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Arizona Coyotes seek gambling law change for ASU arena
PHOENIX — The Arizona Coyotes want a new state law that legalizes sports betting changed to allow them to keep running their mobile sports gambling operation when they move from Glendale to Arizona State University's hockey arena next season.
But the Arizona Indian Gaming Association and multiple Native American tribes oppose the last-minute measure approved by the Arizona Senate's appropriations committee on Tuesday. They argue that the 2021 law that legalized sports betting was part of a complex deal they negotiated with Gov. Doug Ducey that updated the tribal gaming compact.
The Coyotes say the change is needed because ASU's arena only holds 5,000 people, and the law that allowed professional sports team to run retail sports books and mobile gambling operations requires facilities to seat at least 10,000.
The Coyotes plan to use the university's arena for three years while the team develops a new $1.7 billion project including restaurants, shops and apartments and a new hockey arena on a 40-acre site in Tempe.
Arizona Coyotes, ASU give tour of under construction shared arena
Coyotes to share ASU's new multi-purpose arena beginning next season
The Coyotes don't plan to open a retail operation at ASU, just keep running their mobile gambling operations, according to the Coyotes' Andrew Diss, who testified for the proposal. He said there is a question as to whether or not a change in the law is needed to continue to operate their online gambling operations but said they've received contradictory answers.
"When you ask 10 different attorneys the same question, you get 10 different answers," Diss said. "That does not give us a sense of comfort that we're going to be able to maintain our online gaming license if we move to a facility with less than 10,000 people. That is what this comes down to."
An attorney who represents the Arizona Indian Gaming Association said a law that was just passed last year should not be changed just because the Coyotes found themselves needing a new arena. He said the updated compact that waived tribes' exclusive right to operate gambling in Arizona was dependent on limiting when, where and how sports teams ran their operations.
"That was a compromise by the tribes and as well as the professional leagues and teams, and to go back and change that understanding, especially less than a year later, for something that is really self-created … shouldn't land at this body to address," Bradley Bledsoe Downes told the committee.
Downs was referring to the long-running dispute between the Coyotes and the city of Glendale that led the city to refuse to extend its lease on the Gila River Arena.
Republican Rep. Leo Biasiucci, who sponsored the last-minute amendment approved Tuesday, said the Coyotes plan to spend $40 million for improvements to ASU's new multipurpose arena. ASU said when it announced the deal in February the Coyotes would pay nearly $20 million upfront for the improvements.
Sen. Sonny Borrelli, a Republican from Lake Havasu City, said the tribes' opposition was nothing more than an unnecessary turf war. He called the opposition "ridiculous" and said ASU would be the big winner.
"To see this, this opposition from the tribe, is really upsetting because this does not negatively affect the tribes one iota. None, zero," Borrelli said. "It's moving from one location to the other, and it's temporary."
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Nick Ritchie scored and Connor Ingram made 43 saves for the Coyotes in a loss to the Ducks.
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In honor of Leighton Accardo, the Arizona Coyotes are hosting the third annual Skatin' for Leighton at Sun Devil Stadium on Sunday.
Coyotes' Nick Schmaltz notches 1st career hat trick in win over Blues
The Arizona Coyotes skated past the St. Louis Blues 5-0 on Thursday at Mullett Arena thanks to center Nick Schmaltz's first career hat trick.
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Coyotes' Barrett Hayton and Nick Schmaltz scored in Arizona's 5-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks at Mullett Arena on Tuesday night.
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The Arizona Coyotes have signed defenseman Juuso Valimaki to a one-year contract extension, the team announced on Tuesday.
Clayton Keller leads Coyotes to blowout win over Knights with hat trick
Clayton Keller scored a hat trick in the Arizona Coyotes' 4-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights at Mullett Arena on Sunday night.


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VJBL Update
As per the Basketball Victoria 'Return to Sport Update', the VJBL will be returning at the Orange-50 Reactivation level, which means a maximum of 50 people per court area/game and a maximum number of 300 people per space. (Click here to download the latest Return to Sport Guidelines)
Therefore, the VJBL are implementing the '1 Spectator Per Player Rule' and the must sign in using the QR code at the venue.
Masks are currently mandatory for all patrons over 12 years of age at all times indoors (state-wide) unless medically exempt. Players, coaches and referees are exempt while on court participating in an exertive role, however, must be worn while not playing and on entry and exit of stadium.
Players, coaches, team staff and spectators are not permitted to enter the venue, more than 10 minutes prior to their scheduled game, and should leave within 10 minutes of the game being completed.

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Q: My php login system works if i log in as a admin but not as a common user I am doing a website as a class project, if i log as a admin user it works but if I log in as a normal user it doesn't logs me in but it keeps the cookies.
Here is the login php code:
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

if(isset($_POST['username'])){
require "config.php";
$usuario = mysqli_real_escape_string($con,$_POST['username']);
$contra =  mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['password']);
$consulta = $con->prepare("SELECT cod_usuario, Contra, id FROM Usuario WHERE cod_usuario = ?");
$consulta->bind_param("s",$usuario);
$consulta->execute();
$consulta->bind_result($username, $password, $id);
$consulta->store_result();

if($consulta->num_rows == 1){
    if($consulta->fetch()){
        if(password_verify($contra, $password)){
            session_start();
            session_name('login');
            if($usuario == 'aleaallee' || $usuario == 'administrator'){
                setcookie('loggeduser', $usuario, time() + (86400 * 30), '/');
                setcookie('token', $id, time() + (86400 * 30), '/');
                setcookie('admin', true, time() + (86400 * 30), '/');
                $_SESSION["username"] = $usuario;
                $consulta->close();
                header('location: index.php');
            }else{
                setcookie('loggeduser', $usuario, time() + (86400 * 30), '/');
                setcookie('token', $id, time() + (86400 * 30), '/');
                $_SESSION["username"] = $usuario;
                $consulta->close();
                header('location: index.php');
            }
        }else{
            echo "
Password doesn't match
";
            $consulta->close();
            header('location: index.php');
        }
    }
}

}
I know that the code is probably not good in terms of security but I just wanted to do a quick login system.
EDIT: It seems the code tells me that the passwords doesn't match.
Here is the code I used for the register function:
function register($name, $lastname, $user, $pass, $repeated_password, $mail, $birthdate, $location, $address){
require "config.php";
$con = mysqli_connect($server, $username, $password, $dbname);
if($pass == $repeated_password){
    $cryptpassword = password_hash(trim($password), PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
    $id = bin2hex(random_bytes(8));
    $consulta = "INSERT INTO Usuario VALUES('$user', '$name', '$lastname', '$cryptpassword', '$mail', '$address', '$birthdate', '$location', '$id');";
    mysqli_query($con, $consulta);
    mysqli_close($con);
}

}

A: You shouldn't combine mysqli_real_escape_string with prepared statements as them are already escaped in bind_param. For the rest of the code it should work, try adding some echoes to know which part of the code reaches in each login test.

