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Faisal Hoque, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BTM Corporation, spoke on The Power of Convergence: Why Bringing Business and Technology Together Matters, at the March 2010 Business Ecology Initiative Symposium in Jacksonville FL.
Hoque set the stage with the startling fact that only 74 of the original 500 firms remain in the S&P index just 40 years later. The frenetic pace of business has reduced the enterprise life expectancy. The response has been a call for agility. Referencing research of the BTM Institute, Hoque stated that agility is achieved through repeatable management processes.
The components of agility are flexible organizational constructs and behaviors, standards for enterprise architecture, including business architecture, a portfolio investment approach that is structured to balance between stability and agility, and a governance model that facilitates horizontal and collaborative decision making processes.
Of the flexible organizational constructs and behaviors, Hoque focused on business-technology convergence. Unlike business-IT alignment, which is essentially communicating silos, business-technology convergence features intertwined business and technology activities, dedicated to driving superior financial performance.
With the agility and business-technology convergence context set, Hoque walked through the BTM management practice framework, including the 17 capabilities required to achieve convergence.
In addition to discussing the practices, Hoque shared metrics and trends from the hundreds of organizations who have utilized the BTM measurement tools over the past 7 years. A critical finding is a correlation of management practice maturity and corporate growth and financial returns – stock price, earnings and margins.
Click here to listen to an audio recording of Hoque's presentation and view the slides.
[Disclosure: The Business Ecology Initiative is a client of my firm, Elemental Links.]

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måndag 31 oktober 2011
Reality check
Weekday Carnival is usually famous for showing well orgainized and very stylish photos of her home, but I have to say that I love this post showing quite the opposite. We´re living in an era of showing off our perfect homes in our perfect lifes. Looking at peoples Facebook status makes, at least me, feel like a lazy bum. Everyone is running before breakfast, eating fantastic dinners, going to exotic places and loving their jobs...every day. And going threw interior blogs (like I do every day) doesn´t make my home look any less messy when I return from the computer. So, thank you Weekday Carnival for making my home look normal. Got to go, have some cleaning to do... ;)
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söndag 30 oktober 2011
Floor love
I found these photos at Stil inspiration, a Swedish blog I really recommend, but the photos are taken by Marc Seelen for Elle Decor Italia.
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fredag 28 oktober 2011
Alex & Fred
Alex & Fred is a new Swedish concept, specialised on bedding for children, made from shirt fabrics. They are designed by Bobo Andersson, a former fashion designer and will be sold on their website Alex & Fred, opening just now. I love the sharp gingham checks and stripes, reminding me of my husbands favorite shirts and I like the fact that this Swedish company is focusing on the children without making it look too childish.
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torsdag 27 oktober 2011
Todays love
Todays love is all about the black and white inspired from New York mixed with the natur of Scandinavia. Sharp edges and clean cuts together with fresh linnen and organic materials.
Via: rum för två, lotta agaton, vineet kaur & vosges paris
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onsdag 26 oktober 2011
Back in town
So, I´m back after yet another fantastic trip, New York was as lovely as always. Very good work wise, I got a lot of inspiration for next years fall collections. We also managed to find some great restaurants.
One place I can recommened for coffee is Ground Support on West Broadway. They have the best coffee I´ve ever tasted, anywere!
The first night we had dinner at La Esquina, just around the corner from our hotel. Mexican food, the way it should taste...so nice. It was acctually so good that we had to come back once more. Try the fish tacos, fantastic!!
One night we went to Freemans, at the end of Freeman Alley. We were there in April this year and just had to return. It´s a restuarant with great food, but the crowd and ambiance is worth a visit.Barneys for a visit to their exclusive designer department. Their we ran in to the Olsen sisters, looking exactly as one would have thought. Super cute, super smal, in black with sunglasses on and a large Starbucks coffee in their hand. We followed them around for a bit just to see what they were looking at, and let me just say that I´m sure knitted headbands will be seen soon on one of them...
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onsdag 19 oktober 2011
New York, here I come.
So I just packed my bags (again) and today I´m heading over to New York. It will be great!! I will let you know when I´m back... Take care and I´ll be writing soon again.
Via: wish & do you fancy this
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New Delhi
Pictures by Camilla
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söndag 16 oktober 2011
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lördag 15 oktober 2011
Back in the game
Today I´m all about the greys mixed with strong electric blue, bold yellow or hot pink. I think using colourful tape is a good way to accentuate the mood of the moment.
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fredag 14 oktober 2011
Friday mix
I wish you all a great friday evening!
Via: pinterest, ólöf jakobína, lotta agaton, less delicate than the locust, urban living & anca gray
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GASB Improves the Usefulness of Reported Fund Balance Information
Norwalk, CT, March 11, 2009—The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) today issued GASB Statement No. 54, Fund Balance Reporting and Governmental Fund Type Definitions. Statement 54 is intended to improve the usefulness of information provided to financial report users about fund balance by providing clearer, more structured fund balance classifications, and by clarifying the definitions of existing governmental fund types.
Fund balance—the difference between assets and liabilities in the governmental fund financial statements—is among the most widely and frequently used information in state and local government financial reports. The GASB developed Statement 54 to address the diversity of practice and the resulting lack of consistency that had evolved in fund balance reporting. To reduce confusion, the new standards establish a hierarchy of fund balance classifications based primarily on the extent to which a government is bound to observe spending constraints imposed upon how resources reported in governmental funds may be used.
Statement 54 distinguishes fund balance between amounts that are considered nonspendable, such as fund balance associated with inventories, and other amounts that are classified based on the relative strength of the constraints that control the purposes for which specific amounts can be spent. Beginning with the most binding constraints, fund balance amounts will be reported in the following classifications:
- Restricted—amounts constrained by external parties, constitutional provision, or enabling legislation
- Committed—amounts constrained by a government using its highest level of decision-making authority
- Assigned—amounts a government intends to use for a particular purpose
- Unassigned—amounts that are not constrained at all will be reported in the general fund.
The new standards also clarify the definitions of individual governmental fund types. It interprets certain terms within the definition of special revenue fund types, while further clarifying the debt service and capital projects fund type definitions. The final standard also specifies how economic stabilization or "rainy-day" amounts should be reported.
"Fund balance reporting on financial statements is critical to understanding the financial health of state and local governments," states Robert H. Attmore, chairman of the GASB. "Statement 54 sets forth clear criteria for reporting fund balance so that users of governmental financial statements will receive more consistent and understandable information that is useful for making economic, social and political decisions."
GASB Statement 54 is effective for financial statements for periods beginning after June 15, 2010. Governments that wish to implement earlier than that date are encouraged to do so. To obtain a copy of the statement, call the GASB Order Department at (800) 748-0659 or log on to www.gasb.org for more information.
