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Chapter 33 - Post-9/11 GI Bill
An education benefit providing educational assistance to individuals who have served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001. Persons eligible for Chapters 30, 1606, or REAP benefits may elect to receive benefits under this new Post-9/11 GI Bill. For more information please refer to Post-9/11 GI Bill Information and Changes.
Chapter 30 – Montgomery GI Bill
An education program based on active duty service beginning on or after July 1, 1985 or you entered on duty before January 1, 1977 and served on active duty for any number of days during the period October 19, 1984 to June 30, 1985 and continued active duty through June 30, 1988.
Chapter 1606 – Montgomery GI Bill
An education program that provides up to 36 months of benefits to members of the selective reserves. This includes the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard Reserves, Army National Guard and the Air Guard. It does not require a person to serve on active duty in the regular armed forces to qualify.
Chapter 1607 - REAP
REAP was established as a part of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005. It is a new Department of Defense education benefit program designed to provide educational assistance to members of the Reserve components called or ordered to active duty in response to a war or national emergency (contingency operation) as declared by the President or Congress. This new program makes certain individuals who were activated after September 11, 2001 either eligible for education benefits or eligible for increased benefits.
Chapter 32 – VEAP
An education benefit for veterans who paid into VEAP while they were in the service beginning or after January 1, 1977 through June 30, 1985. You must have been discharged under conditions other than dishonorable and enter active duty after December 31, 1976 but before July 1, 1985. In addition, you must have contributed to VEAP before April 1, 1987 and served long enough to qualify.
Chapter 31 – Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits
A program that helps veterans obtain and keep lasting suitable jobs. You must have served on or after September 16, 1940 and have a service connected disability which is at least 20% disabling as defined by VA. Additionally you must need vocational rehabilitation to overcome an employment handicap. It must be less than 12 years since VA notified you of your eligibility. Students who meet the above mentioned criteria must contact the Baltimore Regional Office at 410-230-4550 to schedule an interview for evaluation.
Chapter 35 – Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance
Survivors and Dependents Benefits provide educational benefits to spouses and children of veterans who either died while in service, died as a result of a service-connected disability, or became totally and permanently disabled as a result of their military service.
Survivors and dependents are allowed 45 months of full-time benefits. Spouses have 10 years from the date of the veteran's effective date of permanent and total disability rating or the veteran's death. Dependents' benefits end on their 26th birthday or eight years from the veteran's effective date of permanent or total disability rating or the veteran's death, but not after the dependent's 31st birthday.
VRAP - Veterans Retraining Assistance Program
The Veterans Retraining Assistance Program offers 12 months of training to Veterans who are at least 35 but no more than 60 years old, are unemployed at the date of application, received an other than honorable discharge, are not eligible for any other VA education benefit program, are not in receipt of VA compensation due to unemployability and are not enrolled in a federal or state job training program.
For additional information regarding eligibility, students should contact the U.S. Veterans Affairs Office at 1-888-GI-BILL-1.


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NINA- Nina sighed as she whipped down the table. She couldn't believe she was here working in a club she was going to be a dancer, a ballerina for god sakes but simply because she was a little top heavy no one would hire her even after going to the best dance school in the country. Finishing up cleaning the tables off Nina made her way to the bar to set it up for the night.
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Finding dumbasses online is pretty easy, as they love to show the world just how stupid they are in the comment sections of just about every website they come across. Now, extreme asses, on the other hand, are a little trickier to find. They're out there, though, and if you know where to look, you'll find some in no time. This, of course, brings me to Extreme Asses Mobile, a site you can enjoy from just about anywhere.
Just as you'd expect, ExtremeAssesMobile is devoted to lovely women with great big booties. Alexis Texas, Jada Fire, Jenny Hendrix and Luscious Lopez are among the babes, so if you're a butt man (or woman), you'll surely recognize more than a few of the rears. Unfortunately, there really aren't all that many backsides to behold, because there are only 23 videos.
Each movie is represented by a thumbnail and the flicks are spread across a few pages. The default setting has them sorted so that you'll see the most popular ones first, but you can also arrange them in a random order, or in the order they were added to the site.
Getting around is easy for the most part, but I will mention that you can't jump ahead to specific pages. You're forced to tap your way through them instead. It makes up for this somewhat, though, by allowing you to use content tags to find similar scenes. You can also save your favorites.
Every movie comes with a brief description and trailers are also made available. You have a 3GP and two MP4 formats available to you. I went with the "HD" MP4s with my smartphone and I came away from it with the sense that the vids look quite good.
The videos are great and not just because they showcase babes with beautiful butts, but also because they allow us to see the big-bootied girls getting down and dirty. They show off their rears, allow their asses to be licked, masturbate, give blowjobs, fuck and get jizz sprinkled all over their bums. Some of them even screw around with other hotties, which is always nice to see.
If you really want to pore over every inch of the girls and their butts, I recommend that you give the 23 photo sets a look. Each one brings you images that are crisp and clear. You won't have any trouble finding shots to use as wallpaper on your phone, but you might have some trouble deciding on which photo to actually use.
Nothing is dated, but you'll find the same material on the non-mobile version of this site (Extreme Asses) and the dates there tell us that the collection hasn't updated since 2010. That really sucks, but at least you can take comfort in knowing that a membership enables you to access a number of sites from the Reality Kings Mobile network, including 40 Inch Plus Mobile, Monster Curves Mobile and We Live Together Mobile.
It would be really easy to recommend the site if it just had more content. Sadly, there's no getting around the fact and that it hasn't grown in a long time. Given that, it isn't quite worth joining, though there's no denying that it does have some good things going for it.
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Two terrific events coming up at Powerhouse arena focusing on writing, living, and interacting as a writer in New York and the world….
GOODBYE TO ALL THAT edited by Sari Botton
Tuesday Oct 08, 2013
In Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York, edited by Sari Botton, 28 women writers take up Didion's literary legacy by sharing their own stories about New York. With stellar contributions from some of today's most beloved female authors of memoir and literary fiction—Cheryl Strayed, Dani Shapiro, Emma Straub, Emily Gould, Emily St. John Mandel, Hope Edelman, and more—Goodbye to All That tells the stories of their own love/hate relationships with New York, as well as the city's gravitational pull on them—even at the worst of times.
