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Atlanta ranks as one of the major human trafficking and child sex exploitation centers in the country. It's been estimated that, on average, 100 adolescent girls are sexually exploited on any given night. Several groups battle sex trafficking in the city. Today, the founder of a nonprofit writes about efforts to rescue girls and young women. I interview a woman who recently broke free from a cycle of sex and drug abuse.
By Rick Badie
Tania was 15 when her parents divorced, leaving her mother to fend for two children. The north Fulton family had been accustomed to a particular lifestyle that required more money than came into the fold. Male friends and acquaintances of Tania's mother would offer to repair the washing machine, fix an unhinged door.
Tania, coerced by her mother, occasionally became a source of payment.
"It was very sly," said Tania, who asked that her last name not appear in this column. "She would leave me at home alone with them. She would say things like, 'Mr. Thomas has done a lot for us around the house.' I was given alcohol and drugs to relax. I take responsibility on my end, but as I grew up, that was my mentality."
Those adolescent years fueled a horrific cycle of alcohol, drugs and sexual abuse in adulthood. Tania stripped at several clubs throughout metro Atlanta. A marriage lasted 13 months and produced a now-adult son. She returned to the stage as a primary income source, but waited tables and tended bar, too. She bounced in and out of relationships, sometimes shacking, occasionally spending weekend getaways with club regulars.
"It was like being a hamster," she said. "You are on the wheel going 'round and 'round. There was this voice inside that said, 'You are better than this,' but no one else ever told me that. I would do anything. After a while, I just had had enough. I got tired of the lifestyle. The prostitution."
Tania, then in her 30s, joined a women's group at North Point Community Church in Alpharetta. One day she opened up about her dreaded past. Someone gave her a book: "A League of Dangerous Women: True Stories from the Road to Redemption," by Mary Frances Bowley, founder of the nonprofit Wellspring Living, which helps survivors of childhood sexual abuse and exploitation.
Tania read about young women who had been sexually exploited as children. Who had lacked hope and self-esteem. Who were like her. Broken.
"I was in tears," she said. "The hurt and pain. You can't fake that, and you can't make up these stories. These stories are really horrific."
A phone number was listed in the back of the book. Tania called and eventually enrolled in Wellspring's free year-long residential and transition program. It marked the start of her recovery.
"Each girl's walk is different," she said, "but I transitioned very well back into society. It was like peeling an onion. I had to go through some deep wounds from my past and I had to forgive myself and my mother."
Tania, now 40, is studying to become a certified nursing assistant. A woman from her Bible studies class pays the tuition, and someone else plans to pay for her state board exam.
"Now I have a life," she said. "And I am grateful for it."
Join us in helping victims
By Mary Frances Bowley
Did you know that, at 27 million, there are more slaves on earth than at any other time in human history?
In the United States alone, more than 100,000 children are forced into sex trafficking each year, according to FBI reports. And Atlanta is one of the major hubs for human trafficking and childhood sex exploitation in the United States.
My name is Mary Frances Bowley, and I serve as founder and president of Wellspring Living. More than 11 years ago, after learning about a woman in my own community struggling against the storm of human trafficking, Wellspring Living was born.
Initially, the vision was to rally the faith community to help restore the forgotten and restore hope to this community of hurting women in Atlanta. Our goal quickly shifted to establishing comprehensive programs that involved the entire Atlanta area in the restoration of survivors of childhood sexual abuse and sex trafficking.
We serve more than 100 women annually through three types of healing programs: Wellspring Living Girls, Wellspring Living Women and the Empowered Living Program.
Each of these programs focuses on the holistic restoration of survivors of sexual abuse and trafficking. They include residential treatment with opportunities for counseling, group therapy, education, life skills and vocational training. Our primary goal is to move these women into a healing process and toward a healthy lifestyle so that their future is bright and very different from the circumstances in which they came to us.
As a founding member of the Governor's Task Force for CSEC (Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children), we are also passionate about our Empowered Living Program, which provides residential, therapeutic, educational and career guidance services for young women who have been identified as CSEC victims. Our hope is to foster holistic change in young women so that they can become self-sustained and empowered through community, education and therapy. We encourage these girls to seek support in the community, secure healthy jobs and continue their educations.
We invite the Atlanta community to partner with us in the fight by volunteering in one of our programs or organizing your own creative way to give back and raise awareness.
As this year nears an end, we are staring at somewhat of a beginning. We have a unique opportunity for people around the world to stand with us, and more importantly, stand with survivors in the fight against injustice.
It's called the White Umbrella Campaign. An umbrella is a physical symbol of shelter from a storm, and the color white represents purity, but in order to offer that protection to someone else, one must stand awfully close to that person. To get involved or learn more, visit http://thewhiteumbrellacampaign.com or https://wellspringliving.org/.
Stand with us. Stand with her.
Mary Frances Bowley is founder and CEO of Wellspring Living.
October 18th, 2012
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It has always amazed me how some in our society go on and on about incidents of slavery that occurred two hundred years ago while all but ignoring what is going on today in or own City. My niece has been involved with groups that seek to end the practice of human trafficking and ongoing abuse. One of the big issues they have experience is lack of cooperation from many Governmental officials. We need to all speak up and demand that our elected leaders make this a priority not just on the local, but also the international level. Also, we should push for significantly increased penalties for those convicted in our courts.


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Mike Miller has won his second NBA Title in as many years.
With a 95-88 victory in game 7 over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night, Miller is able to add a second ring to his collection.
The Mitchell native started game 7, but was held scoreless.
Miller did however finish the finals averaging 5.3 points per game, including 11 three-pointers throughout the series.
*Pictures of celebration courtesy Ryan Miller.

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Crystal Harris Covers Playboy, Talks Hef, May Have Planned to Ditch Him at the Altarby Hilton Hater at . Comments
Was Crystal Harris cheating on Hugh Hefner with Dr. Phil's son, Jordan McGraw? Does she really want a career in music? Why is it surprising news that a 25-year old would choose not to marry an 85-year old?
Yes, there are numerous questions surrounding the split of Harris and Hefner, mostly because it took place five days prior to their wedding date.
But this much we know for certain: Playboy couldn't have timed its latest cover any worse. Take a look at the name by which it refers to Harris on the cover:
Seriously, though, what really happened between the couple?
Crystal was a guest on Ryan Seacest's radio program this morning and said there was no big falling out: "It was mutual between Hef and I, there was no fight, we sat down and we talked about it."And while the break-up might seem sudden to us, Harris said she realized Hef's "lifestyle" of having "multiple girls around" just grew to be too much for her. The decision was a long time coming.
"For a while I've been having second thoughts about everything. I haven't really been at peace with myself lately. I didn't think it was really fair to him... They were gonna air a show on it. It was al happening too fast for me."
However, a source says Harris was plotting to make her own show of the nuptials: this insider tells The New York Post that Crystal was angling to be paid $500,000 in order to literally walk away from Hef during the wedding!
"Crystal wanted to ditch Hef at the altar," the mole claims. "Her plan was to walk up the aisle and say she couldn't go through with it. The wedding was to be filmed for a reality special, and her refusal to marry him would be a sensation. She was looking for a tie-in deal of around $500,000 for the exclusive 'I ditched Hef at the altar' interview."
But there was allegedly no major offer for this scheme and Crystal chose the traditional means of breaking up instead.
Do we buy such a plot? Who knows. All we can say is that Harris' debut single, "Club Queen," was released on iTunes this week. Looks like someone sure knows how to create publicity for it.
Oh my effin god! @thomasina, I take offence at the slightest bit of misspelling and bad grammar generally but I could not even read your post without laughing at the stupidity of not using real words never mind punctuation. My husband refused to even read it all in disgust. What is the world coming to??!
