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Despite Trump's tweets this week indicating he has a so-called "Nuclear Button" that's "much bigger & more powerful" than Kim Jong-un's are nothing more than flourish. There's not a real "nuclear button" Trump can press — that's just a metaphor for the framework that's used to ultimately launch a nuclear weapon.
The bottom line: There's a "nuclear briefcase," a "black book" and a "biscuit."

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Here are the very bullish factors supporting stock prices:
1. We have likely seen a massive wipe out of margin long positions.
2. We have blown up psychology with massive bearish psychology at hand. (This is very bullish )
3. We have a weakening dollar (this is bullish )
4. We have very low interest rates (this is bullish )
5. We have very low input costs (oil and labor, this is bullish )
6. We have a massive melt-down in biotech happening (this is bullish )
7. We have a 25% corrections in place in the Nikkei and the DAX-0.73% (this is bullish )
8. Massive bearish sentiment by major brokerage firms for 2016. (Last year they were all bullish looking for an up-year of 10% on average and they were all wrong)
9. Terrible technical conditions (breadth, divergences, etc) - These work in contrary ways. Everyone sees them as negative. They are negative when people are selling to raise cash (which is bullish ).
10. Very high corporate profit margins (very bullish ).
11. Plenty of corporate cash on hand for mergers and acquisitions ( bullish )
So the foundation of the market is very constructive from many perspectives.
The negatives are:
1. Rapidly rising default risk around the world as ZIRP and NIRP takes hold.
2. Falling PMI's signal softening economic activity
3. Corporate Buybacks can't continue forever, especially with rising default risk
4. Rising rates to corporate borrowers (Rising yields on HYG0.12% , falling HYG0.12% prices)
5. China: Weakening outlook. Draw downs in reserves to support an overvalued currency. $99 billion drop announced today to the lowest levels since 2012.
6. Jobs numbers in the US have massive seasonal adjustments which are hiding the worst numbers we have had in many years.
7. Demographic challenges means that US Growth will stay low (and steady) for two more decades. Read Harry Dent's books.
8. China's demographics are where Japan's were in the late 1980's and very bearish long term.
Those are the main points that I have in my head at the moment that will see-saw prices back and forth across the range for the remainder of the year.
The reason for the strong finish to the year? The election will be out of the way. The election is having profound impact on psychology and the year-end will be a strong quarter.
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Instead of merely opposing the legislation, however, Bachmann compared Washington, D.C. to "enemy lines" and urged her supporters to become "armed and dangerous" and fight a "revolution" against cap and trade legislation:I had previously asked the voters of MN to tell Bachmann that they would not be driven into an Age of Unreason. I ask again: please remove this anti-democratic, anti-reality extremist from Congress. This is beyond unacceptable.BACHMANN: And really now in Washington, I'm a foreign correspondent in enemy lines. And I try to keep everyone back here in Minnesota know exactly the nefarious activities that are taking place in Washington. […]
I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back. Thomas Jefferson told us, having a revolution every now and then is a good thing, and the people — we the people — are going to have to fight back hard if we're not going to lose our country. And I think this has the potential of changing the dynamic of freedom forever in the United States.
Bachmann's conception of democracy seems to be that we hold an election and either her party wins or it's time to go to war.
Now Bachman may have been speaking figuratively. But that's well beside the point: this sort of rhetoric is dangerous. It legitimizes the violent, extremists fantasies that we already know are seething in AM radio world.
When Timothy McVeigh blew up a federal building in Oklahoma City killing 168 people, he believed he was engaging in a little Jeffersonian revolution (click here to see the shirt he was wearing when arrested) against "nefarious activities" the last time a Democrat was president. Back then, too, prominent figures within the conservative movement engaged in this sort of legitimizing rhetoric, as Gary Wills noted in Reagan's America
Not orderly rule but violent overthrow is the fantasy haunting the minds of some of Reagan's heirs. Rush Limbaugh, expressing sympathy for the militias said: "The second violent American revolution is just about - I got my fingers about a fourth of an inch apart - is just about that far away. Because these people are sick and tired of a bunch of beuracrats in Washington driving into town and telling them what they can and can't do." Representative John Boehler of Ohio called OSHA regulators the "Gestapo of the Federal Government."And, you know, it doesn't quite help that Fox News' newest and brightest star is busy promoting on a daily basis the same sort of conspiratorial beliefs that informed McVeigh's extremist world view.
It may be objected that this is "just rhetoric" - an odd thing for any Reaganite to say. It was his rhetoric about an Evil Empire that helped destroy one system. Why should we take any less seriously his rhetoric about the evils of our government? Oliver North did not. The Freemen of Montana do not. The airwaves are full of citizens' vituperation of the representatives they have themselves chosen. Though Reagan was to courtly and well mannered to use the caustic insults orchestrated on talk radio, he made the world safe for Rush Limbaugh. And Limbaugh, down through the ranks of his even less contained fellows (like Oliver North and G. Gordon Liddy), made the world safe for the militias, the Freemen, the bombers of the Federal building in Oklahoma City. If the government was the enemy, these people would fight it, with guns if necessary; and feel that they worked under the aegis of the man who most effectively taught them that government is the enemy.
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2nd Annual CLUK Research Colloquium
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For this 2nd CLUK symposium we have two invited speakers: Professor Johanna Moore (University of Edinburgh) and Dr. Rens Bod (University of Leeds).
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All You Need To Know About Home Loan Disbursement
After you have given all the required documents to the lender, followed by a close scrutiny, the time has come to get the cheque. And, the journey has not been a smooth ride because you had to cross the necessary legal and technical viability procedures and the credit appraisal process.
Not all loans are of the same kind. It all depends upon the nature of the loan and the kind of property being bought. For instance, in case of resale or ready-to-move-in property, the full and final disbursement of the loan is made in one go. While for under-construction properties, only partial loan disbursement is made, which means that money would be released in stages.
Makaan IQ tells you how each loan option has a different disbursement mechanism.
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Let us understand this with an example. Suppose the bank has sanctioned Rs 10 lakh loan for the under-construction property you have bought. The lender will not release the said amount in one go, it will release a partial amount, say Rs 2 lakh and the remaining Rs 8 lakh will be disbursed as the construction progresses. You will be charged interest on the disbursed amount at a given point in time. This interest component on the disbursed amount is called the Pre- Equal Monthly Instalment (Pre-EMI). The process will continue until the final disbursement takes place.
Under the partial disbursement method, banks mostly take 4-6 post-dated cheques on account of Pre-EMI.
You need to know that Equated Monthly Instalments (EMIs) do not start immediately or banks do not break up the instalments into the principal and the interest component' until the full disbursement is made.
Full and final disbursement
In case of ready-to-move-in properties, the bank releases the entire loan amount in favour of the developer or the seller, as the case may be. The EMI starts as soon as the full disbursement of loan is done. The final disbursement of loan does not mean that you will not have to set your foot in the bank ever because from the lender's perspective, it is just the beginning. The ritual of post-disbursement documents, pre-payment, loan pre-closure, income-tax certificate, repayment procedures etc. would spring up occasionally and would have to be attended to.
