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Notes from AfricaHackOn: Bank IT Security in Kenya.

Review from IT Security Conference in Kenya. Find out how Bank IT Security is developing in Kenya.
AfricaHackOn 2014, first conference about IT Security in Kenya and Africa. How does it look like in practice…

Botnets: The Advanced Malware Threat in Kenya’s Cyberspace

Paula Musuva-Kigen
Research Associate Director, Centre for Informatics Research and Innovation (CIRI). Lecturer in Cyber-security and Digital Forensics, USIU, MSc, CCSP, CISA

Christian Kisutsa
Information Security Consultant – Serianu Limited, Computer Forensics & Cyber Crime Graduate (USIU)

Introduction: What is a bot(net)

Bot – type of malicious software

  • Places the infected machine (zombie) under the control of an attacker (bot herder or bot master)
  • Zombie connects to a Command and Control (C&C) server
  • Initially Internet Relay Chat (IRC) used to connect to C&C
  • These days use HTTP to connect to C&C because its NOT blocked on firewalls

Botnet – Network of machines infected with a particular bot

  • Common Command and Control (C&C) server
  • Often infected machines are designed to use automated infection vectors to infect other machines on the network

Introduction: Worldwide Statistics

Top Banking Botnets of 2013 – Released Feb 2014

Dell Secure Works Counter Threat Unit (CTU)

  • Over 900 financial institutions around the globe are being targeted
  • Banks and Corporate Finance providers
  • Also providers of corporate payroll services, stock trading, social networking, email services, mail delivery services, employment portals, entertainment and dating portals

Top Banking Botnets of 2013

Top Botnets in Kenya – 2013 [exclusive statistics]

Check out Kenya Cyber Security Report 2014 by Serianu

What do Botnets Do?

  • Theft of Information (keyloggers)
  • Login credetials leading to Identity Theft
  • Financial data especially Credit Card data
  • IP/Trade secrets on espionage basis and Identity theft
  • Financial fraud: E-banking and Mobile banking
  • Consumer Accounts – Online shopping (Jambopay/Jumia/Pesapal)
  • Business Accounts – Online Banking (Corporate/Retail)
  • Spam/Phishing: Infected machines relay spam
  • Click Fraud: Automated clicks of Web advertising links for revenue
  • DDoS: Zombies can be co-ordinated to launch massive attacks
  • Pay per Install: malware distribution. Bot masters get paid for every 1,000 infected machines
  • Botnets for hire: Crime as a Service(CaaS)

Tactics for Botnet malware delivery

  • Cracked softwares or Free wares
  • Clicking links to infected sites e.g link on email/social media
  • Drive by downloads: visiting site with malicious scripts, automatic download through browser without user’s interaction/knowledge
  • Malicious PDFs’
  • Malicious images/photos e.g. on social media
  • Creating FUD (Fully Undetectable) files by use of cryptors that evade anti-virus detection
  • Executable flash disks
  • Malicious mobile applications

Botnets on the Network

Background of Zeus, Citadel and Spyeye

  • Zeus creator called Slavik aka Monstr
  • Released 2007. Zeus code publicly leaked in May 2011 (Many variants thereafter
  • SpyEye creator called Gribodemon, aka Harderman
  • Released 2009. Initially a competitor to Zeus (removed Zeus)
  • Author Aleksander Panin arrested in Jan 2014
  • Citadel and Ice IX considered by-products of Zeus
  • Released in 2011
  • Citadel’s creator called Aquabox
  • Improved ZeuS’s code by making its control panel more user-friendly
  • Very good customer support network for buyers in underground
  • Ice IX creator called nvidiag
  • Gameover – P2P Zeus variant released in 2011. Highest infection. P2P
  • ZitMO – Zeus in The Mobile since 2010. Intercepts SMS and 2F authentication
  • KINS – latest Zeus variant since 2013

Timeline of Zeus and its variants

Building the botnet

  • Builder – Bot preparation and compilation
  • Configuration file – Contains settings for the Bot
  • Web injects – Man-in-the-Browser customizations. These show extra fields in the log-in screens
  • Control Panel – Bot Master’s screen where they control all the Bots under their control.
  • Remote Scripts – The Bot Master’s tools to send commands to the infected machines

Online Services

Measures Taken to Secure Online Banking in East Africa

  • Virtual Keyboards
  • Randomized Keys
  • Hover-mode
  • Encryption
  • SSL over HTTP – HTTPS
  • Client Side Encryption
  • 2 page authentication

Measures Taken to Secure Online Payment and Shopping

  • Encryption
  • SSL over HTTP – HTTPS

Statistics: Online Banking – Kenya

Bank using virtual keyboards – 6/33 banks Bank using 2PG – 4/33 banks

Banks with client side encryption – 2/33 Banks Banks with NO client side encryption : 31/33

Online Banking – East Africa

Banks using virtual keyboards – 9/46 Banks using 2PG – 6/46 Banks

Banks with NO client side encryption : 40/46 Banks Banks with client side encryption: 6/46 Banks

Banks Online Payment and Shopping

Top Online Payment Sites in Kenya with NO Top Online Shopping Sites in Kenya with NO client side encryption 4/4 client side encryption : 6/6

Mobile Malware

ZitMo for Mobile banking

  • Version of Zeus that infects Mobile Phones
  • Mobile Banking is the new “thing” in Kenya hence users exposed to this Mobile Trojan and other mobile malware.
  • M-pesa users at risk as Android malware is on the rise.
  • Only a matter of time before a custom malware is made that targets M-pesa.

Botnet Evolution

  • Domain Generation Algorithms (DGA)
  • Tor Botnets – Anonymized
  • P2P botnets – Zeus P2P/Gameover etc

  • Patch systems: bots exploit known vulnerabilities for infection especially browsers and Windows OS
  • Anti-malware tools: antivirus makers have signatures for the well known bot types
  • Use Browser protection
  • Use latest anti-malware updates and signatures
  • User Information Security Education, Training and Awareness Program (SETA)
  • Use reports like those by Serianu and Tespok Cyberusalama to know latest trends and how to avoid common vectors of infection

How do I know I’m Infected

  • Process Monitoring: e.g. use of CrowdInspect and Sysinternals TCP View
  • Registry Entries with sdra64.exe

Strange UDP and TCP ports

  • CrowdInspect – highly recommended for Microsoft users
  • Multiple sources of information, including VirusTotal, Web of Trust (WOT), and Team Cymru’s Malware Hash Registry

  • Host-based process inspection for Forensic analysis
  • Tells you which network connections are open to which IP addresses, processes

Remediation: Network Side

  • Detecting C&C traffic
  • Examine networktrafficforcertain known patterns
  • Use logging information from IDS/IPS, Firewalls, e.g BotHunter and BotSniffer
  • Honeypots/Honeybots: www.honeynet.org Dionaea, Spam traps, Open Proxies, URL analysis
  • Correlate using SIEM tools

  • Hijacking Botnet traffic, redirecting it to analysis servers
  • Done by CERTs and Security Researchers in collaboration with ISPs and Domain Registrars
  • E.g. by Microsoft (Mar 2012) , Polish CERT, Team Cymru
  • Study the Botnet then take down Domain Names and C&C Servers

Remediation: Network Side

  • Zeus Tracker and SpyEye Tracker (abuse.ch)

Provide domain- and IP-blocklist of known ZeuS Command&Control servers (hosts) around the world

Including Kenya

Paula Musuva-Kigen: [email protected]

Christian Kisutsa: [email protected]


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Share Bigger Things

(hoisted from the archives)

Integration is hard, and it’s harder when you didn’t build the pieces yourself. Lately I’ve been trying to push people to think bigger about the sharing of OER, precisely because integration sucks.

