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Making a map of the mappers contributing to mapping partiesPosted by Hawkeye on 29 June 2014 in English (English)
Mapping parties are great fun and it's nice to show how much work the people involved put in.
Maybe we should have some type of a map to do this easily? Well, there's some tools out there already see these questions 1 2.
But these solutions don't quite cut it, and we want a nice customised map. So let's use the new date/attic data features in Overpass API. Video explaining them here.
So let's try it, stick this in your web browser:
overpass-api.de/api/interpreter?data=[diff:"2014-06-23T00:00:00Z"];node(55.877838662652906,-4.343075752258301,55.900317043029,-4.297800064086914);out meta;
This gets all the changes made to nodes in that bounding box between 23/06/2014 to the present time. The query returns osm xml file. So just add '.osm' to the end of the file and load this into JOSM or QGIS and were ready to go, right? Nope, the file isn't a standard .osm file. I couldn't get it to load in JOSM or QGIS. So no problem. Let's convert to GeoJSON. Okay, there's a few ways to do this. OGR2OGR is a command line tool and there's a few javascript osm to geojson libraries. Great, now we a rocking. Ah, hang on one sec. I found it difficult to make these tools retain the 'meta' data - e.g. the userID and name of the user who last modified the feature. And we want the meta data so we can credit people who have made the edits not just show where the edits were made.
I found this tool was easy to download and gave the option for meta data:
Install this at command line:
$ npm install -g osmtogeojson
and try something like:
$ osmtogeojson Anniesland.osm > Anniesland.geojson --flatProperties
Brilliant. We can now stick the .geojson in QGIS or Tilemill and make a map:
...looks like overpass api can be used for some nifty stuff, maybe animated snapshots by hour or days....go play.
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Maybe it is possible to do that query directly via http://overpass-turbo.eu ?
Because there you cab export any result as JOSM-ready OSM data with meta data, or directly as geojson, if I am not wrong.
Comment from Hawkeye on 30 June 2014 at 22:14
I don't think the 'diff' command is working in overpass turbo yet. But I'm sure it will be available soon. But yes, it's possible to get geojson from overpass turbo. But let me know if I'm wrong on these points.
Comment from mmd on 2 July 2014 at 18:40
I don't think the 'diff' command is working in overpass turbo yet. But I'm sure it will be available soon
There's already a Github ticket out there: https://github.com/tyrasd/overpass-ide/issues/80
Comment from Hawkeye on 2 July 2014 at 18:59
I think the overpass developers are busy updating some of the 'attic' data - in the video linked to above, they mention there's been a problem with some of the older attic data but it's working correctly for any data since last month but some older data/diffs aren't quite working.
So I imagine they'll fix the old attic data and then roll it out to the (more widely used?) overpass turbo system.
Thanks for the update.
Comment from mmd on 6 July 2014 at 19:19
but some older data/diffs aren't quite working.
yes, right. During testing some previously unknown issues were uncovered. Unfortunately, the attic data in the current database cannot be fixed that easily, so a full database rebuild is really needed.
I believe Roland wanted to start this task some time in July, if no other issues pop up until then. Processing a full planet and 2 years of history involves a lot of number crunching and will take quite some time (think 'a couple of weeks' rather than 'a couple of hours').
then roll it out to the (more widely used?) overpass turbo system.
overpass turbo is more like a web frontend and has no OSM database on its own. All the data really comes from Overpass API. Basically, Overpass Turbo helps you create your own overpass query, sends that query to Overpass API and eventually renders the result on a map (to put it very simple).
Once the attic data is fixed on Overpass API (this is the server where the database resides), Overpass Turbo can immediately leverage that data without further ado.
Comment from Hawkeye on 6 July 2014 at 22:12
Thanks, I think I understand now. In Overpass Turbo, I used this query:
[diff:"2014-06-23T00:00:00Z"];(node(55.877838662652906,-4.343075752258301,55.900317043029,-4.297800064086914);<;);out meta;
I still couldn't load the result into JOSM. Instead, exported the result as geojson. So no need to install osmtogeojson as stated above.
So just use overpass turbo and export as geojson.


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Interesting how millionaire CEOs like Fred and Warren are quick to raise taxes on Dick & Jane who might make be in the 250K-300K income range with several kids. Nothing like millionaires signing on as warriors in Obama's class warfare army. How perverse.
This CEO is sick in the head. The 99% has already had our salaries and benefits slashed while corporate profits are at all time high. So the answer? Continue more of the same to make sure the wealthy get wealthier. This guy is a greedy goon. I will boycott FedEx for this man's greed.
Fred Smith --- former Marine, yes. Former military aviator, no. WSJ needs better fact checking
"I've got mine Jack, screw you", which is the typical chant from billionaires on the Left, always wanting to raise their workers taxes but not the corporations. What would Smith do with increased profits? Hire more people? Maybe, but more likely they would pocket a large portion of the savings and increase their own compensation.
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Wow UPS. How eloquent. You are pathetic. Brown has done nothing that Fedex has not done already. Fred and Fedex has ruled your union circus for 40 years and The best you can do is bash Fedex and Fred Smith on internet blogs to try to pander to the uneducated and gullable. Fred has ruled your garbage company brilliantly. You are so visibly frustrated, the only way you can get ahead on Fedex is to slander them on the internet. This is right there with bathroom wall graffitti. Ditch your union and then you will really out perform Fedex.
You must understand that Fred is a strong republican and rarely does he like anything Obama has going on. Keep in mind that raiseing the taxes on the high income individuals affects him and all the other exec's at these large corperations as well. They are part of the wealtiest that will get hit the hardest. To me he is saying I will take one personally for the team and use the business side savings to try and help boost the economy. Think FedEx is hording money? Why don'y look dig deep and take a look at how fast the company is expanding and hiring people. They plan to DOUBLE their network with in next 10 years.
Raising taxes on individuals and especially the middle and poor classes is not the answer. The rich like Mr. Smith have benefited from the Bush tax cuts over the pasr 10 years. They have no idea what middle class and main street goes rhrough week to week.As far as cutting the corporate tax rates most of them do not pay anywhere near the 39% you here them complaing about. They benefit from all kinds of exemptions and move money all over the place. Small business suffers from the large businesses who do not pay their fair share like GE and Verizon for example. Those two paid no taxes last year and then are tring to break their unions.
