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Denial of service attacks against Visa and Mastercard over the WikiLeaks affair may only be start, say internet leaders gathered in Paris.
LA PLAINE SAINT-DENIS, FRANCE (DECEMBER 9, 2010) REUTERS -Main actors of the internet world gathered at an annual conference in Paris on Thursday (December 9) amid talk that more cyber attacks in retaliation for attempts to block the WikiLeaks website were likely in a "data war" to protect online freedom.
The websites of credit card giants Mastercard and Visa have already been brought down through distributed denial-of-service attacks that temporarily disable computer servers by bombarding them with requests.
As leaders, entrepreneurs and bloggers were all meeting just outside Paris for the major internet event, supporters of WikiLeaks were plotting attacks on online payment service PayPal and other perceived enemies of the publisher, which has angered U.S. authorities by starting to release details of 250,000 confidential diplomatic cables.
But for co-founder of blogging platform Wordpress Matt Mullenweg, it's not surprising to see such attacks and activity around WikiLeaks.
"I think retaliatory hacking is usually kind of childish on both sides. The most important thing I see happening is that although, you know whatever the ethics and morality of the leak itself, who knows, but once the information is out there, information wants to be free. And the internet treats censorship as a bug and it rots around it," he told Reuters TV.
Mullenweg compared those attacks to a "nuclear weapon" available to all.
"Some of these denial-of-service attacks are so distributed so large there is almost nothing you can do. So you are in a situation where, like the equivalent, the online equivalent of a nuclear weapon, accessible to almost everyone and we haven't quite figured that out yet," Mullenweg added.
The attacks, despite having a financial impact on the targeted companies, have at least attracted attention.
"Typically this is, for the hackers, they want to show, they want to prove their point and I think they have already proven their point, basically judging by the large media attention that they have," said Jan Rezab, from the Candytech online company.
Sweden has issued an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over sex crimes and he is in jail in London, awaiting an extradition hearing.
Assange, a 39-year-old Australian, has been hailed as an advocate of free speech by supporters, but now finds himself fighting serious sexual allegations made by two women in Sweden.
Assange will have another court appearance next Tuesday and his supporters assert he is being victimised for his work.
In the Internet Relay chat channel where activists coordinated the attacks, conversations were short and to the point.
Participants asked what the target should be and reported progress. Some bemoaned the fact that paypal.com remained up despite efforts to bring down its transactions server.
In a statement on Thursday, Mastercard said although there was a limited interruption of some online services, cardholders could continue using cards for transactions worldwide.
Its main processing systems were not compromised, the statement said.
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8 Bedtime Drinks That Flush Toxins and Melt Fat While Sleeping
The body rebuilds and regenerates tissues while we sleep. And this helps the liver get rid of toxins. What you put in your body before sleeping will greatly affect the detoxification process.
Quality sleep and enough bodily fluid play a vital role in detoxification.
Once you remove toxins, metabolism skyrockets and the body starts burning fat faster. Here are 8 bedtime drink that will remove toxins and burn more fat.
Lemon water
Just squeeze fresh lemon into warm water and drink. This will help remove the toxins in the blood and increase total daily calorie expenditure.
Note that warm lemon water is more effective that cold lemon water.
Lotus seed tea
This is another great bedtime herb. It will help you sleep deeply because it reduces anxiety and increases calmness. Feel free to add lavender to this tea for deeper sleep.
Chamomile tea
This tea is great for detoxifying the liver. It will also improve quality of sleep because it will calm nerves and help you fall asleep faster. Lastly, this herb will reduce inflammation because it has strong anti-inflammatory properties.
Schizandra berry tea
Schizandra berries help protect the liver and detoxify it. These berries also have adaptogenic action on the body, which means it helps organs function optimally.
Peppermint tea
This herb will improve your digestion and quality of sleep. In fact, it helps the body process large quantities of food – drink it after overeating.
Oat tea
This tea is rich in minerals and vitamins which help in the detoxification of the liver. It will also keep you calm and help burn fat faster.
Rose tea
Rose tea has great effect on our emotions. And that's why it has been used as a symbol of love over the years. It will keep you calm and help in the detoxification process. I may also note that rose improves circulation and makes it easier to remove toxins.
Jujube fruit
This herb has detoxification and fat-burning effects in the body. It also relieves stress and improves quality of sleep.

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Centura Health
Colorado Springs, CO, United States
RN / Registered Nurse Ortho Trauma- PRN
Job Description
Welcome to Centura Health - the largest health ecosystem in Colorado and Kansas. Welcome to living your mission among thousands of people on fire to live theirs too. Welcome to options and possibility where you can chart the direction and flow of your career. Welcome to the freedom to believe in what you believe, and welcome to a family guided by shared values and a commitment to extending the healing ministry of Christ. Welcome to extremely important industry challenges and opportunities to solve complex problems. Welcome to highly intelligent teams and overflowing community. And welcome to wholeness of mind, body and spirit. Welcome to Centura Health.Pay Range
$28. 85-$40.62/hrFlourishing Begins Here
You have a purpose, unique talents and NOW is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. At Centura Health, we value incredible people with incredible skills - but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more. This is the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive, team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success.
Centura Health's nurses have the right resources and leadership to practice at the top of their license with an organization that is consistently raising the bar on care excellence. Our system includes several Magnet-designated facilities (with more hospitals on the Magnet journey) and provides nurses with development, cross-training and options to flex and advance throughout their career journey.
Assumes responsibility and accountability for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with both the healthcare team, and the patient/family to identify and meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the patient. Promotes the optimal health, well-being and safety of the patient through use of the nursing process and in accordance with patient care standards, guidelines and the State Nurse Practice Act. Demonstrates personal accountability for relationship-based care, organizational mission, and core values.What You Bring/Job Requirements
In addition to bringing your whole self to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:
- RN License required; Current state nursing licenses or RN license from a participating state in the National Licensure Compact,
- Colorado Only: RNs working in Colorado under a multi-state license must obtain their CO RN license within 30 days of establishing residency, i.e., drivers license, register to vote, etc. Compact to Compact. Upon issuance of a new multistate license, the former license is inactivated. For more information visit Colorado Board of Nursing - Compact Licensure
- Nursing Diploma or Associates Degree in Nursing required; Bachelors Degree in Nursing preferred
- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing required for new graduates, preferred for experienced RN's
- BLS from the American Heart Association required
- One year experience preferred
- Nursing skills and knowledge base specific to specialty
Physical Requirements - Medium Work - (Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs constantly)Your Connected Community
When people and places align, incredible things happen. Just like the 21,000+ amazing associates who work here, every community within Centura Health's connected ecosystem has its own unique history, story and personality. Penrose-St. Francis Health Services is a full-service, 522-bed acute care provider in Colorado Springs comprised of Penrose Hospital and St. Francis Medical Center. Penrose Hospital serves as the anchor hospital of Penrose-St. Francis Health Services with 364-licensed beds and the ability to provide tertiary (high tech) medical-surgical services with an emphasis on elective and outpatient care. Established in 1890, Penrose Hospital has grown to become a major health treatment and referral center, specializing in cancer care, cardiac care, emergency trauma care and physical rehabilitation. St. Francis Medical Center opened in 2008 to keep pace with the growing needs of the Colorado Springs' community on the north side of the city. St. Francis Medical Center features 172-beds and offers a modern Birth Center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Care Unit, Emergency Department, Level III Trauma Center, Imaging Services, Surgical Services and Critical Care Unit. It also serves as southern Colorado's home base for the Flight For Life Colorado air medical helicopter service. It's an incredible time to join us as we celebrate more than a decade as one of Healthgrades "America's 50 Best Hospitals" and Magnet Hospital designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for superior quality in nursing care. With 300+ days of annual sunshine, mild winters and easy access places like Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods and some of Colorado's top destination resorts, you will enjoy an incredible lifestyle while having the career you've always wanted.Caring for Your Whole Well Being
We're committed to delivering whole person care and understand that a comprehensive benefits package will enrich the lives of our associates at work and at home. At Centura Health, we offer incredible benefits that impact mind, body, and spirit to eligible associates. Our total rewards are designed with your well-being in mind and may include:
- 401K, which includes matching when eligible
- Three Health Insurance Plan Options including covering eligible dependents
- Two Dental Insurance Plan Options including covering eligible dependents
- Vision Insurance including covering eligible dependents
- Daycare & Medical Flexible Spending Account Options
- Leaves of Absence, Short Term Disability, and Long Term Disability
- Life Insurance and Spouse & Child/Dependent Life Insurance Coverage Options
- Voluntary Benefits including Hospital Indemnity Coverage, Critical Illness, Accident, Permanent Life insurance, and Norton LifeLock
- Paid Time Off
- Shift Differentials
- Employee Wellness Resources
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Relocation assistance based on location
- Associate Discounts for Phone, Cell Phone Plans, Auto Insurance, Home Insurance, Auto Buying, Pet Insurance, and much more...
Colorado Only: Pay Ranges between $22.85 - 40.62/Hr. Evening, Night and Weekend shift differentials available. The starting pay rate for this position varies based on experience, skills, and comparison to others who are currently in the same role. *If you do not see the pay range for this position listed, you are on a third party job board. All of our pay ranges are clearly posted on our careers site www.centura.org/careers. Please visit our Careers page and apply today!


