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Hackers or Criminals
In response to the most excellent writer Nick Bilton of NY Times and his splendid though cautious article here
Please consider these points
- jail breaking phones was once illegal , then became legal, and now is questionable again. Rooting your Android tablet is now frowned upon. The question is how do you teach the next generation of hackers to explore hardware and software and yet respect laws in their own self interest. Exploring means pushing the boundaries of what can be done and what can not be done. Inter racial marriage was illegal too, once.
- what damage have hackers caused to society in past 5 years (lost revenues in Digital content) versus what benefits have they brought about ( Arab Spring catalyst)
- Consider the past history of hackers who turned entrepreneurs because they didn't go to jail and were mentored into diverting their energy to startups that created jobs.
No hackers, bam, no Apple, no Microsoft, no Google, and yes no Facebook because the founders would be too busy in a court of law.Probably not much NASA, DARPA or NSA given that almost everyone tests the limits of exploration in young age.
- Consider the historic legality of protests as done by Gandhi, Martin Luther King , and the legal treatment of hacker activists recently. Civic rights in 60s and cyber rights in the 2010s. Do they have something in common?
- Is law enforcement adequately trained to understand hacking , and what steps are being done for enhancing cyber law training and jurisprudence. I don't think the cyber law enforcement is adequately manned with resources. When law enforcement is denied resources, it takes short cuts and questionable tactics including intimidation and making examples of people.
My father , a decorated police officer , always said that , if you are not a part of the solution, you are part of the problem.As a technical writer , I sometimes know how to solve technical problems but these laws create fear in the minds of future problem solvers.
- Who is a hacker. Who is a criminal .Is a hacker ~= a criminal or Is a hacker == a criminal ?
Lets get some common sense back in the game before we turn more kids int rebels without a cause, or without a case.
(continued from the series)
- Using Cloud Computing for Hacking
- How to be a Happy Hacker
- C4ISTAR for Hacking and Cyber Conflict
- How to learn Hacking Part 2
- Hacking Hackers
- How to learn to be a hacker easily
- Google Hacker Mode
- Analytics for Cyber Conflict
- Why Cyber War
- Analytics for Cyber Conflict -Part Deux
How to be a Happy Hacker
I write on and off on hackers (see http://bit.ly/VWxSvP) and even some poetry on them (http://bit.ly/11RznQl) . During meetups, conferences, online discussions I run into them, I have interviewed them , and I have trained some of them (in analytics). Based on this decade long experience of observing hackers, and two decade long experience of hanging out with them- some thoughts on making you a better hacker, and a happier hacker even if you are a hacker activist or a hacker in enterprise software.
1) Everybody can be a hacker, but you need to know the basic attitude first. Not every Python or Java coder is a hacker. Coding is not hacking. More details here- http://decisionstats.com/2012/02/12/how-to-learn-to-be-a-hacker-easily/
2) Use tools like Coursera, Udacity, Codeacdemy to learn new languages. Even if you dont have the natural gift for memorizing syntax, some of it helps. (I forget syntax quite often. I google)
3) Learn tools like Metasploit if you want to learn the lucrative and romantic art of exploits hacking (http://www.offensive-security.com/metasploit-unleashed/Main_Page). The demand for information security is going to be huge. hackers with jobs are happy hackers.
4) Develop a serious downtime hobby.
Lets face it- your body was not designed to sit in front of a computer for 8 hours. But being a hacker will mean that commitment and maybe more.
Python with Friends
Wanted to learn Python? Stuck on a desk with no redemption. You have two very lucid options. One is use Google. I mean not the search engine, but their class on learning Python.
The videos are available on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers (starting at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKTZoB2Vjuk&feature=plcp)
The other is new module of Python at code academy. It is truly awesome even if you dont know any programming!
So learn some awesome python today and be an excellent hacker tommorow!
Hacker Alert- Darpa project 10$ K for summer
If you bleed red,white and blue and know some geo-spatial analysis ,social network analysis and some supervised and unsupervised learning (and unlearning)- here is a chance for you to put your skills for an awesome project
from wired-
For this challenge, Darpa will lodge a selected six to eight teams at George Mason University and provide them with an initial $10,000 for equipment and access to unclassified data sets including "ground-level video of human activity in both urban and rural environments; high-resolution wide-area LiDAR of urban and mountainous terrain, wide-area airborne full motion video; and unstructured amateur photos and videos, such as would be taken from an adversary's cell phone." However, participants are encouraged to use any open sourced, legal data sets they want. (In the hackathon spirit, we would encourage the consumption of massive quantities of pizza and Red Bull, too.)
DARPA Innovation House Project
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Proposals must be one to three pages. Team resumes of any length must be attached and do not count against the page limit. Proposals must have 1-inch margins, use a font size of at least 11, and be delivered in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format.
Proposals must be emailed to email@example.com by 4:00PM ET on Tuesday, July 31, 2012.
Proposals must have a Title and contain at least the following sections with the following contents.
- Team Members
Each team member must be listed with name, email and phone.
The Lead Developer should be indicated.
The statement "All team members are proposed as Key Personnel." must be included.
- Capability Description
The description should clearly explain what capability the software is designed to provide the user, how it is proposed to work, and what data it will process.
In addition, a clear argument should be made as to why it is a novel approach that is not incremental to existing methods in the field.
- Proposed Phase 1 Demonstration
This section should clearly explain what will be demonstrated at the end of Session I. The description should be expressive, and as concrete as possible about the nature of the designs and software the team intends to produce in Session I.
- Proposed Phase 2 Demonstration
This section should clearly explain how the final software capability will be demonstrated as quantitatively as possible (for example, positing the amount of data that will be processed during the demonstration), how much time that will take, and the nature of the results the processing aims to achieve.
In addition, the following sections are optional.
- Technical Approach
The technical approach section amplifies the Capability Description, explaining proposed algorithms, coding practices, architectural designs and/or other technical details.
- Team Qualifications
Team qualifications should be included if the team?s experience base does not make it obvious that it has the potential to do this level of software development. In that case, this section should make a credible argument as to why the team should be considered to have a reasonable chance of completing its goals, especially under the tight timelines described.
Other sections may be included at the proposers? discretion, provided the proposal does not exceed three pages.
Anonymous grows up and matures…Anonanalytics.com
I liked the design, user interfaces and the conceptual ideas behind the latest Anonymous hactivist websites (much better than the shabby graphic design of Wikileaks, or Friends of Wikileaks, though I guess they have been busy what with Julian's escapades and Syrian emails)
I disagree (and let us agree to disagree some of the time)
with the complete lack of respect for Graphical User Interfaces for tools. If dDOS really took off due to LOIC, why not build a GUI for SQL Injection (or atleats the top 25 vulnerability testing as by this list http://www.sans.org/top25-software-errors/
Shouldnt Tor be embedded within the next generation of Loic.
