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LinkedIn confirmed that attackers had obtained passwords belonging to a segment of its users. If you use the same password on other sites (tsk tsk) change that immediately to something else!
While the company has confirmed the data breach that exposed user passwords, it did not provide any details as the team was still investigating, Vicente Silveira, a director at the social networking site, wrote late Wednesday afternoon on the LinkedIn blog. It is not yet known the exact number of users that have been affected, or how the attackers managed to steal the passwords.
"We can confirm that some of the passwords that were compromised correspond to LinkedIn accounts," Silveira wrote.
As PCMag.com reported earlier today, a user in a Russian forum uploaded a file containing nearly 6.5 million hashed passwords allegedly obtained from the professional social networking site and asked for help cracking the passwords. While LinkedIn had no insight into the breach throughout the day, ("Our team continues to investigate, but at this time, we're still unable to confirm that any security breach has occurred. Stay tuned here."), a number of security researchers claimed to have found hashed versions of their LinkedIn passwords in the file. Among them, our very own Neil Rubenking.
He created a SHA1 hash of his password and searched within the dump file and found a match, meaning that his LinkedIn account is one of the many compromised in this breach. He has assured me that his password was complex, strong, and unique, and the odds of another user having the exact same password were tremendously unlikely.
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It was immediately apparent looking at the dump file that LinkedIn hadn't salted its passwords. While the data was hashed using SHA1—which is better than nothing but still vulnerable—the site forgot that salting the hashes would have made it near impossible for malicious perpetrators to crack the passwords.
Hashing is a one-way encryption, where you always get the same output for a certain string, but it's not possible to start with a hash and work out what the original string was. However, attackers can create a rainbow table, which is essentially an immense dictionaries of every conceivable string (dictionary words, common surnames, etc) , and just look up each hash to find the original input.
Salting refers to the process of adding extra information – information the attacker doesn't have – to the original input and then creating a hash. Since I don't know what that extra data is, it becomes even harder to crack the hashes. In other words, if LinkedIn had salted its passwords, then Neil wouldn't have found a straight SHA1 hash of his password in the file.
"We sincerely apologize for the invonveniece this has caused our members. We take the security of our members very seriously," Silveira wrote.
LinkedIn Takes Action
Silveira said accounts with compromised passwords have been disabled, and users will have to reset the passwords. Users will receive an email with reset instructions, and in acknowledgement of common phishing tactics, the password reset email from LinkedIn will not contain any links.
"There will not be any links in these emails. For security reasons, you should never change your password on any website by following a link in an email," Silveira wrote.
While I am disappointed that a professional-focused site could make the basic security mistake of not salting the password hashes I am pleased with LinkedIn for acknowledging that sending users an email to with a link is a Very Bad Idea.
If you receive password reset emails purporting to be from LinkedIn, don't click on it. And be especially wary of LinkedIn notification emails over the next few days, as it's a given that many users will be hit by malicious messages.
Silveira said LinkedIn has "enhanced" its security by salting the passwords. While that's great, that doesn't sound like enhanced security, but rather, basic security. I've asked for clarification on anything else the company may be doing to improve its security.
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actuator, which acts like a computer-controlled, air-powered
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questions. Older teens can register for the state 4-H Illini Summer
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A group of scientists in Georgia revealed a breathalyzer that can "smell cancer" by identifying compounds present in the saliva of people with the disease.
The device developed by Charlene Bayer at Georgia Tech and Geetha Vallabhaneni at Emory was successful in identifying lung cancer and breast cancer about 80 percent of the time.
The device works by detecting breath volatile organic compounds, which are different in people with cancer.
The Georgia Tech website explains how the device works:
As a patient breathes into the device, chemical compounds are trapped and examined by a sensor. The researchers' sensing methodology combines gas chromatography – a technique for separating complex compounds – with mass spectrometry, which identifies the chemical makeup of a substance. Specific patterns in the compounds are then found and used to determine whether or not the disease is present.
The device is important because it could detect cancer earlier, save people money they would have spent on CAT scans and offer immediate results in a doctor's office.
The Daily Mail reported the device would cost $100, compared with the current $800 tests for breast cancer.
Here's a picture of the simple device:


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When I come across great fabrics for a good price I strike, well almost, I'm so regretting I didn't look a little harder for the white version of this cashmere turtleneck on the day of the MMM for H&M launch 2 weeks ago, especially now when I've got the hots for cozy warm dresses. And like a friend said the other day, " that's a lot of cashmere for £69!", can't argue that.
Outfit worn one day in Paris last week, cashmere knit and bracelet MMM for H&M, coat by Isabel Marant (similar here), boots by Phillip Lim, bag by Proenza Schouler and watch by Tagheuer.


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The Crane Cams HI-6RC Digital Race Ignition system now comes completely assembled, ready to bolt into you race car.
The kit (PN 6000-6701) is a fully sealed, and includes a digital CD ignition with adjustable rev limiter, start retard, Weatherpak plugs, a large ground lug and rubber shock mounts. The matching coil (PN PS92N) is an E-Core design that is lightweight with high output and is mounted in an aluminum bracket for complete cooling. The kit is assembled on a lightweight aluminum plate with slotted mounting holes for many of the common chassis today, making installation a snap. All components are also available separately. For all the info, visit www.cranecams.com or call 386/310-4875.
DynaForce Starters
In many race applications, an engine requires more rpm to fire up. MSD's new High Speed DynaForce Starters are designed to deliver higher cranking rpm to fire up your high horsepower race engine.
The High Speed starters feature all new components beginning with a 3.4 horsepower motor that spins unique gearset combinations, resulting in higher cranking rpm for your racing engine. MSD incorporates a durable solenoid that will operate with 12- and 16-volt electrical systems.
