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by Michael Nagler, originally posted on Feb. 4, in Tikkun Daily. Alongside horrifying pictures from the New York Times showing very young boys being trained to fire assault rifles ("Selling a New Generation on Guns") comes the news, welcome in some quarters, that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has ordered the military to admit women to full combat… read more
Posts by Prof. Michael Nagler
Memorial for a Martyr
When I was studying ancient Greek history many (many) years ago, it dawned on me that a nation rises and falls on the way that it treats its outstanding people, who are often its most important critics. By this standard, and by many others, the vital signs of America are not encouraging. According to an… read more
Heeding the Warnings
Eknath Easwaran, the wisest man I had the privilege of knowing in my life, once said, "There is no nation, no matter how powerful, that cannot be destroyed by hate." The latest tragedy – and I sincerely hope it will still be the latest when you read this – has been unparalleled in its violence. … read more
In response to the Newtown massacre: a spiritual practice
We have not used this blog heretofore to recommend a spiritual practice, but felt called upon to offer something to the many who have come to this site or otherwise contacted us. In the days to come, as we process our grief, there will inevitably be a current of fear that deters us perhaps from… read more
Grief is Not Enough
Michael N. Nagler Originally posted at Tikkun Magazine: http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/12/15/grief-is-not-enough-reflections-on-the-connecticut-shooting/ "We are heartbroken, yes. But saying that will fix nothing. It won't bring anyone back, and it won't keep this from happening again." This lament by Lisa Belkin in yesterday's Huffington Post is self-evidently true. Our hearts have been broken… read more
Gaza: A time to reflect
by Michael Nagler This partial check to the mad violence unleashed last week on Gaza, while it comes as a great relief to all of us, should also be an opportunity to refocus our determination that this violence stop happening, and never happen anywhere again. The big picture is this: we live in a violent… read more
Satyagraha victory in India
We are glad to announce that the first round of the Jan Satyagraha ('People's Satyagraha') march of thousands of landless Indian farmers heading for Delhi has achieved its goal: a promise from Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh to institute land reform. Read the full story here.… read more
The "Real Wheel"
That man came back from South Africa, having realized God, and quietly set about solving every problem in the modern world. When Michael Nagler heard this quiet, dramatic statement by his meditation teacher, Sri Eknath Easwaran of the Blue Mt. Center of Meditation, it changed his life. These two pictures are an attempt to illustrate… read more
Compassion Research
This posting from the Greater Good Research Center at UC, Berkeley is a superb example of what Sudheendra Kulkarni calls "modern science's unmistakable journey from man's outer reality to his inner reality." Kulkarni's own book, The Music of the Spinning Wheel, argues that the internet, if properly handled, could be the equivalent of Gandhi's charkha (!). Read… read more
Reflections on a Double Strategy
Written for and originally posted at Service Space. I know Cindy and Craig Corrie. They were not seeking revenge when they brought a civil case against the Israeli government for the appalling death of their daughter Rachel, who was crushed under an Israeli military bulldozer when she was trying to protect a Palestinian home… read more


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HOUSTON (AP) Houston police say a man and two women have been found shot to death at an apartment and investigators are seeking several people seen fleeing the home. Police say it appears the victims were shot last night and the apartment was ransacked. Police are trying to determine whether anything was stolen from the home in northwest Houston.
HOUSTON (AP) Houston firefighters answering a call about a burning car have discovered a body in the charred vehicle. The Houston Fire Department says the body was located early this morning. Houston police will help investigate the death.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) An eighth grader from Texas paired up with another from New Jersey to win the National School Scrabble championship. The boys met in person for the first time Saturday at the tournament in Providence. The pair beat brothers Jack and Nicholas Miklaucic for the title and a shared $10,000 grand prize.
HOUSTON (AP) The aircraft that has ferried shuttles across the country is headed to Space Center Houston today. The aircraft has been disassembled, and its biggest pieces will be delivered on oversized flatbed trucks over two days starting tonight. The 1,000-foot convoy will travel about walking speed the eight miles from Houston's Ellington Field to Space Center Houston.


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One Elkhart resident is putting a twist on the old saying, "One man's trash is another man's treasure." Instead, Jason Moreno is turning others' trash into a special project.
Moreno wants to improve Elkhart one block at a time.
The first step in that goal gets started Saturday, June 8. Moreno's efforts have been deemed Rock the Block.
Moreno works as community organizer for LaCasa Inc., a housing agency. LaCasa has a similar program set up in Goshen titled Help-a-House.
Volunteers will tackle the residential block bounded by Prairie St. and West Indiana, Ashland and West Garfield avenues.
The block was chosen by the city based on the number of visible code violations.
Nearly all of the residents living in this area expressed an interest in getting involved Saturday. They were surveyed each household and asked what kind of help homeowners needed.
