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Finding Legit Essay Writing Services
Is it safe to buy essays online? The answer to that question can be summed up in two words. Buyer beware! You must do your due diligence if you want to be sure your writing service is legit. If you are not familiar with the phrase buyer beware, it means that as the person who is purchasing a product or service, it is up to you to research the companies you are considering. The reason for the warning, 'buyer beware' is because you often have little to no recourse if you are ripped off in anyway. This is because most students would rather nobody find out that they're using these services.
When you hire a writing service, you should consider yourself to be in a buyer beware situation. This means that you need to do the leg work of making sure you are dealing with a company that you can trust. You cannot simply take a company's word for it when they say that they can be trusted. There are reliable essay services, but it takes a dedicated effort to sift through the good and bad.
It can be dangerous as well! After all, every writing service you visit will claim to be a reliable essay writing service. The question is, how can you determine whether or not this is true. Are essay writing services legit? To be honest, there are more bad writing services than good. The bad services will sell you plagiarized papers, won't communicate with you, will refuse to fix any errors, or they may simply take your money and run. If you use a bad writing service, you could lose a lot of money. Worse, you could find yourself the subject of an academic dishonesty investigation if you turn in a paper that is found to be plagiarized. At this point, you may be considering giving up on finding a legitimate essay writing service anywhere. Well, don't give up now. You truly can find a safe essay writing service that will help you with your writing needs.
Buying Essays Online Safely: What You Can Do
When you begin investigating essay writing services there are a few things that should get your attention:
- The contact information: You should be able to contact the writing service by phone, by email, and by live chat. Be especially wary of a writing service that cannot be reached by phone.
- If the company gives a physical location, do a quick Google search. Do they actually have offices where they say they are located? Or, are they simply renting a mailbox? They may even be using a fake address. Some writing services will claim to be based in the United States when they are really based overseas. This is a needless fabrication as we have seen good and bad writing services located all over the world. Still, any sort of dishonesty is a sign for concern.
- The website should offer an absolute guarantee that all of the content they write is 100 percent original. They should back this up with an offer to provide a plagiarism report. In fact, if there isn't a very strong originality guarantee we will not endorse a writing service.
- Avoid websites that are written in poor, broken English. This is your sign that the writers do not have a good grasp of the English language. It can also indicate that the content was stolen from another website and then put into a content spinner.
- The writing service should offer guarantees about revisions and on-time delivery.
- Be very concerned if you find a writing service that offers essays within an hour, or that charges less than ten dollars per page. Nobody can produce original, quality work at those prices or in that time frame. Both of these things should be major red flags.
- A good writing service will encourage you to communicate directly with your writer. How else will you know that progress is being made?
- It is always a good sign when a website offers a rough draft or another writing preview so that you can take a look at the writer's work to ensure they are on the right track.
- The website should be well-designed and fully functional. You cannot buy essays online safely that don't take the time to create a working website.
- Pay attention to the available payment methods. You should have your choice so that you can pick the one that is most secure for you.
Are There Other Ways to Answer: Are Essay Writing Services Safe?
The best and most efficient way to judge whether or not a writing service can be trusted is to find a third-party review site that provides unbiased, written summaries of what various writing services have to offer. This way you can learn all about your options without risking your money or your academic reputation.


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Trick or treat? Tough decision I say! But I do know, that Cinema Grotto's October meeting should be full of both! The tricks are obvious. The treats are too. Prophets dressed up in costume? Yes please! Last year was a blast, with many memorable outfits, the "Dictator" being a personal favorite. I can only imagine what this Wednesday will bring. The fellowship is a given. The pizza is a given. The prize for best costume? That remains to be seen………
Some things to ponder for the upcoming meeting. The date and location for the 70th Anniversary Party has been settled on. December 9th, at the Edison. I would like to allocate some funds for some really cool raffle prizes. I'm open for ideas, and also a motion to free up some money for this. 70 years is nothing to scoff at. It's certainly a testament to the dedication of Cinema members, that we have been able to keep the party going for nearly three quarters of a century. Quite an accomplishment to be sure, and one we should all be proud of. Through thick and thin, Cinema endured.
I look forward to seeing you all Wednesday, and hope the costumes at least cover the bikini area.
In Good Fellowship….
Chad Goertz, Monarch, at your service.
Prophet Ralph Morton (AKA Best Costume Contest winner, 2014) & Daniel Hood, PM

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Britney Spears put abuse rumors to rest when she visited beau Jason Trawick at work in L.A. Wednesday.
Earlier that afternoon, the Spears' reps denied that Trawick, 38, beat the singer, calling reports by tabloid Star and RadarOnline "laughable" and "utterly false."
With her hair tucked under a fedora, Spears, 29, joined Trawick at the William Morris Endeavor Entertainment offices for a special screening of The Secretariat on behalf of Hathaway Sycamores, the largest provider for children's mental health services in L.A. County.
"They were both very upbeat. They were smiling and seemed very happy to be there," Rob Myers, executive vice president of development at Hathaway-Sycamores, tells UsMagazine.com.
After the couple greeted the families and introduced the film, "the buzz in the room was fantastic," Myers says. "The look on the children's faces was just priceless."
And despite the allegations against him, Trawick showed little signs of worry during Spears' surprise appearance.
"Jason was obviously having a tough day, but he kept his commitment to bring Britney in to the screening," a source tells Us. "He acted professional at all times despite the false story."
"It's amazing that Star continues to try to defend their story by putting out more and more pieces of a fraudulent recording. Everyone knows it is not her," Spears' manager Larry Rudolph tells Us. "The more they put out, the more ridiculous they look. The lawyers are drawing up the legal papers right now; there will 100 percent be a lawsuit. We are suing."
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Labor Day brought a touch of Fall. However, the last few days have been very summery with temps in the high nineties. Evenings I have been knitting with fingering weight yarn. In July, I finished a Shallows Cowl designed by Bonnie Sennott and am working on a sweater called Current by Cecily Glowik Macdonald. Both women are independent designers who use the internet to sell thoughtfully crafted and well written patterns.
When my grandmother taught me to knit, needlework books and magazines contained projects identified by number. Patterns with corresponding numbers were printed in a separate section of the publication. These books record knitting history and I am glad they continue to be produced. Now and then I buy a hard copy knitting book but I also enjoy the convenience of browsing and buying individual patterns from independent designers.
Regardless of the way patterns are published, designers name them. The names, helpful in marketing, entertain me as well as give me an interesting way to refer to my projects. When sewing this cowl together, I noticed the short section of garter stitch rows rippling like water along the top and bottom of lace sections. The columns of lace resemble stalks of grass and reeds at the edge of a body of water. Sennott, the designer of the cowl, lives in Amherst, Massachusettes and perhaps considered these images when creating the design.
Some currents run deep and are hidden from view while others are quite visible on the surface of grasses or water. Although both are diverted by rock, sticks, tree branches, and land formations, they continue in a general direction. When the movement of a current increases during heavy rainfall or snow melt, areas of shallow water and/or plants buffer land and leave behind rich silt. The movement and change in currents promotes healthy ecosystems rich with plant and animal life. Kids and adults often enjoy poking around in spaces where land and water meet. These thoughts, meandering around and through this summer's end knitting, carry me into retirement toward cooler autumn weather.


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jip-align (aka align) is designed as a unix/linux program that requires that all necessary files are specified on the unix line at startup. The general syntax is
align [file for individual] -t [file for template] ... [options]
options that affect the display format
The alignment and display package share many startup options.
Refer to the jip-display startup page.
loading overlays
-o file read a file containing a list of overlays
wrapping of images in x,y,z during alignment
-w or -W 110 means wrap in x & y but not z (this is DEFAULT)
-I [file] read Initializations from file using same syntax as output
file type "align.com" [e.g., shifts, rotatations, ...]
-l or -L [string] Each character in the string corresponds to one of the 12 Linear
affine parameters; any character but "0" means the parameter
will be adjusted. Use this in scripts to turn off alignment of some parameters when a
prior alignment step has been performed (e.g., the 1st stage uses good anatomical
images, and the 2nd stage uses images with matched slices and no slice adjustment).
-r or -R [value] Set the rolloff filter to "value", which is an integer specifying the fraction of the field of
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Bohemia, New York (PRWEB) March 08, 2013
On March 8, mattress delivery company Online Bed Quilt responds to a new study reported by CBS News revealing the connection between exercise and sleep.
According to CBS News, the National Sleep Foundation's 2013 Sleep in America poll discovered that people who exercise said they had a better sleep than those who did not work out.
Sleep researcher Max Hirshkowitz says to CBS News, "We found that exercise and great sleep go together, hand in hand. We also found a step-wise increase in how vigorous the quality is, in terms of how much you exercise. So, if you exercise a lot, we found better sleep quality. For people who don't exercise at all, we found more sleep problems."
According to CBS News, "Interestingly enough, exercising close to bedtime or earlier in the day did not affect sleep quality."
Non-exercisers had trouble staying awake while driving, eating or keeping conversation at least once per week, reports CBS News. About 44 percent of these non-exercisers also showed symptoms of moderate sleep apnea.
Justin Maas, a representative from mattress delivery store, Online Bed Quilt, says exercising is part of a healthy lifestyle and it promotes regular sleep habits. "This can be really good for someone who has sleep problems. When our bodies are tired from exercising, it's easier for us to fall asleep."
Maas says the study is a breakthrough, because it shows the relationship between health and sleep. "People often have misconceptions about why they can't sleep," he says. "Usually it has to do with your mattress, but it also has to do with your health. If you're unhealthy, eat a poor diet and don't exercise, there's a good chance your body is keeping you awake at night. This study just further proves that sleep is directly affected by your lifestyle choices. If you want to sleep better, you should begin exercising for at least 10 minutes each day. This will not only improve your sleep, but also your daily bodily functions."
About Online Bed Quilt
Online Bed Quilt is here to make sure you get a great night's sleep. We are a family-owned bedding and furniture review company dedicated to helping you find the best mattress and sleep accessories. We collect and share product information, reviews, and the best and latest available sleep solutions. Learn about top-brand mattresses, especialty products, and sleep accessories straight from Online Bed Quilt.


