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Europe is at a far worse state when it comes to cyber defense than are the United States, Australia, and Japan. The reason is very simple: The way the European Union is set up is totally contra-productive to how public leadership should be able to address a rapid and cascading set of nation-state cyberattacks.
Pre-Internet institutional arrangements may cripple the future ability to utilize cyber as a national security instrument. The European Union, which is a separate entity with some overlap to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, would naturally be a potential cyber powerhouse. A confederation of 28 countries—with ambitions to grow to more than 30—it represents a sizeable economy, over 300 million people, and a well advanced information technology establishment.
There is no supreme commander in the European Union. Each country has the right to design its own defense posture. Seen from a cyber-perspective the question is how to be able to react to rapid interchanges and attacks, which are escalating to a conflict, if there has to be a joint decision by 28 supreme commanders? Technically that can be solved by preauthorizing and dedicating specific agencies, but that would work only as long as the interchanges are limited and are not seen as a national security threat. Cyber has short decision time frames. Institutional arrangements such as the European Union´s defense are unfit for dealing with digital national security. The networked society forces nation states to reevaluate pre-Internet institutional arrangements, as these can undermine the cyber effort.
Returning to the question about the European cyberdefense, how will Europe create a uniform, cohesive approach to address cyberattacks and cyberaggression by foreign states? Especially, if that requires redefining what the European Union is by integrating its defenses into one body. Europe can be defended by NATO because the vast majority of the European Union countries are NATO members, but then it is not the European Union that defends itself. Those EU countries that are not also in NATO are then assumed to arrange their own cyber-defense.
(Page 2 of 2)It would be each US state figuring out its own cyber strategy, implementation, research, and knowledge dissemination with no leadership or guidance.
The European information security agency, ENISA, is not an actively participating operative agency like the U.S. National Security Agency, but a body set up to be subject matter experts on information security and support the European Union efforts. The epicenter for European Union political and bureaucratic power is in Brussels, Belgium, where both the EU and NATO headquarters are located. The combined EU and NATO headquarters are European power.
Where is ENISA located? The primary agency for European information security is located in Heraklion, Greece. Where is that? On some island in the Mediterranean. From an American perspective it is similar to placing a central agency for federal cyber defense in Fairbanks, Alaska, or perhaps on the upper peninsula of Michigan. I use the ENISA location as an example how dysfunctional European cyber defenses are and how other non-relevant interests, such as Greece also wants an agency of significance that can be place at a remote spot to promote the rural economy, prevails. Europe is far behind to withstand a national cyber crisis.
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The epicenter of cyber is Washington, D.C., and the discourse radiates from the national capital outward. The question is how far from the Beltway it reaches. Does the rest of this nation care about the national security threat that is embedded in future adversarial cyber operations?
One of my major cyber concerns for the next 10 years is how to disseminate the cyber knowledge into small-town America. The vast majority of the utilities, plants and local government facilities are located in small towns and communities. The United States has 3,500 counties, 18,000 state and local police departments, and 50,000 water utilities of various sizes — just to give you an idea of the scale of local government. This disconnect between the federal level and the local communities is nothing unique for cyber. Implementation is a challenge for every public program just because the sheer size of the volume of information and guidance that have to be communicated, disseminated and checked.
Cyber is unique because it allows states to engage in a conflict within another country and engage the target with limited ability for the targeted nation to identify, intercept and prevent the attack. This increases the number of potential targets astronomically and it also affects the society at all levels and locales when every part of our society can be cyber attacked.
I live in a small town with two Waffle Houses, one IHOP and one post office where you are greeted as family, but it also has three major food-processing plants, a rubber factory, a larger energy utility and a sizeable sawmill. Cyber security is naturally a part of the operating procedures for the major corporations, but is not really on most people's mind. Here lies the challenge: How can we change the mindset so cyber is seen as a local problem and not an issue to be handed off to the federal government?
The critical infrastructure and the manufacturing base of America are located in thousands of these small towns. If the drive for increased cyber security and ability to reach national cyber resilience do not reach these communities, these incentives are pointless exercises.
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Dr. Jan Kallberg is researcher at Cyber Operations Lab, Cyber Security Research and Education Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, an Assistant Professor at Arkansas Tech University, and part-time faculty at George Washington University. Kallberg firmly believes that cyber research is to seek the unknown and find ways to utilize cyber as a policy option. He has been published in Strategic Studies Quarterly, Joint Forces Quarterly, Military Review, Air and Space Power Journal, IEEE Access, IEEE Professional, and IEEE Security & Privacy. Dr. Kallberg co-authors the in 2014 forthcoming book titled: "Digital National Security – Cyber Defense and Cyber Operations". His personal website is www.cyberdefense.com – a domain name registered in 1996.
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Cyberwarfare: virtual reality bites
16 December 2013
Once limited to the arsenals of rogue computer hackers, cyberattacks are fast becoming a weapon of choice for international state-sanctioned combatants. As governments scramble to protect themselves, Jan Kallberg of Arkansas Tech University speaks to Jack Wittels about the online evolution's impact on national defence strategies.
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Societal Cyberwar Theory Applied: The Disruptive Power of State Actor Aggression for Public Sector Information Security
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The Navy and Lockheed Martin recently tested an airborne-relay sensor and networking technology that allows ships to locate and destroy threats and targets that would otherwise be beyond the radar horizon, service and industry officials said.
