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Last week, a catastrophic fire destroyed our mail-order space along with thousands of books and posters and many other things. It was a stunning blow. But in response, people around the world immediately mobilized to support us, raising tens of thousands of dollars for us and flooding us with messages of encouragement. We will be able to resume our activities shortly—and we owe it all to you. Here, we present a full update on the situation.
No, none of us were injured in the fire, thank goodness. No, unfortunately, we did not have insurance of any kind, nor did the building owner. Yes, if you might ever be in a situation like ours, you should probably consider getting insurance. Yes, you're absolutely right, it's easier to afford insurance if you are a wealthy capitalist profiteer, not a scrappy band of volunteers who sell everything at break-even prices. No, the fire does not appear to have been an arson attack targeting us, though many online fascists have celebrated it as if it were. Yes, our spirit is unbroken—we remain as eager as ever. The most important elements in a project like ours are the determination of the participants and the goodwill of those we work with, and we are fortunate to have both of those in abundance.
All we ask in all the world is to be able to continue our chosen task—and you have made this possible for us. This is the most profound gift we could receive. It is humbling to be presented with so much care and support from so many people we admire and aspire to build solidarity with. You have conferred a tremendous responsibility upon us, and we will do everything in our power to deserve your faith in us.
As soon as we have succeeded in securing a new space, reprinting all the material we lost, and catching up on backlogged orders, we will look for new ways to resume fulfilling our mission to equip rebels in all walks of life with the information and ideas they need to thrive. We've been at this for over 25 years now, and we are ready to put in another quarter century. The struggle continues.
When the fire broke out, we were in the middle of raising the funds to reprint two of our older books—Days of War, Nights of Love, originally published in the year 2000, and the Contradictionary, published in 2013. Yesterday, we completed that fundraising process. To our surprise and gratitude, we raised more than twice what we had asked for in that campaign, as well, receiving preorders for roughly a thousand copies of each book.
As soon as we get those books back from the factory, we will send them out. That process should not be significantly delayed by this mishap. The original run of pins that we made for backers is now a shapeless lump of melted metal in the burnt-out, cordoned-off husk of what was once our mail-order space, but we have already gotten the wheels in motion to mint another round of them and they should be ready in time. As we have said for decades now, always a problem—always a solution.
Other Ways to Help Us
Some people have asked for other ways to help us besides financial assistance. Here are a few possibilities:
- If you have access to a printer, print copies of the zines and posters available as PDFs in our online library and mail them to us. Failing that, just make them and distribute them yourself!
- Likewise, if you are a designer, we often need help designing new print materials.
- Send shipping supplies to our mailing address in Olympia: envelopes, bubble wrap, packing tape, and other office supplies. For best results, email us in advance to hammer out the details.
- If anyone has the means to make stickers or other such materials, let us know!
- We need help translating our texts. Any language you speak, we can host it on our site.
- Contribute writing or reporting to the site.
- Are you a web designer or programmer? Help us design and maintain and expand the site. You can work on any issue in our backlog to-do list. Email our tech desk for more information with questions.
- We need another zoom recorder for our future audio projects.
- Consider signing up at https://crimethinc.com/support to make a reoccurring monthly donation in order to help us sustain what we are doing in the future.
- Above all, focus your energy and resources on your own long-term efforts to bring about revolutionary change. We don't intend to represent anyone else's aspirations for a better world, only to strive for collective freedom side by side with you. Inspire us with your own creative efforts!
Appendix I: Support Gallery
This is just a minute fraction of the messages that we saw on only one out of many different platforms on which people reached out. If you see a message here that you posted and you would prefer we not display it in this context, we'll gladly remove it.
You can download the Catharsis album in question for free here, along with all the other music we have released over the years.
We were also pleased to see contemporary underground musicians supporting us:
Yes, someone donated $10,000 to the fundraiser. Yes, that surprised us, too. No, we don't know who it was.
Our colleagues from It's Going Down are currently in the midst of a fundraising effort of their own.
This is correct. We call for the abolition of the police, the state justice industry, and the prison-industrial complex. A fire is certainly not going to change our political aspirations. And just like the alleged "crime wave" that conservatives of all stripes have been referencing as they seek to counter abolitionist gains, we note that this fire occurred under the prevailing police state, not as a consequence of defunding police or fire departments.
Cops don't keep us safe. We have to look out for each other.
A charming homage to our classic poster.
"CrimethInc. LLC" seems to be a figment of someone's imagination.
The Jericho Movement—an organization for supporting political prisoners—calling on people to assist us is humbling indeed. Please, whatever you do with your resources, think first of those who are held captive by the state.
The same goes for the support we received from various chapters of the Anarchist Black Cross:
And the same goes for the support crew for anarchist prisoner Eric King:
…And the comrades who produce the Certain Days calendar:
But it's especially moving to receive direct support from a long-term earth liberation prisoner:
We are deeply grateful to LBC for supporting us in memory of Aragorn!
We were overjoyed to see messages from around the world in German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Russian, Indonesian, even Turkish:
AK Press experienced a similar fire a few years ago. The comrades from AK Press reached out to us immediately with a profound gesture of support and care. We can't thank them enough.
We have been fortunate to work with the people from Anarchist Agency repeatedly over the years and are very grateful for their efforts, quite apart from their support for us in this instance.
It's an honor for us to be supported by chapters of the Youth Liberation Front!
Really, we can only blush.
Freedom press, no less!
Once more, thank you to everyone. See you on the streets.
Appendix II: Further Reading and Listening
POŽAR NI POGASIL OGNJA UPORA—An interview about the fire and related subjects on the Slovenian anarchist radio program ČRNA LUKNJA


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VICTORIA— New Democrats have uncovered documents showing that the failed B.C. Liberal candidate for Port Coquitlam, Barbara Lu, was hired by the B.C. Liberal government to help hand out patronage appointments, many of which have gone to other failed B.C. Liberal candidates.
"The B.C. Liberals are ripping off the taxpayers with their 'failures first' jobs program that abandons merit in favour of finding soft landings for failed B.C. Liberal candidates," said New Democrat finance critic Mike Farnworth. "The process for making public appointments is supposed to be transparent and consistent. The only thing that's transparent and consistent is the B.C. Liberal's abandonment of merit in favour of appointing failed candidates, friends and political insiders."
As a Human Resources Analyst for the Board Resourcing and Developing Office, Ms. Lu's duties involves helping with the "recruitment and selection of individuals who serve on the Province's boards, agencies and commissions."
Since she was hired by Premier Clark staffer Athana Mentzelopoulos, the following failed B.C. Liberal candidates and friends have been given patronage appointments by the B.C. Liberals:
Ken Kramer, failed B.C. Liberal candidate for Burnaby-Lougheed, was appointed to the Emergency Medical Assistant Licensing Board
Steve Kim, failed B.C. Liberal candidate for Coquitlam-Maillardville, was appointed to the Multicultural Advisory Council.
Ida Chong, failed B.C. Liberal candidate for Oak Bay-Gordon Head, was appointed to the University of Victoria Board of Governors
Kenneth Fung, who called into a radio station under a fake name during the election to spread malicious rumours about a B.C. New Democrat candidate, was appointed to the University of B.C. board of governors.
In addition to these appointments the B.C. Liberal government's 'failures first' job program has resulted in government jobs for nine other failed B.C. Liberal candidates, not including those who worked for the B.C. Liberal government before the election.
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New Orleans, Louisiana Haunted House - The Mortuary Haunted House By Hauntworld Magazine
Haunted Houses in New Orleans, Louisiana are some of the scariest haunted houses in America. Hauntworld.com tries to review only the best haunted houses in New Orleans, Louisiana. When you are looking for simply the best, scariest, haunted houses in Louisiana there is no other place to search than Hauntworld.com which offers our guests the best information to find Louisiana Haunted Houses including the best haunted attractions in New Orleans, Louisiana. There are many haunted houses in New Orleans that claim to the best haunted attraction but only one can truly lay claim to the being the scariest haunted house in Louisiana... The Mortuary Haunted House in New Orleans, Louisiana.
