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Q: Windows Firewall - Unblocking via Script I'm trying to setup a script to unblock IP's that may get caught up in a custom rule on Windows Firewall.  I am trying this:
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In the scope within Windows Firewall, I see the IP is listed and blocked but when I try to run the script I am getting:
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Is this the correct way to script to remove these IPs on an automated script or is there a simpler way to approach this?

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On behalf of the Eastern Bird Banding Association, BBBO has served as host for eleven North American Banding Council (NABC) certification sessions. For experienced banders, certification confirms that you have knowledge and skills required to run a station in a way that is safe, ethical and accurate.
No sessions have yet been scheduled for 2019.
Occasionally, BBBO is able to offer the opportunity for individual candidates to be evaluated by local certified trainers, outside of a formally organized certification session. For more information, contact Andrea Patterson.
The North American Banding Council (NABC) will be holding a Certification Session for passerines on September 14-16, 2018 at Powdermill Avian Research Center (PARC). Testing will be available at the bander level for up to six candidates, and at the trainer level for up to three candidates. If space permits, candidates will also be accepted at the assistant bander level.
Trainer candidates who have previously passed bander certification need not retake the written exam if they obtained a grade of 90 or better in the last five years. Candidates not yet bander certified may apply for both the bander and trainer candidate positions, and will be evaluated for trainer based on first passing the bander certification at this session.
Applications and information, including the Expectations for Bander-level Candidates, may be obtained from the NABC website. Applications should be submitted no later than August 20 to Andrea Patterson using the online form. Please include a CV detailing past experiences banding landbirds and extracting birds from mistnets, including approximate numbers of birds and species handled, number of seasons, etc. Accepted candidates will be notified no later than August 25.
Candidates will be responsible for the testing fee of $35/level, as well as an additional $35 for meals and expenses. Those wishing to stay on-site may do so for an additional $35/night. Checks or money orders should be made out to Andrea Patterson, and will be due when the candidate is accepted for the session.


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Like every Plumber in Washington, you were trained and tested using the UPC when you turned out as a Journeyman Plumber. You know the UPC, rely on it and chances are, you already own a copy. You also have a say in what goes into the UPC.
Adding another code in Washington would mean you would have to retrain using the IPC. Every county and city you work in throughout the day would have the option of requiring the UPC, the IPC, or in some cases, both. Each new job would come with a different set of rules for you to follow and two sets of code books you would have to purchase and follow.


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Iran-China 25-year plan, based on win-win partnership
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Iran warns of Israeli nukes as "real threat" against Mideast
Iran's ambassador to the United Nations has slammed Israel's nuclear weapons as "real threat" against the Middle East region stressing that Tel Aviv should join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in part of move to liberation of the entire region from weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Majid Takht-Ravanchi made the remarks in a Monday statement to the second session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction.
In order to remove the obstacles to the establishment of a WMD-free zone, first and foremost, Israel must join all related international legally binding instruments banning weapons of mass destruction, he said.
"Above all, it (Israel) must join the NPT without any precondition while placing all of its nuclear facilities and activities under the comprehensive safeguards of the IAEA," he added, referring to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Takht-Ravanchi also criticized the United States for its unwillingness to engage constructively in the work of the conference and for its continuous support for Israel, including its condoning of the regime's dangerous nuclear weapons program.
"The rejection of the US and Israel to participate in the conference is a major hurdle in its success. Practically, any possible treaty on the establishment of a WMD-free zone in the Middle East will be meaningless and ineffective unless an entity possessing all types of WMD adheres to it. Therefore, necessary measures should be taken to solve these problems," he stated.
Israel, which pursues a policy of deliberate ambiguity about its nuclear weapons, is estimated to have 200 to 400 nuclear warheads in its arsenal.
The occupying entity has refused to allow inspections of its military nuclear facilities or sign the NPT.
Unlike Israel, Iran is an NPT signatory and has consistently maintained that its nuclear program is exclusively civilian and subject to the most intensive UN supervision on earth.
Tehran signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2015 with six world powers in order to reassure the world of the peaceful nature of its nuclear program.
However, the administration of former US president Donald Trump severely undermined the JCPOA by unilaterally withdrawing from it in May 2018 in spite of numerous IAEA reports certifying Iran's full compliance with the deal.
Pointing to the UN nuclear watchdog's reports, Takht-Ravanchi voiced regret that some delegations raised "unwarranted concerns" about Iran's nuclear program.
"It is unfortunate that this August meeting is being misused to distract the attention from the real threat to the region, that is, the Israeli nuclear weapon program," he lamented.
Elsewhere in his statement, the Iranian envoy noted that Iran has a high record of accession, among the Middle Eastern countries, to the international instruments banning WMDs.
"As the initiator of the proposal for the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East presented in 1974, Iran is also a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Biological Weapons Convention, the Chemical Weapons Convention, and the 1925 Geneva Protocol as well as a signatory to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, with a comprehensive safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency," he explained.
Takht-Ravanchi also highlighted a fatwa (religious decree) by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei that bans the production, stockpiling, and use of nuclear weapons and other WMDs.
"Weapons of mass destruction unquestionably pose an existential threat to both global peace and security. This threat has been clearer and more familiar in the Middle East as those weapons have already been proliferated and utilized in this region," he said, making a reference to the use of chemical weapons by Western-backed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein against Iran in the 1980s.
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On Saturday morning, a little daffodil-colored plane overheated near Stacy, Minnesota – a town of 1,500 people just northeast of the Twin Cities. According to a Facebook post from the Chisago County Sheriff's Office, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing on the most easily accessible surface: an exit ramp on I-35.
The pilot of the spunky flying machine told Fox 9 that his name was Michael Robbins of Green Lake, Minnesota. He'd been winging over Stacy around 11 a.m. that morning when his dashboard alarms started to go nuts. He said he remained remarkably calm throughout the whole thing, and only started shaking after he'd "quadruple parked" his plane.
Robbins was able to fix the coolant leak that had caused the problem in the first place right there in the parking lot. Once the repairs were done, authorities closed off a nearby roadway so Robbins could take to the skies again and land safely at a nearby airport.


The first thing we all did this morning was check to see if there was a snow day and YES we had no school for the first time this winter. The ground was already covered with fresh white snow.
Yesterday we had carpet guys come and start work replacing our carpet upstairs. They did half of the job and then had to come out today to do the rest while a multitude of snowflakes fell outside. It was cozy inside with all the children and the workers. I got busy in the kitchen.
I made two pans of apple crisp and a pot of clam chowder for lunch and invited them to eat with us. One of the guys said my chowder was better than his wife's. He said he wouldn't tell her though.
Grace took a nap on the couch despite all the hammering and noise.
Emily and Tessa came and Emily taught us how to make cake in a mug.
There are piles of stuff still waiting to be put back away. But I wanted to take a break and say hello to my bloggy friends. It's been a busy, lively day. Happy Friday!
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Oh what a wonderful day! I remember snow days up north. Now in texas,everyone panics over a snow day lol.
We have only had one snow day this year. Unheard of for our area!!! A mild winter so far.
I think your readers, ehem, would appreciate the clam chowder recipe. Do you enjoy squeezing your bare toes over the new carpet?


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Indigenous activists in Honduras risk their lives to protect their lands from predatory "development."
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Q: what the UML way to describe a master/slave state machine interaction My system has two state machines, one master, one slave. And the states between the master and the slave are not one to one. The possible interactions are as follows.

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*If the master transits to certain master state, it will notify the slave to transit to certain slave state

*The slave may request the master to enter certain master state; if master succeeds, the master will notify the slave to enter certain slave state.

*The slave may request certain data from master
What is the proper UML diagram to describe those interactions? Statechart diagram is limited to state transition only and can't describe the request from the slave(either state transition or data); Interaction diagram is limited to class/object and can't applied on state.