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BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Rudolph Martin, director of research for Weiss Ratings Inc. in Jupiter, Fla., said that energy stocks have a ways to go before their recent run loses steam, noting that companies like Exxon Mobil Corp. remain strong buys.
In a Personal MarketWatch interview with senior columnist Chuck Jaffe, Martin detailed the investment criteria that Weiss Ratings uses.
Martin noted that stocks can show convincing data that pass a computer screen, but sorting through those prospective buys is where an individual investor has the potential to shine. Martin said that about 42% of the thousands of stocks in the Weiss Ratings database currently carry "buy" ratings, with about 30% rated "sell."
Martin discussed the following stocks, in order of appearance: Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
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Work Smarter, Not Harder: Rocking Your Final Exams
Part 1
If you are a teenager, your thoughts need to turn towards your Final Exams Prep…Again. Yes, I know April just ended, but it's time, and who doesn't love a good strategy for ending the school year strong? (Hey parents, you need to share this article with your kids. You might be able to avert most of that End-Of-The-Year-Stress.)
About that yucky feeling you get in the pit of your stomach at the mere mention of your final exams…Here's a way to minimize it.
Get Organized!
And this is where you start:
- Review your notes. For some of you, this might mean finding them.
- Spend an extra 15 minutes every night going through your notebooks.
- Highlight or put a sticky note on anything you don't understand.
- Secure any loose pages.
- Put your notes in order.
- Figure out what's missing, and get copies of the missing work from your classmates.
If you do this, you will:
- know where everything is when your teachers hands out the Study Guides.
- have enough time to gather missing notes for your final exams.
- compile the confusing content and can now bring your questions to your teacher way before exam week.
- avoid cramming for exams.
- sidestep Last-Exam-Burn-Out, which is what happens when you try to study during the same week in which the exams are happening.
- be reviewing your notes daily, which counts as studying. Here's a little Math equation for you:
(15 minutes studying/day) x (5 days a week)
= 1¼ hours of exam prep a week
If your final exams are in June, that's over 5 hours of study time, calmly spread out over five weeks.
Smart isn't what you are. Smart is what you do. Do the smart thing and prepare early for your exams.


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Bemidji State Starts Elder-in-Residence Program to Support Indian Retention
Bemidji State University will bring four elders from the northern Minnesota region's American Indian communities to campus as part of an Elders-in-Residence program.
The innovative retention and diversity initiative, led by BSU's American Indian Resource Center and slated to begin this fall, is intended to help the university's Indian students overcome cultural disassociation, which research indicates is a barrier to success in higher education.
"The American Indian retention rate is more than an issue of education," said Dr. Anton Treuer, the center's executive director. "It is, without exaggeration, an issue of human rights and equality. This program will help bridge our students from their home cultural environment into a culturally supported learning environment.
"Cultural disassociation is one of the proven barriers to retention—people feeling like they don't fit in, like people don't understand them, and that they're not supported," he said. "Hopefully this program will address that and help people stay in school. That will be a win for those students, it will be a win for this program and it will be a win for the institution."
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Under the program, BSU will hire four Elders-in-Residence who will be placed on campus in short-term residencies or on a commuter basis, depending on the elder's needs, and have those elders participate in public events and training activities both on campus and in the Bemidji community. In addition, the elders will mentor BSU's Indian students on their own culture and support them in their educational and student lives, and also will participate in research so their knowledge of tribal culture can be documented and used to support the program moving forward.
Treuer said the program will help develop a more-inclusive learning and social environment at the university; help BSU's Indian students overcome cultural disassociation; develop the capacity of BSU's faculty, staff, students and administrators to better understand and engage with the university's Native students; provide a free learning environment for Minnesotans to engage with and learn from tribal elders; and strengthen BSU's relationship with the region's Indian communities.
"This program is a natural fit for Bemidji State University," Treuer said. "BSU created the first Indian studies program in Minnesota, the first collegiate Ojibwe language program in the world, and four of Minnesota's 11 current top tribal executives are BSU alumni. That work and experience has left the staff at BSU well-acquainted with the strengths and struggles in Indian country today."
Bemidji State's Elders-in-Residence initiative is funded by grants from the Northwest Minnesota Foundation and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.


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Aaron Falk, a federal agent, returns to his hometown after his childhood friend dies in a gruesome murder-suicide, and stays to investigate the crime. But he eventually discovers that there is much more to the death than expected.
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عدد محافظ البيتكوين الكبيرة آخذ في الازدياد
Number of addresses over a hundred Bitcoins is growing
Institutional investors continue to accumulate cryptocurrency. Yesterday, more than 12,000 Bitcoins were withdrawn from the Coinbase. Most likely, these coins will replenish someone's private vault. And there are many such examples.
According to Glassnode, the number of large investors in Bitcoin is growing. The level of addresses with 100-1000 BTC has increased in recent weeks. In the Bitcoins store their are funds for giants such as MicroStrategy, Tesla, Square and many follow their example.
High demand and the removal of Bitcoins from circulation led to the BTC growth. At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $58.12 thousand. Today (May 8) there are four green candles on the Bitcoin chart. CoinMarketCap data. That's a good sign!
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Need a World Cup 2014 Fix Now? Here's All 136 Goals From the Group Stage (VIDEO)
Are you hurtin' for some futbol? The Slate's Andrew Bouvé writes that the 136 goals scored in the group stage of the 2014 World Cup were the most ever.
We offer up this video "as you trudge through your day with temporary match withdrawal—the knockout round doesn't begin until Saturday," as Slate puts it.
"Relive those moments of joy and devastation: four goals each from Argentina's Lionel Messi, Brazil's Neymar, and Germany's Thomas Müller; four for the United States and four against; and every other tally in the entire tournament, from Marcelo's opening own goal to Jan Vertonghen's gimme," Slate states.


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Cosmetic Surgery Checklist*
Before you decide to undergo any surgical procedure be sure to ask lots of questions. The checklist below from the Womens Institute of Cosmetic & Laser Surgery will help get you started with a few of the many questions you may choose to ask before deciding on a cosmetic surgery procedure.
* This Checklist is sponsored by the Women's Institute of Cosmetic & Laser Surgery. The information listed above is designed to only help mention a few of the many questions perspective patients may choose to ask when it comes to a plastic/cosmetic surgery procedure. This list in no way should be used as a final decision of where surgery is to be performed or by whom.


