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There was certainly no cause when killer Andrew Kokoraleis suffered lethal injection at 12:34 this afternoon to suppose that his would be the last execution in the illustrious history of Illinois.
Against all odds, however, it was the last.
Illinois has had plenty of poster boys for death penalty foes — Rolando Cruz; the Ford Heights Four — but Andrew Kokoraleis was hardly among them.
As a member of a satanic murder cult branded the Ripper Crew, he'd participated in abducting, raping, mutilating, murdering, and cannibalizing prostitutes under the charismatic sway of one Robin Gecht.*
The exploits of Gecht, Edward Spreitzer, and brothers Andrew and Thomas Kokoraleis in the Dark Lord's services are nauseatingly recounted at trutv.com and the spellbinding true-crime book Deadly Thrills.
By the time Andrew Kokoraleis's appeals had wended their way through the courts, it was high tide for capital punishment in the United States: a modern record 98 executions were carried out in 1999; a Texas governor best-known to the general public for his prodigious execution output was lining up the White House bid that would hurl America into much deadlier pastimes; a law stripping condemned prisoners of federal appellate avenues had just been passed with overwhelming support. Even liberal Democrats dared not touch the divisive issue of capital punishment for fear of appearing soft on crime.
Though sub-Texan in its gurney output, the Land of Lincoln was cranking out a consistent 1 to 2 executions per year in the late 1990's. It had just inaugurated a Republican governor who as a lawmaker had voted to reinstitute that state's death penalty statute. Illinois held well over 100 death row prisoners, including one of Kokoraleis's own confederates from the Ripper Crew.
So the 21st century figured to present an ample harvest for the Illinois death chamber.
Even as Ryan's graft-plagued term was beginning, however, the executioner's swan song was underway.
Just days into Ryan's term, a man named Anthony Porter, who had avoided execution by the narrowest of margins the year before, walked out of Illinois death row a free man — exonerated by the efforts of a Northwestern University journalism class.
"I turned to my wife, and I said, how the hell does that happen? How does an innocent man sit on death row for 15 years and gets no relief? And that piqued my interest, Anthony Porter."
-George Ryan
Ryan okayed the execution of Kokoraleis six weeks later, but the piqued governor would soon impose an executive moratorium on further executions.
Ryan's personal journey on the death penalty during his four years in the governor's office, as linked to his state's journey over the past decades, must be one of the rare operatic sagas in modern American political life.
Days before he left office (bound for trial on federal corruption charges, and thence to prison), George Ryan emptied death row in Illinois — including a commutation to Ripper Crew member Edward Spreitzer.
Because our three year study has found only more questions about the fairness of the sentencing; because of the spectacular failure to reform the system; because we have seen justice delayed for countless death row inmates with potentially meritorious claims; because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious – and therefore immoral – I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.
I cannot say it more eloquently than Justice Blackmun.
The legislature couldn't reform it.
Lawmakers won't repeal it.
But I will not stand for it.
I must act.
Our capital system is haunted by the demon of error, error in determining guilt, and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die.
This move drew plenty of criticism, but the George Ryan death penalty moratorium persisted through the terms of his successors.
Finally, legislators did repeal it.
Early in 2011, longstanding efforts to push that moratorium into formal abolition finally bore fruit in the state legislature. After a protracted silence on the matter, Gov. Pat Quinn** finally — just eight days ago as of this posting — signed that legislation into law, simultaneously commuting all the state's then-existing death sentences.
Naturally, no government can bind its successors, and laws eliminated today might be reinstated tomorrow. But for now and for the foreseeable future, this date in 1999 marks the final destination not just for Andrew Kokoraleis — but for the Illinois executioner.
* To magnify this troupe's outsized crime-tabloid appeal, Gecht, the leader, had actually worked for legendary serial sex-killer John Wayne Gacy.
** In earlier years, Quinn was a political rival of George Ryan.
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Verbos Electronics manufactures a line of Eurorack format synthesizer modules designed by Mark Verbos. Mark is a music producer/engineer and music equipment technician with 20 years of experience. He is known to the synth community for his work with vintage Buchla systems as well as custom modules that work with them. VE modules are made from the highest quality materials and are designed from the outside in. The panel design is clean, the knobs beautiful, the feel solid, and they are all thin enough fit in a "skiff". All modules are proudly designed and assembled in New York and Berlin.


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New 2017 2018 Toyota Land Cruiser 200 and Land Cruiser 70 and used 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Toyota Land Cruiser 70 and Landcruiser 200 VX and VX Limited are now available in Left Hand Drive at Forward Dubai and Forward US and in Right Hand Drive at Forward Australia, Forward New Zealand and Forward UK . Land Cruiser 200 had an upgrade with all new grille, new headlights and redesigned bonnet.
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Toyota Land Cruiser 200 is available in following models at Forward Motors Australia:
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There is just one basic body, a large SUV-type wagon. Every model except one has a horizontally split tailgate and three rows of seats, and is designed for families. The exception is the GX, a commercial vehicle designed primarily for fleet use, which has a vertically split, barn-door tailgate and only two rows of seats. All models have full-time four-wheel drive with dual-range gearing. The LandCruiser is classed as an upper-large SUV, lower priced. Here is model description:
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With greater refinement built into Toyota's new benchmark 4WD wagon – Toyota Landcruiser 200, its designers have given the motoring world an engine that delivers on all performance levels. The new 4.5L twin turbo V8 diesel engine offers dazzling on-road performance and smooth delivery of low speed torque that off-road 4WD aficionados desire. Given 195kW of power and 650Nm of torque, one could be forgiven for assuming high fuel consumption. Even with an impressive 30% increase in power and 51% more torque, fuel economy, and emission levels have been reduced allowing this V8 engine to comply with stringent Euro IV emission standards. When combined with the newly developed 6-speed Super Electronically Controlled Transmission (ECT) that fully utilises the engines performance, enjoyable off-road driving and on-road acceleration can both be experienced. Not only is Land Cruiser 200 a supremely rewarding way to travel it also lets you get the most enjoyment from outdoor life by offering an impressive towing capacity of 3.5 tonnes.
Land Cruiser 200's transmission offers fuel efficiency along with a smooth gear shift feeling and superb drivability and quietness. | Following traffic will be reminded they are behind a Land Cruiser 200 with an efficient and powerful V8 twin-turbo diesel engine | For off-road adventures where low range is required a simple twist of the transfer dial is all that's necessary. |
From the moment you see Land Cruiser 200 in the flesh you will intuitively recognise its commanding presence, pride and adventurous spirit. Land Cruiser 200's advanced and rugged look was designed with 4WD capability firmly in mind. This includes approach and departure angles that do not interfere with off-road driving, a wide stance and high ground clearance to allow navigation over a wide range of ground surfaces. A rear spoiler, integrated with the back door enhances aerodynamics and fuel efficiency while large headlights foster a premium image.
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The Land Cruiser 200 is for drivers who demand the best. This ruggedly handsome brute is Toyota's flagship genuine 4WD offering the highest level of prestige. This is a vehicle that will let you arrive anywhere, tackling everything from striding round-town to traversing harsh rocky surfaces. The Land Cruiser 200 is available in VX and VX Limited grades
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Collette Cares is thrilled to announce the launch of our 1 Million Meals Campaign, a new global hunger initiative. Through volunteering, global projects and three strategic, new partnerships, we will provide 1 million meals to those in need throughout the world by 2018, the 100th anniversary of Collette.
