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May 12, 2006 1:20 PM PDT
FAQ: NSA's data mining explained
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Capitol Hill politicians reacted angrily this week to a new report about how the National Security agency is involved in not merely surveillance of phone calls, but also an extensive data mining program.
"We need to know what our government is doing in its activities that spy upon Americans," said Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat. Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania vowed to hold hearings to get to the bottom of how the NSA's data mining works and whether Americans' privacy rights were affected.
To answer some questions about the program and how it likely works, CNET News.com has created the following list of answers to frequently asked questions. Keep reading.
Q: What new information came out this week?
USA Today published an article on Thursday that said AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth turned over records of millions of phone calls to the National Security Agency. These are not international calls--they're apparently records of all calls that those companies' customers made.
Two things are worth noting. First, based on the newspaper's description, contents of phone calls were not divulged. Second, customers' names, street addresses and other personal information were not handed over.
Q: When you say records of phone calls were turned over, what does that mean?
That's a reference to "call detail records," or CDRs, which are database entries that record the parties to the conversation, the duration of the call and so on. This appears to include local phone calls and not just long-distance calls.
CDRs are stored in massive telephone company databases. Cisco Systems' Unified CallManager lets customers use SQL queries to dig up information about each call. Those internal databases have either been opened up to outside queries from the NSA or (more likely) duplicated and handed over to the NSA on a regular basis.
Q: If the NSA has my phone number, can it get my name and address?
Yes. The NSA can cross-check other databases to obtain that information. Many commercial data vendors, such as Yahoo People Search and LexisNexis' People Locator, do just that--and count many federal agencies among their customers.
Q: How about cell phones?
It would be a bit more difficult. There's no central directory for cell phones, for instance. And there's not much information that can be gleaned about owners of disposable cell phones who happened to buy them with cash.
Q: How is this different from what we knew before?
A series of disclosures, starting with The New York Times' report in December, outlined how the NSA conducted surreptitious electronic surveillance of phone calls and e-mail traffic when one party was outside the United States.
The president and other members of his administration have stuck to that claim--saying that domestic phone calls were not part of the dragnet. In January, for instance, Bush assured Americans that "one end of the communication must be outside the United States."
The latest revelation is different. It says the scope of the NSA's efforts is far broader than listening in on a few hundred conversations. Instead, the vast majority of Americans have probably had information on their phone calls turned over. (Another difference is that the contents of the conversations was not divulged, at least as far as we know.)
Q: When Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was testifying a few months ago, he seemed careful to specify that he was talking only about the "Terrorist Surveillance Program." Does that mean he knew about the phone data mining effort and refused to reveal it earlier?
It seems likely, but we don't know. During his appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee and in a subsequent letter to senators, Gonzales' careful wording seemed to imply that there may be additional domestic surveillance programs beyond the one revealed by The New York Times. (Testifying before senators, Gonzales referred to that program as "the program that the president has confirmed.")
But Gonzales later reassured concerned politicians that the administration is not currently conducting any additional domestic surveillance programs, Rep. Jane Harman, the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told The Washington Post in a March interview. Of course, Gonzales could have been parsing his words carefully--and might eventually claim that data mining is not surveillance.
Q: Now that the NSA has this mountain of data, what is the agency doing with it?
The two-word summary: data mining. That's a loose term that generally means directing a computer program to sift through large amounts of data in hopes of extracting previously unknown information.
In theory, useful patterns can emerge and future terrorist plots could be thwarted. In practice, though, The New York Times has reported that FBI sources say many of the tips provided by the NSA led to dead ends.
Q: What other data mining efforts has the NSA been involved with?
Details are classified, of course. But a few hints have become public, and we know that the NSA has funded or been otherwise involved in dozens of programs in the past.
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- Misinformation
- You've said that these records don't include names and addresses or other private information. The reality is that armed with the calling party's phone number retrieving that information is no obstacle to anyone armed with 'net access, Google and perhaps a few other websites that have already admitting selling private financial and phone record related information to law enforcement or other government agencies - despite this being clearly against the law.
Second there is no guarantee that the two incidents you mention are seperated. One could simply be an extension of the other, i.e. if what the EFF claims is true, and has been prevented from disclosing, that millions of domestic phone calls were tapped as well as overseas phonecalls, then a list of who made what calls to whom is extremely useful.
If you know the number of someone you have cause to wiretap, then a list of the phone numbers that have called this number could possibly yield some very useful leads. Once again, call details (having previously worked for a call logging company I have extensive knowledge on how this works) give more than enough information for any government agency to find the very information you say is not included with those records.
Just a quick aside. Senator Spector, the head of the Congressional committee that was supposedly fully informed on both of these issues has some very interesting comments about the whole affair, including the desire to see the public kick up a storm of discontent over both investigations.
To start he say that without doubt the wire tapping issue is in clear violation of FISA, but goes on to say that Bush may have had reasonable cause for carrying out both initiatives.
The interesting item was the he said although it may be true that Bush had reasonable cause and it may be true that Bush had authority to sanction both initiatives, because he doesn't know any of the details of either issue, he can't be sure that what Bush has done is legal or otherwise.
On the wire tapping issue it's also interesting to note that a Dept. of Justice enquiry into that particular affair was shut down after they were denied access to the very information they needed to prove whether or not Bush was telling us the truth when he stated the wire tapping was extremely limited, targetting only those individuals that were known to have links to terrorism.
Finally in answer to those that suggest all Americans are terrorists (because apparently the call detail records of tens of millions of Americans were required to fight terrorism) and that there is no need to investigate either matter I would echo another of their very own arguments as to why I should not object to Bush and his cronies from listening in on my personal calls to family and friends overseas or otherwise.
"If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" so why are you using all resources at your disposal to prevent any sort of investigation from being completed?
Those in charge of these investigations are high ranking, high security clearance members of the Justice Department as well as the oversight committee members of the Intelligence Community. The argument that an investigation by these parties would compromise national security is completely false as both are fully entitled to know everything that the intelligence agencies do with the money the tax payers give them.
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- Public reaction may not hold
- While it was unexpected and disconcerting to see a majority of the public polled saying they didn't have a problem with this program, nothing has been indicated yet about what kinds of questions people were really asked and what details people really knew. Certainly Congressmen and those of us who object to this and see the danger of this whole package of behavior should continue to speak out strongly against it whatever majority opinion may say; after all, the Iraq war was clearly wrong and illegal and by minority voices speaking out the public has been educated to the problem and changed its opinion on that issue.
But I suspect the public will turn around very quickly on this one as the details sink in. It won't take a year for people to realize how outrageous, excessive, dangerous, and as always, unproductive this technique is, and how corrosive to their rights in the long run.
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- Mislead
- The problem is that all the major networks are misleading the public by stating that names and addresses were not included in the records handed over.
Any reporter worth his or her salt would know that names and addresses are extremely easy to obtain if you have a list of phone numbers.
Unfortunately as usual our so-called liberal media is ignoring a blatently obvious fact, because they are too spineless to call something for what it is.
They were too spineless over the lies that led to the war in Iraq, too spineless to ask why we took troops away from hunting down Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden, too spineless to question why the NSA is wire tapping and why the Justice Department has been deliberately prevented from finding out details of that so-called national security issue.
So it shouldn't be much of a surprise that a media more interested in which direction Michael Jackson's car is headed than actual news, hasn't got the balls to state that the Administration is clearly misleading the public when it says that names and addresses are included in the information it gathers.
Until our media has the balls to tell our politicians that they know they're lying, we haven't got a hope of the general public raising any sort of voting rebellion against congress.
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- Big Distinction: NSA is NOT eavesdropping (in this program)
- The biggest misconception that people are getting about this program from just reading the headlines and not reading any further into the articles is that the NSA is wiretapping and storing the contents of every phone call made in the US. This is plain false. The article here did an okay job of clarifying this, but really, that point must be made crystal clear.
