Board games are relatively trendy right now, though not the sorts that your parents had on the top shelf of the coat closet, like the interminable Monopoly or that useless word memorization game Scrabble. The board game renaissance that started in Germany over 20 years ago, which spurred a cascade of games now called German-style or Eurogames, has reached the U.S. in full, with an array of engaging titles appearing on the shelves at Target and Barnes & Noble as well as at specialty retailers online and across the country. Whether you're looking for accessible, all-ages options for a post-dinner family session, or new challenges to explore with gaming-minded friends during your holiday break, here are 14 titles worth clearing the table for.
Everyone will tell you to start with Catan (formerly known as Settlers of Catan), which is the best-selling Eurogame ever, and the one most responsible for the size of the market and the hobby. Catan is very good, but its importance in board game history exceeds its actual value as a game, and because it can take quite a while to play, it's never my first suggestion for folks new to the hobby. $35, Available on Amazon.
The best Eurogame out there is Carcassonne, in large part because its rules are simple and turns are quick, but there's a world of strategy within it, including a high degree of interaction with your opponents. Carcassonne is a tile-laying game with no board; you build the board, so to speak, as you go, drawing from a bag of unplayed tiles and placing new ones adjacent to the tiles on the board, lining up roads or cities as permitted, and sometimes placing one of your wooden tokens, called "meeples," to claim areas. The strategy is in the scoring: You get points for roads and cities you control (meaning you have more meeples on them than any other opponent), and through clever tile placement and meeple management you can secure unclaimed areas to score points for structures you didn't help build. The game has numerous expansions that add tile types, more powerful meeples, and different scoring twists, and the iOS app is still the best board game app out there. $50, Available on Amazon.
Another great 'gateway' game, Dominion has become a best seller across the world and given rise to a whole new genre of board-less games called "deckbuilders." In it, you are indeed gathering cards to build a deck, and on each turn, you draw five cards, play what you can from your hand, buy one or more new cards, and discard everything from that turn. When you exhaust your deck, you shuffle your discard pile and start over. In a nutshell, that's the whole game. There are money cards, points cards (worthless until game-end, until which point they're just getting in your way), and action cards that might allow you to draw more cards or claim more money or trash a card from your deck. There are at least ten expansions available, so it has huge replay value, and each additional set of cards presents new possibilities for strategy. You can set up the game to keep it light and simple, or use cards from sets like Dominion: Intrigue, which includes cards that let you do unpleasant things to your opponents, to make it as cutthroat as you want. $30, Available on Amazon.
Terraforming Mars was the best high strategy game of 2016, despite its title and the fact that it's based on one of the most boring novels I've ever read. Players are indeed competing to make the surface of our neighbor planet habitable for humans, laying ocean tiles, planting greenery, and playing building cards for points, all while their actions raise the planet's surface temperature and oxygen levels. The game revolves around the deck of 200 cards from which players fill their hands and acquire buildings to construct or one-time events to benefit them, and they pay for everything with "credits" or resources they gather from the planet itself. The mechanics themselves are simple, but the game is so open-ended because of the sheer number of card possibilities; by the time the game reaches its last few rounds, you'll have built up a nice tableau of buildings and action cards that let you do many more things per turn than you could at the beginning. $90, Available on Amazon.
I've pushed Xenon Profiteer a few times, not least because it's a chemistry-themed game and I was obsessed with the periodic table as a kid — and particularly with Xenon, one of the inert gases, the only element to start with X, and an element that turned out to not be so inert after all. The game requires no chemistry knowledge, however; it's actually a deckbuilder that moves quickly and rewards flexibility, but has fallen a little off the radar because it came out so late in 2015. As in Dominion, players in Xenon Profiteer draw a hand from their deck each turn, but in this game players get to "distill" other gas cards from their hands, eliminating them from their decks to streamline future hands to make them more valuable. You then get to use your remaining cards to fulfill contracts that require specific card combinations to score points and build your factory. It moves and plays quickly, maybe 45 minutes tops for a four-player game. $31, Available on Amazon.
