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Tesla's fuzzy math would put a Model S in your driveway for $543 per month
Tesla Motors unveiled a new financing option Tuesday, joining forces with Wells Fargo and US Bank to make it possible for consumers to drive the all-electric Model S sedan without buying it outright.
"This makes it more affordable," Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a highly hyped conference call with journalists. "We're helping to broaden the access of customers to the car, and I think that's a good thing. That's really our goal."
The details of the program, which Tesla says combines the best aspects of leasing and ownership, are complex. Consumers will have to have strong credit ratings and come up with 10 percent down, and roughly $1,200 a month, for the 66-month loan term. The base price of the Model S is $69,900 before the federal tax credit; higher-end versions with larger battery packs cost more.
Tesla stresses that the "effective monthly cost" is only $543 a month because consumers can reap federal and state tax credits, save money on gas and drive in the carpool lane. Also, drivers who use the car for business purposes can deduct depreciation and other expenses from taxable income. Tesla's somewhat fuzzy math assumes your time is worth $100 an hour, and that you will save time on both trips to the gas station and on commuting.
After 36 months, drivers will have the right, but not the obligation, to sell the Model S back to Tesla for what the company describes as the "same residual value percentage as the iconic Mercedes S Class." Or they can continue making payments and eventually purchase the car.
"It's not a lease per se, it's financing over five years," said Musk. "I am personally standing behind that residual value, even if Tesla is unable to. That's what I mean by putting my money where my mouth is."
Alec Gutierrez, a senior analyst at Kelley Blue Book, said Tuesday that the financing option will help increase demand for the vehicle.
"They are promoting it as a value proposition, that it's only about $500 a month," said Gutierrez. "But really they are guaranteeing the residual value. Someone who was considering a Mercedes can now jump into a Model S, and if they don't like it, they can get out scot-free in three years."
The financing is expected to appeal to the typical buyer of high-end luxury sedans.
"A lot of people want to drive the Model S just because it's fun, but they don't want to tie up their capital with a huge down payment," said Andrea James, a senior research analyst with Dougherty & Company. "This covers that concern. High-income earners might rather keep their cash on hand for a rainy day, and simply pay $14,400 per year on a lease." When asked what kind of credit score was needed to qualify for the financing, Musk said credit score information is proprietary to the banks, but that customers have to have good credit for the best terms.
Musk is the chairman of San Mateo-based SolarCity, which is run by his cousins Lydon and Peter Rive. SolarCity pioneered the concept of a no-money-down solar lease in the residential solar market, and has quickly grown into one of the nation's leading solar brands.
"When we did this with SolarCity it had a tremendous affect on consumer adoption," Musk said.
The new financing option will not be available for current Model S reservation holders.
For more information about the new financing option, go to www.teslamotors.com/true-cost-of-ownership.


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Half a century ago, Idaho was a large village where people were actively engaged in farming and had little interest in everything else. Today, however, Idaho ranks seventh in terms of population (12 million) and is one of the top five states for life.
Even though taxes in the state are quite low and working conditions are some of the best in the USA, there are situations in the life of absolutely anyone when money is urgently needed. This is when you start searching for payday loans online. For example, a smartphone or a car is broken, and there is still a lot of time left before the salary. As a rule, everyone has two options: to borrow from relatives and neighbors or to take a loan from an Idaho bank.
But it often happens that relatives are waiting for a salary themselves, and the relationships with the neighbors are not good enough to ask them a favor. It's still more complicated with the bank — they usually don't give a few hundred, and if they do, it takes a lot of time and nerves to collect all the necessary documents. For such cases, a payday loans system was created. Obtaining payday loans online does not require any income statements, guarantors, and many days waiting for an answer. Money is issued in minutes.
Payday fast payday loans are life-saving for short term, small money problems. Nowadays, many companies offer these options in Idaho, which are also called check loans or payroll advance loans. Whether you are looking for easy or quick payday loans, there are a few things that you should know and consider.
People who are not employed but receive social security or fixed income payments may also apply for loans online. They are available in advance and especially useful in a variety of situations.
Many online companies can offer instant payday loans no credit check to anyone over 18 years of age, who has an active bank account and stable employment. Payday loans are the quickest way to get an electronic deposit to your check or savings account so that you can avoid costly bounced check or late payment penalties. When you apply for one of these loans, the money can be used for anything you choose.
Some payday loans services require documents that must be faxed, but most do not. These types of loans are called faxless, or no fax payday loans, and most online companies offer them. Once you have been approved and make your payments, it is so simple to obtain another loan. It is the most suitable and reliable way to get quick cash to meet your financial needs.
Most online payday loans companies, which offer next day cash advances and payday loans, do so with no credit check required. And if you already have an outstanding payday cash loan, you should avoid taking out another of the same type.
It is important to pay particular attention to the interest rate as well. You may not be able to find more favorable conditions in the Idaho loan arena. The rate for payday loans can be 500% per year or more. You can check with your state regulatory bodies to see what the upper limits are.
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Why Is It Worth Taking Payday Loans in Idaho?
In most commercial organizations, a loan can be obtained with the help of one document — a passport with a registration mark (permanent or temporary). To verify a document, it is usually required to upload a scan copy or photograph of a passport to your personal account, and when receiving a loan in cash, present the original at the office.
As a second document, you can use:
In the process of getting payday loans, several main stages can be distinguished:
A loan application in Idaho must contain the following required information:
When submitting a full package of documents, a loan officer is required to consider an application for a loan within one to two days. The ability of a client in Idaho to repay (creditworthiness) is assessed when the verification of a package of documents is completed.
Taking credit money for a period of 1 day to 12 months in Idaho is as simple and convenient as to buy a new thing in some online store. With the help of a payday loans system, you will solve the financial difficulties without even visiting the Idaho office.The whole process usually takes only up to 15 minutes. There's always a way out; try payday loans, and you won't be disappointed!

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The music of business
Witness a unique symphony created from the sentiment of today's business world. Symphonologie is a multi-sensory experience inspired from artificial intelligence methods and built by a team of strategists, creative technologists, and musicians. It's a fusion of business and technology with awe-inspiring results.Download the music
Share the Music of Business.
The process begins by identifying the biggest topics in business and tech. We compile articles on these topics—enough to fill a 600-page book—and analyze them for emotionally charged words and overall sentiment.
The outcome of the emotional analysis is categorized into eight different sentiments and the data is transposed into musical elements like key, tempo, pitch and note length. The music is arranged into a midi file and assigned a sample instrument, like piano. This audio file gives us our first taste of the music of business.
The music files are provided to the composer who identifies musical motifs to build his symphony around. His goal is to stay true to the spirit of the generated melodies, while intensifying the emotive tones to give a better sense of the changing sentiment through the piece.
The orchestral arrangements are shared with the data visualists, who cross-reference key moments of the music with sentiment mappings from the source material. From this, he creates a live visual art display to help convey the emotional story as the orchestra debuts the symphony for the very first time.
Meet the minds helping to bring the music of business to life. They're uncovering something beautiful where business and technology connect.
Working with clients large and small around the globe, and coming from a deep technology heritage, these strategists have an extensive knowledge of the current and emerging technologies disrupting the world today. In Symphonologie, these insights serve as the source for the sentiment around business and technology—the hopes, fears, ambitions and projections of today's world of business.