Inside the downsized housing you'll find a balanced armature that receives guidance by two ball bearings for smooth engagement and thousands of starts. Another handy feature is that the billet mounting block can be rotated in different positions to help clear oil pans and exhaust systems. MSD's DynaForce High Speed starters are available for many Ford, Chevy and Chrysler engines. Visit www.msdignition.com or call 915/857-5200 for all of the info.
Oil Cooler Brackets
This trio of stylish oil cooler clamps is the newest addition to the Earl's line, and it fits all Earl's oil cooler heights. The anodized aluminum mounting system is made with E-coated steel hardware and rubber isolators to rigidly mount Earl's oil coolers. The rubber isolators keep vibration from reaching the cooler for longer life and they help allow for less than perfect installation situations, while maintaining a firm grip.
The lightweight universal design fits all row and heights of Earl's coolers. The black anodized and E-coated components give the mounting brackets high durability and great looks. Call 270/782-2900 or visit www.holley.com for more info.
Brush Your Welds
Lincoln Electric now offers a line of high-quality welding brushes in the new Radius Welding Tools product group, a part of the company's comprehensive line of welding gear. The expanding welding gear line offers welding operators, schools, or employers a single source for all of their apparel and tool needs.
Featured in the 2013 Welding Gear Catalog, these brushes are intended for proper cleaning of the base material before welding starts and also between each pass. The line, organized by base material, includes the following models: Stainless Steel, Aluminum, and Carbon Steel.
"To avoid cross-contamination that could ruin your work, it's important to have different brushes for different materials," says Jamy Bulan, Product Manager, Retail and Accessory Products at Lincoln Electric. "Your welds will have a better appearance and fewer defects with proper cleaning of the base material."
These high-quality Radius brushes also are available in a three-pack. This combination pack features three toothbrush-style brushes: one with brass bristles for aluminum, one with stainless bristles for stainless steel and a nylon-bristle brush for general cleaning on carbon steel. This easy-to-stow set is ideal for small projects. Call 888/355-3213 or visit www.lincolnelectric.com for all of the info.
Trailer Liner
The Al's Liner System provides a durable, colorfast, non-skid surface for trailer floors. The do-it-yourself Al's Liner Kit, which is also used to line pickup trucks beds, contains everything you need to achieve an attractive and professional quality result. Coating adheres to virtually any material including wood, metal, and fiberglass, and is applied in four simple steps. The Al's Liner Air Texture Gun allows users to vary coating texture and thickness effortlessly. Al's Liner polyurethane coating contains 85 percent solids, which greatly exceeds the 40-50 percent solids content of competing DIY Kits. This helps to provide far superior strength and service life that's backed by a lifetime warranty. Al's Liner is available in black, gray, and tan, and can also be highly customized with vehicle paint pigments. Proudly made in the USA. More information is available at www.alsliner.com.
Speedway Motors SA2010 Race Helmet
Keeping your head safe has never been more affordable or looked better than with the all-new SA2010 Race Helmet from Speedway Motors. Speedway's deluxe SA2010 Race Helmet features a soft knit fireproof lining and a surprisingly lightweight fiberglass shell available in either white or flat black. The large eye port allows for maximum visibility and has an optically correct 3mm shield. Air vents on the front, top, and rear ensure great ventilation. Predrilled anchor points make it easy to install the head-and-neck restraint of your choice. Best of all, the Speedway Motors SA2010 Race Helmet has a suggested retail price of $199.99. Call 800/979-0122 or visit www.speedwaymotors.com for all the details.


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Soil & Water Conservation Merit Badge Requirements
|1) Do the following:
A) Tell what soil is. Tell how it is formed.
B) Describe three kinds of soil. Tell how they are different.
C) Describe the three main plant nutrients in fertile soil. Tell how they can be put back when used up.
2) Do the following:
A) Define soil erosion.
B) Tell why soil conservation is important. Tell how it affects you.
C) Name three kinds of soil erosion. Describe each.
D) Take pictures of or draw two kinds of soil erosion.
3) Do the following:
A) Tell what is meant by conservation practices.
B) Describe the effect of three kinds of erosion-control practices.
C) Take pictures or draw three kinds of erosion-control practices.
4) Do the following:
A) Explain what a watershed is.
B) Outline the smallest watershed that you can find on a contour map.
C) Outline, as far as the map will allow, the next larger watershed which also has the smaller one in it.
D) Explain what a river basin is. Tell why all people living in a river basin should be concerned about land and water use in the basin.
5) Do the following:
A) Make a drawing to show the hydrolic cycle.
B) Demonstrate at least two of the following actions of water in relation to soil: percolation, capillary action, precipitation, evaporation, transpiration.
C) Explain how removal of vegetation will affect the way water runs off a watershed.
D) Tell how uses of forest, range, and farmland affect usable water supply.
E) Explain how industrial use affects water supply.
6) Do the following:
A) Tell what is meant by water pollution.
B) Describe common sources of water pollution and explain the effects of each.
C) Tell what is meant by "primary water treatment," "secondary waste treatment," and "biochemical oxygen demand."
D) Make a drawing showing the principles of complete waste treatment.
7) Do TWO of the following:
A) Make a trip to two of the following places. Write a report of more than 500 words about the soil and water and energy conservation practices you saw.
1) An agricultural experiment.
2) A managed forest or woodlot, range, or pasture.
3) A wildlife refuge or a fish or game management area.
4) A conservation-managed farm or ranch.
5) A managed watershed.
6) A waste-treatment plant.
7) A public drinking water treatment plant.
8) Industry water use installation.
9) Desalinization plant
B) Plant 100 trees, bushes and/or vines for a good purpose.