If you like lighter games, or want something you can play with your (older) kids, New Bedford was my favorite new game in 2016. There are endless games that have players build out a town and collect money from other players who use those buildings, but in New Bedford, that's just a means to a bigger end: You're going whaling. Each player gets two ships to send out for one to six turns, and on every turn where you have a ship out at sea, you get a random tile draw to see if you caught a whale, which are worth points. But keeping a whale for points at the end of the game requires money to pay the dockworkers to get that sucker off your ship, so the real key to New Bedford is balancing your income with your effort to load up your ships with supplies. $33, Available on Amazon.
I've posted a ranking of two-player games for the past few years because I often get asked for suggestions, typically from new parents who want a simple game to play with each other after the kids are in bed.
Jaipur is my go-to recommendation for a couples game because it's the perfect weeknight option, especially for folks who are a little sleep-deprived because their kids are still up twice a night. It's strictly a two-player game involving a deck and a handful of bonus tokens. Each player keeps a hand of cards and is trying to collect sets in the same colors as the tokens (silver, gold, etc) to claim more of those tokens than the other player. Your options on each turn are somewhat limited — take some cards from the table, swap some of the camel cards (sort of the wild card of Jaipur), or claim some tokens — so turns are quick, as are complete games. We usually play a best of three because of how fast the games move. It's also very portable, for those of you who travel often as families. $25, Available on Amazon.
If you want a two-player game that's a little higher-strategy, Reiner Knizia's Battle Line, which is also known as Schotten Totten (same game with new artwork), takes a little more time and lot more room on the table, even though the entire game is really just a deck of cards and a few flags to indicate where to play cards to the table. Each player is trying to claim either five of the nine flags, or three flags next to each other, by playing a combination of three cards next to a flag that's worth more than the opponent's three cards on the other side of that same flag. Scoring combinations are reminiscent of poker, so three straight cards in the same color is worth the most, but you can also score a straight in different colors, or three cards in the same color, or three cards of the same numeric value. There's a lot of luck involved here, because you can spend all game waiting for that green four to show up in the deck, only to discover at the end that your wife had it all along and was quietly taunting you in her head as she watched you turn various shades of pink looking for it. $20, Available on Amazon.
My favorite new two-player game this year was 7 Ronin, which is unusual for the genre in that it's asymmetrical — the two players take specific roles with different pieces and rules. The game is heavily based on Akira Kurosawa's classic film The Seven Samurai, with one player playing the bandits attacking the village and the other controlling the seven warriors hired to defend it. There's a time element to the game as well, with the bandits peaking in power in mid-game and the ronin player trying to survive to the final rounds. It's a little longer than the other two games I mentioned here, taking maybe a half hour in total, but, I mean, it's ninjas versus samurais. If you can't get up for that, I can't help you. $21, Available on Amazon.
We're a board game house, so my daughter first started playing with us when she was about four. We went through a brief period of Candyland (the perfect game if you want to teach your kids that life is pointless and random) and The Very Hungry Caterpillar game, but once she was old enough to follow basic rules, we made those disappear and moved her up to more stimulating titles like these.
Ticket to Ride was the first 'adult' board game we could play fully with her, because it has the fastest rules to learn of any decent game we've tried. The base game has a map of the U.S. and Canada with various cities connected by one or two routes in specific colors, and you can claim a route by playing the correct number of train cards, collected two per turn, in the correct color. You score most of your points by completing your own private route cards that ask you to connect two cities on the map, such as New York to San Francisco or Winnipeg to Houston. It's very straightforward, and to play it kids only have to be able to read the city names (enough to match their cards) and collect colors. The game has become a franchise now, with separate maps sold for Europe, Asia, Switzerland, and the Nordics, as well as an expansion for the base game with bigger train cards and more route options. $48, Available on Amazon.
My daughter first played Splendor when she was eight and took to it right away, with its incredibly simple rules and breadth of options for each player. There are 12 cards on display for players to purchase with their tokens, which come in five colors (they represent jewels, if that matters), and you have to match the combination of tokens on a card to purchase it. Some cards are worth points at the end of the game, as are several bonus tiles for the first player to accumulate a certain combination of cards — say, four black cards and four white. The first player to 15 points triggers the game's end, but players complete that round, so someone else could make a big, final move to steal the victory. $25, Available on Amazon.