About the Governmental Accounting Standards Board
The GASB is the independent, not-for-profit organization formed in 1984 that establishes and improves financial accounting and reporting standards for state and local governments. Its seven members are drawn from the Board's diverse constituency, including preparers and auditors of government financial statements, users of those statements and members of the academic community. More information about the GASB can be found at its website, www.gasb.org.


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Musicplay is an award winning music curriculum for elementary schools. Musicplay is a sequential curriculum with lessons that follow the calendar year. The weekly lesson outlines the new concepts that will be taught, those that will be reviewed, and include seasonal and holiday repertoire. The planning is done for the teacher!
Year Plans are included for each grade.
Monthly Lesson Outlines give you the month at a glance.
40 weekly detailed lessons offer you a menu of musical activities.
Recordings are included in the teacher's guides! (No downloads from itunes are required)
* 4 Performance/Accompaniment CDs of songs and multicultural listening examples are included!
The Musicplay 5 CDs have more than 100 musical selections! Child and adult voices are used, and there are many recordings licensed from popular children's entertainers. Accompaniments include Orff arrangements, piano accompaniments and orchestrated accompaniments. Performance songs on the CDs have both performance tracks and accompaniment tracks - you can use the accompaniments only for your performances. Multicultural songs feature authentic performances - the songs are in original languages and are sung by native singers. Many of the multicultural songs are game songs that appeal to children even though the language and sound may be unfamiliar. Many rounds are included so your students can begin singing in parts. There are wonderful choral selections and folk song arrangements in Musicplay 5 in unison as well two parts.
Assessment suggestions are given throughout the teacher's guides.
Checklists of important skills are included if your district requires the use of them.
Reproducibles are included in Musicplay 5.
The Musicplay 5 teacher's guide includes reproducible 3 part (SSA) recorder materials.
A recorder performance/accompaniment CD is included!
Musicplay 5 reproducibles include many worksheets for music writing practice and assessment.


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"Acids from plaque cause the loss of minerals from the tooth (a process called demineralization), resulting in tooth decay. The formation of small cavities, or carious lesions, can be reversed by remineralization--that is, the deposition of minerals into previously damaged areas of tooth. Topical fluoride, when applied frequently in low concentrations, increases both the rate of growth and the size of enamel crystals. The accelerated growth of enamel crystals within the demineralized lesion initiates reminerization of the tooth. Also, the larger crystals are less prone to future attack from the acids.
"Systemic fluoride--ingested fluoride that is absorbed mainly through the stomach and intestine into the bloodstream--helps to strengthen teeth while they are growing. The fluoride is carried to developing tooth buds, where the interaction with the developing crystals initiates the replacement of hydroxyapatite (the tooth enamel's normal crystalline composition) with fluorapatite (a related crystal which incorporates fluoride). Fluorapatite is more resistant to decay than is hydroxyapatite."
Mary Hayes of the American Dental Association presents some further information:
"Fluoride is a naturally occurring element that prevents tooth decay when ingested systemically or applied to teeth topically. The fluoride ion comes from the element fluorine. Fluorine, the 13th most abundant element in the earth's crust, is never encountered in its free state in nature. It exists only in combination with other elements as a fluoride compound. It is found in this form as a constituent of minerals in rocks and soil everywhere. Water passes over rock formations containing fluoride and dissolves these compounds, creating fluoride ions. The result is that small amounts of soluble fluoride ions are present in all water sources, including the oceans.
"Fluoride is present to some extent in all foods and beverages, but the concentrations vary widely. All water contains some fluoride naturally. Water fluoridation is the process of adjusting the fluoride content of water to the recommended level for optimal dental health. In the U.S., the optimum concentration for fluoride in the water has been established in the range of 0.7 to 1.2 parts per million (ppm). The specific optimum for a locality is dependent on the average annual temperature for the region.
"Researchers believe there are several mechanisms by which fluoride achieves its anticaries (cavity-preventing) effect. It reduces the solubility of enamel in acid by converting hydroxyapatite into less soluble fluorapatite; it may exert an influence directly on dental plaque, reducing the ability of plaque organisms to produce acid; and it promotes the remineralization of tooth enamel in areas that have been decalcified by acids.
"Most likely, fluoride works by a combination of these effects. But the remineralization effect of fluoride is of prime importance, because it results in a reversal of the early caries process and it gives rise to an enamel surface that is more resistant to decay.


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Long Weekend
24 x 18. Gallery depth canvas. Sides painted. Wired and ready to hang.
I had more fun painting these than I have in a long time. They're loose, imperfect, and bold. And that makes me happy. I hope you agree.
These new paintings are reminiscent of the smaller series that I painted last summer, in that they strokes are bold and the color is saturated.
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A tip of the hat to my buddy Glenn Walker who brought this to my attention in his article:
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what is "age of ultron" and who is this "ikon"?ReplyDelete
Hey Matt. Age of Ultron is Marvel's latest big event. Ikon is another spaceknight from the ROM comic book. ROM is still a licensed product that Marvel can't use, but they can use the other characters and spaceknights they created in the comic book. Hope that helps.ReplyDelete
Thanks. I don't read marvel or dc anymore and never read Rom. i keep hearing good things
about the old Rom series.
you heard right Rom, but i don't blame you for not reading new comics these days.Delete
No problem. Rom was a 1980s classic, yet to be covered in my blog. But if you like Mantlo and Sal Buscema, then it's a treat.ReplyDelete


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As I have written in previous predictions, I've been focusing on the Internet Big Five lately, and expect that to continue this year, as the group, collectively, are something of a "character" in my upcoming book (as is Twitter, the "free radical"). Other characters include "The Government" and "Corporations," so expect predictions about those players in the next few days. But today, I want to focus on the Big Five as a whole. I've been staring at these companies, trying to understand their strategic imperatives, which is why I found myself making yet another chart.
This one focuses on core product lines where all (or most) of these companies are playing. For me, these product lines, taken together, are the basis of what we might call "the operating system of our lives." And since the book is about how we will be leveraging our lives over digital platforms in one generation, it struck me as important to assess where each of the Big Five is right now (what they have already built) and where they are weak (what they need to build to compete).
As you can see, I've laid out the same five companies, listed top to bottom by market cap. From left to right are columns of various product lines or offerings that I've determined are crucial areas that any player in the "OS of our life" must address. I've keyed each company against each product line with one of four scores, from "Strong" – where a company already dominates – to "Weak" – where a company either does not play, or has an anemic offering. The terms "Developing" and "Improving" demonstrate that the company is making progress in that area, from either a weak position ("Developing") or a middling position ("Improving").