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|Fetal tachyarrhythmias are an important cause of fetal morbidity and mortality. The majority of fetal tachyarrhythmias are due to atrioventricular reentrant type of supraventricular tachycardia and atrial flutter. Fetal echocardiography remains the main tool of diagnosing and discerning the mechanism of tachyarrhythmia. The goals of therapy for fetal arrhythmias are to restore sinus rhythm, resolve heart failure, and postpone delivery before term. Although there is no anonymity in the approach to the drug treatment of fetal tachycardia, digoxin is the most commonly employed first-line antiarrhythmic drug for supraventricular tachycardia. In digoxin nonresponders, flecainide ( digoxin) controls tachyarrhythmia with high conversion rate. A combination of digoxin and sotalol has proved effective therapy for atrial flutter, but the proarrhythmic side effect of sotalol on the fetus has been a concern. Amiodarone has emerged as a second-line treatment after digoxin failure in nonhydropic fetuses and the most effective treatment for drug-refractory fetal tachycardia accompanied by hydrops. Both the fetus and mother should be closely monitored for the response and adverse effect of the treatment. The antiarrhythmic treatment for supraventricular tachycardia should be continued after birth and during infancy due to the high incidence of postnatal recurrence.
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A youth minister at a Dover church is grateful for the donations that residents of Tuscarawas County provided to assist victims of the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma.
A youth minister at a Dover church is grateful for the donations that residents of Tuscarawas County provided to assist victims of the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma.
"It was overwhelming," said Joe Stephon, who serves at Dover First Christian Church on North Wooster Avenue. "I didn't think it would get this big. The help from the community, businesses and churches was just phenomenal."
On Sunday afternoon, members of the church accepted donations in the church parking lot. "We had a steady stream of people for two hours," Stephon said. "It was non-stop on Sunday."
The church collected $3,000 in cash and enough items to fill a 26-foot rented truck. Items received included water, canned goods, toiletries, diapers, toys, clothing and dog and cat food.
At midnight, Stephon left for Oklahoma City, accompanied by his wife, Julie, Harold Dursik of Dover and Dustin Day of New Philadelphia. Stephon and Dursik took turns driving the truck, while Stephon's wife and Day followed in the Stephons' car.
They arrived in Oklahoma City at 6 p.m. Monday after driving for 18 1/2 hours. Members of the Antioch Christian Church were waiting for them.
Stephon said they were asked if they wanted to take the supplies to Moore, Okla., a nearby community that was nearly leveled by a tornado. "We said sure."
Then an elder of the Antioch church pointed out that when the authorities open one road into Moore, they usually close another. The elder was concerned that the group from Dover might have a difficult time getting out of Moore. So instead, the truck was unloaded at the church.
"It took them 20 minutes to unload the truck," Stephon said, noting that members of the church were expecting five semi loads of supplies from Georgia at any time.
"They were very grateful," he said. "They kept asking what they could do to help us."
Stephon said they didn't see any tornado damage during their brief stay in Oklahoma. They did talk to a woman at the Antioch church whose son lost his house.
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This week's Lawnscaping challenge is to create a one layer card. With a little creative masking and a hand-drawn frame, this sweet dog themed design came together very quickly.
I stamped one of the dog images from Lawn Fawn's Critters at the Dog Park stamp set on a white card base, then added the tennis ball image and sprinkled in a trio of solid heart images from the Bee Mine set. Once the images were in place, I used a fine tip pen and a ruler to make a frame around my little scene.
The dog and tennis ball images were colored with Spectum Noir markers. When I finished coloring, I masked the dog and the tennis ball with sticky notes and framed the outlined edges with scrap paper to keep the inks inside, then used distress inks and a sponge ink applicator to fill in the background. For the sky, I used a cloud template to add some interest. I was going to add a sentiment, but in the end, I decided to keep the card as is so it can be personalized for the recipient—and I already have one in mind . . .
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That's adorable !! :))
Great CAS card !!
- August 9, 2013 at 11:50 PM
- Karin Åkesdotter said...
Such a super sweet one-layer card!Love your shading on the grass and sky! Thanks so much for playing with us at Lawnscaping!Hugs, Karin
- August 10, 2013 at 8:13 AM
- Elise C. said...
Wow, this is such a sweet card! I really like the background and frame that you created! Thanks for playing along with us at Lawnscaping! :)
- August 10, 2013 at 10:13 PM
- Tamara said...
Awesome card!! Love how you did the clouds!!
Thanks for playing with us at Lawnscaping, hope to see you next time again :)
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- Barb Ghig said...
Beautiful one layer card, Lori! I love your clouds, too!
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Wow, this is just stunning, the layout. You got a lot of depth from one layer. Just fabulous
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|Effect of different forms of methionine on lactational performance of dairy cows.
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|Methionine is one of the first limiting AA in dairy cows. The use of rumen-protected Met to correct deficient diets is limited by the lack of a product that could be incorporated into a pelleted concentrate. The main objective of this trial was to test, at practical doses (approximately 10 g of absorbable Met), the efficacy of 2 forms of pelletable Met hydroxy analogs, D,L-2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)-butanoic acid (HMB) and the isopropyl ester of HMB (HMBi), to provide Met to cows, especially for milk protein synthesis, compared with a negative control and to Smartamine M (SmM). These treatments were tested according to a 4 x 4 Latin square in 16 Holstein cows. Plasma Met concentrations were increased by 110 and 65% that of the control value after HMBi and SmM treatments, respectively. Milk protein yield increased by 32 and 41 g/d for HMBi and SmM, respectively. D,L-2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)-butanoic acid supplementation did not improve Met availability to the cows for milk protein synthesis. The HMBi treatment induced an increase in 15:0 in milk at the expense of a general reduction in even-numbered short-and medium-chain fatty acids. Moreover, HMBi and SmM supplements led to an increase in the saturation level of C18 fatty acids consistent with the improvement of Met supply. It was concluded that HMBi is a new "rumen-protected" form of Met that can be supplied to cows integrated into pellets.
|H Rulquin; B Graulet; L Delaby; J C Robert
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Organized labor's attempts to overturn Wisconsin's collective bargaining reforms have now been rejected at both the ballot box and in the courtroom ("Federal Appeals Court Upholds Wisconsin Union Limits," Jan. 18 HTR). Rather than continue fighting such reform, union leaders should re-evaluate whether they're fighting for themselves or for their members.