A: You can describe those interactions using two UML state machine diagrams, one for the master and one for the slave. For example, to specify that a transition from state Idle to state Busy of the slave takes place upon receipt of signal Req from master, you draw a transition from Idle to Busy with transition label Req in the slave's state machine diagram. To specify that master sends signal Req when it enters state X, you write entry/Req inside the state symbol of X in the master's state machine diagram.
Alternatively, you may draw elements for sending and receiving signals (see sections 14.2.4.8.2 to 14.2.4.8.5 of UML 2.5.1 specification):

For example, to go from Idle to Busy upon receipt of signal Req with parameter id:

You also described the situation where the slave requests certain data from the master. For this, you need a third diagram (or a textual specification) of the interface provided by the master and required by the slave, for example:

In the slave's state machine diagram, you can call an operation defined in the interface. For example, to call the read operation of master when the slave enters state Busy and store it in local variable x, write entry/x:=master.read() inside the state symbol X.
For an introduction to the UML state machine diagram, please refer to wikipedia

A: What you describe is the interaction between the master and the slave.
There is no single solution to that and it is really difficult to have at the same picture both all possible states and the logic of the transaction (actually I don't think it is possible at all).
The main diagrams to be considered here would be:

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*Sequence diagram depicting the process of requesting/changing states (you may have few showing various triggers for the change and use alt/opt to show further behaviour)

*Activity diagram depicting how the process of state changing is handled

*Interaction overview diagram with state changes being shown at the "activity" level and negotiation between the master and the slave in the "sequence" parts.

Especially the last one is an interesting option here as it combines possibilities of activity and sequence diagrams. Usually it's an overkill but might be the best idea for your specific case.
In addition to those you may also use the state machine diagram (two, one for master and one for slave) but they will not be able to show the interaction between the two entities. It might be useful though to explain what are the available states.
If it is not clear feel free to comment this answer asking for more details. I will try building example of each of those diagrams then (activity diagram example you already have in the answer by www.admiraalit.nl).


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The Recording Academy® Producers & Engineers Wing® Announces Ninth Annual GRAMMY® Week Celebration, Honoring Rick Rubin
The Recording Academy® Producers & Engineers Wing® Announces
Ninth Annual GRAMMY® Week Celebration, Honoring Rick Rubin
Annual Celebration Will Pay Homage to Eight-Time GRAMMY® Winner Rubin
at The Village studios in West Los Angeles on Feb. 11, 2016
Santa Monica, Calif. — The Recording Academy®Producers & Engineers Wing® will celebrate its ninth annual GRAMMY® Week event by honoring multi-GRAMMY winner Rick Rubin for his commitment to creative and sonic excellence and ongoing support for the art and craft of recorded music. The event will be held on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016,at The Village studiosin West Los Angeles. GRAMMY Week culminates with the 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards®on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016,airing live on the CBS Television Network, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
"Rick Rubin has said he has one rule regarding his recording process, 'The only rule is that it's not done until it's great,'" said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "His contributions to music and to the artists he's worked with prove that Rick is beyond simply great. He is remarkable. We look forward to celebrating this musical icon and his pioneering career, which continues to inspire and climb to new heights."
One of the highlights of GRAMMY Week, the Producers & Engineers Wing event gathers passionate behind-the-scenes music makers in celebration of their efforts and advancements in the pursuit of sound perfection.
Rubin has received eight GRAMMY Awards, including two for Producer Of The Year for 2006 and 2008. His other wins include two for Album Of The Year (Adele, 21; Dixie Chicks, Taking The Long Way), two for Best Country Album (Taking The Long Way; Johnny Cash, Unchained), Record Of The Year (Dixie Chicks "Not Ready To Make Nice"), and Best Rock Album (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium). Producing critically acclaimed and multiplatinum albums in a wide array of genres, including country, hip-hop, metal, pop, rock, and soul, additional artists Rubin has worked with include the Beastie Boys, Black Sabbath, Neil Diamond, Eminem, Jay Z, Kid Rock, LL Cool J, Metallica, Tom Petty, Public Enemy, Damien Rice, Ed Sheeran, Slayer, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, and ZZ Top.
As the Producers & Engineers Wing 2016 honoree, Rubin joins an impressive list of past honorees: Chris Blackwell, T Bone Burnett, Tom Dowd, Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun, Jimmy Iovine, Quincy Jones, Arif Mardin, Nile Rodgers, Al Schmitt, Jerry Wexler, and Neil Young.
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President's FY 2022 Discretionary Funding Request for the Department of Defense
President Biden Outlines Defense Proposals to Make Key Investments to Defend the Nation through Modernization, Innovation, and Enhanced Readiness
The Biden-Harris Administration today submitted to Congress the President's priorities for fiscal year 2022 discretionary spending. The funding request, totaling $715 billion, invests in the core foundations of our country's strength and advances key Department of Defense priorities to defend the Nation, innovate and modernize the Department, build resilience and readiness, take care of its people, and succeed through teamwork.
"The pursuit of our national security interests requires investments that target and align our priorities and capabilities to address the constantly evolving and dynamic threat landscape," said Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. "The President's discretionary funding request represents an important investment that will ensure the Department's resources are matched with our strategy and policy to defend the nation and take care of our people, while revitalizing the key alliances and partnerships to succeed."
The President's FY22 discretionary request:
Defends the Nation. The discretionary request addresses threats to the Nation by prioritizing the need to counter the pacing threat from China as the Department's top challenge, deterring nation-state threats emanating from Russia, Iran, and North Korea, funding investments in long-range strike capabilities to bolster deterrence and improve survivability, and promoting climate resilience and energy efficiencies.
Innovates and Modernizes. The discretionary request makes key investments in technology and modernizes the force. The Department will support defense research and development to spur innovation, optimize U.S. Navy shipbuilding, modernize the nuclear deterrent, and invest in hypersonics, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, microelectronics, and quantum science. In order to prioritize these key investments, the Department will propose to redirect resources to its top priority programs, platforms, and systems by divesting legacy systems with less utility in current and future threat environments.
Maintains and Enhances Readiness. Our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Guardians remain the best trained and equipped force in the world and are always ready to fulfill our most solemn obligation to protect the security of the American people. The discretionary request maintains and enhances readiness while addressing threats to readiness, including hate group activity within the military, and prioritizing strong protections against harassment and discrimination.
Takes Care of Our People. Our military members, families and civilian personnel are key to the readiness and well-being of the All-Volunteer force, and therefore are critical to our national security. The discretionary request prioritizes programs that enable the growth and development of our workforce; improves recruiting, retention, training and education; and directly supports military spouses, caregivers, survivors, and dependents. A major element to readiness and the development of our people remains our diversity and the opportunities afforded to all. Therefore, through its focus on personnel readiness, this request will help us achieve a more diverse and effective workforce.
These discretionary investments reflect only one element of the President's broader agenda. In the coming months, the Administration will release a Budget that will build on this discretionary funding request and detail a comprehensive fiscal vision for the Nation that reinvests in America, supports future growth and prosperity, meets U.S. commitments, and does so in a fiscally sustainable way.
For more information on the President's FY22 discretionary funding request, please visit: https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/FY-2022-Discretionary-Request/.
Austin Defense Secretary


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Kenyan Man Arrested in India for Debit Card Cloning and Siphoning off Cash
By John Wanjohi Sat, 12/12/2020 @ 08:58pm 666 views 1 comments
Police in India are holding a Kenyan national in connection with debit card cloning and siphoning off cash.
Lawrence Mukamu was arrested alongside a Ugandan identified as Ivan Kabomge during a police operation in Tumakuru, a city in the Indian state of Karnataka.
The two are based in New Delhi and are believed to be part of a six-member international gang that siphoned off lakhs by cloning debit cards.
Police said they have cracked at least 60 cases of debit card fraud in the Tumakuru district over the last couple of months.
Mukamu and Kabomge reportedly arrived in India on student visas that are due to expire in March 2021.
Initially, detectives thought that the fraud victims may have mistakenly shared their banking and debit card details.
But after more such cases were reported, officers opened a probe that led them to the gang. A special team of Tumakuru Cyber Crime Economic Offences & Narcotics (CEN) police was formed to hunt down the fraudsters.
Detectives established that ATMs in Tumakuru district had been rigged. They later discovered that tiny cameras and skimming machines had been fixed to the ATM kiosks to clone data and siphon off money.
"We found that cards were cloned and money with withdrawn from several ATM kiosks in Bengaluru, Chennai Delhi, and Mumbai," said Tumakuru SP K Vamsi Krishna.
"The culprits would carry a mobile debit card skimming machine and installed tiny cameras precisely near that part of ATM screens where the PIN has to be entered. The entire data was transferred to Delhi where cards were cloned. With the fake cards, money was withdrawn from several ATM kiosks across the country," he added.
Police are still in pursuit of other members of the gang who are still at large.
20 cloned debit cards, skimming machines, and the Honda CRV used by the arrested fraudsters were recovered.
Sun, 12/13/2020 @ 02:15pm
Damn, WAKENYA jameni...wizi tutaacha lini?
Ama...this is HUSTLER'S nation?