Yo Thomasina, what language is that??? Did you ever go to school??
all i no is holly an kendra bridghett truely care abot the man high as the man hugh crystal showed her true colors unexspected she was a great fraud... tooo great of 1... i hate those kind..,.,., bets wishes ro all of y josh an ur records may the prospre grow to ur wildest dreams holly pls jsut do wat ur doiung ur good at it kendra i love ur life i envey i just want a happy family been hard but makes me sick to see sopmeone hurt someone cause they can umo praying 4 u all......
So it seems Dr Phils sons have a "thang" for strippers/porn stars.... the other one married one of the Dahmer Triplets and this one is obviously doing the nasty with this Crystal bimbo... Nice job Dr & Mrs Phil on raising your boys, it makes you very qualified to tell other people how to live their lives... Can anyone say "zero credibility".
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HELLO...people, what is there to be sad about?!! I mean cmon! She was 60 yrs his junior!!! What did u expect from this marriage anyway????
Sorry Pak31 but who is looking at her face?? Not anyone looking at playboy, that's for sure. That's why they are naked, face does not matter!! LOL
dam dat's a stupid bitch rite der!!!!! holly was rite bout dat hoee hpe she become poor ass fukk in da feture cuz me a 13 year thinks dat hugh hefner shud be getting his revenge or watevaa
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Workshop Precalculus: Discovery with Graphing Calculators, Preliminary Edition
June 2008, ©2002
By systematizing and supporting a simple interactive teaching format, Workshop Precalculus helps instructors implement sound methods that alternate between three primary components: Summary Discussions, Introductory Remarks, and Collaborative Activities. While students benefit greatly from performing computations and symbolic manipulations and sketching graphs by hand, the text integrates the use of the graphing calculator so that students learn to regard technology as a valuable tool.
Preface. To The Student.
Activity P-1. Using the Concept of Function to Buy Pizza.
Activity P-2. Getting Started with Your Graphing Calculator.
Section 1. Analyzing Linear Functions.
Activity 1-1. Creating Linear Functions.
Activity 1-2. Investigating Piecewise-Linear Functions.
Activity 1-3. Interpreting Graphs.
Section 2. Analyzing Smooth Curves.
Activity 1-4. Developing an Intuitive Understanding of a Tangent Line to a Curve.
Activity 1-5. Investigating the Behavior of the Tangent Line Near a Turning Point.
Activity 1-7. Contemplating Concavity.
Activity 1-7. Interpreting Sign Charts.
Section 3. Representing Functions.
Activity 1-8. Evaluating Expressions and Using Variables.
Activity 1-9. Representing Functions Symbolically.
Activity 1-10. Representing Functions Graphically.
Activity 1-11. Representing Functions Numerically.
Activity 1-12. Constructing Discrete Functions.
Section 1. Power Functions.
Activity 2-1. Examining Positive Integer Power Functions.
Activity 2-2. Inspecting Negative Integer Power Functions.
Activity 2-3. Scrutinizing Root Functions.
Section 2. Polynomial Functions.
Activity 2-4. Probing Polynomials.
Activity 2-5. Finding the Vertex of a Parabola.
Activity 2-6. Drawing and Interpreting the Sign Chart for a Higher-Order Polynomial.
Activity 2-7. Examining the Multiplicity of a Zero of Polynomial.
Activity 2-8. Approximating the Turning Points and Investigating the Long-Run Behavior of a Polynomial.
Section 3. Rational Functions.
Activity 2-9. Locating Holes in Graphs of Rational Functions.
Activity 2-10. Investigating the Behavior of a Rational Function Near a Vertical Asymptote.
Activity 2-11. Locating the Intercepts of Rational Functions.
Activity 2-12. Analyzing the Long-Run Behavior of Rational Functions.
Activity 2-13. Sketching the Graph of a Rational Function.
Section 1. Combining Functions.
Activity 3-1. Evaluating Combinations of Functions.
Activity 3-2. Combining Functions.
Activity 3-3. Composing Functions.
Section 2. Reflecting Functions.
Activity 3-4. Sketching Reflections.
Activity 3-5. Representing Reflections Symbolically.
Activity 3-6. Investigating Inverse Functions.
Section 3. Shifting, Stretching, and Compressing Graphs of Functions.
Activity 3-7. Vertically Shifting a Graph.
Activity 3-8. Horizontally Shifting a Graph.
Activity 3-9. Vertically Stretching or Compressing a Graph.
Activity 3-10. Horizontally Stretching or Compressing a Graph.
Activity 3-11. Combing Transformations.
Section 1. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions.
Activity 4-1. Modeling Situations Using Exponential Functions.
Activity 4-2. Comparing Exponential Functions.
Activity 4-3. Investigating the Relationship Between Exponential and Logarithmic Functions.
Activity 4-4. Evaluating and Graphing Logarithmic Functions.
Activity 4-5. Examining the Number e and the Natural Exponential and Logarithmic Functions.
Activity 4-5. Solving Exponential and Logarithmic Equations.
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Activity 4-7. Measuring Angles.
Activity 4-8. Finding Trigonometric Functions of Acute Angles.
Activity 4-9. Evaluating Trigonometric Functions.
Activity 4-10. Graphing Trigonometric Functions.
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Activity 4-11. Defining Inverse Trigonometric Functions.
Activity 4-12. Solving Trigonometric Equations.
Activity 4-13. Verifying Multiple Angle Formulas.
Activity 4-14. Utilizing the Law of Cosines.
Activity 4-15. Utilizing the Law of Sines.
Section 4. Fitting Curves to Discrete Functions.
Activity 4-16. Modeling Data.
Appendix. Using the TI-83 Graphing Calculator in Workshop Precalculus.
Fully integrated graphing calculator technology
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DTI investigates on Ads Zens for alleged pyramiding scam
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday posted an advisory on Ads Zens Broker, Corporation warning public not to succumb to the investment opportunities the company offers. SEC said that it has received a report that Ads Zens is offering investment opportunities to the public by promising a fixed return for every advertisement viewed at their website (http://www.adszens.org).
Ads Zens Broker, Corporation is SEC-registered as a company engaged in direct marketing and provide on-line marketing and on-line classified ads services. It does not have a secondary license to sell securities.
The public is reminded to be over-cautious or exercise prudence in investing their money in what appears to be a high yield-high risk investment which may turn out to be a fraudulent scheme. Where the scheme involves the sale of securities, please make sure that these securities are registered with the SEC. In this regard, you may inquire with the Corporation and Finance Department of the SEC at telephone numbers 584-61-03 or 584-59-50.
The Commission urges anyone who has knowledge or information about any business transaction involving these securities or investment to report such activity immediately 0 the Commission so that appropriate measures can be taken.
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We'll admit, the idea of the Formula E is an exciting one to us – all-electric, open-wheel racers silently zipping around on the streets of the world's greatest cities should appeal to any futurist/racing enthusiast. As the series approaches the start of the inaugural, ten-race season in Beijing, we're learning a bit more about FE and what it hopes to accomplish.
Xcar has a great new video that features a number of conversations with those involved in Formula E, including Formula One icon Alain Prost, Series President Alejandro Agag and driver Lucas di Grassi. They talk about what the series hopes to achieve, how it's different than (and similar to) F1 and how it will impact civilian-spec electric cars.
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UPS Joins The List Of Companies To Report A Data Breach
August 22, 2014 by mphillips
Filed under Around The Net
Credit and debit card information belonging to customers made purchases at 51 UPS Store Inc. locations in 24 states this year may have been illegally accessed as the result of an intrusion into the company's networks.
In a statement on Wednesday, UPS said it was recently notified by law enforcement officials about a "broad-based malware intrusion" of its systems.
A subsequent investigation by an IT security firm showed that attackers had installed previously unknown malware on systems in more than four-dozen stores to gain access to cardholder data. The affected stores represent about 1% of the 4,470 UPS Store locations around the country.