Union officials continue to oppose reforms that the general public - and even their own members - agree with. This includes the secret ballot, mandatory recertification every three years, and prior approval by employees for the use of dues for political purposes. All of these reforms would keep unions focused on the needs of workers rather than on politics and power struggles.
The Employee Rights Act would guarantee these protections, as well as others. Union officials should rethink their opposition to the bill, unless they want to continue to be on the losing side.
Richard Berman
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Banoffee Pie has to be one of my favourite desserts of all time. It's right up there with sticky toffee pudding and chocolate fondant, but what sets apart a banoffee pie for me is that wonderful combination of sweet caramel, rich cream and exotic bananas. With those key ingredients it made sense that it would make the ideal filling for an alternative eclair. The results are pretty stunning not to mention the extra dimension of deliciousness a crisp choux pastry bun adds to the mix!
Makes 13 eclairs
For the choux pastry:
60g of salted butter
130ml of water
80g of plain flour, sifted
3 large free range eggs
For the creme patisserie:
6 large free range egg yolks
120g of sugar
50g of cornflour
450ml of milk
1 vanilla pod
50g of butter
For the salted caramel sauce:
100g butter
150g soft dark brown sugar
3 tablespoons of golden syrup
50ml of double cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
A generous pinch of sea salt
100ml of double cream, whipped to soft peaks
3 bananas, cut in slices
Preheat the oven 220˚C and line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
Place the butter and water in a saucepan and bring to a steady boil until the butter is melted. Remove from the heat and add the flour, beating with a wooden spoon until a dough comes together. Place back over the heat and beat the dough in the saucepan for about 40 seconds.
Remove from the heat and set aside. Beat one of the eggs in a small bowl.
Add the the remaining two eggs to the warm dough, one at a time, beating thoroughly until completely incorporated after each addition. Add a little of the beaten egg at a time until you have a consistency that will hold it's shape when piped. It should be smooth, shiny and just about fall from the spoon.
Using a spatula, scoop the dough into a large piping bag fitted with a large round piping nozzle and pipe 10cm lines on the lined baking sheets, leaving about 4cm in between each line to allow for spreading. Brush each one with the little leftover beaten egg.
Place in the oven, reducing the heat to 190˚C, for approximately 25 minutes until they have risen and are golden and crisp.
Transfer to a wire wrack and allow to cool completely. Using a bread knife split each bun in half.
For the crème patissière, split the vanilla pod in half and scrape out the seeds. Add this to a medium saucepan with the milk and place over a medium high heat. Bring to the boil and then turn off the heat. Scoop out the vanilla pod.
While the milk is coming to the boil, place the sugar, cornflour and egg yolks in a large mixing bowl and beat with a whisk until thick and pale.
Pour the hot milk into the bowl, whisking quickly and continuously until it is smooth and incorporated. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and place over a medium heat beating continuously until it has thickened. Transfer the crème pâtissière to a cold bowl, create a flat surface with the back of a spatula and wipe the top with a little butter (this will prevent a skin forming). Cover directly with cling film and allow to cool completely.
To make the salted caramel sauce. Place the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a saucepan and bring to a gentle boil until the sugar is dissolved. Add the cream, vanilla extract and salt and whisk together. Bring to a steady simmer for 3 minutes until the sauce is sticky and thick.
To assemble the eclairs, mix the crème pâtissière with the whipped cream and fill a piping bag, fitted with a small round nozzle. Pipe the cream on to the inside of the bottom of the choux bun, add slices of banana, pipe another layer of cream and place the choux bun lid on top. Spread the salted caramel glaze over the top of each eclair and repeat with the rest.
Serve straight away or the eclairs will keep for 1 or 2 days in the fridge.


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|Ischemic Oculomotor Nerve Palsy and Skin Necrosis Caused by Vascular Embolization After Hyaluronic Acid Filler Injection: A Case Report.
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|ABSTRACT: Hyaluronic acid filler injection is widely used for soft tissue augmentation. However, there could be disastrous complications by direct vascular embolization. We present a case of ischemic oculomotor nerve palsy and skin necrosis after hyaluronic acid filler injection on glabellar.Blepharoptosis, exotropia and diplopia developed suddenly right after the injection, and skin necrosis gradually occurred. Symptoms and signs of oculomotor nerve palsy were continuously improved through steroid therapy. Skin defects healed with minimal scars through intensive wound care.Percutaneous filler injection of periorbital areas should be performed carefully by experienced surgeons, and the possibility of embolization should be considered promptly if symptoms develop.
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Independent groups, unburdened by campaign contribution limits, have contributed some $8.5 million this campaign season towards electing or defeating dozens of candidates for the California Legislature.
And they're clearly not done, with the June 5 primary election less than two weeks away.
California laws place pretty strict limits on the size of contributions to the actual candidate campaigns. But for more than a decade, independent groups have been able -- as long as there's no legal coordination -- to spend whatever they want.
Independent expenditure (IE) efforts aren't always that easy to track, but a new compilation by the California politics website Around The Capitol gives a pretty good sense of the money moves that have been made in legislative races up and down the state.
And in most cases, the IE money is flowing to support candidates that buck the conventional wisdom about the two major parties -- that is, efforts to help more moderate Democrats and Republicans.
Tops on the list appears to be the heated race for the 46th Assembly district, which lies in and around Sherman Oaks. Democrat Brian Johnson is the guy in the middle of large political shoving match between charter school advocates and the state's largest teachers union... with money from a former Democratic adviser to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger thrown in for good measure.
Johnson is a charter school advocate and one of six candidates vying for the seat. But his candidacy alone has attracted almost $1.3 million of IE contributions, including opposition bombardments from the California Teachers Association and return fire support from a new IE led by ex-Schwarzenegger adviser and public employee pension crusader David Crane.
Big bucks are also being spent by IE committees in the 74th Assembly district, where conservative incumbent Assemblyman Allan Mansoor finds himself being hit hard by both public safety unions and wealthy GOP donor Charles Munger, Jr. Both groups are backing rival (and more moderate) Republican Leslie Daigle to the tune of almost $600,000 in IE money.
