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26 January 2012
Knock, Knock
is there anyone still there?
I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't many of you dear readers left, seeing as how abandoning a blog for over four months is poor form. Very poor indeed. I will not bore you with excuses, about months of traveling and poor internet connections and the like; I will only say thank to those who sent me kind messages asking where I had disappeared to, wondering if I was ever coming back.
And to the three readers I have left (hi Kathy!), hello. How are you? It's good to be back.
We did indeed do a lot of traveling, eating tiny chicken dumplings stuffed with pistachios and chicken jus, cream-filled baklava at Ramadan, and enough felafel, schwarma, and hummus to feed an army. The highlight culinarily was Istanbul, the marvelous walkable city, which we visited at the height of hamsi season, hamsi being the gorgeous fresh anchovies from the Black Sea. We had lightly fried hamsi and hamsi pilaf and hamsi stew. We had fantastic caramelized quinces and delicious Turkish wine and the best roast chicken I've ever had (roasted in a salt crust and set aflame at the table). We have two recommendations for the next time you're in Istanbul: buy the Istanbul Eats book or app and make all your eating decisions based on it, and be sure to stay in Beyoglu.
I gave a lot of thought as to whether I wanted to continue this blog after such a long absence. Perhaps, I thought, I had moved into a new phase, lost momentum, I thought that all the reasons I started this blog for were no longer resonant with me. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that this blog has always been just for me. A place to record things that I enjoy eating, it's as simple as that.
It should be clear to any reader that I don't write this blog for fame or fortune, I don't post often enough and I don't take advertising or sponsors. So this space is really just a space for me, a space for recipes and reflections and thoughts, and anyone who wants to come along for the ride is welcome.
We are moving abroad in the spring and so I hope to keep posting, chronicling the recipes we like , the new foods we try, and our adventures in the kitchen and out. Maybe you'd like to come along.
61 comments:
- Megancake said...
Welcome back! I for one am excited to hear more about your culinary adventures and to be inspired by your recipes! keep posting!
- January 28, 2012 at 6:23 PM
- Megancake said...
Welcome back!
I am excited to hear about your culinary adventures and to be inspired by your recipes, keep posting! - January 28, 2012 at 6:24 PM
- Brian said...
Still here! Still getting compliments on my tabbouleh, which is yours. ;) Welcome back.
- January 28, 2012 at 6:31 PM
- Julia said...
I'm here! I'm here! I missed your writing and your food thoughts and recipes very much and I was so happy to see you there in the RSS reader this evening!
I confess when I saw your photo of the roasted chicken I thought "Baked Alaska...?!!?"
What are the reddish-brown rounded squarish things in among the pastries?
Welcome back! - January 28, 2012 at 7:17 PM
- Vaz said...
I'm so glad you're back!
- January 28, 2012 at 7:28 PM
- hallie said...
still here, thanks to having your blog in my google reader :)
i love your recipes and do hope that you keep it up!
where will you be moving? - January 28, 2012 at 7:45 PM
- Anonymous said...
Still here :)
- January 28, 2012 at 7:57 PM
- Indirect Heat said...
Welcome back, we missed you. Where are you moving? Looking forward to more exciting food...
- January 28, 2012 at 8:08 PM
- Nadine said...
I, for one, am very glad that you are still here...do tell about Istanbul!!! I am totally obsessing about it..you are like an old friend, we dont see each other for years but when we do, it feels like we never separated.
- January 28, 2012 at 8:13 PM
- RIZALENIO said...
Glad you're back. Always nice to read something from your site. I also love looking at your photographs. Your entries inspire.
Happy weekend. :) - January 28, 2012 at 8:28 PM
- Heather Woollove said...
Absolutely!! I'm happy to read about your adventures and cook (or dream about food) along with you whenever it suits you to post.
(But I have missed you.) - January 28, 2012 at 8:49 PM
- spidercamp said...
I am so happy to see you back! I love the way you write, I love to hear about your food, and I love cooking the recipes you post. I think I emailed you a long time ago to say your recipes show up in my kitchen more than any other food blog. Just tonight I made the black pepper molasses chicken and it was amazing as always.
You have retained at least this reader. Welcome back :) - January 28, 2012 at 9:02 PM
- Chelsea said...
Please do keep posting! I'd like to come along! I just went through the same questions with my own blog.... and if people like you, they will always come back, that's what I decided. Your blog is awesome and I would be so sad to see it go!
- January 28, 2012 at 10:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
I'm glad you're back. I'm looking forward to new recipes!
- January 28, 2012 at 10:45 PM
- GretchenJoanna said...
I'm awfully glad you are going to continue your blog. I am still here and I want to come along wherever you go!
- January 29, 2012 at 1:05 AM
- Brook said...
Welcome back! your introspective stories and your recipes have been missed.
- January 29, 2012 at 8:41 AM
- Anonymous said...
MMMMM more desert please...
- January 29, 2012 at 10:31 AM
- kateza'atar said...
I love this blog, and I particularly love it because it is a well-written, well-photographed blog, but you aren't promoting your book tour and such.
I, too have abandoned my blog, but I keep thinking about starting it up again. I probably will reinvent it somehow, but I'm still pondering it.
Anyway, just wanted to let you know at least one of your readers is glad you are back! - January 29, 2012 at 10:39 AM
- Erin said...
It is good to see you back! I had a real smile on my face when I saw your post in my reader this morning! Your pictures look great, it sounds like the adventure was what you needed and now, I'm ready for some more food! LOL
- January 29, 2012 at 12:12 PM
- futurowoman said...
I'm so glad you're back! Good luck with your move, and safe travels. Thank you so much for sharing the beautiful cultures of the beautiful Middle East! (if you ever publish a cook book, color me there!)
- January 29, 2012 at 1:23 PM
- drew said...
guess im the 4th reader!
was missing your posts - January 29, 2012 at 2:30 PM
- David Knowlton said...
I am not one of the three readers you mention. Nevertheless, I have loved your blog for a long time. Thank you for the effort you have put into it. That you left for a while is no matter to me. It is just good to see you posting again. May good fortune always come your way.
David - January 29, 2012 at 3:44 PM
- Ellen said...
Hi Mercedes--I've checked back periodically, as I enjoy your blog quite a bit! Glad you're back.
- January 29, 2012 at 5:55 PM
- Unknown said...
Welcome back!
- January 29, 2012 at 8:10 PM
- Courtney said...
Welcome back!