Automated testing tools are used by companies like Adobe (and others)… so why not create simple GUI for the existing tools.., I may be completely offtrack here.. but I think hacker education has been a critical misstep[ that has undermined Western Democracies preparedness for Cyber tactics by hostile regimes)…. how to create the next generation of hackers by easy tutorials (see codeacademy and build appropriate modules)
-A slick website to be funded by Bitcoins (Money can buy everything including Mastercard and Visa, but Bitcoins are an innovative step towards an internet economy currency)
-A collobrative wiki
Seriously dude, why not make this a part of Wikipedia- (i know Jimmy Wales got shifty eyes, but can you trust some1 )
-Analytics for Anonymous (sighs! I should have thought about this earlier)
http://anonanalytics.com/ (can be used to play and bill both sides of corporate espionage and be cyber private investigators)
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_and lastly creative content for Pinterest.com and Public Relations ( what next-? Tom Cruise to play Julian Assange in the new Movie ?)
http://www.par-anoia.net/ />Potentially Alarming Research: Anonymous Intelligence AgencyInformation is and will be free. Expect it. ~ Anonymous
Links of interest
- Latest Scientology Mails (Austria)
- Full FBI call transcript
- Arrest Tracker
- HBGary Email Viewer
- The Pirate Bay Proxy
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Intel's (INTC) fourth quarter wasn't as bad as feared, as the world's largest chipmaker exceeded analysts' estimates. The quality of the earnings beat however, is a different story.
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company reported earnings of 48 cents a share on $13.5 billion in revenue. Gross margins, an important metric for Intel, came in at 58%, 100 basis points better than the company was expecting.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters were looking for Intel to report earnings of 45 cents a share on $13.53 billion in revenue.
Aiding the report was a lower-than-expected tax rate, which helped lift earnings. The company's tax rate during the quarter was 23%, well below the expected tax rate of 27%."The fourth quarter played out largely as expected as we continued to execute through a challenging environment," said Intel CEO Paul Otellini, in a statement. "We made tremendous progress across the business in 2012 as we entered the market for smartphones and tablets, worked with our partners to reinvent the PC, and drove continued innovation and growth in the data center. As we enter 2013, our strong product pipeline has us well positioned to bring a new wave of Intel innovations across the spectrum of computing." Intel's first quarter and full year 2013 guidance, however, were weaker than Wall Street's looking for. For the first quarter, the No.1 chip maker expects revenue of $12.7 billion, plus or minus $500 million. Gross margin is expected to be 58%, plus or minus a few hundred basis points. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect $12.9 billion in sales and earnings of 39 cents a share. For the full year, Intel is expecting a low single-digit percentage increase for revenue, and gross margins are expected to be around 60%. Shares of Intel closed the regular session higher, gaining 2.58% to finish at $22.68. The stock is moving lower in extended-hours trading, falling 5.16% to trade at $21.51. -- Written by Chris Ciaccia in New York >Contact by Email. Follow @Commodity_Bull
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Celia Berrell's Science Rhymes
What do salmon eat? Find out by listening to A Food Chain
These amusing and entertaining poems are a great way to befriend science in small packages.
Celia Berrell is on a mission to impart science knowledge through rhyming verse. Many of these poems have been crafted with specific relevance to the school science curriculum. Students and teachers are invited to use them as a resource.
From teachers in Australia, USA and UK to students in India, South Africa and the Philippines, Science Rhymes are making their way round the world via the new free PDF resource – Let The Show Go On.
The freshly printed Book Celia Berrell's Science Rhymes launched on 11th October 2014 with a Poetry Party at Plan B Cafe, 165 Bruce Highway, Edmonton in FNQ.
This A5 book features Amy Sheehan's illustrations and 34 Science Rhymes poems. The book can be purchased on-line through Harleys Educational in Cairns. It is also available from Collins Booksellers, Smithfield and Plan B Café.
Watch the video "A Day In The Life Of A Proud Published Poet" by Suz Cray at ABC Open. Check out "Science & the poetry formula" featured in the Cairns Weekend Post (27th November 2011). You can find a log of Science Rhymes events, achievements and interesting science links on the public Facebook site Celia Berrell's Science Rhymes.
Children are budding scientists. They want to pull things apart to see how they work, create their own experiments and continually ask questions. So it makes sense to incorporate science education into their experiences from an early age. Entertaining rhymes can be a part of this.
This site contains examples of rhyming verse written by Celia Berrell to inspire and encourage children (and adults too) to explore scientific concepts within the artistic medium of poetry.
Support for Science Rhymes was awarded by the Regional Arts Development Fund to further develop poems and have them assessed for their scientific accuracy and educational merit by James Cook University Science Educator Dr Clifford Jackson. This project concluded in 2012. The Regional Arts Development Fund is a Queensland Government and Cairns Regional Council partnership to support local arts and culture.
There are no poems relating to human reproduction within these collections, so as to avoid any concerns about the age levels of viewers. Links to other websites have likewise been carefully considered.
|Scary Shadows
|Energy and change
|Shadows; sunlight; artificial light
Scary Shadows by Celia Berrell
My shadow on a sunny day
when standing clear of any tree
starts at my feet and makes a shape
of black that looks a bit like me.
But when it's dark a table-lamp
will cast a shadow on the wall.
And down the hall the shape it forms
will hardly look like me at all.
The shadow from a light close-by
creates a kind of monster shape.
That slithers round the walls and doors
like vampires in their long black capes.
When lights are dim the shapes look weird.
We conjure-up all kinds of gloom.
There are no monsters, vampires, ghosts.
It's just the shadows in the room.
|Aurora Borealis
|Energy and change
|Magnetic Fields
|Earth; solar wind; Magnetosphere
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|Life and Living
|Eaten and be eaten: feeding relationships
|Food-chain; phytoplankton; photosynthesis
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Why by Celia Berrell
Why as a child is a popular word.
It shows that we want to know more of our world.
And sometimes we learn
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Like why the sky's blue
and what is a gnu
and how you can catch
the measles and 'flu.
And back in the past
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It's part of our nature to want to know why
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And when can a stork
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Descriptions of monsters
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And how crystal balls
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And so as a child, the answers' all true.
