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#42-16, NASCAR, 20 Drivers, Signing, 2003, Rolaids, You Could Win A Trip To The Daytona 500, Card Board and Plastic Stand Up Ad., with Picture Proof Photos, (P.P.P.)
Signed By:
1) Derrike Cope, 1990 Daytona 500 Winner,
2) Paul Menard, Menards,
3) R M,
4) Randy LaJoyie,
5) B R ff , #67,
6) B
7) Jimmy Means , #52,
8) David Green, Kleenex,
9) Justin LaBonte , #44, Slim Jim,
10) Brad Teaque , #24,
11) Eli Gold, T.N.N. Network Announcer,
12) #91,
13) Armond Fritz, #22, Owner, Football Player,
14) Steve, Advil,
15) Goulds pumps,
16) Jay Sauter, #75,
17) #59, Kingsford,
18) Jeff Fuller,
19) Auston Lewis, McDonald's,
20) S bb 622c?
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1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard Guitars. The epitome of cool guitars. Played and favored by REAL guitar heroes like, Billy Gibbons, Jimmy Page, Joe Perry, Duane Allman, Ace Frehley, Jeff Beck, Paul Kossoff, Joe Walsh, Gary Richrath, Steve Lukather, Gary Moore, James Hetfield, Michael Bloomfield, Peter Green, Gary Rossington, Ed King, Slash, Edward Van Halen, Eric Clapton, Rick Nielsen and many many others. Vintage guitar authentication.
On Feb. 19, 2014, ship sponsor, Mrs. Mary Winnefeld, authenticated the keel block for the future USS Sioux City (LCS 11) in Marinette, Wis., by having her initials welded. The ship will carry the sponsor’s initials throughout its entire service to the U.S. Navy.
For more information on LCS, visit: www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/littoral-combat-ship.html
TSA is using a new automated Credential Authentication Technology at Dulles International Airport to confirm passenger drivers license and identity documents and flight details validation at security screening checkpoints.
The license is inserted into a computerized reader that confirms license validity and displays passenger information and flight details for the security screener. This device supersedes the need for a separate Boarding Pass Scanning System and may automatically indicate PreCheck, Global Entry, Nexus, and Trusted Travelers status.
It seems like passports and other Federal ID documents will be scanned via their barcode or machine readable strips/zones (MRZ) in a document reader. Passengers will no longer need to show their boarding pass or other documents.
NASCAR 2015 Chase Fest contenders, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski, Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin, Jamie McMurry, Ryan Newman, Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer, Paul Menard
1C-15, Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead), Rich Koz (Svengoulie), Signing, Skull-1 Model with Green Eyes, with Picture Proof Photos, (P.P.P.) Svengoolie
Some of the magazines and web site that I have been in are:
1) Die Cast X magazine, Summer 2014, The Incredible Fred, Meet Fred Weichmann: Mover, Trucker, - Collector Full Page #66,
2) Beckett Racing Magazine, June 2004, Super Collector, Working The Pits, A 2 Page wite up, #14 and 15,
3) Toy Shop Paper, Jan. 9, 2004, Autographed Hound, a full page #70,
4) THE DIECAST US magazine, Issue 26, winter of 2015, has a 3 page write up of me collectting Picture Proof Autographs on diecast with 22 pictures of my collection, which is :
5) The Hot Wheels Collectors Web Site,
hotwheelscollectors.com Choose me to be in their collectors spotlight for Feb., 2007
Beckett Racing Magazine, June, 2004, Vol. 11, No. 2, Issue 118, Pages 14-15,
Mark Zeska wrote (Super Collector)
(Working The Pits) which includes a 2 full page write up with 5 pictures of how I collect Picture Proof Autographs.
This is an article that Beckett Racing Magazine wrote on how I collect which has a picture of the NASCAR, INDY, NHRA, LITE TABLE in it. Beckett Racing, June 2004, Issue 118, page 14 and 15.
Signed by INDY drivers Framed are,
The Late Dan Wheldon, #26, J.Beam
Sam Hornish Jr., #6, Marlboro
Helio Castiveneses, Dances With The Stars
Adreian Fernandez, #5, Quaker State
Scott Sharp, #8, Delphi
Scott Dixon, #1, TARGET
Ed Carpenter, Red Bull
Dario Franchitti, #27, Arca
Tony Kannan, McDonald's
Brain Herta, Shell
Darren Manning, Target
Travis Greg,
Kosuski Matsuura,
Townsend Bell, #2, Menards
MONSTER TRUCK DRIVERS:
John Seacock, Batman
Chad Fortune, Superman,
Charlie Paulk, Grave Digger
Lesley Weenk, Blue Thunder,
Frank Kemble, Hot Wheels,
Andy Slifco, Back Draft,
Courtney Jolly, Pastrammie,
Signed by NASCAR drivers framed are The Late Ricky Hendricks, GMAC, Busch
Steve Parks, #1, Pennzoil
Mike Skinner, #3, Goodwrench
Greg Biffle, #60, Granger
Todd Bodine, #35, McDonalds
Joe Gibbs, NASCAR OWNER
Kenny Wallace, #55 Square D
Jimmy Spenser, #NASCAR Hub
, Bill Lester, #8, Trucks
Hank Parker Jr., # GMC Get Well
Jon Woods, #21, Busch
Mike Bliss, #2 Trucks,
Rich Bickle, #15, Busch
Casey Mears, #66, Phillips 66
Jimmy Means, #52, Alka-Selzer
David SenTzer, #89, McDonald's
Ray Dunlap, Nascar Race Hub
Larry McRenolds, Nascar Race Hub
Kerry Earnhardt, #21, Super Cuts
The Late, Steve Byrnes, Nascar Race Hub
Randy LaJoie, Busch Champion
Mike Joy, Race News
Amy Earl, Race News
Dick Bergeren, Stockcar Magazine
Phil Parsons, #55 Matchbox
Ted Mustgrave, Winston Cup
Gary Nelson, Nascar Inspector
Jamie McMurry, #1, McDonald's
Stacy Compton, Trucks, R.C. cola
Scoot Willmer, Spint Cup
Travis Krapil, Spint Cup
David Star, #75, Spears, Trucks
Scott Riggs, Nesquit, Busch
Ron Hornaday Jr.,, NAPA
Mike McCoughlin, Busch
Steve Portengay, Busch
Carlos Contreras (Hot Wheels),
Larry Foylt, #14, Harras
Ashton Lewis, Busch
Brenden Gone, Busch
Mark Heimel (Drugs),
Bobby Dotter, #02 DeWalt
Rick Crawford, #17 Truck
Scott Wimmer, Busch
Robert Presley, #29 Cartoon Network
Steve Brynes, The Race Hub
NHRA drivers framed signing are,
Brandon Bernstein, Budweiser
Kenny Bernstein, Budweiser
John Force 11x, Castrol GTX, F.C.
Larry Dixon 3X, Miller, Top Fuel
Cory McCleanthon, McDonald's
Jim Yates, McDonald's, Pro Stock
Tony Schumacker, ARMY, Top Fuel
Tony Pedrogon, Castrol, Funny Car
Troy Coughlin, Coughlin, Pro Stock
Ronda Hartman-Smith, FRAME oil
Whit Bazemore, Funny Car
Doug Herbert, Top Fuel
Johnny Gray, Funny Car
Gary Scelzi, Winston, Top Fuel
Dale Greasy Jr., Funny Car
Mike Coughlin, Pro Stock
Darrell Alderman, Pro Stock
Allen Johnson, Pro Stock
Cruz Pedregon, McDonalds, Funny C
The Late Eric Mundren
Where all the drivers has signed on the NASCAR, INDY, NHRA, LITE TABLE
DRIVER
1)
2) NHRA, DARRELL ALDERMAN,
3) NASCAR, STACY COMPTON,
4) SAME AS # 3
5) INDY, The Late DAN WHELDON,
6)
7)
8) NHRA, JOHN FORCE, 11X,
9) NASCAR, LARRY McRENOLDS,
10
11
12
13) NASCAR, CARLOS CORTRERES, Hot Wheels,
14) NASCAR, GREG BIFFLE,
15) NHRA, TONY SCHUMACKER(SARG), U.S. ARMY,
16) NASCAR, JOE GIBBS( THE COACH ),
17)
18)
19) NASCAR, BOBBY DOTTER,
20) NASCAR, LARRY FOYLT,
21) NASCAR, The Late RICKY HENDRICK,
22)
23)
24)
25)
26)
27)
28)
29)
30) Monster Tucks, JOHN SEACOCK,
31) NASCAR, MIKE JOY,
32) NASCAR, SCOTT RIGGS,
33)
34) Monster Trucks, CHAD FORTUNE, Superman,
35) NASCAR, KEVIN LaPAGE,
36)
37)
38)
39)
40)
41) INDY, SCOTT DIXION,
42) INDY, SAM HORNISH JR.,
43) NASCAR, The Late JASON LEFFLER,
44) Monster Trucks, CHARLIE PAULK, Grave Digger,
45) NASCAR, RAY DUNLAP, SPEED,
46) INDY, ED CARPENTER,
47) INDY, TONY KANNAN, McDonald's,
48) INDY, ADRIAN FERNANDEZ,
49)
50) INDY, TRAVIS GREGG,
51) NASCAR, TODD BODINE,
52) NASCAR, DAVID STAR,
53) INDY, KOSUKE MATSUURA,
54) Doug
55) Not Used
56) NHRA, KENNY BERNSTEIN, Budweiser,
57) NASCAR, STEVE HIEMLE, Crew Chief,
58)
59) NASCAR, DICK BERGEREN, Pit Row Reporter,
60) NHRA, DICK LaHIALE, Miller Lite, Crew Chief,
61) NASCAR, JIMMY MEANS, #52,
62)
63)
64) NASCAR, GREG BIFFLE, Winston Cup,
65) NASCAR, CASEY MEARS,
66)
67) NASCAR, SCOTT WIMMER,
68) NASCAR, RICH BICKLE,
69) NHRA, JIM YATES, Pro Stock Champion, McDonald's,
70) INDY, DARIO FRANCHITTE,
71)
72) NASCAR, RICH BICKLE,
73) INDY, HELIO CASTRONEVES, Dancing With The Stars Champion,
74)
75) Monster Truck, LISLEY WEENK,
76) NASCAR, JERAMMIE McMURRY, McDonald's,
77)
78) NASCAR, JIMMY SPENCER, McDonald's, #27,
79) SPEED, The Late, STEVE BYRNES, SPEED,
80) Monster Trucks, FRANK KEMBLE, Hot Wheels,
81) SAME AS #80,
82) INDY, ALEX BARREN,
83) NASCAR, DENNIS SENTZER,
84) SAME AS #83,