- January 29, 2012 at 11:30 PM
- Orit said...
Welcome back...I've been checking regularly to see if anything new was posted. Can't wait to hear about your travels and the wonderful foods you discovered. And recipes....I want more recipes!
- January 30, 2012 at 12:27 AM
- Frances Klein said...
I frequently make your Moutabal and Mashed Carrot Salad. I recently tried making the Nutty Pumpkin Dip, but I used a turban squash, which ended up being quite bitter. Must try again with a different squash variety.
I love the recipes you share and hope that you continue posting your food favorites and adventures. - January 30, 2012 at 6:57 AM
- Jason Debly said...
We're still reading! Maybe take a little pressure off and post more infrequently on a go-forward basis.
- January 30, 2012 at 7:26 AM
- Daniel Shackelford said...
I've been following for years, and happy to see you are still around. If you post, I will read it. A good number of the items in my "recipe" tags are from here, so I will always be interested in what you decide to serve.
- January 30, 2012 at 8:35 AM
- Anonymous said...
Glad you're back! I hope you keep posting. Where are you moving to?
- January 30, 2012 at 12:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
Welcome back. You were missed.
- January 30, 2012 at 12:38 PM
- Blair said...
Still here!
- January 30, 2012 at 12:41 PM
- lynn2mary said...
Glad to hear you have returned to blogging.
- January 30, 2012 at 3:15 PM
- pia said...
Hi glad that you are fine and I´m happy that you back. I switched in every week if you cooking and writing again. Many greetings from Germany
- January 30, 2012 at 3:15 PM
- lynn2mary said...
Glad to hear you have returned to blogging!
- January 30, 2012 at 3:15 PM
- Lakshmi said...
Would love to come along on your adventure abroad! Missed you... Hoping to read more from you now that you are back.
- January 30, 2012 at 3:43 PM
- Eva said...
Nice to have you back! I'm looking forward to the posts to come, whether you decide to share discoveries from your travels or day to day recipes...always a pleasure to read you!
- January 30, 2012 at 3:45 PM
- Kimmie said...
Welcome home!
mama to 8
one homemade and 7 adopted - January 30, 2012 at 9:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
Still here and still love your blog. Welcome back!
- Dean E. - January 31, 2012 at 12:30 AM
- Dad said...
Boy oh boy, am I (we) pleased to hear from YOU!! Bizarre really, considering I don't actually 'know' you but I kept thinking the worse, what with you travelling and the situation in your beloved Middle East right now.
Today was looking good - now it's looking great!
(no relation) - January 31, 2012 at 5:54 AM
- Justine said...
I enjoy your writing and your recipes. As long as you're here, I'll be here.
- January 31, 2012 at 9:35 AM
- Anonymous said...
hooray! welcome back!! still here and excited for your new recipes and writing
- February 1, 2012 at 6:50 AM
- Sirena said...
I have your blog saved on my iGoogle homepage and was happy to see your updated post! You have posted more than a few recipes I plan to try and I really loved reliving the memories of the amazing food in Istanbul (the fresh anchovy sandwiches on the waterfront by the spice market! My favorite meal in Istanbul!!!) Can't wait to go along for more of your travels Mercedes!
- February 1, 2012 at 7:07 AM
- Thom said...
Hi - I've only been reading through blog since after you stopped posting on here, but I was inspired by your recipes a lot and I love your photos. I hope you keep posting!
- February 1, 2012 at 5:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
I am thrilled your back,I check weekly to see if you had any new posts!!!Can't wait for new recipes :)
MARAL - February 1, 2012 at 10:55 PM
- Anya said...
I`m so glad you`re back!!!!!! I love cooking so I love your blog and all recipes and stories about food you have eaten so please, please, keep posting :)
Regards from UK :) - February 2, 2012 at 3:53 AM
- Kate Spinillo said...
I've had your blog in my blog's sidebar for years... Funny that you posted just now because I checked it that very day to see if there had been one I missed lately. For as long as I've been reading and enjoying your blog this is probably the first time I've commented... but I have shared it with many people over the years, enjoyed your lovely photography and stories, and think yours is exactly what a blog should strive to be.
Welcome back, and hello :) - February 2, 2012 at 12:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
Delighted you're back! I use your recipes all the time!
- February 2, 2012 at 8:24 PM
- HT said...
Welcome back. I missed you greatly!
- February 3, 2012 at 11:30 AM
- Grandma Diane said...
I hadn't visited for a long time, and am so happy you have decided to continue your blog. I have had several friends of Middle Eastern descent and love the food cooked in their homes. It is light years away from the unappealing food available at the few Middle Eastern restaurants in Lincoln, NE. I will be coming back often to teach myself to make some of those wonderful meals.
- February 4, 2012 at 1:02 PM
- Grandma Diane said...
I am so happy that you have decided to continue. I use your blog as a way to teach myself to reproduce some of the wonderful Middle Eastern meals I have had at the homes of friends. I also loved your ice cream series and would love to see more!
- February 4, 2012 at 1:04 PM
- C. said...
I'm still here. Looking forward to read about what you ate and what you are eating. I know what you mean though a blog is a way to keep a record for yourself.
- February 5, 2012 at 4:22 AM
- Kate said...
I was walking through a Persian market down in VA recently and commented to my husband that you hadn't blogged in forever. So glad you are back! Can't wait to read more of your culinary delights!
- February 8, 2012 at 3:03 AM
- rashmi said...
Welcome back!!
- February 10, 2012 at 6:59 AM
- Malc said...
Greetings from New Zealand. Glad you're back on board - I've missed your blog.
- February 11, 2012 at 5:02 AM
- Lizzie said...
I'm glad to see you back too! I popped by every so often to see if there was anything new and now there is! Look forward to hearing about your new adventures.
- February 12, 2012 at 9:41 AM
- Penelope said...
So glad to see you're back! I can't wait to see what you've got in store for your readers...
- February 14, 2012 at 9:34 AM
- Shabs.. said...
Hi, Landing here for the first time. I love arabic food and being in the emirates for almost 20 years I have arabic flavours running thru my veins. I so miss those now. Nice blog u have.
- February 22, 2012 at 11:59 AM
- James said...
Still here, thanks to NetNewsReader, which never lets me lose track of blogs, no matter how long they go between updates. Glad to have you back!
- February 28, 2012 at 11:05 PM
- James said...
Still here, thanks to my news reader (which keeps tabs on even the most rarely-updated blogs!). Glad to have you back!
