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Murder on Astor Place
Sarah Brandt, a mid-wife in late 1800s New York, finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation when she visits a woman whose baby she recently delivered. Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy is investigating a young woman's strangulation at the same boardinghouse. Malloy and Sarah instantly mistrust one another, especially when Malloy insists she go with him to search the girl's room. Reluctantly, Sarah begins looking through the dead girl's clothing....
Murder on Marble Row
Berkley, June 2004, 21.95, 320 pp ISBN 0425196106 New York City Police Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt is trying to clean up the corruption on the force. When an explosion kills Mr. Gregory Van Dyke, a wealthy and powerful businessman, the commissioner asks Detective Frank Malone to lead the investigation because he won't be bought by the influential citizens who have policemen on their payroll. At the Van Dyke mansion, the trophy widow blames the...
Murder on Mulberry Bend
Berkley, Mar 2003, 6.99, 352 pp. ISBN: 0425189104 Around 1900, midwife Sarah Brandt escorts Richard Dennis through the lower Manhattan slums to the Prodigal Son Mission where his deceased wife voluntarily worked before dying because he needs to understand why Hazel found solace at this safe place for girls. The wealthy Richard is overwhelmed with what he sees, but at the mission, Mrs. Wells provides kindness to the guilt laden Richard. Sarah gi...
Murder On Washington Square
Berkley, April 2002, 6.99, 336 pp. ISBN 0425184307 Sarah Brandt can trace her bloodlines to the original Dutch but she doesn't believe that just because her parents are wealthy, she is better than the immigrants she serves as a mid-wife are. Rather then live with her parents in their posh 57th St. house she lives in Greenwich Village and is friends with many of the people in the neighborhood. One of her closest friends is her next doo...


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'Some NHL teams feel good if they have one 30-goal scorer. They might even feel great if they have two. But if a team, like the Buffalo Sabres, has four 30-goal scorers, they should go out and play their state or provincial lotto.'
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I went to visit my cousins house and tried to crack his wep encryption as well. Either i didn't do something right or this router didn't like to produce any significant number of ivs. Of the packets i injected over an hour period i only got about 1000 ivs. The router he was using was an old dlink.
After seeing this i remebered reading about some routers that had updated firm ware that didn't produce weak ivs so they weren't easliy crackable.
Are some routers using wep just not vulnerable to attacks or am i crazy?
thanks for you help
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Sheriff's deputies arrested a Yucaipa man Wednesday on suspicion of running a mescaline lab at his home.
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San Bernardino County probation officers and sheriff's deputies came to a home in the 12000 block of Clover Drive about 1 p.m. after receiving a tip about drug activity at the residence, sheriff's officials said.
Perry ran and hid behind a shed in the back yard. Deputies found and arrested him. They found a mescaline lab inside the home.
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In a Country of Mothers
Claire Roth, a successful New York psychotherapist, accepts a new client, Jody Goodman, a young filmmaker, for some sessions before Jody leaves for the West Coast and filmmaking school. Claire put a child up for adoption when she was much younger, and Jody is adopted, so when Claire begins to believe Jody may be her daughter, she starts to lose her objectivity and intrude too far into Jody's life, upsetting her own husband and their children. This novel ...
A teen finds out that his father is homosexual when the father leaves the family unit. The author uses extremely foul and profane language. The intensity of the character's feelings could be expressed without the use of this profanity. I don't want my students reading this book....
Music for Torching
Homes writes beautiful and moving stories about filthy and deranged activities. Compared to some of her former books, this one is a little more conventional, centering on the alienated and destructive activities of a suburban couple who one day attempt to burn down their house. There is an adulterous affair, beautifully described, a torrid lesbian affair, a cop attempts a rape, and other weirdness, as well as a somewhat over-the-top dramatic climax, but ...
The End of Alice
A.M. (Amy) Homes writes beautiful prose about filthy events. Combine the lyricism of _Lolita_ with the shock value of _American Psycho_ and you get a book that outdoes either in some respects. _The End of Alice_ is narrated by a convicted child molester and killer who reminisces about his past and his crime, deals with life in prison, and corresponds with a 19-year-old female admirer who lusts after 12-year-old boys. The two seduce and adore each other b...
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The Mistress's Daughter
A woman is contacted by her birth mother and struggles to accept truths about her past. Writer A.M. Homes is thirty-one years old when she is contacted by her birth mother, Ellen Ballman. A.M. grew up knowing she was adopted and had a happy, secure childhood, save for on and off feelings of not belonging, due to being adopted. A.M. begins to communicate with Ellen by letters and telephone, but feels too overwhelmed to meet her. She learns the circumst...
The Safety of Objects
Nearly all these stories take place in suburbia ... but a suburbia in some alternate universe. Not that Homes writes fantasy or science fiction; her characters and settings are all quite recognizable, but they do VERY odd things. The plentiful humor is edgy, even scary. A kid gets rejected by a kidnapper after not working out; a man becomes beguiled by teen girls and other doings at the mall; very young teens explore and use each other sexually, set fire...
This Book Will Save Your Life
The story is about Richard Novak, a wealthy man who lives a very isolated life in his sumptuous house in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles. Richard Novak is a very rich middle aged man from New York. He divorced his wife many years ago and he moved to Los Angeles. He lives alone and at some point he realizes that he hasn't left his house in months. He has a trainer, a nutritionist and a maid that are coming to his house every day. Other than that he has no hu...


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From an initiative conceived by the Lotus dealers of Italy comes a new member's only club for Lotus owners. 'Lotus Official Club Italia' is the perfect way to harness their own and their customers' passion for all things Lotus.
Launching in December for the 2013 intake, the upcoming programme includes a calendar of events and activities from national gatherings and assemblies to organised excursions - including trips to Lotus HQ and motorsport events. Targeted at anyone who owns a Lotus old or new, the only criteria is a love of Lotus!
As well as the regular excuse to drive the incredible roads of Italy in convoy alongside iconic Lotus cars past and present, there is a generous members' benefits package that includes not only discounts on Lotus parts and merchandise but also with Lotus' partner companies offering preferential rates at hotels and restaurants.
To keep members in touch with each other there will be a 'Lotus Forum Official' online portal that will also provide expert technical advice to owners who like to play with their Lotus as well as chat about it!
Lotus Official Club Italia' will bring together motorsport fans, sportscar enthusiasts and Lotus customers from all over Italy to celebrate Lotus in a way that is designed for them – and it gives Lotus the opportunity to give something back to its loyal fans.
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By Rikki King Herald Writer
BOTHELL — Detectives on Friday searched a Bothell man's home for potential evidence in the slaying of his estranged wife.
Susann Smith, 37, was found dead Feb. 12 at her home. Police found her front door unlocked, court papers show. Through outside windows they could see blood on the walls and floors.
Smith and her husband were going through a divorce and lived separately.
Bothell police want to talk to her husband about her death but aren't calling him a suspect, Sgt. Cedric Collins said Friday
No arrests have been made, Collins said. It wasn't clear Friday if the husband was at his home when the search warrant was served.
"At this point, we're not providing any additional comments or details as we do not want to compromise the integrity of this active investigation," Collins said.
Police were called to check on Susann Smith last week after she didn't show up for work.
They found her body in the bath tub. Evidence at the scene indicated she was attacked in her bedroom and her body later was moved, according to court papers obtained by The Herald.
In the initial search warrants filed last week, police weren't sure what weapon or weapons were used in the killing, court papers show.
They obtained a judge's permission to seize, among other evidence, any items capable of inflicting either blunt-force or sharp-force trauma.
Investigators found a blood-smeared axe blade at the home. Police also seized knives found in the kitchen sink, as well as bloody clothing and bedding.
There were no obvious signs of sexual assault.
Smith was last seen alive at her church on Feb. 10. She worked for a Seattle tech company. Her employer described her as passionate, dedicated and creative. Her colleagues were heart-broken to hear of her death.
Court records show Susann Smith moved to the U.S. from Germany about eight years ago. She and her husband were in a dispute over child custody. They were last in court Jan. 25.