85) RL-,
86) NASCAR, LAURIE JENSON, Miss Milwaukee Mile,
87) INDY, SCOTT SHARP,
88) NASCAR, RANDY LaJOIE,
89)
90) NASCAR, RICK CRAWFORD,
91) NHRA, TONY PEDROGON,
92) INDY, ANDY SLIFKO / JOHN KALLIG,
93) NHRA, TROY COUGHLIN,
94) NASCAR, BILL LESTER,
95) Monster Trucks, COURTNEY JOLLY,
96) NASCAR, CASEY MEARS,
97) NHRA, CORY McCLENATHEN(CORY MAC),
98) NASCAR, STEVE PARKS,
99) A- T-
100) NASCAR, AMY EARL, SPEED,
101) J M
102) NASCAR, GREG BIFFLE, Winston Cup,
103) NHRA, GARY SCULLZIE, 3X,
104) NASCAR, KENNY WALLACE, Winston Cup,
105) NASCAR, TED MUSTGRAVE, Winston Cup,
36 DRIVERS that signed the board, but I don't know exactly where:
NASCAR
1) GARY NELSON,
2) PHIL PARSONS,
3) RON HORNADAY JR.,
4) MIKE BLISS,
5) HANK PARKER JR.,
6) JON WOODS,
7) ROBERT PRESSLEY,
8) MIKE McCLOUGHLIN,
9) JASON KELLER,
10) SCOTT WIMMER 2??,
11) TRAVIS KAPEL,
12) STEVE PORTINGAY,
13) ?????????,
NHRA
14) BRANDON BERNSTEIN,
15) LARRY DIXON,
16) TONY PEDERGON,
17) CRUZ PEDERGON,
18) DALE CASEY,
19) JOHNNY GRAY,
20) DOUG HERBERT,
21) WHIT BAZEMORE,
22) MIKE COUGHLIN,
23) ALLIEN JOHNSON,
24) DICK LaHAYIE,
INDY
25) DARREN MANNING,
26) TOWNSEND BELL,
THE DIECAST US magazine, Issue 26, winter of 2015, has a 3 page write up of me collectting Picture Proof Autographs on diecast with 22 pictures of my collection, which is :
Page 28)
Picture 1) The Late Stephen J. Cannell,(Writer & Producer of the TV show, The A Team signing a Hot Wheels, 1/64 Scale A Team Van
Picture 2) The Late Dick Trickle Signing 1/24th Scale, Racing Champions, #66, Phillips 66 Diecast
Picture 3) The Late Dick Trickle Signing 1/24th scale, Racing Champions, #90, Heilig Meyers Diecast
Picture 4) George Barris, and Micky Dolez, of the TV Show The Monkees, signing a Johnny Lighting, Hollywood On Wheels, 1/64th scale, Blister Packs, monkeemobile
Picture 5) Nascar Legend, Hall Of Fame, Buddy Baker, Signing Hot Wheels, Racers, Blister Pack, that included the #21, Valvoline car that he Drove.
Picture 6) The Late Stephen J. Cannell,(Writer & Producer of the TV show, The A Team, and George Barris Both Signing the ERTL A Team 1/64th scale van Blister Pack .
Picture 7) Corgi, 1/32nd scale Green Hornet's, Black Beauty signed by Van Williams (Green Hornet) and George Barris, and Batman's Batmobile signed By Adam West (Batman), and George Barris.
Picture 8) 41 of my 1/24th scale Nascar, Hot Wheels, Diecast signed by, Matt Kenseth, #17, DeWalt, Kurt Busch, #97, Sharpies, Rubbermaid, John Andretti, #43, Cheerios, STP, Wheaties, Pop Secret, Ryan Newman, #12, Chad Little, #97, John Deere, Carl Edwards, Office Depot, Greg Biffle, #60, Granger, Kenny Wallace, #55, Square D, Scott Riggs, and Jeff Green, Nesquick, Kyle Petty, #44, Hot Wheels, Jeff Burton, #21, Exide Batteries, Bobby Hamilton Jr., Marines, Terry LaBonte, #5, Kelloggs, Johnny Benson, #10, Valvoline, Kenny Schader, #36, M & Ms, Ricky Craven, #32, Tide, Mike Wallace, #01, Army.
Page 30)
Picture 9) 1/24th scale INDY, Racing Champions, diecast, signed by, Tony Stewart, #20, Menards, Glidden, Al Unser Jr., #31, Penski, Arie Luyendyk, #5, Robby Gordon, Valvoline, Michael Andretti, #6, K Mart, Halvoline, Scott Puett, #20, Firestone, and White Cars signed by, A.J.Folt. , The Late Carl Hogan, Eddie Cheevers, Danny Sullivan, Mario Andretti, Adrian Fernandez, Raul Boesel, Gil De Farran, Alex Zanardi, Patrick Carpentier, Kenny Brack, Scott Sharp,
Picture 10) 1/18th scale diecast hollywood cars of Starski and Hutch, Dukes Of Hazards, Triple X, Star Trek, white track cars,
Picture 11) Robert Vaughn, Man From UNCLE, Neopolein Solo, signing Corgi, 1/32 scale diecast of TV show Man From U.N.C.L.E..
Picture 12) Jeff Gordon Signing 1/18th scale American Muscle, Dupot, Diecast.
Picture 13) Cast of the TV Show Viper, Jeff Kate (Thomas Cole), Heather Medway (Cameron Westlake), Dawn Stern (Dr. Allie Farrow), and Producer, Robert Benjamin, all signed a 1/18th scale dodge Viper Diecast
Picture 14) Dale Earnhardt Jr., signing 1/24th scale, #3, AC Delco, diecast, Dale Earnhardt sr, signing 1/18th scale, #3, Goodwrench, diecast, and Kerry Earnhartd signing 1/24th scale diecast, #12, Supercuts,
Page 32)
Picture 15) George Barris and I after he had signed some 1/18th scale Hollywood diecast cars of, Munsters, Drag-U-La, Robo Cop Police Cruiser, Herbie, The Love Bug, and The Back To The Future, Deloren.
Picture 16) The First Issued Diecast Of The, Star Trek, Enterprise, made by Dinky, signed by The Late James Doolahan (Scotty), George Takei (Sulu), and Grace Lee Whitney (Yeoman Rand).
Picture 17) NHRA, 1/24th scale diecast of funny cars and Top Fuel dragsters signed by Don Prudhomme, Hot Wheels, Pepsi, Army, Tony Schumacker, Army, Larry Dixon and Dick Lahaie, Joe Amato,
Picture 18) NASCAR and Hollywood cars sign, Jimmy Means, #52, Alka Selzer, Mark Martin, Winn Dixie, Bobby and Terry LaBonte, #44 Slim Jim, Derrick Copp, #36, Skittles, American Graffitti,
Picture 19) Nascar super trucks, 1/24 scale diecast signed by, Atlanta Football coach, Jerry Granville, #81, Mike Skinner, #3, GM Goodwrench, Jeff Burton, #99 Exide Batteries,
Picture 20) More Indy Cars Diecast
Picture 21) A Corgi, Husky, 1/64th scale diecast of the TV show, The Monkees, Monkeemobile, being signed by the Late Davy Jones, Davey Jones.
Picture 22) A picture of me standing in front of a display case that is filled with signed 1/18th scale nascar diecast which is signed by,
Matt Kenseth, #17, DeWalt
Robby Gordon, #7, Monster, Drink,
Kevin Harvick, #29, GM Goodwrench,
Tony Stewart, #14, Old Spice,
Denny Hamlin, #11, Fed Ex,
Bill Elliott, #11, Budweiser,
Bill Elliott, #94, McDonald's,
Jeff Burton, #8, Raybestos,
Morgan Shepherd, #21, Citgo,
Michael Waltrip, #30, Pennszoil,
Tony Stewart, #, Home Depot,
Rusty Wallace, #2,
Dale Earnhardt Sr, #3 GM Goodwrench
Kyle Petty , #44, Mello Yello,
Richard Petty, #43, STP,
Jeff Gordon, #24, Dupont,
Steve Grissom, #29, Cartoon Network, Fred Flintstone's, Flintmobile,
Kasey Kane, #9, Dodge,
Terry Labonte, #5, Kellogg's,
Bobby LaBonte, #18, Interstate Batteries,
Jimmy Vasser, Target,
Roger Mears, Indy,
John Andretti, #98, RCA,
Sterlin Marlin, #4, Kodak,
WASHINGTON— Counterfeit goods seized by CBP through
its partnership with Cisco. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced a new formal collaboration with Cisco today as part of the Donations Acceptance Program. Under its partnership with CBP, Cisco is donating barcode scanner devices as well as providing secured access to purpose-built tooling so that CBP officers and import specialists may quickly scan and verify the authenticity of Cisco merchandise entering the United States. CBP and Cisco have deployed these tools to a limited number of international mail and express consignment facilities to confirm functionality and address technical issues, if any, before implementing on a larger scale. One such facility used the donated scanner/tooling suite during a special operation in August to seize 147 counterfeit Cisco-branded products, with a total MSRP of $958,375. CBP and Cisco are currently exploring additional locations for further deployment. The Donations Acceptance Program broadly enables CBP to accept donations of real property, personal property (including monetary donations), and non-personal services from public and private sector entities in support of CBP operations. Accepted donations may be used for port of entry construction, alterations, operations, and maintenance activities.
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The Great Seal of the United States is used to authenticate certain documents issued by the United States federal government. The phrase is used both for the physical seal itself (which is kept by the United States Secretary of State), and more generally for the design impressed upon it. The Great Seal was first used publicly in 1782.
The design on the obverse of the great seal is the national coat of arms of the United States.[1] It is officially used on documents such as United States passports, military insignia, embassy placards, and various flags. As a coat of arms, the design has official colors; the physical Great Seal itself, as affixed to paper, is monochrome.
Since 1935, both sides of the Great Seal appear on the reverse of the one-dollar bill.