C) Seed an area of at least one-fifth acre for some worthwhile conservation purposes, using suitable grasses or legumes alone or in a mixture.
D) Study a soil survey report. Describe the thing in it. Using tracing paper and pen, trace over any of the soil maps; and outline an area with three or more different kinds of soil. List each kind of soil by full name and map symbol.
E) Make a list of places in your neighborhood, camps, school ground, or park having erosion, sedimentation, or pollution problems. Describe how these could be corrected through individual or group action.
F) Carry out any other soil and water conservation project approved by your merit badge counselor.
Source: Boy Scout Requirements, 33215, revised 2004


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This service is the larger of the two. We provide Sunday School for infants through 5th Grade every Sunday and two Sundays a month for Jr. and Senior High School youth. This service has the same biblical message as the 8:00 a.m., but also offers the newest of contemporary worship music, along with traditional hymns, vocal choir, and children's messages. This service generally ends around 11:15 a.m. Nursery care is available and provided by our experienced and background-checked staff. Coffee and snacks are available following this service in our Fireside Room.
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The South by Southwest Music Conference gets underway next week and sixty-one Oklahoma (and Oklahoma related) bands will be playing.
Twenty-two Oklahoma acts will take part in official showcases:
Aaron Pierce, Broncho, Colourmusic, The Damn Quails, Deerpeople, Dex Kwasi, Horse Thief, Jabee, John Fullbright, John Moreland, Kadence, Matt Stansberry & the Romance, OK Sweetheart, Our Time, Parker Millsap, Sean C. Johnson, St. Vincent, Stardeath & White Dwarfs, Taddy Porter, Tallows, Travis Linville and Wanda Jackson
Twenty-nine more Oklahoma acts will be playing unofficial showcases and day parties:
ADDverse Effects, All About A Bubble, Aluma, The Bourgeois, Bowlsey, Brandon Jenkins, Chelsey Cope, Colin Nance, Depth & Current, Giraffe Massacre, The Hitt Boyz, IndianGiver, Jimmy LaFave, Josh Sallee, Kaitlin Butts, Kyle Reid, Mark Gibson, Moongiant, Myke Brown, Paperscissor, Prettyboy, Rachel Brashear, Rachel LaVonne, Scott AF, Sherree Chamberlain, Skating Polly, Susan Herndon, Summit, Travis Traps and The Waymires
Ten other SXSW acts have Oklahoma connections:
Enid native Brian Pounds, The Chloes, Eric Moore & Resonate (features former University of Oklahoma quarterback Eric Moore), Fauntella Crow (features Tulsa native Sunday Lane), Gungor (features Oral Roberts alumnus and Tulsa native Michael Gungor), Lord Buffalo (features Stillwater natives Daniel Pruitt and Garrett Hellman), The Mowgli's (features Edmond native Josh Hogan), Oil Boom (features Oklahoma City native Ryan Taylor), Pompeii (features Oklahoma City's Colin Butler) and Rosie and the Ramblers (features OCU graduate Selena Rosanbalm).
There will also be three panel discussions featuring Oklahomans:
Scott Booker, the head of ACM@UCO and the manager of the Flaming Lips, will participate in a panel titled, "Life Beyond Music: Musical Hobby to Musical Career".
Taylor Hanson of Hanson will participate in a panel titled, "When to Tune Out the Trainwreck".
The Woody Guthrie Center will host a music panel on Oklahoma music festivals with panelists Scott Booker of ACM@UCO, Quentin Bomgardner of Norman Music Festival, Deana McCloud of Woody Guthrie Folk Festival & Philip Kaiser of Center of the Universe Festival. The panel will be moderated by Ryan LaCroix of KOSU & OklahomaRock.com.
After the jump, check out schedule listings for all bands listed above.


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RADICAL.George Barris and me. Sounds like a '60s flick starring Peter Sellers with cameos by Sonny and Cher, but what I mean is that Barris and I might be the only two people who liked the "Chrisman Coupe" after George finished its 1959 pearl-white and tangerine makeover. This little kid loved the wire front wheels, those crazy spats, and the goofy, half-gullwing doors that showed up in a 1960 episode of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and on the Aug. '61 cover of Car Craft.
You probably remember (and prefer) the '30 Model A, as it graced the cover of the May '54 Hot Rod, blurbed as "The Most Fantastic Coupe." In many ways, it was. Mid-engined, radically chopped, and cleverly fashioned from bits of old Fords, this revolutionary racer set the style for competition coupes forever.
Let's back up, though. Who were the Chrismans? Brother Evert was the eldest of 12 children, and Jack, the youngest, was a contemporary of Evert's two boys, Art and Lloyd. The Chrismans owned a garage in Compton, just south of Los Angeles. They were the folks to beat in the '50s. Uncle Jack dragged a wicked, severely chopped Model A Tudor on nitro that ran 114 mph. Art and Lloyd, meanwhile, campaigned one of the oldest surviving dragsters of all time. Now called the 25 Car, it was raced on the lakes in the '30s and became the first drag car to hit 140 mph
While drag racing was hugely popular in the early '50s, there was buzz about Bonneville. In 1953, a year after Art had become one of the first 200-MPH Club members in Chet Herbert's Beast III streamliner by averaging 238 mph, the family decided to build its own lakes racer. Unlike most contemporary cars that used a modified stock chassis, theirs featured a 31⁄2-inch, tubular perimeter frame designed to easily accommodate a variety of midmounted engines. Bonneville is all about getting as many records as possible, so by loosening a few bolts, the engine, trans and rearend could be dropped out as a single assembly. The body was chopped to the max with a scoop in the roof and a windshield extending up into the top for visibility. A nose was cleverly fashioned from two '40 Ford hoods clamshelled together.