The children were with their father the weekend before Susann Smith's death.
They were at school or day care when her body was found, according to court papers. They were taken into protective custody that day by the state.
Bothell police urge anyone with information to call 425-487-5551. Detectives don't believe the killing was random.
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Tuesday, May 15, 1 p.m. ET
What's it like to review CDs and interview rock stars? USA TODAY music critic Edna Gundersen will be online to give you the latest scoop on rock, pop, alternative, hip-hop, and other music scenes. Do you love today's scene - or long for things to return to the way they were "back in the day"? You decide.


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The first two in what might become a series of income funds is based on about 15 months of research and eight months of product development intended to address the financial income and growth needs of baby- boomer retirees.
BT Investment chief executive Emilio Gonzalez, whose organisation has about $46 billion under management, said the "appetite for risk had shrunk" after equity market losses from the global financial crisis were not recouped, particularly once the May 2011 rally in local markets was killed off by the crisis in Greece.
Mr Gonzalez said meeting with investors and advisers had revealed a structural change in attitude, whereby they opted to trade-off some investment gains for greater security and more predictability.
"Income is now at the forefront of investor preferences in addition to capital preservation," Mr Gonzalez said. "Investors are seeking investments that provide attractive levels of income paid on a regular basis, with stability of income.
"Ready access to their funds also remains attractive," he said.
The product launch is targeted at the coming wave of baby-boomer retirees –many of whom have had their retirement savings reduced by falling equity and house prices –and booming self-managed superannuation funds, which account for about one in every three retirement dollars.
Mr Gonzalez seconded external consultant Freerk Speckmann to work on the myriad legal, tax and investment issues that had to be resolved for the launch.
Mr Speckmann has been kept on in the expectation that similar products are planned.
The BT Equity Income Series includes two strategies – defensive and balanced – that cater for varying risk tolerances.
They both offer targeted returns, monthly distributions known six months in advance, daily liquidity, hedged exposure to equity markets to reduce exposure to market falls, and some potential for capital growth.
The defensive strategy targets 8.5 per cent income and 30 per cent exposure to the sharemarket, while the balanced strategy aims for 10 per cent income and 40 per cent exposure.
Returns are after annual fees of 99 basis points for defensive and 1.39 per cent for income.
BT head of Australian equities Crispin Murray will lead the team of managers handling the underlying portfolio of up to 40 stocks intended to provide high dividends and franking credits. The funds will attempt to generate additional income by selling any market upside.
Two derivatives specialists, Jason Petras and Darron Mitchell, will run the income and hedging strategies intended to reduce volatility and smooth returns.
Recent research shows financial advisers are placing about 30 per cent of new clients' funds into safer asset classes such as term deposits – up from 26 per cent in April. About 10 per cent of new funds are being placed in cash products, and nearly 20 per cent invested in term deposits.
Demand for retirement products is expected to soar as about $1 trillion moves from accumulation to retirement over the next decade.
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You can help your community right away in Public Health. In a time when more and more people find themselves unable to afford health care and do the things needed to have healthy families, there is a growing demand for professionals trained in the field of public health.
The Public Health degree program at Fort Lewis College, the first undergraduate Public Health Program in the State of Colorado, is composed of a core of courses that covers a basic public health curriculum, and additional courses that give students the ability to pursue areas of interest to them through three available degree options which include: Allied Health, Environmental Health and Psychosocial. All degree options culminate in hands-on public health service-learning experiences that prepare students to step into real-world public health careers.


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A headache is pain or discomfort in the head or face area. Headaches can be single or recurrent in nature, and localized to one or more areas of the head and face.
Facts about headaches in children:
The exact cause of headaches is not completely understood. It is thought that many headaches are the result of tight muscles and dilated, or expanded, blood vessels in the head. Other headaches may be caused by an actual problem in the brain, such as a tumor or malformation of the brain, although this is much less common.
The way a child exhibits a headache may be related to many factors, such as genetics, hormones, stress, diet, medications and dehydration. Recurrent headaches of any type can cause school problems, behavioral problems and/or depression.
There are many different ways to classify headaches. One method divides headaches into two categories:
The child may have varying degrees of symptoms associated with the severity of the headache depending on the type of headache. Some headaches may be more serious. Symptoms that may suggest a more serious underlying cause of the headache may include the following:
The symptoms of a headache may resemble other conditions or medical problems. Always consult your child's physician for a diagnosis.
The full extent of the problem may not be understood immediately, but may be revealed with a comprehensive medical evaluation and diagnostic testing. The diagnosis of a headache is made with a careful history and physical examination and diagnostic tests. During the examination, the physician obtains a complete medical history of the child and family.
Questions commonly asked during the examination may include the following:
If the history is consistent with migraine or tension type headaches and the neurological exam is normal, no further diagnostic testing may be necessary.
Other diagnostic tests may include:
Specific treatment for headaches will be determined by your child's physician based on:
The ultimate goal of treatment is to stop the headache from occurring. Medical management relies on the proper identification of the type of headache and may include:
Migraine headaches may require specific medication management including:
Some headaches may require immediate medical attention including hospitalization for observation, diagnostic testing or even surgery. Treatment is individualized depending on the extent of the underlying condition that is causing the child's headache. The extent of the child's recovery is individualized depending upon the type of headache and other medical problems that may be present.


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Rose Goes RusticMonday, August 13th, 2007
Weather: Warm and partly cloudy… threatening rain.
Road Conditions: Dry and smooth.
Old Highway 61 is one of my favorite stretches of road. After a long week at work, there's nothing better than getting out on that two-lane asphalt, and riding through the countryside on our way to Dad's little trailer near McGregor, Minnesota.
But this trip was going to be different. This time, I wasn't astride my big old KLR "Frogwing". He was sitting this trip out in the garage, while I tested Vespa Rose on the long haul. We had just completed her 3,000-mile service, and I wanted to see how she handled the long, open roads heading north.
Old 61 is posted at 55 mph for most of its length. That drops to 30 through the little towns along the way. Most of this venerable highway is in great shape, even though it is not the thoroughfare it once was. I35 has supplanted it as the main route heading north, and we no longer get federal funds to maintain Highway 61. Counties have taken it over, but they all seem to be doing well by the old road.
That's important on a scooter, because a bad pothole can cause some real damage, or even put you into the ditch.
Rednecks are not just a Southern phenomenon…
Then we have volunteers who participate in the "Adopt a Highway" program. These nice folks pick up trash alongside the road and keep the shoulders clear of debris. I enjoy the sometimes clever and creative names people come up with for their groups. After I photographed the sign above, we passed another one that said "Biker Buddies of Booger". I didn't stop for that one, since I already had this one in the can.
I wondered briefly who this "Booger" was. I'm thinking he is probably deceased, although he has found a strange brand of immortality as long as his friends continue to take care of their stretch of Highway 61.
The weather forecast for the day included a large storm system which was moving across the state in our direction of travel. As we approached North Branch, I could see the dark clouds and streaks of rain on the horizon ahead.
Turning left on Highway 95, we left our old friend 61 for lighter skies to the west, and another nice road: Highway 47. That one goes past Mille Lacs lake, and I have had many a good ride along that stretch of pavement.
This is why we ride North… Rose and Dad `round the campfire.
We stopped to visit my friend Jack, of "Jack's on Mille Lacs" fame. I even let him take Rose for a little ride.
Jack is a hard-core rock-n-roller, with his long greying locks cut in a classic mullet. He rides without a helmet, and without apologies, eyes bared to the wind at 70 miles per hour.
I was a little nervous… but a man has to learn to trust his friends.
From Highway 47 we picked up 210 and rode the back way into Dad's place, west of McGregor. He was waiting for us, and had a nice pile of firewood ready so I could build one of my pyrotechnic masterpieces.
He made dinner, while I stacked the logs. Then followed one of our traditional council fire sessions, where we dissected exactly what is wrong with the world, and figured out how to fix it, if only everyone else would listen to us.