The intrusion may have exposed data on transactions conducted at the stores between Jan. 20 and Aug. 11, 2014. "For most locations, the period of exposure to this malware began after March 26, 2014," UPS said in a statement.
In addition to payment card information, the hackers also appear to have gained access to customer names, as well as postal and email addresses.
Each of the affected locations is individually owned and runs private networks that are not connected to other stores, UPS added. The company provided alist of affected locations.
The breach is the third significant one to be disclosed in the past week. Last Thursday, grocery store chain Supervalu announced it had suffered a malicious intrusion that exposed account data belonging to customers who had shopped at about 180 of the company's stores in about a dozen states. The breach also affected customers from several other major grocery store chains for which Supervalu provides IT services.
U.S. Auctions Of 30,000 Bitcoins Seized From Silk Road
June 30, 2014 by mphillips
Filed under Around The Net
The U.S. Marshals Service on Friday auctioned off about 30,000 bitcoins seized during a raid on Silk Road, an Internet black-market bazaar where authorities say illegal drugs and other goods were being sold.
An online auction took place over a 12-hour period on Friday for the bitcoins, valued at nearly $17.7 million. It consisted of nine blocks of 3,000 bitcoins and one block of 2,657 bitcoins. The Marshals Service has said it would notify the winning bidders today.
A spokeswoman for the Marshals Service declined to say how many bids the office received. Among those who said they registered to participate in the auctions were SecondMarket and Bitcoin Shop Inc.
Silk Road was shutdown after an FBI raid in September 2013 as agents took control of its server and arrested a Texas man, Ross Ulbricht, that the authorities said owned and operated the website.
The auction was for 29,655 bitcoins contained in files residing on its servers, which were forfeited in January.
Chris DeMuth, a partner at Rangeley Capital who had been considering bidding, said last week the chance the Marshals Service gets the market price for the bitcoins is low.
"Anyone could pay market prices on existing exchanges," he said. "So the key question is how much of a discount do bidders want."
The Marshals are holding about 144,342 additional bitcoins found on computer hardware belonging to Ulbricht that were subject to a civil forfeiture proceeding.
Ulbricht, 30, is scheduled to face trial Nov. 3. He has pleaded not guilty to the four counts against him, including money laundering conspiracy and engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise.
U.S. authorities have separately charged three men – Andrew Jones, Gary Davis and Peter Nash – in connection with their alleged roles in assisting Ulbricht in operating Silk Road.
Bitcoin prices were up 3.1 percent Friday at $597.41 per coin, according to the digital currency exchange CoinDesk.
Sally Beauty Latest Retailer To Confess To Data Breach
March 19, 2014 by mphillips
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Sally Beauty Holdings acknowledge on Monday that it too was a victim of a data breach, an incident that may have occurred alongside a project to update point-of-sale terminals at its U.S. stores, a recent regulatory filing shows.
The Denton, Texas, based company, which has more than half of its 4,669 stores in the U.S., said it found evidence that fewer than 25,000 records containing credit card data were accessed and possibly removed, according to a statement.
That follows its statement on March 5 that it was investigating "rumors" of a breach but had no reason to believe any credit card or consumer data had been lost.
The data it now says was likely stolen is known as "Track 2″ card data. Payment cards have a magnetic stripe on the back that contains three data tracks. Track 2 data contains only the card number and expiration data. Track 1 data contains the card number, expiration data and cardholder's name, and Track 3 is rarely used.
Forensic investigators from Verizon are working with Sally Beauty along with the U.S. Secret Service.
"As experience has shown in prior data security incidents at other companies, it is difficult to ascertain with certainty the scope of a data security breach/incident prior to the completion of a comprehensive forensic investigation," the company said.
"As a result, we will not speculate as to the scope or nature of the data security incident," it said.
A representative of a public relations firm for Sally Beauty said the company could not comment further.
Sally Beauty's annual report for fiscal 2013 shows the company undertook large IT infrastructure upgrade projects worldwide, including installing a new POS system for 2,450 stores in the U.S.
Target and Neiman Marcus blamed recent data breaches on malicious software that had been installed on POS systems, which are modern, software-driven cash registers that process card payments.
Target's POS terminals were infected with a type of malware called a "RAM scraper." The malware recorded payment card details after a card was swiped and the unencrypted data briefly sat in a system's memory.
Sally Beauty wrote in its annual report that the POS system is expected to provide benefits such as enhanced tracking of customer sales and store inventory reports.
Sprint To Spar In Court With Government Over Wiretap Expenses
Sprint Corp and the federal government both agreed to fight in court over how much money law enforcement agencies owe the wireless provider for help the company was required to give investigators who wanted to tap phone calls.
The Obama administration filed a suit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco on Monday, alleging that Sprint overcharged the government $21 million for expenses it incurred while complying with court-ordered wiretaps and other surveillance help.
Sprint said it plans to defend the matter "vigorously."
Telecommunications companies, including Sprint, are routinely asked to assist with investigations by helping facilitate phone surveillance such as wiretaps or so-called "pen registers," which record data about phone calls, though not their content.
The companies are required to maintain equipment and facilities to be ready to assist. They are allowed to request reimbursements for related "reasonable expenses."
In the case, San Francisco U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag alleged that Sprint "knowingly submitted false claims" to the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Marshals Service and other law enforcement agencies from January 1, 2007 to July 31, 2010, inflating costs by about 58 percent.
The lawsuit said Sprint violated the anti-fraud law known as the False Claims Act and went against the federal regulations that prohibit carriers from using the reimbursements for wiretap cooperation to pay for updates to their equipment, facilities and services.
"Because Sprint's invoices for intercept charges did not identify the particular expenses for which it sought reimbursement, federal law enforcement agencies were unable to detect that Sprint was requesting reimbursement of these unallowable costs," the Justice Department said in the lawsuit.
Sprint, however, said its invoices to the federal agencies fully complied with the law that requires the government to reimburse reasonable costs incurred in assisting law enforcement agencies with electronic surveillance.
"We have fully cooperated with this investigation and intend to defend this matter vigorously," said Sprint spokesman John Taylor.
The False Claims Act is the U.S. government's main tool for recovering money when it think it has been defrauded, usually by a contractor such as an arms maker or hospital chain.
FBI Bust Hackers On Demand
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested five people, two of whom ran websites, on suspicion of offering or using hacking on demand services.
In a statement the FBI said that it has picked up two website operators and three users in an international operation involving the cooperation of Romanian, Indian and Chinese authorities.
The five domestic suspects have been charged with obtaining unauthorized access to email accounts, and the FBI thinks they will all plead guilty.
Mark Anthony Townsend, 45, of Cedarville, Arkansas and Joshua Alan Tabor, 29, of Prairie Grove, Arkansas are accused of operating a password sourcing hacking website called needapassword.com.
The other three, John Ross Jesensky, 30, of Northridge, California, Laith Nona, 31, of Troy, Michigan, and Arthur Drake, 55, of the Bronx, New York are charged with buying services from hacking websites, including one deal that was worth over $20,000.
The global swoop saw four people arrested in Romania, and a number of websites including zhackgroup.com, spyhackgroup.com, rajahackers.com, clickhack.com, ghostgroup.org and e-mail-hackers.com have been shut down.
Indian authorities arrested Amit Tiwari, who ran www.hirehacker.net and www.anonymiti.com, while in China the hiretohack.net website has been smacked down.
"As part of an international law enforcement operation involving Romania, India, and China, federal prosecutors have charged two operators of a United States based e-mail hacking website, as well as three customers of other hacking websites based in other nations, with computer fraud offenses," said the FBI in a statement.
"These charges are the product of an international investigation coordinated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which received the assistance of the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service."
