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Accessories are what makes an outfit. I always used to forget to put them on until I moved them right where I could see them onto this heart memo board. The only thing you can't really hang on here is earrings and rings, but seeing as I wear the same rings every day and only tend to wear earrings when I go out this doesn't really bother me. You can get the heart memo board from amazon, here.
From my big collection of everything I narrowed down my top 10 accessories and here they are in no particular order. I didn't quite realise how many accessories are from Topshop here!
1. Burgundy headband
I think I may have mentioned before that I have one of those funny shaped heads which headbands just seem to slide off, but this tie up one definitely stays put (it doesn't budge an inch if you hair grip it in, too). I often wear this If my hair is up and just needs a bit of something to brighten it up a bit. I can't exactly remember where I got this from but the last place I remember seeing them was River Island. Again, I'm sure ebay will do some cheap alternatives!
2. Triangle cut out necklace
I went through a real gold triangle phase and this was the outcome. I still wear it a lot despite not being so triangular obsessed anymore as I love the collar look to this, it goes perfectly with a buttoned up shirt. Similar, here.
3. Pandora bracelet
Everyone and their Mum has one of these - unless you're like my Mum who only wears gold and at 1k a bracelet I don't think I'll be earning that sort of money anytime soon! I have a lot of charms. I got this for my 18th and everyone jumped on he bandwagon with buying me a charm. It's quite cute because each one tells a story. Let me know if you'd like to see an individual post about it!
4. Triangle earrings
More triangles. I tend to go for these on a night out as they're dangly but not gigantic like most earrings seem to be these days. I'd rather spend more time on hair and make up than have statement earrings that stretch your earlobes. Similar here and here.
5. Tortoiseshell sunglasses
I cannot believe I'm wearing tortoiseshell again. I remember when I wore tortoiseshell when I was little and I was so uncool for not wearing your standard black. Because I have a really light eyes I was told by my optician that sunglasses are vital for me as my the pigment in my eye could lighten - scary! 16.50 from Topshop
6. That trio necklace
I've wanted a little set of necklaces that go together for ages but couldn't find any but now I have it and I'm wearing it to death. I love the little coin and how there's two chains drape either side, so pretty. I somehow cut off the third section of the necklace out of the shot but you can see and buy it from Topshop, here.
7. Multicoloured earrings
Do these count as triangles? I'm not sure. I don't wear these much as they're a bit chunky for a stud but I love the colours. These are Topshop's around two years ago and I can't find anything similar! Definitely need to start wearing them more now!
8. Large round frame glasses
These were a real cheapie pair from holiday - you know the type. Although they are mirrored and say that they are 100 UV, not sure? Love the retro festival feel to these. Similar, here from zerouv which I have just discovered and now love!
9. Bunnie eared hairband
An update on the velvet bunnie ears I did a post on in March: summer bunnie eared scrunchies. Which I think are a lot more suitable now the weather is a bit brighter. So glad I got my hands on this beautiful tropical print, have a look at Topshop's other scrunchies here.
10. The all season scarf
By all season I mean because it's white and grey these colours go with everything. It's quite thin so can be worn with a chunky coat in Winter and as a general accessory in summer. It's pretty much my only "fashion scarf" and I have loved and worn it for around five years now (wow..)
Which accessories do you prefer to wear? Which ones of mine are your favourites?
cottonandcandie x


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Cost-efficient bike sharing
- Startup: A2B Bikeshare
- From: Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Award: MobiPrize for Michigan Entrepreneurs
Bike sharing is popular in major cities around the world, but many government-funded programs have actually proven to be financial burdens.
"It's really expensive to use a kiosk system, there has to be something better," said Angsgar Strother, founder of A2B Bikeshare, which wants to give smaller cities the benefits of bike sharing without the cost.
Strother's approach involves eliminating the kiosks and docking pads of traditional bikeshare models and replacing them with a touchscreen console on the bike itself.
While riders pick up and return bikes to traditional racks, there are locking mechanisms on the bike itself, which means the racks don't need to be high tech. Strother said this lowers capital costs from $5,000 to $2,000 per bike.
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People often compare the many levels of Windows NT security to layers of an onion. One of the outermost layers of the onion is the many checks that NT performs before letting users log on. You can protect your network from many risks if you don't let unauthorized users log on. You can secure NT's logon policies in three areas:
- Global policies in the SAM database. These policies affect all users in a computer's or domain's SAM.
- User-specific policies in user accounts. You can specify different policies for different users.
- Values in the registry. You can affect a user's logon process by tweaking the registry.
Global Policies
Global policies let you enforce password policies and lock out accounts when NT detects someone trying to guess a password. These policies are called global because they affect all the user accounts in the SAM to which you're connected through User Manager for Domains. Depending on the SAM you're editing, you might be defining policies for all the users in your domain or just the local accounts on one computer. Each NT workstation and member server has a local SAM in which you can define local user accounts that are valid on that computer only. (For more information about the differences between local and domain SAMs, see "Related Articles in Previous Issues.")
To set global account controls, open User Manager for Domains and select Policy, Account on the menu bar. Figure 1, page 64, shows the Account Policy dialog box that appears. At the top of the dialog box, notice the word Computer, which specifies that you're working with the specified computer's local SAM. If the dialog box says Domain, you're working with a domain SAM.
By setting the Password Restrictions options in the Account Policy dialog box, you can impose password-management best practices on your users. Understanding and setting password restrictions is important because users are typically pretty careless with passwords. You can protect passwords three ways: require that users create hard-to-guess passwords, make users change their passwords regularly, and set account-lockout policies.
Create hard-to-guess passwords. By setting the Minimum Password Length option, you can require that users create hard-to-guess passwords. For most environments, I recommend that you set the minimum length to 7. Because of an arcane vulnerability in how NT hashes passwords, I don't recommend more than 7 unless you go all the way up to 14. If you can train users to use a random sequence of 7 letters, numbers, and symbols, you'll have passwords that are quite strong. However, imposing a minimum password length doesn't guarantee hard-to-guess passwords because users can just repeat the same letter or number seven times. If you really want to require passwords that are hard to guess, you need to use a password filter, such as the Passfilt or Passprop utility in the Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit. Both utilities require users to create passwords that include a combination of letters, numbers, symbols, and case.