To learn more about New Orleans, Louisiana The Mortuary view their website below:
The History: At the very "dead" end of world famous Canal Street lies The Mortuary, a 140 year old Grand Victorian Mansion, former funeral parlor, and crematorium… surrounded by New Orleans' famed "Cities of the Dead" and sits among more than a million graves in a one-square-mile radius. "Between 1930 and 2003, more than 20,000 funerals took place within its walls, the blood and bodily fluids of the dead swirling into a drain in the embalming room deep in the basement catacombs." For many years, people from near and far journeyed to this breathtaking building to pay their last respects to dear departed loved ones. Originally built in 1872 by Mary Slattery, the original mansion was intended to be a home for generations of her family. By 1880, John and Mary Slattery had six children living with them in the home. Their son, John Jr, was a Stone Cutter and sexton for the cemetery next door. In October of 1905, the Slattery home was sold to Mrs. Marie Lafontear and William Klein. Marie maintained possession of the home until May 15th, 1923, where the home passed into the custody of PJ McMahon & Sons who turned the property into a grand funeral home. In 1930, the first advertising booklet of the PJ McMahon & Sons Undertaking Company began to circulate. In 1959, a expansion of the mortuary added a specially designed elevator for the discrete delivery of the dead, additional viewing rooms and offices. At its height, the building featured amenities found in only the grandest of mansions such as smoking parlors for the men, private bedrooms and apartments with separate baths for the bereaved, maid service, an on-site cook, dining facilities, chaise lounges for the ladies in their private bathrooms and private drawing rooms. The funeral home was designed to mimic the comforts of home and rivaled all but a few of the grandest of residences of New Orleans. Yet all was not "Victorian Splendor." It was a full-service funeral home. There was an autopsy room and an embalming room. There was a crematorium onsite, cold storage for the dead, casket storage, casket sales and a flower sales facility. The property was designed to anticipate and take care of every aspect of the funeral business. The mortuary was massively successful. The property was sold again in 1996 to Alderwoods. During this time, many of the amenities of the funeral home were done away with in cost-cutting maneuvers. Business suffered. The cost of the massive upkeep of the 130+ year old building began to take its toll. On March 23, 2004, Alderwoods sold the property to Neil Corporation which owns Aveda's Spas. Their first task was to gut the property due to its poor condition. All that was left was the wood framing, doors and the staircases of the building. In this process, the CEO of Neil Corp died surrounded by somewhat mysterious circumstances and their board decided to sell the property. The gutted building was listed for sale in 2004 and remained empty and abandoned for three years. During this period, disaster struck. Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans in late August 2005 and laid waste to the city. Windows were blown out, the roof destroyed, some water poured into the basement's lowest areas, but the bones of the structure survived. On July 2nd, 2007, Jeff Borne, the owner of PSX Worldwide Audiovisual Technologies, purchased the property to turn the decaying funeral home into the Mortuary Haunted House, a multi-million dollar haunted attraction designed to flood the senses with pulse-pounding terror and excitement. His dream was to turn the facility into a showcase of fear starting in the 2007 Halloween season. Little did he know what tales already lay in wait in this "Palace of the Dead!"
The Real Ghosts: During this time he was approached by a paranormal investigative unit based out of Los Angeles. They hoped to investigate the PJ McMahon & Sons Funeral Home due to its hundreds of reports of strange occurrences over its long history. It seems that many of the souls that passed through the old PJ McMahon building… never left. A phantom woman in white was often seen on the top floor crying for her husband who had long since passed on. Legends told of a tall well-dressed man who appears when he believes people are disrespecting the cemeteries that lie beyond the walls of the home, admonishing the offenders to silence. The spectral forms of two rambunctious children, a boy and a girl, had been known to play pranks on the unsuspecting living. A former enraged mortician was often seen by employees, continuing his bloody work in the bowels of the basement. Footsteps and whispering voices supposedly carried throughout the building when no one was there. Guests of the Mortuary Haunted House have come up to management asking "how did they do that?" after seeing what they called an unbelievable special effect of a ghost in a tall top hat disappearing right before their eyes, leaving the management just shaking their heads knowing they didn't do it. Tales traveled far and wide of poltergeist activity, of pieces of furniture moving on their own, while shocked eyewitnesses stared in disbelief. These were just a few of the stories that had reached the ears of paranormal investigators over the historic mansion's life. This is an actively-haunted, 14,000 square foot, 3-story mansion and is reported to have nine known resident ghosts and documented ghost stories that originate over 125 years ago. Formal successful ghost investigations have been conducted by the Ghost Lab team from the Discovery Channel as well as Dustin Pari from SyFy Channel's Ghost Hunter's/GHI just to name a few. Ghost Tours and Ghost Hunting are offered on select nights year round… If You Dare!
The Haunted Attraction: "It's not your typical Haunted House," says Jeff Borne owner of The Mortuary. "Ghost Hunters from around the world have come to The Mortuary to experience unearthly entities throughout the property year round. Now add to what is undoubtedly a very scary environment to begin with, state of the art animatronics, theatrical sets, movie quality actors in makeup, and unbelievable Fog Screen ghostly special effects and you get to experience one of the most terrifying Halloween haunts ever." The Mortuary is unique, world-class haunted attraction because of the realism of the property. "We build sets and bring in props, but 90% of what guests see and experience is real. It is the true nature of the property. It's elegant and at the same time, intensely scary." Location, location, location as they say. The property is on World Famous Canal Street in a real mortuary, surrounded by real cemeteries. It just doesn't get any better than this!
Even before entering through the front doors of The Mortuary, you are instantly taken into a haunted world that looks surreal. The former funeral home is decorated incredibly everywhere you go so as to make you totally believe you are truly in a haunted house and not just a normal place designed to look like one. "We teleport our guests into a whole new world where we create and control the entire guest environment and experience. It's about the guest's complete suspension of disbelief." Take for example the embalming room. It is the actual room where tens of thousands of people were laid out on gurneys and had their final preparation performed. Some of the equipment used for this process is part of this set including a centrifugal fluid pump and surgical instruments. In the autopsy training room, another cadaver is being carved open while real vintage black and white training movies are played in the background on an old 35mm projector explaining the step by step procedure. And in the Séance Chamber, the laws of physics are torn
apart as a portal to the supernatural afterlife is ripped open right before your eyes. The room is adorned with late 1800s style books, tokens, and voodoo masks. Only lit by melting candlelight, the wind swirls as the round séance table floats in mid air. The entranced madam calls for the spirits of the departed and an incredible angry ghostly apparition appears out of thin air over the table. Lightning crashes and everything around you springs to life in poltergeist like fashion. And deep below in a sub-level to the basement is the crypt. Decaying concrete steps wind their way down into an even darker level where the temperature turns cold, the smell of mildew and earth permeate your senses, and you find yourself underground with the coffins and rotted corpses of a forgotten graveyard. Patrons waiting in the queue line above can hear the muffled screams of the terrified guests below them as these poor souls realize they are actually at the same level of the real graves just a few feet away! It's a thrilling, realistic experience you won't soon forget!