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This Medal Citation Reads Like a Blockbuster Movie
Team Mighty
Posted On April 02, 2018 09:35:26
General Mike Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps, presents the Navy Cross to First Lieutenant Brian Chontosh, USMC.
The word "hero" has been overused since 9-11, but early in the Iraq War, Marine Corps First Lieutenant Brian Chontosh engaged in some bad-assery that truly merits him wearing that label. Check out the write-up on his Navy Cross citation. It reads like something straight out of Hollywood:
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the NAVY CROSS to
FIRST LIEUTENANT BRIAN R. CHONTOSH
for service as set forth in the following
For extraordinary heroism as Combined Anti-Armor Platoon Commander, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on 25 March 2003. While leading his platoon north on Highway 1 toward Ad Diwaniyah, First Lieutenant Chontosh's platoon moved into a coordinated ambush of mortars, rocket propelled grenades, and automatic weapons, fire. With coalition tanks blocking the road ahead, he realized his platoon was caught in a kill zone. He had his driver move the vehicle through a breach along his flank, where he was immediately taken under fire from an entrenched machine gun. Without hesitation, First Lieutenant Chontosh ordered the driver to advance directly at the enemy position enabling his .50 caliber machine gunner to silence the enemy. He then directed his driver into the enemy trench, where he exited his vehicle and began to clear the trench with an M16A2 service rile and 9 millimeter pistol. His ammunition depleted, First Lieutenant Chontosh, with complete disregard for his safety, twice picked up discarded enemy rifles and continued his ferocious attack. When a Marine following him found an enemy rocket propelled grenade launcher, First Lieutenant Chontosh used it to destroy yet another group of enemy soldiers. When his audacious attack ended, he had cleared over 200 meters of the enemy trench, killing more than 20 enemy soldiers and wounding several others. By his outstanding diplay of decisive leadership, unlimited courage in the face of heavy enemy fire, and utmost devotion to duty, First Lieutenant Chontosh reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.
Also Read: Medal Of Honor: Meet The 16 Heroes Of Iraq And Afghanistan Who Received The Nation's Highest Honor
Here's what the actual citation looked like as it was presented to Lieutenant Chontosh:
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Here's how the F-16 Falcon could replace the F-15 Eagle
Ian D'Costa
Posted On November 01, 2018 21:03:00
The F-15 Eagle, arguably the most successful fighter jet of the modern age, could be in for an early retirement with the US Air Force thanks to skyrocketing upgrade and refurbishment costs.
In a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, Air Force and Air National Guard brass informed the panel that a plan was recently formed to retire and replace the F-15C/D variant of the Eagle far ahead of schedule by a matter of decades, though no decision had been made on that plan. While the Air Force did plan to keep the Eagle flying till 2040 through a $4 billion upgrade, it was recently determined that a further $8 billion would need to be invested in refurbishing the fuselages of these Eagles, driving up the costs of retaining the F-15C/D even higher than originally expected — presenting what seems to be the final nail the Eagle's eventual coffin.
A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle from the 67th Fighter Squadron takes off March 16, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The F-15's superior maneuverability and acceleration are achieved through high engine thrust-to-weight ratio and low wing loading. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Corey Pettis/Released)
So, what will the Air Force likely do to replace this 40-year-old wonder jet?
The Air Force had at first planned to replace the F-15 with the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter, but successive cuts to the Raptor program left the branch with only 187 fighters, a substantially lower quantity than the planned buy of around 700. This forced the decision to keep the Eagles in service longer, and thus, the aforementioned investment of over $4 billion was made towards upgrading all combat coded F-15C/Ds with new radars, networking systems, and avionics to keep these fighters in service up till around 2040, when it would be replaced with a newer sixth-generation fighter, also superseding the fifth-generation F-22 Raptor.
Once the F-15 gets pulled by the mid-2020s, the Air Force claims it already has a solution to replace what was once a bastion of American air power.
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flies over Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve April 5, 2016. The President has authorized U.S. Central Command to work with partner nations to conduct targeted airstrikes of Iraq and Syria as part of the comprehensive strategy to degrade and defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/Released)
This solution comes in the form of enhancing F-16 Fighting Falcons with new radars from Northrop Grumman, and networking systems to take over the Eagle's role in North American air defense, at least in the interim until the Air Force begins and completes its sixth-generation fighter project, which will bring about an even more capable air superiority fighter replacement for both the F-22 and the F-15.
The Air Force has already begun extending the lives of its F-16s till 2048, through a fleet-wide Service Life Extension Program that will add an extra 4,000 flight hours to its Fighting Falcons. Air Force leadership has also advocated buying more fighters, namely the F-35A Lightning II, faster, so that when the hammer does eventually drop on the Eagle, the branch's fighter fleet won't be left undersized and vulnerable.
Even with upgrades, however, the F-16 still has some very big boots to fill.
The F-15 was designed primarily as an air superiority fighter, meaning it was built to excel at shooting other aircraft down; all other mission types, like performing air-to-ground strikes, were secondary to its main tasking. To perform in this role, the Eagle was given stellar range, sizable weapons carriage, fantastic speed (over two and a half times the speed of sound), and a high operational ceiling. Conversely, the F-16 was designed as a low-cost alternative to the F-15, able to operate in a variety of roles, though decidedly not as well as the F-15 could with the air-to-air mission. Its combat range, weapons load and speed fall short of the standard set by the Eagle. Regardless, the Air Force still believes that the F-16 will be the best interim solution until the 6th generation fighter is fielded.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel
The USAF's most decorated F-16 pilot, Dan Hampton, doesn't disagree with these plans. In an interview with The War Zone, Hampton argues that though the F-16 lacks the weapons payload that the F-15 possesses, advances in missile guidance and homing make carrying more air-to-air weaponry a moot point, as pilots would likely hit their mark with the first or second shot, instead of having to fire off a salvo of missiles. Hampton adds that the F-16's versatility in being able to perform a diverse array of missions makes it more suitable for long-term upgrades to retain it over the Eagle. Whether or not this will actually work out the way the Air Force hopes it will is anybody's guess.
Congressman and Iraq War veteran Mark Takai dies of pancreatic cancer
Blake Stilwell
Posted On February 05, 2020 19:03:24
A Hawaii lawmaker and Army officer who was serving his first term in the U.S. Congress died July 20 after a nearly year-long battle with cancer.
Congressman and Army National Guard Lt. Col. Mark Takai succumbed to pancreatic cancer at his home in Aiea surrounded by his family, USA Today reported. He was 49.
Takai was born and raised in Oahu, Hawaii. Before being elected to Congress, Takai represented his home district in the Hawaii state House of Representatives for 20 years. He joined the Hawaii Army National Guard in 1999 and was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant.
The first-term Democrat announced earlier in 2016 that he would not seek re-election due to his condition.
Takai in an interview.
His military service took him to Kuwait in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He first served as a company commander for the 29th Brigade Support Battalion and then as the Camp Mayor for Camp Patriot, Kuwait. He not only served in the military in Hawaii, he also represented the military in Hawaii, as his district included Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and Fort Shafter.
"To honor those that gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country, we must renew our commitments to those currently serving our nation, many currently in harm's way around the world," Takai said in a statement on Memorial Day. "Their willingness to answer the call of duty deserves our unwavering gratitude every day."
Takai served on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Committee on Small Business. In November 2015, he introduced the Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act, extending government compensation to those affected by cleanup operations after bomb tests on Pacific islands.
Takai's military awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
"Today, the people of Hawai'i mourn the passing of U.S. Rep. Mark Takai," Hawaii Gov. David Ige said in a statement. "He proudly served his country in uniform, including 17 years with the Hawai'i Army National Guard. Mark humbly and effectively served the people of his state House and Congressional districts. In the often tumultuous world of politics, he has been a shining example of what it means to be a public servant."
5 Fake Enemies US Troops Have Been Battling For Decades
The real bad guys these days are known as the Taliban, al Qaeda, ISIS, and others. But for decades, U.S. troops have been fighting wars against fictional enemies that only exist in training exercises. They usually have ridiculous-sounding names and strange back stories.
While we received plenty of help on social media and this post at Mental Floss on these opposition forces (OPFOR), to include name and which training exercise or location they operate in, some details remain murky.
If you find yourself fighting these forces in the future, here's the basic intel you need to know.
The Krasnovians (National Training Center)
These are your hard-core fighters from a Soviet bloc country called Krasnovia. Unpredictable and a very non-traditional enemy force, the Krasnovians are known to switch up their tactics and quickly adapt, like stopping the use of radios and moving to cell phones to throw off U.S. soldiers they are fighting.
We've heard the key to beating them is by offering them vodka as a peace offering, or just send in this guy:
The United Provinces of Atlantica (Special Forces "Q" Course)
A northern neighbor to Pineland, the UPA is a former Cold War ally of the Soviets. The Atlanticans aren't fans of the U.S. or their neighbors. That's especially true, since they invade and take over peaceful Pineland around eight times a year.
Fortunately, Army Special Forces candidates come in and save the day on a regular basis.
The Mojavians (Combined Arms Exercise at 29 Palms, Calif.)
Not much is known about the Mojavians, except that they like to exclusively fight against U.S. Marines during a 22-day period of combined arms training at their desert base in Twentynine Palms, California. These bad guys operate in similar fashion as insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, and will rarely engage in a real fight. Instead, they rely on hit-and-run tactics.
The Centralian Revolutionary Force (The U.S. Marine Corps Basic School)
In the depths of a three-year civil war, the people of Centralia hope to have a democratic state and live in peace. But their neighbors in Montanya, and an oppressive rebel force known as the Centralian Revolutionary Force, continue to harass the local populace.
Both the CRF and the Montanyan Regular Forces continue to attack the Centralian Army and civilians in the region. Let's all just hope those fresh Marine Corps officers are able to bring stability to Centralia, a country which has been oppressed for far too long.
Photo Credit: Facebook/Stop The War In Centralia
Arianan Special Purpose Forces (Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, La.)
A force from Ariana — an enemy nation seeking nuclear weapons and hostile to the U.S. and Israel which sounds kind of like Iran — the ASPF constantly invades its neighbor in Atropia, a key U.S. ally.
The ASPF is a threat to U.S. interests — including the consulate in Dara Lam — and it continues to support a local insurgency known as the South Atropian People's Army. This enemy is unpredictable and employs similar tactics to enemy forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Possibly worst of all: U.S. soldiers only have 11 days to beat them and save Atropia. Good luck.
Have any more you would add to the list? Let us know the enemy force and where you heard it in the comments.
The 5 biggest stories around the military right now (Aug. 12 edition)
Ward Carroll
Here's your Hump Day news lineup:
U.S. Military Helicopter Crashes Off Japan's Okinawa; 7 Injured
NATO, Russia military drills fuel risk of war, study suggests
ISIS Group Claims to Have Hacked Information on U.S. Military Personnel
The Obama administration just ordered Ferguson to return two military-style Humvees to Washington
Senators want to make it easier for military spouses to possess firearms
Now: 5 general officers who were almost certainly crazy