MomoClo wa Mahou Shoujo da! Chapter 2I OWN NOTHING! ONLY 2 OC CHARACTERS! THAT'S IT! THAT'S ALL I OWN!
"Tadaimasu," Tomoko greeted as she took off her shoes. "Dozo." She allowed the five to enter as they looked on amazed at the large house.
"Dekai..." Shiorin murmured as they headed in.
"Glad you brought them here, Hime," a man greeted as he walked in. He seemed to have platinum hair with dark tips as he was old enough to be Tomoko's uncle.
"Ryo-san tte..." Aarin murmured, recognizing the name.
"Sou. I'm that cat from earlier."
"Eh?!" The five looked at him in shock.
"I'll prepare some drinks for the six of you and then we'll talk about what happened."
Ryo placed the drinks on the coffee table as well as a plate of snacks. "Just as you all like it." He took a seat next to Tomoko. "Sa. Shall I explain or would you like to explain, Hime?"
MomoClo wa Mahou Shoujo da! Chapter 3I OWN NOTHING! ONLY 2 OC CHARACTERS! THAT'S IT! THAT'S ALL I OWN!
Reni yawned as the five walked to past the school gate to leave and get ready for work. "Still tired?" Momoka asked.
"Gomen. I couldn't get that thought out of my head last night..." Reni murmured as she slung her bag over her shoulder. "What if Hamasaki-San was telling the truth about our powers and the enemy being after us?"
"It's a 50% chance she's telling the truth..." Kanako said. She reached into her pocket to take out the pendant. "But it just feels like I have to bring it with me..."
"Sou da ne..." Shiorin murmured as she took out hers as well. Her eyes glowed for a second as she stopped. "Eh?" She noticed the pendant glowing. "Uso..."
The others took out their pendants and noticed they were glowing as well. "Eh?"
I OWN NOTHING! JUST 2 OCS AND THAT'S IT!
Soft snores rang through Apartment 888 of Star Tower as six girls were sound asleep in their color-coded bedrooms. Footsteps padded through the large apartment as a young girl of 13 stood at the hallway entrance to face the bedrooms. "Yosh." Her eyes glowed pink as six doors colored red, blue, purple, yellow, green and pink opened out. Her eyes then turned a light blue.
"MINNA-SAN~! OKITTE YO~!" she called before loud thuds were heard.
"Ohayo…" the six greeted sleepily.
Mina softly yawned as Tomoko placed a plate of eggs, bacon and salad in front of her. "Mou… Now we really regret showing you the Sound Manipulation Spell…" she groaned as she rubbed her eyes.
The five girls stood up from their seats before heading inside. Ryouki looked at the last girl.
"H-hai." Hikari entered the room with Ryouki trailing behind before he closed the door, only to find the girls sitting nervously in the seats provided in the office.
Ayao eased the bucket of water onto the floor before taking hold of the towel and dipped it into the water. "So she's the one who my sister promised the save?" he asked as he wrung out the excess water.
"Just rest and leave everything to us," Mina said as she bit into a capsule, allowing a large frying pan to appear in her hands.
Shiorin's ears perked as she turned, only to find smoke. She bit into the last Pocky stick and smirked. "Heh… So it happened already," she mused.
"What happened?!" Kanae cried as she saw the smoke as well.
Tomoko scowled as she looked at Mina whose eyes were glowing in anger. "Don't even dare try to hurt her, Tomoko," she said.
The girls' basketball team left as Kanae was left in the gym. The girl let out a soft sigh before dribbling the ball a few times before dribbling it between her legs. She spun around once as if avoiding an opposing team member before throwing the ball while jumping back, creating a swish sound as the ball went through the hoop and the net.
Footsteps were heard as a pair of hands picked up the basketball, only to be Mina. She looked at her friend. "Genki nai no, Kanae?" she asked.
"Trade? What trade?" Hikari asked as she looked at Tomoko in caution.
"Tomoko tte… So she was there when you fought?" Hikari started to walk again.
The Unknowns backed away in caution as they found a strong green aura surrounding the Plant Mage. "A new form?!" one screeched.
Eriko spread her wings as spikes came out of her gloves.
Eriko's eyes glowed as she flew towards the Unknowns at blinding speed, causing them to flee in fear. "Uzakenna!" Her gloves glowed before she punched one in the face, making it disappear. She soon swung at many others before what remained of the Unknowns fled through the cracks in the windowsills.
"So what did they say?" Yayoi asked as Haruno wiped the sweat off her back.
Tomoko turned as black ropes flew at her and knocked her off the Wind Mage before wrapping around her like a net. Her scythe flew into the air before landing a good distance away from the fight. She struggled against the ropes but was shocked the more she struggled.
"Dare da?!" she scowled in anger.
"Stay away from her," Yayoi scowled as she pointed her sword at Tomoko.
"Gomen. Go on ahead. Haru-chan might be waiting for us," he said, his voice slightly muffled due to the piece of toast in his mouth.
"Un." The two headed out as Yayoi locked the door before the two walked to school.
Ayao paced around the living room of the Hamasaki household as he tried to process everything. So he found out that his sister is a being who fights monsters and transforms into a very, very moe fighter. He should be worried, right? His sister risking her life just to protect his even though he wanted nothing more than for her to be safe during his absence. But for the one person he trusted to take care of Haruno know of it and be part of it? That's too much to take in for him.
"I know. But it's best to be careful. It might've been quiet for a day or two but things can still happen. I wouldn't want my little sister to get hurt." Ayao gently petted Haruno's head, making her pout.
"Okay." Kanae let the older girl in as Yayoi greeted Kanao.
Kanao didn't respond as his cheeks turned red. "M-Momota Kanao desu! Jyuunana sai to koukou ninensei desu!
"Looks like Haruno was right… It's possible she could've gotten sick when she's with them…" Yayoi muttered.
"Eh? You already knew?" Ryouki asked.


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Partecipò alle gare di tennis delle prime Olimpiadi moderne che si svolsero ad Atene. Vinse la medaglia d'argento, in coppia con Dionysios Kasdaglis, nel doppio, battuti in finale John Pius Boland e Friedrich Traun. Nel torneo singolare, venne sconfitto al primo turno da Evangelos Rallis.

Collegamenti esterni

Vincitori di medaglia d'argento olimpica per la Grecia


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Кастра претория (лат. Castra praetoria) е казармената сграда в Древния Рим, където преторианците се помещават и откъдето осъществяват службата си в интерес и в полза на Римската империя.

История
Според древноримския историк Светоний сградата е построена от Луций Елий Сеян през 23 година по времето на император Тиберий в опит за концентрация на преторианската гвардия в няколко района около едно място.

Казармените помещения са построени извън чертите на града като са обградени от твърди зидани стени с размер 440 х 380 m (1443 х 1246 фута). Съседния на Рим областен град Кастро Преторио е кръстен на казармата.

Три от четирите страни на Кастра претория по-късно при разрастването на Рим са включени от император Аврелиан в т.нар. Аврелианов вал, като части от тях могат да се видят ясно и днес.

На 11 май 222 година в Кастра претория е убит император Елагабал от преторианската гвардия.

Кастра претория е разрушена от император Константин I Велики, който също и разпуска преторианската гвардия при нахлуването си в Италия. За последно преторианците служат на император Максенций, а последната им акция е участието в битката при Милвийския мост през 312 година.

След победата в битката на Константин I Велики над императора на Западната Римска империя Максцений, преторианската гвардия е разпусната, службата на фрументариите е преобразувана и придадена към тази на римската тайна полиция, а поста преториански префект е трансформиран в началник на тайната полиция в Римската империя.

