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Jul 25 2011
Top Ten Lines from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
10. "You will suffer me!"
Aragorn is such a stud, he's not even afraid of The King of the Dead.
9. "Hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship…but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down. But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, men of the west!*
Aragorn is such a stud, he can ride back and forth on his horse in front of an army with the sword Andúril in his hand.
I could never do that.
8. "No, Sam. I can't recall the taste of food…nor the sound of water nor the touch of grass. I'm naked in the dark, with nothing. No veil between me and the ring of fire. I can see him with my waking eyes!"
I want to scoop up and comfort Frodo when he's lying on Mount Doom, parched, starving, and unable to take another step. When I'm really tired and don't want to get out of bed, sometimes I shrivel into a hobbit ball and say "I'm naked in the dark, with nothing…" to Marlboro Man.
He doesn't really get it.
7. "You saw there was a child! You saw my son!"
Oh, how I love Liv Tyler's indignation when she delivers this line. She's so beautiful and emotional in this move.
Her lips are works of art.
6. "Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?"
Gimli is jolly and funny and this small dose of humor is a nice break before he and his friends head out to draw out Sauron's armies and empty his lands.
Humor's always good in those situations.
5. "For Frodo."
The Eye of Sauron has just attempted to lure in Aragorn, and when Aragorn turns around and looks, eyes watery and red, at his friends, one almost fears that Sauron has succeeded. But Aragorn is too studly for that, and dedicates the coming battle to Frodo.
Even if you don't know that they're going to win the coming battle, that moment somehow makes you feel like everything's going to be okay.
4. "The ring is mine."
This is the closest Frodo gets to completely succumbing to the Ring, and it's haunting and gripping. Elijah Wood's expressions in this scene are incredible. I rewind and pause. Repeatedly.
3. "Come on Mr. Frodo. I can't carry it for you. But I can carry you!"
When Samwise Gamgee flings Frodo over his shoulder and pushes his way up the mountain, it's more apparent than ever: he would lay down his life for his friend. This line touches the place deep inside of all of us–a place that knows that we can't do it all ourselves without the love and support of others.
I believe it also touches on a few Christian themes involving bearing one another's burdens…but we'll cover that in another post, man.
2. "I am no man."
This is Eowyn's response to the Witch King's "You fool. No man can kill me. Die now."
Heh. She sure showed that lame-o, didn't she?
And women everywhere stood up and cheered!
1. "My friends. You bow to no one."
For me, this is the most rewindable scene in the entire trilogy. Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin are about to bow to the newly crowned King, but he stops them and delivers the above line. The King bows to the hobbits instead, and the entire kingdom follows suit. The hobbits stand there and look around, surprised by this unexpected turn…and clearly a little unsure about being in such a lofty position.
Volumes could be written about this single scene: humility and exaltation, strength and faith conquering evil, the "last shall be first"…the themes are never-ending.
I have to go now. I feel a good cleansing cry coming on.
420 Comments and 62 Replies
Cassie. On Monday, July 25 at 8:30 pm
My. Favorite. Ever. I have to dedicate a day to the trilogy again soon! SO wonderful to hear you're a fan!
STRONGside On Tuesday, July 26 at 8:11 am
I completely agree. I could also go on and on about these movies, as they are my favorite. However, the books provide even more enviable quotes. Ree, I hope you do your top ten quotes from the first two parts of LoTR soon!!
Urban Wife On Tuesday, July 26 at 8:21 am
Indeed! It's been way too long since I've had a LOTR marathon day.
NanaBread On Tuesday, July 26 at 2:54 pm
I love the Lord of the Rings trilogy of movies and the quotes, but mostly I love any excuse to oogle a picture of Ear-o-Corn. He's dead sexy.
Alina On Tuesday, July 26 at 3:13 pm
Ditto!! So happy to see this! Now I can recommend your website to even more of my friends: "AND, Ree is the LOTR fan!"
Athena On Tuesday, July 26 at 4:04 pm
I love LOTR too! I took my boys to see Return of the King on the big screen last month. (I swear it is the only way I can get them to sit still for 4 hours!) We were reciting the lines back and forth throughout the whole movie!
Lisa Allman On Monday, July 25 at 8:31 pm
my favorite movies. and i agree, bowing to no one makes me cry but not as much as i cry when aragorn sees arwyn for the first time after thinking she died.
Christina On Thursday, July 28 at 10:25 am
I have to agree! When he sees Arwyn…immediate waterworks! Soooo good. The same thing happens to me when Forest Gump and Jenny find eachother at Lincoln Memorial!!
SueP On Friday, July 29 at 5:07 pm
And don't forget The Kiss! The most amazing kiss in all filmdom!
Lee Ann On Monday, July 25 at 8:31 pm
Love, Love, Love this movie!!! Thanks!
Kathleen @ksugarandspice On Monday, July 25 at 8:32 pm
"You saw there was a child! You saw my son!"
LivTyler's was my favorite. Had to have some balance against Gollum!
L.O.V.E the new tab hon. You done did good.
Allison On Monday, July 25 at 8:32 pm
Good choices!! I love that movie, whole series actually. Can't wait until they are done with The Hobbit!
Amy L On Monday, July 25 at 9:21 pm
Allison – have you seen the three production videos out there from The Hobbit? Amazing stuff, gives me goosebumps and I too can't wait until they are done!
I Live in an Antbed On Thursday, July 28 at 2:54 pm
We can NOT wait for the Hobbit!!! What great stories! We have read the books numerous times, and they are even better than the movies!!
carrie @ gingerlemongirl.com On Monday, July 25 at 8:33 pm
OH my gosh THANK YOU! THis is awesome and Now I feel like I need to go watch a shortened version of these movies right now so I can hear these lines all over again! I LOVE THIS POST!
Teslaca On Monday, July 25 at 8:33 pm
Oh, I love your list! Especially numbers 1 and 2. Your new entertainment section is wonderful.
Amy | She Wears Many Hats On Monday, July 25 at 8:33 pm
I need to watch those again sometime soon.
keicha boston On Monday, July 25 at 8:34 pm
Remembering number 3 just made me choke up a lil bit.
Traci L On Monday, July 25 at 8:36 pm
Samwise Gamgee is the unsung hero in this movie. Love the Christian themes throughout the movie. Its a classic.
EmyG On Tuesday, July 26 at 9:45 am
That is so true. To me Samwise is the real hero of the history, without him Frodo could never be able carry out its mission.
Amy On Monday, July 25 at 8:36 pm
Amazing and brilliant and great lines. This film was a work of art. Can't wait to see what Peter Jackson will do with the 'Hobbit
Jacki On Monday, July 25 at 8:37 pm
Fiona On Monday, July 25 at 8:37 pm
You so need to go to NZ, and see the real Lord of the Rings land……well ok..the pretend real.
Ashley On Monday, July 25 at 8:50 pm
I agree! I was just in New Zealand a few weeks ago and got to tour the new Hobbiton set! It's great! Fake Middle Earth is beautiful
Sleepless Mama On Monday, July 25 at 8:37 pm
You are so right!!! Whenever I have the flu, I watch these movies. My husband brings them to me and sets them up in the DVD player while whispering, "Frooooodoooooo, Froooodoooooo…."
All time wonderful films. And they really help ease the flu.
Vander On Monday, July 25 at 9:36 pm
Oh my goodness these are my sickness movies, too!!
Rachael On Monday, July 25 at 8:37 pm
"My friends, you bow to no one."
Just reading this line gives me chills all the way into my belly. I rewind this scene over and over and over again until Boyfriend leaves the room.
Katie Dupre On Monday, July 25 at 8:37 pm
I also love the speech(es) that Theoden gives to his soldiers to bolster them for the battle they know they can't win. That scene where the riders of Rohan plunge down the hill to meet the orcs slays me every time.
Menollie On Tuesday, July 26 at 10:33 am
"Ride now! Ride for ruin, and the world's ending!! Death!! Forth Eorlingas!!"
SO paraphrased but that is definitely one of my rewindable moments in the movie as well!! One of the best.
Cathy On Wednesday, July 27 at 8:36 pm
I have the unabridged audio of LOTR and the Hobit and listen to them all the way through yearly. I get so caught up in them, they are amazing, the fellow who does the reading is awesome. anyway…I was driving on HWY 70 towards the beach listening to Theodin"s speach and joining them in yelling …."DEATH….DEATH…..well, I got a speeding ticket. I didn't even try to explain ……
Brindi On Monday, July 25 at 8:38 pm
I'm looking forward to the post on this movie and Christianity. I read the JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis used o write together in a pub, and Tolkien used to complain that Lewis' hints to Christianity were too obvious….that they needed to be more like his nods to it.
Katie Dupre On Monday, July 25 at 8:45 pm
Tolkien and Lewis did write together. They were part of a creative writing group called the Inklings. I don't know how much Tolkien ribbed him for it, but Lewis and Tolkien wrote for very different audiences. Lewis wrote The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for this goddaughter, and the entire series was absolutely written for children. Tolkien's allusions to Christianity are much more subtle because a. he was writing for adults and b. the trilogy was also an allegory for WW2.
Ginny On Tuesday, July 26 at 3:08 pm
Except Tolkien himself has said the trilogy wasn't a WWII (or WWI) allegory. He doesn't deny that he was influenced by the events of the war, especially after having been in the trenches in WWI, but the books themselves weren't written as allegory. In fact, they have themes that resonate throughout history and literature.
forsynthis On Friday, July 29 at 2:20 am
Actually, Lewis and Tolkein didn't write together….but they were part of a literary-friend group that read their new chapters aloud to each other in The Baby & Bird pub in Oxford. Tolkein says he did NOT write LOTR as an allegory, but to me, his Christian world view came through whether he meant for it to or not, and beautifully so. I love all the lines Ree listed — which must be read aloud in the character's voice, of course — but I would certainly add Gandalf's rebuke to mad Denethor at Minas Tirith: "Authority has not been given you to deny the return of the King!"