The product lines I determined were worthy of inclusion mirrored many of the territories found in the Web 2 Summit Points of Control map, with some key additions. Starting from the left: If you're going to be the "OS of life," it helps if you have experience building operating systems. Next, it's critical that you have the ability to distribute products and services, in particular entertainment, to folks on your platform. This means dealing with Hollywood, and the Big Five are in various states of disarray with regard to that issue. Third is Productivity Software, which some of the Big Five may well just punt on (Facebook and Amazon, perhaps). Fourth is Advertising Solutions – where all of the Big Five are either major players or developing solutions. Next are Tablets and Phones, which perhaps could also be called a distribution play but are far more than that. After that is Search, which kind of started this whole Web 2 thing back in the day – I gave Apple a "developing" here because of Siri, which I view as a search interface. Next up is Social, which is pretty self explanatory, Payment, a key point of control, and lastly Voice, which I believe (perhaps wrongly) as a critical aspect of user interface.
Why on earth did I go to the trouble of doing this? Well, because it helps me Think Out Loud about how these companies are going to play out over the next couple of years. If you buy that all of these companies need strategies in most of the areas I outline above, then looking for relative weaknesses and strengths of each is an interesting exercise. In fact, if you really squint, you may well see some patterns in future M&A (the subject of my next prediction post, in fact).
I could go on for pages about how I came to each score. For example, I gave Facebook a "developing" in OSes, even though the company really doesn't have an OS like Windows or iOS. Why? Because I view Facebook as an OS layer on top of the Web, though of course not in the classic sense. And why did Amazon get a "developing" in Voice? Because it just bought a company in the space, just like Apple did with Siri in 2010. I'll spare you the details of all the rest, but very much invite your comments on the chart. I labeled it "Draft 1" for a reason. What categories of product did I miss? Were my scores fair? Comment away, please!


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Paul Pillar is the author of a new book on 9/11 and the Iraq War entitled, Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform. In an appearance on Monday on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports, Pillar said that the "the most important point to make is, that war decision was not driven by intelligence…if you look at what intelligence was saying to the Bush administration, they were not talking up Iraq as a threat before the decision was made. The infamous intelligence estimate about Weapons of Mass Destruction didn't even exist when the President had made his decision and the selling of that decision to the American public by late summer 2002 moved into high gear, the President didn't even read the estimate."
Pillar was a CIA agent for 28 years, and from 2000 to 2005 was the national intelligence officer for the Near East and South Asia. When he left the CIA he went public as a critic of the Bush Administration and the lead up to the war in Iraq.
I wrote about Pillar's appearances and articles at that time, back in 2006, including criticism he received from Guillermo Christensen, a fellow CIA agent. Christensen accused Pillar of "violating his confidences" and causing damage to the CIA. "For a CIA officer to discard this neutral role and to inject himself in the political realm is plain wrong," wrote Christensen. "It will end up making the CIA even less relevant than it is today, if that is possible."
Despite Pillar's criticism of the Bush administration, he acknowledged to Wolf Blitzer that "There was a strong consensus, not only here in the United States but overseas, that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq."
Iraq wasn't a new story in 2002. There had been 16 UN Security Council resolutions demanding that Iraq come clean on its Weapons of Mass Destruction. President Clinton in September of 1998 had signed the Iraq Liberation Act making regime change official U.S. policy. A couple of months later, on December 16, Clinton ordered the bombing of Iraq explaining the mission of the armed forces with these comments:
"Their purpose is to protect the national interest of the United States, and indeed the interests of people throughout the Middle East and around the world. Saddam Hussein must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world with nuclear arms, poison gas or biological weapons…Other countries possess weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. With Saddam, there is one big difference. He has used them. Not once, but repeatedly. Unleashing chemical weapons against Iranian troops during a decade long war. Not only against soldiers, but against civilians, firing Scud missiles at the citizens of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Iran. And not only against a foreign enemy, but even against his own people, gassing Kurdish civilians in Northern Iraq…The international community had little doubt then, and I have no doubt today, that left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will use these terrible weapons again."
It is not as if Pillar isn't familiar with these facts, but he has a book to sell, and he knows there is still a market out there and a media platform, MSNBC, willing to help promote the notion that Bush knowingly lied and misled America into the Iraq War.


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Veranoa Hetet and her group of weavers Te Rōpu Miro have been the weavers in residence for the Kahu Ora Living Cloaks exhibition for the last few weeks. Time goes so fast and it's hard to believe this will be their last weekend at Te Papa, as they finish on Sunday 2 September.
Veranoa and her family have had a long association with Te Papa. I first met Veranoa's Mum, Erenora Puketapu-Hetet in about 1987 when I was fresh to the museum world, and working in the insect department at the old Buckle Street building of the National Museum. I remember Erenora's warmth and her willingness to share her knowledge of weaving with me, and with anyone who showed an interest. She showed me how to extract muka using a mussel shell – something that continues to amaze me – and we watched as she showed us how to weave tukutuku panels. It felt very special when years later in 2012, I was able to help make available in the Kahu Ora exhibition and on the cloaks website a video of one of the last interviews that Erenora gave, in March 2006, only months before sadly she passed away.
Kahu Ora has been one of the best and most rewarding exhibitions that I've had the privilege to work on for Te Papa. Weaving is about connections and the threads that join people together. Over the last few weeks I've had the chance to reconnect with Veranoa. It has been amazing to watch her at work in the Weavers' Studio, skilfully working on the tāniko border for a kākahu for her eldest son.
We reminisced about Erenora, and talked about the kākahu that Erenora was working on, but didn't complete, before she passed away. Awhina, Norm and I filmed Veranoa the other day, capturing this wonderful kōrero. Once this is edited it will be added to the Māori Cloaks website.
Last week Veranoa and her group were joined by Kahu Te Kanawa, another expert weaver who was here to give a talk at Te Papa.
Veranoa's great-grandmother, Rangimarie Hetet, is Kahu's grandmother – their connections are strong and deep. It was magical to see Kahu and Veranoa sitting down together to work on the tāniko border of Veranoa's kākahu. They laughed, they talked and they told me "this is how weavers learn".
Another magical moment in Kahu Ora, another connection, another example of knowledge being shared and passed on.
Nau te rourou
Naku te rourou
Ka ora te tangata
With your basket of knowledge
And my basket of knowledge
The people will be assisted


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Occupied since the 14th century, San Ildefonso Pueblo is one of the best known of the New Mexico "living" pueblos. The pueblo contains adobe buildings, ceremonial kivas, a central plaza and a 1905 church built on the remains of a 17th-century mission church. San Ildefonso is famous for its matte and polished black-on-black pottery popularized in the early 20th century by Maria and Julian Martinez.
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Philadelphia's well loved TheArtBlog announced today that co-founder Libby Rosof will retire from daily operations at the blog. The blog will continue to be helmed by co-founder Roberta Fallon.
By now, we have a fairly good handle on New York art stars, but we hear less about the people who love them. In two years of writing for AFC, I've owed my art-viewing as much to artists as I have to devoted curators, gallerists, and writers working diligently behind the scenes, knee-deep with the rest of us.
Who are these unsung heroes of the art world? I asked leaders of various emerging art communities for their recommendations, and gathered a series of interviews. Today we talk to Deana Haggag and Catherine Akins, Libby Rosof an Roberta Fallon, Tom Weinrich, Alex Ebstein and Seth Adelsberger, and Rod Malin.
