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Sarah Fox
|Date of Birth
c. 31 May 1995 (Age 23)
|Resides in
Student, Babysitter
|Eye Color
Brown (yellow when fangs are flashed)
|Hair Color
Black (movie and season 2)
Ethan Morgan (best friend; current boyfriend)
Ethan Morgan (boyfriend)
Jesse (ex-boyfriend)
|First Episode
|Last Episode
|Portrayed By
Sarah Vivian Fox is the leading female of the series. She is the babysitter of Jane Morgan and Ethan (Jane's older brother). When she was turned into a fledgling by her ex-boyfriend, Jesse, she refused to feed on humans and remained a fledgling, while hoping to find a cure and become human again. Though in Re-Vamped, after Jesse bites Ethan, she saves Ethan from becoming a vampire by sucking out the venom in his body and ends up drinking his blood, turning herself into a full vampire. It's her third year in Whitechapel High.
Later on the last episode of the second season finale, The Date to End All Dates, Sarah dated long time secret admirer Ethan and they became a couple for a short period of time. The date ended when the guardian of the Lucifractor attacked them and turned the date into a disaster, on which Erica snarkily commented many times.
BackgroundBarely anything is known about Sarah's childhood life. Before her best friend Erica became a vampire, Erica hinted that Sarah is "a good girl. Straight A's, always nice to everyone." Sarah was just your typical seventeen-year-old girl who was a fan of Dusk the movie, which is a parody of Twilight, along with her best friend, Erica, until her boyfriend, Jesse, bit her and transformed her into a fledgling. While dealing with being a fledgling, Sarah meets Ethan Morgan and Benny Weir and the three of them defeat Jesse. Since Sarah refused to drink blood, she remained a fledgling until the episode ReVamped, when she sacrificed her remaining humanity and saved Ethan from turning into a fledgling while she turned into a full vampire.
After a few months of traveling around, Sarah returned in the episode Welcome Back Dusker for a new school year. In the time that she was gone, Sarah seemed like she was able to accept being a full vampire, but she's still learning to adjust to it and play by the rules of the Vampire Council, with a little help from her friends. Sarah soon comes to accept who she is, and stays by her friends throughout their adventures. Though in the later episodes of season two it seems that she has maybe not come to accept it.
Ethan Morgan
(2010-Present Best Friends; 2010-Present Crush; 2012-Present Boyfriend)
Main Article: Ethan and Sarah (Etharah)
Ethan is one of her best friends. He is known to have a little crush on Sarah. Sarah has also shown some affection for Ethan, she once said that Ethan smelled good, though she was referring to his blood, which Ethan said back (Blood Drive). She has never called Ethan dumb though she has called Benny a stupid doofus, so she called Benny names (Blood Drive). In the episode Smells Like Trouble, Sarah says that she's Ethan's girlfriend, that she loves him, and that Ethan is cute, but she said that while still affected by Benny's love potion. At the end of the season finale, Sarah bit Ethan to save him despite the fact she would get turned into a real vampire. This shows that Sarah does care for Ethan even though she denies up until the season two finale. She lets Ethan hold her hand while taking him home (Fanged and Furious ). She called Ethan a fashionista (Flushed ). She told Ethan he was a romantic (Hottie Ho Tep). She and Ethan almost kissed but that was because they thought they were Jakeward and Rochelle due to Tunguuk's Mask. But Benny as El Merlo Loco destroyed the mask before they could kiss. (Halloweird) In the Season 2 Finale, Ethan and Sarah go on their first date. (The Date to End All Dates (Part 1)). Also, in the season two finale, Benny's grandma tells Sarah and Ethan that, "Sarah is the one you want to protect most." and "Whatever teenager nonsense is going on right now, you two care about each other." (The Date to End All Dates (Part 2)) They start developing a romantic relationship in the Season 2 Finale.
Jesse (2010-2010)
- Main Article: Jarah
Sarah went out with Jesse when they met in the Dusk fan club. Once he bit Sarah turning her into a fledgling, she lost interest in him. In the episode Re-Vamped, it shows that Jesse comes back to ask Sarah to join him. Sarah declined the invitation and almost staked Jesse in the heart.
Erica was just a normal girl before she got bit by a vampire and she was a fledgling until she bit Rory to make a full vampire.Sarah her best friend tries to stop Erica from being evil and from not letting her snack on the teacher and students in the school
- Main Article: Sarica
Sarah and Erica are best friends. Sarah trys to keep Erica from being too evil by not letting her snack on students or teachers. At the same time, Sarah has become more like Erica after becoming a full-vampire.
- Superhuman Speed: She has superhuman speed which allows her to run much faster than humans.
- Superhuman Strength: She has superhuman strength, even fledglings can kick and toss fully turned vampires across the street/room as shown when Sarah kicked Jesse down the street.
- Superhuman Healing: She can rapidly heal any cut, burn, scar, bruise, etc. in a matter of seconds.
- Superhuman Hearing: Her vampire sense of hearing is much greater than a human's.
- Superhuman Smelling: Her vampire sense of smell is far greater than a humans'.
- Superhuman Agility: She has superhuman agility.
- Super Reflexes: She has super reflexes which allows her to react faster than a human.
- Flight: She has the ability to fly.
- Fangs: She can extend and retract a pair of fangs from her mouth that allows her to feed on the blood of humans and bite other people to turn them into vampires.
- Levitation: She has the ability to defy gravity and rise in the air.
- In the movie, Sarah had black hair, but her hair was brown in the first season and then black again in the second season.
- Sarah is more like Erica now that she is a full vampire, but is still a vegan vamp.
- In the episode "Mirror/rorriM", she said that when she was a little girl, she dreamed about being a movie star, but this dream is impossible now that she doesn't show up on camera.
- Sarah's actress, Vanessa Morgan, said that if she could choose Sarah's last name, it would be Fox, but it hasn't been confirmed as Sarah's last name yet.
- Is this all true?
Photo Gallery
The image gallery for Sarah Fox may be viewed here.


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pater liberos suos amat, the father loves his children.
[Essential Latin Grammar (by Anne Mahoney), page 49.]
Why is liberos=children?
whsiv wrote:I don't really know why, but I can speculate:
My thought has always been that it is based on the perspective of the pater wielding patria potestas. From his view, he has two groups of dependents/property: his servi and his children. In order to distinguish his "non-free" property from his "free" property, this latter group is called liberi.
Pure speculation.

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SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth New
Mon, January 20 - Sat, January 25, 2014
This course provides a good basis of knowledge and presents important tools which will be at the core of any intrusion analysis.
Excellent Instruction!
If you have an inkling of awareness of security (even my elderly aunt knows about the perils of the Interweb!), you often hear the disconcerting news about another high-profile company getting compromised. The security landscape is continually changing from what was once only perimeter protection to a current exposure of always-connected and often-vulnerable. Along with this is a great demand for security savvy employees who can help to detect and prevent intrusions. That is our goal in the Intrusion Detection In-Depth course - to acquaint you with the core knowledge, tools, and techniques to prepare you to defend your networks.
This track spans a wide variety of topics from foundational material such as TCP/IP to detecting an intrusion, building in breadth and depth along the way. It's kind of like the "soup to nuts" or bits to bytes to packets to flow of traffic analysis.
Industry expert Mike Poor has created a VMware distribution, Packetrix, specifically for this course. As the Packetrix name implies, the distribution contains many of the tricks of the trade to perform packet and traffic analysis. Packetrix is supplemented with demonstration "pcaps" -files that contain network traffic. This allows the student to follow along on her/his laptop with the class material and demonstrations. Additionally, these pcaps provide a good library of network traffic to use when reviewing the material, especially for certification.
There are several hands-on exercises each day to reinforce the course book material, allowing you to transfer the knowledge in your head to execution at your keyboard.
Exercises have two different approaches - a more basic one that assists you by giving hints for answering the questions. Students who feel that they would like more guidance can use this approach. The second approach provides no hints, permitting a student who may already know the material or who has quickly mastered new material a more challenging experience. Additionally, there is an "extra credit" stumper question for exercises intended to challenge the most advanced student.
By week's end, your head should be overflowing with newly gained knowledge and skills; and your luggage should be swollen with course book material that didn't quite get absorbed into your brain during this intense week of learning. This track will enable you to "hit the ground running" once returning to a live environment.
