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George Williams Sydney Morning Herald 22 June 2010
One of the greatest shows in Washington begins next week when Elena Kagan fronts a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. As President Barack Obama's nominee to fill a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court, she must undertake what may be days of torrid questioning about her professional and personal life. The Senate, not the President, has the final say on her appointment.
Grilling of candidates for federal judicial office goes back several decades. It is the most important means by which the Senate informs itself of a nominee's qualities and of their shortcomings. The hearings have moved on from being short, little-reported events to major set pieces in the ritualistic struggle for ascendancy between Democrats and Republicans.
Kagan is regarded as a progressive legal thinker. Her selection is particularly important because her views could prove decisive in continuing Supreme Court battles in areas ranging from federal power to the criminalisation of abortion. Obama himself brings unusual expertise to the process, having worked as a professor of constitutional law for 12 years before becoming a senator.
The President has taken a risk in choosing a former academic in Kagan who, unlike every other member of the current court, has no prior judicial service. That said, Kagan comes with otherwise impeccable credentials, including as dean of Harvard Law School. She is now the federal solicitor-general, the Obama administration's advocate in the court.
The confirmation process brings a level of scrutiny and transparency to judicial appointments not found anywhere else in the world. It began three days after her nomination in May when the Senate Judiciary Committee sent Kagan a list of 25 probing questions about her background.
Kagan's 202-page response lays bare the full record of her professional life. The mountain of information even contains a full financial statement revealing she has bank deposits and cash in hand of $US739,783 ($848,112) – and a total net worth of $US1,762,519.
All this is made public on the committee's website. The detail is extraordinary in containing links to reading guides she set for her law students through to university newspaper articles she first wrote as an 18-year-old undergraduate on topics such as the shortcomings of the student social scene and the latest ice hockey game.
This material will form the basis for her public testimony next week. The committee's questioning will range from Dorothy Dixers about her judicial philosophy to sustained fire from Republicans over whether her lack of judicial experience makes her unfit for the highest judicial office in the land.
Such scrutiny might seem over the top, but it makes sense when you consider the job Kagan is seeking. As a judge of the highest court in the US, she with eight others would have the final word on the powers of the federal government and the interpretation of the Bill of Rights.
The job is for life. She has been nominated to replace Justice John Paul Stevens who, at age 90, has sat on the court for over 34 years. Kagan is a young nominee at age 50, and if she serves until the same age as Stevens will not leave the court until 2050.
Much rides on her appointment not just over the life of the Obama administration, but over the coming decades. The process is correspondingly rigorous, though, in the end, she will almost certainly be confirmed. Kagan will have spent the past month being coached on how to answer, and sometimes dodge, the most difficult and contentious questions, and will pass the Senate gauntlet if the Democrats exercise their clear majority.
Australia has nothing like this process. The first official word we hear of the appointment of a judge to our High Court is when it is announced by the federal government. There is no pre-appointment scrutiny by Parliament or the public, and appointees tend to remain a mystery to the public even after their selection. This is despite our judges also having the final say on matters including the powers of our federal and state parliaments.
The Rudd government has made positive changes to how we appoint federal judges by introducing appointment criteria, public advertisements and the use of advisory panels. But these reforms have not been applied to High Court appointments, meaning that the scrutiny is reduced rather than heightened for our top court.
This should change. We may not want the partisanship of confirmation hearings, but a more open process would certainly be welcome for appointments to our highest court.
SMH Note: George Williams is the Anthony Mason professor of law at the University of NSW.
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Galations 1:10 (NIV) Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
God is calling us to gain His approval, not the approval of people. People will only approve of us when our performance meets their expectations, but once we slip below the minimum line, we are out. When our performance becomes the standard for other people's approval, our dignity is reduced to a performance goal or an objective. Most people conform by learning how the system works and give other people what they want: performance. However, the bible also tells us in Galatians 5:13 that we are to serve one another humbly in love. I am not trying to please people with my performance, but I am also not to use this "freedom" to indulge lashing out at people or being judgmental. If we work with and help each other, we can humble ourselves by loving our neighbor just as we love ourselves.
Simple obedience is the secret to pleasing God. Jesus did not die so that you can get away with "whatever" on a regular basis; He died to save your spirit. The Bible tells us to "Have Faith", but its not just telling you to have faith, it is telling you to believe in your heart. When you have faith in Christ, the love of God is so real that you feel you could do anything for Jesus.
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Here's something odd: I've been hunting for the existing language in the Endangered Species Act that would be modified by the new legislation introduced today by three members of Idaho's congressional delegation, Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch and 1st District Rep. Raul Labrador, to clarify that people can shoot grizzly bears in self-defense. It turns out that practically identical language already exists in the very next section of the ESA that follows the one the Idaho lawmakers would amend.
Their bill says, "Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), the provisions of this Act shall not apply with respect to the taking of any grizzly bear by an individual who demonstrates to the Secretary by a preponderance of the evidence that the individual carried out the taking as a result of: 1 - self defense; 2 - defense of another individual; or 3 - a reasonable belief of imminent danger posed by the grizzly bear to any individual." This language, under the bill, would be tacked on to the end of Section 10 of 16 USC 1539.
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I queried University of Idaho law professor Dale Gobel, an expert on the Endangered Species Act, to find the existing language in the law. "It's in the statute," he said, noting of the bill with a chuckle, "It seems redundant, but other than that, why not?"


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Dogs can be goofy, and their goofy behavior can cause their human pals to ask questions about their behavior, and wonder whether it is normal or a sign of something. Rolling in grass is one such oddity that makes dog owners ask what their dog is up to. As with most questions about animal (and specifically dog behavior) there are always a variety of possibilities for why they exhibit certain behavior.
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According to the researchers, the bald men won out in all three categories. The study also says men who willingly ditch their hair are perceived as more appealing because they've gone against the traditional norms associated with hair and vitality.
