Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Autism

Autism

Youre on thin ice

You're on thin ice!

2014 how to

2014 how to

Fear of the new: Illustrated timeline of anti-fun moral panics


3 potential threats Google is facing

3 Potential Threats This Tech Giant Is Facing http://seekingalpha.com/article/1922261?source=ansh $GOOG, $AAPL, $AMZN, $FB

Frontier, more leverage less trust

Frontier Communications: More Leverage, Less Trust http://seekingalpha.com/article/1922521?source=ansh $FTR, $T, $VZ

Ford best seller

Ford best seller

37 things you'll regret when old

37 things you'll regret when old

Low fda approval

Low fda approval of drugs 2013

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Gms

Gms

Appcard Majestic

Appcard Majestic

Commtouch $ctch

Commtouch: An Obvious Acquisition Target http://seekingalpha.com/article/1918281?source=ansh $CTCH

Knee surgery may not help

Knee surgery may not help

Take risks. Big risks. Smart risks. I’m not talking about drunk driving or running naked in the snow, I’m talking about going out on a limb to achieve your goals. I’m talking about venturing into unknown territory with no safety net, no fallback plan, no cushion, and nobody holding your hand. You’ll never do anything important if you care more about having fun and being comfortable. Period. It won’t happen. There’s time for fun and comfort, but not now. Not when we’re young and have so much to do. I don’t say this because I’m some huge success story; I say it because I’m not. Not yet, anyway. I say it because I’m in the thick of it, too. I say it because my heart breaks every time I meet a person younger than me who has no ambition. So often I speak to someone like this, they tell me what they want to do in life, I tell them, “well, go do it then,” and they come back with the “yeah, but..”Stop it.No buts. Nobody cares about your excuses. Move across the country if you have to. Live out of your car if it’s necessary. Work six jobs if that’s what it takes. Eat one meal a day if it comes to that. Do what needs to be done. STOP FOLLOWING THE PATH THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE LAID FOR YOU. Blaze your own trail. Make a sacrifice. Struggle. Sweat. Fail. Suffer. Do it now. Now’s the time. Especially if you aren’t even married and you don’t have kids. Why in the world are you sitting around? What are you waiting for? There’s absolutely nothing stopping you from chasing big things. Nothing. 

Take risks. Big risks. Smart risks. I’m not talking about drunk driving or running naked in the snow, I’m talking about going out on a limb to achieve your goals. I’m talking about venturing into unknown territory with no safety net, no fallback plan, no cushion, and nobody holding your hand. You’ll never do anything important if you care more about having fun and being comfortable. Period. It won’t happen. There’s time for fun and comfort, but not now. Not when we’re young and have so much to do. I don’t say this because I’m some huge success story; I say it because I’m not. Not yet, anyway. I say it because I’m in the thick of it, too. I say it because my heart breaks every time I meet a person younger than me who has no ambition. So often I speak to someone like this, they tell me what they want to do in life, I tell them, “well, go do it then,” and they come back with the “yeah, but..”Stop it.No buts. Nobody cares about your excuses. Move across the country if you have to. Live out of your car if it’s necessary. Work six jobs if that’s what it takes. Eat one meal a day if it comes to that. Do what needs to be done. STOP FOLLOWING THE PATH THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE LAID FOR YOU. Blaze your own trail. Make a sacrifice. Struggle. Sweat. Fail. Suffer. Do it now. Now’s the time. Especially if you aren’t even married and you don’t have kids. Why in the world are you sitting around? What are you waiting for? There’s absolutely nothing stopping you from chasing big things. Nothing.

"A sale is made on every call you make. Either you sell the client some stock or he sells you a reason he can't. Either way a sale is made, the only question is who is gonna close?" --- Jim Young (Ben Affleck)

"A sale is made on every call you make. Either you sell the client some stock or he sells you a reason he can't. Either way a sale is made, the only question is who is gonna close?" --- Jim Young (Ben Affleck) 

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Imris Surgical

All Time Lows And Turnaround Initiatives Make Imris Inc. A Compelling Investment http://seekingalpha.com/article/1915121?source=ansh $IMRS

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

How Tiny Qatar 'Punches Above Its Weight'

How Tiny Qatar 'Punches Above Its Weight' http://n.pr/JaEfbZ

Listen to me, No birthdays! You heard me! No holidays again! You heard me! You keep grinding! And you stay persistent! And you locked in! One day you gonna wake up. And you don't know what day it's gonna be, I can't tell you what day it's going to be. But one day you gonna wake up And you gonna be exactly where you dreamed you would be.

