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Student Health Services
Frequently Asked Questions
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Where is the Student Health Services clinic located and what are the hours?
We are located on the second floor of Petro Hall (right above the bookstore) on the University campus and on the second floor of the Tech Building at the City College campus.
University campus hours: Mon– Fri 8 – 5 (Provider clinic hours vary by day)
City College hours: Mon, 9a-12p; Wed, 1-4p; Tue & Thu, 11a - 2p
Who is eligible to use the clinic?
All students of MSU Billings and MSUB City College as well as MSU Bozeman nursing students.
What is the visit going to cost me?
We do have fees for certain services. Click here for fees schedule.
Do I need to have insurance to be seen?
No. Health insurance is not required.
What types of services does Student Health Services offer?
Student Health Services provides a wide range of medical, mental health counseling, prevention and wellness services to help our students be healthy and academically successful. We strive to promote and protect the health of our campus community, so that our students can thrive in all aspects of their lives.
Do I have to make an appointment?
Yes. You can schedule an appointment by calling the University Health Services at 406-657-2153 or by stopping by the office located in Petro Hall. You can also call the City College Health Services at 406-247-3027 or stop by the office located in the Tech Building during the City College hours.
Do you take walk-ins?
We don't take walk-ins like an urgent care facility, but you will be scheduled in the first available appointment. We try to accommodate same day appointments as long as a provider is available, however, an appointment may need to be the next day.
What if I'm late for an appointment?
Your appointment is the time reserved for you to speak with the provider. When you are late, it causes other scheduled appointments to be delayed, which isn't fair to other patients. Therefore, if you arrive 10 minutes late for your scheduled appointment, you will be rescheduled for a future date and time. It is recommended that you aim to arrive 10 to 15 minutes ahead of your scheduled appointment to ensure you have plenty of time to find parking, check in, complete any necessary paperwork and relax for a moment before seeing the provider.
Can I get a prescription written at Student Health Services?
Yes. If a prescription is warranted, it can be written by the provider and then you can have it filled at any community pharmacy. There are numerous pharmacies within walking distance to the campus.
Do you offer Mental Health Counseling?
What is this and how can I have it lifted?
The immunization hold means you have not yet met the immunization requirements. You will need to submit a signed official proof of immunization in order to have the hold lifted.
Click here for immunization requirement form.
I am taking online classes only and will not physically be on-campus. Do I still have to comply with the immunization requirements?
If you are taking strictly online classes meaning the class does not meet on campus for any reason, then you are not required to submit immunization records. However, the hold can only be lifted one semester at a time without submitting those records. You would accomplish this by calling the Student Health Services at 406-657-2153. You will have to comply with the requirements if your online only status changes.
Can I get my allergy shots while a student?
Yes. Student Health Services will administer allergy injections for you for a small administration fee. Call to arrange an appointment time. You will need to bring your allergy serum and complete physician instructions with you as well as adhere to SHS allergy injection policy. We will store your serum at Student Health according to your allergist's instructions. SHS does not provide allergy testing services.
What do I do if the Student Health Services is closed?
If this is an emergency, please call 911.
For nonemergency situations:
Medical: St. Vincent Healthcare
Walk-in: 1233 No 30th - 237-4122
Emergency Dept: 1233 No 30th – 237-4100
Broadwater Walkin: 2019 Broadwater Avenue – 237-5250
Nurse Advisor: 657-8778
Billings Clinic
Same Day Care: 801 No 29th – 238-2677
760 Wicks – 238-2575
2675 Central – 238-2900
Emergency Dept: 2800 10th Avenue North – 238-2500
Healthline: 255-8400
Mental Health: Billings Clinic: 2800 10th Avenue North -
Community Crisis Center: 704 No 30th – 259-8800
Can I get an excuse for a class from Student Health Services?
If you were seen by one of our providers, a note can be provided verifying that you were seen. It is up to the discretion of your professor if this would be an excused absence.
How do I elect or waive the student health insurance?
Electing or waiving the student health insurance plan is a part of registration.
Click here for full instructions.


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Haven't we all experienced the below as kids, parents and teachers especially in international schools settings?
"I don't want to start over. I hate my new school..."
"... just think of all the new friends you will meet."
"I don't know anybody, and it will be hard..."
"Don't worry. Everyone is nervous the first day..."
Although I know the surprise ending observing the reactions of new listeners is always exciting and allows for meaningful conversations on starting school anxieties, making friends, feelings, welcoming new students etc.
Ths book of course is available at ISE library:)
What is your favourite start of a school year book to share with your students?


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Hurricane Irma
As we continue our recovery and cleanup efforts, please visit the Emergency website for the latest information on openings and closings in Miami-Dade County.
Move Aside for Emergency Vehicles
Every year in the United States there are nearly 16,000 accidents involving fire rescue vehicles responding to emergencies. Not only do these accidents cause many severe and sometimes even fatal injuries to both firefighters and civilians, they also result in significant delays putting rescuers at the original emergency scene. A new unit, from farther away, has to respond to the original emergency, and several others have to respond to the new emergency involving the rescuers themselves.
We've all seen those drivers out there who just blatantly give no regard to the laws that govern our roads and who don't care one bit about those crucial seconds that someone's life might be depending on.
Some drivers are unaware of Florida law, which states clearly: "Pedestrians and drivers must yield the right-of-way to law enforcement cars, fire engines and other emergency vehicles using sirens and/or flashing lights."
This is a frequent problem now that technology has produced cars that shut out virtually all outside noise and contain sound systems that turn the word "loud" into something you can actually feel from a hundred feet away. But most significantly, technology has also produced the most offensive distracter on the roads today: the cell phone.
Here are some tips on how to move aside for emergency vehicles:
When you are running late or feeling stressed-out, yielding for emergency vehicles might seem like just another irritant in your day, but it's nothing compared to whatever situation the rescuers are trying to reach. Keep in mind, one day it might be you or someone you care about in a life-threatening situation, waiting for help to arrive.
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As I was going about my business this evening, I had a visit from Sekmet.
She told me we were going to Egypt tonight and I saw a few flashes of imagery to go along with it. I could have probably relaxed and gone right away, but I had a few things to do first and put it off for about an hour.
When I was ready, and entering into a meditative state, I connected with my God-head Arak, whom I associate with Egypt, being an eagle headed and winged man-god and all. This image of RA is pretty close, to what I see of Arak in my visions, except that the wings are missing…
As Arak, Goddess Sophia and I departed for Egypt. Departed sounds a little off, because we arrived instantaneously. I saw the existing Giza pyramids, but we were not destined to enter into them. Instead, we entered into pyramids and/or temples that were buried in sand. I walked into a room in this temple and there was a circular platform or stage in the center. Within this circle was a pedestal with a spherical object at the top of it.
I, put my hand on the sphere and thousands of images displayed in my perception. It was like a hologram in the room, but may have also just been in my mind. I received the information that as I moved my hand, the images would change. I slid my hand slightly sideways and the images began flipping by. There were too many images to really see what each was, so I tried to focus on one at a time. It appeared that these images were lifetimes, but not necessarily only lifetimes I would associate with myself.
I chose to focus on what, if any role Arak, as an individual, had in history. I saw him/me glowing in golden light standing very tall among the indigenous people, and they were worshiping him. I heard him say (to me) that this deity worship was unavoidable when appearing on-planet, and that it was a mistake to allow that to happen. There were also slaves in abundance, but I feel like this was not at the request of Arak or other God/Goddess visitors, but that the slaves had human 'handlers' or captors.