Just requiring users to create hard-to-guess passwords isn't enough. You also need to back up this requirement with written policies that demonstrate management's support for the requirement, training sessions that teach users how to select and remember strong passwords, and a monthly or quarterly audit of passwords with a utility such as @stake's L0phtCrack 4.0 (LC4). You might even consider using an acceptable use policy to help remove the temptation to write down passwords. Acceptable use policies document the company's expectations about the proper use of its computers. Such policies also provide legal recourse (e.g., termination of employment, recovery of related loss) in the event someone breaches the policy.
Change passwords regularly. Enforcing hard-to-guess passwords is only one way to protect passwords. You can also require users to change their passwords regularly to make passwords a moving target. This security measure is important because over time, passwords can be guessed, shared, and written down. In addition, employees who have access to a shared account might change jobs or leave the company. I recommend that you have users change their passwords about every 90 days so that the window of opportunity doesn't stay open indefinitely.
When you set the Maximum Password Age option in the Account Policy dialog box, NT checks each password's age every time users log on. As the specified expiration date approaches, NT starts prompting users to change their passwords. By default, NT displays a password-expiration notification 14 days before a password's expiration and every time users log on thereafter until they change their passwords. (You can control how far in advance NT starts prompting for a password change with a registry tweak, which I discuss later.) However, even if you specify a maximum password age, some users might specify the same password as their new one, defeating your policy. You can deter this problem by enabling the Password Uniqueness option in the Account Policy dialog box. If you set this policy, NT remembers users' previous passwords and prevents them from using those passwords again. I recommend setting this option to its maximum of remembering 24 passwords. You might encounter some determined users who loop through 24 immediate password changes to cause NT to forget their favorite passwords and thus be able to keep them again. To deter this behavior, you can set the Minimum Password Age option so that users can't change their passwords for the specified number of days. For example, if you set the Password Uniqueness option to Remember 24 Passwords and the Minimum Password Age option to Allow Changes In 2 Days, it would take users 48 days to get back to their favorite passwords.
Beware that imposing these restrictions usually isn't a popular move and will cause some uncooperative users to start writing down their passwords. So I stress that you implement written policies and password training sessions.
If you want to change password restrictions in a domain that already contains many users, you need to know about an important caveat: NT looks at maximum password age and minimum password length only when you change your password. Therefore, these two policies aren't retroactive on the passwords that existing users in the domain are using. For example, suppose you currently have 100 users and you change the maximum password age from Password Never Expires to Expires In 90 Days and wait a year. No one's password will expire during that year, except for those users who voluntarily changed their passwords or had an administrator reset them. After you set the Maximum Password Age and Minimum Password Length policies or use the Passprop and Passfilt utilities, users must change their passwords for these policies and utilities to take effect. In the "User-Specific Policies" section, I show you how to force password changes in one simple step.
Set account-lockout policies. The third way to protect passwords during the logon process is to set the Account lockout option in the Account Policy dialog box. NT locks out a user account after it detects, within 24 hours, three consecutive failed logon attempts because of a bad password. The word consecutive is key because if an intruder tries two password attempts and then the real owner of the account logs on successfully, NT resets the failed logon count and starts over. You can specify that the account remain locked until an Administrators or Account Operators group member unlocks the account manually. Another option is to have NT unlock the account automatically after so many minutes.
Notice the two check boxes at the bottom of Figure 1. The Forcibly disconnect remote users from server when logon hours expire check box affects how NT treats users who remain logged on past their time-of-day restrictions, which I explain shortly. This check box is disabled in Figure 1 because User Manager for Domains is accessing a member server's SAM instead of the domain SAM. Workstations' and member servers' SAMs don't support hour restrictions, so in this case, the check box isn't applicable.
The Users must log on in order to change password check box is a strange description for a logon policy that controls how NT handles expired passwords. By default, this check box is clear, which means that when a user logs on with an expired password, NT requires the user to change the password, then lets the logon proceed. Depending on how securely you view expired passwords, you might view this default as a risk because users can still gain access to a system long after a password expires. If you select the Users must log on in order to change password check box, NT doesn't let users log on after their passwords expire. Users must have an administrator or account operator reset their passwords. However, don't immediately conclude that you should select this check box. Selecting this check box might conflict with a popular user-specific logon policy: the User Must Change Password at Next Logon check box in the user account's properties. Suppose you select the Users must log on in order to change password check box in the Account Policy dialog box. Later, a user requests that you reset his password because he has forgotten it. When you change his password, you select the User Must Change Password at Next Logon check box in the user's account properties so that he can select a new password that you don't know. However, when the user tries to log on to change his password, NT will deny access, claiming that the password is expired. Thus, you can't set both options.
Keep in mind that the password restrictions and lockout policies in Figure 1 are global, which means that all the users in your domain are subject to the same policies. You can't, for example, require stronger passwords for just your administrators without creating a new domain. To handle such situations, you can apply user-specific policies.
User-Specific Policies
User-specific policies override global policies for a given user account. Each user account has several options that affect the user's ability to log on. Administrators or account operators can edit these options by double-clicking a user in User Manager for Domains. Figure 2 shows the New User dialog box that appears.
In the New User dialog box, you can change a user's password by entering the new password in the Password and Confirm Password fields. You can specify that the user must change his or her password at the next logon by selecting the User Must Change Password at Next Logon check box. As I described previously, administrators typically set this policy when they reset passwords in response to users forgetting their passwords. Supposedly, this practice ensures that administrators don't have continuing access to the user accounts. However, anyone with Administrator authority can use LC4 to crack users' passwords. Therefore, rather than selecting the User Must Change Password at Next Logon check box, you must trust administrators and try to limit how many people have this level of authority.
You can select the User Cannot Change Password check box for accounts over which you want to retain control, such as shared accounts or the user accounts for users who refuse to select hard-to-guess passwords. You can select the Password Never Expires check box for user accounts that you don't want to be subject to the domain-level maximum password age. You can also use this option for server-application service accounts (e.g., Microsoft SQL Server) to prevent the common situation in which you reboot a server one day and none of the important services start because their account passwords have expired. Unfortunately, I've also seen administrators set the Password Never Expires option to make an exception for uncooperative users who have enough clout to refuse to change their passwords regularly.
