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You know what really irritates me? I drive all the way out to the dump, pay my five bucks to get in, and the only bikes laying around are those granny bikes from the late 1970's. Dog, what's the deal? I need some new parts!

Ok, enough whining, it's payback time. A real chopper artist can chop any bike, even this crusty old codger cruiser. In fact, the more I looked at the bike, the more I thought it would be a sweet ride. Check out all that chrome, look at that long spindly frame, yeah, I could make this happen...

Normally, I do not even bother with these frames because of their "lugged" construction. Lugged frames are not really welded at the head tube and bottom bracket, they are press fit and brazed. Because of this, you cannot really salvage the head tube or the bottom bracket, and this makes the frame useless for parts normally. Even the rims are those goofy 27-inch size, too big for a mountain bike tire. Because I was planning to hack this granny cruiser into something evil, I would be keeping most of the frame in one piece, so the project was still doable.

"Turn down that devil music, you crazy kids!" I could hear the bike talking to me. I thought I'd better rip it all apart before I start wearing a helmet and worrying about brakes! Photo 1 shows the old fashioned bike before hacking. These styles were easy to find at the dump or at yard sales.

More cool projects can be found at: http://www.chopzone.com and

Step 1: Reduced back to a pile of parts.

Here is the donor bike, taken apart for chopping. Even though this bike is older than time itself, it came apart very easily, and the chrome parts had only slight surface rust - easy to clean with steel wool. I will be using all of the original bike, as the theme for this chop will be Granny's Nightmare!
Thnks Man you were My inspiration...behold my Humble copy of your Work: I Give you " La Patrullera.a.k.a The trooper.
Nice stuff. Check out my forum group:
https://www.instructables.com/community/Post-your-bikes/
Try IMC metal Conduit.
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 Sweet bike! kinda inspires me to start some choppin'
this conduit you speak of, is it the same that electricians use? or is it actually tubing of a more structural use?
You are correct - Electrical Magnetic Tubing (EMT).

http://www.alliedtube.com/electrical-raceways/conduit/electrical-metal-tubing.asp

http://www.atomiczombie.com

...also approx welding settings and info on Silent Speedster hubmotor kit ----THANKS a MIL................
Hey Kool Kat-canyou pass on my e-mail address to Brad G ? I need to ask him on some components in an electronic circuit found in Make...I'm at pteranosaur@yahoo.com   . .circuit is Altoids mystery box-hidden noise prank
Electrical Metallic Tubing,I'm not a a grammar nazi just a disabled electrician.Sick bike by the way,I have always wanted to try one but was afraid my welding skills would fail me,no good with the thin stuff.My Pops just bought a new mig that will do stainless and aluminum and I imagine has better heat control.We are in the process of having a 30' x 50' shop built so hopefully I will soon have room to play.
how to get the grips off and on
what kind of conduit did you use for the forks???
...ya,thet's why I'm lookin here-tubing type and sources...he did say conduit-EMT seems too weak.......agggh-brain lock-up.....
This is the best bike ever!
how would you get a kickstand. sure don't just want to set it on the ground.
i'm in the process of making 1 out of a three wheeled huffy green machine so it can drift better
I like this. I've dug out a 25 year old ladies racing bike and started hacking... I've got a couple of twists to add; if they're successful I'll add them as an instructable. For the forks, I've found a local steel pipe warehouse - I had an 8-foot long 1.5 inch tube for Â£2. Bargain!

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Here's my finished chopper bike

Yep - two UK pounds. That ware house is a treasure-trove full of off-cuts of all shapes and sizes. I started chopping a 25 year old Raleigh Wisp (see pic). I've only done the forks (see pic) but I'll finish it this summer and post an instructable.
Hey, did you actually use an arc welder for this bike because I thought it would melt through the thin bike frame.
'"Turn down that devil music you crazy kids!'" Best. Old joke. Ever. Pretty cool bike, too!
Sorry the pic did not work but here it is.
Here is mine, I am waiting for the snow to melt so I can ride it more.
you've inspired me to try makin my own bike btw, your site is so awsom
BEAUTY Koolcat! check out these cats... tallbikeposse.com
AWESOME! We'll put a link on our Links page this month. You folks are way cool!
Great instructions and a great bike you made! Do you think it could be made with a gas welder?
You could do it if you have one, but wouldn't recommend going out and buying one just for bike building like this. Too expensive and welds don't always hold up very well, in our experience.
sweet bike - congrats - in another instructable, you should put together an explanation on how you painted it - it looks sweet!
front-wheel drive very big:(
Hey man, nice chopper. If you are on myspace, check us out:
Bone Shaker Bikes
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=61512918

