Intelligence community must adapt to era of vast data, study says

m.govexec.com | Nov 30th 2012

The digital information revolution has handed the U.S. intelligence community a slew of new challenges that are nowhere close to resolution, a new study says.

The 21st-century problems range from mountains of data to accelerated pace of change to competing information flow from nongovernmental sources to fears of violating privacy and civil liberties, according to a paper “Expectations of Intelligence in the Information Age,” released Thursday by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, a nonprofit that brings together experts in the public, private and academic sectors.

The paper drew praise from Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who spoke at a banquet in Arlington, Va., to mark the paper’s release.

“Because policymakers now have access to rich, new sources of information and knowledge at their desktops and via mobile devices, they will expect the [intelligence community] to develop techniques to quickly and accurately integrate these new sources of information with those upon which they have traditionally relied,” the authors said. “The challenge for the [community] is to sustain its relevance beyond the stolen secret in the era of global access to diverse and rich sources of data and information.”

The paper recommends that policymakers engage the intelligence community on the new roles of open source and traditional intelligence; that the legislative and executive branches create new civil liberties protections; and that a coalition of experts be empaneled to propose practical ways to meet the challenges the digital age presents for collection, analysis, validation and dissemination of openly sourced intelligence.

In an interview with Government Executive, report author Stephen Cambone, who was undersecretary of Defense for intelligence under George W. Bush administration Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld, said as the United States “pivots to Asia from the Middle East and changes sources, the places where information is coming from are changing, too, and not all threatening behavior is animated by governments.”

Nonstop news coverage increases the speed and volume of “the echo system of information,” which increases pressure on officials, Cambone said. “The trick will be how to satisfy policymakers’ expectations and temper them at the same time. If we can’t validate intelligence for policymakers, they will say they’ll simply make up their own mind, which is the last thing we want,” he said.

The intelligence community is still grappling with ways to exploit open source and new media data “socially, legally and economically so that there is no misuse,” he added. Protecting users’ civil liberties can mean not exposing the government’s interest in the data, Cambone said: “There’s no yes-or-no answer -- it will take a long time to work through.”

Co-author Len Moodispaw, a National Security Agency veteran now head of KeyW Corp, noted that with social media, “people can put out falsehoods, and the intelligence officials have to be quiet, even though they may look like idiots.”

Third author Carmen Medina, a former director of the CIA’s Center for the Study of Intelligence now with Deloitte, said, “the big data revolution’s digital exhaust” requires intelligence professionals to consider that in the future, what will be classified are the methodologies for analyzing data rather than the data themselves. “A lot of intelligence is like political punditry,” which is in danger of being overshadowed by data analytics, she said. The civil liberties challenges mean that “if there’s no way for us to adjust that is congenial, we may have to just live with it, but let’s have the conversation.”

The white paper, executed by a task force of intelligence luminaries seeking to “rebalance” the nation’s spy apparatus, was hailed as “spot on” by DIA chief Flynn. He gave the dinner audience the example of a recent citizen uprising in Uganda that was reported to U.S. observers by participants using Twitter, noting Africa today represents 47 percent of the world’s cellphone market.

Having assumed his post only in July, Flynn gave a preview of DIA’s Vision 2020 strategic plan for adaptations to a changing intelligence environment for use by the next several administrations. “Intelligence centers are being renamed intelligence and operations centers,” he said, “because intelligence in the first half of this century must drive operations.” He said changing demands will require a reorganization of DIA into a model that emphasizes “integration, interagency teamwork and innovation of the whole workforce, not just the technology but the people.” That means not adding more people but investing in them, he said.

Flynn noted that 5,000 of the “global scouts” that DIA has in Washington and in 140 countries are combat veterans, “which is the new normal.” The new vision includes plans to “decentralize decision making to those closest to the edge” who get a “fingertip feel of the environment,” he added. “Intelligence at the edge is better than intelligence at the center. You can’t get it sitting at headquarters.”

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Double agents: Pentagon grows CIA twin out of own spy pool

rt.com

The Pentagon’s spy agency is to be reformed into a military sibling of the CIA with 1,600 clandestine operatives collecting intelligence overseas five years from now. The civilian spies will train and oversee them.

The prime targets for the overhauled Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) would be Chinese military, Iranian and North Korean arms transfers, and Islamist militant groups in Africa, reports The Washington Post, citing a number of officials. Most spoke on condition of anonymity because of the classified nature of the project.

The plan is likely to raise concerns that the expansion of DIA’s clandestine operations will be accompanied by an escalation in lethal strikes and other missions outside public view. There is a potential oversight gap due to differences in legal requirements between military and civilian spies.

The Pentagon wanted to beef up overseas DIA operations as early as under Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, but at the time it led to turf conflicts with the CIA. Now the civilian agency is supporting the reform, because it will keep much control over DIA missions.

The DIA operatives “for the most part are going to be working for CIA station chiefs,” one congressional official said. A CIA clearance will be needed to enter a particular country or recruit an informant.

The military’s interest is to collect intelligence on subjects that the CIA would not cover for some reason.

“We are in a position to contribute to defense priorities that frankly CIA is not,” a senior Defense Department official said. Agents with military background are also better suited to recruit sources and collect information on narrow issues, like the particulars of China’s newest weapons.

The arrangement “amplifies the ability of both CIA and DIA to achieve the best results,” said CIA spokesman Preston Golson.

Together with the CIA resources, which have grown substantially since the September 2001 terrorist attacks, the overhaul would create a spy network of unprecedented size. It reflects President Obama’s affinity for espionage and covert operations over conventional warfare, the newspaper says.

The new spy slots for the DIA would be created at the expanse of existing positions in the agency. Over the past decade its staff has doubled to about 16,500, mostly by absorbing different intelligence entities. But it has about 500 “case officers” – the term for clandestine operatives – at the moment. This number is to reach between 800 and 1,000 by 2018.

Also included in the 1,600 target are military attaches working at the US embassies, who openly gather information from their foreign counterparts. Their roles would not change, but their share will decline as the number of undercover agents grows.

The plan faces some challenges, such as the need to create cover identities for hundreds of new spies.

The CIA will be involved in the training of new military spies. Currently they account for about one fifth of the classes at CIA’s facility in Virginia, but the number will grow correspondingly.

Private contractors are involved in the overhaul too. In September the DIA hired six security firms, including the former Blackwater, to train agents in “hard and soft skills relevant to living and working in hostile and austere environments.” The agency also increasingly hires civilians to fill in its spy ranks.

Officials say the changes were made possible due to a rare synchronization of personalities among top official at the Pentagon and CIA. Many of them switched between the two organizations. The project was spearheaded by Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Michael G. Vickers, Pentagon’s top civilian defense official, who served at CIA’s elite Special Activities Division in the past.

In addition to the civilian counterpart, the DIA will work closely with the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), the military’s elite commando force. The command’s operations in Iraq and Afghanistan benefited greatly from DIA’s analyst resources both in the war zones and back home. Retired three-star general Ronald L. Burgess, who served as DIA director and developed key aspects of the reform, served as intelligence chief to JSOC.