We stayed up late, but still woke up with the sun. The clean air and silence of the swamp make for good sleeping. Dad had the coffee ready by the time I came in from taking the photo above. Then he made blueberry pancakes, with sausage on the side, but I didn't eat my usual tall stack.
This is because I was going to eat another breakfast only a few miles down the road.
You see, last time I was up to visit, I stopped by a place near McGregor called "Jack's Shack". Not to be confused with that other Jack's, this place has been a local institution since at least the 1930s. It has had mixed fortunes, over the years, including a decade or so when it was closed and beginning to fall apart.
The place has changed hands a number of times, but now it belongs to a wonderful couple named Brian and Traci Neigum.
Jack's Shack… now under new management.
Last time I stopped by, they had just opened. Brian was mopping the floor, and both of them were bursting with pride in their new enterprise. I had promised them that I would review the place, next time I came up. When I arrived on Sunday morning, they greeted me like an old friend.
Business has been good, Brian tells me. I'm sure the locals are happy to have Jack's back up and running, and the tourist trade at that location should be pretty brisk.
The "Rice River Country Platter" is one heck of a breakfast!
As you can see from the photo, Traci is an incredible cook. Her choice of ingredients, combination of flavors and textures, and even the presentation are top-shelf. It pains me to tell you that I couldn't finish this platter. Believe me, I tried.
How does a guy eat food like that, and stay as skinny as Brian? Just another one of life's little mysteries, I guess…
"Jack's Shack" is now in the capable hands of Brian and Traci Neigum.
Back on the road, Rose and I headed all the way home on Highway 61. We stopped here and there to poke around, taking photos and visiting some of the friends I've made over the years on this route.
It was a beautiful day, and Rose found a sweet spot at about 60 miles per hour. She turns just over 6,000 rpms at that speed, which may sound like a lot. But that little Italian powerplant just purrs right along, and the ride is Cadillac-smooth.
After my double breakfast, I didn't eat another thing all day. By the time we arrived home, I was ready for bed. We put on just over 360 miles for the weekend, which isn't exactly Iron Butt stuff. Racking up big miles for bragging rights has never been my thing, anyway.
Next time I go north to visit Dad, I'm going to have a dilemma on my hands. Rose handled this trip magnificently, and it is going to be hard to choose between her and Frogwing for future road trips. I guess it will all depend on whether I want to get dirty or not.


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[edit] Summary
An excellent chamber for conducting human research and experiments on the mind.
WTF: Where did this come from? See: Reboot
[edit] What Will Be Done
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation_tank
[edit] What Areas in the Space Will This Affect
This could be put about anywhere, preferably near showers or changing room in a low traffic area of the space. A structural assessment needs to be made as well to determine load bearing feasibility.
[edit] Who Will Be Doing It
[edit] Why This Will Be Good
It'd be frick'n awesome, and something hackers from around the World could come and experience.
[edit] Why This Will Be Bad
Could be expensive to maintain if not managed properly, would need to develop safety procedures for proper experimentation and water leak contingencies.
[edit] How Long Will It Take
This project could be started over a weekend, and may take an extended amount of time to complete.
[edit] In A Fantastic World, What Extra Budget Would You Like
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Sophos recently reported on the hefty jail sentences that the pump-and-dump stock spam gang faces today. 47-year-old Michael Saquella (also known as Michael Paloma), 63-year-old Lawrence Kaplan, 38-year-old Henry Zemla and 26-year-old Justin Medlin
have all pleaded guilty to being part of an international gang that spammed out fraudulent news stories to create artificial demand in stocks, pumping up the share price of 15 small companies (Beverly Hills Film Studios; Body Scan; Cor Equity Holdings; Courtside Products; eDollars, IFINIX; Integrity Messenger; Latin Heat Entertainment; Motion DNA; PokerBook Gaming; TKO Holding; Trans-Global Holdings; V3 Global; Xtreme Technologies; and Zuma Beach Entertainment) and raising more than $20 million from investors. The four men are now facing between 5-10 years in prison.
"Pump and dump stock campaigns work by spammers purchasing stock at a cheap price and then artificially inflating its price by encouraging others to purchase more (often by spamming "good news" about the company to others). The spammers then sell off their stock at a profit. Sophos experts report that pump-and-dump stock campaigns account for approximately 25 percent of all spam, up from 0.8 percent in January 2005. Earlier this year, Sophos reported how the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had suspended trading in 35 companies as they were found to be commonly referenced in pump-and-dump stock email campaigns."
Read the full article here.
A presentation on the ITU-D Cybersecurity Initiatives was given today, 24 September 2007, by Robert Shaw, head of the ICT
Applications and Cybersecurity Division of the Telecommunication Development
Sector to the ITU-T Study Group 17. The ITU Cybersecurity Work Programme to Assist Developing Countries, the ITU-D Study Group Question 22/1, the Self-Assessment Toolkit and the ITU Botnet Mitigation Toolkit were discussed among others. More on the ITU-T Study Group 17 here.
A story at Slashdot points to a article with a quote from McAfee CEO David DeWalt, who says that cyber-crime has become a US$105 billion business that now surpasses the value of the illegal drug trade worldwide. Despite the increase in government compliance requirements and the proliferation of security tools, companies continue to underestimate the threat from phishing, data loss, and other cyber vulnerabilities, DeWalt said. 'Worldwide data losses now represent US$40 billion in losses to affected companies and individuals each year, DeWalt says. But law enforcement's ability to find, prosecute, and punish criminals in cyberspace has not kept up: "If you rob a 7-11 you'll get a much harsher punishment than if you stole millions online," DeWal remarked. "The cross-border sophistication in tracking and arresting cyber-criminals is just not there."'
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) launched a press release on 19 September 2007 on a study commissioned to investigate the impact of telecommuting and e-commerce on energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and liquid fuel consumption.
The study found that one day of telecommuting - using consumer electronics such as personal computers and wireless networks - would save the equivalent of up to 12 hours of an average household's electricity use in the United States. The findings also indicate that the level of CO2 reduction would be equal to removing 2 million vehicles from the road every year.
To read the study, click here.
The International Trade Centre's e-Trade Development Unit published its latest newsletter today, which highlights the topics as follows:
The Portuguese Government and the European Commission are jointly organising the fourth Ministerial eGovernment Conference entitled Reaping the Benefits of eGovernment in Lisbon from 19 to 21 September 2007.
Topics to be covered during the workshops at the conference include the analysis of experience and results of the e-government initiatives at European level such as:
The ENISA / CERT/CC Workshop on Mitigation of Massive Cyberattacks is held today, 19 September 2007, in Porto, Portugal. "This workshop will bring together experts from established CERTs with newcomers, project managers and policy makers from the EU Member States. The renowned experts from CERT/CC will organise the program and co-chair the workshop. The program and the discussion this year are dedicated to the topic The role of CERTs in mitigating massive cyber attacks - Cooperation as a key-factor for success." More information on the workshop can be found here. A presentation on The Importance Of Global Cooperation, Tools, Mechanism & Partnerships by Robert Shaw, Head, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Sector is also available online.
According to an article in Computer Weekly, Arbor Networks' Third Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report highlights botnets and the increased size of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks as a growing threat to ISPs. For the first time, botnets surpassed DDoS attacks as the top threat identified by service providers. [Via ISN]
The Washington Post reports on Google's call for new international standards on the collection and use of consumer data. "Peter Fleischer, global privacy counsel for Google, told a U.N. audience in Strasbourg, France, that fragmentary international privacy laws burden companies and don't protect consumers. He argued for an international body such as the United Nations to create standards that individual countries could then adopt and adapt to fit their needs. 'The ultimate goal should be to create minimum standards of privacy protection that meet the expectations and demands of consumers, businesses and governments,' Fleischer said, according to a transcript of the speech provided by Google."