Listen to me, No birthdays! You heard me! No holidays again! You heard me! You keep grinding! And you stay persistent! And you locked in! One day you gonna wake up. And you don't know what day it's gonna be, I can't tell you what day it's going to be. But one day you gonna wake up And you gonna be exactly where you dreamed you would be.

Winston Churchill Inspirational Speech - Never Give In

Winston Churchill Inspirational Speech

We shall fight them on the beaches, and we shall never surrender - Sir W. Churchill


Bitcoin mines

Bitcoin mine Iceland

Man sleeps on couch pretending to be friend

Man sleeps on couch pretending to be friend

How to sell

How to sell

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Devyani is not new to controversies. Her name was figured in Mumbai's Adarsh Housing society scam, two years ago. According to media reports Devyani, who already owned a house in Mumbai which was also allotted under the state government's 10 per cent quota got another flat at the Adarsh in 2005-06.

Devyani is not new to controversies. Her name was figured in Mumbai's Adarsh Housing society scam, two years ago. According to media reports Devyani, who already owned a house in Mumbai which was also allotted under the state government's 10 per cent quota got another flat at the Adarsh in 2005-06.
Even though Devyani and her father were never questioned by the CBI, her father had deposed before a two-member commission of enquiry probing the Adarsh scam. He had told the commission that it was not his or his daughter's duty to inform the government about the flats owned by them.
She had hired an Indian woman Sangeetha Richard as a babysitter and domestic assistant in late 2012. Her babysitter left for a departmental store in last June and never returned. She went to an American attorney who is specialized in immigration matters and complained about the alleged Visa fraud. The Indian embassy in the USA declared the nanny absconder and requested the US authorities to deport her.
Devyani went to the Delhi High Court asking it to restrain her former employee. The Delhi high court ordered Sangeetha Richard not institute any action against Devyani outside the Indian judiciary.
Since her nanny is now an illegal migrant in the USA, Indian laws have little control over her.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Former Thai Premier Abhisit Formally Indicted on Murder Charges Protest Leader Suthep Seeks to Delay His Court Appearance

Former Thai Premier Abhisit Formally Indicted on Murder Charges Protest Leader Suthep Seeks to Delay His Court Appearance

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps. Mahatma Gandhi

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
Mahatma Gandhi 

Hachnasat orchim

Hachnasat orchim

Three tips for handling a sales call

Three tips for handling a sales call

Aspartame ruled safe

Aspartame ruled safe

Useful book

Useful book

DHMO

DHMO

Monday, December 9, 2013

Dogs afraid of cats, running away - compilation


Man who sued because it rained punished for irrational claims

Man who sued because it rained punished for irrational claims

Sidewall Skiing: Saudi Arabia

Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't. Pete Seeger

Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.

Snapchat Siegel Deposition On Taking Shares

Snapchat Siegel Deposition On Taking Shares

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world. Eleanor Roosevelt

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
Eleanor Roosevelt 

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Amaranth Natural Gas

Amaranth Natural Gas

If a man empties his purse into his head no one can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin

If a man empties his purse into his head no one can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
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Benjamin Franklin 

The @DalaiLama says that, "Sleep is the best meditation." I tend to agree with him given how everything seems to work itself out overnight.

The says that, "Sleep is the best meditation." I tend to agree with him given how everything seems to work itself out overnight.

FLECKENSTEIN: Everyone Betting On Bitcoin Will Lose All Of Their Money

FLECKENSTEIN: Everyone Betting On Bitcoin Will Lose All Of Their Money


The Bitcoin Derivatives Market Has Arrived

The Bitcoin Derivatives Market Has Arrived

Mandela's favorite boxer dies, aged 51 two days after Mandela

Mandela's favorite boxer dies, aged 51 two days after Mandela

The death of the South African boxer Saturday was announced by family spokesman Ray McCauley.
Matlala died two days after Mandela, who attended Matlala's last bout in 2002. At the time, the boxer gave the former president one of his belts.
Matlala's former promoter, Rodney Berman, wrote on Twitter: "Another great fighter has died ... Go well little man, you'll be missed."
Standing just 4-foot-10 ½, Matlala's disregard for his size and ferocious punching speed made him one of South Africa's favorite athletes. During a 22-year career, he won flyweight and junior flyweight belts for the WBO as well as the IBA light flyweight title and WBU junior flyweight crown

Warren Buffett calls Detroit land of 'huge potential'

Warren Buffett calls Detroit land of 'huge potential'

Woman crashes car through Trader Joe's in Oceanside

Woman crashes car through Trader Joe's

Federal Prison Population Grows 27 Percent in 10 Years

Federal Prison Population Grows 27 Percent in 10 Years

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the colour in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty, and your animal spirits, and you will pass for a fine man. -William Hazlitt

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the colour in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty, and your animal spirits, and you will pass for a fine man. -William Hazlitt

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of: the last he does not concern himself about. -William Hazlitt

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of: the last he does not concern himself about. -William Hazlitt

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope; and few are reduced so low as that. -William Hazlitt

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope; and few are reduced so low as that. -William Hazlitt

America: Is The Driver Of This Truck The Biggest Frontrunner Of All Time?

