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Storytelling has become a worldwide phenomenon. The Puget Sound's newest annual festival, hosted at PowellsWood Garden on the upper edge of the Redondo greenbelt, is expanding this year to include a global-village emphasis. Tamil storyteller Jeeva Raghunath, based in Chennai, India, will be headlining the PowellsWood Storytelling Festival, now in its second year.
The festival runs July 26 and 27th and features a day of workshops in addition to a full day of storytelling.
One of the garden's four storytelling venues, the spectacular and newly redesigned Perennial Borders, will feature a daylong program with an international focus titled, "Lively World Folktales for All Ages." Raghunath (right) will be contributing along with Heather Forest and internationally-renowned local teller Margaret Read MacDonald. Festival newcomer Syd Lieberman will also co-host a session in the Spring Garden titled, "Traditions: Tamil, Jewish, Borneo."
In addition, Donald Davis will share evocative tales from his North Carolina childhood, and Heather Forest will delight with her singing fables and with stories of her life as a gardener.
Press release:
Burien Arts' Fifth Annual Highline Classic Jazz Festival on Saturday March 9th from 2:30 p.m.-10 p.m. will offer a big program at the Landmark Event Center in Des Moines.
There will be more music with fifteen bands participating in three music venues, and more styles of music including Straight Ahead Jazz classics, early and mid -20thcentury jazz styles, from Dixieland, Gypsy Jazz, Blues, Ragtime to Big Band Swing.
This great jazz experience includes: Concerts, Dancing, Food and Drink, and an opportunity to mingle with the musicians. The bands include:
• The 1st Thursday Band
• Del Rey & Matt Weiner (www.hobemianrecoreds.com)
• Casey MacGill's Orchestra
• Gail Pettis(www.gailpettis.com
• Glenn Crytzer & His Syncopators (www.syncopators.net)
• Holotradband (www.holotraband.com)
• The Rhythm Bugs (www.sylviaherold.com )
• Highline/Aviation High School Jazz Band
• Pearl Django (www.pearldjango.com)
• The Greg Ruby Quartet (www.gregrubymusic.com/bands/greg-ruby-quartet)
• The Canote Brothers Band (www.canote.com)
• Swamp Soul (www.swampsoulband.com)
• Ranger and the "Re-Arrangers" (www.rangerswings.com)
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Love is in the air and florists are busy filling Valentine's Day orders, but many consumers have learned the hard way that everything doesn't always come up roses.
In 2012, florists were among the most complained about service categories on Angie's List. Most complaints stemmed from the quality of the flowers as well as issues with delivery.
Angie's List surveyed highly rated florists for advice on placing an order for delivery:
Act now: Don't wait until the last minute to place your order for flowers. Give the florist plenty of time because Valentine's Day is one of the busiest days of the year for any florist.
Buy local: If there is a reputable florist in your area, buy directly from them when you can and think beyond the roses. Your florist can help you find the freshest blooms and find something a little less traditional, too. National companies take your order and pass it along to a local florist to fulfill the order anyway. You'll have better luck with a correction if something goes wrong.
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission invites the public to the Arts of India Festival at Saltwater State Park on Puget Sound between Seattle and Tacoma.
The event runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 8 and 9 at Saltwater State Park, 25205 8th Place South in Des Moines. Celebrate the culture of the Indian subcontinent with performance art, exhibits and more. The festival features dances and songs from across India and instrumental performances by musicians trained in classical, semi-classical and contemporary music. Visitors may explore vendor booths with authentic Indian food, apparel, jewelry and art available for purchase. Admission to the event is free. The Discover Pass is required for vehicle access to the event.
The event is organized by Mera Desh Entertainment. The organization strives to spread Indian culture to the general public and showcase East Indian musicians in the Pacific Northwest. For more information about Arts of India and a full list of event performers, visit www.artsofindiafestival.com.
Press release:
Discover Burien will partner with up to two new or established 501©3 organizations each calendar year.
The relationship will be as a supportive partner, not as the lead or organizer of the event. The partners will be selected by the Board of Directors for the next calendar year.
Discover Burien Event Partnership may include, but is not limited to:
• Color and B/W copies at the Discover Burien office – For an amount determined by the Board of Directors (additional copies can be made at the Discover Burien office and paid at the established rate)
• Promotion – The event will be listed on the annual Event Calendar, event announcements/promotions will be included in the Discover Burien Newsletter, Facebook, etc.
• Marketing - Assistance will be provided on case by case basis
• Event Logistics
• Supplies – Tent, tables, chairs, etc.
• Other assistance
To apply for the Event Support opportunity, please send a letter describing your event, how you would like Discover Burien to be a partner and why you believe your organization should be selected.
Fourth of July fireworks are fun for most people but scary for pets. The Humane Society offers these Independence Day pet tips:
Leave them at home-- There are many family and group activities that are perfect for pets, but a public fireworks display or a picnic, cookout or any other type of gathering where fireworks will be set off isn't one of them – please resist the urge to take your pets to such an event.
Don't leave your pet in the car-- With only hot air to breathe inside a car, your pet can suffer serious health effects—even death—in a few short minutes. Partially opened windows do not provide sufficient air, but they do provide an opportunity for your pet to be stolen.
Give them shelter--
Keep your pets indoors at home in a sheltered, quiet area. Some animals can become destructive when frightened, so be sure that you've removed any items that your pet could destroy or that would be harmful to your pet if chewed. Leave a television or radio playing at normal volume to keep him company while you're attending Fourth of July picnics, parades, and other celebrations.
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Your next visit to Sea-Tac Airport will come with a free upgrade -- to include the sights and sounds of northwest music. The Sea-Tac Airport Music Initiative, Experience the City of Music -- a cooperative effort by the Port of Seattle, Seattle Music Commission and PlayNetwork -- will launch this week to showcase the northwest region's music culture and enhance the experience of millions of passengers who pass through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport each year.
The Sea-Tac Airport Music Initiative, Experience the City of Music is a comprehensive program that enhances the traveler's experience by utilizing speakers and screens airport-wide to feature a diverse variety of northwest music from the soulful sounds of Quincy Jones to the poignant lyrics of Eddie Vedder.
Travelers will also hear artist-read public announcements, enjoy curated videos on terminal and baggage claim monitors, and listen to a multi-channel web radio player available through the free airport Wi-Fi network.
A Northwest nonprofit arts group is promising to turn one block of downtown Burien into a mini Burning Man festival on Oct. 15.
The popular Burning Man festival draws thousands yearly to the California desert. Correction: Burning Man brings thousands to the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, not California.
"We've outgrown every venue in Seattle, and this year we are stuffing two acres of downtown Burien with Fire, Music and Art," a press release from Ignition Northwest proclaims.
"We invite you to come celebrate with two full acres of theme camps, interactive displays, fire spinners, DJs, live music and performers, dance, art cars, grilled cheese, suspension rigs, small blimps, neon rainbows, and every other odd thing we can think of. Imagine one city block of Burning Man being transported - streets and all - to downtown Burien."
The Burien event, dubbed Seacompression, is a 21 and over event because sponsors will have five highly decorated theme bars along with local food vendors.
