From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Tue Apr 5 19:54:13 2005 Received: (from atomz@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) id j35NsD9Y011362; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:54:13 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: atomz set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (69-166-156-115.clvdoh.adelphia.net [69.166.156.115]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j35NsBJf011356 for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:54:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <317bd01c53a3a$c6790020$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net New Photos Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:54:15 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... We've been busy. There are three new sets of photos on the web site. Our thanks to David and Audrey Peartree (Kevin '08) for their photos of the Navy Sailing Team's meet at Seneca Lake, NY last weekend. And to Dale and Marilyn Dorn (Ryan '07) for more pics of the Men's Glee Club in London and Rome last month. And to Kathy Barlow (Brian '05) for more pics of Men's Crew at Lake Carnegie. You'll find them all on our www.USNA.org web site. They are the lead article on the main page and also may be found in the Photo Gallery. Be sure to check out the article on our main page and then take a moment to look at the pics. Some of them are really spectacular. If you haven't looked through the Photo Gallery lately, there's a lot to see. If you have dial up (aka a slow connection) you might want to go to the local library and use one of their computers to view the pics over a high speed broadband connection. Cable is 60 times faster than the fastest dial up. What takes five minutes on dial up takes five seconds on cable. It really is THAT fast. Don't forget that we still have pics from the '05 Plebe Summer in the Photo Gallery. So if you're looking to finish out those scrapbooks, those pics will be right up your alley. And for all our new '09 members, it's a glimpse of what's to come on I-Day and through Plebe Summer. I-Day 2002 is a narrated walking tour of every step of the way through Alumni Hall on Induction Day. Feel free to share all of these pics with your friends, relatives AND your Mids (or Plebes-to-be). Enjoy... Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Fri Apr 8 14:02:57 2005 Received: (from atomz@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) id j38I2vTf030435; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:02:57 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: atomz set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (69-166-156-115.clvdoh.adelphia.net [69.166.156.115]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j38I2toM030428 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:02:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <259e01c53c65$368b00d0$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Thanks for visiting... Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:03:04 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... As incredible as it seems, we logged our 1,250,000th visitor to www.USNA.org today over the noon hour (EDT). It was only six years and a month ago (3/9/99) that I put that counter on the fledgling web site and watched as each digit rolled over, one at a time for the first few weeks. It was at this time (Mar '99) that our organization had only 70 members. Back then, we'd get between ten and fifty visitors to the web site in a day's time. But it began to grow. At the end of six months on 9/9/99, the counter showed 24,022 visitors or an average of 3,000 visitors a month (about 100 per day). Not bad for a new web site. (Just so you understand, we cull our visitor figures from our logs and only count unique visitors each day, not "hits" - which can be many, many times higher per day.) We've kept track of the number of daily visitors since the counter was installed. About four years ago. When we moved to our own private server, we started logging the data automatically each night at 0330. Just to illustrate our growth, here are the counter numbers for this date over the past six years... 4/8/99 2,970 4/8/00 60,123 4/8/01 190,456 4/8/02 375,776 4/8/03 608,006 4/8/04 912,565 4/8/05 1,250,000 As you can see, we really have grown. In fact, this past summer we had one day in July when we had 2,933 visitors in a single 24 hour period. And during the summer months, (when Plebe parents live on the site looking at hundreds of daily photos of their Plebes) our site averages over 1,200 visitors a day. Thanks to all who make our web site such a huge success. PS. Remember to tell all those '09 Parents about www.USNA.org. AND.... Get them to join our lists as well. It was indispensable to your family and we want it to be just as valuable to the next class of parents as well. We're counting on YOU to get the word out to all the new parents. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Wed Apr 13 17:37:23 2005 Received: (from atomz@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) id j3DLbN0Z078687; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 17:37:23 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: atomz set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (69-166-156-115.clvdoh.adelphia.net [69.166.156.115]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j3DLbLWk078678 for ; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 17:37:21 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <07c801c54070$fd30dd40$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Fw: I-Day Report Times Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 17:37:27 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... We are forwarding this message at the request of the Academy. Please make sure that you read it and pass along the advice contain therein to ALL of your '09 Plebe Parents. Mike Zets - Moderator, USNA-Net. Subj: I-Day Report Times Dear Naval Academy Alumni Parents and Friends, As the summer approaches, we