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Weekend Breaks to Shannon
Planning a short break to Shannon? Check out Travel Library's recommended Top 10 Things To Do in Shannon. It's a perfect companion for weekend city breaks to Shannon. Once you've been you can add your own tips and suggestions to help other visitors.
Top 10 Things in Shannon on a Short Break
Portumna Castle
Off N65, Portumna in Lower Shannon. This amazing castle on the northern shores of Lough Derg was built in 1609 by Earl Richard Burke. This is one of the best 17th century manor houses in Ireland and is not to be missed when in Shannon.
The castle is surrounded by a beautiful garden, which is also worth a visit. Currently it is being restored, so public access is a bit limited.
The castle is open every day from 08h00 - 16h00. Admission is $2.90 for adults; $1.15 for seniors and children under 12. Admission to the garden is free.
Battle of Aughrim Interpretative Centre
Galway-Dublin road, Aughrim in Middle Shannon. This high-tech centre uses three-dimensional audiovisual presentation to portray the Battle of Aughrim, on July 12, 1691. The centre is in Aughrim village, which is next to the actual Aughrim battlefield. The centre also has a bookshop; craft shop; and cafe. A visit to the centre should be on every tourists to do list. The centre is open June to August Tuesday to Saturday from 10h00 - 18h00; and Sunday from 14h00 - 18h00. Admission is $4 for adults; $2.90 for seniors and students; and $8.05 for a family ticket.
Boyle Abbey
N4, Boyle in Upper Shannon. The Boyle Abbey was founded in 1161, and today it is the best survivor of the early Irish Cistercian settlements of the late 12th century. There is a interpretive center, which is housed in the restored gatehouse depicts the serene and violent aspects of the abbey's history. This is one of the main attractions of the Shannon region. The Abbey is open April to October everyday from 09h30 - 18h30. Admission is $2.30 for adults; $1.40 for seniors; $1.15 for children and students; and $6.30 for a family ticket.
Lough Key Forest Park
Dublin-Sligo road, east of Boyle in Upper Shannon. This is one the best places to take your children to have fun amongst nature, while taking a break from all the sightseeing. The park covers 336 hectares along the banks of Lough Key, and it consuists of mixed woodlands; a lake; and over a dozen islands. Facilities in the park include nature walks; ancient monuments; ring forts; a central viewing tower; picnic grounds; a cafe; and a shop. The park is open all year round from sunrise to sunset. Admission is $5.75 per car, and is only charged in Apriil to September.
Slieve Russell Hotel
Ballyconnell, in Upper Shannon. This resort hotel is one of the most popular accomodations in the region, and it is located on 160 hectares of parklands and gardens, including 20 hectares of lakes and ponds. The charming and elegant hotel offers a range of facilities and services, including two restaurants; two bars; an indoor swimming pool; an 18-hole championship golf course; four tennis courts; an exercise room; a Jacuzzi; a sauna/steam room; a children's playroom; a salon; room service; two squash courts; and walking trails. The comfortable and stylish rooms all have TV; minibar; tea and coffee maker; hair dryer; and a full bathroom.
For more information visit: www.quinnhotels.com
Cavan Crystal Craft & Design Centre
Dublin road, Cavan in Upper Shannon. This centre is run by one of Ireland's top three crystal companies, and it is famous for its delicate glassware; mouth-blown and hand-cut by skilled craftsmen. Visitors to the centre can watch skilled master blowers fashion the molten crystal into intricate shapes and designs, which is followed by the precision work of the master cutters. The centre also has a shop that sells the glassware and a restaurant. The centre is open Monday to Friday from 09h30 - 18h00; Saturday from 10h00 - 17h00; and Sunday from 12h00 - 17h00. Admission is free.
For more information visit: www.cavancrystaldesign.com
Clonalis House
On the N60 west of Castlerea, in Upper Shannon. This is one of Ireland's great houses and is situated on land that has belonged to the O'Conors for over 1,500 years. The house was built in 1880 and it's architecture is a combination of Victorian; Italianate; and Queen Anne, with Louis XV-style furnishings; antique lace; horse-drawn farm machinery; as well as other memorabilia. The house serves as a museum of the O'Conor family, displaying portraits; documents; and genealogical tracts that date back 2,000 years. The house is open June to September Monday to Saturday from 11h00 - 17h00. Admission is $6.30 for adults; $5.20 for seniors; $4.60 for students; and $2.90 for children up to 12.
Temple Country House & Spa
Horseleap, in Middle Shannon. This 250 year old manor is one of the most popular hotels in Ireland, and is the perfect place to go if you want to relax and take a break. The prices include all meals and spa treatments. The hotel offers a range of services, including a sauna/steam room; a salon; aromatherapy; bicycle rental; a hydrotherapy bath; massage and reflexology treatments; and sitting room. The comfortable and elegant rooms all have TV; telephone; and a full bathroom.
For more information visit: www.templespa.ie/
Bog Train Tours
Bord na Mona, Shannonbridge in middle Shannon. This is one activity not to be missed out on, and Bogland discoveries are the main focus of this tour through the heart of the Irish midlands. The tour is a 8km circular ride around the Blackwater bog, along the Clonmacnois and West Offaly Railway. A tour guide explains how the bogland was formed and became a vital source of fuel. The tour includes a look at turf cutting; stacking; drying; and bog plants and wildlife. The tours run April to October everyday from 10h00 - 17h00, and tours start every hour on the hour. The tours cost $6.70 for adults; $5.60 for seniors and students; $4.50 for children; and $21 for a family ticket.
Athlone Castle
Located in Athlone on the river banks, Middle Shannon. This huge stone fortress is located on the banks of the river Shannon, and was built in 1210 for King John of England. The castle was recently restored to be used as a visitor centre, and it now also has a museum; gallery; and tearoom.
The castle's original medieval walls have been preserved, as well as two cannons that date back to the reign of George II; and a pair of 10-inch mortars, which were cast in 1856.
The castle is open May to mid October everyday from 09h30 - 17h00. Admission is $5.75 for adults; $3.45 for seniors and students; $1.70 for children; and $14 for a family ticket.
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Why Liza Long's Essay 'I Am Adam Lanza's Mother' Struck a Nerve
Parenting is terrifying.
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David Maraniss meant it.
Murdoch "is obviously very affected by what's gone on."
Will investors in big firearms companies start to ask questions?
Despite confusion in earlier reports, police now say Lanza had no recent ties to the school.
Weak local gun laws are made weaker still by the absence of federal enforcement, Heilemann said.
The struggle to make America safer will take decades. Is Newtown the start?
Moms set off a national dialogue on mental illness.