KelseyB On Monday, July 25 at 8:38 pm
You have no idea how much I LOVE The Lord of the Rings. My favorite movies!!!
Erika Morrison On Monday, July 25 at 8:38 pm
I've seen this movie a hundred times . . . and still, those top ten lines make me want to watch it again. Right NOW.
Carolyn | homework On Monday, July 25 at 8:39 pm
Love. every. single. line. #9 and #2 are my favorites. I can hear the clinking of the swords as I read #9….
Michelann On Monday, July 25 at 8:39 pm
Why does the dead of summer bring on the need to watch these movies? I've been re-watching them this week and imagining snow. In Texas. Right.
Bren On Monday, July 25 at 8:39 pm
I have never commented before but this movie is truly my favorite. I still cry every time I see it (and actually teared up reading this though it could just be hormones!). Think I will have to plan to pop this movie in again very soon! One point though – I still like Eowyn's line the best – I use it all the time!
Madisen On Monday, July 25 at 8:39 pm
I love your new Entertainment section on here! I've read read all the posts so far and I now have 3 new movies I want to see and 3 movies that I want to rewatch over and over and over again. I have a feeling there are going to be a lot of posts in this section of the next few days!
Melinda Gray On Monday, July 25 at 8:39 pm
When Sam picks up Frodo to carry him, I burst into hysterical tears..I love when the best friend and sidekick saves the day. Beautiful!!
Carol On Monday, July 25 at 8:40 pm
Love the LOTR quotes and the new entertainment section!
Melissa On Monday, July 25 at 8:40 pm
"I am no man!"
I STILL bounce off the couch and cheer at that line! And I remember being in the theater and the whole crowd cheered.
amyt On Tuesday, July 26 at 11:54 am
TOTALLy agree!!! gives me chills!!! I LOVE this movie!
Victoria KP On Monday, July 25 at 8:40 pm
I could watch that movie over and over and over… oh wait! I have! Great list!
Fiona On Monday, July 25 at 8:40 pm
You so need to go to New Zealand to see the real Lord of the Rings Land……well…ok…the pretend real……
brindi On Monday, July 25 at 8:42 pm
i'm interested in reading your post on this movie and Christianity. I read that Tolkien and CS Lewis were great friends and used to write together in a pub, and Tolkien used to tell Lewis that his hints to Christianity were too obvious and that they needed to be more like his are in the rings trilogy.
Sarah E. from Arkansas On Monday, July 25 at 8:44 pm
This is one of my all-time favorite movies (and books)! All of those lines are fabulous!
LaNett On Monday, July 25 at 8:44 pm
I need to see this one.
Marilyn J On Monday, July 25 at 8:44 pm
I agree 100% with the top 3. Ahhh….My favorite movie ever.
Stacy Stark On Monday, July 25 at 8:45 pm
I TOTALLY just spent my staycation watching the extended Trilogy on bluray! I can't believe it was 10 years ago that these movies started. I can't wait for the Hobbit!
Erin N. On Monday, July 25 at 8:45 pm
Shari On Monday, July 25 at 8:47 pm
All excellent choices, Ree, but such a list for me would have to include this exchange…
Pippen: I didn't think it would end this way.
Gandalf: End? No, the journey doesn't end there. Death is just another path…One that we all must take. The grey-rain curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass…And then you see it.
Pippen: What? Gandalf? …See what?
Gandalf: White shores…and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.
Pippen: Well, that isn't so bad.
Gandalf: No. No, it isn't.
Makes me put my head down and cry everytime.
asil On Monday, July 25 at 9:12 pm
Shari, you beat me too it. i love this line so much i keep it in my journal. so comforting.
Renee72 On Tuesday, July 26 at 9:33 am
I cry. Every.Single.Time.
BJ in Austin Tx On Wednesday, July 27 at 11:19 am
So many good lines…..this was one of the most encouraging of them all.
andrea On Wednesday, July 27 at 6:25 pm
Not only does that passage make me weep, thinking of the precious people I have lost just since the movie came out, reading them here makes me misty.
Being a book fan first, the deviations from the books vexed me (HALDIR WAS NOT AT HELMS DEEP)……but PJ did such a great job with the movies, all if forgiven.
Marilyn On Thursday, July 28 at 1:08 am
DEFINITELY love this one. It reminds me very much of the baby we lost to stillbirth. I was pregnant with him when we saw this movie and the song they used in the movie (that also uses the same visual) was one I listened to often after we lost him. Gave me comfort.
Also love, on the more humor side of things, Gimli saying "That still only counts as one!" after Legolas took down the Oliphant. Makes me laugh every time.
toni On Monday, July 25 at 8:49 pm
Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
ahh – I love that line from Gandalf. "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Jessy@FairytaleFrosting On Monday, July 25 at 8:57 pm
Toni, totally agree, LOVE this scene!
Andrea Rayna On Wednesday, July 27 at 6:26 pm
The movie is full of such great quotes, and this is one to live by.
Jill On Monday, July 25 at 8:49 pm
Love this post! And love these movies! Definitely a fav.
"I am no man!" sigh.. Best ever.
suzanne999 On Monday, July 25 at 8:49 pm
This trilogy and the Hobbit are childhood favorites that wear even better over time. I can't wait until they have the hobbit done!
Lori H On Monday, July 25 at 8:50 pm
I read the books years ago and loved it so much that I prolonged finishing the series because I just did not want the story to end. Good job on pulling out the lines that you did – my daughter watches the movies once a month. Thanks, Ree.
Christine On Monday, July 25 at 8:51 pm
Now you've done it. I need to go watch those movies again. I even have an exact reproduction of the leaf brooch worn by the fellowship. It is beautiful with the right outfit of course. I love those movies.
susanna internicola On Monday, July 25 at 8:51 pm
well written Ree!! i totally agree with you on all of these scenes!!
what a great movie! i'm really enjoying your entertainment section!! i noticed it today as i scrolled through your pages….you really make me smile. you are a joy in my life, whether you know me or not!!
i'm now inspired to check out your top 5 movies too!! thankyou for sharing!! you bring lots of light and entertainment, and help to the blog-internet world!
God bless you!!
Katie Dupre On Monday, July 25 at 8:52 pm
Also, just in case someone out there is as nerdy as me, (and if you are you probably already know) the extended edition blu-rays have over 180 hours of commentary and special features. Not to mention the movies themselves are about 30% longer. I strongly recommend this purchase for anyone who professes to enjoy Lord of the Rings.
Menollie On Tuesday, July 26 at 10:35 am
I have the extended in the orignal dvd's and they're AWESOME. The Appendices are truly something special.
And I really, really want to work for Weta.
Andrea Rayna On Wednesday, July 27 at 6:31 pm
Katie, do you know if the extra footage is extra on top of the EE editons? Or are they taking the minutes from the theater release versions and counting all addtions?
Katherine B On Monday, July 25 at 8:52 pm
I knew that "My friends. You bow to no one." would be #1! It's a brilliant line, love it!
toni On Monday, July 25 at 8:53 pm
Sam: What we need is a few good taters.
Gollum: What's taters, precious? What's taters, eh?
Sam: *Po-tay-toes!* Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew…
They made this into a song and posted it on youtube. At first it was funny – now it is one of those songs that will be forever stuck in my head.
S. Watts On Tuesday, July 26 at 10:21 am
Looking this up right now. I laugh so much at this.
Tina On Wednesday, July 27 at 6:14 am
This is one of my daughter's favorites as well. It is used quite often around the dinner table at our house.
Jessy@FairytaleFrosting On Monday, July 25 at 8:54 pm
"I am no man!" Absolutely made me cheer, every single time.
One of my favorite scenes in the movie, there are no words, but when the men are returning from their lost battle at Osgiliath and the Nasgul and all that creepiness is flying after them, and Gandolf rides out into the field, raises his staff and casts that bright white light stopping the Nasgul….its epic. Gives me the chills every time.
Fantastic books, amazing films, so many wonderful lines, so many incredible emotions.
Love this post!
joe On Monday, July 25 at 8:57 pm
My favorite:
Frodo: I can't do this, Sam.
Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.
Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam?
Sam: That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it's worth fighting for.
Shannon W On Tuesday, July 26 at 10:17 am
YES! That's the very best of the whole trilogy…. and when you watch the movie, watch gollum here. He's so hopeful when frodo asks the question and so sad when he hears the answer. He know/thinks that he's such a wretched little creature that my heart breaks for him. My husband thinks I'm so strange that I have compassion for him but this scene underscores the entire trilogy. THE BEST.
RoryBore On Friday, July 29 at 1:58 pm
So agree!! For me the absolute best lines are usually the exchanges between Frodo and Sam. And this is my favourite.
Amy S. On Monday, July 25 at 8:58 pm
I am longing for winter and hoping winter brings me several snowed in Saturdays so that I can cuddle up guilt free on the couch and watch movies all day long while drinking coffee and watching snow fall.
Jenneu On Tuesday, July 26 at 12:02 am
Here! Here!
KMOUSE On Monday, July 25 at 8:59 pm
Your #3 was my #1.
I love, love, love this movie.
Kristen On Monday, July 25 at 9:02 pm
Awesome post! I'm reading the book right now and loved reading these lines from the movie. I just got past the part in the book where Eowyn kills the Witch King and the line is different than the movie. It's my favorite line in all 3 movies and i was slightly disappointed that it's not the same. It's such a kick butt part! And totally agree that Aragorn is a stud.