Design
Obverse
The main figure on the obverse (or front) of the seal is the coat of arms of the United States, a bald eagle with its wings outstretched (or "displayed," in heraldic terms). From the eagle's perspective, it holds a bundle of 13 arrows in its left talon, (referring to the 13 original states), and an olive branch, in its right talon, together symbolizing that the United States of America has "a strong desire for peace, but will always be ready for war." (see Olive Branch Petition). Although not specified by law, the olive branch is usually depicted with 13 leaves and 13 olives, again representing the 13 original states. The eagle has its head turned towards the olive branch, said to symbolize a preference for peace. In its beak, the eagle clutches the motto E pluribus unum ("Out of Many, One"). Over its head there appears a "glory" with 13 mullets (stars) on a blue field. In the current (and several previous) dies of the great seal, the 13 stars above the eagle are arranged in rows of 1-4-3-4-1, forming a six-pointed star.
The shield the eagle bears on its breast, though sometimes drawn incorrectly, has two main differences from the American flag. First, it has no stars on the blue chief (though other arms based on it do: the chief of the arms of the United States Senate may show 13 or 50 , and the shield of the 9/11 Commission has, sometimes, 50 mullets on the chief). Second, unlike the American flag, the outermost stripes are white, not red; so as not to violate the heraldic rule of tincture.
The 1782 resolution of Congress adopting the arms, still in force, legally blazoned the shield as "Paleways of 13 pieces, argent and gules; a chief, azure." As the designers recognized, this is a technically incorrect blazon under traditional English heraldic rules, since in English practice a vertically striped shield would be described as "paly," not "paleways," and it could not be striped of an uneven number. A more technically proper blazon would have been argent, six pallets gules... (six red stripes on a white field), but the phrase used was chosen to preserve the reference to the 13 original states.
Reverse
The 1782 resolution adopting the seal describes the image on the reverse as "A pyramid unfinished. In the zenith an eye in a triangle, surrounded by a glory, proper." The pyramid is conventionally shown as consisting of 13 layers of blocks to refer to the 13 original states. There are also 13 sides shown on the ribbon. The adopting resolution provides that it is inscribed on its base with the date MDCCLXXVI (1776) in Roman numerals. Where the top of the pyramid should be, the Eye of Providence watches over it. Two mottos appear: Annuit Cœptis signifies that the Eye of Providence has "approved of (our) undertakings."[2] Novus Ordo Seclorum, freely taken from Virgil, means "a new order of the ages." It is incorrectly rendered as "New World Order" by some theorists, and "a new secular order" by others. The word seclorum does not mean "secular," as one might assume, but is the genitive (possessive) plural form of the word saeculum, meaning (in this context) generation, century, or age. Saeculum did come to mean "age, world" in late, Christian, Latin, and "secular" is derived from it, through secularis. However, the adjective "secularis," meaning "worldly," is not equivalent to the genitive plural seclorum, meaning "of the ages."[3]. The reverse has never been cut (as a seal) but appears, for example, on the back of the one-dollar bill.
The Eye of Providence, or "all-seeing eye," was a well-known classical symbol of the Renaissance. The eye in a triangle design originally was suggested by Pierre Eugene du Simitiere, and later heraldist William Barton improved upon the design. In Du Simitière's original sketch, two figures stand next to a shield with the all-seeing pyramid above them. The August 20, 1776 report of the first Great Seal Committee describes the seal as "Crest The Eye of Providence in a radiant Triangle whose Glory extends over the Shield and beyond the Figures."
Abstract of all elements counting 13
In honor of the fact that there were originally 13 states in the Union, items consisting of this number is a common motif in the seal. There are:
* 13 stars (in the "glory" above the eagle's head)
* 13 stripes on the shield
* 13 arrows in the eagle’s talon
* 13 letters in the mottos "e pluribus unum" and "annuit cœptis" (apparently coincidental; there are 52 characters on the whole seal, which is itself evenly divisible by 13)
* 13 olive leaves (by custom, not by law)
* 13 olives on the branch (by custom, not by law)
* 13 brick levels of the pyramid (by custom, not by law)
* 13 sides showing on the ribbon (by custom, not by law)
History
On July 4, 1776, the same day that independence from Great Britain was declared by the thirteen states, the Continental Congress named the first committee to design a Great Seal, or national emblem, for the country. Similar to other nations, The United States of America needed an official symbol of sovereignty to formalize and seal (or sign) international treaties and transactions. It took six years and three committees in order for the Continental Congress to agree on a design.
The first of these committees consisted of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams. Each of these men proposed a design for the seal. Franklin chose an allegorical scene that demonstrated the motto, "Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God," where there is a depiction of the biblical story of the Exodus, when the Children of Israel are confronted by Pharaoh and achieve their liberation from slavery in Egypt. Jefferson suggested a depiction of the Children of Israel in the wilderness, led by a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night for the front of the seal; and Hengest and Horsa, the two brothers who were the legendary leaders of the first Anglo-Saxon settlers in Britain, for the reverse side of the seal. Adams chose the painting known as the "Judgment of Hercules" where the young Hercules must choose to travel either on the flowery path of self-indulgence or the rugged, more difficult, uphill path of duty to others and honor to himself. Congress ultimately chose none of these initial designs.[4] An additional design was submitted by a consultant to this committee, Pierre Du Simitière, and two design elements of in his design appear in the final design (the "Eye of Providence" and the motto E Pluribus Unum - Out of Many, One).[5]
Two other committees were formed, but they too could not agree on a final design. Finally the problem was turned over to Charles Thomson, the Secretary of the Congress, who merged elements from all three previous attempts. Congress finally approved Thomson's integrated design on June 20, 1782, still in use today; and had it engraved into brass matrices, which were about 2.25 inches in diameter.
On September 16, 1782 Thomson used these matrices for the first time, to verify signatures on a document that authorized George Washington to negotiate an exchange of prisoners. Thomson took care of the Seal until the U.S. Constitution installed the new federal government in 1789, when he passed it over to the Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson. All subsequent Secretaries of State have been responsible for applying the Seal to diplomatic documents.
The first matrices of the seal were replaced in 1841 when they became too worn to be effective.
There have been a total of seven re-engravings of the Seal since the original, which is now on display in the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Symbolism
Upon close inspection one may notice strong symbolic themes used in the seal. For example, the shield is reminiscent of the national flag, and the Bald Eagle is a well-known national symbol of the United States.[6]
The pyramid symbolizes strength and duration, and the arrows, as well as the olive branches, represent the power of war and peace together.[citation needed]
Among unanswered questions is if there is any historical significance of the six pointed star pattern formed by the glory of stars above the eagle's head on the obverse side. Beginning in 1841, the individual stars themselves were drawn with only five points, rather than six.[7]
That of the reverse is murkier. Some conspiracy theorists believe the eye atop the pyramid to have its origins in Masonic iconography.[8] However, the pyramid is not a Masonic symbol and while the eye is used by the Masons, it is also a common symbol in Christian iconography. More importantly, the seal was not designed by a Mason. Benjamin Franklin was the only Mason among the various Great Seal committees,[9] and his ideas were not adopted.
Current seal
The obverse side of the Great Seal is used to emboss the design on international treaties and other official United States Government documents. It is stored in the Exhibit Hall of the U.S. Department of State inside a locked glass enclosure. An officer from the State Department does the actual sealing of documents after the U.S. Secretary of State has countersigned the President's signature. It is used approximately 2,000 to 3,000 times a year.
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In 1969, Albert Scaglione opened Park West Gallery in Southfield, Michigan, after being a Wayne State University teacher of mechanical engineering. He bought Escher prints for $50 and was able to retail them for many times that price.
Park West Gallery has 63,000-square-foot (5,900 m2) premises on the Northwestern Highway, employing 200 staff in Oakland County, Michigan and over 1,000 worldwide. It has 181,000-square-foot (16,800 m2) offices in South Florida. Works ranges from $2,000 to a $1 million Renoir; as well as historic artists, it also represents contemporary artists, such as Southfield resident Marcus Glenn and Israeli sculptor, Yaacov Agam, who makes optical and kinetic art. The gallery is open to the public and provides a service for educational visits.
In addition to its main gallery and art conservation facility in Southfield, Michigan, Park West operates a framing and distribution center in Miami Lakes, Florida, and maintains a catalog and Internet sales business. The company also funds the not-for-profit Park West Foundation, which provides philanthropic support to various groups.
Since 1993, Park West Gallery has been conducting fine art auctions aboard cruise ships, and is the largest business in this field, selling nearly 300,000 artworks a year with a revenue in excess of $300 million, on the Holland America, Oceania, Celebrity, Norwegian, Carnival and Regent lines, and formerly on Royal Caribbean line. Park West states that it is "the world's largest art dealer" based on its volume of sales. The auctions, like shows, gambling and shopping, are a popular aspect of entertainment during the cruise, and provide concessionary income for the cruise operator.
Morris Shapiro is the gallery director and has been part of the company for 25 years. He said the gallery has created a "new paradigm in how art is presented to the public".
Park West Gallery does not reveal financial reports, as it is privately owned. Scaglione stated the 2007 revenue was $300–$400 million. Half of its revenue comes from 85 auctioneers on cruise-ships, and the rest of the revenue is from promotions in hotels and sales in its gallery.
These paintings were exhibited on our cruise ship, the Norwegian Breakaway, during our recent trip to Bermuda.
Doreen and Jerry
Produced by the studio of Gheeraerts in the early-mid 1590s, the painting now owned by the Elizabethan Gardens in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, is having its first public showing after conservation and authentication in 2010-2011.
Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called the Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. The daughter of Henry VIII, she was born a princess, but her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed two and a half years after her birth, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. Her brother, Edward VI, bequeathed the crown to Lady Jane Grey, cutting his sisters out of the succession. His will was set aside, and in 1558 Elizabeth succeeded the Catholic Mary I, during whose reign she had been imprisoned for nearly a year on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels.
Elizabeth set out to rule by good counsel,[1] and she depended heavily on a group of trusted advisers led by William Cecil, Baron Burghley. One of her first moves as queen was to support the establishment of an English Protestant church, of which she became the Supreme Governor. This Elizabethan Religious Settlement held firm throughout her reign and later evolved into today's Church of England. It was expected that Elizabeth would marry, but despite several petitions from parliament and numerous courtships, she never did. The reasons for this outcome have been much debated. As she grew older, Elizabeth became famous for her virginity, and a cult grew up around her which was celebrated in the portraits, pageants, and literature of the day.