Bitcoin Value Sinks In Aftermath Of Silk Road Scandal
October 4, 2013 by mphillips
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The price of the bitcoin digital currency fell on Wednesday, after U.S. law enforcement authorities shuttered Silk Road, an online marketplace used to purchase and sell illegal drugs.
The bitcoin, valued by many for its anonymity, fell to $129 from over $140 a day before, according to a website for trading bitcoins, Mt.Gox. Earlier, the currency traded as low as $110.
Supporters say using bitcoins offers benefits including lower fraud risk and increased privacy, though critics argue the anonymity it offers makes the currency a magnet for drug transactions, money-laundering and other illegal activities.
The digital currency's drop came after the FBI arrested alleged Silk Road owner Ross William Ulbricht, 29, known as "Dread Pirate Roberts," on Tuesday in San Francisco.
Silk Road allowed tech-savvy sellers to post ads for drugs and other illegal products, which they sold for bitcoins and shipped to customers through the mail, according to the federal criminal charges filed against Ulbricht.
As well as Silk Road shoppers, drug traffickers who worried about the FBI tracking them down with data confiscated from Ulbricht may account for some of Wednesday's bitcoin sell-off, said Garth Bruen, a security expert at Internet consumer group Digital Citizens Alliance.
"They're going to be pouring all over his records, getting subpoenas for every piece of data and account he has ever used and trying to figure out who all these different dealers are," said Bruen. "People are jumping ship."
While bitcoins, which are not backed by a government or central bank, have begun to gain a footing among some businesses and consumers, they have yet to become an accepted form of payment on the websites of major retailers such as Amazon.com.
The charges against Ulbricht said that Silk Road generated sales of more than 9.5 million bitcoins, roughly equivalent to $1.2 billion. There are currently about 11.8 million bitcoins in circulation.
The FBI Discusses The Syrian Electronic Army(SEA)
September 9, 2013 by Michael
Filed under Around The Net
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning about the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), the pro-Assad hacker group that has become adept at spearphishing attacks and Twitter account takeovers.
The warning is in a memo and comes to us via the security blog belonging to Matthew Keys.
Keys has reproduced the memo and shared it on Scribd. The document says that the SEA has been around since 2011 and has compromised a number of high profile media outlets.
It warns of attack methods that include spearphishing, DNS attacks and web defacements, and it reminds us that the SEA posted a story about US President Obama to the Associated Press.
"Please maintain heightened awareness of your network traffic and take appropriate steps to maintain your network security," said the FBI memo. "If you detect anomalous or malicious traffic or network behavior, please contact your local FBI Cyber Task Force."
The SEA acknowledged the FBI's attention on its Twitter feed. It appeared unmoved by the glare of law enforcement publicity.
It has long played a game of whack-a-mole with websites like Facebook and Twitter, both of which regularly force it to change accounts. According to the SEA the group is on its 225th Facebook account.
It publishes details of its takeovers through these accounts, and on it's own homepage, a Pinterest webpage and an Instagram account.
As well as hacking into media websites the hacker group has also struck mobile apps, DNS systems and the Australian web hosting business Melbourne IT. Doing all this has helped it to break onto the webpages of news media outfits like the Huffington Post, the BBC and Reuters.
Regulators, Bitcoin Group Meeting To Discuss Digital Currency
August 27, 2013 by mphillips
Filed under Around The Net
U.S. regulators and law enforcement agencies were scheduled to meet on Monday with an advocacy group for Bitcoin, a digital currency that has been under fire for its alleged role in facilitating anonymous money transfers and supporting online purchases of illegal street drugs.
The meeting in Washington was arranged by the Treasury Department's anti-money laundering unit at the request of the Bitcoin Foundation, an advocacy group of Bitcoin-related businesses.
It will be an opportunity for wide-ranging discussions about the digital currency, a Treasury official said.
Bitcoins, which have been around since 2008, first came under scrutiny by law enforcement officials in mid-2011 after media reports surfaced linking the digital currency to the Silk Road online marketplace where marijuana, heroin, LSD and other illicit drugs are sold.
In recent months, the U.S. government has taken steps to rein-in the currency and more regulatory action is expected.
Tokyo-based Mt. Gox, the world's largest exchanger of U.S. dollars with Bitcoins, had two accounts held by its U.S. subsidiary seized this year by agents from the Department of Homeland Security on the grounds that it was operating a money transmitting business without a license.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation reported last year that Bitcoin was used by criminals to move money around the world, and the U.S. Treasury said in March that digital currency firms are money transmitters and must comply with rules that combat money laundering.
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs launched an inquiry into Bitcoin and other virtual currencies earlier this month, asking a range of regulators to list what safeguards are in place to prevent criminal activity.
Did Samsung Delay It's Octo-core Galaxy Note?
Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 might not be arriving on shelves following its IFA unveiling as promptly as some might have hoped, with the UK bound eight-core model reportedly facing delays.
That's according to Sammobile, which has heard that Samsung has delayed the octo-core model due to "overheating issues" with its latest Exynos 5 processor. This could see the release of the octo-core Samsung Galaxy Note 3 that reportedly was scheduled for a UK release being pushed back, while Samsung works on a more stable version of the processor.
There is some hope for those looking to buy a Galaxy Note 3, though, as Samsung reportedly will release a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 model instead while it works on fixing the issues. Samsung reportedly will release that next month.
That shouldn't hinder performance too much either, as the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 reportedly will launch with 3GB of RAM onboard and Google's latest Android 4.3 Jelly Bean mobile operating system. This will be skinned with Samsung's Touchwiz user interface that will feature a host of stylus-specific apps.
According to Sammobile, the phablet device will also feature a 5.68in full HD 1080p Super AMOLED display, a minimum of 32GB of internal storage expandable via microSD card, a 13MP rear-facing camera, a front-facing camera and a 3,200mAh battery. The website added that it will initially launch in black and white models, with a pink model to follow a few weeks later.
We'll likely find out more at Samsung's Unpacked IFA press conference on 4 September, where the firm is also expected to unveil its first smartwatch. We'll be there to bring you all the latest.
Is The FBI Snooping Data From TOR?
August 7, 2013 by Michael
Filed under Around The Net
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been accused of gathering data from the anonymous network known as TOR.
The FBI might be behind a security assault on the TOR network that grabs users' information.
Security researcher Vlad Tsyrklevich said that the attack is a strange one and is most likely the work of the authorities.
"[It] doesn't download a backdoor or execute any other commands, this is definitely law enforcement," he said in a tweet about the discovery.
He went a bit further in a blog post, explaining that the Firefox vulnerability is being used to send data in one direction.
"Briefly, this payload connects to 126.96.36.199:80 and sends it an HTTP request that includes the host name (via gethostname()) and the MAC address of the local host (via calling SendARP on gethostbyname()->h_addr_list). After that it cleans up the state and appears to deliberately crash," he added.
"Because this payload does not download or execute any secondary backdoor or commands it's very likely that this is being operated by an LEA and not by blackhats."
The bug is listed at Mozilla, and the firm has a blog post saying that it is looking into it.
Over the weekend a blog post appeared on the TOR website that sought to distant it from a number of closed down properties or hidden websites. It is thought that the shuttered websites, which were hosted by an outfit called Freedom Hosting, were home to the worst kind of abuses.
A report at the Irish Examiner said that a chap called Eric Eoin Marques is the subject of a US extradition request. He is accused of being in charge of Freedom Hosting.
"Around midnight on August 4th we were notified by a few people that a large number of hidden service addresses have disappeared from the TOR Network," the TOR project said.
"There are a variety of [rumors] about a hosting company for hidden services: that it is suddenly offline, has been breached, or attackers have placed a javascript exploit on their web site," it said.
"The person, or persons, who run Freedom Hosting are in no way affiliated or connected to The TOR Project, Inc., the organization coordinating the development of the TOR software and research."
