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Dragoon 32: The Young Man and the Boy
Posted on April 26, 2017 by Yoraikun
Having become a third year, Rudel had started taking classes of his own selection. But it was here that a problem came out. He was taking classes to become a knight, but young nobles already received a certain extent of education. For that sake, he found himself with more free time than the commoners.
At least in your student days, it's alright to have some fun. The nobles thought so as well… but to Rudel, he wanted to become a dragoon as soon as possible. He had to use the free time he had. And those with the top grades had some leisure in their credits, so he was needlessly bored.
"So you came to discuss with me on your future plans… but are you sure you're alright, Rudel-sama? Using up all your free periods on study and training."
Rudel had gone to discuss with Basyle. Even in the academy, Basyle was one abundant in true battle experience. There was nothing to be lost in talking it over with her! That was Rudel's decision, but… Basyle was wondering whether this was the right time to go do a job.
Job… they consisted of mercenary and guard work, government jobs where she'd sell her own ability for the right fee. Naturally, they were often dangerous, and one wrong step could spell life or death. But the current Rudel could handle most things.
"Do you have any good ideas? If possible, something I can only do now… once I graduate, I'll probably become quite busy…"
As Rudel lost himself in thought, Basyle brought the topic forward. Of course, about a job.
"In that case, would you like a nice jo… no, would you like to experience some battle? Not the sort of defense we did last year, I'll prepare some high difficulty subjugation training."
The inside of Basyle' head was filled with job details and rewards. Oblivious to all of that, Rudel accepted with a smile.
"Can I leave it to you!? You're a lifesaver, Basyle."
… At Rudel's words, she felt just a slight sense of guilt.
Basyle had come to a shop she knew well… the shop she sold a boar tusk a few year prior. After she made an enemy of the information dealers, she had come to rely on the old shopkeeper who had informed her of the danger. Now that she held a position of vassal to the Arses House- a position difficult to meddle with- Basyle could boldly make her way to the shop.
"Do I have a job for you? Last year's guard job was already pushing it… and at this point, you don't even need these jobs, do you?"
The old man carried out his appraisal job as he conversed with Basyle. As he carefully inspected all the items brought in, Basyle looked around at all the goods lining his store.
"It's my employer's request. So will you find me something? I'll pay you some if you accept."
"This isn't a middleman ship, missy. But there is something I want to ask… the truth of last year's incident with the princess. The information isn't going around at all, so the info dealers are starving for it. Thinking there's something ill at work behind it."
Basyle could go in and out of the academy. Rather, she was a live-in worker. Those tidbits of info entered her hands at once. If her employer was completely involved in it, she's even investigate herself.
"It isn't something too interesting… though it did get a bit dicey when the Arses House's succession rights were dragged into the mix. And I guess that's about it? It feels like my employer's younger brother and parents are twisting the truth around. And there's a genius dragoon knight involved, making matters a bit complicated."
Basyle easily divulged the details of the incident… but when it came to Rudel, she vaguely played things off and evaded the subject. Basyle was mindful of her employer's personal information.
"When I thought it was something terrible… I guess that's just reality for you. So who's taking responsibility for it?"
"The Arses House is keeping silent. But I did hear little brother would be forcefully graduated in his second year, and stationed as a knight in the outskirts. I think it's a light punishment for a knight-hopeful who completely abandoned the princess, but… even so, as they're driving a famous noble to the borderland, the Arses House's reputation will be on the fall again."
Basyle didn't actually mind it too much. The reason being, because of Rudel, the Arses House's reputation was rising. Rudel… a future archduke recognized by the king, he had become a topic of discussion among the nobles. Within the intense factional disputes between the Three Lords' political forces, that was just how much a talented heir was valued.
"That idiot son of the Arses House is now a wonder child, eh… Never thought it would be tied in to that. No, I did catch wind of the rumors, to say the least."
"He's already a monster in battle. I'm no match for him…"
Basyle happily spoke on… but inside, she felt a bit lonely. It felt as if a little brother who had relied on her to that point was finally able to stand on his own…
"So is that also why the Dragoon Cattleya was removed from that scramble for promotion? It's become quite a topic that Cattleya- who never raised that big of a problem- was suddenly sent off to the outer reaches."
"That's a surprise. So the information's already spread?"
"Yeah, I'm sure there's some reason Cattleya was sent off to the country's outer reaches. But even so, it's all taking a hectic turn. It seems Gaia's increasing their troops on the border, and the information dealers were making a ruckus over increased monster activity… as things are, being sent to the borderland might make for a surprisingly heavy punishment."
As they carried on that conversation, the shopkeeper finished his work and took a memo of the information he had received from Basyle. He had surely written it to sell to an information dealer… Basyle thought, but paid no particular mind.
"Come back next week for the work, I'll be able to find this and that before then. And I'll tell the dealers the information came from you… just because you're a servant of the Arses House, aren't you being a bit too careless? Nothing good comes from making light of them."
Hearing the shopkeeper's consideration, Basyle was surprised. She definitely was being careless, but… that current information held a decent value. She could've just sold it… seeing Basyle in thought, the shopkeeper spoke.
"I'm not troubled enough to have to take up a side job."
Hearing that, Basyle gave her thanks. At the end, she made sure to buy something before leaving the shop.
Having become a third year, Rudel got around to spending a majority of his time with Luecke and Eunius. It was forcefully decided that he would take territory management, and other courses necessary for an archduke. Taking them meant he would be together with the other eldest sons of the Three Lords.
The three of them put together half as a matter of course, and Izumi who was now away more than not. It happened when the four of them enjoyed a meal at the cafeteria
"You asked that lady to take up a job?"
Eunius ate his large serving of the lunch set as he showed interest in Rudel's story.
"If you're a student, then I get the feeling that endeavoring through your studies will be the safer option."
In contrast to Eunius' reaction, Luecke read a book as he put a damper on Rudel's actions. Sure enough, there were things you could only do as a student in school.
"But now is the only time we have, right? Once we graduate, things will get busy… This is just what Basyle said, but it's a good opportunity to see the world."
Luecke felt some sense to those words, and putting his book down, he opted to hear out the story.
"That woman… is it alright for me to join in as well? If I don't keep a watch on that women, things to take a turn for the worse."
"That's fine, but are your classes alright, Izumi? If you're aiming to be a high knight, I'm pretty sure there are a lot of necessary courses.
"Erk, I-I'll do something about it!"
Looking at Rudel and Izumi, just go out already, Luecke and Eunius thought inside, but didn't put to mouth. As they carried out such a conversation, Eunius finished up his lunch and voiced his own will to join in.
"Then I'm in as well! It's a good opportunity, and it sounds fun!"
"… I'm surprised you can say that with your abysmal academics… well, I have some leisure in my classes, so I wouldn't mind tagging along."
While the four of them spoke, one of the students in the cafeteria raised a sound as he stood from his seat. He sent his gaze towards Rudel's group, but… his eyes were filled with ill intent.
Noticing that, the four looked at the students, around him his peers desperately tried to return him to his seat, telling him to calm down. But the standing student didn't move his gaze an inch.
"What a sight. When we desperately earned money and begged our parents to attend this academy… our high and mighty heir of the Arses House cares more for monster slaying than managing his land? I'm surprised you can do that regardless of all the people pained by your actions. No, perhaps you can do it through your blissful ignorance?"
As he spoke, his thorn-like something towards Rudel grew stronger. The standing boy was of brown hair and blue eyes, without any particular features that stood out. But that being the case, his facial features were in order. From the friends around him desperately trying to contain him, they couldn't think he was a bad person.
"Quit it Fritz! You're picking a fight you can't win. You're dealing with our upperclassmen of the Three Lord Houses!"