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Crochet Little Lovely Baby Blanket
This free crochet baby blanket pattern is exclusive to JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores. It features the Little Lovely Blanket that has the crochet larksfoot stitch. This is the same pattern that we have a link for below. Bernat Clusters Baby Blanket.
Pattern Tip: In the pattern it says 3 Bernat Pipsqueak Balls. It is the 250 g sizes, not the smaller 100g.
Crocheting with Bernat Pipsqueak requires some knowledge of crochet as it's so fluffy, you cannot always see your stitches. You can use your finger tips to guide you through. As an experienced crocheter, I have no issues with crocheting with this yarn. You can make the softest ever baby blankets with this.
The tutorial below is showing you this same stitch using regular yarn so you can master your skills of the stitch and see exactly where I am sticking my hook. For the colours used and the free pattern, you can click "Get Pattern" button above and access it to get the yarn information needed.
The introduction of the video is one that I did last year but you can see, just changing the colour palette can change the over all look.


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Great article by Merlyn Seeley on Examiner.com about the wide range of ways you can make money if you are lucky enough to have a patch of good quality land. Especially off-grid land.
He points out that just buying the land is he hardest part – everything else is the reward. Also that the more land you own the easier it is to make money from it.
One thing he does not mention is renting it out. In normal circumstances, its perhaps the last thing to consider, but if you are in need of money now, then perhaps its the first thing to consider. Especually if you rent it to like-minded folk who are good neighbors. You could even rent it to a solar power company which could place its panels there and harvest electricity. If you have some cash yourself you could generate your own power and sell it to neighbors – undercutting the Utilities.
Anyway, here are some of Merlyn's suggestions:
There are companies that will come to your place and pay you to have them clear your land of certain trees. I am not talking about clear cutting as that just ruins the place, but logging certain timber is always an option and usually pays well. All this involves is you contacting timber companies and telling them that you have standing timber for sell all they have to do is come cut it. You can sell your timber to a company or an individual.
WARNING: Make sure you have a plan to deal with the waste they will probably leave behind – the leaves, twigs and branches they do not want.
One way is to sell it for firewood. There are always people looking for firewood during the cold months and they will come cut the wood and haul it and you get paid. Some will want the wood already cut for them and the price is usually higher if you do work for them.
If your place has lot of rock, there are places that are looking for rock to buy. If you have a truck you could haul rock to the places that want it and sell that. For that matter the same goes for top soil. A lot of land has a lot of places where you can harvest dirt and sell your top soil.
Certain rocks will sell at the farmers market if you walk around and pick out certain rocks that are unique. Maybe they havegeode crystals in them? Maybe they are fossils? In fact if you take the time to carve small designs in cedar pieces they will sell like hotcakes at the market because of the smell and unique idea cedar carvings hold. People will buy all sorts of things, but when you start telling them that the item was harvest from your own homestead they become more interested.
Raising your own animals for not only food but also for profit, is easier than it sounds. In most rural areas there are small animal auctions and large animal auctions where you can sell animals you raise yourself. These places you can buy or trade for your first animals and then breed them to make more, these you can sell for profit.
Check the local area your property is in, different animals are in higher demand than others. Some places its rabbits, other places it may be chickens or goats. Whatever the demand is that is what you want to concentrate on breeding for sells. Chicken and duck eggs area always in demand where ever you go so always plan on selling eggs for profit as well as for yourself.
You have a nice bit of land and a lot of time now so in the spring put in a large garden. One big enough to feed your family and one that you can sell everything you grow as well. Organic garden veggies and fruit and herbs bring in a pretty penny at the local farmers market.
During the Christmas seasons you can advertise around the local towns that you have a Christmas tree farm and the trees are "you cut you haul".
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8 Responses to "Make money from your land"
james Duncan
I live in NW Florida. I had a 35 acre farm left to me by my parents. A few years ago. I got Parkinson, and I was unable to work the farm. I started a community service farm. I have 30 families as members. They do all the work on the farm, pay for all the expenses. I get enough to cover the taxes, fill my deepfreezes up, and make a little profit. The best thing is that the Farm is now making a profit and not being left unused.
I have 145 acres of land 2 hrs from la and 1 hr from San diego. I have no clue on how utilize property for profit.
Hire me to work on the property and live there. 23 years old, Seattle, entrepreneur.
Edgar Alsina
Hi my Name is Edgar I live in Yonkers,NY and I do have some land upstate ny, I need advice in what to do w/ this land
Merlyn Seeley
Hello, I am the author of this Examiner column and the book talked about here. So glad to see that you picked this article up and I like the comments. I wanted to share with you some more info. I now have many off grid and homesteading books available on Amazon Kindle at my website I have listed with this comment. My family and I DO live off the grid and have for a few years now and for that I write about our way of life. I have a column about it as well as all my books on Amazon. Here is the column address: https://www.examiner.com/homesteading-in-national/merlyn-seeley
Since the posting of this article on your site I have written 2 books called "Off Grid Living A beginners guide" book 1 and 2 and I now have a compilation of all my off grid and homesteading books in print you can own: https://www.createspace.com/4163089
I love your site, keep it live! I think it is time to talk about this site on my homesteading column. :-)
how to make money
wow. I am reading it first time. Now we will be paid for our land and people will pay us to clear our land . Great article. Thanks Off-Grid
If you have enough land you can also board horses, especially if you have some of your own. You can set up a few camping sites and rent out to campers during the summer. Or you can build a rough cabin or two and rent them out too, plus rent to hunters and snowmobilers in the winter. You can also teach classes on homesteading or setting up alternative energy systems for off-the-grid homes. Many people will pay for the knowledge you now have!
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The lowly blurb is a necessary (though usually hackneyed) part of book jackets, movie posters, and magazine reviews. They're not generally recognized as a form of literature, but maybe they should be. In an essay for Slate, Ron Rosenbaum waxes poetic about the blurbs used by reviewers and publishers to describe works of contemporary poetry. These blurbs, according to Rosenbaum, can be as lyrical as the works they describe, in many cases are actually "much better than most contemporary poetry, in the sense that [they're] much more readable, much better crafted, and often beautifully compressed in a dazzling haikulike way." This kind of praise, Rosenbaum writes, "is underpraised." Rosenbaum's best resource for these two-line works of art, as well as great resource for essays and literary news, is The Page. You only need to read a few of these short-but-sweet quotes to see what he means.
Waxing Meta-Poetic: The Art of the Literary Blurb
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Province Proclaims Agriculture Literacy Month
Today, the Government of Saskatchewan proclaimed March 1-31, 2020, as Agriculture Literacy Month in Saskatchewan. Agriculture Literacy Month brings producers and industry professionals to the classroom to give students the opportunity to learn where the food on their plate comes from.
"Our food has a story and Agriculture Literacy Month allows students to hear that story first hand from producers," Agriculture Minister David Marit said. "It is important that our children and grandchildren receive accurate information about the work done by our agriculture industry straight from the experts."
This year's theme is technology, which will teach students about development, uses and the importance of innovation on modern farms and ranches.
"Agriculture has always been, and continues to be, a significant part of the province," Deputy Premier and Education Minister Gordon Wyant said. "Our government supports classroom opportunities for Saskatchewan students to learn about agriculture and its contribution to our province."
"There are so many myths and misconceptions about food and agriculture today, it is difficult for people to know what to believe," Agriculture in the Classroom Executive Director Sara Shymko said. "The classroom visits with real people working in the industry are so important because they give students a chance to ask questions and have them answered honestly and openly."