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All banks charge interest on the loan amount disbursed, from the day the cheque/ pay order is made and not from the day you receive the cheque. Therefore, avoid extra payment of interest on the amount disbursed by accepting the cheque on the same day when it is signed.
The broader picture
A bank's book size is primarily determined by the amount of loan disbursed and not by the number of loans sanctioned. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) interest rate cut by 0.25 per cent for 2016-17 fiscal implies a possible rise in the home loan disbursement by the public sector banks, that have reach to the remotest parts of the country.
It is striking that the State Bank of India, which accounts for a majority of the housing loans disbursed by the public sector banks, is the first bank that introduced the Marginal Cost Fund Based Lending Rate (MCLR). The bank has reduced the home loan rate by 10 basis points. The bank's home loan constitutes nearly 60 per cent of the total retail loans.
Many public sector banks witnessed a decline in their loan disbursement during the third quarter in 2015-16, though the considerable drop was not uniform across all the banks. The panorama seems to improve with RBI's 25 basis point reduction in the repo.


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Sunday, December 18, 2011
A Magical Day
The fab little M and I spent a few hours at GoMA yesterday for some magical fairy land type fun:
And the aptly titled Obliteration Room:
Eventually we had to drag ourselves away to visit The Corner. Look at the lovely things we spotted there, I wonder who made this fabulous crochet blanket?
I could see a few of these books hanging from the ceiling in a children's bedroom:
The grand finale of our mother and daughter-y day, Swan Lake, a first for my little ballerina
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"I hope something goes wrong tonight," said Tom, as he met my eye. He'd just finished petting my dog, and he was on his way out the door.
"Well, not really, but you know what I mean," he continued.
I did, indeed, know what he meant.
Tom, along with his boss Ezra, had just spent most of Saturday at my dining room table with me, trying to recreate a disaster like we were Netflix green-lighting Fuller House. So far, no luck.
In the days leading up to our face-to-face encounter, they'd earned more of my trust when they acknowledged that A), they'd read the phone transcripts, and although they maintained that she was mistaken, they did not dispute my account of what Amber had told me, and B), they, too, were convinced this was not user error. Before allowing them into my home, though, I'd laid out some conditions. Their research would be strictly limited to Apple Music, iTunes, and my iTunes library, and I would always be in the room to watch them work. Any information gleaned would be used solely for iTunes and Apple Music troubleshooting. If I had a document on my desktop called "Zapruder Film Unedited," for example, they would still leave it alone. They agreed, both on the phone and in person, so we began.
Through an external drive connected to my laptop, we were now using a specialized version of iTunes in the hopes that the deletion would again occur; an idea that we knew may not pan out, since I'd had Apple Music for eight months before that first mass deletion. If something did go wrong, though, this version of iTunes would document what happened in more detail than the consumer version could.
As one of the first steps in our experiment, I signed back up for Apple Music under Tom and Ezra's supervision. They conference called with several other engineers in California, talking through their actions and discussing next steps.
While we waited for one particularly long file transfer, we went out to lunch at a local bakery. Since they'd flown in from across the country, they were looking for authentic Southern food. Grits were involved. Full disclosure for those of you who think Apple has given me hush money: they did buy me a breakfast sandwich, and it was delicious.
After lunch, we spent hours troubleshooting, but the problem eluded us. This time, the files remained, which was just one of many confounding elements of my whole saga. The problem wasn't cut-and-dry, therefore has proven difficult to replicate. For example, one of the many confusing things about the initial file loss was that only most of my music files had disappeared. Most, but not all. To further muddle the issue, the missing--and remaining--files had little in common; some were WAV, others Mp3, others protected AAC files that I'd purchased when iTunes went through its 2003 through 2009 "controlling boyfriend" phase. Genre, size, and artist name varied greatly among the missing files, as did date added. There was no discernible pattern.
Although the day offered no revelations, we weren't yet finished. Before Tom and Ezra left on Saturday afternoon, we discussed my homework. I was to treat this as any other Saturday night:
-Buy some songs in the iTunes Store.
-Import some of my own mixes from Logic and/or Pro Tools.
-Mess with some playlists.
-Stream my personal library to the Apple TV in the living room while my wife and I drank beers and played Boggle. Hey, I never claimed my life was any more glamorous than yours.
Since our listening choices were being documented and had a marginal chance of being scrutinized for the ages, I made sure to include several songs from the early Sugar Hill Records catalog--which I still think may ultimately lead to world peace. Besides "Rapper's Delight," can Bashar al-Assad even name one song by The Sugarhill Gang? See?
Tom returned alone on Sunday to collect the data logs, and to clear my laptop of any evidence he'd been there.* While we waited for files to transfer, we finally got to geek out a little, which was something I'd admittedly been looking forward to. Although friendly the day before, Tom was of course very focused, and he didn't even mention the Missile Command pint glass in which I'd given him some water. On Sunday, however, he talked more freely. We discussed pets, and work, and horror movies, both agreeing that John Carpenter's The Thing may be the finest ever made. Apple may be a huge corporation, and I'll never see most of what's behind the curtain--but this Senior Engineer, who sat petting my dog and discussing Breaking Bad, was just some guy doing his best. Maybe not exactly like me, but not very different, either. OK, probably wealthier.
I am aware that there are people who think Apple is Satan himself, and I'm not here to try to convince you otherwise. There are also Apple apologists who believe The Great Fruit can do no wrong. You, too, will most likely not be swayed, and I'm sure you have your reasons. Regardless of whether I'll remain a lifelong Apple software user, I'm still glad to have a chance to help those who are.
One of the things on which Tom, Ezra, and I seemed to agree was that Apple is not off of the hook yet. Their software failed me in a spectacular, destructive way; and since I rang that bell, many people have come forward with similar stories. Some may be a result of user error, but I have a hard time believing all are. I think Apple does, too; which is why, as of this writing, they have stated they are currently working on an iTunes update with additional safeguards added. If they can't yet isolate the bug, they can at least develop measures to combat it. Like in The Thing, when... well, never mind.
If you take nothing else away from this, please remember to back up your data. Redundantly. If you don't like to manually click and drag, Retrospect has worked well for me in the past. If you're an Apple user, Time Machine is pretty solid, but keep in mind that Time Machine overwrites its own, older backups when drive space diminishes. That means that, if you don't catch a problem quickly enough, even those automatic backups may be missing the data in question. It's worth taking the time to personally make sure you're backing up what you believe you are.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to watch the first episode of Firefly. I've never seen it, but Tom told me it's a great program, and I'm trying to keep an open mind. If it turns out to not work for me, I can always do something else with my time and money.
*Just to be safe, I wiped my drive completely and reinstalled everything from a backup I'd made moments before our spelunking commenced on Saturday.


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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Frontman, MAX CAVALERA Continue Work On Collaborative Album
According to a new Facebook post from THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN frontman Greg Puciato, he and Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, SEPULTURA) recently took part in another songwriting session for their collaborative album.
Puciato previously stated about his project with Cavalera, "[I] maybe haven't heard Max sound this pissed since [SEPULTURA's] 'Chaos A.D.'"