What do I mean? Well, your slides would be a lot easier for me to use if I had the question bank you used for tests — I am testing on what we do in class, right? That question bank you use for tests isn’t all that useful if the questions react to a book that I don’t use in class, so I’m going to need the book as well. That analytics work you’ve worked into your course design doesn’t work unless they use the discussion board the same way — so can I use that too? Also, I’ll need the homework problems, the worked problems, the clicker peer-instruction questions. And if you could give me some data on how well students usually do on all this stuff, all the better.

In other words — I want courseware that is pretty much the whole course, but open so I can change it as I start to see where it could be improved. And, if it could be managed, I’d like you to make it really easy for me, drop it into an LMS that I can fire up on day one.

As your average professor, I don’t want to have to integrate 80 pieces from different places before I can even run it once. I want to improve it over time, but that’s different.

This is where textbook companies are going already. Fully integrated packages with the assessment baked in. It’s where education is going.

So if we are going to have an open educational resource movement that matters to current institutions, we’re going to have to start thinking a lot bigger.

I think of this, incidentally, along the lines of the old scripting vs. object-oriented debate. There were a set of people that argued great objects would take over the world, allowing a set of integrators to quickly develop solutions from building blocks. Then there were the WordPresses and Moodles of the world that said — forget the building blocks, here’s a soup to nuts product you can run on day one, but change any way you like.

Soup to nuts won, because most people have pretty similar problems — they just want to change 10% of something. That makes time spent integrating a lousy investment for most people. Integration is in many ways harder than building stuff, which is why people using OER often report no time saved. Sharing bigger things solves that for most practitioners in a way they can understand.

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paper Cut writes to tell us that the guys over at pspproject have a working web server hosted on a PSP. You can view the hosted page but keep in mind that there are still a few little bugs to be worked out. Some users have reported various errors because the HTTP headers are hard coded. The project site has the latest news and updates.
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Build Your Backlog

The backlog is the collection of all customer input represented by user stories, any open defects, or defect suites. Typically, the product owner collects, manages, and prioritizes the backlog based on the importance of the request or defect. Those items at the top of the list are usually scheduled into releases and iterations to be worked on by the agile team. Once the item is scheduled into a release or iteration, it is removed from the Backlog page.

If you have CA Agile Central Portfolio Manager enabled, user stories are likely the results of portfolio items that have been groomed by product managers and PMOs.

The Backlog page lets you manage your work items with the following actions:

  • Add items (quick add or add with details)
  • Edit the existing items (in-place or full edit mode)
  • Rank your backlog
  • Customize your backlog appearance
  • View the detail page of the selected item
  • Copy a work item
  • Delete a work item

There are several keyboard actions that facilitate your entries:

  • A single click selects a row and displays the row action menu. Multiple selections are listed under the backlog_gear menu option.
  • Click any editable field on the selected row to go to inline edit mode.
  • Use the tab key to move from one editable field to another. Tabbing on the right-most field brings you to the first field in the next row down.
  • Use Shift+Tab to go to the previous field.
  • Use the Esc key to remove the row selection or cancel an inline edit.

If a parent story contains child stories, the parent story cannot be scheduled and is not displayed in the backlog page. In the case of a story hierarchy, only child stories can be scheduled.

Build your backlog consists of the following topics:

The Backlog page versus the User Story page

The Backlog page is a prioritized list of user stories, defects, and defect suites that have not yet been scheduled into a release or iteration.
The User Stories page is an inventory of all user stories ever created in the current project. These stories can be viewed as a flat list or as a hierarchy. Add or remove columns from your view and apply filters to create custom reports.

Task Which page to use
  • Backlog page for detailed ranking prior to scheduling work
  • Backlog page when you want to rank user stories and defects together
  • User Stories page when you want to rank high-level (parent) stories
  • Create and view reports The robust custom view editor available on the User Stories page makes it easy to create and share reports
    Manage the story hierarchy
  • Child stories can be added on either page
  • User Stories page to gain visibility into full story hierarchies
  • Schedule work The backlog section of the Plan page allows you to easily schedule work into releases and iterations using drag-and-drop

    Need more help? The CA Agile Central Community is your one-stop shop for self-service and support. To submit feedback or cases to CA Agile Central Support, find answers, and collaborate with others, please join us in the CA Agile Central Community.


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Vermont Joins North Dakota in Voting for Industrial Hemp

June 9, 2008: Vermont’s Governor Jim Douglas made no announcement on his web site. But on May 29, Douglas decided against a veto. So Vermont’s “Hemp for Vermont” bill which won overwhelming support in the legislature is now law. (The bill passed in the state House 126 to 9 and 25 to 1 in the Senate). This means Vermont joins North Dakota as states endorsing industrial hemp – a crop still outlawed under federal rules. For the full story, Click Here.

Wausau Daily Herald OpEd Praises Industrial Hemp

June 7, 2008: An opinion piece by Jim Maas of the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin blasts current federal subsidies for farmers but singles industrial hemp out for praise. Maas writes that “Hemp has thousands of uses. Besides fibers for paper and textiles, it can be used for biodegradable plastics, health food and fuel. Hemp requires little to no pesticides, replenishes soil with nutrients and nitrogen, controls erosion of the topsoil and produces a lot of oxygen. The downside? Our government prohibits its use.”
Click Here for the complete Wausau Daily Herald article.

Canadian Video on Industrial Hemp

Industrial hemp organizations have put together an excellent summary of centuries of hemp history: “Hemp – The Environmentally Sustainable Alternative (Part 1).” Calling hemp “the world’s most valuable plant,” the nine-minute YouTube video tells the story well, pointing out the absurdity of the United States still banning a crop which was a major crop until it was made illegal in 1937 — only to be heavily promoted by the U.S. government during World War II — and then banned once again. For background on the video and more info, visit Kate Weldon’s post on Barry’s Bay This Weekreporting that “Hemp video number two is already in the works. ‘The Hemp Revival – 1994 to 2008’ will feature footage of hemp used for carbon negative building, car parts, plastics and health food” — reminding us that hemp growing is once again both legal and profitable in Canada.

Hemp on the High Seas Once Again – Cutting Fuel Costs

The Dot Earth blog from New York Times writer Andrew Revkin notes that hemp is making a come-back: “A new age of sail may be a bit closer to reality. The MV Beluga SkySails, the first freighter in the modern era using a kite-like sail along with its conventional engine when the winds are right, completed a transatlantic passage and the owners report that the sail cut fuel burning around 20 percent on days when conditions were right.”