Вижте също
 Кастра перегрина
 Милански едикт
 Национална сигурност

Въоръжени сили на Древен Рим
Преторианска гвардия
Римска архитектура
Казарми


Last night, TFE Hotels exclusively relaunched its iconic beachside WA property Rendezvous Hotel Perth Scarborough with Emma Birdsall, formerly a contestant on The Voice, performing to over 200 guests.
The group's multi-million dollar refurbishment, in the nation's hot spot for hotel investment and development, will be a welcome upgrade to more than 20,000guests who walk through the doors of the popular coastal hotel each year.
The relaunch of the landmark hotel, following the redevelopment of the Esplanade street frontage, was officiated with a ribbon cutting ceremony by the Premier of Western Australia Hon. Colin Barnett together with Lucas Chow, CEO of Far East Orchard, Allan Vidor Group Managing Director of Toga Group, Arthur Kiong, CEO of Far East Hospitality and Rachel Argaman, CEO of TFE Hotels. To celebrate the occasion, key guests were treated to a cocktail event showcasing WA's finest produce.
A highlight for chocolate lovers was the revelation of a 1.5 metre high chocolate sculpture made by Sisko Chocolate Founder and Director, Christina Tantsis and celebrity chef Ian Burch, pastry-mastermind behind Melbourne's 'Burch & Purchese'. The innovative coastal inspired sculpture, representing the sea, was made using French and Spanish couverture chocolate in both moulds and freehand designs.
Overlooking Scarborough Beach and just 20 minutes from Perth CBD, Rachel Argaman CEO of TFE Hotels said: "We're delighted to have been able to showcase our newly renovated hotel alongside WA's food and wine, recognised as some of the best in the world.
The hotel has a rich history of fame and glamour, and has played host to numerous celebrities including Michael Jackson, Bono, Kylie Minogue, Tina Turner, Robbie Williams and Pearl Jam. Michael Jackson played the hotel's baby grand piano which was used in the performance from Emma Birdsall who wasdressed by WA designer Aelkemi for the affair.
Taking design inspiration from WA's coastal lifestyle, architects Tema International created the new look and feel of all 336 spacious rooms and suites, to reflect the stylish elements of the iconic coastline.
A key highlight of the refurbishment is the addition of a new club lounge on the 25th floor. Exclusively available for guests staying in the premium club rooms and suites, the lounge boasts spectacular views across 32km of Perth's coastline.
New dining venues include Straits Cafe, serving modern Australian cuisine with brilliant ocean views, and the Lobby Bar, a contemporary lounge style venue with tapas and a comprehensive wine and cocktail menu.
As part of the refurbishment, 24 new event spaces were also created, making the property one of the largest beachside conference and event venues in Western Australia.


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Despite Recent Losses, Fitzpatrick Says Steelers…
Over the team's last five weeks, the Pittsburgh Steelers have endured a trio of big losses, intermixed with a pair of closer victories. On either side of a one-point win over the Baltimore Ravens and six-point win over the Tennessee Titans, Pittsburgh has gone down by either 29-0 or 30-0 in eventual losses to the Cincinnati Bengals, Minnesota Vikings, and on Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs, who defeated Pittsburgh 36-10 in their Week 16 game.
The wins, which have kept Pittsburgh in playoff contention, have helped keep any of those losses from happening consecutively. But those are still uncharacteristic losses so close together in a season for a franchise such as the Steelers.
Despite them though, and with the team now facing a scenario where they need to win or face elimination from playoff contention, the Steelers are not letting any of those games affect their confidence in preparing for each game. Speaking with the media following the game, one of the defense's leaders, Minkah Fitzpatrick, expressed that his confidence remains, even after their loss to Kansas City.
"I don't think we lost our confidence. I know for a fact that I haven't lost my confidence. I'm a professional football player. I'm gonna go out there and compete, whether we're up 40 or down 40," Fitzpatrick said. "If you're losing your confidence after you lose a few games, whether it's lopsided or not, then you're not meant for this sport."
Pittsburgh has not been down 40 yet, but it has approached that total in each of their three most recent losses. In all three, the Steelers were shut out in the first half, starting slow offensively while giving up several touchdowns in the process. The team fought back against the Vikings, having a chance to tie the game on the final play in a 36-28 loss, but did not make a comeback against Cincinnati (41-10 loss) or Kansas City.
After each of those games, the team has rebounded, particularly the defense. While the offense continued to struggle, the defense helped lead the Steelers to a 20-19 win over Baltimore, and then a 19-13 win over Tennessee, to keep postseason hope alive. In both games, the defense allowed just over 300 yards, two of their lowest totals of the season.
And even after Sunday's loss, Pittsburgh remains in the fight for one of three Wild Card spots. However, Pittsburgh would need to win next week against the Cleveland Browns, with the loser of that Week 17 game eliminated from postseason contention. Even the AFC North is not out of the picture, though Pittsburgh would need to win its final two games and the Cincinnati Bengals would have to lose theirs for that to materialize.
Pittsburgh has a lot to improve upon to rebound for a third time from a loss like they endured against Kansas City, and Cincinnati and Minnesota before that. Staying confident would be a major step toward being able to move past Week 16, and prepare for a win or be eliminated against the rival Browns.
"I don't think anybody on the team has lost confidence. I'm just saying we're professional athletes. We lose football games. We win football games, and just attack the next week with a chip on your shoulder," Fitzpatrick said.
The Steelers' Week 17 game against Cleveland comes on Monday Night Football. On Oct. 31, Pittsburgh defeated Cleveland 15-10, scoring a fourth-quarter touchdown for the deciding points.
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Deep Space Nine Fluxx from Looney Labs – News
OMG OMG OMG Deep Space Nine… Deep Space Nine Fluxx!! Looney Labs has made my year with the news they are doing Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Fluxx. If you can't tell I'm a HUGE DS9 fan, I am just hoping that maybe the artwork gets a little sprucing up … it's a little… scary. Needless to say Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Fluxx will feature characters from DS9 including all the favorites like Jadzia Dax,…
Lift Off from Z-Man Games announced – News
Z-Man has announced Lift Off from designer Jeroen Vandersteen. Not to be confused with the Queen Games title of the same name, Lift Off sees players running their own space agency. Do some R&D and try and reach your space travel goals before the other players. Send your astronauts into space, ensuring you've got the right specialists aboard. To prepare for your missions you'll need to develop technologies: life support,…
New Frontiers: Race for the Galaxy board game – News
First announced some two years ago, New Frontiers aka the Race for the Galaxy board game is now available for pre-order from various stores thanks to Rio Grande Games. New Frontiers is a standalone game in the Race for the Galaxy family. New Frontiers is said – by designer Tom Lehmann – to take Race for the Galaxy back to one of its inspirations, Puerto Rico. Which sounds fascinating and of course makes us more interested….
Flip Ships – TL;DR Review
Flip Ships is a cooperative action / dexterity game by designer Kane Klenko and Renegade Game Studios. Players take on the roles of starship pilots, battling a great alien invasion. Enemy "ships" are a tableau of cards spread upon the playing surface in a specific manner. A long health meter / height tracker is placed to the side and acts as a card placement guide. The mothership sits above the tableau of ships. Battle begins. Players…


BOSTON — Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell has long been an advocate of expanded instant replay in Major League Baseball. As such, he's anxious to see how this season shakes out.
Farrell and the rest of the managers across Major League Baseball will face an interesting situation this season, as there certainly will be adjustments to having replay at their fingertips. While managers won't have red challenge flags — a la the NFL — skippers will need to determine when to call for a challenge, adding some extra strategy to the game.
Each manager will begin each game with one challenge. If he successfully challenges a play, the manager will retain the challenge, although only two challenges are allowed per game. If the manager uses his challenges before the start of the seventh inning, at which point the crew chief is empowered to institute a review, the manager is out of luck.
The hope, obviously, is that the new replay system will be seamlessly implemented in 2014. Farrell acknowledged that new systems ofter undergo changes in the early stages of implementation, though, so it's possible that things could get interesting before they actually get better.
Each team is allowed to have a club employee monitoring video and communicating with the manager whether or not to challenge.