In a 2011 interview with Sweden's Metalshrine, Max said about his collaboration with Puciato, "Greg loves NAILBOMB and he's trying to get me to do a NAILBOMB kind of project. He's saying we can do something very similar to NAILBOMB where the both of us sing, like me and Alex [Newport of FUDGE TUNNEL did in NAILBOMB] and what we had and it will be what me and Greg have. We're gonna share the vocals and I think the drummer from MARS VOLTA might be the drummer and the bass player from CONVERGE might be playing bass and we're looking for a guitar player right now. But it's gonna be like a project, not a band like CAVALERA CONSPIRACY or SOULFLY. It's gonna be just a one-off album, something heavy to put out there. Something that me and Greg like to do. I had a great experience with him working on 'Rise Of The Fallen' [song from the latest SOULFLY album] and we became good friends and he started calling me about this 'NAILBOMB part 2′ idea and I couldn't say no. I just thought it would be great and I'm really looking forward to it. I'd like to do as much music as possible, so he came with a new project for me."
Puciato joined SOULFLY on stage at the 14th annual "D-Low Memorial" on August 28, 2010 at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Arizona to perform the song "Rise Of The Fallen". Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be viewed below.


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I live in Scotland, Aberdeen and really want to be a great performer. I know practice makes perfect, and I'm prepared to gig a lot.
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09 October 2014
Michael Loney
Patent cases filings were down 40% last month compared with September 2013, according to data released this week by Lex Machina
According to a Lex Machina blog post, plaintiffs filed 329 new federal patent cases in September 2014, down from 549 cases filed in the same month last year.
This does not seem a one-month anomaly. Filings over the past five months have dwindled after a reaching a record high in April 2014 (one week in April saw an unusually large number of filings – 199 – which appeared to be a result of non-practicing entities trying to pre-empt a proposed amendment to patent reform).
Since 2011, new filings have generally fallen during the summer and increased towards the end of the year. But Lex Machina reports that filings this year have not so far shown any signs of bouncing back upwards. Comparisons of corresponding months in 2013 and 2014 show lower monthly totals for 2014 since May.
The reason? The Supreme Court's decision in Alice v CLS Bank on June 19 appears to be deterring filing. Mark Lemley, law professor at Stanford and patent litigator at Durie Tangri, is in no doubt this is the case. He believes more patentees are deciding not to file suit following the Alice decision.
Alice made clear that merely implementing an abstract idea on a computer is not patentable. Since then, courts have been busy invalidating software patents that fall foul of this, such as one for a bingo game on a computer.
"In the past two months, we've seen over a dozen decisions invalidating software and business method patents on the basis of Alice," Lemley said in the Lex Machina blog post. "That's a pretty strong deterrent to software plaintiffs whose patent isn't directed to specific new computer technology."
This explanation seems reasonable, although Alice may not be responsible for all of the fall in patent lawsuit filing. For example, Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings have become amazingly popular in the past year. The prospect of a having a patent challenged at the PTAB would make anyone holding a less-than-strong patent think twice about using it to suing for infringement.
Three months of the year remain. They should reveal much about whether Alice has caused a temporary pause while patent owners digest Alice and its ramifications or has brought about a more profound change in the filing of patent lawsuits in the US.
If the effect is long term, this could have other impacts. For instance, it could make it harder for those pushing reform in Congress to claim statistics show that patent lawsuits are going through the roof.
I'd be interested in the answer to poorbuthappy's question too. Does the author know?
Oct 15, 2014
I'm interested if there are any statistics available yet on cases where a patent is in litigation and has successfully survived an ex parte re-exam:- have the litigation cases been settled more rapidly than you might expect?- have the judges encouraged / forced the two parties to reach an mutually acceptable deal with no further hearings?- have the size of the eventual deals reflected the increased strength of the patents?
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COLLEGE PARK, MD. – The ninth-ranked Maryland men's lacrosse team (5-2) wraps up its ACC regular-season slate when it welcomes No. 2 Virginia (8-1) to Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium for a noon start on Saturday, March 31.
• The game will be televised live nationally on ESPNU with Joe Beninati handling the play-by-play and Matt Ward and Ryan Boyle will provide the analysis.
• Maryland (5-2, 1-1 ACC) is coming off of an emotional 11-10 loss at No. 12 North Carolina last Saturday. Senior Joe Cummings led the Terps with four points on two goals and two assists. Junior Billy Gribbin netted his first hat trick as a Terp, while junior Owen Blye added three assists. Sophomore goalie Niko Amato made 10 saves in defeat with freshman defender Goran Murray scoring his first collegiate goal and setting career highs with three groundballs and three caused turnovers.
• For the season, Cummings leads the Terps in points and goals with 19 and 12, respectively. Freshman Jay Carlson is the only other Terp with double-digit goals with 10. Blye leads the team with eight assists. Defensively, Amato has stopped 61.5 percent of the shots put on goal by opponents and has a 6.61 goals-against average, which each leads the ACC. Junior long pole Jesse Bernhardt leads the team with 29 groundballs and 14 caused turnovers.
• The Cavaliers are 8-1 on the year after dropping their first game of the year last Saturday at home to then-No. 2 Johns Hopkins, 11-10 in overtime. Prior to that Virginia had won 13 straight games, dating back to last season's 19-10 loss at Duke in the ACC semifinals. This season the Wahoos are led again by 2011 Tewaaraton Trophy winner Steele Stanwick, who has 39 points on 11 goals and 28 assists. Chris Bocklett leads the Cavaliers, who have a total of seven double-digit goal scorers, with 22 goals. Rob Fortunato has started all nine games in cage for Virginia and ranks second among ACC goalies with a .599 save percentage and a 7.57 goals-against average.
Honorary Captain
John Schofield, a two-time All-American at Maryland who played from 1963-65, will be the Terps' honorary captain for the Virginia game. During his career from 1963 to 1965, Schofield received prestigious Maryland awards such as the Edwin E. Powell Trophy as the team MVP and the Deckman-Silber Memorial Award as the team's most outstanding defensemen. In 1965 he made 190 saves and was the recipient of the C.M. Kelly Memorial Cup, which is presented annually to the nation's most outstanding goalie. He still ranks among the top 10 on the school's all-time saves list.
1950's Decade Reunion
Saturday will also be the 1950's Decade Reunion for Maryland Terrapin men's lacrosse teams from 1950-59. The 1950's featured three USILA National Championship teams (1955, 1956 and 1959) and five ACC title teams (1955-59) under the guidance of lengendary Hall of Fame coaches Jack Faber and Al Heagy. The 1950's Maryland teams combined for an 84-18-1 (.820) record and featured a total of 64 All-Americans. The 1955 National Championship team featured four Terps who would go on to be inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame – James Kappler, James Keating, John Simmons and Charles Wicker.
National Award Winners from the 1950's
Turnbull Memorial Award (nation's top attackman): C. Rennie Smith (1954), Richard Corrigan (1958)
Schmeisser Memorial Cup (nation's top defenseman): William Hubbell (1952), John Simmons (1956)
Kelly Memorial Cup (nation's top goalie): William Larash (1952), James Kappler (1955, 1956, 1957)
USILA Coach of the Year: John Faber
The Count Down
10 … Since 2002 Maryland has won 87 of the 95 games in which the Terps have scored 10 or more goals for a .916 winning percentage.