Reason Foundation Report on Industrial Hemp

A comprehensive Reason Foundation report on the environmental and economic benefits of industrial hemp was released March 13 by the Reason Foundation, a non-profit research and educational organization. Contrasting industrial hemp with competitors such as cotton, corn, polyester and fiberglass, the report states that:
“Cannabis sativa L. is the most politicized plant in U.S. history—so much so that science too often falls to the wayside as factions attempt to either demonize or venerate the plant. Complicating the debate, two very different varieties of the plant are common: the pharmacological variety, marijuana, and the agricultural variety, hemp. Hemp is the subject of this study.”
“Hemp offers three products: the long ‘bast’ fibers, similar to flax or jute fibers; the short ‘hurd’ fibers, which have a number of industrial uses; and finally the seeds. Emerging industrial applications include composite construction materials and biofuel sources. Hemp is often evaluated for performance alongside biomass and oilseed crops, fiberglass and agricultural byproducts like wheat straw.”
“Hemp cultivation is not permitted in the United States today. In its final decades as a domestic crop prior to 1958, government regulation hindered its competitiveness in world markets.”
“This study seeks to add to the discussion about hemp prohibition by comparing the environmental efficiency of hemp to its substitutes in a few key applications.”
  For the Reason Foundation’s full 50-page report, Illegally Green: Environmental Costs of Hemp Prohibition, Click Here. For the Executive Summary, Click Here.

Industrial Hemp Brochure Published

Industrial Hemp Brochure Published
Printed on hemp paper, this NAIHC brochure explains the many econonic and environmental reasons for once again allowing U.S. farmers to grow industrial hemp — a crop grown and valued by both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Includes comments and photos of NAIHC directors. (PDF file, requires Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®, available free.

Action Stalled on ’07 Industrial Hemp Legislation

Action Stalled on ’07 Industrial Hemp Legislation
For the latest status of the federal Industrial Hemp legislation, Click Here. To check the progress of all federal and state legislation on industrial hemp, Click Here. The current federal legislation being considered is H.R.1009, “To amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marihuana, and for other purposes.”
H.R. 109 was introduced by Rep Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] on Feb. 13, 2007). The Latest Major Action was on April 20, 2007 when the bill was referred to the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

The bill’s 11 current co-sponsors are:

Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2]
Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4]
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7]
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22]
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10]
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7]
Rep Miller, George [CA-7]
Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46]
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9]
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] –
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6]


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First Look – PS3 Laptop

This PS3 laptop is the most talkabout gadget this weekend as it’s the one and only one built by Ben Heck and it will be auctioning off by the guys over at alibecks. The specification to the notebook –

  • 17-inch LCD HDTV screen: 720p
  • HDMI-DVI connection (same as last Xbox 360 laptop)
  • Built-in keyboard, USB ports, stereo speakers, headphone jack
  • Size: 17 x 13.75 x 3-inches
  • Weight: 16 pounds!

For more information, check out alibecks’ YouTube site, link here.

Source – alibecks

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Song of the day…Soy Guapo

I’d like to use my blog post today to draw attention to a little known affliction affecting less than 1% of the population. A disease that both I and my good friend El Guapo suffer from. A disease called Chronic Handsomeness.

Chronic Handsomeness strikes men in the prime of their lives and its effects are devastating (mostly to the women who encounter carriers of the disease). Studies suggest that genetic factors make certain individuals more susceptible than others, but there is no evidence that Chronic Handsomeness is directly inherited. Symptoms of Chronic Handsomeness are unpredictable and vary from person to person. Most suffer from conditions called, Raw Jock and Yallwantmyjunkicitis.

Men with Chronic Handsomeness are not contagious and just being next to a handsome man or taking pictures while standing next to him will not render you afflicted. Most people with Chronic Handsomeness learn to cope with the disease and continue to lead satisfying, productive lives filled with lots and lots of sex.

Don’t pity us, people. We are just like all of you.

Feliz Cumpleaños, El Guapo

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  1. That’s you in the video, isn’t it?

    Comment by GingerSnaap | December 6, 2012 | Reply

  2. […] Joe Hoover brought up skydiving, as long as we did not have to take a train to get there.  Brian Tomahawk mentioned something about evil overlords, but we nixed the idea of costumes. HE Ellis said as long as that scoundrel Santa did not show up, we were golden. Joe Beans was convinced a pirate theme was the way to go, but someone in a uniform said that would be an HR Nightmare. […]

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  3. Bwahaha! I think I know quite a few carriers!!

    Happy Birthday, Guaposoy!

    Comment by Red | December 6, 2012 | Reply

  4. Happy Bday Guap!

    Comment by H.E. ELLIS | December 6, 2012 | Reply

  5. […] Hoover 3M (Red) Hellis 1 Hellis 2 Cheeky Diva So many […]

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  6. […] HR Nightmare  […]

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  7. […] Visit Other Posts Celebrating Foolishness GingerFightBack, GingerSnaap, H.E. Ellis, Kanerva, Suzanne, Weebs, CheekyDiva, Edward Hotspur, M3, Joe, H.R. Nightmare, […]

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  8. LOL … first-time visitor to see that great video honoring our friend. Happy Birthday Guapo!

    Comment by aFrankAngle | December 6, 2012 | Reply

  9. H. R. Nightmare,
    Ok… I’ll give this to you… Your song made me laugh, at work… To the point where a colleague dropped by my office and asked if she could see what made me lawled. Good job.
    Le Clown

    Comment by Le Clown | December 6, 2012 | Reply

  10. Can women have Chronic Beautifulness?

    Comment by Megan Stephenson | December 6, 2012 | Reply

  11. It’s rough that you too must suffer from such a thing. I’m just glad you’ve made the best of your “condition!” One of the best videos ever!

    Comment by Kari Barrett - MMR (@KBar3) | December 6, 2012 | Reply

  12. […] GingerSnaap, H.E. Ellis, Kanerva, Suzanne, Weebs, CheekyDiva, Edward Hotspur, M3, Joe, H.R. Nightmare, LoveAndLunchmeat, Kayjai, LizzieCracked, Rachael, ODNT, Brian, Linda, John, Benzeknees, […]

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    (and yes, I’ll be doing that bit with the restaurant bill.)

    Thanks HR – If I’m going to have to suffer this cruel,cruel disease, I’m glad I have you to commiserate with!

    Comment by El Guapo | December 6, 2012 | Reply

  15. I am so glad I’ve never suffered from this affliction. I just don’t know what I’d have done with all that gratuitous sex. Thanx for blocking for me big guy.

    Comment by Archon's Den | December 6, 2012 | Reply

  16. […] Facial Foolishness […]

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  17. […] one of my coolest birthdays EVER!!!I can’t tell you how lucky I am to get to hang out with such a fantastic, deranged, witty, clever outgoing, (did I mention deranged?) bunch of people. Every week, you remind […]

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2 breakfast’s + 8 miles= typ day in NYC

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This paper develops a modeling framework that considers the effect of income on travelers’ choices of trip generation, mode and route on multimodal transportation networks and explicitly captures the distributional impacts of congestion–mitigation policies on different income and geographic groups. The modeling framework is applied to design more equitable yet efficient congestion pricing and tradable credit schemes. The design models are formulated as mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints, and solved by derivative-free solution algorithms. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the models and offer insight on the mechanisms of achieving better equity under congestion pricing or tradable credit schemes.

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  14. Wu, Di & Yin, Yafeng & Lawphongpanich, Siriphong, 2011. "Pareto-improving congestion pricing on multimodal transportation networks," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 210(3), pages 660-669, May.
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Any serious alternative to the standard approach requires a distinct axiomatic foundation. The crucial point is not axiomatization per se but the real world content of axioms. The purpose of the present paper is to make the implications of the objective structural axiom set concerning the relation of profit, money, the nominal/real rate of interest, and the time structure of production explicit and to contrast them with the familiar conceptions.