Hannah is a programmer, artist and musician from New York City. Her TransProse artificial intelligence program analyzes emotionally charged words in text and converts them into musical melodies. For Symphonologie, she analyzes the collected writings and source material around issues at the intersection of business and technology—and uses her program to generate a series of musical motifs that match the business sentiment.
Rare Volume is a design and technology studio in New York City, specializing in motion, creative code and interactive installations. They utilize techniques from visual effects and motion graphics to drive interactive experiences, marrying visual design and code. In Symphonologie, they create visual art to accompany the live orchestral performance, connecting the business sentiments to the music it inspired, and bringing to life the full impact of this unique, immersive experience.
Mathieu is a celebrated French composer living in Paris. His award-winning work includes musical scores for 20 films, as well as an array of compositions for musical theater and commercials. He is playing dual roles for Symphonologie: composing a full symphonic arrangement based on the machine-generated melodies, and conducting the orchestra for the live debut performance.
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Networks (NYSE:HIVE), a Cloud Networking leader, today announced its
participation at the International
Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Annual Conference & Expo,
which is recognized as the most comprehensive educational technology
conference in the world. ISTE 2018 will take place June 24th
to 27th at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.
Aerohive® will exhibit at ISTE 2018, demonstrating its school-optimized
and mobile-friendly Wi-Fi solutions, including Aerohive
A3, at booth #608. Aerohive delivers value
beyond wireless connectivity for a connected campus, and its cloud-based
wireless solutions help simplify networking for K-12 and higher
education customers around the world by reducing the cost and complexity
of campus deployments.
For more than three decades, educators and education leaders have
gathered at the ISTE Conference & Expo to engage in hands-on learning,
exchange ideas and network with like-minded thinkers seeking to
transform learning and teaching. The annual event attracts over 16,000
attendees and industry representatives; including teachers, technology
coordinators, administrators, library media specialists, teacher
educators and policymakers. Attendees also enjoy world-class keynote
speakers, hundreds of sessions in a variety of formats, as well as a
massive expo hall.
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statements regarding new Aerohive product and service offerings and
statements regarding their expected performance, market receptiveness
and competitive advantage. These forward-looking statements are based on
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and changes in circumstances that are difficult or impossible to
predict. The actual outcomes and results may differ materially from
those contemplated by these forward-looking statements as a result of
these uncertainties, risk and changes in circumstances, including, but
not limited to, risks and uncertainties related to: general demand for
wireless networking in the industry verticals targeted or demand for
Aerohive products in particular, unpredictable and changing market
conditions, risks associated with the deployment, performance and
adoption of new products and services, risks associated with our growth,
competitive pressures from existing and new companies, technological
change, product development delays, our inability to protect Aerohive
intellectual property or to predict or limit exposure to third party
claims relating to its or Aerohive's intellectual property, and general
market, political, regulatory, economic and business conditions in the
United States and internationally.
Additional risks and uncertainties that could affect Aerohive's
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access using Cloud Networking. Aerohive's Public Cloud, Private Cloud,
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BOSTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- David Krejci converted a pass from Jarome Iginla into a game-winner 1:18 into overtime Saturday, handing the Boston Bruins a 3-2 victory over Carolina.
Shorty after the start of overtime, Iginla broke into the Hurricanes zone, bursting through a pair of defenders before finding Krejci open in the slot.
Krejci steadied the pass, switched to his forehand and fired a shot past Cam Ward, lifting the Atlantic Division-leading Bruins to their third win in four games.
Zdano Chara and Reilly Smith also scored for Boston.
Chad Johnson earned the win with 22 saves.
The Hurricanes' Patrick Dwyer netted a shorthanded goal midway through the third period to forge a 2-2 tie.
Andrej Sekera scored and Ward finished with 35 saves for Carolina, which has dropped four straight games.


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The World's First 7.1-Channel A/V Receiver Revisited
It was also the first receiver to sport twin Analog Devices SHARC Dual 32-bit Floating Point DSPs, which the AVR-5800 needed for the new DTS and THX codecs number crunching. The older Motorola chips that were commonly used in receivers didn't cut it anymore.
Beyond the specs and numbers it was the AVR-5800's sound quality that elevated the receiver to iconic status. Denon's Chief Engineer Hirofumi Ichikawa postponed the launch of AVR-5800 to devote extra development time to make a substantially better sounding receiver than the AVR-5700. The AVR-5800 not only had a turntable input, it shut down the receiver's digital processors when phono was selected, and the receiver had separate analog bass management circuitry for the analog inputs!
The U.S. retail price was $3,800 ($1,000 more than the AVR-5700), so it was the most expensive receiver on the market, but dealers couldn't get them fast enough, and their original allotments sold out within a few weeks. The AVR-5800 was the best selling mega receiver in the company's long history, and it went on to spawn the AVR-5803 and 5805.
Thanks go out to David Birch Jones, Denon's Marketing Manager in 2000, for helping me prepare this report.
Indeed excellent write-up! I just love this column. I remember when this AVR came out. My local AV store was always trying to get one in but never could at least that I know of.
One of this device we used on opening last year of our company devis mutuelle it's really awesome and it's fantastic honestly our sister company mutuelle etudiante they aske from us where did we get this gadget.
When this was released my wife and I were considering separate components for our Home Theater System.
It would primarily be used for audio/video control in our home theater, and audio zone control for the rest of the house. Our first thoughts were of the cost. Who in his right mind would buy an AV receiver for almost 4 grand (in 2000). But when we started adding up what it would take to perform the same functions with the highest audio/video specs possible, the price for separate components added up to well over the 10k mark.
This device has been a work horse in our home. It rarely gets powered down because it controls our entire Homes Audio system.
Due to the advancement of Video interfaces, the unit no longer performs video switching in our system, but it really does not care what its doing, its like a timex, takes a licking and keeps on ticking.
About the only thing I can say bad about it, is if it ever fails, I can't imagine 12 years later, how much it would cost to replace it with a like product.
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Google Inc. will award $10 million to solicit ideas it believes could benefit the world.
Called Project 10^100 (pronounced "10 to the 100th"), Google's initiative will seek input from the public and a panel of judges in choosing up to five winning ideas, to be announced in February.Google announced the project live on CNN on Wednesday morning.
"These ideas can be big or small, technology-driven or brilliantly simple -- but they need to have impact," said Google in a press release. "We know there are countless brilliant ideas that need funding and support to come to fruition." Rest of article.............
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1887 : Chiang Kai-Shek is born1887 : Chiang Kai-Shek is born
On this day in 1887, in Chekiang province, China, Chiang Kai-Shek, leader of the Nationalist government of China from 1928 to 1949, is born. As a young man training in the Japanese military, Chiang was converted to the ideals of republicanism. Upon returning to China, Chiang fought against the dying Manchu imperial dynasty. He eventually joined forces with Sun Yat-sen's Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang. Both Sun and Chiang became enamored of Soviet communism and even reorganized the Nationalist Party based on a Soviet model.
Upon Sun's death, Chinese communists, who had been admitted into the party, came into conflict with strict republicans. It was at this point that Chiang's political shrewdness came to the fore, as he stemmed the influence of the communists in his party while keeping Moscow as an ally--that is, until Chiang led a coup that expelled the communists, feeling that they were too strong a challenge to his own control of the party. Chiang then lead the Nationalists in a march on Peking, eventually forming a new government under his control. Unifying the country and keeping it from communist control were now most important to Chiang, even more important than his supposedly treasured social reforms or the invasion of Manchuria by Japan, which he did little to resist. But when full-blown war with Japan broke out in 1937, he was compelled to join forces with his communist enemies in order to repel further Japanese encroachments. China fought alone against the Japanese for four years, until the Allies declared war in 1941.
