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Over the past few weeks, global news outlets have been warning users about Malware Monday and the pending Internet shutdown on July 9, 2012, for computers still infected with the DNSChanger malware. While the issue is certainly real, this blogger believes many headlines were (and still are) too alarmist. Can we learn anything from this?
Over the past few weeks, global news outlets have been warning users about Malware Monday and the pending Internet shutdown on July 9, 2012, for computers still infected with the DNSChanger malware. While the issue is certainly real, this blogger believes many headlines were (and still are) too alarmist.
For example, I view much of this material as "Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt" (FUD):
NY Daily News: How to avoid Monday's Malware Meltdown? (I like the picture of a dark room full of computers with one user PC working.)
Discovery News: Malware May Kill Your PC (Other sites linking to this story added the word "massive" up front. Nice.)
ArticleCell.com : Could Your PC be Heading to Malware Armageddon on July 9? (Armageddon, really?)
Even, our own … Government Technology: Are you safe from Internet Doomsday?
I find most of these articles to be somewhat informative, attention-grabbing and overblown in spreading fear. I worry that we are using up our (very few) cybersecurity industry silver bullets on the wrong Internet "crisis." There are plenty of very, very serious problems online right now, but I would not put Malware Monday at (or near) the top of the list.
One could even make the argument that this malware event is even self-imposed, in that the FBI is turning off servers which they could leave running a bit longer to avoid "Monday's Malware Meltdown." Note: I'm writing this article on Saturday, July 7, and the courts could still order more time before the FBI turns off the servers.
Indeed, I could argue this "hold off a bit longer" point from either side, and there are polls which ask if the FBI should allow more time. Almost 90% of those taking the survey think it is time for the FBI to pull the workaround plug – and several good articles give reasons why.
All signals point to an event Monday that will impact a few thousand people who haven't been paying attention but not the majority of us. I will be shocked if any major U.S. companies are paralyzed or out of business on Monday morning because of DNSChanger malware problems.
How Should We Prepare?
I like the tone of National Public Radio (NPR), which led with the headline: Malware Monday Just Another Day on the Internet for Most of Us.
The article begins, "Beware of Malware Monday on the Internet, but don't be too concerned."
If you still want to check your PC's status, visit: www.dcwg.org or even easier www.dns-ok.us
In Michigan government, we have been working this problem since last year, and we have been coordinating action with the FBI and MS-ISAC – like most state and local governments. We also sent out notices to our customers and agency public information officers (PIOs) about the situation and what to do in the event of a problem on Monday. We believe that we are ready.
What Can We Learn From Malware Monday?
I'm taking a bit of a chance by writing lessons learned about an upcoming event that hasn't even played-out yet, but I believe that I can safely mention some items. I am making a few assumptions about what will likely happen, specifically that some people will lose Internet access, but most people will be fine online.
Nevertheless, here are seven enterprise takeaways from the handling of the overall DNSChanger situation:
1) DON'T be a laggard regarding known Internet fixes - Follow industry guidelines and accepted practices in resolving malware and you won't have to worry about these fix deadlines. (Most companies resolved this issue many months ago and are not very concerned about this Monday.)
2) Workarounds may still be around (and last) longer than you think. Ask the FBI, who wanted to turn off their "temporary fix" back in March. These types of situations come up fairly often in large enterprises, especially if we are supporting legacy systems and older technology.
3) Beware public decrees of "Internet Doomsdays." Cut back on internal FUD, where possible. Over time, these global pronouncements sound as if we are crying wolf, if we are not careful. Indeed, many of our customers already believe that we declare a crisis multiple times a year. They are starting to yawn.
4) DON'T – Over-react to headlines and claims. Do your homework. How will this affect your enterprise? Coordinate with all relevant parties to understand roles / responsibilities.
5) DO – use well-researched facts to calmly deliver timely messages to customers when needed. Help them understand the ramifications at both home and work. What can they do to resolve the situation? How can they prepare? What are you doing? What's next?
6) DO – Communicate in informal and formal ways. Become a trusted partner who can decipher scary headlines for users. Make lemonade out of the lemons. Use the front-page stories to get your key messages out – while everyone is hearing about these topics on the front pages of USA Today and the Washington Post and on TV.