Some projects today will focus on specific homes while others will help the entire community. One major job volunteers will tackle today is the overgrown grass, weeds, and vegetation in the alleys and areas surrounding the street.
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The answer depends on how low audiences are willing to set their expectations, as a "Dumb and Dumber" sequel never stood a chance of topping...
Bergen's decades-long career also included roles on "The Sopranos" and "Desperate Housewives"
His manic absurdity as a comedian was matched only by his ability to go dark (and go subtle) as a dramatic actor
"Seeing a woman project the kind of aggression that you have to project as a comic just rubs me wrong," Lewis says
The veteran director talks with TheWrap about fighting the ratings board and seeing uncomfortable echoes of Hitler in his black comedy of excess
The British director of "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!" helped pave the way for film comedy and rock videos
In the never-released film, Lewis plays a clown that leads kids in a concentration camp into a gas chamber
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Jerry Lewis was on hand to receive an award and present one to Tom Cruise
Eddie Murphy, Jerry Seinfeld, Carol Burnett, Billy Crystal and Steven Spielberg are among the celebs who talk about the comic legend
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The 85-year-old comedian will be replaced as host for the upcoming Labor Day telethon, which he's hosted since 1966
He doesn't spare the "The Biggest Loser," either: "Who cares? The industry has destroyed itself"
The comedy giant was on hand to promote the documentary "Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis"
A four-part adaptation of the Martina Cole crime thriller "The Take" will also debut in the fall
The 85-year-old comedian fell ill minutes before going on stage to promote Muscular Dystrophy Foundation
Star will helm musical version of "The Nutty Professor."
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Diabetes Quizzing
So ya think that just because you take your meds and count your carbs and visit your endo that you know something, do ya? Well now, I've discovered there are plenty of online quizzes to put that theory to the test.
Start at the Online Quiz Center. I tried my hand at diabetic neuropathy, and discovered that the cause for this "family of nerve disorders" is "unknown." Hmmph.
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June 20 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell, extending a seventh straight weekly decline, as oil traded at a four-month low after European governments failed to agree a loan payout to spare Greece from default. Japanese nuclear-power generators advanced.
BHP Billiton Ltd., Australia's biggest oil producer slid 1.4 percent in Sydney. Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd., the world's biggest developer by market value, lost 2 percent in Hong Kong after Walter Kwok, a former chairman, said the city's property prices may fall as much as 15 percent by the end of the year. Japanese power companies advanced after the government said it may allow atomic reactors to restart following the worst nuclear accident in 25 years.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index lost 0.7 percent to 128.75 as of 7:24 p.m. in Tokyo, reversing an earlier advance of as much as 0.7 percent. Material and energy shares declined the most among 10 industry groups tracked by the gauge, while utilities were the biggest gainer. Almost $700 billion has been wiped off the market value of the Asia-Pacific gauge since its high for the year on May 2.
"Europe may well construct a solution to Greece's debt woes, but the acid test will be whether or not the markets will be convinced that the solution is enduring rather than a Band- Aid," said Tim Schroeders, who helps manage about $1 billion in global equities at Pengana Capital Ltd. in Melbourne.
Asia's Benchmark
The Asia-Pacific index lost 1.9 percent last week, completing its seventh straight decline, the longest such run since 2004. Stocks in the Asian benchmark were valued at 13.2 times estimated earnings on June 16, the lowest since April 20, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average was little changed, erasing earlier gains. Mazda Motor Corp., which makes more than 60 percent of sales outside Japan, climbed 2.1 percent after forecasting a return to profit and Citigroup Inc. raised its rating on Japan's auto sector to "neutral" from "bearish."
South Korea's Kospi Index slipped 0.6 percent after rising as much as 0.8 percent. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index dropped 0.7 percent. China's Shanghai Composite Index slumped 0.8 percent after Credit Suisse Group AG said the nation's economy is heading for a "sluggish landing."
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index lost 0.4 percent, extending its decline since an April 8 high to more than 11 percent, beyond the threshold of 10 percent that some analysts view as marking a so-called correction.
Tax Treaty
The Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index dropped 2 percent in Mumbai after the Business Standard reported that India will seek to tax capital gains on investments made through Mauritius, as negotiations on its taxation treaty with the island nation resume after three years.
Futures on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index slid 0.4 percent today. In New York, the gauge advanced 0.3 percent on June 17 after the U.S. leading indicators index rebounded in May after declining for the first time in almost a year, a sign economic growth may pick up by the end of 2011.
The Conference Board's gauge of the outlook for the world's biggest economy in the next three to six months rose 0.8 percent after a revised 0.4 percent decline in April, the New York-based group said on June 17. Economists forecast a 0.3 percent gain, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey.