It's important to note that independent expenditure committees have been legal in California since 2000, when legislators craftily eviscerated a campaign finance law they didn't like -- 1996's Proposition 208 -- with the more lenient Proposition 34.
Prop 34 promised new strict limits on candidate fundraising, but it also allowed donations of any and all amounts to the political parties and to independent political committees.
Those IE campaign committees are, in truth, now the talk of politics all across the nation. The 2010 Citizens United ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court has -- as many expected -- opened the floodgates to unlimited money much in the same way Prop 34 did in California years earlier.
This year's independent political spending will easily break existing records, in large part because of California's new political environment -- the 'top two' primary rules and redrawn political districts. Whether the money makes a difference, though, remains to be seen.


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A group of Williamson County men claim they were denied access to what they believed was an open courtroom Wednesday in Williamson County Circuit Court.
Greg Morris, William Crain and Michael Tripp said they went to the courthouse to observe a case involving John Allen Mayo, who was a mutual friend. Mayo's case was a first appearance for an expired license plate registration.
The three claim that they were denied access to the courtroom by Williamson County Circuit Court Judge John Speroni.
"They wouldn't let everyone into the courtroom," said Crain. "They said just people with tickets would be allowed in."
The three men question why they weren't allowed into the courtroom. They said they were told they weren't allowed in because the courtroom was too crowded.
"The case hadn't been called yet," said Morris. "There were people standing in the courtroom, but there were some open seats."
"This was a public forum," Crain said. "They wouldn't let people in unless they had a ticket."
Joe Tybor, a spokesman for the Illinois Supreme Court, said he didn't know anything about this specific incident.
"Generally speaking, it's common knowledge that all court hearings are open," Tybor said.
According to Mark Clarke, it's a matter of common sense. Clarke is the Chief Judge of the First Judicial Circuit of Southern Illinois, which includes Williamson County.
"If there are X number of seats available in the courtroom and X-plus 30 people who want to be in the courtroom, some procedure has to be devised as to which X get to be in the courtroom," Clarke said. "If there are only 30 seats, the people who actually have business in the court will get seated first."
Clarke also made it clear he was not familiar with the case in question. However, he said determining limits to a courtroom is the responsibility of a variety of people.
"Certain issues are issues that are appropriate for the public building commission or the county board," Clarke said. "Primarily the custodian of the building is the sheriff. What goes on in the courtroom is managed by the judge presiding over the courtroom."
Clarke said the presiding judge also may reset a case at the request of the participants if people the participants want in the courtroom are not present when the case is called.
"It would have to be brought to the judge's attention," Clark said. "The judge would balance the interest of everybody involved."
Speroni refused to comment on the issue, saying he couldn't talk about a specific case. Clarke said that was understandable. But again he said it all boiled taking care of those required to be there.
Page 2 of 2 - "It's the type of decision a judge would make," he said. "We've only got a certain number of seats. The participants get priority. When judge is in a courtroom, he is not aware of who is in line outside the door."
A date is not available for the next hearing in Mayo's case. Morris appeared in court Friday for for a final pre-trial hearing on two speeding violations. All four men were in the courtroom without incident Friday.
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Red Shamrock Foundation, a nonprofit that supports the health care needs of post-cancer patients and their families will host their second annual Foundation Survivorship Trail Run/Walk at 8 a.m April 13 at Hickory Hill Park in Iowa City. Registrations for the event are now being accepted.
Registration and packet pick-up will be from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. at Regina High School's track, 2140 Rochester Ave. in Iowa City.
Cost is $20 for early registration until April 6 and $25 April 7 through race day. Participants may register at www.redshamrock.org.
The first 300 entrants will receive a complementary Red Shamrock Foundation water bottle or drawstring backpack.


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Recent Cloud Survey From SolarWinds
60 Percent of Respondents Are Tasked to Guide Planning and Evaluate Vendors, and More Than Half are Concerned About Maintaining Performance & Availability; 77 Percent Cite the Need to Learn More and Augment Skills
AUSTIN, TX, Nov 03, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Whether it is private or public, Software as a Service (SaaS) or Platform as a Service (PaaS), an extension of the data center or just virtualization, conversations about the "cloud" are occurring in organizations of all sizes. A recent survey by SolarWinds(R), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software to more than 97,000 customers worldwide, indicates that while IT professionals understand the need for and benefits of moving to the cloud, many continue to struggle with the challenges of managing this next big wave of computing.
"As a company, we make it a priority to stay on top of the challenges that our customers face on a daily basis. More and more, we are hearing about how cloud — and related trends such as data center consolidation, virtualization and SAAS — is driving IT organizations to re-think their IT management needs and priorities," said Suku Krishnaraj, Senior Vice President, Product Strategy for SolarWinds. "In the past, management of the IT environment was often an afterthought. But, this survey indicates that more and more IT organizations are thinking about the need to manage the performance and availability of these cloud-based services as a part of their planning process."
SURVEY FINDINGS SolarWinds recently conducted a survey in the fall of 2010 and received responses from nearly 100 IT professionals.* The IT professionals were either customers or prospective customers of SolarWinds. As part of the survey, SolarWinds asked each IT Professional a series of questions related to their organizations' plans to use cloud computing in their IT environment, the decision drivers for those plans, and the expected impacts of cloud deployments on their IT teams. Survey findings include:
— More than 60% of the respondents indicated their organizations are
either evaluating cloud computing or already investing in the
— Respondents understood the benefits of a cloud-based approach, citing
operational efficiency (28%), business flexibility (24%) and financial
savings (19%) as the top three reasons for adopting cloud services.
— The top cloud services that respondents were evaluating are
Software-as-a-Service (40%) and Platform-as-a-Service (15%).
IT teams are the driving force behind the move to the cloud, but the responses showed that all the hype about the cloud is not outweighing pragmatism.
— Nearly 40% are OK with a "slow but steady" approach to cloud
— Respondents were asked "When is your target time frame to begin
implementation?" and (28%) responded that there was, "No target time
set," although 16% of those respondents are on track to begin within
the next six months.
The need to acquire more skills and knowledge was another key theme of respondents. Among the findings in this area:
— Among their list of top concerns: Security (cited by 73%); ability to
resolve application issues (55%); being blamed when service is down or
slow (42%).