This month, we officially kick off #1millionmeals with a meal packaging event with our lead partner, Stop Hunger Now. 240 volunteers will roll their sleeves up to create 30,000 meals in one afternoon! July 18 is Founder's Day at Collette and each year, Collette celebrates this occasion by giving back in our local communities for a week. This year, employees are more engaged than ever and doing their part to be a part of the solution to end world hunger.
In addition to Stop Hunger Now, Collette Cares is partnering with No Kid Hungry and Edesia to give meals as part of this campaign. Volunteering will play a huge role as well in reaching our goal of 1 million meals by 2018. Throughout each year, employees volunteer their time at soup kitchens and food banks in Rhode Island, Canada, the UK and Australia, where we have offices. Their time and effort will now take on new meaning as we begin to measure that impact in terms of meals provided – so that every employee has the opportunity to be a part of this incredible outcome. Additionally, in long-running global projects in countries like Peru, South Africa, Cambodia and India, our support funds meal programs which incentivizes children to stay in school, and nourishes them so that they can learn.
This campaign truly unites our global employee body. Driven by volunteering and employee involvement, together we plan to celebrate 100 years of Collette in a way that celebrates one of our strongest values: giving back to the world that gives us so much.


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The Battle of Stamford Bridge took place at the village of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, in England on 25 September 1066, between an English army under King Harold Godwinson and an invading Norwegian force led by King Harald Hardrada and the English king's brother Tostig Godwinson. After a bloody battle, both Hardrada and Tostig along with most of the Norwegians were killed. The battle has traditionally been presented as symbolizing the end of the Viking Age.
Harold's victory over the invading Viking army was short-lived. Three days after the battle at Stamford Bridge, on 28 September, a second invasion army led by William, Duke of Normandy, landed in Pevensey Bay, Sussex, on the south coast of England. Harold had to immediately turn his troops around and force-march them southwards to intercept the Norman army. Less than three weeks after Stamford Bridge, on 14 October 1066, the English army was decisively defeated and King Harold II fell in action at the Battle of Hastings, beginning the Norman conquest of England.


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1. Transfer of Attendance (TOA) forms for a requested transfer for the next school year should be submitted in June. 2. Parents/guardians whose situation changes after June and during the school year may submit a request for a Transfer of Attendance at any time after June.
3. Applications for a Transfer of Attendance are available online. Elementary and middle school buildings, as well as the ESC, can provide an application upon request.
4. TOA requests must be completed, notarized, and submitted to the office of the Director of Elementary Education [for elementary] or to the Assistant Superintendent [for secondary] at the ESC.
5. Parents/guardians in both the elementary and secondary schools will be notified once decisions have been finalized. Copies of the decision letters and TOA's will be sent to the respective buildings; originals will be filed at the ESC. In addition, notification of the approved TOA's will be sent to Transportation, Child Accounting, and Extended School Care (for elementary only). TOA's will also be tracked in a district data base.
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To enjoy your new Linux installation forever without any worries, it is important to take a few simple precautions. You must do these as soon as you complete installing Linux on your machine for the first time.
Create a boot diskette and a rescue diskette. Utilities for creating these diskettes are available along with your Linux distribution.
If you are the paranoid type (like me), you can make two copies of each of these diskettes. Diskettes are notorious for failing when they are most needed.
Test out your boot diskette. Make sure you can boot into Linux using the boot diskette. Remember Murphy's Laws may strike at you just when you least expect.
Checkout thoroughly your new system. Try all major packages.
Try out the X windows system, and the desktop, and the windows manager, if you have installed these.
Try out the connection to your LAN, and to the Internet.
Create at least one "non-root" account, for testing and debugging your installation. Perform ALL the above checkouts once again, using the non-root account you created.
Join a local Linux Users Group (LUG). You must find out if there is a LUG close by. If there is none, start an informal LUG yourself, in your neighbourhood, your campus, your city, or your town.
Join one or more mailing lists for Linux updates and news. There are literally hundreds of them.
Register yourself and your machine in the worldwide Linux Users Counter.
And finally...Download the Section 3 and run it. Make a safe copy (on a removable medium) of the directory: /root/postinfo which the script will create. You may also like to make a printout of the summary report /root/postinfo/summary created by the shell script.
You must run this shell script: as soon as you have installed Linux for the first time, and after every major revision or upgrade to your Linux system. You can also set up the script as a cron job, so that it runs itself periodically and automatically. This will avoid you a lost of hassles later, in case something gets messed up later.
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Soon, very soon, Thursday, February 11, at 10:30 Eastern time, we are likely to learn at any one of several press conferences – at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., in Hannover, Germany, near Pisa in Italy and elswhere – that gravitational waves have been measured directly, for the first time. This would mean the first direct detection of minute distortions of spacetime, travelling at the speed of light, first postulated by Albert Einstein almost exactly 100 years ago.
Time to brush up on your gravitational wave basics: In Gravitational waves and how they distort space, we had a look at what gravitational waves do. In Gravitational wave detectors: How they work we saw how you can measure gravitational waves. Third and final step: What are typical gravitational wave sources? How are these waves produced?
Objects in orbit
The simplest situation that produces gravitational waves in the cosmos is almost ubiquitous: two or more objects orbiting around each other under their own gravity. The waves they generate are reminiscent to a very slow mixer in the middle of a pool of water: This is not something you would see, of course. The wave that is pictured here represents the strength of the minute changes in distance that would be caused by the gravitational wave, just as we've seen in Gravitational waves and how they distort space. The animation is courtesy of Sascha Husa of the Universitat de les Illes Balears.
Indirect evidence
Gravitational waves emitted by orbiting objects carry away energy. Elementary physics tells you that if you remove energy from an orbiting system, the distance between the orbiting objects will shrink, and they will orbit each other faster than before.
In fact, gravitational waves making a binary system of neutron stars speed up was the first evidence for the existence of gravitational waves. The binary neutron star was discovered by Hulse and Taylor in 1974, and the speed-up caused by gravitational waves published by Taylor and Weisberg in 1984, after a careful analysis of seven years' worth of data. Hulse and Taylor were awarded the Nobel prize in physics in 1993 for their discovery.
Here, in an image from an article by Weisberg 2010, is the match between general relativistic prediction and observation in all its glory (or at least in all its glory up to 2005): As the two neutron stars speed up, they will reach the point of closest approach within their orbit earlier and earlier. How much earlier, in seconds, is plotted on the vertical axis, year of measurement on the horizontal axis.
A matter of frequency
Today's ground-based detectors cannot detect gravitational waves from all kinds of bodies in mutual orbit. The bodies need to be massive, compact and, crucially, orbit each other quickly enough. For bodies orbiting each other less than a few times per second (very quick, if you are talking about astronomical bodies!), the frequency of the resulting gravitational wave will be too low for ground-based detectors to measure reliably. In the low-frequency regime, below 10–100 Hertz, disturbances caused by undulating motions of the Earth's surface ("seismic noise") are dominant, and drown out the minute effects of gravitational waves.