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Anonymous targets Finland over Pirate Bay blocking
News by Dan Raywood
An online anti-piracy group in Finland has been attacked by Anonymous after access was blocked to The Pirate Bay.
Anonymous encouraged followers to target the Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre (CIAPC) after it persuaded the Helsinki District Court to force ISP Elisa to block access to the file-sharing site.
CIAPC, a non-profit group, took The Pirate Bay to court in Helsinki last year on behalf of the Finnish recording industry association, ruling that Elisa must block access to the website. It complied with the ruling on Monday.
Anonymous member and suspected former leader of LulzSec, 'Sabu', encouraged a focus on Finland "and every country like it who [sic] has begun a campaign of censorship". He added: "Let us show the Government we will no longer allow censorship to take place."
Sabu also got embroiled in a debate on Twitter with Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at Finnish anti-virus vendor F-Secure, over the company's stance on privacy and its backing for this move. He accused F-Secure of supporting the censorship in Finland and Elisa and said: "Anyone using F-Secure products should boycott immediately. They are in accordance with the Finnish government to censor their web."
Another account, tweeting at 'Anon Finland', has published the mobile phone number of Tommi Kyyrä of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and encouraged "people, Anons, Finns and followers" to "melt his mobile".
However, Anon Finland denied sending a bomb threat to CIAPC after Reuters reported that it had received an email, signed by Anonymous Finland, which said CIAPC's office in downtown Helsinki would be bombed this week.
Anon Finland said "Anonymous doesn't condone the use of physical violence".
Update – It has emerged that a court in the Hague has ruled that Dutch ISPs XS4ALL and Ziggo must block the IP addresses and domain names of The Pirate Bay. According to a report by tweakers.net, anti-piracy programme the BREIN foundation has called the move "appropriate" and said access must be blocked within ten days.
Anonymous responded with a statement on Pastebin that said it would "not sit idle while BREIN removes parts of our interwebz".
It said: "Undock your battle ships! Sailing these shallow Dutch seas we will hit this enemy vessel under its waterline. They should have expected us."


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Rounds 3-5 of Volcom Pro in perfect surf
CLOUDBREAK, Tavarua/Fiji (Tuesday, June 11, 2013) - The world's best surfers returned to action today at the Volcom Fiji Pro, completing Rounds 3, 4 and 5 to determine the event's Quarterfinalists in perfect six-to-eight foot (2 – 2.5 metre) surf at Cloudbreak.
Event No. 4 of 10 on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the Volcom Fiji Pro was treated to a full day of world class ripping, setting up a possible finish for tomorrow.
Kelly Slater (USA), 41, current ASP World No. 4 and defending Volcom Fiji Pro Champion, was incredible while advancing to the Quarterfinals over Jeremy Flores (FRA), 25, and Sebastian Zietz (HAW), 25, in Round 4, earning a Perfect 10 and 9.30 for a near-excellent 19.30 out of a possible 20. Slater's perfect score was due to a massive double-barrel, which saw the 11-time ASP World Champion drive through two deep tube sections covering the distance of the reef.
"That was unbelievable," Slater said. "Those were some of the best waves I've ever had in a contest. On the 10, I was deep in the barrel and grabbed my rail, but I had to let go to get speed and then I hit the foam ball, I barely made that one. I did the turn and got another tube. On that one big one, it was so perfect and I just wanted to be in the right spot. As I was in the barrel, it spit really hard and there was lots of mist and I couldn't see. The foamball pushed my tail up in to the wave and I just couldn't come out the way I wanted to. I didn't even care if I won or lost, because I'd get to surf again."
John John Florence (HAW), 20, who posted a perfect 10 at Restaurants in Round 2, was flawless again at Cloudbreak, collecting his second perfect score with a series of seamless backhand turns followed by a deep barrel. Florence's effort would see him advance directly to the Quarterfinals over rankings leader Jordy Smith (ZAF), 25, and veteran Taj Burrow (AUS), 35, in their Round 4 clash.
"I didn't know what the score was going to be because it was a bit of a smaller wave," Florence said. "I did a couple of turns and then had the long running barrel on the inside and I was stoked to make it. I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing. I've been going out having fun and I'm going to try and do the same thing in the next round."
Joel Parkinson (AUS), 32, reigning ASP World Champion and current No. 8, was impeccable in the open-ocean lineup of Cloudbreak, combining deep barrels and massive carves to ignite several of the day's top scores. Parkinson would oust replacement surfer Yadin Nicol (AUS), 27, in Round 3, continuing with a dominant Round 4 effort over California up-and-comers Kolohe Andino (USA), 19, and Nat Young (USA), 21.
"The waves are so good that it felt like a crime to come in," Parkinson said. "It was one of those heats you hope to get where the conditions just seemed like it turned on. That was a dream heat, we actually missed some of the good waves. Cloudbreak is the best left in the world. I love Tahiti, but with how fast you can go and get barrels and do turns and everything, to me, it's the best left in the world."
C.J. Hobgood (USA), 33, 2001 ASP World Champion and current No. 16, advanced to the Quarterfinals via two hard-fought heat wins. The Floridian bested fellow goofy-footer Travis Logie (ZAF), 34, in Round 3 before taking his Round 4 heat over Gold Coast stablemates Josh Kerr (AUS), 29, and two-time ASP World Champion Mick Fanning (AUS), 31.
"It was a scrappy heat between all of us," Hobgood said. "Kelly (Slater) had three 10 point waves and two he didn't come out of. Then in our heat, it was another one of those heats where it was hard to get scores. This reef is tricky and I've been making it out of those tricky heats. If I can keep making it out and keep going, I'm stoked."
Jordy Smith (ZAF), 25, current ASP World No. 1, got the best of a hard-fought heat against barrel-riding standout Jeremy Flores (FRA), 24, that saw a series of excellent exchanges. Flores took off on a last second wave in need of a score, but with Smith holding priority, the South African shut down Flores' chances of exiting the barrel, solidifying his Quarterfinals position.
"That was an important heat for me," Smith said. "Any 'CT heat is important, but getting through Round 5 is especially important to make it to the Quarters. It's too bad because Jeremy (Flores) is a good friend of mine and you hate to be that guy. I shouldn't have gone on that wave at the end. I'm stoked though, I've never made it through to the Quarters in the South Pacific leg."
Mick Fanning (AUS), 31, roared to life in the final heat of the day, posting back-to-back excellent rides to eliminate Kolohe Andino. Fanning earned a 9.83 and 9.70 for his amazing pair of backhand tubes, taking the day's high heat-total of 19.53 out of 20 and a spot in the Quarterfinals.
"I had that slow heat earlier today and that was pretty much the opposite," Fanning said. "Awesome to finally get some good barrels at Cloudbreak and I'm happy to be through to the Quarters. I'm looking forward to tomorrow."
Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning at 6:30am local time for a possible finish to Volcom Fiji Pro competition.
When Volcom Fiji Pro competition resumes John John Florence will face off against Jordy Smith in Quarterfinal No. 1. Watch the Volcom Fiji Pro LIVE viawww.volcomfijipro.com
VOLCOM FIJI PRO ROUND 3 RESULTS:
Heat 4: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 14.00 def. Miguel Pupo (BRA) 10.50
Heat 5: Sebastian Zietz (HAW) 11.60 def. Kai Otton (AUS) 10.73
Heat 6: Kelly Slater (USA) 13.87 def. Mitchel Coleborn (AUS) 11.03
Heat 7: Mick Fanning (AUS) 11.66 def. Heitor Alves (BRA) 5.67
Heat 8: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 9.67 def. Travis Logie (ZAF) 7.87
Heat 9: Josh Kerr (AUS) 10.76 def. Brett Simpson (USA) 6.13
Heat 10: Kolohe Andino (USA) 9.00 def. Julian Wilson (AUS) 6.00
Heat 11: Nat Young (USA) 15.67 def. Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 12.93
Heat 12: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 18.20 def. Yadin Nicol (AUS) 14.40
Heat 1: John John Florence (HAW) 17.43, Jordy Smith (ZAF) 15.43, Taj Burrow (AUS) 12.33
Heat 2: Kelly Slater (USA) 19.30, Sebastian Zietz (HAW) 15.16, Jeremy Flores (FRA) 13.30
Heat 3: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 12.07, Josh Kerr (AUS) 11.83, Mick Fanning (AUS) 9.77
Heat 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 18.14, Kolohe Andino (USA) 15.07, Nat Young (USA) 8.07
Heat 1: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 14.50 def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 14.43
Heat 2: Sebastian Zietz (HAW) 15.97 def. Taj Burrow (AUS) 15.23
Heat 3: Josh Kerr (AUS) 18.76 def. Nat Young (USA) 7.83
Heat 4: Mick Fanning (AUS) 19.53 def. Kolohe Andino (USA) 14.34
UPCOMING VOLCOM FIJI PRO QUARTERFINALS MATCH UPS:
QF 1: John John Florence (HAW) vs. Jordy Smith (ZAF)
QF 2: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Sebastian Zietz (HAW)
QF 3: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Josh Kerr (AUS)
QF 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Mick Fanning (AUS)


The dream of creating the largest, publicly traded Bitcoin miner seemed to have hit a roadblock as Squire Mining Ltd. announced that itself and Bigfoot Holdings Group Ltd. (operating as CoinGeek Mining & Hardware) have agreed to further extend exclusive negotiations to March 31, 2019, for Squire to acquire the mining assets owned by CoinGeek.
Squire Mining had announced its plans to acquire Coingeek's mining assets in mid last year as the advent of Bitcoin SV was to drive growth in the mining hardware sector, reinforcing the Squire team's optimism on future growth prospects. Following the acquisition talks, Squire also started working on the development of its prototype FPGA (field programmable gate array) ASIC microchip for mining Bitcoin SV, Bitcoin and other SHA-256 associated cryptocurrencies.