Although the Allies hailed Chiang as the salvation of his nation, depicting him as a David against the Japanese Goliath, he was in fact a shortsighted tyrant who was more interested in maintaining his power base and privileges than fighting Imperial Japan. He resisted the attempts by U.S. Gen. Joseph Stilwell to create a modern Chinese army that would fight under joint Allied-Chinese control. He was more interested in getting hold of Lend-Lease money for his own purposes. Upon the Allied defeat of Japan, Chiang returned to his battle against Mao Tse-tung and the communists. In 1949, he lost his nation to communism. Chiang removed himself to Taiwan, where he set up a relatively benign dictatorship--an alternate China.
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Optiwind becomes latest Torrington company to fall victim to sluggish economy
Torrington >> Optiwind, an energy start-up and relatively recent addition to Torrington, is in the first steps of closure.
"We will know for sure in the next 10 days," said Optiwind's Chief Manufacturing Officer Ted Chadwick. "We still have investors we're working with. One of them may come through and invest, but more than likely that won't be the case."
It was the business' inability to secure additional investors to fund the necessary research and development that has forced the 5-year-old manufacturing company, located on Field Street, to close.
According to a Republican American article published on Saturday, the business laid off 22 of its 30 employees last Friday. Chadwick said they are currently running the factory with a skeleton crew.
"I'm just saddened," said JoAnn Ryan, the Northwest Connecticut Chamber of Commerce president. "They worked so hard to make it happen. Their business was a big change. No one had heard of it before. Their mills didn't look like the ones you would see on Cape Cod. They looked like silos."
According to their website, the company built and sold wind turbines that were, "quieter, more compact, simpler and less expensive to own and operate," than competitors in the market.
"We were trying to introduce a new product into a new market and we didn't do as well as we hoped," said Chadwick.
"They were very close to making it," said Mayor Ryan Bingham.
Optiwind joins the long line of manufacturing companies to leave Torrington.
Turner & Seymour, a Torrington staple for 165 years, is another recent casualty. According to the company's website, the assets and operations of the company were acquired by Perfection Chain Products, Inc. of Vinemont, Ala. on Dec. 21.
Turner & Seymour is one of the oldest manufacturers of chains and chain products in the country.
The closing of a modern manufacturer, Optiwind, and an older one, Turner & Seymour, shows that it is tough to make it in Torrington, and Connecticut, in today's economy.
Mayor Ryan Bingham said it isn't indicative of a major shift in Torrington. Instead, it is representative of the Connecticut economy, which is still hurting.
"It's an indicator of many things," said Bingham. "It's not necessarily just a local issue. It's a Connecticut-wide issue. The economy is still struggling. We hate to see them leave, but it's not a sign that everyone is leaving."
Ryan agreed and said of Optiwind, "They tried to do this in a tough economic time. It's new. It was a risk. I give them so much credit."
It is no surprise that the economic climate is a contributing factor as to why manufacturing businesses are folding and fleeing, but the truth of the matter is that things may be harder in Connecticut than other states.
"Connecticut is a high cost state," said Joe Brennan, senior vice president at the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA). "Labor cost is higher here. Energy and health care costs can be higher here than other places."
Brennan said there is more red tape here than other places and the cost of living is higher so labor costs are similarly elevated.
It may not be easy, but there are advantages to manufacturing in Connecticut. According to Brennan, Connecticut is a very productive state. There is a high ratio between labor and output. Brennan said that high value-Added industries that require skilled labor have excelled in Connecticut, but manufacturing jobs that are labor intensive have suffered.
"We always think it's a big deal when manufacturers choose to move because manufacturing jobs support other jobs," said Brennan. "One manufacturing job can create four other jobs in support industries. On average, wages in manufacturing are higher than in the service sector. Most manufacturers sell their products outside of Connecticut, which improves wealth. That's how you grow the economy instead of just trading money back and forth."
Manufacturing jobs make for a strong economy, but the trick is getting them to stay here, said Brennan.
"We're never going to be a cheap state," said Brennan, "But we try to moderate costs. We try to reduce the regulatory burden."
According to Brennan, the CBIA is working to find the balance between a clean environment and economic growth. He said there are many companies who are interested in building in the United States, and the CBIA's goal is to make sure Connecticut gets its fair share of new industry and retains business that is already here.
Despite these recent closures, Bingham said there are a number of businesses that have done well in Torrington, and Chadwick insisted that Torrington was supportive of Optiwind from the beginning. He does not blame the City for the company's closure.
The majority of Optiwind employees are now unemployed, and when the business officially closes its doors the eight remaining employees will meet the same fate. That's where Ryan is placing the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce.
Ryan encouraged all former employees to attend the Chamber's Job Fair on Feb. 21. She said they could potentially find other work opportunities. She also said she would be willing to reach out to companies she knows are hiring.
"I would be happy to host a small fair," said Ryan. "I've done that once before. We have to help in every way."
Reach Kate Hartman at 860-489-3121, ext. 343.


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Man hunted down 5ft anaconda after it ate a pet dog
A local man went after a terrifyingly enormous snake after it devoured a local pet.
A local man went after a terrifyingly enormous snake after it devoured a local pet.
Residents of a riverside community in French Guiana went on an anaconda hunt after a deadly beast killed and ate a pet dog.
Lifelong reptile lover Sebastien Bascoules, 39, led the charge, with the intention of catching the snake and releasing it to a location far away from any people.
Although he claimed he wasn't at all scared, Sebastien did admit that he was expecting a smaller reptile than the monstrous anaconda he eventually found, which was well over 5ms long.
'It is very difficult to capture these kind of snakes because they are very strong,' explains Sebastien.
Luckily, he asked his friend to assist him in the mission, or else the beast could've easily bitten or constricted him. His companion tackled the tail and back end of the creature, while Sebastien used his knees and hand to pin down the front half in various places and clamped his remaining hand around the area just below the snake's fearsome jaw.
It's a fight to the death
They're not for the faint hearted!
Fangs for that then!
Sebastien says that subduing a giant snake is easy if you know what you're doing…
After a cloth was placed around its head, the anaconda was marvelled at by amazed locals. Sebastien's children showed no fear in cuddling up to the scaly predator.
By this point it was too late to head out and release it, so the reptile spent the night in Sebastien's bathroom.
The next morning Sebastien and a few others journeyed out to a river that was a safe distance away from any homes or villages and released the snake safely back into the wild.
'It is easier for me to catch an anaconda than speak English!' jokes Sebastien.


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Watch out this weekend
By Dominic Frisby Apr 15, 2009
27 February 2007 is not a date that stands out. It is not indelibly imprinted on the minds of millions; it does not carry the pain or notoriety of 9-11; unlike 'Black Wednesday', it has not been nicknamed Nor, like 31 August 1997, The Day Diana Died, did it send a nation into mourning.
Yet the repercussions of this day are, quite simply, enormous. They may be felt for decades, and possibly mark the beginning of the next Great Depression. For this was the day the greatest credit bubble in history peaked and popped.