Matt Leacock didn't invent the cooperative game, but he made it popular with his series of coop games built around a similar core mechanic, from the fairly simple Forbidden Island up to Pandemic. In these games, players work together, each assuming a different role with a special power, to try to beat the game's internal clock — the island sinking, the sandstorm (in Forbidden Desert) swallowing up the players, or the species dying from the spread of four infectious diseases. Pandemic even spawned the surprise hit Pandemic Legacy, where each session of the game changes the board as the players pursue a story over multiple plays. The games are all finely calibrated so even when you win, it's close, often right down to the final turn, and you're always balancing the need to solve the game's end conditions against the need to stop Kinshasa from spawning an epidemic across all of Africa. My wife actually doesn't like Pandemic because she finds protecting the future of humanity a little stressful, but my daughter loves the challenge, even when disease 'cubes' are spreading across the board. Forbidden Island $11, Available on Amazon. Pandemic $30, Available on Amazon.
Reiner Knizia is the most prolific board game designer in the world, with over 400 titles to his credit, and he's created a number of games that are considered classics in the genre. That includes Samurai, which is a deceptively simple game that hides a lot of math behind its design. Players compete to control spaces on a map of Japan by surrounding those spaces, each of which has one or more of the game's three symbols, with matching tiles in their own color. If you end up with the most points from your Buddha tiles touching a neutral space with a Buddha on it, you control that space and get the Buddha token; if any player gains a majority in two of the three tokens, s/he is the outright winner. Players get a few trick tiles to switch tokens or replay tiles they've already used, so knowing what your opponents have left and thinking of all the ways in which they might screw with you is critical. $90, Available on Amazon.
7 Wonders has a slightly higher barrier to entry, in part because its rules have become legendary for the poor writing of the original English translation, but game play is actually quite straightforward and you can complete a game of three or four people in about half an hour. There's a lot going on in this game: you're trying to develop sets of cards that will allow you to build one of the ancient Wonders or meet other criteria for points bonuses specific to you, but the cards you get to play are determined in a unique drafting system: Each player draws a few cards to start a turn, chooses one to keep, and then passes the remainder to the player on his/her left, receiving cards from the other side, picking one, and passing those on too. The game accommodates 2 to 7 players, with special rules for two players — but if you're looking for a two-player game specifically I'd recommend the standalone 7 Wonders Duel, which strips the game down into a simpler version that moves much faster for two players. $28, Available on Amazon.
I'll throw in a recommendation for Cones of Dunshire, which is a little more involved than the last two games I mentioned. It's difficult to find, but if you manage to score a copy, just remember that the game is all about the cones.
Keith Law is a senior baseball writer for ESPN.com and an analyst on ESPN's Baseball Tonight. His book, Smart Baseball: The Story Behind the Old Stats That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About Baseball, is due out in April from Harper Collins. He reviews games for Paste and on his blog, the dish. You can follow Keith on Twitter at twitter.com/keithlaw or Facebook at facebook.com/keithlawwriter.


One of the sentences below is correct; four are incorrect.
Identify the errors and correct them.
Identify the correct sentence and explain why it is correct.
When finished, identify and explain the grammar constant that runs through the assignment.
The word for today is "flummery".
What part of speech is "flummery"?
Define "flummery" and use it in a sentence that displays its meaning.


There was an awful lot of oil staining on this Victorian floor restoration project in Blythe Bridge Staffordshire. The floor pattern made good use of some distinctive encaustic tiles along with a good use of colour that lent themselves very well to our colour enhancing sealers.
Our first task was to strip away all the previous coating or sealers, this would allow us to reach the real dirt and staining.
Once the floor was deep cleaned, a breathable impregnating sealer was applied before finally finish off with a hard wearing satin polish; breathable of course.


Atlanta-based Intercontinental Exchange - the owner of the New York Stock Exchange - is considering making a counter bid for the London Stock Exchange, Bloomberg News reports.