Called the Naval Integrated Fire Control – Counter Air, or NIFC-CA, the August test involved the firing of a Standard Missile 6, or SM-6, from the USS Chancellorsville, a Navy cruiser.
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Public Open Data access has a direct impact on future IT entrepreneurs' perception of ability to execute their business plans. Using high quality (50-98 % response rate) survey data from 138 Swedish it-entrepreneurs we find that access to Public Open Data is considered very important for many IT-startups. 43% find open data essential for the realization of their business plan and 82 % claim that access would support and strengthen the business plan. The survey also indicates a significant interest in, and willingness to pay for, public sector information data from companies that do not intend to commercialize data themselves, but intend to use it to support or test other business models. From the survey it is possible to infer that the previous discourse on Open Data, viewing it as a mean for government accountability or egovernment, or as the foundation for commercialization of public sector information (PSI) data is too limited. Open Data should instead be seen as an enabler of innovation outside these traditional sectors. This also indicates that the previously calculated societal values of Open Data might be underestimated.
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Open Data as a Foundation for Innovation - The Enabling Effect of Free Public Sector Information for Entrepreneurs
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During the last year, several op-eds and commentaries have proposed that private companies have the right to strike back if cyber attacked and conduct their own offensive cyber operations.
The demarcation in cyber between the government and the private spheres is important to uphold because it influences how we see the state and the framework in which states interact. One reason we have a nation state is, in a uniform and structured way, under the guidance of a representative democracy, to deal with foreign hostility and malicious activity.
The state is given a monopoly on violence by its citizenry. The state then acts under the existing laws on behalf of the citizens to ensure the intentions of the population it represents. These powers grant the federal government an authority to enforce compliance of the laws and handle foreign relations. If the federal government cannot uphold that authority, confidence in government will suffer.
The national interest in protecting legitimacy and maintaining the confidence in the federal government is far stronger than the benefits of a few private entities departing on their own cyber odysseys to retaliate against foreign cyber attacks.
The importance of demarcation between government and private entities can be visualized with an example. A failed bank robbery leads to a standoff where the robbers are encircled by government law enforcement. The government upholds its monopoly on violence and, on behalf of the people, engages the robbers in a potential shootout.
All other citizens are instructed to leave the area. The law enforcement officers seek to solve the situation without any violence. This is how we have designed the demarcation between the government and the private sphere in the analog world.
If the US allowed companies to strike back following a foreign cyber attack, it would be abandoning this demarcation.
Going back to the example of bank robbers surrounded by law enforcement, the logic of private cyber retaliation would allow any customer who had an account in the robbed bank to show up and open fire at the robbers at their own discretion, leaving the police to sort out the shootout and the aftermath with no responsibility for the triggering event.
Abandoning the clear demarcation between government and private spheres leads to entropy, loss of control, and is counterproductive for the national cyber defense and the national interest.
The counter argument says private companies are defenseless against cyber attacks and therefore have the right to self defense. The independent Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property recently published a report that strongly supported allowing private companies to retaliate against cyber attackers. According to the commission, these counterstrikes should be conducted as follows: "Without damaging the intruder's own network, companies that experience cyber theft ought to be able to retrieve their electronic files or prevent the exploitation of their stolen information."
The proponents for private cyber retaliation base their view on several assumptions. First, that the private company can attribute the attack and determine who is attacking them.
Second, that the counterstriking companies have the cyber resources to engage, even if it is a state-sponsored organization on the other end, and that there will be no damages.
And third, that the events do not lead to uncontrolled escalation and that the cyber interchanges only affect the engaged parties.
An attacker has multiple options and can target other entities and institutions in reprisal. If the initial attacker is a state-sponsored organization in a foreign country, multinational companies could have significant business and interests at risk if the situation escalates. Private companies would
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The realm of conflict between states that could lead to war has expanded in recent years. The United States and other major military powers are gearing up to defend themselves from attack in cyberspace, just as they have done in the past from land, sea, air and outer space attack. The U.S. has identified, but not yet named, more than 20 nations that now have military units dedicated to employing cyber technology in war. The roll call certainly includes China and Russia, as well as the U.S. itself.
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With cyber criminals successfully targeting organizations of all sizes across all industry sectors, organizations need to be prepared to respond to the inevitable data breach.
A response should be guided by a response plan that aims to manage a cyber security incident in such a way as to limit damage, increase the confidence of external stakeholders, and reduce recovery time and costs.
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A Pentagon cybersecurity budget outline calls for spending almost $23 billion through fiscal 2018, as efforts are expanded on initiatives from protecting computer networks to developing offensive capabilities.
The Defense Department already has proposed $4.65 billion for such programs in the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, an 18 percent increase from the $3.94 billion budgeted this year. The five-year "cyber-expense" budget obtained by Bloomberg News calls for spending to remain elevated from past levels.
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State Actors' Offensive Cyberoperations: The Disruptive Power of Systematic Cyberattacks
During the last few years, several nation states have entered cyberspace in an attempt to use the Internet for policy, geopolitical, and state gains. Using development of the battle tank as an analogy, the authors explore the militarization of the Internet and how the ability to think beyond the existing cybersecurity paradigm has led to new cyberweapons and the need for new defensive strategies. The existing paradigm says that cyberspace is becoming more secure; the entrance of state actors reverses this trajectory, making cyberspace less secure and heavily contested.
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The U.S. president should tell the leader of China's communist party that its cyber attacks against Western targets threaten to undermine the Chinese economy and social order, an analyst said.