The Account Disabled check box is a useful control for temporarily protecting user accounts of employees who are on vacation or another type of leave. When you disable an account, NT won't let the user log on, regardless of whether the user knows the correct password. You can disable an account when an employee leaves the company instead of immediately deleting the account. Keeping the account around for about 30 days lets you reconstruct what the user had access to if a replacement is hired or if suspicion arises as to the employee's actions before leaving. Disabling the account also saves you from having to recreate the account if the employee changes his or her mind and comes back a week later.
You can limit which days of the week and which hours each day a user can log on. Given the unpredictable schedule of most users today, setting this policy isn't too practical. However, if you have users who work definite hours (e.g., a bank teller), you can click Hours to obtain the Logon Hours dialog box. In it, you simply select a time period, then click Allow or Disallow. If users try to log on outside the allowed times, NT rejects the attempt. If users log on during the allowed time period and remain logged on into a period in which they're explicitly disallowed, NT lets the users remain logged on by default. You can use a global policy to change this default. In the Account Policy dialog box, select the Forcibly disconnect remote users from server when logon hours expire check box. Be aware that selecting this check box disconnects users from servers but not their workstations. For example, suppose you limit Bob to logging on between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and you select the Forcibly disconnect remote users from server when logon hours expire check box. At 9:00 a.m., Bob logs on to his workstation and connects to several servers for file and printer sharing. Bob remains logged on past 6:00 p.m. At 6:00 p.m., the file and printer sharing servers disconnect him, but he still remains logged on to his workstation. Note, however, that servers disconnect only inactive users when their logon hours expire. If users are interacting with the servers (e.g., keeping a file open, querying a directory every few minutes), the servers won't disconnect the users regardless of their logon hours.
By default, NT lets users log on from any workstation. If you want to limit the computers to which users can log on, you can apply workstation restrictions. Click Logon To in the New User dialog box to bring up the Logon Workstations dialog box, which Figure 3 shows. You can specify up to eight workstations. If users need to log on to more than eight computers, see "NT Gatekeeper: Restrict Workstation Logons," http://www.secadministrator .com, June 2001, InstantDoc ID 20902.
The last user-specific logon policy you can set is the user account's expiration date. By default, user accounts don't expire. However, you can set an expiration date by clicking Account in the New User dialog box and specifying the date in the Account Information dialog box, which Figure 4 shows. Account expiration is useful for temporary contractors or when you know in advance of a user's departure. You just set the expiration date in advance, and NT takes care of the account for you. I've seen some administrators use this option when they have a chronic problem with not being notified when employees leave the company. These administrators set an expiration date of 30 days for each user and require the human resources (HR) department to provide a monthly report that lists all current employees. Based on these reports, the administrators extend the expiration dates of the valid user accounts. That way, if someone leaves but the administrator doesn't get notified, NT automatically closes the account after 30 days.
User Manager for Domains lets you modify user-specific logon policies for many user accounts in one step. Simply press the Ctrl key while clicking each user account you want to change. Then select User, Properties and make the change. This capability comes in handy when you need to select the User Must Change Password at Next Logon check box to make new domain password restrictions take effect.
When viewing a member server's or workstation's local SAM, you won't find all the user-specific policies I just discussed. The Logon To, Hours, and Account Disabled options aren't present. These controls are available only on domain accounts.
Registry Tweaks
In addition to setting global and user-specific policies, you can make registry changes under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon subkey to control the logon process. Specifically, you can tweak the registry to display a legal notice during logon, hide usernames in the logon dialog box, and shorten or extend the password-expiration period.
For legal purposes, displaying a legal notice when users log on is important. This notice tells users that they're entering your system and establishes your right to monitor their actions. For best legal recourse, you should display this warning before they enter their credentials. You create this legal notice by adding two REG_SZ registry values under the Winlogon subkey. In the LegalNoticeCaption entry, add a short string that NT will display in the warning window's title. In the LegalNoticeText entry, add the full text, which you should obtain from your legal department. After you specify these values, NT will display the legal notice whenever the user presses Ctrl+Alt+Del at logon. NT waits for the user to click OK in the warning window before letting the person enter his or her username and password.
During logon, NT automatically fills in the Username field in the logon dialog box with the name of the last user who logged on. If this default is a risk in your environment, you can blank out this field by setting the DontDisplayLastUserName entry to the REG_SZ value of 1.
As I mentioned previously, NT starts displaying a password-expiration notification 14 days before a password's expiration date. If you want to shorten or extend how far in advance NT starts warning users, you can change the PasswordExpiryWarning entry's REG_DWORD value from 14 to the number of days you prefer.
You must make the registry tweaks I just described on each user's computer. If you have numerous machines, you can use the System Policy Editor (SPE) for this task. SPE lets you distribute registry changes to every computer in your domain from a central database. You can also use SPE to implement workstation restrictions that guard the workstation after the user has logged on. For example, you can deploy a password-protected screen saver on user desktops and prevent users from disabling it. For a wealth of how-to information and tips about SPE, go to http://www.winnetmag.com/topics and select System Policies or System Policies Editor (SPE).
Stand Guard
You can protect your network from many risks if you don't let unauthorized users log on in the first place. By understanding and using NT's global, user-specific, and registry-level policies, you can effectively guard entry into your domain.
|Related Articles in Previous Issues
This article is the fifth in Randy Franklin Smith's "NT Security Fundamentals" series, which is adapted from "Audit and Security of Windows NT Server," a course that the author developed for the MIS Training Institute. You can obtain the previous articles in the series from Windows & .NET Magazine's Web site at http://www.winnetmag.com.
"Controlling User Rights and Built-in Groups," March 2002, InstantDoc ID 23837
"A Model Network," October 2001, InstantDoc ID 22249
"PDCs, BDCs, and Trust Relationships," September 2001, InstantDoc ID 21844
"NT Security Fundamentals," August 2001, InstantDoc ID 21510


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As'salaamualaikum, peace be upon everyone!
Alhamdulillah, we have recently launched our home-based and homemade Northwestern China Chinese Muslim food business right here in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia!
