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This ginger wine is far better than my previous batch. It is dry, there is an undertone of lemon and the ginger comes through splendidly. It doesn't even need a splash of whisky to make it pleasant. Maybe it is a bottle to share between four rather than two, because the taste is so gingery, but Claire and I managed just fine to finish it over the course of an evening. In fact, we finished it before we ate - but we did eat closer to nine than eight, so I don't think that is scandalous. It was a lovely, quiet evening to round off a week with its fair share of tensions.
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008 • 1 Comment on Satisfied
I know Mondays aren't supposed to be much fun, but my Monday has turned out pretty well so far! This afternoon, I went to see Sex and the City. I really enjoyed it, loved seeing "the girls" together again and love, love, love seeing women my age and older on screen playing sexy, confident women instead of… mommies and psychotics. Okay, so a couple of the girls are mothers, but it's not all they are… and that's nice to see.
Then I came home to an e-mail from the editor at XCite Books informing me that my story "Private Lessons" will appear in Satisfy Me, due out in August. Fun news!
XCite's covers are always vibrant and distinctive and this one reminds me of Alison Tyler and her CFPP (Call for Panty Pictures). I love these hot pink rhumba panties!
I can't find a table of contents online for Satisfy Me—are any of my writing buddies in the lineup? I hope so! It's going to be a steamy summer.
Hope you all had a good Monday, too!

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Year: 1994 | Developed and Published by: Natsume
Hello everyone, StarBoy91 here; passionate about video games, big retrophile, and fan of all things 16-bit! =) Freakin' Wild Guns!!! =D
Released on August 1994 for the Super Famicom, this Western/sci-fi punk shooting gallery-game created by Natsume saw an American SNES release on July 1995 and would not see a release in Europe until October 1996--the latter of which was not distributed by Natsume but by the infamous Titus Software. Oooh, man, what a way to go! =(
Now for those not aware, Titus Software is a company with that terrifying as hell red fox logo (what do you mean it isn't? Look at it!!) who was not exactly known for developing quality titles during their run in the '80s and '90s until they declared bankruptcy in 2005 and for years have been criticized for their low quality standards to the point where any association with them (whether they actually made or published a game) meant people who judged games by the company on the cover thought it was going to be bad (and in the latter's case it's largely uncalled for). Legitimately makes me wonder if Titus made a good game before they died.
For example, America and Europe were probably worried that ASCII's platformer Ardy Lightfoot was going to be bad on account that Titus' name was attached as Western publisher when the truth of the matter was that if they played it it's actually not that bad; and Europeans who did not play today's game due to Titus' name as publisher probably felt the same way when again if they actually played it it's not that bad. =( Of course if Nastume hadn't gone the lazy route in the European edition of Pocky & Rocky and took out all the words as opposed to translating them (no, really, they actually did that) which made them come across as unreliable distributors in that region this probably would not have happened; would explain why PAL regions received Pocky & Rocky 2 courtesy of Ocean Software (a better video game company than Titus) instead.
Sorry, I'm getting off track, what's this awesome game like? ......oh, did I just spoil that? Oops! =$
In a Western steampunk universe lived a young beauty named Annie who asked renowned space bounty hunter Clint for help. She tells him that the Kid family abducted her whole family and killed them and that she would pay Clint anything he wants to dispose of these fiends to which he says he doesn't need help. But he lets Annie tag along anyway when she says her vendetta against the Kid family is personal and claims she might be as good a shot as Clint. So together they go up against the Kid's forces to avenge Annie's loved ones but more importantly put an end to the Kid's crimes once and for all.
|Dodging enemy fire
|Bar shootout
|YEAH, go Vulcan gun!!! =D
|Time to show this machine the ropes
|Dynamite toss
|Wild explosive shootouts in the steampunk sci-fi
equivalent of the wild West
|Dodging enemy missiles
|Let him have it!
|Above you!!!
|"Stop right there, punk!"
|Oh, what are you doing? o_O
|"Get off my train!"
|Fire at his metallic face
|Victory!!! =D
|BOOM! God Bless this badass game! =)
My Personal Score: 8.5/10
<( ^o^)^TO EACH THEIR OWN^(^o^ )>
P.S. At last, I finally got another game reviewed as I promised I would on my ambitious 2016 Reviews Bucket List outside of Xandra no Daibōken: Valkyrie to no Deai back in January. Two down,... seven to go...... '_' .........I need to get cracking, the year is going by quick! Oh, and all screenshots I took back in December.
P.S. 2 This is my second favorite Nintendo 16-bit Western title behind Lenar's Ganpuru: Gunman's Proof which is my number one! I would say what I thought of Konami's Sunset Riders, but sadly I never played any of its versions (nor can afford to play them). =(
P.S. 3 Oh yeah, off-topic: go watch Captain America: Civil War, it's really good! =)
Thank you for reading my review, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think! Have a great Summer, and take care! =D


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Kristopher Morgan, May 22, 2017
My journey to libertarianism didn't start until I graduated high school, spent 4 years in the Army, and was on the final year of my BS in Criminal Justice. When the economy crashed in 2007, I found myself in awe and searching for answers. It started me on a journey of self-education that focused heavily in areas of political science, philosophy, and economics. It is a journey that has helped to define who I am and what my values in life really are. I would not trade any of it for the world; however, what I find most interesting about libertarians is we are very much the same in these respects.
What makes this article necessary is how libertarians are portrayed by the media. Here are a few article titles to demonstrate:
Libertarians: Rich White Males of the Republican Party
Libertarianism is for white men: the ugly truth about the right's favorite movement.
Libertarians: The Great White Hope
Rather than go through every article I can find and refute every false claim about libertarianism, I have decided simply to lay out the basics of what we think.
Libertarians, in my experience, take two approaches to politics. The first approach is the economic approach. This is why so many libertarians offer entrepreneurship as a replacement for government provided services when questioned. Austrian economics provides the key to understanding basic economics and how economic growth occurs. An entrepreneur recognizes demand for a product and obtains capital either through savings or investors and implements a business plan to provide the said service. All very simple, and an accurate way of understanding economics. When governments interfere with this process, they distort real demand, make certain products no-longer feasible due to taxation and regulations, making less desirable substitutes available in lieu; a fancy way of saying they make society as a whole poorer. Since governments operate through the power of law, classes of winners and losers are always created, whereas free exchanges benefit all parties involved.
The second approach to politics is a firm belief in justice. Libertarians recognize that all human beings possess the same basic characteristics: self-ownership, consciousness, and the need for property to survive. This need to own property in order to survive gives all of us the right to self-defense. Without property we can't meet our basic needs for food, water, or shelter; a species without the ability to defend their property is an endangered species, as others throughout the animal kingdom will swoop in and deprive them of their food. Hence it follows that the individual has the right to repel any encroachments, from the animal kingdom or from other people, on the rights to their property. The libertarian, knowing they have the right to self-defense, also recognizes that if they themself attempt to encroach on another's property, that person also has the right to defend from their attack. This creates a principle that libertarians live by: The Non-Aggression principle. This approach to politics is not much concerned with what will provide the strongest economic or social outcome; it is simply a matter of whether or not someone's property rights were violated.
What both classes have in common; what separates libertarianism from all other ideologies, is the refutation of delusion and respect for truth. Libertarians do not pretend, for example, that our material problems will be solved if we simply pass a new law. Passing a law does nothing to add to the amount of goods and services available to us all; only production can do that, and only production of things people demand (not government directed production such as 'digging holes and filling them back up'). The justice-oriented libertarian does not pretend that passing a law and sending policemen to enforce said law with guns and other weapons and endless backup is what defines justice. Justice; natural rights, whatever you want to call it, is everyone's birthright.