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The full and summary versions of the approved Sauchiehall and Garnethill Regeneration Framework are now available to download from the links at the bend of this news post.
The Sauchiehall and Garnethill District is the first of nine districts to see an area Regeneration Framework developed as part of the City Centre Strategy 2014-19. This final report is the approved Regeneration Framework and action plan for the Sauchiehall and Garnethill District. It has built upon the consultative draft, incorporated the key findings from the public consultation, and includes a deliverable action plan. It is acknowledged that in a time of such financial constraints in the public sector, not all aspirations of the Regeneration Framework may be achieved. Nor will delivery of the Framework solely be the responsibility of the local authority.
This Framework drew on a significant amount of new research and analysis on the experiential nature of the city centre to better understand how people use the area, and why experiences can differ significantly across the area and throughout day and night. The development period involved an extensive process of stakeholder engagement, data-gathering, surveys and various other methods of assessment that collectively produced an evidence base from which different potential regeneration initiatives have emerged. The outcomes of this work were consolidated into a draft Regeneration Framework which has been clearly endorsed through the public consultation. The chief findings of that process are summarised in the Consultation Statement on page 14 of the Summary document. This final report has therefore broadly retained the draft recommendations and the same structure of the draft report.
Overall the Framework confirms that the district of Sauchiehall and Garnethill contains a plethora of opportunities: a diverse and mixed population, thriving arts and cultural organisations, a vibrant night-time economy – particularly on Sauchiehall Street, a retail destination, good public transport links, and many buildings of historical significance.
The following documents can be downloaded from the following links:
Full Sauchiehall and Garnethill Regeneration Framework April 2016 Full Document [6MB PDF]
Sauchiehall and Garnethill Regeneration Framework April 2016 Summary Document [4MB PDF]


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Today ELLA hosted a workshop organized by Kevin Henry of the City of Bellevue. We heard from three guest speakers: Detective Richard Chinn from the Bellevue Police Department, Attorney Judith Shoshana of Eastside Legal Assistance Program, and Special Agent Robert Kierstead of the U.S. Secret Service Department.
In case you were unable to attend, I've summarized their tips in the post below. And special thanks again to Kevin Henry for organizing this event for us!
20 Tips on How to Protect Yourself from Fraud, Scams, and Identity Theft
1) Use a Locking Mailbox.
2) Never leave outgoing mail in an unsecured area or container
3) Know the dates when you usually receive bills so that you can determine if your mail has been stolen.
4) Shred all documents that have any personal information about you. (preferably into tiny pieces instead of strips)
5) Never give out personal information (maiden names, Social Security number (SSN), account numbers) to anyone who contacts you by phone or internet. If a caller says they need the information, contact the company directly, using a phone number that you know is good and make sure they are really who they say they are.
6) When you receive a sales call, say no thank-you and hang up as quickly as possible.
7) Do not give to charities by phone.
8) Use a black gel-ink pen (NOT a ballpoint pen) when you write checks. These pens are more permanent and cannot be "washed" off with check-washing chemicals.
9) Do not give checks to unknown people.
10) Carry only a few credit cards with you.
11) Do not keep your PIN code or passwords in your wallet. Never tell anyone your PIN.
12) Do not carry your Social Security card with you. Keep it in a secure place at home. Also keep passports, birth certificates, and other important documents in a secure, preferably locked, place at home.
13) If someone asks you for your Social Security Number (SSN) or any part of your SSN, ask:
Why do you need my SSN?
How will my SSN be used?
What law requires me to give you my SSN?
What will happen if I do not give you my SSN?
(Then decide if you want to give them your number. In some cases, it is necessary, but in many cases it is not necessary.)
14) Do not leave credit cards, checks, or other identifying information in a gym locker. Keep these with you at all times. Gym lockers are a common place for theft to occur.
15) Beware of internet scams and never send money directly. Make sure you are on the actual website before you trust a site. Do not send money to people in other countries asking for help.
16) Make sure you have updated your virus, firewall, and/or spyware protection on your computer.
17) When you dispose of your old computer, wipe the hard drive or destroy it so that no one can get your information off of it.
18) Be careful when you use WI-FI in unsecured hotspots. Do not enter personal information in an unsecured hotspot.
19) Be cautious when following any link to another site that requires a log-in. It's better to manually type in the http address.
20) Review your bank and credit card statements frequently and check your credit history at least 2 times a year to make sure there is no fraudulent activity:
**You can get a free credit report from www.annualcreditreport.com or call 1-877-322-8228
You can stop pre-approved credit offers from coming in the mail by removing your name from the 3 credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion) by going to www.optoutprescreen.com or by calling them at 1-888-567-8688.
You can stop phone solicitors from calling you by signing up for the national "Do Not Call" registry at www.donotcall.gov or call 1-888-382-1222.
Other good resources:
www.consumer.gov (click on Scams and Identity Theft)
Detective Richard Chinn at Bellevue Police Department:
(425) 452-6915
If you are a victim of fraud:
1) Contact the police and file a police report (call 9-1-1 and report a non-emergency)
2) Contact the fraud department of each of the 3 major credit bureaus:
1) Equifax: 1-800-525-6285
2) Experian: 1-888- 397-3742
3) TransUnion: 1-800-916-8800
3) Contact the creditors for any accounts that have been tampered with or opened
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Updated 3/19/2009: Firmware revision info added
|At a Glance
|Buffalo LinkStation Pro (LS-XH1.0TL)
|Updated, faster version of Buffalo's top-of-the-line single-drive NAS
|• ~ 2X throughput of previous-generation Pro
• Low Power consumption
• Excellent performance vs. price
|• Slow USB backup
• Only one USB port
• Status reporting needs improvment
Buffalo's has been busy revamping and simplifying its entire NAS product line. They are still in the process of rolling out the new models that they introduced at CES, which include the TeraStation Duo, TeraStation III and the subject of this review, the LinkStation Pro XHL. I'll tell you up front that the XHL has reset the bar for single-drive NAS performance, with about 2X the performance of all other single-drive NASes tested.
The XHL has a glossy black plastic case vs. the LinkStation Live CHL's matte black. But otherwise it's the same. The rear panel (Figure 1) holds the sole USB 2.0 port, which cannot be expanded via a USB hub. So you have to choose between using it to share a printer or attaching a drive for storage expansion or backup.
Figure 1: Front and Rear panels
The Power Mode switch still requires the Buffalo NAS Navigator software to be used to automatically put the Pro into Sleep; there is otherwise no idle drive spindown feature. But you do now have access to three sleep / wake schedules for power management. The Function Button on the front panel can be used to reset the Pro to factory defaults and activate the Direct Copy function to copy the contents of a USB drive to the XHL.
The XHL draws only 11 W when active and 4W when "off". You'll hear the easily-replaceable fan when the XHL is booting. But even during the heavy load of testing, the Pro's fan was essentially inaudible. However, you will hear occasional dull "thunks" from the drive in a quiet room when it is busy.
Internal Details
Getting the XHL open required the same drill as with the CHL: removing the bottom stickers; releasing some recessed tabs with a screwdriver and carefully prying the rest of the plastic catches apart. The inside looks just like the CHL, so I didn't bother snapping a photo (see the CHL's photo instead). Instead of the WD Caviar Blue (WD5000AAKS) used in the CHL, the XHL had a 1 TB WD Caviar "Green" (WD10EADS) drive. The XHL also comes in a 500 GB flavor, which probably uses the Caviar Blue.
But what I really wanted was to see the new processor Buffalo hinted at during our CES meeting. Figure 2 shows that Buffalo stayed with a Marvell-based design. But instead of the "Orion" storage processor used in many current-generation mid-market NASes, there is a Marvell "Kirkwood" 88F6281 clocked at 1.2 GHz. RAM has been bumped up to 256 MB and a Marvell 88E1118 is used for the Gigabit Ethernet port.
Figure 2: The XHL board
That bare spot below the two RAM chips looks like it can hold a second Ethernet chip and there are holes for another Ethernet jack at the lower left of the photo. I couldn't find any Flash on the board.


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Tonight we take a little trip to Germany via our dinner. John and I have been fussing around with these boneless pork ribs that we have trying to get a Vietnamese dish to come out right. No luck so far. So I thought, let's change it up and go in a different direction, east rather than west, to Germany.
The boneless pork ribs are simply seasoned, seared and go in the Instant Pot with a bunch of onions (also browned first.) Twenty minutes under high pressure and a natural cool down leaves the pork cooked through and very tender. I warm up some sauerkraut seasoned with caraway seeds. I cook a piece of chopped up bacon and put it aside while I brown some onions in the bacon fat. Finally the apples go in with a little butter and I cook them until they start to brown and garnish my apple concoction with the bacon bits.
Success! The dinner, especially the apples, is really good. We need to work on the seasoning for the pork but this dinner is a keeper. (Except maybe smaller portions because there is no way I can eat so much pork!)