Investigations over Google's privacy practices are currently conducted by the European Union. There have been controversy and criticisms on Google's privacy policies and its planned $3.1 billion merger with DoubleClick,
an online advertising broker that sells banner and video ads. Critics argue that the merger which would enable the company to collect information on which sites users visit, would hurt competition in online advertising, and that it would aggregate too much consumer data in the hands of one
company. According to Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and a
critic of the DoubleClick merger, "Google, under investigation for violating global privacy standards, is calling for international privacy standards... It's somewhat like someone being caught for speeding saying there should be a public policy to regulate speeding."
Fleischer proposes the privacy framework developed by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, which he refers to as a balance between information privacy, and business needs and commercial interests. However, critics say that the APEC standards are too lenient. Rotenberg adds further that the APEC rules put the burden on consumers, who must demonstrate that a company's privacy policy has harmed them. Guidelines developed in 1980 by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development which influenced the European Union's privacy laws and are usually preferred by privacy advocates, generally focus on the violation of privacy as a right rather than a demonstration of harm caused by the violation.
To read the full article, click here.
Read more about Peter Fleischer's views on privacy on his blog.
The Wall Street Journal Online reports on the five-year sentence given to Irving Escobar, a ring leader in a TJX Cos. linked credit-card fraud. He "was sentenced to five years in prison and has been ordered to pay nearly $600,000 in restitution for damages resulting from stolen financial information, Florida officials said. The sentencing follows a guilty plea by Mr. Escobar, 19 years old, of Miami, to charges that he participated in a 10-person operation that used counterfeit cards bearing the stolen credit-card data of hundreds of TJX customers to purchase approximately $3 million in goods and gift cards."
Read more on this news article here.
Bruce Schneier has posted an entry on his blog arguing that if we want home users to be secure, we need to design computers and networks that are secure out of the box, without any work by the end users. There simply isn't any other way.
Interpol proposed on Wednesday the creation of global and regional anti-crime centres to fight criminal activity online and respond quickly to emergency cybercrime alerts. During an international cybercrimes conference in New Delhi, Interpol Secretary-General Ronald K. Noble said that the Internet should not be allowed to become a place where criminals have the upper hand and can escape punishment. Officials from 37 countries discussed identity theft, online bank fraud, Internet gaming and the risks of online terrorist activity during the two-day conference organized by Interpol.
To read the full article, click here.
At the first Regional Conference on Literacy taking place in Mali this week, Angola's Minister of Education underlined the importance of literacy skills to foster health prevention in Africa as the Angola Press Agency reported yesterday via All Africa.
In order to reach the objectives of the National Plan of Education for All by 2015, information and communication technologies (ICTs) are now used as tools to promote autodidactic learning and to train citizens on matters related to health primary care, personal hygiene, HIV/Aids and environment.
To read more, click here.
The European Union proposes that internet searches for bomb-making instructions should be filtered and blocked across the European Union. "Internet providers should also prevent access to any site giving instructions on how to make a bomb, EU Justice and Security Commissioner Franco Frattini said in an interview... The EU executive is to make this proposal to member states early in November as part of a raft of anti-terrorism proposals. These include the screening of private data of passengers flying into the 27-nation bloc and the creation of an early warning system to alert police forces to thefts of explosives. Representatives of the Internet industry are meeting the EU on Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of al Qaeda's September 11 attacks on the United States, at a European Security Research and Innovation Forum. The Internet has taken on huge importance for militant groups,
enabling them to share know-how and spread propaganda to a mass audience, as well as to link cell members."
Read the full article on Reuters.
InfoWorld has announced the 2007 Bossie Awards for the Best of Open-Source Software. Awards were given to 36 winners across 6 categories. Among the honorees are SpamAssassin, ClamAV and Nessus in security, Wireshark and Azureus Vuze in networking, and ZFS for storage.
Read more of this story at InfoWorld.
The e-Government Global Dialogue, Citizen-Centric Government: One-Stop Multi-Channel Service Delivery for All, will be held on Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 8:00-10:30 am ET at Room MC2-137, 1818 H Street NW in Washington, DC. It will also be accessible via live webcast.
"The government of the future is a citizen-centric government and the one-stop approach is a quintessential expression of citizen
centricity. This seminar, initiated by the Moscow City Government is integral part of Single Window Conference taking place in Zelenograd district of Moscow on Sep 18-20, which will bring together some 300 government officials and other stakeholders from multiple Russian regions as well as the audiences in other transition and developing countries. The seminar will enable policy-makers to get a snapshot of international experience, analyze critical success factors, lessons learned and implementation challenges in citizen service center projects, and explore a symbiotic relationship between the citizen service centres and other service delivery channels. Case studies of citizen service center projects will also be presented, and the following issues will be discussed in more detail: the profile, skills, professional background for one-stop citizen service centers; the legal status / organizational form of citizen service centers; and the relations and linkages between citizen service centers and the government agencies."
More information about this event is available here.
Interested participants may also join via the Live Webcast / Online Discussion.
John E. Dunn reports on Techworld how the global market for criminal malware operates like a supermarket, complete with special offers and volume discounts, as a security company has discovered. On Panda Softwares latest quarterly report, the going rate for a reasonably sophisticated but generic Trojan is between £175 ($350) and £350 ($700), while the email list with which to target victims for the program costs from £50 ($100) per million names. The malware writers even offer specials in one case the company discovered a site selling a payment capture Trojan for £200 ($400) to the first 100 customers to sign up, a saving of £50 ($100) off the normal rate. "In recent months we have witnessed the growing professionalisation of digital crime," said Panda Softwares lab chief Luis Corrons. "The first step for cyber-crooks was when they started looking for profits from their activity instead of just notoriety. Now they are creating a vast online malware market, where there are even specialised segments. New business models are appearing, as we speak," he said.
Corrons adds that the malware industry now appears to be turning from being just a shop from which malware can be bought, to one where services are offered. For between one and five dollars per executable, malware could be cloaked - encrypted - against the anti-virus software programs it was likely to encounter on a for-hire basis. Finally, criminals could rent spam servers for £250 a time to distribute their assembled malware package, the company said. Corrons also provides details of the cost of hiring DDoS attacks in his blog.
An article on The Economist discusses RBN (Russian Business Company), the threats it poses to global cybersecurity, and the lack of cooperation from the Russian government. VeriSign classifies RBN as "the baddest of the bad". The anonymity of the group and its senior figures who are only known through their nicknames, and the apparent backing of politicians have led to the continuing success of its operations. "'RBN is a for-hire service catering to large-scale criminal operations,' says the report. It hosts
cybercriminals, ranging from spammers to phishers, bot-herders and all manner of other fraudsters and wrongdoers from the venal to the vicious. Just one big scam, called Rock Phish (where gullible internet users were tricked into entering personal financial information such as bank account details) made $150m last year, VeriSign estimates." Another difficulty RBN poses is its ability to fight back. This had been evident in the Rock Phish attack to the National Bank of Australia in October 2006. After taking active measures against the attack, RBN fought back by taking down the banks home-page for three days.
Despite VeriSign having tracked down the physical location of RBNs servers and the Western law enforcement officers' pressure on their Russian counterparts to pursue the investigation vigorously, RBN remains confident and active. According to VeriSign, "only strong political pressure on Russia will make the criminal justice system there deal with this glaring example of cyber-illegality."
To read the full article, go to The Economist.
A new mobile system where one makes calls directly between phones, for free, is being trialled by TerraNet, a Swedish company, in hopes of dramatically improving communications in the developing world. "TerraNet has developed the idea using peer-to-peer technology that enables users to speak on its handsets without the need for a mobile phone base station. The technology is designed for remote areas of the countryside or desert where base stations are unfeasible. Projects backed by TerraNet recently launched in Tanzania and Ecuador. The TerraNet technology works using handsets adapted to work as peers that can route data or calls for other phones in the network. The handsets also serve as nodes between other handsets, extending the reach of the entire system. Each handset has an effective range of about one kilometre. This collaborative routing of calls means there is no cost to talk between handsets. When a TerraNet phone is switched on, it begins to look for other phones within range. If it finds them, it starts to connect and extend the radio network. When a number is dialled a handset checks to see if the person being called is within range. If they are, the call goes through. While individually the phones only have a maximum range of 1km, any phone in between two others can forward calls, allowing the distance to double. This principle applied many times creates a mini network. However, TerraNet founder Anders Carlius admitted that this has created big problems with having enough available frequencies. The system can also be used to make calls to other TerraNet mesh networks via a net-connected PC fitted with an inexpensive USB dongle."