And one man predicted this turn as far back as the 1970s. He is Martin Armstrong.
What's more, another one of his turn dates is coming this weekend …
Martin Armstrong's story reads like a thriller. He was a globe-trotting and extremely contrarian investment manager, who in the late 1990s was accused of misappropriating Japanese investors of some $700 million in some kind of Ponzi scheme.
It appears that, like Nick Leeson, the money was lost on bad bets in the currency markets and losses were being concealed, though Armstrong said he did not authorise the trades. Nevertheless, he was indicted in 1999 and ordered by Judge Richard Owen to turn over gold bars and antiquities, which he is said to have bought with his firm's money, as well as computers and documents.
Armstrong delivered four of the five computers sought, eight of the 11 requested boxes of documents and gold coins worth $1.1 million. The receiver said assets worth about $15 million were missing; Armstrong insisted that was all he had. Judge Owen – revisiting the order every 18 months - held him on contempt of court for some seven years, some kind of record for time in prison without trial. Nevertheless, Owen repeatedly held that Mr. Armstrong was motivated by greed and was awaiting his release from jail to retrieve the $15 million that the government said was missing.
Mr. Armstrong's years in jail for civil contempt match the sentence of six-and-a-half to eight years that he would have received if he had been convicted of all 24 criminal counts of securities fraud, commodities fraud and wire fraud. But in late 2006, after appeal, Judge Owen was removed from the case. In 2007, after a period in solitary, Armstrong faced trial, pleaded guilty and is now serving a prison sentence for a further five years.
Armstrong's unique 'economic confidence model'
What makes Armstrong's story exceptional is his astonishing economic confidence model, which he developed in the 1970s and 80s.
Looking back at centuries of economic data, Armstrong identified a long-term business cycle of 309.6 years, which is broken down into six waves of 51.6 years – roughly the same duration as Russian economist Nikolai Kondratiev 's more famous cycle. Armstrong's 51.6 year wave breaks down into a further six waves of 8.6 years, which break down into a further three individual waves of different duration.
What many will find interesting is that the total number of days in one 8.6 year cycle is 3141 – or Pi times 1000. Hence the model is also known as the 'Pi Cycle'.
The next chart shows the key wave dates of the recent past and near future.
Let's look at some of these turn dates and see what happened. 2007.15 equates to 27 February 2007 (That is .15 of the year). The chart below shows the Dow Jones US Financials – an index of the major stocks relating to banking, insurance, real estate and financial services.
You can see he's nailed the turn to the day.
1987.8 equates to 19 October 1987. The next chart shows the Dow during the stock market crash of 1987. You can see Armstrong again nailed the low to the day.
Not precisely to the day, but to within a fortnight, 1989.95 (December 89) saw the highs in the Nikkei, 2007.
2000.7 (September 2000) saw the turn down in the S&P (September 2000), while 2002.85 (Octover-November 2002) saw the post crash lows.
1998.55 coincided with Russian debt default and the longtTerm capital management crisis, 1994.25 saw an intermediate S&P low. More recently we had 2008.225 (23 March 2008). That caught the turn in the dollar that surprised just about everyone – myself included – especially those who thought the dollar's collapse was imminent.
Some will say that it's easy to look back at history, attach an arbitrary pattern after the event, then call it a 'cycle', but you cannot deny that Armstrong's calls have been astonishing.
In fact, his forecasting abilities and imprisonment have made him a cult figure among conspiracy theorists. He claimed to have developed a 32,000-variable super-computer based on his economic model, with "perhaps the largest economic database in the world". In fact, some claim the CIA and Chinese wanted this very computer model and the reason he was held in prison for so long without trial was that he refused to hand it over. Armstrong himself commented, "I know too much".
The next big turning point: this weekend
Nevertheless, of note to all investors, is that there is another Armstrong turn date coming on 2009.3, or 19-20 April. What we have to figure out is which market is going to turn.
Armstrong once advised Canadian technical analyst Ross Clark that markets which were trending the strongest going into a cyclic turn point would be the most likely to reverse. "It is the concentration of capital that creates booms and the subsequent busts."
So we have to ask ourselves which market fits this bill. Could this bounce in the stock or commodity markets run out of steam? It's possible. This year might be yet another when you should sell in May and go away. If we get a big rally into the weekend, perhaps we should look to sell.
But I must say, I think this rally may have further to go. Could gold turn back up? Again, I see a low for gold coming in the summer – although $840-$850, if it gets there, is an obvious place to make a low. Could it signal the long-awaited end of the US bond market? Perhaps we'll see some turn in the currency markets. The yen could turn back up… or the pound could turn back down. As I write this, I can't see a market that's showing any signs of exhaustion.
My bet is that we'll either see another major bankruptcy – perhaps a corporation such as GM, or even a country (Ireland?) – or we'll see some kind of turn in the currency markets.
I should stress this is only a secondary turn date. There are plenty of examples in the past where nothing of any significance has happened at these junctures. In other words, they do not always work. But the outcome of this weekend, 19-20 April, bears watching with interest.
Again, if you have questions you would like Mr. Armstrong to answer, I am gathering questions and will send them to him via an intermediary sometime in the next couple of days. Please leave your question in the comments section.


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In a court hearing today that ended in a shouting match between Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood and Knox County DA Randy Nichols, Blackwood refused to recuse himself from the torture-murder case involving the 2007 deaths of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom.
Nichols filed the motion earlier in June, questioning Blackwood's impartiality.
A fourth defendant, Vanessa Coleman, was also given a new trial and the state has not contested that decision.
Early in the hearing, Blackwood said he would revisit his decision to grant new trials to Lemaricus Davidson and his brother Letalvis Cobbins. In these trials the state had DNA evidence linking the pair to the rapes of Channon Christian.
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Although the United States and its NATO allies are leading the effort to stabilize Afghanistan, many of Afghanistan's powerful neighbors also have an interest in how the country fares.
China, India, Iran, Pakistan, and Russia are each invested in Afghanistan – Beijing, for example, has committed billions to mine copper, and Tehran pours aid into areas that border Iran.
Also out of national interest, though, these countries are leaving to the West the difficult task of fighting the Taliban. And for some, disagreements over unrelated issues have prevented further cooperation on Afghanistan.
Here's a look at what role these countries play in Afghanistan.
How important are Afghanistan's big neighbors to achieving peace?
There is growing acceptance in the region that a stable and independent Afghanistan will have improved relations with its neighbors. Despite their rivalry, even India and Pakistan have increasingly begun to discuss – with Afghanistan – how they might combat the Taliban.
Some analysts say, however, that Pakistan regards the Afghan Taliban as a means to counter India's growing influence in Afghanistan and as potential allies when the US withdraws.
How involved are Afghanistan's neighbors now in peace or reconstruction efforts?
India currently has a "soft power" presence in Afghanistan, in the form of development aid, cultural ties, and building projects. With more than $1 billion invested, Afghanistan constitutes its biggest overseas investment.
China's role in Afghanistan is primarily economic. It spent $3.5 billion to secure extraction rights at a copper mine in Aynak, south of Kabul, the largest single-investment project in the country.
Since 2001, Iran has taken an active part in reconstruction in Afghanistan, particularly in the areas close to its border.
Russia has promised to keep a land and air route through its territory open as an alternative to NATO's supply route through Pakistan, which is increasingly vulnerable to attack. It also has trained Afghan government antinarcotics officers.