"Choosing to dispense with one's hair is arguably a form of nonverbal behavior, a form of expression which communicates information about the self otherwise difficult to observe," researchers write.
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Some things never change. The tree always goes up the day after Thanksgiving while Frosty, Frosty Returns and A Charlie Brown play in the background. Christmas Eve is always with Mom's side of the family. I can't remember a Christmas morning without pancakes doused in maple syrup complemented by a glass of grape juice. Even beyond the holidays, traditions run our lives whether we acknowledge it or not. Did I even go to Starbucks if I didn't snap a pic for My Story? And if Abby and I are watching FRIENDS, there will be spoons of peanut butter. (Don't ask me why because I couldn't really tell you a rhyme or reason.)
Traditions provide familiarity and fondness, but at times, they constrict and confine. This past Thanksgiving, many things were the same: turkey, mashed potatoes, bread rolls, stuffing, brownies and cheesy "what are you thankful for?"s. But this year, our family spiced it up, and I'm not talking about the pumpkin spiced caramel corn. Instead, we had two international students from China join us for our Thursday traditions along with extended family.
I thought it'd be weird. Every family has a rhythm when it comes to nightly bedtime routines all the way to who opens presents first on Christmas morning. Having two people who I've never met before (and whose first language isn't English) isn't a regular occurrence for family gatherings. But this experience was entirely enjoyable, and I'd be down to host other international students in the following years because yes, I'm serious: it was enjoyable. Here are several reasons why:
We're not really all that different.
Believe me: I didn't see this one coming. Maybe 20 minutes into meeting these two students, I found out one student's favorite artist was Taylor Swift. And you should've seen his face when I told him I went to her 1989 concert. And that I dressed up as her several Halloweens ago. My sisters and I bubbled on about 1989 and our favorite songs from the album. It was in that moment, although seemingly superficial, that I began to understand he may come from a country thousands of miles away and have an entirely different worldview, but we both are people with interests and hopes. As we were moseying down the buffet line for lunch, one of the students noted the stuffing, saying he'd read about stuffing in his middle school English textbook. Although I don't know a lick of any Chinese dialect, I remember many a time learning about different French traditions in my freshman year textbook. Our typical breakfasts and neighborhoods may look like polar opposites, but hey, we're from the same planet.
You're an expert, they're an expert… learn from each other.
Give yourself some credit. You've probably lived in the same country your entire life, and this international student has grown up in a completely different country for a number of years, too. Just by simply living, you've been studying since you've been born. While politics tend to be taboo at family gatherings (err, that's what most would prefer), the Thanksgiving table bubbled with the contrasting political processes in America versus China in a respectful fashion. Even schooling systems in different countries take on extremely different appearances. One of the students even asked my sisters and me what the difference between Thanksgiving and Christmas. You learn so much more from a person than a textbook about what it's actually like to live it. Yes, we're all people, but these conversations opened my mind to a completely different culture that approaches life in an alternate manner. And FYI I learned fortune cookies have literally nothing to do with China, so there's that…
Some things are universal.
Somebody cue "Kumbaya." We've walked through the beauty of similarity and contrast, but at then end of the day, some things are just the same ole, same ole. Our family watched ping pong videos, and they dished on Chinese heartthrob athletes. And it wouldn't be a holiday gathering without photos. And it is the 21st century, so, of course, this will include a selfie stick. The night ended with many selfies (partly because gma was cut out of some on accident—whoops!) and "if you're ever in the neighborhood…in China, drop a line!" One of the students asked if we listened to a certain radio station, and we said yes. He then proceeded to ask us if we've heard "Closer" by the Chainsmokers and Halsey. My, oh, my… I don't think I've been to a social gathering in the past few months without hearing that song.
Traditions can be a strong aspect of our heritage, but at times, they limit our awareness and experience. It would've been easier to host a bonus gathering for just these international students so as not to "interrupt" our Thanksgiving traditions, but that's not the point. Cultural awareness comes from living life together. And because cultures often divide themselves by borders and bridges, it's hard to sample the global buffet. Traditions aren't bad, but they fail us when we're too stuck in our ways to rearrange the schedule when need arises. Don't let your mind dwell on what if it's uncomfy or what are we even going to talk about. Giving an international student a place to be on a holiday or even just cultivating cultural awareness are worth the effort.
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Ki-77 Mission to Germany
Ki-77 Mission to Germany
Posted By: Larry deZeng <email@example.com>
Date: Thursday, 28 June 2001, at 6:26 a.m.
Can anyone shed some fresh light on this little-known historical footnote, that apparently was still a mystery as late as the 1970s? Some of you guys are pretty sharp on this stuff, so I have my hopes up!
On page 264 of Francillon's "Japanese Aircraft" it is stated that, "A second prototype (i.e., the Ki-77) began flight trials the following month to be readied for the "Seiko" (Success) flight between Japan and Germany. This flight was actually attempted on 7 July, 1943, but the aircraft was lost over the Indian Ocean, possibly due to an encounter with British fighters, on its way from Singapore to Berlin."
The same month, RAF "Y" Service personnel intercepted the following ULTRA signal from Berlin dated 7 July 1943 to Kdo.d.Flughafenbereich 6/VI (Airfield Regional Command) at Sarabus, Crimea, which exercised authority over the entire Luftwaffe air base complex in Crimea at the time:
"On 8/7 an allied aircraft will fly via air grid squares 3420, 2560 and 2510 to Sarabus. It is a two engined low wing monoplane, wing span 30 metres, metal fuselage, natural colour, wings grey. The aircraft must not be fired on under any circumstances." The ULTRA signals intelligence analyst at Blechley Park then appended the following note: "This presumably refers to undertaking "GOA" in which an aircraft was flying to Sarabus from Tokio via Singapore." (ULTRA signal CX/MSS 2867/T8).