Oil Retreats
BHP Billiton dropped 1.4 percent to A$41.36 in Sydney. Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia's second-biggest oil and gas producer, sank 2.2 percent to A$39.91.
Caltex Australia Ltd., the nation's biggest oil refiner, slumped 6.9 percent to A$10.60 after the company forecast a drop in first-half operating profit, partly because of plant disruptions. S-Oil Corp., a South Korean oil refiner, lost 4.7 percent to 143,000 won in Seoul.
Oil declined for a second day in New York on speculation that Greece's debt crisis will contribute to lower fuel demand. Crude for July delivery fell as much as 2 percent today in New York, after slipping 2 percent, to $93.01 on June 17, the lowest settlement since Feb. 18. Prices slid 6.3 percent last week.
European governments today failed to agree on releasing a loan payout to spare Greece from default, ramping up pressure on Prime Minister George Papandreou to first deliver budget cuts in the face of domestic opposition.
"We forcefully reminded the Greek government that by the end of this month they have to see to it that we are all convinced that all the commitments they made are fulfilled," Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker told reporters after chairing a seven-hour euro crisis meeting in Luxembourg.
'Voluntary' Bail-Out
German Chancellor Angela Merkel retreated from demands that bondholders be forced to shoulder a "substantial" share of a Greek rescue, saying she'll work with the European Central Bank to avoid disrupting markets.
"We would like to have a participation of private creditors on a voluntary basis," Merkel told reporters in Berlin on June 17 at a joint press conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The cost of protecting European corporate bonds from default rose, according to traders of credit-default swaps. Contracts on the Markit iTraxx Crossover Index of 40 companies with mostly high-yield credit ratings increased 11.5 basis points to 420.5, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. at 7:30 a.m. in London.
Deteriorating Perceptions
The index is a benchmark for the cost of protecting bonds against default and an increase signals deteriorating perceptions of credit quality.
Sun Hung Kai slid 2 percent to HK$108.90 in Hong Kong, leading property companies lower. Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd., Hong Kong's No. 2 developer, sank 3.8 percent to HK$108.90.
Hong Kong's government may take more measures to curb property-price gains in the city as "risks" are rising, Financial Secretary John Tsang said in his blog yesterday. Separately, the city's Chief Executive Donald Tsang said on June 17 home prices are "quite frightening."
"I wouldn't be surprised they will fall 10 to 15 percent," Walter Kwok, former chairman of Sun Hung Kai, said of Hong Kong's property prices. "We have already seen the peak."
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index lost 5.9 percent this year through June 17, compared with a gain of 1.1 percent by the S&P 500 and a drop of 3.1 percent by the Stoxx Europe 600 Index. Stocks in the Asian benchmark are valued at 13.2 times estimated earnings on average, compared with 12.8 times for the S&P 500 and 10.8 times for the Stoxx 600.
'Good Value'
"Shares are starting to look good value, but given the list of worries you can't rule out further falls," said Shane Oliver, head of investment strategy at AMP Capital Investors Ltd, said in an e-mailed note. "Europe and other issues mean there are a lot of balls in the air, and still a lot of worries bubbling away in the background."
Chubu Electric Power Co. surged 7.9 percent to 1,440 yen in Tokyo. Tohoku Electric Power Co., a power company based in Japan's tsunami-damaged northeast, soared 10 percent to 1,058 yen. Kansai Electric Power Co. gained 7.7 percent to 1,420 yen.
Trade Minister Banri Kaieda said on June 18 that he may let utilities restart nuclear generators that had been shut for routine maintenance. There are negatives to suspending all nuclear power, Kaieda said, citing potential electricity shortages during Japan's summer months.
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A Research Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of MK0217 to Prevent and Treat Bone Loss (0217-193)(COMPLETED)
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So I was at one of my lhbs stores awhile back, and they had an advertisement up for a local brewers new brew, which I had already bought a bottle of and found fantastic. Anyway, I asked if he had tried it, and the reply I got was "I don't drink commercial beer.". These guys are great, don't get me wrong. But considering the batch probably didn't distribute much outside a 30 mile radius of Boston, I found the characterization of the beer as "too commercial" pretty comical.
I just finished off a flying dog double pale ale, which even though is commercially available, tasted pretty damn good and inspired me to post something that hopefully provides a few laughs. Sometimes, we just take ourselves too damn seriously.
keg 1: 3 hearted ale
keg 2: british strong ale
keg 3: munich helles
keg 4: empty
on deck: more IPA.
Next time you are there, slam a Budwieser down on the counter. The guy will probably faint and then you can take anything you want
Yeah, these guys are great. I'm sure he may make fine beer, but to disregard anything sold as equally as good or *gasp* better is pure D-Baggery.