In government, Elizabeth was more moderate than her father and siblings.[2] One of her mottoes was "video et taceo" ("I see, and say nothing").[3] This strategy, viewed with impatience by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Though Elizabeth was cautious in foreign affairs and only half-heartedly supported a number of ineffective, poorly resourced military campaigns in the Netherlands, France and Ireland, the defeat of the Spanish armada in 1588 associated her name forever with what is popularly viewed as one of the greatest victories in English history. Within 20 years of her death, she was being celebrated as the ruler of a golden age, an image that retains its hold on the English people. Elizabeth's reign is known as the Elizabethan era, famous above all for the flourishing of English drama, led by playwrights such as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, and for the seafaring prowess of English adventurers such as Francis Drake.
Historians tend to be more cautious in their assessment. They often depict Elizabeth as a short-tempered,[4] sometimes indecisive ruler,[5] who enjoyed more than her share of luck. Towards the end of her reign, a series of economic and military problems weakened her popularity to the point where many of her subjects were relieved at her death. Elizabeth is acknowledged as a charismatic performer and a dogged survivor, in an age when government was ramshackle and limited and when monarchs in neighbouring countries faced internal problems that jeopardised their thrones. Such was the case with Elizabeth's rival, Mary I, Queen of Scots, whom she imprisoned in 1568 and eventually had executed in 1587. After the short reigns of Elizabeth's brother and sister, her 44 years on the throne provided welcome stability for the kingdom and helped forge a sense of national identity.
A long rant on this pic:
It seems obvious that the ubiquitous cellphone is the new cigarette. Like the cigarette it serves both as an authenticator and social-lubricant, At a bus-stop he or she is no loser if a cellphone is produced, or better a 'Smart Phone'. An icebreaker like, 'Is that the latest SideKick?'; now replaces, 'Excuse me, but do you have a light?'; Whenever you feel self-conscious you can now fumble with an I-Phone which has way more cool clout than, say, a baseball cap on backwards. Years ago you would pull out a cigarette. Of course some still smoke and cellphone.
So cool you are but, of course, 'cool' now means Persona Gratis and 'I belong'. No more it an indicator of the existential outsider. No more is it, 'I have chosen to be in the world but not of the world'. Instead it is I am in need of your approval or, a level up, I am entitled to your approval. Never can it be, I have no need of your approval. In other words, 'cool' has been hijacked by commercial interests and now means the opposite of what it once meant. And how do you get cool? You buy it off the rack.
Thus the 'belong gene' trumps the 'creative gene'. Thus the marketers win all the marbles. For if the cigarette was physically deadly it was never a killer of content, never a marker of rampant narcissism verging on mass solipsism.
Quite the opposite, the rhythms of smoking was often emotional punctuation in life's little stories. There was the inhale just before the punchline. Then there came the exhale and then the delivery of the content. Now, no punchline, no content, little to no communication.
All those people who live in the town with 'no there there', Los Angeles; they sure seem to have stored away a lot to say before the introduction of the cellphone.Now it's pouring out of their maws and into cellphones like an old fashioned Texas oil gusher. And yet when you meet one of these people who seem to constantly be on their cellphones, and if you try to engage in any meaningful direct conversation, forget it. Nothing. It's a dud. Or it's the sentence after sentence larded with the 'like' word as in, 'so then he like', 'so I like', 'so then I just like' . After the like, a pregnant pause with a still-birth of a nothing, no content, just a beat, a blank for you project your media cliche into. You fill in the blank, not your friend. 'So then Joe he goes like - leave a blank, make a gesture - and so I like just like leave? You know?
It's I trigger your reflex if you trigger mine. Thus, the greatest names of all retailers, 'The Gap'. Perfect. You fill in the gap with your credit card.
My take is that this is largely because there needs to be an 'I' to communicate to a ;thou' and we are living in the time of the atrophied or undeveloped 'I'. Again we are back at this plague of narcissism in which the cost of a need to love yourself before you can love others is the cost of the self. 'Know Thyself' was the imperative historically never until the last century was there a mention of 'Love Thyself'.
The mirror of the self must be the other and not the reflecting pool. The object of the lover needs to be the beloved. Surely there must be an individuated consciousness or there can be no pithy insights or original observations. Who should be surprised that so much of our ostensible two way communications are nowl within quotes, cuttings and pastings of bits and pieces from Planet Pop, flotsam and jetsam of sunken meanings?
The leading instrument of this nothingness is the cellphone. The symbol a figure, head bowed, walking meditatively, slow paced, with hands as if in prayer but coming closer one sees that it is someone with thumbs flying text-messaging into the ether.
Lynda Carter (born Linda Jean Córdova Carter; July 24, 1951) is an American actress and diva, known for being Miss World USA in 1972 and as the star of the TV series Wonder Woman from 1975 to 1979.
Lynda Carter (born Linda Jean Córdova Carter; July 24, 1951) is an American actress and diva, known for being Miss World USA in 1972 and as the star of the TV series Wonder Woman from 1975 to 1979.
ROMA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Roma - Il Foro Romano di Soprintendenza Speciale per il Colosseo, il Museo Nazionale Romano e l'Area Archeologica di Roma (ex-SSBAR) = “Tour del brutto." Prof. Arch. Giacomo Boni, Il Foro Romano (1898-1925) - IL MUSEO DEL FORO ROMANO | Antiquarium Forense di Roma [1898-1911]. Oggi - Museo Permanente Chiuso; Archivio Inaccessible e Pagina Web Cancellatto (2013-15), Perche??
ROME - The ROMAN FORUM - Over the course of the past 70 years (1946-2016) every Director of the Roman Forum and or the Archaeological Superintendent of Rome has promised to re-open the "Antiquarium Forense di Roma" of the Roman Forum and also published invaluable archives of Prof. Arch. Giacomo Boni, the Archaeological Director of the Roman Forum (1898-1925), later the Archaeological Director of the Palatine Hill (1907-25).
See: ROMA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: [il Soprintendente: Dott. Arch. Francesco Prosperetti] «Il mito dei Dioscuri rinasce alla Fonte Giuturna ai Fori di Roma & A inizio 2016 riapriremo una parte dell’Antiquarium Forense di Giacomo Boni» C.D.S. (05|04|2015). = wp.me/pPRv6-2PO
Recently in the last few years, the Office of the Archaeological Superintendent of Rome | Office of the Roman Forum located in the "Uffici tecnici Piazza S.Maria Nova, 53 - 00186 - Roma - tel. 06699841" in the Roman Forum had briefly made a available a website, entitled = ROMA - "Antiquarium Forense di Roma" | Soprintendenza Speciale per il Colosseo, il Museo Nazionale Romano e l'Area Archeologica di Roma (ex-SSBAR) [06|2015].
Website now closed = www.archeoroma.beniculturali.it/carcer-tullianum/antiquar...
The website fundementally offered the interested reader in a very brief history, fuction and design of the "Antiquarium Forense di Roma" as created by Prof. Arch. Giacomo Boni, between 1900 and 1911. As well as important information on the scholarly activities and the research conducted by Prof. Boni in the Roman Forum from 1898-1925. See: Note 1 below of the former screenshots webpage of the "Antiquarium Forense di Roma." = ROMA, IL FORO ROMANO & PROF. GIACOMO BONI: IL MUSEO DEL FORO ROMANO ANTIQUARIUM, SSBAR | MIBAC (2014). [06|2015].
More recently, the Spanish internet site "Sera: Paula - Disegno grafico Editorial" (c. 2015), wrote a brief review of the "Forensic Antiquarium Museum in Rome," along with providing screenshots of the "Antiquarium Forense di Roma" of the Il Foro Romano of the ex-SBBAR [now = the "Soprintendenza Speciale per il Colosseo, il Museo Nazionale Romano e l'Area Archeologica di Roma"].
ROMA - Antiquarium | Il Foro Romano, Sera: Paula (2015), =
"...Website design to accommodate the digital portal of Forensic Antiquarium Museum in Rome, closed to the public in the '60s. The custom made together with indissoluble and visivalab, for MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali), proposed to open the museum to the public in digital form. We worked on a structure of 4 sections: 'Esposizione tematiche virtuale', this section gives dynamism to page organizing exhibitions with material in the collection of the museum; 'Materiali del museo', here the complete catalog of the museum's exhibition is presented; 'Visita al museo del Boni', this section presents a 3D tour of the edificia with rooms still retain the old museum; and finally 'A storia dell'edificio', where the evolution of the space where the museum has worked. With a vertical layout, simple operation and a color code to separate the different sections, this project has worked; trying to give prominence to images and information. Client: Ministero per i Beni MIBAC e le Attività Culturali, indissoluble, visivalab."
Source = ROMA - Antiquarium | Il Foro Romano, Sera: Paula (2015) : cargocollective.com/serepaula/Antiquarium
Unfortunately, as of today, June 2015, both the actual "Forensic Antiquarium Museum in the Roman Forum of Rome" and the former website "Antiquarium Forense di Roma" are both closed to Italians (the general public; university students and scholars | as well as their international peers).
While, recently in May 2015, Dr. Arch. Francesco Prosperetti, the newly appointed Archaeological Superintendent of Rome, stated that the "Antiquarium Forense di Giacomo Boni" would be re-opened to the public in 2016. Yet, every archaeological Superintedent of Rome, ranging from Prof. Adriano la Regina (1976-2005), as well as Dr. Prosperetti, precesor Dr. Mariarosaria Barbera [SSBAR] (2012-15), has also promised that the former Antiquarium of Prof. Boni would be open to the public.
See:
-- Prof. Adriano La Regina (edt.), ARCHAEOLOGICAL GUIDE TO ROME. MIBAC / SAR / Electa 2004. pg. 34.[section] "The Antiquarium Forense: Rediscovering an Ancient Museum."
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/244201537/
-- ROMA - Torna l'Antiquarium, il museo scomparso, Corriere della Sera (25/2/2005).
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-- Prof. Giacomo Boni - Direttore degli Scavi di Antichità al Foro Romano e Palatino (1904): Il Servizio Biblioteca della Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma (2010).
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-- ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA, ARCHITETTURA e BENI CULTURALI: Dott. Mariarosaria Barbera (SSBAR), Soprintendente dei Beni Archeologici: pochi architetti e subissati perizie, "Schiacciati da ricorsi e burocrazia," IL TEMPO (20|04|2014), p. 11.
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Yet, today, a decade later (2015), the "Antiquarium Forense di Roma" is still closed after numerous promises to be reopened by nearly every archaeological superintendent of Rome over nearly the course of the last 40 years (1976-2016).
While, to be fair, each archaeological superintendent of Rome, ranging from Prof. La Regina (1976-2005) to Dr. Mariarosaria Barbera (2012-15), has cited the problems of lacking in funds as well as professional personal to properly maintain and administer and open to the public, prof. Boni’s, "Antiquarium Forense di Roma."