As the surrounding voices grew louder, Rudel chose to ignore the boy. It wasn't as if he didn't like him, or wasn't interested in him. The boy spoke the truth, and Rudel understood it was a problem. Rudel was aware he'd be hearing these things someday.
But it's precisely because he was aware, that he thought saying something to someone like this boy wouldn't get anything across. If he said he's become an archduke to save them, that held no credibility. If he turned defiant, even more so. And… Rudel's dream lay on a path in the polar opposite direction of the boy's words.
"Why not say something!? Don't you feel sorry for the people suffering because of you!!!?"
To the yelling boy, Luecke and Eunius stood and moved to say something back, but Rudel stopped them. Izumi tugged at Rudel's clothes, evidently worried he might cause a problem.
Whispering to Izumi it wouldn't be a problem, Rudel stood and looked at the boy. From his appearance, he could tell he wasn't a noble but a commoner. Surely his parents had gone to great pains to send him to this academy. Perhaps he was even a citizen of Arses territory.
In that case, I just have to become the bad guy. If the boy has someone to hate, I'm sure he'll try even harder, aim even higher… or so Rudel thought.
"I'm sorry… if I said that, would you forgive me? If your yelling will resolve the problem, then yell at me all you want, shout all you want. Once the fundamental curriculum ends, the third to fifth years have an individual entry tournament. If you can make it that far, I'll at least hear you out."
Saying that, Rudel left the cafeteria. Luecke and the others followed behind… and a little ways away, Aleist entered the cafeteria with his friend, but…
"W-what's with this heavy air!?"
That indescribable air enveloping the cafeteria left them both in surprise.
60 Responses to Dragoon 32: The Young Man and the Boy
Thanks for the chapter ~
🔖Protagonist-Kun & 🔮Harem says:
Thx Yoraikun
another antagonist which will probably be penetrated right in the ammo rack because of following the system
randomperson says:
"I'm sorry… if I said that, would you forgive me? If your yelling will resolve the problem, then yell at me all you want, shout all you want."
So brutally honest. If shouting would make things better, this world will not need laws and police.
I don't think Rudel meant it as a means to admonish Fritiz but rather as to admit that he is being selfish. Nobles by design are to live for the betterment of their territory. While Rudel is very earnest, he is still running away from his responsibilities. But, unlike in a meritocracy, commoners have limited power so there isn't much that they can do realistically.
Errederre says:
Aleist is not even support now hahaha
Aleist is back! With a friend!
"Boyfriend" pfft
That's his harem!!!
No judging xD it's a reverse harem if it's boys right
xeanx13 says:
Also imo its not rudel fault its his life he gets to choose what he should do with it. Rudel parents on the other hand and his younger brother all bare the larger fault. One the parents should not be total tools in their duties and two the younger brother that actually wants the position should be such a worhtless noble then all this would be solved. Rudel a dragoon knight and younger bro a Archduke and parents that support them. but without these problems there wouldnt be much a story so thank god for the cliche bad people!
Anonymeese says:
"students, around him his pears" peers*
"our high and mighty heir do" do to of
"That indescribably air" indescribable*
…To live for the sake of others or to live for your own sake. Sometimes, I wonder which one lead to contentment…
Thanks boss.
"have and individual entry tournament." do you mean 'an' instead of 'and'?
You know, now that I think about it, if Rudel takes up being a dragoon instead of an archduke, he can also wed Izumi no problem right? Just leave being an archduke to your brother like your parents always wanted, and go for your dream! Now with a extra OTP ship thrown in!
Why did the author make the MC just a blockhead in case of girls?
Because its funny.
Would have been funny if this was a story said in first person view and not when the author keeps narrating how all this is just what the he wanted it to be.
Rudel is a blockhead for everything except things regarding to being a dragoon…
Let's wait for the dragon waifu that's going to push the story to chaos
There's a DRAGON WAIFU?!! OMG, I CAN'T WAIT!!!
It's obvious theres gonna be one xD i mean we got demi humans so why shouldn't there be somethin like dragonewts or dragons that can turn human
Yes! That is so true my comrade…
I'm not one to say this but, we have to make the fluffadise complete!!
Not really. He has a sharp wit in battle and READING. How come a person who reads so much books doesn't even have common sense in how he should speak and behave. Though that's just me being biased I guess.
lots and lots of nerds/geeks and people with mild aspergers are like that.
AnimeloverN7 says:
thanks for the chapter. Im still waiting for Rudel to tie up Aleist's friendship route.
Is that a Flag I see?
WatermelonGuy says:
I definitely need to see a shuraba happen soon poor waifus aren't getting that much spotlight xD
Thanks Mr.Yorai!
tamachii says:
Woot reading this makes me wonder why the commoners are mad at the heir and not with the currentl lord, after all the incompetent one is the current one… guess the lack of science makes humanity stupid, as we were on the dark ages…
Neko MK2 says:
The need for target for resentment, Rudel more closer than the current archduke also since rudel can be seen as future archduke
Logos says:
the world make him mad to Rudel, like how cattleya hate Rudel for no reason.
Having free time as a student:
Rudel: I should learn new stuff and get a job
Me: I should replay bayonetta now that its on pc
What does this Fritz guy want him to do?
Currently Rudel has no say in territory management and his father is unlikely to hand over the territory to him if has a say in it. The king might be able to force the issue, but there's a delicate balance between the king and nobles, the king can't just meddle in his vassal's internal affairs without just cause and support of majority of his other vassals.
Well he just Commoner how come he knows it add with target resentment or short Rudel just get short end stick
The king punish the second son though, and dispose him in the front line. Lets hope he died there
That was not an internal affair of the house. The second son abandoned a princess of the kingdom in front of danger. That could have easily ended up with the execution of the second son and his followers if he was from a less prominent family.
A knight got executed for letting a princess wet herself.
I think its faur to have this guy hung but his family awfully protective.
Thanks for the chapter! Bet Basyle didn't expect to have all three of the Three Lords joining her expedition… 🤣
…By the way, does anyone know how to pronounce "Basyle"? 🤔
I pronounce her as "Ba (from back) + shil (like shell but now with i instead of e)" :p
I'm expecting a team up with the evil brother and the corrupt dragoon to splinter now.
Byakuren says:
I'm relieved to know what happened to that idiot brother and twisted dragoon
The standing boy was of brown hair and blue eyes, without any particular features that stood out. But that being the case, his facial features were in order.
Is this the standard average featureless jap mc? did the director add in a new contender since the aliest was a failure?
Eh, I just want Rudel to put Fritz back into place.
Meanwhile, it seems that the world decided not to screw Rudel as badly; Cattalya ended up being sent off to the borderlands (but is their possible engagement still in play?), Chlust is being fast-tracked to regular knight status and also assigned to the distant lands, and while the King is currently withholding Rudel's inheritance as an Archduke, Rudel is likely to still end up being granted that title but be that one "Dragoon maniac" Duke who splits time between fighting and flying over his lands checking over progress.
Of course, I'm sure the King is already aware of Rudel's gradually growing harem (considering he did some investigation over the false reports), and Rudel could probably leave territory management to his future wife (wives?). Running away from the paper work while taking his children on a dragon ride around the countryside.
Granted, I expect Rudel to still get some smackdown from the World; probably from Cattalya in the future or whatever remaining schemes his family will try. Then again, if the World is already beginning to make Rudel the MC instead, it's likely more misfortunes will befall those messing with Rudel instead.
the shop she sold a boar dusk a few year prior. (tusk)
As he carefully inspected all the items brought in Basyle looked around at all the goods lining his store. //Need coma after "in".
That idiot son of the Arses House is not a wonder child, (now)
our high and mighty heir o the Arses House cares more for monster slaying than managing his land? (of)
SilentCode x44 says:
Thank you for the Chapter!!! My chest feels warm when the three duke's sons are getting along.
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(´・ω・)Thank!!
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Thx for the Chappy~!
I still want to know about confession with the princess from last chapter!
I don't quite get why Baslye got into problem with information dealer?
That was part of the reason she became Rudel's servant to begin with.
She took her money back for them giving her false info. Pissed them off.
A Regular Peasant says:
MC is surprisingly logical and patient.
If someone publicly criticized me like that, I'm not sure I'd be able to keep my cool.