— 77% feel they either lack the proper training or expect to have to
augment their skills and expertise to become proficient in the cloud
and to manage the implementation.
— Nearly one-third perceive that a move to the public cloud creates an
increase in their responsibilities and opportunities.
While respondents generally recognize the value of cloud services for the efficiency, flexibility and financial benefits noted above, their concerns indicate that effectively monitoring the availability and performance of the workloads moved to public, private and hybrid cloud environments is critical.
— With respect to public cloud deployments, it is important for IT
organizations to not only have visibility into availability and
performance of these workloads, but also similar visibility into the
network and infrastructure that connects end-users to these public
cloud services. IT teams must ensure that the latency, bandwidth, and
traffic prioritization of their networks are proactively managed to
ensure responsiveness of services.
— For IT shops building private cloud services, effective monitoring and
management systems are critical to delivering the "on demand" model
that end-users expect — reliability is a critical expectation that
can't be overlooked.
"As a provider of (private) cloud services, IT orgs need to ensure not just the availability of the compute infrastructure or silo applications, but also optimal performance across the whole IT stack, including application, compute, storage and network," continued Krishnaraj.
About SolarWinds SolarWinds /quotes/comstock/13*!swi/quotes/nls/swi (SWI 17.23, -0.93, -5.12%) provides powerful and affordable IT management software to more than 97,000 customers worldwide — from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses. Focused on the real-world needs of IT professionals, SolarWinds products are downloadable, easy to use and maintain, and provide the power, scale, and flexibility needed to manage today's complex IT environments. SolarWinds' growing online community, thwack, is a gathering-place for problem-solving, technology-sharing, and participating in product development for all of SolarWinds' products. Learn more today at http://www.solarwinds.com/.
* The SolarWinds-sponsored survey was conducted September 28 – October 7, 2010, via an online survey service. The survey was sent to nearly 1000 IT professionals, resulting in 93 completed surveys.
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At the top of a mountain that's round,
Sits a little stone house waiting to be found.....
This is a beautiful hike, and is approximately 2.5 miles round trip. Bring water and comfortable shoes. It's fun to pack a picnic lunch to enoy at the top.
Begin your trek up Round Mountain, west of Loveland on Hwy 34.
At the fork, stay to your right, on the Nature Trail. The hike gets easier from here.
Walk the pipe, if you dare! Really, DON'T do this. It's a long drop.
Don't feed the bears!
Enjoy the seasonal streams along the way.
Finally, at the top, take the Overlook path.
When you get to the house, walk through it and take the path on the right.
The box is under the bushes beneath the window, under a loose pile of rocks. Please re-bury it well.


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Active Media offers 220MBps solid-state drives
updated 05:05 pm EDT, Tue June 23, 2009
Active Media Predator GT
Active Media has recently released two new 2.5-inch solid state drives as part of its Predator GT SATA-II line, with record 220MBps sequential read speeds and 0.1ms access times. Just two capacities are offered, 64GB and 128GB, with each housed in a brushed aluminum housing and with a 3.5-inch drive bay mounting bracket.
The Predator GT range has 128MB of SDRAM cache and a new 8-channel controller. Competitor Super Talent has recently released its MasterDrive SX SSD drives that have similar specs but a 200MBps sequential read-rate speed. The 64GB Predator GT gets the same 120MBps sequential write speed as the MasterDrive SX drives, but the 128GB MasterDrive SX has a 200MBps speed rating.
The 64GB Predator GT is priced at $200, while the 128GB version costs $370 and both are already available. [via SlashGear]


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F1 Blog's Australia Predictions
Posted by Carrot on March 26, 2010 | No Comments
Carrot's Predictions
- Australian Grand Prix 2010 Winner – Mark Webber. It's his home Grand Prix, and we saw two weeks ago how fast the Red Bull could be in the hands of Vettel. Provided the pressure doesn't get to him I expect a repeat of last year's German Grand Prix.
- Australian Grand Prix 2010 Pole Position – Mark Webber. As above really, in order to win he'll want to start first, I expect a late run on the option tyres to both achieve grid position and play for the overnight headlines.
- Australian Grand Prix 2010 Fastest Lap – Jenson Button. I'm going for Jense again, the McLarens are quick in practise and with his ability to manage his tyres he should be able to put in the fastest time if he finds himself in some clean air at the right time.
- Other predictions – I went for two safety cars last time and there were a grand total of none, I'm going to say at least one this time around, if only due to the cramped nature of Albert Park. No HRT to reach the finish, and given news of Virgin not having a big enough fuel tank, I'm going to say they won't have a car reach the finish either.
Mark's Predictions
- Australian Grand Prix 2010 Winner – Mark Webber. I agree with Carrot, the Red Bull is fast, and this surely has to be his best chance to win his home grand prix.
- Australian Grand Prix 2010 Pole Position – Lewis Hamilton. Great over one lap and been fast in free practice. I fancy him to just pip Webber.
- Australian Grand Prix 2010 Fastest Lap – Mark Webber.
- Other predictions – At least two safety car periods.
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An alligator made its presence known in a residential area Sunday morning.
A KPRC Local 2 viewer took this photo in the Sienna Plantation neighborhood in Missouri City.
After it made its way up the viewer's driveway, the alligator rested under a neighbor's truck.
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A fleet of 72 boats entered this year's Tata Steel Sailing Club's October Regatta, to include seven RS Vareo's for the Gul Grand Prix Circuit of which four were club boats and three visitors.
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Three races were planned for the Saturday with the first race postponed until 14:30hrs due to no wind.
In race 1, all crept off with a drifter of a start, but Jeremy Symons managed to break away leaving the rest almost standing still while he rounded the first mark. Eventually Alex Howard rounded in second and Mark Govier third. Jeremy finished first out of sight, Alex Howard second and Andrew Davies managed to come into the bottom mark on starboard to get through to a lucky third.
In race 2, it was another drifter of a start with Jeremy over and needing to return and restart. Mark made his way to round in first place followed by Jeremy who managed to make his way past everyone else and John Locket third. Mark had a problem with his spinnaker halyard causing him to lose several places. Apart from Jeremy clearing off into the distance again, there was a close battle with the rest, with places changing on the downwind legs. Jeremy Symons finished first, John Locket second and Andrew Davies third.