This comes just a week after the British stock market operator confirmed it was in merger talks with Germany's Deutsche Boerse.
ICE has engaged Morgan Stanley as an adviser, the report said. Robey Warshaw is the lead adviser for LSE, while Perella Weinberg is the lead financial adviser to Deutsche Boerse.
ICE, led by Jeff Sprecher, is a repeat acquirer. It acquired NYSE Euronext in 2013, lating spinning out the Euronext business. Late last year, it sealed a $5.2 billion deal for Interactive Data Corporation.
Click here to read the full story over at Bloomberg.


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Cabotage Policy Still Not Ready to Be Abolished
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TUESDAY, 01 JULY – The country is still not ready to abolish the Cabotage Policy.
According to Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Economist, Assoc. Prof. Datuk Dr. Kasim Md. Mansur, one of the criteria for the termination of the policy was the modernisation of ports infrastructure in Sabah and Sarawak, the ability of local merchants to compete with foreign traders besides other issued involving national sovereignty.
Datuk Kasim, who is also the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs and Alumni (HEPA) said the notion that some ships were not permitted to dock off Sabah and Sarawak waters was also not true.
"At present, other ships are permitted to dock here but they prefer to continue to Port Klang as the demand and population are more in the Peninsular than Sabah and Sarawak," he explained during an interview session with journalists in relations to a report in the local newspaper calling for the Cabotage Policy to be abolished.
Datuk Kasim clarified that cost saving was a major concern in trading, thus many shipping companies chose to save on logistics charges by sailing directly to Port Klang based on the high demand there.
He also added that almost all countries in the world, which were surrounded by ocean also observed the same policy.
He said it was a measure undertaken to protect local merchants from being overtaken by foreign traders and as a means to protect the sovereignty of the country.
"The policy also allows the government to maintain the value of currency to prevent uncontrolled flow of money out of the country," he further added. – SS (fl)
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SMSFA launches trustee initiative
Krystine Lumanta
The SMSF Association has launched an online knowledge centre for SMSF trustees.
"It's a really positive initiative and the SMSF world is such a big market, so as the peak body we really need to make sure that the industry does continue to [develop], both from an integrity point of view as well as an education point of view," SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery told selfmanagedsuper.
"The website [has been launched] and over the next few months people will have the opportunity to provide us with feedback about whether or not it's meeting their needs, and we'll evolve the program over time.
"But at the moment, it's a feedback process."
Slattery said the knowledge centre's content would be created internally or by expert specialists within the association's membership.
Commenting on whether the launch was solely trustees signing up to the program or becoming categorised as SMSF Association trustee members like existing professional practitioner members, she said it would be determined by the trustees' needs.
"The trustee has the option to join for information and education, or for finding an expert or specialist, or whether they want to join as a member," she revealed.
"There's a range of touchpoints, put it that way.
"Anything that the trustees want to be involved in, there'll be a cost for the servicing of the information and a cost for the education programs, and a cost for the other services."
She highlighted the knowledge centre's services were expected to evolve over time.
"We've got a lot of trustees showing interest so there's an opportunity to go out through our membership over the next two months to make sure that the offering is the way that they like it," she said.
The association decided to step into the trustee space following recent market surveys indicating a need for more education and information for trustees, she said.
Krystine Lumanta was previously deputy editor of selfmanagedsuper, covering Australia's $720 billion-plus SMSF sector.
Articles by Krystine


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Q: Amazon MWS Integration So, I want to use Amazon's MWS API in my chrome extension tool. But I'm confused about how it works with just getting the Seller ID and MWS Auth Token from users.
Since MWS Request requires to enter the Seler ID, MWS AuthToken, AWS Accesskey and Secret key.
Is there a way to get the both access and secret key using the seller id and authtoken?
Or, are there any other syntax that only requires seller id and auth token.