When it comes to gravitational waves from supermassive black holes, or from white dwarfs, we will have to wait for future space-based gravitational wave detectors.
The most promising gravitational wave sources go "chirp"
When an orbiting system emits gravitational waves, orbital motion speeds up. And when orbital motion speeds up, the system emits even more energy in form of gravitational wave. This runaway process ends only when the orbiting objects collide and merge.
The final phase is marked by a quick increase in orbital speed, corresponding to ever higher gravitational wave frequency, and ever higher intensity. Here's what such a signal looks like (image and audio from "Chirping Neutron Stars" on Einstein Online): You can see how the frequency and intensity increase right up to time 0, when the two neutron stars collide and merge.
For stellar black holes (with masses between a few and a few dozen solar masses) and neutron stars, in any combination, the frequencies of these gravitational waves are the same as the frequencies of audible sound waves. One can actually represent these changes in frequency as an audible tone, as in this example of two neutron stars merging (Audio © B. Owen, Penn State University):
Here is the same kind of audible representation for the merger of a black hole and a neutron star (© AEI/GEO600):
Sadly, what a gravitational wave detector registers is the combination of this sound plus assorted noise, which sounds like this (© AEI/GEO600):
Colleagues at Cardiff University have made this into a nice online game: Black Hole Hunter. Head over there and see if you can hear the signal beneath the noise!
(And you can hear live chirps by various astrophysicists (and others) under the hashtag #chirpForLIGO on Twitter.)
This kind of signal, from merging stellar black holes or neutron stars (in any combination) is the most promising candidate signal for today's detectors – and going by the rumors, that is indeed what LIGO appears to have found.
The final part of the signal is interesting for a particular reason: It doesn't follow from any simple formulae, and can only be modelled with complex computer simulations of such situations known as numerical relativity. If the detectors get a good detection of this very last bit, that will be a good test for current numerical simulations of general relativity!
Other gravitational wave sources
Chirps are comparatively simple, and likely the first signals to be found.
Another kind of signal that could be found is periodic (or nearly so), and would be produced e.g. if rapidly rotating neutron stars are less than perfectly smooth. No such luck as of yet, though.
Next would come the gravitational wave sources that are somewhat less understood, such as the processes in the interior of supernova explosions. And finally, once numerous signals have been detected, showing the scientists that their detectors are indeed working as they should, there might be the detection of completely unexpected signals. Whenever astronomers have opened a new window to the cosmos – the radio window, infrared window, x-ray window – they have found something new and unexpected. Who can tell what opening the Einstein window, the window of gravitational waves, will teach us about the universe?
Update: Gravitational Waves Discovered


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I'm not sure if this is a question about GTD or a question of how to map GTD to TD. Quick background…
I've been using GTD for a couple years and have found it extremely valuable. My own GTD / TD system relies primarily on: * Folders - categories of tasks like Work, Family, Household, Finances, etc. * Context - the essential attribute, IMHO -- limits my view of tasks to where, when, or with whom I can get them done * Due Dates - also essential (sometimes) as deadlines do exist * Priority - I'm not strict about this one as it can change based on external circumstances and passage of time. I do use Top or High to flag items that are or are approaching critical though. I don't use: * Status - For a while I used "Waiting" to indicate delegated or external follow ups. But now I just put that into a Context "Agenda" with a subject like "Tom: install fiber". Next time I see Tom I can quickly filter (by Context = Agenda, Search = "Tom:") all of the items I'm waiting on Tom for. And as I'm using Due Date and a little bit of Priority, I can choose to contact Tom to expedite as necessary. * Star - Seems a duplicate of priority to me * Tag - starting to rethink this one, see below. Finally, many of my tasks stem from emails. (Not using my email Inbox as a task manager is one of the most important insights I gained from GTD!) I frequently forward emails setting the @Context, *Folder, #Due fields. The speed of dispatching actions and waitings from email to the "external system" is probably my most loved aspect about TD. The challenge I have relates to my use of Folders. For responsibilities related to my employment, I have just one folder named <company_name>. I also have a number of other folders for non-work activity such as Family, Household, Finances, etc. The problem comes up on weekends or whenever I need to take a break from my work. When I am in this situation, I still want to leverage Contexts, Due Dates, and Priorities. But I don't want to see any tasks related to work -- even if its due NOW and I'm standing next to Tom! So with my current system, to see the tasks which are relevant outside of work I need a view that shows tasks in all folders except those in the <company_name> folder. The Contexts property has a very nice filtering widget with "Invert" where I can view, for example, all Agenda tasks *or* all non-Agenda tasks. I wish I had the same kind of filtering ability for Folders. Except for custom searches though, which are not so streamlined to use, I cannot get this view. I'm starting to think that I should have fewer folders, possibly just two: Work & Personal or something like that. I could then supplement the loss of the other Folder names with Tags. So Family, Household, Finances, etc. would become Tag names and those tasks would move to my Personal Folder. Before I make this jump though, I wanted to see what others are doing or might suggest. How do you partition / hide work tasks from your personal life? |
Folke X |
What I do is this: I have a pair of tags - .W and .P - that I can use both in searches and in the quick filter to easily separate work and personal.
Just like you, I keep things in Folders. I have half a dozen personal and half a dozen work related folders. And just like you I have observed that I probably could do without the folders, but I still keep them, just in case. They are good sometimes. You have some interesting ideas about "keep your eyes open for" type tasks (such as your example with Tom). This is something I have not yet implemented, but I have had some thoughts about it. |
ben |
I set TD up using Proximo's framework (see thread this forum) and use context to filter personal, work, and several other "high level" contexts that are meaningful to me. My folders are then context filtered to flip between work, personal, etc.
For people I have them in my action folder with a P- at the beginning of the entry to keep them blocked. For each item that I need to talk to someone about I add a subtask. Unfortunately I have to carry 2 phones, one for work and one personal. Fortunately, both are Android and I am running a TD client on each with preset filters for Work and Personal. -Ben |
jay |
Posted by Folke_1293790322:
... I have a pair of tags - .W and .P ... ...Just like you, I keep things in Folders... Hi Folke, Thanks for the feedback. As our systems seem to be somewhat similar, this is something I could easily do. Using tags to separate personal and work would be straightforward. The question I am mulling over is whether tags or folders would be better for this partitioning. And I'm starting to lean towards folders rather than tags. I am beginning to realize that many of my folder names are categorical (accounting?) descriptions that actually have very little to do with how I process them (which is driven by Context, Date, and Priority.) Folders such as Household, Vehicles, Finances, etc. could easily be converted to tags. Probably, I could even loose these descriptions and I wouldn't loose much if anything from my process. But if I were to delete these folders (tagging them first) then I could get down to just a few folders thereby gaining easy partitioning. This would also allow me to retain the categorical description though it's not clear this is really necessary in my GTD system. Tags might be a way to wean me off of tracking information that ultimately isn't that important. In some ways, partitioning by folder or tag is 6 of one, half a dozen of another. But TD UI (as well as DGT GTD, my Android app) provide more direct filtering by folder. As I need to partition by work / personal more often than by categories, I'm leaning towards using tags for categories and folders for partitions. That is, I would do something like the inverse of what you are doing, swapping folders for tags and tags for folders. Make sense? I'm still mulling but this is the direction I'm heading. Thanks again! -J |
jay |
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I set TD up using Proximo's framework... ... and use context to filter personal, work, and several other "high level" contexts... -Ben Hi Ben, Thanks for the reply. I have read Proximo's framework and it may work for some (apparently it works for many!) but it would break an essential aspect of my work flow. I use Contexts as places, people, or types of activities to me reminded when, where or with whom I can get a task completed. Some of my Contexts: Agenda Errands Home Office Online Phone Reading Shopping Staff I see there are other ways of using Context, such as you are doing. And this might help me partition too. But then I would have to find another field in which to store the... um, er "contexts" above. :-) As with my previous post, which TD field is used to store which type of GTD attribute is variable. I think it comes down to which are more important to the individual for filtering and sorting. Thanks again! -J |
simon work |
Hi Jay,
I had that same issue so, whilst it cost more, I actually got a second pro subscription of TD. I then use the sharing functionality and can easily skip between my work and home lists. The issue is then on portable devices, so for these I use the TD iPhone/iPad app and the 2Do app pointing to the different lists. It works and allows me to have slight different set-up for work and home. Simon. |
alexandremrj_2 |
Hi all,
I simply filter by location with Home and Work, so I can see everything related to a specific location |
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OK, USians, possibly time to talk to your Congresscritters.