When asked what President Barack Obama should say to President Xi Jinping at their next meeting in June, James Mulvenon, a vice president at Defense Group Inc., a technology company in Vienna, Va., was blunt.
"This is imperiling your own economic development, which is imperiling your social stability, which is your No. 1 priority," Mulvenon said May 21 during a panel discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank in Washington, D.C. "The only message that will get through to a general secretary of the Chinese communist party is that economic development and social stability are threatened by the brazen scope and scale of this intrusion."
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The U.S. military does not believe its soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines should be engaged in combat with adversaries on a "level playing field." Our combat individuals enter engagements to win. To that end, the United States has used its technical prowess and industrial capability to develop decisive weapons that overmatch those of potential enemies. In its current engagement—what has been identified as an "era of persistent conflict"— the nation's most important weapon is the dismounted soldier operating in small units. Today's soldier must be prepared to contend with both regular and irregular adversaries. Results in Iraq and Afghanistan show that, while the U.S. soldier is a formidable fighter, the contemporary suite of equipment and support does not afford the same high degree of overmatch capability exhibited by large weapons platforms—yet it is the soldier who ultimately will play the decisive role in restoring stability.
Making the Soldier Decisive on Future Battlefields establishes the technical requirements for overmatch capability for dismounted soldiers operating individually or in small units. It prescribes technological and organizational capabilities needed to make the dismounted soldier a decisive weapon in a changing, uncertain, and complex future environment and provides the Army with 15 recommendations on how to focus its efforts to enable the soldier and tactical small unit (TSU) to achieve overmatch.
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John Carpenter, film director of horror movies such as Halloween, was once asked what he thought it was that scared theater audiences the most. His answer was simple: "Uncertainty." Carpenter understood that not knowing what will happen next often produces more anxiety and angst than actual traumatic events. As anyone who has sat on the edge of their chair during thrillers such as Psycho or Jaws understands, it's the apprehension and dread resulting from uncertainty that exacts the most psychological toll from viewers.
Unfortunately, today's Army finds itself reading from a script saturated with uncertainty. For a force accustomed to the draining yet preordained forecasts of the "Patch Chart" and the frenetic yet predictable pace of the ARFORGEN cycle, the end of the war in Afghanistan signals the beginning of a journey into the unknown. Soldiers—many of whom have known nothing but the Groundhog Day routine of deploying or preparing to deploy—now find themselves in an Army with undefined budgetary conditions and a still evolving mission.
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The U.S. Air Force has been quietly developing and has finally fielded a permanent solution to protect its crucial satellite communications signals from interference, hostile or otherwise.
Brig. Gen. Roger Teague, Air Force Space Command's strategic planner, noted during a speech at the 29th National Space Symposium earlier this month that the Rapid Attack Identification Detection Reporting System (Raidrs) is fielded — one of several accomplishments for the command in 2012. Raidrs is designed for "defensive counterspace," or protecting satellite communications links by alerting operators to anomalies in signals in the C, Ku, X and UHF frequencies.
A Raidrs prototype, designed by Integral Systems of Lanham, Md., was in use in the Middle East since July 2005. The system included a series of antennas that could be used to locate an ellipsis of area where a jamming source could be located. Those antennas were deployed forward in U.S. Central Command and require protection.
But they proved the concept of monitoring satellite communications signals and detecting the source of interference. This mission has become more crucial as U.S. forces have been more dispersed through the battlefield and reliant on satellite communications. Because the military's communications have inherent protection, Raidrs is focused on monitoring commercial satellite signals from the geosynchronous belt. The military relies heavily on these systems for operations abroad.
Now, however, the Air Force has fielded a more permanent system. The service now has a centralized operations center at Peterson AFB, Colo. Five transportable Raidrs Transportable Ground Segments (RTGS) are being strategically located at the following locations: Lualualei Naval Station, Hawaii; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.; Misawa Air Base, Japan; Kapaun Air Station, Germany and an unidentified location in Central Command. "By placing on RTGS in Japan and another in Hawaii, we can monitor signals for [electro-magnetic interference] throughout the Pacific region," according to a command spokeswoman.
No additional Raidrs procurements are planned.
A system that would pick up anomalies I think is a big leap forward.
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pril 12, 2013 — CSO — An Air Force general this week stoked speculation about the military's cyberwar preparedness when he revealed it had reclassified six cyber tools as weapons.
Reclassifying the tools -- which weren't explained in any detail -- will enable their programs to more effectively compete for scarce funds in the Defense Department's budget, reasoned Lt. Gen. John Hyten, vice commander of the Air Force Space Command.
The move would help "normalize" military cyber operations, said Hyten at a cyber conference held in conjunction with the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Reuters reported. It will also help cyber capabilities "get more attention and the recognition [they deserve]," he added.
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Historically, since the Internet started to become a common feature in our lives, hackers have been seen as a major threat. This view has repeatedly been entrenched and distributed by media coverage and commentaries through the years. Instead the first 20 years of the Internet was acceptably secure due to the limited abilities of the attackers, compared to the threat generated from a militarized Internet with state actors conducting cyber operations. In reality, the Internet has a reversed trajectory for its security; it has become more unsafe over time and moved from a threat to the individual to a national security threat. The entry of state actors creates a contested cyberspace where intelligence, economic espionage, information operations, and psychological operations radically changed the fundamentals for Internet security. The state actor seeks to exploit weaknesses in the targeted national infrastructure, industrial base's connection to the global networked grid, and take advantage of the fact that our populations heavily rely on the Internet. The aggressive state actor has an advantage in cyberspace due to the weaknesses in attribution, which work as a standing invite to conduct proxy wars, utilizing criminal networks or aligned political groups, to carry out the attacks with little risk for detection. This requires a modified view on cyberspace role in national security.