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Abbie's at Seal Beach...asian nachos.
Running in Laguna Beach and La Jolla- such a fun way to see the city and the views were amazing.
Drive on Hwy 1
Eating at Bull Taco in Cardiff...never would have known this existed....thank you Grace.
Croughnut at VH Donut....OMG
Hike in Torrey Pine...amazing
Dinner at Georges- best waiter, steak, and dessert....we loved La Jolla.
Coffee Cup, Ryan Goslings twin works there.
Authentic Mexican restaurant, Las Cautro Milaps (recommended by our waiter at Georges)
And the sunset at Coranado
Y'all are the best!! Thanks for taking time to help plan our trip!!
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
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It is sometimes easy to forget how privileged we are to have access to modern conveniences, healthcare technologies and services. Fortunately, at Sonosite, we enjoy supporting many adventurous care providers who share their skills in resource limited countries. One such Doctor is Dr Jennifer Chao. Upon her return from El Salvador we received this informative email:
On May 19 and 20th, twenty-one physicians in El Salvador participated in a 2 day paediatric bedside ultrasound course at Benjamin Bloom Children's Hospital in San Salvador, El Salvador. This is the fourth time that such a course has been presented at this site, with the support of Sonosite in the form of loaner equipment. The participants included 13 physicians from within Bloom, and 8 from surrounding hospitals. In fact, we were informed that there were another 20 plus physicians that were interested in participating, but to optimise the class size, the class was closed at 21.
The topics covered include an introduction to bedside ultrasound, FAST, lung, musculoskeletal, procedures, cardiac, RUSH, kidney and bladder, and paediatric abdomen (pyloric stenosis, intussusception and appendicitis). All of these topics were requested by the participants. The format consisted of morning lectures mixed with in classroom practise, and the afternoon was spent with patients focusing on pathology. One of the most gratifying moments, was watching the early adapters from the Bloom team teaching the others!
The learners were incredibly enthusiastic, and in particular some of the surgeons were anxious to use the FAST to decrease the number of DPLs they perform. Aside from teaching/ encouraging the use of bedside ultrasound, this trip was also an opportunity to further explore how they have adapted the FAST to help with the management of Dengue.... hopefully there will be more on this coming in the near future!
Thanks again for the support.
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Fugitive classified document leaker Edward Snowden, holed up at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport since June 23, today accused the U.S. government of using "historically disproportionate aggression" to get him back to the United States to face charges of violating the Espionage Act of 1917.
In a statement released from Moscow on Friday afternoon, Snowden expressed no remorse for leaking classified documents describing U.S. surveillance activities to reporters.
Instead, he insisted that his actions were motivated purely to inform the public of what he called illegal "systems of massive, pervasive surveillance."
"I did not seek to enrich myself. I did not seek to sell US secrets. I did not partner with any foreign government to guarantee my safety. Instead, I took what I knew to the public, so what affects all of us can be discussed by all of us in the light of day, and I asked the world for justice," Snowden said.
In the statement, Snowden claimed that since details of the surveillance programs were disclosed, the U.S. government and intelligence services have sought to make an example of him in an effort to deter others from leaking similar documents.
"The moral decision to tell the public about spying that affects all of us has been costly, but it was the right thing to do and I have no regrets," Snowden said.
The statement was released as Snowden met at the airport with representatives of 13 human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, Transparency International and Human Rights Watch. At the meeting, Snowden also announced plans to seek temporary asylum in Russia for time to find a way to get to a place that has offered permanent asylum.
The Venezuelan government has already granted him asylum and other Latin American countries, including Bolivia, have expressed a willingness to do so.
Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin told USA Today in a story posted this afternoon that Russia has not yet received a formal asylum request from Snowden.
The former contract worker for the National Security Agency applied for asylum in Russia a couple of weeks ago, but almost immediately withdrew the request after Putin announced that Snowden could stay in the country only if he not disclose more classified information about U.S. surveillance activities.
Peskov in today's USA Today story noted that Putin would maintain that condition if Snowden formally seeks temporary asylum.
White House spokesman Jay Carney this afternoon urged that the Russian government not provide a "propaganda platform" for Snowden, according to reports.
"I would simply say that providing a propaganda platform for Mr. Snowden runs counter to the Russian government's previous declarations of Russia's neutrality, and that they have no control over their presence in the airport," Carney said, according to a report in Russian newspaper Russia Today.
Snowden has been on the run since leaking documents revealing classified U.S. surveillance programs to The Guardian and Washington Post early last month. His revelations stirred up a frenzy of concern among privacy advocates around the world along with a high-degree of indignation from the U.S. government officials that have called him a traitor.
Snowden initially fled to Hong Kong before moving on Moscow using a special travel document provided by the Ecuadorean government. The U.S. had revoked his passport.
The U.S. government has accused Russia and China of declining to honor its request to extradite Snowden.
Russia has flatly refused to send him back to the U.S. while the Chinese and Hong Kong governments contend that the U.S. didn't make a proper request.
The Snowden revelations have also soured U.S. relations with several European Union and Latin American nations and countries.
Meanwhile, Snowden has spent the past several weeks in the transit area of Sheremetyevo airport, from where he has applied to nearly two dozen countries for asylum. Several countries denied the requests, while others said they would be considered only if Snowden filed it in person from within their borders.
Snowden today thanked Venezuela for granting him political asylum and expressed his appreciation to other governments that had extended similar offers.
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When a CRA won't do it's job by investigating and correcting or deleting inaccurate info, MOV is available to you.
With MOV, you might have to actually sue the CRA, or at least threaten it. They don't seem to freely comply with this area of the law. FCRA § 611(a)(6) and (7). 15 USC 1681i
1. Dispute with the CRA. Since you might have to sue or threaten it, a CMRRR dispute is best so there's proof you can show to a judge. If you have any written records disproving the inaccurate reporting, include them.
2. If verified, with a copy of the investigation results in hand (either mailed copy of the investigation report or printed copy of your online investigation report), call the CRA.
3. Give them the reference number and ask for method of verification under FCRA Section 611(a)(7). They might play dumb. Paper copies of EX and EQ contain a statement of your rights for MOV, at least in Washington state. You might point that out to them. YMMV.
Statement from EQ paper report- "To request the credit reporting agency to provide you with a description of the procedure used to determine the accuracy and completeness of the information disputed, including the name, business address, and telephone number of the person or business contacted during the reinvestigation"
Statement from EX paper report - "The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act states that you may request a description of how we verified the information, including the business name and address contacted and the telephone number if reasonably available"
4. The CRA will likely have never called the OC. They generally rely upon a third party database to verify. They may or may not admit this to you. Ask for the name, address and phone number of anyone contacted.
5. Call the OC and ask them about their records. If the person you speak with at the OC cannot doesn't have any records to support the inaccurate reporting, get their name and direct line. You might have to ask for a supervisor and get their name. Frontline phone reps are often "ghosts" known only by a first name. If they claim to have records, demand a copy of them under FACTA.