Govtrack gives H.R. 4036, aka the Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act, only about a 12% chance of succeeding. Which is probably a good thing.
"Congress determines that the use of active cyber defense techniques, when properly applied, can also assist in improving defenses and deterring cybercrimes."
Oh, really?
The rest of the rationale seems to be that attackers are dangerous and fast, and waiting around for law enforcement to help you is just going to give the bad guys time to destroy your systems and get away.
OK, I don't understand all of the wording in this bill. (I rather suspect that the author isn't entirely certain of it, either.) But the overall upshot seems to be that, yes, you can attack anyone who is attacking you (or who you think is attacking you) if you tell the FBI you are going to do it.
Come to think of it, good luck with finding, before the bad guys destroy your systems and get away, someone in the FBI who understands the situation and will give you official permission to mount an active defence attack.
(10) Congress holds that active cyber defense techniques should only be used by qualified defenders with a high degree of confidence in attribution, and that extreme caution should be taken to avoid impacting intermediary computers or resulting in an escalatory cycle of cyber activity.
No chance of them being explicit with who they feel are qualified then? And attribution is always easy, isn't it?!
It's been a much discussed issue here too (UK) in terms of "Attacking the Attackers". While it seems to be a great idea at first, there are so many inherent issues to consider that it becomes problematic to even consider.
While the merits and pitfalls of such activities could be argued for years to come, there will inevitably be more and more reasons to sanction such activities. However, careful consideration would be needed in terms of where lines of remit, boundaries of responsibility and where the law sits in regards to it all.
Reporting into someone prior to taking action is likely the bet course of action, if it was at all feasible... but as you rightly point out, there is no guarantee that the person you report into would have any idea what you were about to do anyway, let alone have the power to critique or monitor it....
As you rightly point out, at this moment, it is unlikely that any such legislation will come to pass....but maybe one day..........
Imagine the future history book describing the early beginnings of World War III being started by a well meaning intern attacking and hacking back an unknown adversary. Setting off a chain of continuing chain of events that quickly escalates to the government level with all parties reacting accordingly. Hack, counter-hack and attack. Rinse and repeat.
All we need is an electronic version of Gavrilo Princip to assassinate the next Franz Ferdinand. This bill needs to die quietly and never see the light of day or committee - whichever comes first.
It's the modern version of a shoot out in front of the saloon-whoever has the quicker draw (compute power), better aim (strategy), and ability to dodge the bullet (think Neo in Matrix), would win the battle.
Beyond a few nation states, and some large corporations, namely Apple, IBM, Dell, HP, etc. that does have the compute power to execute a counter attack, the little guy has no chance.
I agree with @Beads that this is silly at best and demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of the dark web. This bill is a waste of time.
A friend (who is just finishing up his PhD on the topic) and I are working on a presentation on "Ethics of Active Defence," and looking for conferences to present it at.
Let us know where you do get to present.
It would be of high interest to many I'm sure! If I see any call for such things I will pass details on to you.
@HTCPCP-TEA wrote:Let us know where you do get to present.
Thanks, I'll try to remember to stick it in here. (I've spent most of the morning reading my co-presenter's draft dissertation on "ACD" [during a boring vendor seminar] [for which I'll have to remember to submit CPEs] and making notes for him to address issues there.)
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It would be of high interest to many I'm sure! If I see any call for such things I will pass details on to you.
Thanks much. I've done a number of presentations on ethics over the years, and this makes a really interesting case study. I also think it is an area that a lot more people should be thinking about, with implications for a wide range, such as artificial intelligence, network design, forensics, etc.
(The vendor this morning works in the network security space. We had a VP giving us top secret information about future product lines. I asked a question about active defence, and expected he wouldn't answer because it might be too political/controversial even for a closed group like this one. I didn't get an answer--because he didn't understand the question ...)
Hey, admins and ISC2 HQ type people: you guys interested in a Webinar on the Ethics of Active Defence?
@HTCPCP-TEA wrote:Let us know where you do get to present.
Well, we are doing it in about four hours at Infowarcon. Not my favourite situation for a first time out, since Patrick is in Virginia and I'm about 3,000 miles away leading off the pres via Skype.
(We still haven't tested the connection to the conference venue ...)


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Bergbreiter and students win NTF Award at IROS 2011
A paper by Assistant Professor Sarah Bergbreiter (ME/ISR) and her students received the New Technology Foundation (NTF) Award for Entertainment Robots and Systems at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011), Sept. 25–30, in San Franscisco.
The award was given for the paper, "First Leaps Toward Jumping Microrobots," written by Bergbreiter and students Wayne A. Churaman and Aaron P. Gerratt.
The paper presents the first results for jumping robots at millimeter-size scales. Jumping at small sizes requires the quick release of stored energy to accelerate the robot to its takeoff velocity. Two approaches to this energy release are considered. The first is similar to the method used by most larger jumping robots and insects; energy is stored mechanically and generates thrust against the ground upon release.
A new microfabrication process incorporates polymer springs for the robot leg and the resulting 4mm x 4mm x 0.3mm jumping mechanism has been launched over 32 cm into the air by hand. The second approach utilizes stored chemical energy and generates thrust by expelling gas from a chemical reaction. This energetic material has been combined with sensing, control, and power on a 4mm x 7mm x 4mm polymer chassis, and jumps in response to light stimuli have reached 8 cm in height.
You can view a video of these robots in action in a story on Bergbreiter's work at the IEEE Spectrum website.
The NTF Award dates to 2007 and encourages research and development of "entertainment robots and systems" and new technologies for future entertainment.
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The one part of our farming adventure at Innisfree on the Stillwater that has dogged us since the beginning is the fact that we have continued to lease our 100 acres of tillage ground, mostly for the sake of the cash rent. Of course, that lease meant a compromise in the form the use of herbicides and pesticides on that ground every year, but the money was hard to turn down.