are busy preparing for the Induction of the Class of 2009. This is an exciting time for everyone involved, especially the candidates that will soon make up the incoming class. I know that many of you are in contact with these candidates, sharing with them wisdom and advice on how to succeed at the Naval Academy. You are a great resource for them as they prepare to report! I would like to offer my guidance to you in a particular area, namely the reporting time that they will be asked to check in at the Naval Academy. The Office of Admissions will issue Alumni Hall reporting times via the Permit to Report Form beginning at 0600 on I-Day and continuing on throughout the morning. The reporting times for the class as a whole will be staggered so that the processing of candidates through Alumni Hall may be done in an efficient, timely manner. We do not need candidates and families standing in line at 0530 - or in fact standing in line at all. Our sole goal is to enable an orderly in-processing of midshipman candidates. They get no points - and no advantage - for reporting early. If they report early they will be extra tired by needlessly getting up early on a long, tiring day. I would ask that, as you counsel the candidate's, you reiterate the importance of reporting to Alumni Hall at their assigned time. Furthermore, if you know of any websites that offer conflicting guidance (such as advice to arrive as early as possible), I would encourage that you alter them to conform to Naval Academy plans. This would help us greatly in making I-Day a success this year. Once parents have dropped off their son or daughter at Alumni Hall, then suggest they join the Alumni Association picnic to relax, meet other parents and learn more about the Naval Academy. Please encourage them to come to the Superintendent's address to the Parents and Families at 1430 in Alumni Hall. Once again, I'd like to thank you for the great job that you're doing in helping us prepare the future Midshipmen of the Class of 2009. Rodney P. Rempt Superintendent Marc D. Boran LCDR USN Flag Secretary United States Naval Academy (410) 293-1503 DSN: 281-1503 Cell: (410) 320-6333 email: boran@usna.edu *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Thu Apr 14 23:13:32 2005 Received: (from atomz@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) id j3F3DWxj035348; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 23:13:32 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: atomz set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (69-166-156-115.clvdoh.adelphia.net [69.166.156.115]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j3F3DUae035341 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 23:13:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <0b8501c54169$1de11930$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Phishing - Verified by V1SA Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 23:13:37 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... Please be aware of another in the latest of scams to rip off your credit card information. This evening I received a notice from "Verified by Visa" claiming that if I clicked on the "Official" looking link in the mail, I would be taken to the Official Visa web site and given the opportunity to protect my visa account against internet fraud. NO WAY ! IT'S A HOAX ! DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK ! The site is a fake site and all they do is con you into giving them your account information and pin or passwords so they can rob your account. Delete the email and DO NOT CLICK ON ANY LINKS. This sort of "official" looking email is called Phishing (pronounced fishing) and is fairly common. The emails all look really official and very convincing but rest assured the credit card companies and your bank will NOT send you an email looking for you to do something on-line to verify your account or subscribe to a new security feature. No way! No how! Legitimate companies use the U.S. Mail to send you notices. The fake offers won't come in the regular mail because Federal Laws protect you against Mail Fraud and carry stiff penalties for the criminals. Be safe and delete all these email offers as soon as you see them. None of them are real. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Wed Apr 20 14:38:39 2005 Received: (from atomz@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) id j3KIcdZt086275; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:38:39 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: atomz set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (69-166-156-115.clvdoh.adelphia.net [69.166.156.115]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j3KIcbph086265 for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:38:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <41c501c545d8$2d86f940$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Marine USNA Alumus to be nominated to Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:38:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... USNA GRAD TO BECOME CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. Bush Likely to Tap Marine to Head Military Associated Press | 4-20-2005 | ROBERT BURNS http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050420/D89J6S6O0.html WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has recommended to President Bush that he nominate Marine General Peter Pace to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a senior official said Wednesday. Bush was expected to announce his choice soon, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Pace, 59, currently the Joint Chiefs vice chairman, would be the first Marine to hold the top job in the military. The Joint Chiefs chairman is the senior uniformed adviser to the president and the secretary of defense. It is widely expected that Bush will name Navy Adm. Edmund Giambastiani, Jr., to succeed Pace as vice chairman. Giambastiani, 56, was Rumsfeld's senior military assistant before being named commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command in 2002. The Pace and Giambastiani moves are among many changes in the works at senior levels of the Pentagon. The Navy's top officer, Adm. Vern Clark, is due to retire this summer, and the Air Force chief of staff, Gen. John Jumper, is due to depart this fall. The job of Air Force secretary is vacant, and the current Navy secretary, Gordon England, has been nominated to replace Paul Wolfowitz as deputy defense secretary. Rumsfeld's top policy aide, Douglas Feith, also is leaving. If confirmed by the Senate, Pace would succeed Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, who is scheduled to retire late this summer after four years as chairman. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and raised in Teaneck, N.J., Pace graduated from the Naval Academy and got a master's degree in business administration from George Washington University. After basic training in 1968, he was sent to Vietnam as a rifle platoon leader. He later served in Korea, as a commander for two years during the Somali intervention, in Japan and as head of the U.S. Southern Command. He became vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs in 2001, shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The Joint Chiefs chairman has the authority to transmit communications from the president and defense secretary to leaders of the nation's combatant commands, but does not exercise direct military command over any forces. *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Mon Apr 25 16:30:48 2005 Received: (from atomz@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) id j3PKUm0D048540; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:30:48 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: atomz set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (69-166-156-115.clvdoh.adelphia.net [69.166.156.115]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j3PKUk3R048530 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:30:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <13ca01c549d5$aadd78f0$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net 2006 Trident Scholar Results Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:30:48 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... The parents of all but one of these fine Mids is a member of USNA-Net. Congradulations to the Gaunts, the Hoffmans, the Langlois', the Reeds, the Roes and the Womacks. Bravo Zulu. - Mike and Sandi Zets >From W. Miller, USNA Academic Dean and Provost Dear Colleagues - - It gives me great pleasure to announce the members of the Class of 2006 who have been approved as Trident Scholars for academic year 2005/06. Trident applicants must stand in the top 10% of their class academically and in the top half militarily just to apply. Those selected will invest a substantial part of their first class year academic time and effort in independent research under the guidance of one or more faculty members. Historically, Trident Scholar results have been reported in national and international conferences and have proven to be substantial contributions to the body of knowledge in the disciplines in which they have been pursued. This year's Tridents include projects as diverse as: An investigation into high speed optical network technology that will permit transmission and reception of multiple simultaneous optical signals over the same all-optical local area network; Integrated sensors and control for an autonomous surface vessel; Investigation into possible novel antimalarial drugs; Human identification through passive iris pattern recognition; and Search for another planet in our solar system. A number of exciting Trident projects proposals were received. After the Trident Committee had reviewed each proposal in detail and provided me their recommendations, I was pleased to select 7 midshipmen who will pursue their ideas within the framework of the Trident Scholar program in academic year 2005/06. These 7 midshipmen, their faculty advisors and the titles of their projects are: Ruth M. Gaunt Electrical Engineering Assistant Professor Rob Ives and Professor Delores Etter Using Non-Orthogonal Iris Images for Iris Recognition Marshall F. Hoffman Chemistry Assistant Professor Clare Gutteridge Design, Synthesis and testing of Novel Folate Antagonists as Antimalarials Clifford N. Jessop Electrical Engineering Associate Professor Brian Jenkins and Captain Robert Voigt Investigating the Use of Wavelength Conversion for Routing in Optical Networks Justin L. R. Langlois Aerospace Engineering Commander David Myre and Professor Martin Nelson Dynamic Computer Model of a Space Power System Consisting of Sterling Engines Coupled to a Nuclear Reactor Caleb M. Reed Systems Engineering Associate Professor Bradley Bishop and Associate Professor Jennifer Waters Integration of Sensors and Control for an Automated Surface Vessel Eric A. Roe Physics Assistant Professor Jeffrey Larsen and Professor Elise Albert Search for a Tenth Planet: Testing Inferences from the Kuiper Cliff Kristofer M. Womack Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Ralph Volino and Associate Professor Michael Schultz Combined Effects of Pulsed Film Cooling and Upstream Wakes on Gas Turbine Airfoil Heat Transfer Wow! Pretty cool stuff! That is another of the frequent observations about Trident Scholar projects, they represent some pretty amazing and stimulating work. If next year's projects sound exciting to you, please plan to spend some time listening to the final project briefings by the 2005 Trident Scholars in Rickover Hall Room 103 next Thursday and Friday, April 28 and 29. Look for announcements posted around the academic buildings for brief summaries of the individual class of 2005 projects to be briefed. In the meantime, please join me in congratulating the Magnificent Seven members of the great Class of 2006 who will be pursuing Trident research projects next academic year. Have a great Navy day. W. C. Miller Academic Dean and Provost *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org