Burien Little Theatre invites actors to audition for staged readings of the holiday comedy "A Christmas Story," written by Philip Grecian. The readings will be performed much like a radio play.
Auditions will consist of cold reading from the script on Tuesday, Sept. 27 from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Actors are sought who can play women's roles ranging in age from 9 to 50 and men's roles ranging in age from 9 to 50. Some actors will read multiple roles.
You don't have to be these ages to read the roles, but we prefer actors age 11 and older.
The time commitment is minimal as three to five rehearsals are planned, and there will two performances. The show is directed by Rochelle Flynn.
Synopsis: Humorist Jean Shepherd's very funny memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s. The story follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case to his mother, his teacher and even the Santa Claus at Goldblatt's Department Store. The consistent response: "You'll shoot your eye out."


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Home Addition foundation-Remove / extend Deck and change to Master Suite & Deck.
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I have a question on Home Addition Foundation. Currently I have a deck 12' X 44'. The deck is about 8' 6" from the concrete floor. The property is in Duluth, GA.
I didn't get architecture draw out the plan yet but I had 3 contractors gave me an estimate. All of them gave me different way to complete this project. Therefore I need to research more to understand which contractor is the most reliable one.
I would like to tear down the deck and build 22' X 28' Master Bedroom Suite with W/C and Bathroom. And the rest of the area will be a deck with 22' X 16' dimension. so that would be 10' X 44' addition to the existing plan. I hope you guy get the picture.
The area underneath the new master suite and deck will be some concrete floor and the rest is the grass ground. The concrete area will be the existing concrete area. I don't want to conver all the ground area with concrete.
What type of foundation do I need for this addition project?
Should I build the long square TEE (Spread) foundation? or can I just use the 6' x 6' post(column) with slab pad? Or is there any other way.
Answer of "talking to architect or home designer" wouldn't help. I just want to have some general idea. Of course, the condition of the soil, location of the property are some of the factors that I have to consider. But there must be just a couple of universal way or the safest way to build no matter of those condition factors.
Thanks and Happy Holiday
Not much good information. Do you have a plan prepared by a designer for your permit?
What part of the world are you in and what is the climate? Judging by the type of trees you may have some minimum depth for footinings.
A 6' x 6' post does not sould reasonable. Any structural post should never be set on a slab unless it is a specially designed slab. 6" x 6" posts with Sonotubes and Simpson connectors may be accceptable is usually a commonly used method. Then, you can use a common 4" concrete slab.
All of this will take a professional designer to get a permit.
Hi ConcreteMasonary,
I had 3 contractors giving me estimates and they all gave me different ways to complete this project.
Therefore I start to research and try to pick one contractor. I just want to get some idea and see which contractor is the most reliable.
BTW, the property is in Duluth, GA. Do you have any suggestion?
I had 3 contractors giving me estimates and they all gave me different ways to complete this project.
Therefore I start to research and try to pick one contractor. I just want to get some idea and see which contractor is the most reliable.
BTW, the property is in Duluth, GA. Do you have any suggestion?
Using the existing slab for the floor of the addition poses a multitude of problems.
Thanks thekctermite,
So I should hire architect and have them draw the plan and get the drawing to contractor to follow.
Am I right?
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you are missing a step. you need to submit to the city for a permit your arch. plans, and then pass it on to the contractor.
Thanks for all the information but no one really able to give any suggestion on how the foundation should be build yet?
That is what the architect will tell you when they draw up the plans. That is all included in plan drawings.
Thanks for the "Talk to architect or home designer" answer.
But again I need some general idea how the foundation could be built?
There must be only a few ways to build the footing of the addition project? Once I know all those ways, so I could make a comparison of what the contractors would do. I thought that why there is this forum, so people can share their knowledge and help?
Thanks & Happy New Year :thumbup:
This forum is not here for design assistance, and it would be irresponsible for us to provide it. Nobody knows the loads that will be imposed by the structure, nobody knows your lot's soil bearing capacity, nobody knows your specific area's requirements. What would work where I live might not work or be legal where you live, or it might be overkill.
Possible ways to construct the footing for the addition include:
Once you get some bids and proposals, let us know if you need some clarification or understanding of the differences between the methods they plan to employ.
Thanks thekctermite .
I will wait to hear the proposal from those 3 contractors.
They will have some architects draw up plan let me know.
Thanks and happy new year 2009.
Or you can also do what thekctermite suggested and contact your local building inspector, he/she might be a nice person on a slow afternoon, and spend a bit of time with you explaining the exact answers to these questions for free.
The people here are great and very helpful, If you had questions that people here were able to answer, they would.
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There are so many reasons why it is important to get involved in different clubs and organizations on campus! Here are just a few reasons to consider….
1.) It allows you to build friendships – getting involved in different clubs and organizations is always a great way to meet new people and build friendships. If you choose to participate in a certain club or organization, chances are you will already have something in common with other members of the group! Becoming involved will also help connect you to RWU and strengthen your place in the campus community. It will allow you to make connections with many different resources on campus.
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Ordained elder, Church of the Nazarene;
enjoyed John Deere tractors, restoring cars
The Rev. Dr. George Hazlett, 74, died Jan. 18, 2014.
Rev. Hazlett was born in Youngstown and lived in the area since 1990. He wrote articles for the Farm and Dairy News, his hobbies were John Deere Tractors and restoring cars. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Akron and his doctor of theology degree from IUIT Seminary in Orlando, Fla. Rev Hazlett was also an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. He and his first wife, Myrna, were Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus in the area for 10 years.
Preceded in death by his first wife, Myrna A.; and a sister, Shirley Kreinbrook, Rev. Hazlett is survived by his wife, Jan Armstrong Hazlett; daughter, Karen A. (Keith) McLaughlin of Salem; sons, Paul R. Hazlett and Dale (Kristen) Hazlett both of Hartville; a sister, Nancy Kellgren of Boardman; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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text: 'Witajcie!'* to University Polish season Last updated on 7/1/2013 Print this page Media Enquiries For media enquiries, please contact Claire Hughes on 01482 465268 or 07703 888622 Further information Learn more about the Polish Season (click on the Polish Season link). *'Welcome!' 5 October 2012 Forty larger-than-life lime wood sculptures, a world-renowned sociologist and insights into the life and death of famed piano composer Frederic Chopin are all taking centre stage in a unique Polish Season at the University of Hull. The season has been created to celebrate connections with the local Polish communities, while also celebrating the University's academic links with the European country. The eye-catching Odyssey exhibition features 40 statues carved by British artist Robert Koenig from wood originating in the Polish village his mother hailed from. Standing at two and a half metres tall and arranged en masse, they have become a striking addition to the University's Hull campus. Robert Koenig will be talking about this Odyssey as part of the official season launch on October 11, followed by a session with poet Ruth Padel, focusing on Migration. Other notable highlights of the season include a seminar by sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, renowned for his theories about consumer society and connecting modern society with the Holocaust. Author Adam Zamoyski will offer insights into the life of composer Chopin, interspersed with live music from University of Hull musicians. Chopin's death – or specifically, the 'protein tangles' that made him ill, is the focus of another event. And on December 5, pupils of the nearby Polish School at St Mary's College will join a special St Nicholas Day celebration at Middleton Hall. Professor Martin Goodman, director of the Philip Larkin Centre of Creative Writing, said: "The University is proud to have its own Polish consul and a rich tradition of academic links with Poland. With such a strong Polish community in Hull this season is a real chance to both celebrate and learn about a rich heritage that is truly important to us. "Spinning out of the Philip Larkin Centre's regular programme of events we are delighted to link the expertise of our own staff and students with a great host of exciting visitors, showcasing music, poetry, film, art, stories and ideas. We do hope everyone feels welcome to drop by the campus and take part." Professor Alison Yarrington, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, said: "As an anchor institution for the region, we are pleased to be able to embrace this opportunity to connect with the Polish community in such a rich and vibrant way. "There is a huge range of events on offer and we look forward to welcoming visitors to the campus and to share our research and cultural engagement." The launch event with Robert Koenig takes place at the ArtCafe in Middleton Hall on Thursday, October 11, starting at 5.30pm.