Currently, this new system only works with a special handset, but "Mr Carlius said he hopes that it will eventually be a feature available on all phones, like Bluetooth. He said that were this to happen, it could potentially spell the end for the current Global System for Mobile (GSM) communications model which is used by about 70% of all mobile phones." Most large mobile companies seem skeptical at the moment, but according to Mr Carlius, mobile phone manufacturer Ericsson had invested around £3m in TerraNet.
Read the full article on BBC News.
A Swedish security researcher, Dan Egerstad, has recently revealed how he collected 100 passwords from embassies and governments worldwide by sniffing Tor exit routers. Egerstad explains on his blog how he did it, and calls attention to and re-iterates the lack of appreciation for cybersecurity among organizations worldwide.
Read related article on Ars Technica here.
Computerworld reports on a worm targeting Windows PCs that is spreading through Skype's instant messenger, making the Voice over IP (VoIP)'s chat software the next target. Dubbed Ramex.a by Skype spokesman Villu Arak, but pegged Pykspa.d by Symantec, the worm takes a typical instant messenger (IM) line of attack: After hijacking contacts from an infected machine's Skype software, it sends messages to those people that include a live link. Recipients who blithely click on the URL, which poses as a JPG image but is actually a download to a file with the .scr extension, wind up infected. Arak also listed instructions for removing the worm from infected PCs, but they included changes to the Windows registry, a chore most users are hesitant to try. Ramex.a/Pykspa.d injects code into the Explorer.exe process to force it to run the actual malware, a file named wndrivsd32.exe, periodically. The worm also plugs in bogus entries in the Windows hosts file so that installed security software won't be able to retrieve updates.
Skype is only the latest IM client to fall victim to hackers. Both Yahoo Messenger and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN/Live Messenger have been targeted this summer. Exploit code designed to hijack Windows PCs running Yahoo Messenger appeared as early as June, and Yahoo has been forced to patch the IM client several times since. Microsoft, meanwhile, has scheduled fixes for its MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger software for tomorrow, presumably to quash a webcam bug that was disclosed late last month.
Read more of this article here.
Bill St. Arnaud's blog passes on information on the upcoming OECD-Canada Technology Foresight Forum on the Participative Web: Strategies and Policies for the Future to be held 3 October 2007 in Ottawa, Canada.
Dancho Danchevs blog has a post on the agressiveness of the Storm Worm botnet:
Stage one - infect as many end users with high speed Internet access as possible through the use of client side vulnerabilities. Stage two - ensure the longest possible lifecycle for the malware campaign by having the newly released binaries hosted at the infected PCs themselves. Stage three - take advantage of fast-flux networks to make it harder to shut down the entire botnet. And stage four - strike back at any security researcher or vendor playing around with Storm Worm's fast-flux network or somehow messing up with the malicious economies of scale on a worldwide basis. On Friday I received an email from Susan Williams at aa419.org, and as it looks like several other anti-fraud sites are getting DDoS-ed too :
"On September 2 2007, online scammers began an automated DDoS attack against aa419.org, with the goal of shutting down the anti-fraud site. For some time, aa419 was able to filter the worldwide botnet's attacks by monitoring connections and only allowing legitimate visitors to access thesite. However, by September 5 the hoster was being overwhelmed with nearly 400 GB of incoming requests every hour. Rather than let their infrastructure melt under the onslaught, the server is currently offline. This massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack was inspired by aa419.org's mission to blacklist and shut down scam web sites. Since 2004, the all-volunteer organization has recorded more than 18,000 such sites. In addition to publicly warning potential victims of fraud, they work with hosters and registrars to take scam web sites offline quickly, with a success rate of over 97% shut down. Susan Williams, press officer for aa419.org, said, "On the whole, we're positive about this. Not that we enjoy being offline; quite the opposite. But being attacked with a botnet of this magnitude tells us that we are doing serious damage to the organized crime networks that run these scams." Internet crime is increasing at record rates, and aa419.org is at the forefront of the fight against it. "We will continue our work regardless of how many criminals are annoyed by it," Williams said."
"On September 2 2007, online scammers began an automated DDoS attack against aa419.org, with the goal of shutting down the anti-fraud site. For some time, aa419 was able to filter the worldwide botnet's attacks by monitoring connections and only allowing legitimate visitors to access thesite. However, by September 5 the hoster was being overwhelmed with nearly 400 GB of incoming requests every hour. Rather than let their infrastructure melt under the onslaught, the server is currently offline. This massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack was inspired by aa419.org's mission to blacklist and shut down scam web sites. Since 2004, the all-volunteer organization has recorded more than 18,000 such sites. In addition to publicly warning potential victims of fraud, they work with hosters and registrars to take scam web sites offline quickly, with a success rate of over 97% shut down. Susan Williams, press officer for aa419.org, said, "On the whole, we're positive about this. Not that we enjoy being offline; quite the opposite. But being attacked with a botnet of this magnitude tells us that we are doing serious damage to the organized crime networks that run these scams." Internet crime is increasing at record rates, and aa419.org is at the forefront of the fight against it. "We will continue our work regardless of how many criminals are annoyed by it," Williams said."
Castlecops comments on the DDoS taking place at the site too:
"This newest ddos round started about a week ago and knocked us offline for a couple hours while we figured out what was going on. And we're still under attack, so if the site is a bit slower, you know why. Odd month really, lots of sites, lots of sites, are under ddos. We've got over 10k bots attacking us with more being added daily.""
"This newest ddos round started about a week ago and knocked us offline for a couple hours while we figured out what was going on. And we're still under attack, so if the site is a bit slower, you know why. Odd month really, lots of sites, lots of sites, are under ddos. We've got over 10k bots attacking us with more being added daily.""
Spamnation reports that the popular scambaiting site 419Eater and the anti-scam site Scamwarners are the latest anti-spam sites to fall victim to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Artists against 419 was also hit recently as well as another useful anti-scam site, CastleCops, along with other sites hosting antispam forums.
Spamnation asserts that the Zhelatin (Storm Worm) gang is responsible for a number of other DDoS attacks this year, including an attack against anti-spam sites and download sites operated by a rival spam gang. Zhelatin are known to have spare capacity at the moment. There have been reports that they have built up a botnet containing more than a million computers, not all of which are currently being used for stock and pill spam.
For spam gangs like Zhelatin, a DDoS attack appears to be another opportunity to exploit. When the Zhelatin botnet gets to break in a site, it's more likely that the attack has been commissioned by one of their customers. In the same way that a customer can order a stock spam run, they can request a DDoS attack (although it has been claimed that DDoS attacks cost more than regular spam runs, because there is a greater risk that ISPs or law enforcement will react aggressively to shut down the machines involved).
Read full article here.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) accepted the role and responsibilities of facilitating activities related to the action line under C.7 ICT Applications - e-Agriculture at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) follow-up meetings held in February 2006 in Geneva.
In May 2007, a pilot web-based platform, www.e-agriculture.org was launched providing a dynamic space for those interested in shaping e-agriculture policies and practices to network, share information, experiences, and opinions, and to find out about new and useful systems, tools, and methodologies.
From 12 September to 3 October 2007, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) invites all e-Agriculture Community members to participate in its online consultation on "Opening Access to CGIAR Research and Knowledge: From Data, Information and Collaboration to Food" at the online forum. The objective is to make it easier for CGIAR staff, partners and potential partners to access, use and add value to the research and to the scientific outputs of the CGIAR.
With the objective to support the use of ICTs and knowledge management in the agricultural sector, a strategy has been drafted on global public goods.