Chapter 19 – From Cyber Terrorism to State Actors' Covert Cyber Operations
Jan Kallberg, Bhavani Thuraisingham
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Chapter 19 – From Cyber Terrorism to State Actors' Covert Cyber Operations
- Available online 26 February 2013
Historically, since the Internet started to become a common feature in our lives, hackers have been seen as a major threat. This view has repeatedly been entrenched and distributed by media coverage and commentaries through the years. Instead the first 20 years of the Internet was acceptably secure due to the limited abilities of the attackers, compared to the threat generated from a militarized Internet with state actors conducting cyber operations. In reality, the Internet has a reversed trajectory for its security; it has become more unsafe over time and moved from a threat to the individual to a national security threat. The entry of state actors creates a contested cyberspace where intelligence, economic espionage, information operations, and psychological operations radically changed the fundamentals for Internet security. The state actor seeks to exploit weaknesses in the targeted national infrastructure, industrial base's connection to the global networked grid, and take advantage of the fact that our populations heavily rely on the Internet. The aggressive state actor has an advantage in cyberspace due to the weaknesses in attribution, which work as a standing invite to conduct proxy wars, utilizing criminal networks or aligned political groups, to carry out the attacks with little risk for detection. This requires a modified view on cyberspace role in national security.
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Strategic Intelligence ManagementNational Security Imperatives and Information and Communications Technologies
2013, Pages 229–233
Edited By Babak Akhgar and Simeon Yates
Chapter 19 – From Cyber Terrorism to State Actors' Covert Cyber Operations
- Available online 26 February 2013
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Chapter 19 - From Cyber Terrorism to State Actors' Covert Cyber Operations
, Pages 229-233, Jan Kallberg, Bhavani Thuraisingham
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Over 15 years experience in cyber security and been actively thinking about how a contested and militarized cyberspace would develop for over a decade. See personal page: http://www.cyberdefense.com (registered 1996) Main Research Direction: Cyber Operations, Cyber Operations Integration in National Security, Strategic Deterrence, Cyber Warfare, Cyber Strategies, National Security, Deterrence Minor research interest: Public Transparency, Open Government, Public Leadership, Government in an Era of Austerity Structured as research directions: • Research Direction 1: Cyber Operations, Cyber Operations Integration in National Security, Offensive Cyber, Counter Cyber, Sensitive Intelligence, Strategic Deterrence, Cyber Warfare, Policy Options in Cyber Operations, Cyber Strategies • Research Direction 2: Information Assurance, Trust, Defensive Counter Cyber Operations, Environmental Long-Range Effects of Failed Cyberdefense • Research Direction 3: Public Transparency, Open Government, Public Leadership, Societal TrustCyber Operations
Cyber Operations Bridging from Concept to Cyber Superiority (with Bhavani Thuraisingham), Joint Forces Quarterly (2013)
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Designer Satellite Collisions from Covert Cyber War, Strategic Studies Quarterly (2012)
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When you open the door and walk into the room, it even smells like the 1960s. It reminds you of the old garage where your grandfather kept his twin Chevrolet Corvairs. But those aren't cars you smell. Those are computers.
This is the "1401 Room" on the first floor of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California — the room where Robert Garner and his motley crew of amateur technicians have spent the last decade reviving two of the massive IBM 1401 mainframe computers that littered the business world throughout the '60s and on into '70s.
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My research is focused mainly on cyber operations and national security. I have been published (or is accepted) in Joint Forces Quarterly, Strategic Studies Quarterly, Air and Space Power Journal, Military Review, Terrorism and political Violence, IEEE IT-Professional and IEEE Security & Privacy.
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what is the best way to keep/save a Malus, if the original plant is too old to be moved? I have a garden project, the old Malus has to go and the owners seem to be quite fond of it. And it is not just a box standard type, so I reckon the chances to get a young plant at a a nursery are very slim. --- I was in contact with a nursery. They would do the grafting, but due to some kind of health and safety rules (Switzerland) they couldn`t keep it afterwards, the owners would have look after it. Would it be possible and perhaps more bulletproof to take hardwood cuttings (about 8 inches or so) and stick those into the ground on a sheltered spot for a year or so until they root? Not sure whether those plants would have the same oomph as ones with proper root stock. Thanks for any hints and experience, bye, Lin |
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Most malus are propagated by budding or grafting, not by own-root cuttings. There are a number of reasons for this. One of the most important is starting with a climate adapted and disease free root stock. Even if this particular variety could be rooted from cuttings, there would be a great deal more involved than sticking them in the ground in a sheltered place. There would also be no guarantee that the own-roots would result in a viable plant, let alone one with oomph. The offer from the nusery seems very good, especially if they will hold them until they're sure the graft union has taken. If you had them graft several, there would be a margin for error. The owner would have to care for the potted grafts until they are large enough to plant out, but that should not present too many difficulties. If there should happen to be another malus on the property, it would be possible to top graft scions from the desired variety onto it as another preservation option. |
Hi, thanks for your answers. It seems that suckers work mainly for plain species crab apples. By chance last Friday my boss and me made a dash to a nursery nearby to choose/ hand pick some trees. A nursery guy took us in a car to those plantings, and on the way I jumped on this chance and asked the guy exactly this question. Without any hesitation he mumbled something like: grafting a bud, cuttings won`t work, stuff is always grafted, done in winter, then replanted. ---- Well, always learning, thanks again, bye, Lin |
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(02-04-2013 12:21 AM)nickm1123 Wrote: Just wow man! Great looking stuff. It has been a while since you have posted here! Nice pickups!