Taking back over that ground has always been a part of our plan, and with the upcoming end of the current lease, it has been a regular topic of conversation for us.
This year, as the result of the advent of glyphosate-resistant weeds, the ante got upped with the application of 2,4-D to the entire 100 acres, which fact proved to be a bridge too far for my wife and me. As a result, we've decided not to renew the lease and to start working that ground ourselves.
This is a significant step for us, mostly in that it involves a loss of about a third of the farm's cash income over at least the next couple of years as we transition to new endeavors. Irrespective of the cost, we plan to follow through on this because it is the right thing to do.
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For us, that means planting about 40 acres of it in grass hay and about another 30 acres of it in fast-growing hardwood trees we plan to sustainably lumber for a variety of farm uses, especially for fence posts for our animal operations. The remainder will function as both a prairie area and for small food plots.
This transition is going to be risky and stressful, but neither of us have any doubt it is the right thing to do. We firmly believe Innisfree represents the future of agriculture, and that fact alone makes what we have decided worth it.
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Enabled by an interoperable tokenization platform, Samsung Pay, Microsoft Wallet, Android Pay and Apple Pay are expanding their participation in mobile payments across markets around the world. As Latin America and the Caribbean will inevitably participate in this expansion, banks in the region are assessing the potential of mobile payments and making their moves – including the introduction of mobile wallets by many of them.
The "pays" and the issuers' wallets provide an enhanced consumer experience and will change the way consumers use their devices to pay in a cardless environment. The unsung heroes of the transactions are the tokenization platform and contactless acceptance. Tokenization ensures that devices are provisioned with payment credentials that are limited to each device and specific payment scenarios. The actual consumer credentials are never present in the secure element of the phone nor in the data sitting online in a cloud.
This is an advancement that will allow the industry to gain the scale it hasn't been able to reach with previous security standards, and it is also opening many possibilities to provision payment credentials in almost any device: wearables, cars, household appliances and office equipment, among others.
However, this is just the beginning. Banks and card issuers will need to quickly evolve the mobile banking experience and leverage technology to provide a full banking solution integrating all financial benefits to their customers.
These are the top five tactics banks will need to work on:
1. Re-invent digital issuance. The current acquisition and underwriting model will soon become obsolete. Banks will need to re-think the application process and migrate their capabilities fully to mobile. Some banks in the region are already experimenting with instant issuance in their own Mobile Wallets. Even the most efficient online application process and instant issuance at branches will need to migrate to a mobile environment and integrate flows with first-time provisioning. The mobile browser is quickly being replaced by Apps, so new application processes will need to operate as an App or in emerging platforms like chatbots, combining risk scoring, credit bureaus APIs and instant credit decisions.
2. Integrate rewards, loyalty and incentive marketing. The "pays" and the issuers' wallets today operate in isolation of the full consumer experience. Banks will need to integrate the entire consumer engagement to their payment tools. Offers, hotel perks, miles, rewards points, privileged access… all will need to be seamlessly integrated with the "pays", HCE (Host Card Emulation) Wallets and others. Failing to do so will affect ongoing consumer adoption.
3. Enhance the transaction experience. The act of payment is surrounded by multiple events that facilitate a frictionless experience, and banks will need to evolve the risk prevention methods defined for a plastic card-present environment. Visa is offering banks multiple APIs that minimize risk and the chances of declined transactions. With Visa Developer, banks can build better consumer experiences with solutions like Mobile Location Confirmation, Visa Transactions Alerts, Visa Risk Manager, Visa Travel Notifications, and many other APIs designed to integrate into the overall digital banking and payment experiences.
4. Re-define cross-selling. Payment platforms have historically been one of the most technologically advanced products in retail banking interaction. Mortgages, lending, checking and other banking products rely on robust back-end infrastructures, but limited in frequent consumer interaction. The consumer experience gap will widen if the back-end processes supporting other products do not keep up with the front-end experience provided by mobile payments. Banks need to find ways to be able to cross-sell their products, and this will require the adoption of similar technologies to provide a bank-wide digital experience to their customers. Perhaps this is the largest task in the next few years.
5. Think IoT banking now. We are in the early days of the Internet of Things (IoT). There will be a hyper-adoption of digital technology where a myriad of devices might interact with financial institutions. The space is getting crowded fast with players whose core business is different from banking and payments. The absence of solid banking partnerships will force these players to create parallel industries. Tokenization allows banks to participate in that ecosystem, and making the right investments in talent and technology now will accrue future economic benefits from IoT automated transactions.
Yes, almost every single industry, from agriculture and space science, is being affected and enhanced by digital technology adoption. The financial industry is not an exception – we need to operate in this new digital ecosystem and quickly evolve technologies to connect better with consumers.
This is a huge transformation for the industry in Latin America and the Caribbean. We need to collectively build the foundation for this new ecosystem, where tokenization and contactless capabilities are key to unfold new use cases and reach more consumers. This is a huge opportunity for the banking industry, as the penetration of electronic payments in the total volume of Personal Consumption Expenditures for this region is still one of the lowest in the world.


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Hacking for freedom: Web Team comes to Manchester
Manchester will be hacking for freedom this month when FSFE's Web Team sprint comes to the UK. Web team coordinators, together with a variety of international volunteers, will gather in a concerted effort to improve website features and infrastructure.
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How you can help and join:
- Meet us there: "the more the merrier!" said Deputy Web Team Coordinator Andreas Tolf Tolfsen. We welcome all participants who want to try improving FSFE's website(s)!
- Join us online: even if you can't be in Manchester, fixing bugs remotely is of course possible and wanted!
- Give us feedback and ideas: not that much of a web designer or programmer? Browse fsfe.org, and while reading about things that matter, tell us what you think. We welcome all comments and ideas, there's always room for improvement. You are, we are the users!
The sprint will take place in OpenSpace co-working space, which is Co-Directed by UK Coordinator Sam Tuke. During their stay the team will have an opportunity to visit Manchester's MadLab Hackerspace, and meet others who are hacking for freedom.
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Halifax-based IMP Group buys Cascade Aerospace
Nov. 12, 2012, Abbotsford, B.C. - The proposed takeover of one of British Columbia's largest aerospace companies will create a stronger entity capable of increasing Canada's participation in the international aerospace sector, according to the proponents.
November 12, 2012 By The Vancouver Sun
Halifax-based IMP Group announced this week a deal with Cascade
Aerospace to buy the B.C. company, which employs 650 people and operates
out of facilities at Abbotsford International Airport.
The deal would see Cascade join IMP's Aerospace & Defence division.
Aviation, also based in Abbotsford, is the erstwhile owner of Cascade.
IMP and Conair are Canadian-owned and privately held, so no financial
details are available. The deal requires federal approval to proceed.
is Abbotsford International Airport's primary commercial tenant, and is
certified to work on both Boeing and Lockheed Martin aircraft.
is one of only two Lockheed-Martin heavy maintenance centres in the
world for the Hercules C130 military transport aircraft.
IMP, meanwhile, provides support services to the Canadian armed forces Cormorant search and rescue helicopter fleet.
like to grow the company," IMP Aerospace & Defence CEO David Gossen
said in a phone interview from Halifax on Friday.