Yet, in re-examining the history of prof. Boni’s archaeological activities in the Roman Forum and later at the Palatine Hill (1898-1925), as well as his simultaneous plans for the creation of the educational and museum support systems of the Roman Forum and later the Palatine Hill (1891-1925); both Boni (see: Prof. G. Boni [1891-1943 notes below]), as well as many persons affiliated with Boni’s archaeological and museum activities in the Forum and Palatine area (See: Dr. Eva Tea; Wickham Steed and Prof. Thomas Ashby [2.1. – 2.6 notes below]), all will attest that he Boni’s, had to pay out of his own pocket the expenses for the first, the new “Visitor Center of the Roman Forum” (c. 1900-1906) as well as for the later the "Antiquarium Forense di Roma" (1900-11).
-- Rome, “Visitor Center |Roman Forum” (1906) = View of the first center near the Roman Forum, established by Prof. Giacomo Boni in 1906. Displayed here the “RICOSTRUZIONE PLASTICA ESEGUITA DAL PROF. G. MARCELLIANI,” the first model of ancient Rome (ca. 1906). = Roma, Il centro visitatori prima del Foro Romano dal Prof. Giacomo Boni (1906), e la “RICOSTRUZIONE PLASTICA ESEGUITA DAL PROF. G. MARCELLIANI,” (1906).
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/6887716638/
-- Rome, "Antiquarium Forense di Roma" (1900-11) = Dr. Arch. Cristina Gonzalez-Longo, “Giacomo Boni at the Museo Forense: Construction History as a Source for Architectural Innovation,” in: Dunkeld et al. editors, Proc. Second Int. Congress on Construction History. Cambridge, Exeter: Short Run Press, (2006), p. 1341 of pp. 1341–1362.
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Today, for the "Antiquarium Forense di Roma” of the Roman Forum, to still be closed over a century after it was opening to the Italian public in 1911-12; and for the invaluable archives of Prof. Giacomo Boni (1891-1925), also un-edited and inaccessible to the Italian public, students and scholars (and their international peers); as well as the current condition of the Roman Forum, and the "Antiquarium Forense di Roma” is beyond a shame, a “Tour del brutto"!
-- ROME ARCHAEOLOGY & CULTURAL HERITAGE: Superintendent Dr. Mariarosaria Barbera (SSBAR), TG1 (30/08/2012) news in Rome shows how abandoned, absolutely filthy, and disgusting beyond words, as Rome’s ruins really are: the video shows a man shitting literally below the office windows of the SSBAR, near the Roman Forum (30/08/2012 & 14/11/2012).
The Italian term: “Tour del brutto", was used in the recent news story in Rome, in late June 2015, to describe the current horrible conditions of the Via Appia, similar to that of the Roman Forum in 2012.
- ROMA - Appia antica, "Il tour del brutto" tra abusi edilizi, mura cadenti e degrade, LA REPUBBLICA (14 giugno 2015) = “Un tour lungo 2 chilometri e mezzo, tra abusi edilizi, muri cadenti e degrado urbano: è il "Tour del brutto" che ha attraversato l'Appia Antica. Una visita aperta a ogni cittadino guidata da Mario Tozzi, commissario del Parco Regionale dell'Appia Antica, e dallo scrittore Roberto Ippolito.”
roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/06/14/foto/nel_pomeriggio...
Unfortunately, today, as of mid-2015, the brilliant work of Prof. Giacomo Boni, probably one of Italy’s best Archaeologists, Restoration Architects, and Museum Curators-Directors, etc., is largely inaccessible to the Italian public, university students and Scholars.
Today, for those persons interested in Prof. Boni’s work in Venice, Rome, Pompeii and elsewhere throughout Italy (c. 1885-1925), one simply cannot rely on the Italian Ministry of Culture; the Superintendency of Archaeology in Rome; and the Archaeological Directorship of the Forum Forum, to provide even a simply website or brief online archival database, documenting Boni’s brilliant work in Rome and elsewhere in Italy. Why Not? Just look the horrible condition of the Roman Forum and the adjoining Imperial Forums (2012 to the present)! A “Tour del brutto", That’s Why!
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Note 1 = ROME - (ex-SBBAR) = Screenshots of the closed webpage of the: ROMA, IL FORO ROMANO & PROF. GIACOMO BONI: IL MUSEO DEL FORO ROMANO ANTIQUARIUM, SSBAR | MIBAC (2014). [06|2015].
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NOTES 2.1 thru 2.6. =
2.1.) = ‘A well-constructed method is of the highest importance in all archaeological explorations, and in the case of the [Roman] Forum, it is more than ordinarily necessary, on the complex character of the excavations. Many strata are represented in the twenty-centuries of eventual life demanding investigation, strata often complicated by natural irregularity of the ground.’ (…) ‘The excavations have gone far enough to show us that the ruined buildings above the ground are but the last chapter of a long period of human history.’
Prof. Arch. Giacomo Boni, in “I. Opening meeting – Strata of the Forum,” The Journal of British and American Archaeological Society of Rome, Rome, Vol. III, No. 3, (1901), pp. 97-8 of pp. 97-100.
2.2.) = “…We consign to history a group of buildings whose sight is magnificent, a worthy site for the Museum of the Roman Forum.”
Prof. Giacomo Boni, 7th November, 1901. in: Prof. Giacomo Boni (1901) [= the Museum and Antiquarium of the Roman Forum: 1900-1907], in: ‘Progetto di Restauro – Il Monumento Oggi – Il Tempio di Venere e Roma,’ Rome, MiBAC | SSBAR (2011).
2.3) = ‘...But Comm. [Giacomo] Boni's idea of forming in the new museum [of the Roman Forum] a reference library and a collection of photographs of Roman monuments from all parts of the Roman world is a good one. Such a collection will be of very considerable use to students, if can combine completeness with simplicity of arrangement. There will, of course, be plans and photographs of the Forum itself, and of drawings and views, from the fifteenth century onwards, relating to it, many of which are of greatest value for the study of the subject. Comm. Boni's appeal to those who are interested in it to contribute any books, publications or photographs that have any bearing upon it, and it is to be hoped that further help will be forthcoming towards the formation of the collection.’
Prof. Thomas Ashby, Jr.; "RECENT EXCAVATIONS IN ROME," THE CLASSICAL REVIEW (1906), p. 328.
2.4.) = Prof. Giacomo Boni - Direttore degli Scavi di Antichità al Foro Romano e Palatino (1905): "The Public Library of the [Roman] Forum Museum. The Times (London), July 14th, 1905, p. 4.
2.5.) = “This combination of study, research, survey, recording, practical intervention and cultural exchange made up Boni’s [= Prof. Giacomo Boni – the Archaeological Director of the Roman Forum: 1898-1925] all-round knowledge and fair judgment on historic buildings, which he was never afraid of defending, saving many important buildings from demolition. To complete this extensive scientific and methodological rigor Boni had the capacity to cross reference information from different documentary and physical sources (classical sources, previous explorations, paintings, geology) and an incredible intuition that sometimes was not well understood and was taken as arbitrary interpretation. He did not leave his work in the mere discovery phase, but tried to analyze and to interpret the results, making a great contribution in the debate of the time.” (…) “The main criticism to Boni is that he did not publish more on his work (probably due to lack of time but mainly lack of collaborators willing to disseminate his findings). He compensated for this however by publishing a few important writings, like the one he published in 1901 on archaeological investigation methods: Il Metodo (Boni 1901 [republished in 1913]). In this publication, Boni makes clear how he privileges material evidence. This text discusses the stratigraphic archaeological excavation methodology. Boni had applied a similar approach in the Museo Forense [= The Museum and Antiquarium of the Roman Forum: 1900-1907], but instead of ground excavation, the stratigraphic sections have now been done in elevation. This example stressed the importance of conserving in situ not only the remains, but also some sections that show the stratification over the time. This method also enables the appreciation and research of remains that are not well understood at the time, but which may be understood by future generations.”
Dr. Arch. Cristina Gonzalez-Longo, “Giacomo Boni at the Museo Forense: Construction History as a Source for Architectural Innovation,” in: Dunkeld et al. editors, Proc. Second Int. Congress on Construction History. Cambridge, Exeter: Short Run Press, (2006), p. 1341 of pp. 1341–1362.
2.6). ‘...Despite the losses to Rome’s archaeological record, [Rodolfo] Lanciani (1845-1929) was, with Giacomo Boni (1859–1925), one of the most important figures in Roman archaeology in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Lanciani’s studies were concerned primarily with the ancient city’s topography, and the construction in the capital enabled him to further these investigations. It was Giacomo Boni who first practiced diligently in the field the exacting documentation of every aspect of an excavation. Working in the Forum and on the Palatine hill where construction was forbidden, Boni developed a methodology using stratigraphy and documentation of everything in situ. Lanciani and Boni, in addition to their important contributions to archaeological practice, also contributed to museological practice in Rome ...’
Patricia Ann Gilson, 'RITUALS OF A NATION’S IDENTITY: ARCHAEOLOGY AND GENEALOGY IN ANTIQUITIES MUSEUMS OF ROME,' UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | Thesis (May 2009), p. 82 & note n. 9, of pp 1-420.
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Notes: 2.1. thru 2.6 = ROMA - Prof. Arch. Giacomo Boni, Il Foro Romano (1898-1925) - IL MUSEO DEL FORO ROMANO | Antiquarium Forense di Roma [1898-1911], in: ROME - PROF. GIACOMO BONI (1891-1925), THE ROMAN FORUM: THE ANTIQUARIUM FORENSE - REDISCOVERING AN ANCIENT MUSEUM & RESTORATION OF THE ANTIQUARIUM (2004-15). Foto & Stampa (1 di 2111). [06|2015]. =
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*= Below additional notes for: Prof. Arch. Boni (1941-43 thru 1891)
* = Prof. G. Boni (1891-1943):
-- Prof. G. Boni (1941-43) = Prof. Giacomo Boni, stampa delle opere: corrispondenza, elenchi, piani dell’opera, relazione e documentazione relativa alla Fondazione Giacomo Boni - 1941-1943 con docc. del 1932-1933. Nota 333 = "La Fondazione Boni fu promossa nel giugno 1927 da Pietro Fedele con lo scopo di pubblicare gli scritti di Giacomo Boni. La pubblicazione fu affidata alla segretaria della fondazione Eva Tea. La Fondazione passò all’accademia con il suo patrimonio nel 1942."