It is my sincere hope that the reader considers what has NOT been said here at least as much as what has been said. Libertarianism does not mean we cannot have a commune… It does not mean we cannot have charities… It does not mean we believe in state capitalism (that really does benefit the rich)… There is room for anything and everything in a libertarian society. What concerns libertarians is the means, not the ends. As long as coercive means are not being used, libertarians will not oppose it, even if they don't necessarily agree. We don't ask "Who is going to benefit from this?" or "How will this benefit rich white people?" We ask: Is one party using force against another?
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Rebooting the Bugsmith's Blog
It's been a long long time since I last posted in this space. I guess I had been a bit too caught up with life and had been overly focused on my job.
Recently, I realized that I have become quite dormant in the open source communities, and it has been quite some time since I made a worthwhile commit on GitHub / Pagure / BitBucket/etc. My GitHub streak now looks mostly empty which means I have been lazy for over a year now.
So, enough with the slacking around for so long. It's time to reboot the Bugsmith and get back to the groove of things.
It's time to draw a line and balance out all the imbalances in my current everyday life. This means fixing my office work schedule, being a bit conscious about my health, and most importantly, getting back to doing something worthwhile with my life.
So, here's the plan:-
- I'll start posting more often about anything and everything.
- I'm gonna start sharing as much of my everyday learning related to tech and non-tech using this blog as a medium.
- Finish up all of my pending work [mostly personal stuff which I have been ignoring for a long time now].
- Get back to contributing more pro-actively to Open Source projects which I find interesting.
- Get back to attending tech-meetups in my vicinity and beyond.
- Well basically, get my stuff together and get back to being awesome yet again. 😉
Let's see how I manage to cope up with my self-expectations! 🙂
Installing EditorConfig on Sublime Text
- Go the Preferences tab -> Package Control.
- Select Install Package from the drop down menu.
- Wait for the list to load, once it loads it will show you a list of packages.
- Now, type in EditorConfig and select the highlighted option.
To confirm that Editor Config is installed correctly on your Sublime Text instance you can go to Preferences -> Browse Packages. If installed correctly you should be able to see an EditorConfig directory present in the Packages directory.
That's it! Enjoy! 🙂
Installing Sublime Text 3 on RHEL / Fedora
Here's another three step guide to installing Sublime Text 3 on RHEL 6,7 / Fedora 18, 19, 20:-
- Download the installation script from the following gist.
- Extract it to your home directory [or anywhere you like].
$tar -xvf gist11b039f398ddcae88139-e339084ef22e956ea6ef8d04f8279ca70772f534.tar.gz
- Open your terminal (preferably as super user), navigate to your home directory and execute the shell script.
Voila!! You now have Sublime Text 3 installed on your machine. You may run it from the terminal or via the alt+f2 shortcut by simply typing in "sublime".
Based upon my previous post on How to install Sublime Text 3 on Fedora. 😉
Enjoy!! 🙂
Creating scrollable Charts using Angular-Kendo
Creating Scrollable Charts:
Horizontal scrolling of Charts is not supported out of the box in Kendo UI, however it can be achieved using a bit of custom styling.
Basic steps:
- Set
overflow: autoof the

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- Set width of the aforementioned div;
- Set width of the

to a value higher than it's parent div width size.
Example piece of code:

.parent-container {
overflow-y: scroll;
width: 1000px;
.chart-container {
overflow: auto;
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ReMo Council Meetup 2014
On February 2014, the Mozilla Reps Council and module Peers met for 2 days at the Mozilla Paris office to discuss the future roadmap of the Mozilla Reps program. The idea was to discuss and solidify plans, vision and goals of the Mozilla Reps program in general to align with Mozilla's organizational goals around growing the community towards the Million Mozillian goal.
The Mozilla Reps council was joined by William Reynolds (Community Tools, including reps.mozilla.org), Konstantina Papadea (Budget and Swag), Michelle Thorne (Foundation), Marcia Knous (QA), and Rosana Ardila (SUMO) as guests for the bi-annual meetup to provide their feedback on the discussions and help solidify the roadmap for the council in the upcoming year.
Day 1
How can we improve the Reps program to better enable Mozilla Communities that have impact?
The two primary topic areas on day one were program structure / goals, and leadership. We broke into sub-groups to come up with the bottlenecks and problems in these areas. Solutions were kept aside for the upcoming sessions. Items were grouped into three different categories that we felt caught all we wanted to capture – Council and Peers, Mentors, Reps.
Apart from these we also had discussions on a larger spectrum of topics. Michelle talked about Teach The Web/Webmaker plans for the year and how Reps can support it. Here we also had a discussion about events in general and what would be the best way forward in supporting event organizers worldwide.
Tristan Nitot came in to talk about TRIBE and personal development. Kate Naszradi dialed in really early California time to give us an update on the fast growing Firefox Student Ambassadors Program. Then Mary Colvig and David Boswell joined to discuss the topic 'Enable Communities that have Impact', aka One Million Mozillians. How we are going to scale by 10x in 2014.
Day 2
On the second day, we basically threw out the written schedule, and decided to hack around a bit. The general mood of the room was to find solutions to the issues we identified on day one and start implementing them.
In the meanwhile, Pete Scanlon dropped in for a discussion on Engagement, the team's role in 2014 Mozilla goals, and how Reps fit in and can make an impact. We also had a few more discussions on some other important topics that came up such as the Reps application process and how it can be improved.
The summary of what was discussed over the weekend can be expressed in a single line as:-
The goal for the ReMo program is that Mozilla Reps across the globe would be more engaged, empowered and enabled in the year 2014.
Ever since the time I first got involved in the Free and Open Source community I would hear about people's experiences about FOSDEM [Free and Open Source Developers' European Meeting]. If you are into Open Source communities, then apparently FOSDEM was the place to be. A few years back when I was nothing more than a wide eyed geek attending events out of curiosity to know what the hoopla was all about, I would at times meet people who would talk about someone that they know off, who had been to FOSDEM and I could not help but wonder about how big a tech event can be so big that people would would compare it to the holy grail of FOSS events.
Fast forward a few years, and I got to have a first hand experience of it and that too from the driver's seat. Not only did I attend FOSDEM this year, but I was also one of the speakers at the Mozilla Dev-Room. I had a joint talk on "Developing Webapps for Firefox OS – The Efficient & Simplistic Approach" with Robert Kaiser (KaiRo).
In all, this year, four of us [Me, Priyanka, Soumya and Srikar] were invited as speakers at the Mozilla Dev-Room at FOSDEM from India, and it was also the first one for all of us. Even though all four of us are pretty much veteran FOSS evangelists, yet FOSDEM was something that was pretty new to us. Needless to say, we were excited! It was like we were back to being the curious geeky newbie souls that we were just a few years back. And I must say, we enjoyed every moment of the experience to the fullest.
One of the most striking things for me was the fact that for the first time, in the last couple of years I felt nervous while getting on the stage [which, I'm pretty sure was quite evident in my talk]. However, I'm quite sure that it wasn't peer pressure, or the number of people looking at me in the room [the room was packed with 350+ of the geekiest people from around the world], I'd guess it was more because of the fact that it was something right out of an adolescent day dream for me. Somehow, however, I enjoyed this feeling all over again. I felt like the ever too curious techie geek from a few years back again.
What I do want mention here is after quite a long time [a couple of years maybe?] I went berserk with swag again. I guess being surrounded by the choicest of official goodies representing all the things that you use in your everyday life does have that effect on one. And, I'm pretty sure I wasn't alone as well. There were people all around me jumping from one booth to the other with the curious glean in their eyes which can easily compete with that of a bookworm left free in the world's best library without a care in the world. Knowledge flow was the mantra here, and then of course there were the swags.