Washington is pouring money into its spy networks to save face after recent security failures in the Middle East, believes contributing editor at Harper's magazine, Scott Horton.

“What we’ve seen over the last decade, really since 9/11, is a very dramatic increase in spending for the military starting with doubling, essentially, of the CIA budget with about half of that going to contractors,” Horton told RT. “This change in plan actually can be read as an admission of sorts and that the intelligence that’s been collected by this massive apparatus has been very very weak, particularly in the critical Middle East and North Africa region and also in Pakistan. And this is an effort to address this problem, but it also means a continuously ballooning budget for intelligence.”

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by UFOHUNTERORGUK, ufohunterorguk.com
December 3rd 

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How to Crack a Wi-Fi Network WPA

How to Crack a Wi-Fi Network’s WPA Password with Reaver

by Adam Pash, lifehacker.com
January 9th 2012 5:00 AM

Your Wi-Fi network is your conveniently wireless gateway to the internet, and since you're not keen on sharing your connection with any old hooligan who happens to be walking past your home, you secure your network with a password, right? Knowing, as you might, how easy it is to crack a WEP password, you probably secure your network using the more bulletproof WPA security protocol.

Here's the bad news: A new, free, open-source tool called Reaver exploits a security hole in wireless routers and can crack most routers' current passwords with relative ease. Here's how to crack a WPA or WPA2 password, step by step, with Reaver—and how to protect your network against Reaver attacks.

In the first section of this post, I'll walk through the steps required to crack a WPA password using Reaver. You can follow along with either the video or the text below. After that, I'll explain how Reaver works, and what you can do to protect your network against Reaver attacks.

First, a quick note: As we remind often remind readers when we discuss topics that appear potentially malicious: Knowledge is power, but power doesn't mean you should be a jerk, or do anything illegal. Knowing how to pick a lock doesn't make you a thief. Consider this post educational, or a proof-of-concept intellectual exercise. The more you know, the better you can protect yourself.

What You'll Need

You don't have to be a networking wizard to use Reaver, the command-line tool that does the heavy lifting, and if you've got a blank DVD, a computer with compatible Wi-Fi, and a few hours on your hands, you've got basically all you'll need. There are a number of ways you could set up Reaver, but here are the specific requirements for this guide:

• The BackTrack 5 Live DVD. BackTrack is a bootable Linux distribution that's filled to the brim with network testing tools, and while it's not strictly required to use Reaver, it's the easiest approach for most users. Download the Live DVD from BackTrack's download page and burn it to a DVD. You can alternately download a virtual machine image if you're using VMware, but if you don't know what VMware is, just stick with the Live DVD. As of this writing, that means you should select BackTrack 5 R1 from the Release drop-down, select Gnome, 32- or 64-bit depending on your CPU (if you don't know which you have, 32 is a safe bet), ISO for image, and then download the ISO.
• A computer with Wi-Fi and a DVD drive. BackTrack will work with the wireless card on most laptops, so chances are your laptop will work fine. However, BackTrack doesn't have a full compatibility list, so no guarantees. You'll also need a DVD drive, since that's how you'll boot into BackTrack. I used a six-year-old MacBook Pro.
• A nearby WPA-secured Wi-Fi network. Technically, it will need to be a network using WPA security with the WPS feature enabled. I'll explain in more detail in the "How Reaver Works" section how WPS creates the security hole that makes WPA cracking possible.
• A little patience. This is a 4-step process, and while it's not terribly difficult to crack a WPA password with Reaver, it's a brute-force attack, which means your computer will be testing a number of different combinations of cracks on your router before it finds the right one. When I tested it, Reaver took roughly 2.5 hours to successfully crack my password. The Reaver home page suggests it can take anywhere from 4-10 hours. Your mileage may vary.

Let's Get Crackin'

At this point you should have BackTrack burned to a DVD, and you should have your laptop handy.

Step 1: Boot into BackTrack

To boot into BackTrack, just put the DVD in your drive and boot your machine from the disc. (Google around if you don't know anything about live CDs/DVDs and need help with this part.) During the boot process, BackTrack will prompt you to to choose the boot mode. Select "BackTrack Text - Default Boot Text Mode" and press Enter.

Eventually BackTrack will boot to a command line prompt. When you've reached the prompt, type startx and press Enter. BackTrack will boot into its graphical interface.

Step 2: Install Reaver

Reaver has been added to the bleeding edge version of BackTrack, but it's not yet incorporated with the live DVD, so as of this writing, you need to install Reaver before proceeding. (Eventually, Reaver will simply be incorporated with BackTrack by default.) To install Reaver, you'll first need to connect to a Wi-Fi network that you have the password to.

1. Click Applications > Internet > Wicd Network Manager
2. Select your network and click Connect, enter your password if necessary, click OK, and then click Connect a second time.

Now that you're online, let's install Reaver. Click the Terminal button in the menu bar (or click Applications > Accessories > Terminal). At the prompt, type:

apt-get update

And then, after the update completes:

apt-get install reaver

If all went well, Reaver should now be installed. It may seem a little lame that you need to connect to a network to do this, but it will remain installed until you reboot your computer. At this point, go ahead and disconnect from the network by opening Wicd Network Manager again and clicking Disconnect. (You may not strictly need to do this. I did just because it felt like I was somehow cheating if I were already connected to a network.)

Step 3: Gather Your Device Information, Prep Your Crackin'

In order to use Reaver, you need to get your wireless card's interface name, the BSSID of the router you're attempting to crack (the BSSID is a unique series of letters and numbers that identifies a router), and you need to make sure your wireless card is in monitor mode. So let's do all that.

Find your wireless card: Inside Terminal, type:

iwconfig

Press Enter. You should see a wireless device in the subsequent list. Most likely, it'll be named wlan0, but if you have more than one wireless card, or a more unusual networking setup, it may be named something different.

Put your wireless card into monitor mode: Assuming your wireless card's interface name is wlan0, execute the following command to put your wireless card into monitor mode:

airmon-ng start wlan0

This command will output the name of monitor mode interface, which you'll also want to make note of. Most likely, it'll be mon0, like in the screenshot below. Make note of that.

Find the BSSID of the router you want to crack: Lastly, you need to get the unique identifier of the router you're attempting to crack so that you can point Reaver in the right direction. To do this, execute the following command:

airodump-ng wlan0

(Note: If airodump-ng wlan0 doesn't work for you, you may want to try the monitor interface instead—e.g., airodump-ng mon0.)

You'll see a list of the wireless networks in range—it'll look something like the screenshot below:

When you see the network you want, press Ctrl+C to stop the list from refreshing, then copy that network's BSSID (it's the series of letters, numbers, and colons on the far left). The network should have WPA or WPA2 listed under the ENC column. (If it's WEP, use our previous guide to cracking WEP passwords.)

Now, with the BSSID and monitor interface name in hand, you've got everything you need to start up Reaver.