The program that has been listed is aimed solely at identifying calling patterns of terrorists, so that previously unknown sleeper cells can be identified. Think about it. The NSA/CIA/FBI knows about certain sleeper cells and those individuals. If the NSA can figure out what the communication patters of a subversive terrorist are like, then they could potentially identify other similar patterns and catch previously unknown sleeper cells. Of course, in order to fully realize this, they would have to then eavesdrop on the contents of a suspect's conversation, which they would need to get a warrant to do for it to be legal.
I have had beef with Bush circumventing the warrant system for the international calls, but since these calls aren't actually tapped but just logged, I think it's actually a good idea. As long as warrants are gotten to actually tap the phones after suspects are identified and the FISA court is involved, this program could be a great tool to keep 911 from happening again!
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- Maybe, but
- I think most people easily make the jump that if Bush is collecting all this data, Bush is listening in as well. The thing is there is no "probable cause" for tapping and keeping records on every American, or even a significant portion.
It comes down to this, if they need the records of everyone, they have no clue who the bad guys are. And if they don't know who the bad guys are, we're screwed.
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- Bush doesn't care about the FISA court
- That should be pretty obvious by now. Check the earlier stories.
NSA approached Qwest about turning over their customer records.
Qwest referred them to their attorneys. Those attorneys were
concerned that it could be illegal and could create a liability
for Qwest, so they asked NSA to simply use the FISA court as the
law already allows them to do.
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- Yes and no.
- I think people are clear that the NSA has
received copies of everyone's phone records from
the companies. I don't know of other companies,
but Verizon customers would note that their
complicity is a violation of your service
contract with them (periodically they send out a
privacy statement with your bill, go through
your records for it).
The questions are -- was it legal? What are they
doing with the information? And, why does the
protocol they are following implicate everyone
in their surveillance rather than just suspects?
Was it legal? Well, not by the letter of the
law, even those condoning it agree on that
point. Does the president have the authority to
authorize the violation of the law in the name
of national security? Well, that's the debate
we're having now. Bush has publicly "set
aside" (written a statement stating he asserts
presidential privilege to ignore and authorize
other to ignore) about 400 laws that he feels
interferes with the activities of his
What are they doing with the information? Who
knows. Ostensibly, it's to track "terrorists",
but the term is used pretty broadly. For
example, a Quaker church group in Florida
appeared on a leaked DoD memo citing it as a
terrorist group for protesting military
recruitment at local high-schools. This would be
in line with the McCarthy and J.E.Hoover
interpretations, and presumably that of Gonzalez
as well. The information itself doesn't make
sense the the context of locating terrorists
because the records they got were for a broad
swath of domestic numbers which they already
know (through access to other records) belong to
average US citizens (and because the guys they
tell us they're after still aren't big on using
POTS phones). Whatever they are doing, the
information is being used to profile US citizens
and not "terrorists" in the sense of Al Qaeda.
That's not to say that there might be an effort
to identify a "lunatic fringe" or some such
thing that might get some ideas... Who knows.
Perhaps it's all just a ruse to either make
would-be evil-doers lives more complex because
hiding their phone activity is just one other
thing they need to think of (doubtful, they most
assuredly know that by now). Or, perhaps it's
just a test to see how much people really value
their privacy. It's not as if it'll ever be
restored, easing people into being comfortable
with being constantly monitored and their
records and possessions searched takes time.
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- NSA Data Mining Explained
- I am grateful that my government is doing all it can to keep my loved ones safe....I am not giving up a right,,,I am giving my permission, why shouldnt we all stick together as Americans and give our government a break....dont get in the way of them trying to keep us safe, dont tie up resources...if you have nothing to hide,,,,there is no reason to cry
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- You have to be kidding...
- By your reasoning it's ok to kill american men and women in Iraq so they won't be killed on United States soil.
Give up your rights so your children will be able to grow up to die in a fight against terrorist. There is no compromise on freedom, either your willing to stand up for all of them or none.
Have a nice day. ;)
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- Well...If you really have nothing to hide...
- Be so kind as to post your real name and home address. I would like to stop by an wander through your house to see what kind of "stuff" you have. Don't worry, I won't take anything. I just want to look. Oh...And please be sure to have your latest bank statements and tax records. I'll want to look at those too. I'm sure you also won't mind if I bring a couple thousand of my furthest strangers with me as guests. After all, you have nothing to hide...right?
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- NSA Data Mining Explained
- I am grateful that my government is doing all it can to keep my loved ones safe....I am not giving up a right,,,I am giving my permission, why shouldnt we all stick together as Americans and give our government a break....dont get in the way of them trying to keep us safe, dont tie up resources...if you have nothing to hide,,,,there is no reason to cry
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- No Names and No Wiretapping, Don't Breath A Sigh of Relief
- Whether or not they provided names and addresses is rather
immaterial. Getting a name an address from a phone number is
trivial for the average citizen, never mind the NSA.
Similarly, the difference (to you as a citizen concerned about
your rights, as well as to a potential terrorist) between "call
records" and "wire tapping" is also pretty immaterial. The NSA's
speciality is traffic analysis. Military and other traffic that they
study has been encrypted to years--that doesn't put them out of
business. On the contrary, knowing who is talking to whom
gives them 90% of what they want to know.
Let's get specific.
Would you want your employer to know that you make regular
calls to an AIDs Test Center?
You work for a small company whose owner is a rabid
Republican. Want him to know that you regularly call a
Democratic donation center?
You work part time in the phone sex industry, some of your
clients take call backs, including some politicians. Want those
records available?
All of those things make you subject to political pressure.
Having someone knows those things puts your career in
jeopardy. The government has used information like that in the
past to pressure everyone from private citizens to politicians.
How much do you want to gamble that there isn't *someone*
who has access to that information who can't be bribed to turn
over some "harmless" information to someone in a position to
use it?
When it comes down it to it, you'd almost *rather* that they
handed over wiretaps. Then at least you'd have the ability to
prove that you weren't doing what they implied from the calls.
Without that information, you don't need to *be* guilty of
anything, you just need to *look* guilty.
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- As Confused as they come
- Your argument simply makes no sense.
First of all, the NSA isn't distributing call data to your employer. Of course, they have no reason to do so, because in the examples you provided, your employer has the RIGHT to record your calls and conversations and fire you if they so choose. Government need not be involved.
Paranoia, is the problem. There is not one known abuse of this system. Yes, numbers can be translated into names... and that's GOOD. How else do you figure out who the terrorist on the phone is? Sheesh. It isn't like the government doesn't have your name, phone number, address, ssn, date of birth... on and on and on... already. If they wanted to troll to bust you for something trivial, they already could... but its ILLEGAL. There is no expectation of privacy on the call records that are being collected. Countless employees at your phone company have access to those records, and they are printed on every bill you receive.
You spout paranoia and frightened speculation. But no evidence of any wrongdding. YOu don't have to like what your governmetn does, but suggesting that they are evil and illegal simply because you don't like it, is irresponsible and immature.
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- NSA has no legal right to domestic data
- NSA was setup to spy or listen to non-domestic communications. No matter that no actual conversations or names are included they have no business delving into domestic transactions.
It doesn't take much more effort for any agency to piece together names, numbers and data of all citizens. Now put that information into the hands of uncontrolled agency like the NSA and even if you never did anything wrong in your life, how simple would it be to add to your file that your a pedafile, a bank robber or a murderer.
You think it's far fletched, how many inoccent people have been convicted of those crimes by over zealous DAs and detectives. Now put all that data in their hands and you'll spend the rest of your life in prison or executed.
Have a nice day. ;)
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- Paranoia.
- First, the NSA's sole responsibility is not listening to foreign communications. Educate yourself on this highly technical and important government body before you try to explain to other people why it exists.
Secondly, there is no expectation of privacy regarding call logs. Your number, the number you called, and the duration of the call. Its on every bill you receive and is not protected data.