The Mortuary Haunted House represents themed interactive entertainment featuring some of the most cutting edge animatronics and special effects offered today in a haunted attraction. But what brings the fear to life really are the actors. Think of The Mortuary as a theater that is presenting a play. In ordinary theaters, the audience is seated while the action continuously unfolds on the stage in front of them. The Mortuary, however, is a bit like going to a theater in the round with the stage that encompasses the entire theater and having the action sporadically occur all around you, even to the extent of your functioning as an extra in the play. You are the star of the horror movie. One of the really outstanding features of the Mortuary is that though the theme of the haunt remains true to its vampiric roots, the story continues to evolve annually, chapter by chapter. To accomplish this, more than two-thirds of the experience is different each year. The main and top floors of the attraction are recreated as completely new rooms. And the basement gets increasingly more intense. The twisted imaginers at the Mortuary dream up and create some of the mind blowing, interactive experiences in the industry. As a guest you experience this story live. The Mortuary has been featured on The Travel Channel's "America's Scariest Attractions" and FUSE TV's Voodoo Music Experience special as a "must see" during the Halloween season. And USA Today says that "Hollywood thrillers can't beat this haunted house!" It's a Universal Studios on steroids type experience. The New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau touts The Mortuary as the center of all the city's Halloween festivities in the most haunted city in America! The Mortuary Haunted House attraction is typically open early in September and runs through Halloween. (Visit www.TheMortuary.net for dates) Borne added, "We will also feature a special Flashlight Fear Fest Night where our brave guests will tour The Mortuary in complete darkness with only micro-flashlights to guide their way. And, on October 13th each year, we will host an exclusive Slasher Night with half price tickets and featuring slasher movie anti-heros." Group discounts are also available if you have more than 15 guests. For More information, dates, videos, hours, special events, and discount coupons, visit the Mortuary online at www.TheMortuary.net or call 504-483-2350. Every year, The Mortuary is "Out For Blood" as they team up with The Blood Center for their annual blood drive. If you the gift of life and donate blood on location at The Mortuary and you'll receive a FREE VIP Admission to the haunt. The Mortuary is the largest blood donor site in Louisiana. In addition, the Mortuary is used for private Halloween Parties complete with catering, entertainment, and the creatures of the night. The venue is available on nights the haunt does not operate. The Haunted Mortuary, also known as Mystère Mansion when they are not scaring the yell out of guests in the Fall, is a most unique venue for special events for all group sizes and occasions. From private parties complete with a catered dinner and attentive butler service, to screenings, meetings, conventions, receptions, wedding receptions, and celebrations. Your event will be memorable and certain to create a long-standing favorable impression. A custom-made mahogany bar in the Great Hall as well as a catering kitchen and an attentive staff adds a variety of special event options to which the mansion can cater. For more information and assistance on creating an amazing event for your group and occasion at the mansion, call us or email your inquiry to firstname.lastname@example.com or online at www.MansionNewOrleans.com. The Mortuary is more than just a haunted house. It's loaded with great startling scares, plenty of fantastic unearthly atmosphere, a top-notch troupe of actors/haunters in a well organized production, and just a incredible overall live experience. So take a classic streetcar ride from the enchanting French Quarter to the portal of the world famous New Orleans Cemeteries, delivering you right to the steps of The Haunted Mortuary, one of the top Scariest Places On Earth!
The Legend: Over a century ago, Master Ravencroft, a twisted mortician, was trying to embalm his latest client and realized the body was in the process of transforming into a vampire. He experimented with the body, removing the life rejuvenating fluids transfusing them with various types living and dead matter creating many forms of undead creatures. Finally, feeling he has found the secret to everlasting life, he experiments on himself… He needed an endless supply of life-giving blood to continue his ghastly experiments to extend his own life. You see, the Blood was the secret to immortality. Some believe that the rumored experiments of dismemberment and bloodletting continue to this day in mass serial killing fashion by a secret society of morticians known as the "Collectors." Tall top hats in Edwardian clothing, looking somewhat out of their time, ghoulishly happy to see you is how a few lucky ones have described them. Surgical precision they say, but without anesthetic. Some say they are ancient. Some say they experiment with fear… One thing is for sure, if you meet one of them, RUN! And now a warning... Our Master has gathered a magnificent collection of sirens to assist in his dark mission. "Vampir Vixens" he calls them. Beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of compassion and mercy. These are bloodsucking demons older then man himself. Tales of supernatural beings consuming the flesh and blood of the living have been found in nearly every culture around the world for many centuries. These seductive creatures are real. They gather their prey with cunning efficiency to serve the master. They feed on fear, desiring extreme violence and carnage, often aroused in the heat of the hunt, leading to uncontrolled slaughter. It's the price of eternal life, namely the incessant need for blood… Many have entered the dark hallways of The Mortuary, to never be seen again. Those who enter The Mortuary will be tested and pushed to the limits of their sanity! Do you have what it takes to escape?
CONTACT: The Mortuary Haunted House 4800 Canal Street New Orleans, LA 70119 www.TheMortuary.net


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Claire (the character name and the RL name are the same) was known for playing a large number of alternate characters during a time period early enough in MU* history (1989) that doing so was actually unusual and worth remarking upon.
The dinosaur player dirque coined the following phrase in 1990 (while logged on what was later referred to as a Random Gang MU*): "On a MUD, half the girls you meet are guys, and the other half are Claire." This was extrapolated to "We are all Claire!" jokes later in MU* history. The "Claire" jokes persist to this day.
Claire was one of the original founders and wizards of FurryMUCK (as the character Abigail, a unicorn), and was a wizard on Islandia as well.
In 1995, she wrote a book on MU*s called MUDs: Exploring Virtual Worlds on the Internet published by Macmillan Publisher's "Brady Games" imprint. The book featured a chapter on FurryMUCK and other popular MU*s of that time period. The chapter "Don't be a TinyJerk!" is reproduced on many MU* sites as the foundation lesson for good behavior on a MU*. The book is currently out of print.
Later in her career, Claire published a variety of scholarly articles and essays in educational magazines and textbooks on the topic of MU*s, socializing online, etc. She also published in a small number of "hot" Internet magazines that are no longer in print.


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Kevin Cheetham looks like a Hollywood rendition of a Reddit user. The 19-year-old student at Emerson College in Boston is lean and youthful, dressed in all black with glasses with a skull earring in his left ear. His companion on this Friday afternoon looks less the part: Luke, a 37-year-old entrepreneur from New York who spoke to TIME on the condition that his last name not appear in print because he was worried it might affect his businesses, is stubbled, wearing corduroys and a plaid, untucked button-down.
The unlikely duo are stationed in a parking lot across the street from the Arsenal Mall in Watertown, Mass., where a fleet of news trucks and a large crowd of reporters have gathered to cover the search for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing. Cheetham and Luke appear to be living out of Luke's car — what Cheetham calls their "mobile command center" — a navy blue minivan carpeted in crumbs, a bag of clothes, a cigarette-lighter-powered spotlight, a metal baseball bat (just in case) and a wirelessly connected laptop. With a wide swath of Watertown on lockdown, police probably wouldn't have let them in if it weren't for one thing: they were on the scene early.
Cheetham and Luke are self-deputized reporters for Reddit, the massive user-generated news site and "front page of the Internet" that played a central role in the media maelstrom that engulfed last week's search for those who detonated two bombs at the Boston marathon. Both men say they were near the finish line when the explosions happened and began following the investigation online, where they listened to Boston police scanners and posted information to the now defunct FindBostonBombers section of Reddit.
When the bombing suspects, eventually identified as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his older brother Tamerlan, cut a violent path through Watertown late Thursday, Cheetham and Luke separately struck out into the night to follow the manhunt. They decided to team up after meeting by chance in the early hours of Friday morning at Massachusetts General Hospital, looking for the body of Tamerlan, who was killed during a shootout with police hours earlier. With their gear packed in Luke's van, the pair drove to Watertown, searching for Dzhokhar and posting details about their hunt and Watertown's geography on Reddit. (The spotlight was for looking in bushes, says Luke, but its power overloaded a fuse in Luke's van, rendering it useless.) By Friday afternoon, Luke and Cheetham had formed a tight bond. Says Luke: "Maybe Kevin is a little younger than me or into to different things, but [Reddit] is a community."
According to general manager Erik Martin, 272,000 users were reading Reddit at the time of Dzhokhar's arrest, 85,000 of them in a single post on the manhunt. That puts the site in direct competition with the largest U.S. news organizations.
(MORE: Two Degrees of Separation From a Bomber)
Hours after two homemade pressure-cooker bombs tore through the crowd of onlookers on Boylston Street on Monday, Redditors were posting photos of the event, picking out people wearing bags and circling them in red. When the FBI released grainy photos of the two suspects Thursday afternoon, users quickly identified the brands of hats they were wearing. That's "the power of the crowd," says Luke. "I would never say Kevin is smarter than a top FBI guy — although he might be — but I would rather have 10,000 Kevins than one FBI guy."
Many Redditors followed the investigation with a fervor bordering on obsession. "I've been sleeping three or four hours a night because I've been spending so much time looking at photos and reading theories online," says Luke.
As rumor and misinformation circled traditional and new media alike, a few like Cheetham and Luke gathered information from primary sources. "Everybody has a lot of questions, and we just want everything answered," says Cheetham. "Instead of waiting for answers to come to us, we are trying to get them ourselves."
The amount of information available on Reddit during the Boston manhunt was so vast that it even had the capacity to surprise authorities. According to Cheetham and Luke, a police officer who pulled them over late Thursday night was so taken aback at what they had gleaned from the Internet that he asked, "How do you have this information? Can I write this down?"