Sundays racing was due to start at 10:30hrs, but again no wind so racing began at 11:30hrs.
During race 3, a force two gusting three was welcomed by all as they made a clean start. A close first beat with boats tacking for clear air. Andrew Davies made his way to the first mark on starboard with Andy Howard almost getting there first from port, had to go behind causing him to round in fourth behind Alex Howard in second and Jeremy in third. Andrew broke away down wind and finished clear ahead in first place while Jeremy changed places with Alex to finish in second and third.
In race 4, there was another clean start with boats tacking for clean air. Jeremy rounding in first, Andy second and Alex third. Andrew gybed off and past Andy and Alex before rounding the bottom mark. On the second downwind leg Andrew caught Jeremy and after a close gybing battle managed to pass and finish first, Andy held his position to finish third in front of Alex.
For race 5, the wind had shifted direction slightly, allowing Jeremy who had spotted it, to come in for an impressive port flyer, passing all and leading to the first mark, with Alex rounding in second and Andy third. Jeremy had gybed left ahead towards the handicap fleet with Alex opting to stay right for clean air. Alex gybed for the bottom mark and passed Jeremy with a big lead that he held for the next lap to finish first. Jeremy held on to second place, while Andy was caught by the handicap fleet on starboard causing him to go wide of the bottom mark allowing Andrew to stay high to get ahead and cross the line for a cheeky third.
1st Jeremy Symons Llandegfedd
2nd Andrew Davies Tata Steel
3rd Alex Howard Llandegfedd
4th Andy Howard Llandegfedd
5th Mark Govier Tata Steel
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7th Alan Clarke Tata Steel
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|Fluoroquinolone-induced liver injury: three new cases and a review of the literature.
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|PURPOSE: Fluoroquinolones are popular and widely used in primary care and hospital settings. Premarketing studies showed a favourable side-effect profile. However, significant morbidity and the need for liver transplantation for acute liver failure have been reported. We reviewed the available data on liver damage linked to fluoroquinolones. METHODS: A systematic search of case reports on the MEDLINE database encompassing the years 2000-2011 was carried out. Additional references were found by a manual search of the retrieved paper. We also describe three new cases of hepatotoxicity attributable to fluoroquinolones seen at our Unit. RESULTS: Thirty-five cases were retrieved from MEDLINE (51.4% male). According to the RUCAM scale, liver injury was classified as hepatocellular (51.4%), cholestatic (28.6%) or mixed (20.0%). Older age (≥ 65 years) was present in 42.8%. The time between initiation of treatment and hepatic injury ranged from 1 to 39 days (median 8 days). According to the RUCAM score, our cases were classified to be "highly probable" or "probable". Only one patient underwent liver biopsy, which showed the features of liver damage linked to drug exposure. Liver enzymes from all patients return to normal range within 4 weeks of withdrawal. Only one patient showed a renal failure, associated with liver injury, with a need for haemodialysis for 3 weeks. CONCLUSIONS: Fluoroquinolones are substantially safe antibiotics. Although fluoroquinolone-related hepatic injury occurs infrequently, its consequences can be severe. Patients should also be cautioned to avoid re-exposure to other members of the fluoroquinolone class.
|Anna Licata; Claudia Randazzo; Ilaria Morreale; Giuseppe Butera; Natale D'Alessandro; Antonio Craxì
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Welcome aboard, Aaron! Glad you made it. I'm sure you'll enjoy your time here, and I look forward to following your trip through Bourbonia.
02-26-2013, 08:46
Morning amftx, look forward to your participation, welcome aboard. Drop by the chatroom some evening and introduce yourself, the icon in on the lower left corner of your screen.
02-26-2013, 09:30
Thank you gentlemen and thanks again for your help, Joe.
A little about my adventure so far:
I started with Maker's mark, at least I consider that my start since it was the first bourbon or whiskey that I drank on the rocks. From there I started branching out with Makers 46, Bulleit, Woodford, Baker's, Booker's, EC12, BH, and so on. It's been an interesting journey and I have to admit I definitely wag more than I bark. I doubt I'll ever post any tastings or intense details. I may never have the palate for such delicate and detailed things. I know I like bourbon and learning about it.
Currently open on my bar:
Col. E.H. Taylor Single Barrel
Four Roses Single Barrel
Willet Estate 5 Year Rye
VW 12 Lot B
Eagle Rare 10
Rowans Creek
BMH (orange label)
W.L. Weller 12
BMH (orange)
Noah's Mill
Four Roses LE Small Batch 2012
I enjoy sweeter whiskeys. I'm not a fan of scotch because of the peat flavor. To me scotch tastes like I just put a hand full of wet moss in my mouth.
I am an IT guy, and I live and work in the Houston area. That's about it for now. Cheers. :cool:
02-26-2013, 09:31
Welcome to SB from a former resident of Tejas.
02-26-2013, 10:25
Welcome aboard. Several of us are from around Houston including myself. We just had a little meet up last Sat. at Poison Girl for a drink. FYI - PG has the best selection of bourbon in town, so if there is ever a bottle you are considering purchasing, likely you can stop by there and try it 1st.
From your list looks like you have been at Specs and listened to their salespeople. I say this because you many KBD branded or bottled bourbons (Willet, Rowans, Noah's, BMH) and they have the exclusive on this in town. So they promote this line and often run Spec Key discounts on this. I would suggest buying a bottle of Weller to try, either the 12 or OWA; I'd think you would probably like these.
Also, not all scotches are peated; many have no peat. But this is a bourbon forum so I'll stay with that.
02-26-2013, 11:33
Thanks Wadewood. I forgot to list the WL Weller 12 open on my bar and I am enjoying it. I learned about that one via this forum. I have been a regular at Specs but I hit many smaller retailers as well, and I don't listen to salespeople much. I am only now learning about the different distilleries (or should I say lack thereof), brands, and sources. Four Roses varieties have been my favorites since I tried some over at Downing Street.
I just read the PG thread and may have missed the group by a couple of hours. I stopped by on my way home from the cookoff. That was my third time at Poison Girl and it never disappoints. I also plan on visiting Reserve 101 soon for some more tasting.