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Phase-Locking and Switching Volatility in Hedge Funds

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This article aims to investigate the phase-locking and switching volatility in the idiosyncratic risk factor of hedge funds using switching regime beta models. This approach allows the analysis of hedge fund tail event behavior and in particular the changes in hedge fund exposure to various risk factors potentially related to liquidity risk, conditional on different states of the market. We and that in a normal state of the market, the exposure to risk factors could be very low but as soon as the market risk factor captured by the S&P500 moves to a down-market state characterized by negative returns and high volatility, the exposure of hedge fund indexes to the S&P500 and especially to other risk factors changes signi?cantly presenting evidence of phase-locking. We further extend the regime switching model to allow for non-linearity in residuals and show that switching regime models are able to capture and forecast the evolution of the idiosyncratic risk factor in terms of changes from a low volatility regime to a distressed state that are not directly related to market risk factors.

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On June 6, 2009 the St. Regis Mohawk tribe voted 445-102 to create its own electric utility.  It will invest about $14 million to build a new power plant and distribution network.  The reservation is on the U.S.-Canadian border in northern New York.  Some 11,000 tribal members liver on the New York side of the border.

Nine other Indian tribes already have their own tribal electric utility.  The St. Regis Mohawk tribe now joins them in demonstrating that when it comes to electricity, local self-reliance is cheaper and better.

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    We are trying to develop an Electric Utility in alignment witht our Tidal Power Project at Eastport, Miane. This project is in coordination with the Passamaquoddy Tribe in the area. I have been searching for some guidleines or regualtions that apply to an Indian Tribe wishing to develop an Electric Utility.

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Polistinae wasp nest against the window

These beautiful and useful wasps had lived here against the window for about six months, gradually enlarging their nest as their population grew. To my great regret they suddenly became disturbed by several of my yoga students passing by on their way to the bathroom (as they had done every week), and two people were stung. Worse was to come, because now we had to remove the nest, the greater regret! Using smoke to drive off the wasps, we knocked the wonderful hexagonal construction to the ground with a long fishing rod, and watched sadly as the adult wasps returned to try to remedy the situation. As you can see I  photographed the nest from inside the yoga barn before the dastardly deed. I have noticed the beginning of a new nest, in a more suitable position, so fingers crossed all will be well.

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  1. Harmony between disparate “agendas” is so hard to maintain, isn’t it?? Lovely photo…….hope all goes well w/their new location:)

  2. That’s an incredible story…. I’m so sorry that had to happen, but it sounds like they’re resilient creatures, and of course, amazing.. And, by the looks of your photo, they are big creatures, too! Wow – I sure wouldn’t want to be stung by one. Amazing photos…. LOL, I’m sure to have dreams about them tonight!

    • hope you had sweet dreams andrea, and no wasps …they are so good for the garden and not at all aggressive, just unlucky that something upset them that day, and then i had no choice but to move them …😦

  3. As cool as they are, I’m allergic to all bees big and small, so a nest is also a death threat to me.

    There happens to be a nest IN MY BEDROOM WINDOW- between the screen and glass pane up at the top. It’s an open cell nest spreading along the top of the window and there are a fair amount of bees in there. It sealed off and it’s just a matter of waiting for them to die now, but it’s still creepy having a nest that close to me. The blinds always block the top of the window so it took a while to notice it- I’ve even had the window open before! *shudder*

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Welcome to newest member of the IPC team
Nor Othman joined us in December as IPC’s new Program Coordinator. Originally from Malaysia, Nor is no stranger to international programs as she attended California State University in Long Beach as an international student while studying for her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Nor has also lived in Exeter, United Kingdom, where she completed her MBA, and in London. After completing her degree programs, Nor worked for several advertising and marketing companies in Malaysia before moving to Greensboro in 2006, where she has worked as the Principal at Greensboro Islamic Academy, as well as working for Guilford County Schools. Nor is married and she loves cooking, travelling, reading, and watching movies, especially fantasy and science-fiction. We are glad to welcome Nor to the IPC team!
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Last year, faculty members and students set up the beginnings of a campus garden on a vacant lot with the first planting of the UNCG Gardens scheduled for March. As a part of UNCG's efforts to promote a sustainable campus and community, the International Programs Center will cultivate an 8-foot by 4-foot plot of land.

The hope for the IPC garden is that students—PALs, international students, study abroad students, etc.—will volunteer to help care for the garden. Whether it’s helping to plant seeds, water the ground, or pull weeds, every little bit will help the community garden. Lindsay Armistead, Transfer Credit Advisor, has taken on the project of gathering the volunteers in order to plant the seeds for some spring and summer vegetables, including leafy greens, tomatoes, peppers, herbs, and okra.

Additionally, she hopes to lead a monthly educational session for staff and students regarding sustainable living, organic gardening, and cooking. “The goal,” says Lindsay, “is to teach international students about the local Piedmont food community and to participate in a piece of daily life here in Greensboro.” After the first harvest, IPC plans to use what they’ve grown to cook an international garden dinner for staff and students.

With your help, we can promote local and organic eating habits as well as learn more about gardening practices in the Piedmont. If you would be interested in planning, growing or harvesting the crops in the garden, please email Lindsay at ipgga3@uncg.edu. Our first gardening day is Saturday, February 12.

You can also follow our garden's progress on our blog: http://ipcgarden.tumblr.com/

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 “Congratulations, you are accepted as an international exchange student at UNCG, and you will have the opportunity to work at Doris Henderson Newcomers School!” These words are graphed in my memory. I will never forget the moment that my heart almost stopped beating; I was selected over ten other applicants to attend UNCG. At that point I already knew that it was going to be a wonderful experience.

Being an international exchange student means that you are exotic to a lot of American students. Everybody is so nice to you, and they are really interested in you as a person. This feeling is something really special. It is hard to describe, but I think it gives you just that little sparkle, that little extra bit of confidence to make the most out of the experience.

Living on campus in the International House has three major benefits. First of all, I am learning about American culture, especially from my roommate who is from Charlotte, NC. Clichés from movies are becoming real or they are put into perspective. The second benefit is that I am learning a lot about all the different cultures and nationalities of my fellow students from around the world. Everybody has their own stories. These stories we share at the Friday Fest where two nationalities present on their country and culture. It opens your eyes about the world. It got my attention that I actually don’t know a lot about different cultures and countries, but I know now that I will learn about them while travelling to all those amazing places in the future. The third benefit is that I am experiencing personal growth. It is difficult to explain but when you are away from home you can really be yourself. I could start all over again because nobody knew me here. I can tell more about the things I have learned in the months I have been here but I think it is also important to tell that just living on a campus is great.  ‘I am having the time of my life!’ is one of the clichés that is definitely true.

Three days a week I am working at the Newcomers School as a social work intern.  I am part of the Global Work with Immigrant Kids (GWIK) program. I assist with the elementary classes and the high school art classes. The school is for children who have recently arrived to the United States as refugees or immigrants. The students receive education in English, mathematics, science and psychological art. All the teachers and staff members try to get the students ready to go to a traditional public school. I can relate with these students since I am also away from home, but for me it is a choice and for them it is a search for a better life. I am blessed to be here and I will take all of these experiences back home to Belgium. Go Spartans!

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The Sycamore Land Trust

11/19/2013 § 1 Comment

By Sarah Baulac, Education and Research Intern

This morning I had the opportunity to listen to Christian Freitag, Executive Director of the Sycamore Land Trust, talk about his career and the non-profit in my Law and Public Affairs class.