I have to confess, I ended up with a pretty good stockpile of stickers and other similar goodies, thanks to my sudden bout of childishness. But again, who can resist the temptation of picking up a few of the most sought after swags in the Free and Open source communities.
I won't write much about how my talk went though, I would rather leave it for you to see and understand. For the sake of simplicity, I'm embedding the video recording of my talk along with the slides from FOSDEM here. Do check it out and leave me a note, about what you think of it. [Just remember, I was a bit nervous ;)].
Slides: Developing Webapps for Firefox OS – The Efficient & Simplistic Approach
Video: Developing Webapps for Firefox OS – The Efficient & Simplistic Approach
A special note here for Benoit Leseul: You are one of the nicest and wonderful person that I have ever met. Thanks a lot for taking care of us during FOSDEM! 🙂


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I can't forget what I felt for you cos it just doesn't go away. No matter how hard I try it seems I just can't move away. I'm caught along those false lines of so-called love.
Where a heart remains battered and broken in half. It hurts alot that you just walk away, And I'm left trying to pick up the pieces and find my own way. It hurts alot cos you don't really care, When you said "I love you" - it was just a way to ensnare..
Please don't treat me this way. For your sake, I agree with you money can buy love,but as for me, not the kind that truly warms your heart and soul.Every time I was pushed away from you, I wasnt afraid. Because it was like playing on a swing. Id push away, only to be drawn back to you twice as fast.I knew you were in control of [How Far] you pushed me..


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Whether this is your son's first sleep away or he is a pro, having fun is a daily criteria with programs for every interest. They won't even be aware they are learning every day—but they will come home happy and with memories to last a lifetime.
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Whether you're a family with young children, someone will limited mobility or simply someone looking for peace of mind, we all want to know that our homes are safe and secure environments in which we needn't worry about accidental injuries or unanticipated dangers. To examine the domestic bathroom, let's have a look at some of the modern safety features that make it a safer place than it has ever been before.
Modern shower can now be purchased with thermostatic temperature controls, which mean that you can manipulate the temperature and flow rate of your shower with accuracy and assurance. Ceramic disc technology in modern taps and mixers also means that they are easier to operate, more efficient and longer lasting than ever before. Anti-scald mechanisms can also now be installed that ensure that your water cannot go over a certain temperature: Ideal for households with young children.
Toilet seats, of course, have been able to have child-proof catches on them for several years now, but new soft-close toilets mean that no small child need risk trapping their fingers again. A similar idea is soft-close doors and drawers incorporated into bathroom furniture: The final inch or so of the closing area will slowly roll itself shut, eliminating the possibility of an accidental slam.
Replacing your bathroom mirror with a mirrored cabinet not only makes good sense for storage and organisational purposes, but provides somewhere to store any medicines and supplements out of the reach of curious young fingers.
Fitted bathroom furniture another great storage option, has a couple of key safety benefits other than soft-close doors. As fitted units, there is no possibility of the furniture falling over or collapsing, and nature of the design will mean that plumbing and pipework is covered up, preventing any accidental contact with hot pipes.
Of course in shower-baths and wet rooms it is essential to have some sort of non-slip flooring in place. Adhesive strips attached to the floor, or a secure mat should be sufficient, but you also have the option of installing grab bars and a shower seat if the shower will be used by anyone who may have trouble standing unassisted for extended periods.
With all of these technological developments in bathroom safety, there does not need to be cause for concern any longer. And the best part is that these changes have all been made with the overall aesthetic of the bathroom in mind, so you can now have a safe, secure, easy to use bathroom, that hasn't had to sacrifice style over function in any way.


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As it moves to close 138 stores nationwide in a streamlining effort, retailer JC Penney will also close a location in Longmont, the city that was home to James Cash Penney's first business.
The Longmont store, 955 S. Hover Road, is one of four in Colorado that will be axed, along with locations in Fort Morgan, Glenwood Springs and Sterling.
"Regarding the Longmont location, approximately 55 employees are impacted and the store will close later this year on June 18," company officials said in an emailed statement. "We'll go to great lengths to relocate esteemed leaders, while providing outplacement support services for those eligible associates who will be leaving the company. Eligible associates who do not remain with the company will receive separation benefits, including an on-site career training class."
About 5,000 jobs nationwide will be affected by the closures, which include two supply chain facilities in Florida and California. Liquidation sales will begin April 17 at retail locations.
James Cash Penney — whose name would eventually be given to the store he bought in 1907 and grew to a national chain — started his very first business in Longmont, a meat market at 331 Main St.
The JC Penney store has moved around the city for years, first occupying the north side of the Imperial Hotel at 315 Main. After several downtown moves, it relocated to the Twin Peaks Mall and then to the St. Vrain Center, where it stands today.
The big box store is likely to stand empty for some time, as retailers move to smaller footprints to compete with online sales.
Longmont in recent years has had several large-space vacancies that have only recently begun to be redeveloped. The Office Depot at 2251 Ken Pratt became The Wild Game Experience; a Sports Authority in the same strip mall is set to become a trampoline park.
The onetime Walmart on South Hover, empty since 2011, has been demolished and broken up into two parcels of land. One of them is under contract to an unknown buyer, according to a representative for the property owner.
Others, like the Kmart that has been vacant for seven years, have yet to see renewed life.
Tim Conarro, a Longmont-based commercial real estate broker, thinks the redevelopment of JC Penney will follow a similarly slow trajectory.
"I would say it's going to take quite a long time," he said. "It's run down; it's somewhere off the beaten path.
"It seems like all the retail in town has moved further south."
David Starnes, Longmont's redevelopment manager, said he expects more empty stores ahead for Longmont — and the rest of the nation.
The U.S. had roughly 50 square feet of physical retail space per capita in 2015, according to Forbes. Europe has about 2.5 square feet per capita.
"There's just so much retail in the U.S," Starnes said. "It's a nationwide issue."
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Congratulations to Mary F. of Sherwood Park! She is the lucky winner of $178.50 in our 50/50 draw.
Open to Girls and Boys teams from U10 to U18, the tournament will be held over two weekends on the indoor fields at the Trans Alta Tri Leisure Center in Spruce Grove, Alberta.
This tournament is an excellent opportunity for teams to get extra games early in the indoor season which will help develop strong team play for the rest of the season. Teams are guaranteed three games (with some teams getting four). Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded in divisions with four or more teams, and gold and silver medals will be awarded in divisions with three teams.
A maximum number of 50 teams can be accepted into the community tournament, so get your registration in early. Registrations must be received by 4:00pm, Thursday, October 27th for the community tournament. With limited space, the earlier your registration, the better your chances are of getting in!
As well as the soccer fields, the TransAlta Tri Leisure Center is a full service recreational complex with swimming pools, ice rinks, a gym, a walking track and a fitness center. There is a family sports restaurant as well as a concession.
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The story of Kennewick Man inspires a Japanese kayaker to undertake an epic paddling trip to show that ancient peoples could have traveled by boat between Japan and the Columbia River area.
By week's end, Ryota Yamada hopes to slip his sea kayak gently into the Columbia River at Clover Island, embarking on the first leg of adventure to Japan.
The retired scientist who did nanotechnological research intends to paddle downriver from Kennewick to the Pacific, then via the Inland Passage north to Alaska, and eventually across the Bering Strait to the Asian continent.
It will take him four summers to paddle the thousands of miles but, if he succeeds in reaching his homeland, Yamada said he will have shown that Kennewick Man could have made his way by boat 9,300 years ago from Japan to North America.
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The E-filling of return both under direct and indirect system is a big relief to the Tax payers and professionals who are working for and on behalf of the tax payers. E-filling of Income tax returns has made the life of Taxpayers and professionals very easy and refunds are coming very fast. The whole system is paperless hence it is a big saving of the National resources. The same can also be said for service tax and central excise. We can see that Indian Tax professionals are now working in very sophisticated atmosphere and days of going again and again to Government offices are almost over.