Becky in Upstate NY On Monday, July 25 at 9:07 pm
Number 1 is my all time favorite line from this movie!!! I get chills and cry every single time!!! So perfect!! I got teary just reading this top ten…need to go watch the movie now…goodnight!
Krista D. On Tuesday, August 23 at 7:29 am
Same here! I've seen this movie a hundred times, and every time Aragorn delivers this line, and the camera pulls back and you see the entire kingdom bowing to these brave little Hobbits, I bawl like a baby.
Ree, your top three are spot on. All three of these movies are the best ever. My all-time faves.
Sarah On Monday, July 25 at 9:10 pm
#1 has me bawling like a baby every time. It is one of the most meaningful movie lines ever.
Heather Lane On Monday, July 25 at 9:11 pm
Love love love LOTR!!!! You picked some great lines! My very favorite is your #3. Love Samwise!
Niki S. On Monday, July 25 at 9:11 pm
I have to admit, these are not one of my favorite movies, and I don't remember but one or two of those lnes.
But what I do remember and I can't see how it didn't make this as #1 is:
My Preeeciousss!
jackieville On Monday, July 25 at 9:12 pm
I love these movies and I cannot wait for 'The Hobbit' to come out! I will never forget my surprise when I saw that Orlando Bloom doesn't have blond hair. *g* Legolas will always be my favorite!
katie On Monday, July 25 at 9:12 pm
Ok you've done it all day friday im watching all three extended . who is your fav character in the lotr?
Allyn On Monday, July 25 at 9:13 pm
These movies touch me like not many do. I cry every time, multiple times.
Oh, and Aragorn is pretty much the most perfect man ever written. Seriously, be still my heart.
Marsha A. On Monday, July 25 at 9:15 pm
Your #9 is my #1. Love that moment in the movie.
JenL On Monday, July 25 at 9:18 pm
Love these films, and Return of the King was probably my favorite. Thanks to you, I'll probably stay up too late several times this week watching them again.
Love the new section.
anita On Monday, July 25 at 9:19 pm
I have read the The Hobbit and the trilogy at least 10 times. First time I was about 21-22 years old and last time I was about 50. I still love it. I still am devastated when Gandalf goes down in Moria. I am still delighted and bewildered by Tom Bombadil. Frodo and Sam just leave me in complete awe with their their acceptance of the job that they must do or die trying. The movies are good but the books are great.
MelindaC On Monday, July 25 at 9:19 pm
Love this new page! Finally, someone with a passion to match my own! Hail Pioneer Woman, o she of many gifts!
sydney_bitless On Monday, July 25 at 9:19 pm
Actually I have to disagree. I have watched this scene over and over and it makes me want to pee my pants every time to the point that when my friends call I answer the phone with an Aragorn "aaaahhhhhh" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QAlt4Sfl7Q A must watch for any strange sense of humor LOTR fan's.
Amy L On Monday, July 25 at 9:20 pm
I knew I loved you for more than your awesome blog and liberal use of butter when you cook!!
Cristie On Monday, July 25 at 9:20 pm
"You shall not pass!!!!". One of my favorite lines. The Lord of the Rings trilogy are my family's favorite movies. Any one of us can put one of those movies on and the rest of us end up gathered around watching it. And your #1 is spot on. By far my favorite part of the trilogy. I think it basically sums up the entire story. Great post Ree!! I'm looking forward to more!
Amy H. On Monday, July 25 at 10:35 pm
Oh that's a great quote! I can see Gandalf and the Balrog on the bridge!
mumuv3 On Tuesday, July 26 at 5:14 pm
This is my personal favorite. I love to yell this at my children. You hear it a lot at our house.
I guess it's our family's version of "You can't handle the truth".
Rebecca On Monday, August 1 at 10:27 am
Yes…. I love this one too. Gandalf's other doozies are these:
"Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death, and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise can not see all ends."
and in same scene
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Spring On Monday, August 1 at 8:11 pm
Yes! YOU SHALL NOT PASS!! Gets shouted often around our house. It's my favorite, and my son loves to dress up like Gandalf and reenact that scene. Of course, he also has a costume jewelry wedding band that he wears around his neck.
Stef On Monday, July 25 at 9:21 pm
I think a movie can be considered A+ when it inspires you to read the book on which it was based. I'm looking forward to sharing these movies, and books, with my children. When they're older. And their shoulders are strong enough to bear the burden of their mother crying like a baby.
Sally On Monday, July 25 at 9:21 pm
"Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow; The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow.".
Sigh. Lord of the Rings has such beautiful words….
Becca On Monday, July 25 at 9:21 pm
Aww, gee PW, what a great list! I went around with a pretend sword and pretend swirling blonde hair for weeks, uttering: "I am no man…"
"Do you think he knows about second breakfast?" and PO-TAY-TO are well worth repeating also.
Amy L On Monday, July 25 at 9:25 pm
Sorry for double commenting – but loving reading all the comments! And also have to say that I LOVED having the chance to take my 13 year old daughter to see the extended editions of the films in theaters last month (we actually missed FOTR, she was on a youth group outing that week)! It was an absolute treat to see the long versions on the big screen AND with my daughter.
Laurie On Monday, July 25 at 9:26 pm
Number 2, one of my all time favorite parts of any movie.
Cristie On Monday, July 25 at 9:29 pm
"You shall not pass!!!" One of my favorite lines from the movie. The LOTR trilogy are my familys favorite movies. Any one of us can put one of the movies on and the rest of us end up gathered around watching it. Even though we've watched them zillions of times. Your #1 is spot on. I think that line pretty much sums up the entire trilogy. Great post Ree! I'm looking forward to more of them.
ShutterbugJules On Monday, July 25 at 9:33 pm
"I am no man!" Eowyn is the best female character out of that whole trilogy (especially if you read the books). Peter Jackson did such a great job with LOTR… can't wait to see what he does with The Hobbit!
Serena Boyd On Monday, July 25 at 9:35 pm
Without a single doubt my favorite movie series of all time. Quite a lofty honor I might add, as I am well versed in movie series and am passionate about Harrison fords well shaped rear and enchanting voice. However, LOTR touches so precisely on so many facets that make us human. Similarly it teaches us how to remember hope when the journey seems too hard and too long. Quite a feat for a mere film but I believe it to be true.
Susan in MO On Monday, July 25 at 9:35 pm
One of my all time favorites for sure. This one I'd drop everything to sit and watch You nailed the best lines!
Dena G On Monday, July 25 at 9:38 pm
The hubs and I are *constantly* quoting all 3 Lord of the Rings Movies to one another. It's a thing. No one else understands. That's okay. It's just for us!
Cathy On Wednesday, July 27 at 8:51 pm
"Looks like meat's back on the menu boys!" one of our favorite quotes…not in the book, but great in the movie….
Mary W On Monday, July 25 at 9:57 pm
Aragorn is such a stud….
Monie On Monday, July 25 at 10:07 pm
'This day does not belong to one man, but to all.
Let us together rebuild this world, that we may share in the days of peace.'
ashpags On Monday, July 25 at 10:14 pm
Must not start ROTK at 10:15pm.Must not start ROTK at 10:15pm.
Must not start ROTK at 10:15pm!
Jordan On Monday, July 25 at 10:14 pm
I got chills reading some of those lines…. I need to have a LOTR marathon soon.
Dawn On Monday, July 25 at 10:17 pm
We just got the extended blu-rays, so good! Can't wait to see The Hobbit & love that Lee Pace is in it! Hubba hubba!
elizabeyta On Monday, July 25 at 10:19 pm
In this house, this is called THE MOVIE. Please, never show my husband this page! I will never hear the end of it.
Vanessa Schultz On Monday, July 25 at 10:20 pm
Ree, for the first time in the history of me reading your blog, my husband was officially lured in with the same interest level as me! This is one of his favourite movies, and as he walked past me and glanced at the screen, he read every single tidbit that you wrote about this movie. I think you've found a way to captivate more male readers now too!! I luv ya!!
Amy H. On Monday, July 25 at 10:28 pm
Yay!! Someone who loves these movies as much as I do and is willing to talk about them and not feel silly! The LOTR series is #2 on my Top Ten list. I don't have a favorite line but my favorite scene is the lighting of the beacons in ROTK. The fire, the music, the mountains – it gets me every time! And I love the "competition" between Gimli and Legolas in The Two Towers.
Love this new section, keep it up!
iacowgirl On Monday, July 25 at 10:29 pm
I need a little more Orlando Bloom fix. He is beyond awesome in LOTR.
Carla P On Tuesday, July 26 at 3:00 pm
like! and I'm 60 years old. If I were 30 years younger, and unmarried, and 100 pounds lighter and……………lol
Goosefeathers On Monday, July 25 at 10:29 pm
I've just read all 3 of your posts in Entertainment – what a great idea. PW, you really know how to make things fun.
Patsy On Monday, July 25 at 10:32 pm
Ree – Fantastic!
Susan On Monday, July 25 at 10:34 pm
How absolutely perfect that your first official post should be on the greatest trilogy. Ever. I bow to your genius!
Regina On Monday, July 25 at 10:36 pm
Please tell me you had the movie running and not that you know all those lines verbatum? WOW
iacowgirl On Monday, July 25 at 10:36 pm
I always thought Aragorn's speech before the big battle had many shades of Shakespeare's Henry V in it from the battle of Agincourt. (Of course you've seen the movie with Emma and Kenneth Branagh???…"fair Catherine if you will love me soundly with your English tongue and French heart….")