During our first week of running the business, we were blessed enough to be given the opportunity to open a booth at the Gerak Usahawan event, held at the Johor Circuit in Pasir Gudang. A couple of weeks after that, we opened a weekend booth at Tesco Bukit Indah. Although we are rookies in this field, the response had been good. A great big shout-out of thanks to all those who supported us and gave constructive feedback.
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b.1863 d.1947
Short Stories
Arthur Machen was born in Caerleon-on-Usk in South Wales, and looked back upon his youth in this part of the Gwent border country as an inspiration for much of his writing. He moved to London as a young man and spent the greater part of his adult life in the city, at first as a book cataloguer, translator, journalist and, for some years, as an actor. All of his work, from his prose poems through to his journalism are written with an incantatory elegance and beauty.
Machen achieved his first success, and notoriety, with
The Great God Pan
(1894), published in John Lane's Keynotes series with a cover design by Aubrey Beardsley. Although this associated him with the Decadent figures of the 1890s, he did not move in those circles, only meeting Oscar Wilde twice. In this period, however, he wrote arguably his most important work, including the semi-autobiographical novel
The Hill of Dreams
(not published until 1907) and the prose poems,
Ornaments in Jade
(not published until 1924).
Much to his chagrin, Machen's pot-boiling short story "The Bowmen" became the origin of the "Angels of Mons" myth in the First World War. He found it impossible to persuade his contemporaries that his was an entirely fictional account, and even today it is often referred to without reference to Machen's story.
Arthur Machen is often categorised as a "horror" writer, but this is perhaps as misleading as the suggestion that he wrote ghost stories (only three or four of his tales involve ghosts). Rather, his work is of a mystical cast, often influenced by his own mix of High Church Anglicanism and a belief in an old Welsh Church that predated modern Christianity. His best characters are usually fictionalised versions of himself (Ambrose Meyrick in
The Secret Glory
and Lucian Taylor in
The Hill of Dreams
), and undergo spiritual revelations. His work has influenced writers as diverse as
H.P. Lovecraft
and John Betjeman.
Short Stories
The Great God Pan
, John Lane (London), 1894
The Great God Pan
: A scientist carries out an operation on a young girl which enables her to "see Pan", resulting in her madness and pregnancy. Twenty-four years later her daughter fascinates male London society and brings about the ruin of many.
The Inmost Light
: Dr Black has managed to capture the soul of his wife inside an opal-like gem.
, Roberts Bros (U.S.), 1894
, Grant Richards, [1913]
The Three Impostors
, John Lane (London), 1895
Although presented as a novel, this title is a set of connected short stories, in imitation of
Robert Louis Stevenson's
New Arabian Nights:
: Three enigmatic characters discuss the conspiracy in which they are involved.
Adventure of the Gold Tiberius
: Dyson tells Phillipps of a violent chase he has witnessed, and how he picked up from the gutter a rare gold coin discarded by one of the men.
The Encounter of the Pavement
: Dyson meets Mr Wilkins who tells him the:
Novel of the Dark Valley
: Wilkins travels to the United States and is nearly killed in a case of mistaken identity.
Adventure of the Missing Brother
: Miss Lally has a premonition of danger when she shes her bother with a stranger with a mask-like face and a skeletal arm. She tells her story in:
Novel of the Black Seal
: Miss Lally works for Professor Gregg who is researching the little people who live underground in remote parts of the country. He goes to investigate them and does not return.
Incident of the Private Bar
: Dyson is told a story of gem-dealing by Burton.
The Decorative Imagination
: Burton prefaces his story of the:
Novel of the Iron Maid
: A man who collects curiousities is a victim in his own iron maiden.
The Recluse of Bayswater
: Dyson meets Miss Leicester who relates:
Novel of the White Powder
: her brother takes an ill-prepared drug which is inadvertantly the
Vinum Sabbati
that witches would have used to get them to their Sabbath.
Strange Occurrence in Clerkenwell
: Dyson discovers a notebook which reveals the:
History of the Young Man With Spectacles
: Dr Lipsius lures a man to his death.
Adventure of the Deserted Residence
: Dyson and Phillipps discover the fate of the young man in spectacles.
(Many of these episodes have been successfully reprinted as short stories without the novel framework. Not all are supernatural, and the supernatural element in many is undermined by the unreliability of the narrator.)
, Roberts Bros (U.S.), 1895
, Knopf (U.S.), 1923
The Hill of Dreams
, Grant Richards (London), 1907
In this semi-autobiographical novel Lucian Taylor is a hypersensitive youth from Wales who is able to conjure visions of a glorious past from the Roman archaeological remains around him. He moves to London where he attempts to write a great book, but finds it a "demoniac and Dionysian bedlam". Perhaps more a mystical novel than a supernatural one.
, Dana Estes & Co (U.S.), 1907
The Great Return
, The Faith Press, (London), 1915
Strange and miraculous occurances in a small Welsh village are found by the narrator to be the result of the return of the Holy Grail.
The Terror
, Duckworth & Co., (London) [1917]
There are a series of mysterious and inexplicable deaths during the first world war.
, as
The Terror, A Mystery
, McBride (U.S.), [1917]
The Secret Glory
, Martin Secker (London), 1922
.(A sensitive young man, Ambrose Meyrick, is sustained through his barbaric schooling by thoughts and memories of the Holy Grail kept secret in his Welsh homeland. He embarks on adventures in the city, and the book ends abruptly with a report of his death. Perhaps more a mystical novel than a supernatural one.
, as
Chapters Five and Six of 'The Secret Glory'
, Tartarus Press (Lewes), 1990
These chapters are further episodes of Meyrick, including his time as an actor, and his return to Wales where the "Marriage of the Cup" is performed.
, Tartarus Press (Carlton), 1998 (first edition of all six chapters)
The Green Round
, Ernest Benn, 1933
Hillyer visits the Green Round in a Welsh village and returns to London with a mysterious shadow. Various bizarre psychic phenomena follow him.
, Arkham House (U.S.), 1968
, Tartarus Press, 2000
Short Stories
Thesaurus Incantatus
, Marvell [Arthur Machen and Harry Spurr] (London), [n.d.1888]
The Spagyric Quest of Beroaldus Cosmopolita
The House of Souls
, Grant Richards (London), 1906
A Fragment of Life
: Mr and Mrs darnell discover transcendant splendour in their everyday London lives. Mystical rather than supernatural.