"That's the objective
and I don't say that facetiously. I say that with complete sincerity.
like to help them expand their international footprint, looking for
Hercules opportunities or other aircraft opportunities around the world.
know whenever there's an acquisition there's always uncertainty with
the employee workforce. But I will be doing everything I can to assure
the workforce we're committed to the company. They've done a great job
since their formation and want to do everything we can to move them
Gossen noted that IMP has a 40-year history of "supporting
militaries in Canada and around the world. We're 1,800 people. I think
we've done a lot of good things well."
IMP's existing West Coast
links include maintenance for the Canadian Forces fleet of Cormorant
helicopters at CFB Comox, and it also operates Pacific Avionics based at
Vancouver International Airport.
Other Cascade customers
including the Department of National Defence, Bombardier, Rockwell
Collins, WestJet, Xstrata and Viking, as well as original equipment
manufacturers and governments.
Services include fleet management,
in-service support, aircraft modification, engineering support and
maintenance, repair and overhaul.
IMP operates in a variety of
sectors including aviation, health care, information, property
development and tourism, according to a release. The company employs
3,700 people.
IMP said "the acquisition also aligns with the
government of Canada's objective of encouraging the development of a
world-class Canadian aerospace in-service support capability that can
compete in export markets."
Cascade has been a leading proponent
of aerospace development in B.C., with CEO David Schellenberg serving as
a leading spokesman for the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada.
Last year Schellenberg told The Vancouver Sun editorial board that
B.C.'s aerospace industry anticipates "very significant" long term
demand for skilled workers in the manufacturing and maintenance sectors
in particular.
In B.C. the sector employs 10,000 people at 60 companies.
In an interview, Schellenberg said Conair believes the industry will continue to grow in B.C.
of the rationale for this deal is that by combining two strong
Canadian-owned companies we are going to be able to leverage growth into
the international marketplace," Schellenberg said.
"We weren't
looking to sell, but when IMP approached us with this idea about putting
two strong companies together, that operate in Canada in the aerospace
and defence sector with a view of growing internationally, we felt that
concept made some sense.
"As sort of a medium-sized company, it
can be difficult to grow in the international market space if you're by
yourself. So our thought is that by combining with them we will have a
stronger base from which to do that."


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Sorry for the later-in-the-day post, NYC teachers and students got another snow day! Wooo! Not surprisingly I needed to catch a few extra zzz's after returning to my slightly insomniac ways this week.
Now we can all agree that exercise is an amazing thing, whatever activity you do. According to webMD (yes, your guide to scaring yourself silly over a common cold) they list some amazing and agreed upon benefits from regular exercise such as strengthening bones, increasing your immune system to fight off chronic illness as well as improved moods and less stress. And of course one of the most popular reasons to exercise in this day and age, weight loss!
I am a firm believer that diets are stupid. Any changes, whether physical or mental, can only come from and stick with lifestyle changes. For the past two years a goal has been to learn to take care of myself, in all senses: mental, physical and emotional. (Hence my agreement to run and therefore train for the NYC Half as part of this on-going process.)
After being on a competitive swim team for almost 10 years, I quit because I had lost some of the joy. One of the first things I noticed was how much my body changed post-swimming. I wasn't eating as much because I wasn't expending as much energy (definitely loved the excuse to carbo load before a swim meet!), and I lost a ton of muscle. Suddenly I could fit into everything meant for my age. It was exciting and shopping became a much less stressful ordeal.
While I could have become another girl ravaged by an eating disorder at the new-found weight loss, I was lucky enough to have had that team athletic experience early on. I appreciate strength in my body over the inches of my hips. And I've kept that mindset: I would rather have a healthy and strong body than a sample size one.
As you get older it's harder and harder to eat what you like and figure you'll work it off later because well, nowadays it doesn't work itself off quite as fast! Before running I was doing Bikram Yoga three times a week. One of the things I loved about this exercise is that I had to be cognizant of what I ate because you aren't supposed to eat at least 2hrs before the class....and it is a 90min long session. So in total, you need enough energy to sustain you for 4hrs!!
Now, I am a clean-plate-carb-loving-portion-challenged eater who loves some snacks and sweets, so this was definitely hard for me. But the benefits far outweighed the challenge. My skin got better because I was making smarter choices in energy-dense foods as well as drinking TONS of water, and I was so relaxed at work from all meditative activity. Plus my core muscles shaped up and my balance became stellar!
With running I've felt so strong and been able to get up the 4 flights of stairs at work faster without being as tired. I also have way more energy and don't end up as spent at the end of the workday. Towards the end of my first 8mi run I was feeling uncharacteristically tired, I realized that I hadn't eaten enough. Other days the combination of work stress and the energy used to run throw me for a loop and then I am late-night nibbling into the wee hours.
It is easy to trip up---taking care of yourself is a full time job! Active people need to be more mindful than anyone because we're eating not just for our health but for our performance. Even if you're not world-class, we all want to feel our best when we're out punishing the pavement.
These days I've been using a food tracker online to keep a record of my meals as well as how I'm feeling from them (i.e. bloated, sluggish or content). While this may not be for everybody there is a lot of valuable information in terms of figuring out what's "well-balanced" for you and how your eating is affecting your daily activities. I find that lately I've been way more energized and satisfied throughout the day, as well as feeling less pain/injuries.
I think health and happiness are all about arranging different pieces to fit in a way that works for you. Sounds ideal but it can get tricky sometimes. I am keeping my goal in mind (my secret mile pace that I'd like to run in the Half!) and remembering to keep eating an ever-enjoyable activity as it was before...just perhaps a little more thought-out. ;)
Much love and happy running,
RW Article: The Best Food For Runners


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Recording Software - For bands, songwriters & producers.
Time to take your band to the big stage: The recording software Samplitude Music Studio offers musicians everything they need to professionally record songs in studio quality.
This sequencer includes a virtual mixer with up to 128 channels and allows for multitrack recordings in 24-bit/96 kHz studio quality. That means in the future your demos won't sound like demos anymore. Plug in the electric guitar, check the microphone, turn on the keyboard, take one last look around and once the recording session begins, the drummer starts to count everybody in: This music software pushes you toward excellence - with each recording. The software supports all common MIDI keyboards - also other hardware controllers can be easily integrated and thanks to MIDI Learn connected with virtual plug-ins. Whether multitrack or solo recordings - this DAW impresses with both recording techniques.
Rebellion, your first love or even your ex: There are a thousand good reasons to write a new song. And Samplitude Music Studio offers even more reasons to record them. With 64-bit & multicore support the stage is set for even more ambitious music productions. The integrated multitrack recorder MR-128 is ideal for multitrack recordings - on up to 128 tracks simultaneously. And the internal Hybrid Audio Engine offers total control of latency during recording and playback. The virtual recording studio can easily be adapted to your surroundings, for example, the rehearsal room, the stage or the recording studio.
And if your guitarist shows up once again too late for the recording session, then let the automatic accompaniment for vocal or instrument recordings take over. This feature is not only ideal for band projects but also for solo artists. Also very practical: The tool for correcting and editing pitches in vocal and instrumental recordings. The Easy Mixer offers easy access to all relevant features for mixing once you've finished recording and allows beginners an easy way to develop their own sound. The program includes various virtual instruments and studio effects that offer great sound quality and are easy to use, putting you on par with professional producers.