Peter Gutmann of the Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland presents how "malware has come a long way since it consisted mostly of small-scale (if prolific) nuisances perpetrated by script kiddies. Today, it's increasingly being created by professional programmers and managed by international criminal organisations. The Commercial Malware Industry looks at the methods and technology employed by the professional malware idustry, which is turning out "product" that matches (and in some cases even exceeds) the sophistication of standard commercial software, but with far more sinister applications."
The presentation discusses extensively how the malware industry has evolved from The Numbers Racket to organized crimes and even further now into the Spam, Carding, Phishing and Botnet businesses, among others. Provided in the presentation as well are case studies and examples, statistics, and technical mechanisms of these growing internet crimes as services.
Read more on Peter Gutmann's work here.
The ITU News Nº 7 September-October 2007 edition features in its Cybersecurity Watch the Cybersecurity Work Programme for Developing Countries. The purpose of the Cybersecurity Watch column is to share information on ITU activities and initiatives related to cybersecurity and countering spam. More information on ITU activities in the domain of cybersecurity can be found at here. ITUD's ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division has information on its ongoing projects, resources and publications to assist ITU Member States, including an overview of the ITU Cybersecurity Work Programme for Developing Countries, as well as information on the toolkits mentioned in the article at the CYB website. Details on related workshops and other events can be found here.
Researchers say the growing botnet has enough distributed power to launch a damaging attack against major businesses or even countries. The Storm worm botnet has grown so massive and far-reaching that it easily overpowers the world's top supercomputers. That's the latest word from security researchers who are tracking the burgeoning network of machines that have been compromised by the virulent Storm worm, which has pounded the Internet non-stop for the past three months. Despite the wide ranging estimates as to the size of the botnet, researchers tend to agree that it's one of the largest zombie grids they've ever seen. According to Matt Sergeant, chief anti-spam technologist with MessageLabs, "in terms of power, [the botnet] utterly blows the supercomputers away. If you add up all 500 of the top supercomputers, it blows them all away with just 2 million of its machines. It's very frightening that criminals have access to that much computing power, but there's not much we can do about it." Sergeant adds that researchers at MessageLabs see about 2 million different computers in the botnet sending out spam on any given day, and he estimates the botnet generally is operating at about 10% of capacity. Adam Swidler, a senior manager with security company Postini, told InformationWeek that while he thinks the botnet is in the 1 million to 2 million range, he still thinks it can easily overpower a major supercomputer.
Cyber criminals who control the botnet have a tremendous amount of destructive power. Early this summer, the Baltic nation of Estonia was pounded in a cyberwar that saw distributed denial-of-service attack primarily targeting the Estonian government, banking, media, and police sites.
Last month, Ren-Isac, a collaboration of higher-education security researchers, sent out a warning that the Storm worm authors had another trick up their sleeves. The botnet actually is attacking computers that are trying to weed it out. It's set up to launch a distributed denial-of-service attack against any computer that is scanning a network for vulnerabilities or malware. The warning noted that researchers have seen "numerous" Storm-related DoS attacks recently. MessageLabs' Sergeant said the botnet also has been launching DoS attacks against anti-spam organizations and even individual researchers who have been investigating it. "If a researcher is repeatedly trying to pull down the malware to examine it the botnet knows you're a researcher and launches an attack against you," he said.
Lawrence Baldwin, chief forensic officer of MyNetWatchman.com, said he doesn't have a handle on how big the overall botnet has become but he's calculated that 5,000 to 6,000 computers are being used just to host the malicious Web sites that the Storm worm spam e-mails are linking users to. And he added that while the now-well-known e-cards and fake news spam is being used to build up the already massive botnet, the authors are using pump-and-dump scams to make money. Swidler said that since mid-July, Postini researchers have recorded 1.2 billion e-mails that have been spit out by the botnet. A record was set on Aug. 22 when 57 million virus-infected messages -- 99% of them from the Storm worm -- were tracked crossing the Internet. According to researchers at SecureWorks, the botnet sent out 6,927 e-mails in June to the company's 1,800 customers. In July, that number ballooned to 20,193,134. Since Aug. 8, they've counted 10,218,196.
Read full article at InformationWeek.
On early May this year following the controversial uprooting of the 6-foot-tall bronze statue in downtown Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, the nation faced a series of massive botnet attacks. Estonian government, banking, media, and police sites were flooded by overwhelming internet traffic from all over the world which led to DDoS attacks forcing the sites to shut down and remain inaccessible outside the country for extended periods of time. In mid-May, the major botnet attacks suddenly stopped, and the bots appeared to have been set to run for exactly two weeks after which the infected computers abandoned the attacks and reverted to more traditional botnet activities, like spamming and extortion.
This recent attack on Estonia has proven the power of botnets and it DDoS capabilities. Using rented botnets, hundreds of thousands or even millions of infobombs may be launched at a target, all while maintaining total deniability to bring down a country's information infrastructure.
For more details on the botnet attack against Estonia, read full article here.
An article on how bots attack may also be accessed here.
Following the devastating earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale that struck Southern Peru on 15 August 2007, killing more than 500 people and injuring as well as displacing thousands more, ITU deployed 50 satellite terminals to help restore vital communication links in remote and underserved areas. These links are critical in coordinating rescue and relief operations.
According to Ms Cayetana Aljovin, Vice-Minister for Communications of Peru, the equipment is being deployed in areas where telecommunications are not available. But these are most needed to facilitate emergency teams as well as government organizations in establishing communications to coordinate their work. "We take very seriously the role of telecommunications in mitigating disasters," said Mr Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid, Director of ITUs Telecommunication Development Bureau. "Whenever a country is affected by a disaster, we quickly mobilize and dispatch transportable telecommunications resources that can be used for general communications by government authorities and to provide e-services such as telemedicine that are crucial for saving human lives. We hope that this contribution will go a long way towards helping Peru cope with this massive earthquake".
Emergency telecommunication is the key for government and humanitarian aid agencies involved in rescue operations, medical assistance and rehabilitation. Mountainous terrain in Peru has severely hampered access and the coordination of rescue operations. The restoration of telecommunication resources have helped bridge these gaps and provided the much needed link for the transmission and reception of high speed data for e-applications and for voice communications. This has provided succour to both government authorities and relief agencies as well as to the affected population.
ITU has been responsible for transporting and deploying all the terminals as well as paying for the air time for using them.
Twelve of the terminals are Global Area Network (GAN) terminals and 38 are regional broadband global network satellite terminals (RBGAN). The 12 GAN terminals are capable of providing voice, data and video services, and the 38 RBGAN terminals provide high-speed data communications.
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My baby has just started weaning and he will only eat solid food
We have just started the weaning process and I can't get him to eat anything runny, mashed or pureed, he only wants to eat if it's something solid he can chew on (well gum at least), are there any problems with this?
3rd April 2014 04:59 AM #2
Hi loppysmum,
That is absolutely fine if your baby wants to only eat solid food. In fact, there is evidence that weaning a baby on solid food alone has developmental and nutritional advantages compared to pureed food. For example, a baby is more likely to eat at their own pace if they are weaned onto solid food and this means breastfeeding is more likely to continue for longer. A baby will also not fill up on empty calories with this method. A baby will spend more time using the 'pincer grip' if they eat solid food and this will help with their overall development.
Have you heard about baby led weaning? This method of weaning was developed by a health professional using research and is precisely what your baby is doing naturally. You forget the mush and let your baby explore and eat solid food from 6 months of age and when they are developmentally ready. The mantra is 'food is for fun until they are one'. So basically for babies under 12 months of age you don't need to worry about how much food they are actually swallowing because a baby can get over 90% of their nutrients from just your breastmilk (at 12 months of age). Indeed, whether your baby is breastfed or formula fed; milk should still be their main source of nutrients up to 12 months of age. This should gradually decrease between 12 and 24 months of age.
With baby led weaning, when your baby is between 6 and 12 months old you should not offer them food when they are hungry or tired. Breastmilk is best in this situation. Babies love exploring foods of different textures and tastes, you just need to cut the food into big enough (and long enough) chunks so that they can easily hold it. Examples of a baby led weaning meal could be: pieces of steamed chicken, vegetable sticks with a chickpea dip and pear fingers. It's great fun and should instill a healthy lifelong love of good food in your baby!