Deb On Monday, July 25 at 10:39 pm
Nah. Our fave is Pippin's line at the Prancing Pony:
"It comes in pints? I'm getting one!"
Mary P On Monday, July 25 at 10:40 pm
Great quotes. I have to add "My Precious" and the pity Frodo feels for Gollum (because he sees what he could easily become)
Yay for all the LOTR love in these posts. Can't wait for "The Hobbit"!
Denise On Monday, July 25 at 10:42 pm
I thought I was the only ring geek out there who liked to cook. This is great, and yes Aragon is a stud.
Amy C. On Monday, July 25 at 10:42 pm
Oh how I love this movie and have my brother and Orlando Bloom (yes even in elf ears, lol) to thank for that. All those lines are my favorite as well. So glad you started this section of the site. I'm on a strict diet so I try and not frequent the cooking section as much (makes me grouchy!) so this section and the others are very much a welcome to my life:) Thank you Ree!
CathySue On Monday, July 25 at 10:43 pm
I like your top ten. Perhaps you forgot Gimli's best line of all three movies:
"Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?"
Robin in Ohio On Tuesday, July 26 at 12:29 am
Nope! Ree didn't forget at all. It was number 6!
Pam D On Monday, July 25 at 10:44 pm
What… there were lines in those movies????? hahahaaaa… Viggo made it awfully hard to concentrate on anything other than his amazing gorgeousness. But I do love your selection, especially the one with Samwise carrying Frodo. There's a song called "Sheltering Trees" by Newsong (here's a link to a YouTube vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3syCZHJmTI), "we all need sheltering trees… friends in our lives who get down on their knees. And lift us up before the King of Kings… we all need Sheltering Trees"…. Sam was definitely a sheltering tree…
Leesha On Monday, July 25 at 10:53 pm
Okay, I am LOVING this new section of your blog!! Two thumbs up to movie lines! Im a freak for this kinda stuff! I just wish I could remember them as well as you can.
Liz M On Monday, July 25 at 10:55 pm
When I saw the title of this post, I immediately thought "My friends…you bow to no one." And it turned out to be #1! Great minds!
Susan the Singer On Monday, July 25 at 10:57 pm
Now I want to borrow my brother's special edition way long director's cut versions of all 3 movies.
After watching the movies, I'd name a daugher Arwen in a heartbeat. I love the way she's portrayed in the movies.
Mary Frances On Tuesday, July 26 at 3:35 pm
My son, who is a big fan of the films, named our long-haired black cat Arwen after the Liv Tyler portrayal of the character … when I asked him how he came up with the name, he said, "She's got long, black hair, Mom and she's just beautiful – just like the lady in the Lord of the Rings" (he was 10 at the time).
Liz M On Monday, July 25 at 10:57 pm
When I saw the title of this post, I immediately thought of "My friends…you bow to no one." And it's #1! Great minds!
Charis On Monday, July 25 at 11:01 pm
Ree- THIS is why I read your blog.
Loved it..my favorite movie of all time.
Suzy G On Monday, July 25 at 11:03 pm
I just watched the first one last night. Now I feel like staying up to finish the other 2 instead of sleeping, lol.
Kristiana On Monday, July 25 at 11:04 pm
Awesome. My husband and I just went to a screening of The Fellowship of the Ring with the Houston Symphony playing the score…live! It was a memorable event. Paired two of my favorite things – orchestral music and LOTR.
Pam D On Monday, July 25 at 11:22 pm
I would pay big $$$ for that… how wonderful!


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Snooki's Baby Lorenzo Is Officially the Cutest Mini Guido in the World (PHOTO)
Good news, Jersey Shore fans! We're officially crowning baby Lorenzo as the most adorable bambino we've ever seen.
Like the proud dad that he is, Snooki's fiancé Jionni posted this precious photo on Twitter and wrote, "Once u have one, you can't let go. Once u have one, your obsessed and Once he looks at you, you know it's forever..." Can someone pass the leopard-print tissues?
Along with eating, drinking, and being merry for 'Enzo's first Christmas, the LaValle clan celebrated their bundle of joy's four-month birthday on December 26. We're smitten for the happy family!
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Snooki & JWOWW Season 2 premieres on Tuesday, January 8 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.

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Examination of the ways organizations satisfy consumer and organizational needs and wants for products and services. Emphasis is placed on the creation of value for customers and how the elements of the marketing mix are used to provide customer satisfaction in the marketing of goods and services, both domestically and internationally. Offered every semester.
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Chemistry department golf fundraiser Saturday
Mississippi State's chemistry department is announcing its second golf tournament scholarship fundraiser.
To be held Saturday, April 6 at the University Golf Course, the public event is a four-person scramble, limited to 25 teams or a total of 100 golfers. Proceeds will support a series of one-year undergraduate scholarships.
Registration completed online before March 30 at http://chemistry.msstate.edu/golf_tourney/tournament_2013.php will include one free mulligan per team member.
Registration on tournament day begins at 8 a.m., followed by a snack breakfast at 8:30. The shotgun start takes place at 9 a.m.
Tournament rules, set by the MSU Institute of Golf, will have male participants beginning at the Cowbell tees; females, the Aggie tees; and all age 65 and over, the Maroon tees.
A Starkville Café-catered barbecue lunch concludes the activities.
For more information or to review tournament rules, visit the above-listed website or telephone Reatha Linley at 662-325-3584.
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Headlines described the sighting of waves on Titan this week, but it's really still smooth sailing on the impressively deep lakes of the Earth-ish moon.
Recreational divers must not go deeper than 100 feet, but this special suit, on display at the American Museum of Natural History, allows safe diving for hours.
Halo, Project X-Ray and Minecraft -- via augmented reality. Scott Stein got his first crack at HoloLens at E3, and found out how similar -- and different -- the experience is to virtual reality competitors like Oculus Rift.
Enceladus may have a warm ocean beneath its icy surface, but it may also be shooting through that crust in big sheets, perhaps filled with sea monkeys.
Water-resistant doesn't mean waterproof. Here's how to find out just how rugged your smartphones, tablets, activity trackers and smartwatches really are.
NASA says new observations from the Hubble Space Telescope confirm the presence of a subsurface ocean on Jupiter's largest moon.
Spaceships are great, but to explore the weird world that is Titan, a space sub might make more sense. Fortunately, NASA is already working on a design.
Check out 12 new screenshots from Rockstar's upcoming open-world crime-a-thon.
An Ocean-themed week of League of Legends gaming in Australia and New Zealand culminates in a champion-shaped artificial reef sunk to the bottom of the sea.
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April, 2015 - JGB Enterprises is a certified participant in the Safety & Health Achievement Recognition (SHARP) Program
October 22, 2014 - JGB was awarded the DLA Innovative Business Performer of the Year
August, 2014 - JGB Enterprises makes the Industrial Distribution's 2014 Big 50 List
(Reprinted from RMA Hose Handbook IP-2 Sixth Edition 1996)
SAFETY WARNING: Testing can be dangerous and should be done only by trained personnel using proper tools and procedures. Failure to follow such procedures might result in damage to property and serious bodily injury.
The Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) recognizes, accepts and recommends the testing methods of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).
Unless otherwise specified, all hose tests are to be conducted in accordance with ASTM Method No. D-380 (latest revision). Where an ASTM D-380 test is not available, another test method should be selected and described in detail.
RMA participates with ASTM under the auspices of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in Technical Committee 45 (TC45) of The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in developing both hose product and hose test method standards.
Many of the hose test method standards published by ISO duplicate or closely parallel those shown in ASTM D-380. Many are unique and, in those cases, the RMA may be able to provide the necessary test standard references which may be purchased from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
Hydrostatic pressure tests are classified as follows:
Destructive tests are conducted on short specimens of hose, normally 18 inches (460mm) to 36 inches (915mm) in length and, as the name implies, the hose is destroyed in the performance of the test.
Non-destructive tests are conducted on a full length of a hose or hose assembly and are for the purpose of eliminating hose with defects which cannot be seen by visual examination or in order to determine certain characteristics of the hose while it is under internal pressure.
1. Water Hose up to 150 psi WP: 3:1
2. Hose for all other liquids, solid materials suspended in liquids or air, and water hose over 150 psi WP: 4:1
3. Hose for compressed air and other gases: 4:1
4. Hose for liquid media that immediately changes into gas under standard atmospheric conditions: 5:1
5. Steam Hose: 10:1
Method 1-Plug Method
Sample Preparation:
1. Cut a 24 inch (610mm) sample from the length of hose to be tested unless
the size and length of the hose is such that it is necessary to test the
entire length.
2. Buff both the tube and cover for 1.5 inch (38 mm) on each end with 120 grit emery paper.
3. Insert either polished steel or copper plugs having diameters equal to the I.D. of the hose into each end for a distance of one inch (25mm).
4. Clamp the plugs in the hose with a polished 0.500 inch (12.7mm) reusable and clamp. Place the bands 0.250 inch (6.4mm) from the end of the hose and tighten firmly.
5. After the clamps are applied, allow the hose to rest for at least ten minutes before the test is made.
Test Procedure
To measure the resistivity of the hose, lay the entire assembly out straight on a nonconducting surface. Place the ohmmeter electrodes on the plugs in the hose to record the tube resistivity.
If the cover resistivity is desired, place the electrodes on the clamps. This method tends to eliminate the greatest number of variables, yet it is simple to set up and make the test.
The resistance between the plugs or clamps shall be measured with a megohm meter (having a range of 0.08 to 10.6 megohms, utilizing a measuring voltage of 500 volts across the unknown resistance) which has previously been standardized against a known resistance.