Does anyone know if this mystery was ever solved? Was the Ki-77 shot down by RAF fighters? Have there been any articles about this operation and flight since Francillon penned the above in 1970? I recall running across a reference or two to this mission in years gone by, but I can no longer recall the details. It sounds like the sort of thing that might have appeared in Air Enthusiast or the Journal of the AAHS. Any ideas?
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Date: Tuesday, 3 July 2001, at 7:46 a.m.
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There was little left to add to Andrew's excellent post. Here is some pics from AIRPOWER July 1976, "Across Pacific" by Robert Mikesh.
A26 was infact designed for Asahi Journal as a ultra long range a/c to reach New York from Tokyo for a record breaking flight. Designation A26 comes from A for Asahi 26 for 26th century (1940) since the establishment of Japan.
The world had waited till Nov 1975 for a direct flight from NY to Tokyo by a Boeing 747SP. Among the passengers Dr. Hidemasa Kimura design leader of A26! At the VIP lounge he said "It was a long wait... but a very comfortable ride"
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It seldom ends well when stupid people try to be clever. The latest case in point involves some Democrats in the Georgia legislature:
This afternoon, the House Judiciary (Non-Civil) Committee will take up HB 954, a measure that would prohibit abortions on women who are more than 20 weeks pregnant. Current law prohibits abortions after the second trimester, or about 24 weeks.
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In response, House Democrats have scheduled a 3 p.m. Wednesday hearing at the state Capitol, to propose a bill that would ban Georgia males from seeking vasectomies. From the press release:
"Thousands of children are deprived of birth in this state every year because of the lack of state regulation over vasectomies," said Rep. Yasmin Neal, author of the bill. "It is patently unfair that men can avoid unwanted fatherhood by presuming that their judgment over such matters is more valid than the judgment of the General Assembly, while women's ability to decide is constantly up for debate throughout the United States."
House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams added, "The Republican attack on women's reproductive rights is unconscionable. What is more deplorable is the hypocrisy of HB 954's author. If we follow his logic, we believe it is the obligation of this General Assembly to assert an equally invasive state interest in the reproductive habits of men and substitute the will of the government over the will of adult men."
What really needs to be addressed here is the failure of the Georgia education system. Apparently, these people were mistakenly allowed out of junior high without learning the difference, in terms of the life cycle, between an unfertilized gamete and a viable fetus. I realize that I just used some words the the authors of this bill probably don't understand so allow me to illustrate the difference between the two in pictures: this and this are fundamentally different in the eyes of both science and the law, and always have been, for reasons that should be obvious to anyone in possession of a human brain.
But there's yet a more fundamental stupidity at work, here. Let us suppose that the authors of this bill are correct that a woman should have the right to not be pregnant by any means she chooses and at every stage of the reproductive process. See if you can spot the logical error in accomplishing this by outlawing vasectomies.
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Even a down-home family man has to sometimes get up and go talk about design, web standards, and other hot topics. Here (and in the sidebar) are the places I'll go this year—starting with Princeton University, where I lecture this very Saturday.
- Better: Design For Social Causes – Princeton
Feb. 28, Princeton University, Betts Auditorium
Good web design is not principally concerned with the decoration of screen space. Rather, like all design, good web design concerns itself with understanding and solving problems. Learn techniques and processes that turn nonprofit (and other) clients into partners and ensure that work is focused on audience needs, not the whims of powerful committee members.
- SXSW Interactive – Austin
FROM FREELANCE TO AGENCY: Start Small, Stay Small
Moderator. Panel with Roger Black, Kristina Halvorson, Whitney Hess, Mar. 14, SXSW Interactive, Austin Convention Center, Sat. Mar. 14, 3:30–4:30 PM
The web has always attracted mavericks and entrepreneurs, and a rocky economy makes the freelance life more desirable (or at least more inevitable) than ever. So what happens when your freelance business starts to grow? How big can you get without getting bad? How can freelancers and small teams compete with traditional agencies? Hip freelancers and cool agency heads will answer questions, compare experiences, and tell their stories.
South by Bookstore, Austin Convention Center, Sun. Mar. 15, 3:30–4:00 PM. I'll be signing copies of Designing With Web Standards, 2nd Edition.
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An Event Apart Seattle
May 4–5, Bell Harbor Conf. Center, Seattle
An Event Apart Boston
June 22–23, Boston Marriott Copley Place
An Event Apart Chicago
Oct. 12–13, Sheraton Towers
An Event Apart San Francisco
Dec. 7–8, The Palace Hotel
- Besides emceeing with Eric Meyer, I'll cover the following topics:
A Site Redesign
When and why should you redesign? How can you change the way a site looks, while preserving the way its brand feels? How can "listening to your content" help you retool a design to more effectively (and more excitingly) meet your users' needs? To uncover these lessons and more, I'll review the thinking behind my recent redesign of a site you know well.
The Survey, Year Two
Web design is practically the only business in the global economy that is still going at least somewhat strong. Yet, as in years past, not much is known about web designers and developers except what we find out for ourselves. Slice, dice, and digest the data from the second A List Apart survey for people who make websites.
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Scenes from Victoria's anti-racism demonstration: June 7, 2020
Victoria artists remove ACAB from mural, add new message
The acronym ACAB in the Bastion Square mural is seen in this since-deleted reddit post.
VICTORIA -- An anti-racism mural that has been in place in downtown Victoria for more than two months has had an acronym from part of the mural removed. Some found the acronym, ACAB, offensive for its meaning, "All Cops Are Bastards."
The acronym, which was located in the letter 'S' of the mural, which reads, "More Justice, More Peace," was painted over in black on Wednesday.