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Posts Tagged with "Foundation"
Executive Director Search Committee
I'm pleased to introduce the members of the search committee for the Mozilla Foundation Executive Director.
Dan Mosedale: Dan has long experience in Mozilla governance, as well as experience with multiple products, from the Mozilla Application Suite to calendar to Firefox. Dan joined Mozilla as a member of mozilla.org staff in the early, early days. Later he moved to the product group to work on LDAP and related capabilities. He spent a few years away from the project in daily life, but never in spirit. Dan returned to the Mozilla project a few years back when he joined Oracle to work on the Mozilla calendar project. Dan remained at Oracle as the lone Mozilla developer for some time after the Mozilla team there disbanded. He moved to the Mozilla Corporation a while back, worked as the lead calendar developer, and has most recently moved to working on Firefox.
Deb Richardson: Deb is a long-time member of the Linux world, and one of the founders of the Linuxchix. She came to the Mozilla project a few years back. Deb's initial challenge was to create a useful developer documentation site. We had always known our documentation was poor. If you look today you can see the results of Deb's efforts, now under the leadership of Eric Shepherd. The Mozilla Developer Center contains documentation for multiple aspects of the Mozilla project, from technologies to projects to products. Deb most recently turned her attention to product management, working on Firefox product planning.
Deb also has a significant interest in Mozilla organization and governance. It was Deb who took my initial draft of a document about the Mozilla vision, teased apart the separate threads, and created the structure for the parts that eventually became the Mozilla Manifesto. Many contributed to the Manifesto, but Deb's early, giant contribution made a huge difference in getting this done.
Robert Kaiser: Robert has also been part of the Mozilla project for many years. He started as a localizer of the Mozilla Application Suite. Today he is the one of the leaders of the SeaMonkey project. The SeaMonkey community group took over ongoing development of the integrated mail/news client known as the Mozilla Application Suite when it was retired as an official project. SeaMonkey is a vibrant, successful community project with ongoing development work and project releases. Robert interacts regularly with other members of the Mozilla project across a range of topics.
Stuart Parmenter: Stuart came to the Mozilla project as a high-school volunteer. He joined Netscape in 1999 and has been working in the Mozilla world almost constantly since then. Not long after the Mozilla Foundation was formed Stuart joined Oracle to work on the Mozilla calendar team there. He moved to Mozilla a year or so later, returning to his original interest in graphics.
Stuart also has an interest in Mozilla project dynamics. Stuart lead the recent effort to review and restructure our code modules, as well as started the process of thinking about non-code modules. He's been active in thinking about the role of super-reviewers and other governance mechanisms.
Bob Lisbonne: Bob is a long-time friend of the Mozilla project. Bob was involved in the launch and early days of the Mozilla project at Netscape, and has been involved in the browser space since the early Netscape versions. Bob has consistently provided reasoned and thoughtful advice to the Mozilla project, and joined the Mozilla Foundation Board of Directors in late 2006. Bob is currently a general partner with the venture capital firm Matrix Partners. His involvement with Mozilla is a personal effort, not to be associated with or attributed to Matrix Partners.
Mitchell Baker: I joined the Mozilla project part time in 1998 and full time in 1999. I've been the general manager of the project (known as the Chief Lizard Wrangler) since 1999 and have been involved in a broad range of Mozilla activities. Together with Brendan Eich I lead the effort to form the Mozilla Foundation and the Mozilla Corporation, and to articulate the Mozilla vision through the Mozilla Manifesto.
Categories: Mozilla | Tags: Foundation, management, people | 1 comment
Welcome David Boswell
David Boswell is joining the Mozilla Foundation this week. The details are in Frank's post. I want to echo (amplify, really) the welcome. David Boswell has been involved with the Mozilla project for many years. When his experience with mozdev.org convinced him that more understanding of non-profit and organizations in general was necessary, he went back to school to learn. I remember writing a recommendation for David when he applied to the Colombia School of International and Public Affairs. At the time I thought, how cool is this?? Graduate study in a field other than computer science and still intimately related to Mozilla, open source and the type things Mozilla is trying to do.
Enough time has passed that David has finished his program. Even better, he's back with Mozilla full-time. This strikes me as an important milestone for several reasons. To start with the obvious, it will be great to have David focused on Mozilla. We are working on building the Mozilla Foundation's capabilities, and David is a part of this effort. (The Executive Director search is another part.) David has always been remarkably low key and effective. For a while I couldn't understand how he could get things done in such a quiet, unassuming way. But he does, and it's great. I'll be talking with both David and Frank quite a bit this week to figure out some starting points for David. I've got a lot of ideas, the key is to be realistic!
Less obvious, but I think equally important, is the cross-fertilization of open source ideas and organizational activities beyond coding. David now has a rich background in open source activities, a world-class education to bring to bear, and an opportunity to combine those two to help move the Mozilla mission forward. And David is not alone. In just the last week or two, another long term Mozilla contributor has been accepted into the Business School at the University of California at Berkeley. He'll attend the business school while continuing to work full time on open source activities. He too will have the chance to combine open source DNA with a world-class education and bring the resulting connections back to the open source world.
It's exciting to see long term contributors bring open source expertise into the graduate educational system, and then to see them bring their education back to the open source world.
Please join me in welcoming David.
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Search Committee Nominations Open
It's time to create the full search committee for the Foundation Executive Director position. I previously posted key requirements. I've included them again below, along with some criteria our executive recruiter has found to be important in the past.
If you are interested in being part of the search committee and believe you meet (at least most of) the criteria, please contact me. If you know of someone you would like to see be part of the search committee other than yourself, please let me know. In other words, nominations and self-nominations are welcome.
I thought about creating a clear process for nomination and selection, but decided we can (hopefully) start informally and create process as we go. The one process point that I will start with is that if you contact me privately, or nominate someone else privately, I won't make those names public until the named person is OK with this. If you have strong thoughts regarding the process, you can post them here as comments or in the governance newsgroup (available via newsreader or mailing list, or via the browser).
So please don't self censor based on shyness, or on your employer.
Everyone should have:
Deep understanding of the project and our culture.
Ability to communicate the needs of the organization.
History of "doing" things within Mozilla.
Broad respect from chunks of the Mozilla community.
Ability to internalize different perspectives.
Ability to work collaboratively, incorporating other perspectives.
High discretion, including perhaps willingness to agree to confidentiality obligations (we need to figure out how to treat candidates properly). However this is handled, we need a complete commitment to confidentiality.
Commitment to speaking with one voice as a committee.
Ability to be a liaison between the search committee and the Mozilla community.
High degree of flexibility.
Commitment of 15-20 hours for meetings and interviews.
Good people assessment skills.
Comfortable / excited about the focus of the job.
The group as a whole should have:
At least one very good scribe.
People with different background and focus areas for the project, (not everyone can be a Firefox only person; there should be one or more people who can articulate what it's like to be on a non-Fx project) and views about staying broad.
Categories: Mozilla | Tags: community, discussion, Foundation | Comments off
Modules for "mozilla.org staff" activities
In the days before the Mozilla Foundation existed, the Mozilla project was originally managed by a group known as "mozilla.org staff." Mozilla.org staff was a virtual organization which governed the Mozilla project in general, and did so increasingly unrelated to any employment relationship. Mozilla.org staff managed the project's day to day activities, and held responsibility for basic technology and policy decisions. Today, some of these functions live in the Foundation — stewardship of the assets, and release of products using the Mozilla name, as examples. So the old model of mozilla.org staff cannot continue unchanged in the world of the Foundation.
Nevertheless, we need a mechanism to address governance issues that are broader than any particular product or project issue. More specifically, we should identify the key activities of the Mozilla project, identify the decision-makers, define the scope of their authority and the criteria by which they are designated.
In the past I've thought of trying to modernize or reconstruct a group like mozilla.org staff — a group that would have a set of project-wide responsibilities and obligations. I've made several attempts at this. It sounds good in theory, but in reality turned out to be very messy. In the days of mozilla.org staff, there was no Foundation. Trying to create another group in the Mozilla world with another set of responsibilities that would overlap with, or maybe be governed by the Foundation's Board where required by law, or maybe govern or direct the Board is very complex. And the idea of doing this in a way that people can understand and remember is even more difficult. I've stumbled at the effort a couple of times now and find the task pretty daunting.