Why might Afghanistan's neighbors continue to stay involved?
India: India recognizes how vital a stable Afghanistan is for its own security and is particularly concerned about the spread of terrorism in the region. India would also like to be seen as a responsible partner of developed countries, and its role in Afghanistan demonstrates that. Energy-starved India is also increasingly preoccupied by access to oil and gas in Central Asia.
Its involvement is likely to remain soft, says Brahma Chellaney, an analyst at the Center for Policy Research in New Delhi. "India has earned a lot of goodwill in Afghanistan over the decades; the moment it gets involved militarily that is likely to change," he says, adding that India's historic roles in civil wars in the region – especially in Sri Lanka – also make it wary of military involvement.
China: Besides business interests, China wants stability in Afghanistan to safeguard its alliance with Pakistan and to prevent the destabilization of western Xinjiang Province, home to separatist Muslim Uighurs. China is unwilling, however, to send troops to Afghanistan.
Russia: NATO recently asked Russia, which invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and spent almost a decade fighting Western-backed militants there, to provide helicopters to Afghanistan and help train the Afghan Air Force.
Russia has said it wants NATO to win in Afghanistan and will consider the request. But it remains deeply suspicious of the old cold-war alliance and has repeatedly ruled out sending troops. Ties have been further strained by the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia and by US-backed plans to invite more former Soviet states to join NATO.
Iran: The US says Iran, which shares a common language and historic ties with Afghanistan, could play a key role, despite concerns over its nuclear program and allegations it has provided arms to terrorists in the region. Analysts say that a stronger Taliban could benefit Iran, an avowed enemy of the US, by keeping US forces busy.
Iran, however, wants stability in Afghanistan so it can increase trade and stem the flow of opiates across its borders. Few believe that Iran really wants to strengthen the Taliban, which Iran's supreme leader declared in 1996 was an affront to Islam. Iran helped to train and arm many of the fighters of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, but relations soured after President George W. Bush included Iran in his famous "axis of evil."
What might work against regional cooperation in Afghanistan?
Any expansion of India's influence in Afghanistan could antagonize a suspicious Pakistan, which accuses Delhi of using its influence there to support Baluchi separatists in Pakistan. Some fear increased Indian involvement could have a destabilizing effect. India, in turn, has accused Pakistan of involvement in the attacks on India's presence in Afghanistan.
India is also increasingly unsettled by China's strong presence in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
More generally, in the region, growing skepticism about the US strategy in Afghanistan could prompt countries to pull back from involvement there.
China's moneymaking activities in Afghanistan have caused discomfort further afield, meanwhile.
In coming years, when production starts at the Aynak copper mine, for example, its Chinese owners will get a multibillion-dollar return. The area will have been guarded, all the while, by Afghan police trained by an array of countries, including the US military.


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I had the privilege of visiting Bremen Castings last week to interview the company for a BizVoice article. Having been a family business for seven decades, the company's executives know a thing or two about how to keep the lights on as time passes. Outlined on the Midwest Handling Wholesaler site, here are Bremen Castings president JB Brown's four gems to live by for family businesses:
- Honor Thy Father: A large percentage of family-run businesses do not make it past two generations, so the key to longevity is ensuring the business is managed with effective leadership. When there is a strong management team, a solid business plan can be implemented which takes into account the highs, lows and future direction and goals of the company.
- Cash is King: Since family members are often the majority stock holders in a family business, strong cash flow is imperative to ensuring stocks (and voting power) stays within certain hands rather than being sold for a liquid dividend. "No company is going to survive very long without generating a positive cash flow," says Brown. "We keep tight books and prepare for the hard times by getting ahead of the curve."
- Instill an Estate Plan: Some owners of family businesses become so engrossed within their companies; they forget to look at the big picture and understand how various situations can affect both the business and the family's assets. "A defined estate plan is essential for smooth functioning of both the family system and the business system," adds Brown.
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The Surf Coasters were formed in 1994 by Shigeo Naka in Tokyo, Japan. Their first appearances were on a "Star Search" type TV show which they won by playing their version of Dick Dale's Pulp Fiction hit" Misirlou". Since then, they have released more than 20 CDs for the Columbia, BMG, and Victor labels, with many appearances on film soundtracks and video games and constant touring in Japan. In 1995, rock guitar legend Dick Dale, known as the King of the Surf Guitar, visited Japan and played shows with The Surf Coasters. He proclaimed Shigeo Naka to be The Prince of the Surf Guitar. Shigeo Naka is a guitar prodigy with amazing fretboard ability. His love is for the twangy, reverbed tones of American surf music, and many Surf Coasters CDs feature reworkings of famed surf songs from the 60s alongside their more orignal material. Live, the Surf Coasters command the stage with an athletic stage presence and a crunchy and fast surf instrumentals.
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Can anyone stop Portland Timbers goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts?
The Jamaican international has a streak of two straight Save of the Week awards and his sprawling save vs. New England's Saer Sene is once again one of five finalists for the Week 10 honor. He's captured four of the nine awards this year.
Attempting to steal Ricketts' crown this week will be New York Red Bulls shot-stopper Luis Robles (PK save on Federico Higuain), Montreal's Troy Perkins and his scrambling recovery vs. San Jose, Carlo Cudicini's reaction save for LA and a timely tip by Colorado's Clint Irwin vs. Toronto FC.
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Facebook Takes a Stand Against Employers Who Request Passwords
Facebook will fight to stop employers from requesting access to their potential employees' otherwise private accounts, the company's chief privacy officer Erin Egan announced in a statement on Friday.
The announcement follows reports that potential employers have pushed for access to applicants accounts — either asking applicants for their usernames and passwords or asking them to log into their accounts during an interview. Meanwhile, some universities require their student athletes to friend a coach or compliance officer who can keep tabs on their Facebook accounts, even if those accounts are not public.
Sharing or soliciting a Facebook password is against the social network's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.
"This practice undermines the privacy expectations and the security of both the user and the user's friends," Egan wrote on the Facebook Privacy blog. "It also potentially exposes the employer who seeks this access to unanticipated legal liability."
Among the risks to employers, Egan says, are that they will come across information such as age or sexual orientation that could open them up to claims of discrimination if the applicant doesn't get the job. Employers may also become responsible for information they uncover while pursuing private profiles, such as that which suggests a crime.
Bradley Shear, a Washington D.C., lawyer, told MSNBC earlier this month that demands for access to private social media content are a violation of the First Amendment.
"I can't believe some people think it's OK to do this," he told the publication. "Maybe it's OK if you live in a totalitarian regime, but we still have a Constitution to protect us. It's not a far leap from reading people's Facebook posts to reading their email. ... As a society, where are we going to draw the line?"
Facebook's statement suggests that the network is willing to help draw it — even if that requires legal action.
"We'll take action to protect the privacy and security of our users, whether by engaging policymakers or, where appropriate, by initiating legal action, including by shutting down applications that abuse their privileges."
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Shilpa takes son Viaan on first foreign trip
Ahead of her third wedding anniversary, actress Shilpa Shetty has taken her son Viaan on his first international trip to Bangkok
Shilpa is on a work-related tour, but she is excited about having her son's company.
"Hey tweetos, in Bangkok for an ad shoot. Viaan Raj Kundra's first international trip. So much packing, nearly carried whole house!!! Phew," Shilpa posted on Twitter.