FBI Possibly Ditching BlackBerry, Picking Up Samsung Galaxy Devices
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is close to signing a deal to sell its popular line of Galaxy devices to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, sources familiar with the situation said late last Friday.
The deal would be a boost for Samsung, which is increasingly seeking to cater to the needs of government agencies, a niche long dominated by Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd.
The FBI, with more than 35,000 employees, at present uses mainly BlackBerry devices. It is unclear whether the agency plans to replace all BlackBerry equipment with Galaxy models or whether it will use hardware from both companies.
A spokeswoman for the FBI declined to comment on the matter, saying that the selection of its new smartphones is part of an active acquisition process and any current discussions are proprietary to the government.
The imminent deal was initially reported by the Wall Street Journal late on Thursday. The WSJ also said Samsung is close to signing a smaller order for its devices with the U.S. Navy, citing people familiar with the matter.
Representatives of BlackBerry and Samsung declined to comment. BlackBerry emphasized, however, that it regards its operating system as the best in the market in terms of security features.
"The security of mobile devices is more important now than it has ever been before," BlackBerry's chief legal officer, Steve Zipperstein, said in an interview. "It is fair to ask why in this context anyone would consider moving from the gold standard in security, which is the BlackBerry platform."
In May, the U.S. Pentagon cleared Samsung's Android mobile devices and a new line of BlackBerry devices powered by the BB10 operating system for use on Defense Department networks.
Samsung has been pushing hard to convince government agencies and corporate clients that its Galaxy devices, powered by Google Inc's Android operating system, can meet their stringent security needs.
The South Korean company hopes that the Pentagon clearance and the imminent deal with the FBI will help boost sales to security-conscious clients including banks and law firms.
Some analysts remain skeptical about whether Android can meet all security requirements of such clients, and note that the FBI itself has highlighted some vulnerabilities of the platform.
"The Android operating system hasn't been secured properly," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst with Enderle Group, noting that Samsung has layered technology on top of the operating system in an attempt to make its Galaxy devices safer.
Are DDoS Attacks On The Rise In Great Britain?
One in five UK businesses experienced a DDoS attack last year according to a new survey.
Analytics firm Neustar said that while the percentage is significantly lower than that experienced by their US equivalents it is still fairly high. More than 22 percent of the 381 organisations participating in the annual trends study reported DDoS attacks, compared to 35 percent experiencing the same in a separate study carried out among US firms in 2012.
Neustar set out to measure revenue 'risk per hour' which is a measure of what it might cost a business in a particular sector to experience DdoS downtime. They found that the majority of organisations reckoned this at less than $1,500 per hour.
Most of the rest put it somewhere between $1,500 and $15,000 although one in four financial services firms put the number at $250,000 per hour. This cost included brand damage and unexpected customer service calls.
Are CCTV Cameras Hackable?
June 20, 2013 by Michael
Filed under Around The Net
When the nosy British bought CCTV cameras, worried citizens were told that they could not be hacked.
Now a US security expert says he has identified ways to remotely attack high-end surveillance cameras used by industrial plants, prisons, banks and the military. Craig Heffner, said he discovered the previously unreported bugs in digital video surveillance equipment from firms including Cisco, D-Link and TRENDnet.
They could use it as a pivot point, an initial foothold, to get into the network and start attacking internal systems. Heffner said that it was a significant threat as somebody could potentially access a camera and view it. Or they could also use it as a pivot point, an initial foothold, to get into the network and start attacking internal systems.
He will show how to exploit these bugs at the Black Hat hacking conference, which starts on July 31 in Las Vegas. Heffner said he has discovered hundreds of thousands of surveillance cameras that can be accessed via the public internet.
Is Quantum Cryptography Dead?
Quantum cryptography might not be the security secret weapon that the industry has been hoping for. In theory Quantum cryptography might allow you to encrypt a message in such a way that it would never be read by anyone. But recently methods that were once thought to be fundamentally unbreakable have been shown to be anything but.
Physicist Renato Renner from the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Zurich said the problem was that systems were not being built correctly. In 2010, for instance, that a hacker could blind a detector with a strong pulse, rendering it unable to see the secret-keeping photons.
Renner also said that there are many other problems. Photons are generated using a laser tuned to such a low intensity that it's producing one single photon at a time. There is a certain probability that the laser will make a photon encoded with your secret information and then a second photon with that same information. All an enemy has to do is steal that second photon and they could gain access to your data.
He told Wired that if there were better control over quantum systems than we have with today's technology then perhaps quantum cryptography could be less susceptible to problems, but such advances are at least 10 years away.
Senators Wants Sanctions Against Cyberattack Countries
Two U.S. senators will propose that Congress or President Barack Obama's administration should pursue trade and immigration sanctions against China and other countries that allegedly support cyberattacks on U.S. government agencies and businesses, the lawmakers said Wednesday.
Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, and Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, called on the administration, including the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation, to step up efforts to battle cyberattacks.
Congress or the administration should block immigration from countries supporting cyberattacks on the U.S. and it should limit trading with those countries, Graham said during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee's crime subcommittee.
"Our Chinese friends seem to be hell bent on stealing anything they can get their hands on here in America," Graham said. "We're going to do something about this. We're going to put nation states on notice that, if you continue to do this, you'll pay a price."
Witnesses pointed at China as the major source of cyberattacks on the U.S.
Graham asked witnesses to identify the top countries where attacks originate. Both Kevin Mandia, CEO of security vendor Mandiant, and Stewart Baker, a partner at law firm Steptoe & Johnson and former assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said China was by far the top attacker.
Russian attackers seem to abide by some rules of engagement and tend to withdraw after U.S. security professionals catch them attacking networks, Mandia said. "The Chinese are like a tank through a corn field, they just keep mowing through it," he said.
Graham asked Mandia and Baker for two-page memos detailing Chinese attacks that he would take to officials with the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C. "I'll give you 100 pages, sir," Mandia said.
Representatives of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., didn't immediately respond to a request for comments on the hearing.


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Vickie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a Master of Arts degree in Applied Psychology (Counseling), both from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. Vickie has worked within the fields of counseling, social work, disability services, and teaching for more than 19 years. Most recently, Vickie was the Middle School Counselor at Mazzuchelli Catholic Middle School in Dubuque, Iowa. During that time, Vickie also taught college courses in Psychology and Special Education.
In her free time, Vickie enjoys spending time with her three sons, Jesse, Connor and Jordan Huff, her husband, Dennis, and her step-children, Heather, Josh & Steven Houser.


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Eileen Davidson talks 'Days of Our Lives'
Kristen isn't through with Brady or Marlena yet
On "Days of Our Lives," Kristen chose love over vengeance. Unfortunately, it was too little too late. By the time she got to her fiance Brady, Marlena had delivered photo proof of her schemes. It didn't help Kristen's case when she kept insisting that being underneath John made her realize she was truly in love with Brady! Her happily ever after has imploded and the wedding is decidedly off, but this story if far from over.
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With twitter still teaming over Kristen's explosive scenes on "Days of Our Lives," MSN TV caught up with portrayer Eileen Davidson. The daytime diva reflected on shooting her showdowns with Deidra Hall (Marlena) and Eric Martsolf (Brady) and teased what's to come for her character.
Davidson also spoke to losing former "The Young and the Restless" co-star Jeanne Cooper, since she wasn't available for the show's tribute episode last month. We've since learned Davidson is set to tape a special online tribute for CBS Monday, June 3. Watch CBS.com for more on that, and in the meantime, enjoy what Davidson had to say about all the drama in Salem.
MSN TV: In the last week of May, "Days of Our Lives" viewers watched Kristen swing from confident schemer to buoyant woman in love with John, then sink into desperation with Brady and, finally, launch into attack-mode with Marlena. Those scenes must have been so much fun to shoot.