America: Is The Driver Of This Truck The Biggest Frontrunner Of All Time?

Friday, December 6, 2013

Church homeless feeding


It’s time to believe in yourself. You have enough critics. You have the ability to do more than you ever thought you could do. Don’t let your past define you. The past is not a place you can point to on a map. It exists only in your mind. Why do you continually seek to return to a place that simply doesn’t exist? Your task is to remain focused forward toward the future, and to stay rooted in the present because the present is where you will make your impact and can change lives.

It’s time to believe in yourself. You have enough critics. You have the ability to do more than you ever thought you could do.

Don’t let your past define you. The past is not a place you can point to on a map. It exists only in your mind. Why do you continually seek to return to a place that simply doesn’t exist? Your task is to remain focused forward toward the future, and to stay rooted in the present because the present is where you will make your impact and can change lives.

You redefine your future when you redesign your present. As you look at your life, consider your goals and what you are doing on a daily basis to bring them to fruition. Are you on track? You must continually monitor your progress and course correct as early as you can in order to be successful.

Above all, be coachable. Figure out what you want to do and then find someone that has already done it and hire them to assist you. Hire them so you can save yourself time and costly mistakes. You see, there’s no secret to success. There’s a system to success. Once you tap into that system, you’re golden. I promise you that you have something special, something you can believe in. You have Greatness within you! -Les Brown

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

113184000$ USD stolen of bitcoin recently

Sheep Marketplace closed down over the weekend after someone got away with 96,000 bitcoins - and angry users are chasing him around the internet.

Living in Fear By Dr. Tim Ong

Living in Fear By Dr. Tim Ong

Chapter 4 of 'From Fear to Love'
A fear-driven life is a life in which thoughts, decisions and actions are predominantly motivated by fear. Most people live a fear-driven life. Our present culture promotes a fear-driven life. What are the characteristics of a fear-driven life?
  1. In a fear-driven life, the driving force behind most thoughts and actions is fear. This may be fear of death, fear of loneliness, fear of poverty or fear of pain.
  2. This fear arises out of a lack of understanding and faith in one's own divinity. Not believing in his own divinity and not believing that he is a co-creator of his life, he is separated from his divine nature, which is unconditional, unlimited love. The degree of fear reflects the degree of separation from his divinity.
  3. This fear leads to a belief in one's own mortality, in a sense of isolation and a sense of scarcity in life, resulting in the fear of death, loneliness and poverty respectively. The more fearful we are, the more we feel the need to control our life by controlling nature and everything else so as to avoid death, loneliness, poverty and pain.
  4. Fear can paralyze us into inaction. It can numb our emotion and thoughts, resulting in poor decisions and judgments. It impairs our insights. Any decision that is made out of fear tends to lead to more fear and separation. Instead of all-embracing, it is divisive and self-centered.
Understanding Fear 
As have been mentioned repeatedly, we are spiritual beings. In our purest, untainted form, we are Love - limitless, luminous and unconditional. Unfortunately, we do not live as though we are spiritual beings. In fact, we live as though we are only our body. Thus, we live with very little awareness and connection to Love.
In the absence of love, there is fear. Trapped in our ego, we feel a sense of separation from the oneness of all things. In this separation, we feel lonely and insecure, and therefore fearful. Fear is therefore due to the loss of our oneness with our true Essence. 

Friday, November 29, 2013

Black Friday 2013: Puerto Rico Walmart Stampede

Black Friday 2013: Puerto Rico Walmart Stampede

Black Friday 2013 Fights & Madness Mix!!! ARRESTS

Black Friday 2013 Fights & Madness Mix!!! ARRESTS

DC Cheap Gas

DC Cheap Gas

Why do Africans pay the most to send money home?

Why do Africans pay the most to send money home?

The African continent has over 30 million people in the diaspora. Of all the world’s regions, however, Africa’s predominant migration is the most intraregional. The fluid migration within Western Africa, for instance, is partly due to the region’s status as a geopolitical and economic unit, but also to a common history, culture and ethnicity among many groupings. There is also significant international migration to former European colonial powers such as France, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Netherlands and Italy, among other countries. Remittances Remittance flows to and within Africa approach US$40 billion. Countries in Northern Africa (for example, Morocco, Algeria and Egypt) are the major receivers in the continent. Eastern African countries depend heavily on these flows, with Somalia standing out as particularly remittance dependent. For the entire region, annual average remittances per migrant reach almost US$1,200 and on a country-by-country average represent 5 per cent of GDP and 27 per cent of exports.