Debuting at the '53 Bonneville Nationals, Art made a blistering run of 163.63 mph, right off the trailer. Unfortunately, the C/Coupe-legal, 304-inch Merc went to lunch. In its place, the Chrismans swapped in Harry Duncan's 258-inch Ardun and set a Class-B record at 160.178. Then, in went Ed Losinski's 304-inch Merc. Unfortunately, the boys were not able to best their previous run and ultimately placed Second behind the 173-mph Fox & Cobbs So-Cal coupe. Not bad for first time out.
For the '54 Nationals, the 18-inch wheels with orange discs were discarded for smaller rims wearing flat aluminum discs. Years later, Art said he always liked the looks of the coupe much better with the smaller wheels. Also changed was the lettering by Von Dutch, who striped and lettered all the Chrisman race cars and also painted the signs on their garage. Making the popular switch from flatheads to Hemis, Art set a new Class-B record of 180.87 mph with a 258-inch Dodge, plus the Class-C mark of 180.08 mph with an injected 275-inch DeSoto on 60 percent nitro. The latter record stood for several years.
In 1955, the Chrismans were back at Bonneville with a 33-inch D-Class Chrysler Hemi and what may have been the first set of genuine Moon discs. Art pushed the record to 190.839 mph. Although just shy of the magic 200, the team prematurely pulled the plug following the death that week of a friend, John Donaldson, in the Reed brothers' belly tank.
For the rest of the decade, while the Chrismans concentrated on drag racing, the repainted coupe was owned by Harry Duncan (of Duncan-Built Homes). Art continued driving until Harry resold the car to John Geraghty, who, in turn, sold it to Barris, who named it the XM:SC 210 (as in eXperiMental Speed Coupe). To the shock of Chrisman fans, the car resurfaced on the show scene with new chrome window surrounds, a corrugated-tube nerf bar in the rear, a white-naugahyde interior, a blown Olds and a metalflake frame. This is how it appeared as a background prop in the popular sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis—so far back that Barris' questionable modifications were undetectable, other than the paintjob, in the episode titled "Drag Strip Dobie" that aired November 15, 1960. Shortly thereafter, the coupe was bought by ISCA promoter Bob Larivee, who showed it until its glory faded, then stored it for two decades.
In the mid-'80s, Bob delivered the coupe to the successor to Chrisman's Garage, C.A.R.S. (Santa Ana, California), where Art and son Mike restored it to record-breaking specs. In 1995, it was sold to new-car dealer Joe MacPherson, who displayed it in his private collection, Joe's Garage. It was MacPherson who entered the car into the new Hot Rod Class at the prestigious Pebble Beach Historic Concours d'Elegance in 2001, the year honoring famous coupes. The Chrisman Coupe brought tears to onlookers' eyes, literally: Art loaded up the nitro and gave the 331 Hemi plenty of throttle as he drove over the hallowed ramp.
After Joe died in June 2008, his collection was sold off by RM Auctions. The Coupe went to Dana Mecum and Ray Claridge for a hefty $660,000. Dana, a self-confessed Miller and Indy-car collector and Art Chrisman fan, says, "I walked into Joe's Garage and fell in love. It was just such a cool car. I bid until I ran out of money, then Ray said, 'I've never seen you quit.' I told him I had no more money, and he said, 'Use mine.' So we bid until we got it. We had no plan to buy the car; it just happened."
In August 2010, Dana and Ray offered the coupe for sale, but a high bid of $485,000 failed to meet their reserve. Rumor has it that the Chrisman/Dobie Gillis Coupe will return to the auction block in the near future. Meanwhile, the public can view this unequaled example of Hot Rod history at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California (Museum.NHRA.com), where it's parked amongst the Beast III, Number 25, Art's Hustler I fuel dragster, and a replica of Uncle Jack's Model A. Catch it while you can, lest it becomes the next historic racer to get swallowed up by some wealthy collector, never to be seen again. ★


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Iraq Veterans, Activists for Peace
|"Jefferson." From Suzanne Opton exhibit "Soldiers." Portraits of veterans were made at Fort Drum, New York, between 2004 and 2005 shortly after each soldier's return from Iraq or Afghanistan. Photographer Suzanne Opton asked her subjects to rest their heads on a table. She wanted "to look in the face of someone who'd seen something unforgettable." www.suzanneopton.com
"American Veterans are a bridge to the heartland," says Garett Reppenhagen, a former Army sniper who is now chairman of the board of directors of Iraq Veterans Against the War. "Veterans give the anti-war movement credibility in the eyes of middle-America. People in the United States are disconnected from the war. For the men and women who fought in the Iraq War, speaking against the war is not just a hobby. They have a personal interest in ending it."
Soldiers do not easily fit our image of experts. It is often difficult to listen to their stories. Many are in pain; many have experienced trauma. The frankness of their perspective is almost entirely absent in the Iraq War debate. When we hear so few critical military voices, we lose a powerful tool for understanding the Iraq War and, more broadly, the consequences of U.S. military action abroad.
Part of understanding the reality of war is understanding how the stress and demands of battle lead otherwise good people to engage in inhumane behavior. When veterans and active-duty members of the military share their personal experiences, they provide us with vivid pictures of combat, raising our awareness of how war can emotionally devastate our soldiers. That awareness might also help us learn how to help this new generation of veterans heal the wounds of this war—veterans like Clifton Hicks, an Army tank driver who grew up near Savannah, Georgia.
"What struck me most was just how callous we had become," says Hicks, who was discharged from the Army as a conscientious objector. His point is not that soldiers inherently lack compassion, but that dehumanizing the enemy is a reality of war, a reality that most Americans don't typically consider. If the U.S. public is unprepared to deal compassionately with these realities, perhaps, Hicks argues, we should reconsider sending soldiers to war except in dire circumstances.