Redditors also created tools to help online spectators understand what was happening. Luke and Cheetham say they posted an interactive map showing the various locations of Thursday night's violent spree. It was popular on Reddit, but they are quick to say that they don't want credit. In some ways, this stance epitomizes both what's great and what's terrible about the Reddit collective — there is not much chance for individual glory — or personal responsibility.
(MORE: Tread on Me: The Case for Freedom From Terrorist Bombings, School Shootings and Exploding Factories)
Without the filter that news organizations have traditionally used to sort good information from bad, or the ability to confirm facts with reliable law-enforcement officials, Reddit's hive mind is often abuzz with misinformation. None of the photos of potential suspects circulating the Internet in the days immediately following the bombing picked out the Tsarnaevs.
In a moment of unfortunate old-media-new-media synergy, the cover of the New York Post on Thursday morning featured a picture of two innocent teens, widely circulated on social media, under the headline "Bag Men: Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon." Cheetham and Luke say Reddit realized the mistake before the Post went to press, but the reckless identity mix-ups continued.
On Thursday night, after the FBI released pictures of the Tsarnaevs but before their names were identified, Reddit users singled out Brown University student Sunil Tripathi as a match for suspect No. 2. Tripathi had gone missing in March, and rumors of a vague note left in his apartment as well as the involvement of the FBI in the missing-person search led amateur Internet sleuths to conclude Tripathi was involved.
Compounding the mistake were erroneous reports on Twitter that Tripathi's name, along with another alleged suspect, was read aloud on the Boston police scanner. Tripathi's family, who had launched a social-media campaign to find the missing student, endured a long night of accusations. They even had to take down the Facebook page dedicated to Tripathi's safe return.
On Monday, Martin, Reddit's general manager, issued an apology to the Tripathi family and others fingered in the digital hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers. "Though started with noble intentions, some of the activity on Reddit fueled online witch hunts and dangerous speculation which spiraled into very negative consequences for innocent parties," Martin wrote. "The Reddit staff and the millions of people on Reddit around the world deeply regret that this happened."
Over the weekend, administrators unceremoniously shut down FindBostonBombers, the Reddit section that housed much of the crowdsourced information on last week's manhunt. When asked by another Redditor whether the effort had been worth it, the Subreddit's purported creator, a user going by the handle oops777, said, "Not even slightly."
While Luke and Cheetham's on-the-ground Reddit reporting isn't the kind of information typically posted on the site, it shows yet again the power and danger of the Internet's wide open-publishing capabilities. Information may want to be free, but there's often a cost associated with unverified facts that are widely distributed at rapid speed.
"Over the past few days, Reddit has been tremendously important to me," Cheetham says. "Some of the information has not been correct, but neither has the mainstream media."
It may be naive to imagine that Redditors learned a lesson from the Boston-bombing frenzy and will be more cautious next time the site is awash in posts about a breaking-news event. Then again, there were aspects of the Boston Marathon bombing that made it ripe for Reddit in all its utility and destruction. A national-security threat, bombers on the run and maybe an opportunity to help.


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The Parish of CoolockThe current parish of Coolock, consecrated in 1969 is relatively small with about one thousand families making up the community, but once it covered a large area from Glasnevin to Raheny. There has been a church in Coolock since the early Christians set up a wattle chapel in the area later known as 'An Culog' (Little Corner), because of its location in the woods. Evidence of that tradition survives in the form of an ancient stone cross found in the grounds of St.John's church. With the arrival of the Normans in the twelfth century, King John granted the Barony of Coolock to the Archbishop of Dublin. In the following century, the Cistercians of Llanthony in Gloucestershire assumed responsibility for the church, which in turn passed to the monks of Duleek. There was always a priest in Coolock until the suppression of the monasteries by King Henry VIII in the 1530s.
Eighteen century rendering of a thatched chapel similar to St. Brendans
The Protestant Reformation seriously disrupted religious practice in the area. While a special synod at Kilkenny in 1614 established a parish in north Dublin, (covering a giant swathe which included Artane, Santry, Clontarf, Glasnevin, Drumcondra, Killester and Fairview) this parish was without a priest until the arrival of Father Drake in 1620. He lived in Artane and celebrated Mass in the castle owned by the Hollywood family. In 1689 a small chapel was built in Coolock, by Fr. Richard Cahill (parish priest from 1680-1720) but this was an early casualty of the Penal Laws.
The Penal Era
Imposed in the wake of the Williamite Wars (1688-91), the Penal Laws persecuted Irish Catholics for holding on to the faith of their fathers. The laws were essentially politically motivated and aimed at preventing Catholics from threatening the Protestant state; this explains the laws depriving Catholics of the right to carry arms, purchase land, practise law, vote or be elected to parliament. Other clauses specifically affected the practice of religion, particularly the laws banishing bishops and preventing priests entering the country. Other laws strictly limited Catholic education.
As it happened, the laws were never fully implemented and there were sufficient loopholes to allow Catholicism to survive. For the most part, provided they practiced their religion quietly, Catholics were free to celebrate their faith. In times of threatened rebellion or foreign invasion, however, it was a different story and then priests risked been caught by 'priest catchers'. The most notorious of these characters, John Garzia succeeded in having six priests convicted in 1718 and in the following year the Archbishop of Dublin, Edmund Byrne, was lucky to avoid a lengthy sentence. During these times of persecution, Catholics were forced to celebrate Mass in the open. In Coolock, a mass rock existed at 'Chapel Bank' where the present Beechpark Avenue meets Oscar Traynor Road. The feast of the local patron was often the highlight of the year. In Coolock, the presence of St. Brendan's well would have provided a particular focus, which allowed Catholics to pray as generations had done before them. They would gather there for St John's Eve, the great festival which had been celebrated in Ireland since the pagans gathered to honour Lug at Lughnasa. More often than not, the religious celebration was followed by music and dancing.
In the eighteenth-century being a Catholic involved a significant sacrifice; yet people clung to their faith. As a result, the Church of the period was a faith community in the best sense; as the great statesman Edmund Burke observed, the conditions of the Catholic Church in Ireland resembled those of the early Christians in Jerusalem. The eighteenth century Irish church was poor and Coolock was no exception. When the antiquary Austin Cooper visited the area in 1780, he commented on the Catholic chapel, which was little more than a cabin. This was the norm; chapels were usually square, thatched with a clay floor with a simple altar; in many rural parishes the chapel was used for threshing. There was little by way of decoration and few chapels possessed a full set of vestments.
This gold chalice is a recent gift bequeathed to the parish of St. Brendan's, Coolock from the Treacy family in New York in loving memory of their son Brendan
St. Brendan's parish is fortunate in that it possesses a chalice from the penal era, which the Dominican Father Thomas Cummins had made for his friary in Athy in 1734. The Franciscans at Multyfarnham Abbey, County Westmeath, preserve a second penal chalice with a connection to St. Brendan's. Made in 1717, the inscription prays for the soul of Patrick Tuite and requests that it be given to Multyfarnham. A Franciscan had possibly ministered in Coolock, or perhaps it belonged to Canon Andrew Tuite, parish priest of Coolock from 1733 to 1771. Either way, both chalices are a precious and tangible reminder of that era of persecution.
St. Brendan's parish is fortunate in that it possesses a chalice from the penal era, which the Dominican Father Thomas Cummins had made for his friary in Athy in 1734. The Franciscans at Multyfarnham Abbey, County Westmeath, preserve a second penal chalice with a connection to St. Brendan's. Made in 1717, the inscription prays for the soul of Patrick Tuite and requests that it be given to Multyfarnham. A Franciscan had possibly ministered in Coolock, or perhaps it belonged to Canon Andrew Tuite, parish priest of Coolock from 1733 to 1771. Either way, both chalices are a precious and tangible reminder of that era of persecution.