7) DO - Test plans, run exercises, use scenario planning and more to be ready in case the "what if" worst case does happen. Or, are you truly prepared for outages, disasters and more? Talk to your teams and various options and solutions.
In conclusion, I like this quote from Zig Ziglar. "Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes."
UPDATE: Monday, July 9, 2012 at 7 AM (EST) - So far there have been minimal reported disruptions online related to Malware Monday and DNSChanger. We are still too early for final judgments, but so far so good regarding the Internet's overall functioning. There continue to be scary headlines and articles being displayed this morning from global news organizations and newspapers, such as Malware on Monday Update: Internet Service Providers brace for shutdown calls. Top searches continue to lead to this article from July 6, from the United Kingdom: Could the Internet Really Shut Down?
UPDATE: Monday, July 9, 2012 at 6 PM (EST) - As expected, reports of impacts on the Internet from Malware Monday have been minimal - even a bit less than I anticipated overall. ISPs are playing down any service disruptions that have been experienced by their customers. It is now clear that the doomsday scenarios were hype regarding DNSChanger. Yes, the threats successfully received global press attention, but these widespread headlines may cause future (real) Internet alarms to be ignored. I certainly stand behind the above "lessons learned" - with even more conviction now.
FINAL UPDATE: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 6 AM (EST) - Malware Monday officially ended a few hours ago, and the LATimes reported that the DNSChanger Malware may have affected about 47,000 Americans -who had difficulty connecting to the Internet. The news surrounding the event was mostly hype, according many news sources. Time to move on to new topics.


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Two weekends ago I went to an education resources expo at the Brisbane Convention Centre – mainly as a bid to get freebs. I arrived a little late but still managed to catch some of a seminar, a few free posters, petted a snake and a lizard, and entered in as many lucky draws as possible (and possibly signing my boss up for swades of spam – sorry…).
Two things caught my eye in particular. And I'll share one now – The SmartUs Digital Playground (their Finnish website).
The whole set up is very futuristic. Kids are issued with RFID smart cards that can be recognised by readers scattered throughout the playground. They login at the main portal and are assigned a task (run from point A to B via C three times, or something more complex) and the computer records their time. This time is recorded on an international online network where kids from different schools, or even different countries, can compare each others times and records.
Additional tasks and learning can also be integrated by assigning different nodes answers to a multi-choice quiz. This also comes into play by the presence of a dancepad hooked up to the main video monitor of the playground as well. This can be used for quizzes, fitness, dancing or simon-type games.
In Finland, it even became the basis of a family/children's gameshow which involved celebrities and national atheletes, called FunTzu. Again, these TV scores were uploaded online, so schoolkids could challenge their idols. Unfortunately I can't find any videos of the TV show – but after some searching I have found a news item of Asia's first SmartUs playground in Hong Kong which shows how it works.
Tapping into children's natural competitive behaviour, and then combining it with social media and massively multiplayer gaming Lappset have really hit the mark (or market). The only real downsides to it I can see are the initial outlay costs (which you can guess would be quite high) and also the pitfall of having 'standardised cookie cutter playgrounds' that don't have their own individual community flavour. There also might be other hudles here in Australia given EQ's stance on students and social networks.

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Having been dogged by bad fortune and an almost perpetual stigma of 'right place, wrong time', it's something of a triumph that over 20 years on from the release of their first record, The Charlatans are still going strong. Indeed, the tide of adversity that's swept against them ever since 'Indian Rope' landed on the shelves during Manchester's first wave of baggy euphoria to cries of 'copyists!' (and less printable adjectives) hasn't stopped the five-piece from producing a consistently plausible output. Somewhat annoyingly labelled as 'survivors', a tag that never seems to get bandied about on fellow Stateside masters of longevity such as Sonic Youth or Yo La Tengo, it's to their credit that even now, every subsequent Charlatans long player is greeted with some anticipation, even if not to the degree it might have been a decade ago.