What is written here is one side of the picture. Let us have a look at the negative sides of the system in which our administrators are working. There is no time limit for introducing the returns to be e-filed. Let us take an example of ITRs for assessment year 2013-14 and we have only ITR -1 and ITR-4S (Introduced almost 45 days after beginning of the year) ready for the E-filling. The ITR-2 was introduced one or two days back. The Tax payers and professionals are still waiting for the rest of the returns. There was same story in the assessment year 2012-13. There may be problems for preparing and introducing the schema for ITRs and these problems were there last year also but the same is still not solved in the second year and this shows that how the system is working. The last dates of filling of returns are fixed and further the department is encouraging the Tax payers to maximize the use of E-filling facility then how the delay in introduction of schema of ITRs. If two months are wasted in introduction of returns ready for E-filling then how the tax payers will meet the deadline of last dates.
There should be a clarification from CBDT about the reasons of such a long delay for two consecutive assessment years. We are very fast developing IT nation then why the early preparations are not made so that the returns for E-filling are introduced within time. We have not seen any protest from any side in this matter and the originations and Institutes which are concerned with the matter are taking this delay as inevitable hence the administrators are also taking the matter very lightly.
The same story is applicable with service tax. The returns for the first 2 quarters of 2012-13 were introduced very late and after one or two extension of filling of date. The last date for filling of return for half year ending with 31st March 2013 is extended from 25th April 2013 to 31st. Aug 2013 but the declaration on the site is very clear that still the return is not ready. Let us see the relevant notification in this respect:-
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule(4) of rule 7 of the Service Tax Rules, 1994, the Central Board of Excise & Customs hereby extends the date of submission of the Form ST-3, for the period from 1st October 2012 to 31st March 2013, from 25th April, 2013 to 31st August, 2013.
The circumstances of a special nature, which have given rise to this extension of time, are as follows:
"The Form ST-3, for the period from 1 st October 2012 to 31st March 2013, is expected to be available on ACES around 31st of July, 2013".
See here the strange reason but there is no explanation why so much time is needed for introducing the return format. The story is the same both for direct and indirect tax and it seems that there is a shortage of expertise and that is the main reason for the delay and further nobody is asking for the reason hence "what is going on is going on".
There should be a concern about the problem at top level and also there should be concrete protest at the level which is affecting by this delay and a clear action should be taken for the next year.
CA Sudhir Halakhandi – CA Abhas Halakhandi
"Halakhandi", Laxmi Market, Beawar-305901(RAJ)
Cell- 9828067256, E-Mail – email@example.com
Dear Sudhir Ji,
We are at the fag end of Financial Year and in another 60 days, we shall be preparing for a new battle. Please enlighten all those concerned and raise our voice to reach the deaf ears………………………………
Before I plead a request to all concerned to be active so that no one terms your laxity a collusion with un ethical practices.
I request them to be sympathetic to Tax Professionals (every one knows how much pressure and stress a professional undergoes in case of delayed releases with frequent changes to meet out dead lines) and release ITR Utilities in advance before the close of the year so that we can start filling from the day one.
First of all Kudos to Sudhir and Ahbas Halakhandi for bringing this up. It is absolutely shocking that we are subjected to this year after year. And yet the Central Council and Regional Council members are mum on this. What may be the reason for this only they can explain. Imagine a delay of nearly 60 days only to release the schema. The Finance Ministry needs to get its act together. I had clients who are very diligent and give me details in April itself. I feel frustrated as a practisiing professional to give the real reasons to them. Shouldnt our Institute take up the matter? We should protest and ask the Finance Ministry to issue a notification to this effect. Also the Schema has to be ready by the 1st April of the respective year. Or else pull up the officials. Own up and take responsibility, Mr. Finance Minister. Institute – dont just be fence sitters.
I have few of my client waiting to file their return to avail bank credit facility and it is delayed due to non declaration of forms. It seems govt has all the time on earth to work on granting subsidies for everything, but no time for people to contribute to payment of such subsidies.
I completely agree with the author and it is ridiculous and frustrating for both the tax payers and CAs who are at the mercy of the Authorities to wait for the IT Forms to be uploaded on the site to file the returns.
Any explanation/reasoning on this is not justifiable. Having done such a commendable job for E-filing this basic gap needs to be plugged ASAP.
Ravi Prakash 's suggestion of amending the sec. can be implemented immediately.
(First of all I do not understand why mere notification with least amendments takes so much time .
TAX Guru may take the initaitive and seek software experts comments on this.)
all the deadlines are applicable only to the tax payers and in turn passed on to us professionals.
old data has been input in the system but without intimation to the assessee. when you receive demand notification you start digging into old data.
The fate of ST3 in CBEC is unique by ALL means..why they should be so adament in e-filing, ifthey can not proper software support..
I have been trying to register as a tax payer, to view FORM 26 AS, for over 6 (SIX)weeks but have failed. I keep getting 'invalid details' against entry of PAN
How am I to verify Form 26 A and get same rectified before filing returns?I have sent several E.Mails and screen shots.Earlier I used to get acknowledgment of E.mails,but now there is no reply.The customer feedback system does not work.Phone calls to help lines are met with a recorded message which says that the concerned official is not available to take calls.
What do I do? Time is running out to file returns.
There is no genuine reason to cause such delay in releasing the ITR forms.
CAs can plan their work appropriately if all the Forms are made available by 1st April 2013.
We do not see any major changes in content of Forms year to year requiring months to modify and release!!
Govt is neither accountable for due dates nor answerable for any delay. It is only assessees accountable and answerable.
Sorry to say but it seems under the present government, everything seems to be in a state of drift. The country is just running ram-bharose. No accountability, no apologies, no explanations. We saw how the Govt made a mess of the TDS-TRACES last year when no TDS returns could be filed or certificates generated last year for almost 2 months. But no explanation. This year we saw MCA was in a mess for so much time because of transition and no explanation.
I wrote so many e mails to department last year….but now understood u have to live like that. Its true institute must take care of such things
Dear sudhir jee,
thanks for raising the issue.
we all should press hard to CBDT that in case of such delay , the due date should be extended by same no of days as that of delay.
The Govt should impose a self discipline in this regard. One option is to amend section 139(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 to add in Explanation 2 that "due date" defined therein shall apply where the relevant forms (both physical and excel utility) are notified on or before April 1 of the assessment year, and in case there is any delay in notifying the forms, the due date shall be deemed to be extended by the period of delay in notifying the forms.
Ravi Prakash


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BRENTWOOD — The city of Brentwood officially adopted its new blueprint for growth and development over the next two decades with the completion of the 18-month General Plan process.
"This has been an open, transparent and meaningful process," said Ben Ritchie of De Novo Planning Group, the project's consultant, during a Tuesday Brentwood City Council meeting when the General Plan was formally approved.
The planning and growth document calls for the preservation of agricultural areas and the protection of hillsides and ecosystems. Main themes of the document include maintaining Brentwood's agricultural roots, family-oriented environment and strong sense of community.
"I don't think the public could imagine the countless hours spent to keep this project on course," said Brentwood Community Development Director Casey McCann. "There is a lot of work still to be done. We will remain focused to ensure this plan is implemented over time."
Brentwood resident Carissa Pillow said the finished document reflects the concerns of the community and maintains a balance with responsible growth and fiscally sound plans. Pillow was a member of the General Plan working group that led the entire drafting process.
"Your diligence and efficiency in updating and polishing our General Plan was greatly appreciated by land owners, business owners and residents," she said. "I believe that the working group worked very hard to make sure that the ag land that needed to be protected was protected."