(02-04-2013 12:25 AM)aarhart1985 Wrote: thanks bro! It has been a great year so far for the PC haha.Just making my way around the forum and am sure I will run into a few of your posts!!! can't to see them man
(02-04-2013 12:27 AM)nickm1123 Wrote: Just posted a recent MJ post yesterday. Nothing as rare as your post, but some nicer MJs I have picked up. I can only dream of picking up a MJ Star Rubies card hahah!
(02-04-2013 04:18 AM)swjrp10 Wrote: nice stuff bro!
(02-04-2013 06:46 PM)TBarn291 Wrote: Sick collection man! Do you have a photobuckett or a previous thread on here with pics of your other Penny stuff?
(02-04-2013 06:34 PM)mickey7mantle7 Wrote: Dang...cool cards!


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The following is the most successful and the easiest way found for propagating seeds and transplanting seedlings:
1. Buy a "Jiffy Grower Seed Starter Kit" 98¢ (or similar brand) at a garden store. This kit consists of small peat-moss seed cups arranged like an egg-carton, with seedbed soil pre-mixed and sifted. So all you have to do is fill the cups with soil mix and moisten (according to package directions) and press the Tulasi seeds into the soil about 1/16" deep, about 6 seeds per cup. Keep in warm sunny room, avoiding temperature changes, out of strong drafts, and away from gas fumes. The alternative to buying this kit is to mix and sift 1 part compost, 1 part loam, and 2 parts clean river sand (unsalted): sift into seed flat or peat moss pots and water from beneath-- don't sprinkle them (washes seeds: This actually more expensive, time-consuming, and not as successful as the Seed Starter Kit, however).
2. The first Tulasi sprouts should appear in 6 or 7 days, and will continue appearing for several weeks. Keep the plastic seed-germination bag from pressing down on the seedlings- prop it up inside with sticks if necessary. When the seedlings are 1/2'' tall, the seed cups can be separated and each transferred to a bigger pot. (It is expected that some of the cups will have sprouts sooner than others. Just take out the sprouted cups and leave the unsprouted cups undisturbed in the plastic tray and bag. Each week or so, add a little tepid water to the bottom of the plastic seed pan if necessary, in order to keep the remaining unsprouted cups moist.)
3. Buy a dozen (12 for 79¢) 4" or 6" deep peat moss pots and some good planter soil-mix. (If you mix your own planter soil, use 2 parts sifted loam, 1 part clean river sand (unsalted) and 1 part sifted peat moss or leaf mold. Generally It should be slightly fertile, light with good drainage. There is no objection to mixing your own-- it's cheaper; but these peat moss pots are very nice as they give good ventilation, and simplify the eventual transplanting job. (1/16 part aged manure).
4. In late afternoon, in a wind protected spot (preferably just in the vicinity of the seed-kit so there'll be no temperature changes) sit down equipped with knife, few handfuls of rocks, water bottle (described herein), lots of tepid water, peat moss pots and soil mix. The idea is to simply put the sprouted seed cups into deeper pots, for more root-growing room; plant the whole cup; just remove the bottom of the cup. Begin by lining the bottom of the 4" peat pots with rocks for drainage; wet the soil mix thoroughly and fill the peat pots, leaving a depression for the seed cup to enter. With knife, carefully remove bottom of peat moss seed cup . Set the whole seed cup down into the moist depression, pressing down firmly on all sides to eliminate air gaps, and water thoroughly making a moat around the planted cup, but avoid direct watering into the seedling cup. (Direct watering may disturb seeds that are still germinating on the surface of the seed cup. Use a gentle squirt bottle and tepid (not cold-- or hot) water. Never hit the tiny seedlings directly with the water scream. (If by accident you do, pick them up and try to prop her up with soil, very gently. A thoroughly rinsed dish detergent bottle (plastic) with a punctured top makes a good watering bottle, having a gentle stream. When finished, leave the pots in same vicinity as seed kit. Place the pots 2 or 3 inches apart on "oven racks" or the like, so that they get good air circulation and drainage from beneath, and sides. Allow light but no direct sun exposure.
5. In a few days, gradually introduce them to filtered sunlight (or only a few morning hours, 8:30-11:30), say under a tree outdoors, or under a lath-screen. (This is assuming the weather is nice and nights aren't severely cold. Arrange the pots as above, on an oven rack, or better yet, an old bare bed- springs is the ideal thing- -one pot in each wire spiral - -this also gives good insect protection. Shield them from sun and wind. Protection from wind maybe afforded by attaching paraffin cloth, burlap, muslin, or plywood, to stakes, building a 4-sided box. Then fiberglass or aluminum window-screen can be tacked to the box edge, giving protection from sparrows, mynah birds, and flying insects . (Flies are especially bad-- they lay eggs in the leaves . Protect with screen.
6. Water the Tulasi seedlings thoroughly each morning before prasadam, using tepid water bottle. Keep a large pot of tepid water nearby for refilling the water bottle, as they should be kept nicely moist. If the seedlings start turning purplish or grayish, then they 're getting too much sun and not enough water. If this happens keep them in shade for a few days till they recover, else they may wither and disappear .