9 … Maryland is 104-23 in games since 2002 when it allows nine goals or less, for an .819 winning percentage.
8 … John Haus has eight career points vs. Virginia in four meetings.
7 … Seven Terps have double-digit points so far in 2012.
6 … Maryland is ranked sixth in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 7.43 goals per game.
5 … Owen Blye had five points in last season's regular season game at Virginia.
4 … Maryland (2004, 2008) and Virginia (2006, 2010) have split the last four regular season games played in College Park.
3 … Three Terps have caused at least 10 turnovers in 2012 – Jesse Bernhardt (14), Brian Cooper (11) and Michael Ehrhardt (11).
2 … This is the second-straight season that both Maryland and Virginia come into this game with each team having lost the previous week. Prior to last year, that hadn't happened since 1993.
1 … Four of the last 10 meetings between Maryland and Virginia have been decided by one goal.
Coaching Match-Up
• John Tillman is in his fifth season as a head coach, and second with the Terps, with a 38-26 career record for a 59.4 winning percentage. Tillman is 18-7 (.720) as Maryland's head coach. He had a 20-19 record in three seasons as the head coach at Harvard.
• Dom Starsia, who is in his 30th season as a head coach, has won 73.9 percent of his games at Brown and Virginia (337-119 overall record). His 337 wins are the most all-time at any four-year college or university.
• Tillman has a 1-1 career record against Virginia. In the 2011 regular season meeting Maryland won 12-7 in Virginia's Scott Stadium. The Wahoos the won a 9-7 decision in the 2011 NCAA title game.
Series History vs. Virginia
• The Maryland-Virginia rivalry is the third-longest in Terrapin lacrosse history with Maryland holding a 45-42 (.517) advantage, dating to the first game — a Terps' 10-1 victory on April 24, 1926. The 45 wins are the third-highest number of victories Maryland has against any team. The Terps have defeated Duke 59 times and Navy 51 times.
• Virginia and Maryland met in an all-ACC NCAA title game with the Wahoos winning the championship, 9-7. Grant Catalino and John Haus led the Terps with three points apiece. Niko Amato made eight saves in the game.
• In the 2011 regular season, the Cavaliers hosted the Terps in UVa's Scott Stadium prior to the annual Orange/Blue Spring Football game. A crowd of 10,545 came out and saw Maryland defeate Virginia, 12-7. Ryan Young led all scorers with six points in the win on two goals and four assists, while Joe Cummings and John Haus each scored four goals for the Terps. Niko Amato proved once again that he plays his best on a big stage with a 12-save effort.
• The two teams met again in the championship game of the 2010 ACC Tournament and again it was the Cavaliers coming out on top, 10-6. Maryland couldn't solve Virginia goalie Adam Ghitelman, who was named the Tournament MVP after making 16 saves vs. the Terps. Grant Catalino led Maryland on offense with a goal and an assist, while Max Schmidt had two groundballs and three caused turnovers to pace the defensive effort.
• The meeting in the 2010 regular season had a silimar theme to the previous two games between Maryland and Virginia – controversy. The Wahoos raced out to a 6-0 lead in the first quarter and held a 10-5 lead early in the fourth. But Maryland rallied to score four unanswered goals in the fourth to cut the deficit to one. The game appeared to be tied when Ryan Young batted a loose ball into the Cavalier goal with 2:00 left in the game. But, the goal was waved off when the cross-field official whistled Young for being in the crease. The controversy came when TV replays of the play failed to show Young step in the crease conclusively. Virginia went up 11-9 on the transition following the call. Will Yeatman, who led Maryland with four goals and an assist in the game, scored with less than a minute to go to cut the lead to 11-10, but the Terps couldn't get the tying goal before the clock expired. Brian Phipps was terrific in net for the Terps, stopping 16 Wahoo shots.
• In 2009 it took seven overtimes (the longest Division I men's lacrosse game in history) for Virginia to eek out a 10-9 victory in Charlottesville. The win was not without controversy as an official's inadvertant whistle wiped off a goal by Grant Catalino just nine seconds into the first overtime. Will Yeatman was a dominant force in the game, accounting for two goals and three assists. Brian Phipps was spectacular in cage, stopping 11 Wahoo shots.
• The two teams played three times in 2008. In the regular-season game the then-No. 4 Terps knocked off the newly minted No. 1 Cavaliers, 13-7, at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium. Freshman Travis Reed had a breakout performance, scoring a hat trick, assisting on two other goals and grabbing three groundballs. Not to be outdone, goalie Jason Carter made a career-best 15 saves to help seal the victory for the Terrapins.
• The two teams then hooked-up in the 2008 ACC tournament for the fifth straight season and the Cavaliers prevailed with an 11-8 win on their home field in Charlottesville. Grant Catalino led the Terps with three points on a pair of goals and an assist.
• The Wahoos also took the rubber match, a controversial 8-7 overtime thriller in the NCAA Quarterfinals in Annapolis. Early in the fourth quarter, with the Maryland holding a 7-6 lead, Travis Reed appeared to give Maryland a two-goal cushion, but a Cavalier defender pushed Ryan Young into the crease before the goal, nullifying the score. The Cavaliers went on to tie the game in regulation before scoring the game-winner with just 34 seconds left in the first overtime period.
• These two teams locked up in a classic in the semifinals of the 2007 ACC tournament. Maryland jumped out to a 4-1 lead, but the Cavaliers rallied to take a four-goal lead at 10-6 in the fourth quarter. That's when Maryland stormed back, but the comeback fell short and Virginia was able to hold on for an 11-10 win. Dan Groot led Maryland with five points on four goals and an assist.
• In 2007's regular season meeting, the second-ranked Cavaliers defeated the No. 8 Terps 12-8 in Charlottesville. Wahoo attackman Ben Rubeor scored five goals to pace Virginia, while Max Ritz (3-0) and Michael Phipps (1-2) each had three points for the Terps.
• On April 1 of last season, the No. 1 Cavaliers jumped out early, scoring just 15 seconds into the game, and never looked back, handing Maryland a 15-5 loss at Byrd Stadium. The Ritz brothers, Max and Xander, each scored two goals with Max also picking up a pair of assists. Bill McGlone scored the other goal for the Terps.
• The two schools hooked up again in the ACC title game and again it was Virginia taking the game, this time by an 11-5 margin. Brendan Healy and Bill McGlone each had three points in the loss.
• The 2005 regular season game was tough for the fourth-ranked Terps as they were handed a 10-2 loss at No. 3 Virginia on April 2. The Cavaliers held Maryland scoreless until the 4:51 mark of the third quarter when Joe Walters scored. It was the first time Maryland had been held without a goal in a half since a 7-2 loss at Virginia in 2001.
• Things were a little different in the rematch on April 29, 2005 in the ACC Semifinals. Brendan Healy gave Maryland a 1-0 lead in the first, but the 'Hoos scored three unanswered to take a 3-1 lead. But the Terps stormed back with a 3-0 run of their own on goals from Max Ritz, Healy and Xander Ritz to take a 4-3 lead into the half. The Cavaliers took a 7-5 lead into the fourth quarter, but Andrew Schwartzman and Bill McGlone scored the final to goals in regulation to send the game into sudden death. In the overtime period, freshman Max Ritz proved to be the hero for Maryland, but putting back a rebound off of a Mcglone shot to sent the Terps into the ACC finals with an 8-7 win.