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Category: Dailies
Clemens on Capitol Hill
In less than 24-hours, all eyes will be focused on the nation's capitol, and the scandal that's rocking baseball. Roger Clemens and his accuser, Brian McNamee will be side by side.
Andy Pettitte has been spared the public hearing and from testifying against friend Roger Clemens. Many believe the statements he made earlier could hurt Clemens. Tomorrow will shed light on it all.
This much we know:
There are 41 members on the House Committee
Opening statements will be made by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va.
Each member will be given 15 minutes for questioning rather than the usual five minutes
HGH does not make athletes stronger or faster.
While Clemens continues to deny McNamees allegations, support for Clemens has not wavered. And his critics have not backed down.
He says he never took steroids or HGH. McNamee claims he did, and he was the one who gave it to him.
Sports and politics – they are an interesting mix.
Who will prevail?
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit…… – It's Only a Number
7 – The Number of Cy Young Awards Roger Clemens has won
3 – The Number of times I have interviewed Roger Clemens
All this business with Roger Clemens and steroids got me to thinking. Depending on what side of the fence you are on, he's either telling the truth or not. Many reporters make the case he's guilty. Few defend or buy into his innocence. The Mitchell Report brought to light the seriousness of steroid use in the sport I love.
The First Amendment gives us free speech. We can say whatever we want. The truth is protected even when its expression damages the person to whom it applies. This freedom of speech also includes freedom of the press. But, there are some forms of speech that are "conditionally protected." If a written statement is made in "reckless disregard for the truth" and is considered damaging to the victim, it can be punished as libel. If the statement is oral, it can be punished as slander.
The first Amendment gives us the right to say anything, and while I support free speech, the burden is often on the accused to prove their innocence.
Will the steroids scandal keep Roger out of the Hall of Fame? That's something we don't have to worry about for at least five-years. Right now it's one man's word against another. There are a lot of legal questions that haven't been answered so we have to give him the benefit of doubt and not rush to judgment. The upcoming Congressional hearings should be very interesting.
I also hope this unpleasant experience will make others think twice about the risks, not only to their health, but to their careers, their integrity, the game, and the examples they set for others. Former track star Marion Jones is the perfect example. For lying about her use of steriods, she recently received a stiff sentence and jail time. The judge made her an example as a warning to other athletes.
(I was 13 when this picture was take of Roger and myself- it was my second interview)
Fall Frenzy is Here!
My favorite part of baseball season (next to the World Series) is the Fall Frenzy, aka free agent free-for-all. It's a time to see who has decided to look at their options, test the waters, or simply move on.
When I was younger, I always thought guys stayed on the same team. Now it seems like so many move around, its hard to keep track.
While there are a lot of names on this years list, I have my favorites that I am anxious to see where they will land.
A-Rod, I think, is going to land in Dodger blue. Who wouldn't want A-Rod?
I am also excited about David Eckstein, Torii Hunter, Aaron Rowand, Francisco Cordero, David Wells, and Jorge Posada. Eckstein is a scrapper that is a lot of fun to watch. I don't think it's going to take long for these guys to get signed somewhere – and I do predict A-Rod could very well follow Torre to LA.
So, with the series over, the frenzy begins, and it will be fun to follow. Share your predictions?
Final Inning
What a day at the ballpark.
The biggest crowd ever in Astros history showed up Sunday to say thanks and to send off their favorite 2nd baseman, Craig Biggio, into retirement.
From pre-game to post-game, it was an emotional day.
Craig and daughter Quinn threw out the first pitch to sons Cavan and Conor. Astros Owner Drayton McLane presented Biggio a letter from Commissioner Bud Selig, and Biggio addressed the fans who have followed his 20-year career, fighting back emotions.
To his fans, Biggio was a hero and they showed their love with standing ovations, over and over throughout the game. Ten to be exact.
Some fans drove hundreds of miles just to see him. "It was worth every minute," said Nancy Ratcliff, who drove in from Dallas. "I wouldn't have missed this for anything. I grew up watching Biggio, and I just had to be here today to honor him." So many followed number 7 for 20 years.
"It was one of those special moments today. I'm going to miss it,"said Biggio. This is all I really know. But the fans have made it worthwhile. That's what the game's about."
You see, Biggio epitomizes everything that is right with baseball. He hustled down the baselines – each and every time. He played the game honestly, fairly, and was a good teammate. He taught the younger players what they needed to know to become better, and he gave his time off the field, to his beloved Sunshine Kids. In five years, Cooperstown will be calling.
The fans were not the only ones cheering him on. Atlanta Braves players showed their respect applauding him, and pats on the back and chatting up at second base as they made their way around the bases. Chipper Jones, the Braves 3rd baseman, took a little longer to throw to first when Biggio grounded to third in the seventh, hoping he would beat out the throw. That was not only a sign of respect, it was a sign of class.
The long season and games away kept Biggio from his kids more than he liked.
Now that all changes.
Now it's all going to be about them. There will be driving the kids to school, high school and junior high games with his boys, spending time with daughter Quinn, and helping wife Patty around the house. It will be different for him at first – but the family moves to the forefront.
At the top of the 8th inning, the Astros icon walked off the field for the last time. Teammates rushed to the field to pay tribute to him. Braves players tipped their caps, and the fans never let up.
After the final bow, his numbers will speak for themselves: Games played 2850, at bats 10,876, 668 doubles (most ever by a righty), 20-years on one team, 20-years in one uniform. It was about how one Astro played the game.
But Sunday's game was more about the last time, the end of an era.
After the last pitch, Biggio saluted the fans by taking a lap around the stadium. He thanked his fans for accepting him for the last 20 years. "I am going to miss you," he told the standing room only crowd. Thank you very much for being my family."
The day was perfect.
What a way to go…..
Thanks for the memories Craig.
Generation Gaps
There are many teams I enjoy reading about nightly, one being the Dodgers. And there seems to be trouble a-brewin in the club house between the veterans and the younger players. From the outside looking in, it's easy to form your own opinions. But, then again, we aren't in the club house. Jeff Kent says the younger kids don't respect the veterans, and don't take seriously the way the season is being played out. The younger guys shoot back with their own opinions. It's a mess. And while no one asked me for my opinion, that's the beauty of having a blog. I can have one.
This may sound strange coming from a teenager, but here goes. However much younger players disagree with the veterans, you have to give the veterans credit for their experience . These guys paved the way for younger players. Back in the day there weren't multi-million dollar contracts for the best players in the game. Today, some of the contracts are mind boggling.
The old saying that youngsters should be seen and not heard has merit. (I can't believe I am saying this!) We all get irritated when our elders make suggestions because we tend to think we're never wrong. But I do believe that the veterans lead by example, and know a little bit more about the world, the game, and business than the younger guys. Simple signs of respect are responded to in kind. The war of ugly words gets no one anywhere. Younger players should soak up all they can, respect and learn from the veterans, as one day they will find themselves in Kents shoes. I recently read David Wells book, Perfect I'm Not. While it brought on some controversy when it was released, it was an awesome read. You realize just how much this guy went through to get where he is today, and how truly passionate he is about the game. I found myself agonizing with the guy through the tough times, and shaking my head through the mistakes (and laughing a lot). That's what it's all about! They've made the mistakes, and felt the joy of accomplishments, and everyone can learn from that experience. Guys like Kent, Wells and Gonzalez have so much to offer to anyone who is willing to listen. Some are looking at the end of their careers, and they have one goal in mind – going out World Champions –
Another season coming to an end
This time of year, I often reflect on the past season, wondering how it passed by so quickly. It seems like yesterday it was April, then all of a sudden, it's closing weekend. For me, it will be sad to see some players retire, as I have grown up watching them play hard for so long. One such player is Craig Biggio. There was never a time that he wasn't hustling down the baselines, trying to beat out a throw. He never gave anything less than his best. Every time.
David Wells has contributed a lot to the game as well. While he still feels he has something left in the tank, I wonder, will this be it? I hope not. I too think he still has something to contribute and hope he comes back next year.
Then there are guys like Luis Gonzalez who now plays for the Dodgers. Growing up, I always thought of him as a DBack, but he proudly wears his Dodger blue, he too giving them everything he has. I really hope to see him on a team that will value his talents. He still has it.
With all that said, another season closes, but there's always anticipation for spring. Now the question is, who will end up in the World Series?
AZ Diamondbacks Stephen Drew
What's been the best thing about being a baseball player so far?
Just coming out every day and looking at the parks you get to go to and it's definitely a lot of fun and coming out with the crowd and playing the game the way it's supposed to be played.
Do you and your brother JD have a sibling rivalry between you?
No. I grew up watching him and how he handled himself and I think I portrayed my self when I started coming up by watching him and tried to follow his footsteps.
When you were kids did you compete a lot?
Yeah, (laughs), we compete now. But when we were young and stuff we always competed outside in the front yard and playing games. We just always had baseball or basketball games or football games in the yard, any of them, we always had competition.
What's the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you on the field?
During spring training last year there was a pop fly and I dropped it. That was pretty embarrassing.
Tell me something about you that few people know…
Most people don't know that I am starting to pick up the guitar again.
What kind of music do you like?
I like country, contemporary Christian, whatever. I like Third Day and groups like that.
If you controlled the locker room music, what would we be hearing?
Probably some country.
One on One with Nats Felipe Lopez
What do think is your greatest strength as a player?
I think that my speed is my greatest strength. I can do a lot with my speed defensively and offensively.
What's it like playing with Willie Mo Pena again?
I played with him before in Cincinnatti. I enjoy playing with him. He hits mostly home runs so that's always fun.
You played many positions. Do you have a favorite?
My favorite position growing up was always short stop, but you know, I'll play anything.
What sports did you play growing up?
Other than baseball? I played soccer, football, and basketball. I think that's about it.
How did you know that you wanted to play baseball?
It was in the family. I grew up in it and I always loved it.
What is the wildest thing a fan has done to get your attention?
They make big signs or posters, nothing too crazy.
Whats your favorite heckle from fans?
There have been so many. The always make fun of my butt or ask if I am related to J Lo or something like that. That's pretty funny.
Who is the funniest guy on the team?
Oh, we've got a lot of them. There are a bunch of funny guys this year. I can't say there's just one.
Do you have any funny stories that you can share?
We went into one of the coaches hotel room when we got in from the flight, and we hid in the closet and under the bed and we popped out and he got scared.
Has anyone ever pulled a prank on you?
Oh, yeah, every day. Like yesterday, they hid my phone. And that's pretty important, your phone.
What's been the most embarrassing thing that has happened on the field?
My feet got stuck in my shoelace as I was trying to run and I fell on my face. It was very embarrassing.
Boomer Don't Go!
You have to admit, no matter what, David Wells brought something to baseball no other seemed to match – gumption.
After being released by the Padres, Wells, 44, will have some difficult decisions to make over the next few days.
Every day I check the internet to see if he landed on another team, or decided to call it a day.
This search led me to a column by Tim Sullivan of the Union-Tribune in San Diego. Mr. Sullivan spelled it out – time goes on, but look at what he's done. I think at the very least he deserved to be recognized for his accomplishments in the game, and not just on recent performance.
(http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/sullivan/20070809-9999-1s9sullivan.html) It's a great read btw.
I was only 6 years-old when Wells pitched his perfect game. How cool it would have been to be there.
Having spent most of his time in the AL while I was growing up, I never got to see him in person until two-weeks ago in Houston. I was in complete awe.
I have interviewed a lot of high profile major leaguers, and I was very excited when he was scheduled to pitch on this trip. I submitted my interview request and I couldn't wait to try and sit and talk with him. Unfortunately, after the shaky outing, the interview didn't happen. I hope to get the opportunity to interview him one day, but of course, that would mean him not retiring, and then playing with a NL team that makes its rounds to Houston or close by.
But don't rule me out hoping on a plane if he signed with another team and the opportunity presented itself. (Right mom? Hop on a plane? With a little – ok a lot – of nudging from me, who knows, she just might do it! She's one of Boomer's biggest fans, and being a sports photographer, took about a million pictures of him when he was here. There will certainly be no shortage of David Wells photos if anyone needs one. BTW, she taught me to love baseball early on, and I thank her for that. )
If I could make the decision for Wells, I would say kick the mud off the shoes, saddle up and give it another go. Go out your way – when you want – and show 'em you still got game.
But if he decides to retire, that's ok too. He has nothing to hang his head over and we wish him the very best.
Call me crazy, but…
I will be one of the millions sitting in front of my tv tonight watching Bonds make a run for the record. Yes, I know there is controversy galore surrounding him, but you know, I have interviewed lots of major leaguers, and when asked who they thought the best player in the majors today is, a majoity said Bonds.
When he breezes through town, its fun to sit back and watch who he interacts with. I believe when the players step on that field, they are all just happy to be there, and nothing else matters.
So, I'll be watching, online, and ready to chat with anyone else who has nothing better to do – or…….wants to watch history in the making.