The town of Ridgefield, near Newtown, is looking into a potentially armed man.
The first children will be buried today as authorities continue their investigation.
It's one reported component of a still-unknown personality.
They published members' names and personal information on the Internet.
It seems to have been fake.
Nancy Lanza, who was killed by her son before he opened fire on Sandy Hook, was also remembered as both "warm" and "high-strung."
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What has prompted all this recent reinvestment in Atlantic City?
Three things. One, Borgata opened and proved to the market that there was a whole younger demographic beyond this stereotype that it's just these four-hour visitors on ventilators.
Two, the fruits of a state initiative. It was a tax incentive program to encourage nongaming investment. It was done through our agency, but before my time. I can't claim credit.
The third, honestly, was the encroachment of gaming regionally, because all of a sudden, every other state wants to get in on the gaming gig. It was clear to this critical mass of casinos that they've gotta do something else. All these other jurisdictions are going to get in on this day-tripping four-hour visitor. So, you know, as I said when I was at the CRDA, it's time for Atlantic City to return to its roots as a resort.
We have a really beautiful beach here. It's gradually sloped. You can body-surf until you run out of breath here. A lot of beaches slope up so fast, you scrape your chest as soon as the wave breaks.
You've tested it out, I take it.
I love this beach.
Who is the Chelsea's target demographic?
You know, it's hard to totally niche your customers. I think there are a lot of people who are not accommodated by the casinos. They want to be approximate to the gaming amenity, but they don't necessarily want to live in it. …
I think there's also this new sort of younger urban visitor. We especially think New York could adopt A.C.
New York hasn't yet adopted A.C., right?
Not in droves. But I went through a similar thing in Cape May, honestly. You know, Congress Hall was a hundred-year-old hotel. We did a soup-to-nuts renovation to it. We made a four-star product with amenities like beach service that the Jersey shore hadn't seen…
Our ZIP code balance when we opened Congress Hall was 70 percent Philly metro, 30 percent scatter. Now, our Congress Hall ZIP code balance is 52 percent New York metro, 40 percent Philly metro, and the rest is Washington, Richmond and whatever.
In the same vein, I think we're going to see the adoption of A.C. by the New York market, because of a couple things: one, proximity; two, this train we're totally jazzed about.
Right, the express train from New York's Penn Station. Has that started yet?
The train starts third quarter this year.
Didn't I read that you're also building a casino now, too?
We have a 10-acre site that we're getting entitled now. We've got some great partners, with institutional equity players out of New York; and we'll see, you know, as we get through the entitlements, and the choppy credit markets settle a little bit, we're going to have an awesome development opportunity, and we'll see how that plays out.


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The 640-692 RSTECH is the exam associated with CCT Routing and Switching certification. Cisco CCT Routing & Switching certification focuses on the skills required for onsite support and maintenance of Cisco routers, switches, and operating environments. Technicians in this area must be able to identify Cisco router and switch models, accessories, cabling, and interfaces; understand the Cisco IOS Software operating modes and identify commonly found software; and be able to use the Cisco Command Line Interface (CLI) to connect and service products. Achieving CCT Routing & Switching certification is considered the best foundation for supporting other Cisco devices and systems.
The exam is closed book and no outside reference materials are allowed. The following topics are general guidelines for the content that is likely to be included on the practical exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the following guidelines may change at any time without notice.
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27% 1.0 Identify Cisco Equipment and Related Hardware
- 1.1 Identify the interfaces on Cisco equipment including the Cisco
Catalyst 6500, 4500, 3560, 3750 and 2975 & 2960 Series switches
and Cisco 2800, 2900, 3800, 3900, 7200, 7300, 7600 Series
Integrated Service routers.
- 1.2 Identify the cabling on Cisco equipment
- 1.3 Identify Cisco products by logo marking and model number
(including, but not limited to, locations on chassis, line card, module,
or adapter)
- 1.4 Identify and locate the serial number of Cisco products (including, but
not limited to, locations on chassis, line card, module, or adapter)
- 1.5 Identify and describe the commonly used components
- 1.6 Describe the hardware memory common terms and use in Cisco
routers and switches
- 1.1 Identify the interfaces on Cisco equipment including the Cisco
27% 2.0 Describe Cisco IOS Software Operation
- 2.1 Describe the different operating modes for Cisco CatOS / IOS
- 2.2 Navigate between the different operating modes listed
- 2.3 Determine the current mode of the device
- 2.4 Copy and paste a configuration file from / to a router or switch
- 2.5 Know how to use and interpret the basic Cisco IOS Software
- 2.6 Describe where to find the configuration register parameter and how
to change it
- 2.7 Identify a configuration file from a Cisco device
- 2.8 Perform software upgrade or downgrade using TFTP, xmodem,
tftpdnld, flash memory, memory card reader, or USB
- 2.9 Perform password recovery on a Cisco device
- 2.1 Describe the different operating modes for Cisco CatOS / IOS
27% 3.0 General Networking Knowledge
- 3.1 Describe in general terms the basic functionality and key differences
for the following hardware: LAN switch, router, modem, and Wireless
Access Points
- 3.2 Describe what an IP address and subnet is
- 3.2 Differentiate between these Layer 2 technologies: Ethernet, Fast
Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Serial, ATM, ISDN, DSL, Optical, and so on
- 3.2 Describe what FTP does
- 3.2 Describe what TFTP does
- 3.2 Describe what a CSU/DSU does (such as, loop back processes, and
so on)
- 3.2 Describe Telco termination point (such as, demarc, and so on)
- 3.2 Describe what Telnet and SSH does
- 3.2 Describe what ping does
- 3.2 Use the OSI and TCP/IP models and their associated protocols to
explain how data flows in a network
- 3.2 Identify and correct common network problems at Layers 1 and 2
- 3.1 Describe in general terms the basic functionality and key differences
23% 4.0 Service-related Knowledge
- 4.1 Locate and use a text editor (such as, Notepad)
- 4.2 Locate and use Terminal Emulation
- 4.3 Locate and use the Window command prompt
- 4.4 Configure networks settings for Ethernet port on laptop (IP address,
subnet mask and default gateway) and establish a connection with
Ethernet ports on Cisco equipment
- 4.5 Make a physical connection from laptop to Cisco console port
- 4.6 Make a physical Ethernet connection from laptop to Cisco device
Ethernet port using correct cable
- 4.7 Use modem to connect to Cisco console port and phone line
- 4.8 Configure the correct DIP switch settings on the modem (or other
appropriate settings)
- 4.9 Identify the different loop-back plugs
- 4.10 Identify null modem cable and application
- 4.11 Configure and use TFTP server (such as, TFTP d32)
- 4.12 Use the hardware tools needed for repair
- 4.1 Locate and use a text editor (such as, Notepad)
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California Proposition 83 (2006)
Proposition 83 of 2006 (also known as the Sexual Predator Punishment and Control Act: Jessica's Law or simply, Jessica's Law) was a statute enacted by 70% of California voters on November 7, 2006, authored by State Senator George Runner (R-Antelope Valley) and State Assemblywoman Sharon Runner (R-Antelope Valley). It was proposed by means of the initiative process as a version of the Jessica's Law proposals that had been considered in other states.