-- Prof. G. Boni (1934) = Prof. Giacomo Boni: The Roman Forum and the Rediscovery and the Restoration Antiquarium Forense (2009-10): “L’ antiquarium del Foro Romano ed i suoi tesori archeologici,” LA STAMPA, (21/01/1934), [PDF], p. 3. = wp.me/pPRv6-9U
-- Prof. G. Boni (1932) = VENEZIA ARCHEOLOGIA e BENI CULTURALI: Dott.ssa Eva Tea, “ATTAVERSO LE MEMORIE DI GIACOMO BONI – IL CROLLO DELLE CAMPANILE DI SAN MARCO,” LA STAMPA (18|04|1932), p. 8. = wp.me/pPRv6-1VR
-- Prof. G. Boni (1926) = Dott.ssa Eva Tea, "LA GIOVINEZZA DI GIACOMO BONI," RIVISTA MENSILE ED ARTISTICA DEL "CORRIERE DELLA SERA," MILANO, 1 GUIGNO (1926), pp. 401-408. = wp.me/pPRv6-1Tv
-- Prof. G. Boni (1925) = ROMA ARCHITETTURA, ARCHEOLOGIA e BENI CULTURALI: “Prof. Giacomo Boni [1858-1925],” by Wickham Steed, ‘THE LIVING AGE,’ (Nov. 7, 1925), pp. 303-312. W. Steed, Editor of THE TIME OF LONDON (1919-22), Rome correspondent, THE TIMES OF LONDON (1897-1902). = wp.me/pPRv6-27l
-- Prof. G. Boni (1922) = ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA e RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: PARCO DEI FORI IMPERIALI & VIA DEI MONTI di G. Giovannoni, G. Boni, C. Ricci & V. Morpurgo (1911-13 & 1919|1924), Foto: “Dall’ alto dell Palatino, Giacomo Boni spiega al Presidente Alvear (Argentina) il Foro Romano,” (1922). = wp.me/pPRv6-2no
-- Prof. G. Boni (1920a) = ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA e RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Prof. Giacomo Boni (1920), in: M. Pellegrini & C. Pisu, "Documentari, televisione e creazione di contenuti visivi per i musei," Associazione Nazionale Piccoli Musei (APM), ITALIA (05|10|2014). = wp.me/pPRv6-2sY
-- Prof. G. Boni (1920b) = ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA e RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Prof. Giacomo Boni, "Movies in Education," noted archeologist suggest using moving pictures to promote the study of history in the [Italian] schools, THE HAYS FREE PRESS, HAYS, KANSAS; USA (18 MARCH 1920), p. (?). = wp.me/pPRv6-2l7
-- Prof. Gi. Boni (1920c) Rome - Prof. Giacomo Boni and the Antiquarium Forense: Rediscovering an Ancient Museum (2004-07). COMM. BONI'S EXPLORATIONS - Results of Twenty Years' Work To Be Published. The Times (London) June 2nd, 1920. p. 5. = www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/244201537/
-- Prof. G. Boni (1901) = Rome, Venus and Roma’s Temple: Prof. Giacomo Boni & Roma’s Cella and Repairs, the Museum of the Roman Forum (1901-07). in: Rome, Venus and Roma’s Temple. (SSBAR / MIBAC (2011). = wp.me/pPRv6-jg
-- Prof. G. Boni (1899) = ROMA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Prof. Giacomo Boni, "Clearing Up the Roman Forum," Boston Evening Transcript (17 Jan. 1899), p. 4 = www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/16272342793/
-- Prof. G. Boni (1891) = ROMA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Prof. Giacomo Boni, IL CATASTO DEI MONUMENTI IN ITALIA, Archivo storico dell’ arte, IV (1891), [PDF] pp. 417-424. = wp.me/pPRv6-32t
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Experience in HIPAA compliance with Web applications
The most basic risk factor in secure software applications is cost, and the second is fear. Fear is a cost based threat - fear of lawsuits either by the government for not adhering to the HIPAA regulations or by private party class action suits when private information becomes public.
Planning and building secure environments is expensive, and generally does not add to the functionality of a site. Explaining the costs along with the risks helps engage senior management to make excellent decisions concerning the privacy of customers, and to secure confidential information -- for example an insurance agent's book of business.
There are a couple of different aspects when considering the security of secure sites, and to replace fear with appropriate risk management. Many people understand Web authentication software, a component of Web access control, for example a login with password and userID to control access to secure sites, because they are familiar themselves with using secure sites, and even with common Internet technology such as cookies.
What is less well understood is the backend side of secure business sites which includes both software and hardware. The hardware includes the Web application server, other application servers, database servers, networking equipment, and the software that runs them, along with Web access control software already mentioned.
Because they require certain functionality on a specific timeline many senior and middle managers make decisions solely based on cost without concern for the constant need to evaluate and ensure security, especially as new applications, Web sites, portals, and functionality are deployed.
IT departments generally build what is requested, and like an old house added to over several generations, the result can be what gets built may have no focus on how it can be secured.
As more complex networking and applications are added to a overworked, aged, poorly networked, or patched together environment organized in such a way that it can not be secured -- the higher the risks become -- not just in terms of intentional attacks but also due to simple technical failure, such as unpatched software with published security flaws or other security oversights.
When IT and security managers request funds to cover the higher costs associated with re-organizing, updating and securing hardware and software in networked environments, often management will not agree to the use of resources nor provide funds for the networking hardware / software, qualified techs, network designers, and programmers, and the time needed to secure backend environments, test, and audit them, in preference to other apparently more demanding needs, especially those they believe will enable the company to increase earnings.
It follows that management needs to understand the risks and will then be more willing to invest the money to plan and secure the environment. This includes providing appropriate secure access control both to the resident software applications and information exchange (such as email and back office data transfer including between 3rd parties), especially via the Internet.
In building secure Web-based applications, obtaining management buy-in is based on explaining the risk factors and costs, so management clearly understands what is at stake for their customers and required. Within the medical industry these laws include data security; specifically the 1996 Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, also known as HIPAA or Title II.
HIPAA regulations address the security and privacy of health data; they specify national standards for electronic health care transactions. They are expected to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the nation's health care system by standardizing the use of electronic data within health care administration, via Web-based and networked systems that individuals, providers, employers, and insurers have access to.
Each group will have secure access to differing components or varying degrees of private information.
As a program manager our job is explain the risk and obtain management approval and department co-operation in creating a secure application based on a secure environment. With a new application, a technically competent program/project manager can not make the assumption that the hosting environment is secure -- you need proof. A 3rd party security audit provides proof.
Working with a Northwest medical insurance firm (which has offices in Alaska, Washington, and Oregon) to develop their first true Web application, we drafted an executive summary on security, which could be applied to the firm's ongoing Internet, Intranet, Extranet, and Portal based software. We presented the idea of Web-based application and software environmental security to the company leadership and proposed hiring a 3rd party security firm to perform an audit.
We researched security companies; contacting a member of the Board of Directors, he referred the same security firm which we had already identified. We contracted with the firm to perform a technical security audit.
Setting a new standard for the company, we included the department managers and staff from Audit, Data Security, and Legal on the proposal, planning, meetings, execution, findings, and results of the process for the beta pilot and Go Live versions of the product to launch.
In financial firms Internal Audit holds power; therefore it is crucial to involve Audit as early as possible. Auditors know that if they must they can call any senior management or officer, and ask many difficult and pointed questions on the behalf of their constituency.
We obtained, reviewed, and reviewed and edited proposed legal contacts. We planned and arranged for all meetings and technical access (using encrypted communications with public keys), and followed each security detail up with the development team, and Q/A for final approval.
There was some hands on: to verify changes made by development and verified by Q/A, we retested some functions, checking off the highest level security bugs.
To assure user centric design of the Web-based product we managed the company's relationship with a user interface design and testing firm, to advise on developing an excellent user focused function and design for the product. We also requested legal documentation be created and written for the site, making "Terms of Use", "Conditions of Use", and a "Security Policy Statement" a standard for ongoing sites.
In advocating the use of 3rd parties for a variety of legal and security factors, our primary concern is the privacy of end-users, those the site is intended to serve. However, it is not a small matter that substantial fines are possible when a firm is found responsible for ignoring business standards regarding individual and group privacy of medical information. Of these two things, customer's privacy verses the cost of failure, the second may hold the most interest when communicating risk with management who must in the course of their jobs pay strict attention to the bottom line.
Effective and direct communication, backed up with Audits, cost estimates, and an analysis of real life ("in the past this system was broken into by such and such a person and this particular information was exposed, misused, or sabotaged) and potential risk factors ("if we don't fix this in X amount of time, the risks climb"), and even cite examples of successful lawsuits for similar privacy infractions.
Clearly if a secure site is compromised, regardless of intent, and the company is using standard e-Business security practices for any Operating System to protect the site, the company is not likely to be fined in a court of law. We describe security "Lockdown" (used regarding server hardware) to describe a number of business issues combined with technical issues:
"Security investment requires creating a secure environment both for the people involved and for the software and hardware. This means secure access control throughout the hosting environment, resident software applications, with regular audits, and rigorous follow up with software updates -- as well as excellent communication between IT, Data Security, and senior management."
A future is approaching very swiftly in which, if a system was compromised and your security practices do not measure up, your firm is responsible. That is where the finger pointing begins, and lawyers take over. The same approach holds for data loss as well, such as PII (Personally Identifiable Information).
This kind of responsibility for trust and security, not only for individual secure sites, but also for national security sites, can mean that companies responsible for the secure application software and its configuration on hardware, such as Microsoft, and consultants, as well as other firms become likely to be successfully sued for breaches of data security, and accompanying aspects of reliability, trust, and confidence. This is especially true for financial and medical businesses.
Encouraging the use of qualified 3rd parties to audit security on secure medical and other private sites will enable it to become a standard throughout the medical insurance industry as they engage HIPAA regulations in the interim between current softer standards, and those which also pass data through verification and enumeration hardware (chips) on individual devices.
Program Managers and Project Managers can sleep more soundly when a site is complete and locked down, knowing they have advocated the best advice and alternatives possible in providing secure HIPAA sites.
Questions & Answers on Security Standards for HIPAA Regulations
"Linda, I read one of your articles dating back to June of 2002 titled Security for Secure Sites. I am doing some research for a client of mine and was trying to figure out something that perhaps you could answer.
I've done a lot of internal and file transfer work that falls under HIPAA regulation, but I haven't really gone into the arena of displaying health information over web-sites.