• The 2004 regular season meeting between Maryland and Virginia saw the Terps enter the game as the No. 1 team in the country, the first time Maryland had earned the top ranking since 2001. Maryland lived up to its billing, pounding the Cavaliers 11-2 in College Park. Xander Ritz scored three goals and assisted on another three, while Joe Walters added a goal and three assists. The game was never really in doubt as the Terps opened the game with a 5-0 run. The Maryland defense was stellar all afternoon, holding Virginia's top seven scorers without a single point.
• The Cavaliers would not go so quietly in the 2004 ACC title game. The Terps built a 12-7 lead heading into the fourth quarter, behind a career-high six goals from Joe Walters, who would be named Tournament MVP. But the Wahoos scored four goals in the fourth and shutdown the Maryland offense to close the gap to 12-11.
• Maryland has won three of six meetings in the NCAA Tournament. The Terps topped the Cavaliers in a pair of first round games in 1978 and 1983 and won a 1997 quarterfinal game, 10-9, played at Byrd Stadium. In that last NCAA meeting, Virginia broke its three-game post-season losing streak to the Terps with a 14-4 win in the NCAA semifinals in Baltimore en route to the 2003 national championship. Virginia then took the 2008 quart erfinal game, 8-7, in overtime at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. The Cavaliers continues its winning streak over the Terps in the NCAA tournament with a 9-7 win in the 2011 NCAA title game..
The Stretch: Carolina, Virginia, Navy, Hopkins
• Since 1978 Maryland's schedule has been highlighted by a four-game stretch in the middle of its season: North Carolina, Virginia, Navy and Johns Hopkins. In the 35-year span only four times has the stretch been interrupted with another game added in between one of these traditional four (1981, 1997, 2001, 2003).
• Overall, Maryland is 62-75 (.453) since 1978 vs. those four teams during that time.
• The Terps have swept the four games only once – in 1987. Only twice (1981 & 1988) has Maryland lost all four games. Six times (1978, 1979, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001) the Terps have won three of the four games. Johns Hopkins broke up the Terps' bid for a perfect stretch four times, while Carolina and Virginia broke it up one time each.
The Terps On ESPNU
• Maryland has had 39 games on ESPNU since 2006. Maryland is 22-17 (.564) all-time in games broadcast on ESPNU.
• This will be the first of at least four games (at UNC, vs. Virginia, at Johns Hopkis, at ACC tournament) Maryland will play on ESPNU in 2012.
Cooper To Serve One-Game Suspension
• Junior midfielder Kevin Cooper will serve a one-game suspension this Saturday. Cooper was ejected from the March 24 North Carolina game and will serve the NCAA's mandatory one-game suspension for an expulsion foul. The ACC reviewed all available video footage of the on-field altercation and determined no additional suspension was warranted.
Going Purple
· Once again this season, the Terps will be wearing purple "MY" stickers, to show their support for the fight against pancreatic cancer, which touched everyone in the Maryland lacrosse family last season with the passing of Maria Young on April 17.
· This past fall the Terps, Maryland alums and family and friends came together for the inaugural Forever Young Walk/Run for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness. More on Ms. Young and her amazing story can be found here: Forever Young.
· If you're interested in more information about the Lustgarten Foundation, including how to make a donation, click here to visit the foundation's website. You can also get more information on pancreatic cancer at CurePC.org.
In case you're wondering here are some facts about pancreatic cancer from the American Cancer Society:
· More than 43,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer present each year
· There are more than 36,000 deaths from pancreatic cancer each year
· The lifetime risk of having pancreatic cancer is about 1 in 71.
· The risk is about the same for both men and women.
Going Gray
· Maryland players will also be wearing gray stickers with the number 42 in honor of Zack Wholley's father, John, who passed away from brain cancer on August 28, 2011.
· If you're interested in more information, please visit the National Brain Tumor Society website.
In case you're wondering here are some facts about brain and spinal cord tumors from the American Cancer Society:
· About 22,910 malignant tumors of the brain or spinal cord (12,630 in males and 10,280 in females) will be diagnosed. These numbers would likely be much higher if benign tumors were also included.
· About 13,700 people (7,720 males and 5,980 females) will die from these tumors.
· Overall, the chance that a person will develop a malignant tumor of the brain or spinal cord in his or her lifetime is about one in 150 for a man and one in 185 for a woman.
Get To 10 And Win
• One axiom of lacrosse is that if you score 10 goals or more your chances of winning are pretty good. Well, a look at the results since 2002 shows that when Maryland scores 10 or more goals there's not just a pretty good chance the Terrapins will win; it's an almost certainty. Since 2002 Maryland has won 87 of the 94 games in which the Terps have scored 10 or more goals for a .926 winning percentage.
· The Terps scored 11 vs. Johns Hopkins on April 16, 2011, but the Blue Jays won the game in overtime, 12-11. On April 3 of last season the Terps lost to No. 1 Virginia by a final of 11-10, giving Maryland its only loss when scoring 10 or more goals in 2010. In 2009 the Terps lost to Georgetown, 13-10 on Feb. 21 and lost again when scoring 10 in the ACC Semifinals in a 16-10 defeat at North Carolina. Prior to that, Maryland had not lost when scoring 10 or more goals since dropping an 11-10 decision to Virginia in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament in Durham, N.C. The Terrapins got to 10 goals in the 100th game against Johns Hopkins, but the Blue Jays took the game 14-10. Virginia is the only team to beat the Terps twice when allowing 10 or more goals. The Wahoos did it first in 2002 with another 11-10 decision.
Holding Opponents To Single-Digits
• The Terps have been extremely impressive (winning 92.6 percent of its games since 2002) when it scores 10 or more goals, they have been nearly as impressive when holding opponents to less than 10 goals during that span.
• Since 2002 Maryland is 104-23 in games, for a .819 winning percentage, when it has held opponents under 10 goals. The Terps have played 168 total games since 2002. Maryland has held opponents to nine goals or less 75.6 percent of the time.
Shooting Tells The Story
• The difference between winning and losing for Maryland this season is simple – when the Terps shoot well they win. As it turns out 30% is the magic number for the Terps this season. Maryland is 5-2 on the year and has shot 30% or better in all five victories.
Hartford: 12 goals, 40 shots = 30%
at Georgetown: 16 goals, 41 shots = 39.0%
Duke: 10 goals, 28 shots = 35.7%
at UMBC: 7 goals, 30 shots = 23.3%
Marist: 17 goals, 43 shots = 39.5%
Villanova: 11 goals, 31 shots = 35.5%
at North Carolina: 10 goals, 35 shots = 28.6%
• Since 2005 the Terps are a remarkable 50-3 (.943) when shooting 30% or better in a game. The first game Maryland lost during that stretch was a 13-10 decision to Georgetown in 2009 (the Terps shot 10 of 30 for 33.3% vs. the Hoyas). The second loss came in 2010 in the controversial 11-10 loss to No. 1 Virginia on April 3. The Terps shot 10 of 33 for 30.3%. The most recent came on April 16, 2011 in a 12-11 overtime loss to No. 3 Johns Hopkins.