HOW TO READ A NOVELIST by John Freeman
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Between 2000 and 2013 John Freeman put interviews to tape with just about every major writer who published a book: he spoke with such departed legends as Norman Mailer and David Foster Wallace; the Nobel laureates Doris Lessing, Mo Yan, and Günter Grass; bestsellers such as Amy Tan and John Irving; American greats from Toni Morrison to Philip Roth; and a younger generation of novelists that includes Dave Eggers, David Mitchell, Kiran Desai, and Jonathan Safran Foer. How to Read a Novelist rounds up 55 of Freeman's very best profiles and interviews, but it is not simply a collection of discrete dialogues between interviewer and interviewee; these authors are also in conversation with one another, with Freeman serving as a deft moderator connecting the dots of a global literary culture. And in the poignant introduction about Freeman's experiences interviewing John Updike, he gets to the heart of his enterprise: what it means to love a writer, to attempt to live up to his or her achievements—and then to come face to face with him or her in less-than-ideal circumstances.
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Just a reminder, The 22 will be on vacation from Dec 19th-29th. Weekly listings will return around Jan 1st, and submissions are due for the collage volume by Jan 30th, (though we highly recommend getting them in during these 2 weeks.) Have a safe and Happy Holipocalypse!
The Bark and Scream Series: Eli Keszler: Percussion and Ashley Paul: Alto Sax
December 13, 2012 8:00 pm
Where (we) Live
Paula Greif, ceramics (Dec 19)
Marsha Trattner, blacksmith (Dec 20)
Riccardo Vecchio, painter (Dec 21)
Victoria Valencia, woodworker/furniture-maker (Dec 22)
Masters at crafting alluring sonic landscapes from the most unlikely found objects, Brooklyn-based quartet Sō Percussion explores the idea of home with a bold experiment in collaborative art-making. Directed by three-time Obie Award winner Ain Gordon (Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell), Where (we) Live invites artistic colleagues working in different mediums to participate as both co-collaborator and muse in Sō's creative process and performance: Grey Mcmurray (itsnotyouitsme, Knights on Earth) writes poignant, personal songs; Martin Schmidt's videos show the quirky and unnoticed beauty in our homes; and Emily Johnson delivers secret instructions to the performers onstage. Each evening will also feature a special guest artist (listed below). To these and other contributions, Sō adds an astounding range of composed and improvised sounds, inspired by the physical and symbolic places we live.
Friday, Dec 21, 2012
The Bell House
Not even John Hodgman, the Daily Show's resident expert, knows for sure. But he is keeping John Cusack prisoner in his home, just in case. And on December 21, he will perform what is likely to be the last night of comedy entertainment ever.
Letha Wilson
Higher Pictures
Thursday, December 13, 6 – 8 pm
Higher Pictures presents the first solo exhibition by Letha Wilson. Wilson uses photography as a material medium combining photographic images of nature, prints, paint, concrete and wood in a dimensional manner to examine the made world.My artwork uses images I have photographed in the natural landscape as a starting point for interpretation and confrontation. The work creates relationships between architecture and nature, the gallery space and the American wilderness. In the photo-based sculptures the ability for a photograph to transport the viewer is both called upon, and questioned; sculptural intervention attempts to compensate for the photograph's failure to encompass the physical site it represents. Landscape photography as a genre is approached with equal parts reverence and skepticism.
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by Joshua Bocher
"All have one breath"
"They fade like fall and winter"
To a place
Where the wind
Whirls about and
I'll stay behind
Carving and polishing
My words
Say no more
About it
Who wants for nothing
Whose life was spent
As a shadow
Doesn't wish
To hear
The rebukes
Of the wise,
Only the songs
Of fools
The man fell
He tosses and trembles
On the cold ground
As death draws near him
His disposition once fiercer
Than a lion's,
The crumbled grass
Beneath him
Keeps growing
After sweet sleep
The infinite,
With a start
I will wake,
Feeling great glee
In the return
To plainness
Joshua Bocher is a graduate student at Harvard University, where he researchs Chinese poetry. Before attending graduate school, he lived in Taiwan for over two and a half years. His poems and translations have been published or are forthcoming in several journals, including Spinozablue, Illuminations, Full of Crow Poetry, The Brown Literary Review, and Issues.
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We've got a special playlist this week, curated by and dedicated to the sonorous sounds of Threefifty and friends. Threefifty is currently trying to raise money for their third album and today is the last day to donate! Although they've reached a goal of around $2200, they need more like $7000 to create something truly spectacular. They've called on friends who are stellar musicians to help build this playlist. Ranging from the building block strings of Redhooker, to the randomized perfection of Dither, to the stripped down tones of Runaway Dorothy, each of these bands is special not only musically but as avid supporters, friends, brothers, and lovers of Threefifty. This playlist is truly amazing, please take a listen and HELP SUPPORT!
DONATE LINK: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/threefifty/collapses
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Haiti Journal 2014
1/12/14 – One week after returning to the States.
So, for those of you who are unaware, I went to Haiti for a week over New Years Eve. I feel INSANELY blessed that I was able to go – I decided to join the trip super late in the game (only 3 weeks before our departure date), and had several obstacles to overcome before I could leave, such as finances, vaccinations, work time off, etc. Luckily, it quickly became evident that God wanted me on this trip, as I was fully funded in less than 48 hours (CANNOT say thank you enough to my incredibly gracious/generous friends and family!!!!), was able to get into the doctor for shots right away, and got the last seat on the same flight as the rest of the team. Everything fell into place without a moment to lose, and the trip ended up being one of the most incredible weeks of my entire life. Below, you'll find the daily journal I kept throughout the trip. I literally just typed it in the "Notes" app on my phone, so I'm sure there is an abundance of grammatical errors waiting to be found (just a warning).