Thank you in advance for those who responds. :D

A: No, there isn't.  The MWS Access Key ID and Secret Key come from YOUR account.  They allow you, as a developer to access MWS.  If you want to access a customers account, you'll need them to authorize access to you by giving them your account number.  They will return to you an MWS Auth Token, which you'll send on every request along with their account number and your Access Key ID and Secret Key which you'll need to create.  The whole process is spelled out right here: https://developer.amazonservices.com/gp/mws/faq.html

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Managed critical weapon system program including munitions forecast, armory management, and weapon parts inventories. Trained and led students for effective use of seven different weapon systems for combat theater Commanders. Wrote time-sensitive lesson plans, courses of fire, and developed combat tactics for students. Operated Air Force Security Forces Management Information System network to update personnel files for weapon proficiency. Promoted to Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge of Commander Support Staff. Responsible for all personnel programs for the Air Force's largest regional training center, with 116 instructors, and over 4,000 annual students. Appointed as liaison for the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron for personnel and operations. Analyzed and assembled student training reports for parent command. Oversaw Commanders' urinalysis program ensuring Air Force zero tolerance drug policy.
Supervised 60-person shift providing physical security for $3.6 billion in Department of Defense assets and 26,000 people. Managed 21 telecommunication lines, four direct lines for critical personnel, three radio nets servicing five major commands, and two installation alarm systems with 74 alarm points with video detection screens. Provided time sensitive command and control for Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities', network communication facilities, 1644 military housing units, 1316 dormitory rooms, 56 controlled areas, 51 classified storage areas, 22 munitions and arms facilities, nine aircraft types, and transitory military aircraft. Coordinated joint efforts with civilian law enforcement agencies for concurrent jurisdiction and other military police organizations. Hand selected to lead the training of Desk Sergeants for Elmendorf Air Force Base ensuring mission critical certifications were obtained, preventing shortfalls. Taught other Desk Sergeants to be proficient with cordons, checklists, sensitive items, protocols, procedures, and tactics in accordance with Air Force directives. Analyzed real time situations and wrote time sensitive reports for senior officers. Wrote police blotters and reports to be up channeled to higher commands.
• Sole Desk Sergeant for Artic Thunder Airshow, largest civilian event in Alaska, 43,000 personnel present and secure.
• Provided command and control for 45 unannounced alarms, 5911 medical emergencies, and three assaults.
• Provided physical security for the Anchorage Special Olympics, 602 athletes present with zero incidents.
• Deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Aided in establishing the first Law and Order Unit at Camp Taji, Iraq ensuring physical security of 30,000 personnel in a combat zone. Conducted 1,100 man-hours of patrolling with response to 280 incidents.
• Completed the United States Army Combat Life Saver and Counter Improvised Explosive Device Course for team survival in a combat zone.
• Safeguarded over $37 million in fuel assets via convoys.
• For leadership in a combat zone awarded United States Army 1st Infantry and 7th Air Cavalry Divisions' combat patches.
Effectively received and processed requests for services through in-person, email and telephone venues in support of hardware, software and network systems. • Opened, paged out and tracked tickets with the Remedy Tracking system. • Researched and analysed problems with historical knowledge of databases and access to the expertise of specialists and technicians. • Routed tickets to respective support groups after initial attempts to resolve locally. • Added to knowledge database documentation as necessary.
Subcontract engagement. Execute 2 project scopes: (1) administer the corporate LAN and (2) plan, design, and implement a full out of box deployment of a NOVELL LAN and all subsystems at the Brighton Colorado facility. Essential functions for this role include consist of 2 work scopes: Lakewood Subtask: Administer the headquarters LAN. Provide end user support in a help desk capacity for 150 users. Install COTS software and operating systems, printers, and operating systems. Troubleshoot and resolve end user issues. Install software updates and version enhancements. Brighton Subtask: Plan, design, procure, receive assets, update inventory. Deploy assets and all networking subsystems. Deploy servers, workstations, printers, backbone components. Pull, cut, terminate and test all cabling installs. Install/configure operating systems, scripts, batch files, user / system accounts / COTS Applications for office automation. Install new out of box assets - servers, printers, end user workstations, operating systems, COTS software applications, RAM upgrades, jet direct cards, drivers performing subsequent verification of interoperability. Provide daily on site help desk support and systems administration with 100% implementation of all subsystems. Install backbone, drop and riser cabling to include pulling, cutting, crimping, toning and testing. Administer file servers, shares, and accounts while installing and verifying operational backup and recovery capability. Configure and implement all backbone network components (switches and routers). Order and track all assets delivering to physical emplacement then perform all setup and configuration. Scope Toolsets/Technologies Ethernet, IBM compatible workstations and servers, cable test and termination kits, installation source media, HP printers, Novell installation media, Wintel end user workstations running Novell client, TCP/IP.
