 percent of the base flow out of the ditch, but in the end most farmers here will probably be able to plant less than half of their normal acres.
Greeley has similar problems with it in-stream rights on the Poudre and that has put a good deal of pressure C-BT water, which is the most easily exchanged and used water in the state. The system's combination of storage is extensive, but right now the biggest East-Slope reservoir are below 50 percent of capacity and the biggest Western-Slope reservoir, Granby, is also well below historic norms.
Prices for the acre-foot shares of C-BT have climbed to about $11,000 already, compared to a low of about $7,000 in 2007, said Sherri Rasmussen, an allotment contract specialist at the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District in Loveland. "There has not been a lot of CBT for sale – period – and that's been the issue this entire year," she said.
District spokesman Brian Werner said the water quality issues and the drought have "absolutely" had an affect on the availability and price of C-BT water throughout the district, which serves cities as far south as Broomfield.
"It's one of the purest commodity markets in water, because you don't have to go through water court to convert its use," Werner said. Although two thirds of the water's use in normal years if for agricultural uses, municipalities and industry (most municipalities) actually own two thirds of the shares and normally lease water to agricultural users.
But unless there's an exceptionally good water year coming up, those leases probably won't be made next summer.
Most of the cities with C-BT rights, including Boulder, Longmont and Broomfield, have already begun looking at the situation with an eye at not making any water available for lease, said Dennis Miller, operations manager for Northern.
Miller said that yearly rental prices for CBT shares are normally around $30, but last year it was closer to $50, with a high of $175. He said this year's market looks to be even more expensive.
"This upcoming year, the cities are going to be more apt to hold onto their water," he said. "A lot of the utilities are already saying they need to keep that water in reserve."
Miller said that the Northern district is still in good shape, because 2011 was such a good water year (actually a record water year). In 2011 the district set a quota of 100 percent, meaning that shareholders got one acre foot of water delivered for each share. This year he predicted the district will probably set a quota of 70 percent, or 0.7 acre feet per share.
The system is still in much better shape than in 2003, when several years of drought had the C-BT system so far depleted that a 30 percent quota was set.
"That put the cities into a lot of confusion and worry, and they called back all their rental water," he said. "Some of the cities actually went out and paid some farmers not to farm."
"This year, we're in better shape," he said. "We're just going to have to be a lot more conservative, than last year."
Denver Water's reservoir storage was about 68 percent full on Dec. 11, compared to a historic median of 84 percent for this time a year, and the utility declared a Stage 1 drought this past spring, asking customers to reduce outdoor water use.
"If it remains dry, we'll probably need to ask our customers to further reduce water use next summer," said Denver Water Spokesman Travis Thompson.


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Conflicting isn't necessarily total opposites, just different. Saying something means neither good or bad and poor quality is conflicting.
the whole hype for the koscheck fight was "the best striker in the division against the best wrestler outside of gsp classic striker versus wrestling match up blah blah blah".
i dont know what you mean by a "reputable source". do you want a scholarly analysis of welter weight strikers in 2011? go read message boards, editorials and all that jazz there were plenty calling him the best. it was a topic of debate as to whether he or alves was the best striker but more people thought it was daley.
just because in hindsight you dont agree, doesnt mean that nobody ever said that. your logic is off here.
I never thought Daley was even close to being the best striker at WW, never mind in all of MMA. I'd have put him behind Penn, Georges, Alves, and maybe a few other guys in 2011. I wouldn't read too much into shit zuffa craps out to hype a fight--they said that lesnar vs. Couture was the greatest HW match in MMA just a couple years before that. Yes, it was a classic grappler vs. striker matchup...but for that matter, I don't know that I'd say Kos was the best grappler outside of GSP.
But I still wouldn't call Diaz mediocre.
When I think of mediocre fighters, I think of a guy that excels in only one dimension, or a guy with terribly glaring weaknesses. Other than the snakes in his head, I don't think Diaz has a glaring weakness, and he's pretty well rounded. He could drop back into the WW division in 2014 and be a strong favorite to beat more than half of zuffa's top 10.