Before going on to my stream of consciousness (reader beware), I should give you a bit of background on our team and the trip itself. The missions trip was organized by Matt Negaard – a med student at University of Iowa, and good friend of mine since middle school – and consisted of five Iowa med students, two physicians assistants, several RN's, and me. If you know me at all, you know that needles make me cringe and/or scream, gross sights make me pass out, and the only medicine of which I feel fairly confident in my pronunciation is Tylenol (sorry, Grandpa). Long story short – I am not a medical person. Hahahaha. I was extremely nervous about that aspect of the trip coming into Haiti, but as you'll see below, I think it actually worked out just fine. :)
We stayed at a place called Tytoo Gardens in a village called Simonette, Haiti. Tytoo is an American-run, Christian non-profit that is half orphanage, half medical clinic. It's right on the waterfront, with a ten-foot high cement/barbed wire fence going around the entire perimeter of the premises. On the inside of the gate, there are several buildings, such as the clinic, a praise and worship area, boys' and girls' dorms, a couple apartments for the Tytoo staff, etc. – all of which are really nice by Haitian standards! For example, Tytoo has running water, internet (sometimes, anyway!), electricity, and a cook to make meals throughout the day. Staying at Tytoo was an incredible experience, and I don't know if I've ever had more fun than when I was playing soccer with the kids every morning. I can only hope and pray that it's in God's plan for me to return to Haiti and to Tytoo someday – preferably soon. :)
Day 1: Sunday, December 29th. 9:27 PM.
I'm not sure how I feel about this international missions trip situation. It isn't that I specifically DIS-like it, but I'm pretty confident in saying that I don't think I like it… What does it say to the people of this nation that the white people are always swooping in with their "superior" methods and medicines and toys and tools? And what does it say to these children that we white people care enough to come into their home, teach and show them OUR ways, and then leave a week later? Their lives are a constant stream of new white people filing in and out of the mission. How does that effect their psyche? How could a child grow up in an environment and not feel inferior to these white "saviors?" I hate it. What if one week trips do more harm than good? Because REALLY — how much change/good can truly be accomplished in a week? Any "good" that happens seems to be a bandaid over a bullet wound anyway. We aren't doing anything to fix the systems… We're just helping people live one more day a little better by shoving new crayons or Tylenol in their faces. Realistically, how does that TRULY help? Ugh. This is my inner city work talking. I see my kids at Learning Lab, and I know how long it took them to trust me — to believe that I wasn't going to up and leave them like all of the other flake volunteers. Why? Because they see me as just another white lady trying to make myself feel better about my life by doing something "worthwhile" for an hour, and then leaving. But with my LL kids it's different. I DO care, and I HAVE been around them, week in and week out, for over a year and a half, building relationships and trying to genuinely help them better their lives long term. How in the WORLD can I do that in this situation?? How is it HELPING a child to essentially pretend to care about them for a week — one measly, stupid week — and then leave their lives and literally never see them again…..? That is HURTING them long term, isn't it? And that's not what I want… How can I keep any sort of clear conscious if I allow myself to get close to any of these kids? It's crap. And I can't feel good about it. This just doesn't feel like helping…
Day 2: Monday, December 30th. 8:06 PM.
Today was a long day. Blah. How is it only 8:30? I literally got into bed just now expecting it to be close to midnight… I guess that's what happens when your wake up call was at 6:15 am. Haha. Anyway. Today I spent my morning hanging out with the kids — mostly the little little ones. Babies through maybe age 4 or 5. These two little boys, Chris and Steve, basically competed for my attention all day. I'd guess they're both about two, and both are absolute dolls. It's crazy how much these kids just crave attention. They run up to you, without even knowing who you are, and immediately hug you, put a hand on your shoulder, hold your hand… Whatever. It's clear that they absolutely crave physical touch. And can you blame them? Ha. I was talking to some of the staff here at Tytoo, and it sounds like most of these kids aren't orphans in the sense of their parents dying… Most have been straight up abandoned. Parents either drop the kids off at the gate of Tytoo in the middle of the night, or beg the orphanage to take their kids. At first glance, it's appalling. What kind of parent just peaces out on their flesh and blood? But then you look at Tytoo and compare it to the rest of Haiti… Kids here consistently get three meals a day, they have a roof over their heads that will never leak when it rains, they are enrolled in school to learn French and English, they have toys and access to any supplies they need… It's heartbreaking, yes, but not impossible to comprehend why a parent would rather leave their child here. I mean, let's be real for a second, either way these kids are hung out to dry. Where are these people going to go in life?? Even those who do get jobs in the city or at resorts are still just living day to day, hoping to make ends meet. Whether these kids grow up in an orphanage or in a crappy "house" (ha yeah right, more like a tin shack) with a single parent, either way, life is gonna suck. Their futures are dim. It's crap. They deserve love and hope and an actual life where they are told day in and day out that they are loved and can do anything they want with their lives. It seems like that should be a basic right of all children, but clearly it's just not.
I'm told that the adoption process out of Haiti isn't necessarily "impossible," but it's insanely difficult and ridiculously expensive. What a joke. Your country creates a crap life for people, and then you don't do any/everything in your power to make it easier for your citizens to have a better life, even if that means they're leaving? K. Cool.
But then it's like if you DO adopt, you're literally snatching a child away from his/her culture, family, way of life, etc., and thrusting them jnto a world of materialistic commercialism, which at this point is enough to make me puke, and probably make that poor child's brain explode. Like, what do you mean your biggest concern (read: my biggest concern, the day before I left for Haiti) is that your new Blu Ray player didn't come with an HDMI cord, and now you have to make an additional trip to Best Buy? You just got a brand new tv and have an incredible home with hot water and laundry and a full fridge and a closet full of a million pieces of clothing. Can you even imaging taking one of these kids back to America and trying to help them process all that they see. It's ludicrous… Obviously adoption gives them a "better" future long term, but then again, is it really better to spend your free time constantly refreshing Twitter and wondering why the boy you have a crush on hasn't texted you back? I don't know. Probably, yes. But who knows. Our cultures all have our flaws, that's for sure. Except Sweden. I miss Sweden. That's a side note. And it realistically probably has flaws anyway. Haha.
Also, before I go, when we were driving from the airport yesterday, I saw a dude in this white, almost puffy armor type stuff and a rifle, and my first actual thought was, "Crap a Peacekeeper!" ….. I've been watching/reading too much Hunger Games.
Also also, I just realized I ranted for a while, and then never finished talking about my day. In the afternoon, we took a boat (like literally a row boat that this old dude fishes out of) to this island across the bay, to an abandoned resort from the 1950's. We took the kids swimming on the beach, and even though there was a decent amount of trash/garbage laying on the ground, the sand itself was pretty clean, and the water was the stereotypical Caribbean clear-turquoise. At one point, I just sat in the water and couldn't help but think how ironic it is that just a month ago I was on the OTHER side of this huge body of water, living a life of luxury at a Cancún all-inclusive resort. Then today, I was literally sitting on a beach filled with garbage with about 20 orphan kids having the time of their lives. HA. It really is almost funny if you don't think about it for too long.