In its place, three eagle feathers have been painted above the letter with the following message listed underneath:
"This letter has been censored by the City of Victoria influenced by the Victoria Police Department. In doing so, Victoria is contributing to the silencing of Black and Indigenous voices and experiences across this land."
The message was agreed upon by both the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of colour) artists who created the mural and city staff after several discussions.
The City of Victoria, who helped sponsor the mural's creation in August, says that the art piece will continue to be a reflection of the challenges that BIPOC community members face in Canada.
"While the mural in Bastion Square will be changing, it will remain an honest representation of the artists' experience," said city manager Jocelyn Jenkyns in a statement Wednesday.
"I want to acknowledge the feelings that have been expressed on all sides of this issue," she said. "The city is committed to supporting artists and public art. The 17 BIPOC artists who created the More Justice, More Peace mural have sparked an important conversation about systemic racism and discrimination in our city and in our country."
On Wednesday, local activist and Olympian Charity Williams posted on social media saying that the removal of ACAB from the mural and conversations that preceded it with the city were a step forward for the community.
"Today, the artist collective have come to an arrangement to alter this mural," she wrote. "This is in no way a concession, rather a way forward. A commitment to hold those in power accountable. Because even in this process, there were lessons learned."
"Every battle tells a story, holds a message and there is a deep one here," she added. "I challenge you all to find that message. What does More Justice More Peace mean to you?"
In August, Victoria Police Chief Del Manak called the ACAB acronym "deeply disrespectful" and advocated for its removal.


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Hi Martine, oh wow these are gorgeous, what wonderful keepsakes they are for everyone, beautiful.ReplyDelete
Stay safe, healthy and happy, hugs, June Smith xxx
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Hi Martine, I did the same but used different stamps for ease of posting. These are all gorgeous! Loving the bows. All Christmas presents bought and just need to be wrapped, Christmas cards all sent out and just a few food bits to buy.ReplyDelete
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English translationvoyez le [texte original, en français->1449 et la [trad. espagnole->1922Italian theoretical and political movement, operaismo was fundamentally active during the 60s and the beginning of the 70s. In an epoch where the worker movement in crisis was dominated by excessively "ideological" debates, operaismo was characterized essentially by proposing a "return to the working class". It is characterized by:
1) A method. "We too have considered in first place capitalist development, and only afterward the workers struggles. This is an error. It is necessary to invert the problem, change the sign, and begin again: and the beginning is the struggle of the working class." (M. Tronti, p105). As such, not only is class struggle the motor of history, but rather, above all, the relation is asymmetric. It is the movement, always visible, of the working class that explain those of capital and of capitalist society, and not the inverse.
This abstract idea acquires its meaning with the introduction of the concept of class composition. The working class is not a mythological notion, but rather a historically constructed whole. Technical composition: analysis of the labor process, of the technology, not in sociological terms but rather as sanction of the relations of force between classes. Example: fordism and taylorism embody the principle of eliminating the resistance of the workers and their unions imposing a new type of work. It makes sense, then, to analyze in detail the labor process, its modifications, in order to understand what "class struggle" means: there has never been more Marxist "evidence". Political composition: inside the working class certain fractions play a minor political role. The working class is not content with reacting to the dominion of capital, it is immersed continually in the process of political recomposition, and capital is obliged to respond with a continual restructuration of the labor process. It makes sense, as such, to analyze this political recomposition, the cycle of struggles.
2) A global point of view. From the first texts of Raniero Panzieri attention is centered on planning. Capital acquires more relevance as a social power that tries to control the movements of the class, than as private property. From here there arises a new vision of the State: no longer is it the simple guarantor, but rather the organizer of exploitation, intervening directly in production. The form of the state is a consequence of the class composition. Antonio Negri can thus demonstrate that the "keynsian" state, and, in general, that what he calls the "planner state" is nothing other than the insertion of the October Revolution into capitalist development: workers power is considered as independent variable.
3) A political movement. If the working class is the motor for capitalist development, it can equally be, and is, a force of rupture. In a period of apparent reflux, in which one can speak of a working class will to integration, the operaists preached, and tried to organize, new struggle impelled by a new figure: the "mass worker", the nonqualified worker in the large factories. Struggles for wage equality, not as corporatist claims but rather as political forces of rupture capable of blocking the system and augmenting workers power. The movement of '68 would be perceived as confirmation of this thesis. There exists the possibility of rupture, and as such the construction of communism (against socialism, the new form of development); but also the state can equally impose its restructuration, once again transforming the workers struggles into simple motors for development.
4) A movement in History. The will to organize the movements in open conflict with the traditional worker movement provoked a rupture in the Quaderni Rossi (the originary journal of this tendency), lead by Panzieri: in 1964 the periodical Classe operaia was born, animated by Mario Tronti, Romano Alquati and Antonio Negri, among others, from which a part of the group separated in 1966, lead by Mario Tronti, that would end up entering into the PCI. After 1968, the group Potere Operaio would be one mode of inheriting the earlier tendency; its self-dissolution in 1973 signaled the appearance of the "workers autonomy". Negri would elaborate the theory of the "social worker" as new figure of a working class that had ceased to be concentrated in the large factories and had come to be distributed in a more diffused form in the totality of the territory, with the concept of productive work adopting a greater extension, and the State converting itself into the principle direct enemy. But that is already another story.
– Quaderni Rossi, 1961-1965, republished, Roma, Nuove edizioni operaie, 1976-1978 ;
– Classe operaia, 1964-1967, republished, Milan,
Machina Libri, 1979 ;
– Contropiano, Firenze, La Nuova Italia.