6. If you are sent records, review them and see whether they support the CRA's reporting. If they don't support the reporting, proceed to the next step.
7. If the OC has no records, or inconclusive records that don't support the inaccurate reporting, call the CRA and tell them the OC has no records to support their reporting. Tell the CRA you want a new dispute. The new info for the dispute is the name and number of the person at the OC with whom you spoke.
8. If they refuse to open a dispute, tell them you will sue for willful non-compliance under FCRA § 616. If they still refuse, send the information via CMRRR along with an ITS letter.
9. If they open a dispute over the phone, get the new confirmation number. Write down the confirmation number, the time & date of your call, and the name of the rep at the CRA with whom you spoke. They might also be a "ghost" and you might have to ask for a supervisor to get a name.
10. Once the investigation is complete, if the inaccurate info remains, then send an ITS letter to the CRA. Give 'em 10 days, then either file suit yourself in small claims or contact a consumer lawyer and see about filing in federal court. naca.net or myfaircredit.com are two good sources of consumer lawyers for debt and credit issues.
Moved to new thread. "Disputed and verified, need help with MOV" on the Rebuilding Your Credit forum.
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Michaele Salahi's list of publicly known rock 'n' roll relationships is growing.
Photos have surfaced showing that the star of Bravo's 'The Real Housewives of D.C.' — who recently left her husband for Journey guitarist Neal Schon — once had a backstage, flesh-baring encounter with Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler.
A good five years before Salahi decided to be with Schon, she met up with Tyler backstage at an Aerosmith concert in Virginia. In two pictures acquired by TMZ, Salahi and Tyler are shown side by side, smiling and showing off their midsections — to see whose stomach was flatter, Salahi claimed, according to TMZ.
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When my mother was in her early 90s, she was so tired some mornings that she could hardly move. She had eliminated caffeine years before, so she avoided coffee and other caffeinated drinks. But I suggested she begin her day with a cup of a popular beverage that has a little caffeine.
She soon felt "herself" again. Mother had high blood pressure and insomnia, yet this drink didn't raise her blood pressure one bit. Nor did it keep her awake at night. In fact, it helped her relax more and sleep a bit better. The drink I suggested was green tea.
Green tea contains much less caffeine than coffee — 15 mg a cup compared with 80-100 mg in coffee. More importantly, it contains high levels of an amino acid called l-theanine, and l-theanine counteracts some of the negative effects of caffeine.
Caffeine is a double-edged sword. It has beneficial qualities, like helping burn fat faster, and boosting both mental and physical performance. But it also increases anxiety and can contribute to high blood pressure in people with hypertension. A number of people find they can't drink caffeinated drinks after noon because it keeps them from getting a good night's sleep. But green tea seems to be the exception to this rule, unless you're exceptionally sensitive. It can give you the positive qualities of caffeine — like mental alertness — along with the benefits of l-theanine.
L-theanine's actions
L-theanine increases the production of dopamine and serotonin, two brain chemicals associated with alertness, pleasure, and a good mood. Around half an hour after drinking a cup of green tea, you may notice that you feel calmer. This is because the l-theanine increases alpha waves — the very same relaxing brain waves that are produced during meditation.
At the same time, its mild stimulating effect can wake you up. Green tea is a perfect beverage for a pick-me-up afternoon break. It can restore your mental alertness and calm you down from the day's pressures at the same time.
Studies found that l-theanine significantly reduces blood pressure in hypertensive animals. The more they were given, the more their blood pressure dropped. How can this be possible if tea also contains caffeine? In addition to its ability to make relaxing alpha waves, l-theanine seems to cancel out some of the jittery effects of caffeine.
The amount of l-theanine in a cup of green tea varies from 15-30 mg. Here's why. The tea plant converts this amino acid into antioxidants when tea leaves are exposed to sunlight. So the longer the leaves remain on the tea plant, the lower the theanine levels. This explains why young, more expensive green teas will contain higher amounts of l-theanine than less expensive varieties.
If you don't like green tea, or if you want to take higher levels of l-theanine than you can get in a drink, there are always supplements. Try taking 200 mg from one to three times a day. It could make you feel more relaxed and alert than the tea itself.
Personally, I always prefer using whole foods or herbs whenever possible. They contain co-factors, such as beneficial antioxidants. Use supplements only if drinking a few cups of green tea per day doesn't give you the results you're looking for or you just plain don't like it. You can, of course, combine green tea with other herb teas, such as peppermint and ginger, to mask its taste.
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Social Security in a Changing Environment: Findings From the Retirement Research Center at the National Bureau of Economic Research
from Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 69, No. 4 (released December 2009)
Since September 2003, the Retirement Research Center at the National Bureau of Economic Research has conducted a coordinated series of investigations on Social Security in a changing environment and the potential routes to sustainable solvency. The Center supports extensive collaborative research over a multiyear horizon to achieve a more fully integrated understanding of Social Security's challenges and the changing environment in which it operates. This article is an overview of the studies completed since the Center's inception.


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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Backing Up Your Genealogy Data
If your answer to the above question was "cry", then it is time you change your ways. It is time to make a plan to insure that your genealogy files are safe no matter what happens. Adopting "better safe than sorry" as your motto is a must!
But how should you go about doing this? Good news is that there are lots of options for all of your needs.
1.) Remote Backup Services:
A remote backup service is a great way to backup your files. In this type of backup service, you select the files on your computer that you want to be backed up and how often you would like your files to be backed up. The files that you selected are then backed up to a remote server. If you need to use your back up, you can easily download your files from the remote server.
There are two popular companies that do remote backup services: Mozy and Carbonite. I am a user of Mozy and I really love it. I started off with a free account that gave me 2GB of space and I fell in love. Once my needs increased, I upgraded to Mozy's $4.95 a month unlimited plan. I love that Mozy provides me with peace of mind for very little money (which is important to a broke college student like me!). I've also heard really great things about Carbonite, but I've never used the service so I can't personally recommend it.
2.) Flash drives/CDs
Using a flash drive or CD to backup your files is another popular approach. I use a flash drive to backup my files once a month. This is also really useful if I want to take my genealogy files with me without lugging around my laptop. Since I use RootsMagic4 and have the RootsMagic To-Go program also on my flash drive, it is really easy to show my ancestors to anyone, anywhere, at anytime.
CDs are also a very popular way to backup your genealogy files. It is extremely easy to do and the CDs are pretty cheap to buy. Plus, the CDs are portable and can be sent to a friend or family member so that you have an offsite backup.
However, the downside with this method is that you have to manually back up your files - this can take time to do and can cause inconsistent back ups if you aren't careful.
3.) External Hard Drive
Using an external hard drive is another easy option to back up your files. An external hard drive is an easy place to back up your genealogy files. You can schedule to have your files automatically backed up to your external hard drive. Another plus is that the costs of external hard drives has dropped over the last few years. For example, you can get a 1 TB external hard drive for under $100 bucks.