- February 28, 2012 at 11:05 PM
- Ailsbabe said...
Hi there,,,
Although I don't log into you blog every day week & sometimes months... I do so enjoy your adventures of thought places & culinary delights... - February 29, 2012 at 7:24 AM


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Related story: "Celebrities' Ashes Launched On SpaceX Falcon Rocket." They include those of actor James Doohan, who played Scotty on Star Trek. (ABC News'Good Morning America)
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Was reading twitter today when I saw this tweet by my old friend @Witherthorne
I think it is about time I REPOSTED yet another one of my OLD writings from Freedom of Association. Why MUST you read this? To dispel the MYTH that kalau NAZI menang perang dunia ke dua dulu kita tidak akan ada masalah ISRAEL. Apa yang mungkin anda tidak tahu ialah selepas pemusnahan ETNIK Yahudi Hitler sudah ada rancangan menyerang tanah Arab dan menghapuskan ETNIK Arab pula.
Yes kids..... that Swell Ole Adolf had plans to conquer the Middle East and then wipe the Arabs from the face of the earth just like he did to the jew. PLEASE READ.
Original article was posted in FOA back in October 2010
The truth about Hitler's "Islamic tendencies"
Last week a gutless,balless and definitely penisless Anon posted a link on my talk cock box. Following the link I came upon a Faecbook entry about Hitler supposedly pro-Islamic views . The blog entry then implores Muslims to start seeing Hitler as not the villain as we know him today, but as a hero to be admired. The author who is allegedly an Arab, gave four reason why Hitler is one of the good guys. I was immediately appalled by this revisionist bullshit. How can you whitewash the crimes committed by a man who killed over 6 million people between 1939-1945? The answer is you can't. Let me tell you the story of Adolph and at the same time debunking the "apologist" views of this unnamed Arab writer
Due to the TL:DR nature of this topic I will only tackle 3 of the major points. Let's begin.
So what if he took some verses from the Koran in his speeches? In Malaysia we have Muslim politician using verses from the Koran to gain political mileage. The most overused Koranic verse used by our politicians is from Surah Yasin
"Kun fayakun"
Fuck me! Can you guys please use a different verse? Ok I knowlah the only part of the Koran that you know how to read is probably only THE YASSIN (mengaku la der.. gua pun baca Yasin je. Takyahlah munafik sangat claim A'lim) . But that does not mean you can recycle this verse over 9000 times per year. Hitler might have quoted a different verse, but the reason of using them in his speeches was the same. It was to pander to the fools whose opinions were easily manipulated . The sad reality is in politics nothing is sacred. You can use and abuse religion to further your political agenda. Mahathir and his goons love quoting the Koran to condemn Anwar's alleged buttfucking habits. The dumb religious conservatives in Malaysia predictably swallowed the propaganda hook, line and sinker.
"Mahadeath ambil contoh dari cerita nabi Luth.. mesti betul ni! Takkan pemimpin Islam berani main-mainkan cerita dari Al Quran!"
Last week if you guys can remember I wrote about Peter Popoff who used verses from the Bible to sell his bullshit miracle cures. In Malaysia we have Ustaz Putar Alam pulling the same scam using the Holy Koran.
Now let me ask you an honest question ladies and gentlefaggots. Would you forgive Popoff and Ustaz Putar Alam because they quoted verses from their respective holy books? I have a feeling most of you would crucify them rather than forgive their despicable act. The act of duping thousands of desperately sick people (most of it terminal) of their hard earned money is simply unforgivable. Hitler in the other hand killed millions and if you can't forgive Popoff and Putar Alam why must you forgive Hitler?
Oh whoopee doo! The great murdering cunt allowed Muslims to pray so he must be respected? Again this is grade A horse shit. What's the big deal really? George W Bush also allowed Muslim soldiers in the American Army to perform their prayers . I don't think there is a Muslim who would dare write an article defending Dubya's actions post 911.
How about the Japanese conquerors of Malaya? What did they do when they invaded the peninsula? They retained the Sultan as the Islamic figurehead. The Japanese knew after years of spying that the Malays are very religious people. The Sultan function as the head of Islam must therefor be respected. By retaining the head of Islam, the Malays won't rise against their new colonial master. This was not done out of reverence towards Islam but out of convenience. Religion is a very useful tool to be used as a control mechanism. You all should read about this.
I suspect Hitler also did his homework. Allowing Muslim Nazis to pray will be good for morale and allowed Hitler to get on their good side. Again this was not out of respect of Islam, it was out of convenience. Hitler was planning to move south and conquer the Middle East after defeating Russia.This was was part of the grand plant of connecting the Third Reich with the Japanese Empire in the east. Hitler also already knew about Arab resentment towards the British rule. We also know that by 1944 Germany was running out of German recruits to sustain an invasion force. By allowing Muslims from the Balkans to join their army, they could solve this problem. Hitler would be a fool for not doing so.
So there you go. He allowed them to pray so he can use them for his own nefarious plans. The Balkan Handschar SS division is nothing more but a pawn to be used by Hitler. Must we respect Hitler for treating Muslims as mere canon fodders?
The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem was a desperate man when he gained an audience with Hitler on the 28th of November 1941. Germany at that time was winning the war with only the British Isle left to be conquered in Europe. Haj Amin Al Husayni was a very interesting fellow. He was the descendant of the Prophet and was very well respected figure in the Arab community. When he was the Grand Mufti he oversaw major restoration of Masjidil Aqsa. As his influence grew he became more political and actively campaigned for Arab independence from the Brits. When the Arabs fought against the Turks and aligned themselves with the allied in World War I, they were promised independence by the British. Brits being the lying fuckers that they are, refuse to fulfil the promise after the war. This along with the Balfour Declaration created huge resentment inside the Arab world.