After this vision, Sekmet, Tsei Na Ta Ra and Tjya Na came in, along with some big cats. I greeted them warmly and I realized that Tjya Na is not a faery, but is a sacred Egyptian cat or spirit of such. I used the sphere to look at my daughter's aspect in Egypt. I saw my daughter (current lifetime) as a princess of sorts (I'm not sure what term would be used in Egyptian culture). She was very regal and very much looked the part. She also had a cat, much like Tjya Na, with her. She wasn't particularly friendly or warm however. Not surprising for a royal I guess. I didn't delve into the details, but it was fun to see.
I had the impression that there are several temples like this one around the globe, from multiple cultures. I used the sphere to look at some of these other temples and jumped around from Atlantis to South America, Ireland and other places. They were not identical, but had a similar function. I also had the understanding that the information is the same as what is in the Akashic records. I asked myself (Arak) about a Dragon equivalent. He said Dragons have no need for technology, they are magical beings… I became my Diamond Light Dragon self and filled the entire room with my body. It seemed silly at that point to use the temple as a Dragon. I changed back to my Arak self and a portal opened above our heads. It seemed that passage through a portal that suddenly appears is the right thing to do.
Passing through the portal, we entered into a spacecraft that was shaped like the body of a scarab beetle. It seemed I had an invitation to visit where these Gods and Goddesses came from. I felt the ship rise straight up into space above Gaia. Although it sounded like a great adventure, I said that I had work to do here. Arak said: "You are a Dragon now, do your work."
I became the Diamond Light Dragon again and dropped back to the pyramids of Giza. I was glowing and beaming bright light and landed on top of the largest pyramid.
The Diamond Light penetrated the pyramid and it began glowing like it was a white-hot stone (or crystal). As it activated, the next pyramid over did the same thing and each beamed light up into the Diamond Light Grid and down into Gaia's crystal core. I then moved to the structures that were buried in the sand (where I had been prior) and did the same thing. I found myself jumping to Atlantis (under water), Central and South American sites, and others. I realized I shouldn't be doing this alone. As per my previous Dragon Council experience, I asked the thousands of Dragon's carrying Diamond Light to join me. Each dragon visited a sacred site, including natural formations such as mountains.
This work not only activated sacred sites and continued the work of connecting the grids, it also helped to activate the ley lines around Gaia.
I realize many of these activations have happened, by many different people and events. Maybe each activation is different somehow and important in their own way?
While doing this, our friend's dog came onto our deck and barked loudly shocking me out of meditation… Although I was able to go right back, I decided the work was finished for the night anyway. I figured I would star gaze for awhile.
I remembered that one of the images I initially had when Sekmet appeared to me was of a past life in Egypt that didn't go well. I thought I should investigate that before shutting down.
I asked to see this lifetime and I saw myself as an aid to, or member of, a royal Egyptian family. I was stabbed in the chest by a thief and died, slowly drowning on my own blood. I was important enough in this family that I was to receive traditional royal burial which included embalming and mummification. When I went to this aspect of myself, I realized that he had not detached fully from his body and that he felt he couldn't leave something undone in that lifetime. The trauma of being stabbed as well as the trauma of embalming, were causing ongoing pain and suffering. When I talked with him, he thought that this attack by the thief had been the previous day (and it was likely days previous in that timeline). I explained the importance of letting go of his burdens and that it was time to go.
At this point Anubis came to guide him into the afterlife. I figured this was important for him, as opposed to passing through a golden doorway or golden tornado as I have done with other aspects of myself. I then asked Archangel Michael to sever the cords connecting to these burdens and to heal these injuries. It was very cool to see Anubis arrive and guide this aspect of myself to the afterlife.
I am hopeful that this lifetime is, or rather was, a factor in my breathing and sinus issues, and that by addressing this, I can let these health issues finally go.


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History From Porsche
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The past history from Porsche began in 1948, June 8th to be exact. That is actually when the very first 2 seater 356 was actually made. There were 51 finger created Porsche 356/2 cars installed Austria. This design possessed a 40 hp 1.1 liter center motor.
The Porsche 911 back motor car was actually offered in 1963. This has actually been just one of the largest selling cars around the world. Over one thousand have actually been actually sold.
Porsche possesses a new offering for the cars fanatic in 2006. Positioned in between the Boxster S and 911 Carrera, and marketed as an alternative to the BMW Z4 as well as the Mercedes SLK, the Cayman S is to begin seeming in display rooms in January 2006 as well as will definitely lug a cost of $58,900.00. Porsche is merely offering this hot-rod Cayman S and are going to certainly not point out when they are going to use a beginning style.
The Cayman S is a two seater changed variation of the Boxster convertible. The Cayman has a 295 hp 3.4 litre six cyndrical tube mid-engine that goes from 0-60 miles per hour in a remarkable 5.1 few seconds. Much like the Boxster S, the Cayman S possesses a precise six speed hand-operated gearbox with a dual apathy flywheel and also hydraulic clutch and also energy back steering wheels. The Porsche Energetic Revocation Administration is an electronic damping command system that is actually an option on the Cayman S. Switched on this body assures a hassle-free experience and also it strengthens reliability as well as hold for sharper steering actions.
Inside the Cayman S gives an on-board pc system along with continual indicator of mileage, time and also rate, automatic climate management, electronic broadcast with in dash Compact Disc as well as a 7 speaker Bose Surround Sound System.
Porsche expects the new Cayman S to bring in the upwardly mobile market. The provider expects that Cayman purchasers will be actually customers going up coming from the Porsche Boxster.


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Class Teacher - KS2 - Ealing
- Recruiter
- Location
- Ealing
- Salary
- £26139 - £38241 per annum + TLR available for right candidate
- Posted
- 15 Nov 2017
- Closing date
- 15 Dec 2017
- Ref
- AW/TEACH/Ealing/22
- Contact
- Alistair Widdop
- Industry
- Schools, Primary teaching, Age 5-7, Age 7-11, Newly qualified teacher
- Hours
- Full time
- Contract
- Permanent
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- Job vacancy
**KS2 Ealing
**January Start
**Permanent Position
**TLR for right candidate
**QTS Required
ASQ Education is looking for a KS1 class teacher on behalf of a lovely school graded 'good' situated in Ealing
The school is looking for someone who:
- Is an enthusiastic teacher.
- Has the ability to inspire and develop pupils to achieve their full potential.
- Has excellent classroom management skills.
The Role:
- You will be teaching the KS2 curriculum to a class of around 30 pupils.
- You will be required to plan, mark and assess work throughout the academic year.
- You will also be given the opportunity to demonstrate varied teaching methods.
The school can offer you:
- Pupils who love coming to school.
- Opportunities for Continuous Professional Development
- Support from a happy friendly team of committed professionals.
- A well-resourced and pleasant working environment.
- A central location with excellent transport links.
To apply for this position, please send your CV ASAP to Alistair Widdop.
We are currently working with numerous vacancies so if this position is not quite for you please do send us your CV to discuss other opportunities more suitable to your requirements.
ASQ Education partners with a number of Primary and SEN schools across London and the Home Counties to offer you the latest and best selection of educational positions.
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Project aim
Fundraising to provide indy campaigner Bill 'Boorach' with a new live-in van for his upcoming cancer treatment and rehabilitation.
About the project
Boorach's "Alba gu brath" Van (pictured below) Replacement for Live-in Lung Cancer Treatment
Note: To contribute using PayPal, send your donation to email@example.com
British Army Veteran, Bill (71 years old), a staunch Scottish independence supporter and campaigner, has lived in a van for 15 years (7 years in current van) and many will know him online as "Boorach", which we think superbly denotes his beard (as pictured). The van is a well-known and loved indy celebrity vehicle in the Highlands. And, Bill is alright as well! :) The van has a bed, a microwave, and a wee cooking facility run on a generator.