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Through the office window, high enough to provide only a view only of evergreen tops backed by an autumn sky, I see billowing white clouds layered with grays and bordered by deep blue … and I imagine crisp air with interval bursts of sun. Love it. Might even get outside for a bike ride.
Ten days since I last checked and posted? How can this be? Another time warp?
Life … fascinating things to do and learn, so while I wipe aside cobwebs of distraction to write every day, some activities must fall by the wayside.
Anybody interested in excuses?
- Keeping my touchstones close … as in family and friends and writing buddies. I put this first because it is easy to take them for granted and let this one slip. For me it is a priority because without the love of these people in my life, everything else seems shallow.
- Enrolling in an on-line html class. Strange terminology is a stiff hard climb, but I realize that once I 'get it', the process will look simple in hindsight.
- Planning activities for a writer's conference coming up in October, choosing from multiple choices of workshops, preparing a "pitch" for possible agent/editor appointment. What's a pitch? A writing teacher, Laurel Leigh, once said it should be concise and short enough to engage an editor's interest during an elevator ride. Now there's a challenge! Others teach that then a paragraph to follow … only a paragraph?
- Keeping up with group members in the Greater Seattle RWA group, and attending a meeting … Saturday in fact … a 100 mile drive. Now that's hunger!
- Bookkeeping for my husband's business, and tracking my writing expenses just in case
- Continuing education daily on writing craft excellence and the business end of writing.
- Exercise … notice … this is last on my list. Sigh.
As the learning curve eases on blog and web site construction, my goal is to make this more than a daily journal.
Another blogger stopped by … how cool is that? Her blog site is listed to the right. Thanks for stopping by, Melissa.
Thought for today? Balance … nobody can stand on one foot for too long.
Enjoy your day.