These days of course, you're more likely to see Tim Burgess hanging out with The Horrors (Faris Badwan was responsible for the cover artwork on last album You Cross My Path, fact fans) or spinning tunes at some low-key indie club night, rather than hanging out with the Gallaghers or messrs Brown and Squire. Tracing back through The Charlatans discography, it is pretty clear to see their roots lie in murkier, garage-orientated waters, rather than the acid house scene that spawned many of their peers and contemporaries. Their early b-sides such as 'Everything's Changed' or 'You Can Talk To Me' always suggested they'd rather be searching through Lenny Kaye's memoirs than listening to the latest Paris Angels 12-inch, and even in later years - 2006's harshly received Simpatico being one glaring example - they've retained a slightly unpredictable edge when the more conventional route would no doubt have ensured more lucrative rewards.
Who We Touch may be their 11th collection, but in parts there's an energetic youthfulness about it that belies their veteran status. The noisy intro on opener and lead single 'Love Is Ending' bears all the hallmarks of The Seeds or even later exponents of the garage rock genre such as The Hunches, before giving way to one of Burgess and co's most infectious three minutes to date, no mean feat for a band responsible for such staples as 'The Only One I Know' and 'One To Another'. The Sixties underground influence continues on 'My Foolish Pride', although the dreaded addition of autotune during the chorus hampers its progress somewhat.
The semi-acoustic meanderings of 'Your Pure Soul' and Donovan-esque folk strummer 'Oh' further dispel any fears that this is a one-trick collection. Burgess's sincere delivery of lines such as "When will you come and save yourself?" provides something of an epic feel not too dissimilar to 'Opportunity' from their landmark 1990 debut Some Friendly. But it also has a timeless feel, one that's more Green Man or Cambridge Folk Festival than Spike Island.
Sure, there are times where Who We Touch finds itself bogged down under the weight of the familiar; 'Smash The System' could be 1999's 'My Beautiful Friend' in a previous life, while the breezy pop of 'When I Wonder' is almost too redundantly smooth for its own good. Also on occasions the 'less is more' philosophy could have been employed more effectively, particularly as the majority of the songs here bust the five minute mark and beyond, a prime example of the band's seemingly open rejection of commercial vanguards into radio-friendly territories.
On the whole though, the neo-psychedelic groove of 'Trust In Desire' ("A hero never dies" declares Burgess intently), sweet and sour chamber pop of 'Intimacy' and Crazy World of Arthur Brown inspired song in two parts 'You Can Swim' push Who We Touch out of the realms of being just another catalogue number for the Discogs database while reaffirming The Charlatans relevance in 2010 forthwith. Sure, there's no serious wheel re-invention taking place here, and only a sycophantic fool would suggest that. Nevertheless, Who We Touch can hold its head high, safe in the knowledge that its creators are by no means a spent force.
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An eight-year legal odyssey by a Malaysian university professor to clear her name from the U.S. government's no-fly list went to trial on Monday in federal court in San Francisco.
Rahinah Ibrahim claims she was mistakenly placed on the list because of her national origin and Muslim faith. She has fought in court since her arrest at San Francisco International Airport in January 2005 to clear her name.
Several similar lawsuits are pending across the nation, but Ibrahim's legal challenge appears to be the first to go to trial.
MORE: NY Man on "No-Fly List" Back Home After Stranded in Europe 3 Weeks
Unlike a typical U.S. trial, where details important and mundane are disclosed in the name of justice, Ibrahim's legal challenge has run head-on into the U.S. government's state secret privilege that allows it to decline to disclose vital evidence if prosecutors can show a threat to national security.
Ibrahim's lawyer is barred by court orders and national security provisions from delving too deeply into the inner-workings of the government administration of its suspected lists of terrorists.
At one point Monday, U.S. District Judge William Alsup cleared the courtroom of spectators so three slides containing classified information could be discussed behind closed doors. Before and after the closed session, federal prosecutors lobbed a steady stream of objections when Ibrahim's lawyer came close to discussing her client's current no-fly list status and details of how Ibrahim came to be included on such a list.
Ibrahim is even barred from entering the United States to testify at the trial. Through testimony videotaped in London and shown Monday to the judge _ who will decide the case without a jury _ Ibrahim denied she was affiliated with any terrorist organizations.
Ibrahim, 48, lives in Malaysia with her husband and four children and is dean of the architecture and engineering school at the University of Malaysia.