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The Breakfast gets right to the point today.
Quick thanks to everybody that sent me emails and comments about yesterday's post about the future of the football program. Feel free to keep them coming.
Let's eat...
--- Brian Bennett gives his regular season recap. He calls the USF game the turning point. Hard to argue there. UC could have gone to 2-0 in conference, instead, fell to 1-1, lost Zach Collaros for a game and the concept of not being eligible for a bowl showed up.
His Offensive MVP is Armon Binns, who established himself as the best WR in the Big East.
--- Scott Springer caught up with Shoemaker Center opener hero Steve Sanders, who is more than just a one-shot wonder. But, it's hard to ignore what a great moment in UC history it was when he buried No. 20 Minnesota with 8-tenths of a second left.
--- You can make all the Utah Valley State jokes you would like, but they have actually won four in a row, including a victory at Oregon State. Jordan Swarbrick was named the Big Sky Player of the Week last week.
UC will still be heavy favorites, but the Wolverines will enter with a ton of confidence.
--- So sad to see Dave Wannstedt go. Making Wannstache jokes was one of the perks of this job. Without him now, I feel almost empty.
It's now official, I can use this line one last time. As a head coach -- Chicago, Miami, Pitt -- the Stache has still not won a damn thing.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Ron Cook thinks this move was a smart one for the Panthers.
--- John Thornton has been saying for a few months that Marvin Lewis could be the next coach at Pitt. I resepct John's opinion, but I just don't see Marv being too enthusiastic about recruiting 17-year-old kids. Though, some could argue he's been dealing with the equivalent for the last seven years.
--- Sport Business Journal released the list of gifts the players receive at each bowl game. I am pretty sure the Chick-Fil-A bowl would be my destination of choice. And, no, the $250 Best Buy Gift Card and Fossil watch don't have anything to do with it.
I'll have another No.1, please.
--- Brent Celek had been struggling to find his groove this season, but of late has turned it on for Philiadelphia.
--- Another flex of Big East muscle last night as Syracuse ran away from No. 8 Michigan State.
Rick Jackson has become a star. His story and Yancy Gates story are remarkably similar. Jackson lost weight and gained some focus and is helping lift Syracuse beyond its graduated stars. (He had 17 points, 16 boards last night).
UC has to go to the Carrier Dome this year. That will be a chore, but watching gates and Jackson go at it will be a pleasure.
--- Mike DeCourcy at The Sporting News isn't buying the Big East depth just yet. He looks at OOC schedules like the one UC is playing and withholds judgment.
He's got a point. He throws Providence and Rutgers in the mix with UC in that area.
--- The St. John's reclamation project hit a snag list night. Steve Lavin's new and improved Johnnies lost to St. Bonaventure for the first time since 1960. Yikes.
--- SI's Luke Winn wrote about finding freshmen who fit your system is almsot as important as finding freshman with talent.
For my money, Sean Kilpatrick should be on this list. Maybe when he's more widely known by the end of the season he will be.
--- Stephanie Niemer, Annie Fesl and Jordanne Scott earned All-Northeast honors by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. It should just be the beginning of the award season for Niemer, the BE POY, who finished third in the country in points per set.
--- How about some randomness....
--- I'm not sure the people planning the parade route didn't think about the difficulty in dragging a 10-story tall Rudolph past a street light, but the disappointed screams of children and adults kind of made the mistake all worth it.
--- I've wiped out on a scooter before. It's pretty embarrassing. I can only imagine the embarrassment for Maryland CB Dexter McDougle. At least when I wiped out, it wasn't newsworthy.
--- A young Christmas mullet gives me hope our future will always be filled with gun racks and Dollar Generals.
--- While watching the games in the Jimmy V Classic last night, I again watched all 11 minutes of the Jimmy V speech in between. Every time I watch, it gets to me.
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Happy Halloween! Inspired by the holiday, here are 10 movie music videos for when you're feeling spooky... and wanna dance!
Just about every slasher icon (except Michael Myers!) eventually got a rock video. Jason kicked it off, via Alice Cooper's song for Friday the 13th Part VI.
Then a year later, Freddy got his turn with Dokken's Dream Warriors title song.
And even Leatherface got his own song for Texas Chainsaw Massacre III!
This Rob Zombie song wasn't written for Bride of Chucky, but it sure was awesome over the opening credits.
And you can't ignore Mr. Elfman's many contributions to Halloween! Let's go with the most on target one though, shall we?
Stephen King movie + The Ramones = Approval!
Best song from the best punkers vs. zombies horror-comedy ever! (this video spoils all of Return of the Living Dead, but why haven't you seen Return of the Living Dead?!)
Thanks to my older siblings, I grew up with this soundtrack.
Ah, the 1980s when nearly every movie got a theme song. FRIGHT NIGHT!
And while Michael Myers didn't get a rock song, Halloween III did give us this and we're forever thankful for it.


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Rumer Willis Covers Miley's "Wrecking Ball" at Hollywood's Sayers Club
Raking in one the song's success, Rumer Willis covered the number one Billboard tune during a recent gig.
On Tuesday (September 24), Demi Moore and Bruce Willis' daughter took to the stage of Hollywood's Sayers Club to perform her cover version of Miley Cyrus' hit single "Wrecking Ball."
Unlike the 20-year-old singer, who appeared naked in the music video, Miss Willis sang the song fully clothed and performed her soulful impression of the single with a full band.
Earlier this month, the 25-year-old actress performed "I Put a Spell on You" and "Son of a Preacher Man" in front of an audience that included her mother and boyfriend Jayson Blair.
Check out the video of Rumer's "Wrecking Ball" performance below!


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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The U.S. military says an American reconnaissance plane crashed 6 miles from the only U.S. base in Africa, killing four service members on board.
A military statement Monday said that the crash occurred at about 8 p.m. Saturday. U.S. personnel from Camp Lemonnier in the tiny Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti responded to the scene.
Specialist Ryan Whitney of the 1st Special Operations Wing said that initial indications are that the plane did not crash because of hostile fire. The plane was conducting an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission.
Camp Lemonnier lies only miles from the border with Somalia.
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We offer observation on the human condition from the mind of a 24 year old trapped in the body of an 84 year old man.
I always avoid parking in places that I should not park in.
Bagels in my childhood were one penny. I will have to await Heaven to once again pay that price.