The White People
: A discussion of the nature of true evil is illustrated by the account of an innocent young girl who encounters it.
The Great God Pan
: decribed above.
The Inmost Light
: described above.
The Three Impostors
: an abridged version of the episodic novel described above: i) Adventure of the Gold Tiberius, ii) The Encounter of the Pavement, iii) Adventure of the Missing Brother, iv) Incident of the Private Bar, v) The Recluse of Bayswater, vi) Strange Occurrence in Clerkenwell, vii) Adventure of the Deserted Residence.
The Red Hand
: Murder and mysteries in london are explained with reference to the degenerate little people who have been driven underground.
, Grant Richards (London), 1906 (as above but with boards similar to
The Hill of Dreams
, Dana Estes & Co (U.S.), 1906
The Bowmen
, Simpkin Marshall (London), 1915
The Bowmen
: At the Mons retreat in the first world war British soliders are saved by an invocation of St George and the appearance of ghosts of the bowmen who fought at Agincourt.
The Soldiers' Rest
: Heaven is found to be a comfortable tavern.
The Monstrance
: A German soldier is haunted after committing horrendous monstrosities.
The Dazzling Light
: A Vision of medieval troops.
Second edition adds:
The Little Nations
: Ants wage war as humans do.
The Men of Troy
: Spiritual assistance for the troops at Gallipoli fighting the Turks.
, Putnams (U.S.), 1915
The Shining Pyramid
, Covici-McGee (Chicago, U.S.), 1923
The Shining Pyramid
: Mysterious occurances in Wales are discovered by Dyson and Vaughan to be the work of the Little People.
Out of the Earth
: Children are blamed for the trouble caused by the Little People who are taking advantage of the fact that it is wartime.
The Spagyric Quest of Beroaldus Cosmopolita
: The adventures of Cosmopolita in spiritual alchemy.
The Splendid Holiday
: The experience of natural phenomena presented as a great adventure. Spiritual rather than supernatural.
Drake's Drum
: Ghostly sound of Drake's heard by the British fleet in wartime.
Other stories are not supernatural. Also contains essays.
Ornaments In Jade
, Knopf (U.S.), 1924
The prose poems in this collection range from the mystical and suggestively supernatural to the perverse and horrible. Including: "The Rose Garden", "The Turanians", "The Idealist", "Witchcraft", "The Ceremony", "Psychology", "Torture", "Midsummer", "Nature", "The Holy Things".
, Tartarus Press/Caermaen Books, 1997
The Glorious Mystery
, Covici-McGee (U.S.), 1924
Including: "The Iron Maid", "The Rose Garden", "Fragments of Paper", "The Holy Things", "Scrooge: 1920". Other material is not supernatural. Also contains essays.
The Shining Pyramid
, Martin Secker, 1925 (different from above
Shining Pyramid
Including: "The Shining Pyramid", "Out of the Earth", "The Happy Children". Also contains essays.)
, Knopf (U.S.), 1925
The Cosy Room
, Rich & Cowan, 1936
Including: "The Double Return". "A Wonderful Woman", "The Lost Club", "The Holy Things", "Psychology", "Torture", "Witchcraft", "The Turanians", "The Rose Garden", "The Ceremony", "Midsummer", "Nature", "The Hidden Mystery", "Munitions of War", "Drake's Drum", "A New Christmas Carol", "The Islington Mystery", "The Gift of Tongues", "The Cosy Room".
The Children of the Pool
, Hutchinson & Co. (London), 1936
The Exalted Omega
: Mansel hears in his flat voices which suggest a poisoning taking place. He dies and a medium picks up a message from him suggesting that the poisoning would take place after his tenancy.
The Children of the Pool
: Roberts hears voices disclosing mistakes from his past and fears blackmail, but the voices are a supernatural phenomena.
The Bright Boy
: A "child prodigy" commits a horrible crime (not supernatural).
The Tree of Life
: A squire discusses his estate with his steward, but all is not as it seems (not supernatural).
Out of the Picture
: An artist paints a figure into his pictures which comes closer to the foreground, eventually leaves the picture and takes over the artist.
: The story of a changeling.
Holy Terrors
, Penguin (London), 1946
Including: "The Bright Boy", "The Tree of Life", "Opening the Door", "The Marriage of Panurge", "The Holy Things", "Psychology", "The Turanians", "The Rose Garden", "The Ceremony", "The Soldiers' Rest", "The Happy Children", "The Cosy Room", "Munitions of War", "The Great Return."
Tales of Horror and the Supernatural
, Alfred A. Knopf, 1948
, Richards Press (London), 1949
Including: "The Novel of the Black Seal", "The Novel of the White Powder", "The Great God Pan", "The White People", "The Inmost Light", "The Shining Pyramid", "The Bowmen", "The Great Return", "The Happy Children", "The Bright Boy", "Out of the Earth", "N", "The Children of the Pool", "The Terror".)
, Tartarus Press (Carlton-in-Coverdale), 2003. 3rd Tartarus edition.
Ritual and Other Stories
, Tartarus Press, 1992
Including: "The Town of Long Ago", "Of the Isle of Shadows", "A Further Account of the Academy of Lagado", "Tales from Barataria", "Sir John's Chef", "The Autophone", "A Remarkable Coincidence", "A Double Return", "A Wonderful Woman", "The Lost Club", "An Underground Adventure", "Jocelyn's Escape", "The Decorative Imagination", "The Novel of the Iron Maid", "Drake's Drum", "The Idealist", "Witchcraft", "Midsummer, "Nature", "Torture", "7B Coney Court", "Johnny Double", "A New Christmas Carol", " "The Gift of Tongues", "The Islington Mystery", Awaking", "The Compliments of the Season", "The Dover Road", "The Exalted Omega", "Change", "Out of the Picture", "Ritual".
, Tartarus Press (Horam, East Sussex), 1997
Contents slightly altered from the first printing, removing the stories from
Ornaments in Jade
and adding "The Red Hand."