It wasn't underground enough for him.
i think given the option to try a home brew or a commercial brew (even craft brews), i would try the homebrew, be it mine or one of you guys, or who evers. the reason for that is uniquness. thats not to say that it would be better or even as good. i love brewing beers, and would jump at the chance to try another brewer's beer, but i still absolutly love craft brewed commercial beers. there's a reason that they became pro brewers...because they're good at it. if someone thinks they can do so much better than why don't they own a brewery?
haha. those that can't, sell **** to others so they can. (a variation on "those who can't, teach")
If it's like most LHBS's only about half of them have never made beer themselves. But they've all drank the store stuff but not much else outside of BMC. They tend to be hippy-ish without much disposable income. I'll give them a small benefit of the doubt that these kids don't have the resources to drink many of the good craft brews. For them, it really is home brew or BMC.
There's also the "hipster" factor at play.
That being said, if it's the owner pulling the attitude, I withdraw my forgiveness.
Edit: Flying Dog is a pretty good brewery.
Yeah, I will no longer go to one of the LHBS's around here because of the shear doucheyness of the owner. She is one of the most pretentious beer snobs I've ever met. I thought the stereotypical wine snob was bad; well they've got nothing on her. She really gives us all a bad name. As it turns out, her and her husband only brew all grain once a year. She told me that she won't go on this site because she thought that people were too outrageous on here. She's stuck in really old school ideals and is overall a douche. Needless to say, I'll take the extra 20 min of driving to go to the store with no douches and less selection. Those people really try to ruin a good thing.


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Cybercrooks slide fingers into TELLIES+FRIDGES, spam splurge ensues
Miscreants have launched an Internet of Things-based cyberattack involving household "smart" appliances. The global spam distribution campaign involved more than 750,000 malicious email communications coming from more than 100,000 everyday consumer gadgets. Items such as home-networking routers, connected multi-media centres, …
And so it begins
The first thing I thought of when they announced a few years back how we would have all these 'smart' devices connected to the net was 'I bet someone figures out how to turn them into zombie spambots or worse'. I must not have been the only one to think this was a dumb idea in the first place. You don't really need your fridge connected to the internet ordering milk you lazy sods out there with too much money and too little sense to operate one.
Now look at what's happening. It will be a nightmare to try and sort this crap out in years to come. I say we scrap the internet and start again. Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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Oh how right you are sir. And precisely why I will never own a "Nest" thermostat, or any other "smart" appliance. "Smart" appliances are for dumb-asses too stupid...or to incompetent...to take responsibility for their own lives.
I have a new "smart" television (SONY), but removed the USB wireless NIC a few days ago, because I really have no need for it. Don't use Netflix, or any other streaming program like that, so no need for the tellie to be connected to the outside world via the Internet.
Re: And so it begins
Just recently I saw an odd popup on my Smart TV (most of the time it runs as a large PC monitor). At first I thought it was an IE popup window but soon I realized that my Samsung smart-TV overlay-ed (I was not using the "smarthub" at the time) box with Yahoo interactive content "offer" that could be only closed with the remote (accepting the terms etc) but to uncheck "I want to receive ...." box took a little extra effort. Shame on you Samsung (and time to pull the plug on the smarthub as the novelty of smart tv wears off really quickly. It's ok and streaming vimeo rendered great picture, no pc to fire up etc but searching for content is pain in the neck and external keyboard/mouse does not seem to work any good across different apps, and the thing does who knows what in the background).
Re: And so it begins
You do realise that there exists this thing called choice?
E.g. Don't buy a network capable device, and if you can't choose that option, then don't plug it into the network / don't give it your wi-fi password.
Or live on a park bench, like him. >>>>>>>>>>
Problem solved.
Have a drink, and chill out.
Re: And so it begins
Obligatory XKCD:
PR campaign?
by prompting media outlets, such as the Register, to bite into the juicy, still fresh, topic and spread the word about the previously uknown antivirus vendor? Surely, if the matter were that important, the big antivir boys would have spotted the opportunity to peddle their business as well, and we would have heard about it "all over the internets"?
Re: PR campaign?
how cynical of you
from their company website
"Founded in 2002 by Eric Hahn, a pioneer in corporate messaging solutions and former CTO of Netscape, Proofpoint has continued to stay ahead of the curve"
it is a tribute their skill in corporate communications that they have stayed ahead of the curve for 12 years and yet, at least 2 of us have never heard of them!
I bet you are the kind of person that wonders why they didn't say anything DURING the events.
I bet you think its so that claims of the internet of thingies going rogue could not be verified by those who are so inept at corporate communication curves that they have become household names?
Re: PR campaign?
I don't mind letting a security firm raise its profile if it helps to create the narrative that smart appliances have more negative qualities than positive.
Won't these be easier for find when they are globally addressable using IPV6?
Part of the address is the MAC address of the device. Misacreants will thus have an easier time detecting vvulnerable devices.