Books (in general collections of articles, assembled much later)
– Romano Alquati, Sulla Fiat, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1975 ;
– Antonio Negri, La Forma-Stato, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1977 ;
– Id., Crisi dello Stato-piano, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1974 ;
– Id., Proletari e Stato, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1976;
– Raniero Panzieri, La crisi del movimento operaio, Milan, Lampugnani Nigri, 1973 ;
– Id., La ripresa del marxismo-leninismo in Italia, Milan, Sapere Edizioni, 1973 ;
– Mario Tronti, Operai e Capitale, Turín, Einaudi, 1966.
– Operai e Stato, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1972 ;
– Crisi e organizzazione operaia, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1974 ;
– L'operaio multinazionale in Europa, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1974 ;
– Imperialismo e classe operaia multinazionale, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1976.
Originally published as François Matheron, « Operaïsme », in Bensussan – Labica, Dictionnaire critique du marxisme, Paris, Quadrigue – Presses Universitaires de France, 1999.
Translated by Nate Holdren


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Events Related
The following are videos of the presentations from the Outerzone 2011 hacker conference.
- web.config Security Analyzer
This little beauty let's you feed in a Web.config then it comes back and tells you everything you've done wrong in the world of security configuration.
- web.config Security Analyzer – wcanalyzer.com
- Continuous Web.config security analysis with WCSA and TeamCity – troyhunt.com
- OWASP Top 10
If you've spent any time defending web applications as a security analyst, or perhaps as a developer seeking to adhere to SDLC practices, you have likely utilized or referenced the OWASP Top 10.
- OWASP Top 10 Tools and Tactics – resources.infosecinstitute.com
- A Deliberately Vulnerable Set of PHP Scripts That Implement the OWASP Top 10 – irongeek.com
- Focusing on the Spirit of NIST's Guidance For Continuous Monitoring – blog.coresecurity.com
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has regularly recommended new guidance to help give agencies a clearer deployment path to a more robust information security program.
- Viewpoint Paper on Threats and Vulnerabilities – jps.anl.gov
I would go even further and argue that understanding Vulnerabilities is more powerful than understanding Threats—regardless of the relative difficulty of TAs vs. VAs.
- The Key Skill-Set of Great Penetration Testers – thehackeracademy.com
For me, the difference between Keatron's list and a great penetration tester comes down to one thing: intelligence types. Specifically, the difference between convergent intelligence and divergent intelligence.
- Metasploit VNC Password Extraction – room362.com
I ran into the same issue on Penetration Tests in the past but didn't know much about the wacked out version of DES that RFB (the VNC protocol) was using.
- Update: Inspathx r66 – code.google.com
Inspathx is a tool that uses local source tree to make requests to the URL and search for path inclusion error messages.
- Update: JBroFuzz 2.5! – sourceforge.net
JBroFuzz is a web application fuzzer for requests being made over HTTP or HTTPS. Its purpose is to provide a single, portable application that offers stable web protocol fuzzing capabilities.
- Update: Skipfish-1.85b! – code.google.com
Skipfish is a fully automated, active web application security reconnaissance tool.
- Update: WhatWeb v.0.4.6! – github.com
WhatWeb next generation web scanner identifies what websites are running. Released at the Kiwicon conference (kiwicon.org) in Wellington, New Zealand.
- Pastenum – Pastebin/pastie enumeration tool – corelan.be
When conducting a pen-test, the process typically starts with the reconnaissance phase, the process of gathering information about your target(s) system, organization or person.
- The Open Pentest Bookmark Collection v1.4 – securityaegis.com
News, news, news… Hey guys and gals of the security community. We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.4 (yes 1.3 squeaked by without a blog post) of the Open Pentest Bookmarks Collection.
- New SNMP Metasploit Modules – carnal0wnage.attackresearch.com
My new favorite modules (for today) are the snmp_enumusers and snmp_enumshares modules that work against windows hosts that have snmp running.
- PenTest Perfect Storm 6: We Love Cisco! – willhackforsushi.com
In the webcast, hosted by CORE Security Technologies, we discussed attack techniques against Cisco devices, combining wireless, network and web app techniques to exploit common network architectures.
- Metasploit: Adobe Flash CVE-2011 – blog.metasploit.com
Recently, I spent about a week and a half working on the latest 0-day Flash vulnerability. I released a working exploit on March 22nd 2011. The original exploit was just an attempt to get something working out the door for all of our users.
- Attack using CVE-2011-0609 – f-secure.com
Attackers have been taking advantage of the situation in Japan to trick their targets into opening malicious files. These cases have used infected Excel attachments with Flash exploits.
- Extracting AP names from Packet Captures – packetstan.com
Years ago, while working as a Network Engineer, I did a bit of sniffing of our wireless access points. I noticed that some access point, mainly Cisco, broadcast the Access Point's name.
Vendor/Software Patches
- Apple releases Mac OS x 10.6.7 update – h-online.com
In the software update notes, Apple also recommends the update "for all early 2011 MacBook Pro models".
- Firefox 3 Updates and SSL Blacklist Extension – isc.sans.edu
At the heels of yesterday's Firefox 4 release, we today got 3.6.16 and 3.5.18. As usual, Mozilla will provide security updates for some older browsers after the release of a new major version.
- Adobe fixes Vulnerabilities in Flash, AIR and Acrobat – h-online.com
Adobe has released updates to its Flash Player, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader products to fix related security vulnerabilities in these products that potentially allowed an attacker to compromise a system by means of a crafted SWF embedded in an Excel file.
- SCADA: The Luigi Auriemma files
The security of critical infrastructure is in the spotlight again this week after a researcher released attack code that can exploit several vulnerabilities found in systems used at oil-, gas- and water-management facilities, as well as factories, around the world.
- Interview with Luigi Auriemma of 34 0day ICS Vulnerabilities – digitalbond.com
- Italian Researcher Publishes 34 ISC Vulnerabilities – digitalbond.com
- Vulnerabilities in some SCADA server software – seclists.org
- Attack Code For SCADA Vulnerabilities Released Online – wired.com
- Another zero-day exploit for SCADA systems – h-online.com
- Advanced Exploitation of the recent Flash Zero-Day Vulnerability – blog.fortinet.com
Looking into it more in-depth, I was then able to confirm that this vulnerability is a perfect real-world example of program flow validation error.