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I am writing this because sometimes life in Singapore gets frustrating. Today's frustrating example is with payments at retail shops. This has happened to me so many times here I think it is endemic. Sometimes, when I go to pay my card gets declined, except not really. What really happens is that the cashiers are not familiar with the myriad of payment devices at their register, they don't understand all of the different payment mechanisms from around the world, and they don't know how to process your card. Yesterday's example, though, was a surprisingly poor showing on the cashier's part because it was a local card. This is why I always carry cash on me here, because you never know what you will encounter at the register, or if they will have a minimum charge amount to use a card.
First, let me start with an explanation of what seems to be going on here, and because my husband is in payments, I think I have a good grasp of the problem. One local payment system here is called NETS, and it is kind of like a debit card network. This is what the local folks seem to prefer. They also have a visa/MasterCard machine which processes transactions through that system. In addition, they also have a separate register terminal, which is not integrated at all through the payment processing machines. When the cashier processes your payment, he or she has to know which type of card you have, and its origin will determine how it is run through the machine. Cards throughout most of the world have a microchip in them, and the cashier will insert the microchip into the card reader and the payment should process no problem. The US, however, doesn't have that technology in most of its cards, and instead they rely on entering a 3 digit code on the back of the card.
Normally, when a cashier has trouble processing my card, it is because it is one of my US based cards and they are unfamiliar with the 3 digit code procedure. I always watch to see which machine they are using, and if they seem stumped, I explain it to them. Yesterday, however, I was using my local Citibank debit Visa, with a microchip, and the cashier still kept getting it declined. Unfortunately, she was using machines that were way under the counter that I couldn't see so I couldn't help her out. I try to use this card for my local purchases because I don't have to pay a foreign fee for my transaction. So here I was trying to pay for our steaks at the butcher, and the total was only $31. I knew there was a lot of money in that account, and it was an operator error, but she got too flustered and I didn't have any cash on me. Instead, I whipped out my US Citibank debit card and paid with that, and the transaction went through. What is irritating about that, though, is rather than paying $31, now I had to pay an exchange fee and a foreign fee on top of that, so my $31 steaks probably cost $35. In the land of expensive groceries, you don't need any extra fees on top of your already too pricey food.
Of course, when I got home, I checked my bank account online, and sure enough, there was much more than enough to pay for the $31 steaks. At the time, I was having paranoid thoughts that maybe someone had stolen my card and wiped out our account. Now I am just annoyed that the cashier couldn't figure out how to use a local card and I had to pay an extra fee. If only it was unusual, but instead this sort of thing happens all the time. Sistic can't process US based cards online, they always get declined. I have to go in and buy tickets there and help them process the card. I've run into similar problems with Jetstar. My doctor's office couldn't process my card once, and I had to go and withdraw money from an ATM and come back. It took me half an hour, because I had to call them and get my daily limit raised (this was for a $1500 bill). Embarrassing!
Mostly, I find the easiest thing to do is to use my local Citibank debit Visa for most purchases, and carry about $200 in cash around so I have a backup, plus make sure I have a couple of credit cards in my wallet just in case so I have plenty to try. It is embarrassing, though, to have to go through a couple of cards to pay for your $31 steaks, especially when the issue is not your available funds. We have a US based Citibank account, and I can transfer funds from the US account, where our paycheck gets deposited, instantaneously into the Singapore Citibank account. Then I try to spend in local currency and withdraw in local currency, minimizing the fees. I can also pay the utilities and cable bill online this way. The other advantage of the local Citibank card is you get 1% cash back at Cold Storage, so at the end of the month I get about $20 credited back to my account. This system mostly works for us, with a glitch here and there. A local NETS card would probably be more advantageous, but I wonder how to easily get your money from your US based account to the local account electronically? Most of the time I want the money transferred now, not in three days via ACH.
So that's our system, folks. If you have one that works better, by all means share your ideas!


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In today's episode of the LogicStreaming podcast, host Patrick Yoder, CEO and co-founder of LogicStream Health, has a very interesting and informative conversation with U.S. Congressman Erik Paulsen, who represents Minnesota's Third Congressional District.
Representative Paulsen is a 5-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives and serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction of healthcare policy and is the chief tax writing committee in the House.
Representative Paulsen chairs the Joint Economic Committee, a bicameral Congressional Committee composed of 10 members from the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, which studies and performs research on matters relating to the U.S. economy and advises Congress on how to best spur economic growth and create jobs. He also serves as co-chair of the House Medical Technology Caucus.
The conversation began with highlights from a recent article published in the HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW under the title "Why Process is U.S. Healthcare's Biggest Problem" which was co-authored by an executive at Fairview Health, a long-time customer of LogicStream Health. Patrick and Rep. Paulsen discuss the current political environment and the impact it is having on healthcare policy under the current Trump administration.
The conversation also featured a meaningful exchange between Rep. Paulsen and Patrick on areas where the start-up and early-stage healthcare information technology (HIT) sector in Minnesota can be supported by federal policies to ensure job growth in the future.
Improvements in healthcare data, information, interoperability and clinical process were also part of the conversation between the two leaders with discussion about how information technology—specifically clinical process improvement systems—can improve patient quality and safety and hospital financial performance through appropriate utilization.
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Northern Corn Leaf Blight Quantitative Analysis
Exserohilum turcicum is a destructive fungal pathogen that infects leaves of corn, sorghum and grass species. As the causal agent of Northern Corn Leaf Blight (NCLB), yield losses associated with this disease can be extensive, upwards of 50% in susceptible hybrids when the disease develops early in the season, prior to tasseling. However, when disease severity is minor or its development has been delayed until well after silking, yield impacts are usually minimal. The ideal conditions for NCLB include high humidity under the canopy with moderate soil temperatures. Having a history of NCLB in the field or in nearby fields is the most important factor impacting disease development. The ability of the fungusto survive from year to year in infected corn residue makes it a perpetual problem once the disease has developed in the area.
In-field symptoms of NCLB can be mistaken for other pathogens, including gray leaf spot (Czm) and bacterial leaf streak (Xvv). With no way to eradicate the fungus from a location, management of NCLB becomes the focus, especially since the effectiveness of in-season treatments (fungicide applications)may rely on early and accurate diagnosis.
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Old Scripture Cake
Contributed by Helen. Thank-you!The famous "OLD SCRIPTURE" cake. If you know your Bible well, this will pose no problems. If you don't know it quite that well, the translation will be at the end of the recipe.
- 3/4 cup Genesis 18:8
- 1 1/2 cup Jeremiah 6:20
- 5 Isaiah 10:14 (separated)
- 3 cups sifted Leviticus 24:5
- 3 teaspoons 2 Kings 2:20
- 3 teaspoons Amos 4:5
- 1 teaspoon Exodus 30:23
- 1/4 teaspoon each 2 Chronicles 9:9
- 1/2 cup Judges 4:19
- 3/4 chopped Genesis 43:11
- 3/4 cup finely cut Jeremiah 24:5
- 3/4 cup 2 Samuel 16:1
- Whole Genesis 43:11
- Cream Genesis 18 with Jeremiah 6. Beat in yolks of Isaiah 10, one at a time. Sift together Leviticus 24; 2 Kings 2; Amos 4; Exodus 30; and 2 Chronicles 9.
- Blend into creamed mixture alternately with Judges 4. Beat whites of Isaiah 10 till stiff; fold in. Fold in chopped Genesis 43; Jeremiah 24; and 2 Samuel 16. Turn into 10-inch tube pan that has been greased and dusted with Leviticus 24.
- Bake at 325 degrees F until it is golden brown or Gabriel blows his trumpet, whichever happens first. Bake for an hour and ten minutes. Remove from oven. After fifteen minutes, remove it from the pan. Cool completely. Drizzle over it some Burnt Jeremiah Syrup.
- 1 1/2 cups Jeremiah 6:20
- 1/2 cup Genesis 24:45
- 1/4 cup Genesis 18:8
- Melt Jeremiah 6 in a heavy skillet over low heat. Keep cooking it till it is a deep gold, then add Genesis 24. Cook till smooth and remove from the heat. Add Genesis 18 and stir till it melts, then cool.
- After drizzling this on the Scripture Cake, you can decorate it with whole Genesis.
Genesis 18:8 "And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them."
Jeremiah 6:20 "To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country." (Sugar)
Isaiah 10:4 "And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathered eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered the earth."
Leviticus 24:5 "And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof."
2 Kings 2:20 "And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein."
Amos 4:5 "And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free will offerings and publish them." (Baking Powder)
Exodus 30:23 "Take thou also, unto thee the chief spices; of flowering myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half as much."
2 Chronicles 9:9 "And she gave the King a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance."
Judges 4:19 " And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk and gave him drink."
Genesis 43:11 "Carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and myrrh, nuts and almonds."
Jeremiah 24:5 "Thou saith Jehovah, God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good."
2 Samuel 16:1 "And when David was a little past the top of the assent, behold, Ziba, the servant of Mephiboseth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred clusters of raisins.
Genesis 24:45 "And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the fountain, and drew: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee."
KEY WORDS from the OLD SCRIPTURES:
butter, sweet cane, eggs, fine flour, salt, leavened, sweet cinnamon, spices, milk, almonds, figs, raisins, water.
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text: Rachel Porter is a senior at the University of St. Mary in Kansas City, KS. Rachel is spending summer 2019 participating in the ASIP Summer Research Opportunity in Pathology Program and the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program of the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics at the Kansas University Medical Center working in the laboratory of Dr. Udayan Apte (Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, Kansas University Medical Center). The SURF Program is hosting seven students this year. At the conclusion of the program, all the trainees will participate in a Symposia by presenting a short talk. Rachel will be working on the mechanisms of hepatomegaly induced by persistent organic pollutants called Perfluorinated Alkyl Acids (PFAA). Specifically, she is screening several pathways normally associated with hepatomegaly and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease such as Hippo, Wnt, and EGFR signaling to determine if they are involved in PFAA-induced liver toxicities.