Shilpa married businessman Raj Kundra in 2009. The couple had their first child in May this year, and the actress is looking forward to celebrating her third anniversary abroad too.
"Completing three years of marriage on Nov 22, so thought this would be a nice break. Travelling out of the country after a year! Feels so good," she added.
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Error 451: New Bradbury-inspired HTTP code to show legal censorship
The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) approved on Monday a new Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) status – code 451 that will be seen by internet users when the page is blocked by government due to 'legal obstacles.'
"This status code indicates that the server is denying access to the resource as a consequence of a legal demand," the body, responsible for internet operating standards, said in a statement.
The IESG has approved the 451 (Unavailable for Legal Reasons) #HTTP Status code; great job @timbray! #censorshiphttps://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-httpbis-legally-restricted-status/ …
IESG said that it advises the authorities to include the information on who and why blocked a certain website.
However, "it is possible that certain legal authorities might wish to avoid transparency, and not only demand the restriction of access to certain resources, but also avoid disclosing that the demand was made."
Though it said that in many cases the sites could still be accessed using a VPN or the Tor network.


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OTTAWA (AP) - Sidney Crosby was careful not to get too far ahead of himself after helping the Pittsburgh Penguins rout the Ottawa Senators for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
'I'm not talking about anything ahead of Game 5,' the Pittsburgh captain said when asked about a potential Eastern Conference final against the Boston Bruins.
But after the Penguins' 7-3 victory Wednesday night, it's hard to imagine Crosby and his teammates aren't starting to think about facing the Bruins - up 3-0 over the New York Rangers.
Jarome Iginla and James Neal each scored twice, Crosby, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis added goals, and Tomas Vokoun made 30 saves. Down 2-1 after the first period, the Penguins scored twice in a 40-second span early in the second and added four goals in the first 10 minutes in the third.
Milan Michalek, Kyle Turris and Daniel Alfredsson scored for Ottawa. Senators goalie Craig Anderson was benched after Pittsburgh's sixth goal, and Robin Lehner finished the game.
'There was a sense like, `OK, this might take as many shots as we can muster to break this guy.' And fortunately, we kept on that mindset,' Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said. 'It was a matter of, `We are going to have to fire anything and everything we can at this guy to get one by him.''
Game 5 is Friday night in Pittsburgh.
'I know what we're going to do,' Alfredsson said. 'We're going to go out and play one hell of a game. That doesn't worry me at all. We never quit and that's not going to stop now. We know the odds are against us in every way, but we never quit and that's going to continue.'
Senators coach Paul MacLean didn't take a single question after the game. Instead, he held up the scoresheet and said: 'I think everything's right here. It's 7-3. See you in Pittsburgh. We're going to Pittsburgh and we're coming to play. Have a good night.'
The Senators, coming off a double-overtime victory Sunday night in Game 3, opened the scoring on Michalek's short-handed goal at 2:29 of the first period. With defenseman Sergei Gonchar in the penalty box, Alfredsson fed the puck up the middle to a streaking Michalek, who broke through the defense and beat Vokoun low on the glove side for Ottawa's second short-handed goal of the series.
It was the Senators' first lead of the series. It wouldn't last.
Neal tied it with 5:04 left in the period, picking up the loose puck in the slot and putting it in the back of the net. Turris put Ottawa back in front off a rebound with 3:45 left in the first.
Pittsburgh tied it early in the second when Kunitz got behind the defense and went in alone to beat Anderson. Less than a minute later, Anderson gave up a rebound on Kris Letang's shot that landed on the tape of Iginla's stick to make it 3-2.
Neal started the third-period flurry with a power-play goal at 1:59. Dupuis added a short-handed goal at 8:07, Crosby followed at 8:39, and Iginla scored on a power play at 9:53.
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FOOTBALL: Brisbane Roar defender Jade North (pictured) said it was up to the players to prove Sunday's 4-0 loss to Newcastle Jets was just a blip.
North, who was skipper in the absence of the suspended Matt McKay, said the group had plenty of character to bounce back against Central Coast Mariners this Saturday after coach John Aloisi called the weekend performance the worst in his time in charge at the club.
"We had a game plan and we didn't execute," the central defender told reporters yesterday. "Individually and collectively, we have got to put our hands up and say it wasn't good enough. At Brisbane Roar we have standards and we have to match those standards.
"Next week is going to be totally different and I know we are going to front up.
"As players we have got a responsibility and we have to look at ourselves in the mirror and make sure we take that responsibility."
North, who will hand the skipper's armband back to McKay for this Saturday's clash with the Mariners in Gosford, said as it was early in the season, the team had time to improve.
"I don't think it's a wake-up call," he said. "But, on the day, for whatever reason we were not at the races.
"For myself I have a lot of pride and I was the leader of the team and I have to make sure the boys are ready to go week in week out.
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Saturday, September 7
GO (Boston)→ Tony winner Mary Zimmerman's theatrical take on Disney's The Jungle Book makes its way to Boston. The lavish, India-set musical follows a young "man-cub" (10-year-old Akash Chopra) who is raised by the animals of the jungle. Expect the beloved Sherman Brothers and Terry Gilkyson tunes from the 1967 animated film like "The Bare Necessities," a show-stopping "I Wanna Be Like You" (performed by André De Shields as King Louis) and "Trust in Me." (Through Oct. 13, Avenue of the Arts/BU Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave., Boston, info/tickets)
Sunday, September 8
OPENING (TOUR)→ A new Argentina spreads across North America with the first national tour of the Michael Grandage-Rob Ashford helmed Evita. Caroline Bowman, Sean MacLaughlin and Tony nominee Josh Young star as the Perons and Che, respectively, in this Tony-nominated version of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's famous rock musical. The tour kicks off at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Rhode Island before hitting the rest of the country throughout 2013-14. (Through Sept. 14, Providence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset St., Providence, RI, info/tickets)
Monday, September 9
GO→ Singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik takes to the stage at 54 Below for a solo show covering "a little bit of everything" from the Tony winner's songbook including tunes from Spring Awakening, The Nightingale and the forthcoming musical American Pyscho. Playbill recently caught up with Sheik to get a listen to his new show! (Through Sept. 14, 54 Below, 254 W. 54th St., btwn. Broadway & 8th Ave., info/tickets)
Tuesday, September 10
GO (TOUR)→ Andrew Lloyd Webber's new stage adaptation of The Wizard of Oz takes to Las Vegas to kick off its North American tour. Newcomer Danielle Wade, who was selected to play Dorothy following the Canadian reality show "Over The Rainbow," leads the cast. New songs from Lloyd Webber will be incorporated into the famous Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg score from the famous 1939 MGM film. (Through Sept. 15, The Smith Center, Las Vegas, info/tickets)
Wednesday, September 11
OPENS→ Mike Daisey returns to the Public Theater with All the Faces of the Moon, an "epic theatrical event" exploring the secret history of New York through 29 unique consecutive performances, each one building on the last. Daisey is back at the Public following last fall's American Utopias and 2011's controversial The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,which found the famous monologist had fabricated portions of his acclaimed show about critical working conditions in China. (Through Oct. 3, The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St., info/tickets)
Thursday, September 12
OPENING→ Tony winner Betty Buckley joins Tony nominees Lois Smith and Hallie Foote for the world premiere of Horton Foote's The Old Friends. Michael Wilson directs the late Pulitzer and Oscar-winning writer's play about a pair of Texas farming families facing a crisis. (Through Oct. 6, Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 W. 42nd St., btwn. 9th & 10th Aves., info/tickets)
PREVIEWS→ Tony and multiple Grammy winner Dee Dee Bridgewater is Billie Holiday in the musical Lady Day. The life of the troubled, late jazz artist will be told through indelible renditions of songs like "Don't Explain," "Good Morning Heartache," "A Foggy Day (In London Town)," "Them There Eyes," "Strange Fruit," "My Man," "God Bless the Child" and "Mean to Me." Officially opens Sept. 26. (Little Shubert Theatre, 422 W. 42nd St., btwn. 8th & 9th Aves., info/tickets)
Friday, September 13
AUDITION→ The producers of Motown are turning their casting for the first national tour of the Broadway hit into a marketing opportunity with "Makin' It Motown." An open call audition for African-American actors hoping to portray characters like Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and a young Michael Jackson will take place at Motown's Broadway home, the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, before heading to Chicago, the tour's launch city. (Friday in NYC, 11 AM- 2PM, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 W. 46th St., btwn. 8th Ave. and Broadway, Saturday in CHI at the Oriental Theatre, info/details)


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Electronic Warfare and Cyber – Uncomfortable Cousins?