I understand the issues that fall on the backend of a web-app, such as the database server, network structure, etc., but I haven't found information on any regulations that require a site itself to be secured.
In other words, can a password protected site that has 128-bit encryption under SSL suffice? Is there a standard that governs how a query must be structured from a web-site and how the returned data must be presented?"
CEO from a Midwest Tech Firm
July 16, 2004
"You and your client must be sure the medical data is secure. Security investment requires creating a secure environment both for the people involved and for the software and hardware.
This means secure access control throughout the hosting environment, resident software applications, with regular audits, and rigorous follow up with software updates -- as well as excellent communication between IT, Data Security, and senior management.
Your best option is to hire a third party Security Audit firm and obtain their advice. 128bit is highly secure. However userIDs, passwords and 128 bit encryption will not suffice if the server environment is not truly secure or if the doctor is careless with accessing confidential records. Most people can be more easily spoofed into security leaks through social tricks than the likelihood of breaking 128bit encryption.
Hire an expert, ask for recommendations locally, and talk with a couple of reputable software security companies to make your decision. Help medical personal establish policies and procedures to live by. Eliminating fear by promoting appropriate business practices is sound risk management.
In Security vernacular this is termed "lockdown."
The Many Miracles of Don Bosco
One well-authenticated cure by Fr. John Bosco took place the same year that six boys were healed of smallpox at Lanzo. It occurred about 5 p.m. on May 16, the evening of Pentecost, in the Church of Mary Help of Christians, which Don Bosco built next to his complex of homes and schools for boys in Turin. Maria Stardero, a blind girl of ten or twelve, was led by her aunt into the church, where dozens of boys were standing about or kneeling in prayer as they waited for Don Bosco to arrive for con-fessions. Fr. Francis Dalmazzo, one of the first Salesians, spoke to the woman. In his testimony he later recalled, “I was grieved to see that the young girl’s eyes had no corneas and resembled white marbles.”
When Don Bosco arrived, he questioned the girl about her condi-tion. She had not been born blind, but as a result of eye disease her sight had been completely lost two years earlier. When he asked about medi-cal treatment, the aunt began to sob that they had tried everything, but doctors could only say the eyes were “beyond hope.”
“Can you tell whether things are big or small?” the saint asked.
“I can’t see a thing.”
He led her to a window. Could she perceive light?
“Not at all.”
“Would you like to see?”
“Oh, yes! It’s the only thing I want,” and she began to sob about how miserable she was.
“Will you use your eyes for the good of your soul and not to offend God?”
“I promise I will, with all my heart!”
“Good. You will regain your sight,” the man whose own vision was in need of help assured her. With a few sentences he encouraged the visitors to have faith in the intercession of Mary. With them he re-cited a Hail Mary and another prayer to Mary, the Hail, Holy Queen. Then, urging them to have absolute trust in the prayers of the Mother of Christ, he blessed the girl. After that he held a medal of Mary Help of Christians, in front of her and asked, “For the glory of God and the Blessed Virgin, tell me what I’m holding in my hand.”
“She can’t . . .” the elderly aunt began, but Don Bosco paid no heed, while the girl after a few seconds shouted, “I see!” Immediately she de-scribed the detailing on the medal. When she stretched out her hand to receive it, however, it rolled into a dim corner.
The aunt moved to retrieve it, but Don Bosco motioned her back.
“Let her pick it up to see if the Blessed Virgin has thoroughly re-stored her sight,” he insisted. Unerringly the girl bent into the shadows and picked up the tiny object. As the many witnesses looked on, awed and profoundly moved, Maria, beside herself with joy, bolted for home, while her aunt thanked Don Bosco profusely with sobs now of joy.
If Maria Stardero was so wild with joy she forgot to even thank the one whose prayer obtained her cure, she returned soon afterward to make her small donation to his work and offer thanks. Forty-six years later, in 1916, when some Salesians checked on her, she still had perfect vision.
Miracles in Rome
Among the other cures that seemed to be given by God to gain benefactors for the humble priest’s work were a number in Rome. For example, when Don Bosco had great trouble there getting approval for his radical new congregation, God used the saint to give healings to several important church officials who opposed approval or to members of their families. For all today’s theology about not bargaining with God, God seemed himself to barter the cures for approval of his saint’s congregation.
Among these cures a key opponent, Monsignor Svegliati, was healed overnight of virulent influenza following the saint’s visit; Cardinal Antonelli, in great pain and immobilized by gout, when Don Bosco called on him was well the next day; and the eleven-year-old nephew of Cardinal Berardi, dying of typhoid, was inexplicably healed after the saint came to pray over him. To each of these churchmen, before working the cure, Don Bosco made it clear that their vote was expected in return. These changed votes gave the Salesians approval.
Unbelievers were also among those healed by the saint. I think of the prominent doctor who came to visit Don Bosco. After a few social remarks, he said, “People say you can cure all diseases. Is that so?”
“Certainly not,” the saint answered.
“But I’ve been told —” The well-educated man was suddenly stammering. Fumbling in his pockets, he pulled out a tiny notebook. “See. I’ve even got the names and what each one was cured of.”
Don Bosco shrugged. “Many people come here to ask favors through Mary’s intercession. If they obtain what they seek, that’s due to the Blessed Virgin, not me.”
“Well, let her cure me,” the doctor said agitatedly, tapping the note-book on his well-clad knee, “and I’ll believe in these miracles too.”
“What’s your ailment?”
“I’m an epileptic.” His seizures, he told Don Bosco, had become so frequent during the past year that he couldn’t go out any more. In desperation, he was hoping for help beyond medicine.
“Well, do what the others do who come here,” Don Bosco said matter-of-factly. “You want the Blessed Virgin to heal you. So kneel, pray with me, and prepare to purify and strengthen your soul through confession and Holy Communion.”
The physician grimaced. “Suggest something else. I can’t do any of that.”
“Why not?”
“It would be dishonest. I’m a materialist I don’t believe in God or the Virgin Mary. I don’t believe in miracles. I don’t even believe in prayer.”
For a space the two men sat in silence. Then Don Bosco smiled, as only he could, at his visitor. “You are not entirely without faith — after all, you came here hoping for a cure.”
As the saint smiled at him, something welled up in the doctor. Don Bosco knelt, and he knelt too without another word and made the Sign of the Cross.
Moments later, he began his confession.
Afterward, he declared, he felt a joy he would never have believed possible. Time and again he returned to give thanks for his spiritual healing.
As for the epilepsy, that simply vanished.
Miracles Even After Death
After Don Bosco’s death, there were many miracles to testify to the sanctity of this great friend of God. Ignoring those involving after-death appearances by the saint because I treat this subject at length in an-other book, and ignoring those in which the saint’s relics played the predominant role, I offer as examples the cures of two women.
Sr. Mary Joseph Massimi, of the convent of Santa Lucia in Selci, Italy, was about to die in 1928 of a duodenal ulcer. Her confessor gave this Augustinian nun a relic of Don Bosco, who was not yet beatified, and advised that she make a novena for his intercession. During the novena, instead of improving, her condition got worse. It was obvious that her recuperative powers were simply gone. But the nun’s faith was unshaken. She simply began a second novena.
This article is adapted from Nothing Short of a Miracle
This time, too, she deteriorated further. It appeared her death would occur any moment. Still, on the fifth day of the second novena, May 15, she dreamed Don Bosco said to her, “I’ve come to tell you you will recover. Just be patient. Suffer just a little longer. On Sunday you’ll be granted the grace [of healing].” Sunday was then four days away.
Friday, May 18, she dreamed again. This time Don Bosco carried the black habit that her order’s nuns wear on holy days. He repeated the promise of a Sunday cure. But her condition as Saturday faded into Sunday left room for only one conclusion: Sr. Mary Joseph had been the dupe of wish dreams with no real numinous content. Sadly on the very day her dreams had promised healing, her confessor was forced to give her the last rites.
But as the sister received the sacrament, her whole body suddenly “shuddered from head to foot, and in that instant she felt as though she was recalled from death to new life.”
Occurring as the Church’s experts, in the final act before beatification, were weighing two other cures attributed to Don Bosco for supernatural content, Sr. Mary Joseph’s healing caused a chuckle among those who recalled how God had so many times furthered Don Bosco’s projects with healing miracles.
Within twelve months of his 1929 beatification, there were already two new post-beatification miracles considered able to meet the Church’s criteria. As study proceeded, however, a cure from Innsbruck, Austria, was set aside as not completely verifiable. In its place was offered at once the 1931 cure of Mrs. Catherine Lanfranchi Pilenga.
Catherine Pilenga suffered from serious chronic arthritic diathesis, particularly in her knees and feet. The organic lesions caused by the disease did not threaten her life, but they practically paralyzed her lower limbs. For twenty-eight years, she had battled the condition; not a single treatment since 1903 had given her any relief.
In May 1931, she made her second pilgrimage to Lourdes. It was no more successful than her first. As she prepared to leave the shrine, Catherine prayed, “Well, Blessed Mother, since I haven’t been cured here, obtain the grace for me that, because of my devotion to Blessed Don Bosco, he will intercede for my recovery when I’m in Turin.”
She arrived in Turin from France in her usual serious condition. It took her sister and a male helper to get her out of their vehicle and into the Church of Mary Help of Christians, where she sat down to pray in front of the urn that contained the mortal remains of Don Bosco.
Deep in prayer, at some point without noticing what she was doing, she knelt down. After remaining on her knees about twenty minutes, she stood up, walked to the altar of the Blessed Virgin, and knelt again to continue her prayers. It was only at that point she suddenly realized, in kneeling, she was doing something impossible for her — and knew she was cured.
People who had seen this woman laboriously assisted into the church because she was unable to move about by herself now watched in amazement as she moved freely not only on level ground, but climbing and descending stairs. Her disease had simply vanished. It was a permanent, instantaneous, total recovery, verified by three doctors as well as a medical commission appointed by the Church, from a condition that nearly thirty years of medical help had failed to cure. Heaping joy upon joy, Mrs. Pilenga’s cure was eventually picked from the many healings God has given through Don Bosco to be held before the world at his canonization as an authentic miracle.
In 2010 Don Bosco’s relics went on world tour, including a number of places in the United States. This was in anticipation of — and the opening of events in celebration of — the saint’s two hundredth birth-day in 2015. A new round of God-given healings and other graces, such as those that poured out for his beatification and canonization, appears likely as more people are reminded to ask the warm-hearted saint’s prayers.