The Act was a lengthy and complex measure that made many changes to the California Penal Code and the Welfare and Institutions Code. Its provisions increased the penalties for sex offenders, broadened the definition of certain sexual offenses, eliminated good time credits for early release of certain offenders, prohibited probation for certain crimes, extended parole for some offenses, increased court-imposed fees on sex offenders and provided for lifelong GPS monitoring of high risk sex offenders. The law also bars convicted sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or any place where children gather—effectively blocking them from living in the vast majority of the areas of large California cities. Under the new law, a sex offender with a minimum of one victim and any previous criminal history may be civilly committed for an indefinite period.[1]
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The law was sponsored by husband and wife legislators State Senator George Runner (R-Antelope Valley) and State Assemblywoman Sharon Runner (R-Antelope Valley). It was supported by Governor Schwarzenegger and law enforcement throughout the state. California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (a criminal defense attorneys association) opposed Proposition 83 and wrote the opposing argument for the voter pamphlet. They argued the restrictions would cause problems with finding a place of residence for freed convicts.[2]
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In November 2006, enforcement of the new law was initially blocked in four counties by U.S. District Judge Susan Illston who ruled in a lawsuit filed by an existing offender based on its retroactive nature.[4] However, three months later, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White dismissed that lawsuit.[5] In 2010, the Supreme Court of California ruled that the residency requirements of Jessica's Law could be applied retroactively.[6] On September 12, 2012, a state appeals court blocked enforcement of the residency requirements of Jessica's Law for all paroled sex offenders in San Diego County, affirming a lower court ruling, stating that it was an unconstitutional blanket condition of parole that "limits the housing choices of all sex offenders identically, without regard to the type of victim or the risk of reoffending." [7] During 2014 RSOL's Californian chapter CA RSOL sued over 20 municipalities[8] in federal court over sex offender ordinances[9][10][11] causing at least 44 other municipalities to either repeal or quit enforcing their ordinances in order to avoid litigation.[12]
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has stated that every registered sex offender paroled after the law's passage in 2006 is wearing a GPS device.[13] However, CDCR is responsible for only 11% of California's sex offenders statewide,[13] and "only a fraction of the state's registered sex offenders wear a GPS unit".[14]
- ^ http://forensicpsychologist.blogspot.com/2007/11/california-new-ruling-upholds.html
- ^ Arguments supporting and opposing Proposition 83
- ^ "Proposition 83: Sex Offender Reform" (PDF). California Secretary of State. 2006-12-14.
- ^ Prop. 83 buffer zone for sex criminals blocked November 9, 2006
- ^ Jennifer Warren (February 24, 2007). "Prop. 83 rulings leave a gray area". Los Angeles Times. p. 2.
- ^ Maura Dolan (February 1, 2010). "'Jessica's Law' can be applied retroactively, state Supreme Court decides". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ http://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/2012/d059574.html
- ^ Johnson, Shea (Oct 21, 2014). "County sued over sex offender ordinance". Daily Press. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ Belluci, Janice (21 July 2013). "CA RSOL Challenges El Dorado County Sex Offender Ordinance". In El Dorado County News. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ Howes, Rebecca (April 24, 2014). "Attorney files sex offender lawsuit against Lompoc". Lompoc Record. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ Case, Stephanie (September 19, 2013). "City of Orange Sued Over Sex Offender Halloween Restrictions". KTLA 5. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ Nelson, Joe (10 November 2014). "SPECIAL REPORT: Pair seeks repeal of sex-offender laws in California". Daily Breeze. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Sex Offender Information". California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
- ^ GPS monitoring of sex offenders is useful, but limited, experts say


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Post Number 1,000
Posted on April 29, 2008 Comments (1)
This is the 1,000th post to the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. Here are some highlights:
- Post number 2: Dangers of Forgetting the Proxy Nature of Data – "We use data to act as a proxy for some results of the system. Often people forget that the desired end result is not for the number to be improved but for the situation to be improved."
- Most viewed post: Eliminate Slogans – management by slogan is not an effective management strategy
- Manufacturing: Top 10 Manufacturing Countries – Manufacturing Jobs Data by Country
- Health Care: Going Lean in Health Care – USA Healthcare System Costs 16% of GDP ($2.0 trillion or $6,697 per person in 2005) – Drug Prices in the USA – Change Health Care
- The Purpose of an Organization quoting Dr. Deming: "The aim proposed here for any organization is for everybody to gain – stockholders, employees, suppliers, customers, community, the environment – over the long term."
- Process Improvement: Better and Different – Process Improvement and Innovation Go Together – PDSA Cycle: "One slow turn is much less effective then using it as intended to quickly test and adapt and test and adapt…"
- What to do: Write it Down – Visible Data – Lean Thinking and Management – Use Books to Ignite Improvement – Management is Prediction – Standardized Work Instructions – Find the Root Cause Instead of the Person to Blame – Design of experiments – Performance without Appraisal – Bring Me Problems Even if you Don't have the Solutions – Stop Demotivating Me! – Don't Empower – Respect for People – Most Meetings are Muda – Managing the Supplier Relationship
- Commentary: Obscene CEO Pay – Management Excellence – Management Advice Failures – Data Can't Lie – New Rules for Management? No! – Be Careful What You Measure – Tilting at Ludicrous CEO Pay
- Why blog? The Importance of Management Improvement – Bad Management Results in Layoffs
Information Technology: Toyota IT Overview – "customizing the code, to its business processes, and not the other way around."
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Categories: curiouscat.com, Deming, Health care, Management, Manufacturing
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Great work, John. I look forward to your next 1000 posts (and beyond). All the best.
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Take Two for January 16, 2013
Historian Ward Wilson debunks nuclear bomb myths in new book
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An atomic cloud rises July 25, 1946 during the 'Baker Day' blast at Bikini Island in the Pacific.