Yes, the government can look up your name and address with the phone numbers they collect. Guess what? The government has your name and address already. Sheesh... Social Security? Internal Revenue Service? You think you can hide from your government? HA!
You haven't mentioned one shred of evidence that points to an abuse or even a single problem with this particular data collection. You spout speculations and paranoia...
I will have a nice day... becasue I know that my government is working to keep me safe. Yes... they could do better, but attacking the NSA at this point is regressive.
In fact, Attacking the NSA program is a blind attack against the administration with no regard for national security. It doesn't surprise me that some people do it... heck.. some people will even vote for a president based on an "anybody but" approach. Talk about ignorant!
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- Old news.
- After 9-11, the USA government outline its goal of "Total information awareness" and many parts were included in the patriot act that was blindly signed into law by your elected officials.
Ever politician who voted for the patriot act and other police-state laws has no moral right to criticise the laws he voted for.
They should be held accountable for voting into law a huge bills that they haven't taken the time to really read and debate.
The USA media is also at fault for not having gone through the act and found all the clauses that turn the USA into a police state and challenge every polician to explain why he/she voted for such clauses.
Not only was the act enacted, but americans re-elected the government that did it.
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- Your right about our congress delegating their
- responsabilities to the office staff who could give a **** if you and I live in a police state. Their only concern is to get re-elected and get their retirement benifts. So send our kids, sons and daughters to foriegn lands to get killed and maimed. More of our children have been killed and injured in Iraq than from the 9/11 attack. But atleast there were no attacks and deaths on American soil. That's little comfort to the families of those who have been sacrificed.
It pisses me off, but Washington is so corrupt, it doesn't even know it's corrupt.
It took 4-1/2 years for the majority to realize that Bush/Cheney are liars and will do and say anything to continue. They have no shame or compassion for us working stiffs, only for their money cronnies.
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- Congress
- Members of Congress aren't mad that the government is confiscating records from private companies without reason for suspicion. Haha, only a complete ignoramus would think that. Congress is mad that there weren't TOLD about it. Big distinction there. Congress doesn't care about due process of the law. Congress cares about power and the ability to capricously use information for whatever purposes they deem politically desirable to themselves.
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- Data Mining
- I am pleased to see the NSA using its intelligence to glean information from the vast database that might help to thwart a domestic terrorist incident. If I were a QWest customer or stockholder I would be annoyed that my company was not participating. I am sick and tired of hearing people complain that their government is not doing enough to protect them, and then complaining louder when they make use of analysis of raw data to aid in stopping the terrorists. Be thankful they are working in your behalf!
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- Data Mining
- I am pleased to see the NSA using its intelligence to glean information from the vast database that might help to thwart a domestic terrorist incident. If I were a QWest customer or stockholder I would be annoyed that my company was not participating. I am sick and tired of hearing people complain that their government is not doing enough to protect them, and then complaining louder when they make use of analysis of raw data to aid in stopping the terrorists. Be thankful they are working in your behalf!
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- Thanks for the article
- Since the USA is now a totalitarian state now, the federal government and many state governments having been taken over by the corporations, neocons and the tyrants running the White House, the Congress, the Supreme Court and both political parties, we need more articles like yours. as Fredrick Douglass said "Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.". However: "The truth is that men are tired of liberty."-Mussolini. "Big money and big business, corporations and commerce, are again the undisputed overlords of politics and government. The White House, the Congress and, increasingly, the judiciary, reflect their
interests. We appear to have a government run by remote control from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers and the American Petroleum Institute. To hell with everyone else." -Bill Moyers - PBS Commentator
""Information is the currency of Democracy." "In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock" "If all the people knew all the facts, they would never make a mistake." "It is better for one hundred guilty men to go free than one innocent man to go to jail" "It is wrong to take a man's money and use it to promote ideas he does not agree with" "It's better to debate an issue without settling it, than to settle an issue without debate." "The end of democracy, and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of the lending institutions and moneyed incorporations." : Thomas Jefferson
As Pericles said in 430 B.C.: "Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you."
cheers all!
Stephen Bennett
Paineitte and True Patriot
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- Very very old news. too date only the CIA and Barbera Bush can know.
- Linden Johnson knew. Jack Kenedey and Robert Kenedey both were working on it. But, fashion was clothing and Jesus Christ was a corse of action. Now even Very very has Osmodius' eyes all over the alpha beta base. Don't mess with Texas and Area 51.
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- So-What?
- There are many more areas of personal information which are available to Government as well as anyone else wanting to know. Why do we allow ourselves to be so hyped as to feel we somehow have been "spied" upon by the release of this information. The IRS has more on us that the phone data bank will ever be able to discover! It is all a political hype and is nonsense!
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- It's all our own fault..
- Should we really be surprised by any of this? For years we've been telling G.W. we needed more intelligence in the White House.. is it any surprise he just got things a little mixed up?
Also I find the rumours he holds his current job due to an argument his mom had with his dad to be extremely unlikey.. despite several people claiming to hear as she stormed out "any idiot can become president"..!!
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If Melody Gardot's 2009 sophomore effort, My One and Only Thrill, sustained the sultry, atmospheric vibe of her critically acclaimed 2006 debut, her 2012 follow-up, The Absence, is a bit of a creative departure for the vocalist. Apparently inspired by her world travels, and specifically by a trip that brought her to the desert around the city of Marrakech, the album moves her away from smoky, small-group jazz and into a bright, if still bedroom-eyed, rhythmically exotic sound. Produced by guitarist/composer Heitor Pereira, the album is a lush, somewhat orchestral album that finds Gardot delving into various Brazilian, Spanish, and African-influenced sounds -- including bits of samba, tango, bossa nova, and calypso -- that evince her global journey. However, rather than simply making a standards album, Gardot continues her all-original approach, offering up new literate and passionately delivered compositions that bring to mind the work of such similarly inclined artists as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Paul Simon, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, and others. Although there are a few name musicians who help add spice to Gardot's musical caravan here, including percussionist Paulinho Da Costa, drummer Peter Erskine, and bassist John Leftwich, primarily it is still Gardot's burnished and yearning vocal style that takes the helm on these tracks. ~ Matt Collar
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By John Kretschmer
Reprinted from Sailing Magazine
That capricious realm where land and sea meet, those mysterious tidal flats, serpentine river estuaries and mangrove mazes, stirs a sense of gentle exploration in all of us. You know where I mean, swampy islands that you can lay claim to for a day, before shoving off the muddy beach and racing the waning sun home.
Shallow bays rimmed by tall grasses where we can relive the adventures we had as children, when our imagination was unshackled and serendipity wasn't impeded by weeks of planning. This is the realm of simple, single-minded sailboats.
When I close my eyes and picture myself gunkholing along the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay or in the turquoise waters of Florida Bay, I'm invariably sailing alone in a nimble little classic, maybe a gaffer, and, yes, maybe a sharpie. The new Skimmer 25, a modem day adaptation of the traditional sharpie, is certainly an eye-opener. I had the opportunity to sail hull number six on a blustery autumn day in Annapolis.
Designed by Reuel Parker for the express purpose of meandering among the quiet places, the diminutive Skimmer certainly stood out in a marina full of more familiar looking boats. With her sweeping sheerline, low freeboard, chine hull and wide flare, she whisks you back to an age when there was no confusion between sailboats and weekend cottages.
I arrived just as Andy Peabody was hoisting the mast. Peabody heads up a small but aptly named company, Creative Marine, builders of the Skimmer 25. "I think the Skimmer was the most beautiful boat at the Annapolis show," he told me earnestly. This is a man who truly believes in his product. "Why?", he responded to my question about a boat with a limited market, "For the longest time I've wanted to build a sharpie in fiberglass." It was as simple as that.
With author John Kretschmer at the helm, the traditional looking sharpie put her rail down and headed toward the exotic ex-BOC hopeful Imagine, docked in the distance.