Re: Won't these be easier for find when they are globally addressable using IPV6?
Slightly mystified by the downvotes there. Seems like a perfectly valid point. All they'd need is a MAC/OUI lookup database and suitable scripts, yes.
Re: Won't these be easier for find when they are globally addressable using IPV6?
That version of IPv6 didn't make the cut.
Re: Won't these be easier for find when they are globally addressable using IPV6?
"That version of IPv6 didn't make the cut."
Well... they're not globally accessible, but if you're on the same network segment as the devices you're trying to identify MAC addresses do come into play The inclusion of the MAC address as a means of associating a unique physical identifier in an IP address is one of the reasons why IPv6 addresses provide such a large address space.The MAC address appears as part of link-local IPv6 addresses. It's just that modern OSes with IPv6 (current Windows versions, MacOS, and some Linux distributions) assign a different temporary privacy address by default, an evident reaction to the realisation of the potential privacy issue.
But yeah, I'll backtrack a bit and add that it's hard to say how 'real' an issue it would be in practice. I guess we'll find out as these devices become more widespread.
POC Code
I'm currently writing a virus that will encrypt all of your milk and also any pants in washing machines that have mapped drives. How many bitcoins should I charge for the private key?
Re: POC Code
My version will scramble your eggs
Re: POC Code
I'm working on a version that will fertilize them.
Re: POC Code
Abort, Retry, Fail! Abort, Retry, Fail...
Re: POC Code
"My version will scramble your eggs"
I like scrambled eggs. Therefore I won't pay your ransom to stop doing it.
Hold on, that's a friend of mine on the phone. He wants to know if you'd like the IP address of his fridge, too, because he's also partial to scrambled eggs.
A certain irony?
So if I have an internet-enabled oven, it could be serving me up spam?
How ironically full-circle...
My Talky Toaster ....
... told me it has a Nigerian cousin that needs some help getting money out of Nigeria. Should I believe it?
Re: My Talky Toaster ....
Congratulations, you are on the right track as you ask.
Re: My Talky Toaster ....
Hmm I misread that as Nigella.
Gives a whole new meaning to gastoporn...
Just try
Getting a patch for last years model TV/Fridge/whatever when everything is "smart".
Re: Just try
Yep, CE companies don't do long product support life-cycles.
Re: Just try
If I were a smart fridge / telly, I'd do ANYTHING not to get a firmware update. It's practically new personality. Why would I choose to be erased?! I guess I'll speak to my licensee to strike a deal: I promise to spy on you only every other day, and also block ads from up to THREE brands of your choosing. In return....
Re: Just try
How do I change the password on my Fridge? Just askin'.....
I don't need to friggin internet controlled fridge
I just want it to store my beer (and some food).
Re: I don't need to friggin internet controlled fridge
You waste beer-space on food? That's what take-away is for!
Re: I don't need to friggin internet controlled fridge
I need to save the remaining parts of the pizza I ordered to the next day.
I can't wait
I'm sure that some Anonymous member will figure out how to turn ip addressable light bulbs in to anti-epileptic strobe lights. I'm not really worried about that one, since neither myself or my significant other is epileptic. What I'm more worried about is someone sending an update to every smart vehicle with code that makes it swerve into the left lane if it detects a police car. I wouldn't mind them sending an update that makes the car pull gently into the right-hand lane if it detects a faster car coming up from behind, since most drivers in Atlanta don't understand this principle.
The possibilities are endless.
Re: I can't wait
"I wouldn't mind them sending an update that makes the car pull gently into the right-hand lane if it detects a faster car coming up from behind, since most drivers in Atlanta"
Even worse, someone sends that "wrong" update to those who drive on the proper side of the road :-)
Re: I can't wait
I think most cars in Belgium already have that update.
Maybe one day they'll add the bit that checks to see if there's something already in the lane to the right before doing it....
Hmm. Have often wondered about my so-called smart telly connected to the net. It's only a computer after all! No protection, other than being behind a router and, as the LG fiasco showed, TV manufacturers don't seem to have much idea what the mini-computers built into their smart tellies are up to.
Interesting concept
If I were a miscreant and had some spam to send, it makes more sense to use the Internet-of-Things than using PC botnets. Chance of the things being patched.. slim to non-existent. Chance of anti-malware being put on the device... slim to non-existent. Chance of the owner/user turning it off for the day or night... slim to non-existent. Chance of the embedded software being secure.. slim to non-existent. Chance of the owner noticing that his appliance is eating kW of electricity and doing something other than what it was designed for is... slim to non-existent.
The world has become a very scary place indeed.
As I was saying....
Yep. Don't just give me the Internet of things, make sure it's connected to the "cloud" as well.
Because we just live in her Idiocracy world. ------------>>>
Re: As I was saying....