Sign said: "Get in touch With God" I prefer that He get in touch with me.
I hate huge cars that take control of parking slots.
I walked by a college girl who said on her cell phone: "I am all alone and can't handle it." I wanted to hug her but to do so would land me in jail.
My dream is to be abducted by aliens and taken to their planet. At least no Tea Party around.
In the old days men sold stuff by traffic lights, I no longer see them.
I was told that to rent I need home insurance, isn't this my call?
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Whelp, another one bites the dust. I WAS going to buy a 15/22 from them this week, and possibly a full AR-15 soon, but when going on their site today, I noticed not a SINGLE AR-15/esque/ish rifle exist in the list. None. Sure, they are still probably in stock in the store, but they just lost ALL my future business, and I bought ammo from them every week.
CTD. Dicks. Now Academy.
Appeasers who don't realize that they're attempting to appease people who will never spend money at their stores in the first place. Nope, instead they're ******* off their customer base.


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Volkswagen Group of AmericaChattanooga, TennesseeVolkswagen Group of America's $1 billion automotive production facility in Chattanooga will create 2,000 good-paying jobs and generate more than $12 billion of economic growth in related sectors. The plant will start producing a midsize sedan designed specifically for the North American consumer in 2011."Volkswagen Group is committed to the North American market," said Stefan Jacoby, CEO of Volkswagen Group of America. "Chattanooga is an excellent fit for the Volkswagen culture, with an exceptional quality of life and a long manufacturing tradition."Amazon.com Dedc LlcHazleton, Pennsylvania Amazon.com will hire about 1,100 workers over the next three years at its new distribution center in Hazleton. The $20 million facility will occupy more than 600,000 square feet in the Humboldt Industrial Park."The center will help us serve our customers in the Northeast more efficiently," said Mike McKenna, Amazon's vice president of North American fulfillment. Pennsylvania offered Amazon.com a $1.25 million opportunity grant and $500,000 in job training programs.Spirit AeroSystems Lenoir County, North CarolinaSpirit AeroSystems is building a $570 million plant in Kinston to manufacture components for the Airbus 350 XWB, an extra-wide passenger jet. The company expects to employ about 1,000 people over the next five to seven years.Eighteen months of negotiations were required to close the deal between Spirit and the state of North Carolina. A major reason Spirit chose North Carolina was its closer location to Airbus operations in Europe compared to Spirit's other facilities in Kansas.Hewlett-PackardConway, ArkansasMeadows Office & Technology Park in southern Conway will be home to Hewlett-Packard's 150,000-square-foot, $38 million customer service and technical support center. Total payroll for the 1,200 new jobs is about $60 million a year, with an average salary of $50,000. Economic incentives from the state included $10 million for infrastructure improvements. "The commitment by the state's political, business and educational leadership is one of the reasons Arkansas earned its way to the top of the list for HP investment," said Gary Fazzino, Hewlett-Packard's vice president of government and public affairs.
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Columbus-based LHP Technologies has partnered with the Chinese company Techtop Industries to created Techtop LHP, which is building a $7.3 million logistics and manufacturing facility in Columbus that will employ 62 workers when it's fully operational in 2012. The company is located in the 150-acre Woodside Northwest Industrial Park, which opened officially in the spring of 2008. All told, LHP is creating 325 new jobs in Columbus.
Cummins Inc. will add approximately 500 professional employees to its work force during the next two years and will occupy an office facility being built as part of a downtown Columbus redevelopment project to meet the expected growth. The four-story, 100,000-square-foot building is scheduled to be completed in early 2009. The project also includes a parking garage for Cummins employees; both structures are located just south of the Cummins worldwide headquarters.
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As well as being known and sung internationally, the popular song 'Cockles and Mussels' has become a sort of unofficial anthem of Dublin city. The song's tragic heroine Molly Malone and her barrow have come to stand as one of the most familiar symbols of the capital. In addition, Molly's international pulling power is shown by the fact that she scores hundreds of 'hits' on the Internet, many of them relating to 'Irish pubs' bearing her name. It seems perfectly natural therefore that Molly should have been commemorated by erecting a statue to her in Dublin, which monument has become a familiar landmark at the corner of Grafton Street and Suffolk Street.
During Dublin's Millennium in 1988, which was held to celebrate the discovery by historical experts that the city had been founded 1,000 years before, it was decided to erect a statue of Molly. This monument now stands appropriately enough at the end of Grafton Street, around the corner from St Andrew's Church where she was baptised, and in an area where she plied her trades.
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|I used a 10 bolt truck axel in my street rod, by the time I got done shortening, getting new axels and a posi, it wound up being the same cost as buying a ford 9 set up for my car. My suggestion, sell the 10 bolt, and put the money towards a ford 9...stovebolt
|The real question is how you intend to use it. If you want the look and are not doing it because you are going to mount big tires for the traction, the weaker axle is fine, particularly if it is a one legger. You can get a posi into the proposed rearend, but it will put more stress on the center section and will split the stress between the two axles. But it is more an issue of how much power you make and how firmly you intend to engage it.
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|Thanks for your help. This is the kind of info that will save me a lot of grief.
|nothing wrong with a ten bolt chevy rear, if it suits your application, you cant beat "free" for a price tag. As far as narrowing, you will probably have to go for aftermarket axles. The GM axles are larger where the splines are than the rest of the axle. If you narrow it, you have no where to have new splines cut into it, as it's too small diameter. The Ford is just the opposite, smaller on the splined end and larger on the axle shaft, lends itself to resplining better. It's all according to how "narrow" you intend to go, there are rear axles that are in the mid-50" wide range outside hub to out side hub. It may be to your advantage to find one of these and buy it rather than buy shortened axles for a narrowed "free" 10 bolt. Look at Fatmans Fabrication web page, he list a group of axles and their out side widths and what they car they come in. Might find just what you need.
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I have a ten bolt rearend from a G-20 van and need a few opinions on whether this "free" differential is a good choice to have narrowed? It will be used on a SBC powered roadster of as yet undetermined design. I know if I was starting without a freeby, a Ford 9" is a better choice. Do the benefits of the Ford outweigh "free?" What about axels? When you get a diff narrowed do you usually go to after market axels? At some point in the future, I will probably go to aftermaket posi of some sort. Does that appreciably effect my choice now?
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Sotheby's is holding an exhibition in New York of 32 artworks by the late pop artist Keith Haring. Most of the art is available for private sale.
The show opened Friday at the auction house's headquarters. It runs through April 23.
The works come from various collections, and include sculptures, canvases, tarps and works on paper.
Prices range from $25,000 to $1.5 million.
Only three of the works are not for sale. They include a crib covered in his iconic imagery that he dedicated to his first love.
The Brooklyn Museum currently has an exhibition that focuses on Haring's early career.
Haring died of AIDS in 1990 at the age of 31.
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As a 17 year skin care industry veteran and licensed aesthetician, Sinead Norenius has been at the helm of the beauty industry's trends and newest developments. Sinead saw a missing link between the availability of product education and the end consumer. With her experience as Editor-in-Chief of the number one self-tanning blog, www.SelfTanningQueen.com, she knew there had to be a better way for consumers to interact with a brand. Her mission has been to allow the consumers to have a voice in the product, the messaging, the packaging and even the website. Thus, she founded Beautisol™.