Plan prepare and conduct system audits under the purview of the organization. Use commercial and open source tool sets to inspect, audit, test, verify and validate the security postures of scope systems subject to internal audit reviews. Apply patches and hot fixes. Install, configure, operate and maintain nodes, management console, agents, benchmark and scan tools and sensors. Conduct vulnerability scans and provide reports.
Completed Bachelor of Science in Computer Sciences (180 credit hour program) with minors in Homeland Security, achieving a 3.33 GPA. Attended university on a full time basis. Member, Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society.
• United States Department of Defense, Top Secret/SCI (expired) and Secret security clearance.
• More than seven years of systems integration and networking experience with communication, satellite, video and Cisco infrastructures, specializing in secure communications.
• MC-12W Airborne Sensor Operator/Imagery Analyst - 800+ combat flying hours/143 combat sorties operating in Afghanistan.
• Hand picked to support Special Forces operations.
Group Policy, Virus Definition Updates/Patches, Malware Analysis/Removal, IDS, IPS, Event Log Analysis, Forensics, Kali Linux (Debian), Metasploit Framework, NMAP, .
UHF, VHF, HF, SATCOM, SINCGARS, HPW, MIRC, Arc-232, PRC-117, Have Quick, HF Messenger, Crypto Units, KYK13, SKL, IFF, TDMA, CDMA, VSAT, AGIG, KUSS, INMARSAT, Iridium, Spectrum Analyzer.
JTIDS, TADIL-A, ROVER, PACWIND, FBCB2, JRE.
FLIR StarSafire, FLIR 380HD, MX15i, MX15Di, MX15HDi, MX10, L-3 Nighthawk, HGH IR360.
SRHawk, SRHawk V2 Enhanced, Vista.
Flew combat missions as an airborne sensor operator on the MC-12W Liberty operating a Wescam MX-15Di EO/IR camera. The MC-12W is an Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) platform.
• Handpicked to exclusively fly in support of Special Forces operations.
• Supported a variety of missions to include providing pattern of life (POL) and over watch of high value target (HVT) takedowns involving ground assault force (GAF) and helicopter assault force (HAF).
• Recommended and monitored infil/exfil routes, directing friendly forces into/out of target areas, over watch of recovery teams conducting operations searching for missing personnel, scans/reporting of IED's.
• Managed the battlefield from the air, quickly adapting to any situation.
• Established, maintained and troubleshot systems airborne, to ensure flawless mission performance.
Critical member of a Federal Computer Security Incident Response Center (CSIRC).
Monitor satellite communications networks to ensure that networks are available to all system users.
• Resolve and document data communications problems.
• Develop and follow troubleshooting procedures in an effort to resolve problems.
• Configuration of new equipment installed. Comtech modems, Cisco switches, Cisco routers, Cisco ASA firewalls, Riverbed Steelheads.
Operates, maintains, repairs, and tests airborne communications, sensor, computer, and electronic systems.
• Determines aircraft status and coordinates voice and data link establishment and network connectivity.
• Performs and supervises airborne equipment operations and maintenance.
• Initializes, operates, monitors, tests, troubleshoots, isolates malfunctions, and repairs radio, switching, routing, data, cryptologic, anti-jam, satellite communications, radar, identification friend or foe, multiplex, electronic warfare, intercept, analysis, imaging, computer, Cisco and other network equipment.
• Monitors displays and indicators for equipment status using technical orders and manuals, test equipment, software diagnostics, voltage checks, resistance measurements, waveform observations, or other tests.
• Selected to be promoted 6 months earlier than peers through the Below the Zone (BTZ) program.