Ibrahim said her trouble with the government began on Dec. 23, 2004, when two FBI agents showed up at her home near Stanford University, where she was pursuing a doctoral degree in architecture. She said the agents told her Malaysia was blacklisted by the U.S. government and they asked her if she had heard of the Malaysia-based terror organization Jemaah Islamiyah.
Ibrahim said she replied that she knew of the group only through news accounts. She said she was also asked about her involvement with the Muslim community in the San Francisco Bay Area and told the agents where she and her family worshipped.
The next month she was detained at San Francisco airport as she was preparing to fly to Malaysia with a stopover in Hawaii. She caught a plane to Malaysia the next day and has been barred from entering the United States since.
Her lawyers have been arguing in court that Ibrahim was mistakenly placed on the no-fly list and bureaucrats and lawyers have steadfastly refused to disclose the reasons for her inclusion or consider arguments for her removal.
``Once you're in the system it's almost impossible to get out,'' Ibrahim's lawyer Elizabeth Pipkin told the judge Monday during opening statements at the trial. Pipkin said Ibrahim landed on the no-fly list through inadequate training of list administrators and their bias regarding religious and national origin.
Federal prosecutor Lily Farel told the judge the government could not respond to any of Ibrahim's claims because of national security interests.
The U.S. government has refused to disclose how many people are on its no-fly list. The list is drawn from the U.S. National Counter-Terrorism Center list of suspected terrorists that authorities said contained 875,000 names as of May.


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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain Deed to Secure Debt from Alan Spikes and Amy Spikes to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. in the original principal amount of $198,000.00 dated 11/23/2004, and recorded in Deed Book 397, page 582, Appling County records, said Security Deed being last transferred and assigned to SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. in Deed Book 493, page 353, Appling County records, the undersigned will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the Courthouse door in said County, during the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday of April, 2013 by SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., as Attorney-in-Fact for Alan Spikes and Amy Spikes the following described property:
All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia consisting of 5.405 acres, more or less, of Land Lot No. 86 being described as follows: Commencing at an established point on the southeastern edge of what is known as the Old Alma Highway, being where the northern boundary line of B. Crews intersects the southeastern edge of said road, thence North 39 degrees 18 minutes East along the southeastern edge of said road for a distance of 525 feet; thence South 62 degrees 42 minutes East for a distance of 318 feet; thence South 75 degrees 42 minutes East for a distance of 325 feet; thence South 19 degrees 02 minutes East for a distance of 184 feet to the northern boundary line of the lands of B. Crews; thence West along the northern boundary line of lands of B. Crews for a distance of 1000 feet to the Point of Beginning.
Said tract of land is bound now or formerly; northwesterly by the Old Alma Road; northeasterly by lands of Ralph Deen, a line being established as shown on the hereinafter referred to plat; and southerly by lands of B. Crews.
Said tract of land is more particularly described in accordance with survey and plat thereof by David Hutto, Surveyor, recorded in Deed Book 147, Page 380, Appling County, Georgia Deed Records, which is incorporated herein and made a part hereof for descriptive and all other legal purposes.
Property known as: 7005 Satilla Church Road, Baxley, GA 31513
The indebtedness secured by said Deed to Secure Debt having been declared due and payable because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby, this sale will be made for the purposes of paying the same and all expenses of sale, including attorney's fees, (notice having been given as provided by law).
The property will be sold as the property of Alan Spikes and Amy Spikes subject to the following:
(1) all prior restrictive covenants, easements, rights-of-way or encumbrances; (2) all valid zoning ordinances; (3) matters which would be disclosed by an accurate survey of the property; (4) the outstanding ad valorem taxes and assessments, if any; (5) unpaid water and sewage bills, that constitute liens against the property, whether due and payable or not yet due and payable; and (6) matters of record superior to the security deed first set out above.
SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. holds the Note and referenced Security Deed and services the loan on behalf of Federal National Mortgage Association, the current owner of your loan. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Section 44-14-162.2 the name of the person or entity who has the full authority to negotiate, amend, or modify the terms of the aforementioned indebtedness is:
SunTrust Mortgage, Inc.
1001 Semmes Avenue
Richmond, VA 23224
Pursuant to O.C.G.A Section 44-14-162.2, nothing contained in this Notice of Sale shall obligate any entity to negotiate, amend, or modify said indebtedness.