Further Reading
Arthur Machen: A Short Account of His Life and Work
, by Aidan Reynolds and William Charlton, John Baker/Richards Press (London), 1963
Arthur Machen
, by Mark Valentine, Seren (Bridgend), 1995
A Bibliography of Arthur Machen
, by Adrian Goldstone and Wesley Sweetser, The University of Texas (Austin, Texas), 1965.
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New Year's Eve Celebration at Adventure Landing
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The Question #37
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Apple watching media outlets pricked up their ears this week when it was revealed that in early 2013 Apple had held discussions with Elon Musk, the founder of electric car company Tesla.
Adrian Perica, Apple's head of acquisitions, was reportedly at that meeting/s and, possibly, Tim Cook – but both Apple and Tesla were unwilling to confirm that talks had actually taken place. Naturally, rumours swirled as to what could have been the subject of the discussions. Acquisition? iOS device integration in Tesla's cars? A potential battery deal?
But now Musk himself has opened up and, by telephone, talked about the meeting to Bloomberg Television. Well, talking may be overstating it a little. To say he was cagey, would be an understatement. But he did at least confirm that the rumoured meetings occurred.
When on-air journalist Betty Liu asked if there was a possible merger or partnership in the pipeline, Musk hesitated, before replying, "If one or more companies had approached us last year about such things, there's no way we could really comment on that."
When pressed, he laughed and admitted, "We had conversations with Apple. I can't comment on whether those revolved around any kind of acquisition."
"Are you for sale? If there was a right price, are you for sale," continued the tenacious Liu. "I think that's very unlikely, because when you stay super focused on creating a compelling mass market electric car, I'd be very concerned at any kind of acquisition scenario, whoever it is, that we'd become distracted from that task, which has always been the driving goal of Tesla," concluded Musk, a little disjointedly, but slipping in a neat little pun at the end.
Liu then refers to having known Musk for some years, during which time he has usually been a lot more emphatic in his answers. And she's right, throughout the short interview, Musk seems to prevaricate, pause and give somewhat slippery responses. When the journalist states that she feels a door is still open, it's hard not to agree.
After all, 'very unlikely' is a world away from 'definitely not'.
In other words, don't be rushing to trade in your Prius for a mythical AppleTesla hybrid just yet, but…


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How to set up an Android phone for the first time
If you've just bought a shiny new smartphone or tablet, you'll probably want to start playing with it right away. Before that, you'll need to configure it first. In this beginner's article, we'll give you a step-by-step guide on how to set up your new Android smartphone.
Each Android device is different, and each manufacturer gives its own devices little extras that make them stand out from the crowd of competitors. Deep down, Android devices are ultimately similar. Below is how the procedure looks with stock Android (on a Nexus 6).
1. Select a language
Once you've switched on the phone on, you'll arrive at a welcome screen where you will be prompted to choose a language. Tapping on the default language opens a list of all those available on the system. Select your preferred language from the list and tap the arrow to continue. This will set the language of the system and its menus, but you can choose to add extra languages to your keyboard later if you're multilingual.
2. Insert the SIM card and enter your PIN
Next, you will be asked to insert a SIM card. Putting your SIM card in your phone can sometimes be a little tricky – Sony devices usually have flaps that you need to open, while Nexus phones require inserting a pin to open the slot. Sometimes the SIM needs to go under the battery, in which case you will need to carefully open the back of the device.
You'll then be asked to enter your SIM's PIN number, which usually comes in the SIM package. This is a different PIN than the screen lock pin you may set later, which is used to prevent unauthorized access if someone picks up your devices.
3. Select a Wi-Fi network
If you find yourself within range of a wireless network, you can now connect to it. Simply select your network from the list and enter the password if required. Then tap "Connect".
We suggest connecting to WiFi at this stage so you can download updates and new apps as soon as possible.
3. Got another device?
At this point, you will be asked if you wish to copy your data from another Android device. If you can and want to do this, then do so. Otherwise, hit "No thanks". It's advisable to do this if you're upgrading from an old Android phone to a new Android phone.
The easiest way to do this is with Google's Tap & Go feature. This works by placing together the two devices from which the transfer will take place, and using NFC technology, the files are copied over to the new phone.
4. Set up/login to Google account (optional)
If you skipped the step above, the next stage is to set up or log into an account in order to use your smartphone with Google's apps and services, such as Gmail or the Play Store.
If you already have a Google account, you can enter those details now. Then you will be asked to accept Google's Terms of Service and Privacy policy. Read them (if you want) by tapping the highlighted phrases then hit "Accept".
If you don't already have a Google account, but would like to set one up, just follow the steps to choose a username and create a password. You don't need to have a Google account to use the phone, but you will need one in order to use all of its functions, including installing apps from the Play Store. To get the best out of your new Android phone, you really should have a Google account.
Some manufacturers, such as Samsung, ask you during the registration whether you want to create an extra account. This is only necessary if you want to use some special services from that company. These services can possibly come in handy if you lose your phone, or if you want to take advantage of special features exclusive to your phone manufacturer's devices. You can simply skip this step if you want to.
Google will also ask which services you would like to opt-into. This includes backing up your device, which is recommended in case anything should happen to your device. The others you can assess on a case-by-case basis. None of these are essential, and they can be switched on or off at any time.
6. Add another email and protect your phone
If you have an existing email address which you wish to sync with your Android phone, this is where you can add it. As with almost all of the steps in this list, this can be done at a later date.
Next, you will be asked if you want to set up a security code on your device. We strongly recommend this. Should you lose your device, this security measure is a key step in preventing unwanted access to your device.
You will also be asked whether you want a PIN for when you start your device, which we recommend for the same reasons. Finally in this section, select your desired PIN. Don't forget the new PIN as you will need it!
7. Notifications
In this section, you set up how your device displays content when your phone is locked. You have three options:
- "Show all notification content" means that, when you device is locked, if you receive a message, for example, this message will be displayed on your lock screen.
- "Hide sensitive notification content" will show some notification information, like that you have received a message, but will hide the content of the message.
- "Don't show notifications at all" means you won't see any notifications on your lock screen at all, but these will still be found in your device's notification shade.
We've applied this to message notifications purely because it's the easiest to visualize, but this actually applies to all notifications you receive, no matter which app it is.