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Christmas angora babies just born
What a nice Christmas gift! Angora babies were born last night.
I haven't checked in-depth nor counted them yet, but it appears it is two angora rabbit babies that were born and both are alive and breathing. It is freezing cold this morning so I'll leave them covered for now and will check again later today.


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Airline: United Airlines
Incident Date: Nov 05, 2012
Report Date: January 2013
Incident Type: Death
Animal: Dog
Brachycephalic: No Definition
Animal Age: 8 years
Flight Number: UA400
Originating Airport: BOS (General Edward Lawrence Logan Intl)
Destination Airport: SFO (San Francisco International)
Reporting Airport: SFO (San Francisco International)
INCIDENT #1: UA flight #400 Boston to San Francisco Dog– Brindle & white greyhound / 8yrs old Male November 5, 2012 Name: Chance
Owner/Guardian REDACTED
Description of the Incident: Pet arrived San Francisco deceased upon arrival.
Description of the Cause of the Incident: A necropsy was performed and the cause of death was diagnosed as a combination of all the below findings; i.e. chronic renal insults in the kidneys, raised masses and lesions on the spleen, and petechiations on the serosal surfaces which suggest a coagulation or clotting defect.
Description of any corrective action taken: None as the cause of death was not related to United Airlines' handling.
PetFlight Report:
January 2013 Airline Pet Travel Report
Original Report
Map of all airports that have reported an air travel, pet related incident.
The inspiration for PetFlight.