However, the rusty battle bus has done over 250,000 miles and is in need of serious repair and this comes at a time when Bill has, unfortunately, been diagnosed with lung cancer. This will involve treatment direct to the affected lung and then bouts of radiation treatment. Bill currently survives on his Army Pension and recently lost his passenger seat companion "Chip" the terrier. However, he still has his YES Comrades and it is the indy faithful we are pitching to now. We want to raise funds to deliver a brand new battle bus to Bill - one that will be comfortable, reliable and well insulated - this van will be Bill's new home during his cancer treatment, rehabilitation and beyond.
As folks that campaigned with Bill during the independence referendum, making leaflets, ordering banners, canvassing, cybernatting, and all organised from the back of a van, we can testify to his commitment to Scotland. We want to make sure Bill sees an independent Scotland in his lifetime. After some initial despair, the prognosis for Bill has taken a turn for the better, so with the proper treatment his chances are good and he will have many years ahead of him.
To make this happen he needs comfort around this time, particularly during the radiotherapy phase and as winter approaches. He wants to stay in his van during treatment (due to begin in mid-August), it's what he knows and is comfortable with, but it is far too old for the purpose of proper rehabilitation from the cancer treatment and is in need of a serious insulation makeover.
Therefore, we have vowed to get him a new long wheel based van and kit it out, but we can't do it without your help! Please, make any donation you can and we will keep you posted on the progress of the project and more importantly, Bill's progress, as he takes on cancer from the comfort of a newly improved battle bus! Every penny will go towards Bill's van or on equipment and other goods to kit it out and turn it into a home for him (e.g. new bedding, insultation etc). Where possible, we will recycle the equipment from his old van.
In YES we trust – donations big or small appreciated with equal measure. If you can't donate please do us a wee turn and give the cause a share on your twitter and facebook pages and profiles. Thank you all for your help.
Let's do this!
Kevin, Cha and his kids pictured with Bill
Notes: This campaign has been set up by Bill's friends Kevin, Cha and Claire (without Bill's knowledge, for now...) because we wanted to do something significant to help and support him with his cancer treatment, and knowing he has concerns about his current van, this project seemed the best way we could do that - but we can't do it without your help! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to message email@example.com EVERY penny raised will be spent on a van for Bill and, if we raise enough, on additional equipment to kit out his van. If we exceed the amount we are aiming for, any extra funds will go on additional items such as a new generator, insulation for the inside of the van, cooking equipment, bedding etc. Everything Bill will need to feel that his new van is a comfortable home for him to recuperate in and make his own. We hope you can help and thank you for helping in any way you can! A note on making a payment: Donations can no longer be made on Crowdfunder using Paypal. However, payment can easily and securely be made by entering your credit/debit card details when you click to donate on this site. We can provide you with a Paypal address to make payment with Paypal if this is preferable for you, however we cannot receive more than £1900 through Paypal, therefore if possible, please donate by entering your credit/debit card details on this site. For info regarding Paypal donations, please see www.facebook.com/billsbattlebus


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Circumcision means removing the foreskin of the penis.
The medical reasons are mainly tightness of the foreskin called phimosis and recurrent infections. This is done under local anaesthetic. We do not perform circumcisions on infants or young children. You have to be 17 years or older for this procedure to be performed at Eastmed Doctors. Please make a booking to see Dr. Siva Nachiappan few days in advance to discuss this procedure.
There are a lot of inquiries to perform circumcision for people living outside Auckland, thank you, but Dr Siva performs circumcision only for those who are normally resident in Auckland, as it is safe and easier for follow up to make sure there are no post operative problems.
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CLERMONT COUNTY, OH (FOX19) - Keith Maupin, father of Tri-State Army Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin, is headed to the nation's capital to review the case against the man who confessed to the murder of his son.
Maupin was killed in Iraq 10 years ago while being held captive by insurgents who ambushed his convoy near the Baghdad International Airport. He's a 2001 Glen Este High School graduate.
Monday, Keith Maupin stood in line waiting for a flight Washington to visit the Pentagon.
"We'll be talking with the judge that is presiding over the case and he is in Baghdad. I don't know what he is going to say but it will be through a translator," Keith Maupin said.
Finally, one of the several men who took his son Matt Maupin captive in 2004 will stand trial for his murder. An Iraqi terrorist is allegedly confessing to the crime along with several other terrorist acts.
"I want to know when they found him, how they found him and what made him confess to killing Matt," his father said.
The same man has been in an Iraqi prison since 2009 confessing to Matt Maupin's murder back then but because of a paperwork error, a judge threw the case out. Now a retrial is in the works. It is a sign of justice for the Maupins.
"We went there to put some sort of democracy in play and to me this is a good sign that it is working," Keith Maupin said. "Hopefully, this will give people more closure, at least knowing why or who."
As for closure for himself, Keith Maupin says he doesn't believe he will ever get that. He just wants the men responsible for his son's death to be held accountable.
Tuesday, FOX 19's Lisa Hutson will be traveling with Keith Maupin in Washington. Be sure to check her updates on Twitter @FOX19LisaHutson.
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As I slowly settle in to my new life here in France, I'm finding out about quite a lot of interesting local suppliers of the things that I want to eat, wear, sit on, or otherwise use. But I never thought that I'd find this: French natto, as in natto made right here in my region of France!
The final post in my Postcards from Kyoto series, with some reflections on what Kyoto stands for, plus more shopping and food.
This edition of the Postcards from Kyoto has no food in it...but if you're a fan of handcrafts and sewing and the like, read on...
This is the third in my Postcards from Kyoto series.
The traditional center of life in a Japanese town is the sho-tengai (商店街), a street or collection of streets where all the local shops congregate. Often it is wholly or partially covered and made into a indoor shopping mall or arcade.
The most famous sho-tengai in Kyoto, and arguably in Japan, is Nishiki Ichiba (or Nishiki Shijo - the word for market, 市場, can be read either way) or Nishiki Market (錦市場), which proudly calls itself Kyoto's Kitchen. Although it's called a market, it is a sho-tengai really rather than a market in the European sense; it's a narrow, covered street lined with small stores.
I will get back to my Kyoto Postcards, but I wanted to talk a little about cherry blossoms first, before April ends.
I have written about the ohanami, or cherry blossom viewing, culture in Japan previously. As I wrote back then, one of the things I miss about not living in Japan is the cherry blossoms in the spring. For this trip back home, I wanted to be sure not to miss the cherry blossoms.
When you go to Kyoto, you must have at least one tofu meal. It's just the way it is. Fresh tofu in Japan is far better than it is anywhere else, and the tofu in Kyoto is generally held to be the best in the country. This is generally attributed to the skill, refined court and/or temple-influenced culture and the quality of the local water. Whatever the reason, to most Japanese people Kyoto means tofu, and vice versa. A visit to a fine Kyoto tofu restaurant is very likely to convert even the most die-hard carnivore into a tofu fan.
During my week in Kyoto, I was able to pursue one family business's vision of what tofu should be from beginning to end. Kamo Tofu Kinki, a company that's been in business since 1834, makes tofu and related products in two tiny workshops located in the Gion Kiya-cho area of Kyoto. Later on, I visited Sosoan, the tofu restaurant owned and operated by Kinki for a multi-course tofu feast.
Back in early February, my sister Mayumi and I went to the Studio Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, a suburb of Tokyo. Here's a brief report, with practical details as to how to get there and so on. I know that many Just Hungry readers are Ghibli fans, so I hope you find it useful.
One must-do in Japan for anyone interested even remotely interested in food is a visit to a depachika(see footnotes), or department store basement food hall. One of the more impressive food halls that I have seen is in the Yokohama branch of the Takashimaya department store. I recently had a chance to tour of the Yokohama Takashimaya food halls.
Warning: Lots of mouth-watering pictures to follow!
Happy Valentine's Day to you from Japan!
Jewel-like candies are a long time tradition in Japan, and reflects the country's love of small, beautiful and cute things.


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Light Blue Optics has a minature projection display that works using holographic projection.