Anyway. Matty and I played catch with the kids and threw them into the water. It was fun, but definitely exhausting. Like I said, I thought it was almost midnight right now, and it's only 9:00. Haha. On the way back from the island, I was trying to get out of the boat, and I literally ATE IT. Just tripped over a board and slammed onto my leg out of nowhere. I have a huge scrape on it now, and am probably going to catch a flesh eating bacteria/virus like that one girl who had to have her legs amputated or whatever. Honestly, it probably looked hilarious, but Matty was in the other group so there wasn't anyone there to laugh at me besides the kids.
Also, Matt just randomly shoved a camera in my face and asked what the highlight of our first full day was, and I (like an idiot) said, "I dunno? Swimming and hopefully getting tan?" FACE TO PALM. Whatever. My brain was submerged in the rant above, and my response to his question was shallow word vomit flying out of my mouth. Typical. Hope you're reading this, Matty, so you know I'm not a total bimbo after all! :)
Ok. I'm dead. I'm going to sleep. Bye.
Day 3: Tuesday, December 31st — NEW YEARS EVE!
It's New Years Eve today, and we threw a party for the kids. It's crazy what kids will just go absolutely nuts for… We made cupcakes and handed out glow sticks and candy, and even did a balloon drop by stringing up several dozen balloons in a mosquito net… It was actually hilarious — we started counting down for the balloon drop/New Year, but then the kids randomly switched and started counting up to ten. Hahaha. If nothing else, it marks this New Years as special, to say the least.
Earlier in the day, I spent the day toting Steve around (he's literally too perfect and cute to ignore or put down), and playing catch with some of the older boys. One boy, Davidson, is 10 and I'm basically obsessed with him. I almost starting crying earlier today after we got done playing catch… It's crap that this gorgeous/hilarious/naturally athletic (not that that matters, but hey. I'm a former athlete. I notice when a kid can throw and catch a ball! Haha) kid doesn't have a mom to tuck him in at night or kiss his owies, or a dad to teach him how to play baseball. It's infuriating, to be honest. I can sort of, kind of, at least BEGIN to understand why the parents of these children feel that they can't provide for their families and give up their babies… What I don't understand is why/how God allows people to be born into situations like this. Or more importantly, how was it determined that I would be born into a relatively "perfect" family, and these children would be born into an HIV-stricken, impoverished land? Like. What??? I don't do well with injustice (as if we didn't know that already HAHAHAHAHA. #sarcasm).
Anyway. After we played catch and some soccer, we baked and decorated the cupcakes. A few of the girls helped mix and bake, and a couple boys helped us frost them. At one point, Steve wandered into the kitchen (I like to think he was looking for me. Haha), and after I grabbed him, I dipped the tip of a spoon into the frosting and tried to get him to taste some. At first, he pushed it away and looked alarmed/grossed out, but I had him watch me try some, and finally he stuck his tongue out and very lightly touched it to the spoon……….. He then went bug eyed, got the BIGGEST grin on his face, and shoved the whole spoon in his mouth. Hahahahaha. It was legitimately one of the cutest things I've ever seen in my life.
That's one thing that's been kind of funny for me. Earlier today, Matt said that being around these kids is a great form of birth control, but I sort of feel the exact opposite (um what?). When you're playing with these kids, it feels like your sole purpose in life is to get them to smile, and when they do, it's seriously the best feeling in the world. You can't help but grin back… It's weird and adult-ish and creepy, but I can't wait to see my own kids smile like that someday. Not for a long time. But someday.
After we made the cupcakes, we took a sort of field trip to another village to drop off two of the kids. I guess their mom had them stay at Tytoo temporality while she figured some stuff out, and now she was "ready" to have them back. I'm not sure how long they were here… But when we dropped them off at their "house," it was literally some tall boards nailed together, with tarp pulled tight around the four walls, and a second piece of tarp as the roof. There's no way it was bigger than ten or twelve feet square… Pretty much the entire space was taken up by one queen mattress. The mom lives there with her four kids. What? I literally can't… I don't understand how it's even possible to live past childhood in a society like this. Like. By American standards, these people should literally be starving to death, and just die out as a nation. But they don't, obviously. And I don't really understand how. It definitely makes any problems we have in the States dim in comparison, though. Like, who cares if my energy bill was higher than normal this month? I can still pay it. I HAVE electricity. There is NOTHING worth complaining about in our cush American lives… Everyone has pain, and I'm not refusing to acknowledge that. There are things that hurt us in America, and we definitely have problems… But I know I'll be thinking twice before complaining about most things ever again.
I'm exhausted. We just watched Despicable Me 2 with the kids (in French, with English subtitles haha), and it's nowhere close to midnight (10:30), but I'm just dead. Goodnight, and Happy New Year, world! Last year, I was wishing you well while standing on a frozen inlet of the Baltic Sea (GREAT celebration in Luleå), and this year I'm sweating up a storm and caked in dirt in 95 degree Haiti. I'm too blessed to even begin to think about, and if you're reading this, you probably are too. Goodnight, world.
Day 4: Wednesday, January 1
It's actually Thursday morning at like 6:30 am. I woke up and realized I forgot to journal last night… Oops. I was just so tired. Kids wear you out in general, and when you mix that with the blazing hot sun… Whoa. Dead. Haha.
Anyway, yesterday wasn't anything too special. I hung out with the kids again all day for the most part… I realized during the afternoon that I hadn't really taken any pictures, so I brought my phone down to use the camera. Of course the kids went crazy. First, a couple of them wanted to know if I had any games on my phone, but since i don't have service here, obviously they don't work. However, I did show them how to play music on my phone, and they were ecstatic about that. It quickly became clear that the only songs they didn't skip over in the first five seconds were the ones that had an exceptionally catchy intro. This basically limited it to EDM songs and, once, Luke Bryan's "Country Girl." Hahaha. They loved it though, and it was so cute to see them dance. They actually took turns with my phone really well! The adults in our group kept saying, "oh you're brave, letting those kids use your phone!" I don't feel brave at all, I just feel like it was giving them a fun experience, so of course I would do it? Plus, like I said, they were super respectful.