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Starting in September of 1998, we began formalizing our advisories. Here are a list of advisories issued since that time. We've also got a disclosure policy.
Microsoft Windows Silent Adhoc Network Advertisement
20060114: After a 3 1/2 year lull, an advisory is released! Pity it is a lame Windows wireless bug.
Web Traversal in Critical Path inJoin V4.0 and Cross-Site Scripting in Critical Path inJoin V4.0
20020510: Cyberiad finds a couple of problems in Critical Path inJoin V4.0 Directory Server.
KeyManager Issue in ISS RealSecure on Nokia Appliances
20020319: Oops. ISS left in a default account in RealSecure on Nokia appliances which allows for remote manipulation.
OpenFile Win32 API Log Overwriting/Rewriting
20020114: Cyberiad finds both Microsoft's IIS 4 and Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2001 are vulnerable to log files being rewritten via Windows APIs.
Numerous Issues with Valicert Enterprise VA
20011204: Cyberiad and Phuzzy L0gik have some fun exploring Valicert's CGI program, including finding numerous buffer overflows, info leaking, and even weak random numbers.
Sun's NetDynamics Reuseable Session ID
20011126: Phuzzy L0gik plays with some Sun products and turns up a bug. NetDynamics session IDs can be reused, allowing session hijacking.
NetWare Enterprise Web Server and GroupWise WebAccess
20010814: Adept finds some GroupWise issues, and NMRC helps him publicize it.
Specter IDS DoS and Other Issues
20010527: hellNbak has found a number of problems with the Specter IDS, including DoS (a simple port scan can cause CPU usage problems) and remote identification of its honeypot nature (you see, it really isn't an IDS to begin with...).
File Sniffing in Netware
19991122: It has always been trivial to sniff file transfers between a server and a workstation. NMRC now automates the process in the latest version of Pandora.
HackerShield Service User
19990910: Bindview's product HackerShield is a security scanner with a number of impressive automation features that make use of a Service User to allow HackerShield to run unattended. Unfortunately, the Service User is not machine specific, making anyone who has downloaded the product including the demo vulnerable to potential attack. Here's Bindview's response.
NetWare 5 Hijack Vulnerability
19990715: Originally reported 13 months ago, some of the same spoof and hijack tricks that worked on Netware 4 work on Netware 5. This advisory simply points that fact out, as the new Pandora v4 simplifies the spoof and hijack tricks.
NetWare 4.x TTS Problem
19990512: Netware 4.x servers not running the latest patches are vulnerable to a nasty Denial of Service bug that can potentially crash multiple servers simultaneously.
NAI AntiVirus Update Problem
19990505: Under certain conditions Network Associates VirusScan NT will not properly update the virus definition file, leaving the NT server or workstation vulnerable to viral attack.
"Decryption" of RCONSOLE Password
19981006: If an intruder recovers the encrypted password used during the loading of REMOTE.NLM, it can be easily decrypted on another Netware server.
Lame NT Token Ring DoS
19980930: If you have Token Ring packets with bad data in them, you can crash NT servers and workstations. All four sites running Token Ring should apply the RIF Hot Fix from Microsoft (ask them for it, it's not on their FTP site).
GroupWise Buffer Overflow
19980923: You can overflow the POP3 and LDAP ports causing the server to crash. Unlike the last advisory, this one has generated lots of thank-yous. Hmmm, revealing user account names is bad, but crashing servers is good. At least with the latest patches only the affected NLM goes south, but we advise to simply not use it. UPDATE 06Oct98 - Novell has released a patch, look for gwia551.exe at support.novell.com. The patch is for GroupWise 5.5 only, so you are forced to upgrade before you can apply the patch.
Default NDS Rights
19980916: Most Netware installers are unaware or uncaring about how much info is revealed from a standard install. Lots of flames on this one from disgruntled sys admins having to fix things because their boss read about it. Sorry folks, some OSes (such as Unix) actually go to some trouble to keep intruders from learning account names. Netware should be this way too.
The "Am I Owned?" Service
20030608: NMRC issues a major press release about a new service, which is real (we swear, you can trust us, right?)... Oh and we also announce our upcoming talks at Black Hat and DefCon.
April Fools Wrap-Up, 2003
20030402: Trust no one... except for us, of course.
A Step Towards Information Anarchy: A Call To Arms
20011102: hellNbak announces Information Anarchy.
Pandora 4 Beta 2.1 Announcement
19991201: The announcement of the release of Pandora 4 Beta 2.1 for Linux.
Simple Nomad at ToorCon2000
19991119: ToorCon announced last week that Simple Nomad will be the keyonote speaker at the security convention next September in San Diego.
Pandora 4 Beta 2 Announcement
19991119: The announcement of the release of Pandora 4 Beta 2, with improved drivers, improved GUI and lots of bug fixes.
Pandora 4 Announcement
19990507: The announcment of the release of the beta version of Pandora 4, made right before the Black Hat Briefings.
Here are some hacking and informational FAQs. These are NMRC exclusives, developed from work within the lab. These FAQs are the main reason for the lab. Contributors can send hot tidbits to email@example.com.
The Hack FAQ
This FAQ is a combined NT, Netware, and Unix FAQ discussing hacking. A lot of people have been bugging us about this, so feel free to see what we have so far.
Updated 20030802.
The PowerBook Battery Hack FAQ
Many of you have wondered exactly how to hack a Macintosh Powerbook battery. Thanks to gawdawful long (tm) Netware 5 loads, read exactly how to hack that Powerbook battery. BTW we can't believe we got email about this, yes idiots, it's a joke.
Released 19980717.
The Offical NMRC FAQ
Basic questions about NMRC that might explain why your email was deleted without a response.
Updated 20030102.
In The Media
ToorCon Seattle 2008: Lightning talks
20080422, Hack A Day - jrandom's presentation on scratchcard vulnerabilities gets a special mention
Importance of Microsoft patches called understated
20041222, SearchSecurity - Mr. Nomad again bitching about Microsoft, apparently this is a fulltime job.
Why Can't Microsoft Catch Its Own Bugs?
20041026, IT Management - Mr. Nomad quoted under his real name again, this time bitching about how Microsoft's cranial/rectal inversion problem.
Microsoft sets new Patch Tuesday record
20041014, SearchSecurity - Mr. Nomad quoted under his real name again, bitching about Microsoft. Yawn.
Backdoor program gets backdoored
20040611, SecurityFocus - Mr. Nomad quoted under his real name again, this time gets in a nice zinger on Microsoft
Defenses Morph as Viruses Mutate
200404, Security Management Magazine - Mr. Nomad quoted under his real name, talking about virus stuff.
The Mind Of A Hacker
20031110, NWC Security Pipeline - Simple Nomad and a few other hacker-types are interviewed in a pseudo FUD article with a neato catchy title. Wee.
Thwarted Linux backdoor hints at smarter hacks
20031106, SecurityFocus - Kevin Poulsen's story about a backdoor inserted into the Linux kernel, with a quote from Simple Nomad.
Patch your software--it'll help secure the Net
20030804, CNET ZDNET Reviews - An article about the Qualys panel at Black Hat, with a quote from Simple Nomad.
Black Hat puts hacker on mock trial
20030731, CNET News.com - During Black Hat at Hacker Court, Weasel is put on trial. Thank god for the well hung jury -- as good as a win for poor Weasel.
Hackers look to hide communications
20030731, CNET news.com - Simple Nomad releases NCovert at Black Hat and gets some press.
Vulnerabilities Half-life is 30 Days, Says Researcher
20030731, ComputerWire News - An article on the Qualys panel at Black Hat, with a quote from Simple Nomad.
Panel Probes the Half-life of Bugs
20030730, SecurityFocus - Simple Nomad is quoted under his real name, stating the obvious about how quickly the underground works to find and reverse engineer security bugs.
Vandals menacing both sides with defacements in cyber war
20030404, The Star-Ledger - Sioda an Cailleach is quoted on the subject of cyberwar FUD and the companies that profit from it.
Cyber hype
20021205, The Guardian - Simple Nomad and Richard Thieme tell it like it is regarding the hype surrounding cyber terrorism myth.
Stakes higher for hackers
20020812, Reuters - Richard Thieme, RFP, and Simple Nomad are quoted regarding the possible higher stakes of hacking, mainly as a result of the post 9/11 knee-jerk legislation passed by the U.S. Government.
The Dark Side of Hacking Bill
20020727, Wired News - hellNbak gets a quote in about a bill in the House of Representatives that would allow copyright holders to "attack" P2P networks transmitting their copyrighted works.
Some Apache Web Servers Vulnerable To Attack (expired)
20020723, Down Jones Newswire - Simple Nomad is quoted in an article regarding an Apache flaw. He tries to keep some perspective as opposed to some of the FUD being displayed by people like Chris Rouland.
Game Consoles -- the Next Hacker Target?
20020619, SecurityFocus - hellNbak is quoted talking about the "potential" of Microsoft's broadband-ready XBox.
Shades of gray at security conference
20020502, CNet - CanSecWest 2002 was a great conference. In spite of being in Canada, the US of A feds were there in force, and Simple Nomad makes sure to give them some shit.
Consumer Group Reports Hacker Break-Ins (expired)
20011119, Newsbytes - Ralph Nader's Consumer Project on Technology had some security incidents on their Internet servers, and Simple Nomad comments.
Hackers call for info anarchy
20011107, vnunet - More of hellNbak in the news with another article on the Information Anarchy 2K01 movement.
'White Hat' Hackers Threaten Information Anarchy (expired)
20011106, Newsbytes - The Information Anarchy announcement from hellNbak gets some press, and hellNbak does an email interview.
Hackers Put A Price Tag On New Attack Tool
20011018, Newsbytes - The SSH crc32 attack uncovered last February is finally being exploited en masse as script tools begin to circulate in the underground. Simple Nomad quoted.
Terrorists' Online Methods Elusive
20010918, Washington Post - Article about steganography and terrorism. Simple Nomad is quoted under his real name.
Microsoft Releases Code Red Cleanup
20010808, Newsbytes - Microsoft releases a tool to clean up after Code Red II and Simple Nomad comments on what the tool does *not* do.
The Weakest Link (paid archive)
20010717, Interactive Week - Story that discusses upper management being a weak link in computer security. Simple Nomad is quoted under his real name.
Microsoft Sites Inaccessible
20010125, Washington Post - Questions asked about a Microsoft outage that impacted microsoft.com, msnbc.com, and hotmail.com. Simple Nomad has a couple of answers.
Secure Strategies
20000807, Information Security Magazine - A story by Al Berg that talks about the various commercial security scanners, and the vendor's R&D groups. Simple Nomad gets a mention for the BindView RAZOR team.
Specter of Web attacks looms anew (paid archive)
20000806, Inter@ctive Week - A sensationalized story that gets most of the facts correct. Simple Nomad talking about distributed attacks, not about distributed denial of service. Also note, the talk in October 1999 dealt with stealth communications to control security devices, not denial of service. Techniques used in that talk surfaced in the DDoS attacks in February. The point is that these techniques can be discovered and analyzed before they occur.
Is hacking healthy?
20000405, ZDNet UK - A short article on how healthy hacking is. Which it is. 'cause Nomad says so.
Grey Hats, Black Hats, and Script Kiddies
20000405, ZDNet UK - Another short article that talks about the different types of hackers, including a quote from Simple Nomad under his real name.
Top Hats
20000500, Inside Business Magazine - Local copy of an article that appeared in an Ohio regional magazine. Features comments from Simple Nomad.
Fighting the Dark Side
20000401, Technology Decisions - This sidebar to a magazine article quotes Simple Nomad talking about hacking, and dissing Microsoft.
It's harder to identify the bad guys online
20000328, Christian Science Monitor - Interviews with several hackers including Simple Nomad about the current state of hacking in general.
Who Can Stop Cybervandals? (paid archive)
20000228, U.S. News & World Report - Asks questions about the futile nature of trying to find decent solutions where basically none exist. A one-sentence quote from Simple Nomad.
Hackers Speak
20000221, The Standard - A large number of quotes from various hacker folk, including Simple Nomad, in an article after the wake of Denial of Service attacks.
Respite Follows Hacker Attacks (paid archive)
20000211, Washington Post - More fun as the WP asks questions about denial of service and Simple Nomad (quoted under his real name) throws in a comment.
Web Hacks: Day Three
20000209, The Standard - In the wake of all of the distributed denial of service attacks, Simple Nomad puts in his two cents' worth.
RAZOR, BindView's Newly Named Security Team, Discovers "Syskey Bug" on Microsoft NT Feature
19991222, BindView - Simple Nomad gets a new job, and the new boss releases a press release. BTW Mr. Nomad had nothing to do with the Syskey bug discovery, despite the way the press release reads. It was all Todd Sabin's work.
Microsoft recruits anti-virus vendors to fight Y2K hackers
19991101, Infoworld - Talks about Y2K virus attacks, and gets a quote from Simple Nomad.
Bane of e-commerce: 'We're secure: We allow only Web traffic through our firewall'
19990809, Infoworld - Talks about the danger of web and e-commerce, and mention's the NMRC Hack FAQ, along with other tidbits.
Black Hat conference survives a denial-of-service attack, but will it outlast attrition?
19990719, Infoworld - Summation of the Black Hat Briefings, with a reference to NMRC and Simple Nomad's presentation, including the new Pandora v4.
Worm With an Attitude (paid archive)
19990628, U.S. News & World Report talk about the Worm.ExploreZip virus and who is really to blame. Microsoft catches some heat from Simple Nomad and Aleph1. Microsoft continues their mindless lip service.
More on NetWare's Remote hack: Admin status not required to cause problems
19990524, Infoworld - Refers to NMRC as they try to clear up some of the statements their readers had problems with regarding their story on The Ruiner's remote encryption hack.
Novell's Remote encrypted password falls victim to weak security measures
19990426, Infoworld - The Ruiner makes a splash in the press with his RConsole decryption hack. The article mentions NMRC and some of our's and Shade's tools.
Do you want some proof that NetWare is alive and well? People are still hacking it
19980803, Infoworld - Attempts to figure out Pandora. They state they tested many of the tools, but they only tested four -- the spoofing ones. They had problems, and we tried to help them, but alas.... due to Novell's complete lack of disclosure, simple configuration issues make Pandora only work under certain conditions. This coupled with the fact we don't think the Infoworld security guys like us (see this article for a flavor of their opinion of guys with funny names), it's not a flattering review.
Hackers demonstrate NetWare IPX 'spoof'
19980720, Computerworld - Article mentioning Simple Nomad and Jitsu-Disk as the ethical hackers behind Pandora.
Who you gonna call?
19980720, LAN Times - Article about system adminstrator shareware, and where to get it. Mentions Pandora, along with L0phtcrack and some other mainstream resources.
Pandora pokes holes in NetWare
19980715, CNet - Reports news about Pandora, and Novell says the threat isn't that serious but they are taking it serious. Losing sight of the point, Novell implies locking up your server protects you from Pandora.
NetWare falls prey to hackers
19980713, Infoworld - NMRC lets them know about Pandora, Infoworld tells everyone how we've hacked Netware, and Novell thinks we're cool. Or at least "helpful".
Hackers Track Presidential Pagers (expired)
19980615, WFAA Dallas TX Channel 8 News - Simple Nomad is the so-called "expert" during a story about hackers nabbing FBI pages during a Presidential visit a couple of weeks ago. In the lead story Simple Nomad relies upon his savvy (web surfing some pager sites) to say yes, it is theoretically possible. Photos and hopefully an AVI will be posted soon showing more of the story. Here's a link to the audio of the broadcast (also expired).
The danger within
19980420, Infoworld - An article taking about internal threats to the network. Lots of decent quotes from Peter Shipley, a typical slue of InfoSec and Fed quotes, and a paragraph paraphrasing Simple Nomad.
Want to prevent breakins? Just ask a hacker
19980302, Computerworld - A somewhat accurate article discussing how Microsoft and Novell have interaction with white hat hackers to improve security. Simple Nomad and the NMRC web site are mentioned, and the facts are almost accurate. I like the part about how Mudge "operates" the "10pht". And they say L0pht can't spell!
Special Report: How to Improve Windows NT Security
19980201, Network VAR - An article on NT security. NMRC is mentioned, and it falsely lists (or at least implies) Nomad as the author of NT Crack and PWDump since these were on my web site. For the record, Secure Networks did NT Crack and Jeremy Allison did PWDump.
Hacker utilities threaten NDS safety
19970804, LAN Times - Pandora splashes onto the scene. Hell, they even try it out and crack a few passwords.
Nix Web-server attacks
19970804, LAN Times - Article mentioning the Hack FAQ among other references on web security.
Foil Attacks on Your Registry
19970700, Windows NT Magazine - Mentions the NMRC web site when discussing NT hack tools.
Hacker FAQ Exposes Attack Strategies
19970414, LAN Times - Article on the Netware Hack FAQ. Kind of a mini review of the FAQ. Quite positive (or negative, depending or whether you are wearing a white or black hat) as LAN Times tries some shockingly successful hacks from the FAQ, hacking the offices at LAN Times.
How Safe Is Your LAN? and Hazards of Hooking Up
19960617, LAN Times - Article and side bar featuring a "forum" interview with Bill Cheswick, Winn Schwartau, and Simple Nomad. Kind of an odd mix of people. The wasn't actually a "panel", just some email interviews.
Compliance: The Enterprise Vulnerability Roadmap
Defcon 16 presentation by Weasel
Attend My Talk And Win A Xbox 360... In Some Other Contest!
Toorcon Seattle 2008 presentation by jrandom
Hacking the Friendly Skies
ShmooCon 2006 presentation by Simple Nomad
Free Your Mind: The NMRC Info/Warez Panel
NMRC, DefCon, 2003
Covering Your Tracks: Ncrypt and Ncovert
Simple Nomad, Black Hat, 2003
April Fools, 2003
Every year, NMRC likes to do a little something special for April Fools.
Simple Nomad, DefCon, 2001
Network Mapping Techniques
Simple Nomad, DefCon, 2000
Strategies for Defeating Distributed Attacks
Simple Nomad, Black Hat Briefings, 2000
Occassionally we release various papers and reports. They are listed here:
Simple Nomad's DefCon 11 Rant
Simple Nomad discusses he holy trinity of hackers -- trust, control, and truth.
Don't Be A Tool
Sioda warns how hackers are their own worst enemy when pitted against the businesses and governments that would exploit them.
Crackers and Commercial Vulnerability Scanners
This report details how easy it is to download the demo version of a commercial vulnerability scanner, and within a few minutes start mapping network vulnerabilities to systems you don't own (yet).
We occassionally will review products, and give them the NMRC Hacker Stamp of Approval. This doesn't happen very often, mainly because we have to really want to do it, and we don't get paid for it. Very, very few products will get this stamp, because 1) as we stated we don't do this very often, and 2) the product must kick hacker butt to receive this prestigious award.
Here is a short list of Official NMRC Hacker Seal of Approval reviewed products:
AntiSniff Beta 2
L0pht Heavy Industries
Password Safe 1.7
Counterpane Systems
Books We Recommend
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Quick — which room in your house needs attention the most? Kitchen? Bathroom? Garage?
Nope. Your closet.
"Foul!" you cry. "That's not a room."
"It should be," says Lisa Adams, founder of LA Closet Design. "The closet is where we spend the first and last moments of our day. This highly used space needs some respect."
In short, Adams — whose client list includes E! News anchor Giuliana Rancic, Kardashian mom Kris Jenner, "Biggest Loser" trainer Jillian Michaels, singers Carmen Electra and Jewel, and actors Eddie Murphy and Billy Crystal — is telling me that closets need to come out of the closet.
"They're full of unused potential," she says.
Every morning, I plunge into my closet as if diving into the Arctic sea. I emerge, shaking my head like a wet polar bear saying, "What year is this?" If I'm lucky, I've snagged a few garments I can cobble into an outfit.
Adams insists it doesn't have to be that way. "A closet should look and feel like an extension of your home," she says, "but closets gets shorted by builders who shove in a rod and a shelf and call it finished. Closets matter to homebuyers. Make them great, and you'll add instant value."
I feel compelled to tell Adams about the blue paisley scarf I couldn't find last week, which drove me to call her. I started pulling out all my scarves — some of which go back 20 years. No luck. Then I searched through my T-shirts until I had more clothes on the floor than a sorority house. "I thought my closet was organized," I said, "so I called you."
After listening patiently, Adams offered this life-altering advice: "Turn your closet into a chic boutique — a store with clothes just for you. You should want to go shopping in your closet every day."
If your closet looks better with the door closed, consider these closet makeover tips from Adams:
Make it pretty. Decorate your closet like a room. Paint it a great color, or add wallpaper. Put in handsome baseboards, crown molding and a great light fixture. "That will enhance not just the space, but your experience of it," Adams says.
Upgrade the hardware. Change out white painted wooden poles for rods with a metal finish, like polished chrome or satin nickel. Change drawer knobs, shelving and hooks to match.
Have a seat. A little furniture gives the space some dignity. If there's room, an ottoman, chair or mini sofa is welcome. I use a funky bookcase for my shoes, an idea Adams loves.
Match the hangers. Purge all the dry-cleaner hangers, then hang all clothes on one kind of hanger: metal, wood, satin or velvet.
Get the light right. Anyone who has gone to work with one navy and one black sock knows that good closet lighting is essential.
Purse power. Common closet eyesores are the piles of falling-down purses. Adams likes Purse Pillows, padded inserts that hold purses upright and help them hold their shape. At $24.95 for one medium Purse Pillow, you may want to use something else to give your purse structure.
Manage the madness. Make closet maintenance an ongoing process by dedicating one lined laundry bin for closet weed-outs. Adams says, "Many people pull a garment out that they can't wear because — it has a stain, snag or tear, or it's worn out or doesn't fit — then put it back in the closet. No, no, no. Put it in the weed-out bin.
Apply the acid test. When sorting clothes, don't keep anything you wouldn't want to be wearing if you ran into your ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend.
Don't forget the kids. "Many homeowners spend money on the master closet, but drop the ball in the kids' rooms," Adams says. "Then they wonder why their kids never put things away." Have a closet system the kids can reach. It gives kids and parents a running start.
Hang it up. "If I could hang everything, I probably would," says Adams, except for socks or under things. Visible stacks are her second choice, but drawers are a challenge. "If you can't see it, you won't wear it." So if you put clothes in drawers that don't have glass fronts, fold them so you can see every item when you open the drawer. Put clothes back in their place every day. "Get into a pattern, so the mess doesn't snowball."
Contact Marni Jameson through www.marnijameson.com.
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So, I have decided that I pretty much love all the fabrics that come out of Lakehouse Dry Goods Fabrics! Here are three that I am currently in love with:
These are from the Teatime Floral line. I was at my local quilt shop this past weekend with Baby Girl and we fell in love! So I bought a half a yard of each of these to make up a couple of pillows for her bed.
What you can't tell from the pictures is that the dot material and the butterfly material both have a pearlized pattern to them. Simply lovely.
I am almost done with the pillow top. I decided to try my hand at hand quilting. It's going very well, aside from a sore index finger from pulling the needle and a sore middle finger from shoving the needle halfway into it under my fingernail. Little enough ouchies considering I am loving the way it it turning out! Besides, if I don't screw something up, or get hurt, I haven't made it right!
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Clouds enshroud the mountain's peak.
Exhausted from the long ascent, you barely keep your grip as the stones beneath you give way and tumble perilously down the slope. But you still keep climbing…
…for the Highland beckons you!
Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce the upcoming release of The Highland , the latest expansion for Talisman Revised 4th Edition !
Legends say all magic in the land comes from an enchanted stream that flows from the tallest mountain. Atop the tallest peaks, the magical waters are at their most pure and potent, and the banks are littered with precious gems. But one must beware, for within the Highland dwells the feared Eagle King, guardian of the source of magic. Intruders and fortune-seekers will receive no mercy, for he has not forgotten that jewels stolen from him now adorn the Crown of Command itself!
Talisman: The Highland adds a new Region to the game for heroes to explore. A custom-fitted map board and over 100 new cards bring this mountainous realm vividly to life, while six brand-new characters, each represented with a superbly detailed plastic miniature, offer fantastic new playing experiences. Climb as high as you dare, and lay claim to the unimaginable wealth that awaits atop the tallest peak in the world of Talisman!
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Reviewed by Ekta R. Garg
Digging deeper into the craft of writing requires that an author find new ways to express universal emotions. That means finding unique phrases and fresh word choices that will keep readers engaged while at the same time moving the story forward. After all, it doesn't make sense to write simply for the sake of pretty writing. Those types of sentences do have their place, but you can't fill an entire book with them.
Dozens of craft books share examples on fresh writing and "show, don't tell." Sometimes, though, authors need a resource that they can thumb through, an easy list of options to help them when they're stuck. That's where The Emotion Thesaurus comes in.
In the Introduction to the book, authors Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi say, "All successful novels, no matter what genre, have one thing in common: emotion. It lies at the core of every character's decision, action, and word, all of which drive the story. Without emotion, a character's personal journey is pointless."
To help with that emotion, Ackerman and Puglisi's book uses various emotions, such as fear or desire, as page headings. Underneath each heading, the authors offer a definition and then descriptions for that emotion. Turn to the page for "Happiness," for example, and the definition reads, "A state of well-being or joyful contentment." Under that the first section reads, "Physical Signals," and some of those signals include "a polite manner" and "an overall visage that glows or radiates."
The headings make it easy to navigate through the book. Writers don't need to scan paragraphs of instruction; they just go to the page of the emotion for which they need alternative phrases. When Ackerman and Puglisi named their book a thesaurus, they hit the nail on the head.
Another advantage to the book, albeit a less obvious one at first, is its trim size. Larger pages allow for the book to stay open on a desk with minimal support. Authors will find it easy to navigate the thesaurus for the information they need both with the physical attributes as well as its content.
Newbie writers who need a little more hand-holding as they work on their stories may not be ready for this book. It doesn't require mastery of the craft, but it also doesn't spend pages and pages on instruction. The book is meant to be a resource used in conjunction with the writing process, and in that sense it offers readers one of the most interactive writing manuals yet.
I'd highly recommend The Emotional Thesaurus to anyone ready to take their stories to a new level.