Looks like nanotech devices are really starting to come to market.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Miniature projection display
Light Blue Optics has a minature projection display that works using holographic projection.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Lt Col. Claims he is victim of spoof email
Glenn Greenwald reports receiving a bizare email message Col. Steven A. Boylan, the Public Affairs Officer and personal spokesman for Gen. David G. Petraeus.
The email message is the sort of thing you might expect Stephen Colbert to send if he was the press officer. Accusing a journalist of being 'lazy', 'providing purposeful misinformation', 'not a journalist' is exactly the wrong thing to do in that type of position.
So now the story gets intersting. When I pinged Boylan to ask him about this suprising email he responded claiming that he did not send it and that he is a victim of identity theft.
It must be pointed out at this point that Greenwald does not accept the claim and there is no inconsistency in the email headers that would conclusively demonstrate that it is a forgery. Unfortunately this proves only that the message was not forged by an incompetent.
Assuming that neither Greenwald or Boylan is lying, the only explanation is that someone forged the email. It is certainly not impossible that the email is a forgery, what is impossible at this stage is providing convincing proof that it is a forgery. The army can produce the server logs, but these could have been modified. We are back at accepting someone's word.
The worst case here is that the message is a forgery. Getting inside the communications loop of the enemy is something any intelligence service would like to achieve. Spreading fear and distrust between the military and reporters that cover them would certainly be counted as a major achievement by some.
We know that email is insecure, we know that we rely on email for sensitive communications. We have the technology to fix it. Why do we continue to allow this vulnerability to remain?
The military should sign all their email. They have certainly spent enough on email security infrastructure. Using S/MIME on every message creates compatibility issues but DKIM can certainly be used.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Its official
Six months after acquiring a 30" monitor I have officially run out of screen space.
Nothin for it now, will have to tidy my desk for the new monitor.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Trash patent watch
It the USPTO grants this one its in even worse shape than imagined.
The latest graphics processor cards are essentialy general purpose SIMD processing units. nVidia releases a compiler for making use of the processors on general tasks. People start applying for patents for the blatantly obvious idea of using the general purpose SIMD computer for tasks that it is best suited for.
Lets see if the USPTO is stupid enough to grant this.
Password cracking is a pretty idiotic application to patent since the people most likely to use a password cracker are blackhats and they are not noted for paying license fees. On the other hand it might be purely defensive.
I know there are people who use password crackers to see if passwords are strong enough, I think its bogosity on bogosity, if you want to check password strength you can do it more usefully and much more easily when the user selects their password. There are also folk who use crackers to break lost passwords, which is OK so long as you don't mind bad guys being able to do the same.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Is Krugman an Economist?
The blogosphere reacts to the bizarre question asked by David Kennedy in his review of Krugman's book.
What is particularly bizarre about the question is the basis, "And yet maybe Krugman is not really an economist — at least not according to the definition offered more than a century ago by Francis Amasa Walker". While Kennedy might have intended this as a debating point, what academic field is defined by belief in a set of core doctrines rather than a subject of study? Even worse to decide on the set of core doctrines a century ago, before Keynes, Freedman, the depression or the digital computer.
The idea that economics is defined by core beliefs is of course an old one, the principal exponent of that approach being of course Karl Marx. Like many an early exponent of an undeveloped field, Marx got plenty wrong. Those mistakes would not have mattered half so much if Marx had not also claimed infallibility. As a result, like Freud he founded a pseudo-science that has obscured his genuine contributions to the field.
Like many a lay person using a quotation in a field which he is ignorant of, Kennedy misses his mark since Walker "wrote that laissez-faire "was not made the test of economic orthodoxy, merely. It was used to decide whether a man were an economist at all." "
Oops, last I looked Krugman's view on laissez-faire was pretty much compatible with the 19th century understanding. He argues for free trade (mostly) he does not argue in favor of state granted monopolies, he argues against protectionism.
As Brad DeLong notes, Kennedy starts his review by noting that Krugman has "abundant accolades include the John Bates Clark Medal... a distinction... perhaps even more prestigious than... the Nobel.... ".
Does the Bates Clark medal rank with a Nobel? Well Krugman's office at MIT was in the Nobel Suite. And the story goes that when Krugman left for MIT the economists decided that rather than argue over which of them would inherit the prestige of his office that it would only go to postdocs - presumably until there was another MIT Nobel or Bates Clark laureate.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Its not a net-neutrality issue
People seem to be all a twitter in the Slashdot world about reports that Comcast is blocking some P-to-P traffic. This is then linked to the net neutrality debate.
I can see how some people would claim a connection but it is absolutely the last argument I would want people to make in support of net neutrality. File sharing networks are not considered a legitimate Internet use amongst lawmakers. While it is possible to use a network that is guerilla architectect in the manner of Gnuetella or BitTorrent, it is more than a stretch to claim that this is their principal use. And in any case it would be pretty easy to support the uses touted as legitimate in a peer to peer architecture that is not as aggressively designed to prevent copyright infrignements being detected.
Linking the net neutrality supporters to the supporters of illegal file sharing is exactly what I would want to do if I wanted to discredit the case for net neutrality in Congress.
As far as Congress is concerned there is a huge difference between blocking an infrastructure designed to promote piracy and blocking competing VOIP services such as Vonage or attempting to shakedown major content providers such as Google for bandwidth the customer has already paid the customer for.
There is also a huge difference between charging the customer for bandwidth they have already paid for and allowing the customer to pay extra to receive a short term premium service on a one-time basis. If the customer has already paid for 10 Mb/s they should get it. If on the other hand they have only paid for a 1 Mb/s connection and they need 10 to watch just one movie I don't see why a mechanism that allows them to pay a premium for a short term boost would be a bad thing.
But thats just my opinion.
NZ brewery offers beer for laptop
Well thats one way to deal with a data breach, [BBC NEWS] The Emergent Chaos folk will be happy.
It is not clear if the issue here is confidentiality or loss of the data. Since the information is almost certainly only useful to another brewer, if then I would guess the issue is that the files were not backed up.
Not exactly a security concern but a major concern for pretty much every computer user. Hard drives are cheap but reliable backup mechanisms are difficult to configure, tedious to use and expensive to maintain.
Microsoft and Apple keep missing the ball here. They are still stuck in the era of nightly backups to tapes held on site. Thats a 30 year old obsolete model.
Much better is active mirroring. At this point the only practical backup medium for a hard drive is another hard drive. Tape storage capacity has not moved since the mid 90s. A 500 Gb disk drive selling for $150 would cost five times that amount to back up to tape.
If you are using another hard drive you don't have to do backups in batch. Make the updates in realtime and do it transparently. The backup system should never be more than a few minutes behind the master. If the user needs to recover a lost file they use versioning (which Vista does support).
And this should be sold at commodity prices to consumers. Consumers need RAID5 as well. They just don't know what it is, nor should they, consumers don't really know how plumbing works either.
The user experience should be as follows. The consumer buys a home storage center at a store. They take it to their brother's house and plug it into his network. The storage system gives them an activation code. They then go home and log into the machine they want to back up, they start the storage wizard (perhaps this was distributed on a CD with the storage box) and enter the activation code. From now on their photographs are safe even if the house burns down.
If they run out of backup space they go round to their brother's house and slot in an extra drive. The RAID array rebalances itself transparently and automatically. If the brother gets nosey or the array is stollen the data cannot be read because its also transparently encrypted.
In a slicker version, the consumer and brother buy a box each for use as a local file store. Each box is used as a local NAS device and mirrors itself transparently to the other.