The Catholic clergy were greatly alarmed by this development, fearing not only the human casualties a rebellion would bring, but also the reactions of government and a re-imposition of the penal laws. For this reason the Archbishop of Dublin, John Troy, excommunicated the United Irishmen and at a local level, priests did all in their power to pacify the country. In Coolock which was politically active, the parish priest, Patrick Ryan, was particularly prominent. Not only did he preach against the rebellion, but also he busied himself throughout the parish. In May 1798, the spy Francis Higgins reported to Dublin Castle:
"At the time of the rebellion, and many of his parishioners declaring that their servants, gardeners etc. were quitting their service to join the rebels, this Fr. Ryan sought after them and publicly as well as privately admonished them. He made terms with the Rt. Hon. Mr Beresford and the Gentlemen of the Coolock Association not to molest the people on account of their giving up firearms, pikes etc. The consequence was that in the course of five days he caused to be piled up and delivered to the Coolock Cavalry nine cars filled with pikes, old scythes on poles, swords and firearms".
Robert Emmet (1778-1803), Portrait miniature by Comerford
Yet while the Dublin newspapers praised his efforts, the United Irishmen regarded such activity as treachery. When Fr. Ryan was made coadjutor bishop of Ferns in 1804, the former United Irishman and editor of the Irish Magazine commented that such bishops 'might as well be appointed by the King'. In the rebellion of 1803, too, the people of Coolock were active. Robert Emmet's followers from all over north Dublin gathered on the green near the present Protestant church in Coolock. The collapse of the rebellion in the city meant that their efforts were in vain.
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If all athletes want to be rappers, then all rappers wanted to be actors.
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In the '90s, rappers becoming actors reached new heights, with several high-profile rhymers settling into cushy film careers and finding themselves staples on prime-time television. Ice Cube, Ice T, Will Smith, Queen Latifah, Kid N Play and LL Cool J are just a few rappers who turned platinum records into blockbuster hits during the 90s.
Over the years, rappers turned actors has become such a norm, it's not even a big deal anymore. No longer are rapper/actors looked at as amateurs or novices—they have viable, sometimes award-winning careers. Take Academy Award nominee, Queen Latifah for example. Kennedy Center inductee LL Cool J, or Common who's super close to EGOT status.
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Have you ever enjoyed the cool refuge that an underground cave offers from a hot summer's day? Or perhaps you have experienced the soothing warmth when entering a cave during winter?
When descending into a cave, you may not only enjoy the calm climate, you may also admire the beauty of cave deposits such as stalagmites, stalactites and flowstones, known by cave researchers as speleothems.
Perhaps you already know that they grow very slowly from minerals in the water that drips off or over them. This water originates from rain at the surface that has travelled through soil and limestone above, and seeped into the ground and ended up in the cave.
As speleothems grow, they lock into their minerals the chemical signatures of the environmental and climatic conditions of the time the rainwater fell at the surface. So, as a stalagmite grows, the surface climate signature is continuously trapped in the newly created layers.
Some very old stalagmites hold climatic signatures of the very distant past, in some cases up to millions of years. They contain an archive of the past climate as long as their age, often predating global weather station records.
Above and Below
But if a cave remains cool during summer and warm during winter, how is its climate related to that of the surface? And how does this affect the chemical signature recorded by speleothems?
To understand the relationship between surface and cave climate, our research group, Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre at UNSW Australia, conducted multiple field experiments at the Wellington Caves Reserve in New South Wales.
During the experiments, the surface and the cave climates were measured in detail. For example, highly accurate temperature sensors were used to measure the water temperature at the surface, and at the point where water droplets hit the cave floor forming stalagmites.
Martin S Andersen
The research team initiated controlled dripping in the cave by irrigating the surface above the cave with water that was cooled to freezing point to simulate rainfall.
The cold water allowed us to determine whether the drip water in the cave is affected by the conditions at the surface or those along its pathways through the ground.
We also added a natural chemical to the irrigation water, which allowed us to distinguish whether the water in the cave originated from the irrigation or whether it was water already present in the subsurface.
Our results revealed a complex but systematic relationship between the surface and the cave climate. For example, surface temperature changes are significantly reduced and delayed with depth.
Our research illustrates how to decipher the surface temperature from that in the cave. Understanding this is necessary to correctly decoding past surface temperature records from their signatures preserved in stalagmites.
Keeping it Cool
We also discovered that air moving in and out of the cave can cool cave deposits by evaporating water flowing on the cave deposits. This cooling can significantly influence the chemical signature trapped in the cave deposit and create 'false' signals that are not representative of the surface climate.
In other words, it will make the surface climate 'look' cooler than it actually was, if not accounted for. While this is more likely to occur in caves that are located in dry environments, it may also have to be considered for stalagmites in caves that were exposed to drier climates in the distant past.
Our new knowledge can also help scientists select the best location and type of stalagmite for the reconstruction of past climatic or environmental conditions.
This new discovery is significant because it can improve the accuracy of past climate signals from cave deposits. It may also help us understand previously unexplained artefacts in existing past climate records. By improving our understanding of the past climate we can better understand future climate variations.
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Gabriel C Rau, Associate Lecturer in Groundwater Hydrology, UNSW Australia; Andy Baker, Director of the Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, UNSW Australia; Mark O Cuthbert, Research Fellow in Hydrogeology, University of Birmingham, and Martin Sogaard Andersen, Senior lecturer, UNSW Australia
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Outdoor sports season is nearly here, and with rough play comes the risk of concussion.
But one of the most-used tools to assess sports-related concussion from the sidelines isn't as precise as one might like, a new study argues.
Intense exertion from playing sports could cause some of the symptoms listed on the Sports Concussion Assessment Tool-3rd Edition (SCAT3), researchers found in a study of rugby players.
"Some of them can have a high symptom severity score which is not related to a head impact," said lead researcher Stephanie Iring, a doctoral student at Rutgers University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in Newark, N.J. "It's related more to the fatigue that they experience or other bodily injury that they might have experienced."
Headache-related symptoms were most strongly associated with an actual concussion, Iring and her colleagues found.
Other symptoms measured by the SCAT3 - fatigue or neck pain, for example - are less strongly linked to a concussion and could owe simply to exertion, the results showed.
Concussion is a form of traumatic brain injury caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head or body hit that causes the head and brain to move back and forth, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
About 3.8 million sports-related concussions are reported each year in the United States, the researchers said in background notes. Studies of NFL players have raised concerns that repeated concussions could lead to long-term brain injury.
Medical professionals have developed the SCAT3 as a way to determine whether a player has suffered a concussion.
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For this study, the researchers set up a concussion laboratory tent at the Can-Am Rugby Tournament, an annual event in upstate New York.
The researchers performed the SCAT3 test on 80 men and women who received a blow to the head while playing rugby and on 129 people ("controls") who had just completed a tough match.
The investigators found that the SCAT3 test overall was effective at identifying people who had been concussed versus those who were simply exhausted from playing sports, Iring said.
Players with a head injury had significantly more symptoms listed on the tool - reporting 26 symptoms on average compared to about nine for uninjured players, the findings showed.
"However, if you look at the data closely, you see that there's a number of players that are control players that report symptoms that are just as high as the concussed players," Iring said.
Analysis revealed concussed players tended to report more symptoms related to headache - pressure in the head, headache, feeling slowed down, dizziness or not feeling right.
"This is a better predictor of the players that reported concussions compared to the controls," Iring said.
This new study adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests the SCAT3 might need revision, said Kristen Dams-O'Connor, director of the Brain Injury Research Center at Mount Sinai in New York City.
"What we really need to do is to identify the constellation of symptoms that are most closely associated with a clinically concerning head trauma," she said.
In the meantime, doctors working on the sidelines need to keep in mind that the SCAT3 lists some symptoms that will be normally felt by people who are simply worn out from an energetic match, Dams-O'Connor added.
The SCAT3 tool itself has a disclaimer saying that it should not be used as a stand-alone method to diagnose concussion, said Tamara Hew-Butler, an associate professor of exercise and sport science at Wayne State University in Detroit.
"The diagnosis of a concussion does rely on more than just a stand-alone symptom scale," Hew-Butler said.
Iring presented the findings Tuesday at a meeting of the American Physiological Society in Philadelphia. Findings presented at medical meetings are considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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SOURCES: Stephanie Iring, doctoral student, Rutgers University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Newark, N.J.; Kristen Dams-O'Connor, PhD, director, Brain Injury Research Center of Mount Sinai, New York City; Tamara Hew-Butler, DPM, PhD, associate professor, exercise and sport science, Wayne State University, Detroit; presentation, American Physiological Society meeting, Philadelphia, April 5, 2022


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Low back pain can range from mild, dull, annoying pain, to persistent, severe, disabling pain in the lower back. Pain in the lower back can restrict mobility and interfere with normal functioning.