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FILE PHOTO: Shubhankar Sharma (in pic) had three birdies in a row but that was followed by a double-bogey as he finished the final day with even-par 70, just as he had started the week. | Photo Credit: Patrick Bolger
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma had a whirlwind start to the final day of the ISPS HANDA World Invitational here and finished tied 30th.
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Barcelona vs Deportivo la Coruna
Carlo Alessandro Valladares
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The miracle or robbing (depending on who you ask) at midweek had put Barcelona's woes of last month behind them, they were now the club that had their swagger back, the club that suddenly had a manager who wasn't in the Catalan media and Barca-fan hot seat.
That photo of Lionel Messi dramatically and emotionally addressing fans at the Camp Nou, clutching his badge, was soon changed to every Blaugrana fans' cover photo on social media, but it was, in all honesty, Neymar's brilliant form in the final stretches of that European classic that had given fans of world football a sense of something more – a sense that the team that won the treble nearly two years ago was back.
But amid all the celebrations, were those who knew that the issues that plagued them as far back as their last Liga battle against Atletico Madrid weren't going to suddenly disappear. 6-1 was the second-leg final score, but across both, it was still 6-5, the thrashing in Paris can't be erased just because Luis Enrique's men advanced to the next round. Issues are still there.
The notion of a hangover coming into their league match against Deportivo la Coruna wasn't on the minds of many, but Pepe Mel's men likely preferred it that way heading into last Sunday's match. This has been a side that has quietly enjoyed some improved results ever since the former West Brom man has taken charge, winning once and drawing twice. His hardest test, however, was about to be in the form of a Barcelona outfit that was still enjoying their historical European night.
With little time to put his tactical mark on his side, Mel was likely going to analyze footage of what has made teams successful against Barcelona this season, and nothing has worked better for long periods in matches than high-pressing a Barca squad that isn't as effective in the middle of the park. In addition, for obvious reasons, it wouldn't have surprised many here at EAT for a new coach to also attempt a low-block and hit Barca on the break as he is really just starting to feel out his side – Mel hasn't even been in charge for a month yet.
Barcelona formation and personnel news: Luis Enrique has opted for a back-three in recent matches, with a 3-4-3/3-5-2 variation against Paris at midweek. Due to Mascherano, Pique, Jordi Alba, and Sergi Roberto being jotted on the starting XI, many thought a 4-3-3 was to return – this wasn't the case. Masche' was to play as right-center-back, with Pique and Alba to the left of him, accordingly.
Furthermore, in the middle of the park, Denis Suarez and Andre Gomes served as wingbacks while Roberto and Busquets operated centrally. Per usual, Messi would drop into the midfield on occasion while Luis Suarez and Arda Turan stayed up top. Barca was without their Brazilian star Neymar due to an adductor issue and his compatriot Rafinha was left out with gastroenteritis.
Deportivo la Coruna formation and personnel news: Pepe Mel has opted to go with a 4-2-3-1 in possession and a 4-5-1 in defense. However, while hosting the Catalan giants at the Riazor, they were without midfielder Guilherme and wingers Gael Kakuta and Marlos Moreno.
Barcelona's possession set-up and Deportivo la Coruna's defensive strategy
In the opening stages, it was clear that Barcelona was going to continue their current trend of three-at-the-back formations. Below, we see that Barca has opted for a 3 (red)-4 (green)-3 (yellow) with Arda Turan and Denis Suarez along with the full width of the pitch:
Furthermore, in the screenshot above, we see that Mascherano (lower left-hand corner) is about to play the ball to Pique due to Deportivo la Coruna's Joselu running toward him. It is clear that Barca's backline is disconnected from their midfield due to Pepe Mel's men using three forwards to mirror Barca's back-three. The ball will be moved to the left and we will see Deportivo la Coruna's block getting deeper and their 4-5-1 becoming more apparent.
Deportivo la Coruna's 4-5-1 and Messi-marking a success
Due to Neymar being out of the match, Deportivo la Coruna was able to leave their right-flank tighter to their respective midfield and defense while they drew their attention to neutralizing Messi through man-marking and, as we can see below, using more than one player to mark the little genius:
Above, we can see Deportivo la Coruna's 4-5-1. Their backline (orange) is very tight and compact, while three midfielders (purple) have surrounded Messi (blue) and have forced him backward. It should be noted that they did this as quickly as possible as to leave less time for Denis Suarez and Luis Suarez to adjust their wide positions nearest to Messi. The Argentine had no time to look for his closest teammates and, as a result, ran backward.
Downfall and cracks in Deportivo's 4-5-1
The 4-5-1 is a good system for disrupting the flow of an opponent by overloading the central areas and forcing the opposition backline to play on the ball more than they're used to. With Barcelona, this is something that they identified and thus focused their attention of trying to stretch out Deportivo's midfield five with clever positional play and movement.
Below, we see Mascherano, quite high and close to his midfield, passing the ball (blue) toward Messi (red). Deportivo's midfield-five has three players higher up to the side of which the ball is being played with two players deeper toward the side with the least amount action:
Above, we also see that one player in the Deportivo midfield (purple) is about to drawn out to give Messi little room to breathe. It should be noted that Mascherano and Messi playing closely together is no accident, they are trying to get Deportivo's midfield excited and for their block to lose organization by giving them the illusion that they're close to winning the ball.
Below, one second later, we saw that Messi (red) has since played the ball (blue) to Busquets (yellow) while Deportivo's midfield-five has been stretched. The orange lines show that Deportivo's midfield is stretched out, one player mid-tackle on Messi, while the others on the far right haven't shifted over to screen the pass to Sergi Roberto (purple circle). We see that Messi, Busquets, and Roberto have formed a (purple) triangle as a result of using quick passing and movement to break up Deportivo's superior numbered midfield block:
A 4-5-1 isn't a bad option to try and stop Barca's build up in midfield, but it can cause confusion if one player in the five-man midfield decides to help Joselu with pressure up top, as the other remaining four aren't used to screening and moving east to west in unison. A couple seconds after this screenshot was taken, Roberto received the ball and ran straight into the penalty area.
Barcelona's 3-2-3-2
Very briefly, I'd like to point out the tinkering and fluidity of Barcelona's back-three formation. Below, we see that Roberto and Busquets (green circles) have formed a pivot partnership while Messi, Denis Suarez and Andre Gomes have formed a three-man attacking midfield higher up (orange circles):
Due to Deportivo's midfield set up, above, we see Barcelona's 3-4-3 has turned into a 3-2-3-2, with two pivots and three attacking midfielders working together to try and match and pull apart Deportivo la Coruna's five-man middle (purple grid).
Deportivo la Coruna high-pressed effectively
As stated above, the 4-5-1 has its flaws, like with any formation, but it does offer a balance in terms of transitional play. As the game wore on, Barca managed to string some good plays together with a couple of chances, but the execution on goal was poor. Furthermore, Deportivo's midfield set up did offer them flexibility when transitioning from defense to attack – their 4-2-3-1 coming into further existence as the game went on.
As Deportivo's intensity picked up, so did their ability to win 50/50 balls and quickly move the play forward, utilizing the lack of width in the Barca's backline. This caused for some stretches of play where Barca was forced to defend around their penalty area. As a result, Luis Enrique's men were left struggling to find chances.
Below, we see that Deportivo have man-marked (red lines) and high-pressed quickly into Barcelona's half and have forced Mascherano (yellow) to have to think quickly and rely on his average passing to help bring the (blue circle) ball out with loads of pressure:
As it happened, the veteran Argentine defender delivered a poor pass that went out of play and helped Deportivo la Coruna maintain their pressure in Barca's half.
Joselu's Goal