The African continent has over 30 million people in the diaspora. Of all the world’s regions, however, Africa’s predominant migration is the most intraregional. The fluid migration within Western Africa, for instance, is partly due to the region’s status as a geopolitical and economic unit, but also to a common history, culture and ethnicity among many groupings. There is also significant international migration to former European colonial powers such as France, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Netherlands and Italy, among other countries. Remittances Remittance flows to and within Africa approach US$40 billion. Countries in Northern Africa (for example, Morocco, Algeria and Egypt) are the major receivers in the continent. Eastern African countries depend heavily on these flows, with Somalia standing out as particularly remittance dependent. For the entire region, annual average remittances per migrant reach almost US$1,200 and on a country-by-country average represent 5 per cent of GDP and 27 per cent of exports.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. Abraham Lincoln

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Abraham Lincoln 

Bitcoin: Experts clash over the crypto-currency

Bitcoin: Experts clash over the crypto-currency

Demolition Man: why does Fab's CEO keep building big companies that suddenly implode?

Demolition Man: why does Fab's CEO keep building big companies that suddenly implode?

Bitcoin, you have a China problem

Bitcoin, you have a China problem

Today, many wealthy Chinese who want to invest in international assets or send their children to school abroad are turning to bitcoin to move money across borders with greater freedom. The same can be said of Chinese looking for a hedge against the artificially stable yuan, which is widely considered to be overvalued. Should China eventually decide to float its currency, much of its purchasing power could evaporate overnight. Therefore, Chinese bitcoin adoption is less a vote of confidence in an alternative digital currency and more a vote of no confidence in the yuan, as evidenced by the premium – often as much as 20 percent – that Chinese must pay to purchase bitcoin with yuan.
In each of these drivers lays a potential land mine. Should Beijing change its currency policies, bitcoin’s value could also suffer. The rest of the world better take note.
The Chinese bitcoin market is also expanding rapidly on an unstable foundation of unspoken federal approval. This runs counter to prior history. China previously passed legislation outlawing the use of virtual currency in the “real” economy and used these laws in 2009 to curb the explosion of Tencent-backed QQ, an in-game currency that was crossing over into physical commerce.
This time around, while the government has not explicitly targeted or endorsed bitcoin, a combination of state actions seems to reflect at least tacit approval. The first was a May 2013 bitcoin documentary that aired on the state-owned broadcaster, CCTV2. Subsequently, the network aired a segment in late October on the world’s first bitcoin ATM launching in Vancouver. Following both events, bitcoin wallet downloads and trading activity spiked in China. Similarly, the decision by Baidu-owned firewall service Jiasule to begin accepting bitcoins implies a measure of governmental approval.
Days before this latest broadcast, People’s Bank of China Deputy Governor Yi Gang offered a similarly lukewarm endorsement of bitcoin while speaking at an economic forum. In his remarks, made in Chinese, he said that Beijing would not recognize bitcoin as an official medium of exchange anytime soon, but people were free to participate in the market. For many, this alleviated fears of a response similar to that taken with QQ, the in-game currency it banned.
BTC China founder and CEO Bobby Lee told Coindesk at the time: “The fact he made any comment at all is significant. It means, in the near term anyway, China’s central bank won’t give bitcoin any official legal status. But the key point here is ‘near-term.’ Given his position, of course his statements need to be conservative. Anything else would be too much of an official statement.”
While Gang’s remarks may represent the strongest governmental endorsement of bitcoin, they’re anything but conclusive. As such, they’re subject to change at any time without notice. If the world has learned anything over the last half century, it’s that modern China can be a manic and unforgiving patriarch, making rapid and unilateral policy decisions that often fly in the face of logic or the perceived greater good. It would be foolish to assume we can predict its future actions around bitcoin.
There are reasons why China may ultimately act in favor or bitcoin. Given the above described explosion of bitcoin activity within its borders, China controls a large portion of the global bitcoin market and infrastructure, including exchanges, mining nodes, and assets. Should this trend continue, and should bitcoin emerge as a sustainable and meaningful piece of the global economy, Beijing could view this as an opportunity to grab power and influence. This is a fact that many US bitcoin enthusiasts and influencers have raised in recent congressional hearings, urging lawmakers to relax regulations and allow the US to regain its influence in the bitcoin market.