After the music, I took a few pictures, and learned that Steve thinks it's funny to act like he's afraid of cameras. He'll turn his head to the other side, and keep doing it when you move the camera to face him, and then cracks up in your face when you can't get a picture of/with him. Rude. I fixed the problem by just taking a video instead. Muah ha ha haaaaaa. Two can play at that game, Steve. Anyway, the older boys realized you could take videos on my phone, and it was all over from there. They took videos of us playing soccer, swinging, doing flips, etc. It was only by dumb luck, that one of the boys accidentally switched the camera mode over to slow motion — it happened when he was videoing some of the boys doing flips. When they gathered around to re-watch it, they realized it was in slow motion, and I've never heard so much laughter in my life. Hahahaha. I have to admit, it was pretty funny, especially since it was unintentional and unexpected. I laughed just as hard as they did. Needless to say, every video was in slow motion after that.
I finally put my phone away when we decided it was hot and we wanted to get in the water (Tytoo is literally ON the waterfront. Like. You open this big door, and the water is there. If it ever rises even like a couple feet, Tytoo would probably flood.). Tanya brought out this sprinkler system that had like ten smaller nozzles, and flung around the water in the air. The water pressure wasn't really enough to make it work well, but the kids had a bunch of empty bottles ("water toys" haha), and it essentially just turned into one giant water fight. It was an absolute blast, but I was fully clothed, so I just looked soaked and hilarious, I'm sure. It was really fun though, and obviously I retaliated and dumped bottles full of water back on the kids too. :) After the water fight, some of the kids jumped into the gulf (ocean? Sea? Not really sure?)… I was going to, but the water near this shore is pretty muddy, so unlike the rest of the Caribbean (or even unlike how it is if you go just a little ways out), you can't see the bottom or ANYTHING. It's just murky. I didn't get in, because I was alarmed that snakes would be lurking in the weeds in the water… I later realized that was a completely unrealistic fear, as the water was salt water Hahahaha, but by then the kids were done swimming anyway.
That's pretty much it. Yesterday was a fun, but overall pretty chill day. As usual, I'm exhausted. And I don't really know if I'm doing any good here. I feel like all I'm doing is encouraging attachment issues from these kids. Ugh. Anyway. Time to start today! Byeeee.
Day 5: Thursday, January 2nd
I did a bad job of journaling last night too, so this is technically being written the next morning again. Whatever, it's fine. I have a bug bite the size of Rhode Island on my right arm, near my elbow. Like literally I asked some of the nurses if it was ringworm or something because it's so big. That has nothing to do with anything, it's just where my head is at right now since I'm putting my phone down every ten seconds to claw at this thing. Haha
Yesterday we spent all day organizing the clinic and some of the storage facilities here at Tytoo. Loree (a nurse) and I were in the clinic literally from like 9 am until 4 pm, organizing primarily medicines into an order that made sense. Of course, for me, I know nothing about medicine, so a way that "makes sense" to me would be organizing by which colors or shapes are the coolest. Hahaha. Needless to say, I'm not sure how big of a help I was. Loree had to do most of the actual organizing and thinking, while I helped with label making, sorting pills, etc. To be honest, the entire time, I really just wanted to go play with the kids. They kept coming to the clinic asking me to come out and play, and to make more videos, so finally after lunch, I just gave them my phone before I went back to the clinic and said, "Don't break it." They made videos on my phone for literally hours. Hahaha.
Being in the clinic definitely gave me a ton of respect for doctors and nurses everywhere. There are SO many little details of knowledge that they need to draw from and know at any given moment. Lives are literally in their hands. Of course, I've been exposed to this kind of detailed knowledge my whole life with my grandpa, but I gained a new sense of respect with all of those medicines. First of all, they are literally like reading a different language — one that strongly utilizes the letters x, y, and z. Secondly, they all have so many uses and side effects, and the doses are specific to the age/weight/etc. of the patient. It's so many things to keep straight, I have no idea how anybody can do it. Props to you, medical professionals. I couldn't do it. I also don't know if I would want to… For now, I'll stick to planning events, watching sports, and drinking beer. Wow. My job sounds insanely shallow right now. Hahaha
After the organizing was done, I was finally able to spend some time with the kiddos. Davidson asked if we could use my phone to play music (the boys like flipping through the songs… Usually they only stay on one particular song for like 5-10 seconds, tops. Haha), and we ended up plugging it into some portable speakers so everyone could hear. Needless to say, the kids apparently love Michael Jackson, and it turned into a full blown dance party. It was awesome. There is one 8 y/o girl (Annalisa) who has some sort of bone disease or something (I'm not sure), but her arms and legs are curved and bent in different directions, so she's in a wheelchair. Originally, she was our DJ, but I could tell that she was getting sad that she didn't get to dance. I went up to her and asked if she wanted to, and her eyes lit up, her face went into a huge grin, and she whipped her arms up to me as I picked her up. We danced for a few songs, and I'm pretty sure it meant a lot to her. Of course, it was fun for me too. :)
I've decided I'm obsessed with Steve, and I feel like if I was married already, I would beg my husband to try and adopt him. But. I'm not, and Haiti doesn't allow single people (especially those who are only 24) to adopt. It's such a bummer. My heart swells with love for that little boy more and more every day. All day yesterday, it seemed like if something went wrong and he started crying (bumped his head, didn't get a toy, typical kid end-of-the-world scenarios), I was the one he looked for and ran to. It broke my heart. That's what mom's are for, and he will never get that. I wish so badly that I could be that person for this perfect little boy.
Day 6: Friday, January 3rd
So I guess I've gotten into the habit of journaling in the mornings about the day before now. Oops. Oh well.
Yesterday was a pretty boring day. I woke up and the bug bite I wrote about yesterday had swollen up basically my entire forearm. It was HUGE and bright red and hot and hard to the touch… We thought it might be infected, but decided to try some Benadryl first. Obviously that knocked me out for two or three hours, so my entire morning was lost. It kind of sucked because that was my last day with the kids. During the afternoon, the nurses wanted me to take MORE Benadryl, but I wanted to hang out with the kids, so I skipped the dose. Even in the afternoon though, we didn't really do anything. The kids were quiet and kind of boring all day.