The exact cause of low back pain can be hard to determine. Back pain may be a symptom of many different causes, including any of these:
Overuse, strenuous activity, or improper use (such as repetitive or heavy lifting, exposure to vibration for prolonged periods of time)
Degeneration of vertebrae (often caused by stresses on the muscles and ligaments that support the spine, or the effects of aging)
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The pain may radiate into one or both buttocks or even into the thigh, hip, lower leg, and foot.
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Your provider will perform a complete health history and physical exam. They will ask about the location of your pain, its intensity, when it started, and what makes it better or worse. For most people with back pain, no lab testing or imaging is needed. In certain cases, your provider may recommend imaging tests such as an X-ray, CT scan, or MRI.
Staying active is a central part of treating back pain and preventing future pain. Follow any activity instructions from your provider. They may recommend resting for a short period of time depending on your condition, but it's important to stay as active as possible. They may recommend exercise with an emphasis on strengthening both back and abdominal muscles or gentle exercises such as walking, swimming, tai chi, or yoga.
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Rehabilitation is often a part of treatment for low back pain. Generally, there are 3 phases of low back pain rehab.
Acute phase. During this initial phase, the physiatrist (a healthcare provider who specializes in rehab medicine) and treatment team develop a plan to reduce the initial low back pain and source of inflammation. This may include using ultrasound, electrical stimulation, or specialized injections.
Recovery phase. Once the initial pain and inflammation are better managed, the rehab team focuses on helping you return to normal daily activities while starting a specialized exercise program to regain flexibility and strength.
Maintenance phase. In this phase, you will learn ways to prevent further injury and strain to the back. You will also learn how to start a fitness program to help further increase strength and endurance.
The following may help to prevent low back pain:
Use correct lifting techniques.
Maintain correct posture while sitting, standing, and sleeping.
Exercise regularly (with proper stretching beforehand)
Don't smoke.
Maintain a healthy weight.
Reduce stress, which may cause muscle tension.
Call your healthcare provider if:
Your pain becomes worse or spreads to your hips, thighs, legs, or feet.
Your pain medicine no longer works well for you.
Your pain begins to interfere with your daily activities, or interferes with activities more than usual.
Most back pain will ease in a few days to a few weeks. If the pain lasts longer than 3 months, it's considered chronic and you should talk with your healthcare provider. Recovery from low back pain can take time. To prevent back pain from coming back, it's important to follow good health practices, such as:
Maintaining a healthy weight
Exercising regularly with emphasis on strengthening both back and abdominal muscles
Practicing good lifting techniques
Maintaining good posture while sitting, standing, and sleeping
Not smoking
Specific treatment for low back pain depends on the cause of the pain and the severity. But it often includes pain medicines and muscle relaxers, physical therapy, and assistive devices such as a back support. It also may include lifestyle changes such as stress reduction, weight loss, and increased physical activity.
A back rehab program may be used as part of the treatment for low back pain.
Measures to prevent back pain include using safe lifting techniques, maintaining correct posture, regular exercise, staying at a healthy weight, not smoking, and reducing stress.
Tips to help you get the most from a visit to your healthcare provider:
Know the reason for your visit and what you want to happen.
Before your visit, write down questions you want answered.
Bring someone with you to help you ask questions and remember what your healthcare provider tells you.
At the visit, write down the name of a new diagnosis and any new medicines, treatments, or tests. Also write down any new instructions your healthcare provider gives you.
Know why a new medicine or treatment is prescribed and how it will help you. Also know what the side effects are.
Ask if your condition can be treated in other ways.
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Know what to expect if you do not take the medicine or have the test or procedure.
If you have a follow-up appointment, write down the date, time, and purpose for that visit.
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Click below to listen to our Consumerpedia podcast episode where a former cyber thief explains how to protect your online accounts.
It may shock you to know how often—it's constantly—digital bad guys try to worm their way into computers, tablets, phones, websites, and internet-service providers. Software developers and hardware manufacturers, racing to get new products to market, are often no match for these ever-more-sophisticated thieves and troublemakers.
Unless you're willing to live a completely unplugged life worthy of a Netflix series or survivalist blog, there's no way to completely secure your digital devices and your personal info from a skilled, diligent hackers—but there are ways to deter them.
Be wary on the internet and when opening emails.
Most cyberattacks rely on weak points for entry. Often, that's you: Many baddies fool users into flinging open their digital doors.
A common ploy is to send an email or text posing as a government agency, bank, retailer, or other well-known entity (for example, Amazon or your cable TV or internet service provider) to manipulate victims to hand over their user IDs and passwords. These messages often look legit—and might even send you to a website that also looks like the real thing. Don't open emails unless they come from an expected source. Then, don't click on links embedded in emails or texts, or download any attachments, unless you're certain they come from a legitimate source. Also avoid visiting unfamiliar websites. Don't download—or allow a site to download for you—anything unless you're sure it's a safe spot.
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- Ratchet up your email software's spam filter settings to reduce the number of dangerous messages. Allow it to deliver email only from your trusted sites and contacts. Check other incoming messages while held in quarantine before allowing delivery to your inbox.
- Configure email software so it doesn't display (and therefore open) email in a preview pane. Preview panes in many email clients allow part of the message to be downloaded, which sometimes is enough for a scripted virus to land on your computer.
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If you receive an update alert, run it as soon as you can, and then check whether additional updates are available; sometimes big updates are pushed out in batches.
Avoid using unsupported, old operating systems—Windows 7 and older versions, for example, no longer get security patches from Microsoft.
Use security software.
Apple and Microsoft now embed into their operating systems free, strong security software. If you want extra protection, you can install a second security app; good free ones are offered by Avast and Bitdefender. Keep all security software current by enabling automatic updates.
Use a password manager to create strong, unique passwords.
Create a long, complex unique password for each of your devices and online accounts. Recommendations:
- Configure your devices to require your fingerprint or use facial recognition to log you on.
- Choose a different password for your computer, your email, and each website login. If you use the same password everywhere, then a lot of databases will have your master password, and anyone who steals it from one site has access to your entire digital existence.
- Make passwords long. Secure passwords consist of at least 16 characters, but the longer the better.
- Create long passwords, but avoid common phrases and words such as "LukeIamYourFather." One effective strategy is to pick a relatively obscure but easy-to-remember secret phrase and insert extra letters, numbers, and symbols. For example: "&IheartluvWorkingfor1625Checkbook!"
That's a lot of passwords and precautions—so much work that most of us don't do it. Password management software makes it easy by creating strong unique encrypted passwords for each of your online accounts. They're stored in a digital vault accessible from all your devices. You just need to create (and remember) one master password.
Consumer Reports tested 10 password managers, grading each on usability, security, and privacy. The clear winner was 1Password ($60 per year). CR also gave favorable overall ratings to Keeper Password Manager ($29.99 per year) and Bitwarden ($10 per year, but its free version also earned good overall marks).
Coming in at the bottom of CR's ratings were Dashlane Free, Norton 360 Deluxe, and McAfee True Key.
You may already have password managers on your devices. Apple's embedded password manager is called "Keychain." Most internet browsers also have them, with options to sync those passwords across multiple devices. While browsers' "save passwords" features are convenient, they're not as robust as what you'd get from a dedicated password management program.
Take advantage of two-factor authentication.
Even the best passwords can be compromised—so opt for two-factor authentication when available. It requires a password and a second identifying factor—such as a fingerprint or entering a code sent to your phone, email address, or app—to log in. It's not foolproof, but two-factor authentication can stop most hackers from using a stolen password to access important accounts.
Two-factor authentication is particularly important for your retirement and investment accounts. As we've previously reported, while your credit accounts and bank deposits are largely protected from unauthorized transactions, your investment and retirement assets mostly aren't—which can leave your life savings vulnerable in the age of identity fraud.
Keep watch over your digital existence.
Several websites, including havei-beenpwned.com, let you check on whether hackers have stolen your logins or passwords from major websites such as Adobe, LinkedIn, Yahoo!, and so, so, so many others. You can use it to search for email addresses you use; it keeps track of which ones were likely affected by breaches. Change passwords for businesses that were hacked, and make sure you don't use possibly stolen ones to access other sites.