Cedarhurst Holocaust survivor, rescuer meet after decades

Cedarhurst Holocaust survivor, rescuer meet after decades

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Any scarce portable object can become a currency if everyone agrees on it. Even seashells have been used.

Any scarce portable object can become a currency if everyone agrees on it. Even seashells have been used. -David Sacks COO Paypal


Document Security Systems continues run, company confirms Apple patent suit

Document Security Systems continues run, company confirms Apple patent suit

VIP airport lounges are crowded and expensive. Instead, a foldable private head box...SKETCH

VIP airport lounges are crowded and expensive. Instead, a foldable private head box...SKETCH

Document Security Systems Files Patent Litigation Against Apple

Document Security Systems Files Patent Litigation Against Apple
DSS started the monetization campaign last night, November 26, 2013, by filing a patent lawsuit against Apple, Inc (AAPL) in East Texas. The lawsuit asserts the Bluetooth patents 6,128,290 and 5,699,357 both titled "Personal Data Network". The alleged infringing products include iMac computers, iPod product line, iPhone product line, and iPad product line. DSS is further asking for an injunction, damages, and a reasonable royalty.
This new lawsuit presents a potential sizeable revenue opportunity as the infringing products have generated tens of billions of dollars, which DSS will ask for a piece of. I expect this case to draw significant interest in the future by both the media and investors as more information develops.
Shares have rebounded off recent lows and I expect further share appreciation as the new Apple case continues to develop and as the February 2014 Markman hearing nears.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Why are all hot girls Crazy

Why are all hot girls Crazy

Craigslist women allegedly rob Cambridge man at knifepoint

Craigslist women allegedly rob Cambridge man at knifepoint

5 Ways You Attract Great People When You Like Yourself More

5 Ways You Attract Great People When You Like Yourself More

Zionist Leader’s Skepticism on Truman Administration Vindicated by New Documents

Zionist Leader’s Skepticism on Truman Administration Vindicated by New Documents

Chiang Mai & Mae Hong Son Provinces


Mae Hong Son


Once You Use Bitcoin You Can’t Go ‘Back’ — And That’s Its Fatal Flaw

Once You Use Bitcoin You Can’t Go ‘Back’ — And That’s Its Fatal Flaw

Banks rely on the reversibility feature every day to stop fraudulent activities. Bitcoin robbery casesaren’t just rising because of interest in the currency — the most recent is a European bitcoin payment processor losing $1M after a DDoS attack — they’re rising because robbing a bank online involves much less friction than doing so in person.

  • To steal a million dollars hidden under mattresses, a thief needs to break into thousands of homes.
  • To steal a million dollars from a typical business’s bank account, thieves need to transfer it to a network of roughly 100 money mules.
  • Each mule must then withdraw less than $10,000 from their account within a short period of time, take the cash to Western Union, and wire the money to the thieves. (This is why those running the mules can claim up to 40-50 percent of the take!)
To steal a million dollars worth of bitcoins stored by a business, however, a thief only needs the private key. Likewise, to steal $1000 worth of bitcoins each from 1000 people, the thief only needs to have his or her bot software running on enough victims with enough bitcoins to automate the process.
This means bitcoins should never be “stored” on an internet-connected device. That includes our computers and our smartphones. (And have you heard the one about the guy who keeps his key on his finger?) Let’s pause for a moment to reflect on that: What sort of online currency requires using offline computers and objects for all storage?
Now, it is theoretically true that stolen coins could be blocked. If a portion of the network blocks stolen bitcoins today, then the same mechanism could block bitcoins that passed through black markets or offshore exchanges (such as BTC-e) that don’t implement anti-money-laundering protections. Yet the bitcoin community strongly resists the idea of blacklists, because it eliminates fungibility — the notion that all bitcoins are identical — which is essential for a currency. If every dollar used in a drug deal couldn’t be used again, would dollars work as currency? Especially if, sometime after acceptance, a dollar becomes void and blacklisted after the fact because of its previous involvement in a crime?

Microsoft, suspecting NSA spying, to ramp up efforts to encrypt its Internet traffic

Microsoft, suspecting NSA spying, to ramp up efforts to encrypt its Internet traffic

Noam Chomsky slaps down 9/11 truther: People spend an hour on the Internet and think they know physics

Noam Chomsky slaps down 9/11 truther: People spend an hour on the Internet and think they know physics

Broseph


Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains. William Penn

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
William Penn 

Shenzhen


Render Unto Caesar, but Who Backs the Bitcoin?

Render Unto Caesar, but Who Backs the Bitcoin?