My focus lately has been just trying to discern the flavor profiles of wheat vs. rye vs. corn and I believe i'm starting to get it. At least I hope so... I suppose I'll have to consume more to find out. Darn... :)
02-26-2013, 13:29
Welcome fellow nerd!
02-26-2013, 15:01
Howdy, fellow Texan! Not to get off topic, but there are a ton of non-peated Scotches. I'd bet there are a few you would like..maybe not though. I used to be all Scotch and have gradually moved to Bourbon and Rye, mainly because of price. There are still some Single Malts that are my favorite whisk(e)ys period. However when I went to Spec's the other day and was looking at $50-$65 for the Scotch I had intended to get..ended up getting the $20 Old Grand Dad 114. BTW, If you have not had that I would highly recommend it! Not all Spec's have it, but I know the Bay Area Blvd/El Camino store has it as well as the Downtown store, of course.
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- Replacement for the EVA. Although it has been incrementally upgraded, the EVA is in need of a serious revamp. Does the product have a future with all the acquisitions that have taken place over the last couple of years or will EVA be gently retired?
- Unified Storage. The exisitng HP range is divided into "P" devices for SAN and "X" devices for NAS. I'm not sure of the efficacy of the nomenclature there, but there are two distinct product lines. Will HP continue to retain the segmented products or will we see a move to unified storage?
Whatever we learn over the next two days, you can be sure it will be fast-moving, well executed and highly enjoyable. The odd scoop or two wouldn't go amiss to!
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Panetta Warns of Cyber Pearl Harbor
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta made his first major speech about U.S. cyber-war policy to a business roundtable group this week. He invoked 9/11 and Pearl Harbor in warning of the danger of a cyber-attack on the U.S:
[He] spoke in … stark language about potential military responses to cyber-attacks that threaten national security.
The United States is now in a "pre-9/11 moment," Panetta said, at risk of crippling online attacks against public utilities, trains, or chemical factories…. [Such] attacks … could spark the "cyber Pearl Harbor" that the defense secretary has often referred to.
"An aggressor nation or extremist group could use these kinds of cyber tools to … derail passenger trains, or even more dangerous, trains loaded with lethal chemicals," he said. "They could contaminate the water supply in major cities, or shut down the power grid across large parts of the country."
The most damaging attacks could combine a multi-pronged attack: knocking civil and military computer systems offline, with a physical attack on the country.
The defense secretary said the U.S. has, in response, developed the capability to trace such assaults back to their source and even preempt such attacks: "Conventional wisdom about cyberspace right now is that it's impossible to attribute attacks to any specific individual or nation-state, [but] we have invested a lot in the [Defense] Department in developing that capability. And it has improved tremendously."
These are extraordinary claims, which, if true, mark new developments in the field of cyber-war. Like many such official claims, they may be overstated in order to deter would-be enemies or to justify even larger budget allocations from Congress. Such claims will need to be tested in the real world before we can determine how much is bluster and how much truth.
One of the most troubling aspects of Panetta's statement was his total amnesia when it comes to the role of our own country in this field. It's one of the world's worst-kept secrets (in fact, the Obama administration itself couldn't leak fast enough in boasting of its involvement) that the U.S. and Israel together jointly developed the Stuxnet and Flame computer viruses in a program code-named Olympic Games. It attacked Iran's nuclear facilities, destroyed 20% of their uranium-enrichment capability, and penetrated the computer systems of Iran's military and political leadership.
We did this before Iran waged any sort of cyber-attack on us. We did this knowing it would induce Iran to develop its own capabilities and strike back. It's the ultimate hypocrisy for us to shake our fist at any potential attackers and threaten them with massive retaliation when we ourselves have done far worse.
No one has ever given the U.S. high marks when it comes to sensitivity concerning the ways in which it wields power in the world. This is yet another example of how we arrogate to ourselves ultimate power and the right to make life-and-death decisions over our enemies, while we deny them the right to do precisely the same thing to us.
As one U.S. government cyber security consultant told The New York Times: "What the Iranians want to do now is make it clear they can disrupt our economy, just as we are disrupting theirs. And they are quite serious about it."
Further proof of our hypocrisy is the U.S. announcement over the past days that Iran is suspected in a series of cyber-attacks on major U.S. banks, which brought down their computer systems over the course of several days. In addition, oil facilities and infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States were attacked. It appears that Panetta's speech is a response to such news and a tacit warning to the Iranians that they're playing with fire, though likening attacks on a Saudi oil company and bringing down the websites of a few banks to a "cyber 9/11" seems far-fetched in the extreme.
What the U.S. media has failed to note is that Iran recently conceded that its own maritime facilities and oil industry had come under cyber-assault that could easily have been the work of U.S. cyber-warriors. The electrical power lines to Iran's Fordow uranium-enrichment plant were bombed as well, in an attack a high-level Israeli source told me originated with the Mossad and its Mujahedeen e-Khalq (MEK) accomplices.
What's especially troubling is that we will try to use Iran's alleged efforts to sabotage our economy as proof that it is a rogue nation worthy of ostracism, while we deserve no less opprobrium for our own policies and behavior. This is nothing less than the equivalent of the victor's justice that governed the Nuremberg trials. Somehow our enemies become moral pariahs while the depravity of our own misdeeds (Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Dresden, Tokyo) is excused as morally just or expedient.
So, for example, the defense secretary's reassurance that we accept the rule of international law over the use of cyber-weapons does nothing to reassure. After all, this is the same administration that prepares terror kill lists and somehow finds that targeted killing falls within the bounds of international law. This is little different than the old Bush-era debates over torture, a policy against which candidate Barack Obama railed.
Now that he sits in the Oval Office, the view from there (to paraphrase Ariel Sharon) persuades Obama that targeted killing, drones massacring civilians, and cyber-attacks are kosher, but Iran's response is somehow depraved and indifferent.
You'll recall the high moral dudgeon into which we flew in this country after a so-called Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. was exposed. The notion that Iranian agents might export their grudges here and spill blood on American soil seemed especially outrageous. We conveniently forgot that Israel's Mossad and its MEK accomplices had assassinated the cream of the Iranian nuclear scientist corps. While the U.S. may not have directly participated, Sy Hersh showed that U.S. special forces had trained the MEK in covert ops at a secret Nevada training facility as late as 2007.