Throughout the process, residents and various stakeholders had an opportunity to weigh in on the document's land use, infrastructure, open space, design, circulation and safety guidelines through multiple workshops and public meetings.
Although a majority of the recent public comments on the General Plan agreed that it balanced development, open space and quality of life, some residents were still concerned.
"I urge you to seriously consider building up the areas that you have already built in and not spreading out," local resident Cheryl Bauer said. "When you spread out too much and bring too many people together, you lose the sense of community that you have now in Brentwood."
Councilman Steve Barr was a leader of the working group and said that there was never any consideration of expanding the city limits into the protected agricultural core area surrounding Brentwood.
"It is a general guideline to where we think the city should go over a period of time," said Councilman Erick Stonebarger. "It is a great guiding document."
Reach Paula King at 925-779-7174.


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Drombeg Stone Circle, The Druid's Altar
Laura E. Swan 8/10/2012 12:56:44 AMWhat a fascinating time in history and even more amazing that part of it still stands today for us to witness it. I'd like to learn more about what would happen there.
Such a lovely countryside there. Wonderfully done, SSSKiki!!
-SSSLaura :D #1479646
Kirsten Kiki Kjaer 8/10/2012 1:00:07 AMThanks so much, SSSLala.
Mary K. Robison 8/10/2012 3:18:24 AMKiki, this shows one very good reason why Americans like to visit Europe so much. We don't have anything nearly as old as this that involves Man and his worship of something greater than himself.
Tammy M. Anderson 8/10/2012 4:09:03 AMWonderful capture, Kristen. #10269945
Jeff Robinson 8/10/2012 4:18:25 AMGreat capture of this fascinating place Kiki!! #10269954
Jack Gaskin 8/10/2012 4:52:56 AMCertainly makes you wonder, wonderful presentation with the lovely country side as a background.
Jack #10270007
Robert R. Goodman 8/10/2012 5:21:02 AMHi Kirsten,Amazing how green it is there my friend.Absolutely beautiful!!!! #10270048
Ellen Hodges 8/10/2012 5:56:48 AMSuch a gorgeous scene with outstanding composition in my humble opinion!! A stunner, Kiki!!! Hope that all is well! #10270078
Nancy L. Green 8/10/2012 12:47:02 PMI those stones could talk, WONDERFUL capure of this historic place, WTG!! <>< #10270631
Michelle Alton 8/10/2012 5:37:45 PMGorgeous, rugged terrain, Kiki. #10270870
Kirsten Kiki Kjaer 8/11/2012 12:38:19 AMThanks so much, everyone.
Neal D. Hatcher 8/11/2012 5:47:22 AMBEAUTIFUL #10271547
Kirsten Kiki Kjaer 8/11/2012 8:00:35 AMThanks, Neal :) #10271641
Carolyn J. Connolly 8/20/2012 8:20:54 AME-X-C-E-P-T-I-O-N-A-L capture, Kiki!! WOW!! :-) #10282946
Kirsten Kiki Kjaer 8/23/2012 6:37:24 AMThanks so much, Carolyn. #10286679
Carol Flisak 9/24/2012 9:16:53 AMThis is wonderful, Kiki... conratulations on your beautiful finalist! #10335585
Marijana Fajgl 9/24/2012 11:33:54 AMAmazing capture, Kirsten, my dream is to visit Ireland. Big congratulations! #10336169
Nancy L. Green 9/24/2012 1:46:06 PMWOW, 3 of them!!! CONGRATULATIONS yet again!!! <>< #10336988
Nancy L. Green 9/24/2012 1:54:28 PMWOW!!! Three of them, CONGRATULATIONS yet again!!! <>< #10337032
Robert R. Goodman 9/24/2012 2:06:16 PMBig Congratulations on your beautiful finalist,Kirsten.WTG my friend!!! #10337091
Ann Coates 9/24/2012 3:16:43 PMA lovely scene Kirsten, congratulations on your finalist. #10337528
Tammy M. Anderson 9/24/2012 5:20:39 PMCongrats on another wonderful finalist, Kristen. #10338181
Renee Doyle 9/24/2012 8:49:36 PMGreat travel capture Kiki! Congratulations!! #10339115
Laura E. Swan 9/24/2012 11:39:09 PMSister!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy this one got a Finalist!!!!! It's so original and perfectly done!!!. Okay...Time for a little chanting....
GO GOLD. GO GOLD. GO GOLD. GO GOLD. GO GOLD....There! That ought to do it! :D
Good luck on all three in the final rounds!
-SSSister :) #10339415
Mary K. Robison 9/24/2012 11:48:27 PMI couldn't agree more with Pom, Kiki!
Laura E. Swan 9/25/2012 12:13:58 AMSister!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy this one got a Finalist!!!!! It's so original and perfectly done!!!. Okay...Time for a little chanting....
GO GOLD. GO GOLD. GO GOLD. GO GOLD. GO GOLD....There! That ought to do it! :D
Good luck on all three in the final rounds!
-SSSister :) #10339438
Ellen Hodges 9/25/2012 5:55:15 AMHuge congrats and very best luck, Kiki!! #10339881
Kirsten Kiki Kjaer 9/25/2012 7:42:48 AMThanks so much, everyone. #10340156
Lindley Johnson 9/25/2012 8:37:04 AMCongratulations on your terrific finalist, Kiki. #10340295
Kirsten Kiki Kjaer 9/25/2012 8:49:23 AMThanks so much, Lindley. #10340319
JO ANN CLEVELAND 9/25/2012 9:55:24 AMCongrats on another great finalist KiKi!
jo ann c. #10340453
Kirsten Kiki Kjaer 9/25/2012 10:28:35 AMThanks so much, Jo Ann. #10340510
Heather Loewenhardt 9/25/2012 8:44:23 PMBeautifully framed with the sky Kiki. Congrats on another wonderful finalist. #10341663
Kirsten Kiki Kjaer 9/26/2012 12:22:04 AMThanks so much, Heather. #10341794
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We distribute our private information on an ever-increasing number of computers daily, and we effectively give target organisations carte blanche to do what they want with our private information once they have collected it. We have only their privacy policy as a possible safeguard against misuse of our private information. In this paper we describe a classification of private information based on the purpose it is acquired for. We also propose a method by which we can grant limited access to our private information, and thus enforce the terms of their privacy policies. Private information is also revealed at the last possible stage, further reducing the possibility of misuse. This safeguards private information in four of the five categories mentioned.
Privacy, access control
In most cases where a subject is granted access to data, such access is limited. Typical limits are usually an expiry date on such access, restrictions on what can be done with the data or restrictions on where the data can be accessed from. No organisation would give a subject carte blanche access to their data on a vague promise to take good care of it. Unfortunately, this is exactly what happens when individuals supply their private information to some target organisation on the Internet - that target organisation might have a privacy statement, but effectively has total control of the private information, and might resell, redistribute or modify the data without the owner's knowledge or consent. Furthermore the owner can not "take back" his or her private information, since there is no secure way to force the target organisation to delete the data.
We argue that private information can be categorised according to the purpose the information is required for. In each of such categories, a different approach can be used to safeguard the private information, while still allowing it to be used for the intended purpose.
In this paper we present a protocol to allow an individual to supply his private information to a target organisation in a way that limits the access such an organisation has to the information. To do this, we require several well known tools such as tickets, public key encryption and a trusted third party.
This paper is structured as follows: in Section 2 we shall supply some background information. Our classification of private information is outlined in Section 3. We then present a quick overview of our protocol in Section 4, followed by the actual implementation in Section 5 and a summary in Section 8.
For effective electronic commerce every individual i is forced to reveal some private information m about herself at some stage to a target organisation o. Even if i trusts o to perform the electronic transaction, it does not imply that i would like o to keep a permanent record of m in a database. Unfortunately, i has no control over m as soon as m is disclosed to o, and stored in o's database. These databases are increasingly compromised, misused, sold, or even made freely available to the public over the Internet. See [1, 2, 3, 4] for a sample of some of the concerns over the safeguarding of private information.