Sinead is a celebrity spray tan artist and educator who spends the majority of her time directly educating consumers on how to use sunless tanning products and choose the best sun care products. She is also the founder of IFABBO (International Fashion and Beauty Bloggers Organization), which helps to unite the leaders in the profession to promote individual and professional growth and set standards and guidelines for the fashion and beauty blogging industry.
Prior to founding Beautisol™, Sinead worked as the Director of Education - North America for St.Tropez Tan, a leading sunless tanning brand. She was part of the original North America start-up team as St.Tropez launched a new campaign on the North American market in 2007. Sinead worked on strategic partnerships and acquisitions of large scale accounts such as Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa's and The Ritz Carlton Hotel Group, amongst other high profile luxury establishments.
Before working for St.Tropez Tan, Sinead co-founded The Beauty Firm, a marketing consulting agency focused exclusively on the skin care and fashion industry. She worked with individual companies such as Asha Couture and Mineral Essence to market, brand, and successfully develop their business. Before The Beauty Firm, Sinead was Sales Director for Yonka Paris, a French luxury skin care company. Sinead started her career in the medical arena as a Para-medical aesthetician.
At Beautisol™, Sinead brings a vivacious sense of charm, fun, and warmth that infuse the core of the Beautisol™ culture. She's also known to love the word "perfect" a lot!
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Prior to co-founding Beautisol™, Chris founded Revcube, an automated online marketing optimization platform for direct response advertisers. As President and CEO he successfully raised over $17MM in funding from major venture capital firms including Vantage Point Venture Partners and Transcosmos. Before Revcube, Chris co-founded and served as COO for Fathom Online, the first paid search only marketing agency. The company grew from 2 co-founders in 2002 to 42 employees with offices in both San Francisco and New York and over $20MM in revenue. Prior to Fathom, he co-founded and served as VP of Business Development for GlobalStreams, a video streaming software company.
As a VP at Ask Jeeves, Inc., Chris launched the Text Ad Network which utilized an open market concept for online advertising purchase within keyword markets. As part of the executive management team at his original start-up, Cybernautics, Chris was integral in the sale of the organization to USWeb. Educated at Vanderbilt University and the London School of Economics, Chris holds degrees in both Engineering and Economics. Chris loves to live life on the edge and actively! When his is not summiting a mountain he can be found kite surfing in Mexico.
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'Lollipop' Producer Talks $20 Million Suit Against Lil Wayne
Last month, producer Darius "Deezle" Harrison filed a whopping $20 million lawsuit against Lil Wayne, Young Money Records and Cash Money Records, claiming that he never received compensation for producing the rapper's 2008 hit 'Lollipop.' After letting news of the suit simmer, Deezle is finally speaking on the conflict, putting out a press release that addresses his actions.
The beatsmith revealed that his entourage prompted him to release the statement. "After consultation with my team I have decided to make a statement as it relates to the litigation pending against Cash Money and Young Money," he said. "At this time I am owed a sufficient amount of money and will protect the rights afforded me by the State of New York. My team is of the opinion that the matter will be resolved in a timely fashion."
In addition to suing for 'Lollipop,' Deezle filed a suit over the 2008 song 'Mrs. Officer,' for which he is seeking $2.5 million in unpaid royalties. Shortly after filing his suits, the three-time Grammy-winning producer distanced himself from associate Rasheed "Ralo Wonder" Harrison, who he claimed would come after other labels who hadn't ponied up what they were owed.
"Mr. Harrison was terminated from a trial basis management agreement for various indiscretions which include forgery, misrepresentation, and lack of knowledge of the music industry," Deezle continued in the statement. "At this vital moment in my career it is imperative to have seasoned, educated individuals assisting me in my ventures."
Deezle isn't the only one going after Weezy. 'Lollipop' co-writer and producer Jim Jonsin filed a $500,000 against him for the same reason, while 'A Milli' producer Bangladesh sued for the same sum over similar allegations.
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Huge glaciers detected under rocky debris on Mars
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A radar instrument aboard a NASA spacecraft has detected large glaciers hidden under rocky debris that may be the vestiges of ice sheets that blanketed parts of Mars in a past ice age, scientists said on Thursday.
The glaciers, the biggest known deposits of water on Mars outside of its poles, could prove useful for future manned missions to the red planet as drinking water or rocket fuel, University of Texas planetary geologist John Holt said.
"If we were to, down the road, establish a base there, you'd want to park near a big source of water because you can do anything with it," Holt said.
The glaciers, perhaps 200 million years old, also may entomb genetic fragments of past microbial life on Mars as well as air bubbles that might reveal the composition of the atmosphere as it was long ago, according to geologist James Head of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
A ground-penetrating radar instrument aboard the U.S. space agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter collected the data that confirmed the presence of the buried glaciers that extend for dozens of miles (km) from the edges of mountains or cliffs.
These closely resemble glaciers in Antarctica that similarly are covered by rocky debris, Head said.
Scientists previously determined that large deposits of ice exist at the Martian north and south polar regions, but hundreds of these buried glaciers are located at mid-latitudes on the planet.
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1. Introduction
The issue of privacy on the Internet has long been a difficult one: there are a lot of good reasons that you might be leery of strangers reading your emails or spying on the websites you visit – and there are equally compelling reasons that various unscrupulous people, corporations, and governments might want to do just that. The whole issue has come to a head recently with the revelation that the NSA has been illicitly spying on American citizens and others through Facebook, Google, and Skype – including, probably, you.
This sort of invasion of privacy makes a number of people very nervous. If you're one of these nervous people, there's some good news: a number of powerful tools exist which allow you to protect your privacy online. One of the most useful of these tools is called Tor. Tor provides truly anonymous and untraceable browsing and messaging, as well as access to the so called "Deep Web" – a network of anonymous, untraceable, unblockable websites, available only through Tor, which provide everything from resources for political activists to pirated movies. The military-grade encryption behind Tor is so powerful that it can't plausibly be broken by any organization on the planet.
While there are a number of ways to try to protect your privacy online 4 Good Ways To Disguise Yourself Online 4 Good Ways To Disguise Yourself Online Why would it ever be necessary to disguise yourself online? Isn't such behavior only for the likes of hackers, spies, and lowlifes? Well, not exactly. It isn't always easy to fully disguise yourself in a... Read More , only a few of them are resilient against a really dedicated adversary (like, for example, the NSA). One of the exceptions is Tor. Tor is designed to be, more or less, impenetrable to any attacker without a completely implausible amount of computing power.
Even better, the software itself is designed to be easy to use without a technical background: if you can use Firefox, you can use Tor.
In a nutshell, Tor is a powerful, easy-to-use piece of software that lets you keep your online life private. This guide will provide a step-by-step guide to installing, configuring, and using Tor, and getting you started taking an active role in defending your privacy on the Internet.
2. How Tor Works
One of Tor's strengths is that you don't need to know how it works to use it. If you're not interested in the technical details, you can skip to the installation section below. However, because the mechanics behind it are clever and interesting, I will briefly run down the technology behind Tor for the curious.