During the evening, we all showered and got a little dressed up (and by that, I mean that I actually brushed my hair and wore it down instead of piled on top of my head), and went to a Haitian "restaurant." It was funny that they called it a restaurant, because really it was just a covered porch on someone's hut in the middle of a village. The food was actually pretty good, and it was interesting to go out into the community and see/meet some of the people there… There was also a dog that would wander in and out of the house, which alarmed me because I told the doctor at the travel clinic before I left that I wouldn't be around any animals, so she didn't give me the rabies shot. I kept shooing the dog away and probably looked like an idiot. Hahaha.
When we got back from dinner, someone set up the projector and a sheet, and we watched Home Alone 3. I was never allowed to watch those movies as a kid, so it was fun to watch and see the kids' reactions. Whenever the bad guys got hit with something, or slipped and fell down, the kids would just scream and laugh so hard. It was hilarious (not the actual movie — just watching the kids' reactions). I couldn't help but crack up the entire time.
That was pretty much it for yesterday… Not a ton to report. I'm getting apprehensive about coming back home. Part of me is ready to be back in my apartment and at work (I haven't been home to MN in like two and a half weeks basically, because of Christmas), but part of me wants to just stay here. Life is easier and the kids are so fun. They need more people to love on them — continually, not just for a week. I am pretty excited to see MY middle schoolers on Monday too though. I hope they all had great Christmas breaks. That was a random side note.
I definitely want to try and come back. I want to convince my family to have a summer vacation week on a Caribbean cruise, and then on the Haiti day, skip the excursions and come back here to see the kids. It isn't much, but it's something? Idk. Whatever. I'll figure out a way.
Last Day — Saturday, January 4th.
Well, I'm sitting in the Haiti airport reflecting on my last day. Yesterday, we spent the majority of the day at the beach as our "reward day" for our week of hard work. It was nice to relax, but a big part of me just wanted to be back at Tytoo with the kids. The resort was $20 to get in, and $20 for lunch, and I didn't think much about the price until we talked to NeNe, our translator, about it. He told us he was happy he was able to come, and was having a great time with us, but at the same time, $40 could have reloaded his cell phone for a month. To be honest, it didn't feel right to be in a place of such luxury, when right outside the gates there were people living in shacks. I didn't like it, in that sense, but I still had a great time with my fellow Iowans.
After we left the beach, we tried to go to Mission Of Hope to buy some tshirts, but they were closed and wouldn't open the shop for us. It was weird and a LITTLE annoying, because we hiked to the top of a huge foothill to get there. Oh well. As a side note, I'm happy that we went to a smaller organization like Tytoo, instead of a huge place like MOH. People were saying that MOH has teams of 300+ that come in almost every week. Meanwhile, our team of 13 was the biggest group Tytoo has ever had. It made for a much more intimate and seemingly "real" experience. Also, it allowed us to form personal relationships with the kids.
Anyway, when we got back from MOH, we watched a movie with the kids and went to sleep. It was kind of a bummer, because I felt like I didn't really get to play with them at all, and it was my last day. During the movie, they kept telling me to switch flights with one of the other travelers who wasn't going home until Wednesday. To be honest, if that was a thing, I would do it. Hah.
After the movie, I gave in and gave Whisney my shoes. I can't remember if I journaled about it or not, but a few days ago, Whisney (I think he's like 11) literally asked me for my Chucks, because he thought they were cool. I told him maybe, and the more I thought about it, the more I knew I couldn't say no. I can buy another pair when I get back to the States… I actually felt bad giving a kid a pair of shoes I've been wearing for the last 6-8 years. I literally think I've had those Chucks since high school. Haha. When I called him over and gave him the shoes, the grin on his face made the whole thing worth it. I don't know if I've ever seen a kid so happy.
This morning, saying goodbye to the kids was seriously the hardest thing. Most of them weren't really smiling, which is rare for them, and it honestly broke my heart. I gave Davidson my purple Miller Lite sunglasses (that might be a bit inappropriate, but they don't have ML here and don't know what it is anyway. So. It's fine, I think?), and that made him smile a bit. I honestly just wanted to hug all of them for hours and hours… Leaving Steve was definitely the worst. We left really early in the morning, so he wasn't out and about playing yet. I actually had to go into the nursery and look for him… When I said his name, his little head popped up in his crib, and his eyes lit up with the biggest smile when he saw me. I picked him up and said I had to go back to America, to which he yelled "NO!" at me, and wrapped his arms around my neck. It took everything in me, all my self control, to not start bawling. When I put him down, he started crying, and I did too once I turned away. He deserves a better life than this… Not even that — but he at least deserves a mommy who loves him and makes sure he is her only priority. It breaks my heart that he doesn't get that. It's hard to say for sure, but I'm about 90% sure that if the laws in Haiti were different, I would at least try and adopt Steve. He's perfect, and I miss him already. Unfortunately, Haitian laws say you must be a minimum of 30 and married to adopt… And I am nowhere close to either of those things.
My heart hurts. I already can't wait to come back here. Hopefully soon
1/12/14 – A week later. Again. The conclusion this time.
Thanks for reading my thoughts about my time in Haiti (more importantly, thanks for making it this far. Whoa). Some of the above was complete nonsense, but some of the thoughts still trouble me today, even a week after returning. I think my biggest question/concern at this point is still the question of what's worse – to only eat MAYBE once a day, not have clean clothes, and live in a shack, but have a parent(s) who love and adore you? Or to have all of the necessities of life – food, shelter, cleanliness – but not have any form of unconditional, parental love? I honestly don't know if I could choose between those two options for myself, or for my children someday, and it's heartbreaking that the people of Haiti are forced to make such a decision at all.
Aside from that, the other natural struggle in returning to America is seeing our abundance of wealth and corresponding waste. As Americans, we have so much, but often times it seems like it's not enough. We strive to have a better car, a bigger tv, or a new pair of designer jeans (I should probably cut the crap and change that "we" to and "I," because those three things literally apply to my actions in the last 6 months), and for what? Chances are, we already have a car, tv, and pair of pants that work just fine… But yet we feed into this culture of bigger/better/more.
There's not a ton we can immediately do about the poverty gap between the USA and a 3rd world country like Haiti… But the LEAST we can do is be appreciative and thankful of what we do have, and be sure to avoid wasting food/items/money that others would literally die to have. And of course, we can love. Because really, what else does the Lord ask of us but to love God and love others (Matthew 22:37-39)?