Before I could even offer to lend a hand, he had the short mast vertical in the tabernacle. He tuned up the rig by tightening the forestay, which is led aft to the cockpit via a turning block on the forward end of a rather defiant looking bowsprit.
The design philosophy of the Skimmer is to be easily trailered to far off lakes and coastal areas where it can be quickly launched at any boat ramp. Weighing in at just 3,000 pounds, it won't require a semi to tow the Skimmer, and the hard chine sharpie hull makes launches and retrievals smooth. A narrow 8'2", beam and low clearance with a board-up draft of just l6 inches means you won't need any special permits either. And while you're pounding the pavement to distant cruising grounds, the Skimmer doubles as a Spartan roadside camper.
On deck the Skimmer is simplicity in itself. Throat and peak halyards, controlling the low aspect, 225 square foot gaff-headed main-sail, are led aft. The 100 square foot jib is club-footed, making it self-tacking. There are no winches on the standard boat and, although you can specify them, you really don't need winches. While there are refreshingly few fittings aboard, those that are there are of high quality. The opening portlights are bronze and the steel tabernacle is stout and oversized.
The side decks are narrow and stanchions and lifelines are optional. It takes a while to feel comfortable maneuvering on deck. But practically speaking, once the mast is hoisted, other than shortening sail, everything is controlled from the cockpit. And with an optional roller furling headsail and a single line jiffy-reefing main sail, all sail controls can be handled from the cockpit. "It's even possible," Peabody insisted, "to partially lower the mast with the sails up, to sneak under a bridge for example, and then pop it back up."
The Skimmer 25 is easily towed to distant lakes and coastal areas. A weight of only 3,000 pounds ensures that the narrow boat won't require a semi to take it down the road.
Although the Skimmer will obviously appeal to solitary sailors, those modern-day Thoreaus seeking solace in nature, if even just for an afternoon, the large cockpit can seat four comfortably. There are two good-sized cockpit lockers and, on a hot summer evening, there is plenty of room to sleep under the stars. The large, shallow rudder is transom hung and auxiliary power is normally supplied by an outboard motor mounted on a bracket. It is possible to specify an inboard nine-horsepower Yanmar diesel, but I think I would rather use the $8,000 to make a cross country drive, exploring the many inland lakes I've heard about but never sailed upon.
With a simple, spare interior, the Skimmer has space for short coastal cruises. The base of the dinette table supports a pair of fold-out berths.
The interior is tight, to say the least, but you're not buying a Skimmer for the accommodations. Although there is plenty of overall length, there just isn't the volume to work with. With the large main companionway hatch open, there is standing headroom where you need it most, at the galley and navigation station. However, throughout the rest of the boat, there is only sitting headroom.
As you step below, the galley is to starboard. There is a single stainless steel sink and space for a small stove. There is also a good-sized, top-loading icebox. Opposite to port is a drop-down counter for a chart table and extra galley counter space. A Porta-Potti, of which the only good thing is that it meets the Coast Guard sanitation requirements, fits beneath this counter area. A centerline table, with dual foldouts, fronts two six-foot settees. While it would be difficult to find room for long term provisions, there is plenty of storage space for the short coastal voyages the Skimmer was designed for. The V-berth is a spacious double with a large hatch overhead. It is separated from the saloon by a partial bulkhead.
The Skimmer we sailed had two gel cell batteries and a modest yet perfectly adequate electrical system. An inboard diesel would obviously create a more efficient charging system, but even a small outboard alternator or portable generator can keep up with the light electrical demands. She carries 26 gallons of water in a bladder tank.
It was cold and windy as Andy kicked the six-horsepower outboard into reverse, and we made our way into a crowded Annapolis harbor. The boat show had ended the day before and boats of every description were showing their wares. Yet when we hoisted the little gaff mainsail and wrestled up the jib, the Skimmer seemed to gather a lot of attention. She also took off.
The Skimmer presented a salty, handsome picture under a gaff-headed main and club footed jib. Below, the wide companionway provides standing headroom over the galley and nav station.
Although we were clearly over-canvassed in the 30-knot gusts, the Skimmer skidded across the water on a close reach sailing flat. Andy wanted some pictures under full canvas, and l was curious how she would stand up to a stiff breeze. As we hardened up the sheets, we rinsed her lee rail but, despite a strong weather helm, the boat felt steady in the water. She didn't behave at all like a small centerboard boat. She was stiff, a function of her low center of effort, no doubt. Whenever we eased the sheets she flattened right out, the helm eased and she literally skimmed across the water. With her forward flare, she was remarkably dry.
We made our way toward the Bay Bridge before coming about for another close reach south. It was necessary to shift our weight about each time we came through the wind, but I was impressed at how quickly the Skimmer regained her momentum. We finally decided it was time to reef the main, and the boat settled back onto her lines. Even punching upwind she sailed relatively flat. With a gray sky darkening, we came about one more time and sailed on a broad reach back toward the harbor. We pulled up the centerboard and gazed around the harbor. While the crews of the other boats were working furiously, we were relaxed, taking in the splendid fall colors brooding over the harbor.
The Skimmer will not appeal to a large percentage of the sailboat market and there-in lies her charm. We live in a world of compromises and this usually carries over into our choice of boats. While the Skimmer lacks many of the amenities we've come to expect, even in pocket cruisers, she has not compromised her ideals. Any sailor who feels the need to remember the simple pleasures of wind and sail should own a boat like a Skimmer at least once in a lifetime.
John Kretschmer is SAILING Magazine's Southeast Contributing Editor.


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In this Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, photo, Carmen Nazario of Albany, N.Y., fills out an employment application during a job fair at the Marriott Hotel in Colonie, N.Y. / Mike Groll/AP
WASHINGTON -- The number of people applying for unemployment benefits likely fell last week, one week after Superstorm Sandy drove applications to their highest level in 18 months.
Economists forecast that weekly applications dropped 34,000 to a seasonally adjusted 405,000, according to a survey by FactSet. The Labor Department will release the report at 8:30 a.m. today.
Labor Department officials have said that the storm will likely distort unemployment benefit applications through the end of the month.
Superstorm Sandy slammed into the East Coast on Oct. 29, closing many businesses and cutting off power to more than 8 million homes in 10 states. People can claim unemployment benefits if their workplaces are forced to close and they aren't paid.
Before the storm, weekly applications had fluctuated this year between 360,000 and 390,000. Meanwhile, employers have added an average of nearly 157,000 jobs a month. That's barely enough to lower the unemployment rate, which was 7.9 percent in October.
There are some signs that the job market is improving. Employers added 171,000 jobs in October and hiring in August and September was stronger than first estimated, the department said earlier this month. The economy gained an average of 174,000 jobs a month in the July-September quarter. That's up from 67,000 a month in April through June.
The unemployment rate rose slightly in October because more Americans began looking for work. That suggests some felt their chances of finding a job had improved. Not all of them were hired, which pushed up the unemployment rate. The government only counts people as unemployed if they are actively searching for work.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in a speech Tuesday that despite some improvement, the job market is still weak. According to minutes of the Fed's last policy meeting, the central bank may unveil a bond buying program in December to drive down long-term interest rates.
One bright spot in the economy is the steady recovery in housing. Economists hope that it could lead to more hiring. Homebuilders broke ground last month on the most new homes and apartments in more than four years. Builders are also more optimistic: a measure of their confidence increased this month to its highest level in 6½ years.
Sales of previously occupied homes have risen nearly 11% in the past year. And home prices are also increasing steadily, which makes homeowners feel wealthier and could encourage them to spend more.
The economy is expanding at a modest pace. Many economists now predict growth at an annual rate of roughly 3% in the July-September quarter, up from the initial estimate of 2% reported last month. The government releases its second estimate for third-quarter growth on Nov. 29.
Still, many economists say the economy is growing in the current October-December quarter at an annual rate below 2% too slow to make much of a dent in unemployment.