The Sycamore Land Trust is a non-profit based right here in Bloomington (cool!). Their main mission is to conserve land in Southern Indiana. The organization began in 1990 and has since acquired over 8,000 acres.

To conserve land SLT can purchase it or contract a conservation easement for the property. These efforts have been managed by working with a cornucopia of different types of stakeholders- federal agencies, corporations, private landowners, and other non-profits to name a few. Sycamore Land Trust expands its services into 26 Indiana counties.

Besides all of the awesome things that SLT does, one point really stuck with me from Dr. Freitag’s presentation: it’s not going to be beneficial to the cause to peg someone as the bad guy (or the good guy, for that matter).

As environmentalists, I think it is easy to blame the “big, bad” corporations.  Instead, we should focus on our goals and work with the other team to come up with a mutually beneficial situation. It would serve us to forget about our pre-conceived notions and go into a situation with an open mind and a willingness to collaborate.  While the goals of the two organizations may not be the same, I’d be willing to bet that common threads can (usually) be found between the two agendas. I think it goes without saying that collaboration may be difficult between two inherently different causes, but dropping the stereotypes and labels would be a step in the right direction. So much of sustainability is thinking about the whole system and working with, not against, whatever (and whomever) is included in that.

Please consider donating your time or other resources to the Sycamore Land Trust. You can find more information here:

A special thank-you to Christian Freitag for the informative discussion and his dedication to preserving the environment.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Map and information found on the Sycamore Land Trust website-

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  • BillD says:

    I’ve commented to others how much I like the collaborative approach of Sycamore Land Trust. I benefit every time I see a bald eagle, as there’s a protected nesting site not far from my cabin in Brown county.

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Viagra Rejuvenates F&F

August 9, 2010

Kilmeade: “Sure to get a rise out of you.” Fox & Friends co-anchors Gretchen Carlson, Brian Kilmeade, and Peter Johnson, Jr., titillated rising viewers with double entendres aplenty this morning. During F&F’s “‘Right’ to Subsidized Viagra” segment, the three got a little frisky with FBN anchor Stuart Varney.

Introducing the segment, Gretchen guffawed, “One teachers union in Milwaukee is demanding that taxpayers pony up public dollars for private business. They say they have the right to free Viagra, and they’re suing the school system to get it. Stu, this is one of those amazing stories that woke me up this morning.”*

Before Stuart could give his contrary take, a bawdy Brian interjected, “Sure to get a rise out of you.” As Gretchen snickered off-camera, an incredulous Stewart laughed, “What!” Then, he added, “Cue that sound effect.” Joining the ribald revelry, Peter jested, “No, it’s a stimulus, isn’t it?” while producers added their own purported phallic phoenix audio.

As the carnal banter began to subside, ironically, then the excitement really started as Peter roused Stuart with his seeming advocacy of the mandated coverage of the male stimulant. As Stuart bemoaned the possibility of taxpayers having to pay for Viagra for teachers based on  “gender discrimination,” Peter remarked, “They’re saying women teachers have estrogen cream. And, then men are saying, ‘We should have Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra.’ So you’re…against them?”

Stuart exclaimed, “This is not a legal issue!” Countering, Peter declared, “Well, it’s a moral issue.” Stuart conceded, “A moral issue and a financial issue.” Sounding almost facetious, Peter persisted, “Don’t you want these people to be happy, Stuart?” Stuart rejoined, “Wait a minute, I know…you’re trying to get me going. I am not rising to the bait.” Peter chuckled, “No, I’m not. Not at all.”

Later in the discussion, it really got animated between Peter and Stuart when Peter asked, “Should we be deciding what prescriptions our public teachers get?” Looking at Peter with disdain, Stuart retorted, “Are you a lawyer?” Interjecting, Brian answered, “Yes, yes, he is.” Rhetorically, Stuart replied, “He is?” Biting back, Peter queried, “Are you a doctor?” Turning to Peter, Stuart snapped, “Don’t you think that in America we’re fed up with the rule of lawyers as opposed to the rule of law?

Responding somewhat softly, Peter asked, “What about the rule of people who want to have children? What if a man can’t achieve…potency?” As Stuart stared in disbelief and scratched his head in utter bemusement, Peter continued, “No, I’m serious. Are you going to decide, Stuart Varney, what drugs our public employees get? Exasperated, Stuart riposted, “Where’s Steve!” As Brian and Gretchen screamed with laughter and the floor crew roared in amusement, a soft-spoken Peter insisted, “So, seriously.”

Viagra: bringing serious fun back to F&F fans.

*Fox & Friends – 08/09/10 (@6:39 a.m. ET)

Update: Video (via Johnny Dollar’s Place)

Jenna Happening Now

July 8, 2010

Fox Business News babe Jenna Lee has been chosen to replace the departed Jane Skinner as co-host Fox of News’ Happening Now effective July 12 (Monday) according to TVNewser.* Ben Stein’s favorite money honey, the “heart-stoppingly beautiful, ultrayoung and cute Jenna,” is no stranger to HN as a contributor and has exhibited there her sassy, sexy side that may bode well for HN. Even though Jenna does not provide much needed literal color to Fox News’ morning co-host palette, hopefully, Jenna will add a new vivid, vibrant hue to FNC’s most boring morning show.

Good luck, Jenna!

*Benzinga.com‘s Jason Raznick broke the bare-bones story as to Jenna’s apparent selection.

What’s “Happening Now”?

June 24, 2010

N’awlin’s Chocolate: a new morning flavor for FNC’s ice cream parlor? Something seemed slightly amiss today as Happening Now co-host Jane Skinner announced her sudden departure from the show while citing the, yes, “spend-more-time-with-the-family” reason. While her co-host Jon Scott was rather tearful and her colleague Janice Dean was exceedingly dolorous at the news, Jane remained studiedly stoic like a good soldier who had received her walking papers. And, maybe, she had.

One month ago today, InsideCableNews.com stated that FNC honcho Roger Ailes and his top FBN suits had “convened in a room [about a week earlier] to watch the network’s broadcast…to examine the programming in detail and see what was working and what might need changing or tweaking.” Apparently, Ailes and his top people may have looked at their golden goose FNC, too, and watched its most boring morning hour. Approximately two weeks later, Mediaite.com reported that Ailes was bringing back the sassy, sexy ebony beauty Arthel Neville (daughter of the founder of the Neville Bros.) back to FNC. Today, as to Jon’s new co-host, Mediaite.com mused, “Maybe a non-white anchor?”

Perhaps, Fox News SVP of Programming Bill Shine will use this opportunity to add some much overdue figurative and literal color to FNC’s most boring morning news show. As Carpe Diem readers may remember, the author has long felt that Happening Now needed a major shake-up. E.g., over six months ago, in an article entitled “Jon & Jane: Happening Not,” the author opined, “[T]he show with David Asman’s ‘tv twin’ and Roger Goodell’s gal seems to be an ill-conceived paean to America’s bourgeois best. After an entertaining and edgy Fox & Friends…FNC seems to have plopped the vanilla couple in the middle of the morning when the majority of their more adventurous audience is apt to roam….Bill [Shine], you surely need to do something to make Happening Now actually happen soon.” Even Jane seems to agree that she was not necessarily the most charismatic media figure on FNC: in an interview with Mediaite.com (after telling HN viewers good-bye), she stated, “I worked for five bosses before Roger, not one, including all of my professors at journalism school, said, ‘you have a personality, you should use it.’”