I did a search no articles of Daley being mentioned as the best striker in MMA at all other then the ones where he makes such claims himself.
There is no hindsight... I keep saying this and not sure if you are just ignoring it or refusing to acknowledge it cause it runs counter to your point. At the time of the Diaz/Daley fight I would have rated Nick as being a better striker. So a win over Daley is not as impressive to me as it is to you.
Either way you are using a fight that Diaz was heavily favoured to win in as an example of him being better then mediocre
That's a good one, same with Grispi and Terry Martin.
dan the beast in the end of his time in the sport


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I know it's winter but we just booked a trip to Florida so I guess it's ok for me to think about swimsuits.
4. These shoes are fancy. I like them.
Grey Allen Loafers from Le Bunny Bleu
3. This stocking is pretty adorable.
1. Ohhhhh, this dress looks nice.
The Ricci Dress by Pink Martini from Ever+Mi Crush
Phew, there we go! I'm satisfying my urge to shop by window shopping instead. It usually works very well for me.
We started letting Milo try some foods this week and it has been pretty cute. We are doing baby led solids so far and although I feel confident that it's safe, that doesn't mean that I don't have mini heart attacks the entire time he's eating/playing with his food. I try to stay calm though. I think it will just take some getting used to. We started with banana, then avocado then sweet potato. Last night I made a lentil dahl and dipped Milo's spoon in it so that he could lick it off. That was his favourite by far; I kept on dipping it for him! It had a bunch of spices and I thought it was delicious so it was nice that he seemed to like something so flavourful.
Ivan and I have been eating healthier lately, kind of because now we will be trying to feed Milo what we are eating and kind of just because it's good to eat healthy. I already feel like I have so much more energy and my general mood has improved so much. Not that I was super unhappy before, I just feel so much happier now. What does that mean for you? Well, a happier Elycia is a chattier Elycia and therefore a bloggier Elycia. That means that hopefully I'll blog more.
Well, I hope you guys have a good weekend. We have done exactly none of our Christmas shopping and we have a busy weekend so I'm really not sure when that will get done. Last year we went really minimal with gifts for our parents and made a donation to a local charity instead of buying gifts for all the kids in the family (who already get lots of gifts) so we are planning to do the same this year.
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Customer Reviews of 2-Port USB Auto Adapter Car Charger with USB Cable for Samsung Galaxy Note 2 II N7100
Works as expected7/8/2013
Product works.
It charges my phone. It also sends noise through it to my stereo if I try to play music at the same time it is charging. It's not really loud noise, but it is there. Included cable seems very thin, but works fine. Overall, it does what it is supposed to, which is charge my phone.
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not compitable11/27/2011
mp3 o k, but this one never wokes my cell phone.0 Helpful | 1 Not Helpful
bought this one saying "for HTC" because it was the cheapest, but surprisingly, when we swapped in our own data cables, it does not seem to charge Samsung or Pantech phones. How can the USB socket be "for" a specific brand or model?


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Jews for Tebow is a bustling fan community on Facebook with nearly 4,000 members. They have but one mission: To "fully support #15, Tim Tebow, in his destiny to succeed in the NFL while silencing his critics and haters."
3. Tebow's Jewish fans love making fun of other, less divine quarterbacks.
6. Jews for Tebow also love Anne Frank.
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1. Louisiana-Lafayette PK Brett Baer missed an extra point and got another blocked, but he hit a 22-yard field goal along with the 50-yard game-winner. He also put three of his four punts – averaging 36.8 yards - inside the 20 including two at the one, in the R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl win over San Diego State.
2. Michigan State P Mike Sadler averaged 50.1 yards per kick on eight kicks putting four inside of the 20 in the Outback Bowl win over Georgia.