7. Care for the seedlings regularly in the above manner, offering obeisances and circumambulating twice daily and in a few weeks they will develop 2 or more sets of leaves. Then, if you have pots bearing more than one seedling (and you probably will), you have to plan on separating them by transplanting each into a separate peat moss pot (4" to 6 deep). This separation transplanting is difficult but it is necessary. So prepare the required number of peat moss pots as described in paragraphs #3 and # 4, and in late afternoon equip yourself with peat pots, a knife, spade, rocks, soil mix, water bottle and lots of tepid water. Important: The seedlings must be put one to a pot as soon as possible after they have 2 sets of leaves. Before hand be sure to water the pots to be transplanted thoroughly. This makes the soil stick more to the roots, protecting them while transplanting, the idea is to avoid breaking and losing the seedling's roots, to transplant as quickly as possible because even momentary root exposure to air and wind is damaging, and to keep as much moist soil as possible around the roots. After thorough watering, begin by cutting an inch or so deep into the peat pot, dividing it into two or more sections, depending on the number of seedlings. Start sections by cutting, then carefully pull the sections apart, trying to avoid root breakage and exposure as far as possible. Immediately plant the sections in the newly prepared peat pots, pressing down firmly and filling more with moist soil as needed, and water thoroughly several times. (Two devotees working together can do this part more quickly. Press soil around the plants firmly to eliminate drying air pockets, and water thoroughly several times. Full shade and increased watering should continue for 3 days, and longer if they wilt. If you do it quickly and carefully, there will be little or no wilting or drying up.
8 . After 3 days of shade (simply cover the screened bed with cloth to provide shade) and double watering, gradually introduce them to filtered sunlight,) and continue caring for them as in paragraphs 4 and 5. Continue this program for 2 or 3 weeks, until they hare 3 or 4 sets of leaves. When more leaves have appeared, you may check periodically to see if any tiny white rootless are coming through the bottoms of the pots. (One of the advantages of peat moss pots, aside from easy transplant, is that the roots never become cramped, thus dwarfing the plant. When the pot becomes too small, the roots start growing right through it. When you begin to see the roots coming through the bottom, it's time to put the Tulasi plants in their permanent location, either in the garden or in a large pot.
9. Transplanting into Pots: It is advisable to put a few plants in pots for the winter, especially if your center is in a cold climate. Large 10-12" deep cement pots or redwood planters are porous and very sturdy; clay pots are porous but break easily; plastic pots are non-porous and not very good. Indoors in cold season with use of a "plant-lamp" you should be able to continue growing Tulasi plants year-round, so use durable and large pots. Cement and redwood pots usually have little "legs" beneath, for drainage and air circulation, which is very important. Soil Mix: Give Srimati Tulasi-devi a very nice planter soil-mix and She'll grow and flourish nicely. You can either buy a ready-mixed packaged planter soil, or mix your own-- which is just as good, done properly, and cheaper. A good planter mix is 2 parts garden loam (more or less depending on whether soil is light or heavy in texture), 1 part compost, 1 part coarse sand (clean and unsalted), 1 part peat moss or leaf mold, and 1 part well-rotted dehydrated cow manure. (Cow manure must be dehydrated; fresh cow manure will burn roots, so buy dehydrated manure in garden store. ) Drainage: Be sure the pot drains freely. Place curved piece of crockery ( broken clay pot) over the drainage hole, then line bottom of pot with 1 or 2 inches of coarse gravel, so that dirt will neither sift through holes nor clog them. Potting procedure: In late afternoon, prepare cement or redwood pot as above, and fill it with moist soil mix, leaving depression in center of pot. water Tulasi to be potted. Then with knife, carefully remove bottom of Tulasi 's peat moss pot, and set peat pot and Tulasi (together) down into the depression, pressing firmly so there will not by any air pockets . Leave about 1 inch of pot rim above dirt surf ace, for ease in watering water thoroughly by soaking pot in basin from below. Care of Tulasi in Pots: The safest thing is to water thoroughly when necessary and allow plant to take up the moisture, or, water lightly each morning. This is dependent on climate, etc. Try not to over-water or under-water. Light: Tulasi likes full sun so give them a sunny window. Or, if there's no sunshine, buy a "plant lamp" and grow them year-round beneath it. But don't suddenly take them outside on a sunny day . The shock from the contrast would be very great and could have a damaging effect. Cleansing Her Leaves: House dust is another factor in indoor cultivation. Leaves covered with a film of dust cannot carry on transpiration in the normal manner. To keep them dust free, clean the leaves-- top and bottom-- with a damp cloth or sponge, twice a month. Do this very very gently especially in the beginning when plants are very delicate ~ Leaves should always be cleansed after the muddy job of transplanting. Never use soap or oil of any kind on the leaves (rinse off when you do )
- 10. Outdoor Planting of Tulasi: To Prepare a bed for the Tulasi outdoors, located in full sun, and construct wind protection box, and screen for keeping out unwanted birds and flying insects. Tulasi likes light, fertile, well-drained soil, slightly alkaline, and deeply cultivated. So find out what kind of soil you have, and add the required soil amendments. (for example, if soil is too heavy, and clay like, you add leaf mold, compost, sand and sawdust.) But in any case, mix in good quantities of dehydrated cow manure, compost and leaf mold ( or peat moss ); then cultivate thoroughly . Transplanting into the ground: In late afternoon, equipped with knife, spade, water, measuring stick, dig 4-6" holes ( the size of the peat pots ) spacing them 12" apart in rows 15-18" apart. Fill the holes with water and let drain somewhat. Then, one by one, carefully remove the peat pot's bottom, and set the whole pot and Tulasi y down into the hole, pressing firmly and watering again and again. There should be no problem in this setting out, since you don' t have to disturb the roots in any way . Keep them in partial shade several days and gradually expose them to full sun. Cultivate ground every week or so, keeping free from weeds. Water regularly each morning, and they'll "grow like anything" Haribol!