After 50 years, a heroic Huey pilot will receive the Medal of Honor
In the early morning of May 15th, 1967, U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division were ambushed near Song Tra Cau riverbed Duc Pho in the Republic of Vietnam. Outnumbered and outgunned, they faced an entire battalion of North Vietnamese soldiers with heavy machine guns and recoilless rifles. The 101st couldn't hit their attackers and quickly took casualties.
Maj. Kettles deployed in Vietnam
Charles Kettles was a UH-1 Huey pilot on his first of two tours in Vietnam. When he learned soldiers on the ground were taking intense fire and many were wounded, he didn't hesitate. Then-Maj. Kettles volunteered to lead a flight of six Hueys (including his own)into the firefight to drop off reinforcements and pick up the wounded.
"There wasn't any decision to be made," Kettles was quoted as saying in a recent Army Times piece. "We simply were going to go and pick them up."
When the helicopters approached the landing zone, they came under the same intense fire. Kettles stayed in the fight until all the wounded were loaded and the 101st received their supplies. He then went to pick up more reinforcements. After dropping off the second wave, his gunner was injured and the small arms fire caused a ruptured fuel line. He got his bird back to Duc Pho but later that same day, the last 40 U.S. troops, with eight members of Kettles' own unit (their helicopter was shot down) requested an emergency extraction. Maj. Kettles volunteered to go back with five other Hueys.
"The mission was simple," Kettles said. "The situation was anything but simple."
Kettles had what he thought was everyone, and so he departed the area. Once airborne, however, he learned that eight troops were pinned down due to the intense fire and didn't make it to the helicopters. Kettles immediately broke off from the main group, turned his bird around, and went back for the missing eight men on his own. With no gunship or artillery support, Kettles flew what was now a giant, lurking target into the ambush area. A mortar immediately his tail boom, rotor blade, and shattered his front windshield. His Huey was raked by small arms fire. Despite the constant attack and severe damage to his helicopter, he held firm until the eight men were aboard and flew everyone to safety. When he landed, he was "unrattled and hungry."
"I just walked away from the helicopter believing that's what war is," Kettles told USA Today. "It probably matched some of the movies I'd seen as a youngster. So be it. Let's go have dinner."
Kettles receiving the Distinguished Service Cross.
He did another tour in Vietnam, then retired in 1978 as a Lieutenant Colonel. He started a car dealership with his brother after his retirement, happy to receive the Distinguished Service Cross for his heroism in Vietnam. He had no expectations of receiving the Medal of Honor. That came about from the work of amateur historian William Vollano. Vollano, in the course of interviewing veterans for the Veterans History Project, heard Kettles' story. With written accounts of men from the 101st who were there that day, Vollano was able to push the Army to reexamine Kettles. They determined that Kettles' actions merited the nation's highest honor.
"Kettles, by himself, without any guns and any crew, went back by himself," said Roland Scheck, a crew member who had been injured on Kettles' first trip to the landing zone that day. "I don't know if there's anyone who's gotten a Medal of Honor who deserved it more."
The 'Hell Cannon' is the Free Syrian Army's homemade howitzer
The war in Syria is now five years old. In that time, there have been so many factions vying for power and battlefield superiority, some under-equipped group was bound to have to get creative with their weapons tech. Enter the Hell Cannon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JEQnHw6HMI
First rigged up in the rural areas near Idlib, the Hell Cannon is an improvised, muzzle-loaded cannon, built by the Ahrar al-Shamal Brigade, then a member force of the Free Syrian Army. The homegrown howitzer caught on and was soon produced in and around Aleppo. The cannon's popularity is responsible for a grassroots weapons industry in the area.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdGDIegH1S8
The weapon is essentially a barrel mounted to wheels and towed to where it needs to go. It's entirely muzzle-loaded like an old timey powder smoothbore cannon. The powder is an explosive, usually ammonium nitrate (the explosive used by Timothy McVeigh in the 1996 Oklahoma City Bombing), which is ramrodded with a wooden stick. The round is a gas cylinder (commonly used in the region for cooking stoves) filled with explosives and shrapnel, and welded to a pipe with some stabilizing fins.The cylinder forms a tight seal in the cannon.
Improvised Hell Cannon rounds made of cooking gas canisters and mortar ammo seized by Syrian government forces (SAA) in Latakia (Twitter Photo)
Each round weighs roughly 88 pounds and will fly 1.5 kilometers (just under a mile). Some variants of the weapon will have multiple barrels, from two to seven. Others are welded to vehicles like cars and bulldozers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnXZ8LtbvEE
Newer developments in the weapon feature a 100mm shell used by Russian T-55 tanks attached to the tubes instead of the improvised gas tank. Others use real mortar rounds or compressed air cannons. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights calls the cannons "wildly inaccurate," because it causes a lot of collateral damage and civilian casualties.
These were America's colorful plans for war with the rest of the world
James Elphick
At of the turn of the 20th Century, America was coming into its own as a world power. In preparation for its new place in the world, the Joint Planning Committee, predecessor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, drew up plans for war with likely opponents of the United States. Those plans went through numerous iterations and eventually became known as the Rainbow War plans because all the countries in question were assigned a specific color. The U.S. was then, as now, colored blue. What was started as a way to organize conops in the early 1900s became the basis for many of the decisions made during World War II.
The color plans ranged from small and unlikely to global and insightful. War plans such as Purple, Violet, and Grey covered American operations in Central and South America. War Plan Tan involved an intervention in Cuba. War Plan Brown was a plan for suppressing insurrection in the Philippines. There were also war plans Green and Yellow which dealt with Mexico and China respectively. They planned for domestic uprisings overseas that would have to be quelled by the U.S, like a repeat of the Boxer Rebellion in China.
America's World War I allies, Britain and France, were also covered. War Plan Gold was America's contingency for dealing with a belligerent France or her Caribbean colonies. The threat from French Caribbean colonies even led to the U.S. Army creating two special units, the 550th Airborne Infantry Battalion and the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion. These were tasked with taking the island of Martinique in the event that the island became hostile. War Plan Red and its sub-plans Crimson (Canada), Scarlet (Australia), Ruby (India), and Garnet (New Zealand), were the American plans for war with the British Empire.
War Plan Red, explained in a later film.
The U.S. also had plans for domestic conflicts, called War Plans Blue and White. War Plan Blue was the preparation the United States needed to take during peace time in order to defend itself in war. A sub-plan of this was War Plan Indigo which called for the occupation of Iceland in order to defend the Eastern seaboard. Parts of this plan were put into effect early in World War II as part of the Battle of the Atlantic. War Plan White was drafted to quell domestic uprisings in the United States itself. The planners feared an attempt by communists to overthrow the government. Portions of War Plan White were put into action in 1932 against the Bonus Army – World War I veterans who had marched on Washington.
There were also a number of other plans that would be folded into the Rainbow plans, which guided U.S. military in World War II. The most famous of these is War Plan Orange – the U.S. contingency for fighting the Japanese in the Pacific. According to the U.S. Army's official history, Orange had the longest history as planners anticipated a possible confrontation with Japanese imperialism in the Pacific since the early 1900's. This proved to be prophetic.
Orange established the concept of 'island-hopping' that would be seen in action in later in the war. It also recognized forces in the Philippines would have "the basic mission 'to hold the entrance to MANILA BAY, in order to deny MANILA BAY to ORANGE [Japanese] naval forces,' with little hope of reinforcement."
As war approached, U.S. military planners abandoned the plans for unilateral American action and decided the U.S. "should support or be supported by one or more of the democratic powers" of Europe. This decision led to the development of the aforementioned Rainbow War plans.
The Rainbow Plans had two components. First, it planned for the U.S. to have allies. Second, the U.S. would "prevent the violation of the letter or spirit of the Monroe Doctrine by protecting that territory of the Western Hemisphere." Based on these premises five Rainbow plans were developed. Plans 1, 3, and 4 were designed to protect the Western Hemisphere without the commitment of American forces to offensive operations and varied only in their scope of the projection of forces for the defense. Plan 2 called for supporting Great Britain and France against Germany with minimal American forces while the bulk of American forces carried out what was essentially War Plan Orange in the Pacific against the Japanese. Plan 5, the plan ultimately adopted with the addition of War Plan Orange, was a contingency for rapidly deploying American forces to Africa and Europe to defeat the Axis in concert with the Allied powers of Europe.
After Pearl Harbor, U.S. forces were deployed to both theatres as a reassurance to America's allies despite a 'Europe First' strategy developed in 1940. It was not until the buildup of forces for the invasion of Normandy that the majority of U.S. forces were in Europe. Eventually, over 75 percent of the American military was deployed to Europe, with only one quarter deployed to the Pacific.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRiIrVRCb8s
Despite extensive planning, there were many developments that changed the course of the war in the Allies' favor. Germany's loss in the Battle of Britain caused the cancellation of Operation Sea Lion, the planned invasion of the British Isles. The dissolution of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact gave the Allies an advantage in Europe. Japan's insistence on destroying the U.S. Navy in a decisive battle led to decisions that allowed the U.S. to destroy more Japanese ships and be safer in their own movements. Planners did not foresee just how effective aircraft carriers would be in modern naval warfare, though they had correctly anticipated the prominence of submarines.
Ultimately, the version labeled 'Rainbow Plan 5' proved the right choice for an Allied victory in World War II.
A UK intelligence source based information about Iraq chemical weapons on a Nicolas Cage movie
Posted On January 28, 2019 18:38:43
A UK intelligence agency might have based part of a report on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction on a movie starring Nicolas Cage, according to a government report released Wednesday.
The report contends that Britain's involvement in the Iraq war was based on "flawed intelligence and assessments" that were "not challenged" when they should have been. The 2.6-million word document, known as the Iraq Inquiry, or the "Chilcot report," is the culmination of a huge investigation that former Prime Minister Gordon Brown launched in 2009.
One volume of the inquiry focuses on the UK's evidence of Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction. These intelligence assessments turned out to be false, as both the US and the UK discovered after the 2003 Iraq invasion turned up no such weapons.
The inquiry notes that two Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) assessments from September 2002 were called into question months later. Some within the intelligence agency, which is also known as MI6, began doubting the source of the information that was included in the assessments.
The intelligence reports stated that Iraq had "accelerated the production of chemical and biological agents." Officials believed the source of this information was reputable.
But one of the reports mentioned glass containers that supposedly contained the chemical agents the Iraqi government was supposed to possess.
Here's the relevant section from the Iraq Inquiry:
"In early October, questions were raised with SIS about the mention of glass containers in the 23 September 2002 report. It was pointed out that:
Glass containers were not typically used in chemical munitions; and that a popular movie (The Rock) had inaccurately depicted nerve agents being carried in glass beads or spheres.
Iraq had had difficulty in the 1980s obtaining a key precursor chemical for soman [a chemical agent].
"The questions about the use of glass containers for chemical agent and the similarity of the description to those portrayed in The Rock had been recognized by SIS. There were some precedents for the use of glass containers but the points would be pursued when further material became available."