This is a fast-paced track, and students are expected to have a basic working knowledge of TCP/IP (see www.sans.org/conference/tcpip_quiz.php ) in order to fully understand the topics that will be discussed. Although others may benefit from this course, it is most appropriate for students who are or who will become intrusion detection/prevention analysts. Students generally range from novices with some TCP/IP background all the way to seasoned analysts.
The challenging hands-on exercises are specially designed to be valuable for all experience levels. The Packetrix VMware used in class is a Linux distribution so we strongly recommend that you spend some time getting familiar with a Linux environment that uses the command line for entry, along with learning some of the core Unix commands before coming to class.
Fundamentals of Traffic Analysis
- TCP/IP Concepts
- Using tcpdump and Wireshark
- Link layer, IPv4, IPv6, and fragmentation
- Transport layers � TCP, UDP, and ICMP
Application protocols
- Microsoft protocols
- IDS evasions
- Examination or real-world traffic
Hands-On Snort and Bro Usage
- Running, installing, configuring, customizing Snort
- Writing Snort rules
- Running, installing, configuring, customizing Bro
- Writing Bro scripts, signatures, and raising Bro notices
Network traffic forensics and monitoring
- Analyst toolkit
- Using SiLK open source network flow tool
- Network forensics
- Using logs for correlation
- OSSEC open source HIDS/SIM
Course Syllabus
SEC503.1: Fundamentals of Traffic Analysis: Part I
Mike Poor
Mon Jan 20th, 2014
Day 1 provides a refresher or introduction, depending on your background, to TCP/IP covering the essential foundations such as the TCP/IP communication model, theory of bits, bytes, binary and hexadecimal, an introduction to Wireshark, the IP layer, both IPv4 and IPv6 and packet fragmentation in both. We describe the layers and analyze traffic not just in theory and function, but from the perspective of an attacker and defender.
All traffic is discussed and displayed using the two open source tools Wireshark and tcpdump. Students can follow along with the instructor viewing the sample traffic capture files supplied. Six hands-on exercises, one after each major topic, offer you the opportunity to reinforce what you just learned.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Concepts of TCP/IP
- TCP/IP communications model
- Data encapsulation/de-encapsulation
- Discussion of bits, bytes, binary, and hex
Introduction to Wireshark
- Navigating around Wireshark
- Examination of Wireshark statistics
- Stream reassembly
- Finding content in packets
Network access/link layer:Layer 2
- Introduction to 802.x link layer
- Address Resolution Protocol
- ARP spoofing
IP Layer:Layer 3
- IPv4
- Examination of fields in theory and practice
- Checksums and their importance especially for an IDS/IPS
- Fragmentation
- IP header fields involved in fragmentation
- Composition of the fragments
- Fragmentation attacks
- IPv6
- Comparison with IPv4
- IPv6 addresses
- Neighbor Discovery Protocol
- Extension headers
- IPv6 in transition
SEC503.2: Fundamentals of Traffic Analysis: Part II
Mike Poor
Tue Jan 21st, 2014
Day 2 continues where Day1 ended in understanding TCP/IP. Two essential tools - Wireshark and tcpdump are explored to give you the skills to analyze your own traffic. The focus of these tools on Day 2 is filtering traffic of interest in Wireshark using display filters and in tcpdump using Berkeley Packet Filters. We proceed with our exploration of the TCP/IP layers covering TCP, UDP, and ICMP. Once again, we describe the layers and analyze traffic not just in theory and function, but from the perspective of an attacker and defender.
Once again, we describe the layers and analyze traffic not just in theory and function, but from the perspective of an attacker and defender. All traffic is discussed and displayed using the two open source tools Wireshark and tcpdump. Students can follow along with the instructor viewing the sample capture files supplied. Four hands-on exercises, one after each major topic, offer you the opportunity to reinforce what you just learned.
Note: This course is available to Security 503 participants only.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Wireshark display filters
- Examination of some of the many ways that Wireshark facilitates creating display filters
- Composition of display filters
Writing tcpdump filters
- Format of tcpdump filters
- The use of bit masking
- Examination of fields in theory and practice
- Packet dissection
- Checksums
- Normal and abnormal TCP stimulus and response
- Importance of TCP reassembly for IDS/IPS
- Examination of fields in theory and practice
- UDP stimulus and response
- Examination of fields in theory and practice
- When ICMP messages should not be sent
- Use in mapping and reconnaissance
- Normal ICMP
- Malicious ICMP
SEC503.3: Application Protocols and Traffic Analysis
Mike Poor
Wed Jan 22nd, 2014
Day 3 culminates the examination of TCP/IP with an exploration of the application protocol layer. The concentration is on some of the most widely used, and sometimes vulnerable, crucial application protocols - HTTP, SMTP, DNS, and Microsoft communications. Our focus is on traffic analysis, a key skill in intrusion detection.
We'll take a brief foray into packet crafting and nmap remote OS identification so that you can analyze and recognize telltale signs of each. Packet crafting is a handy skill for an analyst to possess, especially for testing IDS/IPS rules. IDS/IPS evasions are the bane of the analyst so the theory and possible implications of evasions at different protocol layers are examined. The day concludes with examination and analysis of some real world traffic captures.
Once again, we describe the applications not just in theory and function, but from the perspective of an attacker and defender. All traffic is discussed and displayed using the two open source tools Wireshark and tcpdump. Students can follow along with the instructor viewing the sample traffic capture files supplied. Four hands-on exercises, one after each major topic, offer you the opportunity to reinforce what you just learned.
Note: This course is available to Security 503 participants only.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Advanced Wireshark
- Exporting web objects
- Extracting SMTP attachment content
- Sample Wireshark investigation of an incident
- Tshark
Detection methods for application protocols
- Pattern matching, protocol decode, and anomaly detection
- Detection challenges
Microsoft Protocols
- Detection challenges
- Protocol format
- Sample of attacks
- Detection challenges
- Protocol format
- Sample of attacks
- Detection challenges
- Its vital role in the Internet
- The resolution process
- Caching
Malicious DNS
- Cache poisoning
Packet crafting and nmap OS identification
- Why packet crafting is done
- Some of the tools used
- How nmap performs remote OS identification
- Signs of remotes OS identification
IDS/IPS evasion theory
- Theory and implications of evasions at different protocol layers
- Sampling of evasions
- Necessity for target-based detection
Real world traffic analysis
- Client attacks
- DDoS attacks
- Four-way handshake
- TCP reset attack
- Malformed DNS DoS
SEC503.4: Intrusion Detection Snort Style
Mike Poor
Thu Jan 23rd, 2014
Install, configure, and use the powerful and versatile freeware intrusion detection system Snort. In addition, learn to customize Snort for many special uses. Hands-on exercises that will challenge both the novice and seasoned Snort user are included so that students will feel confident in their ability to effectively utilize Snort for their site's specific needs when they get back to the office.
Note: This course is available to Security 503 participants only.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Installation
- Getting Started with Snort
Modes of Operation
- Sniffer Mode
- IDS Mode
- Deployment Options
Writing Snort Rules
- Rule Anatomy
- Rule Syntax
- Rule Options
- Rule Keywords
Configuring Snort as an IDS
- Configuration File Options
- Using Variables
- Preprocessor Configuration
- Output Configuration Options
- Dealing with False Positives and False Negatives
- Writing Efficient Rules
- Examining a Buffer Overflow and Writing a Snort Rule to Detect it
Snort GUIs and Analysis
SEC503.5: Network Traffic Forensics and Monitoring
Mike Poor
Fri Jan 24th, 2014
On the penultimate day, you'll become familiar with other tools in the "analyst toolkit" to enhance your analysis skills and give you alternative perspectives of traffic. The open source network flow tool SiLK is introduced. It offers the capability to summarize network flows to assist in anomaly detection and retrospective analysis, especially at sites where the volume is so prohibitively large that full packet captures cannot be retained for very long, if at all. The topic of network forensics is examined to show you how to investigate an incident using multiple approaches including log analysis. Finally, you can see how your forensic data can be correlated and analyzed by open source tools, with a concentration on the OSSEC that acts as a host-based IDS and Security Information and Event Manager (SIEM).
Four hands-on exercises, one after each major topic, offer you the opportunity to reinforce what you just learned.