Step 4: Crack a Network's WPA Password with Reaver

Now execute the following command in the Terminal, replacing bssid and moninterface with the BSSID and monitor interface and you copied down above:

reaver -i moninterface -b bssid -vv

For example, if your monitor interface was mon0 like mine, and your BSSID was 8D:AE:9D:65:1F:B2 (a BSSID I just made up), your command would look like:

reaver -i mon0 -b 8D:AE:9D:65:1F:B2 -vv

Press Enter, sit back, and let Reaver work its disturbing magic. Reaver will now try a series of PINs on the router in a brute force attack, one after another. This will take a while. In my successful test, Reaver took 2 hours and 30 minutes to crack the network and deliver me with the correct password. As mentioned above, the Reaver documentation says it can take between 4 and 10 hours, so it could take more or less time than I experienced, depending. When Reaver's cracking has completed, it'll look like this:

A few important factors to consider: Reaver worked exactly as advertised in my test, but it won't necessarily work on all routers (see more below). Also, the router you're cracking needs to have a relatively strong signal, so if you're hardly in range of a router, you'll likely experience problems, and Reaver may not work. Throughout the process, Reaver would sometimes experience a timeout, sometimes get locked in a loop trying the same PIN repeatedly, and so on. I just let it keep on running, and kept it close to the router, and eventually it worked its way through.

Also of note, you can also pause your progress at any time by pressing Ctrl+C while Reaver is running. This will quit the process, but Reaver will save any progress so that next time you run the command, you can pick up where you left off-as long as you don't shut down your computer (which, if you're running off a live DVD, will reset everything).

How Reaver Works

Now that you've seen how to use Reaver, let's take a quick overview of how Reaver works. The tool takes advantage of a vulnerability in something called Wi-Fi Protected Setup, or WPS. It's a feature that exists on many routers, intended to provide an easy setup process, and it's tied to a PIN that's hard-coded into the device. Reaver exploits a flaw in these PINs; the result is that, with enough time, it can reveal your WPA or WPA2 password.

Read more details about the vulnerability at Sean Gallagher's excellent post on Ars Technica.

How to Protect Yourself Against Reaver Attacks

Since the vulnerability lies in the implementation of WPS, your network should be safe if you can simply turn off WPS (or, even better, if your router doesn't support it in the first place). Unfortunately, as Gallagher points out as Ars, even with WPS manually turned off through his router's settings, Reaver was still able to crack his password.

In a phone conversation, Craig Heffner said that the inability to shut this vulnerability down is widespread. He and others have found it to occur with every Linksys and Cisco Valet wireless access point they've tested. "On all of the Linksys routers, you cannot manually disable WPS," he said. While the Web interface has a radio button that allegedly turns off WPS configuration, "it's still on and still vulnerable.

So that's kind of a bummer. You may still want to try disabling WPS on your router if you can, and test it against Reaver to see if it helps.

You could also set up MAC address filtering on your router (which only allows specifically whitelisted devices to connect to your network), but a sufficiently savvy hacker could detect the MAC address of a whitelisted device and use MAC address spoofing to imitate that computer.

Double bummer. So what will work?

I have the open-source router firmware DD-WRT installed on my router and I was unable to use Reaver to crack its password. As it turns out, DD-WRT does not support WPS, so there's yet another reason to love the free router-booster. If that's got you interested in DD-WRT, check their supported devices list to see if your router's supported. It's a good security upgrade, and DD-WRT can also do cool things like monitor your internet usage, set up a network hard drive, act as a whole-house ad blocker, boost the range of your Wi-Fi network, and more. It essentially turns your $60 router into a $600 router.

Further Reading

Thanks to this post on Mauris Tech Blog for a very straightforward starting point for using Reaver. If you're interested in reading more, see:

Reddit user jagermo (who I also spoke with briefly while researching Reaver) has created a public spreadsheat intended to build a list of vulnerable devices so you can check to see if your router is susceptible to a Reaver crack.

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Vulnerability in iPhone Allows Account Takeover

Instagram vulnerability on iPhone allows for account takeover

computerworld.com | Dec 2nd 2012

A security researcher has found a vulnerability in Instagram involving how it handles cookies

A security researcher published on Friday another attack on Facebook's Instagram photo-sharing service that could allow a hacker to seize control of a victim's account.

The attack was developed by Carlos Reventlov around a vulnerability he found within Instagram in mid-November. He notified Instagram of the problem on Nov. 11, but as of last Tuesday, it had not been fixed.

The vulnerability is in the 3.1.2 version of Instagram's application, released on Oct. 23, for the iPhone. Reventlov found that while some sensitive activities, such as logging in and editing profile data, are encrypted when sent to Instagram, other data was sent in plain-text. He tested the two attacks on an iPhone 4 running iOS 6, where he first found the problem.

"When the victim starts the Instagram app, a plain-text cookie is sent to the Instagram server," Reventlov wrote. "Once the attacker gets the cookie he is able to craft special HTTP requests for getting data and deleting photos."

The plain-text cookie can be intercepted using a man-in-the-middle attack as long as the hacker is on the same LAN (local area network) as the victim. Once the cookie is obtained, the hacker can delete or download photos or access the photos of another person who is friends with the victim.

The Danish security company Secunia verified the attack and issued an advisory.

Reventlov continued to study the potential of the vulnerability and found the cookie issue could also allow the hacker to take over the victim's account. Again, the attacker has to be on the same LAN as the victim.

The compromise uses a method called ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) spoofing, where the web traffic of the victim's mobile device is channeled through the attacker's computer. Reventlov wrote that it is then possible to intercept the plain-text cookie.

By using another tool to modify the headers of a web browser during transmission to Instagram's servers, it is possible to then sign in as the victim and change the victim's email address, resulting in a compromised account. The fix for Instagram is easy: the site should use always use HTTPS for API requests that have sensitive data, Reventlov wrote.

"I've found that many iPhone apps are vulnerable to such things but not too many are high-profile apps like Instagram," Reventlov wrote in an email to IDG News Service.

Neither Instagram nor Facebook officials could be immediately reached on Monday. Reventlov wrote in his advisories that he received an automated reply when he told Instagram of the issue.

Send news tips and comments to jeremy_kirk@idg.com. Follow me on Twitter: @jeremy_kirk

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Security Through Obscurity Is No Security At All

Do I Really Need to Worry About Security When I’m Using Public Wi-Fi?

by Alan Henry, lifehacker.com
April 30th 2012 10:00 AM

Dear Lifehacker,
I'm no idiot when it comes to security, and you guys have often mentioned how easily Wi-Fi networks can be cracked or how anyone can sniff out passwords and cookies. My question, though: How dangerous is it really when I'm sitting and checking my email at the coffee shop on the corner? I don't have anything that special or private in my email, and I'm usually only surfing the web. Do I really need to load up on VPNs and other tools when I'm all alone in the coffee shop or logged in at the library?

Sincerely,
Slightly Paranoid

Dear Slightly Paranoid,
You've brought up a great question. We do frequently discuss privacy and security, especially when it comes to public Wi-Fi networks, but is protecting yourself worth all of the fuss? We think so, and while we understand that VPNs and other security tools can slow down your system or be buggy and quirky at times, we have to fall back on the old adage, "Security through obscurity is no security at all."