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Thank you for your reply and it's great to know that he is actually teaching us a better way to do things!
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Your baby is doing good. My son, Axl on the other hand won't eat solid food. He'd throw it away when the food is too hard for him to chew.
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That a great thing that your baby is having the solid food. My Ds would not have just spit the things. he does like to have it.


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Two ace senior guards and a veteran coach who guided his team to a state title berth highlight The Lancaster News' all-county honors for the 2013-14 girls basketball season.
The Indian Land Warriors were the toast of the Lancaster County prep basketball hardwood for the 2013-14 season.
The Warriors, who finished 20-5 and the Class AA Upper State runners-up, won the Region IV-AA championship with an unbeaten record for the second straight season.
The first Lancaster High School alumni basketball game, a fundraiser for the LHS girls and boys basketball programs, is Saturday, April 12 in the Bruins' gym.
The event will include three games to begin at 2:30 p.m.
Buford scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to take a 9-7 baseball win over Indian Land at the Warriors' field on Wednesday, April 9.
Jackets' senior Troy Cunningham highlighted the three-run BHS rally with a RBI-hit to lift the Jackets to the two-run Region IV-AA win.
The Buford High School Lady Jackets softball team proved to be the thoroughbred in the Triple Crown Invitational in Aiken on Saturday, April 5.
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Alienware M14XR1
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nVidia 3.0GB GeForce GT555
Intel(R) WiFi Link 6205
First unplug any external devices, keyboard, mouse, external drives, etc.
Using unetbootin build bootable USB drive with BT5. (Instructions can be found on the backtrack wiki)
Using F12 boot options boot off the USB drive into BT5 Live.
On boot you will see the default boot text and then the BT5 logo screen and then the diplay will probably go blank.
Dont worry about the blank display. Wait about 2 minuntes, then just blindly type "startx" and you should see activity on your USB drive. With in a few seconds you should see the BT5 loading screen, it will probaly go black and lock up your mouse pointer. If you didnt see the loading screen after typing "startx" and the mouse lock, then reboot and try again. I had to reboot mine about 5 times till it got there.
Also, keep in mind during this process that the USB port on the left side of your M14x ALWAYS has power when plugged into the AC adapter, even when shutdown. So you may have to remove your USB drive to see it again in the boot list after hitting F12.
Ok, so after the mouse pointer lock with the black background, you will need to blindly type this:
cd /root/.kde <ENTER>
find . -type f -iname "*.kcache" -delete <ENTER>
startx <ENTER>
You should now see the BT5 boot screen again and this time it shouldn't lockup and actually let you into Backtrack 5.
If you get a message saying: Do you want KDE to permanently forget about these devices? just check the "Do not ask again" box and click YES.
Run the "Install BackTrack" shortcut on the desktop to being installing BT5. Go through the installation process, accepting most of the defaults as you would for a normal installation. Hint: if your running Windows, just choose the option to run them side by side.
On the "Ready to Install" screen click the "Advanced..." button and choose your hard ddrive from the drop down list. Mine was /dev/sda "ATA STXXXX (750.2GB)
Click OK, then click Install, Restart Now after the installation has finish.
Note: you may have to physically power off if the reboot hangs. (remember to remove your USB drive)
After the reboot you should now see the GRUB2 bootloader with a few options. By default you want the top entry or just let it time out and it will pick it for you.
Once BT5 has booted you should be at the login screen. Use the default root/toor user/pass to login. Then type
cd /root/.kde <ENTER>
find . -type f -iname "*.kcache" -delete <ENTER>
startx <ENTER>
You should be able to boot into BT5, but you will notice that the screen resolution is stuck at crappy 1024x768 and you have no options to change it or even use the external video ports (VGA, HDMI, etc).
Sooo.... Lets fix that.
Connect to the internet, either through Cat5 or wireless (wicd network manager) (wont go into internet connection detail as you can find that info all over the forum)
Add the Xorg edgers repository to pull the latest intel graphics drivers.
Open a termnial konsole and type:
add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
apt-get update
After the update, close the terminal.
Then, back in xwindows, open Kpackit (Start>System>KPackit), click Software update (left column), click "Refresh", click "Select all updates" and click Apply, click continue if prompted.
There should have been around 100 or so updates in the list, so depending on your internet connection it can take about 15-10 minutes or so.
After all the updates have been downloaded, installed, and applied reboot your box (terminal cosole type: reboot)
When the GRUB boot screen pops up again hit the 'e' key and it should take you into edit mode which we can manipulate the grub boot settings.
The line to be concerned with here is the:
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38 root=UUID=a6aa2dc1-4e48-4bec-86b3-d30dddae0d0b ro text splash nomodeset vga=791
change it to look like this at the end (pay no attention to the UUID):
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38 root=UUID=a6aa2dc1-4e48-4bec-86b3-d30dddae0d0b ro quiet splash i915.modeset=1 vga=791
you are just changing "text" to "quiet" and "nomodset" to "i915.modset.modeset=1"
then hit ctrl-x to boot
Wait for Backtrack to boot and you should now see the pretty blue logon window. Login using root/toor and see your new desktop resolution (1366x768). You will now noticed if you go to your display properties that you have access to your VGA and HDMI ports too. I have tried this with my VGA and it works pretty good.
If your display works for you, make the changes permanent by editing /etc/default/grub file with the changes above.
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text splash nomodeset vga=791"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.modeset=1 vga=791"
Then at a terminal type:
Reboot and you should now be able to keep your display.
Note: Some desktop effects in BT may crash while using the new intel drivers, this is normal as there really isnt a way to fully support he optimus video yet. Just click continue to the crash and BT will automagically disable desktop effects.
OK, so why go through all of this?? Well the reason is that with the new intel processors they use a Sandy Bridge chipset, which on the M14X, utilizes a combination video of Intel and nVidia. The problem is that there really arent any linux drivers out there that can combine the two cards to automatically swap between them. However, bumblebee is becoming very close to making this work. https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee
This project is trying to fix the issues with linux and optiums video. You are more than welcome to install it and test it on your box, but after days of trying to make this work it seems there is an issue with bumblebee and the kernel, even though the install completes and I can see the nvidia xserver, it never fixes my ability to use both cards or disable my nVidia. I have to give this guy credit as alot of other people have had success with his installation. If anyone makes this work on their M14X please let me know I would love to use it.
So there ya have it, BT5 on an M14XR1, I hope this helps somebody.


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A CHILEAN judge has ordered the arrest of eight ex-army officers for the brutal murder of leftist folk singer Victor Jara, killed in 1973 just days after General Augusto Pinochet came to power.
This is the first time a Chilean court has sought to prosecute any suspects in the killing of the pacifist singer - a crime that became emblematic of the bloody Pinochet dictatorship that left more than 3000 people dead.
Two of the former soldiers were accused of murder, while the others were said to be accomplices, Chilean justice officials said in a statement.
An international arrest warrant was issued for one of the suspects, Pedro Barrientos Nunez, who lives in the United States.
"After bringing together many elements, there comes a time when one must end the investigation and try to move toward a resolution," Judge Miguel Vazquez Plaza told reporters.
Jara family lawyer Nelson Caucoto said he was "quite satisfied" with the decision.
The singer, whose lyrics spoke of love and social protest, became an icon of Latin American popular music with songs like The Right to Live in Peace, The Cigarette and I Remember Amanda.
Jara was married to British dancer Joan Turner, with whom he had two daughters.
He was also a member of Chile's Communist Party and a fervent supporter of the Popular Unity coalition that backed Marxist president Salvador Allende, who came to power by popular vote in 1970.
Jara was arrested the day after the September 11, 1973 coup that installed Pinochet as dictator.
His body was found days later, riddled with 44 machine gun bullets. He had been held, along with around 5,000 other political prisoners, in Santiago's biggest stadium, where he was interrogated, tortured and then killed. He was 40.
Among other horrors, the singer-guitarist's fingers were crushed, broken by rifle butts and boots.