It's late, and I haven't really slept well since I returned, so I don't have any sort of powerful conclusions or words of encouragement to end with. Lucky for me, I can't say anything better than God already did anyway:
"Learn to do right.
Seek justice.
Defend the oppressed.
Take up the cause of the fatherless orphan.
Plead the case of the widow." – Isaiah 1:17
"And what does the Lord require of you, but to SEEK JUSTICE, LOVE MERCY, and WALK HUMBLY with your God." – Micah 6:8
Love you all. Thanks SO MUCH again for your prayers and support… I couldn't have done this without you! :)


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While there are no official enrollment periods for private health insurance purchased outside of the marketplace, insurers have adopted the marketplace open enrollment model.
Many individual and families plans could be purchased at anytime before the Affordable Care Act was signed into law. Due to the new rights and protections insurers have adopted a new model which subjects individual and family plans to the same enrollment periods set forth by the ACA. There is no wording in the law that makes it mandatory, rather this practice has been adopted to avoid sick people going without coverage and signing up at the last minute. Most plans found in the interim will be short term health insurance options, which won't help you avoid the fee for not having insurance and can't be subsided under the Affordable Care Act.
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ObamaCare's open enrollment for small businesses originally started during 2014 open enrollment (Oct 1st, 2013 - March 31st, 2014). However the SHOP (Small Business Health Options Program) marketplace that allows businesses with 50 or less full-time equivalent employees to enroll doesn't start until open enrollment 2015 (Nov 15th - Jan 15th 2014). Starting 2016 small businesses with between 50-100 full-time equivalent employees can use the marketplace in states that don't allow this sooner. Small businesses can still get small business tax credits through an agent retroactively since 2010 and moving forward each year until they can use the marketplace to apply for tax credits.
For most people, the initial enrollment period for Medicare Part A and Part B starts 3 months before their 65th birthday and ends 3 months after their 65th birthday. After initial open enrollment there are two open enrollments each year where you can switch your plan or add to it. The first general enrollment period goes from January to March with coverage starting July 1st.
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In addition, beneficiaries have from January 1 through February 14 to dis-enroll from their plan and return to traditional Medicare. A Medicare Advantage enrollee, however, cannot switch from his or her existing Medicare Advantage plan to a different plan during this period.
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Arun Kumar Bhardwaj is India's sole international ultramarathon racer
When the whole world sleeps at night, this marathoner comes out on the Delhi roads to practice. Not that he is nocturnal, but only to ensure that his passion and ambition do not come on the way of his responsibilities—be it towards his family as a father, husband or son, or be it his employer (the Planning Commission) where he works diligently full time to the best of his capabilities.
The word impossible does not exist for this man and he lives by the never-give-up attitude. He wants to run beyond everyone's imagination and his greatest strength is his faith that helps him overcome all the physical pains, mental botheration and fatigue and makes him indefatigable.
That's Arun Kumar Bhardwaj--India's sole international ultramarathon racer, who recently won the George Archer Six Day Race, covering 567 km in six days. The 40-year-old dreams high and is ready to fight all odds to become a great source of inspiration for the coming generations. After his many accomplishments--including his name in the Limca Book of Records as a national record holder by covering 550-km (Delhi-Chandigarh-Delhi) in 122 hours, 45 minutes in 2004 -- so far, he has his target set on covering plus 275 km in 24 hours. He also wants to complete over 400 km in 48 hours and over 1000 km in six days. He also aspires to finish and win every race of SCMT (upto 3100 miles).!
Arun Bhardwaj wasn't quite the sporting kid in school and didn't pursue any sport in college either. He entered the sports world at 30 when it's time for most to hang up their boots. Despite, a late start, the man from Dwarka has achieved a lot in his eight-year career.
"Till the ninth standard I was very weak. I weighed only 26-kg. Though I always watched Olympics and Asian games on TV and loved sports, I was never into it in my school and college. It was only after I became a father that I got this urge to make my daughter a sports woman. We (me and my wife) named her Zola (after the name of legendary South African sprinter). Both of us wanted her to win an Olympic gold for India in the future. And then I realized that to inspire my daughter, I should be the best source first. I started running to inspire her, but with time it became my passion as well. Later, I named my other daughter (Sofia) and my son (Yiannis) on the of other champion athletes and hope to inspire all of them to be world champions," says Arun, who became the first Indian to cross 300 miles in six days in the Australian six-day race in 2002.
Arun enjoys pushing himself to his limits. The pure spirit of ultramarathoners drives him to be a part of them. "Their spirit is matchless and celestial and I am proud to be one of them. When you run beyond imagination, it gives to that inner strength and the sense of exceeding and that propels me to keep testing my endurance," he says.
But behind these unimaginable feats lie dedication, hard work and a lot of sacrifice. Arun sleeps for only four hours in a day, while goes sleepless one day every week. "I normally run 160 to 200 kilometres per week. I cover 50 km on weekends and other days it's between 20-25 kms. My workouts are generally on hard asphalt as I cannot afford the luxury of running in the countryside or go for altitude training," he says.
"I carry out my duties as a son, husband and father with full dedication. I go for practice, only after my family sleeps, so that they don't feel neglected. I don't miss my office and practice during the lunch hour at Rajpath," says the runner.
Adding he says that he is so financially constrained that most of the times he could not even afford juice to regain his lost calories during practice.
Despite achieving reasonable fame and respect among the ultra enthusiasts world wide, Arun is just another runner back home. "Despite such enormous accomplishments, no government agency has come forward to give me any award or financial assistance. My department gives me some support during the trips. So far I have spent nearly Rs 3 lakh from my own pocket. At times I have practiced marathon without shoes because I could not have afforded new kit at that time," rues Arun, whose only constant support has been his family who at times have borrowed money to send the runner to various competitions.
Adding he says that all he wants is the minimum financial support for his trips from the government and sponsors. "Instead, my request files for participating in the tournaments are shuttled from one table to the other. Every time I have reached the spot just prior to the events which does not give me sufficient time to acclimatize to the weather conditions. Or else I would have performed better. The sponsors also don't realise that a real hero advertising for a particular product, rather than a model trying to portray it artificially, will do wonders for companies. All I am asking for is good shoes and kit, nothing more," said Arun.