About two minutes after Deportivo's high-press forced Mascherano to make a mistake, Pepe Mel's men were awarded a corner kick. With their decision to not stay compact all game, Deportivo la Coruna allowed themselves to force Barcelona to do what they're bad at – actually defending and defensive set piece situations.
Below, we see that a corner kick has resulted in Mascherano (sprawled on the ground) to try and make a last ditch clearance that ultimately lands near Marc-Andre ter Stegen and results in the German keeper losing his grip on the ball and gifting it to Joselu (orange) to finish it.
The goal above put Pepe Mel's men up 1-0 and showed that their willingness to not sit back all game, ultimately, helped them in the end. Obviously, Ter Stegen made an error on this play and contributed to Barca losing the match, but Sergi Roberto is clearly visible in the screenshot above and he doesn't seem to take notice and put pressure on Joselu even before the clearance got to ter Stegen.
Barcelona clearly suffered from a Champions League hangover – they were certainly not up for it. But even after Luis Suarez equalized in the 46th minute, you got the sense that Deportivo la Coruna was still in it to win it. With the visitors yet again forced to defend on a corner in the 74th minute, Alex Bergantinos headed in another effort after Jordi Alba failed to even jump toward a clearance.
The final score read 2-1 – Pepe Mel's outfit keeps on improving.
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FERC Enhances its Cybersecurity Initiative to These 5 Focus Areas
FERC Presentation Nov 21, 2019 https://www.ferc.gov/industries/electric/indus-act/reliability/cybersecurity/11-21-19-A-4-presentation.pdf
Dec 3, 2019 12:58 pm GMT
On November 21, 2019, FERC made an announcement concerning cybersecurity threats and electric infrastructure challenges, where they unveiled five areas of focus. In addition, FERC announced organizational changes within the Office of Energy (OEP) and the Office of Electric Reliability (OER) that will better serve grid security and cybersecurity concerns.
Pulling from the experience and knowledge of each of the relevant offices, a FERC staff presentation on November 21st identified five key areas where Commission staff will strategically and collectively focus efforts to address critical cybersecurity challenges.
Based on FERC's reviews of recent threat reports, the cybersecurity climate concerning global events, NERC CIP standards and other recent developments in the industry, the commission staff has designated the following five focus areas:
Supply Chain/Insider Threat/Third Party Authorized Access: Starting next year, new mandatory supply chain risk controls will take effect. The new standards, referred to as Supply Chain Standards, consist of new Reliability Standard CIP-013–1 and revised Reliability Standards CIP-010–3 and CIP-005–6. They become effective 60 days after publication in the Federal Register and will be implemented over 18 months. The commission said the transition was needed because compliance will likely require technical upgrades, with implications for capital budgets and planning cycles that have longer time horizons.
Industry Access to Timely Information on Threats and Vulnerabilities: FERC recognized that many entities have limited threat intelligence capabilities and access to information on threats, vulnerabilities, and an entity-wide process for risk mitigation. FERC recommends improving access to vulnerability and threat information in order to minimize response and remediation time and reduce the risk of disruption.
Cloud/Managed Security Service Provider: This focus area recognizes that managed security of SaaS services can provide substantial operational and security benefits to entities if deployed in a secure manner. As currently written, the existing CIP reliability standards do not account for the use of cloud services in operating the grid and protecting the IT infrastructure, which could prevent utilities from leveraging these products and the enhanced security and efficiencies they provide.
Adequacy of Security Controls: FERC acknowledges that there are many assets connected to Commission jurisdictional facilities that are subject to either minimal or no mandatory cybersecurity controls. While Low Impact BES Cyber Systems (BCS) make up the majority of BES cyber assets, there are very few mandatory security controls required for these assets. While Low Impact BES Cyber Systems have a lower impact on the BES, the simultaneous loss or degradation in a large number of these systems could have a significant aggregate effect. In addition, many Commission jurisdictional hydroelectric facilities connect to Low Impact BCS facilities that are not subject to high levels of mandatory security controls. Likewise, natural gas pipelines are not subject to mandatory cybersecurity controls, but the disruption of these pipelines could still have a significant impact on the BES.
Internal Network Monitoring and Detection: Mandatory monitoring and detection are not currently required for internal networks under the NERC CIP standards. This focus area underscores the risk of inattentive internal monitoring practices, especially if a hacker has already breached a network and remains undetected by the entity.
Organizational Changes:
Commission staff also discussed several organizational changes aimed at bolstering the agency's cybersecurity resources. The OEP's Division of Dam Safety and Inspections established a new security-focused group that will address both cybersecurity and physical security concerns at jurisdictional hydropower facilities. The new group's responsibilities will include performing special cyber and physical inspections, conducting security and vulnerability surveys, and serving as the lead on the resolution of cyber and physical issues under FERC's Dam Safety Program. In addition, OER has been organizationally realigned to include a new division focused exclusively on cybersecurity.
Compliance Central Enterprise Management Software:
With a highly versatile NERC compliance management system that links and organizes compliance standards and risk data with schedules, tasks as well as activities, compliance requirements, evidence from every area of the organization an entity would better improve their capabilities of staying vigilant concerning the mentioned focus areas. In addition, if the same system was to be integrated with a patch management system that maintains asset baseline including information on software, firmware, patches, and open ports an entity can centralize critical information making them better equipped to adjust to the constant enhancing of industry standards and maintain reliability.
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Thank Tiffany for the Post!
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Matt Chester on Dec 3, 2019 1:47 pm GMT
Any movement in this space is important to see, but the question will always be: is it enough? Do you think these latest moves are ambitious enough, Tiffany?
Tiffany Aliano on Dec 3, 2019 4:32 pm GMT
Hello Matt,
I think the latest initiatives are definitely a step in the right direction. Unfortunately, we learn the most after events have already occurred, where new vulnerabilities are discovered every day and it's almost impossible to foresee security gaps prior to that. It's important for the commission to stay vigilant and quickly react to industry threats, which in the best of their capacity, I believe they are doing. Individual entities reporting threats as they occur will also better equip other entities as well as the commission and improve response, reaction time as well as corrective and preventative measures moving forward, creating new industry standards.
We should also keep in mind that it's highly unlikely that enough will ever be enough, being that as technology continues to advance and our security evolves, so does the tactics of hackers, malicious actors, and threats alike.
What about you, do you think the commission could have better addressed the industries cybersecurity challenges? Is there any area they may have overlooked?
Look forward to your thoughts.
Unfortunately, we learn the most after events have already occurred, where new vulnerabilities are discovered every day and it's almost impossible to foresee security gaps prior to that.
This is the scary truth-- it's a bit of a Schrodinger's cat where we might not know until it's too late. I do think we have smart people and people with decision making powers who are taking these problems seriously and head on, but with cyber concerns the worrying part is it only takes on vulnerability to be exploited
I agree it's an uneasy thought, however, the best we could do is stay vigilant, proactive and use tools available to automate processes, track training as well as stay informed that we can better allocate resources towards predictive security measures.
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Saibi o Saibigain es un monte de Vizcaya, País Vasco (España), de 946 m de altitud situado en el parque natural de Urkiola.