Note: This course is available to Security 503 participants only.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Analyst toolkit
- Ngrep, tcpflow, p0f, Chaosreader, tcpreplay, NetWitness
- Introduction of concept of network flow
- Understand the uses for flow
Network Forensics
- Learn what it is
- Become aware of indicators of network issues
- Learn to investigate incidents using some sample traffic of:
- Exploited host
- Phishing attack
Network architecture for monitoring
- Become familiar with hardware used with and for monitoring
Correlation of indicators
- Examination of log files
- Understand different methods of correlation
SEC503.6: IDS Challenge
Mike Poor
Sat Jan 25th, 2014
The week culminates with a fun hands-on Challenge where you find and analyze traffic to a vulnerable honeynet host using many of the same tools you mastered during the week. Students can work alone or in groups with or without workbook guidance. This is a great way to end the week since it reinforces what you've learned by challenging you to think analytically, gives you a sense of accomplishment, and strengthens your confidence to employ what you've learned in the Intrusion Detection In-Depth track in a real world environment.
Note: This course is available to Security 503 participants only.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Additional Information
Laptop Required
You will need to run a Linux VMware image, supplied at the conference, on your laptop for the hands-on exercises that will be performed in class. Some familiarity and comfort with Linux and entering commands via the command line will facilitate your experience with the hands-on exercises.
VMware Player or VMware Workstation is required for the class. If you plan to use a Macintosh, please make sure you bring VMware Fusion.
You must have either the free VMware Player 3 or later or the commercial VMware Workstation 6 or later installed on your system prior to coming to class. You can download VMware Player for free at www.vmware.com.
Alternatively, if you want a more flexible and configurable tool, you can download a free 30-day trial copy of VMware Workstation from www.vmware.com. VMware will send you a time-limited license number for VMware Workstation if you register for the trial at their Web site. No license number is required for VMware Player.
Macintosh users must have VMware Fusion 3 or later installed on your system prior to coming to class. It is available for a free 30-day trial copy at www.vmware.com/products.fusion/overview.html.
Mandatory Laptop Hardware Requirements
- x86- or x64-compatible 1.5 GHz CPU minimum or higher
- DVD Drive (not a CD drive)
- 2 Gigabyte RAM minimum with 4 GB or higher recommended
- 12 Gigabyte available hard drive space
- Windows XP/Vista/7/8, Mac OS X, and Linux any types
- Any Service Pack level is acceptable for your Windows XP/Vista/Win 7/8
Do not bring a laptop with sensitive data stored on it. SANS is not responsible if your laptop is stolen or compromised.
By bringing the right equipment and preparing in advance, you can maximize what you'll see and learn as well as have a lot of fun.
If you have additional questions about the laptop specifications, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Who Should Attend
- Intrusion detection analysts (all levels)
- Network engineers
- System, security, and network administrators
- Hands-on security managers
Students must possess at least a working knowledge of TCP/IP and hexadecimal. To test your knowledge, see our TCP/IP & Hex Quizzes at www.sans.org/conference/tcpip_quiz.php.
You Will Be Able To
- Identify the security solutions that are most important for protecting your perimeter
- Understand attacks that affect security for the network
- Understand the complexities of IP and how to identify malicious packets
- Understand the risks and impacts related to cloud Computing and security solutions to manage the risks
- Understand the process for properly securing your perimeter
- Identify and understand how to protect against application and database risks
- Use tools to evaluate the packets on your network and identify legitimate and illegitimate traffic
Author Statement
When I was invited to be a member of a computer incident response team in the late 1990's (just after Al Gore invented the Internet), there was no formal cybersecurity training available. Consequently, I learned on the job and made my share, and then some, of mistakes. I was so naive that I tried to report an attack on our network by a host with an IP address in the 192.168 reserved private network, available for use by anyone. Needless to say, I got a very embarrassing enlightenment when someone clued me in.
With the benefit of experience and the passage of time, there are many lessons to be shared with you. This knowledge affords you the opportunity to learn and practice in the classroom to prepare you for the fast-paced always-interesting job of intrusion detection analysts.
- Judy Novak


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The Belgian put in a series of excellent displays in the league, helping his side to a crucial 2-1 victory over local rivals and fellow Champions League qualification contenders Arsenal and a hard-fought 2-1 away win over Swansea last weekend.
Vertonghen has also proved his value in both boxes, chipping in with three goals in four games including a double in the narrow 3-2 defeat to Liverpool earlier in the month as Spurs leapfrogged Chelsea into third place.
"I'm very proud to win this trophy," Vertonghen told the club's official website. "It was an unbelievable feeling when I was told about it."
When asked about his goalscoring form of late, Vertonghen joked: "Perhaps opponents forget to give defenders the attention!
|Vertonghen is 45/1 to score at anytime in a 2-0 win for Tottenham over Everton with bet365
The Belgian international has been a consistent performer since his summer move from Ajax, playing not only at centre-back but also filling in at left-back in Benoit Assou-Ekotto's absence earlier in the season.
And Vertonghen looked ahead to Sunday's match against sixth-placed Everton, and claims every game between now and the end of the season comes with pressure from competing for a top-four place and trying to win the Europa League.
He continued: "We will have to be right at the top of our game against Everton, they are a tough side to beat but we'll be ready.
"We have big players who are used to the pressure. It's like a final for us every game now, so we have to perform every week and every midweek.
"We know we have to win every game to be in the top four and to move into the next round of the Europa League. It's a good pressure and a good motivation. Hopefully, I'll score a few more goals as well!"


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Phone: 503-823-7300
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
1900 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR 97201
Phone: 503-823-7300
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
1900 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR 97201
Signs, awnings, and banners located on private property and portable signs (commonly known as A-Boards), regardless of location, are regulated by Title 32 (known as the sign code) of the Portland City Code. The Bureau of Development Services administers the sign code.
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (503-823-5185) regulates signs located in the street right-of-way, except for portable signs (A-Boards). They also regulate signs attached to utility poles as specified in section 17.64.040.A in Title 17.
Some signs are regulated by the sign code, but are exempt from permit or registration requirements. See section 32.62.010.A of the sign code for a listing of signs that are exempt from permits or registration.
|Sign Specialist for signs, awnings and banners located on private property (503) 823-7996
|Sign Specialist for portable (A-Board) signs only (503) 823-2633
Mail / Location:
|City of Portland
Bureau of Development Services
1900 SW 4th Ave, Suite 5000
Portland, OR 97201
(1) Sign Permits:
Required for installing new permanent signs and for structurally altering or relocating existing permanent signs on private property. Except for certain portable signs, private signs are prohibited in street rights-of-ways. Some private signs may project from a building into the street right-of-way. Indirect lighting (wall washing or backlit) for a sign requires a separate electrical permit. Types of signs include freestanding, monument, projecting, signs on awning, fascia/wall, painted wall/adhered, pitched roof and marquee. Signs are regulated by size (total area), height, placement, construction and wiring. Electrical components within a sign such as internal or neon lighting are covered by the sign permit, but to connect to it a circuit, an electrical permit is required. See section 32.32.010 for the sign standards in the residential and open space zones and section 32.32.020 for sign standards in the commercial, employment and industrial zones.
(2) Awning Permit:
Required for installing a new awning, for adding to an existing awning, or structurally altering or relocating an existing awning on property. Lighting for awnings requires a separate electrical permit. Private awnings may project from buildings into the right-of-way, but must comply with pedestrian clearance and right-of-way extension standards. See section 32.52 for additional information.
(3) Temporary Banner/Balloon Registration: Required for hanging temporary banners and temporary balloon signs on private property. Some smaller banners (32 square feet and under) are exempt from both permit and registration requirements. Banners hung in the street rights-of-ways are regulated by the Portland Bureau of Transportation . They can be reached at (503) 823-5185. See section 32.32.030 K for additional information.
(4) Portable Sign (sometimes known as A-Boards or Sandwich Boards) Registration: Required for all portable signs whether located on private property or in street right-of-way. See section 32.32.030 C.3 and section 32.32.030 G for additional information.
(5) Temporary Fascia/Wall Sign and Temporary Freestanding Sign Registration:
Required for these signs when displayed for more than one year. See section 32.32.030 K for additional information.