January 18, 2013 Added by:Joel Harding
I know the Chinese recently held a military exercise under constrained conditions, they even advertised it ex post facto. Why don't we? I would see that as the perfect opportunity to increase the cross-pollination, knowledge and appreciation between Electronic Warfare and cyber...
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Controversial Active Cyber Defense
December 01, 2012 Added by:Jarno Limnéll
Increasingly, both the armed forces and businesses are practicing the concept of "active defense," a military term that refers to efforts to thwart an attack by attacking the attackers. However popular it has become, active defense is an alarming trend...
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Unconventional Defense - Taming a wild environment with CCRM
November 15, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
Configuration, Change and Release Management is crucial to being an effective information security organization in an enterprise large, or small. If you don't have a handle on the rate of change in your enterprise, you have absolutely no hope of effectively securing anything...
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CISO Concerns: Security vs. Usability, Affordability
October 25, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
Recently in New York city we hosted a CISO-level event where we discussed various issues experienced during the life of an enterprise security program. CISOs brought up various topics from budgeting to being overwhelmed with constantly evolving threats - but one in particular caught my attention...
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What's Your Horizon of Focus for Security?
October 09, 2012 Added by:Tripwire Inc
In the corporate world, we talk a lot about corporate goals & objectives. In the US Government, you hear a lot about "The Mission," which is the unifying goal that ties an agency (or multiple agencies) together in a shared sense of purpose. I'm a big believer in connecting our actions as information security professionals to The Mission...
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Security and the Enterprise: Connect What?
September 20, 2012 Added by:Tripwire Inc
We're going to use the phrase "Connecting security to the business" with almost annoying frequency because it can change the way the business views security, and vice versa. This begs a primer of sorts: What do we mean by all this "connecting security to the business" talk?
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The Best in Practice
September 12, 2012 Added by:Randall Frietzsche
If we are charged with designing, architecting, implementing, deploying, integrating, training and supporting security technology, processes and policies within our organization, we might discover that this work is really an art more than a science...
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Why Data Security and Enterprise Risk Management are Important
August 28, 2012 Added by:Christopher Rodgers
Management sometimes assumes that when they have identified and summarized the top risks to their organization through a Strategic Risk Assessment, that they have implemented ERM. This is simply not the case. Strategic Risk Assessment is an important component of ERM and usually a starting point, but not a final destination...
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Threat Intelligence: Plenty Out There, But Are You an Analyst?
August 27, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
As the complexity of attacks grow at a rate outstripping the pace of Moores Law, defenders have to take up a more nuanced approach to protecting their environments. Reliance on technical solutions alone is not tenable, you have to look at the creature behind the keyboard to get a better picture of the attack...
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Which Application Testing is Right for Your Organization?
August 23, 2012 Added by:Brent Huston
Billions of dollars and millions of identities are at stake every day. In the past, security professionals thought firewalls, Secure Sockets Layer, patching, and privacy policies were enough to protect websites from hackers. Today, we know better. Whatever your industry — you should have consistent testing...
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Thoughts On a U.S. Cyber Militia
August 23, 2012 Added by:Joel Harding
The Swiss are standing up a cyber command and they say their cyber warriors will be armed. Why wouldn't this work in the US? First, we don't trust our people as much as the Swiss. That is the nature of our culture, especially in the US. We are more paranoid, cynical and negative. We tend to micromanage...
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Compliance is Not Always a Four-Letter Word
August 22, 2012 Added by:Tripwire Inc
This typical reaction I get in the US is many organizations see compliance as a "tax" and try to get away with doing the bare minimum. How do you and your organizations view compliance? Do you see it as a four-letter word, a nuisance, or as a step along the path to more effective security?
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Defining One Successful Strategy for Enterprise Security
August 20, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
In far too many organizations leaders and practitioners tell me that the role of Information Security is to protect the organization. Accepting this thinking got us into the predicament where are today, where security isn't everyone's job and only Infosec is thinking about security. This couldn't be more wrong...
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Army to Integrate Cyber Considerations Across the Board
August 20, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"The vulnerabilities inherent in social media, ubiquitous encryption and malicious software that has the ability to change form and target enroute, retaining access and the freedom to maneuver in cyberspace will be essential for us to defend ourselves and influence the nature of future conflict..."
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How to Fight and Win the New Cyberwar
August 13, 2012
We are losing the cyberwar. What we are doing now not won't work and can't work because the net-centric defense approach is fundamentally flawed. This presentation includes a history of the battlefield because it's important to understand how we got in this mess in order for us to craft an effective solution...
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Unsafe at Any Speed: Enterprises Misunderstand Software Quality
August 13, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
I had a hard time believing that "going faster" could be more secure. It was difficult to wrap my brain around how deploying code in more rapid succession could mean that the code deployed could actually be safer... but I believe that to be true now. The one caveat here is "if it's done right"...


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SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A San Antonio school district's website has been hacked to protest its policy requiring students to wear microchip-embedded cards tracking their every move.
A teenager purportedly working with the hacker group Anonymous claims he took down the Northside school district's site Saturday. It wasn't working Sunday either.
District spokesman Pascual Gonzalez says he can't confirm that it was hacked.
Starting this fall, all students at John Jay High School and Anson Jones Middle School are required to carry identification cards embedded with a microchip. They're tracked by the dozens of electronic readers installed in the schools' ceiling panels.
Northside officials say they've been testing the tracking system to increase attendance in order to secure more state funding. The technology eventually could be used at all of Northside's 112 campuses.
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Oct-23-08 NJRA Hosts Redevelopment Area Bond/ Revenue Allocation District Workshop
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TRENTON – The New Jersey Redevelopment Authority (NJRA) Redevelopment Training Institute, in partnership with McManimon & Scotland, LLC, today hosted a one-day Redevelopment Area Bond/Revenue Allocation District workshop at Thomas Edison State College in Trenton. The workshop provided a thorough overview and in-depth assessment of the redevelopment financing tools used in redevelopment areas in New Jersey. All 75 seats for the workshop were filled.