Protecting Yourself Doesn't Have to Be Complicated

It only takes one lost email or online banking password, or one hacked Facebook account to turn your world upside down—or at least be a serious inconvenience for months. So ultimately, the real question is: Why tempt fate? It may be a bit of an inconvenience to use a VPN while you're trying to browse, or to use a password management tool so you don't use the same password in multiple places, but in the end, the real question you should ask yourself is whether or not you'd prefer the alternative if you go without any security at all. Photo by Laschon Maximilian (Shutterstock).

Considering that all of the essential security tools—including password management, antivirus and anti-malware, and even VPNs that can encrypt your web browsing—all come in free varieties, there's really no reason to not use them.

Want to keep your passwords safe, strong, and varied? We love LastPass, but KeePass is an alternative free, open-source option.

Microsoft Security Essentials will cover you from an antivirus perspective if you're looking for something great and free, and MalwareBytes does a great job at anti-malware.

As for VPNs, we've shown you how to build your own for top-flight security, or you can always opt for a free third-party VPN service like Hotspot Shield or CyberGhost. You have choices, and if one option isn't working well on your system, or seems to slow you down, there are plenty of others to try—so "it makes my computer slow" or "it crashes all the time" isn't a good excuse for surfing on public networks with no protection.

Sure, You May Be Alone, But That Doesn't Mean No One's Watching

If you're the only one in the coffee shop and you live in a small town, you're probably the only person on that network. That said, there's nothing stopping someone in the parking lot from pulling up to use the free Wi-Fi, or anyone in any of the buildings nearby hopping on to the coffee shop wireless to save some bandwidth or see what other people are doing. Just because it seems like you're the only person in the area doesn't mean you're the only person on the network, and this is especially true for larger places like libraries, airports, hotels, or convention centers with one large network that spans the entire area. Is your local coffee shop or favorite bookstore a haunt for black hats? Probably not—but it doesn't take a skilled hand to sit on a wireless network for giggles and pull down as many packets as they have time to collect. After all, we've shown you how it's done, and it's easy. Photo by Ed Yourdon.

Again, this is one of those "why tempt fate" kind of scenarios. The coffee shop on the corner is one thing. The library may be a more tempting target. The airport's "free public Wi-Fi" almost definitely has someone on it looking for juicy data, as does your hotel's network—you know, the one with FREE OPEN WI-FI as the SSID? Whether or not someone is riding that open network in order to steal passwords or because they're just curious, there's no reason for you to take the chance when you don't have to, especially when a good VPN will foil most—if not all—of their efforts. Rest assured though, there's someone nosing around that network, guaranteed.

Better Safe than Sorry

As we mentioned, protecting yourself doesn't have to be complicated, and if you have a layer of security software on your computer that's so thick you can barely use the system without it slowing down, it's time to take a look at the products you're using and see if you can find more lightweight options. They're out there, you just have to try a few and pick one that works best for you. The real likelihood that you'll personally be hacked or have a password stolen or have your identity spoofed and used for nefarious purposes is low, we understand that, but as long as it's not zero and as long as there are easy ways to protect yourself, we can't advise against it. Hiding in a crowd and hoping you're not the one to get caught is no substitution for learning to defend yourself. Photo by Gunnar Pippel (Shutterstock).

Are we probably a little paranoid? Yep. Do security analysts and experts often overstate the real risk of being hacked or having your information stolen in order to encourage good, secure behavior? Absolutely. But remember—no one ever talks about how often you won't get hit by a car when you walk out into the street without looking, or how often your house won't be burglarized if you leave the front door unlocked. You protect yourself because it makes sense to do so, and technology is no different. After all, it only takes once.

If you know what you're doing, know the risks, don't plan on sending or receiving anything sensitive while you're sitting at the coffee shop, and don't mind the idea of someone looking over your shoulder while you work, go nuts. We'd rather be safe than sorry, but ultimately it's your call.

Love,
Lifehacker

P.S. How do you keep your system protected when you're using open Wi-Fi networks? Do you bother? Share your tips for Slightly Paranoid in the comments below.

Have a question or suggestion for Ask Lifehacker? Send it to tips+asklh@lifehacker.com.

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From: ElyssaD™ 
Date: December 2, 2012, 9:56:20 PM EST
To: Karen Kahn <karenkahn@ymail.com>
Cc: ELyssaD 
Subject: cat food

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You wanted to go Museum and I told you that I need to get food and vitamins since I had to pay $220 for medication and can not afford the $1,100 to get the other one that I have been taking for three years.

My Medicaid does not go into effect until 1/1/13 and was terminated on my birthday as you well no since I told you multiple times.

You will have your rent on time. I will forgo food and medicine since medical records document that you have history of using "credentials" to access and prevent medical treatment and complicate my health and disability benefits.

You have never provided an accurate and consistent medical history and now that Lauren is applying for benefits, my case is going to be reopened since you claimed me as dependent until 2009 "by accident"

In other words, you make me sick. Physically and emotionally. Documented.

Get some help. I am not willing to risk my health or my well being for a can of cat food, a piece of chicken, or a pair of hand me down panties and earphones.

Don't forget, the walls have ears. Everything you said was recorded by a concerned professional after you filed insurance policy on 9/25/12 making you the beneficiary of "disabled daughter" just before you went into Lowe's and made me sit in the car while you went to Bed, Bath and Beyond to buy yourself more crap you don't need.

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"Ziggy's 3rd Birthday, October 8, 2004"

That is what she wrote on the back of the photograph. No mention of my step-father's passing.

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Hair appointment for the DOG #OccupySandy

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December 1, 2012

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The Secrets of Understanding Body Language || AutismAid

The Secrets of Understanding Body Language

by Stephen Borgman, myaspergers.net

Daniel Wendler was depressed, lonely, and anxious around other people.

The he was diagnosed with Aspergers.

Instead of being upset, he was elated!

I spent the next ten years reading books on social interaction, talking to relationship experts, seeking advice everywhere I could and applying my new social skills with everyone I met. My study paid off. I grew from a lonely, bullied boy to a confident, charismatic man. Relationships, which were once a source of fear and stress for me, are now the most important part of my life, and I love meeting new people.   Source: Improve Your Social Skills.

Be Like Sherlock Holmes and You’ll Unlock The Secrets of Understanding Body Language

It’s true.  Sherlock Holmes had a keen mind that set him apart from the average detective.  However, he pointed out to his assistant, Watson, that most people “see, but do not observe.”

Joe Navarro, author of What EveryBody Is Saying, assures his readers that they can learn to understand body language.

It’s not easy.  But it is possible.

Decide and commit to become  a student of non-verbal communication.

According to Dr. Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, those who can effectively read and interpret nonverbal communication, and manage how others perceive them, will enjoy greater success in life than people who lack this skill.

Here are some assorted “secrets” to understanding body language:

Body Language Is  A Big Deal

Nonverbal communication, often referred to as nonverbal behavior or body language, is a means of transmitting information – just like the spoken work – except it is achieved through facial expressions, gestures, touching (haptics), physical movements (kinesics), posture, body adornment (clothes, jewelry, hairstyle, tattoos, etc), and even the tone, timbre, and vloume of an individual’s voice (rather than spoken content).  Nonverbal behaviors compreis appximately 60-65 percent of all interpersonal communication. ~Joe Navarro, What EveryBody Is Saying.