General Information
Submittal Requirements for a sign or awning permit
1. One (1) Sign/awning permit application per sign
2. Two (2) minimum 8 ½" x 11" elevation drawings for the sign and a listing of existing exterior signs, including:
3. Two (2) copies of calculations showing allowed, existing and proposed sign area
4. Two (2) minimum 8 ½" x 11" copies of a site plan, including:
5. Two (2) copies structural design drawings; and two (2) copies of structural calculations (if applicable).
A. Drawings and Calculations. Drawings and calculations must be prepared by an engineer registered in Oregon. Drawings must include:
B. Pre-approved Structural Designs and Calculations: Structural designs and calculations for certain types and sizes of signs and awnings have been pre-approved by BDS. Although no pre-approved designs are on file for awnings or projecting signs, the pre-approval process is available for these installations as well. Drawings must still be submitted. However, if the drawings show compliance with a pre-approved structural design, generally structural plan review will not be required. Drawings prepared and sealed/stamped by an engineer are not required for pre-approved structural designs. Pre-approved structural designs are limited to:
Submittal requirements for a temporary banner registration:
Submittal requirements for a temporary fascia, freestanding or balloon sign registration:
Submittal requirements for a portable (A-Board) sign:
Submit the permit application to the Development Services Center in person or by mail.
When the proposed sign or awning has been determined to meet all requirements, fees are due and the permit or registration will be issued. Portable signs do not require a review process; application and fees should be submitted together.
Permit applications or registrations may be submitted to the Development Services Center by mail or in person. Permit applications may be submitted by mail or in person.
BDS staff in the Development Services Center will check the proposed sign or awning for its consistency with the Sign Code standards applicable to the zoning and use of the proposed sign location. Development Services Center staff will also determine if additional reviews are needed for compliance with land use standards (example: adjustment review or design review) or additional structural standards.
The permit will be issued when all reviews are complete, the proposed sign is approved, and fees are paid.
Inspections are required for all sign and awning permits. Call for inspections at the following points in the project:
To request an inspection , call (503) 823-7000 and select:
A special inspection may be required for complex signs as specified in the Oregon Structural Specialty Code. Notice will be given to the applicant as part of the engineering review process. When a special inspection is required, it must be performed by a City of Portland certified testing agency. For more information about special inspections call (503) 823-7782.


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Alumni Morton Bahr, President Emeritus of Communications Workers of America, and Bob Herbert, Journalist, Recognized
By Hope Ferguson, senior writer
February 22, 2012
The Presidential Medal of Honor and the Citizen Laureate awards have been bestowed on two prominent SUNY Empire State College alumni. Morton Bahr, president emeritus of the Communications Workers of America, (in photo at right with President Alan Davis), received the Citizen Laureate award, and while Bob Herbert, (in photo at left with President Alan Davis), journalist and distinguished senior fellow at Demos, and a contributing editor with American Prospect magazine, became the first recipient of the Presidential Medal of Honor during the college's 40th Anniversary Gala in New York City on Oct. 20.
"I was very proud to make the presentations of the Presidential Medal of Honor and Citizen Laureate award to these two distinguished alumni," said President Alan Davis. "We wanted to recognize Morton Bahr for his outstanding contribution to economic justice, workplace democracy, elderly housing and lifelong learning.
We also wanted to recognize Bob Herbert for his outstanding career in journalism, his unwavering commitment to social justice and for applying his Empire State College experience to uplift working people – the poor and others who are struggling in our society.
This is a great honor," said Herbert in his acceptance speech. "I want you to know how much the degree from Empire State College has meant to me. I had had success in the newspaper business, but I didn't have a college degree. Even though I had studied various places, my work at Empire State College helped make my thinking much more rigorous; much better. It informed my journalism and my life.
Morton Bahr
Morton Bahr earned his Bachelor of Science degree in labor studies at the college's Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies in 1983. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the college in 1995.
Bahr was one of the first students in the labor program. At the time, he served as vice president for the largest district in the CWA, covering New York, New Jersey and six Northeastern states. Bahr said during his acceptance speech that although the program was not designed for labor leaders at his level, his enrollment served to spur other union leaders and members to return to school. "Everybody knew me, knew the job I held, knew how busy I was, and knew the responsibilities I had. If I could go to school, then they couldn't find a reason to say 'no'.
Bahr, who was president of the 700,000-member Communications Workers of America, led the union between 1985 until his retirement in 2005. He is recognized as a leading voice of the labor movement, both in the U.S. and internationally. His tenure at the union's helm saw a major shift in the nature of the telecommunications industry in the face of rapidly changing technology.
Known for transforming CWA into an education-driven union, he negotiated a number of educational benefits with the management of various companies to enable CWA members to upgrade their skills by earning college degrees in order to compete in the changing workforce.
One of those educational partnerships was with SUNY Empire State College. In 2001, Bahr worked with SUNY Empire State College to establish a scholarship program in his name for union members and their families to earn college degrees. In addition, from 1996 to 1998, Bahr chaired the Commission for a Nation of Lifelong Learners, a national panel that conducted a two-year study of adult learning in America, and focused the country's attention on the need for educational opportunities for frontline workers. In 2007, Bahr became president of the Elderly Housing Development Corp., a successful government-union partnership that provides housing for seniors at or below the poverty level, giving them dignity in their retirement years.
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Bob Herbert graduated from the Metropolitan Center of the college in 1988. He also was awarded an honorary degree from the State University of New York in 1995.
In 1993, Herbert became an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, the first African-American to become a regular columnist at that newspaper. His column covered politics, urban affairs and social trends two times a week. Recently, he left that post to join Demos, a multi-issue national organization that combines research, policy development and advocacy to influence public debate and catalyze change. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in New York City, Demos works with advocates and policymakers around the country.
Herbert's career began in 1970 as a reporter, then night city editor at The Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J. Beginning in 1976, he was a general assignment reporter, national correspondent, consumer affairs editor, city hall bureau chief and night city editor at The Daily News. Herbert has won numerous awards for his work, and is the author of a book,
"Promises Betrayed: Waking Up from the American Dream"(Times Books, 2005). He is currently at work on another book, "Wounded Colossus.
The college has several awards, which are bestowed occasionally, including the Heritage award, Citizen Laureate award, Distinguished Leadership in Adult Learning and Distinguished Alumni awards, in addition to the Presidential Medal.
The highest award the college bestows, the Presidential Medal recognizes outstanding career achievement, scholarly excellence, leadership in the professions, noteworthy public service or humanitarian endeavors.


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- Todd Pagano was given the "2012 U.S. Professor of the Year" award Nov. 15 in Washington, D.C.
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More than 200 students, college administrators, government representatives, faculty, staff and family members attended a reception today honoring Todd Pagano, an associate professor and director of the Laboratory Science Technology program at Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
Pagano was named "2012 U.S. Professor of the Year" representing a master's university or college last month in Washington, D.C. by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The awards program, created in 1981, is the only national initiative specifically designed to recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring.
"This award salutes the most outstanding undergraduate instructors in the country, those who excel in teaching and positively influence the lives and careers of students. And it's the first time this honor has been given to an RIT faculty member," said RIT President Bill Destler. "Todd, your innovative body of work speaks volumes, but it is the connection you make to your students and sharing your love of science with them that makes you truly worth of this honor."
RIT Provost Jeremy Haefner said: "Todd is the type of educator we all aspire to be: talented, creative, driven, dedicated and relentless in his belief in his students and their abilities. He allows his students to shine, and in doing so, brings honor to them, to himself, to NTID and to all of RIT."
NTID President Gerry Buckley said it was a proud day for him when Pagano received the award in Washington. The accomplishment was duly noted on the floor of both Congressional houses with comments from Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Louise Slaughter, and Pagano received a framed letter of recognition from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
"It was a great way to remind our representatives of the work that is done each and every day at RIT to educate deaf and hard-of-hearing students and help them become successful contributors to our society," Buckley said.
Vince Daniele, chairperson of NTID's Science and Mathematics department, said much of Pagano's success comes from his high scientific standards and commitment to undergraduate research.
"He has a commitment to the LST program and his students," Daniele said. "I know he works 60, 70 or 75 hours a week. Success is often the result of the amount of time you put in. He lives, eats and breathes his job. He connects with his students. He speaks to his students in a language they can understand. He convinces students that he believes in their ability to do science and in their ability to succeed, and he convinces students he is interested in their success."
The guests were shown a video from RIT/NTID alumna Nelsey Carcamo Ortiz, who introduced Pagano at his award ceremony in Washington. She recalls meeting him during her first day or orientation in 2006 and immediately switching her major from mathematics to science.
"He has a powerful way of turning students on to science," she says. "I had found my passion and also found a mentor who would go on to open many doors for me."
Pagano is active in the American Chemical Society and has taken about 20 of his students, including Carcamo Ortiz, to regional or national conferences to present the results of their research.