The case was revived in 2009, and Jara's body was exhumed, after a soldier who had been in the stadium after the coup admitted to the shooting - though he later retracted his confession.
In December 2009, thousands of Chileans attended an official funeral for the singer, whose original burial had been conducted by his widow in near-secrecy and almost total anonymity.
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The SolarWorld Junior Einstein Award has also been organized since 2006. The prize with a purse of € 5,000 is geared towards young researchers who can apply with their scientific dissertations concerning photovoltaics or related topics. The Junior Einstein award aims to get young skilled workers interested in the solar industry and promote their innovative ideas. With this award, SolarWorld AG is again demonstrating its social commitment to advancing solar power technologies.
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No Pressure, No Diamonds.
I think he has a point, just not put it across very well...
Look at the facts, when was the last time you saw someone KO'd by a leg kick, exactly ! Punches KO, Leg kicks don't, therefore you cannot win a fight with a leg kick, therefore they are pointless.
I would go so far as to say maybe its time the rules were changed so people fight whilst kneeling, so therefore even preventing illegal leg kicks after they are banned!
Sig awaiting witty quote from someone.
I don't dislike Urijah, quite the opposite actually i think he's a great fighter and comes across as a good guy....but i always have a little chuckle when i see his gammon leg and reckon he must have thought to himself 'well that didn't go as i planned it' lol
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That stopped his non existing point in its tracks. There's other fights out there where guys get there leg turned to mush and can't fight properly because of it. Rampage vs. Forrest Griffin is another that comes to mind. Leg kicks hurt especially ur 3rd or 4th clean hit. Shin on thigh.


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West Bountiful • A little more than four years after opening, the Legacy Parkway remains an anomaly among Wasatch Front freeways.
It has a slow 55-mile-per hour speed limit, a nice trail system and wonderful views mostly free of billboards. In the late afternoon on a warm mid-December day, the wetlands to the west glisten with dozens of shades of golden browns and tans.
The highway provides an interesting mix of urban and wild, of civilization encroaching on nature and of a difficult and controversial attempt to build a highway that provides for the needs of both people and wildlife.
A parking area offers benches, a trail to the Legacy Nature Preserve and an interpretive sign about the Great Salt Lake and birds such as avocets, stilts, curlews and phalaropes.
A man sat quietly smoking a cigarette on one of the cement benches. Others viewed the scene from the comfort of their vehicles. Two horses fed in a nearby field. There was graffiti on one wall, radio towers and a full garbage can, not far from cows in a field. A landfill and sewer plant are located not far from this site.
The 14-mile trail that wanders next to the highway, with its mix of benches, parks and a few subdivisions, was anything but crowded. But, even in December, it was used. A few bicyclists rode the paved path next to the highway. A woman walked two dogs on leashes. A pair of kids played basketball on a driveway next to the trail system.
I marveled at the mix of sounds. Different kinds of birds, especially the quacking ducks and noisy swans on the Bountiful Ponds urban fishery, competed with the noise of cars and airplanes. A lone woman walked next to the trail. Other folks could be seen fishing. I thought I even saw a man preparing to fly his model airplane.
Despite the fact that faster speeds limits on Interstate 15 might save a few minutes except at the height of rush hour, I take Legacy whenever possible if I need to head north from my Taylorsville home. It seems less crowded. I find myself relaxing a little more. The display on my Prius tells me the lower speed limit is saving me some gas.
This proved to be a contentious and expensive highway to build. Environmentalists sued to stop its original route because it destroyed too many wetlands. The groups involved eventually compromised. The parkway was moved farther east, land was purchased for a nature preserve and numerous park-like features were included in the design.
The Utah Department of Transportation website calls the highway the first of its kind in the United States. It touts the stone gateways at each end of Legacy, the meandering design, unique landscaping, trail system, greenways and lack of big trucks (except in emergencies) as items that make the highway special.
As plans are made to move the highway north, the conflicts and debates will remain.
What is more important, preserving homes and subdivisions or taking care of the important and unique wetlands ecosystem on the edge of the Great Salt Lake? Meeting the needs of a growing population for more highways or preserving the many values that wetlands and open space offer?
The guess here is that, like the Legacy Parkway, groups are going to have to compromise. As the highway expands, the never-ending debate between people and wildlife and between meeting urban needs and preserving wildlife habitat that has hemispheric importance will continue.
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Report Uncovers Significant Abuses of Migrant Workers in the U.S. Fair and Carnival Industry and Advances Comprehensive Recommendations
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 20, 2013 - Families across the United States are nostalgic about the food, rides, and atmosphere of the local fairs and carnivals, but hidden behind the memories and bright lights are migrant workers who pay a high price to create these experiences. On the United Nations World Day of Social Justice, the American University Washington College of Law Immigrant Justice Clinic and Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM) released a report, Taken for a Ride: Migrant Workers in the U.S. Fair and Carnival Industry, that describes the abuses of migrant workers who form the backbone of one of America's favorite pastimes.
The information for the report was gathered using in-depth interviews of migrant fair and carnival workers. Fair and carnival companies bring migrant workers to the U.S. on temporary work visas, known as H-2B visas, to build and operate rides, set up games and serve food at concessions stands.
The workers travel with the companies from state to state, typically living in filthy and cramped trailers. Taken for a Ride uncovers the following abuses and structural defects in the H-2B temporary worker program:
- Unfair recruitment processes;
- Wage and hour abuses;
- Significant health and safety risks;
- Lack of access to workers' compensation;
- Limited access to medical care;
- Isolated and substandard living conditions; and
- Limited access to legal representation and justice in the courts.
José Isabel de Lira, a former fair and carnival worker from Mexico stated, "When I went to work at the fairs, I was paid less than half of what they promised. I was tricked with false promises and on top of that, the housing conditions were terrible. The trailers were infested [with pests] and were not clean." After visiting workers at a fair in Maryland, Student Investigator Xavier E. Albán reflected, "As we met with these workers and they showed us the trailers where they slept, it was obvious that they wanted to tell their stories, but had few opportunities to do so." When workers complain about the low pay, or unsafe and unsanitary conditions, they face retaliation and threats of deportation or blacklisting.
The report provides comprehensive recommendations for change that are particularly timely as Congress debates immigration reform that would likely impact temporary work visa programs.
"We urge Congress to include important worker protections in any immigration reform that would prevent exploitation of the most vulnerable in the U.S. workforce," stated Rachel Micah-Jones, CDM's Executive Director. To mitigate these problems, the report recommends that Congress enact retaliation protections for workers who report abuse, extend federally-funded legal services to H-2B workers, close the minimum and overtime wage loophole for amusement industries in federal labor laws, and require that job orders be treated as enforceable contracts.
The Department of Labor should forbid employers, recruiters and their agents from charging recruitment fees, conduct inspections of fair employers payroll, and issue rules related to training, breaks and safety equipment to protect the health and safety of fair and carnival workers and the public.
The experiences documented by workers in Taken for a Ride are similar to those of H-2B workers in other industries and demonstrate the structural flaws in the H-2B program, despite attempts to improve the program through recent regulations.
For more information, please contact:
Rachel Micah-Jones, Executive Director, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc., firstname.lastname@example.com, (410) 783-0236
Xavier E. Albán, student attorney, Immigrant Justice Clinic, American University Washington College of Law, email@example.com
Anita Sinha, practitioner in residence, Immigrant Justice Clinic, American University Washington College of Law, email@example.com, (202) 274-4459
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'Deeply troubling' GM probe finds no cover-up, 15 fired
(NEWSER) – General Motors is firing 15 people in connection with its deadly ignition switch scandal, but none of the heads rolling are those of senior executives. CEO Mary Barra today unveiled the results of the company's internal probe, and said that it found no evidence of an intentional cover-up of the defect, or of wrongdoing by the company's senior executives, the New York Times reports. Instead, Barra blamed the failure to report the flaw on bureaucratic issues and individual lower-level employees; she called the report "brutally tough and deeply troubling," notes the AP.
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