Eyes and Eyebrows Signal Like or Dislike

An arch of the eyebrows indicates a genuine expression of like.

On the other hand, a person who squints his eyes is demonstrating eye-blocking.  Eye-blocking  is a nonverbal behavior that can occur when we featl threatened and/or don’t like what we see.  This can include squinting, and closing or shielding our eyes to protect the brain from seeing undesirable images and to communicate our disdain toward others.

Pursing of the Lips Often Signals Disagreement

Joe Navarro consulted with a business client who was negotiating an expensive contract with another client.  Whenever Joe noticed the other client pursing his lips, he would nudge his client so that the client could stop and ask more questions to hammer out possible objections in the contract.  By clearing up these possible areas of disagreement, Mr. Navarro calculates he saved his client 3.5 million dollars!

Calm Versus Stressed

A calm face will show relaxed eyes and full lips.

A stressed face is tense and slightly contorted, eyebrows are knitted, and the forehead is furrowed.

Study YouTube, movies, and people in public.

Be aware that not all YouTube videos come from the best sources.  However, you can find some helpful resources like  Gestures and Body Language Tutorial (free), and the Seven Universal Facial Expressions.

LinguiSystems, a speech and language therapy resource site, has some helpful resources for helping people with autism better understand non-verbal expressions.

Watch movies and study expressions.  Perhaps watch with someone not on the spectrum so that you can ask questions and absorb the knowledge that way.

Observe your non-Aspergers friends and family to get a better understanding of their particular body language.

The Definitive Book of Body Language is another well rated book by over 200 reviewers.  (I’ll admit I haven’t read this one).  It appears to be even more comprehensive than Mr. Navarro’s book.

Finally, here are three articles I found helpful:

Understanding Body Language; Body Language; and How To Read Body Language

What are some of your challenges, solutions, and resources for better understanding body language?

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Being Smart Didn’t Matter by @Aspiewriter

Being Smart Didn’t Matter

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Being interesting, hard headed, and independent worked in my favor. Since everyone usually laughed at the stupid things I did or got myself into, I became the class clown.

It didn’t happen on purpose exactly. I had the habit of not being able to filter my thoughts before they flew out of my mouth. I wasn’t trying to be funny on purpose, nor was I trying to be insulting or make fun of other people. But come on, if the English teacher came in to teach in leather pants what did she expect?

My flying thoughts were either met with scorn and ridicule, usually by other girls, or giggles and high-fives that came from the boys in class. I got a reputation for always saying what I thought, and not caring how other people felt about it. The problem was I didn’t understand why this was even something to notice. Didn’t everyone say what they thought? Why would you say anything else?

I did not have to work hard for my grades for the most part. If I needed to learn something, and I was interested in it, all I had to do was read. If I read the book, the information was usually branded onto my brain. That comes in handy when it is test time.

In the lower grades as long as I was able to do well on tests my grades stayed up. That had made sense to me. I took the test, passed (usually with a 100 percent) so I knew the work and should get an A right?

In the seventh grade I wound up in the principal’s office often (are you noticing a pattern here?) This time it was because I was being accused of cheating on my math tests. I didn’t like being accused of cheating, or lying—ever. Giving me “F’s” on tests I had done well on was an injustice I was unable to bear.

My mother often had to come up to school because of my “cheating,” and the yelling, screaming, and crying that followed. My behavior was “uncalled for and inappropriate” is what they said.

“Do you want her to take the test again?” my mother asked. That made me even angrier, why should I have to do the work twice just because they refused to believe that I knew how to do the work.

“Yes, but she must show all her work.”

I never understood why the math teacher did problems the way he did. Why did he have to go through all those meaningless complicated steps just to get the answer, when he could have just asked me? I knew the answer, but I never knew how to show how I’d come up with it. In fact, if I was made to “show my work,” or forced to do the math problem in the way they taught it, I could not do it. I arrived at the incorrect answer every time.

Apparently being smarter than the teacher and getting the answers my own way was unacceptable. I failed Math class for the first time in my life. This taught me two things: being smart didn’t matter, and grades mattered even less because they did not reflect what you knew or what you did not. They only reflected your ability to follow other people’s ways of doing things, even if those ways make no sense. That was something I have never been able to do.

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Saga of the Desk by @AspieSide

Saga of the Desk

by AspieSide, aspieside.wordpress.com
December 1st 2012

It shouldn’t be this difficult but well, everything is…

So first of all we remodeled our spare bedroom around a year ago to give him his own space. This space included moving his PS3 and big screen TV in there. So then there was a big to do this summer with his computer. We ended up buying him an Alienware harddrive. We decided to hook it up to the big screen TV. He did not want it like that. He wanted a separate screen. I didn’t want to buy a new screen because a) it’s expensive and b) why? So around and around we went. At one point he told me he wanted his new harddrive hooked up to his laptap. Right, all about what he is used to.

So I compromised. Let’s put the hard drive with the big screen TV and PS3, if you don’t like it we can figure it out. So for a temporary solution we put his keyboard and mouse on a TV tray. This was not the best solution but it was just supposed to be temporary:

At first he said it was okay and the mouse was just on the table but he would put the keyboard next to the mousepad (which he has of course picked apart) and then eventually the keyboard would fall off.

We also bought him a cheap office chair which he has broken at least twice.

He also uses a tray table for his food which is old and ratty and a hand me down.

So when I asked him what he wanted for Christmas he told me a new chair and a new table for his keyboard.  I don’t know which I was more proud of – the fact that he adjusted to the situation or the fact that he asked for something practical for Christmas.  WOW!

So we purchased:

Which I gave to him on Thanksgiving.  He was getting annoyed at the keyboard falling off and I knew he was uncomfortable.  In fact we had at least 3 conversations about the measurements of the table I purchased.  He clearly did not trust me to buy a table that would fit both the keyboard and the mouse next to each other.  Three very long conversations, probably the longest conversations I have had with him in months.

My husband also gave him his new office chair.  The chair is awesome & specially made for big & tall people – which he is clearly big & tall.  Recent trip to Dr- 6’3″ and he probably isn’t done!  My husband loved the chair but complained that the table was cheap and wobbly.  I was like so, he is currently using a tray table.

As an aside I tried to use the tray table that had his keyboard for his food but that was not acceptable.  I thought it was about change and made some comment to that effect.  He gave me a look and then slid his salt shaker across to the lip & stopped.  Oh duh, things don’t fall off as easily.  Okay keep the crappy tray table.

So all was well.

That night about 4 AM I wake up to “Mom! The table broke already”.  Insert more screaming and swearing as I drag my butt downstairs to get the tray table back for him.  Sigh

So I went looking online again and found this:

Again a few conversations while waiting for it to be shipped to us.  Here is the info in case you have similar issues.  I love how one person commented that it is like your own command center.  That is how I would feel but I am totally thinking about buying for work.  He loves it.  And when he takes the keyboard off he can play with the sides.  I wonder how long this one will last….