"Through the research experience, he taught me more than just chemistry," Carcamo Ortiz said. "He taught me how to be brave, outgoing, confident and to speak up about my thoughts and ideas. I learned something new every day, new challenges and creative ways toward problem solving. Dr. Pagano has been an essential part of my education every step of the way."
Pagano thanked the crowd and recruited three of his current students – who wore white lab coats, safety goggles and blue gloves -to join him.
"It would not be a Todd Pagano-sanctioned presentation without the demonstration," he said.
The students added three chemicals in a beaker. The swirling mixture turned yellow, then blue, then back to yellow.
Pagano explained that the three chemicals represented his formula for success: support from faculty, administration, colleagues, family; a passion for science and teaching; and his students.
"I work at a unique institution," Pagano said. "NTID is a wonderful place, where deaf and hard-of-hearing students are taught applied knowledge, self-advocacy, lifelong learning skills and how to thrive in their careers. Being on the campus of a progressive university like RIT, and adding to that, valued support from our Congressional representatives and our industrial partners … that all makes this the perfect environment for success."
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European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said the Governing Council enhanced its communication last week by giving an outlook on interest rates at a time when the euro-region economy remains weak.
"The Governing Council sharpened its communication by announcing that it expects the key ECB interest rates to remain at present or lower levels for an extended period of time," Draghi told the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee in Brussels today. "This expectation was based on the overall subdued outlook for inflation extending into the medium term, given the broad-based weakness in the real economy and subdued monetary dynamics."
The ECB and the Bank of England both indicated on July 4 that they will keep benchmark interest rates low for longer than investors were betting, breaking new ground to protect their economies from a U.S.-led surge in bond yields. Draghi's outlook represented a change in policy for an institution whose officials had until then consistently said that it "never precommits" on monetary policy.
"The euro area still faces considerable challenges" and "the economy is still weak," Draghi said today. Still, recent confidence indicators "have shown some further improvement" and economic activity "should stabilize and recover over the course of the year, although at a subdued pace."
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Draghi also said that the euro region faces an improved situation compared with a year earlier.
"Clearly financial conditions in the euro area today are more stable and resilient than they were last summer," he said. "This is partly due to our determined monetary policy actions. Governments and parliaments have also played a key role in the relative return of confidence and stability by undertaking courageous reforms."
In his opening statement to lawmakers, Draghi updated them on progress toward the creation of a program led by the European Investment Bank to stimulate lending to small and medium-sized companies, and on the ECB's work to establish a banking supervisor.
"Reinstating beyond doubt the soundness of the banking system, reintegrating the banking system and delivering a supervisory framework that will prevent a repeat of the past risk buildup" are among the ECB's objectives, he said. "All core elements should fall into place swiftly to reap the full benefits of a banking union"
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Brent Crude Oil (April '13):
- Short Term Trends are bullish.
- Confirmation of a bottom with a range violation on 01/15/13 @ 110.39. Confirmation of a bottom with a close violation on 12/12/12 @ 106.48. Upside Targets = 117.89 – 121.21.
- OVB generated on Thursday making new highs on current move @ 118.29.
- April Brent Crude once again inched higher in a tight trading session on Thursday, settling right at the $118 mark in what has been an underwhelming week of price action.
- Look for Friday to remain status quo heading into the weekend as Brent most likely will generate a weekly VRCB and set up for a possible decline lower next week.
- Projected Daily Range: 1.39
- Projected Weekly Range: 3.71
- Projected Monthly Range: 6.75
WTI Crude Oil (March '13):
- Short Term Trends are bullish.
- Confirmation of a bottom with a range violation on 02/13/13 @ 97.80. Confirmation of a top with a close violation on 02/04/13 @ 96.17. Downside Targets = 94.84 – 93.99.
- Inside VRCB generated on Thursday.
- March WTI Crude Oil moved just modestly higher on Thursday, following in the footsteps of the other components in the oil sector as it traded within less than a $1 range.
- With current Bollinger Band ranges contracting as well as a possible partial ST TREND REVERSAL to bearish with a range violation below $96.63, WTI will need to find significant strength with a strong close to avoid a possible ST setback.
- Projected Daily Range: 1.52
- Projected Weekly Range: 2.49
- Projected Monthly Range: 6.42
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- Short Term trend is bearish.
- Confirmation of a top with a range violation on 02/14/13 @ 3.206. Confirmation of a top with a close violation on 02/08/13 @ 3.272. Downside Targets = 3.189 – 3.109.
- March Natural Gas dropped sharply lower as expected with a miss in storage pulls on Thursday as they impacted the daily SBB (Support Bollinger Band) while threatening the current contract lows.
- Natural gas is current oversold in the near-term so traders could see an initial move lower followed by a short-covering rally to end the week as cooler weather is appearing in the upcoming weather forecasts.
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NAMElrint, lrintf, lrintl, llrint, llrintf, llrintl - round to nearest integer
#include <math.h> long int lrint(double x);
long int lrintf(float x);
long int lrintl(long double x); long long int llrint(double x);
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Chromatic calls us to Remove the Little Pessimizations, to sand off the tiny, rough corners of our software that individually are small, ignorable distractions. I've read somewhere that each barrier to entry reduces the number of users by some percent - and it is a good model to think about it. Each one reduces the number of possible uses and users and the effect is cumulative - hundreds of small barriers make the tool useful in only a narrow niche, but even just one small barrier can make a tool not usable in a particular setting. The question is when fixing these little pessimizations becomes needlesly pedantic.
I believe that fixing CPAN installation issues, each one usually a small issue occurring in some special cases is needed (at least for the most popular modules) if we don't want to confine CPAN users, and since CPAN is the killer application of Perl, then it follows that also Perl users, to a narrow niche.
Another thing is how off-putting are the pessimizations that seem gratuitous, you immediately feel neglected and you imagine how the arrogant developers just don't care about your case. Then there are also pessimizations that look small if you have a big project - but are impenetrable barriers for small projects - this is how Perl lost the place of the most used language for WWW programming to PHP.
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
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Certain parts of CPAN have been so streamlined over time that they are confusing to new users. Look at the syntax for configuring the client:
o conf init
Wow, we saved all of 5 characters, and made it completely incomprehensible in the process. Why not just call this 'reconfigure'? These are the sorts of things that people coming from other languages get very frustrated with.
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Every week new financial, state-sponsored and commercial espionage targeted attacks are discovered. These sophisticated advanced persistent threats use arsenals of vulnerability exploits that are weaponized to steal confidential information and trade secrets. Organizations remain infected while security companies rush to develop updated signatures for an outdated security model.
ExploitShield protects users where traditional security measures fail. It consists of an innovative patent-pending application shielding technology that prevents malicious exploits from compromising computers through software vulnerabilities.
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The Clock of Life
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The Clock of Life
A long time ago the thought occurred to me that too many people spend their time wishing their lives away, worrying about or trying to solve various obscure problems that either don't exist or are generally inconsequential in their overall happiness and well being. For example as children we go to school but can't wait to finish, we then move on to college or university with the same thoughts, finally we end up in the work place looking forward to the end of the week and Friday night and so on. This condition affects all people regardless of class or social standing.
With this thought in my mind i started to ask my friends, if they also felt this way about wishing their lives away to which most of them agreed that they do, i then put it to them would they live their lives differently if they got up in the morning and went to the kitchen where they had a clock that didn't show how many hours they had left that day before they finish work, but a clock that tells them how many days they have left in this world! A clock that runs anti clockwise ticking down the days you have left until the reaper comes a calling. The overall consensus was that yes it would make you start to think about how precious life is and how important it is to make the most of every day.
With this in mind i was inspired to start making such clocks, obviously i am not Nostradamus or any other kind of fortune teller, and i certainly don't pretend to be able to accurately predict the lifespan of each and every human.
However i have studied the parameters that can affect the duration of life and after identifying 20 key factors i have calculated an algorithm that reflects the lifespan of modern people based on their lifestyle choices. I have taken my calculations and with the help of a colleague we created software that is suitable as a mobile phone application to which i have the copyright.
Once a person opens up the application they will be asked a series of questions:
Do you regularly exercise?
What is you BMI?
Are you male or female? Etc
After answering all the questions the application will generate a clock that runs in the opposite direction to standard time pieces showing you how precious seconds, hours, days, months and years of your life are ebbing away cumulating in the date of your death as predicted by my algorithm.