However, the downside here is that the external hard drive is not away from your house. If a tornado strikes your home and your external hard drive is destroyed, then you no longer have a backup. Or if your house is robbed and your external hard drive is stolen, then you once again no longer have a backup.
But What Should You Back Up? Everything that relates to your genealogy. Therefore, that includes your database files, pictures, documents, bookmarks of your favorite genealogy websites, your blog and blog template, your notes - everything that relates to your genealogy.
Data Back Up Day is on the first of every month. It is so easy to back up your files these days - so there is no excuse. Back up your files!
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- January 31, 2010 at 1:03 AM
- Unknown said...
Elyse - a nice post!
I backup in two ways - first I have a dropbox (www.dropbox.com) wich works really smooth with autosync a folder to my backup, everytime I change something it is backuped and they keep a history of files, so I could restore any older versions of my files. AND - there is a iPhone version of dropbox and I could access my files from everywhere - for free ...
And ofcause - the second complete backup is on a harddrive wich is stored at my work company to ensure it is save when my house burns or something like that :)
regards Timo!
- January 31, 2010 at 1:21 AM
- Cyndi Beane Henry said...
A wonderful post! Three years ago I lost EVERYTHING [or so I thought] when my computer had a LITERAL meltdown. The fan went out on my laptop, and my hard drive melted. A geek who was ex-CIA used a program that he'd used in that service, and was able to retrieve my data. Cost me over $800! [Ouch!] It was an expensive lesson, but one I learned well!
Fast forward from 2006 to 2010 - and I have an external hard drive, I use Mozy, and all of my photos and genealogy are backed up nightly on a flash drives too.
I'm triple saving, I know. But I won't ever have to worry as I did before. Talk about a panic!!! You have no idea!!!
Keep up the great posts! You rock!
- January 31, 2010 at 5:13 AM
- Katrina said...
Texicanwife - when my sister lost her computer to a fan failure, it cost her a grand to get her data off the hard drive. She didn't even blink -- it was years and years of her writing.
And in case people are silly like me and don't back up their data even though they know they should...I've written an article at Geneabloggers on how to recover once the inevitable happens.
- January 31, 2010 at 5:26 AM
- Elyse said...
@Timo - great point about DropBox. I totally forgot about that! Maybe I'll have to do a follow up post that links to some Dick Eastman articles on Dropbox (he explains technology so well!)
@TexicanWife - Your horror story of losing your data makes any genealogist want to cry. I really feel that often times, we don't think of backing up our files until we hear about something tragic. I'm glad you were able to get your data, even if it did cost you 800 bucks.
@Katrina - Thanks for the reference to your article. I just hope that all of us back up our data so that we don't have to go through all the trouble (and money) of trying to get our data back.
Thanks for the comments everyone!
- January 31, 2010 at 9:42 AM
- Michelle Goodrum said...
I love your blog! I came over here from Amy Coffin's, We Tree, Follow Friday entry.
I look forward to following your posts!
Michelle Goodrum
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I need to rename a number of files. These are graphic jpg files, and I have an Excel table in which the initial names of these files are collected. For example, this is the name of one of these files taken from the table:
My problem is that the above name in my Excel file is a hyperlink, rather than a string. By directly addressing this hyperliknk from Mathematica a notebook with a mess inside opens, instead of the desired image. My question is:
How could I clean the text of this file name off from its hyperlink property, such that after the cleaning I get a pure string "121026_DeviceData\63486504438_Osc.jpg" instead of the hyperlink?
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It is sometimes said that because cats are fussy eaters they are less easily poisoned than dogs. However, because of their curious nature and the fact that they will groom any substance off their coats and ingest it, intoxication is not that uncommon.
Other factors predispose cats to becoming ill once they have been exposed to a poisonous substance; these include their small body size, their ability to hide so that exposure is not immediately evident, and because cats, being specialist carnivores, lack certain liver enzymes, they are unable to breakdown certain chemicals. It is because of this that when cats become poisoned they are perhaps less likely to recover than dogs.
How can a cat become poisoned?
Cats can be poisoned in a number of ways:
- Directly ingesting a toxic substance either by eating it or by eating poisoned prey.
- Swallowing poisons while grooming contaminated fur.
- Absorbing some toxins through the skin (particularly the paws)
- Inhaling the poison.
What signs might warn me that my cat may have been poisoned?
The clinical signs are very variable and will depend on the particular poison concerned. Many toxins produce gastrointestinal signs (vomiting and diarrhoea), others produce neurological signs (tremors, incoordination, seizures, excitability, depression, or coma), respiratory signs (coughing, sneezing, difficulty breathing), skin signs (inflammation, swelling), liver failure (jaundice, vomiting) or kidney failure (increased drinking, inappetence and weight loss). Some toxins act on more than one body system, and so can produce any combination of the above signs.
It is important to remember that while most cases of intoxication will cause acute problems, chronic intoxication can also arise, and often proves even more difficult to recognise and treat.
What should I do if I think my cat has been poisoned?
- Remove your cat from the source of the poison and isolate from other animals.
- If the poison is on the coat or paws, try to prevent the cat from grooming itself further.
- Contact your vet for advice immediately; make sure you know when, where and how the poisoning occurred. If appropriate take the packaging, plant or substance with you to the vet.
- Do not try to make the cat vomit, unless you are instructed to do so by your vet.
- If the skin or fur is contaminated wash thoroughly with mild shampoo and water.
My cat has got something 'chemical' on its coat, what should I do?
Only when the contamination is mild and confined to the coat, can the cat may be treated at home. The aim of treatment is to prevent further contamination.
The cat's collar should be removed as it may also have been contaminated. Also, some flea collars contain chemicals which may be harmful to sick cats. To remove chemicals from the coat it is best to clip off contaminated hair and then wash the cat in warm soapy water. It is important to remove as much of the contamination as possible before washing because the process of washing can increase the absorption of some chemicals. The cat must then be dried fully to prevent it from chilling. An oily material can be removed by rubbing it with clean, warm cooking oil, then wiping it off thoroughly, (ie, remove the oil with oil).
If you feel the cat may have ingested any toxin it should be taken to the vet. Even if the contamination is confined to the coat, it is important that the cat should be encouraged to drink as this will help to wash out any absorbed toxins.
After any exposure to possible poisons, it is advisable to keep the cat under observation in a warm, quiet room for 24 hours.
Common poisons
In many cases of poisoning in cats, the poison is unknown. However, there are many substances within the home which are potentially poisonous to cats.
Household products
- Cleaning and hygiene products such as bleach, cleaning fluids and creams, deodorants, deodorisers, disinfectants (particularly phenolic compounds like 'Dettol' which turn milky in water), laundry capsules and concentrated liquids, furniture and metal polishes. Concentrated washing liquids or powders can burn the feet and skin if cats walk through them.