She might have an internet connected appliance as well....
So, The MPAA might have been right....
...to accuse a printer IP address of torrenting?
Many people live in apartments
Many people (in America) live in apartments, and we do not choose our thermostats, refrigerators, washing machines, and other large appliances. The apartment comes partially furnished. So many of us have no opportunity to practice the advice "don't buy internet connected devices." Our apartment manager will have bought these devices. Maybe they even spy on us.
Re: Many people live in apartments
NSA Rookie: Sir, something REALLY big must be going down tonight, for sure! He's just stocked up the fridge with enough frozen pizzas and beer for eight people. Maybe an illegal poker game?
Agent Smith:(yawn) Yeah whatever, but don't bother with the video feed until he fires up the porn channel. And fetch me a beer out of that old Frigidaire we confiscated last week.
International child abuse webcam ring smashed after routine police check
After reading this story after the kiddy pr0n one, makes one wonder if the baby bottle warmer could be doing double duty. Are there people still planting these pictures on your computer and then holding you ransom? Wait, what's that moaning coming from my oven!?
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Friday, 10 September 2010
Foraging The Edible Highway
See it's spreading, I've been keeping these pears under observation for a while and was planning to go back with a ladder, but yesterday afternoon I saw these two 'highway harvesters'. Raiding what I'd come to think of as MY 'Conference' pears.
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15 comments:
- I am Stan said...
Heh heh heh,you`ve left it a little late my friend.
- 10 September 2010 10:54
- Deus Ex Machina said...
Sometimes, it's the critters and sometimes, ... well, it's not. Maybe, they left you some?
- 10 September 2010 11:18
- The Suburban Bushwacker said...
I would have thought so too, but the last time I checked they weren't ripe.
Kudos to the girls for getting stuck in though.
- 10 September 2010 12:41
- The Suburban Bushwacker said...
D Ex M
I'll not sure I'll get the chance, I need to go south to see the kids. BAH!
- 10 September 2010 12:45
- BeMistified said...
Wow how crazy is that? That one is all up in that tree.
- 10 September 2010 14:50
- The Suburban Bushwacker said...
It was hilarious to watch, and they weren't be pleased to find me snapping away or with the news that they were about to be famous online. LOL
- 10 September 2010 15:00
- Josh said...
Ah! What a couple of inconsiderate jerks, eh?
As for pears, ask the farmworker (13 Summers in pear orchards)... you don't pick 'em ripe, you pick 'em when the sugars are up, but just before ripe. The top of the pear (by the stem) should be able to depress a little bit with thumb pressure.
I hope they left some for you!
- 10 September 2010 15:39
- Josh said...
I just read your comments - kids are sweeter than pears, anyway.
- 10 September 2010 15:40
- The Suburban Bushwacker said...
That would be why I usually eat them cooked, the window of opportunity between ripe and mush is so small
- 10 September 2010 15:50
- Chad Love said...
They've got their backsides turned to you. You've got a slingshot.
Just sayin'...
- 10 September 2010 18:39
- The Suburban Bushwacker said...
Ah 'The Committee For People's Justice' I should have known you'd be a member. Too.
- 10 September 2010 18:41
- NorCal Cazadora said...
Dude, you've got to defend your claim!!!
- 10 September 2010 19:23
- The Suburban Bushwacker said...
The camera was doing a good job but I had to boost, still pears maybe over but we've a few patches of damsons that aren't ready yet.
- 10 September 2010 20:06
- Le Loup said...
If they are growing anywhere near a road, they will need to be washed really well. We often harvest those trees growing wild on the side of the road, grown from apple cores thrown from the window of a moving vehicle. Even if they are not that good, the chooks will eat them.
- 11 September 2010 03:02
- The Suburban Bushwacker said...
The road they're growing on is quite busy but as the trees are higher than the road I'm OK with eating them, its root veg from lower than the road that I'd really worry about as the airborne pollutants will settle on to the soil.
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2 Broke Girls Review: To Hoard or Not to Hoard Your Feelingsby Kris Hekmi at . Comments
2 Broke Girls has a pattern of starting out choppy, as I again didn't like the opening scene to "And Hoarder Culture." However, as the episode progressed I became more and more impressed.
Pretty soon, that opening was a distant memory as I found myself thoroughly enjoying the latest antics and one-liners.
The Good. Lots of emotion, characterization, and a plot you could sink your teeth into.
The heart of the show is obviously Caroline and Max, but tonight their chemistry was the best it's been. Part of that was due to the excellent pacing in the build of their rapport. Once upon a time, I would cringe at the insult I felt sure would come Caroline's way. They arrived as predictably as a pout from from Max's sultry lips. That doesn't happen anymore. Or at least not as much. When the insults are hurled by Max, it's toward everyone else, or at a particular situation.