To the best of the undersigned's knowledge and belief, the party in possession is Alan Spikes and Amy Spikes.
SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., as Attorney-in-fact for Alan Spikes and Amy Spikes.
This law firm is acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
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"Big hitter Vecsey scores with [this] tribute."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"[George] Vecsey's exhaustively researched book, Stan Musial: An American Life, winningly captures the essence of this son of the Depression; it is also filled with yearning for an earlier, perhaps better, time in sports: before steroids and showboating athletes, when the boys of summer traveled to games by train and the World Series ended in mid-October."—Associated Press
"Vecsey brings a fans' reverence and a skilled journalist's love of incisive research to this book, and the result is a sumptuous trip through a mid-20th century when baseball really was the National Pastime."—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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The importance of science on the International Space Station
The International Space Station is a permanent laboratory 400 km above the surface of the Earth where gravity has been virtually eliminated. One of the unusual consequences of this is that an astronaut only has to sneeze to be propelled backwards with a force as intense as the sneeze itself; a candle flame is perfectly round; water does not bubble when it boils. Strange effects apart, the lack of gravity can be very useful for investigating a wide range of fields.
With regard to life sciences, the Station is a perfect laboratory for studying, for example, everything to do with long-term visits to space. Can vegetables be grown under weightless conditions (perhaps for personal consumption by a future crew to Mars)? And what about rearing animals? As far as the human body is concerned, some of its reactions to a long-term lack of gravity are already known. The astronauts know that, amongst other things, their bones become less dense - something which they fight with daily exercise -, and that their bodily fluids are redistributed, causing their faces to swell and their legs to become thinner – in fact it is said that astronauts have 'birds legs'. But we need to know much more. For example, once outside the atmosphere the astronauts are exposed to radiation, sometimes very high energy particles coming from the solar wind and sources outside the Solar System. What is the long-term effect on their health?
The study of proteins is also related to life sciences. It is easier to grow protein crystals in weightlessness, which in turn enables their structure to be determined once they are on Earth. Ultimately, understanding the structure of proteins can help in everything from the design of new drugs to understanding the basic mechanisms of an organism.
Other areas in which the lack of gravity is key are the new materials and the physics of fluids. For example, metallic foam, a very light material, but at the same time very tough, can be grown in weightlessness. The experiments in fluid physics can, among other things, give clues as to how to increase the efficiency of car and aviation fuels.
The International Space Station will have six laboratories to carry out all these activities. Columbus is the European laboratory, due to be launched in the near future. The Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque has already taken part in the development of Columbus, and his flight will make a further contribution towards the completion of the Station.


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Swedish design manufacturer Offecct has launched four new furniture pieces at this year's Stockholm Furniture Fair. 'It's not really a complicated design,' maintains French designer Patrick Norguet of his new 'Fly' chair, in spite of the fact that he worked on the project for four years before his collaboration with the design team at Offecct identified the right technology to produce the chair. Compared by Norguet to the type of helmet worn by Japanese samurai, 'Fly' requires relatively little energy for the production of its fabric, which has an obvious benefit in terms of sustainability.
Swedish architectural trio Claesson Koivisto Rune have created a table called 'Snowflakes', which lays claim to being the first industrially produced piece of furniture in series where each individual piece is different from the next. Made from Corian, with the aid of advanced computer software, the table attempts to achieve the same variation found in real snowflakes. The table tops are cut by a milling machine, which is controlled by a piece of software that alters the milling program each time within certain parameters. The result: sameness with difference.
The name of Carlos Tiscar's new wingback for Offecct pretty much says it all in terms of the inspiration for the piece – 'Origami'. The chair combines the visually pleasing angularity that one finds in Japanese paper-folding with a softness provided by its generous upholstery. Of his design, the Spanish designer says, 'A person can sit comfortably in this chair for a long time. To me, good design is environmentally sound because these objects and furniture tend to have a longer lifespan.'