From the rehearsal room to the studio - with the recording software Samplitude Music Studio.
As it should be for a professional DAW in this price range, you can take your music to the next level with more advanced steps. Automatic solutions are available directly in the recording software for mastering, the final editing and professional effects. Once you're finished mixing your songs and have optimized the sound, you can then easily publish your songs to platforms such as SoundClound, Facebook or YouTube with just a few clicks. Turn your Windows PC into a first-class recording studio with this recording software - no matter whether you want to record as an entire band or a solo artist. The sequencer's highlights:
- Adaptable to recording environment
- Integration of plug-ins via VST, ReWire and DirectX
- MIDI Editor including MIDI Learn
- Tutorial videos for the program
- Connect and use MIDI keyboards and hardware controllers
- Pitch correction
- Professional effects
- Timestretching & pitchshifting
- Import and export of broadcast-quality WAV & FLAC
- Multitrack recordings in studio quality


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How Much Do Funerals Cost?
For most of us, one of our first questions when we think we need a funeral home soon is, "How much will it cost?" It's understandable that everyone wants a simple answer to this question. Unfortunately, there is no one simple answer.
Think of the last time you bought a pair of shoes. It's not really helpful to know that the average cost of a pair of shoes is $75.00. So, what does an "average" pair of shoes look like? Shoes come in many different sizes, colors and styles. You wouldn't expect to call the shoe store and ask, "How much does a pair of shoes cost?" Everyone needs some help finding the right fit for his or her feet. You also understand that you'll need to share more information about the kind of shoe you are seeking before you find the cost.
It's the same with funerals. The funeral you choose will need to fit your family's needs as well as your budget. The funeral director will help you with both. You will be pleased to know funeral homes are required to have standardized prices for everything they do. This price list must be printed and available for you. You should also take comfort in knowing there will be a range of prices associated with the choices you will be making. The funeral director wants you to be satisfied with both the service you select and with the costs associated with those services.
As soon as you are able, it is a good idea to call the funeral home and ask to set up a time to meet with a funeral director to review your options and prices. There should be no cost for this meeting. This is the best way to assure that you understand what is involved with the various services so that you can get the best value for your dollar. You can schedule this kind of meeting with as many funeral homes as you desire.
At first, this may seem like a lot of work. The reality is, however, that you'll obtain far more information by meeting with the funeral director versus searching online or making phone calls. You'll save time, too. Don't wait to set up that meeting if you think you'll need a funeral home soon.


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With over 1.1 million Instagram followers, 13,000 LinkedIn followers, and 12,000 Facebook followers, Mradul Mishra, a 23-year-old from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, is a well-known figure in the sports and marketing industries. With a massive social media following, he interacts with his audience on social media by using these platforms to share his knowledge, experiences, and ideas with his followers.
Mradul has established a name for himself in both the volleyball and marketing industries as a national-level player and coach. His influence extends beyond the sports and marketing sectors.
Mradul's journey started in volleyball when he was the school team captain. Following his selection, he participated in college tournaments and national-level competitions before being named to the district and state teams. Additionally, he had the honor of competing for his university in the All India University competition. Mradul's abilities and diligence were acknowledged when he was chosen to serve as the ASISC Volleyball Tournament's (SGFI) head coach. But after a while, he decided to try something new and he started using the internet to expand his reach and power.
He obtained certifications from Google, Amazon, and Microsoft in digital marketing, and he eventually attained the title of Certified Marketing Expert on LinkedIn. Mradul established his own marketing company, Digital Leaf Marketing, using his newly acquired knowledge and abilities. This company has worked with brands like Realme, LG, IQOO, Samsung, Amazon, PUMA, Fasttrack, and FireBoltt.
Mradul has received numerous awards for his passion and commitment to both marketing and sports. He presently serves as the brand ambassador for FIT INDIA, a government of India program that promotes health and fitness. He was recognized as the Best Rising Star in 2021 by Chennai-based digital marketing firm Social Beat.
Mradul credited his upbringing and the assistance of his family and friends in an interview with his accomplishment. He was aware of the obstacles he had to overcome to pursue his aspirations, yet he was unfazed by them. He thinks that the secret to success is perseverance, discipline, and consistency.
The transformation of Mradul Mishra from a volleyball player to a prosperous marketing entrepreneur is proof of the value of tenacity and dedication. His accomplishments have inspired many, and he is an inspiration to young people who want to be business owners and athletes.
Visit his Instagram at: http://www.instagram.com/mradul_mishra
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mradulmishra
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Allison at the ready! |
FEBRUARY 1, 2012: "Ada Coleman!" These words were uttered by the dolled-up dames of LUPEC Seattle in order to gain access to the jewel-box speakeasy Needle & Thread, which sits hidden above the main room of Tavern Law in Capitol Hill. Utter the right password into a rotary phone on the north wall, and a vintage bank safe door cracks open, allowing passage to the secret bar upstairs.
The speakeasy trend may be long over, but every time I visit Needle & Thread, I get a little thrill speaking the secret phrase into the phone and hearing the safe door buzz open (they let me in!), the anticipation building as I climb the stairs. What mysteries await? Who will be there? What will the bartender concoct for me when I request "something with gin and Chartreuse, no citrus"?
The sense that you are at an exclusive, clandestine party where anything might happen is reinforced by the bar setup at Needle & Thread. There is no menu; instead, you tell the bartender what you are looking for in your cocktail (something brown, bitter, and stirred, for example), and the bartender lets his or her creativity fly. On this occasion, the ladies behind the stick were Allison Milner and Monica Buntha. Allison and Monica rose mightily to the challenge of LUPEC broads clamoring for variations on the Manhattan involving amaros, Champagne cocktails spiked with rum, and other libations. There were even some involving flame!
A gin joint done up Prohibition-style seemed an appropriate place for LUPEC members to gather. A group of whiskey and bitters-loving females is not so earth-shaking now (though still challenging to Lemon Drop and Cosmo stereotypes and the Boys Club), but if it weren't for cultural and political changes during the early 20th century, a group of dames gathering en masse for regular cocktail-swilling at bars (and paying for their own damn drinks) would be rather scandalous. So don't forget to raise a glass to our flapper forebroads for tossing out their corsets in favor of hot jazz, Pink Ladies, and loose morals!
At the gathering, the ladies did in fact toast an important forebroad, a patron saint of LUPEC, Ada Coleman. Fittingly, party goers had to drop her name for entry (although rumor has it that a certain LUPEC member gained admission with a much naughtier phrase). Ada Coleman was certainly a pioneer in challenging the Boys Club--she was head bartender at the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel at a time when there were few women bartenders, invented the Hanky Panky, and even patented an invention for an adjustable book cover--handy for keeping books open behind the bar (US Patent 1,698,391, if you're curious). Ada was highly influential during a golden time of the cocktail, providing mentorship to other famous bartenders, and she continues to be a role model today.
Monica serving it up with a smile! |
Big thanks to Anne Magoon and Monica for offering to host us and also for the great goodie bags! Don't forget to use your free brunch cocktail coupon! And of course thanks to Tracy Meeker who volunteered to write up this month's blog post, well done!