3. Purdue's Raheem Mostert returned two kickoffs for 124 yards with a momentum-changing 99-yard score in the win over Western Michigan in the Little Caesars Bowl.
4. BYU P Riley Stephenson averaged 41.9 yards per kick putting seven of eight inside the 20 in the Armed Forces Bowl win over Tulsa.
5. Ohio P Paul Hershey averaged 50 yards on six kicks with three put inside the 20 in the
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6. North Carolina P Thomas Hibbard averaged 48.8 yards per kick putting three of his four attempts inside the 20 in the AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl loss to Missouri.
7. Southern Miss P Peter Boehme averaged 43.8 yards on eight kicks with five put inside the 20 in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl win over Nevada.
SMU Matt Stone averaged 45.4 yards per punt putting three of the five inside the 20 in the BBVA Compass Bowl win over Pitt.
9. Jeremy Shelley had seven field goal attempts, hitting from 23, 34, 41, 35, and 44 yards out, but he missed from 41, got a 42-yarder blocked, and missed an extra point in the BCS Championship win over LSU.
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As important as data encryption can be for the home user, it's even more imperative in the enterprise. The problem? The most effective measures are usually cast aside in lieu of something a little easier to deal with. With the CipherUSB, Addonics hopes to bring "simple" and "most effective" together as one. Does it succeed?
It doesn't take a very deep search through my article history to know that I'm a big security nut. I live and breathe it for much of my job, given the sensitive data that I work with. These habits have followed me home, with the likes of encrypted drives, encrypted SSH tunnels, HTTPS protocols for all Web-based stuff. It's not just paranoia anymore, of course… it's pretty clear at this point (as Edward Snowden has proven) that "they" are listening – to you, to me, to everyone.
This digital, always-on and always-exposed world has led to a new push for security at more than just the major corporation level. Churches, community organizations, small businesses, and even individuals need to start taking more control over their digital fingerprints. However, anyone who has bothered with even the simple concept of PGP for his or her email knows what a pain it can be to truly live and interact with a secure environment.
Addonics Technologies, a company that focuses on storage technologies and enclosures, has aimed to make that simple in the US market with its release of the CipherUSB dongle family. The CipherUSB is designed to provide AES256 ECB or CBC encryption to either entire partitions (FDE, or full-disk encryption) or at the file/folder level (FLE, file-level encryption), and can feature either one-factor or two-factor authentication (we'll get into that in a second) and optional built-in storage. Pricing, of course, varies by which of those options you choose, but ranges reasonably from $30 to $80.
What's important and different about the CipherUSB suite isn't that it encrypts with AES256 or that it has so many options. You can take a stroll through Newegg and see all sorts of encryption-enabled HDD cases, USB drives, and etc. What made us stop and say "I want to look at it," came down to a promise from Addonics that I've never found to be true about encryption: it's reusable across multiple devices, and it's easy to use. Coming from a business environment where users constantly want skip or simplify passwords to make them faster to type or bypass one more prompt, where biometrics are too finicky to reliably use, and where nobody can find the same USB stick twice in an hour… many of us have been in that environment. Having something that actually promises to be easy and versatile as well as secure seems like a dream come true.
A brief note about important encryption concepts
Before you can effectively determine your encryption needs, you need to start with an understanding of a few basic encryption concepts. The most basic fact of all is that encryption must be reversible – whatever you encrypt must be able to be decrypted again. This makes encryption much more difficult (and different from) its cousin, the hash, which can (and should!) mangle data to an irrecoverable state.
Other terms of note include:
The CipherUSB Family
So, with the basics covered, let's take a look at the offering from Addonics. The CipherUSB comes as either a pass-through dongle (which we love) or sealed with flash storage. Whichever you choose, you will have the option for one-factor or two-factor encryption and ECB or CBC algorithms. As noted above, ECB is weaker – and in file-level storage, could even be considered unwise. This is because ECB encrypts every block of every file the same way, meaning that someone with access to a file with a large amount of repeating patterns (or several small files with similar patterns) can possibly begin to deconstruct the key. CBC will make sure this is impossible.