Editor’s note: This article was adapted from a chapter in Nothing Short of a Miracle by Patricia Treece, available from Sophia Institute Press.
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1. Follow Secure Coding Practices
These security vulnerabilities target the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of an application, its developers, and its users. They cover such attack vectors as injection attacks, session management and authentication, sensitive data exposure, and security misconfiguration.
2.Manage Your Containers
Containers are commonly trusted to come with security advantages that give them a leg up. Given their self-contained OS environment, they are fragmented by design, thus reducing the risk level to other applications. However, containers still face danger from exploits such as a breakout attack where the isolation is broken. Also, the code being stored within the container may itself be endangered.
3. Make Security to Everyone’s Business
Organizations can no longer run to to pull out cybersecurity to fair the security professionals, and this also registers to web application security. Just as IT security policies and practices should involve a wide cross-section of functions, so web app security should also be integrated into all stages of the development, testing process and operations. This is the idea preposition DevSecOps – an approach that embeds security practices into the merged development and operations processes of DevOps.
4. Automate and Integrate
At any one time, big organisations can have Lot of hundreds of web assets to maintain and multiple latest applications in development. This can mean thousands of vulnerabilities to identify, fix and process. The only way to ensure web application security at that kind of scale is to automate all things that can be automated and integrate security tools straightly into the software development lifecycle.
5. Manage Privileges
Not all in your organisation needs to have access to everything. Application security best practices, as well as information from network security, control access to applications and data to only those who need it.
6. Penetration Testing
While automated tools help you to catch the vast most of security issues before a release, no application security finest practices list would be complete without citing the need for pen testing. Pen testers can comb through your code, prodding and poking your app to find delicate points. Good pen testers know absolutely what a determined hacker will try when smashing into your application.
7. Focus on Key Threats
Though keeping a track of the new types of threats will surely help, it is surely a challenge for you to, exclusively follow up and try to find out solutions to all of them. Hence, it would be a good practice to focus more on the key threats that would demand continuous monitoring. It would also surprise us to hear than more often than not, the problems which we would have already heard about earlier and solved, throw a different type of challenge and could come up again!
8. Formulate a strategy and document your solutions
This is an excessively important practice. It makes complete sense to document your study of either a persisting problem or a new problem and your solution for that. The methods accepted and the troubleshooting process could be very useful at condemn junctures when customer pressures run high.
9. Inspect All Traffic
With the amount of data being sent and received all day, it becomes crucial to try and identify suspicious traffic and block it immediately. This is best done by setting up firewalls and frequently testing the capabilities of those firewalls as well as designing methods to develop their performance. This is an remarkably critical practice which companies must resort to at any cost to save critical data from falling into the hands of hackers.
10. Fix Vulnerabilities, Not Just Bugs
If developers treat vulnerabilities as just another bug to fix, it is likely they will make the same genres of errors in the future. In effect, you will never exhaust of vulnerabilities, because new ones will come out just as speedily as existing ones are fixed. To see progress and build more secure applications, security professionals and developers need to work together to understand vulnerabilities and eliminate their root causes, not merely to fix bugs.
Conclusion
Web Applications are a critical resource and still the most recommended resource for companies to project themselves and their products to the global audience. However at the Same time it is vital that these applications are safes at all times and free from any attempts to get hacked and misapplyed. The above suggestions if practiced can go a long way ensuring just that.
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Operating Frequency
Dual mode WCDMA 900/2100 (HSDPA), GSM/GPRS/EGPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Automatic switching between bands and modes
Dimensions
Volume: 76.5 cc
Weight: 101.8 g
Length: 113 mm
Width: 49 mm
Thickness: 15.1 mm
Memory Functions
Up to 70MB internal memory
MicroSD memory card support (hot swappable)
Approx. memory capacity indication with included 2GB microSD card:
Video (VGA @ 15fps): up to 120 min
Photos (3.2 megapixel): up to 3,400 photos
Music (eAAC+): up to 1,500 tracks*
* Capacity based on 3:45 per song with 48 kbps eAAC+ (M4A) encoding on the Nokia Audio Manager. Capacity with 128 kbps AAC encoding is up to [1500] songs.
Power Management*
Battery: Nokia Battery BL-6F 1200mAh
Talk time: up to 190 minutes (WCDMA); 260 minutes (GSM)
Stand-by time: up to 320 hours (WCDMA); 320 hours (GSM)
Still images: up to 375 pictures (3.2 megapixel)
Video capture: up to 215 minutes (VGA @ 15fps)
Video call: up to 125 minutes
Video playback: up to 280 minutes (VGA @ 15fps)
Music playback: up to 24 hours (offline mode)
Web browsing: up to 3 hours (3.5G)
FM radio: up to 14 hours
*Operation times may vary depending on radio access technology used, operator network configuration and usage.
Display and User Interface
2.4” QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) TFT color display with up to 16 million colors and wide 160° viewing angle. Ambient light detector - to optimize display brightness and power consumption
Operating system: Symbian OS
User Interface: S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2
Java™: MIDP2.0
C++ and Java SDKs
Call Management
Call logs, speed dial, voice dialing, voice commands, and talking ringtone
OMA PoC 1.0
Messaging
E-mail (SMTP, IMAP4, POP3), MMS, SMS
Data Transfer*
Dual mode WCDMA 900/2100 (HSDPA) with simultaneous voice and packet data (PS max speed UL/DL= 384/3.6MB, CS max speed 64kbps)
Dual Transfer Mode (DTM) support for simultaneous voice and packet data connection in GSM/EDGE networks. Simple class A, multi slot class 11, max speed DL/UL: 118.4/118.4 kbits/s
EGPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 296 / 177.6 kbits/s
*Actual achieved speeds may vary depending on network support.
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Imaging
Imaging and Video
Up to 3.2 megapixel (2048x1536 pixels) camera, Carl Zeiss Optics, Tessar™ lens, 20x digital zoom, MPEG-4 VGA video capture of at 15 fps
Secondary camera, CIF (352x288 pixels) sensor
On device photo editor (manual & automatic) and video editor (manual)
2.4” QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) TFT color display with up to 16 million colors and wide 160° viewing angle. Ambient light detector - to optimize display brightness and power consumption
Nokia XpressShare solution - share easily from Photos application or after capture via email, by using Bluetooth connectivity or MMS
Video call and video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
Online album/blog: image/video uploading from Photos application or camera post-capture view
Tag images automatically with location tagging and show on a map where they were captured.
Nokia XpressPrint solution – online printing service or direct printing via USB, Bluetooth connectivity (BPP), WLAN (UPnP), from compatible memory card
Transfer and organize photos and video between your device and compatible PC
Mobile Video
Video resolutions: up to VGA @ 15 fps
Audio recording: AAC stereo, 48kHz
Digital video stabilization
Video clip length: max 60 min per clip
Video file format: .mp4 (default), .3gp (for MMS)
White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
Scene: automatic, night
Color tone: normal, sepia, B&W, negative
Zoom: Digital up to 8x
Mobile Photography
Still image resolutions: up to 3.2 megapixel (2048x1536)
Still image file format: JPEG/EXIF
Auto focus
Auto exposure - center weighted AE
Exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2EV at 1/3EV step
White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
Scene: automatic, user, close-up, landscape, night, night portrait
Colour tone: normal, sepia, B&W, negative
Zoom: Digital up to 20x
LED flash
Secondary camera, CIF (352 x 288) sensor
Camera Specifications
CMOS, 3.2 megapixel (2048x1536)
Carl Zeiss optics: Tessar™ lens
Focal length: 4.6 mm
Focus range: 10 cm ~ infinity
Macro focus distance: 10 cm - 30 cm
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Music
Music Features
OMA DRM 2.0 support for music
Integrated FM transmitter (88.1 – 107.9 MHz)*
Nokia Internet Radio
Stereo speakers
Nokia Stereo Headset HS-45/AD-54
Digital music player: supports MP3/ AAC/ AAC+/ eAAC+/ WMA with playlists, equalizer and album art
Synchronize music with Windows Media Player 10 & 11
Rip your CDs with one click, converting and transferring music to your device using Nokia Music Manager
Stereo FM radio (87.5-108MHz /76-90MHz) with Visual Radio™ support
*The legal status of FM transmission varies from country to country and is subject to change. Read more about the legal status of FM transmission and check with your local authorized Nokia dealer for the most up-to-date information.
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Explore
Navigation
Integrated Assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS)
Pre-installed Nokia Maps application and downloadable maps
Easy-to-use email client with attachment support for images, videos, music and documents
Compatible with Nokia Wireless Keyboard SU-8W (sold separately)
Browsing
Nokia Web Browser with Mini Map
Web feeds support (RSS)
xSP framework support
Digital home
Access multimedia content on your compatible home media network over UPnP
Java Applications
Java™: MIDP2.0
Over-the-air download of Java-based applications and games
Other Applications
Personal Information Management (PIM)
Advanced S60 PIM features including contacts, calendar, to-do list, notes, recorder, calculator, clock, converter
Office applications: Quickoffice supports viewing of common e-mail attachments and Adobe PDF Reader
Settings wizard for easy configuration of e-mail, push to talk and video sharing
Data transfer application for transfer of PIM information from other compatible Nokia devices
WLAN wizard
Connectivity
WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g with UPnP support
USB 2.0 high-speed through micro USB connector
Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 + EDR
Nokia AV connector 3.5mm
Nokia Nseries PC Suite connectivity with USB, and Bluetooth wireless technology
Local synchronization of contacts and calendar to a compatible PC using connection
Remote over-the-air synchronization
Send and receive images, video clips, graphics, and business cards via Bluetooth wireless technology
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Video
RealPlayer media player
Full-screen video playback to view downloaded, streamed or recorded video clips
Supported video formats: MPEG-4, H.264/AVC, H.263/3GPP, RealVideo 8/9/10, Flash 3.0
Up to 30fps playback
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Package Contents
Standard Sales Package Contents*
Nokia N78 (including Nokia 2GB microSD Card MU-37)
Nokia Battery BL-6F
Nokia Travel Charger AC-5
Nokia Music Headset HS-45/AD-54
Nokia Connectivity Cable CA-101
User guide
Quick Start guide
DVD
* Sales package content may vary by region.
SAR
Eco Declaration
Declaration of Conformity
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
The availability of particular products and services may vary by region. Check with the Nokia dealer nearest to you.
Operations, services and some features may be dependent on the network as well as on the compatibility of the devices used and the content formats supported. Some services are subject to a separate charge. For more information, contact your service provider.
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