"Sure, some Iraqi kid had been killed," Hicks says. "It's like seeing a dead dog on the side of the road. We hated them and were happy to have killed one. That's how those kids on the news were able to rape the 14-year old girl, shoot her in the face, and kill her whole family. They just didn't care, they still don't care, they couldn't make themselves care if they tried. Every soldier on the front lines is capable of that or worse."
With GIs serving more and longer tours of duty, such callous thinking and behavior can be expected to increase rather than decrease.
"Active duty soldiers are immediately thrown back into training for the next deployment without time to physically or mentally heal," says Army Sergeant Linsay Burnett, who spent a year in Iraq with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101 Airborne Division. "You're seeing soldiers now facing their third deployment, almost at the breaking point, yet we are sending those soldiers into a foreign country with loaded weapons."
Burnett is now stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where her unit is preparing to redeploy sometime this year or next. "I think there might be more instances like we've seen with the soldiers shooting the detainees. It will get worse if we don't treat soldiers returning from Iraq." Burnett says soldiers are increasingly opposed to the continuation of the Iraq War because they see first hand the paradox of claiming to support the troops while thrusting them back into harm's way.
|In March 2006, Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War joined survivors of Hurricane Katrina for a 7-day march from Mobile, Alabama, to New Orleans. Their intent was to draw attention to the similarities between the devastation inflicted upon both Baghdad and New Orleans, and to protest the diversion of state and federal emergency resources toward the war in Iraq and away from Katrina reconstruction. Photo by Craig Morse. www.flickr.com/photos/culturesubculture
Bringing the War Home
From our safe homes and offices here in the United States, we often overlook the perspective of veterans like Hicks and Burnett. Soldiers know that this war is dehumanizing not just Iraqi civilians, but also American military personnel and ultimately all of us who allow it to continue by paying for it.
What do we miss when we fail to hear this perspective? We miss the reality of war—the horror, the pain, and the anguish. Without voices like Hicks and Burnett, it is possible to have the entire debate around this conflict take place among those who have not fought in Iraq. Thus, the debate is sanitized and reflects nothing of the "ground truth" soldiers are able to share.
The soldiers most often heard in the media say some variation of: "We've got a job to do, and I am here to do it." But an increasing number of veterans disagree with U.S. military involvement in Iraq. "The real issue I want to raise is why are we there in the first place," says former Marine Captain Anuradha Bhagwati. "Why is it so easy to get Americans to believe that military use of force is the only way to feel satisfied, secure, or whole?"
The stories soldiers tell us can also challenge our own culture, assumptions, and societal beliefs.
"I am ashamed and embarrassed, because I joined the Marines to prove myself," says Bhagwati. "This is a very American thing: be all you can be. I wanted to do something where I was better than others. That's my personal growth, but at whose expense? At the expense of people in villages around the world. It's not the way I hope humans can become fulfilled."
Most Americans will never serve in Iraq, but if we choose to hear the stories told by veterans, the war may finally penetrate the American consciousness. When that happens, veterans of this war can help us to collectively end it.
Sarah Olson is an independent journalist and radio producer based in Oakland, California. She was subpoenaed in the 1st Lt. Watada court-martial and objected based on press freedom concerns. She can be reached at [email protected].
|Ricky Clousing on the day before departure.
Army Interrogator, from Seattle, Washington
In Iraq I operated on a tactical interrogation team while attached to tactical infantry units. Throughout my training, very appropriate guidelines for the treatment of prisoners were set. However, I witnessed the baseless incarceration and harassment of Iraqi civilians in addition to an innocent teenager that was shot before me. I saw firsthand the abuse of power that goes without accountability.
Eventually, I began to ask my unit the same questions I had been asking myself. Wearing the uniform demands subordination to your superiors and the orders passed down. But what if those orders violate morality, ethics, and even legality? If those orders go unquestioned down the chain of command, are we exempt from reevaluating them?
Finally I came to the conclusion that I could not train or be trained under a false pretense of fighting for freedom. We as Americans have found ourselves in a peculiar era where we have traded humanity for a patriotism. We're trading our civil liberties for a false sense of security. In the the words of Henry David Thoreau… we must not lend ourselves to the same evil which we condemn.
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Army Scout & Sniper, from Manitou Springs, Colorado
After serving as a U.S. Army cavalry scout and sniper in Iraq, I now suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, as do many of the people I served with. Recall where you were last year today, and now try to imagine the last entire year you were in a combat zone in Iraq. Imagine you are in constant danger from hidden road-side bombs and exposed to ambushes and sniper fire. Imagine that your home is constantly harassed with mortar explosions and rocket attacks while you try to sleep. Imagine you witnessed your closest friend being torn apart by enemy fire. Imagine you discover that the person you thought was an insurgent that you killed turns out to be an innocent child, or some one who looks similar to your own mother.
For many decades, we have seen the dire impacts of war on those who serve and those who are close to them. I don't understand why the VA has no plans for addressing the needs of the thousands of veterans like me who have served our country proudly and now find ourselves without the help we need. Despite being in the middle of two wars, our government is actually scaling back on services that are critical to the men and women trying to re-enter civilian society.
Army 1st Armored Division, from Lexington, Kentucky
I went AWOL from the military and spent two years in exile. In October 2006, I came back and turned myself in at Fort Knox.
I am not politically anti-war. I didn't go to Canada to talk about politics. I went to talk about war crimes. Because no matter what we're doing or what we're trying, it's inevitable that if you participate in an occupation, you will commit war crimes. Even in World War II, or any of the just wars we speak of, we killed innocent people.