- Human medicines such as laxatives, aspirin, paracetamol and antidepressants. Paracetamol is often given to cats in a caring but misguided attempt to relieve pain. It is highly dangerous to cats and just one tablet is enough to cause severe illness or death. Signs of poisoning include depression, vomiting, swelling of the face and paws and a bluish discolouration of the skin. An effective antidote is available but must be used very soon after the cat has taken the tablet.
- Motoring products such as antifreeze, brake fluid, petrol and windscreen washer fluid. Antifreeze often contains ethylene glycol or methanol, which are toxic to cats (also found in car screenwashes and de-icers). Many animals find antifreeze sweet tasting, and ingesting even the smallest amount can lead to kidney failure and death, especially in cats.
- Beauty products such as hair dyes, nail polish and remover and suntan lotion.
- Decorating materials such as paint, varnish, paint remover, white spirit and wood preservatives (such as creosote). These can be poisonous if groomed from the coat or can cause burning, blisters or irritation to the skin and footpads or severe irritation in the mouth.
- Miscellaneous household items such as mothballs, photographic developer, chocolate and shoe polish.
Always ensure that any of these products are stored safely and spillages cleaned up immediately and carefully. If products are kept in high places where cats can push them off a shelf and then walk through liquids which escape through broken or split containers or tops, then make sure they are secured in closed cupboards.
Never give cats products intended for people (unless instructed otherwise by your vet)
To avoid accidental poisonings:
- Always keep antifreeze in clearly labelled, robust, sealed containers, away from pets and their environment.
- Clean up any spills immediately, no matter how small, and make sure pets cannot access the area until it is clean and safe.
- Always dispose of antifreeze safely and responsibly. Contact your local authority for advice.
If your pet shows any of the following signs take them to a vet immediately:
- Increased urination
- Increased drinking
- Vomiting
- Depression
- Lethargy (being abnormally sleepy)
- Appearing drunk and uncoordinated
- Seizures (fitting)
- Abnormally fast heartbeat
- Very fast, shallow breathing
The sooner veterinary treatment is received, the better their chances of survival. If left untreated pets can suffer, and will die.
- Insecticides (insect killers including ant and wasp killers) such as organophosphates and pyrethroids.
- Molluscicides (slug and snail killers) such as metaldehyde and methiocarb. Slug pellets are sometimes eaten by cats and should not be used where cats can reach them – liquid formulations are preferred.
- Fungicides (for treating fungal infections, eg, mildews, rusts, rose black spot) such as thiophanage-methyl and benomyl
- Rodenticides (rat and mouse killers) such as brodifacoum, difenacoum, chlorphacione and coumatetralyl. Rodenticides are the most common pesticides implicated in the poisoning of cats, usually because the cat has eaten poisoned prey. The other pesticides are normally safe for cats when used at their correct working strength, provided that cats are excluded from the treated area until the spray has dried.
Always ensure that any of these products are stored safely and spillages clean up immediately and carefully. If products are kept in high places where cats can push them off a shelf and then walk through liquids which escape through broken or split containers or tops, then make sure they are secured in closed cupboards. When using sprays of pesticides or herbicides in the garden keep the cat in until they have dried.
Dog flea treatment products
Permethrin is found in many spot-on preparations for dogs used for the control of fleas, biting flies and lice (also in some ant powders). Poisoning can arise when cats are accidentally treated with such dog flea products or where they groom themselves or other animals treated with the product. Cats may salivate a great deal, be thirsty and have a high temperature and tremors or convulsions – urgent veterinary advice is essential.
Bites or stings
Across the world, there is a huge range of biting and stinging animals or insects which could injure a cat. In some cases where these are not rapidly fatal, treatment or an antivenom may be available. Check with your vet.
There are many commonly-grown plants, both houseplants and garden plants, that are toxic or can cause skin irritation. Most cats that go outside do not eat poisonous plants but will nibble grass and other herbs, perhaps as a remedy for digestive problems. However, if cats are kept permanently indoors they may not have access to grass and may try eating other things either out of boredom or to try and access some plant material.
Curious kittens may also sample foliage and because they are small, do not need a great deal to suffer the consequences. The simple answer is to provide a supply of growing cocksfoot grass for the cat, which can readily be grown in a pot or seed tray. Some houseplants, such as the Dumb Cane (Dieffenbachia) are so poisonous that it is unwise to grow them where there are small children or pets in the house.
It is not just growing plants that can be a problem – cut flowers such as lilies (plants of the Lilium species) are highly toxic – not just the leaves but the flowers and the pollen as well. Less than one leaf ingested by a cat can cause kidney failure and urgent veterinary treatment is required to prevent death. Check flower labels for warnings of toxicity to animals.
For full details see our information on cats and poisonous plants.
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What if you redesigned Darth Vader, but you only had a few sentences of description from the script to go on? Artist Carlos Villagra (and a few others) tried. Here's what they dreamed the Dark Lord could have looked like.
Here's the little bit of script (taken from A New Hope) that the artists had to go on:
INTERIOR: REBEL BLOCKADE RUNNER - MAIN HALLWAY. The awesome, seven-foot-tall Dark Lord of the Sith makes his way into the blinding light of the main passageway. This is Darth Vader, right hand of the Emperor. His face is obscured by his flowing black robes and grotesque breath mask, which stands out next to the fascist white armored suits of the Imperial stormtroopers. Everyone instinctively backs away from the imposing warrior and a deathly quiet sweeps through the Rebel troops. Several of the Rebel troops break and run in a frenzied panic.
And the first design, by Carlos Villagra.
By Hydro74.
[More designs at The Swedish Bed via The Daily What]


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It is a fakenews day. Three stories are making the rounds through the media that are each based on false or widely exaggerated interpretation of claims. North Korea, Syria and the U.S. President are the targets.
1. The Wall Street Journal asserts with a #fakenews headline that bits of computer-code in the recent WannaCry ransom virus are identical with bits of computer code that was allegedly used in a 2014 hack of Sony. (The Sony attack was falsely attributed to North Korea.)
Researchers Identify Clue Connecting Ransomware Assault to Group Tied to North Korea
Neel Mehta, a security researcher at Alphabet Inc.'s Google unit, on Monday pointed out similarities between that earlier WannaCry variant and code used in a series of attacks that security specialists have attributed to the Lazarus group.
The "Lazerus group" (which probably does not exist at all) was attributed to North Korean state agencies. Six paragraphs later we learn that the "similarities" were found in often reused code:
The findings don't necessarily demonstrate that Lazarus or North Korea was involved in the WannaCry attack, researchers said. The culprits in the latest attack, who haven't been identified, could have copied the code in question, for example.
The connection found in the old version lies in software that both programs use to securely connect to other systems over the internet, said Kurt Baumgartner, a Kaspersky Lab researcher.