Fast Starts
• Since 2002 only 13 players (for a total of 23 times) have totaled 17 points or more in the first seven games of a season. One of those 23 is on this year's team.
• Joe Cummings has been a consistent threat during his tenure as a Terp, but since moving to his natural position of attack this season he has been an even more potent point producer. Through seven games Cummings has 19 points on 12 goals and seven assists. Last year as a midfielder he had 15 points on 14 goals and one assist.
Youth Is Served
• Maryland started two sophomores (Michael Ehrhardt and Brian Cooper) and a freshman (Goran Murray) at close defense in the 2012 season-opening win over Hartford. The last time Maryland's defense had two sophomore and one freshman starting was 2005 when sophomores Steve Whittenberg and Ray Megill started alongside freshman Joe Cinosky. The first game that group started together was April 23, 2005 at Fairfield (a 9-6 Terrapin win).
• Goran Murray became the first Maryland freshman to start at close defense in a season opener since 2008 when Max Schmidt started in an 11-6 win at Georgetown.
Face-Off Firsts
• Junior Curtis Holmes' 19-of-20 (.950) performance facing-off vs. Hartford in the 2012 season opener is just the fifth time since 2000 that a Maryland face-off man has won at least 90% of his draws with at least 10 attempts.
• Holmes joins Andy Claxton and Brian Haggerty as the only Terps with multiple games of 19 or more face-off wins. Claxton did it three times (27 at Towson in 1991, 21 vs. Duke in 1991 and 19 at Brown in 1991), while Haggerty did it twice (20 vs. Butler in 1998 and 19 vs. Virginia in 1998). Holmes had 20 wins vs. Georgetown last season to go along with his 19 vs. the Hawks, which makes him the only Terp to win 19 or more face-offs in different seasons.
• The last 90% performance was in 2008 when Bryn Holmes, Curtis' older brother, won 9-of-10 face-offs at Mount St. Mary's.
• The last time a Terp faced-off with a winning percentage above 90% was on March 21, 2006 when David Tamberrino won 12-of-13 in a 14-2 win over Dartmouth.
Best Face-Off Performances Since 2000
Curtis Holmes – 19/20 (.950) vs. Hartford 2/18/12
Brian Carroll – 12/13 (.923) at Delaware 3/17/01
Davin Tamberrino – 12/13 (.923) vs. Dartmouth 3/21/06
Jeremy Pastula – 11/12 (.917) at Towson 3/8/03
Bryn Holmes – 9/10 (.900) at Mount St. Mary's 2/26/08
Bryn Holmes – 12/14 (.857) vs. Presbyterian 2/13/09
Brian Carroll – 11/13 (.846) vs. Mount St. Mary's 2/26/02
Bryn Holmes – 11/13 (.846) vs. Air Force 2/14/09
Ryan Moran – 10/12 (.833) vs. Bucknell 3/11/03
Will Dalton – 18/22 (.818) vs. Vermont 2/20/07
Curtis Holmes – 17/21 (.810) vs. Detroit Mercy 2/19/11
The 700 Club
· Maryland's 15-6 victory over Penn on April 14, 2009 was the program's 700th victory in 84 seasons of varsity men's lacrosse. The Terps join Johns Hopkins, Syracuse, Navy and Army as the only programs with 700 or more Division I wins.
· Two things that make Maryland's accomplishment all the more impressive is that the Terps reached the 700-win plateau in just their 84th season. Only Syracuse reached win No. 700 in as few seasons, but it took the Orange 53 more games than Maryland. In fact, Maryland needed only 940 games to reach 700 wins and only Johns Hopkins needed fewer games (932) to hit the historic number, but the Blue Jays did so in their 105th season.
Terps' 87th Season Of Lacrosse
· The Terps boast an all-time record of 733-249-4 (.745), dating back to the first varsity team in 1924 (a team was not fielded in 1944 and 1945 due to World War II). Maryland has finished every one of its previous 85 seasons with a .500 or better record, including last season when the Terps went 10-6. The program reached the 700-win milestone with a 15-6 victory over Penn on April 14, 2009 at Ludwig Field.
· During the decade of the 2000s, Maryland went 111-49 for a .694 win percentage, making it the winningest decade in Terrapin lacrosse history. In the decade of the 1990s, Maryland posted a 95-47 record. The .669 winning percentage matched Maryland's win percentage of the 1980s when the Terps went 83-41 and also compiled a .669 win percentage. So far, Maryland is 25-9 in the 2010's for a .735 winning percentage.
First-Time Opponents
• Maryland has played 78 different opponents in its 87 seasons. The 2012 season added Hartford (a 12-6 win on 2/18) and will add Marist (3/10) to that list. In the Terps' 78 first-time meetings Maryland is 74-4 (.949) in those games. Adelphi (12-13, 1982), Army (0-3, 1923), Syracuse (3-10, 1927) and Yale (3-5, 1925) are the only schools to beat the Terps the first time the schools met on a lacrosse field.
Maryland In Season Openers
• Maryland has a 83-3-1 (.960) lifetime record in season openers dating back to the 1924 season. The Terps have won their last 19 openers and 26 of the last 27, with the only loss coming to Duke in 1993, when they fell to Duke 9-5 on March 6.
• After losing their 1925 opener to Yale, 5-3, the Terps went on to win 40 consecutive season openers from 1926 through 1967. The streak was broken when Maryland tied Princeton, 6-6, in the 1968 opener. Following the deadlock, Maryland went on to win its next 14 openers, giving the Terps a 54-0-1 record over a 57-year span (Maryland did not field a team in 1944 and 1945 due to World War II.)
19 Straight in Season Openers
• After beating Hartford to open the 2012 season the Terps have an 19-game winning streak in season openers. Five of those wins came against Villanova (1994-98) and the last nine over Denver, Mount St. Mary's, Air Force, Hobart, Duke, Georgetown (four times), Bellarmine (twice), Presbyterian, Detroit Mercy and Hartford. Over the 19-year stretch, Maryland outscored its foes 267-99 (an average score of 14.1-5.2) in those games.
· The Terps have not allowed more than seven goals to any opponent in a season opener over the last 18 years. Maryland has not allowed an opponent to score 10 or more goals in a season opener since Syracuse beat the Terps, 16-13 on March 9, 1983.
Consecutive 10-Win Seasons
· The 11-9 victory over Duke on April 24, 2011 was the 10th of the year for Maryland, giving it nine straight seasons with double-digit wins. (Special thanks to Patrick Stevens of the D1Scourse.com).
· How does that stack up against the rest of the college lacrosse programs? Take a look at programs with at least five-straight 10-win seasons:
Maryland (9): 2011 (13-5), 2010 (12-4), 2009 (10-7), 2008 (10-6), 2007 (10-6), 2006 (12-5), 2005 (11-6), 2004 (13-3), 2003 (12-4)
Cornell (7): 2011 (12-3), 2010 (12-6), 2009 (11-3), 2008 (11-4), 2007 (15-1), 2006 (11-3), 2005 (11-3)
Virginia (7): 2011 (13-5), 2010 (16-2), 2009 (14-2), 2008 (14-4), 2007 (12-4), 2006 (17-0), 2005 (11-4)
Notre Dame (6): 2011 (11-3), 2010 (10-7), 2009 (15-1), 2008 (14-3), 2007 (11-4), 2006 (10-5)
Duke (5): 2011 (14-6), 2010 (16-4), 2009 (15-4), 2008 (18-2), 2007 ( 17-3)
Siena (5): 2011 (13-5), 2010 (12-5), 2009 (12-6), 2008 (10-6), 2007 (10-6)
A Family Affair
· Many school's refer to their sports programs as families, but the Maryland men's lacrosse program is truely a family affair. Since 2002, the Terps have had 13 sets of brothers, including three on this season's roster, don the red and black together for at least one season.