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Last year I really enjoyed tracking the books I read omg NEEEEEEERRRRRDDDDD! Goodreads is great for tracking basic info such as books read, page count etc. But ya see, I'm a Senior Business Intelligence Officer during the day,
and a crime fighting, shape shifting, wolfman superhero at night which sounds mighty fancy doesn't it? Well, it's not. It means I sit in a room looking at spreadsheets, inspection and public health reports all day. It also means that my mind works well with stats, charts, target projection and attainment. This mindset leaks through into my love of books and reading. Which means I wanted to track more than just what Goodreads offers. And what better way to do this than with a nice little simple spreadsheet?! There is no better way. It was a rhetorical question. Stop trying to answer me. La la la I'm not listening.
Last year I used a spreadsheet that was good, but it had a lot of things in it that I didn't use. So this year I decided to create my own. It has taken me a while to get around to it, because I'm supes busy with really important things like playing vidya games. I know how to prioritise life. But last night I sat at my PC and decided to get it done. A couple of hours later and here it is. Anyone is welcome to use this. You can change it and do whatever you like with it, just don't come running to me when it breaks! But if you find a broken link or errors in formulas, let me know. I will update this post with any amendments etc.
Hey ho, let's go!
File – Make a Copy – save a copy in your own drive. You could download this as an excel spreadsheet, but I haven't tested to see if it converts well, because, ew – Microsoft Office. This isn't 2011.
BooksRead Sheet
This is where you enter all the info on the books you read. It's pretty self explanatory, but for those who want a step by step guide – I am here to please. wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more
Title – The title of the book.
Author – The Author(s) of the book.
Author Gender – I like to track the genders of the authors I am reading so I can try and read a balance throughout the year. Enter the gender of the author(s) here.
Author Country – The country of which your author comes from.
Protagonist Gender – The gender of your protagonist. If your story has a group of protags, you can enter 'ensemble' here.
Category / Type – Is your book a comic, a novel, a short story collection? Enter that info here.
Age Group – Sometimes it is difficult to decide on this one. But do your best. Or don't, whatevs. It's your sheet now.
Genre – Occasionally I read things other than Fantasy. Maybe you do too?
Sub Genre – But what kind of Fantasy? Of course, those with witches.
Physical / Digital – Did it flap in the wind or glow in the night?
Format – Bit like above, but… I got nothing. It's self-explanatory. If you select Audiobook, it will highlight yellow to remind you to complete the next two columns.
Narrator – For use with audiobooks. Who read the book to you? Was it Stephen Fry? Or Neil Gaiman? Or someone else?
Hours – For use with audiobooks. How long was it? If you read at more than 1x speed, put the full amount of hours in here, your total hours will be calculated on the charts sheet.
No of Pages – How many pages does it have?
Year Published – What year was it published in? Is this not due to be published until 2019? That's ok, you can put that.
Publisher – Who published it?
Acquired – How did you get it? Was it second hand? A gift from someone? Did you buy it new?
Acquired From – When you got it, where did you get it from?
Read Status – Was this a new read? A re-read? DNF'd it – bummer! I tend not to record DNFs on the spreadsheet, it skews my numbers. But it is there for if you want to use it.
Date Started – What date did you start reading this? This is a sheet put together by an English man. That means dates are entered in the correct way as follows – DD/MM/YYYY. You know, in the logical way.
Date Finished – What date did you finish reading this? This date is vital – no other stats will count if this cell is not completed. Again, this is a sheet put together by an English man. That means dates are entered in the correct way as follows – DD/MM/YYYY. You know, in the logical way.
Reviewed – Have you reviewed it? Do you plan to? Did you update Goodreads without posting a blog review?
Star Rating – I've been super nice and put quarter stars in this. I only use full stars because THAT'S HOW RATINGS WORK! But the quarter stars are there for if you're a hippy kind that uses them. 🙂
Diversity? – I like to track whether the books I am reading contain an element of diversity. This column is a simple yes or no for any kind of diversity. The next few columns help break that down a little. Again, they are a simple yes/no answer. GSD refers to Gender and Sexual Diversity. Ain't noone got time for LGBTQIAPAHSBIGLKDLDKBHSVALADIBHSVK.
Charts Sheet
These are your charts, full of your stats. Most people seem to like pie charts, because, everyone likes pie. But I find it easier to work with bar graphs, because I choose not to fit in with society. So I included them both!
Stats Sheet
You only need to enter data in the yellow boxes. They are:
Cell F2 – How many books do you want to read this year?