One of the ways that private information can be safeguarded, is by using privacy policies (see [3]). A lot of research has gone into automating such policies, as described in the P3P protocol [5], but these policies are still not enforceable. However, P3P allows an individual i to define a set of acceptable usage rules of private data m. Any organisation o with a published privacy policy P that does not violate these rules can request i's browser to automatically supply those parts of m that are required. This saves i from having to read and interpret every site's privacy policy before sending private information to such a site, and from having to manually enter the private information every time. Although P3P can define arbitration authorities for disputes, adherence to published policies is not enforced; safe transmission of data between parties is also not described.
Kerberos is an authentication service that issues tickets granting an individual i access to resources on a network, without i having to log on each time such access is required - a valid ticket is all that is required. We use similar concepts in our proposed protocol. More information on Kerberos can be found in [6, 7, 8].
Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) is a protocol developed jointly by Visa and MasterCard to allow the secure exchange of credit card information between a buyer and an online merchant. It does not allow the merchant direct access to the buyer's payment details, thereby protecting the privacy of the payment details. Unfortunately, SET does not protect the privacy of any other part of the buyer's personal information. Our proposed protocol remedies this. More information on SET can be found in [9].
Digital signatures and private key encryption are also used in this protocol.
Private information can be categorised according to the purpose the information is required for. Various methods to protect the information can then be tailored to effectively address both the privacy and use of the information. In this paper we do not specifically address the protection of information in the first or sixth category of our classification, and information in the fifth category is not protected from the party requiring actual access to it. The protection of private information in the other categories of the classification is discussed in this paper.
The first category that we can divide private information into, is when the private information is used to verify the result of a calculation, such as detailed earnings to verify taxable income, and the exact content of a share portfolio to verify the valuation. In these cases, access to the private information is not required if the calculated result could be verified by the target organisation without it. Such cases can be protected as discussed in [12] and are outside the scope of this paper. In related cases where an aggregate or average of numerical values for several users are required, our protocol could be used - the trusted third party could be requested to calculate such values if allowed by the privacy policy.
The second class in which we can categorise private information is where private information is required by an organisation in order to pass it on to a third party for a purpose directly linked to the transaction being performed. The organisation does not actually require the private information; the third party to which the information is passed will require it. Examples include credit card numbers (to pass on to a bank for a transfer of funds) and a shipping address (to pass on to a shipping company for actual delivery of a package).
In yet another class of private information, an organisation sometimes does not require private information for the current transaction, but might need it for future use. In such cases it might not be feasible to request the private information at the time required; the availability of such information in future has to be guaranteed in order to complete the current transaction. Examples include a credit card number to confirm a reservation when no debit will be performed until checkout (the account might even be paid in cash), and an e-mail address to notify a purchaser of similar items in stock, or of possible improvements or recalls.
In our fourth classification we consider the case where private information is used by organisations to uniquely identify customers or to allow customers to login to an account with such an organisation. Once again the actual private information does not concern the target organisation - it is only collected to be used in a challenge-response system. This can be a social security number, mother's maiden name, birth date, etc.
In our fifth class of private information usage we examine cases where the actual private information is immediately required by the requesting organisation in order to complete a transaction. To actually deliver a package, or actually transfer money organisations sometimes do require the actual contents of the private information. This is the case where it is the hardest to protect such information, as very few workarounds will do.
The final class will consist of all cases where private information is required for a purpose not covered in any of the previous categories. Such cases might include private data collected by an organisation for future marketing purposes or to resell it later to a third party. As such information is obviously not directly linked to the completion of the current transaction, it could be argued that this is exactly the type of misuse an individual would want to prevent, and as such, would not willingly supply it anyway.
We can ask whether the six classes described above are exhaustive. Since the sixth class contains all cases where private information usage is not covered by the first five categories, it follows intuitively that such a classification is indeed complete.
To effectively present this method, we shall start by giving an example step by step application of the proposed method, and then we shall specify it in more detail.
Let us use the case where Alice buys books from Bob, to be shipped using FastShipping. Alice's private details m consist of her name mname, her payment details mpayment, her e-mail address me-mail and her shipping address maddress. Bob's privacy policy states that he requires a customer name for identification, payment details for a once-off payment for the order, as well as a shipping address for a once-off shipment of the order. He would also like Alice's e-mail address, to notify her of specials, and would like to distribute it to book clubs and other customers for reference purposes. Alice's privacy policy allows all of the above, except that she does not want her e-mail address distributed to others, but would like to be notified of specials. Alice now gives Bob a TGT T1 allowing him access to mname, mpayment and maddress for 7 days, limited to one transaction, and a TGT T2 allowing him access to me-mail for 3 months. T1 also limits the use of mpayment to Bob as beneficiary, and maddress to FastShipping. Bob now presents T1 to our trusted third party S, and requests a ticket tp for payment using Bob's bank, BBank, as well as a ticket ts for shipping using FastShipping. S verifies the validity and policies of T1, and then issues tp and ts. Bob now sends tp to BBank, requesting payment. BBank presents tp to S, who supplies BBank with Alice's credit card information for the transaction. BBank notifies Bob of the successful transfer. Notice that Bob never knew Alice's credit card details. Bob now sends the package and ts to FastShipping, who presents ts to S to get Alice's shipping address, and deliver her books. Note that Bob also did not know Alice's shipping address. For the next three months, Bob can send mail to Alice by requesting a ticket from S with T2. This ticket is then sent with the message to a trusted messenger service (which might also be S), who will then forward it to Alice. When T2 expires, S will no longer issue tickets to Alice's e-mail address. The same will happen if T2 is presented to S by anyone other than Bob, or if Bob requests a ticket for another recipient. Any attempt reuse T1 during its 7 day validity for another transaction will also be rejected by S. So, Bob can not reuse or redistribute the payment information, unless BBank conspires with him (unlikely - banks are all about trust. If they can not be trusted, public scorn will soon force them to close). Bob also can not reuse the shipping address for similar reasons, unless FastShipping conspires with him (a possibility, especially if Bob does a lot of business with FastShipping, and in reality there are not that many shipping companies with the ability to ship world wide at reasonable rates. This could be prevented by sending the package to S, who can forward it to Alice for a nominal fee, or to use a series of shipping companies, each knowing only the next step in finally delivering the package).
The general case is stated, as well as certain properties of the tickets to implement the protocol correctly. A TGT will be issued by S to o for each transaction between i and o. Such a TGT will grant o access to such private information m about i stored at S described by the intersection of o and i's privacy policies.
When an individual i wants to send some private data m to a target organisation o, o's privacy policy P is checked using P3P. This policy is then used by i to give o a ticket granting ticket T( o, i, P) granting access to m as described in the intersection between i's own privacy policy and P for a limited time. The actual private information is stored at a trusted third party S, for round the clock availability. When o needs part of m, o presents T as well as d, a description of the required subset of m and optionally o2, another organisation who actually requires the access to S. S then verifies that P has not changed, and sends o a ticket td,o2 , where o2 = o if this was not supplied, and if allowed by P. A ticket can not be reused, and can only be used by the party it has been issued to. If o has to send private information to another party o2, o has to request another ticket for o2 from S if allowed by P. If o has to reuse information, a new ticket can be requested with T, unless T has expired.
Tickets are used to access the actual private information. A ticket granting ticket (TGT) describes the types of access allowed, and is used to request tickets from a trusted third party S that can be used to access the actual data. We describe the use of tickets in more detail, by applying our categorisation as defined in Section 3
Although not directly addressed by this paper, this method can be used to calculate aggregates and averages on a set of different users' private information. If allowed to do so by the privacy policy, o can request S to calculate such aggregates. Another method to protect the privacy of information for such cases is discussed in [12].