Following this, if you didn't already transfer files and data from a previous device, you now have a chance to restore files from a cloud backup. Select the backup you want, or skip this step.
8. Get Google Now
"Get Google Now" is the last setup screen you see on Nexus devices, but it's just a reminder of the benefits of using Google's clever assistant. Hit "Next" once you've read the information.
9. Other services
Many smartphones come with pre-installed software, such as cloud storage services like Dropbox, Box or Google Drive. If you already have an account for these services you may be asked to log into them now, or you can register for the ones you want.
10. Insert your microSD card
If your phone has a microSD card slot, the last thing to do is to insert a microSD card, if you have one. This will provide extra storage space for your device to allow you to save more files. If you don't have a mircoSD card, consider buying one to save space on your phone's internal storage. You may not need the extra storage space at first. But, once you start downloading apps, getting large software updates, and taking pictures and video, you may find yourself needing more space.
11. Download apps from the Google Play Store (optional)
The initial setup of the smartphone is now complete. For an overview of the apps that have already been installed on your device, have a look at the app drawer. The app drawer is a list of icons for all the apps on your phone and chances are that you'll find this at the bottom of the home screen (the screen you should currently be on). The icon for the app drawer is a gray circle with six dots inside, which you can tap on from the home screen.
Now, look around your app drawer. If there are any apps you don't have yet that you want, you can go to Google's Play Store to download them. Don't worry, the Play Store itself will be installed on your phone already. Installing apps is a simple process and the handset will walk you through anything you need to do (like signing in).
If you don't find an app drawer, it means your phone doesn't have one. To find your apps in this case, simply swipe your finger left or right from the home screen to see your other home screens views where apps could be located.
Check out these best apps lists to get started:
- The best apps for your new phone or tablet
- The best apps of the year
- The best backup apps: never lose your data
- The best free Android apps
12. Install software and Android updates
When your Android is turned on for the first time, it might not be running the latest version of the software available for your specific model. For example, your phone could come with Android Lollipop, or perhaps Android Marshmallow. It depends on the phone.
To check to see if an update is available, simply go into the settings of your phone. The settings are found as an app in the app drawer or by going through the notification shade and tapping on the settings icon (usually a cogwheel or a set of tools of some sort).
Find the About Phone tab, which is usually located at the bottom of the settings menu, and tap it. It will look different depending on your manufacturer. However, you will likely tap on something along the lines of "Check for software updates".
Software updates can take a long time to download and install, which can drain your battery and sometimes hundreds of MB from your mobile data plan. So, make sure that when you do this you are connected to a WiFi connection and that your battery is at least 50 percent full. You should update to the latest version of Android available for your device because it (usually) provides more functionality, better battery life, and better security.
13. Personalize your phone
If you don't like the background image that came with your device, do not despair – every smartphone offers a selection of different backgrounds from which you can choose. The way to do this changes depending on the manufacturer, but look for Display or Wallpaper in the settings menu.
Quite often, if you press on the home screen anywhere for a couple of seconds, a window will appear that enables you to change your wallpaper.
If none of the options are to your liking, you could try out a new icon pack or test some other backgrounds – there are lots of these on the internet.
You should also check your phone's default sound settings. If you don't like the default ringtone, most phones come pre-loaded with alternatives. Make sure to adjust your ringtone and alarm volume to the appropriate level, too. You don't want your cell phone annoying everyone when you go out in public. You can also set the sound settings for when you tap menu items or type on your keyboard to silent, if you like.
How do you like your new Android smartphone? Did setting up your phone run smoothly? Let us know in the comments.


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The 450 deck layout develops further Broom's trend for making more use of the aft deck for both in-harbour living and cruising comfort. The transom seating surrounds the table to provide plenty of scope for enjoying the outdoor life. There is good access to the bathing platform with built-in steps each side of the boat.
The aft sundeck, transom steps and bathing platform have decking for appearance and safety. At the helm position there are three forward facing seats with an adjustable backrest which permits passengers to face either forward to use the navigator position, or aft to allow sociability with those sitting in the aft cockpit area.
VHF radio
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Speed and distance log
Depth sounder
Adjustable trim tabs
Charger/ inverter
Battery charger linked to shoreline
Battery state indicator
Calorifier water system with immersion heater
Two showers
Ringmain with outlet in engine room and one 240 volt plug point in each cabin, complete with shoreline
Remote battery isolating switches
Seacocks on all inlets below waterline
Rudder position indicator
Automatic fire extinguisher in engine room
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Fire blanket
Clock and barometer
Entertainment system with speakers in saloon
Galley extractor fan
Hot air heating in each cabin
Drinks fridge in saloon
Washer/ dryer
Electric hob unit
Microwave/ combi oven
Galley fridge
Pressurised fresh water system
Calorifier water heater with 240 volt immersion heater
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Hydraulic steering
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2 electric sea toilets
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Navigation equipment-Quotations available for complete navigation packages
Painted boot-topping line
Bathing platform with built-in illuminated steps to deck
Frameless tinted glass except for upper top screen
Hull port lights in stainless steel frames
Full width radar arch hinged for lowering
Spray hood forward of mast, plus canopy aft enclosing sundeck
10 cleats
All-round stainless steel deck rails with transom gate each side
Fender baskets
Electric anchor winch with dual controls
Anchor in stemhead
20 fathoms anchor chain
4 mooring lines
8 fenders with lanyards
Emergency boarding ladder to bathing platform
Ventilators in each cabin
Full set of navigation and anchor lights
Screen washers/ wipers
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GERMANTOWN - April 25, 2013 --Police are trying to determine if a deadly shooting at a Germantown apartment building was a case of self defense late Wednesday night.
The shooting occurred around 10:00 p.m. outside a basement apartment in the 4600 block of Fernhill Street.
Police say they found a man standing in a stairwell with a semi-automatic handgun and a dead man who had been shot repeatedly.
The 39-year-old victim also had a semi-automatic handgun and the shooter told police, there had been a dispute between the two men.
Police continue to sort out the details.


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"We sold over $18,000 worth of cups and still had many buyers that wanted to order even after the fundraiser was over. We profited over $8,000, which was huge for our school. We had no idea how big this fundraiser would turn out, but the whole school was very pleased. A huge key helper thatSpiritCups provided for us was the sample cups. We made sure that every child involved had a sample cup. The order form was great, but the cup provided a helpful visual for customers.