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The Liberal government has repeatedly said, "A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian." What about the children who never even got a chance?
Abdoul Abdi's situation is one that dozens of people find themselves in. They fall through the cracks of the various systems that do not work in the interests of Black, racialized and poor people.
Abdi arrived in Nova Scotia in mid 2000 with his sister, and two aunts. The family was granted permanent residency under a sponsored refugee program. Within a year of arriving, he and he sister were apprehended by children's services. By the age of nine, he had become a permanent ward of the state.
Abdi was never adopted. Instead, he had, according to his lawyer, 20 different placements over the years. In one foster home, he lived with a foster family that he considered abusive.
"Around this time, he starts to have conflicts with the law as many children in care do," said Benjamin Perryman, who is representing Abdi.
At the National Black Canadian Summit in Toronto, activists presented Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen with a letter about the case.
It read, "The Minister could issue a warning letter to Abdoul, but instead continues to seek deportation, even though this would violate Canada's international human rights obligations."
Children of African descent are overrepresented in the child welfare system. In Toronto, for example, Black children represent 40.8 per cent of children in care despite representing only 8.5 per cent of the Toronto population. The apprehension of Black children is both a present problem and a relic of the past.
The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children operated for the early part of the 20th century. Black children were placed in it because other public institutions would not take them. There they faced horrific abuses resulting in an apology, a settlement and an inquiry. A preliminary report from that inquiry states that African Nova Scotian children remain vastly overrepresented in the child welfare system.
This overrepresentation further harms children, such as Abdi, who arrived as non-citizens.
"In so many cases, people did not know they weren't citizens because they've been here since they were children or didn't know they could be removed to a country the didn't know at all," said Julie Chamagne, executive director of the Halifax Refugee Clinic.
"Until recently, children could not apply for citizenship of their own," said Perryman, "so when Abdoul became a ward of the state, he could not do that. For reasons that are unclear, children's services did not do that."
Through a freedom of information request, Perryman discovered that Nova Scotia children's services does not have a policy for non-citizen children in their care.
In Abdi's case, not only was his application never made but the child welfare system in Nova Scotia actively prevented his aunts from applying for him because they no longer had guardianship.
Says Perryman, "If he had become a citizen, he wouldn't be at the risk he faces today."
Underserved by the state, Abdi, like many children who are taken into care, has lived a precarious life; at one point, he was homeless. In 2014, he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, assaulting a police officer with a car, theft of a motor vehicle, and dangerous driving and is currently serving a four-year sentence
No reasonable person makes excuses for his criminal actions. Instead, it is essential to understand the conditions that led him up to them.
The child welfare system separated him from his family, deprived him of a stable home and subjected him to abuse in at least one of the 20 homes he lived in. Where he sits now — in a medium-security prison, fearing deportation back to a country he has never known — is the result of an institutional cruelty that non-citizen children face, and that repeatedly criminalizes Black youth.
The intersections of anti-Blackness, hostility to migrants, and the criminalization of Black, especially Somali, youth is now meeting one more: the unthinking, unfeeling bureaucracy of our immigration system.
The power to grant a warning letter resides with Ralph Goodale, the Minister for Public Safety. Should he want to understand the factors that shaped Abdi's life, Goodale would issue the letter, allowing Abdi to stay in the country by preventing his case from going before the Immigration Appeal Division, which would automatically seek his removal on the basis of criminal inadmissibility.
Abdoul Abdi is a young man living out the consequence of a system that didn't care about him and is ready to punish him for its cruelty.
Vicky Mochama is a co-host of the podcast, Safe Space. Her column appears every second Thursday. She also writes a triweekly column for Metro News that mixes politics, news and humour.