Other News
- The Comodo Conspiracy
Thus, while an Iranian state-sponsored attack is a plausible theory, it's not the only one.
- List of Fraudulently Issued Certificates – comodo.com
- A brief introduction to web 'certificates' – erratasec.blogspot.com
- No Reason to Believe Comodo Attack Came from Iranian Government – erratasec.blogspot.com
- Web Browsers and Comodo Disclose A Succesful Certificate Authority Attack, Perhaps from Iran – freedom-to-tinker.com
- Comodo RA Compromise – isc.sans.edu
- Microsoft Advisory About Stolen SSL Crtificates – isc.sans.edu
- Microsoft Warns: Fraudulent digital certificates issued for high value websites – zdnet.com
- Comodo CA Compromised by Iran? – djtechnocrat.blogspot.com
- Hack Obtains 9 Certificates to prominent Websites; traced to Iran – wired.com
- SSL meltdown forces browser developers to update – h-online.com
- Phony SSL Certificates issued to Google, Yahoo, Skype and others – threatpost.com
- Fraudulent Certificates Issued by Comodo, is it time to rethink who we trust? – nakedsecurity.sophos.com
- How the Comodo Certificate fraud calls CA trust into question – arstechnica.com
- Comodo certificate issue follow up – blog.mozilla.com
- Homegrown: Rustock Botnet fed By U.S. Firms – krebsonsecurity.com
Aaron Wendel opened the doors of his business to some unexpected visitors on the morning of Mar. 16, 2011.
- HD Moore Releases His Process for Security Research – resources.infosecinstitute.com
HD Moore is Chief Security Officer at Rapid7 and Chief Architect of Metasploit, the leading open-source penetration testing platform.
- Industrial Control Systems: security holes galore – h-online.com
It seems that Stuxnet has given many security experts an interest in the potential holes in industrial control and SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems.
- McAfee Acquires Sentrigo – securosis.com
McAfee has had a partnership with Sentrigo for a couple years, and both companies have cooperatively sold the Sentrigo solution and developed high-level integration with McAfee's security management software.


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Alector, a South Francisco, CA-based biotechnology company focused on developing therapies that harness the immune system to cure neurodegenerative diseases and cancer, closed a $133m Series E financing.
Backers included Deerfield Management, AbbVie Ventures, Federated Kaufmann Fund, Section 32, Euclidean Capital, Foresite Capital, Lilly Asia Ventures, New Leaf Venture Partners, Perceptive Advisors, Casdin Capital, Polaris Partners, OrbiMed, MRL Ventures, GV, the Dementia Discovery Fund, Mission Bay Capital, Amgen Ventures, and others.
The company intends to use the funds to advance its clinical programs and expand the discovery platform.
Led by Arnon Rosenthal, Ph.D., chief executive officer, and Sabah Oney, Ph.D., chief business officer, Alector focuses on developing therapies that leverages the immune system to cure neurodegenerative diseases and cancer.
The company has identified a portfolio of drug candidates that have the potential to restore normal immune function to the aging brain and counteract neurodegeneration.
Today, Alector announced the intended indications for its first three neurodegenerative disease drug candidates:
• AL001 is being developed for the treatment of FTD. Mutations in AL001's target protein are known to be causal for FTD.
• AL002 targets a triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2), which is known to contribute to the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.
• AL003 targets SIGLEC-3, a transmembrane receptor expressed on cells of myeloid lineage, which is a known prevalent risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.


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Tauer Perfumes will launch Sotto La Luna Gardenia, the first in a projected series of Sotto La Luna fragrances "inspired by flowers in the night".1
The spicy freshness of gardenia budding under a bright moon.
The green floral delicacy of gardenia in full bloom with a gentle rose.
The powdery mossiness of ripe gardenia with a hint of jasmine, in a bed of sandalwood, tonka and vanilla
Tauer Perfumes Sotto La Luna Gardenia will debut in September, in 50 ml Eau de Parfum, $143.
(first quote via Les Senteurs at Facebook, second quote via tauerperfumes)
1. You can follow the development of the Sotto La Luna line on the Tauer blog, where Andy Tauer first mentioned the project in 2012. He has more recently mentioned upcoming tuberose and hyacinth fragrances in the series.


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A lever (or lever tumbler) is a lock design that uses flat pieces of metal (also known as levers) and a bolt as locking components. In this article, 'lever lock' does not mean a locking lever handle incorporating a cylinder locking device. In most designs, the position of the levers prevents the bolt from retracting. When positioned properly, a gate in the lever allows the bolt to move (shot or withdrawn). Lever locks are historically one of the most popular lock designs, but use has declined as less expensive pin-tumbler locks have gained popularity. Lever locks are popular in Europe (particularly the UK), eastern Europe, and some parts of South America, as residential and commercial door locks and on safes. Safe-deposit boxes in banks around the world use lever designs heavily.
A single locking tumbler was used on many Roman metal locks, often in association with wards. Many early door locks had no case, with a bolt and locking tumbler mounted on a backplate. From at least 13C, some locks had these components mounted in a wood stock without a backplate — this lock design is the Banbury lock (the reason for this name is unknown). These designs did not use fences and gates, but rather a simple pivoted tumbler or lever that the key had to move (typically, lift) out of the way in order for the bolt to move. Security was provided by warding. Other locks had a backplate mounted in a wood stock - the [plate] stock lock.