Common code is found in nearly all software that sets up an internet connection. The reason for that is quite simple. No longer does anyone ever write such code. There are well tested examples of such program snippets widely available in open-source software on Github and elsewhere. "Copy and paste" is done faster than re-inventing the wheel. Even worse - the code snippet in question here is so trivial that any decent programmer would likely write it the very same way (a call to the Time() function to get a seed value for a following call to the Random() function). There are only X reasonable ways to add 1 to 1. Two people doing it the same way proves nothing at all. People copying publicly available code proves nothing either. It certainly does not prove that code for two different hacks was written by the same people. It does not provided that these bugs have anything at all to do with North Korea. The bits of similarities are of zero factual news value.
2. Back in February Amnesty International (which promotes NATO interventions) issued a sensational report about alleged killings in Syrian prisons. As we wrote at that time:
A new Amnesty International report claims that the Syrian government hanged between 5,000 and 13,000 prisoners in a military prison in Syria. The evidence for that claim is flimsy, based on hearsay of anonymous people outside of Syria. The numbers themselves are extrapolations that no scientist or court would ever accept. It is tabloid reporting and fiction style writing from its title "Human Slaughterhouse" down to the last paragraph.
The U.S. State Department now reused that fake report and adds wrongly interpreted satellite pics to further slander the Syrian government:
US: Syria is burning bodies to hide proof of mass killings
In its latest accusations of Syrian abuses, the State Department said it believed about 50 detainees each day are being hanged at Saydnaya military prison, about 45 minutes north of Damascus. Many of the bodies are then burned in the crematorium "to cover up the extent of mass murders taking place," said Stuart Jones, the top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East, accusing Assad's government of sinking "to a new level of depravity."
The department released commercial satellite photographs showing what it described as a building in the prison complex that was modified to support the crematorium. The photographs, taken over the course of several years, beginning in 2013, do not prove the building is a crematorium, but show construction consistent with such use.
If there was a crematorium being build in the Saydnaya prison how is it that none of the Amnesty witness said so in the recent Amnesty report? These witnesses, Amnesty claims, have been in that prison and observed all kind of details. They claim that any dead were buried in mass graves.
A Dutch military expert looks at the commercial satellite pictures and the interpretation State provided and asks:
Ian Grant @Gjoene - 6:02 PM - 15 May 2017
Is this a joke @StateDept? Even before 27 Aug '13 these "vents" were present. See included Terraserver footage (03 april '13) #Sednaya
Another reconnaissance specialist expands on that:
Aldin Abazović @CT_operative - 5:33 PM - 15 May 2017
Pictures that allegedly show crematorium of Saidnaya prison, #Damascus #Syria. As much as I hate to get involved into this matter, these #1
#2 images prove nothing at all. This building could be simple boiler/heating room for the prison compound. Unless you visit there is no
#3 way to prove anything. Its easy to manipulate with satellite imagery. You just put the right label on thing and there you have it
#4 I can't confirm what the particular part of prison is nor for what it's used.
The State Department has no evidence for its "crematorium claim" but the Amnesty report which says nothing about a crematorium at the prison and some satellite pictures that do not show what the State Department claims. It is throwing dirt at the Syria government in the hope that some of it will stick. This release of nothing will create some headlines in "western" outrage publications. It may be in propaganda preparation for a wider war on Syria.
3. The deep state is out to get U.S. President Trump impeached. Yesterday a new, well prepared and coordinated campaign against Trump was launched. Anonymous claims to the Washington Post were "confirmed" by similar claims from (likely) the same sources to Buzzfeed. The claims may have some grounds in reality but the actual facts, even as described in shrill words, are harmless. WaPo:
Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador
President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said Trump's disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State.
(Hmm - how would "former U.S. officials" know what was said in the Oval Office and to what consequences?) It takes six paragraphs of such slander to learn what Trump actually disclosed:
Trump went off script and began describing details of an Islamic State terrorist threat related to the use of laptop computers on aircraft.
"Terrorist threat[s] related to the use of laptop computers on aircraft" are a well known method of Al-Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula. If ISIS in Syria has copied that modus operandi it is interesting, but nothing sensational. The details, where ISIS is preparing these operations, may be somewhat relevant, but over how many cites does ISIS actually rule?
National Security Advisor McMaster, who was in the room with Trump and Lavrov, is on the record (down in paragraph eight!) denying that any sources or methods were revealed.
The only real claim here is that Trump gave Lavrov a tip-off with regard to a terrorist threat.
If Putin would learn of a potential ISIS attack on a U.S. passenger jet would you want him to share that secret information with the U.S. government? Of course you would.
But Buzzfeed and other anti-Trump organs blow the claims up to high heavens, The Lawfare writers go off their meds:
If the President gave this information away through carelessness or neglect, he has arguably breached his oath of office.
Utter bullshit. Trump would have offered such intelligence out of courtesy as part of his deal-making with the Russian government. Exchange of threat intelligence is regular business even between parties who otherwise dislike each other. It is in the interests of all to do such. That such an exchange happened is not newsworthy. even it touched some details.
Even worse - it is the publishing about the Oval office talk that can only help the terrorists. As Emptywheel says:
these very outraged sources are [..] sharing the information that it is so outrageous to share.
If Trump's information sharing is outrageous why did the sources offer that same information to the global media? Why did WaPo and others publish on it?
Trump was elected with the support of the U.S. military. Clinton was supported by the corporate and intelligence sides of the power triangle. Trump won. Now the deep-state intelligence side, together with the moneyed part of the Democratic party, is out to impeach him. The constant sensationalized dribble of false or irrelevant claims against him prepares the ground for that.
The three fake-news examples above contain no news at all. The bits exposed in them have no information value. Their only purpose is to influence the readers by exaggerating outlandish claims based on little, if any, real facts of minor importance.
This full-throated propagandizing on all channels, without any critical voices challenging the basic facts, is endangering the functioning of democracy. The fourth estate is now just a tool to influence. It can no longer claim to have any inherent value.
For the average person one way out of this onslaught is to search for, use and foster alternative and discerning sources of news. The other is to give up.


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Hanging planters are having a resurgence in popularity, and with their space saving design they are a perfect fit for square-foot-deficient plant hoarders (ahem, me) and 70's aficionados alike. Here are a few great options to buy or DIY one for yourself.
1. Brass Himmeli Hanging Planter no. 2, $65 from Hruskaa on Etsy
2. Scribble Hanging Planter, $70 – $90 from Pigeon Toe Ceramics
3. 3 Tier Oval Porcelain and Cotton Rope Planter, $140 from Light and Ladder on Etsy
4. Hanging Brass Planter, $12 from Urban Outfitters
5. Gold Dipped Planters DIY Kit, $32.00 from Darby Smart
6. DIY Hanging Planters from Hello There Home
7. DIY Plant Hanger from The Urchin Collective
8. All Natural Hanging Planter from Rancho Reubidoux
9. DIY Hanging Planter from Refinery 29
10. Beaded DIY Hanger from Weekday Carnival
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