Hopefully, Shine will add some real color commentary to Happening Now–from a person of color. Over two years ago, the author similarly bemoaned the incredible lack of diversity on another FNC morning show in a May 4, 2008, post entitled, “Lily White F&F” to no avail. Hopefully, times have changed.

Chris: Childish Aly?

June 11, 2010

Wallace, still chafing at Camerota for her “sleeping on the couch” question? Last Sunday before Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace’s promo for his program on Fox & Friends Weekend, producers played a short clip of Chris “hitting on” country music singer Kellie Pickler and her racy response the previous Friday. Afterwards, F&FW co-host Alisyn Camerota queried, “Let’s bring in Chris Wallace right now to find out if he has been sleeping on the couch since that time. Chris, what did Mrs. Wallace have to say?” Even though Chris seemed to welcome the opportunity to apprise the audience that he was not in trouble with his wife Lorraine, he may not have been amused by Aly’s choice of words.

Today, as Chris did his FNS preview on F&F (with co-anchor, Brian Kilmeade, and guest hosts, Alisyn Camerota and Eric Bolling), Chris seemed to take a snipe at Aly instead of his usual target F&F co-anchor Brian Kilmeade. After Brian had briefly introduced Chris for his FNS preview, Chris acerbically joked, “You know, I have to say, watching the three of  you this morning, the idea that any network would put a show on in which Brian Kilmeade is the grownup is kind of…just asking for trouble right there.”

Surprised, a smiling Eric Bolling, host of the upcoming prime time FBN program, Money Rocks, who appeared to be Chris’ collateral damage, softly uttered, “Wow!” Deftly and adroitly, Aly answered, “Oh, we resemble that remark, Chris.” Happy to have someone else take the brunt of Chris’ barbs, Brian riantly exclaimed, “I actually think it’s the first time someone else has been dissed by Chris Wallace with me on the couch. And, you guys actually took it worse!”

Perhaps, Aly has learned her lesson to be not too impertinent to Mr. Wallace. Or, maybe, next time she will simply display a little more cleavage a la Kellie Pickner last Friday. Or, as Gretchen suggests, don one of those sexy cowboy hats that Chris likes.

Remember, Aly: to paraphrase Hank Williams, Jr., a country girl can survive.

“Certainly, it’s not [BP’s] Fault”

June 10, 2010

Who said it? No, not BP CEO Tony Hayward but Fox & Friends contributor and FBN reporter Ashely Webster! During an F&F segment concerning the danger of BP going bankrupt, co-anchor Brian Kilmeade asked, “Ashley, do we have to be careful now politically and out in public with our statements at the highest level in ripping BP? Should we moderate some of our criticism in order to sustain the company?”*

Beginning quite reasonably, Webster answered, “No, I don’t think so. I mean, obviously, BP didn’t want this to happen. It’s the last thing in the world they wanted to happen but they certainly haven’t helped themselves with the way they responded initially. And, CEO Tony Heyward, of course, saying, ‘This is the worst day of my life’ and, so on, certainly did not come across very well at all.” Unfortunately for Webster, he did not stop there.

Sounding almost like a BP shill, he continued, “You know, BP is one of many of the major oil companies that do this type of exploration around the world to satisfy our thirst for oil.” Then, he incredibly concluded, “And, certainly, it’s not their fault but the way they’ve handled it hasn’t been great at all.” Shockingly, as the segment ended, F&F’s co-hosts (Brian, Steve Doocy, and Alisyn Camerota) uttered not a word of disagreement.

Perhaps, that Fox & Friends’ segment should have been entitled “Hayward’s Wet Dream.”

*Fox & Friends – 06/10/10 (@7:02 a.m. ET)

Ailes’ Virgin Vixen?

May 10, 2010

Gerri Willis: CNN cloistered cutie to FBN femme fatale? Roger Ailes’ latest CNN snatch made her virgin appearance on Red Eye Saturday night. From the moment host Greg Gutfeld heralded her first appearance on RE, Gerri seemed timid, stiff, and stilted as she warily navigated RE‘s Kafkaesque labyrinth.

Further, the future Willis Report anchor inexplicably botched her chance to shine as to the big biz question of the day. When, during the RE “Halftime Report,” Andy Levy asked, “Gerri, what exactly happened with the stock market today?,” she, stating the obvious, replied, “It went down.”* As Andy motioned for more, Gerri simplistically answered, “It went down big time.” In response, Andy acerbically sniped, “Wow! I really want to demand Fox Business now.” Smiling abashedly, Gerri responded, “Oh, why am I here?” Subsequently, when Andy asked again, a flustered Gerri declared, “I was warned about this and I didn’t listen. I came anyway. And, now I am so mad at myself.”

At that moment, perhaps, Fox News and Fox Biz boss Roger Ailes had his own second thoughts about Gerri. When he announced her hiring, he stated, “Most of the CNN talent have been restrained from showing what they can do — we’re looking forward to providing Gerri with a platform at Fox Business to showcase her financial acumen and television expertise.” Maybe, Gerri is still finding her sea legs. Speaking of which, perhaps, next time Greg will give her the vaunted “leg chair” and Gerri can start to adapt  (a la Patti Ann Brown) to her new station on the U.S.S. Roger Ailes.

The transformation of this former Jon Klein girl-in-chains may take some time.

*Red Eye – 05/09/10 (12:32 a.m. ET).

[Editorial aside: As to Andy’s saying “today” when speaking of the stock market decline, apparently, he was referring to RE‘s production date (Friday) not its airing one (Sunday).”]

Nicole: Exhibitionist Angel?

April 26, 2010

Confessions of Nicole Petallides? Ever since Carpe Diem reported that Nicole heated up the Fox & Friends set by seemingly hiking her skirt twice for her Fox & Friends Weekend fans (October 11, 2009), the Foxy FBN correspondent has appeared to be almost persona non grata on FBN’s big sister network FNC. However, Nicole did make a rare appearance about three months later on Red Eye (January 9, 2010) where she kidded about being an “exhibitionist.”* Also, she returned once to F&FW (March 7, 2010) for a jobs report segment with co-host Dave Briggs: Nevertheless, for almost the entire interview, the producers appeared to studiously keep the chyron up to occlude a view of her legs (a la Elvis on the Ed Sullivan Show).**

What has become of this too-hot-for-FNC correspondent? Last Thursday and Friday, the Greek goddess who graces the New York Stock Exchange floor clad in quite conservative attire for FBN’s Countdown to the Closing Bell (CCB) guest-hosted on FBN’s Happy Hour with regular Rebecca Diamond nee Gomez and fill-in Sandra Smith for a special “Ladies’ Night” edition. Venus was reborn.

On Thursday, all three were such a distaff delight with their obvious smarts, informed analyses, and sexy short skirts that Happy Hour producers introduced the trio after one commercial break as “Foxy’s Angels” to the voice of John Forsythe and the theme song and graphics of Charlie’s Angels.*** A flattered Nicole remarked, “Can we see it again? Can we see it again between now and the end of the show? It went so fast!”

Similarly, Nicole’s F&FW admirers must be asking, “When can we see you again?”