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In the article "Drive LEDs from 230V mains more simply and reliably" we described to you the principle and usage of current limiting diodes (CLD) in detail. A new type in our offer – CL40M45 features a nominal current of up to 40 mA. Other specification is identical to the type CL20M45, especially Umax 45V and Ptot 1W.
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HOLMES FAMILY. Papers; 1915-1966. 1 cu. ft.
Theresa M. Holmes came to Alaska during the Shushana Gold Rush in 1914. She married Joseph H. Muiry and together they built Muiry's Roadhouse at May Creek near McCarthy. They operated the roadhouse until Muiry's death, after which she left Alaska and operated a restaurant in Oregon. She returned to Alaska after World War II and married Walter Holmes. They built a home near May Creek where they lived until he died in 1964. She then moved to Seward and lived there until 1974, when she entered the Palmer Pioneer Home. Theresa Holmes, 96 years old, died in 1983.
This collection consists of the various papers of Theresa M. Holmes. The papers concerning Mr. and Mrs. Holmes primarily consist of correspondence relative to a bank loan and placer mine locations between 1946 and 1966. The one document concerning Joseph Muiry is an option to purchase a claim. Other papers in the collection include miscellaneous records of the Rex Creek Mining Co. for 1947; and various other papers. The most interesting series is a photograph album and a body of loose photographs concerning the area.
The collection was obtained from Robert Spude of the National Park Service. He received the materials from the Gagnon Family, who desired to see the materials preserved for research use.
Box and Folder list:
Box 1
Series I. Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Holmes:
Records and letters concerning W.L. Holmes as Caretaker of Chititu Mines, bank loans, canceled checks and Placer Claims Locations; 1946-1966, four folders.
1. Holmes, Correspondence 1952-1954, two items.
2. Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Holmes, First Bank of Valdez, loan; 1946-1947, 1953, four items.
3. W.L. and T. Holmes, bank statement and canceled checks; 1950, twelve items.
4. W.L. Holmes, Placer Claim locations (Rex Creek, Calamity Gulch, May Creek, and Chititu Creek); 1946, 1947, 1963, 1966, four items.
Series II. Document "Option of Purchase" by J.H.
Muiry; 1930, one folder.
1. J.H. Muiry, Option of Purchase; 1929, 1930, one item.
Series III. Rex Creek Mining Company:
Records and documents concerning business operations including telegrams, production reports, legal documents, work journal, wages, accounts, and bills; 1936-1937, eight folders.
1. Rex Creek Mining Company correspondence; n.d., 1936-1937,
three items.
2. Rex Creek Mining Company Production Report; 1937, one item.
3. Rex Creek Mining Company Legal Document (A.C. Baldwin); 1937, one item.
4. Rex Creek Mining Company Work Journal; n.d., three items.
5. Rex Creek Mining Company Wages; n.d., ten items.
6. Rex Creek Mining Company Accounts; 1936-1938, ten items.
7. Rex Creek Fining Company Bills; n.d., 1937, fourteen items.
8. Rex Creek Mining Company Bills; 1937, eighteen items.
Series IV. Dan Creek Mining Company:
Legal document between J.B. O'Neill and Walter L. Holmes and notice to employees informing of partnership; 1947, two folders.
1. Dan Creek Vines, Partnership Agreement, J.B. O'Neill
and W.L. Holmes; 1947, one item.
2. Dan Creek Mines, Notice; 1947, one item.
Series V. Rex Gulch and Dan Creek:
Documents concerning Placer Mine Production Forms, Injuries and Employment Forms, and Alaska Tax Statements; 1949-1952, 1955, three folders.
1. W.L. Holmes - Rex Gulch and Dan Creek, Placer Mine
Production forms; 1955, two items.
2. W.L. Holmes - Fox Gulch and Dan Creek, Injuries and Employment forms; 1955, two items.
3.W.L. Holmes (Rex Gulch and May Creek), Alaska Tax Statements and other papers; 1949-1952, six items.
Series VI. Miscellaneous:
Map of claim of J.H. Muiry, a map of fire plugs in Kennecott Copper Company and a mining location affidavit; 1926, n.d., 1943-1944, three folders.
1. Map of claim of J.H. Muiry on Chititu Creek; n.d.,
(see oversize folder), one item.
2. Map (blue), location of fire plugs: Kennecott Copper Company, Alaska; February 8, 1926, (see oversize folder), one item.
3. Miscellaneous papers - affidavit to hold a mining location, 1943-1944, one item.
Series. VII. Photographs:
Collection of loose photographs and of photographs mounted in an album depicting Alaskan scenes such as Tess and Walter L. Holmes Roadhouse, the Richardson Highway, Cordova, a wrecked seaplane, hunting, Kennecott, Jumbo Mine, mining, soldiers, farms, Rex Creek, Holmes Mining, McCarthy Airstrip, Chitna, Lakina, Nizina, plus some photographs of other places; n.d.. 1915, 1921, 1930-1937, ten folders.
1. Tess and Walter Holmes, Roadhouse and area, nine
2. Photos-Richardson Highway, Roadhouse and bus; c.a. 1915, seven photos.
3. Cordova; 1930, four photos.
4. Gramps and indios; n.d., eleven photos.
5. Wrecked seaplane; n.d., three photos.
6. McCarthy area, mounted photos; n.d., six photos.
7. Miscellaneous Alaskan scenes; n.d., eight photos.
8. Hunting; n.d., three photos.
9. Miscellaneous other states and Canada; n.d., 1932, 1937, two photos.
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10. Photo Album; two hundred forty seven photos.


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This week's excerpts from my daily sketch journal:
I have lots of toddler friends these days. Sometimes we paint:
This week at work I was given the task of "roughing up" a brand new (but cheap) guitar so that it looked worn and used. This assignment made me giddy and squeamish at the same time. When else am I ever going to do this kind of stuff?
Oh my goodness, I saw the worst movie last week. It's called "Seeker and Fetch." It was painful.
It's a kids movie from redbox, and I watched it with my housemates, and the acting was just sooooo bad, I can't even express how horribly-made this film was...and of course, the kiddos loved it. There was a pig with glasses in the movie, which I think is just about all you need to please those two.
Friends don't let friends move to Arizona.
Okay, so maybe they do, but then it's really nice when they come back to visit...
I went to a one-year-old birthday party for my friend, Charlotte:
I got to spend this morning playing on the challenge course at the camp I work at!
Best morning meeting ever.


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Collaborating with Terry Pratchett, by Stephen Baxter
June 5th, 2014
My collaboration with Terry Pratchett on the books that became the Long Earth series came about because of shared enthusiasms. Terry has always been a science fiction fan. He has fond memories of meeting Arthur C Clarke at a convention when Terry was around 16. And two of his early novels were full-blooded SF, The [...]
Interview: Terry Pratchett by Emily S. Whitten
July 28th, 2009
Emily S. Whitten, Vice Chair of the North American Discworld Convention, 2009 was kind enough to share her interview with Terry Pratchett with SFRevu. writing argumentative essays The interview took place on Sunday, August 24, 2008, at the UK Discworld Convention 2008, Birmingham, England and can be read in its entirety here.


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DESTIN - Officials are looking for the suspect in a convenience store robber early Wednesday.
Okaloosa County sheriff's deputies were called to Circle K at 701 Harbor Blvd. shortly before 1 a.m., according to the Sheriff's Office.
The clerk described the robber as a black man who wore a black baseball cap and a purple sweatshirt. The man pointed a black knife at the clerk and demanded money, the Sheriff's Office reported.
The robber left the store and headed west on foot.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff's Office at 651-7400 or Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at 850-863- TIPS.