I now a LOT of consumers who would happily pay $500 to $1,000 for a box of that sort if the user experience was as simple as I describe. If however they have to grovell round configuring their NAT box or configuring drives then they won't buy it.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Wingnuts only
One of the questions that has been puzzling me for a while is how an open discussion forum in the Slashdot mould such as Little Green Footballs can maintain its ideological direction over time. Now I think I have the answer: LGF registration is temporarily closed. Please try again later. (We occasionally open registration during weekend afternoons, Pacific time.)
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
The Blogosphere takes on Rush Limbaugh
One of the peculiarities of American politics is the fact that preposterous blowhards such as Rush Limbaugh can attract a huge following and spout nonsense for decades without being treated as the hate mongering thugs that they are. Or at least thats the way that things used to work before the blogosphere came along.
Now you don't have to be a Rush Limbaugh to spew idiocy into the ether, but you do have to be a Limbaugh or a Coulter or on the left a Michael Moore to get large numbers of people to take notice of you. The typical Wingnut blogger has to be more economical with the idiocy, reserving it for special occasions such as the all important defense of Rush Limbaugh as Ed Morrisey does at Captain's Quarters.
The captains quarters on a ship are of course its rear end as any devotee of Spongebob Squarepants is aware. Morrisey does not disappoint. Complaining that Limbaughs remarks about 'phony soldiers' were taken out of context. Well what was the context?
LIMBAUGH: "Save the -- keep the troops safe" or whatever. I -- it's not possible, intellectually, to follow these people.
CALLER 2: No, it's not, and what's really funny is, they never talk to real soldiers. They like to pull these soldiers that come up out of the blue and talk to the media.
LIMBAUGH: The phony soldiers.
[Transcript via Media Matters]
Maybe its just me but I see absolutely no ambiguity in the transcript. The people that Limbaugh was referring to as 'phony soldiers' were any soldier who disagreed with Limbaugh's point of view. Moreover the reason that Limbaugh's comments were notable were not because they were particularly unusual, he had spent over a year denigrating Kerry's military service history, but the fact that they came a few days after Limbaugh and right wing talk radio had worked itself up into a lather over MoveOn's attack on Petraeus.
The original Media Matters article that started the controversy can hardly be characterized as quoting Limbaugh out of context, the quotation goes on for several pages. But as has been subsequently demonstrated, Limbaugh's own 'entire transcript, in context, that led to this so-called controversy' did in fact have 1 minute and 35 seconds removed allowing Limbaugh to falsely assert that his 'Phony Soldiers' remark referred to Jesse MacBeth.
Morissey sees things differently "No one in their right mind would believe that Rush didn't support the military or the right of troops to express their opinions on the war". On the contrary, I think that it is abundantly clear that this is exactly the type of thing that Limbaugh does repeatedly and what he intended to do on this particular occasion. I suspect but cannot of course prove that the mention of Jesse MacBeth was only made after the producer listening to the show realized how Limbaugh had just put his foot in it and might well be in need of some cover.
So what is the point here? Why bother with the rantings of the blogosphere? The point is that the Web was originally intended to be an antidote to this type of reporting. How do we distinguish real reporting from agitprop from the likes of Rush and co?
The first point is providing references to back the key points that are in dispute. Media Matters does this, Morissey does not. The only links in his article are to his previous article a report in the Hill on the Republican action in defense of Limbaugh, a link to a Republican audio conference and a blog post by a Republican House member. Nowhere does Morissey think it necessary to provide any form of evidence to substantiate his central claim that Limbaugh's position is worth supporting.
References are important but they can be manipulated. I have not checked to see that the Media Matters transcript is in fact an accurate account of what was said. It is possible that Media Matters could fake the entire article, faking evidence is after all what the founder of Media Matters admits having done for many years while he was a Republican party operative. What is very unlikely however is that Media Matters could have presented a fake transcript on the 27th of September without someone having noticed by now, three weeks later. It is accountable. If Morissey in particular or the right wing blogosphere in general could expose the claim as faudulent they would do so rather than merely asserting that the report had been discredited in unspecified ways.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Edwards ahead of Giuliani
in terms of cash on hand, at any rate. According to Opensecrets Edwards had $13 million on hand at the end of Q2, latest reports from the Giuliani campaign indicate $16 mil on hand after Q3 but only $11 mil of that is available for spending in the primary race. Assuming Edwards took in more money than he spent this quarter and that almost all of the Edwards money is for the primary he should be well ahead of Giuliani at this point.
More ominously for the Republicans, Obama at second place in the Democrat money race has more cash on hand than the entire Republican field and Clinton outpaces Obama by a Giuliani.
These figures would be bleak enough for the Republicans, but consider the very different nature of the races.
An early retirement would be unthinkable for Romney or Giuliani, its all or nothing for both men. Neither shows the slightest interest in the second place on the ticket and it isn't likely to be on offer in any case. Its going to go all the way to the end leaving the eventual nominee with nothing in reserve.
The democratic race on the other hand is much less symmetric. The Clinton camp holds a commanding lead in the polls, both nationally and in the early states. Florida's decision to buck the party and hold its poll early may well be decisive. If Clinton wins Florida, Ohio and New Hampshire decisively, Obama may be forced to conclude this is not his year. Unless the Democratic race has turned unexpectedly nasty by that point the number two slot is almost certain to be offered to him and he is almost certain to accept.
The net result is that the Republican nominee is almost certain to end the primary season in debt while the Democrat might emerge with the bulk of the Clinton/Obama stash intact. At current fundraising rates that could easily top $100 million. Enough to buy one heck of a lot of advertising before the convention.
Its not only the Presidential race that may be affected. With a purse that size there will be more than enough to defend any swiftboating attacks and the opportunity to forgo time fundraising for the Presidential election to support the House and Senate campaigns.
Friday, October 12, 2007
End of the road for shock punditry?
The blogosphere is all atwitter at Ann Coulter's nakedly anti-semitic blast. But more significant is the fact that Coulter had to loose a second attention grabbing zinger less than a week after lamenting votes for Women.
After a while the shock pundit has little left to shock with. Having attempted to rehabilitate Hoover and McCarthy and attacked the families of 9/11 victims, Coulter's creativity gave out and she was forced to rely on traditional bigotries. Having done race and gays it was only a matter of time before she got round to anti-semitism.
The establishment media will continue to book her as a 'controvertial' guest. Sontag and Maher were instantly banished for merely critcising the use of the term 'cowardly' to describe suicide bombers. But Coulter's politics being considered favorable to the party of the boardroom she will probably continue to be booked, albeit with diminishing frequency as her ability to shock continues to dwindle.
Eventually the only way Coulter will be able to grab attention is to run for President in a series of LaRouche like campaigns for the Republican nomination.
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Ron Paul has sussed us
There I was thinking we were going to get away with it but Ron Paul has worked it out.
As a card carrying member of the world elite, I was hoping to get a big UN contract to provide portable gun collection stations through my elite friends.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
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Snowstorm headed for Wisconsin; Snowy winter leads to jump in snowmobile deaths; Report says Army bomb parts could have been recycled; more briefs
For the third week in a row, a major snowstorm is brewing to the west of us, and it's heading right toward Wisconsin.
The La Crosse area is expecting around an inch during the day today, but the heaviest stuff is due in tonight and tomorrow.
The National Weather Service now says the south, west and northwest parts of the state could get hit the hardest. Nine to 12 inches could be on the ground by tomorrow night in places like Dodgeville and Baraboo. The Madison and Milwaukee regions expect 6 to 10 inches.
Eau Claire could get up to 10 inches, but places to the east could be spared. Central Wisconsin only expects 2 to 5 inches, and eastern areas could get in the 3 to 7 inch range.
Forecasters say the winds will also pick up to around 25 mph, and drifting snow is possible tomorrow and into Wednesday.
Snowy winter leads to jump in snowmobile deaths
Wisconsin snowmobile deaths are at their highest in three years.
Two more riders were killed over the weekend, bringing the total to 18 for this snowy winter.