When a target organisation o requires private information m from an individual i to pass on to a third party, o can send a ticket to such a party allowing it to get the data directly from S.
If o would like to store m for some future use, o can just keep the TGT, and request a ticket from S when such access becomes needed. A further benefit is that m remains current, since all updates at S will filter through when o needs to access m. The availability of m is linked to the expiry date on the TGT.
As i's public key is part of the TGT, o can just encrypt a random message with it, and request i to decrypt it using i's private key. No actual knowledge of or access to private information is required by o in such a case.
To actually deliver a package, or actually transfer money (used by a bank) or actually require direct access to m. In this case, the real data is required, and is retrieved from S with a valid, unused ticket. The information is protected in the sense that no intermediary will have access to it.
The first four uses can be achieved without actually revealing m to o. The ticket granting ticket is all that is required. Only in the last case is the actual private information required, but privacy is still protected in a way, since it is only revealed at the last possible stage of any transaction. (And then it is minimal information such as: ship package number 1342 to this address, or transfer $23.54 from account number 352 to account number 2435).
In order to function as described above, tickets need certain properties, similar to the Kerberos implementation.
|A unique identifier of the TGT.
|Public key of the trusted third party S.
|A unique identifier of the individual owner of the private data.
|Public key of the individual i.
|A unique identifier of the target organization o being given access to m.
|Public key of the target organization o being given access to m.
|An unambiguous description of the private data m being accessed by this TGT. P3P notation can be used.
|A copy (or hash) of o's privacy policy at the time of issue.
|A copy (or hash) of i's privacy policy at the time of issue.
|Expiry date of the TGT.
|Number of times this TGT can be reused.
|Specific constraints pertinent to some part of m, such as shipping company, bank and amount. P3P field identifiers could be used, with a set of valid values for each.
Figure 1: Format of the Ticket Granting Ticket
The TGT and tickets must be tamper proof. The contents should not be modifiable by any party other than S. The necessity for this requirement should be obvious. Such security could be achieved by having S sign them with S's private key. Any party could verify the signature using S's public key. Information in the ticket and TGT that are only meant for certain o could be encrypted by S with their public keys, keeping it private.
Some of the access granted on the TGT might be for a limited time only. This time limit should be visible to a target organisation o, but should not be modifiable by o. This is required so that o can ensure adequate time is allowed for shipping, billing, etc. and also in the case where i subscribes to a service requiring private information, o can ensure that the TGT does not expire before the subscription does. This requirement can be achieved by signing the time limit with i's private key in cases where i set the limit, or S's private key otherwise.
The ticket granting ticket should at least contain the fields depicted in Figure 1, while the ticket should look like Figure 2. Tickets can not be reused.
|A unique identifier of the ticket..
|Public key of the trusted third party S.
|A unique identifier of the individual owner of the private data.
|Public key of the individual i.
|A unique identifier of the target organization o being given access to m.
|Public key of the target organization o being given access to m.
|An unambiguous description of the private data m being accessed by this ticket. P3P notation can be used.
|Expiry date of the ticket.
Figure 2: Format of the Ticket
Some further questions spring to mind, and are discussed here.
The first and probably most important, is: What if S can not be trusted? This could possibly be solved by having more than one trusted third party, and storing either a subset of an individual's private information at each trusted third party. Another solution using more than one trusted third party is to split each information item among several trusted third parties, so that no single S can compromise any information.
Another important question to consider is that of collusion between some of the parties, as already mentioned in Section 4 - say between a big online retailer and its preferred shipping company. Such collusion might them possibly be curbed by using several shipping companies, or by policing by the trusted third parties (they could refuse to give TGT's to such guilty parties for any individuals registered with them, which might make the possible repercussions of such collusion too severe for any o to risk).
Of course, the better any individual's private information is protected and anonymised, the bigger the risk that such a system could be used for nefarious purposes (imagine someone ordering marijuana from the Netherlands, where it is legal, and having it anonymously delivered to the United States, where it is not. Interception of the package by customs might prevent delivery, but the recipient might not be identified). In cases where a single S is used, a court order might possibly be used to reveal private information about i in cases where criminal intent can be proven. In such a case the expired TGT might be presented to S with the court order or warrant requiring disclosure. S can then supply the original information. This could be even more effective than just storing the individual's private information in the traditional way, as the information stored at S might be more up to date. However, if S is physically located in an area outside the jurisdiction of authorities requiring such disclosure, S might not divulge the private information. This can then be countered by o requiring non-expiring third-party access to the private information m on the TGT for such authorities. The individual's private information could then only be accessed by the relevant authorities, and not by o.
Namesafe.com [10] provides good protection of identities, addresses and credit card details, but uses services such as Mail Boxes Etc. which are only accessible to users in the United States. The method proposed in this paper does not have such a limitation.
iPrivacy.com [11] encrypts part of the private information, but leaves other parts, such as the city, state and zip code open. The information that is encrypted, such as the address, can the be decrypted by the delivery company. This means that the information could still be out of date if the individual moves, as the encrypted version of an address is stored by the target organisation, instead of a TGT granting right of access to the information. iPrivacy.com's software is obtained from an individual's credit card company, which, of course, makes it inaccessible to people without credit cards.
We have presented a classification of private information based on the purpose for which it is acquired, and created a protocol to protect private information in several of these classifications.
With this protocol we have effectively prevented unauthorised reuse and redistribution of private information in all cases where the target organisation o did not require direct, unprotected access to an individual i's private data. We have also managed to protect private information by disclosing it at the last possible stage in any transaction, virtually preventing all intermediaries from accessing our private information. However, note that this protocol does not prevent the last stage organisation to store and misuse the actual private information. The impact of this is lessened by the fact that this last stage usually have very little information, which might not be useful per se and the fact that in e-commerce applications these last stage organisations will typically be very large, such as banks and shipping companies, with a lot to lose should they misuse private information.
Further study could possibly integrate this approach with P3P, in order to automate this process and make it totally transparent to the end user.
[1] H. Wang, M. K. O. Lee and C. Wang, "Consumer privacy concerns about Internet marketing.", Communications of the ACM, March 1998, 63-70.
[2] B. Thuraisingham, S. Jajodia, P. Samarati, J. Dobson and M. Olivier, "Security and Privacy Issues for the World Wide Web: Panel Discussion", Database Security XII: Status and Prospects, Kluwer, To Appear.
[3] L. F. Cranor, "Internet Privacy", Communications of the ACM, February 1999, 29-31.
[4] R. Clarke, "Internet Privacy Concerns Confirm the Case for Intervention.", Communications of the ACM, February 1999, 60-67.
[5] L. Cranor, M. Langheinrich, M. Marchiori, M. Presler-Marshall and J. Reagle, "The Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0", Draft, http://www.w3.org/TR/P3P.
[6] B. C. Neuman and T. Ts'o, "Kerberos: An Authentication Service for Computer Networks" IEEE Communications Magazine, Volume 32, Number 9, September 1994, 33-38
[7] B. C. Neuman and J. Kohl, "The Kerberos Network Authentication Service (V5)" Web Page, http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1510.html
[8] USC/ ISI GOST Group, "The Kerberos Network Authentication Service", Web Page, http://www.isi.edu/gost/gost-group/products/kerberos/
[9] "SET Home Page", Web Page, http://www.setco.org
[10] "NameSafe Home Page", Web Page, http://www.namesafe.com
[11] "iPrivacy Home Page", Web Page, http://www.iprivacy.com
[12] F. Lategan and M. Olivier, "Enforcing Privacy by Withholding Private Information", in S. Qing and J. H. P. Eloff (eds), Information Security for Global Information Infrastructures, Kluwer, August 2000, 421-430.