The resistance of any hose shall be reported as ohms per foot of hose, as determined by dividing the total resistance by number of feet of hose between clamps.
Editors Note:
The above method is an example of a test method not currently and specifically covered by an ASTM test method. It is, however, under development by ISO TC45, Subcommittee 1, Working Group 4, under the title, "Rubber and Plastic Hoses -Determination of Electrical Properties."
Method 2- Nail or "Pot Room" Method
Conduct test on non-conducting surfaces, and at normal room temperature and humidity. Assure that test setup is as shown below.
Test setup for determining electrical resistance.
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The healing benefits of animals with the elderly have been tried and tested many times over the years and the verdict is a positive one. They can range from ordinary animals like cats or dogs to exotic things such as a kangaroo. They are used in many other therapy applications but now we are going to talk about the benefits of therapy animals in retirement homes in Michigan.
To the sick, unwell, or unhappy therapy animals can have many beneficial physical effects. They are known to lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, relax respiratory patters, increase motivation, decrease pain episodes, encourage speech, and increase the patients will to live. On top of that they are very effective with emotional needs as well. They reduce stress, grief, fear, pain and even loneness. They give the patients an opportunity to focus on an external source and distract them. Therapy animals can even provide entertainment or a social encounter for multiple patients.
Domesticated animals in general are very accepting of human beings and they often increase our confidence and self-esteem. For the physically or sexually abused, animals help them learn that appropriate and safe touch does exist. With the elderly Therapy animals are found to spark up happy memories, give a sense of reality, and even increase their sense of life and the need to live.
There are studies that state that a patient sitting quietly stroking an animal can reduce blood pressure. It gives you a sense of calm and ease. There has even been progress stating that Alzheimer's patients have reduced outbreaks when there is an animal in the home. Dogs specifically are being used for their ability to sense possible strokes, cancer, seizures, and many other health concerns. A dog could potentially help catch an issue early enough to treat it.
Daily walks with a dog are especially beneficial. For the elderly this could be the difference between some exercise and none at all. Even a short walk to take them to the bathroom provides some benefit. The natural behaviors of dogs such as unconditional love, quick forgiveness, and entertainment all assist towards living a longer healthier life.
Many nursing homes in Michigan allow pets to be brought with for these reasons and some even have community pets that are for everyone. Many mi assisted living centers understand the benefits of therapy animals and are more than willing to use them. Keep in mind though; some individuals are allergic to animals so there are obviously a good amount of homes that do not allow animals. So if that is your desire make sure to do some research first.
Therapy Animals are of great benefit to more than retirement home occupants. They provide a much needed benefit to just about everyone. These benefits are by no means exclusive. Heritage Community uses these little (and sometimes not so little) helpers as much as they can. The fact is that animals are great to have around and if should be explored if you are interested.


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Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Noel Francis Bostain of Butler, TN, passed Saturday, October 12, 2013. He lived with grace, died with dignity and is now healed. Mr. Bostain was born December 25, 1952 in Miami, FL. He leaves behind his beloved wife of 42 years, Leslie Ford Bostain of the home. Mr. and Mrs. Bostain have two daughters, Brittany Noel Sepeda of Charleston, SC and Bernadette Rose Smallwood of Columbia, SC, three dear grandchildren; Brandon Pierce Soileau, Madison Noel Soileau both of Natchitoches, LA and Abigail Rose Smallwood of Columbia, SC.
Mr. Bostain was a graduate of Summerville High School class of 1972. He was a caretaker at Millbrook Plantation of Hwy. 61 in Charleston, SC for 20 years. He also worked at General Electric Plant in Ladson, SC and Robert Bosch Corp. in Charleston, SC. He was a Journeyman Structural Ironworker with Local Union 601 in Charleston, SC and retired from civil service from the Charleston Naval Shipyard.
Mr. Bostain was one of six sons born to Master Gunnery Sergeant James E. Bostain and Freda Jean Owens Bostain, both deceased, of Summerville, SC. Mr. Bostain was also preceded in death by one older brother, Jacob Lee Bostain. Remaining brothers Edward Dale Bostain of Beaufort, SC; William Griffin Bostain of Hickory, NC; James M. Bostain and Frederick Eugene Bostain, both of Summerville, SC.
Mr. Bostain left this world at peace with God, repented for his sins and prayed for a better world for the loved ones he left behind. Thank you to all our many friends and family for the heart felt offers during these difficult times. It was Mr. Bostain's wish to be cremated and no services are planned.
Memorials may be made in memory of my husband, companion of a lifetime, to the American Heart Association, Johnson City, TN 423-282-5388.
The Cremation Society of Northeast Tennessee is serving the family.
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Farmer's home bid rejected
Posted: November 24, 2012|
A SWANSEA farmer has been told that he cannot build a home for a worker on his land.
William Stevens, of Llannant Farm, Gorseinon, had asked Swansea Council for planning permission to build a home for one agricultural worker but his request was turned down.
The council also received two letters of objection relating to the plans.
Planning officers told councillors that among the objections was that "the land in question is valuable farmland which should be safeguarded".
It was also questioned whether water pressure would be high enough to serve a building in the location, and that vehicular access to the site would be problematic.
The application also received 11 letters of support saying that the council should support local businesses and the next generation of framers.


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resilient against a wide variety of terrorist attacks. This is akin to a "capabilities-based" approach to defense planning.4
In the face of massive uncertainty, a common impulse is to think of across-the-board defense improvements. But given our finite wealth, time, and ability to concentrate, we must make choices. Doing so requires using probability estimates or other methods for dealing with uncertainty. If probabilities are used—e.g., the probability of a given type of attack, of an installation's vulnerability, or of the capacity to rebuild or substitute for a damaged node—they typically cannot be obtained from empirical frequency distributions; the events are too uncommon or hypothetical. Instead, the probabilities must be derived using a combination of modeling, gaming, and analysis—all with a good deal of subjectivity. Further, the probabilities should change over time as our experience grows and our knowledge improves.
In parallel with strengthening defenses, we can reduce the likelihood of various threats by destroying terrorist organizations where possible and, in some cases, by deterring elements of the terrorist organizations' larger systems. A terrorist network has numerous parts, each with different vulnerabilities and receptiveness to influence. A Bin Laden may not be deterrable, but other parts of the system—for example, an organization's financiers and state supporters—may well be. The segments of society from which the terrorists are drawn could be influenced by international actions and by attacks on terrorism ideology and tactics. Within the United States, those who assist terrorists may be dissuaded or caught. Finally, the terrorist actors themselves are often concerned about operational risk—they may be willing to risk their lives, but not in futile attacks. Thus, better defensive measures can help to deter or deflect.5
The overall system the committee is describing is dynamic. U.S. actions affect the terrorist system, and terrorist actions affect the United States. It is thus appropriate to view the problem analytically as a game, a simple version of which is shown in Figure 10.2. (It is simple by virtue of its not treating other countries or organizations explicitly.)
The state of the real world changes as both sides take actions and have
See Rumsfeld (2001).
For recent discussions of terrorist behaviors, see Lesser et al. (1999), Talbott and Chanda (2001), Tucker (2000), Moodie (1998), Roberts (1997), and the Monterey Institute's online bibliography at <http://cns.miis.edu/research/cbw/biblio.htm#terror>.


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Did you know today is International Day of Happiness as declared by the United Nations General Assembly! None of us should forget this as we start today with a smile on our collective faces.
Happiness as defined by Wikipedia "is a mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy."
Why not talk with your children about "being happy" and what that may mean. Ask them "what do you think makes you happy?". I am sure you will get all sorts of interesting answers. In fact it might be fun to write the answers down and compare what they say at different ages. You might also ask them to draw a picture of "being happy".
As a parent you know what you might have said made you "happy" years ago, is probably not the same today. For many parents the answer to "what makes you happy", is probably "my children". (at least the majority of the time, right?).
So....make March 20th a day to celebrate things, big or small, that may bring a smile to your face. Be happy.....
- Don't Give In To Picky Eating
- Toys for Children
- Ear Tugging & Your Child
- Kids Who Snore
- Heroin Use Rising


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21 August 2013: Main Event - Opening Address and Keynotes
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Phoram Mehta is a Senior Manager for Information security and risk management for PayPal's Asia-Pacific region. Phoram recently re-located from PayPal San Jose to provide InfoSec guidance in the region. Phoram has over 13 years of experience in multiple facets of information risk management. He has a Master's in Computer Science with specialization in Networking and Security from University of Missouri – Kansas City
Leonard is a board certified in security management professional with over 16 years of experience gained in investment banking, telecommunication, and enterprise environments. He has been in both technical and management roles including network security, project management, corporate security, security consulting and information security.
Leonard is currently heading up a regional Information Security Risk function. Previously, he has worked in investment bank that operates in over 10 different markets within Asia Pacific region. Leonard has provided security consulting and services for large enterprises, telecommunication carriers and government agency.
He is serving in board of security associations such as ASIS International (Singapore Chapter), ISACA Singapore Chapter and Global Information Assurance Certification. Leonard has been a volunteer leader since 2007 with ASIS International (Singapore Chapter) and was elected as Honorary Chairman in 2011 and re-elected in 2012 for two years term. His longest voluntary activity was with ISACA Singapore Chapter that dated back a decade ago in 2003. In 2012, Leonard was elected as President of ISACA Singapore Chapter and was re-elected in 2013.
In 2005, the Singapore National Infocomm Competency Centre (NICC) awarded Leonard with 'IT Specialist of the Year' for his contribution to Information Security community and for exemplifying life-long learning & personal development. The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, (ISC)2, recognised Leonard's contribution in the region and awarded him the prestigious Information Security Leadership Achievement for Senior Information Security Professional category.