Davidson: It was kind of a mixed bag of emotions, but yeah, overall very fun.
What was it like to transition from one extreme emotion to another?
Interestingly enough, we actually shot those out of order! I shot the stuff with Deidre (Marlena) the day before the stuff with Martsolf (Brady). It was a little weird trying to figure out how it was going to match up, because I didn't know exactly what I was going to do the next day. Martsolf was watching me shoot with Deidra. He texted me, "I'm very proud of you. You're doing such a great job…. You better have something left in the tank for tomorrow!" He was terrific and it all worked out. I was happy there was more in the tank, and he brought his a-game.
Deidra was also incredible. She was making sure the set was quiet and asking everyone to please be sensitive to the fact that I had so much material. Very supportive actress, and she was present in the moment, too, which was fantastic.
The show always shoots a month or so ahead. What was it like to finally see how it turned out?
We're four months ahead now! I knew we had it when we shot it. Sometimes, you just know. But to see the fan reaction on Twitter and all around has been amazing. When there's that amount of material and you know it's a crucial story point - I mean, this is the pay off after months and months! - it's a great feeling of elation and relief to be able to deliver.
Are you guys going to celebrate your success with a champagne toast now that it's aired?
That's sweet. No! My son's got a flute recital and it's just back to the regular schedule, but that's not a bad idea. Maybe we'll do it at the Emmys.
Usually, a soap breaks one story at a time, but the same week, Nick also faced his prison rape. Yours wasn't the only storyline that blew up.
I know. Is that insane? It's been a great couple of weeks of shows. Terrific and everything was amazing.
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For many fans, what was most amazing was your performance: Even though Kristen made her own bed, you actually made us feel compassion for the lunatic when she was trying to convince Brady she loved him!
Thank you. For her to actually fall for him was probably the most horribly wonderful thing in the world for her. That makes her vulnerable, to care that much about somebody. She realized she did and was willing to be honest and risk everything, and then it's always Marlena! She has to ruin everything.
Was it hard to transition between all those emotions?
Getting back to the deep-seated hate isn't hard. The same thing with trying to convince Brady she loves him. I just understand this character really well. It kind of freaks me out how well I understand her, but I know how she feels about Marlena, Brady and John Black. They're very clear emotions. It's nothing vague.
So how does she feel about John now?
There was always some attraction towards him, because of the past, but basically, he was a tool. She was using him as a means to an end. Now, I don't think she has much use for him, period.
Kristen seems to have gotten what she originally wanted, in terms of blowing up John and Marlena's family for revenge. Does that matter now that she's lost Brady?
I don't think there's any feeling of vindication. It's interesting. As angry and vengeful as she definitely is, she's been through so much that she just has to toss her head back, chalk it up and keep going. She doesn't lie in bed, eat bonbons and watch Jerry Springer to get over her stuff. She moves on. She's like a shark that way.
Where can she go from here?
Well, we'll just have to wait and see. She's probably hell bent on getting Brady back - not to mention getting even! At the end of the week, EJ said, "Well, I guess you'll have to move on," and she said, "Who said anything about moving on?" She's not going to miss a beat.
Her family has been offering their help along the way. Is she going to give into the DiMera way, now?
To a certain degree. It's a struggle between her wanting help and wanting to do it on her own. What's been great about Kristen this time around is she's kind of sick of the men always being the leaders in the family. It's never been fully explored, but it's been alluded to and I've tried to play it as much as I can, whether it's written or not. She's over this family of patriarchs. She doesn't want to have to rely on them or be controlled by them. She wants to do the stuff on her own.
With Brady reeling from the reveal that their romance was a scheme, Nicole has been there for him. How will Kristen handle it if those two get back together?
Probably not too well. (laughs) Ari [Zucker, Nicole] and I love working together and we were working together a lot over the last few months. It's been fun.
So Kristen is still in the game?
Oh yes! She's going to take this further than anything we've ever seen her do before, if you can imagine that. I hope I didn't say too much!
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She was a devoted mother and grandmother with a special fondness for animals. She was a member of Bowling Green Baptist Church, and she possessed the spiritual gift of mercy, which she used to the very best of her ability.
She is survived by her three children, Pamela Payne Chenault and her husband, Frankie, of Ruther Glen, Cathy Payne Gravatt of Sandston and Billy Payne Jr. of Bowling Green; six grandchildren, Jennifer Bright, Randal Chenault and his wife, Ashley, Trevor Chenault, Andrew Gravatt, Brittany Gravatt and Jonathan Anthony; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Elaine Slate Dillon. She was preceded in death by her father, Claude Lee Slate; mother Eveline E. Weideman; brother Allen Lee Slate; and stepbrother C. Daniel Major.
A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 15, in the chapel of Storke Funeral Home, Bowling Green. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Hospice of Virginia, 1955 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 110, Fredericksburg, Va. 22401.
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It's been over four months since I began my assignment helping with the disaster recovery in Haiti, and to say it has been a life changing experience would be an understatement. I have seen things I never thought I would; possibly in the movies, but never in real life. I have also met hundreds of people dropping everything in their normal lives to come down here and live in difficult conditions to help people they have never met. Most of these people said they had a "calling" to help, and many ended up falling in love with the Haitian people after working here for a period of time. This is especially true of those that worked with the children. I also had the privilege of working with people I've known over the years that really stepped up to the challenge and ended up playing a leading role in the recovery effort. It was extremely gratifying to see this, and I was proud of them.
As for me, my focus was on helping organizations that were not familiar with operating in Haiti. We would help coordinate their shipments of relief supplies and make sure they reach their people on the ground. I also worked with these organizations to build their skill sets and capacity internally, so they could coordinate their own shipments going forward. In addition, I've also been working on some of the more strategic initiatives in the area of education, health and long-term growth, specifically job creation. One area of particular interest is the development of the Citadelle as a guest destination. I will share more details on this later in this blog.
Before I go any further, I want to make sure I recognize the people I've been working with. As most of these initiatives are a team effort, I have the privilege of writing about them on Adam's blog.
First and foremost, I want to mention Maryse Kedar and her husband Daniel. They were on the ground during the quake and their organization ProDev, was one of the first to take action by setting up water tanks in the camps, and then temporary schools for the thousands of children in these camps. Their team, led by Sharon Ramon (one of those people who dropped everything to help those in need), set the foundation for the curriculum and organizational structure for Royal Caribbean's school initiative. This is something else I will share with you later in the blog.
Next is Lauren Ordway, who works for Royal Caribbean in the area of Safety and Environment, and coordinated the logistics associated with sending down hundreds of pallets with relief supplies via Royal Caribbean ships. These supplies consisted of everything you can imagine from medical supplies, construction material, oxygen generators, food, clothing and dialysis machines. A good portion of these supplies came from Compassionate Alliance who was with us from day one. There were many organizations working with us, but this one in particular really went above and beyond for Haiti, and I want to commend them for this.
Completing the difficult task of unloading and distributing these supplies was David Southby and Dave Scott. These two alternated as site managers for Labadee, and had the unenviable task of making sure that donated supplies were distributed to the communities fairly, and that assigned donations got to their NGO partners on the ground. The word "difficult" doesn't fully capture the full scope of this task, so I will just say thank you.
Finally there was Gary Bald, Richard Pruitt and Steve Williams who worked to coordinate the overall effort from a leadership, medical and direct resource standpoint. Anything I asked for, these guys came through with executive support, medical expertise or the intellectual capital I needed to push through a problem.
I think it goes without saying, much appreciation goes to Craig Milan, Adam Goldstein and Richard Fain who had no hesitation supporting Haiti's relief effort in spirit and, most importantly, from a resource and financial standpoint. I can honestly say there was never a moment of hesitation in making the generous commitment they made to this relief effort.