*Red Eye – 01/09/10 (@3:04 a.m. ET): In a segment on a study that showed a cocaine vaccine made the addicts crave cocaine more, RE host Greg Gutfeld said, “What kind of behavior would you like to stop if there were a vaccine?” Nicole replied, “If I had a vaccine for myself? Um. Exhibitionist? Then, when Greg goatishly asked, “Really?” Nicole “innocently” answered, “No, no. Chocoholic?” Gutfeld sidekick Bill Shulz rakishly remarked, “Let’s get back to the other one!” Trying to tamp down the testosterone just a tad, Nicole riantly responded, “No, no, no, no. But this vaccine’s unbelievable….”I’m all for sex, drugs, and alcohol, and lots of fun but not ones that put you on your deathbed. Right? Or, make you go broke!”

**Fox & Friends – 03/07/10 (@9:06 a.m. ET)

***Happy Hour – 04/22/10 (@5:22 p.m. ET)

Nicole’s Legs: 2 Hot 4 F&FW?

October 11, 2009

FBN anchor Nicole Petallides was definitely in the Fox & Friends Weekend house this morning. With two different hikes of her skirt she let every red-blooded male viewer know that she was not only there but she was burning it down to boot. In fact, she apparently got a little too hot for the chyron, too.

When co-anchor Clayton Morris eagerly introduced Nicole in F&FW’s first business segment, guest co-host Mike Jerrick stood and gushed, “Oh, there’s Nicole! Ooh, great to see you. Great to meet you! Goodness gracious!” Smiling broadly, she responded, “How are you guys? Good morning!” As she sat down, she pulled back her knee-length dress to more flatteringly reveal her long legs. Subsequently, the camera took appreciative shots of her sexy stems throughout the interview. As that segment ended and co-anchor Alisyn Camerota asked Nicole to stay for another one, the Greek goddess raised the ante and her hem higher, teasing her co-hosts and viewers with a very generous view of her gams.

Apparently, too high for F&FW this morning! When the second segment resumed (with a one-on-one with Mike), the camera generally zoomed in on Nicole’s face or the chyron was kept up, overtly obscuring her lovely legs for most of the interview. But not from Mike’s gaze. As he concluded the segment, he grasped her arm and randily remarked, “This is one that I appreciate. Thank you to Clayton and Aly for just letting us spend some time alone on the couch.” Nicole flirted, “I know. This is really fun.” Interjecting, Clayton commented, “Human resources just called,” and Aly deadpanned, “We’re calling security.”

Once again, Nicole, you got the F&F lads all addled.

Megyn Drills Hemmer

December 18, 2008

America’s Newroom co-host Megyn Kelly brooks balderdash from no one. Not from O’Reilly. Not even her co-host Bill Hemmer.

During a Bernie Madoff story with FBN’s Cheryl Casone, FNC ran vid of the Ponzi schemer aggressively walking through a throng of reporters trying to get home: Hemmer intimated that Madoff might be guilty of assault. After the segment ran, Megyn looked at Hemmer and incredulously asked, “Assault? What was he supposed to do?”

Not expecting Megyn’s challenge, Hemmer stammered around and then ranted, “My point is I cannot for the life of me understand this man’s behavior…To walk down a sidewalk the was he was, it blows my mind. This guy has no conscience. He has gone to the edge.” Megyn calmly countered, “That’s irrelevant. If he did this, he’s a dirtbag. But why doesn’t he have the right to walk down the street with the paparazzi in his face, with the reporters not letting him shut the door of his car?” She concluded, “You save your outrage for the people he defrauded, not for that.”

Poor Bill didn’t expect to get his knuckles rapped by Megyn. He should have: in Megyn’s classroom, logic holds sway.

Finally, Directv FNCHD! [Update]

October 26, 2008

Update: What is the deal? This morning Directv’s FNC seems to be back in non-HD. Last night when I began to praise, apparently, prematurely FNC’s debut in HD, I TiVo’d Geraldo Rivera’s show to make sure I wasn’t seeing things. When I deleted it, the percentage available regained on my DVR indicated that it was indeed in HD. Today has been another story altogether.

2B FNCHD, or not 2B FNCHD? That is the question.

Earlier entry:

Today FNC finally went high def on Directv. For forebearing fans of FNC, it is indeed about time: The cable news network has inexplicably long ceded video superiority to CNN on Directv. Even when Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. controlled the satellite television company, Fox News did not avail itself of an HD channel even though its main competitor CNN did. With the recent debut of its new sister cable business news network FBN in HD, Fox News’ must have been shamed by its inferior visual content. Apparently, a little sibling rivalry did the trick.

Now when switching from a CNN program to an FNC one, the viewer will not feel as if his/her contacts got cloudy. For male fans of cable news eye candy, e.g., Alisyn Camerota, Megyn Kelly, and Domenica Davis, it will be sweeter. Yes, girls, you can see your favorite gents better too.

Gretch Not Enough: F&F Newsreader Needed

July 17, 2008

Gretch is not enough! Fox & Friends urgently needs a new newsreader. Without Aly, the trio of Gretchen Carlson, Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade are, as Barack Obama might say, watchable “enough.” Without Alisyn Camerota (reportedly moved to F&F Weekend), F&F desparately requires a sexy, savvy lass to reinvigorate the show. Otherwise, there may be more than a few migrations to CNN’s American Morning with the eminently watchable Kiran Chetry.

Suggestion: Bring in FBN’s Greek goddess Nicole Petallides, spicy siren Rebecca Gomez, or someone similar.

Ms. Rodney Dangerfield

July 11, 2008

Poor Gretch! Jack-of-all-trades Ben Stein, author of “How to Ruin the United States of America,” dissed the Fox & Friends co-host today. As she introduced Stein for his segment, he said, “I’m happy to be here: I’m happy to be near Jenna Lee.” Trying to be sporting, Gretch responded, “Hell, yeah!” In an attempt to sidetrack Stein, Steve Doocy said, “He loves this studio because it’s red, white, and blue, and his new book is all about patriotism.” Stein responded, “I love it because it’s near Jenna Lee.” (Jenna Lee is the attractive auburn-haired FBN morning business co-anchor in the nearby studio.)

In the interview, however, Gretch got a measure of revenge. After Stein told Dave Briggs that he agreed to an extent with Phil Gramm’s assertion that America was “a country of whiners” and as he enumerated examples for Steve Doocy how he himself was a whiner on personal matters, the scorned shiksa added, “That you can’t sit next to Jenna Lee.” Stein replied, “Yes, exactly.”

Gretch Dangerfield: She get’s no respect!

Ainsley Who?

June 29, 2008

FBN’s Jenna Lee is today’s mistress of the Fox & Friends Weekend house. As the attractive brunette was introduced by Clayton Morris, no mention was made of Ainsley Earhardt’s absence. Then the graphics guys flashed Jenna’s name several extra times at the bottom of the screen to let the viewer know who today’s girl is: Fox News does not need to tell audience about changes only that they’ve been made. Where is the sweet Southern praline? Hmm. No sugar today: only Splenda Lee.

Jenna Lee or Ainsley?

June 27, 2008

Inside Cable News is reporting that FBN’s Jenna Lee will be co-hosting Fox & Friends Weekend according to FTVLive. However, as Alisyn Camerota promoted F&FW at the end of today’s program, Dave Briggs said that it would be he, Ainsley Earhardt, and Clayton Morris tomorrow. It appears that they may both be right: according to the FNCTV schedule, Ainsley is slated for Saturday and Jenna Lee is listed for Sunday.