Every 24 hours the clock will show that you are one day closer to passing over.
A person may go through the test again at any time this may be required if some major life style changes are made.
The first people who will be able to get the "clock of life" application will be Apple iOS users.
Version one of "the clock of life" will be available in English, Russian and Chinese.
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Sounds interesting - but don't forget the obvious and let us all put in our own deadline. If my life goal is to retire at 50 (no chance now...) then I know when to set my deadline.
Also - most of us have families - so one clock in the kitchen won't have a wide market because it's like that Heart shaped mirror my wife has put in the hall... sooner or later I'm going to get rid of it... or drop it...
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Wayne State University School of Medicine students and physicians who volunteer to treat the uninsured at the Cass Clinic -- and their patients -- no longer have to keep medical records on index cards thanks to one of those students.
Jennifer Smith, 25, who just completed her second year of medical school, secured a number of grants to fund a new electronic medical record system for the clinic. Smith, of Ann Arbor, was recently invited to discuss that successful project in Lansing by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
Blue Cross Blue Shield held its first Healthy Safety Net: A Blues Symposium on May 5. The invitation-only symposium featured representatives from free clinics and federally qualified health centers to discuss details about the federal Health Care Reform Act, its impact to date and how it may affect clinics in the future. Smith was invited to represent Cass Clinic and to discuss the progress of its new electronic medical records system.
"I discussed our new system and the impact it could have on the quality of care for our patients with various representatives from Blue Cross Blue Shield and other clinics," Smith said. "It seemed like people were very interested in my project and agreed that an organized EMR system will be a good transition from the paper index cards that have been used for the past 25 years."
Smith, the Cass Clinic's financial coordinator, applied for and received grants from the Michigan Department of Community Health ($5,000), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan ($15,000), the Wayne State University Alumni Association ($1,500) and the state of Michigan ($4,000).
The funding from Blue Cross Blue Shield was used to purchase 11 MacbookPro computers, one iMac mainframe, 12 protection plans and software that included MacPractice EMR software. Smith said the grant provided enough funding to run the clinic's EMR operations, including updates and training, for at least the next two years.
The other grants funded a new secure lock for the office, a large storage cabinet to secure the computers, blood pressure cuffs, ophthalmoscope heads and other equipment for the clinic.
"The money that we receive through grants is usually used for the basic clinic operations such as medication, medical supplies, office supplies, hygiene products, etcetera, to help run the clinic, but this year, because we received the grant through Blue Cross Blue Shield, we were able to purchase all the hardware, software, maintenance fees and electronic devices needed to create electronic medical records at our free clinic," Smith said.
Her more than 140 hours of volunteering at the clinic, and medical relief trips to Nicaragua, Belize and Ecuador as a member of the World Health Student Organization, have made Smith "very passionate about helping the underserved."
"For the past 25 years, Cass Clinic has been using paper index cards stapled together to keep track of the patients' medical records. While this worked OK for the clinic, it was very difficult to find past medical histories, medication lists, changes in the medical records, and important information in the health record," said Smith, who remains undecided about which field of medicine she plans to practice. "I am hoping that our new EMR system will improve clinic operations, enhance the quality of care for our patients and help move our clinic forward in the right direction. Perhaps this will also allow us to expand and provide more care for women and children, and reach out to other individuals around Detroit who also do not have access to health care."


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U.S. tightens embassy security in Lebanon and Turkey, warns AmericansBy PAUL ECKERT and SUSAN HEAVEY
September 06. 2013 9:31PM
WASHINGTON — The United States tightened security at diplomatic missions in Lebanon and Turkey on Friday because of potential threats, ordering personnel out of Lebanon and offering to evacuate those in Adana in southeastern Turkey.
The State Department also warned U.S. citizens against traveling in Lebanon and southeastern Turkey and urged Americans in the rest of Turkey "to be alert to the potential for violence."
Officials did not offer specifics about the threats, which were revealed less than a week before the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks and amid an intensifying U.S. debate over President Barack Obama's plans to strike Syria.
"These are potential threats," State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters after the warnings were issued.
"Obviously, the tension ... in the region, including in Syria, plays a role in this," Harf said. She said she was not aware of any specific threats to either post.
"Given the current tensions in the region, as well as potential threats to U.S. government facilities and personnel, we are taking these steps out of an abundance of caution to protect our employees and their families, and local employees and visitors to our facilities," Harf wrote in an earlier statement.
The official warnings did not mention Syria, where Washington says troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad carried out a poison gas attack that killed more than 1,400 people in rebel-held suburbs of Damascus on Aug. 21.
Obama has asked the U.S. Congress to back his plan for limited strikes in response to the chemical weapons attack.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday the United States had intercepted an order from an Iranian official instructing militants in Iraq to attack U.S. interests in Baghdad if the United States launches a military strike in Syria, a close ally of Iran.
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was a likely target, according to unidentified American officials quoted by the newspaper. The State Department and the CIA declined to comment on the report.
Harf also would not comment. "We have not taken any action in terms of our posts in Iraq," she said.
"Clearly we remain concerned and (are) looking at the security throughout the region," she said at a news briefing.
In Lebanon, officials ordered non-emergency personnel and their family members out of the country "due to threats," the U.S. Embassy in Beirut said in statement.
The State Department urged "U.S. citizens to avoid all travel to Lebanon because of current safety and security concerns."
In Turkey, U.S. officials offered voluntary evacuation to reduce its diplomatic presence at the consulate in Adana, Turkey, "because of threats against U.S. government facilities and personnel."


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Greenland's Clouds
Matthew Shupe installs instruments, blogs from Summit
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At 10,000 feet high in the middle of the Greenland Ice Sheet, CIRES researcher, Matthew Shupe of ESRL's Physical Sciences Division, and colleagues spent part of May and June installing a powerful suite of climate and weather instruments to better understand how clouds contribute to rapid warming and melting in the region.
The work required the help of skilled carpenters, careful insulation of the instruments, and sleeping in tents in subzero temperatures. Some days, the air sparkled with "diamond dust" ice crystals, swept around by the wind. Others, fog swept through, leaving a rime of feather-like ice crystals on exposed surfaces.
Shupe blogged about his work in Summit. He wrote about the challenges of installing instruments, living in a tent city, and doing yoga in Carhartt pants.
Scientifically, Shupe is working with David Turner (University of Wisconsin) and Von Walden (University of Idaho) to study clouds, precipitation, and atmospheric structure, all of which are poorly understood over the Greenland Ice Sheet. Clouds can have profound effects on climate and climate change by altering the radiative balance in the atmosphere and at the surface, and through their roles in converting water between vapor, liquid, and ice phases. An improved understanding of cloud structure and processes is vital to understanding climate change.
The researchers installed many new instruments at Summit: a cloud radar, two microwave radiometers, a ceilometer, an Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer, an X-band precipitation sensor, a sodar, a cloud and aerosol polarization and backscatter lidar, and a micropulse lidar. The researchers also initiated a program to launch radiosondes twice daily, to measure the atmospheric structure above the station. The full suite of instruments will be operated for at least the next four years.
Shupe's work is funded by a five-year National Science Foundation, NSF, grant, and the Summit project is part of the Arctic Observing Network, an NSF effort to expand understanding of Arctic climate change. Additional support for the project is coming from the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, the Department of Energy, and Environment Canada.
The project is called ICECAPS: Integrated Characterization of Energy, Clouds, Atmospheric state, and Precipitation at Summit.


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Words by Sean Moeller, Illustration by Johnnie Cluney, Recording engineered by Mike Gentry
Last night, at a small little rock and roll show, there were these two people standing in front of me, about halfway back in the crowd of people. It wasn't too crowded, but it wasn't too thinned out either. There was just enough space that everyone could have a little more than their fair share. It was as good as you were going to get. It left you with an ability to see people behaving, watching where they put their hands, how close they talked, what they were really there for, much more than the music. The girl standing in front of me looked as if she'd just come from the office, on this Indian summer-like evening that was threatening to drop. She wore a curve-hugging green dress and she was standing beside a man that didn't look as if he'd belong to her. He wore a wedding ring, we could see though, as did she and we could have suspected such just by the way they spoke to each other - amid the loud sounds, without hearing even a fragment of what they were discussing. She looped a thumb over the corner of his back pants pocket and the easy and sweet affect of the gesture was there. It was a reinforcement of bond - a minor reinforcement - but an acknowledgment that this was all there was. This was all that was everything that was truly meaningful.