The movie the report refers to is the 1996 Michael Bay action thriller, "The Rock," starring Nicholas Cage playing an FBI chemical-warfare expert. Sean Connery plays a former British spy who teams up with the FBI agent to prevent a deranged US general from launching a chemical-weapons attack on San Francisco.
The Iraq Inquiry goes on to state that intelligence officials were meant to do further reporting on the questionable intelligence contained in the September 2002 report.
By December, doubts emerged within SIS "about the reliability of the source and whether he had 'made up all or part of'" his account.
Later that month, there were still "unresolved questions" about the source of the chemical-weapons intelligence. But the UK was under considerable pressure to produce evidence of these weapons.
Jack Straw, the former foreign secretary for the UK, was reportedly concerned about "what would happen without evidence of a clear material breach" of Iraq's December 2002 declaration that it did not have weapons of mass destruction.
SIS eventually determined that their source was lying about the supposed chemical agents, but intelligence officials did not inform the prime minister's office, according to the inquiry.
While chemical weapons are different from weapons of mass destruction, these intelligence reports still informed policy-makers' opinions of the extent of Iraq's weapons programs. And the evidence of these weapons programs was eventually used as a justification for going to war in Iraq.
David Manning, a former British diplomat, told former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in December 2002 that there was "impatience in the US Administration and pressure for early military action" in Iraq, according to the inquiry.
"There were concerns about the risks if the inspections found nothing," the inquiry noted. UK and US officials also worried about "the difficulties of persuading the international community to act if there were a series of 'low level and less clear-cut acts of obstruction' rather than the discovery of chemical or biological agents or a nuclear program."
The inquiry states that Manning told Blair: "We should work hard over the next couple of months to build our case."
Blair reportedly said the UK would "continue to work on securing credible evidence" that then-Iraqi President Saddam Hussein "was pursuing [weapons of mass destruction] programs."
This is what the Pentagon wants the 'smart' handgun to do
Christian Lowe
We've all seen the cool James Bond clip where Q hands over a Walther PPK/S that can only be activated by 007's palm print .
If a bad guy tries to pick it up and shoot the superspy, no joy.
For years the idea of a so-called "smart" gun like Bond's has been largely out of reach for anyone but the covert operators of fiction, but that hasn't stopped the government from trying to make one for real life. And the feds just took the first step in what could eventually be a handgun fielded to law enforcement and the military that only shoots for an authorized user.
As part of a series of executive actions on gun control released in January, President Barack Obama ordered the Department of Justice to look into what a smart gun should look like for military troops and federal agents. His intention was to deploy government resources to push the technology beyond what the civilian market has yielded in hopes of making smart gun technology available for most handguns.
"As the single largest purchaser of firearms in the country, the Federal Government has a unique opportunity to advance this research and ensure that smart gun technology becomes a reality," the White House said. "In connection with these efforts, the departments will consult with other agencies that acquire firearms and take appropriate steps to consider whether including such technology in specifications for acquisition of firearms would be consistent with operational needs."
The Armatix iP1 is the first so-called "smart gun" available for consumers. It's chambered in 22 LR and requires a special watch for the shooter to active the gun.
In July, researchers with the National Institute of Justice released its long-awaited specifications for what a smart handgun should be able to do and how its safety features should work. The requirements represent a high technological bar for military and law enforcement smart gun use, including overrides if the system is jammed, near instant activation and a 10,000 rounds before failure limit.
The Justice Department described "the potential benefits of advanced gun safety technology, but noted that additional work was required before this technology is ready for widespread adoption by law enforcement agencies," the NIJ report said. "In particular, the report stressed the importance of integrating this technology into a firearm's design without compromising the reliability durability, and accuracy that officers expect from their service weapons."
The NIJ specs essentially call for a polymer-framed, striker fired 9mm or .40 SW handgun without any external safety. Basically, the specs point to a Glock 19 or similar modern handgun when it comes to ergonomics, size, and function.
Researchers said the smart gun should able to be programmed to work only for authorized users, could be activated with a wearable device such as a ring or bracelet, and should be able to shoot even if the smart safety fails.
But the researchers went on to call for functions that go well beyond what current technology allows, including that "the security device shall not increase the time required by the operator to grasp, draw from a holster and fire the pistol as a pistol of the same design that is not equipped with the security device."
That means zero lag time for the pistol to draw, authorize and fire in a split second.
The smart gun will also have to detect and alert the shooter if there is an attempt to jam the system and be able override the safety and fire despite the countermeasures. And the gun must be able to fire with both a bare or gloved hand, making it tough for technology using biometric sensors to read fingerprints.
Most importantly, the smart gun will have to endure 10,000 rounds with 2,000 draws between any failure. Engineers who build systems like small lights and lasers that attach to handguns have said one of the biggest technological challenges to building miniature electronics is making them tough enough to withstand the repeated recoil of a pistol.
Skeptics have long argued smart guns insert an unreliable technology into a system that's build to work every time at a moment's notice and that forcing anyone to use an electronic safety on a handgun could mean the difference between life and death.
"Generally speaking, additional complexity brings increased risk of malfunction and error," the Justice Department has said. "The types of firearms most commonly used by law enforcement and the broader American public … are relatively straightforward mechanical devices, and manufacturers have faced significant engineering challenges as they seek to seamlessly integrate electronics into firearms' operations.
But the White House has signaled its intention to push the technology to the field as soon as possible, and the latest NIJ report shows just how solid that technology has to be for troops and law enforcement to trust it with their lives.
How Germany deployed the first weapon of mass destruction
Logan Nye
In World War I, Germany invented and debuted the world's first weapons of mass destruction — poison gas artillery shells and pressurized tanks that wafted the deadly toxins over the battlefield. They killed and wounded thousands.
The Germans first attempted two attacks in October 1914 and January 1915 that failed due to technical reasons. But the first successful attack came in April 1915.
That gas attack took place at Ypres, Belgium, where German troops released hundreds of tons of chlorine gas through buried pipes across a four-mile front. Over 1,000 Allied soldiers were killed and another 7,000 were injured.
And that was the opening of Pandora's Box. The British military responded with its own chlorine attack in September 1915 at the Battle of Loos. The Germans introduced mustard gas into the fighting in 1917 and America joined the war — and chemical warfare — in 1918.
U.S. Army Soldiers put their gas masks on for a simulated chemical attack during a training mission near Camp Ramadi, Iraq, Sept. 25, 2007. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andrew D. Pendracki)
The war ended with approximately 100,000 chemical weapons deaths and 1 million wounded. The use of chemical weapons was widely banned in 1925 in The Geneva Protocol.
But countries, including some who signed onto the treaty, have used the weapons since. It's happened everywhere from World War II Italian attacks on North Africa to the modern day.
Now commandos have a new camera to record their door-kicking exploits
QUANTICO, Va. — It was the great mystery of the Seal Team 6 mission to kill terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden.
Did the DEVGRU door kickers have helmet cams to record their daring raid?
The Pentagon and everyone else said "No." But we all know that's a bunch of bull.
Cameras had become ubiquitous on the helmets of infantrymen even before the 2011 raid, and even pilots and other military specialties are jumping on the bandwagon. Big time movies and television series have been built on the backs of helmet cam footage, with GoPro and Contour cameras the primary options for troops in the field.
Developed exclusively for high-speed operations where low profile and bomber durability are a must, the Elite Ops Camera has a curved housing that fits to the contours of a trooper's helmet. The camera can endure a drop of six feet, is waterproof to 30 feet and has been jump tested. (Photo from MOHOC)
But their use has applications beyond chronicling the heat and grit of combat, with units increasingly using helmet camera footage for battle damage assessment and intelligence gathering.
That's where the new Elite Ops Camera from MOHOC comes in.
Developed exclusively for high-speed operations where low profile and bomber durability are a must, the Elite Ops Camera has a curved housing that fits to the contours of a trooper's helmet. The camera can endure a drop of six feet, is waterproof to 30 feet and has been jump tested, company officials say.
"We set out to build a military-ruggedized camera for extreme durability," said MOHOC sales rep Eric Dobbie during an interview at the 2016 Modern Day Marine exposition here.
"I Like to call it the Panasonic Toughbook of cameras."
Sure, there are several point-of-view cameras out there, but many are delicate and aren't optimized for military missions. MOHOC has designed the Elite Ops Camera from the ground up with the warfighter in mind, Dobbie said, with an oversized on-off button and both a tone and vibration to alert the operator that the camera is up and running.
The MOHOC Elite Ops Camera has large buttons for operation with gloved hands. It also vibrates when the camera begins recording so troops can tell when it's on — even in loud environments. (Photo from MOHOC)
There's even a rechargeable internal battery and a slot for two CR-123s, so running low on juice won't be a problem.
The Elite Ops Camera features a short-range wifi capability that connects with a smartphone app to view videos and check framing, and the camera can take stills with a press of a button. There's even an infrared version of the Elite Ops Camera that records in black and white and automatically switches from light to IR mode.
"This works great as a training tool, for sensitive sight exploitation, combat camera and explosive ordnance disposal missions," Dobbie said. "One of our biggest markets is with anyone that jumps out of a plane because we're a snag-free option."
The 13 Funniest Military Memes Of The Week
It's Friday, so that's good. But it's three weeks since the military's last pay day and we all know you're staying in the barracks this weekend. While you're crunching on your fast food and waiting for your video games to load, check out these 13 military memes.
Real guns are super heavy.
The assistant gunner has to carry 300 extra rounds, nearly a pound of weight.
It's guaranteed that this was a profile pic.
Maybe if we just taxi it near the maintenance chief really slowly, he'll tell us if it's okay.
That's why pilots just fly the d*mn thing.
Don't use flashbangs near the uninitiated.
Coast Guard couldn't make it. They were super busy helping the TSA foil terrorists.
The soldier can brag about that pushup if he wants, but it won't count with his feet that far apart.
Just salute, better to be laughed at than shark attacked.
But really, why does an anchor outrank a crow? Navy Ranks are weird.
But hey, at least they don't have to wear PT Belts.
Both groups also get into adorable shenanigans while everyone is working.
Be afraid, be very afraid.
It's all fun until she takes away your breath with a Ka-Bar through the ribs.
That's why they have planes.
You don't need to run when you can project force from those comfy chairs.
Notice the National Guard sticker on the cabinet?
You're going in well after the Marines. Judging by that recruiter's lack of a deployment patch, you might never go.
Whatever, the Marine is the only one working right now.
He's collecting intelligence. VERY detailed intelligence.
The sweet, sweet purr of the warthog
BRRRR is just how they clear phlegm from their throat and enemy fighters from the ground.
You start off motivated …
Just wait until you leave the retention office and realize you re-upped.
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There are 40,000 African asylum seekers in Israel, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea. In the last few years many have been held during the nights in a desert detention facility.
A new law requires the employed ones to lodge 20% of their earnings with the state, to be repaid only when they leave the country.