From my experience in Iraq, I believe there is no way I could go back to Iraq and follow procedures without killing innocent people, committing war crimes, and eventually reaching a point where I'd commit massacres because enough of my friends had died.
It is my duty as a solider to refuse this illegal war and refuse to commit war crimes. And it is my right as a human being to choose not to kill innocent people.
Listen to Many Lines of Fire: Women at War , a special half-hour program of Iraq veterans' stories by the National Radio Project. Sarah Olson speaks with veterans of the U.S. Army, Navy and Marines. Each woman has a unique story, but all share an understanding of the power politics of the U.S. military and the price that is paid by women seeking to serve their country. Visit the National Radio Project for more audio files and guest info.


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The amount of produce that is wasted in America each year is staggering, which means that millions of dollars in food is wasted each year, both by manufacturers who have surplus crops and homeowners who purchase food that goes bad.
But if you've got a few brown bananas lying around, bringing them to the local food pantry probably isn't high on your list. Why not find ways to use your brown bananas so that you can maximize your investment and feed your hungry family?
Here are 5 ways to use brown bananas:
Bake banana cake.
Nobody (except for you) will know that you used brown bananas in this scrumptious recipe.
¾ cup oil
1 cup mashed bananas (about 2 bananas)
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla (or use homemade vanilla extract!)
½ cup orange juice
1 ½ cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking powder
2 cups flour
Mix all ingredients together. Place in a greased 9×13 pan or two 9" round pans, bake for 25-20 minutes at 350 degrees. This recipe freezes well.
Freeze them.
Yes, it's true – if you can't use your bananas before they get moldy you can freeze them for up to 3 months.
Make banana pancakes.
Not only will this recipe prevent you from wasting brown bananas, it'll disguise these healthy items in a 'fun' dinner.
4 bananas mashed through a strainer
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
¼ tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. baking powder
2 eggs
½ tsp. salt
Mix all ingredients together and fry on medium heat until brown on both sides.
Make smoothies.
Use brown bananas in a smoothie with yogurt, berries and milk. You can also use frozen bananas for your smoothies.
Stack them in a sandwich.
Banana-peanut butter sandwiches are a little-known treat but one that is worth publicizing. Brown bananas will maintain a smooth consistency for your sandwich without sliding out of the bread. Banana-peanut butter sandwiches work well with both creamy and chunky peanut butter. For small children, cut the sandwich in half so that it's easier to hold without the bananas shifting inside.
Sari Holtz is a writer for Billy.com and the voice behind Billy's money saving blog. She is the mother of 4 children between the ages of 6 and 1, and she is always looking for new ways to save money and to trick her children into eating more fruits and vegetables.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - Senior guard Ty Rowland (Lilburn, Ga.) the No. 14 Georgia College & State University men's basketball team (22-4, 15-2 PBC) was named GCSU Athlete of the Week for the week ending Feb. 28. This is the second such honor for Rowland and the seventh for the Bobcats this season.
Rowland had an outstanding week, averaging 21.0 points 5.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game over a pair of Bobcat wins this week. For Senior Night against the University of Montevallo Wednesday, he recorded 16 points, five assists, four rebounds and a trio of steals. Saturday in the win at North Georgia, the senior tallied a career-best with 26 points, adding six boards and four assists.
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One website I found this on even went so far as to have an image of London's signature at the bottom.After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, and the vampire, he had some awful substance left which he made a scab. A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a water-logged brain, and a combination backbone made of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.
When a scab comes down the street, men turn their backs, and angels weep in heaven, and the devil shuts the gates of hell to keep him out. No man has a right to scab as long as there is a pool of water deep enough to drown his body in, or a rope long enough to hang his carcass with. Judas Iscariot was a gentleman compared with a scab for betraying his Master, he had character enough to hang himself. A scab hasn't!!
Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. Judas Iscariot sold his savior for thirty pieces of silver. Benedict Arnold his Country for a promise of a commission in the British army. The modern strikebreaker sells his birthright, his Country, his wife, his children, and his fellowmen for an unfulfilled promise from his employer, trust or corporation.
Esau was a traitor to himself, Judas Iscariot was a traitor to his God, Benedict Arnold was a traitor to his Country.
A strikebreaker is a traitor to his God, his Country, his family, and his class!!
Jack London did not say this, he didn't even mean this. London's actual speech, given in April 1903 explains that a "scab" is: is one who gives more value for the same price than another.
The "less generous worker" feels threatened and forced to match the generousness of the scab for it is the fault of the scab that: "his wife, and his children will not have so good a roof over their head"The laborer who gives more time or strength or skill for the same wage than another, or equal time or strength or skill for a less wage, is a scab. The generousness on his part is hurtful to his fellow-laborers, for it compels them to an equal generousness which is not to their liking, and which gives them less of food and shelter. But a word may be said for the scab. Just as his act makes his rivals compulsorily generous, so do they, by fortune of birth and training, make compulsory his act of generousness. He does not scab because he wants to scab. No whim of the spirit, no burgeoning of the heart, leads him to give more of his labor power than they for a certain sum.
For this reason says London, does the less generous worker justify his attack on the scab:To hold his place, (which is to live), he [the non scab] must offset this offer by another equally liberal, which is equivalent to giving away somewhat from the food and shelter he enjoys. To sell his day's work for $2, instead of $2.50, means that he, his wife, and his children will not have so good a roof over their heads, so warm clothes on their backs, so substantial food in their stomachs. Meat will be bought less frequently and it will be tougher and less nutritious, stout new shoes will go less often on the children's feet, and disease and death will be more imminent in a cheaper house and neighborhood.