"The Redevelopment Training Institute, an extension of NJRA's technical assistance arm, continues to engender great interest and enthusiasm," said Joseph Doria, Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and NJRA Chair. "Today's workshop provided invaluable guidance to officials from across the state on what actions they can take during these difficult economic times to begin or continue redevelopment."
Today's workshop was designed to provide a balanced perspective and encourage users to apply these resources to finance redevelopment projects, where appropriate. Students learned from experienced attorneys and practitioners who provided timely and relevant information on Redevelopment Area Bonds (RAB), Redevelopment Area Districts (RAD), Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILOT), and other financing options used in redevelopment areas. Topics covered included: Taxable and Tax-Exempt Debt and Tax Increment Financing; Five-year Tax Exemption Law; Financial agreements.
"Through our work at NJRA we have learned that more knowledge about redevelopment, real estate development and project finance is needed. We are aware of the need to reach beyond the project specific technical and financial assistance needed during the redevelopment process," said Leslie A. Anderson, NJRA Executive Director. "Through NJRA RTI, we are establishing a solid legacy for urban redevelopment."
The NJRA, an affiliate of the DCA, is a state redevelopment financing authority committed to revitalizing urban New Jersey. For further information on the NJRA Training Institute, please log on to http://www.njra.us/rti.


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Heading for a First… Reading University and Sir David Bell
This week Reading University announced the appointment of senior civil servant Sir David Bell as its new vice-chancellor. Bell's career is almost the definition of 'meteoric rise'. He started as a teacher in Glasgow, went on to become a headteacher, before rising to national prominence as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools and then into the civil service as the permanent secretary in the Department for Education.
Born in Glasgow, reading history and philosophy at his home city's university, he then went onto obtain a PGCE at Jordanhill College of Education. His direct experience at schools in Glasgow and Essex and as assistant director of Education at Newcastle City Council clearly gives him in a genuine education background. Not to mention his subsequent experience as the chief inspector of schools and then in government.
As universities are increasingly grappling with the implications of the White Paper, and their link up with business, it's vital that their core purpose as educational establishments is not lost. For those who have met him, Sir David is an impressive individual, with an obvious passion for what education can do to transform an individual's life.
He strikes me as a man who can breathe new life into Reading University, ensure it is fit for purpose in the 21st century, but without losing sight of why the institution exists. I also can't help but think, he's chosen a very wise time to stop working for Michael Gove…
Heading for a Fail… Abdul Arain
Notable previous chancellors of Cambridge University have included Thomas Cromwell, Prince Albert, and Stanley Baldwin, and since 1976 the honour has been bestowed upon the Duke of Edinburgh. Of course while the role is largely ceremonial, cutting ribbons and shaking hands at degree congregations, there is a perception at least that this person is a figure head for the institution. And in some respects, a role model for prospective and current students.
So when an election was called to replace Prince Philip earlier this year, there was a faint hope that the result may deliver something other the usual line up of noble lords, dukes, or relatives of the monarch who generally hold the post. Who knows, perhaps the first woman may have been chosen to break the monotony of man after man since 1246. But given some of the rather ancient rules at Cambridge University, I've no idea whether a woman is even allowed to hold the role. Even if they are permitted, 800 years of history suggests the culture won't permit it yet.
However the line up of candidates, although all men, was at least drawn from a variety of backgrounds. It was made pretty clear, that the preferred choice from the university hierarchy was Lord Sainsbury, the former chair of the supermarket giant and a significant donor to the institution. Up against him were the loud-mouthed actor Brian Blessed, high profile QC Michael Mansfield, and Nariobi-born grocer Abdul Arain. Running a classic protest vote campaign, Arain's candidacy was two-fold; to show that Cambridge University really is open to people from non-traditional backgrounds, and perhaps more pertinently to him, to highlight the damage a new chain of Sainsburys in the city will do to local stores like his own.
Sadly Arain came last when the results were announced, but he secured a creditable 312 in the final tally. Despite some ill-feeling from a minority toward Lord Sainsbury, in truth he sailed through securing nearly 3000 of the 5888 votes that were cast. By weighing in with more than 50% of the vote in the first round, it didn't even matter whether it was first past the post, or a more elaborate transferable voting system.
So Cambridge University may not have taken the chance to break with tradition of choosing someone outside the established hierarchy or heaven forbid a woman. But Arain's candidacy did at least raise a valid debate, if only temporarily.


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In the wake of every school shooting, the nation struggles to make sense of senselessness, asking how and why such tragic violence could occur in places tasked with nurturing and protecting our children.
Is it possible to reduce the risk of school shootings?
"Yes," says Richard Hazler without hesitation, adding, "We actually have already reduced the risk, and we can do more, though we can't eliminate it entirely."
Hazler, professor of education and coordinator of the Elementary School Counseling program at Penn State, explains that the essence of any such effort is developing a caring community that looks out for everyone. "For every tragedy that occurs, there are many more potentially violent incidents that were stopped before they happened," he notes. "But the actions that reduce school shootings don't make the headlines."
"Every day," he continues, "students and parents report concerns and people take productive actions. Sometimes these interventions occur early in a child's troubled life and prevent problems arriving at a terrible point. Other times people respond to adults or children who are making threatening responses so that there can be an intervention. Then there are the positive climate efforts in schools and communities that give quality attention to all concerned. There is certainly more we can do, but much is currently being done."
Intervening may depend on understanding the signs that someone could become a shooter. Do such signs exist? Says Hazler, "School shooters are nearly always isolated in some way from others, are angry, and have a sense of being rejected by peers, adults, and society. Lots of people have these feelings at one time or another and do not become school shooters, so these alone do not identify a school shooter from others. Access to guns and a hopeless sense of their situation are other aspects that can move a person to killing others and/or himself."
Isolation is a particularly difficult factor, Hazler explains. "The greater the degree of isolation, the less feedback a person gets on antisocial ideas. These antisocial ideas then can begin to appear more and more realistic."
Hazler and colleague JoLynn Carney frequently collaborate on school counseling research and have consulted with the Secret Service for a report on school violence by the Secret Service Threat Assessment Center. Notes Carney, "Research such as ours and the Secret Service's has definitely shown that bullying in some way has led the target to want revenge and to play out their aggressions at the one place where much of the bullying occurs—the school."
Anti-bullying programs are dependent on the definition of bullying, and experts increasingly cite social isolation as a form of bullying with potentially tragic consequences. However, a recent national poll of American adults shows that social isolation is still among the least recognized forms of bullying.
"One of the key things we need to do in families, schools, organizations, and society in general," advises Hazler, "is to step out of our comfort zone and pay more attention to those who are isolated. They don't appear to bother us like other problem individuals who we give lots of attention, so our tendency is to leave the isolated alone."
That's a mistake with potentially dire consequences, Hazler and Carney agree. Says Carney, "Clearly, history has taught us that we need to be better bystanders, and that we need to teach our kids to be better bystanders, knowledgeable enough to be aware of these situations where people are being abused or marginalized, confident enough in their abilities to take appropriate action, and secure in the knowledge that the school system will support their actions because there is a climate or culture of caring for others and not turning our heads when we see others struggling or suffering."
JoLynn Carney, Ph.D., is associate professor of education at Penn State and can be reached at email@example.com or 814-863-2404. Richard Hazler, Ph.D., is professor of education at Penn State and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 814-863-2415.