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Segregated Account
A separately-managed account used by a brokerage firm to keep clients' money separate from its own funds.
The official currency code for Swedish krona.
Taking a short position on a tradable security, such as a currency pair, stock, index or commodity. Opposite of "buy" (or long position).
The official currency code for Singapore dollar.
Short Covering
The buying back of a security or financial instrument that was earlier sold (in a short position) so as to close out (exit) that position.
Short Squeeze
What is a short squeeze?
A short squeeze happens when traders who took a short (sell) position, are squeezed into buying back assets at a higher rate than they had hoped to, thus creating an even sharper spike in the price of that asset.
Essentially a short squeeze occurs when traders have anticipated that an asset price would drop, so they sold the asset at a higher rate and with the expectation of buying it back at the lower rate for a healthy profit. However, if the market proves to be surprisingly bullish and the asset price continues to rise, some traders may panic and close their position, even at the higher price, in order to limit their losses. In doing so, they cause the demand of that asset to be even greater than it already was, thus driving the price even higher.
How does a short squeeze affect forex traders?
The short squeeze is basically a situation in which a trader is able to cut his losses, but at the same time, he is helping to ensure that the asset in question will remain unavailable at the lower price that he had anticipated for some time to come. A short squeeze is not considered ideal for traders by any stretch of the imagination, but it does help them avoid something even more unpleasant.
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Silver Contract
One of the most actively-traded commodities on the market. The standard trading unit for one contract is 1,000 troy ounces. For more information on this commodity click here.
What is slippage?
Slippage refers to the change in an asset price between the time a trader places an order (either long or short) with his broker, and the time that the position is opened. Slippage occurs with financial instruments that are extremely volatile, as well as when extreme movement has taken place on a usually illiquid asset. In general, slippage is viewed unfavorably by traders, but there are times when it can work in the trader's favor.
How does slippage affect traders?
Imagine a trader that wishes to purchase 100 shares of a stock that he sees is selling at $35/share. He places the request with his broker, expecting to pay $3,500 to open the position. However, if the asset is exceptionally volatile, and a large number of other traders are buying shares at that same time, by the time the broker executes the transaction, the price has risen to $35.15, in which case the trader will pay $3,515 for the investment and already earned $15. The trade still may be a good one, and if the price continues to rise, the trader will see a profit and can close the position when he believes the time is right to do so. Alternately, a trader wishing to go short on an asset that he believes will drop may ask his broker to execute a sell at $35/share, only to see the price down to $34.50 by the time the sell is executed.
Negative slippage can also occur, which is to the trader's benefit. As in the examples given above, a trader wishing to open a long position at $35 may have his order executed when the price has dropped slightly, or the trader opening a short position can see the price rise.
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A trade which requires immediate settlement (in most cases: two business days after its execution).
The difference between a bid (the price a broker or dealer is willing to buy a security or financial instrument) and ask (the price a broker or dealer is willing to sell a security or financial instrument).
Secure Sockets Layer. Provides and maintains a consistent connection between browsers and websites, allowing secure transmission of users' personal data.
A nickname for the British Pound (GBP).
Stop Loss (S/L)
A market order which automatically closes the position of an unprofitable security or financial instrument when it reaches a specified price, for the purpose of limiting loss and preventing slippage. A S/L can be used in both long (buy) and short (sell) positions. Also known as a "stop order" or "stop-market order".
Be aware: A Fortrade S/L is not guaranteed and in very volatile conditions may not work, this may lead to further losses.
Stop Out
A margin level (depicted in percent) at which a trading platform will automatically close open trading positions (starting from the least profitable position and until the margin level margin level requirement is met) in order to prevent further potential losses.
Support or support level refers to the price level below which, historically, an underlying instrument has had difficulty falling. It is the level at which buyers tend to enter a Buy position and therefore stop the downward trend.
If the price of a stock or other financial asset falls toward the support level, it is a test for the stock; the support is either confirmed or eradicated. Confirmation occurs as buyers move into the stock, causing it to rise. If the price moves past the support level, it means the support level failed, and the market is looking for a new level.
Support Level
A price "floor" below which it is believed a market, security or financial instrument will not reach. The opposite of resistance level.
What is Swap?
Swap is the overnight charge/credit amount for an open position. The amount reflects the interest rate difference between the central banks (based on market rates and spreads) of the two assets involved. Swaps are credited or debited once for each day of the week, with the exception of Wednesday, on which they are credited or debited 3 times their regular amount. The swap charge is accrued daily at 20:59 GMT.
How are traders affected by swap charges?
Swap charges are released on a daily basis by the financial institutes which Fortrade works with, and are calculated and determined according to various risk management criteria and market conditions. The swap premium is calculated in the following manner:
Pip Value (depending on trade size) * Swap rate in pips * Number of nights = Swap charge/credit.
Forex Example:
You open a short position (Sell) on EUR/USD for 1 lot with an account based in USD:
- 1 Lot = 100,000
- 1 Pip Value = 10 USD
- Swap Rate = -3.2839 Points (equivalent to 0.32839 Pips)
- Number of Nights = 1
Swap Premium: 10 * 0.32839 * 1 = 3.2839 USD
CFDs Example:
You open a long position (Buy) on Crude oil for 1 lot (1,000 barrels) with an account based in USD:
- Swap Rate = -0.3807
- 1 Cent Value = 10 USD
- Number of Nights = 1
Swap Premium: 10 * -0.3807 * 1 = -3.807 USD
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What is Swissy?
A "Swissy" has two meanings in the world of forex. The general term is slang for the Swiss franc (CHF). More commonly, the term "Swissy" refers to the currency pair USD/CHF, which measures the strength of the U.S. dollar to the Swiss franc. It is considered one of the major currency pairs.
How does one use Swissy?
As with any currency pair, the first currency quoted is the "base currency" and is always equal to 1. The second currency is the "quote currency," or the "counter currency," and it reflects the value of one unit of the base currency. For example, if the Swissy, which we said is the USD/CHF, is at 1.01652, that means that 1 U.S. dollar is equivalent to 1. 01652 Swiss francs. If the Swissy rises to 1.02000, the USD is stronger, because it can buy more francs than it could before. If the Swissy drops to 1.01225, the franc is stronger. On Fortrade, the up-to-the-minute trading chart of the Swissy can be found here.
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The sizzling finale of Mr. Robot's third season left us on the edge of our seats. This week, we discussed FBI moles, compartmentalization, Slackware, bitly, steganography (Stepic!), the economy, and predictions for next season. (The chat transcript has been edited for brevity, clarity, and chronology—the stakes for messing with the timeline are too high.) This week's team of experts include:
- Sarah Aoun: a Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellow and activist working at the intersection of tech, human rights, and transformative justice.
- Emma Best: a former hacker and current journalist and transparency advocate with a specialty in counterintelligence and national security.
- Bill Budington: a long-time activist, programmer, and cryptography enthusiast, and a security engineer and technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
- Jen Helsby: SecureDrop lead developer at Freedom of the Press Foundation.
- Jason Hernandez: a technologist who studies surveillance and works in IT, and is the tech editor for North Star Post.
- Harlo Holmes: a digital security trainer at Freedom of the Press Foundation.
- Trammell Hudson: a security researcher who likes to take things apart.
- Micah Lee: a technologist with a focus on operational security, source protection, privacy and cryptography, as well as a journalist at The Intercept.
- Freddy Martinez: a technologist working on whistle blowing technologies. He serves as a Director for the Chicago-based Lucy Parsons Labs.
- Christina Morillo: a New York City-based information security and technology professional working as an information protector on Microsoft's cloud & engineering security team.
- Zachary Julian: a Senior Security Analyst at Bishop Fox, a security consulting firm.
Yael: So this episode started with Dark Army trying to raid Elliot's apartment.
Bill: Elliot using Shayla's old abandoned apartment again to hide out.
Yael: Dark Army knows everything, except for that. :)
Trammell: Was that luck or did he have some warning?
Bill: I would guess since he hacked the Dark Army he was extra paranoid, in case he tripped a wire? But I don't think he had any forewarning.
Trammell: There was foreshadowing with the blank CDR, which seemed like an odd choice for the title sequence.
Micah: Dark Army scattered his CD collection but didn't think to copy any of the data. I guess they didn't care, though, they just were hoping to shoot him.
Yael: Yeah, I don't know why they had to rifle through his shit when they were just looking for him, that seems more like an FBI thing than Dark Army.
Emma: Okay, so the raid was incredibly risky and a great foreshadowing of the obsession that saw White Rose drive Grant to self-termination. They could've just as easily sat and staked out the apartment and waited for Elliot to leave, then hit him somewhere on the road. Easier to make that look like an accident, too.
Yael: I don't think DA is all that risk-averse though. Well, maybe a little in that they kill people a lot just in case.
Micah: DA is like a honey badger. They don't give a damn.
Emma: I disagree that DA isn't risk averse - they so far have tried to control everything and plan for every contingency.
Yael: They don't seem to have a problem with kidnapping and wanton murder.
Trammell: It seemed very sloppy. Their usual MO was send in 'cuz to "invite" people to a less conspicuous location.
Yael: So moving on to Santiago/Dom/Darlene…that scene was insane!
Trammell: Was Santiago the only FBI mole? That seems like a small number of baskets for a large quantity of eggs.
Emma: Haha, no Santiago wasn't the only mole.
Bill: It did seem like he was at least one of the only moles. Especially when Irving "apologized" later in the episode for losing Santiago and getting Dom instead. "She doesn't have as high as a rank, but she's got a tremendous upside." He also said, "I had to kill the FBI mole" ….. referring to only one. So I think he was the only one, or at least when he said that the highest-ranking one.
Emma: One of the more senior moles was my assumption, and one of the only ones in that particular area of operations.
Jason: If the Dark Army had multiple assets in the FBI, what would be the operational reason for their handlers knowing about each other?
Trammell: Excellent point, Jason. Compartmentalization is key.
Jason: Dark Army doesn't seem to do any compartmentalization, though… not realistic that they'd exist without some better tradecraft there.
Yael: I have never done hostile environment training, but I think there must be SOMETHING you can do other than willingly doing whatever your captor says? Didn't Dom have her gun on her?
Bill: I don't think she was expecting to get punched. And Santiago would have taken it from her after he knocked her out.
Freddy: The scene where he threatens Dom's family is a classic extortion technique.
Yael: Right, but I thought she was pretty quick to flip. Like "just kill me because I won't flip" and her whole "the FBI can protect you" scene to Darlene a few episodes back, and going to agreeing to be full Dark Army?
Emma: Well, she didn't really flip though, did she? She was happy to help move against Dark Army afterwards but saying she'd go along with it was the only move right there. Anything else would've gotten her killed (either before or after her family was hit).
Yael: I think she may have flipped. Otherwise, why would she tell Darlene that she'd ruined her life forever? I think she's full DA now.
Jason: How do you tell if she flipped? She hasn't really done anything to compromise the FBI.
Sarah: Right at the end. I guess because at that point she didn't have a choice anymore.
Bill: I think she's full Dark Army as well. Maybe she'll flip back, but who knows.
Micah: I think she's not loyal to Dark Army, but she flipped so they don't kill her family. She'll turn on them if she can figure out how to do it safely.
Freddy: She will. That's why she was so livid at Darlene. The old Nietzsche dialectical quote "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."
Yael: Also I thought it was harsh to blame Darlene. It's not Darlene's fault that Santiago was Dark Army. Okay, so next up is Elliot's hack for the Dark Army.
Trammell: There is an Easter egg in the scene when he gets the Slackware laptop. A bit.ly link that goes to the Dropbox site with congo_plans.tar.gz. In the show, it is 8 MB, but the real one is only a few KB and contains a text file with a lat/long for the Congo/Angola border.
Zachary: Here is the coordinate included in the .tar.gz that Elliot downloaded: -10.617537,22.339499. If you actually download the "congo_shipping.tar.gz" show in the episode, you get a file containing that coordinate.
Jen: And if you go to those coordinates in the Congo there's a DVD box set of Mr. Robot season 2.
Freddy: Arg. Slackware!!!
Trammell: Slackware was my second Linux distribution, after SLS, in the early 90s.
Bill: What's interesting is that there's a direct lineage from Slackware to Kali. Kali used to be called Backtrack, and both are now based on Debian, but they used to be based on WHAX, which is derived from Slax, which was basically a live distribution of Slackware.
Jason: I have to say Mr. Robot's depiction of how physical goods are moved around the world is pretty unrealistic.
Yael: How can Elliot do this hack in like 10 seconds?
Emma: He's a technomage, obviously. ;-)
Trammell: I think the implication was that he had it all worked out ahead of time. He uses the system to download the tar file, which I assumed contained all of the detailed plans, (and the DA will take it from there…)
Micah: Does the Slackware package manager still not resolve dependencies? I remember being like 19 and playing with Slackware and taking three hours to figure out how to install Firefox.
Jen: I don't think it does, Micah - no dependency resolution is supposed to be a feature. ;)
Emma: It does make sense that after the malware claim he wouldn't have been trusted to execute it himself. Speaking of the malware, the DNC hack tie-in was interesting. I think it's interesting that they apparently created the link and animated the screens only nine days before the episode aired.
Trammell: The link was created last Monday, accessed a few times over the next few days to test/film the scenes, and then around 150 times today.
Freddy: If he had the bitly link and the Dark Army didn't make them private (like the DNC hack) he can see how often the links got accessed and by who. Also since Congo was in the news, it's a place to start digging.
Micah: So Russia hired the Dark Army to hack the DNC for them? It's interesting because an earlier episode alluded to the Dark Army deciding they wanted Trump as their puppet themselves, not just Russia.
Trammell: Should we judge the Mr. Robot team's opsec by their use of bitly? Since the tracking stats are available to anyone by adding a + to the end of the URL.
Sarah: Yes. I was surprised by bitly.
Christina: Bitly for brevity, not opsec, haha.
Jason: Also a canary for piracy.
Micah: I accessed that bitly link last night myself.
Sarah: I wouldn't have expected them to use it/anyone could technically access it.
Emma: They could withhold what they wanted or needed for their own purposes. My question with the bitly stuff is whether or not it was really used in universe. If it wasn't being automated or anything else that would require its in-universe use, is it just a bitly link for the audience? Who knows, at this point.
Zachary: Perhaps the bit.ly is a reference to Russian hackers using it for phishing campaigns, and then researchers subsequently being able to track them using it.
Yael: Ready to move onto Angela?
Trammell: "Angela, I am your father." I didn't expect them to go full Vader/Skywalker.
Christina: Angela's storyline, I mean, wow.
Yael: Right?! Poor Angela.
Bill: So Price's obsession with Angela wasn't as creepy as we thought it was, apparently.
Christina: The relationship between Price and Angela makes perfect sense now.
Sarah: Explains all of Price's obsession with her.
Emma: If we trust what he said. It would explain a lot, but that's what good lies do. I wouldn't be surprised if it was just a way to draw Angela away from DA.
Freddy: That scene felt so forced and awkward. Also, Angela, what the fuck!
Yael: "You mean all those dead people really died?"
Micah: So what is the fundamental belief of White Rose's cult? That she can bring you back to life later?
Yael: She can bring people back.
Trammell: Price clearly doesn't believe White Rose's parallel timeline thing, but her last words to Grant seemed to imply that the Dark Army people believed.
Yael: We touched on this a little already, but I wanted to talk about what Dom's next move is.
Micah: When Dom gave Elliot access to get FBI laptop with Sentinel it was running Windows, then when he was decrypting the key logger data it was magically running Kali.
Trammell: Did Dom get her laptop back? Or does Elliot have FBI software and credentials now to hack on?
Yael: I think Dom just let him try to do the hack and then he gave it back to her. Which, also, I think is another indication she's full Dark Army, she's willing to break all the rules.
Emma: If she was full Dark Army, why would she do it at all?
Yael: Dark Army (Grant) said they didn't care.
Trammell: "Undoing 5/9" isn't the same as Dark Army.
Yael: Well yeah. But FBI agents don't generally let randos use their laptops.
Jen: Not wittingly.
Yael: Even if she thought it was the right thing, she would go through the appropriate channels.
Trammell: Undoing 5/9 is directly in FBI's role in the show. Dom wanted to let Darlene try at the FBI HQ.
Yael: The appropriate lawful good channels.
Micah: Elliot's hacks are a little too fast. I actually wish they showed him occasionally hitting a wall and needing to spend a few days finding a new vuln or something.
Jason: Or install something on Slackware?
Jen: Lol yeah. More time digging around exploitdb and rewriting shitty code.
Christina: You mean actually fail temporarily lol that's not good for TV land
Bill: /me imagines Elliot fumbling with compile-time C flags….. enthralling TV material.
Trammell: One of my favorite scenes in Hackers is the time-lapse as Dade tries to solve something. An entire day and night go by while he is staring at the same screen of code.
Yael: The whole undoing 5-9 went pretty quickly, too. Everyone just needs an alter ego to tell them where stuff is stegoed.
Micah: Yeah this keeps happening, Elliot does some huge elaborate hack that turns out isn't necessary if only Mr. Robot communicated with him better.
Yael: I need that alter ego to do my editing for me. ;) But it wouldn't be Ms. Robot; it'd be Ms. Typewriter? But yeah, +1 for steganography.
Harlo: IT WAS AWESOME.
Yael: I mentioned DeepSound last week…
Harlo: And now Stepic! I actually had never heard about it before, so I only just looked it up, but the software is by Lenny Domnitser. The logic behind this scene looks like a Jessica Fridrich thing. She's an acclaimed cryptographer and steganographer who wrote a cool book called Steganography in Digital Media, and she writes, "[There are] a few examples of simple steganographic schemes and successful attacks on them. We learned that the steganographic scheme called LSB embedding leaves a characteristic imprint on the image histogram that does not occur in natural images. This observation led to an algorithm (a detector) that could decide whether or not an image contains a secret message." So, Elliot runs through his photos with a tool that visualizes histograms in order to detect the telltale signs of stego and then he takes the narrowed-down list, and runs it through his tool to extract stegoed data from images but also it was the Back to the Future image. Obvi. Because the real stego is the friends we've made along the way. LSB embedding is known to be easily detected, and so should not be considered a secure, resilient algo for stego-ing secret messages. Also, if you want to learn more about the craft, check out angealbertini on Twitter.
Yael: Wow, fascinating. And I will have to add Fridrich's book to my reading list, right after The Woman Who Smashed Codes. Okay, I had one comment on the final scene. I was thinking about what Darlene's new friend said and whether it would help or hurt people more to undo the hack. Like would I better off with a shitty economy and no student loans? Or a better (?) economy with student loans?
Trammell: The naivety of almost everyone about how they can undo stuff seemed to run throughout the seasons. Just decrypting the data won't fix any of the problems that have happened since then. You can't just unwind the years(?) of transactions and events and deals.
Freddy: I love when the sex worker is talking about educating yourself on Marx. They really know what's up.
Yael: Yeah, I feel like "fix the economy" is this generic catchall phrase about something ridiculously complicated
Bill: If people are in debt, that doesn't help the economy. The economics of this show are pretty shallow, but whatever, it's not about that.
Yael: But wiping away everyone's debt hurt the economy.
Bill: I think they have better technical advisors than economic advisors. I didn't see David Graeber in the credits anywhere :) It hurt E-corp and the economy in the show. But really, it would only hurt one corporation.
Jason: It seems like it triggered a wider financial crisis.
Yael: So next season I want them to show Qubes, OnionShare, and microchip implants. And SecureDrop. That's my Hanukkah wish list. Anyone have any tools you want to see? Or any predictions for next season?
Trammell: Elliot and the gang try to fix things. It goes poorly.
Yael: Domlene?
Trammell: GRANTROSE:
Yael: R.I.P. Grant Rose
Jason: The economy is still a total mess and something strange happens in the Congo
Christina: Something is definitely going to go wrong of course. Yes, he sent the key to unencrypt but I don't think that's the end of that.
Emma: I think Vera is going to be around for more than just one or two episodes. He's set up as a major wrench, not just there to close up an old thread.
Jason: ProtonMail treats the encryption key as HTML instead of plaintext and E Corp's mail servers/firewalls also mangle the key. Elliot has to sneak into E Corp to show them how to decrypt their data.
Christina: Or someone on the other end will delete Elliot's email. I think the chaos will not be undone, but we will see.
Trammell: The old-fashioned \r\n versus \n line endings will cause havoc.
Yael: Man, if we could get Tyrelliot and Domlene to work together to take down Dark Army…
Bill: I want to see more state-sponsored malware and all-out CYBER WAR.
Zachary: Agreed Bill, looking forward to more hacks and geopolitics.
Jason: Yeah, need the Russians to enter this game.
Christina: That would be amazing.
Bill: Let's go from White Rose to White Russians. Bottoms up!
Christina: Cheers!