• Consistently received clearly exceeds peers on all performance reports with 5 of 5 ratings.
Provide all IT aspects for local businesses.
• Solve and troubleshoot end-user problems and ensure 100% network availability.
• Install, configure, and update hardware, software, security and peripherals.
• Administration, engineering, and integration of servers and networks.
• Cisco switches, routers, ASA firewalls, VOIP phones, VPN clients, Cisco IOS, Sonicwall, Netgear, Symantec.
Research, development, engineering, and integration of new ISR sensors and systems.
• Troubleshooting system malfunctions and network issues.
• Configuring new equipment and software. Cisco switches, routers, and various, other network equipment.
• Maintaining government security regulations and procedures.
• Performing acceptance of systems with the customer.
• Training of sensor operation and system integration in tactical environments.
• Training and evaluating deploying sensor operators and field service representatives.
• After 6 months of employment was selected for promotion and became the IT subject matter expert.
• Lead all systems integration for rapid fielding immediate customer needs, demos and tradeshows.
Operating System/Environments: DOS, Windows (3.X, WFW, 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003 Svr, Vista, 7, 2008 Svr, 8, 2012 Svr), Novell NetWare […] UNIX/Linux, VAX/VMS, OS/2, CPM-86, FW-1, Cisco (IOS, NX-OS).
Server Services: Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, ISM, RAS, IIS, WINS, SAP, FPNW, GSNW.
Protocols: TCP/IP, DECNET, WINTCP, ETHERNET, IPX/SPX, (NETBEUI).
Regulations: ISO (BSI) […] PCI-DSS, NIST, ITIL, HIPAA, SOX 404, GLBA, Green IT.
Security Utilities: IBM ISS System Scanner, IBM ISS Internet Scanner, IBM ISS SiteProtector, IBM ISS Database Scanner and RealSecure, BeyondTrust Software (eEye) Retina® Network Security Scanner and REM™ Security Management Console, Proventia Enterprise Scanner, SAINT Network Vulnerability Scanner, Qualys Network Vulnerability Scanner, QualysGuard Enterprise, Nessus Professional Vulnerability Scan, nCircle Vulnerability Management System, Cheops-ng, OpenNMS, VMware, Nmap, Ndiff, Metasploit Framework, eTrust Intrusion Detection, ArcSight, PKI, ToneLoc, PhoneSweep, AirMagnet, AiroPeek, NetStumbler, Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS), Newbury Networks WiFi Watchdog, AiroPeek sniffer, Computer Associates (CA) sniffer, Cain & Abel, OpenVAS (Vulnerability Assessment System), Wireshark, Open-AudIT, Advanced IP Scanner, Promisec Spectator®, Promisec INNERspace™, Promisec MSP, Promisec Assessment Management, Bitdefender Antivirus, Symantec Norton Anti-Virus (and Internet Security), ESET Antivirus, Kaspersky Internet Security (and Anti-Virus), McAfee AntiVirus, Webroot SecureAnywhere Anti-Virus, Microsoft Security Essentials, Avast Anti-Virus, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.
Computer Languages: Pascal, Assembler (for P.C.s/ IBM 360), S.A.S., COBOL, Basic, NT Scripts, HTML.
Technologies: MS Office Suite, Vulnerability Assessments, Wardriving, Penetration Testing, Anti-Virus solutions, Anti-Spyware / Adware solutions, Firewall solutions (such as Juniper NetScreen, Fortinet, Watchguard), Cisco Firewalls mapping, Networking, Business continuity planning (BCP), Network Designing, System Management, Network Management, IPS/IDS, Active Directory, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), PKI systems, Web Content Filtering, Anti-Malware tools, Remote Control solutions, Remote Access solutions, Clientless Endpoint Management®, Salesforce, HTML, auditing solutions, GRC, Regulation & Security Compliance, Change Configuration Management (ISO […] PCI-DSS, NIST/CIS, HIPAA, SOX 404, GLBA, etc.), Backup solutions, Wireless routers, Switch routers, Hubs, Servers, Workstations, Laptops, Printers, Monitors, Scanners, Digital inputs, etc.
Responsible for all technical support and on-line marketing for the company.