When Haj Amin saw Britain in the brink of PWNAGE by the Nazis he immediately saw an opportunity. If he aligned himself with the Krauts , they in turn would help the Arabs gain independence and solve the "Jewish problem" in Palestine. Haj Amin was treated like a head of state by the German and Italian government. During his meeting with Hitler, he was also promised the position of "Leader of the Arabs" when the Axis eventually reaches the Middle East. Haj Amin then toured Europe as part of the Nazi propaganda and gave speeches condemning world Jewry. For his troubles he was given a salary by the Axis. In one radio broadcast on March 1944 he famously said;
"Arabs , rise as one man and fight for your sacred right. Kill the Jews wherever you find them. This pleases God, history and religion"
According to most historians, Haj Amin was naive and was used by the Axis as propaganda tool. He believed the VERBAL assurance given by Hitler to help the Arab independence movement. Problem was, Mussolini wanted the Arab Peninsula and North Africa all by himself. Italy already colonised Libya and Il Duce wanted more. There is no way in hell Hitler would fulfil his promises to Haj Amin and deny Mussolini's grand intention. Further still Hitler ranked the Arabs lower than the Jews in his racial hierarchy (Arabs are also Semites in case you forget). Some historians believe that the Arabs would suffer the same consequences as the Poles, Gypsies, Homosexuals, Romanians,Jehovah Witnesses , Masons and Jews if they conquered the Middle East.
At the end of the day Grand Mufti Haj Amin was manipulated by Hitler and became a willing instrument of Nazi propaganda. All the promises given to Haj Amin were merely verbal to appease him. In his desperation to solve the Palestinian problem Haj Amin bet the farm and lost it. After the war ended he was branded as a Nazi Sympathiser.
Hitler actually used Haj Amin to help Mussolini colonise North Africa and Arab Peninsula.
The revisionist Facebook posting is full of outright bullshit. The author saw Hitler action as favourable to Islam without considering Hitler's ulterior motives. There is no way in hell anyone could defend what Hitler did between 1939 and 1945. The fact that the author used his "Islamic tendencies" as a way to rewrite history is just shameful. Why are there still Muslims obsessed with whitewashing Hitler atrocities? Seeing White Supremacist doing so is already laughable at its own right but when "Brown Neo Nazis" are also doing it, I feel like slapping them with my dick.
Remember these dear readers;
- Hitler ranked the Arabs lower than the Jews (Arab was given the ranking of 14th below the Jews) – Arabs would also face the Final Solution if Axis won the war
- Hitler was a Catholic. He had no love for "heretical" Islam
- Hitler was BFF with Bennito Musolini – He would help Italy invade the Middle East/North Africe not liberate them from the Brits
- Hitler was a master manipulator and a politician – every word he uttered must not be taken at its face value.
With that I wish you a happy weekend. I will be going to the cinema today to watch Inception.
Sorry for the lateness. I wanted to EDIT this entry since Wednesday but couldn't find the time. Plus the research part of this article was very exhaustive. Hope you enjoyed it and please leave a comment below.
p/s : We're supposed to be robbin' this place, you dumb fuckin' hebe.


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Derek Lowe (0-1, 3.38) vs. Joe Blanton (0-0, -.--).
COMMENTS: What a difference one game makes. We're back in this, mofos! The Dodgers, with fire in their belly and yearning in their souls, return to the field today after yesterday's 7-2 shellacking of Jamie Moyer and the Phillies.
But lest anyone get complacent, let's not forget one more Phillies win puts them a breath away from taking the series. The Dodgers trot out Lowe on three days' rest in hopes that he can sinkerball his way to his first NLCS victory; although Nomar Garciaparra performed admirably in his first playoff start this year, expect James Loney to start against the right-handed Blanton.
In 11 innings of work over two games against L.A. this season, Philadelphia's mid-season acquisition Blanton gave up 15 hits, five runs, two home runs, and six walks, but also had ten strikeouts. (The Dodgers and Phillies split those two games.)
However, Blanton also beat the Brewers in the NLDS, so let's strap on a pair (while keeping the peace) and tie this sucker up!
DeWitt photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images
Furcal: AP photos


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Much has been written lately about increasing the energy efficiency of cars. Batteries and fuel cells are very hot topics, and not so long ago I blogged about the University of Michigan's use of solar cells to fully power a car. Yet, even on the smallest of scales, such as the sensors in your car, improvements are being made. Utilizing a MEMS (Micro Electromechanical System) piezoelectric energy harvester, Alexander Frej and Ingo Kuehne at Siemens Corporate Technology in Munich are contributing to increasing a car's efficiency.
TPMS mounting options — on the rim or on the inner lining of the tire
Mounted on the rim or inner lining of a tire, the regular rolling and deformation of the tire provides mechanical energy to a cantilever beam as a deformation. The beam is made from a piezoelectric material, which has the ability to take mechanical energy and transform it into electrical energy. This then powers the sensor that transmits information about the tire's pressure, temperature and other information for the driver to react accordingly. And it does all this without requiring a battery or some other external way to power the sensor.
This all seems simple enough. MEMS and piezoelectric devices are becoming commonplace these days so it wouldn't be farfetched to imagine they'd be implemented throughout a car. Yet, positioning the device in the tire itself means that it would have to withstand a rather extreme environment. This includes withstanding large acceleration forces, while being light as to avoid tire imbalance.
That could all be done by creating a large number of prototypes and running numerous tests. However, Alexander and Ingo turned to using COMSOL Multiphysics to help with their designs' optimization and reduce the number of these prototypes. Modeling the fluid-structure interaction (FSI) between the cantilever beam and the surrounding air in the tire was important, as it is this air that would dampen the beam's deflections. This would vary because of air pressure and, because the device is actually measuring this pressure, it is important to investigate the devices' reaction to such a changing pressure. You can read about how they achieved this in COMSOL News (as instant download or by requesting a hard copy).


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Linux-VServer Project Announces New Stable Release and New Website
Today, the Linux-VServer project released a new stable version of its kernel patch featuring support for Bind Mount Extensions, improved filesystem support for JFS, kernel helper improvements and other minor enhancements. The new version also fixes a lot of bugs including potential deadlocks, missing context unhashing and network adress removal.
Alongside with the new kernel patch, the project announced the launch of a new and overhauled infrastructure for its web presence. The new project website is now based on MediaWiki using a complete new look and feel and will replace the old wiki in the future. Furthermore, an anonymous FTP archive, Subversion repositories and developer webspace have been added to public infrastructure.
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After eight months of work the Linux-VServer project released the next version of the stable kernel patch including the following features and bugfixes:
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- Add support for JFS file attributes
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"This is a treasure trove for professionals and beginners—a book born of years of experience, written from the heart, and stirring to the soul. Reading it, I feel the urge to pull my own children close, to light a candle, to begin.... Nancy Mellon inspires us all to be storytellers." —Katrina Kenison, author of Mitten Strings for God: Reflections for Mothers in a Hurry
Storytelling with Children awakens wonder and creates special occasions for children, whether at bedtime, around the fire, or on rainy days. Nancy Mellon encourages you to spin golden tales and shows you how to become a confident storyteller.