I think I covered everyone, but that's the problem when you start thanking people individually; there are so many, and inevitably, someone gets left out. So, if you're one of those people, thanks!!!!!
It's amazing what can be accomplished when things have to get done and all the barriers are removed. This is the way it was in the very beginning but now things are starting to settle into their slower, more methodical pace. Despite things you may hear in the media, progress is being made-it's just happening at a slower pace than what we would expect in the states or elsewhere in the world. There are many reasons for this, but let's be blunt. The country was in bad shape before the disaster, in terms of logistical infrastructure, public education, a robust disaster response plan, or anything else you would expect a government to do; they simply didn't have the capacity to handle anything like this. What little infrastructure existed there was destroyed along with some very capable people who were killed in the quake. With that said, when you have these basic challenges to start, progress is going to be a little slower.
I mentioned in a previous blog that some of the bureaucracy and lack of action you see in the country really puts a wet rag on your enthusiasm to help. You have to work through these times and focus on the people you're helping, and not the mechanisms that seem to be working against the people.
When I do get frustrated, there are a few thoughts or impressions I have in my head that put me back on track. The first one is the resilience of the Haitian people. No matter what's going on with my relief work in terms of obstacles or frustrations, there is nothing that compares to the daily rigors of life for the average Haitian living in these temporary camps. There is one picture that sticks in my mind. This is a picture of a family who had lost their home in the earthquake, and they are now living in one of the temporary camps among thousands.
Next week, follow me deeper into Haiti's devastation to learn the story behind these resilient faces of Haiti's recovery. In my next posting, my journey continues through the temporary camps and school houses supported by Royal Caribbean International. The profound moments of human endurance and triumphs through the collective-strength that I witnessed in Haiti continues to impact me. I'm grateful to Adam for lending me his blog as an outlet to share these experiences, and I hope that you visit again to accompany me on this voyage.
Article by John Weis, Associate Vice-President of Private Destinations for Royal Caribbean International


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Myanmar No. 1 source of Web attacks
Summary: Country debuts at pole position in global index ranking source of cyberthreats, while Asia-Pacific region accounts for nearly half of Web attacks in first quarter 2011, finds new report.
Myanmar has become the No. 1 source of Web attack traffic worldwide as the Asian country makes its debut in a cyberthreat index covering the first quarter of 2011, according to new report.
Released Wednesday, the latest edition of Akamai's quarterly "State of the Internet report" noted that Myanmar's sudden appearance at the top of the chart was "certainly unusual". This was the first time the country placed in the ranking, which has a four-year history, noted the content network delivery provider. It added that the attacks from Myanmar seemed related to attack traffic in late-February and early-March which targeted port 80.
According to Akamai, Myanmar accounted for 13 percent of the observed attack traffic despite only targeting 25 unique ports, among which 45 percent of the attack were targeted at port 80. In contrast, the United States--ranked No. 2--accounted for 10 percent of attack traffic with tens of thousands of targeted ports. Attack activities from the U.S. were strongly indicative of general port scanning and not specifically-targeted attacks, said the company.
Compared to the previous quarter, Taiwan dropped one rank to No. 3, accounting for 9.1 percent of global attack traffic. Other Asia-Pacific economies in the top 10 chart were China at No.5 with 6.4 percent, India at No.7 with 3.8 percent, and Hong Kong at No. 8 with 3.3 percent.
At the continental level, the Asia-Pacific region accounted for nearly half of the observed attack traffic worldwide, said Akamai.
In the top 10 ranking for attacks from mobile networks, two Asia-Pacific markets made it to the charts with Malaysia at No. 3 with 7.7 percent of traffic, while Australia ranked in at No. 4 with 7.2 percent.
Akamai noted that the attacks from mobile networks were likely from infected PC-type clients connected to wireless networks using mobile broadband technologies, and not by infected smartphones or similar mobile-connected devices.
Aside from Web attacks, the report also ranked countries with the fastest Internet connection. Similar to last quarter, South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan remained the top 3 fastest countries, and were the only three Asian economies to make the top 10 list.
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Apartment Therapy on: Chocolat Magazine
Domino Double-take. Whoa! I flipped through a discarded copy of Chocolat at my favorite lunch spot yesterday and it is the spitting image of Condé Nast's Domino. I immediately scoured the mast head for a reference to being Domino's Canadian cousin, with no luck. Launched a year ago by Canada's largest magazine publisher, Rogers, Chocolat fills the void left by U.S. magazines in the Canadian market by only including products that are available in Canada. Beyond the name change and Canadian price tags, Chocolat is a direct rip-off of Domino — the cover, the same typefaces, the same basic design and the same structure — and as a magazine junkie (especially in the shelter category) I'm surprised I've never heard of it...
AT has some loyal Canadian readers and all the editors see their letters and comments about the differences in Canadian prices (especially at IKEA). I think that a magazine like Chocolat is a great service — especially with separate French and English versions — but as a magazine designer, why would a design team not strive to do something unique? Even if the editorial content is similar, there are countless design solutions to the same problem. Any Canadian ATers care to comment? Any Domino staff members care to comment?
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we LIKE this magazine, thank you very much!
I am subscribed to both chocolat and domino, and I don't find that chocolat is sooo similar that it is a rip-off of domino! ok, maybe canada is behind on some trends, but i really like the canadian-specific sources. you may not know this, but many (most) online resources do not ship north of the border. maybe the AT office should get a subscription, then you can send a couple $USD our way and decide for yourselves whether chocolat is just a recycled domino, or if maybe there is a smidge of talent outside of manhattan, or even outside of the lower 48.
As a Canadian, I get frustrated by American mags because we cannot access sources easily. I don't really CARE if Chocolat is a similar format to Domino or not. I like them both, but knowing that I can purchase something I see in a mag is worth the price of buying Chocolat alone....
ange, I think what he meant was that the fonts, page layouts, and colors of fonts that the magazine uses were Domino knockoffs, not necessarily that the Chocolat people were incapable of coming up with interesting styling/home decor ideas for themselves. In fact he even sings the praises of the magazine for providing local shopping information for Canadians. Sheesh.
does anyone know how to subscribe? website? looks like one to add to my pile.thanks for the introduction!
Been a subscriber since the first issue. It's pretty good and has allot of inspiring images. The products and shops are on the more expensive side though.
Well, Domino was "inspired by" Lucky, so it only fitting and fair that the cycle continues...
Domino is a glorified catalogue that promotes little besides consumerism and conformity to the latest trend. I'm not impressed that another publication would mimic this but, at the same time, I can definately see where they are filling a gap (e.g. House and Home offers some good local resources but tends to cater to an older, and more traditional, crowd). BTW, seeing the mags at the newstand, I prefer Chocolat's covers to Domino's.
Oops - *definitely* not "definately"
Bluestar: Yes! The content is fine (and totally a great resource for Canadians)...it's the direct-design-ripoff that made me cringe.
Patrick: The important thing about the relationship between Lucky and Domino (and at one time, Cargo) is that they are all part of Conde Nast.
That's one of the reasons I said "inspired by" and did not call it "a direct rip off."
The reason it looks the same is because most Canadian's give don't give a damn about innovating and doing anything innovative. It always comes down to cost and how can we rip off someone else.
I should knows this because I'm a canadian and being in the design field, I always see many of my designer friends try and push the boundaries only to have clients unwilling to pay for something new.
I work as a designer (clothing though, not industrial/interiors) in Canada and i have to say this is a big problem in Canada in general. For some reason we/"the powers that be" don't have enough confidence in our homegrown design that our country is constantly ripping off design from the US and Europe. As a country we have an immensely smaller population than the US and therefore less money/resources/consumer spending, so US media pretty much inundates our lives (TV, movies, music, etc)
The people in power in these type of industries in Canada need to give the creative people in Canada a bit of credit and allow us to develop our own style, or we'll just continue to be a "knock-off" nation that doesn't support our own creatives. Many companies (clothing companies are notorious) just tell their employees "we want a guaranteed success, so just copy this ___ from ____".