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Marquette tops UW 60-60
December 9, 2012 at 4:31 am in Pierce County Herald
Wisconsin Sports Mistakes they usually don't make doomed the Wisconsin Badgers in their in-state rivalry game in Milwaukee against Marquette. Following the lead of Junior Cadougan, the Golden Eagles beat UW, 60-50 at the Bradley Center Saturday. Continue Reading


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Who Flour Bombed Kim Kardashian on the Red Carpet? (UPDATE)
UPDATE: According to TMZ, Kim's alleged attacker is a woman by the name of Christina Cho and she is a member of PETA — and an active one at that. In 2010, she stole the microphone from designer Donna Karan at a women's conference to publicly speak out against fur's use in fashion. She's also the sister of a "top PETA official" in Los Angeles. Hollywood Life previously reported that Kim's flour-toting attacker may have done the deed on behalf of Skyler Stone, a man who used to have a show called CON on Comedy Central. He is allegedly working on a new prank TV show and is said to have filmed the incident for it.
As you likely know (and have seen multiple times) by now, reality starlet Kim Kardashian was flour bombed by an angry woman at the red carpet launch of her latest fragrance last night. Still, one important question remains: Who would do such a thing?
Initially, many suspected that the woman was connected to PETA, a radical animal rights organization, because witnesses claimed they heard her yell something about fur before emptying a bag of flour over Kim's famous backside. However, PETA has since released an official statement denying any involvement in the incident.
Unfortunately for the unidentified assailant, she was hustled out of the hotel and into a police car, where photogs were able to snap pictures of her not-so-proud moment. So while Kim was kind enough not to press charges, the perp's embarrassing pics can be seen over at Celebuzz.
Let that serve as a warning to future flour bombers: Justice is always served — one awkward way or another.
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Lenny's Sub Shop satisfies with tasty subs, friendly serviceMarch 24, 2011
by: SCOTT CHERRY World Scene Writer Tulsa World Magazine Thursday, March 24, 2011 Chris Brown said he got hooked on the food at Lenny's Sub Shop when he lived in Memphis, Tenn., where a man named Len Moore founded the restaurant in 1979. "I wanted to move back to Tulsa where a lot of my family lives and was looking for a franchise business to start here," Brown said. "I knew I liked Lenny's a lot in Memphis, so I looked into what it would take to put one in Tulsa." It all worked out, so Brown, along with his mother, Ginny, opened Lenny's Sub Shop in Fontana Shopping Center in 2003. It's a friendly place - employees yell out "Hello" to everyone who enters - and a good place to pick up a quick, tasty meal. The Philly cheese-steak hot sub (small $6.35, large $10.95) accounts for 40 percent of the sub sandwich sales, according to Brown, and it was a satisfying choice on a recent visit for an early dinner. A hot pepper relish gave the beef, grilled onions and American cheese a little extra flavor, and the bun was so soft it could have been steamed. We also were happy with the cold Italian sub ($6.35 and $10.95). This one was piled high with provolone cheese and four meats - ham, prosciutto, capicola and Genoa salami. The person who ordered this added tomato, pickles and a ranch dip. A soft white chocolate chip and macadamia nut cookie ($1.05) also was large enough to share for dessert. The dining room is bright and pleasant with six booths and six tables. Two televisions were tuned to NCAA basketball tournament games. Brown said catering has become a big part of his business. He can cater hot or cold dishes for crowds ranging "from 10 to 10,000." The routine at Lenny's is to order and pick up food at the counter, but waitstaff clear the tables.
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Four players from the Holy Cross women's basketball team were named to the 2005 Patriot League All-Conference Team as announced by conference officials on Tuesday. Seniors Lisa Andrews (Concord, Mass.) and Maggie Fontana (Barrington, Ill.) earned First Team All-League accolades, and freshmen Laura Aloisi (Nashua, N.H.) and Ashley McLaughlin (Andover, Mass.) were selected to the All-Rookie Team.
A 2004 Second Team pick, Andrews has been named the Patriot League Player of the Week twice (Jan. 17 and Nov. 22) this season, and recently scored her 1,000th career point. She led the team in scoring (12.6 ppg), blocks (44) and was tied for first in rebounds (140) during the regular season. She was third on the team in rebounds per game (5.2 rpg) and shot better than 47% from the field and better than 80% from the free throw line. In addition, Andrews finished the regular season ranked third in the league (conference games only) in scoring with 15.3 ppg. The 6-foot-3 center is also ranked third on the HC all-time blocked shots list with 190, which is good for third on the all-time PL charts. She was also recently named to the 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America District I squad.
Fontana is a four-time All-League selection, earning Second Team honors last season, First Team honors in 2003, and All-Rookie Team recognition in 2002. She was also the 2003 Patriot League Tournament MVP and the 2002 Patriot League Rookie of the Year. The Illinois native led the team in rebounding (5.4 rpg), and free throw percent (80.8%). She also finished the season second on the team in scoring (10.5) and was selected Player of the Week (Jan. 31). A member of the HC 1,000 point club, Fontana ranks in the Top 10 on the all-time Holy Cross women's basketball lists in points, rebounds, assists and steals. She is also ranked in the Top 15 on the all-time Patriot League lists in points, rebounds, assists and steals.
The 5-foot-9 Aloisi started 20 games this year and led the team in assists (105) and assists per game (4.3), while finishing the season ranked second in the league. The New Hampshire native also earned Rookie of the Week honors on November 29. McLaughlin finished the season with averages of 4.1 points and 3.3 rebounds. She was also tied for ninth in the league in blocks this season.
Holy Cross was the only school with four players selected. Lehigh, Army and Bucknell had three players each.
The Crusaders will be the #1 seed in this week's Patriot League Tournament. HC will take on #8 Lafayette in quarterfinal action at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday night. The game will be televised on CSTV.


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Youth centre granted $25,000 for project proposal
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The key players in the two projects took a moment to pose for a photo. L-R, Nancy Baines-Toope (project co-ordinator), Minister Peter Van Loan and Gloria Toope (executive member of the St. Barbe Development Association).
In an official announcement, the St. Barbe Development Association in Plum Point and their youth centre will receive $25,000 from the New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) for the proposal of their project.
The announcement was made on July 4 by Honourable Minister of Sport Peter Van Loan who was touring the Northern Peninsula with his family recently, and attending Government functions and announcements.
The project is called Connecting the Social and Educational Gap, the submission to the NHSP program outlined a project that encourages seniors and youth to exchange knowledge and skills, matching the importance of traditional skills of the seniors with the technological skills and modern knowledge of the youth.
The youth centre's co-coordinator, Nancy Baines-Toope said the project is about bringing the youth and seniors of the community together.
"Sometimes youth take for granted the skills and knowledge our seniors have, likewise, sometimes our seniors take for granted the skills and knowledge our youth have.
"The project is designed to help youth and seniors form new memories, new relationships, and develop new respect for each other by finding their common ground while encouraging them to share lessons with one another," said Baines-Toope.
She's excited about the funding announcement and to be able to move forward with the project.
"We hope both the seniors and youth will take advantage of each other's skills and the youth will learn more about their history and traditional skills while the seniors will learn more about things like computers, the internet and social networking such as Facebook from the youth," she said.
"A lot of our seniors have families gone away - this is one way for them to connect, to see pictures of their grandchildren."
Recently, the Centre was informed that Conservative MP Peter Van Loan of the York-Simcoe riding in Ontario would be making an appearance to make the official funding announcement on behalf of the Canadian Government.
"It was very exciting when they called and told us the Minister was coming," said Baines-Toope.
Mr. Van Loan said he was delighted that the government was able to assist in allowing the program to happen for the benefit, not just of the seniors in the community, but of the young people as well, and he was excited to be able to make the announcement in person.
"We have this one particularly innovative program which combines seniors and youth, we thought it would be a great opportunity to announce it here," said Van Loan.
"The name of the program says it all, let's pass on that wisdom, let's make those connections," he said.
A family man himself, he understands the importance of mutual respect between the generations and believes this project embodies that importance.