It was a throw-away moment for them and it likely happened a few more times, with a few other couples last night, in that same room, but it was an act that Jay Nash and Garrison Starr would have stopped to see through as well. The people that those two songwriters write all either have or are seeking renewed faith in the person they've chosen to love. It's more than that though. It's that subtle feeling that can be exchanged so effortlessly - with a slight touch or look - that communicates the understanding that we're running through that wall together and we'd muster up the kind of freakish strength it would take to lift a car off of the other, if we'd ever find ourselves in such a tight spot. It's the knowing, the feeling that it's us against the world. Nash sings about it here and it's one of those sentiments that needs know explanation, for those lucky enough to have it.
Even when the times get rocky and the wheels feel like they're going to fall off, the notion that there's something stronger at work between two people - a history and a boundless admiration that never wavers too much - and it just might be enough to overcome anything. It's why you hear people in these songs hesitant to give it out. Nash sings, "Lover, your love is harder than stone." He promises that it will be worth it, even when it's not his promise to make. He sings, "It's a test of your will now/Are you willing to lose/You just have to jump and you never have proof/You say you don't need me/But I'm telling you you do/And I'll keep telling you til I get through." It's just a matter of getting to that clearing, to that place, where that off-the-radar, nearly imperceptible thumb hooked into a back pants pocket is all there is to it.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. In a game with first place on the line in what has been an ugly NFC South, the Carolina Panthers were the ugliest team on the field.
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The Panthers (3-5-1) ran their winless streak to four games and fell out of first place in the anemic NFC South for the first time this season.
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[anti-abuse-wg] Update on the EU Clean-IT project
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Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote, On 09/22/2012 02:02 AM: > How or why do you say they are anti Islamic? Just look at this list on their web page http://www.cleanitproject.eu/documents/ : " Please find below a list of public papers, reports and articles about the terrorist use of the Internet: 2004 E-Terror 2006 Hezbollah use of the Internet 2006 Terrorism and Internet 2006 Jihadis and Internet 2007 Jihadism online 2008 Terrorist use of the Internet 2008 Virtual Caliphate 2009 Internet radicalisation South East Asia 2009 Online Radicalisation 2009 Recruitment and Radicalisation 2009 Terrorism and the Internet 2009 Jihadis and the Internet update 2009 How Jihadis adapt to the web 2009 Terrorist financing on the Internet 2009 Online propaganda by Jihadis (in Spanish) 2010 Global Extremist Organisations 2010 Radical websites in Indonesia 2010 Virtual Jihad (in German) 2011 Use of the Internet for Counter Terrorist purposes 2011 Role of Internet for terrorists (in Spanish) 2012 Jihadism on the Web 2012 Terrorists Using Social Online Networking " Do you see in the list any document against nazi websites, or of jewish fanatics, or of christian fundamentalists?... Very suspicious... > --srs (htc one x) > On Sep 21, 2012 10:52 PM, "U.Mutlu" <security at mutluit.com> wrote: > >> Brian Nisbet wrote, On 09/21/2012 05:02 PM: >> >>> Erik, >>> Erik Bais wrote the following on 21/09/2012 13:55: >>> >>>> Thnx for that Brian. >>>> >>>> I'll save my questions on this topics for next Thursday. >>>> >>> >>> Thanks. Also, the Clean IT project has just posted this reaction: >>> >>> http://www.cleanitproject.eu/**edri-publishes-clean-it-** >>> discussion-document/<http://www.cleanitproject.eu/edri-publishes-clean-it-discussion-document/> >>> >> >> The "press release" begins with this sentence: >> "However EDRI suggests otherwise, a posted document on their website >> does not provide concrete proposal to tackle terrorism on the internet." >> >> Do I need to brush up my english, or what is it saying exactly? :-) >> >> I don't think, and hope that such an anti-Islam-only paper (and anti-Islam >> organisation and web site they have set up under the RIPE umbrella with EU >> tax money), >> can or should ever get any ratification from the netizens. >> It even looks like a paper coming directly from Israel's foreign secret >> service Mossad...


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The Linux Desktop Beauty Pageant, Round Eleventy
Jul 8, 2013 5:00 AM PT
Well the Fourth of July may have come and gone for another year here in the Land of Stars and Stripes, but for Linux fans, every day is Independence Day.
Freedom from the dictates of a few giant software behemoths is what we celebrate each and every time we use our computers, as well as the world of choice that comes along with that freedom.
Yes indeed, we're free to choose the operating system we like best, free to tailor it as we see fit, free to customize it with our favorite desktop environments -- and, as longtime Linux advocate Ken Starks demonstrates every day, we're free to use Linux to help improve the lives of others.
In Search of Scrap RAM
Starks is no stranger on the pages of the Linux Blog Safari, of course, and recently he reached out to Linux Girl with a request. Specifically, Starks' Reglue project, which focuses on equipping underprivileged kids with refurbished and Linux-powered PCs, is now looking for old or unused RAM and other small components to be traded in as scrap for much-needed funds.
"If you happen to be in the position to do so, we would appreciate you shipping us your old or unused RAM or other small components," Starks wrote in a recent blog post on the topic. "It stands to help us raise badly-needed funding for Reglue and possibly give you some space for other stuff. We will gladly supply you with a tax receipt."
So, Linux geeks and FOSS fans: It's time to clear out those closets and storage rooms and bombard Reglue with your unused equipment! Hard to imagine a much better cause.
'Desktop Bling or CLI?'
Of course, there's freedom to help others with Linux, but perhaps equally valuable to many in the Linux community is the freedom to bicker about the OS.
Case in point? "Desktop Wars," the topic of the latest TuxRadar Open Ballot poll.
"What's your favorite desktop environment for Linux?" the TuxRadar mavens wrote recently.
"Are you using the latest GNOME 3 or a kustomised KDE?" they went on. "Do you like desktop bling or a black and white CLI? Do you use a mainstream choice or an esoteric option?"
More than 100 contributions soon deluged the posting's comments section, giving Linux Girl all the encouragement she needed to raise the topic down at the blogosphere's seedy Punchy Penguin Saloon once again.
'I'd Have to Go with Xfce'
"This has been the age-old question for me," Linux Rants blogger Mike Stone told Linux Girl.
"Right now, I'd have to go with Xfce," Stone added. "I've been using it for a while, and I've been loving it. It's customizable, lightweight, and just flat-out pretty."
Of course, "ask me this question again next month, and my answer may very well be different," he said. "I have GNOME 3, Unity, KDE, Xfce, E17, LXde, Cinnamon, Mate and at least one other that's not coming to mind right now installed on my system.
"That's one of the greatest things about using Linux," Stone pointed out. "The superficial stuff can change easily without sacrificing your apps, files, or the underlying stability of the operating system itself."
'Just Enough Graphic Effects'
Similarly, "Xfce is still my favorite," agreed consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack. "It's lightweight, taking few system resources, yet has just enough graphic effects to make the whole thing pleasing to look at.
"I also enjoy their tendency to make small changes rather than big ones, and I find that things like USB mounting tends to work even better than some more popular desktops," Mack added.
In addition, "I find it interesting that Xfce 4-terminal has features such as per-tab titles that really make my life easier but even heavier-weight terminals lack support for it," he said.
'Exactly What I Need and No More'
Blogger Robert Pogson took a similar view.
"Xfce 4 does exactly what I need and no more," Pogson told Linux Girl. "I have plug-ins to give me the local weather; I have icons to activate my favorite applications; and I have a set that start on login. Of course, I rarely log in because I can hibernate the Beast.
"I use three virtual desktops for particular uses, so Xfce 4 is really three desktop environments for me," Pogson added. "What more could I want? I have a PC and a network to get things done, not to look pretty and agile."
Indeed, "this discussion should be settled by looking at why we have operating systems at all," he suggested.
'We Don't Need That in FLOSS'
"I am old enough to remember 'standalone' programs which used to do everything from serving interrupts to interacting with users," Pogson explained. "They were terribly limiting, so the operating system was invented. The operating system should manage the hardware resources for a user and whatever applications he/she chooses to run."
Now, "imagine the trash that's been added since then: rounded corners, wobbly windows, fades, transparency, searching for applications instead of clicking on icons," Pogson mused. "These are indeed the MIPS-eating applications that M$ was seeking more than a decade ago to cause PCs to slow so that newer machines would be bought to top up M$'s licensing pail.