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On Friday, Billionaire investor Carl Icahn turned down an invitation to join Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's economic advisory council because Icahn is considering funding a Super PAC focused on regulatory reform, Icahn's general counsel told Reuters.
"Mr. Icahn declined the opportunity to join the Trump economic advisory council because at this time, we're still considering whether to fund and manage our own Super PAC focused on regulatory reform," Jesse Lynn, general counsel to Icahn, said by telephone. "FEC (Federal Election Commission) rules would limit that activity if Mr. Icahn were to become directly involved in the campaign by joining the council."
Trump announced his economic advisory team on Friday, and said he would release his plan to boost the U.S. economy in a speech on Monday.
Trump has floated Icahn's name for U.S. Treasury secretary if he was elected president. Icahn, 80, has repeatedly rejected the notion of accepting such an offer. Last year, Icahn said: "I am flattered but do not get up early enough in the morning to accept this opportunity."
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Oak Forest has a new police chief with nearly 30 years of experience, most recently as the top cop for Campton Hills.
Gregory J. Anderson, the new chief who will start Jan. 11, helped develop policies and procedures and formed community partnerships as Campton Hills' first police chief after the village was incorporated in 2007. He was deputy chief in Aurora before that. Anderson will be paid $99,500 a year in his new position.
Ald. Peter Muscarella, who was part of the committee that helped Mayor Hank Kuspa choose the new chief, said he was impressed by Anderson's presentation.


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UK retailer Tesco came under fire earlier this week for website security practices that may be leaving customer data vulnerable to hackers.
The incident started when software architect Troy Hunt noticed a tweet indicating that Tesco must be storing customer passwords in a manner that doesn't adhere to best practices because the retail giant emails customers their passwords in plain text.
After experimenting, Hunt confirmed that this is indeed the case, and he also found numerous other security faux pas, including issues with Tesco's use of SSL encryption.
Given the high risks and costs that come with security breaches today, security should be top of mind for any company operating online. This is particularly true for online retailers, most of which collect sensitive and valuable information from customers, such as credit card numbers.
There are numerous things that online retailers can learn from Tesco's fail. Here are five of the most important.
1. Somebody is paying attention
It's often easy for companies to believe that nobody is watching. If we don't employ best practices, for instance, or we haven't updated something that should be updated, who is going to notice?
It may take a while, but chances are that if your company has any visibility in the markets it serves, somebody will eventually notice. So instead of pretending that you can get away with doing a less-than-stellar job, it's far better to raise the bar and do what's right.
2. The good guys usually aren't the first to notice your flaws
While Hunt deserves credit for bringing the issues he stumbled onto to the attention of Tesco and the public, the unfortunate reality is that those who aren't so well-intentioned are usually the first to know.
For retailers, this means one thing: by the time somebody tells you that you have major security gaps, chances are those who would seek to exploit them are already trying to figure out how to.
3. There are no legitimate excuses for not doing the basics
The internet has seen a growing number of high-profile security lapses over the past several years, and for good reason: data, be it credit card numbers or compromised accounts, is valuable. The particularly disappointing news: in many cases, the worst security breaches have been the result of long-standing techniques that a half-decent web developer knows about being ignored.
There's absolutely no excuse for this and companies that aren't adhering to the most basic of security best practices will increasingly have little ability to defend themselves against charges of incompetence and laziness. In the case of Tesco, this is particularly true given that it has apparently been storing passwords insecurely since 2007.
4. Social media isn't always your friend
Arguably one of Tesco's biggest mistakes was quickly responding to Hunt via Twitter. Obviously, one of the individuals responsible for managing Tesco's Twitter account saw Hunt's tweet about Tesco's password storage security and felt the need to respond.
But in writing "Passwords are stored in a secure way. They're only copied into plain text when pasted automatically into a password mail," that person stepped into a technical discussion that was clearly above his or her head, as the response essentially confirmed Hunt's argument.
Which serves as a valuable lesson for companies: important issues deserve meaningful, informed responses. Occasionally, this may require the people in charge of a social media account to bring an issue elsewhere in the organization before a response is provided.
5. A company's respect for its customers is best reflected by how it treats their data
Perhaps one of the most interesting things about Troy Hunts post were some of the comments from individuals claiming to have first-hand experience with Tesco. One wrote "Having worked for Tesco.com...around 5 years ago, non [sic] of this surprises me", while another added "Tesco used to be a customer for a company I worked for. This is the tip of the iceberg."
The accuracy of these comments is unknown, but it does raise an interesting rhetorical question for online retail executives to ponder: in an industry that is dependent on the consumer like few others, if your organization doesn't treat its customers' data carefully, how customer-centric can its culture really be?
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Surprising to see such a retail giant not following best practices especially after the last two years of various hacking groups taking down the likes of Sony, Paypal and Government websites.
As you rightly said security should be one of the most important concerns while operating online. All sensitive customer information should be encrypted at all times.
Tesco should never have been in this position. They are represented on the PCI Security Standards Council Board of Advisors http://bit.ly/gSrOm5 and as such help set the development standards for websites handling online payments.
Beginning to think that no one takes online security seriously. Recent poll results shows that 3 of 5 U.S. adults who are online say they feel they're vulnerable to being hacked, yet most engage in really risky behaviors online, like reusing passwords on multiple sites and never changing their passwords (62% of all Americans)*.
Why is it that breach after breach, it seems like no one, consumers or companies--anyone--does anything to protect themselves online?
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Great post. I think that the more these holes are identified (hopefully in legitimate ways although sadly most aren't) security will become better. I also think that there will always be a hole in security somewhere, it's just a case of finding and closing it or exploiting depending on your intent.
I actually wrote my recent blog (http://goo.gl/eK7cq) on a similar topic. I only wish I had waited a few days because this would have been great to write about. I'm pleased someone wrote a good piece though!


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Dr. Robert Hazen, research scientist for the Geophysical Laboratory at the Carnegie Institution for Science, discusses how scientists can predict which minerals will be found on other planets, increasing the probability of finding life.