The CipherUSB FDE Passthrough model is the commercial release of the Enova Enigma (Addonics is Enova's strategic partner for peripheral and storage releases). The crux of the unit is the Enova X-Wall DX chip, which offers hardware-based encryption at up to 40MB/sec throughput. The FLE Passthrough models (I have the ECB single-factor version for testing) sport the same design. Because the FLE requires software to determine which files to encrypt/decrypt, it works only on Windows/Mac (Mac is optional and costs extra), but the FDE design will work on any host system once initialized.
Each CipherUSB model becomes initialized with a password, and that password does not have to be unique. This password is used to develop the actual key (I won't get into detailing how, for security reasons) that is written via firmware to an otherwise inaccessible EEPROM chip on the device. This string then becomes the key for encrypting/decrypting files through the device. The cipher key will be incredibly strong, as it is a PRODUCT of your password instead of just the password itself padded to the correct key length. It will also never be made available to any host system, as it's hard-wired directly to the encryption chip and never needs to be loaded into host memory anywhere.
Why am I telling you all of that boring stuff? To point out one of the best strengths/weaknesses of the device – any CipherUSB of the same model family, programmed with the same password, can open an encrypted file or device. That makes it incredibly useful in a corporate setting, so long as you choose and protect your passwords carefully – you can share those passwords between groups of people to create simple but highly effective layers of security, and not have access tied to just one device. If a CipherUSB gets lost or stolen, you can just order a new one and be back up and rolling in no time. And as we'll cover later, programming the device with a new password is very quick and easy, so you don't need every person on staff to each have their own dongle.
The CipherUSB does come with one other interesting set of features, which I will skip past in my review below because I'm not terribly sure of their usefulness with this device's target market. The features involve setting write protections on the USB drive that is connected to the device, either to the MBR (master boot record) or the entire device. This allows "auditing" of an external disk without altering it, and (according to the instructions) "protection from viruses"… an interesting feature, but one that I can't for the life of me think why I would need on a device like this.
Setting up the CipherUSB
To use the dongle, you must connect the CipherUSB to some kind of USB drive (the actual device is immaterial) to initialize it. On Windows, it will auto-mount a read-only partition and ask you to run the initialization tool. Enter a pass-phrase twice, hit the button, and your device is ready to use!
For FDE single-factor authentication, you're all set now aside from formatting the USB drives you want to use with the dongle. On FDE two-factor authentication, you'll still need to re-open the program and type your password each time you insert it with an encrypted USB drive into your system, but otherwise you're ready to roll. That's it – no drivers, no headaches, no nothing. Insert, and get on with your life – anything saved to the drive will be automatically and transparently encrypted. If the USB drive is connected to a computer without the CipherUSB in between from then on, it will show up solely as an unformatted drive (as Windows won't even be able to read the partition table). Thus ends the tour of the FDE model (and why we told Addonics we really would rather see the FLE model).
I'll make one more mention of the FDE units (particularly single-factor models) that I find really slick in a corporate environment, and that's daisy-chained encryption. Give two differently encoded units to different people, and require both of them present to open a drive – effectively requiring two people to collude in order to edit, copy or otherwise misappropriate the data. This is hardly "revolutionary" security, but it's seamless, and business people like seamless things. If both units plug into each other (in the right order) and the drive is plugged into that, it will work like nothing is out of the ordinary. Plug either unit in or both in the wrong order, and you'll see nothing. You can do the same with the FLE models by simply encrypting a file and then encrypting it again under a different key, but it's really slick how transparent it can be in FDE mode.


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Is there a list of reference books somewhere? Looking to add some to my library. Looking for Mechanical,insects,reptiles,weapons,Ocean life etc.
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but if you want to buy them the DK series is pretty good, on any subject I've seen so far.
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