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Santa Claus is an Aspie by @AspieKid

Santa Claus is an Aspie

by AspieKid, aspiekid.net
November 29th 2012
Santa Claus is an aspie. Most people don’t know that about him, but it’s true. He is very reclusive, you know, like so many aspies are, so he chooses to live at the North Pole. I think Santa has an aversion to sunlight because of some sensory issues and he likes those long dark winters at the pole. He probably stays inside during the summer months. Also, like most aspies, myself included, Santa’s friends are mostly elves. And he relates much better to animals than people, just like lots of aspies do. Santa’s best friends in the animal world are reindeer.

Santa is also echolalic. Certainly you must have noticed the way he he utters that same old nonsense syllable over and over, just like he’s been doing for decades. And he has lots of other characteristically aspie traits too. For example, Santa prefers to wear the same clothes all the time. He has really intensely focused interests like building and distributing toys. He mutters kids’ names over and over to himself as he paces around his workshop.

And like so many of us aspies, Santa owes most of his success to Asperger Syndrome. He has the savant-like ability to remember the personal interests and addresses of every girl and boy on the planet, and whether they’ve been naughty or nice. Santa is also an expert navigator, especially in inclement weather. As an animal trainer, Santa is leaps and bounds above the rest. And he is unsurpassed as a toy inventor, manufacturer and distributor.

Santa is extremely introverted, which is another common aspie trait. So if you want him to visit you, you have to lure him into your home with milk and cookies, and even then he won’t come in unless he knows you are all sleeping. That’s just the way it is with Santa. He definitely occupies his own little corner of the autism spectrum, that’s for sure.

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Rebekah Brooks Arrested for Cellphone Hacking, Police Bribery

by Charlie White, mashable.com
July 17th 2011

Rebekah Brooks, who was in charge of Rupert Murdoch’s vast media empire in the UK, was arrested Sunday on allegations of cellphone hacking and paying off corrupt cops for information.

She’s the highest official of News Corp. to be arrested so far. According to The Washington Post, she was arrested for “conspiring to intercept communications and on corruption allegations.”

Brooks had resigned her position on Friday as chief executive of News International, according to The Telegraph. She is alleged to have authorized electronic eavesdropping of the cellphones of hundreds of unknowing victims, tapping into the voicemail of a 13-year-old murder victim, and intercepting phone calls of numerous politicians and scores of celebrities.

Part of a tight-knit group of the top executives of the Murdoch’s News Corp., she led the now-closed News of the World tabloid to hundreds of scoops, many of which are alleged to have originated from information obtained by bribing police.

As is the custom in the UK, Brooks wasn’t named as the person who was arrested, with Scotland Yard issuing the following statement after she appeared for a noon appointment to be arrested:

“At approximately 12.00 hrs a 43-year-old woman was arrested by appointment at a London police station by officers from Operation Weeting together with officers from Operation Elveden and is currently in custody.”

Now that Brooks is behind bars, the question remains, will she still testify about the scandal before members of Parliament on Tuesday? That might be in conflict with British laws that protect police inquiries.

Readers, do you think this kind of cellphone hacking and police bribery is going on in the United States, or the rest of the world? Will there be other tabloids or news organizations charged with this kind of hacking?

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Kill switch 7:44pm kaPOW!

I wouldn't touch it! I believe it is botnet because all those programs were installed by remote admin. 

"Operation Shady RAT" 

It downloaded 16 GIGS of malware in a 3 week period. The two people who set it up are known within the "intelligence" community and they were involved with the Operation Aurora Stuxnet SCADA and are involved with Headley, Bout and talk about  Nukes Granite Missiles Pakistan and more.

Iranian Hackers within 

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           Just wanted to let you know that I received your computer today.  I haven’t had much time to look at it but an anti-virus program was conducted on the computer, just to make sure there was no viruses. You have a lot of programs on the computer and I would like to know if I can eliminate any of them.  Please let me know.  Thank you.

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The Amazing Mandelbrot Set

11. The Mandelbrot Set

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Benoit Mandelbrot.

Another Chaos pioneer, and probably the most celebrated one, was Benoit Mandelbrot as his famous Mandelbrot Set has served as symbol of Chaos Theory ever since the field emerged. The Mandelbrot Set is a graphic image, just like the rain-or-sunshine graph of Lorentz, except that the Mandelbrot Set doesn't really cover some real process. It's just a formula that gives a pretty picture (endearingly nick-named the marshmallow man), but there's something very special about this particular picture because when we zoom in on any part of it, we are bound to come across the very same basic form, embedded in the texture of the mother image. But the little marshmallow man is not an exact duplicate of the mother image. It obviously follows the same basic design but is always unique. Not unlike snow flakes.

If we would then zoom in on that little marshmallow man, we would find more swirls and eddies and deep down again a marshmallow man! The Mandelbrot Set contains infinite detail, and infinite layers upon layers of marshmallow men embedded in terrific swipes of frozen motion:

Take your time to admire the Mandelbrot Set. It will help you understand the Universe... We recognize the marshmallow man in the first and last frame and make a connection, but the large-scale marshmallow man contains not only the little ones, also all those sea-horse tails and swirls and eddies. Then all those swirls must be part of the little marshmallow man as much as they are part of the big one. It's not just the little, recognizable image of the marshmallow man that constitutes an element of the larger whole, but a tornado of motion of which the marshmallow man is only the eye.

Imagine we're taking an elevator down the abstract space of the Mandelbrot Set. We start off on the top floor and start sinking down into the splendid expanse wafting out as details emerge. We pass loosely connected clouds of blue dust, firmly connected 'objects' and finally a replica of the top floor but slightly different; we have reached what we will call the first floor down from top. Sinking further down into the swirls and eddies of the first floor down we will pass more clouds and shapes, and after a while again a replica of the first floor down. The Mandelbrot Set is truly a magical place.
In chapter 8 we have already established that the math upon which the Mandelbrot Set is founded does not take in account quantum fuzziness because math can not duplicate pure randomness (which means pure unpredictability and the quantum sovereignty upon which the universe is founded). So, let's imagine that we do take in account quantum fuzziness. Let's imagine that the little marshmallow man (and all its protruding eddies) is a quantum, and the large marshmallow man is the structure that the quanta form.

Now imagine that the little marshmallow men are atoms and the big one is a a large structure (like a snow flake). Those eddies then become a fine representation of the atoms' force fields and behavior; the webs of energy that binds them all together to form the big one.

Or imagine that the little marshmallow men are bees that together make a hugely complex hive. Is that right? Does the marshmallow man story apply to a bee hive? Why doesn't a beehive look like a big bee?
Well, it does! The little bee is not just the motionless image of a bee but its entire behavior, its instincts and function in the hive; the swirls and eddies of the little marshmallow man. And not all little marshmallow men of a beehive are the same; there are different ones. And together they make a structure that comes from the inputs of all those little different little ones. The hive comes from bees and from nothing else.
Same goes for ants that make an ant hill. Same goes for humans that make a planet buzz with cities and governments and satellites in orbit.