Harry & Thomas Alford: 2004-05-06-07
Jake & Jesse Bernhardt: 2010-11-12
Justin & Owen Blye: 2009-10-11
Brian & Kevin Cooper: 2011-12
Billy & Bobby Gribbin: 2012
Brendan & Ian Healy: 2003-04-05
Bryn & Curtis Holmes: 2010
Bryn & Travis Holmes: 2007
Dan & Mike LaMonica: 2002
Chris & Willy Passavia: 2002-03
Brian & Michael Phipps: 2007
Max & Xander Ritz: 2005-06
Mark & Michael White: 2008-09-10-11
Three Taken In MLL Draft
· Three University of Maryland men's lacrosse seniors were selected in the 2012 Major League Lacrosse (MLL) Collegiate Draft. Midfielder Jake Bernhardt was the highest pick, being selected with the 12th overall selection by the Hamilton Nationals. Midfielder/attackman Joe Cummings was the next Terp taken, going 17th overall to the Rochester Rattlers (his rights have since been traded to the Chesapeake Bayhawks). Midfielder Drew Snider went 45th overall by the Bayhawks.
2012 Team Captains
· Five players have been named team captains for the 2012 season. The quintet, which was selected by a combination of team vote and coaches' input, consists of seniors Jake Bernhardt, Joe Cummings and Drew Snider and juniors Jesse Bernhardt and Owen Blye. Blye and Jesse Bernhardt are the first pair of juniors to be named team captains since Bob Ott and Randy Ratliff were among four captains in 1978.


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Happy feet for hairdressers!
We all thought our lives had changed forever when brightly colored moulded plastic shoes with holes in arrived in shoe shops everywhere. We found that we could fashion them individually with jibbitz and us hairdressers could look fashionable and stand for many hours in our hairdressing salons.
Now we have discovered that medical staff, whilst walking around in hospitals wearing Crocs can discharge static into medical equipment and consequently they have been banned in some hospitals. A report claimed that the Croc wearer caused 'clouds of lightening' due to a build up of electricity.
Should we hairdressers be concerned that whilst holding our electric hairdryers or hair straighteners whilst wearing Crocs on our feet will cause our clients hair to be so full of static that their hair may stand on end. Or could something even more sinister happen like a bit of a shock? Will we have have to ask our Croc wearing clients to leave their foot wear at the door?
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Friedrich d'or
The Friedrich d'or (French doré "goldener Friedrich (II.)") was a Prussian gold coin (pistole) nominally worth 5 silver Prussian Reichsthalers. It was used from 1741 to 1855 and since it was a silver standard regular issue coin and trade coin at this time, it had a different purpose to domestic silver coinage or Kurantgeld, the so-called window on the stock exchanges. It was normally traded at a small premium or discount to the face value of 5 thalers. In Prussian purchase contracts or bonds it was, due to its monetary usage, distinguished as the "preußisch Courant" or "Friedrich d'or".
Around 1780, for example, the Saxon August d'or had a price of 116 to 120 Groschen sächsischen Silberkurantgeldes, as a maximum discount of 4 Groschen. In the 19th century it usually had a low premium.
Modelled on the Spanish doubloon and French Louis d'or, the forerunner of the Friedrich d'or was the Wilhelm d'or. It was first minted in 1741 by Frederick II. It was continued by his successors Frederick William II, Frederick William III and Frederick William IV, until 1855. From 1747 a double Friedrich d'or was minted, and a half Friedrich d'or from 1749. Its fine weight sank in 1770 from 6.05 to 6.03 grams.
Other states, such as Saxony, were influence to mint an August-, Friedrich-August-, Christian- or Max d'or (after their rulers' first names). These gold and silver coins also instituted a temporary fineness in the coinage of the German states.
The Friedrich d'or was 21 carat gold. The fine weight was 6.032g. On the obverse was the king's head, and on the reverse was an eagle standing on its shield.
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- Fred Reinfeld: A Catalogue of the World's Most Popular Coins, (Sterling, New York, 1956) (ISBN 4-87187-800-7)


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Now Matt Damon is on introducing Best Documentary Feature. My dad was going to get something to eat, but when he heard Matt Damon was coming on he hurried back over to the couch to watch his fantasy BFF. I'd like to watch Food, Inc. but I think I would never eat meat again. And I love meat. Okay, now that Damon is gone Dad is getting some biscuits and pate. Mmm, pate.
And The Cove takes out the award. I hate seeing animals in distress, so I don't know much about this flick. That is ironic, considering I just admitted to loving meat.
Giant red Snuggies!! Now it's time for Best Film Editing, which The Hurt Locker wins. OH MY GOD ELBOW LENGTH BLACK GLOVES. With a diamond ring over it, so Miss Piggy.
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Mobile banking fraud hits Brazil
by Avivah Litan | August 17, 2012 | 9 Comments
It finally hit – in Brazil which reminds me of how Internet banking fraud started – also in Brazil. It looks like the same mode of attack. One mobile device is used to illegally access multiple online bank accounts and to transfer money out of them to new payees or existing mule accounts. Apparently, the banks in Brazil are more liberal with online banking functionality (e.g. money transfers) on mobile devices than the North American and European banks are.
I also heard that some banks are having users use separate and dedicated user ids and passwords for mobile banking. This helps in the documented cases where fraudsters illegally collect user credentials (user ids and passwords) used to access mobile banking applications, where they can't do 'too much' damage because of limited functionality, and then reuse those credentials in online PC-based banking where they can do much more. I'm guessing it's probably also because the fraudsters already have scripts written for PC-based Internet banking attacks and are too lazy to rewrite them for mobile banking.
So mobile bankers beware – mobile malware is not rampant yet but it's starting to appear. For now, solutions are sparse, costly, or not yet fully implemented. And it's a lot more expensive to use a dedicated mobile device for mobile banking than it is to use a dedicated PC for PC banking.
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How is it "more expensive" to have a dedicated mobile banking phone than to have a dedicated mobile banking PC?
I was trying to say it's more expensive to get a separate mobile phone and service just for mobile banking than it is to get a separate PC with service just for internet banking. Typically, people have old PCs lying around and can hook into their existing internet service at home so the incremental cost is practically zero. I haven't seen the same phenomena with mobile devices and data services for the average user.
It would be better to configure a separate virtual machine just for Mobile Banking. I would recommend Linux VM (any type of free linux) and use it for banking only. I use VMware player to run VM, but you could use Oracle Virtual Box as well. SSH port is usually opened by default.