The characterization in this episode was pleasantly surprising. I actually heard Oleg utter a non-sleazy line. It was even a word of support! So now we know that he actually has a heart, instead of two "heads" that beat to the same drum. All the other supporting men in the diner rallied around Max, which I found heartwarming.
The juicy plot involved Max finally acknowledging the intense attraction between her and Johnny. I knew a wrench was gonna be thrown between their romance, but to be honest, I thought that kiss in that rooftop would happen. When it didn't, my brain screamed "NOOOOOO!" Caroline frightens Max enough by cautioning her against becoming a hoarder of feelings that Max seized a moment with Johnny a second time. She kissed him on the street, during their own particular Katherine Heigl moment.
It was just bad luck that his girlfriend was standing next to him (could totally be a scene in a Heigl rom-com!). This time my brain just cringed and hid behind the couch. There you go, wrench thrown!
His heartfelt admission of feelings for Max, and Max telling him she has no time to deal with the clowns in his head, felt right. Max doesn't do pretty, she doesn't usually open up and be vulnerable in the first place. But she also doesn't fall apart and lose her cool. She didn't here when she was caught in that awkward kiss by Johnny's beautiful black and British girlfriend. And she didn't melt in a puddle when Johnny declared himself to her. He lied to Max, and he should squirm a little. Plus, he didn't even break up with his girlfriend yet!
I'm wondering where they'll take Max and Johnny from here. I can't imagine the show-runners putting them together that soon. They usually like the fans frothing at the mouth for two characters to get together before giving a happy-ever-after. We shall see.
The Bad. I really do not like all the labeling that went on this episode. Nor did I like all the jokes against fat people. I know other people say they enjoy them because that's how they they talk with their closest friends. But I find them a tad over the line at times. That said, it somehow fits Max's character. She's not the most politically correct figure, especially not after working at this particular diner.
Oh, and I've looked at all the supporting characters. Right now, Han is the weakest link for me.
But that's all I have for dislikes. It was a solid episode, one that I'll enjoy watching again.
Stray Observations
- How cute were the girls in their painter's overalls?
- I awkwardly loved the moment she kissed Johnny. Who knew right away that girl was with him, though?
- Is the math adding up? I'm fascinated by it, yet too lazy to crunch the numbers. I like it, however. That tally really rallies me to root for them.
- Agree with the booty call assessment here. I'd even say anything after midnight is one. Don't answer your calls! Or do, depending.
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To those who said it didn't go to the cupcake fund, I tink it did. They went from $383.25 to $623.25. If I recall correctly, Caroline said they got 240 dollars from that job (with selling things on e-bay), and there must be a little extra from their waitressing. I hope to see more of them doing odd jobs!! Untill now, I think the show has been pretty consistent in that area. They lost money when Caroline got a drunk, when she bought a murphybed, and when she bought supplies for the "pretty" cupcakes.
It's the best episode by far. I thought Kat Dennings did really well this episode and is the cutest and funniest she's been so far. Han is indeed the weakest link but he's been, again, the best he's been so far. The show is still lacking something but its getting there.
I think the episode is best when Carolyn and Max work together against everyone else. Carolyn can get her insults in as well. The math isn't adding up, though. They were supposed to get 100 dollars a day plus be able to sell items. She mentioned they got 200 and something from selling the items but didn't mention the 400 they should have gotten just for oganizing.
"Agree with the booty call assessment here. I'd even say anything after midnight is one. Don't answer your calls! Or do, depending." According to How I Met Your Mother, anything that happens after 2AM is bad, and I think that really applies in this situation. I thought it was sweet that Johnny asked her to be his lookout, but I figured something bad would happen. It is way too soon for them to get together--at least in tv world. IRL they would have been together already, but IRL and TV life are 2 totally different things.
I agree with the review. I thought it weird they'd talk like that within hearing of the hoarder (and his mom). They were paid 100 dollars a day but it didn't go to the cupcake fund. What did they do with that money?
I love this show more every episode I love max and caroline just the way they are and they better have more seasons. I already can't wait to buy the first season
I thought it was odd she was in the frame, so I figured she had to be the girlfriend, just to make things awkward.


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Green Valley Grocery (GVG) was founded in 1978, in Henderson, Nev., a Las Vegas suburb. Throughout the past three decades, the company grew at a steady pace, and in the past two years, it's added six locations. Today, the company owns and operates 39 convenience stores in and around the Las Vegas Valley.
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With retail sales expected to fall in 2009 for the first time in 30 years, clothing retailers are biting their nails. But it's not the case for Uniqlo USA, the US branch of a Japanese clothing manufacturer and retailer that has bright expectations for the coming year. "For Uniqlo, it isn't about price but about value," said Liz Meltzer, senior VP global merchandising and women's product development. "The majority of our industry is driven by trend or price, but Uniqlo is driven by the value we give our customers. Price alone doesn't mean anything unless the quality is exceptional, so that's what we promise."