Surprised that a principle based on quantum fuzziness is applicable to animals and humans? Then hold on to your cortical node because it is about to blow.

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Synesthesia - Dr. Hugo Heyrman ( ( (Motions of the Mind) ) )

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by Synaesthesia Research Laboratory, doctorhugo.org
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• (BSA) founder, Dr. Hugo Heyrman.
• UK Synaesthesia Association founder, Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen, University of Cambridge.
• Synesthesia Association of Australia and New Zealand (SAANZ).
  German Synaesthesia Association/Deutsche Synästhesie-Gesellschaft e.V. (in German). Synaesthesia researchers
• Synesthesia FAQ Veronica Gross, project at Boston University's Vision and Cognition Laboratory.
• Prometheus Institute Bulat Galeyev.
• Synaesthesia Sean A. Day, President of (ASA).
• Richard E. Cytowic, M.D. personal website.
• Synaesthesia Research Edward M. Hubbard, Department of Psychology University of California, San Diego.
• Center for Brain and Cognition Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, Psychology Department at the University of California, San Diego.
• Dr. Noam Sagiv, Lab Director, Brunel University, Department of Psychology, Uxbridge, West London.
• One’s Own Brain as Trickster Part II: It’s For Your Own Good, Sean A. Day.
• The Laboratory of Sensory Information Processing Lawrence Marks, Ph.D.
• Synaesthesia Research Center Mike Dixon, Phil Merikle, Dan Smilek, Brandon Wagar, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo.
• Synaesthesia Research Group Dr Jamie Ward, Dept of Psychology, University College London.
• Sinestesie.it Dina Riccò, Antonio Belluscio and Silvia Guerini, Design Faculty, Politecnico di Milano. (Italiano)
• Synaesthesia Research Team Dr Ashok Jansari, Mary Jane Spiller, School of Psychology, University of East London.
  Art and synesthesia
• Sinestesia y Arte Arte Città, Spain.
• Netherlands Color Synesthesia (NeCoSyn) Project Crétien van Campen.
• Synesthesia and Artistic Experimentation Crétien van Campen.
• Synaesthetics/Synesthetica Joannes Késenne.
• Synaesthesia Bulat Galeyev.
• Synesthésie a virtual revue on contemporary art, Paris.
• Synesthesia-Artforum Timothy B Layden.
• Theory and research on synaesthesia
• Synaesthesia and Synaesthetic Metaphors Sean A. Day, synesthete and a synesthesia researcher.
• Synesthesia: phenomenology and neuropsychology, a review of current knowledge Richard E. Cytowic, M.D.
• Sensequence Angela Meder and Andreas Mengel.
• Synaesthesia - a cognitive model of cross modal association Andrew D. Lyons, University of Sydney.
• Synesthesia Research Group Noam Sagiv, PhD. Department of Psychology, University College London.
• Estudio y análisis de las interrelaciones sinestésicas en los procesos sensoriales Mª José de Córdoba Serrano, Granada.
• Sinestesia - Neurociencia Cognitiva Juan Lupiáñez Castillo, Alicia Callejas Sevilla, Grupo de Investigación de la Universidad de Granada.
• Synästhesie-Forschung an der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover Dr. med. Markus Zedler.
• Synaesthesia the site is in both English and Chinese, Julia Simner, University of Edinburgh, UK.
• синестезия The Russian Synaesthesia Community’s site, maintained by Anton V. Sidoroff-Dorso, Associate Professor/Reader of Moscow State Pedagogical University. Reports and articles
• Everyday fantasia: The world of synesthesia Siri Carpenter, Monitor on Psychology.
• Tangled Wires: conceptualizing neurological and cultural explanations of synesthesia Moriah McSharry McGrath.
• Synesthesia, What Happens When Our Senses Get Their Wires Crossed? Evan Moreno-Davis.
• Campen, Cretien van (2009).The Hidden Sense: On Becoming Aware of Synesthesia. In: TECCOGS 2009, vol. 1, pp. 1-13.
• Campen, Cretien van (2009). How does the memory of synesthetes work? In: Mª José de Córdoba; Edward M. Hubbard; Dina Riccò; Sean A Day (Eds.) (2009). Actas del III Congreso Internacional de Sinestesia, Ciencia y Arte. Granada: Ediciones Fundación Internacional Artecittà. Books and scientific reports
• Lenguaje Del Color: Sinestesia cromática en poesía y arte visual by Juan Carlos Sanz, Profesor de Theoría de la imagen, de Diseño y de Comunicación audiovisual. Madrid, España.
• Synesthesia: Perspectives from Cognitive Neuroscience edited by Lynn Robertson and Noam Sagiv.
• Farbe - Licht - Musik Synästhesie und Farblichtmusik by Jörg Jewanski / Natalia Sidler (written in German).
• Tussen zinnen. Synesthesie of hoe de zintuigen samenwerken The new Dutch book on synesthesia by Crétien van Campen.
• The Hidden Sense. Synesthesia in Art and Science The new English book on synesthesia by Crétien van Campen.
• Synesthesia: A Union of the Senses Second edition, Richard E. Cytowic, M.D.
• Symposium on Synesthesia Psyche, an interdisciplinary journal of research on consciousness, 2 (32), Juli 1996, editor, Stephen Jackson.
• Synesthesia - a real phenomenon? or real phenomena? Luciano da F. Costa.
• Synesthesia - the mixing of the senses Chris Lofting.
• Is there a normal phase of synesthesia in development? Simon Baron-Cohen.
• Science & Consciousness Review Editor, Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy.
• Vernetzte Sinne - Über Synästhesie und Verhalten a book about living with synesthesia, by Eckhard Freuwört.

  Transcripts and streaming audio versions of radio programs and symposia

• The Emerging Mind: Purple Numbers and Sharp Cheese BBC Radio 4, Reith Lectures 2003, Lecture 4, April 23, 2003, part of lecture series by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran.
• Halo Radio: Patricia Lynne Duffy Halo Radio hosted by Jesse Dylan, January 12, 2003, interview with Patricia Lynne Duffy.
• Science: Hearing Colours, Eating Sounds: Why do some people perceive words and numbers as colours? BBC Radio 4, November 12 & 19, 2002, interviews with Richard Cytowic, Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, Jeffrey Gray, Joseph Long, Jane Mackay and Patricia Duffy.
• Programme 1
• Programme 2
• Catalyst: Synaesthesia Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC TV, April 11, 2002, interviews with Anina Rich and Dr Jason Mattingly.
• The Health Report: Synaesthesia Australian Broadcasting Corporation, December 18, 2000, interview with Dr. Peter Grossenbacher.
• Talk of the Nation: Synaesthesia/Sense of Touch National Public Radio, July 28, 2000, interviews with Dan Smilek, Mandayam A. Srinivasan, Ph.D. and Kenneth L. Casey, M.D.
• audio version
• Ockham's Razor with Robyn Williams: Synaesthesia, an unusual union of the senses Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio National, November 28, 1999, interview with Prof. John Bradshaw.
• Pat Duffy radio interview: Synesthesia WNYE-FM 91.5 FM, New York, NY, November 1999, interview with Carol Steen and Dr. Peter Grossenbacher.
• The Health Report: Synesthesia Australian Broadcasting Corporation, July 8, 1996, interview with Richard E. Cytowic. The synesthetic experience
• Synesthesia and the synesthetic experience Steve Mann, MIT.
• Neuroscience for Kids - Synesthesia Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D.
• Synaesthesia, metaphor and right-brain functioning Patrick Martin.
  