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Consider me to be like a piece of granite-stone that has been carved, chiseled and polished in life but welcomes a new buffing from time-to-time. I look for the quality in people moreso than the superficial. I am the genuine one.
I like to hike, take pictures, cook (when I have a recipie), read, watch anime, listen to music, and play video games some times. I tend to be shy when I first meet someone but open up as I get to know them.
I am a 70 year old male living in the US. I am divorced and live alone. I am an attorney but am willing to retire and move to China for the right woman.
Romantic,love travel,walks on beach holding hands.Write I love you on bathroom mirrors.Honest, good cook,and great sense of hummor.
apa khabar my dream girl?
Can I be Your gentleman?


The Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mk II physical dimensions are very similar to its predecessor, the OM D E-M1. However, we came out with a few improvements over our first-generation housing that will improve your underwater experience.
The Aquatica AE-M1II housing is all about ergonomics. AE-L/AE-L, shutter and front dial are still easily accessible with your right hand on the grip, but two new levers have been incorporated to allow the photographer easier access to the REC and Fn2 buttons, hence exploiting the great buttons customization options Olympus offers. In the back, all menu navigation buttons have been brought closer to the side of the housing to allowing easier reach. AF and HDR buttons have also been moved from the top to the back to facilitate access using your left hand thumb. Finally, both handle grips have been slightly moved away from the housing to ease the use of diving gloves.
We prioritized a lower profile and more compact housing to truly take advantage of the E-M1 Micro 4/3 format. The AEM1II housing comes standard with a new improved and self-powered flash trigger when ordered with Optical connectors. This flash trigger is powered by two lithium coin cell style batteries that will give you a minimum of 15,000 flashes per set. The OPT version is designed to trigger strobes optically by firing low power consumption LEDs. The AEM1II housing optical bulkhead plate can be swapped to accept a Nikonos or an Ikelite style connector as an option.
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Cargo Recording Studios
IN the 1970s the Rochdale recording studio Cargo became a hotbed for Manchester's young musical talent and the place to go if you wanted to get airtime on John Peel's radio show. One of the main men behind this musical phenomenon was John Brierley, who became one of the most important unsung musical heroes of his generation. While working for Granada as a cameraman John moved to a house on Drake Street, where in 1974 he used two rooms on the first floor to found Cargo Recording Studios. Three years later he moved to the top floor of Tractor Music's new shop on Kenion Street and set up a 16-track recording studio there. With producer Martin Hannett he worked with bands who became cult figures in the late 1970s such as Joy Division, The Fall and Durutti Column. Joy Division recorded one of their most famous songs 'Atmosphere' there while The Fall believe they recorded some of their best music at Cargo. Other bands he worked with included The Gang of Four who became a major influence on big bands of today such as Franz Ferdinand, while Nico of the Velvet Underground was another who recorded at Cargo. Many of the bands were on the new Manchester record label Factory run by Tony Wilson and their exploits at this time were immortalised in the film '24 Hour Party People'. Legendary Radio One DJ John Peel was such a big fan of the studio's sound he played many of its recordings and top young bands flocked there hoping to make it onto the show. Liverpool duo Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark recorded their first single 'Electricity' there and the Icicle Works were another chart act who recorded with John and Martin. John's first experience of recording came when he worked with his schoolfriends who formed the band The Way We Live. This was done on a pair of two-track tape recorders in the attic and bedrooms of John's parents house on Edenfield Road, Rochdale. The demos were sent off to John Peel who liked them so much he offered The Way We Live a contract. He even named the bedroom studio Dandelion Studios, Rochdale, to tie in with his Dandelion Records label. John Peel said: "John Brierley was, we discovered, a BBC employee who had built a studio virtually from old washing machine parts in his bedroom and attic. If his mum and dad were up he used their bedroom for recording vocals as the acoustics were better." The Way We Live made their first album in 1971 before changing their name to Tractor and hitting the charts with another album. John Peel had an affection for Rochdale having worked for a time at Townhead Mill. This combined with his regard for Jim Milne and Steve Clayton's musicianship and John Brierley's recording techniques helped to kick-start a Rochdale recording industry. Julian Cope, who fronted The Teardrop Explodes before launching a successful solo career, underlined the studio's importance when he said: "Peel made great play of the fact that this Tractor sound had been created not in a regular recording studio, but in a Rochdale attic by the band's old schoolfriend John Brierley, obviously the new Joe Meek with attitude enough to reach the moon!" Julian elaborates about his admiration for Tractor on his website Head Heritage and in fact came to Rochdale to record for that very reason In 1985 John sold the studio to Chris Hewitt – manager of Tractor – and Joy Division and New Order bass player Peter Hook. The studio was re-christened Suite Sixteen on the suggestion of Tony Wilson and still attracted young bands such as The Mock Turtles and the Diagram Brothers. Local bands were still using Suite Sixteen to record demos until the studio closed a few years ago.
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Persian readers have Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt's "The Night of Fire"
TEHRAN –(Iranart)- A Persian translation of Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt's "The Night of Fire" (La Nuit de Feu) has recently been published by Ketabestan Publications in Qom.
The book has been translated into Persian by Vahideh Naimabadi.
At the age of twenty-eight, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt undertakes a hike in the great south of Algeria. During the expedition, he loses sight of his companions and gets lost in the immensity of Hoggar. Without water or food during the freezing desert night, he feels no fear but on the contrary feels a burning force rising in him. Stardust in the infinite, the rationalist philosopher sees all his certainties shake. A feeling of peace, of happiness, of eternity invades him. This fire, why not name it God?
This fiery night - as Pascal called his mystical night - Schmitt recounts it for the first time, revealing over a fascinating inner journey his spiritual intimacy and the miraculous experience that transformed his life as a man and writer. The paths he traces in the book are inscribed in each individual.
Playwright, novelist, short story writer, essayist, filmmaker, with works translated into 45 languages and performed in more than 50 countries, Schmitt is one of the most widely read and represented authors in the world.
"The Cycle of the Invisible" has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and was unanimously elected in January 2016 by his peers as a member of the Académie Goncourt.
Schmitt was born in 1960 in Lyon, France. He is a writer and director, known for "Heavy Weather", "Oscar and the Lady in Pink" and "Odette Toulemonde".
He is graduated from the École normale supérieure in Paris, receiving a doctorate in philosophy.
Although starting his career as a dramatist, he is best known for his novels such as "My Life with Mozart"(Ma Vie avec Mozart).
source: Tehran Times
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Senate Testimony 7/29/1999 Up Now: Understanding the Role of the Information Coordination Center (ICC)
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Quick post... gotta run.
(Hope you're having fun Chuck!)
Senate Hearing Testimony up...
Y2K Response, Recovery and Cyber-Reconstitution:
Understanding the Role of the Information Coordination Center
http://www.senate.gov/~y2k/hearings/990729/
July 29, 1999, SD-192, 9:30am - 192 Senate Dirksen Building
Senator Bennett's Opening Statement
http://www.senate.gov/~y2k/hearings/990729/st990729bennett.htm
Senator Dodd's Opening Statement
http://www.senate.gov/~y2k/hearings/990729/st990729dodd.htm
STATEMENTS FOR THE RECORD
Witness List:
Panel One
The Honorable John Koskinen
The Presidents Year 2000 Conversion Council
http://www.senate.gov/~y2k/hearings/990729/st990729jkoskinen.htm
(Koskinen link Not Found at the moment... but his Testimony IS up at the y2k.gov site...)
http://www.y2k.gov/council/JKTE072999.htm
Panel Two
Mr. John S. Tritak
The Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office
http://www.senate.gov/~y2k/hearings/990729/jtritak.htm
Mr. Michael Vatis
The National Infrastructure Protection Center
(Not linked yet... but search at info.gov keywords: Vatis Testimony Infrastructure Protection Center and youll see other testimony links.)
http://www.info.gov/cgi-bin/search_gov
Mr. Richard Schaeffer
Infrastructure and Information Assurance
http://www.senate.gov/~y2k/hearings/990729/dod.htm
Note: The above links are to submitted (draft) testimony. The official transcript will be available from Government Printing Office.
-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), August 03, 1999
National Command Center announced by what's his name
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-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), August 03, 1999.
The statement of John S. Tritak, Director, Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (CIAO) seems to be mostly self-patting on the back for "tireless" efforts in whatever it is CIAO is up to. CIAO's stated purpose is to "elaborate on ways to maximize lessons learned from the Year 2000 experience. . .in particular, the CIAO's cooperation with the Information Coordination Center (ICC) and the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion," and to act "as a mechanism to assist in the coordination of the Federal Government's initiatives on critical infrastructure protection. . . [by] integrating the various infrastructure sector plans into a national plan; coordinating departmental analyses on how to mitigate unacceptable risks resulting from the U.S. Government's own dependencies on critical infrastructure; coordinating a national education and awareness program targeted toward increasing public understanding and participation in protection efforts; and coordinating legislative and public affairs to integrate infrastructure assurance objectives into the public and private sectors." [Translation: we go to a LOT of meetings.]
And, I might add, a major purpose seems to be justifying CIAO's continuation into perpetuity after any Y2K problems are over, rendering its acronym one of the most ironic in government. CIAO's director concludes: "The National Plan for Information Systems Protection-Public-Private Cooperation . . . addresses. . . a complex interagency process for approaching critical infrastructure and cyber-related issues. These include, but are not limited to, law enforcement, defense, intelligence, procurement, information technology, and privacy matters. . . The CIAO sees the important work being done by the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion and the ICC as an opportunity to listen and learn. We also feel strongly that the Year 2000 issue offers an additional opportunity to meet with and explore new ways of working with the private sector. This Nation's cyber security will depend on our efforts to forge an alliance with private sector to implement PDD-63 and Congress' information technology agenda, and we are proud to be a partner in this effort on behalf of all Americans." [Translation: we plan to go to EVEN MORE meetings!]
Sounds to me like another raid on my taxpayer dollars, but don't listen to me--I'm in a particularly unforgiving mood today.
-- Cynical Old Git (anon@spamproblems.com), August 03, 1999.
Wait until they form an international technical advisory center to advise on compatible hardware, software and internet configuration standards to impliment the suggested but enforced recommendations as a result of the lessons learned.
120 million a year.
-- Living in (the@real.world), August 03, 1999.
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-- Deborah (infowars@yahoo.com), August 03, 1999.
Funny you should say that. . .
Koskinen's statement:
. . . this [Senate Y2K] Committee has made a significant contribution in helping to underscore the serious nature of the Y2K challenge and the need for action in all sectors of our economy.
". . . But the focus of our endeavors has been shifting, as it must, from outreach and promoting action on the problem to event management during the actual rollover to the Year 2000."
[Note: "event" management, not "crsis" management. Nice touch.]
". . . The difficulty for every organization, including the Federal Government, in trying to make decisions and organize appropriate responses is that Y2K-related difficulties, however minor, may be happening more or less simultaneously and in multiple locations. Much like the computer problem itself, gathering information about system operations during the date rollover presents the Federal Government, and the nation, with yet another unprecedented challenge."
Re 15 federal emergency ops centers (FEMA to Department of State): "No one of them, however, is capable of collecting and coordinating information flows about system operations from and across the entire Federal Government; State, local and tribal governments; critical areas of the private sector; and countries around the world."
Explains the Information Coordination Center: ". . . will serve as the Federal Governments central point for coordinating a wide range of information on system operations and events related to the Y2K transition that will be collected by government emergency operations centers and the private sector."
"I am pleased to note that Lieutenant General (Retired) Peter Kind, formerly director of information systems for the Department of the Army, is serving as the Director of the ICC and is presently overseeing its development. General Kind and the ICC report directly to me and the Presidents Council."
"The ICC presently has a core staff of 18, which will increase to a range of 30 to 40. In addition, each Federal agency providing substantial information to the ICC will detail subject matter experts on a full-time basis to receive information from the agency and integrate the data into the overall national and international status reports produced by the ICC. These experts will also be able to highlight developing events of interest back to their agencies. Agencies will also detail to the ICC members of their public information staffs who will participate in a Joint Public Information Center (JPIC), which will operate as part of the ICC. The JPIC will assist in providing information to the public and responding to inquiries as well as helping the agencies to share information with their normal constituencies."
[Rumor Central?]
". . . States, in particular, have asked for regular reports from the ICC on the status of Global Positioning Systems, National Airspace Systems, the National Weather Service, the National Crime Information Center, the U.S. Postal Service, and navigable waterways."
[So we're not the only ones worried about certain government operations.]
"FEMA will provide the ICC reports from State, local, and tribal governments. FEMA will expand its present system, which usually receives information on an exception basis where a request for Federal assistance is made, to include regularly updated State reports on the status of their critical infrastructures such as power, telecommunications and health care. . . .If the States do not currently have hardware or connectivity capacity to support such reporting activity, the ICC will provide those States a reliable and protected network-based service to receive and move the locally submitted information to the designated State facilities."
"The Presidents Council has been encouraging critical industries to establish their own National Information Centers. These industry centers will collect status reports from individual companies and share this information with the appropriate Federal emergency operations center (e.g., electric power will provide information to the Department of Energy). Each Federal agency will then analyze and summarize those reports and forward them to the ICC."
"The electric power, oil and gas, telecommunications, and airline industries have already indicated they will have national information centers in place for the date rollover. Other sectors, such as water and health care, are more diffuse and will have greater difficulty in formulating an adequate emergency reporting and response structure. The ICC is working with Federal agencies and their associated industry organizations to encourage the formation of industry-led national information centers in these areas."
"The Departments of State, Defense, and Transportation will provide the ICC information about system operations outside of the United States collected from U.S. embassies, international organizations, and other posts. Numerous governments have indicated interest in exchanging data from the information centers they are creating and Canada has requested an exchange of liaison officers to enhance coordination and status information. The International Y2K Cooperation Center, established under the auspices of the United Nations and the World Bank, will use an ICC reporting format for international reporting purposes and will provide the ICC additional international information about system operations abroad gathered from National Y2K Coordinators."
"Of special importance is the point this Committee made a year ago that we should pay particular attention to status reports from countries passing into the new year before us. Beginning at 7 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, December 31, when New Zealand will move into the Year 2000, much of the world will precede the United States into the next millennium. New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom have expressed interest in providing early warning information on regional events as the date change takes effect in their respective time zones."
"The Computer Emergency Response Teams (Domestic) and Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (International) will provide reports to the ICC on any incidents within their respective areas.. . . This arrangement will ensure that the NIPC will receive complete and timely data from all sources on unauthorized intrusions so that they can conduct their missions of warning and response, in coordination with government and private sector entities. The ICC will have direct connectivity for information sharing throughout the Department of Defense Decision Support Activity (DSA) being formed specifically to monitor for Y2K. . . . The ICC may also help coordinate assistance to agencies and sectors in cyber reconstitution processes necessitated by cyber incidents."
". . .Conclusion - We have entered a new phase in our efforts to ensure that the country makes the smoothest possible transition into the Year 2000, one that is no less important than our efforts to promote action on the problem by businesses and governments in the United States and around the world.
While monitoring and collecting information on system operations across the globe as we will during the date rollover has never been tried before, I am confident that the structure we have put in place with the ICC will engender the maximum level of cooperation required from a range of organizations across the country to make this effort a success."
[They're going to an awful lot of trouble and spending a lot of time and money for a bump in the road or even for a feel-good public relations feat, aren't they?]
-- Still Cynical Old Git (anon@spamproblems.com), August 03, 1999.
Old Git (Charmingly cynical today)
This does indeed seem like an awful lot of effort for a non event. Do we detect the "Purloined Letter" technique at work, perhaps?
This particular section fries me a bit "crispy" around the edges:
So, we will know to fill our bloody (sorry) bathtubs with water and put our freezer stuff in the cooler.
Or maybe just head down to the shelters to avoid the rush.
Can you see the riots at the stores on New Years Eve? Anyone feel gruesome enough to try to estimate casualties?
***GRRRRR***
-- Jon Williamson (jwilliamson003@sprintmail.com), August 03, 1999.
If it takes $40 million to do the same quality job that they did on making the public aware of the situation/complications, then we are just furnishing more idiots more jobs when the rest of the country will be starving.
Taz....who thinks we should buy lots of rope!! Find lots of strong trees!!
-- Taz (Tassie@aol.com), August 03, 1999.