FBN: Foxy Biz News

May 28, 2008

Hottie FBN Nicole Petallides made Fox and Friends First’s bad housing price news (largest decline year to year in twenty years) sound good–or, at least, look good. As she opined about the implications thereof, the camera man had a difficult time keeping the camera steady. Understandably, he kept trying to keep the blonde Greek goddess’ gams well within the frame as Steve Doocy interviewed her. Although he was successful, he did so in a rather jerky fashion throughout the segment. However, I can’t blame the poor chap: I was distracted, too.

For the reader who does not know who this sexy siren and morning FBN anchor is, the following links have been provided.

Bratz Spank Barbie

April 21, 2008

According to Fox News today, Mattel’s Barbie is being spanked by the Bratz dolls, her competition made by MGA Entertainment. Jane Skinner, co-host of FNC’s Happening Now, decided to remind the viewer of Barbie’s roots. [According to Salon, Barbie was based on Lilli, an adult doll made in Hamburg, Germany, (a city with a legal yet legendary red-light district) and based on a Deutsche demimondaine in a Bild Zeitung cartoon.] Skinner introduced the segment, saying, “Barbie’s sales are flat unlike her chest…those Bratz dolls…are giving Barbie some…stiff competition: Jenna Lee has been hard at work on this one this morning.” FBN’s Jenna Lee responded, “I have been hard at work at this one” and added, “Barbie sales are flat and…we see some stiff competiton from the Bratz dolls that are a little bit more risque.” No double entendres there.

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JEMAIL: O’Connell, Bill (MC1959) thinks it’s “Merton”

On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 9:34 AM, O’Connell, Bill (MC1959) wrote:

Thomas Murton? Could the good Cardinal have been referring to Thomas Merton in his commencement remarks? What was the source of the transcript?

Bill O’Conell, ’59

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Fjohn68 responded:

Transcript was from the College website.

(That’s why I always take the trouble to include the source link.)

When I read that I noticed that, but charged it off to I was always spelling it wrong.

Is it “Merton”?

Maybe someone lifted it from the Cardinal’s prepared text.

Interesting. I didn’t type it; I don’t have that much patience. So don’t blame the messenger. LOL!

Maybe someone used Dragon Dictation or Via Voice.

# – # – # – # – #  2012-Jun-03 @ 10:47

Sorry I did not notice the link. It is most definitely Merton. I really find it incredible that anyone would misspell the name of such a well know person. I am not blaming the messenger but wonder where the error lies; with the Cardinal or with the College.

All the best and thanks as always for getting JJ out each week.

[JR: Hey, you’ve never seen me SPELL! I’d probably only get the M and the N correct; throw a few vowels and consonants in random order. And, it’ll look good to me. ROFL! We wuz taught in ingineering skrule that engrish is a gud language cause it has a lot of redundancy. And, tolerates errors well. Let’s see if anyone claims it or we can just blame the Cardinal. Bishops and Cardinals make great villains. A la the Three Musketeers.]

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In its February analysis, ComScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) reports Google has again dominated the U.S. search market with 65.4% of the market share, followed by Internet pioneer Yahoo with 16.1%. According to comScore, more than 15.4 billion searches were conducted in February, and 10.1 billion of those searches were conducted through Google Sites.

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J. C. Raulston Exhibit at D. H. Hill Library

"Plan—and Plant for a Better World" J. C. Raulston and the North Carolina State University Arboretum

When: March 18, 2016 – January 8, 2017

Where: D. H. Hill Library, Main Campus, Exhibit Gallery, First Floor, Room 1120

Admission Information: The exhibit is free and open to the public during normal library hours.

This exhibit is one not to be missed. It celebrates the life and work of J. C. Raulston and his unique contributions to the University, his students, and the many colleagues, nursery owners, landscape designers, and gardeners who learned and benefited from his passion to “Plan–and plant for a better world.”

2:00 pm

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"Horticultural Bright Lights: The Future of Gardening"

Friday and Saturday, September 23 and 24

Our 40th Anniversary Symposium will take a look forward to what the next 40 years have in store for the gardening world. We'll hear from some of the brightest lights of the next generation of horticultural heavyweights, featuring Matthew Pottage curator, Royal Horticulture Society Garden, Wisley, England, and more.


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Happy birthday Hangeng SJ #9Feb With Sooyoung GG #10Feb

HBD for han and soo

from: Jessy ELF,SONE And Angel Addict ,indonesian(INA)

TO: Hangeng Oppa :*

Oppa happy birthday🙂

I will sing for you oppa🙂

Happy birthday to you. . . happy birthday to you. . . Happy birthday happy birthday to youuuuuu. . .

Hopefully oppa (elder brother) is always healthy, always happy, God Bless You!

Oppa still know E.L.F? And I am an ELF, I will always support you, and also supports Super Junior, Oppa I want you back to super junior!!!

I’ve heard rumors about some 20 years from now, you will get back together, Is that true? I hope everything right! Oppa E.L.F really miss you! Would you also like that?

We ELF will always support you, because you are also included as part of Super Junior!!

I love you oppa :)!

Happy birthday!

HBD Han and Soo

From: Jessy,ELF,SONE ,And Angel Addict ,Indonesian(INA)

To: Sooyoung Eonni :*

Happy birthday eonni (sister)🙂 While sister birthday tomorrow, but I’ll ucapin first🙂

How’s sister? Hopefully healthy always, happy to be with all the members Girls’Gneration, I Fans you all, I am also including the Super Generation Shipper!!!

How are you now? My sister wanted to be able to read this letter from me!

I love you!!

God bess You sister🙂

Happy birthday🙂

I’m Jessy, Angel Addict, Super generation shipper from INA🙂

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“Jesus is the slave of Allah” cry Muslims.

If you utter one questioning word about Islam you will be branded a bigot, racist, and much worse. However, the devout Muslim is free to hate all he wants ( no women allowed to speak, of course) and the media … Continue reading

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The Zine Collection

…at Jacksonville’s Main Library

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We need your help…

Posted by Andrew Coulon on December 24, 2009

The Zine Collection will continue to thrive and grow if you help us.  There are a number of ways you can contribute to the collection but here are just a few suggestions:

  • Donate old zines you never read anymore
  • Suggest zines you want to find in the collection
  • Share ideas for programs or events we can hold at the library
  • Most importantly, check something out!

We are especially interested in zines from Jacksonville and around Florida.  If you have written a zine or know of any local zines, let us know…. We are always looking for new items.

If you want to know more about the collection, want to donate or have ideas you would like to share, drop us a line here on the blog or send an email to JPLZine (at) coj (dot) net.

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Gmail hacks, tips and tricks

Oh, I like this one!

I use Gmail, for lots of reasons – all related to my online professional work, and as an alternative to my work email. Integrates so well with lots of things – in my case, especially well with Google Calendar, Talk and Docs.

Here’s an extensive and very useful list of Gmail Tips, Tricks and Hacks. There are many for your to explore. Lots are new to me …… and my favourite for its simplicity and value in managing my subscriptions is the one below. Sweet!

11. Mute a conversation

Ever found yourself subscribed to a mailing list and the current conversation has nothing to do with you? If you don’t want to unsubscribe, you can easily stop the friendly spam with the Gmail mute function. Select a message in the thread and hit the m key to auto-archive all incoming messages in the conversation. The thread will stay muted until you unmute it; it will also un-mute itself if your address appears in the To or CC box.

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