Descripción
Forma parte de una estribación del macizo de Eskuagatx que tiene como máxima altura al Arrietabaso con sus 1.098m.

El Saibi es fácilmente accesible desde el puerto de Urkiola y desde el centro de interpretación del parque. Es una pequeña loma herbosa rodeada de bosques que en su ladera sur se suaviza en una bonita pendiente desde la que se aprecia la llanada alavesa.

Su fácil ascensión es recompensada con una magnífica vista de las peñas del duranguesado, con el Amboto dominando su parte sur, y el horizonte norte, hacia el mar Cantábrico que llega a verse de fondo, un gran panorama de montes vizcaínos y guipúzcoanos que se pueden identificar con la mesa de orientación que hay en la cumbre.

La cumbre de esta modesta montaña está coronada por una gran cruz de piedra levantada después de la Guerra Civil Española de 1936 a la que acompaña una mesa de interpretación y un buzón.

La Guerra Civil

En el invierno de 1936 el frente norte quedó detenido en la divisoria de aguas entre la cuenca mediterránea y la cantábrica. Álava quedó en manos de los alzados en contra del legítimo gobierno de la Segunda República nada más producirse el golpe de Estado del 18 de julio de 1936.

La línea del frente pasaba por Saibi y de iba hacia las cumbres de Udalaitz pasando por el Besaide. El frente estaba defendido por milicianos de diferentes grupos políticos y el mando centralizado en la villa de Elorrio.

La cumbre del Saibi era un punto estratégico para dominar el acceso a Vizcaya por Urkiola, que históricamente ha sido uno de los pasos principales entre la meseta y el territorio histórico. El ejército golpista ayudado por la aviación bombardeaba las posiciones del monte Saibi por el día y las tropas de tierra incluso llegaban a su cumbre algunas veces. Por las noches los milicianos recuperaban el terreno y la estratégica cumbre del Saibigain.

El día 5 de abril de 1937 se producen escaramuzas en la carretera entre Ochandiano y Urkiola, al día siguiente las tropas insurrectas toman Urkiola y los requetes del Tercio de Navarra atacan las posiciones leales a la república en Sabigain que estaban defendidas por los batallones Meabe nº2 de las Juventudes Socialistas Unificadas y González Peña de la Unión General de Trabajadores y del PSOE. Al anochecer de ese día los requetes han tomado el Saibigain y los republicanos mantienen Urkiola y la cima de Urkiolamendi.

El día 7 de abril los carlistas ocupan el collado de Azuntze, a los pies del Amboto al otro lado de Urkiolamendi. Este avance lo realiza el Tercio de Oriamendi que comienza a tomar Urkiolamendi desde el sureste mientras que los republicanos se repliegan abandonando Urkiola que es ocupado por el Tercio de San Ignacio. Al amanecer del día 8 la zona de Urkiola, desde Amboto a Sabigain esta en manos de los rebeldes. El día 12 la 2ª  Brigada expedicionaria de Asturias ataca las líneas insurrectas del Saibigain y logran conquistar la cima haciendo que el 3º Batallón San Marcial se retire. Al día siguiente son los batallones del requeté y el Batallón de Montaña Sicilia los que desalojan a los milicianos asturianos del estratégico monte.

El Sabigain queda en manos del Batallón Flandes nº5 que retrocede a primeras horas del día 14 de abril ante el ataque de los batallones leales Sabino Arana del PNV y Disciplinario que son reforzados por el Salsamendi compuesto por milicianos del PCE y del batallón Garellano, del ejército regular, que se hacen fuertes en el monte. Al día siguiente los Tercios requetés atacan y toman, después de una dura y cruenta batalla, definitivamente la plaza.

Fueron cerca del millar los soldados, de uno y otro bando, que cayeron en estos combates. Cuando finalizó la guerra los vencedores levantaron una gran cruz de piedra en memoria de sus caídos en las batallas que se dieron en ese lugar. Cuando el periodo dictatorial terminó y se recuperaron las libertades democráticas, en 1976, se colocó una placa en dicha cruz en memoria de los defensores de la legalidad republicana y la libertad.

Testigos de aquellas batallas son los innumerables hoyos que produjeron las bombas en la falda sur así como los restos de trincheras que se construyeron para la defensa de la cumbre.

Ascensos
Desde Urkiola se accede muy fácilmente. Es una de las rutas recomendadas desde el centro de interpretación. Hay Otra ruta desde Urkuleta, Mañaria, mucho más dura al tener mucho mayor desnivel y también se puede llagar a la cumbre desde el sur.

 Desde Urkiola
Partiendo del centro de interpretación bajar unos pocos metros hacia la carretera y coger la pista que sale a la izquierda. Pasar la valla, seguir por la pista en una cómoda subida hasta un cruce que queda justo debajo de la cumbre. Allí se puede seguir de enfrente por una empinada cuesta o seguir la pista que en llano se dirige a la cara sur del monte. Cuando el rodeo llega a su fin se abre la pista en una campa llena de agujeros que son las cicatrices de las bombas. Seguir hacia la cumbre señalada por la gran cruz.

 Desde el alto de Zumeltza
Alcanzar el collado de Iturriotz (758m) y seguir hacía el este por un sendero que sube hasta la cima.

 Desde el barrio de Urkuleta
Dejando el coche en el barrio mañaritarra de Urkuleta (286 m) en Mañaria subir por la cabecera del valle hasta el collado de Iturriotz y de allí la ruta anterior.