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The Machine Stops By E.M. Forster
E. M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster), was hailed by The Times in his obituary as "one of the most esteemed English novelists of his time". He was educated at King's College in Cambridge where he was elected to an honorary fellowship in 1946. From 1905 until 1924 he created six novels with one being published after his death. He also wrote two volumes of short stories and two collections of essays as well as two biographies and two non-fiction book about Alexandria.
The Machine Stops is a science fiction story about a world that is no longer able to sustain humankind. People's needs are provided by a global machine. Everyone has their own cell where the Machine looks after all of their bodily and spiritual needs. They are so dependent on the machine that they fear any direct experiences but most of the humans don't mind this. Over time the humans forget that they actually created the machine and believe that it is a deity. If anyone does not accept The Machine as a deity are told that they must leave. Over time just like every other machine. The Machine comes to an end.
If we look at society today, there is a lot to compare between The Machine and society and technology today. The Machine is a prediction that seems to have come very close to coming true. Forster predicted that technology would be the only way to communicate. Look at how we communicate with friends and close family. When we are not actually with them, we text, use Facebook, twitter or Skype as well as email. In business we no longer are a team of 4-5 in one office, we can be working alongside people from other countries, and we can communicate through email, text, and video conferencing. We no longer hand in our work to our tutors and professors we have Dropboxes so we can complete our essay one minute before the final submission time.
But unlike The Machine, we use social networking and other technologies to support our communication skills. It is like having the person you are communicating to with you and sharing information as your day progresses. Our technologies are not a substitute for communication skills, they enhance them. There are some people who find communicating face to face difficult, but our technologies have helped them to communicate with others far more than they would have been able to without our machines.


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Hacktivist group Anonymous has briefly taken offline 40 sites it claims traded in images of child sexual abuse.
As part of the action it published the names of 1,500 people who it says used a site known as "Lolita City".
The attacks were carried out as part of Operation Darknet which targeted abuse groups that swapped images via the Tor network.
Experts condemned the attacks saying they could have scuppered ongoing investigations or tainted evidence.
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The Tor network tries to aid anonymity by routing web browsing queries through a series of servers scattered around the net. This makes it harder to trace users and monitor what they are seeing.
Many protestors, in nations such as Egypt and Syria, use Tor to hide their location from authorities.
One innovation, recently added to Tor, is the ability to create a "darknet" - a network that works in a similar way to the web but can be seen only by Tor users.
In early October, Anonymous hackers noticed that one site hosted on this Tor darknet contained links to images of child sex abuse.
Anonymous members removed the links but they were soon re-posted. It knocked the site offline with a denial of service attack and worked out which firm was hosting the links.
In a document detailing its actions, Anonymous said it ordered the firm to remove the illegal content. It claimed the the demand was refused, so it broke into the firm's network and shut down a series of computers hosting the abuse images.
It vowed to continue the attacks until the images and other content was removed.
The firm accused of hosting the content has yet to respond to a request for comment on the attacks.
Christian Sjoberg, boss of image analysis firm NetClean which helps police forces categorise images of abuse, said while removing images was laudable, hackers should think carefully about what they have done.
"It could be dangerous," he said, "because if its a big host the police will definitely know about it."
"If you think of these images as evidence of a crime that's published on the internet then the picture gets a bit more complicated," he said.
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at security firm Sophos, said the attacks were misguided.
"Take-downs of illegal websites and sharing networks should be done by the authorities, not net vigilantes," he said.
The attacks could have put an existing investigation at risk, stopped the police from gathering evidence they need to prosecute, or made it difficult to argue that evidence has not been corrupted, said Mr Cluley.
"The Anonymous hackers may feel they have done the right thing, but they may actually have inadvertently put more children at risk through their actions," he said.


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