These methods, exercises and tips will help you to:
- create a listening space
- use the day's events and rhythms to create stories
- transform old tales and make up new ones
- bring life to your personal and family stories
- memorize stories through images
- and use inner theatre, walkabout, and singing
Every early childhood schoolteacher and all parents of young children need this one!
Nancy Mellon has guided storytelling and writing groups for many years. A former Waldorf teacher, she has given storytelling and art therapeutic courses at many locations in the US and UK. Her books include Storytelling and The Art of Imagination. She practices therapy through the arts and is a member of the visiting staff at Emerson College in the UK.


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DIEGO BUCKET BAG from ALEXANDER WANG.
i think the best gifts are the ones you´ve bought yourself and saved up for so long.
at least for me. :)
i am carrying this bag with so much pride and handling it with so much care as blood, sweat and tears were shed (haha, also known as a LOT of work!) to be able to finally afford it!
i thought it was funny to add this note to myself, just to remind myself again that i soo deserve this!
what was the best gift you´ve ever given yourself?
PS: there´s THIS one in granite with pale gold studs from Net-a-porter (no custom fees for europeans, WOOT!) that would also be super amazing to find under the christmas tree as well!


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Writing Trigger Functions in C
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This section describes the low-level details of the interface to a trigger function. This information is only needed when writing trigger functions in C. If you are using a higher-level language then these details are handled for you. In most cases you should consider using a procedural language before writing your triggers in C. The documentation of each procedural language explains how to write a trigger in that language.
Trigger functions must use the "version 1" function manager interface.
When a function is called by the trigger manager, it is not passed any normal arguments, but it is passed a "context" pointer pointing to a TriggerData structure. C functions can check whether they were called from the trigger manager or not by executing the macro:
which expands to:
((fcinfo)->context != NULL && IsA((fcinfo)->context, TriggerData))
If this returns true, then it is safe to cast fcinfo->context to type TriggerData * and make use of the pointed-to TriggerData structure. The function must not alter the TriggerData structure or any of the data it points to.
struct TriggerData is defined in commands/trigger.h :
typedef struct TriggerData { NodeTag type; TriggerEvent tg_event; Relation tg_relation; HeapTuple tg_trigtuple; HeapTuple tg_newtuple; Trigger *tg_trigger; Buffer tg_trigtuplebuf; Buffer tg_newtuplebuf; } TriggerData;
where the members are defined as follows:
- type
Always T_TriggerData .
- tg_event
Describes the event for which the function is called. You can use the following macros to examine tg_event :
- TRIGGER_FIRED_BEFORE(tg_event)
Returns true if the trigger fired before the operation.
- TRIGGER_FIRED_AFTER(tg_event)
Returns true if the trigger fired after the operation.
- TRIGGER_FIRED_INSTEAD(tg_event)
Returns true if the trigger fired instead of the operation.
- TRIGGER_FIRED_FOR_ROW(tg_event)
Returns true if the trigger fired for a row-level event.
- TRIGGER_FIRED_FOR_STATEMENT(tg_event)
Returns true if the trigger fired for a statement-level event.
- TRIGGER_FIRED_BY_INSERT(tg_event)
Returns true if the trigger was fired by an INSERT command.
- TRIGGER_FIRED_BY_UPDATE(tg_event)
Returns true if the trigger was fired by an UPDATE command.
- TRIGGER_FIRED_BY_DELETE(tg_event)
Returns true if the trigger was fired by a DELETE command.
- TRIGGER_FIRED_BY_TRUNCATE(tg_event)
Returns true if the trigger was fired by a TRUNCATE command.
- tg_relation
A pointer to a structure describing the relation that the trigger fired for. Look at utils/rel.h for details about this structure. The most interesting things are tg_relation->rd_att (descriptor of the relation tuples) and tg_relation->rd_rel->relname (relation name; the type is not char* but NameData ; use SPI_getrelname(tg_relation) to get a char* if you need a copy of the name).
- tg_trigtuple
A pointer to the row for which the trigger was fired. This is the row being inserted, updated, or deleted. If this trigger was fired for an INSERT or DELETE then this is what you should return from the function if you don't want to replace the row with a different one (in the case of INSERT ) or skip the operation. For triggers on foreign tables, values of system columns herein are unspecified.
- tg_newtuple
A pointer to the new version of the row, if the trigger was fired for an UPDATE , and NULL if it is for an INSERT or a DELETE . This is what you have to return from the function if the event is an UPDATE and you don't want to replace this row by a different one or skip the operation. For triggers on foreign tables, values of system columns herein are unspecified.
- tg_trigger
A pointer to a structure of type Trigger , defined in utils/reltrigger.h :
typedef struct Trigger { Oid tgoid; char *tgname; Oid tgfoid; int16 tgtype; char tgenabled; bool tgisinternal; Oid tgconstrrelid; Oid tgconstrindid; Oid tgconstraint; bool tgdeferrable; bool tginitdeferred; int16 tgnargs; int16 tgnattr; int16 *tgattr; char **tgargs; char *tgqual; } Trigger;
where tgname is the trigger's name, tgnargs is the number of arguments in tgargs , and tgargs is an array of pointers to the arguments specified in the CREATE TRIGGER statement. The other members are for internal use only.
- tg_trigtuplebuf
The buffer containing tg_trigtuple , or InvalidBuffer if there is no such tuple or it is not stored in a disk buffer.
- tg_newtuplebuf
The buffer containing tg_newtuple , or InvalidBuffer if there is no such tuple or it is not stored in a disk buffer.
A trigger function must return either a HeapTuple pointer or a NULL pointer ( not an SQL null value, that is, do not set isNull true). Be careful to return either tg_trigtuple or tg_newtuple , as appropriate, if you don't want to modify the row being operated on.


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Did you see Jimi Hendrix in concert? Did you meet Jimi Hendrix or have the opportunity to interview him or have some other unique, first-person encounter with Jimi Hendrix? If so, Experience Hendrix wants to hear from you.
Jimi Hendrix
Did you see Jimi Hendrix in concert? Did you meet Jimi Hendrix or have the opportunity to interview him or have some other unique, first-person encounter with Jimi Hendrix? If so, Experience Hendrix wants to hear from you.