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E. Victor Nickerson is unique, according to Valparaiso men's basketball coach Bryce Drew, in that he has size, but handles and shoots the ball like a guard.
Wednesday, Drew announced that Nickerson, a transfer from Charlotte, would be joining the Crusaders.
"We're really excited because he's 6-foot-8 and he has very good skills, which allows him to play on the perimeter and shoot the ball and be able to drive from perimeter to the basket," Drew said in a phone interview.
The swingman played two years at Charlotte. He will sit out the 2013-14 season due to NCAA transfer rules and will have two seasons of eligibility remaining starting in 2014-15.
Nickerson played in 30 games and made 15 starts as a sophomore for the 49ers. He averaged 5.8 points and 2.6 rebounds. Nickerson averaged 16.9 minutes, 3.1 points and 2.1 rebounds as a freshman. ESPN.com ranked Nickerson, who is from Atlanta, No. 17 among all small forward in the nation in the Class of 2011.
"He played 22 minutes a game as a sophomore," Drew said. "Sitting out a year should allow him to get used to our system and improve his game and hopefully being an upperclassman that first year he's eligible, hopefully he'll be able to give us a lot of contributions.
"It will be a big year for him to get used to how we play so he's ready to go that next year."
Drew also announced that guard Alex Rossi would not be returning to the program. Rossi transferred from California before last season, largely for family reasons. He averaged 2.1 points in nine games and did not play after Dec. 22 against Purdue Calumet as he underwent cardiac ablation in late January.
Rossi sat out his freshman year at California with a hernia injury. He played a total of 16 minutes in three games as a redshirt freshman in 2011-12 for the Golden Bears. Rossi, who is from Winnetka, Ill., transferred to Valparaiso in May of 2012 and was granted immediate eligibility by the NCAA through a family hardship waiver in July of 2012.
"We loved having Alex in our program for the last year," Drew said. "We wish him all the best in the future. He'll always be part of the Valpo family."


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Molon Labe
This is a BFH Tee Shirt design. It will be available on AnthemStudios.net
I will put out an alert when they are available. Probably by Friday.
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The 300 Spartans at Thermopylae, the Texans-Texians at the Alamo, us. Molon Labe means you better get off your ass and prepare to defend your life with deadly force in bloody, vicious combat.
That is what's at stake. Do not let that treasonous commie bitch Dianne Feinstein pass her bill. Please God stop it.Noteworthy Comment +28
I like it!+9
Very powerful design! Excellent! Might it be available in a 4 X 6 inch bumper sticker?
I don't give nothing away,
Molon Labe
You say you want my Liberty?
I can't think of anything that rhymes right now so
Hell! I could a been a rock star!+7
Pressure Anthem about any stickers.
Great design! Great message, looks cool.Noteworthy Comment +12
I like it! Will they have tote bags too?
O/T What the fuck happened to Greece?
WTF happened to US!?+9
Damn right, J Frank Parnell.
Went to your Amazon store per invite. Saw Zazzle below it. Thought you guys dumped them. So is the lapdog shirt going to be offered by Anthem now?+1
Great design Fur!
Last week in a parking lot, a woman called out to me "Hey, great bumperstickers" noting the Gadsden flag and "I don't trust the liberal media" stickers my car is sporting. I thanked her for saying something and as she walked off she called out "Molon Labe!"
Yes, there's more of us out there than they know.Noteworthy Comment +13
Very cool.
Also found here:
Molōn labe! (Μολὼν λαβέ; approximate Classical Greek pronunciation [molɔ̀ːn labé], Modern Greek [moˈlon laˈve]), meaning "Come and take them!"
…The defiant response MOLON LABE of King Leonidas I of Sparta to Xerxes I of Persia, when asked to surrender when outmanned at the onset of the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC).
The Spartans (though defeated) inflicted heavy losses on the Persians such that their brethren Greek Warriors could later defeat the Persian Army.Noteworthy Comment +15
Breitbart would be proud!Noteworthy Comment +12
Yeah….yeah….when do YOU pull the trigger?+2
In the spirit of molon labe, anyone planning on doing a Chick-Fil-A-like visit to HOBBY LOBBY this Saturday, there's a 40% off coupon to be had by signing up for their email promos:
http://www.hobbylobby.com/email_subscriptions/thankyou.cfmNoteworthy Comment +10
@BFH: Is this your "shroud of Turin"?+1
That's freaking awesome BFH. I will be ordering one or two when they are available.+2
I'll take an extra large, cause I like them tight.+7
Guess who? She's too classy to flaunt it herself.+6
Attention Barry and Frank Parnell…………
Hoping you can help me figure something out. There is a poem written by Lord Byron a.k.a. George Gordon . Called "The Destruction of Sennacherib". It is a powerful moving piece of poetry. Reading it you can see the sparkling gold, you can smell the blood, and you can hear the dying horse gasping. This fighting is in the Bible in 2 King's 18:13-37… and Isiah 36:1-37.
I can never figure out when this took place, and could this poem be a part of what both of you are talking about? I do hope you can respond.
And BFH………….. I'm going to buy a T-shirt.+1
the joys of dial up!!+1
If you squint your eyes it almost looks like Moron Cafe.+3
Hope they have big and tall sizes! I love it!+2
Great Design. Have cash in hand… standing by….+1
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Yes she does! God Bless Ann B!+4
Great job, Fur! I had my son make several shirts just displaaying the phrase, using the script shown by Barry above, several years ago. Blood red ink on gray or navy. They were a big hit with my friends. They also were a puzzlement to some who saw them and had to ask what the words meant. Sad to say, I can't honestly say that I met more "supporters" than those offended here in East San Francisco East, MT.
Hope they do very well!+3
Boobie: Yes!
And go download the hobby lobby App on your phones. (iPhones and others) You get a coupon straight on your phone every week. All you have to do is show it to them.+1
Great shirt, great moto, great idea….
but…let me ask
When they decide to come and get them…what do you plan on doing? seriously?
Do not think for a moment that this will play out like 300, a united force against an overwhelming enemy. it will be done by dividing and conquer.
A single home at a time, with no support from friends, family or neighbors. In larger cities, it will be done by overwhelming force as was the case in the former Soviet Union, Cuba, Romania, etc.
Communism, if it knows how to do one thing, it is to disarm its citizens, inflict fear and turn neighbors against neighbors. It is methodical, calculated and swift.
The citizens of this country has for the most part lost their spirit to fight, save a few, and those few are divided and spread out.
Hell, we didn't even muster enough testosterone to kick boehner out…what does that tell you?
It will not be a glorious battle, it will be a bloodbath, in favor of the oppressors.