What the business unions believe and London goes on to support, is the idea that the ambitiousness of the players is the cause.Behind every brick thrown by a striker is the selfish will "to live" of himself, and the slightly altruistic will "to live" of his family. The family group came into the world before the State group, and society, being still on the primitive basis of tooth and nail, the will "to live" of the State is not so compelling to the striker as is the will "to live" of his family and himself.
In addition to the use of bricks, clubs, and bullets, the selfish laborer finds it necessary to express his feelings in speech. Just as the peaceful country-dweller calls the sea-rover a "pirate," and the stout burgher calls the man who breaks into his strong-box a "robber," so the selfish laborer applies the opprobrious epithet "scab" to the laborer who takes from him food and shelter by being more generous in the disposal of his labor power.
The sentimental connotation of "scab" is as terrific as that of "traitor" or "Judas," and a sentimental definition would be as deep and varied as the human heart. It is far easier to arrive at what may be called a technical definition, worded in commercial terms, as, for instance, that a scab is one who gives more value for the same price than another.
So, Jack London, in his speech "The Scab" is actually saying that the scab is ambitious and willing to work for less and give more. This piece of writing that the unions have so bastardized and twisted, then claimed as their own contains a statement that, in my judgment outlines why union in the 21st century are failed models.Nobody desires to scab, to give most for least. The ambition of every individual is quite the opposite, to give least for most; and, as a result, living in a tooth-and-nail society, battle royal is waged by the ambitious individuals. But in its most salient aspect, that of the struggle over the division of the joint product, it is no longer a battle between individuals, but between groups of individuals. Capital and labor apply themselves to raw material, make something useful out of it, add to its value, and then proceed to quarrel over the division of the added value. Neither cares to give most for least. Each is intent on giving less than the other and on receiving more.
.But the scab takes the place of the striker, who begins at once to wield a most powerful weapon, terrorism.
I think I will stop here and pick it up later.


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An award-winning journalist describes the serial killer who was responsible for as many as 300 deaths during the 16 years he worked as a nurse and offers an inside look at the broken U.S. medical system that allowed this to happen.
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Charlie considered himself lucky. The career had found him, by accident or fate he couldn't say. After sixteen years on the job, Charles Cullen was an accomplished veteran, a registered nurse with a GED and bachelor of science in nursing. His Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, and Critical Care Unit certifications earned him a healthy $27.50 an hour in hospitals across New Jersey and Pennsylvania. There was always work. Even within the rotted cores of Allentown or Newark, medical centers were still expanding profit centers, each proliferating with new specialties and services, and each locked in desperate competition to attract experienced RNs.
By 4:40 p.m., Charles Cullen was in his car, shaved, gelled, and dressed in his whites — white top and bottom with a soft yellow cardigan and a stethoscope draped across his neck, such that anybody might guess the handsome young man was a hospital professional, possibly even a doctor, despite his baby-blue Ford Escort station wagon, ten years old and freckled with rust. After a decade living in a basement apartment in New Jersey, Charlie's commute now started from across the border, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. His new girlfriend, Catherine, had a cozy little cape there, which she'd dress up with little card-shop knickknacks — red paper hearts or singing jack-o-lanterns or accordion turkeys, depending on the season — and though Charlie was growing bored with Catherine and her two teenage sons, he still liked being at her place okay, especially the little plot out back where he could putter on warm days, pinching deadheads or staking tomato plants. He also appreciated the five easy minutes it took to cross the Lehigh River to the familiar slipstream of I-78 East, the aortal artery pumping thousands of workers to shifts at labor-starved hospitals across the Garden State, only five or six of which were, unofficially, closed off to hiring him.
Over the course of his sixteen years, Charles Cullen had been the subject of dozens of complaints and disciplinary citations, and had endured four police investigations, two lie detector tests, perhaps twenty suicide attempts, and a lock-up, but none had blemished his professional record. He'd jumped from job to job at nine different hospitals and a nursing home, and been "let go," "terminated," or "asked to resign" at many of them. But both his Pennsylvania and New Jersey nursing licenses remained intact, and each time he filled out a new application, Nurse Cullen appeared to be an ideal hire. His attendance was perfect, his uniform pristine. He had experience in intensive care, critical care, cardiac care, ventilation, and burns. He medicated the living, was the first code responder when machines screamed over the dying, and exhibited origamilike artistry when plastic-wrapping the dead. He had no scheduling conflicts, didn't seem to attend movies or watch sports, and was willing, even eager, to work nights, weekends, and holidays. He no longer had the responsibilities of a wife nor custody of his two children, and his downtime was spent primarily on Cathy's couch flicking through channels; a last-second sick call or an unexpected patient transfer could have him dressed and on the highway before the commercial break. His fellow nurses considered him a gift from the scheduling gods, a hire almost too good to be true.
His new job at Somerset Medical Center took forty-five minutes each way, but Charlie didn't mind the drive. In fact, he required it. Charlie considered himself a talker, and he was quick to share cringingly intimate details of his showdowns with Cathy or his comically crumbling home life, but there were some privacies he could never talk about — secret scenes that looped through his head, replayed for him alone. Between shifts, only the commute allowed Charlie to ruminate.
His little Ford hiccupped as it crossed from the cheap Pennsylvania asphalt to the smooth New Jersey tar. Charlie stayed in the left lane until the signs for exit 18, a fierce little one-way toward US 22 Somerville and Rehill Avenue. This was the nice New Jersey, wealthiest state of the union, the Jersey nobody ever joked about — suburban streets, lined with grand trees, well-tended yards uncramped by abandoned bass boats or broken trampolines, pristine driveways featuring leased Saturns rather than old Escorts. He killed the engine in the parking garage, early as usual, and hurried toward the hospital's back entrance.