Today's session proved one of the most fulfilling for Jimi at his new studio. Here, recordings focused on "Dolly Dagger," "Bolero," "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)," "Drifting," and "Slow Part," which would posthumously be retitled "Pali Gap" by Michael Jeffrey who wanted to craft a stronger tie with that song and the title of his Hawaiian film, Rainbow Bridge. The session later included work on "Midnight Lightning" and "Beginnings" before returning to "Dolly Dagger" before night's end.
Bolero Dolly Dagger Drifting Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) Midnight Lightning Recording Slow Part
Another day of recordings at Electric Lady resulted in considerable progress on "Ezy Rider."
In returning to Electric Lady Studios Jimi records "Come Down Hard On Me," "Bolero," and "Midnight Lightning." Despite the work accomplished on this night, Hendrix had the tape boxes marked DO NOT USE.
Bolero Come Down Hard On Me Electric Lady Studios Midnight Lightning Recording
Additional sessions at Electric Lady saw Hendrix revitalize previous work on "Come Down Hard On Me." In 1973 Electric Lady's engineer John Jansen posthumously edited the track for inclusion on Loose Ends.
Back at Electric Lady Studios, Jimi once again worked on "Night Bird Flying," "Straight Ahead," "Astro Man," Freedom," and "Dolly Dagger."
Astro Man Dolly Dagger Electric Lady Studios Freedom Night Bird Flying Recording Straight Ahead
Trying to lay claim to a definitive master of "Lover Man," Hendrix returned to Electric Lady to try and revitalize the recordings, unfortunately, with little success on this evening. Although a rough mix would be prepared, it too would be quickly shelved. With "Lover Man" now on the shelf, Hendrix turned his attention back to overdubs for "Angel."
Tonight's session at Electric Lady maintained focus on "In From The Storm," a recording that Jimi had previously titled "Tune X – Just Came In." Although no master was created on this night, thirty takes of the song were put to tape as the trio continually reworked it and polished the composition through each subsequent retake.
Electric Lady In From The Storm Recording Tune X – Just Came In
Back at Electric Lady Studios Hendrix revisited "In From The Storm" before working on "Come Down Hard On Me" and "Just Came In," with the latter being remixed into "In From The Storm" on the posthumous Cry Of Love.
Come Down Hard On Me Electric Lady Studios In From The Storm Just Came In Recording
With the band headed back on the road in 24 hours, Hendrix wanted to leave the studio with the reassurance that progress was being made. Tonight's sessions included work on "Drifting," "Angel," and "Belly Button Window."
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Will Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who served at President Obama's side during his first White House term, find himself facing a challenge from another politician who was once close to Obama?
Maybe, if the woman who is president of the Cook County Board, Toni Preckwinkle, decides to run to against the mayor next year.
It's still a big "if." Preckwinkle, who was an early political mentor of Obama's, hasn't said she'll run against Obama's former White House chief of staff. But she hasn't said she won't run against Emanuel either.
Fueling speculation about a possible challenge is a recent poll that showed Preckwinkle leading Emanuel by 8 percentage points, 40 percent to 32 percent, well outside the margin of error.
It's just one poll — and a robopoll at that. There was also a very large number of undecideds, 28 percent. But any incumbent mayor seeing numbers like those ought to be a little worried.
Emanuel is partly weighed down by a series of unpopular moves he has made. On Monday, he announced a plan to raise property taxes and cut city-worker pensions to reduce the city's pension debt.
In 2013, he closed at least 50 Chicago public schools, a decision featured in an eight-part Chicagoland docu-series on CNN. Many of the closed schools were in African-American neighborhoods, a factor that has unquestionably hurt him in those communities.
Preckwinkle, the first woman to be county board president and an African-American with roots in Chicago's South Side, one of the city's large black enclaves, would be in a strong position to tap into this unhappiness with Emanuel.
That Chicagoland documentary, for which Robert Redford was an executive director, is itself an issue. Reviewers have noted its mostly sympathetic portrayal of the first-term mayor, who gave the filmmakers much access.
While Emanuel's staunchest supporters have found plenty to like, his many critics see it as pro-Emanuel spin — albeit visually arresting spin, seeing how it was shot in HD.
Preckwinkle, a former Chicago alderman and "goo-goo" — the term the city's old-school politicians use as a derisive synonym for goody-two-shoes, good government types — is clearly someone for Emanuel to be concerned about.
She has name recognition from being on the countywide ballot and decades in city politics. And in a city that's about one-third black and more than a quarter Latino, she could conceivably put together a winning coalition by also attracting whites who are unhappy with the direction of the city under Emanuel — or with Emanuel's famously caustic personality, which hasn't mellowed during his mayoralty.
The mayor's advantage is money, however. He's been masterful at raising it ever since he played that role early in his political career for the man he succeeded, Richard M. Daley.
Emanuel could conceivably raise enough for his re-election next year — not just from the 1 percent in Chicago, but nationally — that it would keep Preckwinkle from challenging him.
If she does decide to run, it would put Obama in a delicate spot. He might want to follow the lead of Emanuel himself: When Obama and Hillary Clinton battled for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2007-2008, then-Chicago Congressman Emanuel tried to stay neutral as long as he could out of regard for Obama, who shared his hometown, and Clinton, whose husband Emanuel served as a White House aide.
At the time, Emanuel told the Chicago Tribune: "I'm hiding under the desk. I'm very far under the desk, and I'm bringing my paper and my phone."
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Streams stressed by pharmaceutical pollution
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- April 1, 2013
- Source:
- Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
- Summary:
- Pharmaceuticals commonly found in the environment are disrupting streams, with unknown impacts on aquatic life and water quality. So reports a new paper that highlights the ecological cost of pharmaceutical waste and the need for more research into environmental impacts.
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Pharmaceuticals commonly found in the environment are disrupting streams, with unknown impacts on aquatic life and water quality. So reports a new Ecological Applications paper, which highlights the ecological cost of pharmaceutical waste and the need for more research into environmental impacts.
Lead author Dr. Emma Rosi-Marshall, a scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, comments: "Pharmaceutical pollution is now detected in waters throughout the world. Causes include aging infrastructure, sewage overflows, and agricultural runoff. Even when waste water makes it to sewage treatment facilities, they aren't equipped to remove pharmaceuticals. As a result, our streams and rivers are exposed to a cocktail of synthetic compounds, from stimulants and antibiotics to analgesics and antihistamines."