Only 10 snowmobilers died during last season's mild winter, and 17 riders were killed two years ago. That makes this winter the deadliest since 2010 when 21 people lost their lives in snowmobile crashes.
The latest victim died Saturday on a public trail near Mercer in far northern Wisconsin. The state Department of Natural Resources said one machine crested a hill and landed on top of an oncoming snowmobile. Other details were not immediately available.
The other fatal mishap was in Rock County in far southern Wisconsin. Authorities said Willie Guzman, 47, of Beloit drove his machine into a patch of open water on Lake Koshkonong. A companion also fell in but was able to walk to the shore and seek help.
Report: Army could have saved millions by recycling, instead of dumping, bomb scraps
The U.S. Army could have recycled its scraps of secret bombs in the 1950's instead of dumping them in Lake Superior.
It cost almost $4 million for the federal government to recover 25 barrels of military scraps last summer, and about 1,400 of them are still in the ground.
The Duluth News-Tribune said the cleanup would not have been necessary had the Army taken the advice of the Honeywell Corporation. It suggested a $1,300 machine to crush the bomb parts and then recycle them.
Instead, the Army put the top-secret materials into 55-gallon drums and buried them in Lake Superior. U.S. officials apparently did not want enemy forces to learn anything about the weapons so they were dumped during the height of the Cold War.
The Duluth paper published a lengthy history Sunday about the dumping, its effects and the possibility of recycling the bombs for much cheaper.
Wisconsin's Red Cliff Indian tribe received federal grants to conduct the partial removals of the barrels last year.
Six vacationing Wisconsinites die in Kentucky crash
The National Transportation Safety Board says it will not conduct a further investigation into a weekend freeway crash in Kentucky that killed six Wisconsinites.
The Kentucky State Police is continuing its own probe into Saturday's mishap on I-65 about 50 miles south of Louisville.
Officials said a semi-truck driver from Michigan might have been distracted just before his truck rear-ended an SUV that was returning to Wisconsin from a vacation in Florida.
James Gollnow, 62, of Pella in Shawano County was driving the SUV. He was killed, along with his wife Barbara, 62; foster children Soledad Smith, age 8, and Gabriel Zumig, age 10; family friend Marion Champnise, 92; and Sarina Gollnow, 18.
Two foster teenagers in the SUV were taken to hospitals in Louisville and Lexington with injuries that included burns and fractures.
Investigators said the trucker, Ibrahim Fetic, 47, of Troy, Mich., had a blood sample taken, and police were checking his driving records.
Funeral director Bob Didier of Marion said the Gollnows were originally from Wisconsin before they moved to Tennessee and came back. He said they long cared for foster children.
About 15 minutes after the original crash, a four-vehicle wreck occurred in the opposite lanes of the freeway, apparently caused by gapers to the other mishap. The drummer for country star Kellie Pickler was injured. Gregg Lohman, 36, of Tennessee was in serious condition at last word.
K-9 missing in woods in Portage County
Central Wisconsin authorities asked for people's help this morning to find a trained law enforcement dog that went missing.
Toro, a German shepherd K-9 officer for the Wood County Sheriff's Department, was loaned to a state trooper to help search a vehicle for drugs in neighboring Portage County.
During the incident, Toro ran into a wooded area along Hwy. 54 and never returned. Wood and Portage county officers searched through the night for Toro but could not find him.
Authorities say the dog is not dangerous unless he's provoked.
Ryan says Congress will give Obama authority to direct cuts to 'wasteful programs'
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan of Janesville says you should not feel any pain from the $85 billion in automatic federal spending cuts that took effect Friday.
Ryan says Congress will give President Obama the authority this week to direct the cuts to "low priority spending and the more wasteful programs."
Ryan told Mike Gousha's "Upfront" TV show yesterday that Congress will eliminate the across-the-board budget cutting.
He said the president will have "the flexibility to make sure that the cuts go after wasteful spending" instead of higher-priority items.
Two die in crash; drunken driver suspected
Manitowoc Police say they've arrested a drunk driver suspected of causing a crash that killed two men and injured five other people.
Police said the driver sped through a stop sign, collided with another vehicle and rolled over around 2:45 a.m. Sunday.
A 23-year-old Manitowoc man and a 24-year-old Two Rivers man died at the scene. Their passenger, a 21-year-old Newton man, was hospitalized in Green Bay at last word with serious injuries.
All three were in the vehicle that was hit. It ended up in nearby yard.
The driver accused of causing the mishap escaped injury. Three others in that vehicle were treated at hospitals and later released.
Still no trace of Kira
Police in St. Paul say they've been getting tips on the whereabouts of former Wisconsin resident Kira Steger Trevino.
But there's still been no trace of her, 12 days after she vanished and four days after her husband was charged with killing her.
St. Paul police presume that Trevino, 30, is dead after evidence of a bloody fight in the master bedroom of the St. Paul home that she shared with Jeffrey Trevino, 39. Trevino was reported missing Feb. 22 after she failed to report to her job as a clothing store manager in Bloomington's Mall of America.
St. Paul police now say they're interested in reports of any unusual activity within 100 miles of the Twin Cities between 9 p.m. Feb. 21 and 10 a.m. the next day.
Kira Steger Trevino graduated from Schofield DC Everest High School in 2011. About 200 people attended a vigil for her in Schofield Friday evening.


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To clean a griddle, pour a little room temperature water on the warm surface and scrub with a spatula or sponge to remove cooked-on food. Once the surface is clean, use a mild detergent and rinse well before re-seasoning the surface with a small amount of oil.
Never pour cold water directly on to a hot griddle surface. The temperature difference between the liquid and metal can cause the griddle to warp and bend, and may even cause cracks in the surface. The griddle should be allowed to cool down after cooking before any water is added, and the water should be at room temperature or warmer in order to prevent thermal shock.
If the griddle has a non-stick surface, seasoning is an important part of maintaining that quality. After cleaning, add a small amount of oil to the surface and rub it in using a paper towel. The oil bonds with the surface of the metal, improving its non-stick quality and preventing rust. This is especially important for cast-iron griddles, which should build up a distinctive black non-stick coating over a lifetime of use. Detergents can degrade this coating, so care should be taken to re-season the pan every time it is washed.


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Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Club Med again
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Yes it's interesting, such a pool game would likely not be allowed at all nowadays - health and safety and public liability and all that... YAM xxReplies
Even at the time it didn't seem terribly safe to me, but I was always okay. Just!Delete
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Regna and Gentes: The Relationship Between Late Antique and Early Medieval Peoples and Kingdoms in the Transformation of the Roman World
Author: H.W. Goetz, J. Jarnut, W. Pohl
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Late Antiquity, no doubt, was a "time of transition or rather transitions".In spite of extensive research on the "Germanic" (or, from the Roman point of view, "barbarian") invasions and the successor states of the Roman Empire, comparatively littleattention has been paid to the "transition of peoples", or their "developing" into kingdoms.
This volume is deliberately not just confined to the "Germanic" peoples (Anglo-Saxons, Bavarians, Burgundians, Franks, Langobards, Ostrogoths, Vandals, Visigoths), but compares these with the West and East Roman tradition (Byzantium and Late Antique Spain) and also with non-Germanic peoples (such as Celts, Huns and Avars), and even with the Islamic kingdoms in early medieval Spain. It also seemed advisable to include a comparative survey of the different Germanic laws.


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I thought this was interesting.
Simply because it's something I have suspected for a long time. I mean, when I was a kid and walked the ten miles to school, barefooted, in the snow, uphill both ways, those polar bears were always waiting for me somewhere, wanting to take my lunch, but I haven't seen them for years.
In fact, not since our igloo melted back in the 1980s.


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These are all 'types' of spirits, rather than individual ones, so it is possible to meet many variants of the spirits briefly described here.