Its also much less convenient to carry an extra mobile device…
Evgueni, I am pretty sure the author is referring to banking via your mobile phone when referring to mobile banking, although the VM solution is better for the environment than an additional pc with only a slight loss of security and a minimal overhead for current model PCs and can be free if you chose the right tools, for your internet banking service.
Interesting thoughts Avivah,
To clarify, are you seeing new mobile malware attacking existing accounts?
Or is this an individual(s) manually logging onto accounts using previously compromised account details (i.e. standard Phishing or Zeus on PC banking) to extract funds. They may access the accounts using a prepay mobile to try and conceal their identity and location?
great thoughts Avivah. How is the liability situation for mobile banking fraud in Brazil. I know American and European banking customers gets coverage of consumer protection laws (e.g. Reg E in US caps customer liability to $50 if the customer reports fraud within 2 days) for lost funds in case of mobile banking fraud. India too does not have such consumer protection clauses for electronic banking transactions.
AFAIK Brazilian bad guys are attacking creating phishing pages in mobile format. Details (in Portuguese):
We also know "professionals" bankers are massive using 3G connections on smartphones to access the accounts of the victim, using data collected by trojan bankers on the PC.
The main reason is that only one password is required in these kind of access.
We haven't found yet a malicious app, but we're near of it.
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The idea of returning to work with PTSD may seem overwhelming at first. Serious effects of PTSD create many challenges in the work place including:
- Agitation or irritability
- Difficulty concentrating
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- Fatigue due to PTSD sleep problems
- Memory lapses.
If you have PTSD, returning to work may not be an impossible dream. With planning and preparation, many people with PTSD are able to successfully resume their careers.
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Severe PTSD can be so debilitating it may be considered a disability. You may even be receiving PTSD disability compensation. So why try to return to work?
In addition to financial incentives, working helps people to feel more connected with society and the world around them. If you work in a meaningful capacity, even on a part-time basis, you may experience some of these important benefits:
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- Improved self-esteem
- Reduced sense of isolation.
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If you've been through a traumatic experience, you'll need time away from your regular routine to heal. Taking some time off may be necessary and healthy for you. When returning to your old job, you may want to consider starting gradually, perhaps a few hours a week to start, and slowly easing into your full responsibilities, if and when you are ready to handle them. If you are seeking a new job entirely, you may wish to start with a part-time position, especially if you have the cushion of PTSD disability payments.
You are never required to disclose a PTSD disability at a job interview, and once you are hired you need only disclose your disability if you need an accommodation to perform your job correctly. An understanding employer who you can trust may be helpful in your work adjustment.
Here are some ideas to help you enjoy a successful return to work:
- Be sure to schedule breaks to prevent fatigue and feeling overwhelmed.
- Checklists and voice recorders can aid memory and help you manage your responsibilities.
- Connect with a job coach or mentor who makes visits to your place of employment.
- Look for employment that offers a flexible work schedule or job sharing opportunities.
- Stay connected with your support system including family, friends and therapists.
- Try time management aids including stopwatches or timers.
- Use schedule reminders such as alarm clocks, e-mail notifications, pagers or phones.
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- The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury
- The Job Accommodation Network
- The National Center for PTSD
- VetSuccess.gov.
America's Heroes at Work. (n.d.). Frequently asked questions about post-traumatic stress disorder and employment. Retrieved August 6, 2010, from: http://www.americasheroesatwork.gov/forEmployers/factsheets/FAQPTSD/.
Eichelberger, C. (n.d.). Simple job accommodations help employees with PTSD. Retrieved August 6, 2010, from: http://community.gettinghired.com/blogs/articles/archive/2010/06/08/simple-job-accommodations-can-help-employees-with-ptsd.aspx.
RealWarriors.net. (n.d.). Five steps veterans can take to support PTSD treatment. Retrieved August 6, 2010, from: http://www.realwarriors.net/veterans/treatment/ptsdtreatment.php.


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See here for more details and join the Facebook Group at 'Boomerang Bags Cairns'
If you can't sew don't worry, there are plenty of other things to do: we will need to collect donated material from op shops, cut the material, print it with the Boomerang logo and much more!
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If you enjoy sewing and have a sewing machine at home, CAFNEC can provide you with Boomerang Bag Kits. These kits contain the fabric cut to create 5 Boomerang Bags, along with the instructions on how to make them. The kits allow you to do the work at home and help us create bags more quickly. Once the bags have been completed by you, we ask that you return them upstairs of Cominos House, 27-29 Greenslopes Street, Cairns North.
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Boomerang Bags isn't just about sewing, in fact sewing is just one part. The real impact occurs when Boomerang Bags volunteers hit the streets and distribute the bags to the public at stalls outside supermarkets and markets.
As a volunteer we ask you to give up some of your time to distribute bags and with each bag you give away you are having a conversation with the person not only about plastic bags but about other plastics and waste more generally.
This is a powerful thing and it's fun too! We organise regular stalls but also welcome your suggestions – perhaps you could commit to running one stall a month in your suburb?
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By Laura Lovejoy
Being cheated on is horrible. It's not just the thought of them with someone else but it's also the embarrassment that comes with it. All the pictures you've posted on Instagram of your date nights or the cute things he did for you that you told your friends about, all while the bitch he cheated on you with is sat scrolling through your pictures laughing at how you think he loves you. Cheating is bad, there is no excuse and no two ways about it. Cheating is the ultimate form of lying but is it ever ok to lie to your partner?
I hate liars. I don't care if it's a white lie or a massive cover up if I find out you've lied you're not my friend. My ex-boyfriend lied about getting fired from his job and pretended to go to work every day. He would get up at 7, get in his shirt and trousers and then go sit in his friend's tattoo shop until it was time to come home. This went on for a few months until his best friend eventually told me the truth.
Obviously, we split up, he even said he was going to propose to me to get us to stay together, I went off to uni and we tried to sort something out but it fizzled out. Thank god! While he didn't cheat on me (that I know of) in my eyes that was the equivalent. He was what many would call a pathological liar.
On the spectrum of lies, that was a pretty big one but I equally have a problem with the smaller lies. I've never understood the concept of lying to make people feel better. If I'm wearing an ugly dress, tell me. I probably won't care and will wear it anyway but I think a true friend, partner or family member should tell you straight. If Clint gets his hair cut and I don't like it, I will tell him and I would expect him to do the same to me.
These lies are what many class as 'white lies', but what about the murky waters which sit between 'your new dress is nice' and 'I lost my job months ago, have no money and have pretended to go to work every day'?
The most frequent kind of lies I hear are 'I'll be home in an hour' or 'I will help you tidy up in a minute' which in the grand scheme of things isn't that bad but still, I would rather know that Clint has no intention of coming home or helping me tidy than lie to me.
Everyone's relationship is different but in my eyes, if you commit to another person you owe it to them to be 100% honest, not to mention that it makes everyone's lives a hell of a lot easier. The 'I have no intention of coming home in an hour' argument is always going to be calmer than the 'I lied about to your face about coming home and strolled in at 7 am' argument.
Don't get me wrong, I understand why people lie, I totally get it. But I can't condone any of it. It's those little lies that turn into big lies and ruin your relationship. If you're doing something you need to lie about then maybe you shouldn't do it!