Tiempos de accesos:
 Urkiola (45 minutos).
 Urkuleta (1h 45 minutos).
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Enlaces externos

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How to Choose the Best WRT54G Router for You
Home - Networking
The Linksys/Cisco WRT54G Router line is famous not so much for what it is, but what it can be thanks to alternative versions of firmware that enable a wide range of networking features. But first you need do know which of its many models does what.
By Aaron Weiss
If any wireless router could be described as famous it would be the Linksys/Cisco WRT54G. Should you rummage through the search logs at Google, its quite possible that somewhere just behind "nude" and "Paris Hilton" you would find "wrt54g," possibly all from the same IP addresses. But, the WRT54G is famous not so much for what it is, but what it can be.
Alternative versions of firmware, which can be loaded onto the router in place of Linksys's official software, enable a wide range of networking features unavailable in most budget-priced routers. As flexible as the WRT54G is, though, choosing one can also be confusing — all 54G's are not created equal. Since its inception, the WRT54G family tree has grown. Today, you will find several versions of the WRT54G floating around. And by "several" we mean eight. That's just one branch of the tree — there are at least six other branches with yet more variations of the WRT54G. If you're in the market for a WRT54G, you need to know which models can do — or become — what you want.
Original Flavor
Most readers of this story are interested in loading an alternative firmware onto their WRT54G. (Either that or this article came up on your search for "nude Paris Hilton" and you are now starting to become extremely disappointed.) DD-WRT is the most popular alternative, but changes to the Linksys router over the years mean that this software does not run equally well on all versions.
The Linksys WRT54G
Linksys/Cisco has kept the same name — WRT54G — for a product that has undergone several significant changes over time. To draw a parallel, a 2007 Honda Accord is hardly the same vehicle as the 1998 version. And some would say the changes aren't for the better.
Released in 2003, the original WRT54G, version 1.0 (serial numbers beginning with CDF0 and CDF1), introduced a "perfect storm" of factors, which led to the development of unofficial, third-party, open source firmware alternatives. With 16MB of RAM and 4MB of flash memory where the firmware (operating system) resides, the unit had plenty of storage for a large codebase. Unlike other router models, Linksys developed a stock firmware for the WRT54G using open source code. The code's licensing terms required Linksys to make the source freely available. And thus an ecosystem was born, as programmers added to, debugged and enhanced the stock code, filling it out with advanced and convenient networking features not normally seen in relatively cheap routers, or sometimes in any routers at all.
With the next few revisions of the WRT54G hardware, Linksys only made the environment even better for alternative coders. Version 2 (serial number CDF5) bumped the router's CPU speed from 125MHz to 200MHz, and even outfitted some models with 32MB of RAM. Though this extra memory was not officially supported, some of the alternative firmware could use it. By version 3 (CDF8), the CPU had increased to 216MHz.
With version 4 (CDFA) of the WRT54G, Linksys actually dialed down the CPU speed back to 200MHz and changed to a new wireless chipset. These changes alone did not adversely affect the various forms of alternative firmware, and in fact, due to V4's widespread availability and competitive pricing in mass electronics stories, this model brought DD-WRT and alternative firmware in general to a wider audience.
Then everything changed.
This Tastes Funny
Taking a page from the Coca-Cola Corporation Guide to Corporate Mismanagement, Linksys pulled a "New Coke." Version 5 (CDFB/CDFC) chopped in half the RAM, to 8MB. It did the same to the flash memory, to 2MB. And it dumped the open source stock firmware with a closed source proprietary operating system called VxWorks. Basically, V5 of the WRT54G was a big middle finger to the alternative firmware community. With so little memory for code, and an inaccessible OS in place, alternatives were shut out. Among the hackers, these models are known as "neutered."
The resourceful hackers did ultimately find a way to install an extremely stripped-down version of DD-WRT onto V5 and V6 (CDFD) models of WRT54G, but the results are more impressive than useful. Avoid these models, or set them up as stock routers at grandma's house (unless grandma is also a DD-WRT hacker).
The situation is a little bit better on the Version 8 (CDFF/CDFG) WRT54G, but still requires some tricky procedures to load the new firmware, and this router still has half the memory of the "classic" models. Furthermore, Linksys removed the last vestige of dignity from an already-neutered product — its detachable antenna. V8 users can no longer swap the stock antenna with more powerful alternatives.
Classic Coke
As foretold in the aforementioned Guide to Corporate Mismanagement, when one replaces a solidly successful product with an inferior downgrade, one later re-introduces the original product with much fanfare and, if possible, a higher price.
That product is the WRT54GL, the classic Coke in the WRT54G family tree.
With 16MB of RAM, 4MB of flash, and a 200MHz CPU, the WRT54GL (CL7A/CL7B/CL7C), the WRT54GL is basically a revival of the WRT54G V4. With a current street price around $70, the WRT54GL runs about twice what a used V4 might go for on eBay, but in its favor, the GL is new stock.
Power-users Look Here
The WRT54G has not only several generations of ancestors, but siblings, too. They come with more brawn than the original, but at a price.
In parallel with the WRT54G, Linksys has sold its "Speedbooster"-enabled sibling, the WRT54GS. Speedbooster is an enhancement to 802.11g which claims up to 30% performance gain, particularly when paired with a Speedbooster-enabled client. But for alternative firmware fans, this isn't the main attraction of the GS. Rather, the original V1.0 GS (CGN0/CGN1) includes 32MB of RAM and 8MB of flash memory, twice that of its WRT54G V1.0 relative.
The extra memory allows power-users to create a small file-system directly in the router, where additional scripts and data can be stored to further enhance its functionality. The EZPlanet project adds enhancements to DD-WRT, which use the extra memory to support load balancing across multiple broadband connections, for example.
Much like the WRT54G, the GS has been revised by Linksys several times, eventually halving its memory starting with V4 (CGN6). V5, once again, brought about the proprietary VxWorks OS, with V6 and V7 continuing the WRT54GS' transformation into a mere shadow of its former self. Among WRT54GS models, versions 3 and earlier are the most useful for power users.
But wait, there's more! Like the revivalist WRT54GL, Linksys has also introduced the WRTSL54GS. Just in time, too, before they run out of letters. The 'SL54GS takes the best features of the classic WRT54GS — 32MB of RAM and 8MB of flash — tosses in a spiffy new 264MHz CPU, a Linux-based firmware easily upgraded with an alternative, and just for good measure, a USB port. The port supports external storage, which can be shared and managed over the network via the router's firmware. Or, with the right alternative firmware, the WRTSL54GS can run an embedded Bittorrent client and store files directly onto attached storage with no host computer at all and just 7 watts of power consumption.
At just over $100 street price, the WRTSL54GS may not be the bargain of a second-hand WRT54G V4, but it's still a small chunk of change for a boatload of features.
The Weird Aunts and Uncles
In fact, Linksys sells a variety of other routers with the name WRT54Gxxx, where xxx represents even more combinations of letters and numbers not seen in this story. Most of these models are very specialized — for example, the WRT54GP2 includes an integrated ATA telephony adapter for VoIP.
But, family name alone doesn't mean that these routers support alternative firmware — you can't load DD-WRT, for example, onto the WRT54GP2.
For best results with alternative firmware, stick with the two main branches of the WRT54G family tree: the original models up to V4, the GL model, the GS models up to V3, or the SL54GS with USB storage.
Aaron Weiss is a freelance writer and editor based in upstate New York.
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Currently changes in higher education system affects not only informative and educational components, but also the scientific and technological components of education and some strategic concepts, developing by national universities.
Strategic management is becoming the one of the most promising management mechanisms of higher education development in conditions, where universities are faced with new opportunities and new risks, arising due to globalization, the increasing role of human factor. Today, many Russian universities, both large and small, begun to prepare their own development strategies, reflecting the vision of the university development prospects.
The management of higher education becomes the independent field of studies, and strategic management is a separate and completely independent direction. There are an increasing number of works in the West and in Russia, the authors of which try to comprehend the classical heritage of strategic management in relation to specific area of university management. (Stukalina, 2013; Kettunen, 2011) However, despite the active discussion, many theoretical and methodological aspects of the problem are still waiting for their solutions.
Strategic management is difficult to describe in the framework of a single concept or paradigm. Consider some of the approaches to strategic management.
Publication information: Article title: Strategic Management in Higher Education System: Methodological Approaches. Contributors: Yureva, O. Y. - Author, Yureva, O., V - Author, Burganova, L. A. - Author. Journal title: Academy of Strategic Management Journal. Volume: 15. Publication date: January 1, 2016. Page number: 38+. © The DreamCatchers Group, LLC. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.