Note also the many linked on the bottom, that fit easily into Spirit World.
More spirits will follow yet.
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Their joined power building a strong foundation to rest on, known individuals could be still called upon for assistance, best by their closest family and friends. But when the memory of an individual fades away, the spirit will be slowly drawn deeper into the spirit group... replaced by the next generations to be called upon for assistance.
As the tribes of old have fallen apart, the contact with tribal spirits has been severed, the names to be called forgotten, and the tribal spirits themselves have changed. Some distinct family clans still have similar spirits near to them, but even their time seems to be over.
The Flyers - a type of a Traveller, those rare few who so strongly wished to fly, that they learned it here on their own, or merged with bird spirits. It is typical for them that they never land, but forever fly the skies of Spirit World, never stopping, always looking for another view, and another wind. Later, some of them actually become or merge with spirits of the winds.
The stars - true lovers, that have merged into one, and live only their eternal love, become stars on the sky, and are so clearly shining their devotion, that they are visible even in our world. Needing no one else, they are too distant to be contacted, though it is claimed they sometimes confer luck on lovers.
The Scary Ones are a sick folk, everyone agrees. Feeling little power during their lives, in a world of strange laws it can be easy to scare the living hell out of anyone, threaten and persuade others to do what they do not wish to do. But eventually, the victims free themselves of the scary presence, and learn to recognize the few tricks they have. This kind of spirits tends to travel in the opposite direction than most - loosing interest in spirits, they turn back to humans where there is limitless fun, and never a lack of 'spooky mansions' and 'cursed places'. They sometimes join genuine ghosts in their efforts, boring as they seem. Not rarely, they are chased off to this existence by other spirits.
The Scary Ones change in shape relatively quickly, shedding their boring appearances to become threatening shadows, monsters with many claws and teeth, and anything you can imagine. Still, somewhere deep is hidden the little clerk, or the quiet housewife...
These spirits did not accept what they have become, sometimes failing to notice their very death. The wondrous world of beauties uncountable is scary and alien to them, place where they cannot find a stable point to cling to. Instead they roam without purpose, or flee without a hope to ever stop. Communicating to them is very hard, bringing them to reason is close to impossible. Their best chance to find peace is to happen across the spirit herd of animals, running in fear of something, too familiar a state to not be joined. Later, when they calm down and stop, the one in their midst could be also drawn into this emotion... the few that have recovered from this state, found a way to normalcy, or have merged such a spirit group.
'The Nothing' - spirits that so much believe being of no consequence, that they get very close to be nothing. They make up the background of Spirit World, perhaps that is why it seems to be covered in a strange haze. If there is a more diffilcut thing that communicating with them, it is noticing them in the first place. It is said they know much but do not tell anyone.
The Broken are also well-known, and not for friendliness.
Some people are never content, nothing is good enough, or they never have enough, being too greedy, too wanting. Upon Death, all that was important before turns out to be nonsense, the new existence offering nothing comparable after this shock. Lacking a reason to exist, lacking a motive to do anything useful, or communicate with anyone, they withdraw into the deepest pits, and places where no one else wants to go, to wallow in pity, and suffer in self-loathing, hating everyone and themselves. There they would reside, lashing out at any visitor of chance, then fleeing; not of cowardice, but of the disgusting notion of sharing space with somebody else.
It is not unheard for mental diseases during life being ended by the spirit splitting into two or more. The Broken, in moments of greatest unrest, tear away parts of themselves so they do not have to cope with them. Inevitably, they produce many unstable, irrational, deformed beings that cannot be called sane, the originator hardly being different. It is said that when a necromancer creates an undead, they call upon these parts of souls - and they gladly oblige, feeling the pull of a similar soul and finally some purpose... but they turn soon to hate again, even against their new master, who they cannot hurt.
The Broken are probably the most loathed creatures in the Spirit World.
It is a frequent spirit to meet in the desolate places - an old, shuffling man (or woman), slowly making his way to an unknown destination, without a true purpose or hope. They have lost much of their original personality while still alive, due to the afflictions of age. Now they shuffle on, all the way to eternity. A few manage to recover, to regain a glimpse of former selves, or awake to a new existence... but that is too rare to be seen.
When encountered, they tend to have an air of disoriented friendliness, or unfocused hostility, but they don't respond to their surroundings, or attempts at communication. They can easily pass over to the other side, and back again, over and over... one day, they will shuffle through railway stations, and empty parks, ignored by everyone.
Infant Souls
Death awaits the young and old. Sometimes children die, old enough to fend for themselves, not truly understanding what happened. If they avoid the more mature spirits, they will probably stay behind in their development, retaining their childish nature. They grow up with time, but there are always new ones, victims of accidents, violence, or even their curiosity.
Simple minded as they are, they tend to play pranks on others, show their tongues, or just be a general nuisance. A louder voice or a little scare will easily chase them away.
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TONY EASTLEY: The UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has expressed "grave concern" over an alleged Israeli air strike in Syria.
Syria says Israel bombed a weapons research facility while Western diplomats have told international news agencies the Israelis hit a convoy carrying advanced weapons bound for militants in Lebanon.
Matt Brown is our Middle East correspondent.
Matt, good morning. Ban Ki-moon isn't the only one expressing concern, is he?
MATT BROWN: No, he's not. I mean Mr Ban Ki-moon has expressed grave concern but he's also pointedly urged all concerned to abide by international law in particular in respect of territorial integrity and the sovereignty of all countries in the region.
Russia for its part has said that if confirmed this strike would be, quote, "a very serious breach of the UN charter". And Iran which supports Syria with weapons, funds, training and personnel warned Israel of grave consequences and hinted at retaliation from the Lebanese militia Hezbollah which Iran and Syria both support.
TONY EASTLEY: So Matt, a weapons research facility or a convoy carrying advanced weapons - what do you make of the different versions?
MATT BROWN: Well the first version was put out by Western diplomats who said that Israeli jets violated Lebanese air space flew in and bombed a weapons convoy on its way from Syria to Lebanon and that it was probably carrying advanced surface to air missiles.
The second version comes from the Syrian government which says the planes bombed that weapons research facility which is roughly speaking though along the route from Damascus into Lebanon.
The Reuters newsagency spoke to locals in the vicinity of that facility who said there was an explosion overnight. So bottom line, the Syrian military has suffered a serious hit of some sort.
TONY EASTLEY: So let's assume an attack occurred, what's the significance of it?
MATT BROWN: Well let's accept for the moment that these advanced surface to air missiles were destined for Hezbollah. They would be game-changers.
Back in 2006 in a conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hezbollah used anti-tank rockets very effectively in South Lebanon which is rugged and kind of custom made for ambushes. It fired barrage after barrage of unguided rockets into northern Israel, at Israeli cities. But Israeli aircraft could operate relatively unhindered flying over Lebanon. So advanced surface to air missiles would make a big difference.
But the only problem is these sorts of missiles are really big. They require a radar battery to operate and it's not clear how that would have been sustainable given what the Israelis can do when you switch a radar on.
It's also not clear why Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, would have taken this move when Israel's response would have been all but guaranteed. So I guess some uncertainty in my mind about why such large, sophisticated weapons systems would be being moved at this time.
And the bottom line on all of this is that the price in terms of this strike and the controversy over it is actually now being paid by the Syrian rebels in propaganda terms because Hezbollah now is able to get out there and say that the strike proves what they've said all along - that this Syrian uprising is just a Zionist conspiracy designed to cripple yet another Arab government.
TONY EASTLEY: Our Middle East correspondent Matt Brown.
The full story...
Israeli airstrike in Syria triggers warning from Iran
Matt Brown reported this story on Friday, February 1, 2013 08:13:00
TONY EASTLEY: The UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has expressed "grave concern" over an alleged Israeli air strike in Syria.