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Located in the southeast London inner city district of Bermondsey. Opened around 1914, the Palace Cinema was operated by Nicholson & Wood. In 1937 the Palace Cinema is listed as operating pictures and variety. The stage was 30 feet wide and 12 feet deep with two dressing rooms provided.
It seems to have closed during World War II when the area was suffering extensive bomb damage. In 2009, Sam's Barber's shop stands at this address on the corner of Ambrose Street.
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The Photo was taken about 1926,that was the date of the Film release.And there is some association with the Imperial War Museum at lambeth,London.who Loaned the exhibits,although they do not have any record of this event..I used to frequent this Cinema just prior to WW2,and had a look at the damage the night after it was destroyed…The roof was actually sideways in Ambrose street.The marble steps leading up to the foyer remained long after the war.And the area had an EWS(emergency Wate Supply,Built on the site…2d rush every Sat morning was the kids fave…as was the Mickey Mouse Club …blitzkid
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Finally!!! I apologise in advance for the photo spam ahead but there was just too many photos to share so this is my 'filtered' version. Having visited what I dub 'The Middle of Nowhere' it was certainly an experience I won't forget for a while. Aesthetically it is amazing but remember behind these glossy edited photos is an untold story which includes uncomfortable and almost monolithic (a bit of an exaggeration here) sleeping quarters (that were worse than at Xuegu) and lack of amenities due to Xuexiang's seclusion from the rest of civilisation. All-in-all, take these photos with a grain of salt.
So cold that my eyelashes started to freeze over
Woke up to leave Xuegu at around 8am to do a 15km hike up one side of the mountain and down the other side to reach the neighbouring village- Xuexiang. The following are photos that I took along my hike.
The reality is that the little hut behind this sign is the ladies' toilet. I did say earlier that this is The Middle of Nowhere.
Very excited to reach the top of the mountain, cue many many photo opportunities
Down the mountain
Reaching Xuexiang at like 3pm after a 1hr break at the top
Icicles which were too amazing not to photograph
I can't stay away from ice-cream especially when I am a firm believer that it is best enjoyed in Winter
Eating ice-blocks when it's like -20 degrees is the best! Honestly it's so cold but there's something about that cold sensation that makes you appreciate the ice block even more. They were price from 3-5RMB or AUD$0.60-1 but despite the funny/cute looking faces on some of the packaging, the best tasting one is the milk-flavoured 5RMB (the price is a good indicator of how good it is)
Special nashi pear grown that only grows in cold temperatures. It was the sweetest and juiciest pear I've tasted and I wish Australia had something like this but ironically it is the extreme weather that results in this perfect specimen of a fruit.
Woke up at like 5am initially hoping to see the sunrise but that plan was abandoned due to the bad weather. Instead I was the first one to enter this separate mini-village that really houses no one but is more of a tourist spot, because it's so photogenic. You'll see why soon.
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Our initial response to questions have to be prefaced with the fact that we know nothing about the site and the factors contributing to your conditions… so we reserve the right to change our opinions! lol
I've had this site for a while as a client, but recently I've been noticing that the home page is competing with one of my primary landing pages for placement. This isn't exactly the classic keyword cannibalization case however because I can't use a canonical to point the homepage over to the landing page.
What's also weird is that Google is now rewriting the title of the homepage to rank for the keywords that I've been targeting with the landing page. Now they are both stuck on page two and traffic has gone in the toilet as a result.
I've thought about using a canonical from the landing page to the homepage to give Google what it wants since it seems to really like the homepage. Or perhaps the homepage is better received by actual users and Google is trying to tell me my landing page sucks.
I've taken all of the blog posts in the landing page category and used canonicals to tell Google to prioritize the landing page so this would create kind of a daisy chain from the posts back to the homepage if I were to introduce the landing page canonical. This just seems like a recipe for disaster to me though.
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So I've got a few ideas for what might work, but thought it would make sense to run them by an onpage expert first. At the very least this should be an interesting discussion!
This is called link flow imbalance and you can correct it by using the old site:mydomain.com keyword in Google (to see which pages are most relevant to their algorithm for said keyword) then linking to the target page (using the contextual keyword 30-40% exact, then 60% with other modifiers and synonyms) as anchor text via internal links to the target page to correct this vs. using a canonical.
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Most employeers are astounded at how easily and quickly their proprietary information can get out of their control. In a large number of cases, theft of trade secrets often involves employees leaving a company to start their own business or work for a direct competitor.
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Foreword Preface
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Chapter 7: When Insiders and/or Competitors Target a Business's Intellectual Property
Chapter 8: When Piracy, Counterfeiting, and Organized Crime Target a Business's Intellectual Property
Chapter 9: Physical Security: The "Duh" Factor
Chapter 10: Protecting Intellectual Property in a Crisis Situation
Chapter 11: Top Ten Ways to Shut Down Hackers
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The Pirate Party demands respect for anonymity and better protection of privacy. We reject and oppose methods such as casual surveillance, area monitoring of people, search by police without a good reason, and listening in to all telecommunications.
The prevailing mania of watching and checking everyone creates a climate of mistrust and fear that affects our society much more than international terrorism. Free society was fought for and won with the sacrifice of uncountable human lives. Just in the 20th century Czechoslovakia suffered under two different totalitarian regimes, both of which were based on atmosphere of fear and constant surveillance of citizens.
Technology these days makes it possible to collect much more personal information about our movements (toll, cell phones, city transport, chip cards) and our behaviour (cameras, spying on the Internet, payment cards, census surveys). These means should not be abused for spying, just because it is possible. Even though every step of the police surveillance might be creatively and persuasively explained, we as Europeans know from our own experience where this eventually leads to, and we really don't want to return there under any circumstances.
We propose the following principles to strengthen the privacy protection:
- Anonymity. We demand the right of anonymity. There must be guaranteed anonymity built into all apparatus used for watching people; following identifiable people should require their explicit voluntary agreement.
- Privacy. We may accept surveillance of citizens in a public space only in clearly defined cases and only at the necessary minimum level (goldsmith's, offices, car park etc.). People must be informed about the rules for using the collected personal information, maximum storage time and the deletion policy. We reject further exchange of the collected data, especially in automatic ways.
- Security. Centralized databases run by the state, e.g. health registry, are at risk of leaks and abuse of sensitive information. We demand that citizens must retain control of their personal information and that it must be properly secured.
- Safeguards against abuse. In addition, everyone who was specifically followed or had his/her data accessed by the state official(s) should be informed of these facts in due time.
In order to strengthen the privacy protection, we support the following actions that will help to reduce the levels of surveillance to an acceptable minimum:
- Prohibition of wide interception of communications. The European directive on storing data dictates watching and storing information about all telecommunications connections and also about movement of all cellphones. We, in cooperation with other European pirate parties, seek the abolishment of this directive.
- Prohibition of wide spying by cameras. Public spaces are full of cameras that allow watching movement, face identification, and connection with information about traffic without acceptable reasons for this kind of encroachment on privacy. In addition, studies show that the presence of cameras has minimum effect on criminality, or criminality simply moves to other places. This is why we support and prioritize police personnel moving from watching the cameras to walking the streets.
- Prohibition of checking of citizens and collecting information about them without a good cause. People have the right to personal safety and privacy. Thus we cannot allow "preventative" inspections, where citizens are stopped and checked without a tangible reason. This should happen only in cases of justifiable suspicion of violence or specific law violation.
- Prohibition of electronic and biological spying. Routine checks must not unreasonably interfere with privacy, so we reject "stripping" with help of electronic scanners, perusal of private data on electronic devices and other similar invasive procedures. We oppose wide biological material collection from innocent citizens and its storage in central databases.


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