Mike takes over the shipping!
Legendary Games has been and continues to be slammed with tasks so to get this done before November starts, we've asked DriveThruRPG to transfer some publishing permissions to me--and they did!
I'm in the middle of writing things (a fun little adventure called the Jaws of the Jhambizaur for the Skybourne PF setting from Drop Dead Studios) and I don't want to lose my proverbial place there so I'm not starting the ordering process until tomorrow (I'm one night away from finishing my copy for it) but I will have all of these filed by Sunday at the latest (if not sooner -- not sure how long it will take to do each one but I'm prepared to spend 14 hour days getting this done).
My apologies again for the delays but the wheel is back in my hands now so no worries!
We (myself and LG) genuinely feel bad about the wait you've all suffered here so we're figuring on giving physical copy backers something extra. Comment on which of these sounds best to you!
1) A discount on a physical and digital copy of the (highly rated!) An Undying Contract novel.
2) A discount on a physical and PDF bundle for FAMOTH (the hacker handbook -- check previous updates for more info).
4) A free digital copy of An Undying Contract.
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Apparently it's easier to get a standard color print file across than it is a premium color file, so there are some things they are worried about. They also do not work on weekends, so over the next two days I'm going to address all these problems (likely with a bit of assistance from Richard Kunz, a more experienced layout artist that has already helped me considerably) and get a premium color file approved on Monday and start ordering then!
I went to go start fulfilling orders and there was no premium color option! I've e-mailed DTRPG and they'll do a special digital proofing of the file, but as the only difference is that some colors are brighter we'll be printing them without getting a gander at a physical proof. I'm confident there won't be any issues but felt that information was worth sharing with folks.
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1 and 2 are best for me.
Option 1 or 2 are my ideal choices.