  Synaesthesia tests, surveys and experiments online
• The Synesthesia Battery This battery of tests provides a standard battery of questions, tests and scoring. This test is available to the whole community of researchers and synesthetes for their use in making scientific progress. Developed in Dr. David Eagleman's laboratory.
• Colour Survey for synaesthetes who see letters and/or numbers in colours.
• Synesthesia-Test Only those who percieve consciously can recognize their synaesthesia.
• Synaesthesia in Children Jennifer Green, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.
• Color of Sound - Concrete the Studio an informal experiment to test the color of sound, Emily Flippin Maruna.
• Mirror Touch Synaesthesia Study a 'Survey Vista' by Naomi Hillman, MSC student at the University of East London in the UK.
  

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18 USC - Crimes and Criminal Procedure - US Code

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Court Opinions US Supreme Court US Tax Court Board of Patent Appeals State Laws Alabama Arizona California Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Massachusetts Michigan Nevada New Jersey New York North Carolina Oregon Pennsylvania Texas Virginia Washington US Code 1 USC - General Provisions 2 USC - The Congress 3 USC - The President 4 USC - Flag and Seal 5 USC - Gov't Organization 6 USC - Domestic Security 7 USC - Agriculture 8 USC - Aliens and Nationality 9 USC - Arbitration 10 USC - Armed Forces 11 USC - Bankruptcy 12 USC - Banks and Banking 13 USC - Census 14 USC - Coast Guard 15 USC - Commerce and Trade 16 USC - Conservation 17 USC - Copyrights 18 USC - Crimes 19 USC - Customs Duties 20 USC - Education 21 USC - Food and Drugs 22 USC - Foreign Relations 23 USC - Highways 24 USC - Hospitals 25 USC - Indians 26 USC - Internal Revenue Code 27 USC - Intoxicating Liquors 28 USC - Judiciary 29 USC - Labor 30 USC - Mineral Lands 31 USC - Money and Finance 32 USC - National Guard 33 USC - Navigation 34 USC - Navy (repealed) 35 USC - Patents 36 USC - Patriotic Societies 37 USC - Uniformed Services 38 USC - Veterans' Benefits 39 USC - Postal Service 40 USC - Public Property 41 USC - Public Contracts 42 USC - Public Health 43 USC - Public Lands 44 USC - Public Printing 45 USC - Railroads 46 USC - Shipping 47 USC - Telecom 48 USC - Territories 49 USC - Transportation 50 USC - War US Constitution Preamble Art. I - Legislative Art. II - Executive Art. III - Judicial Art. IV - States' Relations Art. V - Mode of Amendment Art. VI - Prior Debts Art VII - Ratification

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Gas Leak

Written on November, 1 2012

I can't believe you mailed me the wrong keys and thought that was a "gift?" 

If you handed me the property deed that may have been a cute joke. 

But you have the gall to make keys to a property where I live and pay rent where I have been "living" in for weeks shows how little you understand about gift giving AND the law. 

Not only did you give me the wrong key, you have the gall to make a copy of my mail key after you failed to forward CRITICAL documents in a reasonable and timely manner. 

I need the MASTER key that opens all of the doors that you need to use to access the pool and the other parts of the building and at every fire exit in case I get locked out (or iin) and to pass from one side of there to another. 

2. I'm still waiting for a contact list of the  quasi-professionals you hired so I know who to call Ma an

On Oct 31, 2012, at 8:38 AM, ElyssaD <powersthatbeat@gmail.com> wrote:

You need to provide me with names and numbers of all the repairman you used so I can check ID and before you send them over. 

It is NOT okay for strange to come into my bedroom at 8:14 with 20 minutes notice. This is IMPACT zone. If you spent $1400 to replace windows and this is the third time they have to come back perhaps you need to call a different contractor. 

Ditto on the AC

Balcony Doors

Storm windows

Gas

Electric

Heating and cooling

Comcast 

CODE AND CONDO BOARD VIOLATIONS! 

" ___ "  is not your friend.

Trick or Tweet

On Oct 29, 2012, at 11:26, Karen Kahn <karenkahn@ymail.com> wrote:

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Subject: Gas Leak

October 29, 2012

All Residents:

We have a gas leak in the meter outside the building on the north side. The gas company is here fixing the problem, but will have to turn the gas off to our Hot Water tanks only at 11:00 AM. The stoves and cook tops will still be able to operate.

This repair should be complete by 5:00 PM today.

Thank you for your cooperation in this emergency.

Seth Shulman, CAM

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Computer hackers access U.S. Justice Department website: spokeswoman

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Top News Computer hackers access U.S. Justice Department website: spokeswoman Mon, May 21 19:26 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One or more unauthorized users gained access to the inner workings of a website run by the U.S. Justice Department, a department spokeswoman said on Monday after the hacker group Anonymous said they were behind the incident.

The hackers accessed a server that operates the Bureau of Justice Statistics' website, the spokeswoman said.

The bureau is responsible for collecting and analyzing data about crime — including computer security incidents — from throughout the United States.

The department spokeswoman declined to say when the alleged unauthorized access occurred or what data the hackers might have obtained. The department is looking into whether the unauthorized users broke criminal laws, she said.

Online statements attributed to Anonymous said they were responsible for the security breach and that the files they obtained include emails.

(Reporting by David Ingram and Lily Kuo; Editing by Eric Beech)

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New app will help children with autism

click2houston.com | Aug 3rd 2012 2:07 AM

A new app is helping children with autism become more self-sufficient.

Developers at the Pittsburgh-based company, Interbots, have been working with the Barber National Institute to create a game that focuses specifically on the needs of children with autism.

Originally in the business of entertainment robotics, Interbots realized its potential to help children with autism by chance when they introduced a robot called Quasi.

"A family came up to us and said, 'So you know you made Quasi. He's really amazing.  Our son's been speaking to him for half an hour. And it's like, Oh, that's great. Kids like Quasi.  It's like, 'No, you don't understand. He doesn't speak to anyone. He has autism,'" said David Culyba, co-founder of Interbots.

The relationship between Interbots and the Barber Center combines knowledge with experience.

"We've been really excited to work with them because we come from a background of technology and robotics, and they come from a background of working with autism and working with the kids, and having that connection is basically everything," said Culyba.

The game is called Popchilla's World, and it prompts kids to perform various daily tasks for a friendly blue creature, like washing him and brushing his teeth.

The Barber Center was the site of the game's first test run with actual students.

The app lets kids interact with characters on screen, but eventually they'll be able to play with Popchilla in the real world, too. Developers are working on a robot that lets children transfer what they learn from the digital world to the physical.

The app will be available in the Apple App Store and the Android market early next year.

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