The greatest of empires, is the empire over one’s self. - Publilius Syrus

The greatest of empires, is the empire over one’s self.
- Publilius Syrus

Pai2


Monday, November 25, 2013

Tesla Model S Has Bizarre 'Vampire-Like' Thirst For Electricity At Night

Tesla Model S Has Bizarre 'Vampire-Like' Thirst For Electricity At Night

Ali G - Terrorism


Pai Thailand


Ali-G...Interviews About Making Bussines


Borat - Dating Service Skit


Borat Slave


Borat: Deleted Scenes


Borat


But there are no deathbed confessions by anyone who might have been involved. The closest Mr. Stone comes to one is a rambling recording left behind by Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, who said he was a “benchwarmer” in an anti-J.F.K. conspiracy codenamed Big Event. But neither Mr. Hunt nor anyone else admits being involved in the plot.

But there are no deathbed confessions by anyone who might have been involved. The closest Mr. Stone comes to one is a rambling recording left behind by Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, who said he was a “benchwarmer” in an anti-J.F.K. conspiracy codenamed Big Event. But neither Mr. Hunt nor anyone else admits being involved in the plot. 

The best physical evidence Mr. Stone offers linking L.B.J. to the assassination is an alleged fingerprint found on a cardboard box by Oswald’s sniper’s nest on the book depository’s sixth floor. Mr. Stone and other conspiracy theorists say the print belonged to Malcolm Wallace, who Mr. Stone alleges was a Johnson hit man. But conspiracy critics note that, according to the Warren Commission, all of the fingerprints found on the boxes in the sniper’s nest belonged to cops or investigators; only a palm print, not a fingerprint, is unaccounted for.

“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”

“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” -Winston Churchhill

Obama confronts heckler at immigration reform rally

Obama confronts heckler at immigration reform rally

A little girl donates some coins to a street musician and gets the best surprise in return. Well, that's certainly money well spent. Read more at: http://www.amazingoasis.org/2013/11/best-coin-ever-spent.html


Yale Lockdown Lifted; Police Doubting Accuracy Of Initial Gunman Report

Yale Lockdown Lifted; Police Doubting Accuracy Of Initial Gunman Report

Nigerian Retailers Building Their Own Amazon in Africa

Nigerian Retailers Building Their Own Amazon in Africa

Backlash by the Bay: Tech Riches Alter a City

Backlash by the Bay: Tech Riches Alter a City

The author, a start-up founder named Peter Shih, listed 10 things he hated about San Francisco. Homeless people, for example. And the “constantly PMSing” weather. And “girls who are obviously 4s and behave like they’re 9s.”
The backlash was immediate. Fliers appeared on telephone poles calling Mr. Shih a “woman hatin’ nerd toucher.” CheapAir offered him a free ticket back to New York. Readers responded that what they hated about San Francisco were “entitled” technology workers like him.
Mr. Shih, who said he received death threats after the post, deleted it and apologized.
But a nerve had been struck. As the center of the technology industry has moved north from Silicon Valley to San Francisco and the largess from tech companies has flowed into the city — Twitter’s stock offering unleashed an estimated 1,600 new millionaires — income disparities have widened sharply, housing prices have soared and orange construction cranes dot the skyline. The tech workers have, rightly or wrongly, received the blame.
Resentment simmers, at the fleets of Google buses that ferry workers to the company’s headquarters in Mountain View and back; the code jockeys who crowd elite coffeehouses, heads buried in their laptops; and the sleek black Uber cars that whisk hipsters from bar to bar. Late last month, two tech millionaires opened the Battery, an invitation-only, $2,400-a-year club in an old factory in the financial district, cars lining up for valet parking.
For critics, such sights are symbols of a city in danger of losing its diversity — one that artists, families and middle-class workers can no longer afford. On the day of Twitter’s public offering this month, 150 demonstrators protested outside the company with signs reading “People not profit” and “We’re the public, what are you offering?”

Why Did 9,000 Porny Spambots Descend on This San Diego High Schooler?

Why Did 9,000 Porny Spambots Descend on This San Diego High Schooler?

They all hailed from seemingly random cities: Fairmont, Danville, Trenton. Never a state. Never a country. Never a joke.
Oh, and none of them had actually tweeted anything. 
* * *
Perhaps you have guessed what happened by now. These "people" were not people at all, but automatically generated accounts created by somebody with a bit of programming knowledge.
The thousands of new followers that Olivia got were spambots emanating from the same source. 