"We don't need that in FLOSS," he concluded. "Our users should be free to get the performance they want from their hardware, not to suffer if their hardware is not recent. Xfce 4 works for me, giving me and my applications the lion's share of resources."
'You Stick with It'
Google+ blogger Kevin O'Brien had a different preference.
"I've been a KDE user ever since my first Mandrake installation, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth," O'Brien told Linux Girl.
"These days I run Kubuntu, but I have also played around with OpenSUSE and Fedora, both with KDE," he added. "When something works for you, you stick with it."
'Just Feels Like *nix'
For Google+ blogger Brett Legree, the answer depends on the hardware, he told Linux Girl.
"For a laptop between 11 and 15 inches, I would gravitate towards stock GNOME," he offered. "Something about GNOME's design appeals to my eye."
On a larger panel with a more powerful workstation, on the other hand, "crazy as it sounds, I'd go for something like Window Maker," Legree said. "Window Maker was the first Linux graphical shell that caught my eye way back when at a local LUG meeting -- I'm an old NeXTSTEP fan and I was immediately drawn to it."
Something about it "just feels like *nix to me," Legree explained. "Fast, clean and stays out of my way."
Finally, for a less capable machine, Legree chooses awesome.
"It uses practically nothing, works with just the keyboard and yet it still looks 'awesome' in a minimalist way," he concluded. "I could actually use awesome on any machine, to be honest -- dynamic window management is great once you start using it."
'Like a Widget Factory Exploded'
Hyperlogos blogger Martin Espinoza has no favorite desktop environment, he told Linux Girl.
"I found Cinnamon unreliable, KDE still looks like a widget factory exploded, GNOME is castrated, LXDE limited and Unity loses features every time I run it," he explained.
"I'm about an inch away from just keeping a shell open to launch things and going back to fvwm," Espinoza concluded.
'The 'Touch UI for All' Kool-Aid'
Google+ blogger Alessandro Ebersol, on the other hand, prefers to focus on window managers.
"The problem with desktop environments is that the developers are all drinking the 'touch UI for all' kool-aid, limiting the choices of the user for a traditional desktop," Ebersol explained.
"That's why I'm fond of OpenBox (which can be used to build beautiful desktops), IceWM (yeah, old but gold) and, as a complete DE, E17, which matured into a very beautiful, light and functional desktop."
'A Billion Reinventions'
Last but not least, Slashdot blogger hairyfeet wasn't even sure the debate is worth having.
"This is yet another example of arguing over where the deck chairs are while the boat sinks," hairyfeet told Linux Girl. "I mean, has nobody read that study where too much choice is just as bad as not enough?"
With Linux "it is a thousand times worse as you have VERY limited resources, but instead of everybody rallying around just a handful, say KDE and GNOME, desktop/laptop, mobile/tablet, and server, you have a billion reinventions of the same wheels over and over AND OVER," he explained.
'Quit Quibbling'
"Can you imagine how far Linux would have come if everybody had poured their heart and soul into just the few I named?" hairyfeet went on. "Apple and MSFT wouldn't have had a prayer, everything would be so polished and smooth; instead, you click on help and find a "to do" placeholder, and you have KDE and GNOME and Cinnamon and KDE Classic and E17 and on and on and on.
"I mean, how bloody sad is it when MSFT puts out the most hated OS since WinME, answers every complaint with the middle finger and telling customers 'deal with it,' and even with all that Windows 8 had more users in six months than Linux has had over 20 years?" he suggested.
"Good grief, guys," hairyfeet concluded. "Quit quibbling over stupid stuff, quit making a fork every other day so that Distrowatch looks longer than a list of countries, get your heads out of your collective rears and compete already."


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Police investigating the week-old disappearance of a 10-year-old Las Vegas girl said Thursday they think they found the child's body in an undeveloped housing tract in North Las Vegas.
Police investigating the week-old disappearance of a 10-year-old Las Vegas girl said Thursday they think they found the child's body in an undeveloped housing tract in North Las Vegas.
Authorities couldn't immediately confirm the body was Jade Morris pending positive identification and notification of family members by the Clark County coroner, Las Vegas police homicide Capt. Chris Jones said.
But, "I can tell you that the likelihood is that this is our victim," Jones said.
Coroner Michael Murphy said he did not expect positive identification until Friday.
Jade was last seen by her family at about 5 p.m. Dec. 21 when Brenda Stokes picked her up for a shopping outing, police said. Police said Stokes was a trusted friend of the girl's father, and family members have told reporters that the two dated for several years.
Stokes, who also uses the name Brenda Wilson, was later arrested after she was accused of slashing a co-worker with razor blades at the Bellagio resort casino.
Stokes, 50, is now in jail and Jones said she has not cooperated in the investigation about the girl's whereabouts.
A passer-by called 911 about noon Thursday, and North Las Vegas police found a girl's body in unkempt brush near palm trees in a small traffic circle near Dorrell Lane and North 5th Street.
The location is a short distance from the northern 215 Beltway and about 10 miles from the downtown Las Vegas outlet mall off Interstate 15 where Stokes was to have taken the girl shopping.
Attempts by The Associated Press to reach family members on Thursday were unsuccessful.
Stokes picked up the girl about 5 p.m., and two hours later returned to another friend the red 2007 Saab sedan that she borrowed for the shopping trip, Jones said.
Laster, Stokes got a ride with a friend to the Bellagio resort on the Las Vegas Strip, where she was arrested after allegedly attacking a female co-worker, Joyce Rhone, with a razor in each hand as Rhone dealt blackjack about 9:30 p.m.
Rhone, 44, was hospitalized with deep cuts on her face, including one from her ear to the edge of her mouth. A police arrest report said Rhone also had several smaller cuts around her right eye.
Records show that Stokes was being held Thursday on $60,000 bail at the Clark County jail on felony battery with a weapon, burglary and mayhem charges that could get her decades in prison.
She told a judge Wednesday that she had not obtained a lawyer. She was due again in Las Vegas Justice Court on Friday.
The arrest report says casino video shows Stokes attacking Rhone before a casino patron and security officers intervene. Officer Marcus Martin said the video is evidence that may be shown by prosecutors in court but will not be made public by police.
Police said Stokes later told investigators that she attacked Rhone over harassing phone calls and an unspecified betrayal that ended their seven-year friendship.
Stokes also told police she visited her doctor last week, seeking to be admitted to a hospital "due to feeling like she wanted to hurt someone."
She is reported to have told investigators she hadn't taken a prescription anti-anxiety drug on Friday, and that, "Sometimes people just snap."


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Intel brass sued over antitrust wrangle
Shareholder dubs board patsies
Intel CEO Paul Otellni and a host of other top Intel brass past and present have been fingered by a shareholder lawsuit, accused of ignoring and pandering to antitrust misconduct that resulted in record fines for the company.
The lawsuit was filed last Friday in US District Court in Delaware by shareholder Charles Gilman.
The twelve Intel bigwigs named in the filing include Otellini; ex-CEO and ex-Intel board chairman Craig Barrett; Intel directors James Plummer and Susan Decker; and ex-Intel director Carol Bartz. The action ties into AMD's now-settled lawsuit against Intel and the the €1.06bn ($1.45bn, £890m) fine imposed by the EU on Intel for anti-competitive behavior.
The filing alleges that shareholder attempts to obtain action against Intel officers and directors - which included several letters of demand and one in-person meeting with Audit Committee lawyers - was met by Intel with a deaf ear and sometimes outright hostility.
It claims that although Intel's Audit Committee must have known about the antitrust allegations made against the company and that the claims "had a strong basis in fact," it was unwilling to enact necessary remedial measures.
Furthermore, it alleges that the antitrust scheme spanning from 2001 through 2007 was "approved and implemented" by Intel executives Otellini and Barrett.
"This action is necessary to protect Intel and its shareholders from the actions of its senior executives, as well as from a Board of Directors that is all too happy to aid and abet them in a cover-up of their misconduct," the lawsuit states.
The shareholder seeks a judgment in favor of the company and against the executives for the amount sustained as a result of their alleged breaches of fiduciary duties. It further asks for attorneys fees and for requiring Intel's current directors to implement remedial corporate governance and audit procedures.
When reached for comment, an Intel spokesman told El Reg the company disagrees with the lawsuit's assertions and plans to defend itself. ®