Note: These peat pots are very advantageous for growing plants more quickly, with less transplant set-back, but great care must be taken in handling them as they break and tear very easily. If you always pick them up with both hands, there'll be little problem. If the bottom does fall out of one, however, do this: get a new peat pot and line the bottom with gravel fill it 2" or so with soil mix, and set the bottomless pot down into it, pressing firmly but carefully.
Additional Notes:
If Jiffy grower seed starter kits are not available in your area, then you can get pre-sifted planter soil mix, and put it into small peat moss pots, then cover with a piece of perforated plastic bag by means of a rubber band. And water from below.
Sec. 10. When plants are a little taller, for wind protection and to give them stability, drive a thin stake into the ground 1" or so beside stalk base, and loosely tie stalk to it with a to thin strip of soft cotton cloth (a strip at least 1" wide). Tie it loosely and in a place where it won't obstruct growth of new leaves. This gives the slender delicate stalk good support, even in wind, and makes for more rapid growth. In a few months, the stalk is no more soft and purple, but becomes hard and woody, like a little tree. Still if the area is windy, best to leave the support stake in permanently.
Srila Prabhupada said there are two kinds of Tulasi, Rama Tulasi which is greener, and Krishna Tulasi which is purple. The type we have got is Rama Tulasi, He said. Srila Prabhupada said also there will be little fruits shaped like temples in a year or so. Now, there are flower stalks, which He called Manjari. His Divine Grace also mentioned that in India, in temple courtyards, there are always Tulasi growing. In temple courtyards they also grow in a 3' pillar that is like a big pot, and Srimati Tulasi-devi is worshipped regularly by the devotees. Especially in villages, the women take very nice care of the Tulasi plant. They water and offer obeisances and circumambulate in the morning. and in the evening they offer lamp and incense, like arati. He said if arati can be done that is very nice; She is great devotee and they offer respect. And She is very, very important necessary paraphernalia in our worship.


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Submitted by Ana White on
Mom to Mom, I just want to say thank you for all the positive comments to the girls on their Momplex Video Tour! You totally made their day! The girls were jumping up and down squealing "they like our video, they like our video!" as I read your comments to them, and are busy planning more videos!
Did you notice inside the Momplex that we actually are closer than you'd think? Alot of this has to do with building with ARXX blocks - we skipped five steps in one! But there's still tons and tons of work to be done. First up, we've got to start sealing the Momplex in!
You've probably already noticed the huge gaps and cracks in the Momplex. Mom certainly has, and commented on how she doesn't like drafts.
Well we are going to take care of that today!
Now remember, not only are we trying to get our Mom's a new house to live in, but we are also building super insulated to keep heat bills down. Getting these cracks filled is very important to keep Mom warm and not broke! Some people in Alaska pay upwards of $1000 a month to heat their homes in winter months!
Spray foam works great for sealing in cracks and gaps. It just sprays in.
We've invested in a spray gun so you can turn it off when you need to without spoiling a whole can.
Every inch of the Momplex is inspected and filled with spray foam where needed.
But the plywood isn't enough. Come a good wind, the blow in insulation will just fill up those sofits!
You can buy foam baffles specifically designed for this application for less than a buck each.
And they just get stapled in place.
NOTE: You actually don't need the plywood blocking for these foam baffles, but with the high winds up at the Momplex, we opted to put them in. Cheap insurance.
The baffles went up really fast!
Now we are one step closer to getting the Momplex fully insulated!
What's left?
- Vent Pipes in ceiling (done deal - will be blogging about in few days!)
- Plumbing Pipes for vents in ceiling (done deal too!)
- Electrical Boxes in ceiling with wire run to switches (still working on wiring)
- Vapor Barrier on ceiling
- Drywall hung on ceiling
- Insulation blown in ceiling
- Garage doors installed (happening right now!)
I feel pretty good about getting at least one Mom moved in by this year!
So how do you insulate where you live? Is insulating for hot weather the same as cold weather? Have you used the baffles? Do they hold up? We'd love to know!
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By Bess LevinThe bank has ran its own internal investigation and found no evidence of wrongdoing but prosecutors are still going to take a look-see themselves.
The investigation, being conducted by economic-crimes prosecutors in Mannheim, was started in March against unnamed employees after a tax inquiry in the southwestern state of Baden Wuerttemberg identified suspicious transfers of funds from Germany to Switzerland, allegedly executed by a German taxpayer with the assistance of the Frankfurt-based office of UBS Deutschland AG…In May, prosecutors seized more than 100,000 computer files and other records during a search of the bank's Frankfurt office, Mr. Lintz said. Tax investigators are assessing this material to identify evidence that bank officials acted as accessories to tax evasion, he said.
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Rain delays. Once the bane of a fan's existence. But, for college kids today, a new platform for unbridled personal expression.