Now, if you are reading this story on the Internet, you have probably encountered spambots, or at least the spam that such bots generate. 
Generally speaking, the bots tend to follow really popular accounts. And they tend not to come in swarms of thousands but one or two at a time, maybe a few dozen at most. 
So the mystery remained: why was a San Diego high schooler suddenly a spambot magnet? 
I began to search through Olivia's followers looking for patterns.
The first thing I noticed: Olivia wasn't part of every bot in the swarm's follow list, but she was predominant. No other account that I could find had been targeted so often, not even Lebron James. 
There is an underground economy in fake-account creation, as Newt Gingrich discovered when his campaign was accused of buying Twitter followers. What people are buying, of course, is not real people, but robot-generated accounts created to make it look like people are more famous than they are.
This kind of bot normally just picks accounts from Twitter's suggested user list, the Lebron Jameses and ESPNs. But perhaps someone had tried to up its sophistication by including something some regular users. Or maybe there was some sort of bug in its "Who should I follow?" code. 
Other kinds of bots decide to follow people based on what they tweet, but looking at just a few examples, it was clear that there was no content connection between Olivia and the other people these bots were following. 
The second thing I noticed: the spambots were following a lot of golf caddies.  I couldn't explain that one immediately, but keep it in mind.

Sunday, November 24, 2013

The victims of Syria's war finding care in Israel

The victims of Syria's war finding care in Israel

A Bitcoin Puzzle: Heads, It’s Excitement. Tails, It’s Anxiety.

A Bitcoin Puzzle: Heads, It’s Excitement. Tails, It’s Anxiety.

The S.E.C., for its part, has been warning investors of the danger of “potential investment scams” involving bitcoin and other virtual currencies. In one case, it has charged Trendon T. Shavers, a Texas man, with running a bitcoin-based Ponzi scheme with the promise of vast riches.
“Con men read the headlines like everyone else,” said Lori Schock, director of the S.E.C.’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy. “Bitcoins sound sexy and new, but at the end of the day, if they’re making claims about limitless wealth from unregistered investments it comes down to an old-fashioned Ponzi scheme.”
The agency is also studying a legitimate bitcoin proposal by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the technology investors best known for their involvement with Facebook, to open anexchange-traded fund, or E.T.F., that tracks the bitcoin market. If the E.T.F. is ever approved, a fund based on a volatile virtual currency is hardly likely to be a safe, core holding for buy-and-hold investors.
In the meantime, the virtual currency’s soaring value has inspired tales like this one: Kristoffer Koch, 29, of Oslo, told the BBC last month that he bought $22 worth of the currency while doing technical research on it four years ago. He promptly forgot about it. When he unlocked his long dormant account recently, it was worth $850,000.
Even with all of its problems, the eventual creation of a reliable, decentralized, peer-shared, computer-based currency remains the holy grail in some circles. Back in 1999, Milton Friedman, the Nobel laureate who remains the guiding light of many libertarians, predicted its eventual arrival. He saw the Internet as a congenial environment for innovators. Markets would flourish in cyberspace, freeing people from what he considered the stifling grasp of a paternalistic and inefficient government. But one ingredient was missing, he said. He called it “a reliable e-cash.”

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“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” ― Bertrand Russell

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Big tech scrambles for Israeli firms

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14 more officers indicted in Baltimore jail corruption case

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Snow and rain storms hit Nevada

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Friday, November 22, 2013

Hero Pakistani doc who helped get bin Laden hit with dubious murder charge

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Stanley Druckenmiller on Strategy, Shorting IBM

Stanley Druckenmiller on Strategy, Shorting IBM

In Miami Gardens, store video catches cops in the act (brazen violations)