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Selection Sunday came and went, the field of 68 was determined, and The Moment You've Been Waiting for—or, The Moment You Never Knew You've Been Waiting For (if you don't follow basketball news too closely)—is finally around the corner: The first round of the NCAA tournament kicks off tonight and tomorrow with four tie-breaking games. Come Thursday, the 64 teams that will make you laugh, cry, pull your hair out, and maybe even win the big bucks (depending on how intense your office or family pool is) will be bracket-ready.
With more teams, players, and storylines in the mix than is possible to keep track of, here's a mini guide to what's happening in basketball now that you can whip out to start some competitive confab. Trust us, with the Lakers losing to the Phoenix Suns 76-99, you're going to want something else to talk about when you head to the sports bars.
1. The Marshall Henderson Phenomenon
Junior guard Marshall Henderson, who averages 20.1 points and 3.1 rebounds for Ole Miss (26-8), has gained a special brand of notoriety for his in-game histrionics and polarizing competitive tactics. He talks to himself, says he's "crazy in the head," and thrives when he's able to throw some steez and taunt the opposing crowd. Catch the Henderson Experience on Friday, when No. 12 Ole Miss takes on No. 5 Wisconsin.
2. Harvard History
Though the Ivy League honchos didn't fair too well in last year's Big Dance (they didn't win a game), the Crimson have a chance at redemption this year. Regardless of what happens, though, the NCAA tourney trip means a lot. Last year marked the school's first appearance since 1946—so a win would be a huge deal. And it could come against No. 3 New Mexico, which Harvard faces on Thursday night.
3. Dead-Eye Troy
VCU's Troy Daniels has one of the hottest sets of hands on the hardwood this year. He's known for his deadly long-range game and even earned a Twitter shout-out from NBA and 3-point-shooting legend Reggie Miller. No. 5 VCU and Daniels take on No. 12 Akron on Thursday night.
4. SoCal Talent
Another big-time shooter is making headlines—and has the potential to set brackets ablaze with his shooting stroke—but this one's in Las Vegas. Fun fact: He's actually SoCal talent. Freshman shooting guard Katin Reinhardt, who plays for UNLV, was a top-50 recruit last year out of Mater Dei. Take a look at his resume.
5. New What?
Scrappy wins. Gritty tactics. New Mexico has an interesting approach to notching victories, and they do so with puzzling stats: 67.2 points per game (172nd) and an average clip of 42.5 percent (218th). The Lobos have been Mountain West regular-season champions for four of the last five seasons, but they've not won more than one game in any tourney. They'll look to change that against Harvard and then possibly Arizona.
6. Bazz the Beast
Standing at six-foot-six, UCLA's young star Shabazz Muhammad has been presented with the perfect opportunity to help the semi-under-seeded Bruins (No. 6) make some noise and push a Jordan Adams-less campaign deep into Wooden-esque glory. Bazz and Co. take on No. 11 University of Minnesota on Thursday night.
7. North Carolina Me Maybe
No. 8 North Carolina has a date with No. 9 Villanova on Friday in what could set up an interesting dance with destiny. If No. 1 Kansas trumps No. 16 Western Kentucky—and they most likely will—a second-round bout featuring North Carolina and Kansas could be in the works. UNC coach Roy Williams helmed Kansas' ship from 1988-2003.
8. West Coast, Best Coast (Not Really)
The Pac-12 has five teams in the mix: No. 12 Oregon, No. 6 UCLA, No. 6 Arizona, No. 12 California, and No. 10 Colorado. Watch them represent the West, and pay special attention to the under-seeded singletons that could wreak some havoc on unsuspecting brackets.
My first round picks:
Tuesday, March 19
No. 16 N.C. A&T vs. No. 16 Liberty
No. 11 St. Mary's (CA) vs. Middle Tenn.
Wednesday, March 20
No. 16 Long Island vs. No. 16 James Madison
No. 13 La Salle vs. No. 13 Boise St.