In The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs writes, "Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody." As Jacobs emphasizes, the active participation of citizens in building a positive urban environment is essential to creating dynamic cities. She believed strongly in local residents playing a role in how their cities and neighbourhoods develop.
Though cities have the potential to, "provide something for everybody," it is all too easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of an urban environment and feel disconnected from fellow urban dwellers. From street art such as JR's Inside Out portrait project to public pianos, public art can provoke a sense of social connectedness through art and play. It takes art out of traditional gallery spaces, and invites people to participate in decorating the streets with sound and colour while creating dialogue amongst friends and neighbours.
As darkness falls on a chilly night in Montreal, it is tempting to cozy up at home with a warm cup of tea or cocoa. In the city's Mile End neighbourhood, some people are doing completely the opposite. Each evening, they are following a tale told line by line, lit up in the windows of their neighbours' homes. At the end of each line is an address to another stranger's window where the next line of the story is unveiled the following day. The person behind this illuminating story is Montreal's very own urban fairy, Patsy Van Roost.
Now, it's not every day you meet someone who writes "fairy" as her occupation when she fills out forms. Then again, it fits. Patsy thrives on creating magic in people's lives. Her mission is to create a sense of social connection through public art. She quit her job as a wedding invitation designer years ago because she felt isolated working at home. She decided to take a year off to build art projects that create a sense of community and encourage people to have spontaneous encounters with strangers. Now, it's been over three years, and she spreads magic as her full-time job.
This holiday season, Patsy was overwhelmed with projects in other parts of town and felt incredibly guilty that she didn't have the time or money to spread holiday cheer in her own neighbourhood. She decided to give a gift to the Mile End called The Décompte de Noël, or Christmas Countdown.
After thinking about how she could pull off a project with no funding and very little time, she decided to use the power of friendship and good will along with materials she already had to create a story walk.
She called out to friends and supporters, asking for someone to write a story that could be told in 25 lines – one line for each day leading up to Christmas. One of her admirers responded, and created a story that took place in the Mile End.
The story follows a lonely count who wants to give away 1000 gifts to 1000 different people on Christmas day, but is struck with panic when he realizes he has nowhere to host so many guests.
Patsy had already been collecting shoeboxes from her neighbour, Mile End Kicks, for a year. She knew she had to collect them, but she didn't know why. This provided the perfect occasion to reuse the old boxes and give them a new life. Using a simple push pin, she punctured each line of the story into a shoebox and hung a light bulb behind the box to light up the letters.
She then dropped 50 letters in the mailboxes of Mile End residents, asking if they would be willing to host a line of the story. She received 24 responses, but was missing a window for the very last line. Patsy believes it ended up being a blessing in disguise. The missing window created an opportunity to bring people together at at a local institution, Cafe Olympico. This gathering place hosts the final line of the story, an end point of a magical story that transforms strangers into neighbours.
The holiday season is meant to be joyful and a celebration of togetherness with loved ones. This is not the case for everyone. Walking down the Mile End streets of Esplanade and Waverly on any given December night, you could see families with children discovering the story, couples holding hands and people exchanging and learning together. The Décompte de Noël shows how one person's invitation to collaborate on a collective gift for a neighbourhood motivated people to contribute and participate towards creating a sense of belonging in their community.
Coming back to Jane Jacobs, this spring, Jane's Walks , a global movement inspired by the influential author and urbanist will bring strangers together to explore their cities through the stories and perspectives of their neighbours, allowing them to connect and learn from each other through urban exploration. It gives people living in a city to share their expertise and passion in an accessible way, honouring Jacob's vision to see the active participation of people in planning and transforming cities for people.
To learn more about Patsy Van Roost's other public art initiatives, visit http://patsyvanroost.com/.
The Christmas Countdown lighting up windows in Montreal's Mile End concludes today January 6, 2016.