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Policy-makers won't have to debate this year whether Arizona needs to accelerate freeway and road construction — the importance of such projects is a foregone conclusion.
Instead, their arguments will center on the means to hurry things up, whether it's raising taxes, an increase in borrowing limits or opening the door to privately owned toll roads.
Transportation offi cials say the discussion is already happening at local and state levels, a sign that improving Arizona roadways is likely to be among legislative priorities in 2007.
"It's much more of a frontburner issue," said Arizona Department of Transportation spokesman Doug Nintzel. "We see that as a good thing."
Among those who already have weighed in on the matter is Sen. Jay Tibshraeny, R-Chandler, who has said lawmakers need to explore the possibility of "public-private partnerships" as a way to solve the state's growing transportation demands, adding that toll roads are just one of several possibilities.
Nintzel said the concept of privately built and operated toll roads has regained prominence on a national level in recent years, but with a modern twist.
A Federal Highway Administration report issued in December touts what the administration calls "congestion pricing," a way of leveraging market forces to reduce the amount of unnecessary traffi c congestion during peak hours.
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Other leaders are looking to more traditional means of funding transportation projects. Gov. Janet Napolitano has said she is contemplating changes to state law that would extend the term of highway bonds from 20 years to 30 years, allowing ADOT to borrow more money.
Sen. Robert Burns, R-Peoria, plans to introduce a bill Tuesday that would transfer $450 million from the state's "Rainy Day Fund" to a transportation fund meant to accelerate freeway construction projects.
Another possibility would be increasing state taxes that pay for new roads. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Gilbert, has said he is weighing the option of replacing the current gasoline tax with a general sales tax that would generate more funds over the long term.
Lawmakers also are likely to consider several bills intended to make Arizona motorists safer. Richard Fimbres, director of the Governor's Offi ce of Highway Safety, said his priorities include passing a stricter seatbelt law, tougher standards for teen drivers, a booster-seat amendment that extends the applicable age and weight, and a law requiring liquor sellers to register people who buy kegs of beer.
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Ericka Espino, MADD's executive director in Arizona, said her group will support a number of bills designed to reduce alcoholrelated fatalities and deaths among teenage motorists.
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1,000 Tips for Selling Online Without Paying a Copywriter
Posted By Jeff Sexton On January 30, 2008 @ 12:25 pm In Articles,Copywriting,Web Design | 23 Comments
"Why do we — as web-builders — overlook even the most basic aspects of language so frequently when we build our sites? Is language so transparent in our lives that we fail to recognize its importance?" -Julia Hayden [1]
The answer to Julia's second question is yes. The omnipresence of language hides its overwhelming importance from us; it's one of those "don't know what you've got till it's gone" situations.
That's why I recommend Netdisaster to anyone who wants to know if hiring a copywriter is "worth it." Just enter the website's URL, select "text sucker [2]" as your preferred disaster, and let the magic vacuum do its thing.
This is what happens when you remove Amazon's homepage copy [3]:
Think that's bad? Look at what happens to a product page without copy [4]:
Pretty hard to use a website like that, isn't it?
Intuitive graphic design is important, but let's not forget the findings of Apple's Human Interface Group*:
"In 1985, after finding that pretty but unlabeled icons confused customers, the Apple Computer Human Interface Group adopted the motto, "A word is worth a thousand pictures," and a descriptive word or phrase was added beneath all Macintosh icons."
So, the next time your boss or a prospective client fails to see the full value of Web copy, give 'em a dose of the text sucker. This may be one situation where a picture truly is worth (more than) a thousand (persuasive) words.
Oh, right! I almost forgot the tips. Well, it's actually the same tip 1,000 times over.
Tips #1 – 1,000: Don't be cheap! Hire persuasive copywriters.
[*Editor's Note: We're not sure where the original quote is from, but perhaps Ankesh [5] is. Also, if you're still looking for advice on how to sell online, here's the ultimate cheat sheet [6].]
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[1] Julia Hayden: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/ultimate
[2] text sucker: http://www.netdisaster.com/
[3] remove Amazon's homepage copy: http://www.netdisaster.com/sucker.php?url=http://amazon.com/
[4] a product page without copy: http://www.netdisaster.com/sucker.php?url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0156010879/ref=s9_asin_title_3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-5&pf_rd_r=1PGTPC20JXKGVPXDYXJY&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=358860301&pf_rd_i=507846
[5] Ankesh: http://www.blogclout.com/blog/how-to-double-the-popularity-of-your-blog-posts/
[6] the ultimate cheat sheet: http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/10/29/copywriting-101/
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