He informs that in 24-hour Asia Cup 2002, his file was not passed in one shot by the authorities. "It was unsure until the last week. In the six-day race in Australia 2002, about 12-day in advance, I was supported by Planning Commission with travelling and daily allowance but I had no support handler and no proper kit. In the six-day race, Denmark, I borrowed money to participate. Also, in the 100-km World Cup, Taiwan, 2003, I was supported by the organising committee only before 3-4 days of the tournament.
An ultramarathon is any running event longer than the traditional marathon length of 42.195 kilometers (26.21875 miles , 46,145 yards).
There are generally two types of ultramarathon runs, events that cover a specified distance, and events that take place during a specified time frame (with the winner covering the most distance in that time). The most common distances run are 50 and 100 miles, or 50 and 100 kilometers, though several other distances, for example, double marathons, 24-hour runs, or multiday races of 1000 miles or even longer are also contested. The format of these events and the courses covered are quite variable, ranging from single or multiple loops (some as short as a 400 meter track), to point-to-point road or trail races. Many ultrarunning events, especially trail challenges, are characterized by severe course obstacles, such as inclement weather, elevation change, or rugged terrain. Many of these races are run on dirt roads or mountain paths, though some are run on paved roads as well. Usually, there are aid stations every five to fifteen km apart, where runners can replenish food and drink supplies or take a short break.
Timed events range from 6, 12, and 24 hours to 2, 3, and 6 days (known as multi-day events). Timed events are generally run on a track or a short road course, often one mile or less.
THE KIT: Runners usually carry energy drinks, water, an extra pair of shoes, in their carry bags. During multi-day events, Arun usually takes four hours of rest or break in 24 hours. The rest period is divided into sections to avoid stiffness to the body.
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The Kansas City Chiefs have reportedly extended a mini-camp invite to UFA Dayne Crist, a quarterback from the Kansas University Jayhawks.
It appears if the Chiefs have finally found their rookie quarterback. It took all seven rounds of the draft and then some, but Dayne Crist is the first quarterback in this class who head coach, Andy Reid and general manager John Dorsey will even talk about.
The news of the mini-camp invite came from Brian Hamilton of the Chicago Tribune's Twitter feed.
Correction, via Dayne Crist himself: Former #NotreDame QB got rookie camp invite with #Chiefs, has not signed a contract.
— Brian Hamilton (@ChiTribHamilton) April 28, 2013
While Crist doesn't have overwhelming stats, he is a quarterback who will be a camp body (should he get an invitation to camp following the mini-camp) who can compete with incumbent third stringers Ricky Stanzi and Alex Tanney. Teams don't generally keep four quarterbacks on the roster once the regular season begins, so I would assume there will be fierce competition for that third spot.
The fact that Reid and Dorsey did not address the quarterback position beyond Alex Smith and Chase Daniel until now has many Chiefs fans believing they are satisfied that either Stanzi or Tanney will fill that final roster spot. I guess, if nothing else, Crist adds a little intrigue into that storyline going forward.
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No 6 press office and Opposition reject Monckton claims
No 6 Press Office yesterday denied claims made by Lord Monckton on Monday that he had been messed about by them in terms of his application for a press pass.
A spokesman said that the first time that Lord Monckton's team made contact with the Press Office was on Thursday October 18 when Charles Scott rang to ask if he could arrange accreditation for Lord Monckton's attendance at THINKING GREEN.
"The Press Office initially established various facts about Monckton's journalistic credentials and told Mr Scott that, despite the deadline for accreditations having passed two days earlier, it would provide a press pass which could be collected on Friday. Mr Scott duly collected the Pass on Friday morning. At no time did Mr Scott suggest that he had made any other attempts at obtaining accreditation," said No 6.
No 6 said that on Monday night Lord Monckton told his audience that the Government Press Office had made "two maladroit attempts to lose his application." And that this was again quoted by Paco Oliva in an article in yesterday's Chronicle.
"Despite being the only individual to apply for accreditation after the deadline, Lord Monckton was given full journalistic access to the THINKING GREEN seminar. The Press Office can categorically confirm that Lord Monckton made just one single application and that his application was cleared without any delay. There were no 'lost applications'," said No 6..
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Correct me if I am wrong, but a LAN that is plagued by worms, DOS
attacks, people sniffing passwords and privacy issues..is called the
Internet. It is a untrusted network and you should protect your network
from it...defense in layers..firewalls..proxies..you know.
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From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com
[mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of
Gautam R. Singh
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 8:45 AM
To: me.morris () gmail com; full-disclosure () lists netsys com
Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] Network Security in India
I am sure there would have been many lapses in security. And
one such trend I see here is a number of small "cable"
internet providers that have sprung up in my area (Delhi,
NCR). All of them use RF links etc from ISP like Bharti,
Primus etc and provide internet thru ethernet on a Cat5 cable.
And now imagine the possibilities. :) Users of such systems
are on LAN, plagued by worms, DoS, privacy issues, sniffing
passwords, monitoring what sites other peepz are visiting etc etc.
//is there any security list specific for India where we can
just "discuss" & learn new things
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Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 03:03:00 +0530
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To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
Subject: [Full-disclosure] Network Security in India
I had a brief stint Primus Telecom in delhi ( www.primus-direct.com).
It has a flat network with absolutely no security. The
routers as as vulnerable to any known exploit and the same
applies to a few web servers they host. The basics such as
patch management is never taken care of.
This mail doesnot intend to harm any one but i want to know
is this the way major ISP around the globe function.
The company functions on illegal frequencies (Primus's major
customers connect through RF links). I have the proofs to
show that they do function on frequencies not allocated to
them and during routine check ups by the DoT ( Department of
Telecommunications Govt. of India) They have to change the
frequency for a while and do favors to the Govt.
Employees to keep the business going.
Well this is not my concern but somehow this seems unhealthy.
Is this a practise worldwide.
During my interview with a company major i insisted on my
security conern but the company was least bothered.
Would someone tell me is this the way the whole industry functions.
Inspite of reminders to the company that any lamer has the
potential to run them out of business by bringing their whole
network down within a few min( which includes the ETBwmgr ,
the netcache box or even the main router(7500 series with a
backup)) has been given a deaf ear.
Is this the way a ISP with important clients in the pvt and
the govt key sectors functions.
I personally doubt the future.
Is Primus listening. Its time to wake up.
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