Technical Director within Promisec's IT Security Services department.
Directed and performed advanced implementation and assurance of technical security strategies. Developed IS mechanisms and services using expertise in security systems. Performed network, applications and devices probes to determine if security vulnerabilities exist or if security and access control policies have been violated. Provided advanced technical guidance in project implementation and security based training.
Processing, analyzing, managing and driving all IT related vulnerabilities and control deficiencies across the team's infrastructure portfolio. Maintaining a robust security posture and continual compliance of Verizon Terremark's systems management infrastructure (Cloud Solutions).
Skills: Operating Systems: • Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8/8.1, 10, Server […] • Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Kali, CentOS, Fedora, etc.) • Mac OSX […] Mac Server) Software: • Top 5: Nmap, Metasploit Framework, Burpsuite, Wireshark, Sqlmap • Vulnerability Scanners: Nessus, Nexpose, Nikto2, OpenVas • Open Source Intelligence (OSINT): Recon-NG, Discover Scripts, Spiderfoot, Gitrob • Active Discovery: Masscan, Sparta, Http Screenshot, Cain and Abel, • Exploitation: MSF, Sqlninja, Exploitdb, SET, Evilfoca, Yersinia, BeEf, NoSQLmap • Privilege Escaltion: Psexec, SMBExec, Pass-The-Ticket, Golden Ticket, Mimikatz Hands-on: Network and System Administration, TCP/IP, DNS, Hardening of OS, Vulnerability Scanning & Pen Testing, Disaster Recovery, OWASP Top Ten, Industry specific software troubleshooting, Hardware Diagnostics and Repair, Hardware Installation/Replacement, Clean Installs of Operating Systems, Routing, Virus / Malware Removals / Analysis, Custom Built Desktops, GPU Reflow, and much more. Laboratory Resources: Software: VMware Machines: Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8/8.1, 10, Server […] Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Kali, CentOS), Mac OSX […] Mac Server) Vulnerable VM Machines: (Metasploitable2, OWASP WebGoat, Misc Virtual Appliances) Live CD's: Hacking-Lab LiveCD, Tails OWASP labs: Top 10, WebGoat, Hackademic - hacking-lab.com EC Council: Certified Ethical Hacker Labs: CEHv8 Toolkit - ilabs.eccouncil.org Hardware: Kit: Hak5 Field Kit with Wifi Pineapple- Hacking Tools and Accessories. Wifi Antenna: Yagi-Uda Array- Tripod Mounted directional high-gain antenna array. Frequency Range: 2.4 - 2.483 GHz, Gain (dBi): 16. Laptop: Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Series- Intel i3, 6GB RAM, 1TB HDD. EFI Dual Boot Windows 10 & Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS. Desktop: Dell OptiPlex 3020- Intel i5, 8GB RAM, 2TB HDD. Windows 7 Pro & VMware Workstation with all distros listed above. Server: Dell PowerEdge R805- Windows Server 2012 R2 & VMware Workstation with all distros listed above. Phone: Nexus 5: Kali Linux NetHunter- Open Source Android Penetration Testing Platform. Single-Board Computer: RasPi2- Broadcom BCM2836 Arm7 Quad Core Processor powered, runs Kali Linux.
Lead System Administrator & Network engineer. Plan network infrastructure for businesses ranging from startups to established companies as well as private residences. Rewire buildings and offices for enhanced connectivity in wireless-only business environments. Rewire private homes. Set up servers from scratch for multiple locations. Perform Server maintenance as well as scanning for vulnerabilities in client networks. Implement Disaster Recovery plans to maintain and recover systems, hardware, programs, and servers. Optimize procedures for managing network environment. Handle technical troubleshooting within a corporate environment including system crashes, slowdowns, and data recoveries. Resolve technical issues under pressure and time constraints in a fast paced environment. Resolve issues with QuickBooks, Outlook, and other programs. Troubleshoot Point of Sale systems. Troubleshoot industry specific software that is no longer supported, and server related issues. Design training for staff/interns and clients. Train, supervise, schedule, On-site Management, and HR for a team of four tech specialists.


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