2.1 Modern Cryptography in Brief
Most modern cryptographic tools are based on a technology called asymmetric encryption. Don't let the name scare you: it's actually pretty simple. Asymmetric encryption allows you to use two different "keys" (passwords) to encode and decode information: the encoding and decoding key are linked so that each can only be used with the other, but there exists no efficient way to find one key given the other. As a result, you can safely distribute an encoding key while keeping the matching decoding key a secret. This means that anyone who wants to communicate with you secretly can take your public encoding key, and encode a message with it that only you (the owner of the secret, matching decoding key) can read. The names of these keys are typically shortened to 'public key' and 'private key,' respectively.
For any Tor communication through a secure HTTPS connection (for example, between your computer and a server hosting a website), you and the person you're communicating with both begin by exchanging your public keys: this allows both of you to talk to the other securely, even over a tapped line: a third party listening to the line would only see two public keys being exchanged, and then a sequence of gibberish that they can't decode.
This is a good start, but Tor goes even farther to protect your privacy online. A number of services provide strong encryption for messages – for example, it is relatively easy to implement end to end encryption for Gmail messages Encrypt Your Gmail, Hotmail, And Other Webmail: Here's How Encrypt Your Gmail, Hotmail, And Other Webmail: Here's How Edward Snowden's NSA revelations brought shock and awe into American households, as individuals and families started to realize that their communications were not quite as private as they had originally thought. To partially calm some... Read More , but there are limitations to the security that this provides.
2.2 Onion Routing: Not Just For Vegetables
Even if two people are speaking a language that you can't understand, you can still deduce a lot by watching who talks to who. That's why Tor implements a technology called onion routing, which obscures not just the contents of a message but who they're passing between.
The way onion routing works is as follows: everyone who uses Tor distributes, peer to peer, a copy of their public key and their IP address. When you want to send a message untraceably to another user (call her 'Alice'), your copy of the Tor software goes to your list of known Tor nodes and randomly picks three intermediaries (Bob, Charlie, and Dave). It encrypts the message, in turn, for each link in the chain, along with instructions to pass it on to the next link in the chain. Because nobody can read the message intended for the next link in the chain, nobody knows what the message says, or where it's going next. Furthermore, when they get a message, they don't know whether the message originated with the person sending it to them, or if they're just someone passing it on. As a consequence, unless Bob, Charlie, and Dave all happen to be in cahoots, it's impossible for any of them to find out where the message originated, or where it's going.
It it this technology that provides the backbone of Tor, and gives it most of its strength. For a more in-depth explanation, check out this article on what onion routing is What Is Onion Routing, Exactly? [MakeUseOf Explains] What Is Onion Routing, Exactly? [MakeUseOf Explains] Internet privacy. Anonymity was one of the greatest features of the Internet in its youth (or one of its worst features, depending on who you ask). Leaving aside the sorts of problems that spring forth... Read More .
3. Installing the TOR Browser Bundle
Installing the Tor Browser Bundle is easy. It's available for Windows, Mac and Linux, but we'll go through the process for Windows. First, go to https://www.torproject.org/ – the 's' after 'http' is important, as it means (among other things) that your computer is verifying that the website you're talking to is what it claims to be. Click the large 'download Tor' button, and, when the website loads a new page, click the orange button labelled 'Download Tor Browser Bundle
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A download will begin. When it's finished, you can view it in your download bar or download menu. When the download has finished, run it, and you should see a window appear. Select a directory where you want to install the Tor program and associated files (if in doubt, put it on your Desktop). Make a note of the directory you selected and click 'extract' at the prompt that you see. A loading bar will appear.
When the extraction is finished, go to the directory you selected. You'll see a folder named 'Tor Browser' – open it, and you'll see a document entitled 'Start Tor Browser.exe' In Windows, right-click on the file, and select 'send to.' In the sub menu you see next, click 'Desktop (create shortcut).' This allows you to access the Tor browser easily from the desktop. Go to your desktop and double click on the Tor shortcut (it will have a cartoon image of an onion).
This will open a small menu with a loading bar labelled 'Vidalia control panel.' When the loading bar completes, check to make sure that it shows an active connection to the Tor network (see below). If it doesn't, you may have an issue with your Tor connection. Go to the 'support' section below for suggestions.
A few seconds after the connection is established, the Tor browser itself will open and display a test page. It should look something like this:
Congratulations! You're now connected to the Tor network. If it tells you to update your client, do so before moving on (this is very important). If not, please proceed to the next section of the tutorial.
4. Browsing Basics
One of the things you'll notice quickly is that the browser looks almost exactly like Firefox. There's a reason for that: the Tor browser is based on Firefox Everything You Need to Make Firefox Private & Secure Everything You Need to Make Firefox Private & Secure When using Firefox - or any web browser for that matter - one of the best practices you can develop is to always be mindful of your privacy and security. You never know when someone... Read More . For the most part you can browse with it exactly like you would on classic Firefox, or other modern web browsers. For those who are unfamiliar with modern browsers, we'll do a brief tutorial on how to use the basic features before we move on to the cool stuff.
4.1 Browser Layout
The lower portion of the browser
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simply displays the contents of the web page you're currently viewing. Above it is a two-layer control bar. See the diagram below for a list of the basic controls and what they're for.
- 1. The tab bar. This bar can comfortably hold between one and about a dozen tabs – each one represents a website that's currently 'active' in your browser, and you can see an icon and a name associated with each page. Navigate quickly between different tabs by clicking on them.
- 2. New tab. The 'plus' button pictured creates new blank tabs, which allow you to browse to a new website
- 3. Back / Forward. These arrow buttons allow you to browse back and forth through your recent history. Note that this history will be purged when you close the browser.
- 4. URL box. This field allows you to enter and edit URLs, for finding websites directly.
- 5. Bookmark button. This 'star' allows you to save a page to your bookmarks for future reference.
- 6. Search box. This box allows you to search the Internet anonymously.
- 7. Current page. This large field shows the contents of the web page or hidden service represented by the tab you're currently viewing.
- 8. Applications controls. These buttons allow you to minimize, maximize, or close the Tor browser.
- 9. Menus. These menus give you access to your home page, your bookmarks, and certain settings, respectively.
- 10. Tor-Specific Settings. These settings allow you to alter some of Tor's behavior. Be careful, as these can compromise your security online.
4.2 Tabbed Browsing
Tabbed browsing Organize Firefox With These Superb Tab Management Tools Organize Firefox With These Superb Tab Management Tools Multiple tabs are a common reality to modern web browsing. It doesn't take long at all before you have a good number of tabs open, and that's natural. However, despite the great convenience that tabs... Read More , a core feature of modern browsers, allows you a fast way to switch between many open web pages, without having to navigate between multiple windows. It's one of those features that is way more useful than it sounds By default, the browser launches with one tab open. You can open more by clicking the small plus beside the tabs, or by right clicking a link and selecting 'open in a new tab.' You'll see the names of the websites arranged in the top bar, and you can swap between the open web pages by clicking on them. Try it. Open a new tab, enter, 'https://www.google.com', and hit enter. Now swap back and forth between the Google homepage and the Tor splash page. Cool, right? When you want to close a tab, click on the little 'x' at the far right-hand side of a particular tab. You can click and drag on a particular tab to change its position in the sequence.