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Francis Bacon: The Bleak Chronicler of Human Condition
28 October, british artists, figurative painters, francis bacon
By John Deakin - https://alchetron.com/John-Deakin-1371488-W, Fair use, Link
Borrowing inspiration from Surrealism, film, photography, and the Old Masters, and portraying provocative and disturbing images that carry a raw sense of anxiety and alienation, the Irish-born British figurative painter, Francis Bacon, is celebrated as one of the most unique, engaging figurative painters to emerge during the post-war period, whose grotesque imagery served as method of exploring nihilism and death at a time when Europe had been repeatedly savaged by war.
One of the most successful British painters of the twentieth century, Bacon was born on October 28, 1909, in Dublin, Ireland. Mostly self-taught, Bacon moved to London to escape a hostile home life, and became a part of the local art scene in the British capital, which include his friends Lucian Freud, Isabel Lambert, and John Deakin. He began to paint first in a Cubist style and later in a more Surrealist manner. In 1937, his work included in a London group exhibition entitled "Young British Painters".
Around 1944, Bacon destroyed most of the work he had produced to date as he believed that it failed to communicate the way he felt about the world. Afterwards, he began creating the works for which he is still remembered, with "Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion" seen as a major turning point. His large canvases depicted human figures, most often a single figure isolated in an empty room, in a cage or against a black background.
Inspired by oth the Old Masters and Surrealism, Bacon produced several compositions based on the work of other painters, notably including his arresting "Study After Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X" (1953). In this iconic work, Bacon transforms Diego Velázquez's classic portrait into a screaming, terrifying figure. In the age of abstraction, he continued to paint the human face and figure.
In the 1960s, some of his work depict a lone male figure dressed in a business suit, while others showed nude figures, often with grotesquely altered proportions and features. Bacon used brighter colors at times, but themes of violence and mortality were still central to his art. He also painted portraits of people he knew, including fellow artist Lucian Freud and George Dyer.
After the death of his lover in 1972, Bacon's work became even more personalized, with a renewed focus on mortality. Famous for his carousing, he maintained a home and notoriously cluttered studio in London, and continued to paint for the rest of his life. In 1963, a retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York brought international prestige, which continued until his death on April 28, 1992, in Madrid, Spain.
Today his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Hugh Lane in Dublin, and the Albertina in Vienna, among others.
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www.biography.com/people/francis-bacon-21415553
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Two Associates Join Fredrikson & Byron's Des Moines Office
Kristy Dahl Rogers
Olivia Kilgore
Attorneys Kristy Dahl Rogers and Olivia N. Kilgore have joined Fredrikson & Byron's Des Moines office.
Rogers is an associate in the Litigation Group. She assists clients in trial and appellate litigation before state and federal courts and in regulatory matters before administrative agencies. Prior to joining Fredrikson & Byron, Rogers served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert W. Pratt of the Southern District of Iowa and the Honorable David S. Wiggins of the Iowa Supreme Court.
Kilgore is an associate in the Bank & Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. She assists clients with corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and general corporate governance. Prior to practicing law, Kilgore was an engineer for an international developer and manufacturer of medical devices.
Fredrikson & Byron is a 275-attorney law firm based in Minneapolis, with offices in Bismarck, Des Moines, Fargo, St. Paul, Saltillo, Mexico, and Shanghai, China. Fredrikson & Byron has a reputation as the firm "where law and business meet". Our attorneys bring business acumen and entrepreneurial thinking to work with clients, and operate as business advisors and strategic partners, as well as legal counselors. More information about the firm is available at www.fredlaw.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and on Twitter @FredriksonLaw.
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Who is "Failing" in the Horn?
John Boonstra July 31, 2008
Back at The Seminal, Alex Thurston, citing UN peacekeeping missions' struggles in places like Darfur, Ethiopia-Eritrea, and Somalia, last week opined that "criticizing the UN sometimes feels like the equivalent of beating up a cripple." Well, he's right in that many commentators — including himself, on occasion — do often take up the chance to criticize the UN, using it as a convenient scapegoat for Member States' own individual failures. When a complex problem arises, and the international community's response is decried as insufficient, the simple answer is to toss the UN under the bus and look the other way.
Not only is this tactic a deplorably crass — and self-defeating — oversimplification, but it also frequently distorts the facts under which the UN is operating. Take the example of the recently shut down mission in Ethiopia-Eritrea. If the UN is "crippled" in its position straddling this contentious border region, it is only because the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea decided to cripple it, flouting international agreements and depriving it of fuel. In Darfur, too, the host government has persistently made UNAMID's effective operation a practical impossibility. Are peacekeepers to be expected to take on host governments with force? In both of these instances, fault lies with the offending obstructionists — as well as with the individual member states that allow such manipulation to occur unchecked.Alex does have a legitimate gripe, though:
From an outsider perspective, it feels like UN missions in the post-Cold War period, especially in Africa, have suffered from a lack of precisely defined goals. They enter into missions without a clear framework, stumble, and then are forced to make an embarrassing exit. That's what happened in Somalia in 1993-5, and that's what's happening in the Horn now. At the very least, they have a problem interfacing with the public and communicating to us exactly what they achieve – or try to achieve – in these situations.
Is it a question of overreach, and should they set more modest goals? It's hard to see what the point is of deploying 9,000 troops to stop a genocide, or 1,700 troops to prevent a war, when those numbers are clearly inadequate. I honor the men and women who serve in such difficult circumstances, but in the broader picture it seems their presence is largely symbolic.
Setting up missions with a mandate they cannot possibly carry out, with troop levels they cannot possibly reach, and in conditions in which they will only face hostility and violence — or, in the words of the former AU mediator in Darfur, pursuing "peacekeeping on the cheap" — is a serious problem that the Security Council will have to get over. Peacekeepers need a peace to keep, and it is not their job to create this peace. A distinction must be drawn between their function and that of the Security Council — or, more specifically, the countries that comprise it, and even more pointedly, those that have significant influence in bringing peace to certain regions.
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Revisiting the Impact of Dust Production from Carbon-rich Wolf–Rayet Binaries
Lau, Ryan M. and Eldridge, J. J. and Hankins, Matthew J. and Lamberts, Astrid and Sakon, Itsuki and Williams, Peredur M. (2020) Revisiting the Impact of Dust Production from Carbon-rich Wolf–Rayet Binaries. Astrophysical Journal, 898 (1). Art. No. 74. ISSN 1538-4357. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20200724-100654391
We present a dust spectral energy distribution (SED) and binary stellar population analysis revisiting the dust production rates (DPRs) in the winds of carbon-rich Wolf–Rayet (WC) binaries and their impact on galactic dust budgets. DustEM SED models of 19 Galactic WC "dustars" reveal DPRs of Ṁ_d ~ 10⁻¹⁰-10⁻⁶ M_⊙ yr⁻¹ and carbon dust condensation fractions, χ C , between 0.002% and 40%. A large (0.1–1.0 μm) dust grain size composition is favored for efficient dustars where χ_C ≳ 1%. Results for dustars with known orbital periods verify a power-law relation between χ_C , orbital period, WC mass-loss rate, and wind velocity consistent with predictions from theoretical models of dust formation in colliding-wind binaries. We incorporated dust production into Binary Population and Spectral Synthesis (BPASS) models to analyze dust production rates from WC dustars, asymptotic giant branch stars (AGBs), red supergiants (RSGs), and core-collapse supernovae (SNe). BPASS models assuming constant star formation (SF) and a coeval 10⁶ M_⊙ stellar population were performed at low, Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)–like, and solar metallicities (Z = 0.001, 0.008, and 0.020). Both constant SF and coeval models indicate that SNe are net dust destroyers at all metallicities. Constant SF models at LMC-like metallicities show that AGB stars slightly outproduce WC binaries and RSGs by factors of 2–3, whereas at solar metallicities WC binaries are the dominant source of dust for ~60 Myr until the onset of AGBs, which match the dust input of WC binaries. Coeval population models show that, for "bursty" SF, AGB stars dominate dust production at late times (t ≳ 70 Myr).
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Eldridge, J. J. 0000-0002-1722-6343
Hankins, Matthew J. 0000-0001-9315-8437
Lamberts, Astrid 0000-0001-8740-0127
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Williams, Peredur M. 0000-0002-8092-980X
© 2020. The American Astronomical Society. Received 2019 November 25; revised 2020 May 18; accepted 2020 June 12; published 2020 July 24. We thank T. Onaka, I. Endo, M. Buragohain, E. Lagadec, T. Nozawa, A. Soulain, T. Bakx, T. Takeuchi, and M. Corcoran for enlightening discussions on dust, SNe, AGBs, RSGs, and WR binaries. We also thank Greg Sloan for guidance in assessing the quality of ISO/SWS data. We would also like to thank the anonymous referee for their careful review and insightful comments that have improved the focus and clarity of our work. P.M.W. thanks the Institute for Astronomy for continued hospitality and access to the facilities of the Royal Observatory. R.M.L. acknowledges the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's International Top Young Fellowship. This work is based in part on observations made with the Spitzer Space Telescope, obtained from the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive, both of which are operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Based in part on observations collected at the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere under ESO program 097.D-0707(A). Based in part on observations with ISO, an ESA project with instruments funded by ESA Member States (especially the PI countries: France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom) and with the participation of ISAS and NASA. This publication makes use of data products from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, which is a joint project of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Facilities: Spitzer(IRS - , IRAC - , and MIPS) - , WISE - , ISO(SWS) - , VLT(VISIR). - Software: BPASS, DustEM, MIRA.
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Circumstellar dust ; Wolf-Rayet stars ; Infrared astronomy ; WC stars ; Interstellar dust
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Unified Astronomy Thesaurus concepts: Circumstellar dust (236); Wolf-Rayet stars (1806); Infrared astronomy (786); WC stars (1793); Interstellar dust (836)
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Crosby Morton Black (June 25, 1866 - November 16, 1916) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County from 1905 to 1906.  He also served as mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania from 1896 to 1899.

Early life and education
Black was born in Chester, Pennsylvania to J. Frank and Sue C. (Morton) Black.

Career
Black entered into partnership with Morton & Black, a lumber, coal, saw and planing mill business run by his father J. Frank Black, his uncle Henry B. Black and grandfather Crosby P. Morton.  His uncle Henry B. Black retired and the name of the business was changed to Morton, Black & Son and then again to J. Frank Black & Son.

In 1891, the business was merged into Chester Lumber & Coal and Black became the treasurer and general manager.  He was also involved in real estate and insurance.

Black incorporated the Morton Crosby Company to manufacture foundry and filter supplies.

He was elected president of the Chester City Council and mayor of Chester from 1896-1899.

Black was the owner of the Morning Republican newspaper.

Black was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representative by special election on February 21, 1905 after Ward R. Bliss died in office.

Personal life
Black married Mary Phoebe and together they had four children.

He is interred at the Media Cemetery in Upper Providence Township, Pennsylvania.

See also
List of mayors of Chester, Pennsylvania

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1866 births
1916 deaths
19th-century American politicians
20th-century American politicians
Burials at Media Cemetery
Mayors of Chester, Pennsylvania
Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Pennsylvania city council members


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