"Seniors will be engaged through mentoring, to exchange knowledge, skills in things like crafts, cooking, storytelling and various other activities from the traditions of this part of the country with the next generations," said Van Loan.
Van Loan admitted he thought getting the interest of the youth would be the tricky part, though due to the number of youth in attendance at the announcement, he'll now rest assured.
"Quite clearly, the youth are very keen about it," said Van Loan. "It's very impressive."
The St. Barbe Development Association and the youth centre will be kicking off their project in the very near future.


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One of my friends said her school system is thinking about implementing what is called a "balanced calendar" next year.
This is what the plan entails:
Starting school in 2009 in Aug. 12. After a 60-day corporationwide trimester, there would be a three-week break in November. After school resumed for another 60-day trimester, there would be another three-week break at the end of March before the final trimester. According to this plan, the final trimester would end on June 17.
Does anyone have any experience with this? She said that many schools around the nation have implemented something like this and Indiana is behind the times.


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Lightning-fast computers
Quantum computers are another long-term goal. Because quantum particles can exist in multiple states at the same time, they could be used to carry out many calculations at once, factoring a 300-digit number in just seconds compared to the years required by conventional computers.
But to maintain their multi-state nature, particles must remain isolated long enough to carry out the calculations - a very challenging condition. Nonetheless, some progress has been made in this area. A trio of electrons, the building blocks of classical computers, were entangled in a semiconductor in 2003, and the first quantum calculation was made with a single calcium ion in 2002. In October 2004, the first quantum memory component was built from a string of caesium atoms.
But particles of matter interact so easily with others that their quantum states are preserved for very short times - just billionths of a second. Photons, on the other hand, maintain their states about a million times longer because they are less prone to interact with each other. But they are also hard to store, as they travel, literally, at the speed of light.
In 2001, scientists managed to stop light in its tracks, overcoming one practical hurdle. And the first quantum logic gate - the brains behind quantum computers - was created with light in 2003.
Quantum gravity
While three of the four fundamental forces of nature - those operating on very small scales - are well accounted for by quantum theory, gravity is its Achilles heel. This force works on a much larger scale and quantum theory has been powerless so far to explain it.
A number of bizarre theories have been proposed to bridge this gap, many of which suggest that the very fabric of space-time bubbles up with random quantum fluctuations - a foam of wormholes and infinitesimal black holes.
Such a foam is thought to have filled the universe during the big bang, dimpling space-time so that structures such as stars and galaxies could later take shape.
The most popular quantum gravity theory says that particles and forces arise from the vibrations of tiny loops - or strings - just 10-35 metres long. Another says that space and time are discrete at the smallest scales, emerging from abstractions called "spin networks".
One recent theory, called "doubly special relativity", tweaks Einstein's idea of one cosmic invariant - the speed of light - and adds another at a very small scale. The controversial theory accounts for gravity, inflation, and dark energy. Physicists are now devising observations and experiments that could test the competing theories.
Economies of scale
Quantum physics is usually thought to act on light and particles smaller than molecules. Some researchers believe there must be some cut-off point where classical physics takes over, such as the point where the weak pull of gravity overwhelms other forces (in fact, gravity's effect on neutrons was recently measured). But macroscopic objects can obey quantum rules if they don't get entangled.
Certainly, harnessing troops of atoms or photons that follow quantum laws holds great technological promise. Recent work cooling atoms to near absolute zero have produced new forms of matter called Bose-Einstein and fermionic condensates. These have been used to create laser beams made of atoms that etch precise patterns on surfaces, and might one day lead to superconductors that work at room temperature.
All of these hopes suggest that, as queasy as quantum can be, it remains likely to be the most powerful scientific cure-all for years to come.
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Never made a pie crust? We'll walk you through it.
1. There are four ingredients in a standard piecrust: flour, fat, liquid, and salt. Flour forms the structure and bulk of the crust, fat adds flavor and creates a flaky texture, liquid binds the dough and keeps it pliable, and salt enhances the flavor and helps brown the crust.
We used the Best-Ever Pie Crust recipe.
2. Always chill the fat (butter, margarine, shortening, or lard) and liquid before you begin. This prevents the fat pieces from getting creamed into the flour.
3. Add the chilled water one tablespoon at a time, mixing gently with a fork after each addition. You should be able to gently press the dough into a ball. Handle the dough as little as possible; overworking will make it tough.
4. Split the dough in half. Pat the dough into balls, flattening them slightly, and wrap them in plastic wrap.
5. Generously dust a clean, dry surface with flour; remove and unwrap one of the discs of dough from the refrigerator.
6. Working quickly, roll the dough into a circle ¼-inch thick or smaller.
7. Gently fold the dough in half, and then into quarters.
If it seems too brittle to fold, try another bakers' trick: roll up the pie crust around the rolling pin and unroll it over the pie plate.
8. Carefully pick it up and place it into the pie plate so the center point of dough is in the center of the pan.
9. Unfold the dough, letting the weight of the dough settle it in the bottom and edges of the pan. Without stretching the dough, press the pastry into the pan with your fingertips.
10. Use kitchen shears or a paring knife to trim the dough to about a half-inch overhang. Save the scraps; you can use those to bulk up thin areas of the crust when you're fluting the edges.
11. If you're making a single-crust pie, fold the dough under itself onto the flat rim of the pie plate. Flute the edges of the crust, loosely cover it with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before baking.
For a double-crust or lattice-top pie, refrigerate the bottom crust while you roll out the top crust. Transfer the top crust (it doesn't have to be a perfect circle) to a parchment- or wax paper-lined sheet pan. Cover loosely with plastic, and refrigerate while you prepare the filling.
12. Once the pie is loaded with filling, lay the top crust over the top.
13. Want to get fancy? Lattice tops, decorative top crusts made with cut-out shapes, braided edges, and other artistic touches all make a pie stand out. Use mini cookie cutters to make cut-outs from extra dough; brush the cutouts with water to help them stick.
14. Check out our Top 20 Pie Crust Recipes.
You might also like this watch-and-learn video: How to Make Pie Crust.
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Google's Nexus 4 smartphone went back on sale yesterday, but not even 24 hours later stock has once again been exhausted through the web giant's Play store.
The LG-built smartphone has experienced two brief stints on the market since it first arrived in Australia last November. At launch it was available solely through the Google Play store and sold out in minutes.
It came back online yesterday and was available for pre-order with a 2-3 week wait for shipment. The 16GB model sold out in hours, while at the time of writing, the 8GB model is still available for pre-order.
Last week LG announced the Nexus 4 would retail through Harvey Norman stores — at a 25 percent markup.
The 16GB model, sold for $399 on the Play store, is offered from Harvey Norman for $496. It is also available on a range of Optus plans up to $130 a month.
LG said the change in price reflected the added costs required to sell a product in store, citing staffing, distribution, point of sale and marketing.
The 4.7in Nexus 4 houses a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chip, 2GB RAM, 8MP back and 1.3MP front camera, a 2100mAh battery and runs on the latest version of Android, Jelly Bean.
Google has consistently declined to comment on how much stock it has moved and when the smartphone would go back on sale.
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Yonex is a Japanese sport equipment manufacturer for badminton, golf and tennis. Racquets, clubs, shoes, shuttlecocks and numerous other equipments come under their forte. A valiant effort by Minoru Yoneyama, founder of Yonex, in 1946, today this firm has become a dominant corporate player in badminton. It has covered thousands of milestones and reached the pinnacle of success in today's date. As a known firm, it has been a part of the Badminton World Federation which organizes most of the World Championships.
Mavis Nylon Shuttlecocks are designed to provide accurate flight performance. When smashed, a Mavis Shuttlecock recovers in only 0.002 seconds which is about 0.008 seconds faster than that of any other shuttlecock. The combination of close-to-feather shuttlecock performance and four to five times more durability than an ordinary nylon shuttlecock makes the Yonex Mavis series the most cost effective choice for practice sessions.