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On Sunday, October 29, 2017, Pace University formally installed Marvin Krislov as our eighth president. President Krislov took office on August 1, 2017.
In the week leading up to the installation ceremony, Pace University hosted a series of showcase events celebrating the inauguration. We looked back on Pace's unique history and how it led us to this pivotal moment in time as well as looked to the future under the inspired and visionary leadership of our new president. These inaugural week events illustrated the innovation, leadership, and accomplishments of Pace's students, staff, faculty, trustees, and alumni.
The formal installation ceremony was held on Sunday, October 29, from 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. on Pace University's Pleasantville Campus.
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From the procession to President Krislov's remarks, including greetings from community members, performances from School of Performing Arts students, and remarks from speakers including Board of Trustees Chairman Mark M. Besca '81, NY State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Dr. Johnnetta Cole.
Images capture the highlights of the procession and ceremony.
President Krislov's Speech
"I am confident that, together, we can build on the legacy of innovation, high quality education, service to the community, and commitment to our students that has made this university what it is today—a place where students discover that their dreams really are within their reach..."
The formal program shares Pace University's history, highlights the event's program, and includes a list of the day's guest delegates.
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Student Showcase
Students demonstrated their skills, talents, and educational prowess through presentations, research, conversations, and more, including a Q&A with the Student Government Association presidents and President Krislov. A reception, along with an exhibit of the students' work, followed. Watch the presentation and view images of the presentation and exhibits.
Faculty Showcases
Faculty shared and presented their work, alone and with students, in two showcases that displayed their teaching innovation, research, and more. View the New York City program (PDF). View the Pleasantville program (PDF).
Performing Arts Showcase
Students from the Pace School of Performing Arts and the Actors Studio Drama school artfully welcomed President Krislov with an evening of music, dance, and theatrical performances. Watch the video.
Pleasantville Planting and Tree Dedication Ceremony
The Pace Community came together to beautify the campus and officially welcome President Krislov to Pace with a tree planting and dedication ceremony. View pictures.
Foundations: Building the Pace Path Exhibit
Pace University's approach to preparing students for success can be traced back to Homer Pace himself. This exhibit illustrated Homer's holistic ideas along with many of Pace's other innovative moments that have led us to this pivotal moment in time. Watch the slide presentation that accompanied the exhibit (PDF).


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How big an impact did Mitt Romney's performance in last week's debate have? Huge. Mr. Romney not only won the night, he changed the arc of the election—and perhaps its outcome. Surveys have him leading the RealClearPolitics average of polls for the first time since securing the GOP nomination in mid-April.
Prior to Oct. 3, Mr. Romney trailed President Barack Obama by an average of 3.1 points in national polls tallied by RealClearPolitics. Since the debate, Mr. Romney now leads Mr. Obama in the RCP average by a point, 48.2% to 47.2%, and the bounce is likely to grow. By comparison, Sen. John Kerry was widely seen to have bested President George W. Bush in the first 2004 debate (held on Sept. 30 of that year), but he never led in the RCP average in October.
In seven of the past nine presidential debate series, the challenger has gained more in the polls than the incumbent (or the candidate of the party in power). The first debate generally frames the series and establishes whether the bounce will be large or modest. Mr. Romney's bounce is significant.
It's unlikely that Mr. Obama will do as poorly next Tuesday at Hofstra University in New York. His supporters are demanding that he be more aggressive. He will be, telling AM radio's Tom Joyner on Wednesday that he'd been "too polite" in the first debate.
But if the president is as angry and negative in the Oct. 16 debate as he has been on the campaign trail the past week, he will damage himself again. It's hard in a town-hall format like next week's to attack, and too easy to come across as mean and nasty. Also, alleging that Mr. Romney is a serial deceiver—as the president and top advisers are doing—is a hard sell. Mr. Romney came across last week as practical and thoughtful, authentic and a straight shooter.
A record 72% in the Oct. 8 Gallup survey said he won the debate, compared with 20% who thought Mr. Obama did. Voters would not have awarded such a lopsided victory to a liar.
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Republicans are also getting the better of Mr. Obama in early voting. In 2008, Democrats made up 51% of the North Carolina early vote while Republicans were 30%. This year, Republicans have cast 54% of the ballots returned so far, Democrats only 28%, according to state data compiled by George Mason University's Michael McDonald for his United States Election Project.
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Republicans have also made up ground in Ohio. For example, in 2008 Democrats requested 5% more absentee ballots in Franklin County (Columbus), 4% more in Greene County (Xenia), and 11% more in Wood County (Bowling Green). This election, Republicans have more ballot requests than Democrats in these counties by 5%, 19% and 1% respectively.
The Romney campaign saw a $12 million surge in online contributions following the debate, and major GOP fundraisers are again opening their checkbooks. True enough, Hollywood stars and rich San Francisco liberals wrote big checks during Mr. Obama's two-day California swing this week. But it isn't clear what overall impact the president's poor debate performance will have on his fundraising. The small Internet donors that produced an eye-popping $181 million fundraising total in September may be disappointed in his debate skills and waiting to see if he improves.
During the GOP primary, one of Mr. Romney's chief selling points was his skill as a debater. He picked a powerful moment to display this strength. The debate at the University of Denver qualifies as among the most consequential in history. It might end up as the election's decision point.
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Down the Security Rabbithole, The Blog
This is a collection of my thoughts and ideas, and anything expressed here is unrelated to anything in real life and does not represent opinions of clients, employers or colleagues. If it feels a little bit like stream-of-consciousness, it probably is.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Beyond Passwords: Lessons from the G1
One thing that caught my attention immediately was the password feature to unlock the phone. Instead of typing in a PIN like I do on my Windows Mobile phone, my wife uses her finger to make a pattern on the grid. Instead of a PIN that someone can guess with enough tries (granted, my phone wipes itself after 8 tries) you can put in a patter on the grid which is nearly impossible to "guess"... that got me thinking.
With all the hacking that's happened in the past several weeks, most notably the annoying Twitter hack that filled up my news inbox... and all the associated "passwords" talk that went around - I wondered what would happen if Twitter had this same kind of security as my wife's G1. Interesting.
What I have been saying for at least 2 years now, and I'll repeat here again is this: passwords are so 5 years ago. Designers of software and systems need to move beyond passwords, no matter how complex, because they're all useless. So many attacks, password-stealing trojans and other attacks would be thwarted if the designers of these systems simply thought a little more intelligently about the security of their system.
Sad, really... a consumer-based handset has better security than most high-technology, high-volume, high-net-worth, high-security web sites.
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- Stephan Wehner said...
You wrote, "What I have been saying for at least 2 years now, and I'll repeat here again is this: passwords are so 5 years ago."
Sorry, could you provide some pointers to alternatives?
- January 11, 2009 at 10:43 PM
- Rafal said...
@Stephan - Yes, I would welcome the move to more complex or less 'breakable' mechanisms of authentication such as this one that the G1 uses. The term "password" has come to mean a simple word or numerical combination, which is terribly inept. Here then, are some alternatives I think are viable (aside from the one the G1 uses):
1) http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=439 - under "Vidoop's legitimate alternative to passwords"
2) http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9016 - a great idea from PassFaces
3) http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/news.asp?id=49115 - even something as trivial as a "pass phrase"
There you have 4 legitimate options, that I feel should be adopted more and more simply because passwords cannot be legitimately trusted anymore.
I'm actually going to do a write-up on this shortly so if you're interested in discourse, or contributing please email or IM me.
- January 12, 2009 at 11:04 AM
- Vaclav said...
Hi Rafal.
Yes, indeed the current system of passwords is so .... inadequate. Just because you make it longer and more complex, doesn't make it safer.
I have two blog posts on that exact topic.
- January 12, 2009 at 3:32 PM