Install software only if you're sure it's clean.
Download and install software and apps only from trusted sources. For your phone, download only from the Apple App Store or Google Play for Androids. Apple does a decent job of vetting available apps; Google Play…not so much. Avoid apps that have low numbers of user ratings or download counts.
If you're still not sure something is safe, use a trusted verification tool such as Jotti or VirusTotal.
Use a firewall.
Because your computer's firewall is its first line of defense against intrusion, make sure it's turned on:
- Windows—Search for "Windows Firewall" or find it in the Control Panel. Make sure it is toggled on. If you want to fine-tune your settings, search the web for "Windows [operating system version] Firewall Settings" and select the discussion hosted by Microsoft.
- Mac OS X—Open "System Preferences," click "Security & Privacy," then "Firewall." To block incoming traffic on ports used by one of the sharing services, disable that service in the Services pane. Apple has a discussion of settings at support.apple.com/en-us/HT201642
Encrypt your hard drive.
If a thief steals your computer, encryption will prevent him or her from accessing sensitive files like tax returns and medical info. Windows and Apple computers come with encryption tools, but they're turned off by default. In Windows, search for "BitLocker" to check your encryption options; on Macs, they're located in FileVault.
Be careful when using public Wi-Fi.
It's a lot easier for hackers to get into your computer or phone when you're using a poorly secured router at the coffee shop, airport, or other public spots.
Be cyber smart by connecting only to public hotspots that you trust. Crooks often set up fake Wi-Fi accounts and name them something innocuous-sounding like "Starbucks" or "Free Airport Wi-Fi." After connecting, check that your browser shows a green padlock symbol in the URL bar area. If you don't see one, know that the info you send and receive from websites you visit is snoopable.
For computers, use limited accounts for everyday work.
If you visit the wrong website while logged on to your computer with administrative rights, you open the door to big-time risks. Create a user account with limited admin rights for use when you do everyday tasks, like emailing and using the internet, and switch to your admin-privileged account only when you need it. PC owners can set up additional users by going to the Control Panel; Mac users can do it by clicking on "Users & Groups" under System Preferences.
Secure your router.
It's not enough to secure all your devices; you also need to lock down your router.
- First, determine the login IP address for your router by checking support documentation on the manufacturer's website. It's likely http://192.168.1.1 or http://192.168.0.1 or a slight variation of these two. Then enter it as a URL in an internet browser. That should display the login screen for your router.
- Change the user ID and password. The default out-of-the-box logins and passwords assigned by manufacturers for most routers are vulnerable to hackers.
- For a wireless router, make sure it encrypts traffic using WPA2. This requires users to use a strong key (passphrase) to connect to your network. If your router uses the older, weaker WEP encryption, consider buying a new router.
- Check the website for your router's manufacturer to make sure you have the most recent firmware updates for your router. Because installing firmware updates can be tricky, read instructions carefully and follow them to the letter.
Don't plug in unknown devices.
If you find a USB storage device, don't plug it in. One tactic used by bad guys is to load up portable storage media with viruses and leave them lying around coffee shops, airports, and other high-traffic areas.
Consider alternative software.
Because the most popular applications attract the most crooks, consider using less-popular options (Firefox as a web browser instead of Chrome or Edge; Foxit Reader as a PDF reader instead of Acrobat, etc.).
Do what you can to lock down "smart" appliances, TVs, thermostats, etc.
Own something that connects to your wireless router or has Bluetooth? Hackers can use it to invade all your other connected devices.
While we focused here on securing your computers and phones, many of these tips apply to lots of other stuff in your home—especially making sure any gizmo's software remains up to date. And if you don't care about controlling your thermostat or fridge from your phone or computer, disable that feature.
Make a backup plan.
There is a saying among IT pros: If it doesn't exist in more than one independent place, it doesn't exist.
Set up your computers to automatically back up important data to an external drive or to a cloud-based service. The advantage of using a cloud is that you eliminate the danger of a fire or robbery dooming both your computer and its backup device; and as you continue to accumulate snapshots of your precious Sally and Stan, you'll never run out of storage space.
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Most reputable businesses don't deal in illegal copies of commercial software, but there have been a few reported instances. There's always the possibility that a cash-strapped individual that's eager to do additional work from home might resort to installing a 'cracked' free copy of a program. Unfortunately, those who opt to go that route now run even greater risks than they did before.
Hackers have begun embedding a variety of malware and ransomware into free cracked programs, in a growing number of cases.
Security researchers from around the web are reporting that ransomware, (especially a strain known as "STOP") is making an appearance in an increasing number of software cracks. These include Windows activation kits, Photoshop, and a whole host of antivirus programs. As with other types of ransomware, by the time you see indications that you've been infected, it's far too late. By installing what you think is a 'free' version of a program you want or need, you'll wind up with all your files encrypted and a ransom page demanding that you pay a hefty fee to get them back.
If there's a silver lining in the equation, it is this: STOP ransomware isn't very good as malware goes. It may be possible to decrypt your files on your own. It will take some effort, but it has been accomplished in at least a few instances.
In any case, STOP is spreading almost exclusively by way of cracked software. The best way to be sure it's not a threat you have to worry about is simply not to rely on cracks. Yes, sometimes we all feel that some companies might be charging a bit too much for their product. Sadly, the alternative to buying a legitimate copy comes with risks that just aren't worth taking.


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Do Germans use words like "um" and "like" to fill their speech? "Like" is obviously used by teens in Canada, etc., but I'm sure adults say "um" when they are unsure of something while speaking.
I'm particularly interested in how Germans in Berlin and Viennese Germans say "um" and "like". Also, what are the equivalents in Hochdeutsch? And, in general, which age group uses these words?


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Copy Borrow Steal: Beatles edition
In this series, of which this is the second instalment, I am to a large extent guided by Tim English" fine book Sounds Like Teen Spirit (website and buy), which inspired it in the first place. It must be stressed that I am not necessarily imputing unethical behaviour on part of those who created music that sounds like somebody else"s. A reader calling himself Fudge, in his comment to the first post, explained the legal case for plagiarism: "In terms of songwriting, lawmakers decided that melody and chord structure are the basis of the song (in terms of pop music anyway) and therefore those parts are the most protected. I think the term is "˜interpolate". That"s why The Jam can "˜borrow" "Taxman" for "Start!" and not get sued, or Steely Dan can nip Horace Silver"s cool bass line."
I will also include a few songs where similarity has been suggested, but I can"t see it. You shall be the judge. Let me know what you think.
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Nat "˜King" Cole – Answer Me My Love (1961).mp3
Ray Charles "" Georgia On My Mind (1960).mp3
The Beatles – Yesterday (live in Blackpool) (1965).mp3
In my introduction to the first instalment, I cited Paul McCartney"s concern that he unconsciously plagiarised (the technical term for that is cryptomnesia) Yesterday as an example of a songwriter"s scruples. In his comment to the post, Mick alerted me to a suggestion in 2003 by British musicologists that Nat "˜King" Cole"s Answer Me My Love from 1953 "" available here in a 1961 re-recording "" inspired McCartney on a sub-conscious level (and kindly uploaded the song as well).
The case here rests on a line in Cole"s song which does bear some resemblance lyrically and in its phrasing. Cole sings: "Yesterday, I believed that love was here to stay, won"t you tell me where I"ve gone astray" (0:38). McCartney"s line goes: "Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, now I need a place to hide away." The musicologists suggested that McCartney must have been aware of the Cole song but kindly allowed that the influence was subliminal.
To my mind, this is hardly a case of Byron stealing from Shelley. It is not the most unlikely coincidence when two lyricist 12 years apart arrive at similar rhymes to the word "yesterday". The phrasing charge doesn"t stick either. Yesterday was floating around with nonsense lyrics ("Scambled eggs, oh my darling you have lovely legs") until McCartney eventually wrote the lyrics while in Portugal. He could not really phrase the lyrics in many other ways over the existing melody. Others have suggested that he borrowed the structure and chord progression from Ray Charles" version of Georgia On My Mind. I don"t quite see that. So in more than 40 years, the best theories to support the notion that the most famous pop song of all time was influenced by other songs concern a generic rhyme and a song that sounds nothing like Yesterday. Members of the jury, there is no case.