The Pentagon has backed up Panetta's threats against our cyber-enemies by making cyber weapons and technology one of the few growth industries inside the military-industrial complex. Recently, DARPA, the Pentagon's research agency, circulated a request for proposals to the defense industry notifying it that the military was willing to spend hundreds of millions on new technology in this field. The new program has been dubbed Plan X.
The only way to truly exert control over cyber-weapons is to negotiate an international treaty that governs their use. We have the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which, with a few exceptions, has been fairly successful at moderating the impetus toward nuclearization. If there are no clear international guidelines to follow, then every nation can choose to define its capabilities and actions as falling within international law. The Obama administration, along with the Bush administration that preceded it, has excellent lawyers who can find ways to turn pork kosher. An internationally negotiated treaty is a much sturdier document that gives every individual nation a benchmark against which it must measure its behavior.
Daryl Kimball, the executive director of the Arms Control Association, noted the danger of the U.S. government's headlong flight toward cyber-war with this warning: "It makes it sound like the U.S. is preparing to be able to wage a full-out cyber-war. Those kinds of statements could come back to haunt the U.S. down the road."
On a related note, Kaspersky Labs recently announced that it has discovered a new cyber-virus it's calling mini-Flame, which is used to hack computer systems in the Middle East. The code, a variant of the Flame and Stuxnet computer worms, which have previously been attributed to joint Israeli and U.S. development, penetrated computers in Lebanon, Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Palestine. It appears, from the precision of the attack and the small number of victims, that those who created it did so as part of a comprehensive cyber-espionage program. With Stuxnet they cast their net as wide as possible, seeking massive amounts of data from a wide number of computers. They then harvested the data and honed the code so that it went after a smaller but much higher-value set of targets.
Among other things mini-Flame does is to take a "screenshot" of the computers it infects. It sends this image back to the home servers where the hackers can then explore the harvested data.
The list of targeted nations immediately calls Israel to mind as the likely author of the code. It already has a massive covert-ops program in place against Iran. Lebanon and Sudan are natural targets because Hezbollah is an Iranian ally and Hamas has reportedly imported arms from Iran via Sudan. Israel has also used its drones to attack reputed Iranian arms convoys headed for Gaza through Sudan.
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10 Responses to "Panetta Warns of Cyber Pearl Harbor"
"Panetta Warns of Cyber Pearl Harbor" You mean a false flag attack like Pearl Harbor or the Tonkin Gulf incident to get us into world war 3 with Russia and China?
"With Stuxnet they cast their net as wide as possible, seeking massive amounts of data from a wide number of computers. "
Not correct. Flame was the espionage malware. Stuxnet was tightly targeted at SCADA systems. Mini-Flame is a precision tool for exfiltrating data from targets located by Flame.
Pretty much exactly 10 years ago:
"A mock cyberwar enacted by faculty of the US Naval War College and analysts from Gartner does not appear to have fulfilled the Clancyesque predictions of mass devastation envisioned by the leading security paranoiacs of the Clinton and Bush Administrations."
— a fair amount of mischief can be brought about by a large, well-funded technical dream-team. Telecomms group member Fraley reported that it's possible to cause SS-7 (Common Channel Signaling System #7) and PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) capacity to collapse for a brief period. However, it would take a very large investment in both personnel and money (bribes, presumably) to accomplish even that much. Perhaps 200 people would be needed, he reckoned. A satchel bomb thrown down a manhole in Manhattan would be far easier, far cheaper, and still fairly destructive, he remarked.
As for the power grid, it's national, and controlled by large, complex SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems. Still, it's only feasible to target a large metropolitan area, team member John Dubiel noted. Attacking the entire grid would be quite impractical. The best approach would be physical attacks on major transmission corridors, all of which are well-known, followed by the malicious use of owned control systems to to create a pattern of cascading failures throughout the target region. "At this point the system is attacking itself," he observed. Finally, one would attack and damage the SCADA systems themselves to hamper recovery efforts.
It's possible to launch remote attacks against some SCADA systems connected to public infrastructure, but insiders would have to be recruited to attack others, he added. Furthermore, this would have to be coordinated brilliantly and carried out in hours, not days, to thwart the counterbalance of ongoing recovery efforts. We can assume that with a $200 million war chest, the attackers will have little trouble buying the needed cooperative insiders. But there again, the more people involved, the greater the chance that some dumb bastard is going to slip up in a big way and blow the whole operation.
Incidentally, for romanticized cyber attack moments, I can only recommend Patlabor 2 – The Movie, made in 1993. Best ever.
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Typical Silverstein crap. The US is the aggressor (along, of course, with Israel), the Iranians and Palestinians are righteous and pure, and if we do anything to keep Iran from nuking Israel and turning the entire Middle East into a radioactive parking lot, we're war criminals.
Silverstein has the Axis Sally and Lord Haw Haw playbook down cold.
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David Foley will lead Pine-Richland School District while school directors seek a new top administrator.
Foley, 43, of Grove City, Mercer County, is a father of three children, with a doctoral degree in administrative and policy studies from the University of Pittsburgh.
Pine-Richland School Board unanimously appointed Foley as interim superintendent — effective Jan. 9 — at its Dec. 17 meeting.
The school board also boosted Foley's salary to $125,000.
"I really appreciate the opportunity," said Foley, the district's former assistant superintendent. "I look forward to helping the board choose a new superintendent, and keeping the ball rolling."
Foley became assistant superintendent of Pine-Richland School District in October 2009.
He previously was principal at Hillview Intermediate Center in Grove City School District, Mercer County, and assistant principal of the same school district's George Junior Republic School.
Foley first taught social studies — from 1994 to 2001 — at Seneca Valley Middle School in Jackson Township, Butler County.
He then became technology facilitator — from 2001 to 2003 — at Seneca Valley Intermediate School.
Foley is replacing Mary Bucci, who resigned Nov. 26 after Pine-Richland School Board voted 5-3 in October to seek other candidates for the job. Bucci's contract was set to expire June 30. Her last day of work is Jan. 8.
Last month, Pine-Richland School Board hired the Pennsylvania School Boards Association to lead a search for the district's new superintendent.
Meetings to gather public input for the search will be held Jan. 14 at sites and times to be announced, according to Peter Lyons, president of Pine-Richland School Board.
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