So I have a new idea that is much more simple. I'm indebted to Mike Connor, who suggested something like it in a newsgroup posting a while back. (Needless to say, if you hate the idea, please leave mconnor out of it 🙂 )
My new idea is to identify the roles that mozilla.org staff used to play and make modules for these roles. We might have a "governance" set of modules, or a governance module with sub-modules. We're in the process of creating modules for non-code topics anyway and so we could use a single type of mechanism for code, non-code and governance activities. We would determine governance related activities as well as activities the Mozilla Foundation now handles directly, like management of trademarks. We'd identify a module owner. We would also identify someone (a Peer, or a member) with an acknowledged voice in the Mozilla Foundation. We could do something like arranging for owners, peers or members for these modules to meet periodically with a Foundation representative. In any case, we would develop a mechanism for notifying the Foundation when an important issue has become contentious enough that escalation beyond the module owner is warranted. I'm not sure about the right mechanism here, but am pretty confident we can figure out something workable.
This path means the activities for which mozilla.org staff used to have authority are identified, we are clear about which have become Foundation / Corporation activities and which, if any, are related to employment. We have owners and a way for differing opinions to be expressed.
I like this approach because it allows us to address these issues within a structure and process that is already understood. It requires giving up some of the emotional attachment of a separate mozilla.org staff. I think this is manageable; keeping everything from our past intact will drag us into paralysis. And this offers a good chance of having a working process.
Thoughts more than welcome. Once again, I'm posting this in the governance newsgroup (available via newsreader or mailing list, or via the browser).
Categories: Mozilla | Tags: Foundation, governance, modules | Comments off
Foundation Executive Director Focus
I've been reviewing the job description for the Mozilla Foundation Executive Director as part of ramping up the search process. It's a great description; I like it quite a bit. It's also long and complex. I thought it would be helpful to provide a summary of the main strategic goals we would like the ED to help us achieve. Here it is.
A primary role of the incoming ED is to expand the reach of the Foundation and its activities. In other words, to be a thought leader and help identify and develop strategic initiatives, and to oversee execution of these strategic initiatives.
We currently have a set of initiatives underway with our product and technology development and adoption — from products like Firefox and Thunderbird, to the technology of the Mozilla platform, to projects such as Seamonkey, Camino, and Bugzilla.
What else can we do? What else should we do? What other activities would make the Open Web a more lively, viable, interesting alternative? What other activities would encourage more people to participate in the Internet in alignment with the Mozilla Manifesto? How do we identify important activities? How do we try to achieve them? How do we do new things in a Mozilla-like way?
The Mozilla project as it exists today has a set of ongoing discussions. Is our product focus right? Should we make other, new products? How much attention should we give to the Mozilla platform, separate from any other focus? How do we promote the Open Web as a competitive platform to proprietary offerings? Is the distinction between products and projects quite right?
We expect the ED to participate as s/he gains experience and currency in the Mozilla world. But we don't expect the ED to be, or be seen, as the judge of such questions. Actually, we hope that we move towards all sorts of new questions of focus and priority, based on new participants and new possibilities. This will be a mark of success.
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Search Process for Executive Director
I'm working on defining a search process for the Mozilla Foundation Executive Director. I've put an outline of my thinking so far in the mozilla.governance newsgroup, as that seems a better place for discussion. Take a look if you are interested in this topic.
Community, Foundation, Corporation
Chris Beard's recent post on being "knowable" helped crystallize some thoughts that have been running through my head, trying to find some form for expression.
These thoughts have been on the nature of "community" and its role in Mozilla. Sometimes I hear people talk about the Mozilla Foundation and/or the Mozilla Corporation as somehow distinct from the Mozilla community. I see things like "the Foundation and the community" or the "corporation and the community." Even more pronounced, sometimes people tie the product — say Firefox, to either the foundation or the corporation, and then talk about the community as something different. Or they tie Firefox to the Corporation and view the Foundation and community as different, or separate, or outside of Firefox.
I think this overstates the role of legal structure and underestimates the fundamental role of community in all we do. The Mozilla community is not separate from Firefox or from any of the other activities in which Mozilla engages. The Mozilla organizations — Mozilla Foundation, Mozilla Corporation, Mozilla Europe, Mozilla Japan, Mozilla China — have special responsibilities related to the resources they manage (Mozilla name and goodwill, infrastructure, revenue). These assets need to be managed for community benefit; the responsibilities need to be fulfilled as a member of the community, with two-way input and communication. None of these organizations can be successful by operating in a traditional sense.
This brings me back to Chris Beard's blog. (Yes, there is a tie 🙂 ) Chris mentioned the problem that the word "corporation" has history and meaning that get in the way of people understanding Mozilla. People hear the word "Corporation" and then associate the Mozilla Corporation with other taxable corporations rather than thinking of the Mozilla Corporation as one of many tools for accomplishing the Mozilla vision.
This is unfortunate. We formed the Mozilla Corporation as a tool for accomplishing the Mozilla mission of an open and innovative Internet. It operates to promote the public benefit. It does not operate on standard for-profit principles. The Mozilla community (including those community members who are employees of the foundation and/or corporation) would not allow it to do so.
Our best estimates are that between 30 and 40% of the code in Firefox 2 was created by people who are not employees of any Mozilla organization. That's a giant amount, particularly because we've hired a bunch of long time Mozilla contributors recently, and still the amount of code from non-employees is around a third of the product. Then there are the thousands of people who participate in related activities — testing, localizing, evangelizing — that develop and promote Firefox. There are also vibrant communities focused around other Mozilla activities, from Seamonkey to the Mozilla platform.
This set of people — volunteers and employees alike — is the heart of Mozilla, the life that makes us real and gives us impact. This community does not form to support a standard corporate endeavor. It forms to support the Mozilla mission. The legal organizations of the Mozilla world exist for the same reason. They are organizational centers to help the greater Mozilla community be more effective.
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Mozilla Foundation Executive Director Role
As I mentioned a while back, the Mozilla Foundation is seeking an Executive Director. I've included the complete job description below. The search process for the Executive Director must be open, with significant community involvement. I'll post a proposed plan for the search activities in the next couple of days for review and comment.
Information about the search as well as the job specification can also be found at the Mozilla Foundation website.
If you have thoughts on the job description, or on the proposed search process, please post them either as comments here, or as comments in the mozilla.governance newsgroup (available via newsreader or mailing list, or via the browser). And if you know anyone you think would be a good candidate, please contact Eunice Azzani at Eunice [dot] Azzani [at] kornferry [dot] com.
The Mozilla Project is one of the largest open-source software development projects in existence. Mozilla represents a user-base that is approaching 100 million people, paid and volunteer staff members, engineers paid by various employers to work on Mozilla, a volunteer population numbering in the thousands, a range of spin-off projects, and a set of companies using Mozilla technology to build products.
The Mozilla Project — which includes the Foundation and its wholly owned subsidiary the Mozilla Corporation — demonstrates that the open source development model is a vibrant addition to the traditional proprietary business models.
The Mozilla Corporation operates an extraordinarily transparent product development process and engages a global community of volunteer developers and enthusiasts to create and promote adoption for the browser. By harnessing the brainpower and creativity of a broad community, Mozilla has sparked a whole new wave of competition and choice on the Internet. At the same time, Mozilla has been able to provide Firefox users with a customizable and secure way to surf the Web — without the hassle of pop-up windows, adware and other nuisances.
Overview and Responsibilities
The Mozilla Foundation seeks an Executive Director with the passion to provide strategic leadership and vision for "an open Internet." He/She should be motivated by the Foundation's ability to connect people, technology and social possibilities.
The Mozilla community is made up of tens of millions of Firefox users, hundreds of thousands of contributors that are creating new technologies to ensure choice and promote innovation on the Internet. The Foundation with a current asset base of $35 million and the ability to leverage the work of Mozilla Corporation — is poised and ready to move to the next level which will focus on keeping the Internet open and accessible.