There is but one way.+1
This is but a taste of their vision,
There is so so much more out there as you all know.0


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Five Key Indigenous Peoples Issues For The Week Of August 11 - 17, 2011: International, Bangladesh, Brazil, Australia, Canada
International: International Finance Corporation Includes Free, Prior, And Informed Consent (FPIC) In New Sustainability Framework Policy Update
IFC's updated Sustainability Framework, approved by our Board of Directors on May 12, 2011, is now available. It will be effective on January 1, 2012.
The Sustainability Framework articulates IFC's strategic commitment to sustainable development and is an integral part of our approach to risk management. Originally adopted in 2006, the Framework was updated following an 18-month consultation process to incorporate valuable lessons from IFC's implementation experience and feedback from our stakeholders and clients.
The updated Framework clarifies approaches that have become recognized as good practice in recent years. It helps protect people and the environment, promotes transparency and accountability, and supports our clients in managing risks and doing business in a sustainable way. Read more about the IFC and Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in their new guidelines here....
Bangladesh: UPDF Intensifies Killing Of Innocent Jumma Villagers In Kaptai, Jurachari And Shuvalong
On 14 August 2011 around 8.00 pm armed terrorists of UPDF shot dead a newly elected member of Jurachari union named Mr. Gopal Chakma (34) s/o Ruhini Chandra Chakma while he was taking rest at his home at Kusumchari village in Jurachari upazila under Rangamati district.
On the other, another armed terrorist group of UPDF kidnapped two innocent villagers namely Mr. Ashish Kumar Chakma (36) s/o Bishweshwar Chakma from Mitingachari village under Shuvalong union in Barkal upazila and Mr. Shova Ratan Chakma (25) s/o Harbo Chakma from Naraichari village under Shuvalong union at gun point on 14 August 2011 around 11.30 pm.
Earlier on 11 August 2011 around 7.30 am UPDF's terrorists shot dead three innocent Jumma youths including a supporter of PCJSS at Agapara of Chitmaram union in Kaptai upazila under Rangamati district while the victims along with other villagers were taking breakfast at a tea-shop. The deceased were identified as Mr. Kyaching Thowai Marma (27) s/o Mraching Thowai Marma, Mr. Hlasui Khoi Marma (30) s/o Hlaching Prue Marma and Mr. Bebi Chakma (32) s/o Ananda Chakma. Read more about the killing of innocent Jumma people in Bangladesh here....
Brazil: National Force And Army Will Form The Basic Security Of FUNAI Post Attacked On The Border With Peru
The National Security Force and the army will enhance the security of the base of the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) attacked by Peruvian armed groups at the end of July. The Ethno-Envira Protection Front, which operates in the protection of isolated Indians, is 32 kilometers from the border between Brazil and Peru and five days by boat from the closest Brazilian city, Feijó (AC).
The base was invaded and pillaged by Peruvian traffickers. FUNAI agents feared that the Peruvians had attacked isolated indigenous people in the region, who were photographed for the first time in May 2008. A few days after the invasion of the base, a team found a camp where there was a mattress, bags of sugar, a backpack with boxes of cartridges stolen from the base of FUNAI and a piece an arrow of the isolated Indians.
Despite evidence, isolated indigenous communities were not attacked by Peruvian traffickers. The evaluation is that of the President of FUNAI, Márcio Meira, and the national public security Secretary, Regina Miki, who flew into the region last Tuesday (9). Read more about the FUNAI post attacked along the Peruvian border here....
Australia: Yindjibarndi Challenge Against FMG Solomon Hub Far From Over
On Friday 12 August the Full Federal Court handed down its decision rejecting a challenge by the Yindjibarndi People against the grant of three mining leases to Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) for its Solomon Hub project.
YAC advises that it is seeking advice about appealing this decision by the Federal Court to the High Court of Australia.
"We are disappointed with the decision but it comes as no surprise. This confirms what we have known all along, that the Native Title Act is a bad piece of legislation that consistently works against the interests of the first Australians. What is worse is that the system gives us no chance against the teams of company lawyers, land access managers and FMG's unlimited war chest. The deck has been stacked against us," Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation CEO, Michael Woodley, said.
Mr Woodley said that while some companies are at least attempting to give the appearance of honouring the spirit of the Native Title Act, FMG is giving industry a bad name by using the NTA for their own profit. He said the NTA is gravely flawed because it has no power to oblige FMG to fairly compensate for the massive damage of their Solomon Hub project while a native title determination on the Yindjibarndi #1Claim is pending; and that FMG is cleverly using this to convince the poorest of Yindjibarndi members that they should sign up to a whole-of-country agreement that will forever subordinate Yindjibarndi rights to FMG's interests in the much larger area of their original determination. Read more about the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation's challenge against FMG's Solomon Hub here....
Canada: Missanabie Cree First Nation Celebrates Long-Awaited Land Transfer
The Chief and Council of the Missanabie Cree First Nation are pleased to announce a significant achievement in the quest to return to our homelands. The people of the Missanabie Cree First Nation will be celebrating the successful negotiation of a Land Transfer Agreement with the Government of Ontario that will provide our community with approximately fifteen (15) square miles of land in our traditional territory.
MCFN Chief Kim Rainville welcomes the opportunity to host a celebration. "We will commemorate the signing on August 17, 2011 with a ceremonial signing and feast at Dog Lake. I am grateful for the patience, perseverance and hard work of our previous leaders, administrations and legal representatives whose efforts have brought us to where we are today, preparing to re-establish a community within our traditional home lands."
Audrey Bateson, Chair of the Land Transfer Advisory Committee, agrees and notes that "the first recorded request for land occurred in the year 1897. Subsequent attempts occurred in 1906, 1915, and 1929 and all were rejected. This brings us to this point where the Ontario Government is returning 15 square miles of land to our First Nation and it has taken well over 100 years to get here!" Read more about the Missanabie Cree First Nation and historic land transfer here....
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It is so hard to stick to a healthy diet and exercise regimen. I believe that rewarding desired behavior is an effective reinforcement. That's why I never fail to keep handy a supply of Munson's bridge mix and dark choc non-pareils. Our dog loved bridge mix and lived to be 20. That's 140 in human years. I aspire to the same diet and longevity.
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This is awesome! I'm excited to track your progress.
I met Emily that same night, and I definitely need to get in touch with her.
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Ok...so I read this entry as I was having my second Snicker's Peanut Butter Bar of the day and now I feel guilty. I generally don't eat the stuff, but it was calling me from the vending machine. LOL
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Baby, it's Cold Outside
[Crossposted to My Vox blog.]