Leonard received his Master of Computing from National University of Singapore. He speaks at variousconferences on security topics.
David leads the enterprise solutions business for Trend Micro in Asia Pacific, providing high-level security counsel for organizations looking to adopt next-generation of Data Center.
David is also an enthusiastic speaker & presenter, an expert in current security landscape. He shares his view with enterprises on security challenges that exist today; current events of high profile breaches, and the advancement of social threats in today's connected community. He has also been interviewed & featured in international media on these topics.
In the past, David has also led the region's biggest and most critical datacenter security projects and successfully serviced some of the region's largest corporations.
Prior to his role at Trend Micro, David was a Security Technical Lead at Shell Group. David holds a Bachelor of Science in Computing and IT from Staffordshire University.
Brian Higgins is responsible for implementing VMware's strategy to drive sales and enablement programs to maximize productivity of the company's extensive partner community in the South East Asia region. He also manage VMware's channel organization, which includes OEMs, distributors, solution providers, SIs and SOs, and technology alliance partners divisions as well as the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP).
Higgins brings more than two decades of experience in sales, channel management, marketing and development to VMware. He has spent the last 17 years in Asia Pacific, with extensive business and channel experience in global technology companies such as CA Technologies, Citrix Systems, IBM Cognos and SAP Business Objects. He was previously the regional director for ASEAN at Lawson Software.
As a Malaysian with Mandarin as his mother tongue, the multi-lingual capabilities gives Jeff an opportunity to work around the APAC region including Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.
Jeff joined Thales e-Security in 2011 and he flies around APAC region as business consultant to support banks project like check imaging system, National ID projects etc. He is now permanent resident in Hong Kong with his family.
Jeff has been working in the Info security related arena for more than 15 years. He sees the technology trends moves from traditional authentication, SSL VPN, data in motion to data at rest, and then follows by the compliance and now people talking about cloud security.
Lim Wei Chiang is a pre-sales Systems Engineer specializing in virtual networks and security from VMware. He is responsible for working with Singapore customers in their journey to the cloud, and also provides network and security expertise to the ASEAN VMware team. Before joining VMware, Wei Chiang was a Data Center / Virtualization Systems Engineer specializing in servers, networks and SAN technologies from Cisco.
Kyle Wilhoit is a Threat Researcher at Trend Micro on the Future Threat Research Team. Kyle focuses on original threat, malware, vulnerability discovery/analysis and criminal activity on the internet. Kyle also actively tracks targeted malware based espionage worldwide. Prior to joining Trend Micro, he was the lead incident handler and reverse engineer at a large energy company, focusing on ICS/SCADA security and targeted persistent threats. He has also worked at a tier 1 internet service provider as a threat analyst and incident response specialist. Kyle has spoken at many worldwide conferences such as Blackhat, FIRST, ICS Security Con, and many more. Kyle is also involved with several open source projects and actively enjoys reverse engineering things that shouldn't be.
Scott Borg is the Director and Chief Economist of the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit (US-CCU), an independent, non-profit research institute that advises the U.S. government and critical infrastructure industries on the strategic and economic consequences of possible cyber-attacks. He is widely regarded as the leading authority on the economics of cyber security, as well as several technical topics.
He has appeared frequently on national television and radio, been regularly quoted in most of America's leading newspapers, and has lectured at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and other leading universities. His record for anticipating new cyber-security developments since 2002 is probably unequaled. He publicly predicted Stuxnet, for example, including all of its main features and its exact target, fourteen months before it was discovered.
He was a member of the Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency and has served on many other advisory bodies. In collaboration with his US-CCU colleagues, he has recently begun offering courses in cyber threat analysis, cyber consequence analysis, and cyber vulnerability analysis, demonstrating how to quantify all of the main factors needed to determine cyber risks.
Ian is currently the Product Marketing Manager for APAC region in Trend Micro where he is responsible for the thought leadership and strategy of its Enterprise Security solution. He holds an ITIL certification and he is a Bachelor of Science in Computing and Information Systems graduate from Lincoln University (UK). Prior to working in Trend Micro, he was actively involved in Storage and Cloud projects in HP Malaysia.
As the Senior Director of Enterprise Security in APAC, Richard Sheng is responsible for addressing the security challenges of enterprises in Asia Pacific. A 15-years veteran in IT security, Richard works with customers, partners and industry representatives to understand their unique security challenges, like advanced cyber threats and cloud computing. Through engagements of cloud & virtualization security and risk management projects, Richard has developed market insights and best practices that have benefited enterprises in the region. Prior to this role, Richard was the Director of Server Business Group at Microsoft Taiwan, where he initiated Taiwan Private Cloud Alliance to accelerate the promises of private cloud, through joint development of reference architectures across server, storage, networking, and systems management suppliers.
Oyvind Roti is a Solution Architect with Amazon Web Services (AWS) where he is responsible for educating companies with the service offerings of the AWS platform, as well as helping them in their architecture with the best practices to build highly scalable and resilient applications on AWS. Oyvind has over 11 years of experience in technical architecture, project management and IT infrastructure implementation across Asia Pacific and Europe. Prior to joining Amazon Web Services, Oyvind worked in the Standard Chartered Bank global IT Operations group, as well as the Accenture Technology Consulting group in both Singapore and London. Oyvind graduated with a BSc in Economics from University of Warwick and an MSc in International Management from University of London. He is currently based in Singapore.
Yoshitaka Nagano joined Fujitsu in 2006 and is currently a senior IT consultant. Yoshitaka is well-experienced in project management and IT architectures strategy for manufacturing industry, especially of global company. Through his last 3 years of experience in Singapore, he has been engaging in the consultation to establish global IT governance in customers' perspectives mainly for risk management. He is offering IT governance solution as part of total cloud solution of latest technology.
Aloysius Cheang is Managing Director APAC of Cloud Security Alliance. He also heads up the Standards Secretariat. Aloysius brings to the Alliance extensive experience gained from running business units and multi-million enterprise security and technology programs for Global 500 organisations worldwide in his previous roles as a CSO for a Telco and APAC practice leader with leading management consulting firms. He is an active community leader, having founded and mentored various information security projects, forums, groups and associations in Singapore and many parts in APAC. He is also active in standardisation and was most recently a co-editor for ISO/IEC 27032 "Guidelines for Cybersecurity", having contributed towards many other security standards such as ISO/IEC 24762 et al in the past. Aloysius holds a B. Sc (Hons) and Master's Degree in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore and is currently a doctorate candidate. His professional certifications include CISA, CISSP and GCIH. His views are valued by global media such as Times, Wall Street Journal and CIO Magazine as a trusted independent source of specialist opinion over the last decade
Jeat Shyan (JS Wong) is the founder and CEO of TalariaX Pte Ltd. He guided TalariaX to be the pioneer in SMS appliance gateway and is one of the key SMS messaging player in Singapore and the region. The sendQuick appliance SMS gateway is used by more than 1300 companies worldwide and distributed in Asia and the Pacific region.
Kelvin is the Principal Cloud Consultant and is a leader of cloud computing solutions in both NEC and STEE. Kelvin leads the consultancy team in cloud solutions, services and security. He is also a cloud evangelist in bringing in new technologies and establishes it as cloud services to his company's business. Prior to joining NSCS, Kelvin was formerly a consultant at VMware mainly dealing with public sector, defense, education and health customers in Singapore and has numerous success in introducing and adopting private clouds to his customers.
Fredric Tai has been in IT industry for over 16 years, and is currently the APAC Senior Manager of Corporate Security Division at Trend Micro. Fredric is a member of Trend Micro APJ subject matter expert division, which specialized in development of security solution for corporate, as well as government and financial industry. Fredric constantly works closely with partners and customers against security challenges such as cloud security and advanced cyber threats. With his knowledge on regulatory compliance, Fredric is also actively helping his clients to fulfill specific compliance requirements with security solutions.
Prior to Trend Micro, Fredric joined Microsoft as Corporate Account Manager and also Digital River, the global leading E-Commerce solution provider, as their Sales Director of Asia Pacific.
Raised in South East Asia and educated in United States, Fredric has a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business Concentration from California States University of Dominguez Hills. He also holds dual Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degrees in Executive Management and Marketing from University of La Verne, California USA.
Alex oversees the delivery of the Institute's data centre related IT services in facilities, platform and infrastructure management, as well as the overall technical and operational support in the Computer Services Centre. His key projects include the data centre consolidation, which saw NIE consolidate and reduce the number of servers, operating systems and backup software used. He also architected and built the first IHL private cloud for the research community with a self-service portal providing end-to-end automation and orchestration of virtual machines in 2011. The projects helped garnered the Best of vForum Awards – IT As a Service Leadership Award in 2011 and CIO 100 Award in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Jim Reavis is an entrepreneur, writer, speaker, technologist and business strategist, whose innovative and influential opinions about emerging security trends have been published and presented widely throughout the industry. Jim is co-founder, executive director and driving force of the Cloud Security Alliance, and was recently named as one of the Top 10 cloud computing leaders by SearchCloudComputing.com. Jim currently serves in an advisory capacity for many successful companies and is also a partner with the MetroSITE Group. Previously an international board member of the ISSA, Jim was also a co-founder of the Alliance for Enterprise Security Risk Management. Jim founded SecurityPortal in 1998 and has been an advisor on the launch of many industry ventures. He received a B.A. in Business Administration/Computer Science from Western Washington University in 1987 and serves on WWU's alumni board.