Beyond the double doors lay a thrumming twenty-four-hour city lit by humming overhead fluorescents, the only place Charlie ever truly knew he belonged. He felt a thrill of excitement as he stepped onto the shining linoleum, a wave of familiarity as he breathed in the scents of home: sweat and gauze and Betadine, the zing of astringent and antibacterial detergent and, behind it all, the florid note of human decay. He took the back stairs two at a time. There was work to do.
The nursing profession had welcomed Charlie as few other aspects of life ever had, starting with childhood. Charlie described it as "miserable." He'd been a late-life mistake that his working-class Irish-Catholic parents could hardly afford, arriving soon before his father died and long after most of his eight siblings had grown up and moved out. Their wooden row house in West Orange was a dark, unhappy, place haunted by drug-addicted brothers, adult sisters who drifted in and out on tides of pregnancy or need, and strange, rough men who came at all hours to visit them both. Only Charlie's mother shielded him from the chaos of those upstairs rooms. He fed desperately on her affections, but there were never enough to go around. When she was killed in a car crash during his senior year in high school, Charlie was truly alone. He was furious with the hospital that had taken her body, and beyond consolation. He tried suicide, then the Navy, failing at both. Finally, he returned to the very same hospital at which his mother had died, and discovered his life's true calling.
In March 1984, Charles Cullen was the only male student at the Mountainside Hospital School of Nursing in Montclair, New Jersey. He was bright and did well. The coursework suited him, as did the uniform, and the sisterly dynamic was familiar and comfortable. When the honorary class president dropped out two weeks into the first semester, one of Charlie's classmates insisted he run in her place. He was a natural choice for leadership, she told him: Charlie was bright, handsome, and, most important, male. Charlie was flattered, but running for president didn't sound much like him. The more he demurred, the more adamant she became. He wouldn't have to risk anything, she told him — she'd do it all. Charlie found himself surprisingly happy in the passive role of grudging candidate, and even happier when he won. It was only a symbolic position, but it seemed to signal the arrival of a new Charlie. Six years after losing his mother to the Mountainside hospital morgue, Charlie was Mountainside's chosen son, crowned and confirmed by a white-uniformed navy of professional nurturers. For the first time in his life, he was special. It was as close to love as Charlie could imagine.
Charlie paid for his schooling with anonymous franchise shift work, racking up hours pushing powdered donuts or shoveling piles of shaved meat. He restocked boxes or filled condiment bars and mopped floors in between — there was always mopping to be done. He found it ironic that, just as the recruiter had promised, his military experience so neatly translated into civilian skills. And just like the Navy, each of his civilian jobs required a uniform. For Dunkin' Donuts, it was the orange-and-brown shirt and a visor. For Caldor, the uniform was also orange and brown but the stripes were different. Charlie had to be careful to grab the right one from the pile from the floor. Roy Rogers required a rust-colored shirt seemingly designed to hide barbeque sauce the way casino carpets hide gum. It was a hideous garment, except when Charlie's manager, Adrianne, wore it. He especially liked the way her name tag hung.
Adrianne Baum was a different class of girl from the ones Charlie had known in West Orange, an ambitious, newly minted college grad with a business degree and student loans to pay. Charlie watched her, mooning over his mop handle as he worked cleanup in her West Orange Roy's location. But Adrianne had a boyfriend and was scheduled to be transferred. Charlie quit, and doubled his hours at the Caldor next door, but he still took his lunch breaks at Roy's, just in case. When Adrianne was transferred back a month later without the boyfriend, Charlie was there, waiting.
The relationship moved as quickly as Charlie could accelerate it. He needed her attentions and pushed for it every way he could, showering her with gifts and playing the model boyfriend for her family. Adrianne was surprised to discover that hidden inside the shy, wide-eyed boy she'd watched wiping the sauce station was a surprisingly confident man. Charlie obsessed on gaining her affection, and he kindled its flame with constant gifts, flowers, or candy, little things from the mall. Any little thing Adrianne mentioned liking, Charlie needed to get her, until Adrianne finally had to tell him to stop. She pretended to be annoyed — but really, how could she be? She was aware how many girls would have killed to take her place. The boy was a catch. That Charlie seemed to be constantly quitting or getting fired could be chalked up to his high standards and busy schedule. Adrianne told her girlfriends, wow, here was a guy working three jobs, president of his nursing school class, as serious about his career as she was about hers. Yes, so, he was a goy — he wasn't perfect. But he was close enough.
Soon, whatever spare time the young couple could winnow between their respective shifts and Charlie's schooling was spent together. They were a unit, complete but closed. They called it love, and six months after their first date they were engaged. They married the week after Charlie graduated nursing school. The rented hall in Livingston, the tuxedos, the honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls — it was like a fairy tale to Adrianne. They returned a day early so her prince could start on his new job in the Burn Unit at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey. The hospital was willing to allow him extra time, but Charlie was adamant. It had to be that day; he didn't want to be late. Adrianne waved good-bye, and she felt the future rolling out before her like a strange red carpet.


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Mount Vesuvius is famous for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii.
That the volcano speaks to everyone's imagination is shown in the following image depicting the stunning shape of a skull that emerged from the pattern of smoke above the famous volcano in Italy.
Speaking to RT Rosario Scotto Di Minico said that the weird skull appeared at the moment wildfires forced evacuations and that the image was taken by Albarosa Scotto di Minico who posted it on Facebook.
Meanwhile another huge fire has broken out on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius volcano near Naples. The blaze was fast approaching the town of Torre del Greco on Tuesday afternoon.
Tourists and residents have been evacuated from the area. The Italian Civil Protection Agency called the fire outbreak in the Vesuvius National Park one of the 'most critical situations,' as reported by the local.


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