Cell F3 – How many pages do you want to read this year?
Cell AD16 – If you listen to audiobooks, at what speed? I listen to them at 1.5x.
That's it, you do not need to change anything else on this sheet. But look at all those fancy tables full of your stats!
Drop Down Ref Sheet
This is where you can add new options for your drop down lists on the BooksRead sheet. DO NOT REORDER OR SORT THE LISTS! I know we all love a list sorted in alphabetical order, but sorting the lists will break everything… EVERYTHING! The world will collapse in on itself, and it will all be your fault. Think how bad you will feel. No one will get to see the end of Game of Thrones!! Don't be that guy. Just continue adding new options next in line. You can add as many as you want, up to (but not including) the grey box.
And that's it. That's the google sheet. I hope you like it if you decide to use it. Until next time, Peace and Love!
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Happy Monday!!!
I've been sick all weekend with a cold/ H1N1 flu/Bronchitis/The Plague. I tried to self diagnose but can't pinpoint it. Oh well, I'll treat like a cold and nurse/pray/sweat/drink myself back to health. Even though I had a rough weekend, I'm happy!! Perhaps it was that Codeine cough medicine I just took...lol!!!
I decided to stop into Trade Secret on my way to get my kids Sunday. Bad decision. They had the Essie Fall 2009 Collection but it was all sold out except this lone Midnight Cami. Why? They were having a BOGO Free sale on all Essie.
I'm on the fence with Midnight Cami...I compared it to Zoya Indigo and O.P.I. Russian Navy. They both are more glittery but Midnight Cami is bit more subdued, no glitter and its super glossy almost jelly-like. It looks black from a distance....


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About Sentinel Online
The Sentinel Online technical website objective is to allow you to find all information you need regarding the Sentinel program, the individual Sentinel Missions, their operational focus and the Copernicus Thematic area they support. Particular care was given to your understanding of the instruments, the performance of the data products including scientific applications, the Ground Segment processing, and guidance on accessing Sentinel data.
General information regarding the Copernicus programme can be found here.
General information regarding the Copernicus space component can be found here.
The Sentinel User Handbooks
In order to do this, each instrument has its own Handbook. The Handbooks are designed to:
Using the Handbook
The Handbook focuses on providing background information related to the acquisition, dissemination and access to Sentinel data for each mission. Each Handbook is structured to allow you to choose the relevant level of detail you require, and enable you to navigate in a logical flow from high level topics such as Mission Overview and Thematic Areas, towards increasingly detailed content about quality and access to Sentinel data.
The Mission Guide content is an overview of the mission, its objectives, the satellite, its payload, the ground segment, generated data products and related news. It will provide support to potential users of Copernicus services, as well as being of interest to the wider user community.
The User Guide provides a high level description of the instruments, coverage and acquisition, and available product levels. The User Guide also provides information on the relevant applications of each instrument, the format of the products and the software tools required to interpret the data. This information has been harmonised for all Sentinel missions and can be accessed under each category via the User Guide panel on the right of each instrument User Guide page.
The Technical Guide will provide a point of engagement for ESA and the Sentinel technical user community. The detailed information available in the Technical Guide is intended for users such as academics and industrial software engineers who have previous experience of similar EO missions and in-depth experience of data manipulation and management.
The Sentinel Data Access section provides high level information about the Copernicus Space Component Data Access (CSCDA) and guide you through the process of registration to become a Copernicus user, further detailed in the CSCDA web portal, and focuses on the Sentinel products availability and access mechanisms, and how the Sentinels as Contributing Missions fit into the Data Access Portfolio.


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So the iPad came and as expected, everyone can't stop talking about it. I was cautiously optimistic about Apple's tablet. I'm a sci-fi fan with a gadget fetish and I was loving the idea of carrying around a computer tablet just like they do in all of the latest science fiction movies. And Apple has a way of completely turning the computing world upside down. They have an elegance and polish that makes the intersection of software and hardware a nirvana.