Instead, enjoy this live performance of Yesterday, recorded at the Blackpool Night Out, with George Harrison"s introduction, "For Paul McCartney of Liverpool, opportunity knocks", and Lennon"s attribution of the performance to Ringo at the end.
Freddie Lennon – That's My Life (My Love And My Home) (1965).mp3
Freddie Lennon – The Next Time You Feel Important.mp3
John Lennon "" Imagine (1971).mp3
In early 1940 Alfred Lennon impregnated Julia and soon left her with little John Winston who"d barely hear of his seafaring father again. Alfred predictably turned up when the Beatles became successful. A reunion with his son was icy "" funny enough, John was not impressed with the old man"s sudden paternal interest. Still, John later bought the old man a cottage. In the interim, Alfred tried to cash in by recording a self-justifying single, a precursor for My Way in many ways (in a "I"m a good bloke, ain"t I? I just like the sea more than my offspring" fashion). To John, the single was a running joke; he"d play it as a gag for his friends.
Tim English in his book suggests that John might have been unconsciously influenced by his father"s novelty record when he wrote Imagine. English refers to the stately tone of both songs, which in itself is no smoking gun. More crucially, he points to the similarity in the chord progression in the verses. These are not terribly complex or unusual, but the similarity is recognisable. Still, even if John was not in any way influenced, it is a delicious irony that John Lennon"s hypocritical hymn to idealism bears a resemblance to his father"s ridiculous novelty record. As a bonus, I"m including the b-side to Freddie"s single as well (it"s pretty awful).
The Hollies "" Stewball (1966).mp3
John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Merry X-Mas (War Is Over) (1971).mp3
We might acquit John from nicking chords from his Dad, but his Christmas standard will have the jury wanting exonerating evidence before it can acquit. Stewball, an American folk song adapted from a British ballad about an 18th century racehorse, had been recorded many times before Lennon wrote Merry X-Mas. The folk-influenced Lennon might have been familiar with the versions by Woody Guthrie, the Weavers, Peter Paul & Mary or Joan Baez. It is likely too that he knew the Hollies" version, which appeared on their 1966 album Would You Believe?. Their version sounds close to Lennon"s song in arrangement, apart from the distinct melodic similarity.
Did John directly plagiarise? Well, Stewball came from a folk tradition in which melodies were routinely recycled and adapted with new lyrics. Bob Dylan did that with Blowin" In The Wind (see here) sounding more than just suspiciously like No More Auction Block. If we want to get Lennon off the charge on a technicality, at least we have recourse to a defence based on precedent.
English refers to another inspiration, acknowledged by Lennon: the arrangement, by Phil Spector, was lifted from a song Spector and George Harrison had produced for Ronnie Spector, titled Try Some Buy Some (later recorded by Harrison). Apparently the song was so bad, Ronnie thought her husband and George were joking when presenting her with it. Harrison later put another arrangement from the Ronnie sessions (which she did not record) to his hit song You.
The Beatles – Norwegian Wood (Take 1) (1965).mp3
Bob Dylan – 4th Time Around (1966).mp3
In his book, English writes that John Lennon almost had a fit when he heard 4th Time Around on Bob Dylan"s Blonde On Blonde album: it ripped off Norwegian Wood, which the Beatles had released a little earlier on Rubber Soul. One can understand Lennon"s point: listen to 4th Time Around a few times, and latest by the third time around the similarities become glaring, especially two-thirds of the way through, and not only in subject matter.
Of course, Dylan had influenced Lennon profoundly. You"ve Got To Hide Your Love Away is John"s musical homage to acoustic Dylan. It"s fair to say that without the Dylan influence, John would not have written something like Norwegian Wood. Posted here is the first take of Norwegian Wood, recorded nine days before the version which made it on to the album. Some people prefer this take.
The Byrds – Bells Of Rhymney (1965).mp3
The Beatles – If I Needed Someone (1965).mp3
And if Dylan ripped off Norwegian Wood, the Beatles borrowed and adapted the jangling guitar intro of the Byrds" version of Pete Seeger"s Bells Of Rhymney for If I Needed Someone. Still with Dylan in mind, it is of interest to note that he was influenced to go electric by the Byrds and the Beatles. And just to add to the mix, the Byrds" Gene Clark was moved by She Loves You to abandon the straight folk of the New Christy Minstrels, and instead co-found the Byrds, who borrowed further from the Beatles to get their guitar- and harmony-based sound (Tim English notes that Roger McGuinn bought his essential 12-string Rickenbacker after seeing Harrison use one in A Hard Day"s Night).
Harrison cheerfully admitted, in public and to the Byrds, that he had copied the intro to If I Needed Someone from the Byrds" song, which had just been released when the Beatles recorded Rubber Soul.
The Beatles – Taxman (alternative take) (1966).mp3
The Jam "" Start! (1980).mp3
This is the rip-off every fan of English music immediately thinks off. As Fudge said, copying a riff does not constitute legal plagiarism. Here The Jam lifted the guitar and bass riff from Harrison"s rather mean-spirited complaint about having to pay taxes (which, admittedly, were punitive in Britain). The guitar and bass parts in Taxman, incidentally, were played by McCartney. Harrison took over Lennon"s rhythm guitar, and John (who contributed the bipartisan falsetto "Ah ha Mr Wilson; Ah ha Mr Heath", replaced in the take featured here with the line "Anybody got a bit of money") did tambourine and backing vocals duty. Start! Was The Jam"s second UK #1 hit after Going Underground.
Ringo Starr – Back Off Boogaloo (1972).mp3
Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out (2004).mp3
Ringo Starr wrote his hit after having a dinner with T. Rex"s Marc Bolan who repeatedly used the word "boogaloo" (I am happy to dismiss the story that Boogaloo was Ringo"s nickname for Paul McCartney, who was engaged in legal action with the other Beatles at the time). The song was produced by George Harrison and was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic.
Glaswegians Franz Ferdinand appeared on the scene in 2004 with Take Me Out, supported by a superb video. Take Me Out sounded a bit like a mash of several unfinished songs. It was Libertines singer and celebrity junkie Pete Doherty who, in an unfamiliar moment of lucidity, accused Franz Ferdinand of copying the riff and song structure of Ringo"s song. Apart from Boogaloo"s riff, the "I know I won"t be leaving here" bridge certainly bears a close resemblance. Theft or not? What do you think?


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I noticed some of my comic strips were running a theme of volunteerism this week. Well, now my blog is too (and this would also by my contribution to this month's Accretionary Wedge)...
Here in California, K-12 education is in pretty much a chaotic mess, and our children are being shortchanged in the worst way. Class size is growing, budgets are getting slashed, and some of our best teachers are being fired. These are bleak times, and our community college system is no better off. But I am proud of what my colleagues at Modesto Junior College are doing. You can read the story here, but in short we are bringing fifth graders onto our campus every other Friday to give them an experience in science and to introduce them to our college campus. Most of our division (biology, chemistry, physics and earth sciences) is volunteering to make the program a success. From the article:
And...these kids are a lot of fun, too. Full of energy and enthusiasm! Contact me if you would like more info on how we set up the program (hayesg at mjc dot edu).About 60 students watched and performed experiments as part of MJC's Science Educational Encounters for Kids. Every second and fourth Friday of the month, fifth-graders converge on campus for a science lecture and then two 45-minute labs.
"We are drawing members of the community into the college. Some of these students maybe don't think college is a possibility, and we want to show them this is their community college," said Brian Sanders, dean of MJC's science, math and engineering division.
"Activities are a blend of fun and interest with real science," Sanders said. "We're not just playing with bubbles. We're matching the labs with the state's fifth-grade science standards."


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Outlaw - I'm still waiting on that definition of "criminal rogue state". You've implied only one characteristic (duplicity). In the international system, what makes a state "criminal" and/or "rogue"?
Not sure how the article furthers the conversation; I've already made the argument that Russia is an empire. I'm inclined to agree with the idea that Russia is a "rogue" state in its behavior as a spoiler and its characteristics as an imperial state; but, alas, you still have not offered a definition of what actually constitutes a "rogue" state.


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