Barron lock
In 1778, Robert Barron patented [BP1200] the principle of all modern mechanical security locks — the double-acting movable detainer. His patent describes 'the gating or racking to allow a stump on the tumbler to pass through the bolt, or an opening in the tumbler to allow a stump on the bolt to pass through.' These two (of several possible) realisations of the double-acting movable detainer principle are now usually described as 'lever locks'. Barron's was the first lever lock that used a stump and gates. This technique requires each lever be moved to a precise distance (typically, height) at which the stump can pass through the gate. Overlifting or underlifting a lever leaves it blocking the stump - hence "Double acting"; older locks' levers only needed to be moved upwards to clear — more than that had no effect, as they had already cleared the obstacle. Barron, and after him his son, and others, used only the arrangement of stumps on the tumblers with gates in the bolt tail. This arrangement would prove in the long run less successful than Barron's other suggestion of a stump on the bolt tail and gates in the tumblers. The realisation Barron used is practically limited to 4 tumblers, and most locks had only 2. The other arrangement allows an unlimited number of levers to be stacked on the same pivot, blocking the same stump. The double-acting movable detainer principle is still in use to this day in lever locks, but also including pin-tumbler locks by Linus Yale, Jr.
Chubb lock
In 1818, Charles and Jeremiah Chubb patented [BP4219] a lock design based on Barron's work. Their version used the placement of stump on the bolt tail and gates in the levers. These levers have 2 pockets, with the bolt stump moving through the gate in the lever fence (or bar) from one pocket to the other, as the bolt moves. This design is commonly associated with the name of Chubb, and is still in use today in many locks. They also added a device called the detector, an extra lever that triggered by overlifting of the main levers. When triggered, the detector would lock the bolt until it was reset [regulated, in Chubbs' word] with a special key. To make it more convenient to use, the Chubb detector lock was modified slightly in 1824 so that it could be reset by the working key, instead of a separate 'regulating' key. The concept of the 'detector' was that the lock not only responded to the true key, it also recognised a wrong key or picking attempt, and signalled this to the proper keyholder by a change of state. The concept was invented by Ruxton in 1816 [BP4027] but his realisation was not a practical success. The Chubb lock was the first to have a practical detector, combined with lever tumblers. Chubb later added false notches or serrations on the fences of the levers which prematurely bound components if tension were applied when the component was in the incorrect position. This anti-picking idea was originally introduced on Bramah locks from 1817, and also used on Anthony Strutt's lever lock of 1819 — the first to use end-gated levers. It was later included in security pins and many other lock designs. In 1820, Mallet patented a rotating barrel and curtain that closed off the keyhole when the key was turned and hindered independent movement of picking instruments. This addition helped to prevent decoding. De La Fons would later also be granted a patent for this same idea, in 1846. Although not widely used before 1851, the combined barrel-and-curtain are now commonly used security features of high-security lever locks - the name usually simply abbreviated to 'curtain'.
Tucker and Reeves
In 1851, a new design surfaced with a bolt that was not rigidly fixed but could shift on one end. Patented by Tucker and Reeves, this design aimed to thwart picking attempts involving pressure on the bolt. The shifting bolt made it harder to feel the gates inside the lock as it shifted. In 1853, the design was refined to include a rotating barrel that prevented movement of the bolt until a key was inserted.
Parsons lock
Another form of 'lever' lock was Thomas Parsons' balance lock [BP8350] of 1832. This originally had a plurality of levers pivoted around their midpoint (earlier levers were pivoted at one endpoint) below the bolt tail, each lever having a hook (of differing lengths) at both ends. Spring pressure pressed the hooks at one end into a notch in the bolt tail, (locking the bolt against movement). The key steps pushed on the other ends of the levers. The key bit pressed those ends towards the bolt, which had notches for these hooks also. (There are two notches each end of the bolt tail, for the shot and withdrawn positions of the bolt.) The correct key balanced every lever with neither end hooking into the bolt. Because the balance levers take little strain, they can be thin, so that using 7 was common, and up to 20 in some safe locks. This linear lock enjoyed considerable success in the 19th C. A cylinder locking device version made by CAWI appeared in 1951, using essentially the same idea, differently realised.
Numerous detail variations in the lever mechanism have been invented. Levers may be arranged to slide rather than pivot. The bolt tail may be within the lever stack (typically, in the middle). Levers all on one pivot may be arranged to pivot in opposite directions (typically, alternate levers). Or there may be a plurality of lever stacks, and a plurality of stumps. Such locks are mainly used for high grade safes. Several anti-pressure devices, and other pick-resisting features, have been invented. There have also appeared several lever cylinder locking devices, of which the Ingersoll Impregnable is notable. It has been made under licence in the USA by Sargant & Greenleaf.
'Simple' should not be equated to 'insecure'. Designs using a double-bitted key with unsprung levers having closed bellies, cheaply made in zinc alloy castings, are widely-used on medium-grade safes in Europe. Lever steps on one bit move the levers, the corresponding steps on the other bit stop the levers moving too far. The levers are end-gated, (allowing a strongly-fixed and well-supported bolt stump) with numerous serrated false notches. Locks of this type are practically impossible to pick tentatively, and inside a safe door are well-protected against force. Usually, re-lockers are also connected, to frustrate disrupting the lock by force or explosive.
Many lever locks are less demanding of production precision than cylinder locks, and this has increased the popularity of physically robust lever locks in eastern Europe in the past few decades.
Principles of Operation
Although this describes the typical arrangement, several other realisations also occur.
A stack of levers is placed in the lock. Every lever must be properly moved (typically raised) by the key to allow the bolt stump fixed to the bolt tail to pass through the gates of the levers, retracting or extending the bolt. Each lever may have a different sized belly, or a different gate position to provide differs.