Very discouraging as a designer. Luckily I've been able to avoid that generally by being really picky about who I work for and sticking to my guns about not knocking things off. Anyways, that's my rant for the day, I'm sure many other will have many things to say.
Huh. Then how come most of your HGTV Canada shows blow the US counterparts out of the water?
And isn't Candace Olsen Canadian?
I don't think the "rip off" mentality you describe is unique to Canada, Canadian companies, designers, or clients. People think "ideas" can be copied with no guilt. And every time someone anywhere (even here on AT) says, "I can copy that design/idea for less than it's selling," the problem continues.
I think there is more awareness of wanting to nurture Canadian talent than the average Canadian might think, as a designer working for an American company within Canada--when the time came for me to find a new job it was impossible for me to find a new job and stay in Canada, they wanted to hire Canadian talent!
A "knock off nation"? www.madedesign.ca
oh bluestar, i knew what they meant. i still don't think it's that close in layout & fonts, etc... it's an interiors mag for "youth" - so it may look similar, but i still don't think it's a "rip-off".
Like Ptoo says, many things are inspired by others, especially in the design world. think ikea... but seriously, i think it was a little rough to say "rip-off". that being said, this mag is owned by Rogers, which is one of the biggest media corporations in Canada, therefore anything edgy or unique just might not fly out of the CEO's office... know what i mean?
there are tons of unique edgy ideas that came out of canada that I bet y'all love: Christiane Lemieux of Dwell is Canadian, Karim Rashid was raised here, Vice Mag started in Montreal (that's in Canada), Umbra is all-Canadian, oh i could go on... but give us Canucks some love, eh?
Yes, Karim Rashid!
But we won't hold that against you. ;)
I want to clarify that I think there is AMAZING talent in Canada, it just needs to be better supported. It's not the choice of the designers to knock things off, but rather it's a matter of many "boss people" at larger companies not encouraging their designers to use their creativity as much as they could be.
On the other hand, this pushes designers to start projects of their own (ie. www.madedesign.ca, furni creations, MOLO, the multitude of indie clothing designers, etc) so Canada does have wonderful independant design, I just wish some of the larger companies would tap into this resource a bit. I have so many talented designer friends who toil away at these clothing companies and are forced to knock off clothing from Europe, when they're fully capable of designing items that are just as great on their own.
OK enough, dinner time.
"Boss people" are like that EVERYwhere.
well, i just wanted to let you know that some of the articles in domino, including 4 of the covers, are also featured in a UK magazine. i'm pretty sure it's Glamour UK, but i cannot be sure, because i read 25 magazines per month. several times last year, when i would get my domino in the mail, upon browsing through, i would have this overwhelming sense of déja vu. it wasn't until the domino issue where the cover featured the home with the pink painting that read "for like ever" (sep 06) did it finally click. i had first seen this painting in the UK mag, and i fell in love with it THEN. i'm not sure if glamour is a sister mag to domino and lucky, but now it has opened my eyes to recycled stories/ideas.
Holly at decor8 wrote about Chocolat back in late January. It's not a been a pub I've found in the international magazine stores here in NYC. If someone has seen for sale, please let me know where. Would love to check it out.
I just want to inform you the demise of Chocolat magazine. From what I heard, October issue will be the last. It is said that lack of advertising revenues and subscribers are the causes.
The question is: Why would I subscribe to a magazine when I will receive it two weeks after they hit the stand? It is the same way in the USA?


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Former "Teen Mom" star Jenelle Evans DENIES she was in possession of heroin Tuesday at the time of her arrest.
A source close to Jenelle tells TMZ, Jenelle says the drugs recovered by police inside Jenelle's North Carolina home -- including 12 bindles of heroin and Percocet -- were not hers ... and she had no idea they were in the house.
Jenelle's lawyer, Dustin Sullivan, tells us, they're going to fight it and beat the rap.
Jenelle was also arrested for assault after allegedly attacking her husband with a piece of furniture -- but according to sources, Jenelle says it was self-defense during a domestic brawl. Her hubby was also arrested.
Trashy whore, MTV is hurting society by producing these ****ing teen mom shows, showing trashy young whores they can be on tv too if they sleep with some dirt bag names Skyler, Trey, among other trailer trash names...MTV should be ashamed
MTV is just helping create more trashy moral-less teen mom's...pathetic white trash whores on that show dating their s***my grade 2 educated boyfriends with names like Skyler and Trent
CPS needs to take her child away
Ppl blame MTV but I think they behaved like this long before, if anything they could've used the money they made from the show to do better.. If they didn't have that financial help from the show it would have probably been a far more grimmer struggle..these girls were already jacked up..remember they were already preggo teens to begin with. So there was some lack in judgment prior
Well if its true that she's on heroin we will find out soon,. It's not like heroin is a recreational drug.
I used the same excuse on my parents when they found smokes in my bedroom. They didn't buy it either!
I wish you were so pationate about beating your man as being a mother.. You are the lamest excuse for a woman. That poor lil boy that you brought to this world. But you have time and energy to be a drug addict go to rehab and jails but don't have the decency to take care of your own. Nobody believes your petty crap about your mother , she takes care of your kid and you whine that she doesn't approve you shaking up with dirtbags and lets you freely smoke week if you were a mother you would understand that even though your daughter is a low life pig you still have to say something when she sux a lifespan whole you blame her because " she's mean" and she screams. Wake the hell up People like this should be castrated and prohibited from reproducing Is so frustrating as a young mom to see dirtbags like this taking all this time on drugs and screwing and leaving their kids behind to women who've already done their duty mistakes or joys at least she took care of this slut.. But she's running around with drugs. I wish I could teach her a lesson and that poor mom hope she gets some help from sploting ass MTV .. So embarrassing that this pig is lose on this street trying to shack up amongs as. I wish this whore wakes up and never ever gets another child.
94728372682 reason why MTV should go back to playing music videos all day.
Show us the arms...between the toes...armpits.
Why is this beeatch in the news? Just one more drug addict crack whore loser parent. God help that child of hers in the hopes he had a better life.
And they probably won't divorce,and then it will happen again.
Calling her trash would be a compliment . S***
It's never her fault. She's always got an excuse. She blames MTV for her weed addiction, saying they "made" her do it. Until she accepts responsibility for her actions and decides to change, she's going to be a worthless piece of crap human who contributes nothing to society. The article doesn't mention the warrant she was served for not paying child support...yet she's out getting a new tatt and buying drugs at will. Just put her in prison already because it's apparent rehab and probation don't work.
You can prove that it's not "her fault" everyday until Sunday, but the real question is when will this girl get out being in the middle of drama situations all together? Whether she is the perpetrator or not at this point is irrelevant as the bottom line is: clean up your life so that you are not in a constant state of crisis, drama, and involvement in domestic violence with every relationship that she has. Stop being in relationships and get into recovery. Again, she will forever think that if she isn't the instigator that she surely can then focus on the wrongs of others vs. realizing her role in getting healthy and subsequently being able to get involved with healthy relationships.


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GreenButton™ is an award winning global software company that specializes in high performance cloud computing. The company provides a cloud platform for development and delivery of software and services that enable independent software vendors (ISVs) to move to the cloud and for their users to access cloud resources. GreenButton is Microsoft Corp's 2011 Windows Azure ISV Partner of the Year and the company is has offices in New Zealand, Palo Alto and Seattle.
Cloud computing is a growing phenomenon, projected by industry analysts to exceed US$160billion, but end users and vendors are struggling with engagement models and portal interfaces. GreenButton has developed an intelligent interface (an API) called the "GreenButton" which enables the user to access this capacity whenever it is required, directly from their desktop application.
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