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The National Socialist Lifestyle
by Martin Kerr
WHAT DOES IT MEAN to be a National Socialist?
Certainly, we can say that someone who is in general agreement with the National Socialist worldview, as he or she understands it, is a National Socialist in a formal sense of the term. There are also those who appreciate the NS period in European history, although they may not have a comprehensive ideological understanding of National Socialism. They may be described as being sympathetic to National Socialism, even if their theoretical knowledge of the NS worldview is incomplete.
But to be a true National Socialist in a profound sense means living an NS lifestyle, not just to agree with NS ideas in an abstract manner, or to admire historical National Socialism from a distance.
Hermann Goering once noted that one does not become a National Socialist simply as a matter of intellectual endorsement, but rather that one is born a National Socialist. The NS philosopher Savitri Devi further expanded on this idea:
One does not become a National Socialist. One only discovers, sooner or later, that one has always been one — that, by nature, one could not possibly be anything else. For this is not a mere political label; not an 'opinion' that one can accept or dismiss according to circumstances, but a faith, involving one's whole being, physical and psychological, mental and spiritual: 'not a new election cry, but a new conception of the world' — a way of life — as our Führer himself has said.
It follows that if being a National Socialist is more than just a political belief, it should condition the way one lives one's life – that is, that there is a characteristic NS lifestyle. Colin Jordan wrote than a person, "acts as a National Socialist, if he is really and entirely one."
The first thing that we should point out is that a National Socialist has a positive, "can-do" state of mind. He focuses on the solution to a problem, rather than on the problem itself or on the roadblocks that stand in the way to solving the problem. As Adolf Hitler said, "Obstacles exist only to be broken, not to be surrendered to." This is the fundamental NS attitude towards life in general.
We welcome struggle, not as a necessary evil, but as a great gift and opportunity that allows us to strengthen ourselves mentally, physically, and spiritually. Again quoting Hitler: "Mankind has grown great in eternal struggle, and only in eternal peace will it perish." Fritz Kuhn, leader of the German-American Bund in the 1930s, said, "We must welcome every fight!"
Embracing the struggle-ethic to the fullest has two corollaries. The first of these is that the National Socialist enthusiastically leads an active life. Idle complaint is not National Socialist, nor is sitting around and watching television or fiddling with electronic gadgets hour after hour, day after day. Rather, a National Socialist gets out and engages in the real world. This may take the form of participating in a public activity to build the Movement, or it may simply be going for a hike in the forest. Citing an old Aryan adage, the Führer noted that, "he who rests – rusts."
Do you take the escalator or the stairs? Said Mussolini, "The fascist disdains the easy life." The Duce was not a National Socialist, but in this instance his words are consistent with an NS lifestyle.
The second corollary to embracing an active life is that one accepts a heroic, courageous attitude towards existence and death. A National Socialist knows that there are dangers and hardships in the world, that there is pain, and that someday we all die. Rather than becoming depressed by such a realization, or retreating from the world in a cowardly manner, the National Socialist greets life with joyous fortitude. He steels himself mentally, physically, and spiritually against the hardships that he may encounter, with absolute determination to fight through them with manly defiance. The National Socialist resolves to die with a cry of triumph on his lips, not to pass away cowering and whimpering like a beaten dog.
Every National Socialist accepts the SS saying, "Know the laws of life and live accordingly," as his or her personal motto.
Consequently, exercise, healthy eating, and nourishing the spirit are key features of an NS lifestyle. Just as laziness is un-National Socialist, so is a diet that consists of processed food, nutritionless (or even harmful) snacks, all washed down with some form of alcohol or a sugar-laden soft drink.
Instead, a National Socialist lifestyle includes plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, with as little meat as possible, along with plenty of water and sunshine. He nourishes his soul with Aryan music and art.
Likewise, the National Socialist shuns polluting himself with the degenerate byproducts of an un-Aryan popular culture. These include films that insult the history of the White race, that promote race-mixing, that degrade women, or that glorify crime — as well as so-called "music" that offends the Aryan spirit. Likewise, the National Socialist does not contaminate his body and weaken his spirit with drugs and intoxicants.
A while back someone posting on Stormfront claimed that his favorite music was "National Socialist rap." Let us get this straight once and for all: There is no "National Socialist rap," nor is there "NS hip-hop" or "Aryan jazz." We do not insist that 14-year-old Aryan girls forego silly love songs and listen only to Luftwaffe assault marches or German opera – only that Aryans of both sexes and all ages nourish their spirits with musical forms that are produced by, and consistent with, their racial souls.
Insofar as possible, the National Socialist lifestyle is family-oriented. Just as he views his race as a gigantic extension of his family, so he views his family as his race in miniature. The National Socialist man treats the women and children of his race with respect, dignity, and affection. His fundamental attitude towards them is protective and supportive, not hostile and aggressive.
Sadly, many teenage National Socialists living in a non-NS household alienate themselves from their families by attempting to convert their parents to the Hitlerian worldview over Sunday dinner. Tensions between National Socialists and non-National Socialists within a given family are inevitable, but it is the duty of the National Socialist not to let these tensions rend the family apart. Save your efforts at spreading the Good Word to those outside your family. Explain your beliefs if asked, but do not push them on family members.
National Socialists spend as much time outdoors as they can. They garden, go for walks in the woods, and generally enjoy the splendor of living Nature. They feel that they themselves are a part of the natural world, not that it is a foreign environment that they visit on rare occasion.
The National Socialist lifestyle includes the love of animals, and kindness towards them. Nothing is so foreign to the Aryan spirit than the sadistic slaughter of animals for food practiced by the Semitic peoples.
A true National Socialist interacts with the non-Aryans he encounters in his daily life in a courteous manner, to the degree that they treat him the same. Whatever hostility that we may feel towards other peoples is not personal, and it should not be taken out on random non-Whites whom we may encounter. The depiction of National Socialists as being rude, mean, or insulting to ordinary non-Whites, who have done nothing offensive, is right out of the Jewish playbook. Despite what our enemies may say about us, the National Socialist is not a mindless thug.
It is not always easy to live an NS lifestyle in today's world. Certainly, it is easier in all-White rural areas than it is in the soulless racial cesspools which our cities have become.
In the first decades of the 20th century, Adolf Hitler found himself in a situation similar to that which we encounter today while living in Vienna. Still a teenager or a young man, he was confronted with degeneracy on all sides. His friend August Kubizek reports how the young Hitler dealt with it:
In the midst of that corrupt city, my friend surrounded himself with a wall of unshakeable principles which enabled him to build up an inner freedom, in spite of the dangers around him. He was afraid of infection, as he often said. Now I understand that he meant, not only venereal infection, but a more general infection, namely, the danger of being caught up in the prevailing conditions and finally being dragged down into a vortex of corruption. It is not surprising that no one understood him, that they took him for an eccentric, and that those few who came in contact with him called him presumptuous and arrogant.
But he went his way, untouched by what went on around him…
Sound familiar?
Ultimately, a National Socialist must live a National Socialist lifestyle. To do otherwise would be to be false to himself or herself. So even when it is difficult – indeed, even dangerous – he lives his outer life in accordance with his inner being. Yet whatever the cost, he has the great recompense of living his life on his own terms. Even in the midst of racial decay and social decline, he lives in the New Order.
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Source: New Order
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I would disagree about the music—there can indeed be new forms of Aryan music, just as there can be new forms of art. It will just be Aryan, that's all.
It is like karate and yoga. Once they were reviled as Oriental and leading to "demon-possession." Now they are mainstream.
The occult (in the best meaning of that word) arts will also be mainstream in the future.
I think techno-trance and "grunge" rock are the latest innovations in Aryan music (far better described as music by and for Aryans who never call themselves Aryans) outside of ubiquitous pop-sounding country, both appearing in the late 1980s and popular by the mid-90's. Trance mainly so in Europe. Both were bolstered by new and less expensive synth technologies and Japanese import prices on amps, guitars etc. that allowed more European discos and college bistro rock bands to arise with high technical quality. Trance tracks often have vocals with negroid influence, especially in dance mode, which is unwanted. Grunge has become an obsolete term except to musical historians and DJs, with only several of the original bands remaining, such as Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Pearl Jam. Grunge… Read more »
Clearly, "Arvin N. Prebost" and "Sethmoto101" do not understand anything at all about National Socialism, nor do they understand one word that I have written.
Certainly, new Aryan art forms will arise from time to time, including in the realm of music. But Aryan art, by definition, is based only on the values and rhythms that are innate in the Aryan soul.
National Socialist art totally and unequivocally rejects art forms that grow out of the racial souls of non-Aryan peoples. Likewise, it rejects the cult of ugliness, which is the legitimate expression of the degeneracy and decline that prevails today.
Martin, I know that Hitler himself sought new forms to express himself to the German people. He was an artist, after all.
Whether his "rock-star" rallies came from the soul of the Aryan people, or from some form of middle-eastern shamanism, I know not.
But they were effective.
"No one puts new wine into old wineskins–they will swell and burst. No! New wineskins for the new wine!"–J. Christ in the New T.
National Socialism must be presented as new and daring, not old and stodgy. We must not allow our opponents to use the old "rope-a-dope" strategy on us every single time.
Preacher man talking on T.V.
Puttin' down the rock and roll
Wants me to send a donation
'Cause he's worried about my soul –Charlie Daniels Band
Molly Hatchet — Southern hard rock band.
Aryan Warrior Album
CC, I am not familiar with Molly Hatchet but that is some damn good artwork on their albums.
Frank Frazetta rules.
I will check them out. If their music is like Frazetta's fantasy art, they will be valued.
Good words to live by, thank you for the article as it is well done.
The racial album covers released by Molly Hatchet is symbolic of the South cleansing itself after the bitter civil rights struggle ended. LYNYRD SKYNYRD, The Marshall Tucker Band, Charlie Daniels Band, The Allman Brothers Band, etc., let the world know that southern identity and culture is riding high with no apologies. The Dixie flag was displayed at music venues. It is no coincidence that outlaw country burst on the music scene simultaneously in Texas, causing self-righteous Nashville to recoil. Longhaired rebels dressed in leather. Everything was happening at the same time. Telepathy covered the deep rooted kinfolk states.
Posted earlier….
"If their music is like Frazetta's fantasy art, they will be valued."
I have some Frazetta's in my collection. I doubt if that by itself
makes me a National Socialist. However, if not physically, then
I have no doubt I am so – if only in an an abstract sense.
Summed up, the National Socialist lifestyle is pure evolutionary fitness — survival — with a clear conscience and good ethics.