Mr Low is an experienced cyber security professional and a frequent speaker in the Asia Pacific region. He is the Executive Director of CLOUDSEC (www.cloudsec.com), the leading internet security conferences in Asia Pacific, which he has established in 2011. These events are vendor-neutral and feature presentations by global and regional industry experts. Ken is also the founding chair of the Asia Pacific Executive Council of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) where he represents the interests of CSA's corporate sponsors and individual members and serves as its ambassador to promote greater awareness of CSA and its industry initiatives in this region.
His presentations and articles on cyber security have been featured by The Australian, Bloomberg TV, BusinessWeek, The Business Times, CCTV, CIO Australia, CNET USA, CIO Asia, Hong Kong Economic Times, MediaCorp Radio, SC Magazine and ZDNet Asia. Prior to CLOUDSEC, he has held regional leadership roles at security firms in Australia and Singapore such as Trend Micro, RSA Security (EMC), VeriSign, TippingPoint (HP/3Com) and Sensecurity. He holds the CISSP and GSLC certifications from (ISC)2 and The SANS Institute respectively and he was also a former GIAC advisory board member of the SANS Institute. His education includes a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia), a Bachelor of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Honours) from Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and a Postgraduate Diploma of Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (U.K.).
Mr Nakatani is the Executive Director of the INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI) in Singapore that is scheduled to become operational in late 2014. The IGCI, as a research and development facility for the identification of crimes and criminals, will provide innovative training and operational support for law enforcement across the globe.
During the building's ongoing construction, Mr Nakatani oversees and coordinates the creation and development of the programs and services that will be delivered from the IGCI by INTERPOL to its 190 member countries.
Mr Nakatani previously held the post of Director of Information Systems and Technology at INTERPOL's General Secretariat headquarters (2008-2011), overseeing the development of innovative IT services for the global law enforcement community. He also served as Assistant Director of INTERPOL's Financial and High Tech Crime (2007-2008) where he specialized in cybercrime and cyber security issues.
Mr Nakatani holds the rank of Commissioner at the National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan. Prior to his secondment to INTERPOL, Mr Nakatani was Special Advisor to the Commissioner General of the NPA of Japan and Director of Transnational Organized Crime, Organized Crime Department (2010-2011), where he was in charge of supervising major transnational organized crime investigations as well as the formulation of strategic priorities at the national level.
Mr Nakatani was also the Senior Assistant Director for Cyber Crime Division of the NPA (2004-2007). His work in this position included responsibility for policy and planning in the area of cybercrime across the nation. For example, he initiated the establishment of the Internet Hotline Center as one of the cornerstone measures to combat cybercrime, as well as represented the National Police Agency to the G8 Rome/Lyon High Tech Crime Sub-Group.
As the head of Trend Micro's data center product development teams, Bill McGee impacts the direction of all Trend Micro Enterprise technologies to achieve innovation and synergy in development, components, and architecture. Mr. McGee arrived at Trend Micro in 2009, through the acquisition of Third Brigade, where he was co-founder and VP of Products and Technology. Under Mr. McGee's leadership, Third Brigade emerged to the forefront of the virtualization security market with comprehensive solutions addressing security and compliance requirements in virtualized dynamic datacenters and cloud computing environments.
Prior to helping launch Third Brigade, Mr. McGee was SVP of Product Development at Entrust, where he was also a member of the founding team. Entrust was a spin off from Nortel Networks. While a member of the cryptographic systems group at Nortel Networks, he conducted pioneering work applying public-key technologies to communication systems. Bill McGee holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Queen's University and has completed the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program for Growing Companies.
Tom Kellerman is the Vice President of Cyber Security for Trend Micro and as such, is responsible for analysis of emerging cybersecurity threats and relevant defensive technologies, strategic partnerships, and government affairs. Professor Kellermann served as a Commissioner on The Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency and serves on the board of the National Cyber Security Alliance, The International Cyber Security Protection Alliance (ICSPA), and the National Board of Information Security Examiners Panel for Penetration Testing. Tom is also an Adjunct Instructor at the School of International Service at the American University, Washington DC.
Formerly holding the position as Chief Technology Officer at AirPatrol Corporation, Professor Kellermann spent five years as Vice President of Security Awareness for Core Security. Previously, Tom was the Senior Data Risk Management Specialist for the World Bank Treasury Security Team, where he was responsible for internal cyber-intelligence and policy and for advising central banks around the world about their cyber-risk posture and layered security architectures. He co-authored the book E-safety and Soundness: Securing Finance in a New Age. He possesses a M.A. from American University and a B.A. from the University of Michigan.
Trend Micro Incorporated (TSE:4704), a global cloud security leader, creates a world safe for exchanging digital information with its Internet content security and threat management solutions for businesses and consumers. A pioneer in server security with over 20 years' experience, we deliver top-ranked client, server and cloud-based security that fits our customers' and partners' needs, stops new threats faster, and protects data in physical, virtualized and cloud environments. Powered by the industry-leading Trend Micro Smart Protection Network cloud security infrastructure, our products and services stop threats where they emerge – from the Internet. They are supported by 1,000+ threat intelligence experts around the globe. For more information, visit http://www.trendmicro.com.sg
VMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable businesses to thrive in the Cloud Era. Customers rely on VMware to help them transform the way they build, deliver and consume Information Technology resources in a manner that is evolutionary and based on their specific needs. With 2013 revenues of $5.21 billion, VMware has more than 500,000 customers and 75,000 partners. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.
F5 provides solutions for an application world. F5 helps organizations seamlessly scale cloud, data center, and software defined networking (SDN) deployments to successfully deliver applications to anyone, anywhere, at any time. F5 solutions broaden the reach of IT through an open, extensible framework and a rich partner ecosystem of leading technology and data center orchestration vendors. This approach lets customers pursue the infrastructure model that best fits their needs over time. The world's largest businesses, service providers, government entities, and consumer brands rely on F5 to stay ahead of cloud, security, and mobility trends.
Fujitsu Asia was established in Singapore in 1997 to provide leadership in business development, technology innovation and customer support as regional headquarters for the Fujitsu group of companies in ASEAN and was subsequently established as the Asia region headquarters in 2014. Building on Fujitsu's three decades of experience in the region and with a pool of highly skilled engineering talent, Fujitsu Asia is dedicated to providing comprehensive integrated IT-based business solutions that deliver tangible business value and enable customers to meet the challenges of the new global economy. Fujitsu Asia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo-based Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702), a leading provider of IT-based business solutions for the global marketplace. For details, please visit: http://www.fujitsu.com/sg/
Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services offers a robust, fully featured technology infrastructure platform in the cloud comprised of a broad set of compute, storage, database, analytics, application, and deployment services from data center locations in the U.S., Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, Ireland, Japan, and Singapore. More than a million customers, including fast-growing startups, large enterprises, and government agencies across 190 countries, rely on AWS services to innovate quickly, lower IT costs and scale applications globally. To learn more about AWS, visit http://aws.amazon.com.
Singapore-based NEC Asia Pacific is the regional headquarters for NEC Corporation (HQ: Japan) in the Asia Pacific region (South and Southeast Asia, and Oceania). As a leading infocomm technology provider and systems integrator offering regional sales and services support and consultancy, NEC APAC develops solutions on carrier network, global identity, RFID, enterprise server, unified communications, multimedia display, and contact centre, as well as provides outsourcing and managed services.
To leverage on its technological expertise in the field of public safety, NEC APAC has established a regional competency centre (public safety) to expand its capabilities and expertise to support businesses in the Asia Pacific region.
In line with the NEC Group Vision to realize an information society friendly to humans and the earth, NEC also embarks on corporate social responsibilities (CSR) initiatives to support and "make a difference" to the Nature (environment), Education and Community. For more information, please visit www.nec.com.sg.
ACA Pacific Technology (S) Pte Ltd is an established IT marketing and value-added distribution company since 1986, serving the Asia-Pacific region. Solutions offerings include selecting and integrating only the "Best-of-Breed" software and hardware to meet customers' requirements. Being associated with the world's top IT product manufacturers and developers, ACA Pacific Technology is constantly upgrading its distribution portfolios to bring the latest technology to the market, with offices in Singapore, Australia, Malaysia and Thailand, and an extensive network of over 800 trained and certified channel partners. Supported with comprehensive tangible facilities and unparalleled levels of pre-sales support and customer service, ACA is deemed one of the leading IT suppliers in Asia. For more information please visit http://www.acapacific.com.sg or contact (65)6536-1728.
ACA Pacific Technology is an established IT marketing and value-added distribution company since 1986.
Serving the Asia-Pacific region for more than 20 years, our forte is in selecting and integrating the Best of Breed technology products to meet the changing business dynamics.
ACA provides unparalleled levels of channel sales and marketing support and constantly engages the world's top IT product manufacturers and developers in the technology arena.
Our product and services offering includes;
· Business Application
· Design Automation
· Enterprise Secu
e-Cop is the trusted partner for managed risk and information security services to business enterprises and governments. It offers a comprehensive suite of services to identify and deal effectively with threats and risks related to information security management. These services include Managed Security Services, Technology Consulting Services and Professional Security Services.
Widely hailed as an innovative and leading information security industry bluechip, e-Cop operates and maintains several Security Operations Centres (SOCs) worldwide which are ISO/IEC 27001 certified and powered by its highly advanced, award-winning security event correlation technology developed internally by its R&D team.
e-Cop's commitment to deliver a multi-pronged integrated suite of Professional Security Services and Technology Consulting Services has earned itself numerous accolades as the industry's leader. Its customers value the vision, leadership, customised services and solutions that e-Cop brings to the table. For more information, please visit www.e-cop.net.