With colleagues from Indiana University and Loyola University Chicago, Rosi-Marshall looked at how six common pharmaceuticals influenced similar-sized streams in New York, Maryland, and Indiana. Caffeine, the antibiotic ciprofloxacin, the antidiabetic metformin, two antihistimines used to treat heartburn (cimetidine and ranitidine), and one antihistamine used to treat allergies (diphenhydramine) were investigated, both alone and in combinations, using pharmaceutical-diffusing substrates.
Rosi-Marshall explains, "We focused on the response of biofilms -- which most people know as the slippery coating on stream rocks -- because they're vital to stream health. They might not look like much to the naked eye, but biofilms are complex communities composed of algae, fungi, and bacteria all living and working together. In streams, biofilms contribute to water quality by recycling nutrients and organic matter. They're also a major food source for invertebrates that, in turn, feed larger animals like fish."
Healthy streams are slippery streams. And it turns out that antihistamines dry more than our noses. The most striking result of the study was diphenhydramine's effects on algal production and microbial respiration. Exposure caused biofilms to experience up to a 99% decrease in photosynthesis, as well as significant drops in respiration. Diphenhydramine also caused a change in the bacterial species present in the biofilms, including an increase in a bacterial group known to degrade toxic compounds and a reduction in a group that digests compounds produced by plants and algae.
Results suggest that this antihistamine is disrupting the ecology of these sensitive biofilm communities. Rosi-Marshall notes, "We know that diphenhydramine is commonly found in the environment. And its effect on biofilms could have repercussions for animals in stream food webs, like insects and fish. We need additional studies looking at the concentrations that cause ecosystem disruption, and how they react with other stressors, such as excess nutrients."
The other pharmaceuticals investigated also had a measurable effect on biofilm respiration, both alone and in combinations. More work is needed to understand how drug mixtures, which most natural streams experience, impact freshwater systems.
Society's dependence on pharmaceuticals is not likely to wane. Nor is its need for clean, fresh water. This study adds another piece of evidence to the case calling for innovations in the way we manage waste water. Currently, only a fraction of the world's waste water is treated, and the infrastructure in many developed nations is aging.
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Thursday, May 03, 2007
How to check if your WebMail account has been hacked
Normally when someone compromises a WebMail account they'll pilfer through all your messages and save anything they're interested in keeping. Unless the intruder is really dumb, and sometimes they are, they'll change all the messages back to unread (bold) so you won't notice their presence. What you can do ahead of time is set a kind of a virtual silent alarm on your account. Here's how:
1) Upload a tiny image somewhere online where you can see the logs of who accesses it. There are a lot of places that offer web space, could come with your DSL provider, or a friend that might have some to share. Once uploaded, NEVER share out the URL to the image. Hide is well because no one should ever find it online by accident.
2) Send your WebMail account an email, containing the silent alarm image, with a juicy sounding subject line like "Your new online Bank password", "Re: employee personnel files", or "That's it, we're through!!!". Anything an intruder wouldn't be able to resist reading. Leave the email as unread in your inbox. This is your silent alarm email.
3) Hopefully this day will never come, but if an intruder were to ever break into your account and read your silent alarm email, they're browser will unknowingly request the embedded image. By periodically checking the image logs, if it ever has activity, you'll know something is up. The web server logs will contain the intruders IP address as well as the date/time of when they broken in and read the message.
Simple. This same process can also be used to protect your MySpace account through the messaging system. Enjoy!
37 comments:
or change your password regularly dumbass. what a waste of time this is
- May 3, 2007 at 3:41 PM
- Jeremiah Grossman said...
perhaps your unaware that there are vulnerabilities in websites or that customer service reps can jump into your account anytime they want despite you regularly changing your password.
- May 3, 2007 at 3:43 PM
- Will Stranathan said...
B-b-but I have my webmail account set up so that it doesn't download images because I don't want that "protection" to work against me - spammers use unique URL's to their images to validate email addresses. Even if they don't phish you, they know the email address is good because you requested an image that nobody else uses.
So I'd have to configure my webmail account to "always download images from suchandsuch". But you can see that configuration setting before you go look at the mail. - May 3, 2007 at 5:03 PM
- Jeremiah Grossman said...
Hmm thats interesting, I hadn't thought about that form of protection. I wonder if that could be bypassed though another form of passive HTML requests. Using a SRC attribute of another supported HTML tag. Something has to leak data.
- May 3, 2007 at 5:55 PM
- Ambush Commander said...
Actually, most webmail providers have been pretty good at "locking down" emails, preventing these external requests from happening.
Hmm... what they should do islet you see webmail login logs: IP address, time, etc (sorta like how SSH tells you when your last visit was). - May 3, 2007 at 6:47 PM
- Mark IJbema said...
Actually you don't want webmail to be able to do this, because that would enable the webmail account as csrf starting point, and you definitely don't want that.
What you could always do though is doing the same, but instead of using an image including a very interesting link or something ( http://example.org/passwords.txt ). - May 3, 2007 at 9:38 PM
Can also be used to check whether Echelon is still active : http://www.computerbytesman.com/privacy/emailsnooping.htm
- May 4, 2007 at 1:15 AM
Cool. But useful only when you are reading emails with browsers. If you use pop3, you download everything. I don't remember that you could specify which email not to pull down.
- May 4, 2007 at 1:27 AM
- Christian Matthies said...
I think thats a pretty good idea Jeremiah.
Notice: When you're able to upload images on a WebMail server (e.g. as a e-mail attachment) it might be vulnerable to XSS, at least for IE users due to IE Mime Type Detection. Thats off-topic but interesting though. - May 4, 2007 at 2:15 AM
I've actually come across a need for this recently. I recently sold a business, and the new owner allowed me to continue using my email address from his domain. It was a forwarding address that simply relayed email from his domain to my gmail account. Well this guy apparently has added one of his own email accounts to this forwarding list, so he is essentially bcc:ing himself on every email I get at this address. (I discovered this when an email to myself bounced because his mailbox was full.)
To see if he was actually reading my emails, I was planning to send myself an email with fake login credentials to a site that I control to see if he clicks the link and (worse) tries to log in. This would avoid the problem with email clients that don't load remote images, but would require him to click on a link within the email. I'm pretty sure I can entice him to click it. :) - May 4, 2007 at 5:55 AM
Yeah , that's interesting ... but viewing refer in the web logs is much interesting ;-) ... something like this :
your_host - - [21/Apr/2007:23:48:07 +0200] "GET /your_image HTTP/1.1" 200 2956 "http://your_web_mail_site/your_mailbox" "Opera/9.20 (X11; Linux i686; U; en-US)" - May 4, 2007 at 7:22 PM
- Unknown said...