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I'm reaching out from the Metropolitan Opera to let your organization know about our production of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Taking stage for the first time in seven years, this production is the only Wagner opera that the Met is showcasing this season, where a Wagner lover can finally experience the full splendor of the almost six-hour long opera with an incredible cast, including Michael Volle, Lise Davidsen, Klaus Florian Vogt, and Johannes Martin Kränzle, under the baton of Maestro Antonio Pappano. The production will run through November 14, 2021. We would really appreciate it if your organization could spread the word on this exciting production, especially with New York City now welcoming international visitors. Happy to provide any assets or additional information that you may need.
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Hi everyone!
NaNo started yesterday and day one went well for me, 1699 words. Not my best writing. Not my worst writing. First drafts are like that.
I'm a bit behind in the Blogging for Brand class but will be doing some catch up today that should get me back on track.
Treadmill went well Monday. Back up to 3.5 mph for the majority of the walk which is where I was before taking a life break. Walking later today. Yep. All good.
Keeping this update short and sweet. Hope you all are having a great week and be sure to read the ROW80 blog today. Great note from Kait that I fully agree with.
Peaceful Journeys!


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His fifth graders consistently score in the top 5-10 percent, nationwide, on standardized tests. They come to school early, stay late, and show up on weekends and holidays, and they've performed Shakespeare at the Globe Theater in London. But Rafe Esquith doesn't teach at an exclusive private school; 90% of his pupils are below the poverty line, and almost all are from immigrant families, not speaking English as their first language. Wednesday Esquith joins us to talk about his teaching methods and why they're so successful. Listen to the Show
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A California native, Chicago's Orlando Coolridge is an emcee, battle rapper and producer (by the name of BEDOTwater) with a taste for the smooth, and bars galore.
He's toured with Sage the 64th Wonder and Vagabond Maurice, performed with Jansport J of bwg., and also opened for DJ Premier at the now defunct Shrine Chicago. Performing across the country, from Lincoln Hall in Chicago, to the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles, Orlando takes the "globe-trotter" approach to music, looking to consume culture and live through spreading the joy of music.
With his lyrical dexterity, Orlando is a known name in battle rap community. Having been featured on KOTD, No Coast, & GO-rilla Warfare, he shines through punchlines, aggression, and humor in the battle arena.
Orlando Coolridge combines sharp, witty lyricism with conceptual, abstract metaphor. Along with being a musician, Orlando is also a prolific graphic artist. In art, the mind is the size of the universe, and Orlando wishes to explore as much of it as possible.


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What's caught our eye this week?
News from early last week announced that Facebook were allowing higher-res image uploads to their website. Facebook would previously resize images to 720 pixels, however they are now resizing images to 2048 pixels on the largest edge. I, like many of you like sharing photos on Facebook, and I'm sure this will only enhance the experience. However, this may raise different issues from a professional perspective.
It will be interesting to see what this means for sites like Flickr and whether users will upload to specific image sites or stick with Facebook.
From our perspective it does pose an interesting question, especially as we're looking to embrace social media through the web. Do we stick to Facebook for posting photos (as well as other cool stuff) or use specific sites like Flickr to post our photos? And then of course there are the copyright issues attached to sharing photos on Facebook… Watch this space may be the best message to deliver at this stage!
One link that caught my eye was posted on Freelance Review, listing some amazing images of the world's tallest buildings. Some fantastic scenes – although I can't help but think the World Financial Centre looks like a giant bottle opener… Plus, they reminded me of that transmission tower climbing video that did the internet rounds a few weeks ago. I'm ok with heights, but even I found that slightly nerve-wrecking to watch!
I'll end this week with something wet. Seeing as Autumn is setting in, the fog is descending in the mornings (and pretty much all the time in Birmingham at the moment), the M5 is damp and dark and the nights a drawing in, take a look at these examples of rain photography from the Geek Sucks blog.
That's it for this week, I hope to bring you some exciting Color Confidence website news next week, well worth a goosey at – even if I do say so myself!
Adam Borriello
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