Players should always use the shuttlecocks best suited to the playing environment. The hardness of the skirt – the feather part of the nylon shuttlecock – varies depending on temperature. In the cold, as the skirt becomes hard, it is prone to breaking. In the hot, the skirt becomes softer and less likely to break, but the feel at impact is affected by the softer skirt.
Shuttlecocks should be stored away from high temperatures and the tube kept upright with the cork side of the shuttlecock facing down.
Please note for warranty claims, brand visibility (sticker) should not be damaged.
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Security Testlet
Not sure about the requirement of this question but it is something like this:
Before this switch and router can be put to use in the network, what security risks can be found…
We are still not sure about the configurations in this sim but we got some information to share with you (updated on December-07-2011. Thanks Joe Mendola, xallax and many candidates who share the information!):
Maybe this is the configurations on Router and Switch (but notice that they are surely missing something):
banner login ^c
line con 0
Note: This is just what we gather and guess. In the exam the configurations may be different so make sure you understand about "enable secret", "enable password", "login", "login local", "transport input", "line vty", "service password-encryption", "bannder motd", "privilege" before taking this exam!
This sim has 4 questions:
Question 1
Identify security threats on RouterA (select 3)
A. unencrypted password set
B. unsecured message on banner
C. remote access can only be made through telnet or SSH
D. user gets level 15 automatically by default
Answer: A C D
Guideline to answer this question:
Because the "service password-encryption" is not set on RouterA so the password to access privileged mode (via the command "enable password cisco") is unencrypted. Also, the password for VTY is unencrypted (notice that the password "4t&34rkf" is in fact unencrypted) -> A is correct.
Although the banner says "Welcome …" but it does not leak any security information so it is still safe -> B is not correct.
From the command "transport input telnet ssh" we learn that remote access can be mad through telnet or SSH. This is also the default setting of Cisco router -> C is correct.
In the "line vty 0 4″ configuration, the type of login is specified as "login local". It means that the router will not use the password configured under "line vty 0 4″ (in this case "4t&34rkf") but it will use the user & password configured in "username ciscouser privilege 15 password cisco" command. The command "username ciscouser privilege 15 password cisco" will grant the privilege of 15 for "ciscouser" user -> D is correct.
Question 2
Which two of the following are true regarding the configuration of RouterA (choose two)
A. at least 5 simultaneous remote connect are possible
B. only telnet protocol connections to Router A are supported
C. remotely connection to RouterA using telnet will succeed
D. console line connection will never time out due to inactivity
E. since DHCP is not used on Fa0/1 there is not a need to use the NAT protocol
Answer: A C
Guideline to answer this question:
A is correct as we can telnet from line 0 to line 4 (line vty o 4).
We can use both telnet and SSH to connect to this router (transport input telnet ssh) -> B is not correct.
C is correct as we can telnet to it.
D is not correct because by default, the timeout is set to 10 minutes on both the console and the vty ports.
E is not correct as NAT can be used even DHCP is not used.
Question 3
Select the options which are security issues which need to be modified before RouterA is used (not sure how many answers we can choose)
A. unencrypted weak password is configured to protect privilege mode
B. inappropriate wording in banner message
C. the virtual terminal lines have weak password configured
D. virtual terminal lines have a password, but it will not be used
E. configuration supports in-secure web server access
Answer: A D
Guideline to answer this question:
Privilege mode on RouterA is protected with unencrypted password (via "enable password" command) -> A is correct.
B is not correct as mentioned above.
The password of VTY lines is "4t&34rkf". Although it is unencrypted but it is not a weak password because it has number & special characters inside -> C is not correct.
Although a password of "4t&34rkf" is configured but with the command "login local", router will use the username of "ciscouser" & password of "cisco" (configured in "username ciscouser privilege 15 password 0 cisco" command) -> D is correct.
By checking the configuration of routerA with the "show run" command. To support web server access it must have the command "ip http server" but it does not -> E is not correct.
Question 4
Select three options which are security issues with the current configuration of Switch A. (Choose three)
A. privilege mode is protected with an unencrypted password
B. inappropriate wording in banner message
C. virtual terminal lines are protected only by a password requirement
D. both the username and password are weak
E. telnet connections can be used to remotely manage the switch
F. Cisco user will be granted privilege level 15 by default
Answer: not sure
Guideline to answer this question:
We haven't had enough information about switch configuration so we can't be sure about the correct answers but the below is a guideline:
Answer B is surely not correct as the wording in banner does not leak any security information.
If under "line vty 0 4″ you see the "login" command but it does not have a password then maybe answer C is correct. In this case if we try to telnet/ssh to the switch then we will receive a message "Password required, but none set" then we are kicked out ^^.
If you see popular username and password then maybe answer D is correct.
If the command "transport input …" specifies "telnet" as a method then answer E is correct.
For answer F, if you see something like this:
line vty 0 4
privilege level 15
or these lines:
username ciscouser privilege 15 password cisco
login local (in "line vty 0 4″)
then answer F is correct.
Hope you will contribute your experience about this sim after taking the ICND1 exam. We will post here when we get new information about this sim as soon as possible.


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Kautz, J; Boulos, S; Durand, F; (2007) Interactive editing and Modeling of bidirectional texture functions. In: ACM TRANSACTIONS ON GRAPHICS. (pp. ? - ?). ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY
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While measured Bidirectional Texture Functions (BTF) enable impressive realism in material appearance, they offer little control, which limits their use for content creation. In this work, we interactively manipulate BTFs and create new BTFs from flat textures. We present an out-of-core approach to manage the size of BTFs and introduce new editing operations that modify the appearance of a material. These tools achieve their full potential when selectively applied to subsets of the BTF through the use of new selection operators. We further analyze the use of our editing operators for the modification of important visual characteristics such as highlights, roughness, and fuzziness. Results compare favorably to the direct alteration of micro-geometry and reflectances of synthetic reference data.
|Proceedings paper
|Interactive editing and Modeling of bidirectional texture functions
|ACM SIGGRAPH 2007 Conference
|San Diego, CA
|2007-08-05 - 2008-08-09
|BTFs, editing, material appearance, REFLECTANCE, SURFACES
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|UCL > School of BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Computer Science
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DreamslayerArtworks is giving away free stuff every day during their 31 Days of Hell event!
Read All about it Here
Thanks for the heads up!
*is exasperated with the forum's "Error Message: Unable to receive your submission at this time" that happens randomly and occasionally goes away if you post a longer post, like this*
Post Count - just add 6775 to what it says here
Coordinator & updater for KCTC Freebies *Remembering France*
Managed to get my hands on some freebies not yet released and some from last few days as well. I think you are going to like these!
oh, very cool - I recognize a lot of those
This has been a great event this year, and they can't wait to do it again next year! I'm going to guess that the newer items added to the store tonight are what is going to be given away tomorrow, a total of 10 items!
I tried to register for half an hour! Now I'm fed up and wish DreamslayerArtwork a heartfelt, GET LOST!
oxode - 31 October 2012 01:20 AMI tried to register for half an hour! Now I'm fed up and wish DreamslayerArtwork a heartfelt, GET LOST!
It's possible the problems you are experiencing have something to do with the hurricane that is hitting the eastern coast of the U.S.
People that look at the front page of the dreamslayervisions store can see that notification along with a contact page that allow them to get support (they have always answered me in less than 24 hours). Besides, I'm pretty sure that the items they are giving away took more than a half an hour to create, so, who is really loosing out here?
were you registering for dreamslayerartworks, or dreamslayervisions, because they are separate sites owned and managed by separate people on completely different servers.
Wow - that's really RUDE ! I could certainly understand being frustrated, and posting "I'm having trouble registering - can someone help ??"
Have you tried to contact someone there to help with your registration??
These people are giving things away and because you had trouble registering you tell them to get lost????
Good grief.
edit - thanks to everyone at Dreamslayers for all of these!