4.3 Bookmarks
Remember that Tor only protects you against snooping on your network activity: if you bookmark Everything You Need to Know About Managing Your Firefox Bookmarks Everything You Need to Know About Managing Your Firefox Bookmarks I don't know about you, but I still use browser bookmarks on a daily basis. There are people out there who claim that browser bookmarks have become obsolete with the advent of online bookmarking, social... Read More a page, it will leave a record on your computer that you visited it. If you're okay with that, then bookmarks can be created by holding the key combination Ctrl-D, or by clicking on the 'bookmark' icon in the upper right and selecting 'Bookmark this page' from the dropdown menu. You can see a list of pages you've bookmarked in the past on the same menu.
4.4 History
One useful feature of modern web browsers is that they keep a log of websites you've visited. In Tor, this log is cleared when you close the browser for security purposes, but it's still useful within a particular browsing session. You can page backward and forward through the list of recent websites by using the arrow buttons in the upper left hand portion of the browser.
5. Configuring Tor
By default, Tor is designed to run in client mode, which uses the Tor network but does not contribute to its operation. If you have a comfortable Internet connection, you may wish to contribute a small amount of bandwidth to help keep the network operational.
To do this, go to the 'Vidalia control panel' window that opened with Tor. Be very careful about changing any settings here, as they could potentially compromise the security of your connection. Click 'Setup Relaying' and select the 'Sharing' tab.
You have a few options here. The simplest way to help is to turn your Tor client into a relay, which simply allocates a small portion of your bandwidth to routing messages within Tor. This makes it more difficult for malicious parties to insert so many compromised nodes that they can reliably trace messages from end to end. This option is safe and mostly anonymous. To do this, click the option labelled 'Non-Exit Relay,' and select how much bandwidth you want to provide to the network.
Those who are more ambitious may choose to run a Tor exit node. Exit nodes provide an interface between the Tor network and the Internet at large, and you use them every time you connect to a normal website through Tor. Exit nodes are very important to the operation of the network, but there are risks to running them. Some jurisdictions will hold (or try to hold) Exit Node operators responsible for the traffic going through their node, which can include illicit activities like piracy and illegal pornography. We do not suggest running an exit node unless you are prepared to face the potentially serious consequences for doing so. If you do choose to run an exit node, this can be enabled under the appropriately-labelled option, at your own risk. For more information about running an exit note, check the Tor Project FAQ.
Finally, if you know people who live in an area where access to Tor is censored, and you'd like to give them access to the network, you can configure your Tor software into what is called a 'bridge.' A bridge is a proxy, not obviously associated with the Tor network, which can provide a secure access point. Such functionality can also be accessed from here, although it's somewhat more complicated. Again, we suggest that you visit the Tor Project FAQ for more detailed instructions if this interests you.
6. Tips for Safe Browsing
Tor does a great deal to keep you anonymous on the Internet, but, if you want Tor to be completely effective, you'll need to make a few changes to the way you use the Internet.
A good start is to be aware of Tor's limitations. Importantly, Tor only protects traffic that you route through the built-in Tor browser, or other Tor-compatible applications – it will not protect your normal web browser, or the activity of other programs on your computer. Tor also can't protect you if the person or server you're communicating with is keeping logs. It will prevent your IP address from being revealed, but the contents of your conversation with the other party can, unilaterally, be stored by them, or made public. For example: if you log into Facebook or other social networks through Tor, anything you do on that social network will likely be logged by it, and may be stolen or seized by malicious parties later. The same goes for webmail accounts like Gmail, or chat websites.
You may notice that Tor does not connect to Google, by default. This is because Google keeps extensive logs on all searches made by it, which could, potentially, be traced back to you from their content. Instead, Tor connects to a service called 'StartPage,' which anonymizes your interactions with Google's service to prevent a list of searches from being attributable to a particular browsing session.
Tor also can't control the behavior of its browser extensions, or scripts on websites, which can sidestep Tor entirely and report information about your activity directly to third parties. As a result, Tor (by default) automatically blocks the execution of scripts on websites, and prevents the use of extensions. While this behavior can be changed, it's not a good idea. Most websites will work fine without scripts or extensions, and it contributes tremendously to your security online.
Tor can also not always guarantee that the website you're visiting is the one you think you're visiting. It attempts to force HTTPS support (which forces websites to authenticate themselves in a secure way and maintain their end of the encrypted channel) – but not all websites support HTTPS – make sure you're visiting a secure website, and be careful on those that aren't.
One of the side-effects of this added security that might affect you is that it disables YouTube, as flash has serious security vulnerabilities. Fortunately, YouTube currently supports an HTML5 beta, which will run in Tor. You can opt in here, though it may not work on all videos.
Lastly, know that a number of document types – including executable files, PDFs, and .doc files – can contain resources that circumvent Tor and can, maliciously or innocently, disclose information about your browsing activity. Tor will warn you when you download a file that could potentially be a security risk, and it's wise to pay attention.
7. Tor Tips and Tricks
Out of the box, Tor allows you to browse the Internet anonymously. This is extremely powerful, and has been useful to people all over the world. Beyond this, though, there's a lot of cool functionality that you can get out of Tor. Here are a few simple tricks to let you use Tor for much more than its normal browsing behavior.
7.1 Anonymous Messaging
One particularly worrying feature of the recent spying leak was the revelation that a number of supposedly private avenues of messaging – notably Google Chat, Facebook messaging, and Skype – are being monitored and recorded. In today's world, a number of intensely personal matters are discussed every day over instant messaging, and it would be nice to have a private channel to have those conversations. Fortunately, several methods exist to establish just that.
The strongest guarantee of privacy available in instant messaging is TorChat, an anonymous chat application that runs over the Tor backbone. You can get the TorChat extension here. Unzip it into a folder of your choosing,open the 'bin' folder, and select the 'torchat' executable. The application will open.
TorChat operates like a traditional chat client, except that instead of your name, you are represented by a string of random numbers and letters. This string is your public key, and you can freely distribute it to people you want to talk to, and they can use it to add you as a contact. From here, a traditional (if very secure) IM conversation can ensue. You can add contacts using their public keys by right clicking in the chat window and selecting 'add contact.' TorChat also runs over the Tor background, making it impossible to determine who is communicating with who within the network proper.
If you're looking for something more like a cryptographically secure IRC, accessing the cryptocat service (which employs an absurdly paranoid level of encryption) via Tor provides a strong degree of protection, though communication within the cryptocat network are not onion routed themselves. You can find the web app and more detailed instructions on the crypto.cat website.
7.2 Anonymous Email
One of the coolest features of Tor is the ability to run so-called "hidden services," which we'll go into in more detail in section 8, "The Deep Web." For now, understand that a hidden service is a service, operated through Tor, which does not exist outside of Tor, and does not reveal anything about itself to the world except its contents, making it (for practical intents and purposes) impossible to identify in any real-world context.
One of the most useful hidden services is called Tor Mail. Tor Mail provides a service very similar to Gmail or Yahoo mail, except that it can only be accessed through Tor, it can't be subpoenaed, seized, or searched, and the server keeps no unencrypted records about the contents of your mailbox. To access the Tor Mail hidden service, go to http://jhiwjjlqpyawmpjx.onion/ in the Tor browser, and follow the instructions you see there.