In Miami Gardens, store video catches cops in the act 

The videos show, among other things, cops stopping citizens, questioning them, aggressively searching them and arresting them for trespassing when they have permission to be on the premises; officers conducting searches of Saleh’s business without search warrants or permission; using what appears to be excessive force on subjects who are clearly not resisting arrest and filing inaccurate police reports in connection with the arrests.
“There is just no justifying this kind of behavior,’’ said Chuck Drago, a former police officer and consultant on police policy and the use of force. “Nobody can justify overstepping the constitution to fight crime.”
Repeated phone messages and emails to Miami Gardens Police Chief Matthew Boyd and City Manager Cameron Benson asking for comment on this story were not returned.
Boyd did release a statement, saying that the department is committed to serving and protecting the citizens and businesses in the city.
But Howard Simon, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union Florida, said that’s exactly what Boyd is NOT doing.
“Where is the police chief in all this? In a police department in a city this size, this kind of behavior could not escape his attention. Doesn’t the City Commission know that they are exposing the city to either massive liability for civil rights violations? Either that, or they are going to wake up one day and find the U.S. Department of Justice has taken over its police department.’’
Saleh and his attorney, Steve Lopez, are preparing to file a federal civil rights lawsuit, contending that the police department has routinely, under the direction of the city’s top leaders, directed its officers to conduct racial profiling, illegal stops and searches and other activities to cover up illegal misconduct.
CITY’S STRUGGLES
Miami Gardens, incorporated 10 years ago, has struggled with gang violence, drug crime and shooting sprees that have claimed the lives of many innocent people. Just this year, a 12-year-old girl was killed in a hail of bullets and a retired minister and her grandson were slain in an execution-style murder.
While overall crime has declined in recent years, murders have more than doubled, according to state crime figures. Residents haven’t sat idly. For years they have demanded change. They’ve led anti-violence crusades, crime-fighting rallies and town-hall meetings to draw attention to the city’s crime problem.
With a population of 109,000 people, Miami Gardens is the third largest city in Miami -Dade. Its population is predominantly black. Its citizens have voiced their distrust of the police department over the years on a number of fronts, noting that officers — many of them white and Hispanic — seldom leave their patrol cars except to make an arrest.
In the past, Boyd and other top commanders have insisted that in order to quell violence they need the community to cooperate and help them root out criminals.
“The real problem here,’’ Drago said, “is the police department does not have a relationship with its community — black or white. When they make these kinds of stops for minor offenses, it only re-enforces the mistrust.’’
Saleh, whose store is tucked between a public park and working-class neighborhoods, contends that Miami Gardens police officers have repeatedly used racial slurs to refer to his customers and treat most of them like they are hardened criminals.
“Police line them up and tell them to put their hands against the wall. I started asking myself ‘Is this normal?’ I just kept thinking police can’t do this,’’ Saleh said.
Last year, Saleh, armed with a cache of videos, filed an internal affairs complaint about the arrests at his store. From that point, he said, police officers became even more aggressive.
One evening, shortly after he had complained a second time, a squadron of six uniformed Miami Gardens police officers marched into the store, he says. They lined up, shoulder to shoulder, their arms crossed in front of them, blocking two grocery aisles.
“Can I help you?” Saleh recalls asking. It was an entire police detail, known as the department’s Rapid Action Deployment (RAD) squad, whom he had come to know from their frequent arrest sweeps. One went to use the restroom, and five of them stood silently for a full 10 minutes. Then they all marched out.
Boyd, who is black, said earlier this year that headlines of killings and shootings in Miami Gardens overshadow the gains his department has made since the city established its police department in 2007.
“Rest assured that our department is fully committed to complying with the laws that govern us,’’ Boyd said in his written statement emailed to the Herald Wednesday. He added that he was also committed to “exceeding the expectations of those that rely on us, and providing the best possible service to the residents of this great City.’’
‘LIKE FAMILY’
For 17 years, Saleh has owned 207 Quickstop. Saleh has come to know his customers by their first names, and even by their nicknames. He has watched some of them grow from toddlers into young men. He feels for them when loved ones die, and has celebrated with them when their babies were born.
“To me, these people are like family,’’ said Saleh, a native of Venezuela who is of Palestinian descent.
About three years ago, Saleh said police asked him to participate in what they called a “zero-tolerance” program to reduce crime. He gladly signed up, not realizing at the time how much it would impact his business and customers. Under the program, Miami Gardens police are given broad powers to stop and arrest people who appear to be loitering or trespassing at the participating business.
The idea behind the program is based on the “broken window theory,’’ a concept that has been employed by police around the country. The theory holds that a community that rids itself of petty crime, such as shoplifting, vandalism and trespassing, can eradicate more serious crime because criminals won’t have anywhere to hide.
Drago said the idea does work — but only if a police department has built a good relationship with its residents.
“There’s a lot of groundwork that has to be laid with the community before you start sweeping,’’ he said.
Almost immediately after Saleh put the “zero-tolerance” sign in his window, he regretted it.
Miami Gardens police officers, he said, began stopping his patrons regularly, citing them for minor infractions such as trespassing, or having an open container of alcohol. The officers, he said, would then pat them down or stick their hands in citizens’ pockets. But what bothered Saleh the most was the emboldened behavior of the officers who came into his store unannounced, searched his store without his permission and then hauled his employees away in the middle of their shifts. He finally told them he no longer wanted to participate in the program and removed the sign.
The officers, however, continued their surveillance of his store over his objections. The officers even put the sign back on his store against his wishes, he said.
One video, recorded on June 26, 2012, shows Sampson, clearly stocking coolers, being interrupted by MGPD Sgt. William Dunaske, who orders him to put his hands behind his back, and then handcuffs him, leads him out of the store and takes him to jail for trespassing.




Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/21/v-fullstory/3769823/in-miami-gardens-store-video-catches.html#storylink=cpy