Via Majikthise, Brad Hicks has a good analysis of "Baby, It's Cold Outside."
There's not much more I can say about the analysis, but the responses in comments are quite interesting, particularly in how the song is defended. It's illustrative of the ways in which the status quo with respect to rape and consent gets defended. Continue reading
Great Moments in Jurisprudence
[Crossposted to my Vox blog.]
Plenty of people have commented on the Missouri rape case where a judge decided that once penetration had been consented to, there really wasn't any crime.
And as plenty of people have pointed out, this is a monumentally stupid ruling.
(Trigger warning.) Continue reading
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You Make Me Feel So Young
[Crossposted to my Vox blog.]
Just when I was starting to feel like I was getting old, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services comes through and treats me like a kid again:
Now the government is targeting unmarried adults up to age 29 as part of its abstinence-only programs, which include millions of dollars in federal money that will be available to the states under revised federal grant guidelines for 2007.
Up to 29? Heck, even if we don't take the usual tactic here of focusing on the endpoint, the average age of the cohort they're including is 24. Most unmarried 24-year-olds are going to be either in the workforce or higher education – presumably at that point they've merited a little autonomy? Continue reading
[Crossposted to my Vox blog.]
It's been a while since I've heard good news on the reproductive rights front – it's been abortion bans and "conscience clauses" for so long.
Yesterday the New York Court of Appeals issued a decision in Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany v. Serio upholding a provision of the Women's Health and Wellness Act which requires all but a narrowly defined category of religious institutions to provide insurance coverage for contraception if they provide prescription drug coverage. Continue reading
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[Crossposted to my Vox blog.] Amy Gahran has a good post up about apologies and why they're necessary. The post was sparked by Amy Alkon's advice column about cheating, entitled "Along Came Polyamory." Understandably, many polyamorous folk were miffed at … Continue reading
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What To Do When You Screw Up
(…and we all screw up at some point.) [Crossposted to my Vox blog.] From Hugo Schwyzer's post on the Valenti/Althouse incident, after he himself got called on an offensive comment he made: For the record, I will happily pose for … Continue reading
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Yet Another Take on the Althouse Incident
[I've got a new blog on Vox, with these posts and a few others. Commenting, unfortunately, requires registration to the service, but I've got a few invite codes for it. Come visit.]
There's been a bit of a kerfuffle this weekend over Ann Althouse's treatment of Feministing's Jessica Valenti.
(I'm not going to call it "Boobiegate." It's been over thirty years since Watergate; can we stop framing everything in terms of the Baby Boomers and let that go the way of Teapot Dome?)
What It Was About
The short version: Ann Althouse responded to this photo of Bill Clinton with several bloggers by making an vague allusion to the Lewinsky scandal.
Let's just array these bloggers… randomly.
(As other folks have pointed out, the bloggers were arrayed not "randomly" but in terms of height.)
The first commenter, Goesh, picked up on it:
Who is the Intern directly in front of him with the black hair?
The woman in question, Jessica Valenti of Feministing, takes offense at being reduced to an element of a joke:
The, um, "intern" is me. It's so nice to see women being judged by more than their looks. Oh, wait…
And it all snowballs from there as Ms. Althouse gets defensive:
Well, Jessica, you do appear to be "posing." Maybe it's just an accident.
Jessica: I'm not judging you by your looks. (Don't flatter yourself.) I'm judging you by your apparent behavior. It's not about the smiling, but the three-quarter pose and related posturing, the sort of thing people razz Katherine Harris about. I really don't know why people who care about feminism don't have any edge against Clinton for the harm he did to the cause of taking sexual harrassment seriously, and posing in front of him like that irks me, as a feminist. So don't assume you're the one representing feminist values here. Whatever you call your blog….
She goes on to create a whole new post, entitled "Let's take a closer look at those breasts", in which she writes:
Sooooo… apparently, Jessica writes one of those blogs that are all about using breasts for extra attention. Then, when she goes to meet Clinton, she wears a tight knit top that draws attention to her breasts and stands right in front of him and positions herself to make her breasts as obvious as possible?
Maybe it's just overexposure to comics, but I don't really see that as anything more than standing up straight, turning to make sure she's not blocking out Mr. Clinton, and smiling. Other people, especially those commenters who identify themselves as Ms. Valenti's age or younger, seem to see it the same way.
After that post draws 500 comments' worth of ire, defensiveness and trolling, she washes her hands of the whole deal with one more post:
I'm surpassingly sick of this comments thread from yesterday, and I'm not even going to read all the commentary on other blogs. The immense tiresomeness is actually undermining my will to blog this morning.
I don't mind an intense, verbal fight about ideas, but this wasn't that. This was, every time you expressed a substantive idea, the answer was, essentially, "Stop looking at my breasts." (I'm picturing an SNL sketch based on that concept, and like the usual SNL sketch, it goes on way too long.)
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Harlan Ellison's "Apology": Sorry I Rubbed You the Wrong Way
(I'll be away for the next few days at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto. If anyone else will be there and wants to meet up, drop me a line. As far as I know, Harlan Ellison won't be there.)
Dora has written a great post on the subject of Ellison's behavior at the Hugo Awards. If you haven't read it already, stop reading this and go read that one first.
She linked to Ellison's apology, which was the sort of non-apology I've gotten used to hearing from public figures when they don't understand that they did anything wrong. Continue reading
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Sexism on a Plate (Classism, too)
"I've had it with this m*****f***ing sexism on my m*****f***ing plate!"
Over on Feministing, Sailorman recently commented about an entry on The New York Times "Dining & Wine" blog concerning the increasingly infrequent practice of giving menus without prices to some patrons at restaurants. (Feministe has commented on this as well.)
The actual practices described varied from automatically giving a woman a menu "sans prix" when she dined with a man, to providing price-free menus only on request for people who wanted to treat a family member or business client.
I was most surprised at the comments to the blog entry, which leaned heavily on the side of bemoaning the loss of "class," "chivalry" and "old world style" involved with this practice. Continue reading
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Feminist Video Games?
This is disappointing.
I've seen Beyond Good & Evil and The Longest Journey cited as exemplars of "feminist video games", but not much beyond that.
Of course, there's the larger question of what would make a game good from a feminist perspective. In addition to being good from a gameplay perspective, I'd say such a game would include female characters who are full agents in the game world, and who are treated as subjects rather than objects. I think a variation of the Mo Movie Measure applies as well, in that female characters should interact with other female characters in ways that aren't centered around men. Continue reading
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