See also: Detainer Levers
- Levers
- The primary locking component of lever lock. Each lever is a flat piece of metal with a gate which must be moved to the proper position to allow the stump to pass through and retract or extend the bolt. Each lever is normally impelled by a spring, usually fixed to the lever. Some levers use a thinned belly section referred to as "conning" to ensure the lever interfaces with the correct bitting area on the key.
- Stump
- The stump is a protrusion usually fixed to the bolt. The stump prevents the bolt from being extended or retracted until the levers are properly positioned. Traditional designs have the stump and levers interconnected (pockets are closed, with the stump sitting inside each lever).
- Washers
- Washers are flat (often metal) plates placed between each lever to ensure that each lever is properly raised by each bitting cut. They are not universal, but common in outdoor facing lever locks that require a high degree of reliability, especially in harsh conditions. On some cheaper locks they are replaced by stamped bumps which maintain the spacings without increasing the parts count.
- Barrel and Curtain (now combined and usually referred to simply as 'curtain')
- This is a component used in the keyhole to help prevent direct access to the levers after the key or pick is rotated in the lock. When the key turns, the curtain blocks the keyhole. The barrel hampers the independent movements of a 2-in-1 pick of the design originally used by A C Hobbs. This protects against casual manipulation of the levers, but does not preclude lockpicking attacks completely.
Lever locks (in common with other locks) are vulnerable to a variety of attacks, depending on their design. Tentative picking is increasingly difficult as the number of levers increases. Many security locks also incorporate features which hamper manipulation, and additionally, warding is also sometimes used to this end (just as in pin tumbler locks). Tools to pick and decode lever locks are not as widely available as their pin-tumbler counterparts, largely because the tools required are more laborious to make, and expensive, and are more likely to be specialized to each lock, unlike pin tumbler and wafer tumbler picks. However, devices do exist and can be effective. Often, more specialised tools are made for a size and design for an individual model of lever lock. In general, well-made lever locks incorporating several pick-resisting features are likely to be physically stronger and more resistant to manipulation than comparable pin tumbler cylinder locks. They are likely to be larger, and typically have slightly larger keys. Lever locks in widespread use tend to have fewer differs than comparable pin tumbler cylinder locks, although trial of keys is hindered by the greater weight of keys needed and the slower rate at which they can be tested. Keys for different models of lever locks have a considerable variety of sizes, further impeding trial of keys.
One- and two-level masterkeying is used for small suites, and has been much used in institutions in the past. Most lever locks are not well-suited to complex large-scale or multi-level masterkeying. Those with Detainer Levers are generally better for this than those with H gate levers.
Many security lever locks are well-protected against drilling, so that this attack usually needs more work than most pin tumbler cylinders. Drill points vary from one lock model to another and are not visible externally. Lever locks, especially those with a protective curtain, are highly resistant to severe weather conditions.
- Lever locks are not subject to key bumping or pick gun attacks.
PULFORD, Graham (2007). High Security Mechanical Locks: An Encyclopedic Reference. ISBN 0750684372.


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Leonard loves the word "habitat". He uses it to describe the conditions in a school or classroom. There are good and bad habitats. If you think of an old fashioned zoo, you will say, "Great place for people to wander around looking at animals, but a lousy habitat for the animals themselves." Zoos are a good example of a particular habitat that has changed as people have started to think about them in a different way: a modern zoo is nothing like a modern habitat designed zoo.
Schools are not zoos, of course, but the principle of habitat still applies.
If we think humanely about habitat in schools, we will design spaces and structures that are appropriate for the people that live in them. Intelligent design increases the likelihood that children will be happy to learn by themselves. Intelligent management of time and communication will reduce tensions and conflict; it will allow the teacher to surrender/share some of his authority. It could even allow for freedom of choice of action in democratic community. A bit of an Athenian city-state.
If you want a school in which children file down corridors to go to uniform classes, you will design spaces, a curriculum and systems of communication that enforce this. A bit of Sparta can be created. If you don't want that but want children to be self-directed learners in a democratic free school, you will have to change that environment. It is not enough to just come over all nice one day and hope for the best.
Here Leonard drops a quote and adapts it to Democratic Free Schools:
A.C. Grayling: "Until the seventeenth century scarcely any thought was given to how democracy might be made possible by means of institutions and practices that would honour the right of the many to be the source of political and governmental authority in their society, while securing that arrangement against the dangers if ochlocracy or hidden oligarchy." (Democracy and Its Crisis.)
Leonard: Until very recently scarcely any thought was given to how freedom and democracy might be made possible in Democratic Free Schools by means of school infrastructures and practices that would honour the right of the students to be a significant source of their school's authority, while:
1. Ensuring freedom not licence
2. Ensuring against an oligarchy of the charismatic teacher
3. Ensuring against Edutainment as a Control Strategy
In other words, properly examining why Summerhill can say, " This is a school with a very sound structure that allows it to succeed. Allows successful freedom."
So, in The Structure of Freedom we are going to talk about why a practical, workable freedom not licence can succeed. Here are some questions that we will address:
1.The reason for thinking about the design of habitat is to "orchestrate freedom not licence". What do you mean by that?
2. You say that we "replace authority by habitat". That means that there are structures in a school that allow the children to take authority or responsibility. What are those structures?
3. What is the overall aim? After all, people have differing views about what constitutes a decent habitat. Some people would find Summerhill rough at the edges; it would not be a nicehabitat for them. Designing habitat does not just mean making things nice, does it?
4. If the aim is to replace authority, we are still left with the problem of what happens when things go wrong. What happens when things go off the rails? You have said the monster comes out of the cave: what does that mean?
5. How do you know when it is functioning well? How can you measure whether a school is working well?


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Professor Karen Donders and Dr. Michal Glowacki present their research findings on public service media in Poland. The research is based on extensive document analysis and numerous interviews with experts in the Polish media scene, including several TVP employees who choose to remain anonymous.
Click here to download the policy brief.
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