text: Concert Band to Play Kimmel Center February 15, 2012 The University Concert Band will take the stage at the Kimmel Center for an evening dedicated to a wide range of African American composers in honor of Black History Month. Dr. Mike Moss, Music Program Director, has devoted his scholarship to this little-known repertoire, and he will conduct the Concert Band on Wednesday, February 29th at 8 PM in a concert at the Kimmel Center's Perelman Theater (300 S Broad St). Prior to the concert at 7 PM, Moss will moderate a panel discussion on African Americans in classical careers. Tickets are $5 with a Drexel ID and $10 for the general public. The concert includes two newly commissioned pieces by Valerie Coleman, Roma and Umoja, as well as Clarence Cameron White's Triumphal March, Roger Dickerson's Essay for Band, and Oliver Nelson's Fugue and Bossa. Also on the program is Adolphus Hailstork's Look to This Day, where the Concert Band will be joined by University Chorus and members of the University Gospel Choir. Drexel faculty member, Baritone Perry Brisbon, will also present Margaret Bonds' Dream Variation. The Coleman commissions involve a consortium of 25 university bands, including Yale, Clemson, Morgan State, and Auburn, and were initiated by Dr. Moss and our University. Click here for more information. Panelists will include Stan Thompson, trumpet player and director of Play On Philly (the El Sistema music education program at St. Francis de Sales School), and Jeri Lynn Johnson, founder andconductor of the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra.


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Liposuction is a very common, popular procedure. It is designed for the permanent removal of fatty tissue, commonly referred to as "cellulite." It is an elective procedure that allows the plastic surgeon to remove undesirable, subcutaneous fat in isolated areas that do not respond to diet and exercise. These areas include the hips, thighs, abdomen, knees, ankles, face and neck.
Liposuction is most successful in people with good skin tone who have fatty deposits. It is not a treatment for obesity. If weight gain occurs following liposuction, the fat will be deposited in areas that have not been treated. The procedure can be repeated, if necessary. To maintain the safety of the procedure, there is a limit on how much can be done at one time.
A variety of factors can affect the results: Physical condition, genetic makeup, diet, exercise, smoking, alcohol intake, and skin elasticity.
Body contours made irregular by fat can be improved by this procedure; it cannot correct contours that are irregular for other reasons, such as muscle weakness or hernia. However, combined with other procedures, liposuction can correct these other deformities with good results.
The Procedure
Liposuction is done under general anesthesia on an outpatient basis in our surgicenter. The surgeon makes small (less than 1/2 inch), discreet incisions in the areas to be treated. A cannula is inserted in a small incision and attached to a suction machine. The procedure may take an hour or more, depending on how many areas are involved.
Recovery from liposuction is relatively easy.
Expect a fair amount of swelling and bruising in the following two weeks. You will wear special garments provided to apply pressure, minimize swelling and provide support while healing. These garments also assist in retraction of the skin. Stitches will be removed in a week to 10 days.
Results are recognizable almost immediately and will continue to improve as swelling subsides. The day after surgery you should be up and walking around. Increase your activity daily until full activity is resumed at 2-4 weeks. You will be ready to return to office work in 3-5 days and more active employment at 10-14 days. Avoid the sun until all bruising has subsided. A sunscreen should be used routinely; it is easy to get sunburned during recovery because of decreased sensation.
Possible Complications: As with any surgical procedure, complications can occur. Cosmetic complications include contour irregularities, skin discoloration, asymmetry, scar tissue, tape burns, collection of blood or fluid under the skin. Uncommon complications include loss of sensation, skin breakdown, fat embolism serious infection or shock. There is a limit to the amount of fat that can be safely removed in a given procedure. Occasionally, a second procedure is required.
Following liposuction, the scar will go through a maturation process-during the first 8-12 weeks they may be red and possibly raised. The scars will mature over 6-2 months and become pale, flat and soft. You may experience numbness, burning, tingling around the incision site. These symptoms are almost always temporary.
Please let us know if you are prone to keloid scars.
When reviewing information about specific plastic surgery procedures, it is important to understand that the circumstances and experience of every individual are unique. If you are considering plastic surgery, please ask your plastic surgeon for further information about the particular procedure and what you can expect.


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The Union County Crime Stoppers Board was established to encourage Union County residents, who might otherwise be reluctant to share first hand information they might have pertaining to criminal activity, to come forward and report that activity to law enforcement.
Crime Stoppers offers rewards of up to $10,000 for information resulting in the arrest and indictment/prosecution of criminal offenders. Tipsters never need to reveal their names, whether they call the twenty four hour hotline number 908-654-TIPS (8477), or submit a tip via this website. As former Chairman Ron Posyton said, "We don't need your name, we just need your information!"
The Union County Police, in cooperation with the Union County Prosecutor's Office and Union County Police Chiefs Association, receives and coordinates all tips submitted to the Crime Stoppers program.
Crime Stoppers encourages members of the community to assist local law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime by overcoming the two key elements that inhibit community involvement: fear and apathy.
Callers can remain anonymous and are eligible to receive a cash reward if the information given leads to an arrest or grand jury indictment/prosecution of a felony offender.
Crime Stoppers relies on volunteer Directors and tax deductible contributions from the public in order to operate the administration of the program.


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Swinging Terminology
Around the world the terminology of swinging is changed by language and local custom.
Often there are different names given to clubs to meet local preferences or as a way of getting around local legislation against swinging.
Here is a lexicon of some of these terms and few translations.
- A swinger is a person who has sex with other people for FREE.
- If money is paid by or to a person for sexual services this is NOT swinging, it is prostitution.
Here are a few definitions of club types:
- A swingers club or Swingers Party is a place where people pay an entrance fee to cover the cost of
maintaining the building, paying the staff, covering the cost of utilities and giving the owner a return on their investment.
- In Germany also called a Pärchenclub
- In Spain also called Club Liberal or Fiesta liberal
- Swingers Bar: These are bars which have a play area in the rear.
- In Spain called a Bar Liberal or Local Liberal
- In Germany called a Frivole Bar
- A BDSM Club is where people meet for Bondage, Domination, Sadistic and Masochistic games.
- A Fetish club is where people meet whilst dressed in outfits that give them sexual or emotional gratification.
- A brothel is a club where girls (boys) are employed to have sex with customers for money - any club calling itself a swingers club but paying people to have sex with clients is NOT a swingers club.
- A swingers meeting place where no sex occurs is called:
- In UK: A munch or Swingers Social
- In USA: A meet and Greet or Swingers Dance, the term "Off Premise" is also commonly used.
- Many American states ban swinging, so people arrange meet and greets at hotels where everyone books a room. If people hit it off they will retire to each others rooms for play
Since I started building swingers sites in 1997, it has become obvious that many people do not understand what a lot of the acronyms (abbreviations) used within the scene mean.
I have put together a list below - probably not a fully comprehensive one - to try and help people understand what these abbreviations mean.
If you want to suggest some more terms to add to this list please drop me an email at [email protected]
sexual stimulation through the look, feel and smell of rubber, usually associated with BDSM.
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