In addition if you use Hotmail or Yahoo from a WLAN (airport lounge or coffee shop) - everyone there will be able to read your unencrypted email.
for details - May 7, 2007 at 10:14 PM
- RaviC said...
I love this simple and elegant tip. Thanks for sharing dude. - May 8, 2007 at 7:19 PM
- Augusto Barros said...
In the past I've used something similar to track owners of password stealing trojans that send the results to webmail accounts.
As Sylvan mentioned, almost all webmail systems today avoid accessing remote information unless you allow it. This technique (web bug or honeytoken) has been used by spammers to validate their address list for a long time. - May 9, 2007 at 6:23 AM
They stole my passwords though.
- May 14, 2007 at 3:59 PM
- Jeremiah Grossman said...
Does that mean they changed it to?
- May 14, 2007 at 4:00 PM
Could you please show me how to get the code and set it up in an email too? Im afraid I got hacked but dont know how to check. I use Yahoo mail.
- February 20, 2008 at 4:47 PM
- Jeremiah Grossman said...
See if this helps you...
http://jeremiahgrossman.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-to-check-if-your-webmail-account.html - February 20, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Hi Jeremiah, good morning, can you tell me how can I check online to see if another person is login online using my account?? when I am logged out already??
I think someone knew my hotmail acct password.
So If I logged out the hotmail acct, how can i check to see if someone else logged in to check my acct...I remember a friend told me once that I can check it remotely to see if the the hotmail acct is opened (ie...someone else logged in using my password) without me logging in.
Thank you so very much, this means a lot to me. - March 3, 2008 at 7:24 AM
please, if you can, help me!
i have a yahoo account and i changed my password but it said i couldn't change it. so i tried logging in but no matter what password i tried it wouldn't let me change it. i tried to get it sent to my alternate account but it said that it didn't exist. if you can help please send me an email at email@example.com - March 5, 2008 at 8:13 PM
Thanks Jeremiah--this is helpful. Would you know what it means when you receive an email from nobody--the name slot is blank with a 0 byte message? Could that be an indication of someone messing around in your account? It's a roadrunner account.
- May 6, 2008 at 10:04 AM
- Jeremiah Grossman said...
No idea. My guess it that its just looking for bounces and validating addresses. Could be anything though.
- May 6, 2008 at 2:14 PM
Hi Jeremiah,
Thanks for sharing your post.
I have a gmail account and suspect that someone had been hacking into it. The thing is I've changed my password a few times since and feel that they are not able to access it any longer. Question: Is there any way that I can find out if my messages/contacts/chats/web history have been downloaded or accessed if it was in the past 6 months? Are there any clues that I can look for? I've looked through my settings and can't seem to find anything that might help me answer my question. For example, are downloaded items identifiably marked as downloaded etc...
Thanks so much!! - July 7, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Hi Jeremiah,
Thanks for sharing your post.
I have a gmail account and suspect that someone had been hacking into it. The thing is I've changed my password a few times since and feel that they are not able to access it any longer. Question: Is there any way that I can find out if my messages/contacts/chats/web history have been downloaded or accessed if it was in the past 6 months? Are there any clues that I can look for? I've looked through my settings and can't seem to find anything that might help me answer my question. For example, are downloaded items identifiably marked as downloaded etc...
Thanks so much!! - July 7, 2008 at 2:48 PM
- Jeremiah Grossman said...
Unfortunately probably cannot go backwards and check, but going forward you probably can. I'd set up a could of juicy looking fake contact email address that no one is ever supposed to use. If the account gets an email of some kind, then you know someone has access to your account.
- July 7, 2008 at 3:08 PM
Thanks for your reply Jeremiah.
I found this linke (http://lifehacker.com/software/gmail/how-to-re+download-recent-gmail-messages-251365.php) that states "You've already downloaded your Gmail messages via POP, but now you want them again in another client. Gmail will have marked those messages as downloaded already, but to re-download them, use this neat trick, spotted in the Gmail help list..." Do you know what is being referred to regarding the already downloaded "marked" messages? Thanks! - July 7, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Hi Jeremiah,
It's the same user as above. I forgot to mention one other thing. The thing that originally made me suspicious was that one of my contact names had been changed. Surprisingly it had been changed to the same exact name that a mutual friend has this particular contact listed as. Does that sound like a familiar gmail bug to you? I don't suspect this potential hacker is trying to get financial info or anything like that. If it indeed happen, I would think that it's more a personal thing if you catch my drift.
Thanks again! - July 7, 2008 at 3:36 PM
Please walk me through step one of your suggestion. How do I upload a picture and to what website? how will there be a log of who sees it? - November 12, 2009 at 7:58 AM
Hi Jeremiah, I haven't seen any posts on this subject here lately, but I do hope this discussion is still "alive".
I need to ask, is there ANY way of knowing if someone hacked into my hotmail account IN THE PAST and looked into my READ mails, if they didn't change my password?
I am pretty sure the answer will be no, but my privacy is valuable so I'll give a try anyway.
I thank you in advance for taking the time to help with this.
Yours, Marie - December 13, 2009 at 2:43 PM
- JHF said...
Hi jeremiah,
Want to ask you that if i had forgotten to log out my hotmail on other ppl computer, how can i check whether my mails is being forwarded if someone had delete the sent after forwarded? thanx - March 9, 2010 at 3:19 AM
Sorry Jeremiah if this has already been asked. I am concerned that someone may have opened my Yahoo email inbox, i.e.law enforcement as you note, and wonder if there is any way of knowing. If I have ever oped the account in question it has only beenonce. Is there a counter somewher or would Yahoo keep track of this so they would know the number of times an inbox has been opened?
- March 18, 2010 at 4:16 PM
- k.firth said...
i think my boyfriend has taggeted or flagged some emails, how can i tell . please
- June 13, 2011 at 4:16 PM
- k.firth said...
how can i tell if my boy friend has targeted any emails
- June 13, 2011 at 4:18 PM
- k.firth said...
please disregard my last post i have since found the answer
- June 13, 2011 at 7:21 PM
- k.firth said...
dumb ass was a bit harsh, i am a newby. not all of us r up to date. anonymouse. he is only tagging certain ones. all i wanted to know was how to tell if he is or not. all you did was call me names. and go on about some crs code what ever that is. cant change pass word that wont help, he tagged them coming in .
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