7.3 Run a Secure Operating System with TorBox
While IM, web browsing, and email are useful, there are many pieces of software that require Internet access, and vanilla Tor can't provide security for all of them. Furthermore, Tor does not protect documents that you collect, nor does it stop local records from accumulating. A good long-term solution is called TorBox, which is a virtual machine that provides an added layer of security. TorBox, which is based on Linux, creates a simulated computer which encrypts its hard drive when you shut it down, and routes all of its traffic through Tor.
Any application run through Torbox is secure, and, when the operating system is shut down, no unencrypted data about its use is stored. If you feel that you need that level of security, TorBox can be helpful. Installing and setting up TorBox is a little bit more in-depth than simply using the Tor browser, and beyond the scope of this guide. You can find a more in-depth explanation and guide to configuring TorBox here Browse & Email Safely & Anonymously With TorBOX Browse & Email Safely & Anonymously With TorBOX Before two years ago, I never thought that I'd have a need to block my identity while I was using the Internet. Seriously, I though that anonymous use of the Internet was only for hackers,... Read More .
8. The Deep Web
In this section, we're going to discuss the Hidden Services mentioned in the last section in substantially more detail. To understand why hidden services are important, we should first talk about one of the major weaknesses of Tor, namely the exit nodes. All traffic that goes to the outside Internet, while it's encrypted if you use HTTPS, has to pass over non-Tor nodes and risk (potentially) being spied upon. If you have enough information about the flow of traffic through the network, it might be possible to deduce who is talking to who by doing timing analysis of the behavior of individuals and the behavior of Tor exit nodes. The problem is exacerbated by the small number of exit nodes.
Worse, on the traditional Internet it is more or less impossible to conceal the physical location and ownership of a particular website server – using Tor, the viewer of the website may be safely anonymous, but the same is not true for the website owner or provider. As an example, the Pirate Bay has become accustomed to changing domain name every few months or weeks, as legal action is taken against it.
What a hidden service allows you to do is to is to insert a server as just another node in the Tor network — when you access a hidden service, both you and the server are anonymous nodes on the Tor network, and the traffic between you never leaves the network – and, therefore, never is exposed to prying eyes. Furthermore, because the server is anonymous, it can't be taken down, subpoenaed, or blocked.
Taken together, the hidden services available on Tor comprise a major portion of what is ominously referred to as the 'deep web' or the 'darknet' – the portion of the Internet that is not accessible through traditional search engines. In this section, we're going to talk about how to explore this portion of Tor.
First, though, beware: the deep web is populated by a number of strange and scary people: drug dealers, pedophiles, terrorists, and Libertarians all have their little corner of the deep web. Obviously, neither the author nor makeuseof.com endorse any illegal activity of any kind. Furthermore, you should be very careful when exploring the deep web. Be very careful and not too trusting – beyond what you already are on the rest of the web.
Now, with all caveats well and truly emptored, let's get started.
Tor hidden services have addresses that follow the following format: http://[big block of nonsense here].onion. The .onion signifies that it's a hidden service, and the big block of nonsense is a randomly generated public key for the hidden service. We suggest bookmarking them to avoid having to type the block of nonsense in every time, which can become tedious. Because the deep web isn't networked by regular search engines, navigating it can be a bit troublesome. However, a new search engine called TorSearch is attempting to become a Google for the Tor network TorSearch Aims To Be The Google For The Deep Web TorSearch Aims To Be The Google For The Deep Web Tor is a hidden service and part of the Deep Web. TorSearch is a new anonymous search engine that its founder Chris MacNaughton wants to make the "Google of Tor". Read More .
A good starting place is the hidden wiki, which you can access through the Tor browser at http://3suaolltfj2xjksb.onion/hiddenwiki. The hidden wiki archives most of the Tor hidden services that are open to the public, but is moderated to remove some of the worst content and provide something that, if not actually family friendly, is probably not illegal to view. The wiki is divided up into sections, and you can browse lists of hidden services that interest you from there. Once again: be careful, and don't give anyone money.
9. Uses of Tor
To people first encountering it, it can be difficult to imagine a use for Tor. In truth, most people in first world countries without strong feelings on privacy have no practical application for it, though they may find it interesting to browse anyway.
For the rest of the world, a number of applications have arisen, from the criminal to the noble. It is, of course, used for distribution of illegal substances: you may have heard of The Silk Road, which is an ebay-like venue for drugs and other illicit materials, hosted as a Tor hidden service. On a more positive note, Tor is used to coordinate political activism against a number of oppressive regimes around the world, most recently in the Middle East. It's also used as a channel to distribute banned books in countries with weaker free speech laws than the US. Its ability to anonymize access to the Internet is also used every day by Chinese nationals to circumvent the so-called Great Firewall of China and access western websites. In the United States and Western Europe, use of Tor is often seen as a safe and legal way to protest intrusive government surveillance.
As with any technology, the ability to communicate anonymously through Tor can be used for many purposes, good and bad, legal and illegal. How you choose to use it is, as always, your own prerogative.
10. Support and Problems
Sometimes, software doesn't work. If Tor is giving you problems, there are resources to help you. First, make sure your version of the Tor client is up to date (the default start page will warn you if it isn't). If it's still not working, reinstall the Tor software, and check your firewall software and make sure that Tor is allowed. Additionally, try running the application in administrator mode (right click on the executable and select the 'administrator mode' option).
If these basic solutions don't help, or if you have more detailed questions about using Tor, you can view the project documentation here, and the FAQ here. If all else fails to solve your problem, you can also email the developers of Tor at firstname.lastname@example.com
Tor is not commercial software, so it may take some time for someone to help you resolve your issue. However, there is a vibrant and active Tor community, and most problems can be solved by asking politely for help and being patient.
11. The Future of Tor
Recent political revelations have inspired a new surge of interest in Tor, and the community of users is expanding rapidly. Additionally, the recent political instability in the Middle East has dramatically bolstered Tor's reputation with the public, by vividly showing that the software has uses above and beyond the drug trade and Bitcoins BitCoin – Buy, Sell & Trade Using Anonymous Peer-To-Peer Currency BitCoin – Buy, Sell & Trade Using Anonymous Peer-To-Peer Currency Earlier this month two prominent US politicians wrote to US Attorney General Eric Holder to express concerns about the rise of a new online currency – BitCoin. The anonymous, peer-to-peer currency has become very popular... Read More . It seems likely that the Tor network will continue to grow for the foreseeable future.
Legally, the water is somewhat murkier. Tor is illegal in a number of jurisdictions, and –while it remains legal in the United States – Tor has come under fire from the FBI, DEA, and many other agencies there. So that legal status may change. Tor is difficult or impossible to effectively restrict access to, but a change in legal status in the West could certainly slow its adoption.
What will remain true, however, is that freedom of discourse is most needed when it is not allowed, and Tor will remain a powerful tool against oppressive regimes around the globe for many years to come.
Guide Published: November 2013
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Additionally- I just saw this article is dated 2013. Yea- this article is outdated and not current.
The NSA will have access to your TOR account now.
If I am not alzheimer's challenged currently i believe i read 6 months ago that Tor was compromised by the NSA.