Fueled by the avant-garde dance-off performance of the UCONN and USF men during an extended 2009 weather hiatus, the college baseball rain delay entertainment industry has taken off. Here are a few of our favorites from every level of college diamond competition.
USF/UCONN Danceoff (2009)
It garnered the attention of ESPN and set the wheels of rain delay shenanigans in motion. The train hasn't stopped rolling since. This set includes the chicken dance, macarena, some Michael Jackson and even a little James Brown. Huge points for spontaneity and creativity across the board – in a Big East tourney game no less!
Western Kentucky/Florida Atlantic: Moshing and More (2010)
This one had the "roller coaster" and some of the now-old-standbys before they'd gone "mainstream." We particularly liked the rock concert mosh pit and Shake Weight transformation circle. But the sniper in the stands could be the coup de grace.
Radford/High Point: The Joust (2011)
The boys from Radford and High Point stole the show during their rain delay in 2011. While the half-naked "Jump On It!" exhibition was nice, it was the jousting match that captured the hearts and minds of Americans.
Clemson/Davidson: Leisure Sports (2011)
Perhaps inspired by their jousting counterparts, Clemson and Davidson took the play-acting dynamic to heights previously unknown. In this six-minute clip, you'll live the magic that is created when two fun-lovin' squads try to fill the dead time with popular leisure sports and other activities. The Tigers and Wildcats enjoyed bowling, hunting, golf, tennis and curling, along with some seven-on-seven football and a revolutionary war battle among other engagements. The play-by-play commentary from the booth helped make this an instant classic.
Edgewood/Rockford: On the Can (2012)
Edgewood and Rockford might not have the name recognition of some of the other bigger programs to grace this list. But they lack nothing in the enthusiasm and creativity departments. After dozens of imitators, it's tough to bring something completely new to the table. The boys go down some familiar routes, but score extra points for moose hunting, the four-man bobsled and a squat rack session. It was the squatting of another kind that scored bonus points in our book, though, complete with reading material (see 6:15 mark or so).
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Stiglitz, Joseph E., Globalization and Its Discontents, Norton, (paperback), 2003
Smith, Jackie, Social Movements for Global Democracy, Johns Hopkins, (paperback), 2008
Berger, Peter L. and Samuel P. Huntington, Many Globalizations, Oxford, (paperback), 2003
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The effect of the minimum wage for tipped workers on firm strategy, employees and social welfare
Labour Economics, Volume 19, Issue 5, October 2012, Pages 748-755
Ofer H. Azar
The paper has been selected by the editors as the 2013 winner of the annual "EALE Labour Economics Prize" for the best paper published in 2012. The panel was impressed by the well-constructed theoretical model that addressed a rather special, but under researched issue. The award underlines our commitment to publish theoretical work that has a strong focus on how labour markets work - and follows on from awards in the previous two years that were natural experimental and structural empirical papers. Labour Economics welcomes excellent research across the board.
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Markus Frölich
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Lisa B. Kahn
The long-term labor market consequences of graduating from college in a bad economy
Labour Economics, Volume 17, Issue 2, April 2010, Pages 303-316
Grégory Jolivet
A longitudinal analysis of search frictions and matching in the U.S. labor market
Labour Economics, volume 16, issue 2, April 2009, pages 121-134
Scott E. Carrell
The national internal labor market encounters the local labor market: Effects on employee retention
Labour Economics, Volume 14, Issue 5, October 2007, Pages 774-787
Kenneth Carling and Laura Larsson
Does early intervention help the unemployed youth?
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Wage formation and recurrent unemployment
Labour Economics, Volume 9, Issue 1, February 2002, Pages 17-61
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0Apr 19, '12 by shygstgurlCongrats for everyone who got in! To those who haven't heard any news, don't lose hope they are still in the process of reviewing applications!
@ktg80 I changed the credits on Albert. After logging in and going to the financial aid page, there was a button that said "Anticipated Enrollment". After that it should be easy to change the amount of credits. Unfortunately. I think for the summer semester we will have a different financial package that they will determine later.
For those interested in my Financial Aid Package: I basically didn't get anything besides a $5,000 College of Nursing scholarship and a lot of unsubsidized/federal plus loans shared across two semesters. =// Sucks for me I'm going to have to get the other half of the money from private loans. -
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Whewf! All the seeds are off and running. Being the first time I have done SASE was a learning experience. Canada post will let 100 grams go for 1.15...200 grams for 2.30. Note...NOTHING but a package or two of seeds can be sent for one 51 cent stamp.
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Anybody else had this? I have been peri-menopausal for a while (forever, it seems). I've been on Seasonique BCPs for about 18 months, I started them because I was having frequent, heavy periods with migraines. Since I've been on the pills I haven't had a real period since. Twice I had very light spotting, never on my "off pill" week. I haven't even had spotting since about 8 months ago. Two weeks ago I came off of the BCPs, as my gyn thought I was truly menopausal now and no longer peri-menopausal. I'm now having lots of trouble with my eyes. I'm a contact user, so at first I thought I just needed to change my contacts, but that is not the problem. I'm having symptoms even when I wear my glasses instead of contacts. My eyes are really dry and burn, and the symptoms get worse as the day goes on.
Has anyone else been through this? Is there any hope that it will improve as my hormone levels adjust to being off the pill? I will be calling my eye doctor today but just wanted to hear from other women what their experience has been. BTW, I'm 49, will be 50 in a couple of months. |
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