KDDI Singapore is a 100% subsidiary company of KDDI Corporation. KDDI Corporation is information and Communications Company as a one-stop provider of all communication services from fixed to mobile. As the Regional Head Quarter of KDDI Group in Southeast Asia, KDDI Singapore provides comprehensive global and local communication services to companies developing their businesses in the region including Singapore, by tailoring services according to the characteristics of each region.
From international network services to LAN or one unit of PC in the customer's office, KDDI Singapore offers a wide range of detailed services according to customer's needs.
NTT Communications provides consultancy, architecture, security and cloud services to optimize the information and communications technology (ICT) environments of enterprises. These offerings are backed by the company's worldwide infrastructure, including IPv4/IPv6 Global Tier-1 IP Network, Arcstar Universal One™ VPN network reaching over 150 countries, and over 125 secure data centers. NTT Communications' solutions leverage the global resources of NTT Group companies including Dimension Data, NTT DOCOMO and NTT DATA. NTT Singapore Pte. Ltd. (NTTS) offers diverse high-quality connectivity, data center solutions, security services, IT management services, voice and conferencing solutions and solution integration services to its enterprise customers. Together with NTT Com and its subsidiaries located in the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas and Europe, NTTS provides enterprise customers unparalleled global support with local expertise. Our edge lies in our ability to provide a one-stop-shop for your entire global network and IT needs, allowing you to concentrate and grow your core business.
Progreso Training, a unit of Progreso Networks (S) Pte Ltd, providing ICT Competency Training Programmes in Southeast Asia. Progreso Networks is the first IPv6 Forum Authorised Training Centre in Singapore to offer IPv6 Forum certification courses.
Progreso was awarded by Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) in August 2011 to develop IPv6 Competency and Certification Programme for the Singapore's ICT Professionals and educate the students in Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs). In July 2012, Progreso Training was formed as an evangelist of IPv6 Forum Certification and was invited by Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) to integrate the IPv6 programme to National Infocomm Competency Framework (NICF). Progreso Training has been officially appointed by WDA as the NICF Programme Partner for IPv6 Training in December 2012.
SingTel is Asia's leading communications group providing a portfolio of services including voice and data solutions over fixed, wireless and Internet platforms as well as infocomm technology and pay TV. The Group has presence in Asia and Africa with 468 million mobile customers in 25 countries, including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. It also has a vast network of offices throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and the United States.
The Cloud Security Alliance is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and to provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing. The Cloud Security Alliance is led by a broad coalition of industry practitioners, corporations, associations and other key stakeholders. For further information, visit us at www.cloudsecurityalliance.org, and follow us on Twitter @cloudsa.
The SANS Institute was established in 1989 as a cooperative research and education organization. Its programs now reach more than 165,000 security professionals around the world. A range of individuals from auditors and network administrators, to chief information security officers are sharing the lessons they learn and are jointly finding solutions to the challenges they face. At the heart of SANS are the many security practitioners in varied global organizations from corporations to universities working together to help the entire information security community. SANS is the most trusted and by far the largest source for information security training and security certification in the world. It also develops, maintains, and makes available at no cost, the largest collection of research documents about various aspects of information security, and it operates the Internet's early warning system - the Internet Storm Center. For more information, visit www.sans.org.
(ISC)² Singapore Chapter 's program provides members a forum to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and ideas, development of leadership and professional skills, and advancement of information security. We also provide our members with access to a variety of industry resource and educational programs to keep our members informed of the latest advances in technology and techniques.
INTERPOL is the world's largest international police organization, with 190 member countries. Our role is to enable police around the world to work together to make the world a safer place. Our high-tech infrastructure of technical and operational support helps meet the growing challenges of fighting crime in the 21st century. Visit www.interpol.int for more information."
ISACA Singapore Chapter represents ISACA members in Singapore. The chapter organises professional, educational and social activities to enhance the value of the ISACA membership. The chapter aims to further the aspirations of its members in the areas of Technology Audit, Control, Security & Governance. To support its aims, the chapter organises the Governance, Technology, Audit, Control & Security (GTACS) conference each year. In addition, the chapter organises regular workshops, including SAP Audit, COBIT 5 and review classes for ISACA's well-known certifications - CISA, CISM, CRISC & CGEIT. The chapter is run by volunteer members in the profession and has recently celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2013. For more information, do visit us at www.isaca.org.sg or www.gtacs.sg
The U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit (US-CCU) is an independent, non-profit (501c3) research institute. It provides assessments of the strategic and economic consequences of possible cyber-attacks and cyber-assisted physical attacks. It also investigates the likelihood of such attacks and examines the cost-effectiveness of possible counter-measures.
Although the US-CCU aims to provide credible estimates of the costs of ordinary hacker mischief and white collar crime, its primary concern is the sort of larger scale attacks that could be mounted by criminal organizations, terrorist groups, rogue corporations, and nation states.
The reports and briefings the US-CCU produces are supplied directly to the government, to entire critical infrastructure industries, and to the public. The US-CCU does not do any private or commercial work. The US-CCU's products are all made available for free. The only limitations on their release are those due to security considerations. The mission of the US-CCU is to provide America and its allies with the concepts and information necessary for making sound security decisions in a world where our physical well-being increasingly depends on cyber-security.
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Bolivia's largest airline Aerosur has confirmed plans to launch flights from its Santa Cruz hub to Barcelona, Washington DC, Panama and Rio Branco in Brazil as it adds a Boeing 767-200ER and replaces two 737-200s with newer 737 Classics.
An Aerosur source confirms plans to launch in December Barcelona and Washington as new long-haul destinations. Both flights will be operated "two or three times per week" using the Boeing 767. He says that both cities are home to important Bolivian ethnic communities which are "guaranteeing a good traffic potential".
Currently, Aerosur is already serving Madrid using a Boeing 747-400 temporarily subleased from Virgin Atlantic, as well as Miami via Panama with Boeing 737s and 727s.
"We are not planning any domestic expansion because of the competition of [state owned] Boliviana de Aviacion (BoA), but we will continue to add international flights", says Aerosur's source, pointing at Panama and Rio Branco in Brazil as the newest destinations.
"Currently, Panama is basically a technical stop on our Miami route", he says, highlighting the need for adding a dedicated flight in the market.
The arrival of a Boeing 737-300 and a -400 this week is part of Aerosur's replacement of its Boeing 727 and 737-200 dominated fleet to somewhat newer aircraft. From 2011, Bolivia no longer allows the scheduled operation of passenger aircraft older than 25 years.
A source at the Bolivian Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) confirms that the law was made "in response to a number of serious incidents of Aerosur's oldest aircraft" that occurred several months ago. "Despite protests from the airline [Aerosur], the decision was right. Only last week an Aerosur 737-200 had another landing incident in La Paz. We are exercising now a tight supervision over Aerosur's maintenance and operations", he says.
Aersour has always contended that it is "maintaining all aircraft according to the best international standards", accusing the government of putting it under pressure "to protect BoA".


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Aiguobasinmwin. Please feel free to comment on this poem. However, please remember, PoetrySoup is a place of encouragement and growth.
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Solomon Aiguobasinmwin
She sat on a template of steel forged by mortals
whose hands were stronger than that of ten trillion giants
fused together in ten fingers!
her ambience suffocated all lungs like the sight of a hungry lion
Men of might, fame and prestige dared to devour her
but one by one, she turned their strengths to dust
and desperacy fled nakedly like a helpless widow
while uncertainty smiled like a hopeful beggar,
as fear soaked the minds that sat watching
and pessimism mopped the meninges of all
Alas! a second die is cast
deities took their turn to crush her
but it turned out otherwise
strong surprise gripped the breast of men like a quarrelsome woman
knitting her husband with mischief
I then sipped my honey- the earth's sweetest thing
but it had turned to gall!
O manly woman! should I pay tributes to you for your might
or because of the evil that you wreak?
Time indeed will tell


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A majority of Tennessee school chiefs opted not to join their colleagues in publicly criticizing beleaguered Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman, although the participation of Nashville-area leaders was a mixed bag. About 40 percent of Tennessee's 138 school superintendents attached their names to a letter asking Gov. Bill Haslam to put the kibosh on Huffman and his reform policies.
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After several false starts, the list of failing schools is now public and includes 78 schools, 72 of which ranked in the bottom six percent of all schools in three of the last six years. The other six came from schools that qualified to apply for federal School Improvement Grants.
Unfortunately the only "fix" for failing schools prescribed by the new law is a financial incentive to parents to remove their children from these schools.
The schools that were closed were indeed cited as underperforming, but what they lacked most of all were surrounding neighborhoods with political muscle.
With a record number of school districts sinking into a deficit, and two possibly on their way to being dissolved, state Superintendent Mike Flanagan is urging drastic action—such as converting Michigan's nearly 550 districts, 56 intermediate districts, and nearly 280 charter schools into countywide school districts.
A new report argues that humanities and social sciences are as essential to the country's economic and civic future as science and technology. The study, commissioned in 2010 by a bipartisan group of members of the Congress and conducted by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, comes at a time when the value of liberal arts is being challenged.
In a scathing speech on Wednesday, the president of the Chicago Teachers Union charged that racism and "rich white people" are to blame for the immense financial crisis facing the Chicago Public Schools.
As the saying goes, the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. Unfortunately, that saying does not bode well for the thousands of children who will be displaced when 54 schools shut down this year.
Now that P.S. 64 Pura Belpre school in Mount Eden is set to phase out in three years, parents are concerned that children in the school are condemned. The kindergarten through fifth grade school is beset with feckless teachers, bullying, large classes and a lack of textbooks and homework, parents charged.
Members of the Panel for Educational Policy approved the phasing out or closing of 22 low-performing public schools in an early-morning vote Tuesday.
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