Part of that is because they rule their platforms with an iron fist. The iPhone is obvious. It's arguably the most closed platform in recent memory. Every application has to go through Apple's approval process, can only be listed on Apple's store, and Apple takes a cut. It's a fantastic device, it provides developers a way to make money, but it is incredibly closed and arguably bordering on big brother. But OS X isn't perfect either. While I can install my own applications and control my own settings, things like getting the right APIs for the Flash Player to handle video or multi-touch aren't possible.
The iPad Cometh
So when the iPad was released and it was just a bigger iPod Touch, I was incredibly disappointed. If this is the future of computing then we've already lost. Apple is taking total control to a new and unfortunate level. It's the same pay-to-play model as the iPod Touch so that you'll be buying your applications from Apple (so they can take their cut), buying your videos and music from Apple, buying your books from Apple, and dealing with their DRM for all three. The ultimate lock-in.
The Honey Trap
This is what bugs me. As an evangelist I'm annoyed Flash isn't on the iPhone. But as a user, I'm terrified that Apple has put a vice grip on getting content on my devices. It used to be that when you bought a device, you owned it and could basically do whatever you want with it. The model of the iPad and the iPhone is the opposite of that. You're essentially paying for a device that then gives you the privilege to buy content from Apple. The honey pot of a seamless software-hardware experience has become a nightmarish trap that keeps you stuck and struggling.
As Mike Chambers said better than I can, having some support for HTML5 in Safari doesn't make an open platform. One of the great parts of the "open web" is exactly how open it is. Anyone can put up any piece of content, at any time, without asking for permission. The web is accepting of Flash content, HTML content, Silverlight content, numerous video and audio codecs, and other plug-ins. Users have the ultimate choice about what they want to see and how they want to see it. That ecosystem has led to a lot of great, free content like games, video, and applications.
Which is why Apple has locked down the device. They can't make money off of free. And instead of giving users choice and opening up their devices, they've decided to lock it down. The iPhone and iPad are each great pieces of technology and Apple deserves to make money off of them. But they could be so much better if they were open. The number of innovative things that an open ecosystem could do with this technology is mind-boggling. But that won't happen because the only ideas that will see the light of day are ideas Apple lets through.
We've come a long way from 1984, but obviously not long enough.


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My sweet husband went grocery shopping -- no small feat in itself -- and also brought me these. They weren't on the list.
Owen napping.
Sweet gifts that come in the mail from Etsy friends.
Check out those monkeys!!!
And vintage montees -- from the 1920's! Can't wait to put these to use....
A deep and heart-felt Thank You to all of you for your sweet cards, gifts and most of all, prayers and support.


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|System: PC, PS3*, Xbox 360
|Dev: Ubisoft
|Pub: Ubisoft
|Release: August 20, 2013
|Players: 1 (2+ Online)
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Drug Reference
Graphically, Splinter Cell: Blacklist is super clean to look at. There are occasionally some small issues during the cutscenes, but nothing distracting. The textures in the game are spot-on and the lighting effects play a huge factor in the game and are executed with great precision. The environments also "breathe," and this is something many sandbox games have been doing lately. Conviction's world felt alive and open, even if you had a linear path, but in Blacklist, I felt the world was more refined. This is definitely something that helps authenticate the world of Sam Fisher and the fears the game instills upon the player.
Regrettably, the voice acting of Sam Fisher has changed. Michael Ironside doesn't provide his legendary voice to Sam Fisher, which is somewhat disheartening, but at the same time, new fellow Eric Johnson does a fantastic job carrying the torch. After a few missions, Johnson's Fisher transcends the complaints about the absence of Ironside. The rest of the performances are all handled incredibly well. There's a sense of believability from the script and the emoting voice-over work in the demanding story arc.
Splinter Cell: Blacklist has a lot to talk about in the game. I hate to give spoilers in my reviews because it is important that the player is able to enjoy the experience the same way I did. I will say this, however, Splinter Cell: Blacklist has become one of my personal favorite titles this year. The story is engaging, the characters have a sense of depth to them I enjoy, and the stealth action rivals, if not surpasses, the most recent Metal Gear entry. All in all, this is a game designed for players who bide their time before sneaking behind an enemy and sending them on to the great beyond. Of course, if you are the player that likes the balls-to-the-wall, guns-a-blazin' action, there's that too. It's a win-win for everyone but the enemy.
Matt Walker
Date: August 19, 2013
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