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Initially, the Silent Army was designed for mining from under Linux, but today it is successfully used by Windows users with the help of Cygwin. The advantage of the software is also the absence of a developer commission.
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070 = 70 H / s.
Genoil ZEC miner 0.6.2. This fast mining miner Zcash with GPU supports only GCN cards from AMD and can only work under Windows. The miner uses OpenCL Genoil for work and there are no additional developer fees.
AMD Radeon R9 280X = 30 H / s.
1. Download and install Python for Windows.
2. Download and install cywin for Windows.
3. During Cygwin installation, select and install all the "Python" packages in the "Interpreters" section.
5. Set up a SilentArmy 5.0 miner. To determine the devices available on the system, use the "--list" parameter in the .bat file (Example: c: \ cygwin64 \ bin \ python3.4m silentarmy --list).
6.Set up the .bat file for mining (Example: c: \ cygwin64 \ bin \ python3.4m silentarmy --instances = 1 -c stratum + tcp: //zec-eu1.nanopool.org: 6666 -u t1TaokQnaUYLMuuNLT21ypNc1tEdKB px - use 0), where - instances is the number of streams, -c is the address of the mining pool, -u is the username for the pool or your wallet address, -p is the password for the worker, --use is the list of devices for mining (for example, --use 0,1,2,3,4 is the processor + 4 video cards in the system).