Serves as spokesperson for the organization and must be able to articulate and promote the Mozilla Foundation's vision and mission.
Builds, motivates, and promotes a high quality staff.
Provides strong and innovative leadership in an open source environment with hands-on experience in running an organization, and developing and implementing programs.
Leads the long-range and strategic planning process of the Board of Directors, ensuring that benchmarks are established for measuring success and that the planning cycles recur as appropriate.
Implements and evaluates the action plan based on the approved strategic goals and opportunities.
Management/Program
A proven decision maker with the ability to set priorities, manage, and implement them.
Develops, establishes and maintains strong relationships with Mozilla Corporation and the Mozilla community.
Creates and develops programs within the Foundation to achieve the overall mission for Mozilla.
Develops strategic partnerships with appropriate organizations/people to advance the access and ease of the Internet.
Creates and encourages a collegial and participatory work environment where trust, integrity and open communication are valued.
Community and Board Development
Represents a strong cadre of volunteers, assuring their integration into the organization, culture, and leadership of the Foundation.
Provide avenues for full and open communication and collaboration with the community at large and promote an awareness of the diverse and changing needs of the community.
Initiates and encourages collaboration and cooperation among other organizations and leaders. Assists in building a shared vision of how to address and solve issues related to the Internet.
Develops Board meeting agendas, in collaboration with the Board Chair, and regularly provides information to the Board on activities in relation to the mission and progress toward the strategic goals adopted by the Board.
Provides information and recommendations to the Board for setting or revising the Foundation's goals and objectives, operating policies, strategic planning and grant making priorities.
Ten years senior management experience in either the not-for-profit or for-profit environments that are technology driven.
Experience with open source environments is highly desirable.
Ability to channel and synthesize expectations and needs of multiple constituencies including users, developers and volunteers.
Should have an open and inclusive management style and be comfortable with working and resolving issues "in a fishbowl."
Ability to manage personnel remotely.
He/she should have a high level of comfort and passion for technology and a sense of the possibilities of the Internet.
Experience in working with an international community of people and organizations.
A highly regarded professional stature and credibility, coupled with strong leadership skills.
Effective at leading and managing highly independent and self-motivated employees and volunteers.
The ability to prioritize and tackle multiple tasks and see the "big picture" are key. Maturity and sound judgment are essential.
Experience in setting strategic direction and driving it.
Inspiring, creative and visionary about the Internet.
Entrepreneurial style and spirit.
Enjoys being in the company of technical people.
Excellent communicator with all people at every level, a leader and bridge builder.
Ability to work well under pressure and adapt easily to changing situations and priorities.
Good judgment and consensus building skills.
Bachelor's degree or the equivalent in experience is required.
A base salary commensurate with experience plus attractive benefits.
The Mozilla Foundation is an equal opportunity employer.
Please send your resume or recommendations to:
Eunice J. Azzani
Eunice [dot] Azzani [at] kornferry [dot] com
Mozilla Foundation Executive Director
One of the great strengths of the Mozilla project is the dedication of its participants. Many people participate over a period of years — sometimes as volunteers, sometimes as employees — figuring out new ways to contribute.
Frank Hecker is one such participant. Frank has been active in the Mozilla project since the very beginning, helping with the project's launch in 1998. He then participated as a volunteer for many years. When the Mozilla Foundation needed an Executive Director, Frank agreed to take on that role, becoming an employee of the Foundation. Frank has just noted his desire to change his role, to remain active with the Mozilla Foundation, and to help the Foundation identify its next Executive Director.
On behalf of the Mozilla project I want to thank Frank deeply for serving as the Foundation's Executive Director and providing a much-needed anchor. The Mozilla Foundation would be far weaker without Frank's dedication and efforts, which represent much of what is great about the Mozilla project. I am looking forward to working with Frank in the future. I suspect he will continue to do much of the same work he has been doing, particularly in the accessibility and grants area where he has been leading such great efforts.
The Mozilla Foundation has engaged an executive recruiter to help us identify good candidates and to conduct a healthy process for identifying, evaluating and ultimately deciding on the right person for its next Executive Director. We haven't yet mapped out exactly what that process will look like, but we know it will be open, public and highly interactive.
Our recruiter for this selection process is Eunice Azzani, who has a great deal of experience in recruiting both non-profit and for-profit leaders. She specializes in finding "out of the box" individuals that want to make a difference and have a strong passion for the work they do.
Eunice has interviewed Mozilla Foundation and Corporation Board members, and is talking with a few other long-time and active contributors to get a general idea of a job description. We hope to have that description drafted shortly. The job description will be posted for public review and input. From there, we'll figure out what's a good process to make sure candidates are identified and evaluated in a way that represents the Mozilla communities. The Executive Director is responsible to the Foundation Board of Directors in an organizational and legal sense; and to the Mozilla community in a leadership sense.
If you have suggestions about how to run an effective, open process please raise them in the mozilla.governance newsgroup (available via newsreader or mailing list, or via the browser). For example, one early step I've been thinking of is to set up a method — IM, podcast, conference call, whatever — for community members to talk with Eunice directly. If you have suggestions about candidates or specific questions for Eunice, you can reach her at: Eunice [dot] Azzani [at] kornferry [dot] com.
The Mozilla Foundation has an enormous opportunity to improve online experience for tens of millions of people. The Executive Director we seek will have internalized the possibilities and bring both expertise and passion to achieving the Mozilla vision.
Mozilla Foundation Statement of Direction
One major set of goals for the Mozilla Foundation Board of Directors is to articulate a crisp Statement of Direction for the Mozilla Foundation, to engage in a dialog with the Mozilla community about direction, and to define the overall scope and increase the visibility of Mozilla Foundation activities.
The first iteration of the Statement of Direction is below. It is intended to be one step more specifically focused on the Mozilla Foundation than the Mozilla Manifesto. I expect to end up with (a) a statement of principles regarding the Internet we hope to see that many groups can use to verify our activities are on the right path — the Mozilla Manifesto; and (b) a Statement of Direction from the Mozilla Foundation as to how the Foundation itself will advance the Manifesto. And then we can turn to the specific actions to be undertaken.
1. The mission of the Mozilla Foundation is to create and promote the Internet as an open platform that supports the principles set out in the Mozilla Manifesto.
2. As described in more detail in the Mozilla Manifesto, an open Internet is one where:
People can participate at all levels, with low barriers and without the need to "buy into" a centralized agenda, data source, hardware or software system
Open standards are the basis of key technologies
Open source software is available for key activities
Open alternatives for key Internet activities are competitive with closed, proprietary offerings and with desktop-centric offerings
Heterogeneous environments are possible – we don't all need to use the same hardware, software or data sources
People can make and implement decisions about their online experience and their data
3. Building an open Internet requires many actors. The Mozilla Foundation will focus on the areas of our particular strength and expertise.
The Mozilla Foundation's DNA is in building software and building communities; in essence we are building part of the Internet itself.
We build (software, communities, the Internet we dream of) by empowering people to help themselves and to work together in a loosely coupled way with maximum transparency.
We work primarily in areas that touch individual people. We can think of this as the "user experience" aspect of the Internet.
4. The Mozilla Foundation seeks to effectuate these goals both by building broadly-used products that impact Internet development as a whole, and by empowering people to act in highly decentralized, experimental ways. The work of creating general consumer products that influence broad aspects of Internet development is currently handled through the Mozilla Corporation. The Foundation plans to increase its direct involvement in other activities which enable people to participate in the development and enjoyment of the Internet in a decentralized, self-directed manner.
5. The Mozilla Foundation can do this through any number of programs: grant making, supporting other projects, being the "voice" for users, increasing its operational activities, etc. We're not yet sure which of these is the right thing, though there is a very strong interest in grant-making, prizes, etc.
6. The next steps are refinement of this statement, and putting the relevant resources in place to develop more specific plans and then to execute well.
Categories: Mozilla | Tags: Foundation, goals, values | Comments off


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