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The Woodsman (O Lenhador, no Brasil; O Condenado, em Portugal) é um filme americano de 2004, estrelado por Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Mos Def, Eve e Benjamin Bratt.

Sinopse
Após cumprir doze anos de cadeia por abuso sexual de menores, Walter (Kevin Bacon) é solto. Abandonado pela família e amigos, exceto por seu cunhado Carlos (Benjamin Bratt), Walter é visitado somente por Lucas (Mos Def), seu agente da condicional.

Conseguindo um emprego em uma madeireira, ele conhece Vicki (Kyra Sedgwick), com quem acaba se envolvendo. Entretanto, apesar de sua nova companheira, Walter ainda precisa lidar contra seus demônios.

Morando próximo a uma escola primária, ele precisa lutar, constantemente, contra suas tentações, ao mesmo passo em que começa a desconfiar de que existe um outro homem aliciando crianças por ali.

Repercussão
Aclamado pela crítica, O Lenhador recebeu indicações a vários prêmios, em  diversos festivais de cinemas. Foi indicado ao Grande Prêmio do Júri no Festival de Sundance e aos prêmios de Melhor Ator Principal, para Bacon, no Independent Spirit Awards e no Satellite Awards.

Em contrapartida, o filme foi lançado em apenas 84 salas de cinema nos Estados Unidos. Apesar de ter sido anunciado no Reino Unido por meses, o filme também teve um lançamento limitado nesse país, devido a sua natureza polêmica. Arrecadou cerca de US$ 1,5 milhão nos EUA e US$ 4,5 milhões em todo o mundo.

Elenco
 Kevin Bacon ...  Walter
 Kyra Sedgwick ...  Vicki
 Mos Def ...  Sgto. Lucas
 Benjamin Bratt ...  Carlos
 Eve ...  Mary-Kay
 David Alan Grier ...  Bob

Ligações externas

Filmes dos Estados Unidos
Filmes dos Estados Unidos de 2004
Filmes de drama
Filmes em língua inglesa
Filmes da Universal Pictures
Filmes sobre abuso sexual de menores

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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai arrested under new national security law
Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily (C) is detained by the national security unit in Hong Kong, China.
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai became the highest-profile arrest under a new national security law on Monday, detained over suspected collusion with foreign forces as around 200 police searched the offices of his Apple Daily newspaper.
Lai, 71, has been one of the most prominent democracy activists in the Chinese-ruled city and an ardent critic of Beijing, which imposed the sweeping new law on Hong Kong on June 30, drawing condemnation from Western countries.
His arrest comes amid Beijing's crackdown against pro-democracy opposition in the city and further stokes concerns about media and other freedoms promised to the former British colony when it returned to China in 1997.
It "bears out the worst fears that Hong Kong's National Security Law would be used to suppress critical pro-democracy opinion and restrict press freedom," said Steven Butler, the Committee to Protect Journalists' Asia programme coordinator. "Jimmy Lai should be released at once and any charges dropped."
Ryan Law, chief editor of Apple Daily, a staunch anti-government and pro-democracy tabloid that also does investigative work, said the paper would not intimidated by the raid.
"Business as usual," he said.
The new security law punishes anything China considers subversion, secession, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison. Critics say it crushes freedoms, while supporters say it will bring stability after prolonged pro-democracy protests last year.
Lai had been a frequent visitor to Washington, where he has met officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to rally support for Hong Kong democracy, prompting Beijing to label him a "traitor".
Hong Kong police said they had arrested seven men, aged 39-72, on suspicion of breaching the new security law, without naming them, adding that further arrests were possible.
Apple Daily, which posted on its Facebook page a livestream of police officers roaming through its newsroom and rifling through files, reported Lai was taken away from his home early on Monday.
The live feed showed staff being asked to show identity documents. Some executive offices were sealed off with red cordons. The police later wheeled in stacks of empty plastic containers.
Lai himself was brought back to the office later, initially in handcuffs.
"We can't worry that much, we can only go with the flow," Lai said, before being escorted into a police vehicle.
Police said around 200 officers entered the premises with a court warrant. The law allows police to search premises without one "under exceptional circumstances," and also allows seizing documents, equipment and financial assets.
The search was finished by midafternoon, and police said they collected 25 boxes of evidence.
Apple Daily reported one of Lai's sons, Ian, was also arrested at his home and later showed his restaurant, Cafe Seasons, being raided by police.
Shares of media company Next Digital, which publishes Apple Daily, plunged 16.7% before rebounding to trade 300% higher. Some on Facebook posted screenshots of purchases saying they bought to show support for Lai.
"The market may now think the worst is over," said Kenny Ng, analyst at brokerage Everbright Sun Hung Kai.
An Apple Daily source said that other senior executives in the company were among those targeted and they were hiring lawyers. Next Digital Executive Director Cheung Kim-hung was seen escorted by police out of the building.
"We see this as straight harassment," the source said, adding that Lai was arrested on suspicion of sedition, criminal fraud and colluding with foreign forces.
Hong Kong Journalists Association chairman Chris Yeung said the search was "horrible."
"I think somewhere in third-world countries there has been such kind of press freedom suppression; I just didn't expect it in Hong Kong."
Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang said "China should not treat Hong Kong this way."
On major cases in Hong Kong, the central government in Beijing can claim jurisdiction. The legislation allows agents to take suspects across the border for trials in Communist Party-controlled courts.
Apple Daily executive Chan Pui-man said the newspaper will be published on Tuesday.
"Even if Apple Daily publish a pile of blank paper tomorrow, we would go and buy a copy," prominent young activist Joshua Wong said on Twitter.
Lai was also arrested this year on illegal assembly charges, along with other leading activists, relating to protests last year.
In an interview in May, Lai pledged to stay in Hong Kong and continue to fight for democracy.
Before Monday, 15 people, including teenagers, had been arrested under the new law, which has seen activists disbanding their organisations or fleeing the city.
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam and other officials for allegedly helping to curtail political freedoms in the territory, drawing mockery and condemnation from Beijing.
The arrest reflects that Hong Kong "wasn't intimidated" by sanctions, Global Times editor Hu Xijin said in a tweet. Global Times is published by China's official Communist Party newspaper People's Daily.
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