OH, btw, did you reinforce your front dropouts at all, or just weld them on as pictured? They look susceptible to breaking off... or do the super long forks take up the necessary shock from rolling uneven terrain?
Dropouts were welded as is. Definitely don't wanna ride this baby over potholes, jumping curbs and speed bumps. The welds have held up so far. Not designed for long distance rides, but the "shock and awe" factor is worth building it. People tend to like this old school type of bike. Reminds them of their younger years, I guess. Stop by our forum when u have a chance.
http://www.atomiczombie.com

Sweeet bikes!
I got a lot of old bikes. But thought there was no use in those ladies bikes. Think I'll get my grinder ready. Theres a forum called customcycles.info They go on about Raleigh Mixtes. They are multitube frame ladys racer bikes. I got one that Im going to sort up.
Beautiful... the gusset is a nice stylized touch. Curious... how long did this take you to complete? Oh how I wish I had a welder :P
Thanks very much! Took less than 3 days to build, 2 days for priming and painting, then at least a week for the paint to cure.

http://www.atomiczombie.com

oh wow, that's you :P That site came up on one of the blogs I follow..... if only I had a welder :P
You know, you can buy a basic arc (stick) welder for well under $200. The one that we use was about $175 CAD. You don't need to spend a lot of cash to make the kinds of projects we build.
nice instructable, one of the best yet!
Thanks so much for the nice comment. We have forums, a blog, videos, games and a builders gallery where you can see more bikes, robots, spy gadgets and other interesting stuff. Maybe we'll see you there some time! Your projects are great!
'effing awesome, love the reuse of the forks - nice one!
Thanks! Cool tip on cutting onions without the tears. I never knew that!

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In this video I show you (very quickly) how to build a rustic bar stool from the raw material: Logs. I also try to give some pointers as you watch. This is the first of (hopefully) many videos to come. You can purchase these stools or other furniture like them by emailing us at RusticStyle@yahoo.com. Thanks for watching!
I love the look of the legs! Have you thought about using a thick slice of wood from a tree trunk as the stool seat? It just looks a little small in comparison to the rest of the stool.
Well, most everyone else does use a slab. I don't for two reasons. 1: Slabs crack. The way the grain is going you get a lot of expansion and detraction outward but the legs want to stay still. So you either end up with a cracked seat, or lose legs. 2: Everyone else does it and I like to stand out. I find it to be a little too rustic. I think the milled wood or the upholstered seats are much classier. But of course, if someone requested it, I'd do it for them. Thanks for the comment!
Please post an instructable on the work bench :D

 Good idea... I will work on that when I find time! Thanks!
Yeah it looks awesome!

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John Frieda Beach Blonde Sea Waves Sea Salt Spray is a leave-in, non-drying formula. Enhances natural waves and increases grip and texture for carefree waves and beachy style, with a matte finish.

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It's back! I used this many years ago until it was sadly discontinued. I have baby fine hair & most salt sprays tend to weigh it down or leave it feeling gunky . This one does none of these things as it's so lightweight. It has a lovely coconut scent & can be used on wet or dry hair. I love it & now await the return of sheer blonde funky chunky another old favourite which was also discontinued February 9, 2015
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Was hoping it would be better than it was. after using the other products from this range I was hoping this final step would live up to the expectations I had from them but I was unfortunately disappointed. I was hoping for a light weight spray that would leave my hair feeling quite natural but I could feel the product in my hair and it didn't really do anything with helping to style my hair after use. I also found that it left me feeling like my hair needed washing quicker than usual as it had made my hair feel greasy. It may work for others but I have found salt sprays I have preferred in the past so will most likely not use this one again. February 28, 2015
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Returning to Orientalism

A lecture by Saree Makdisi, English and Comparative Literature, UCLA

Part of the conference "The Right of Return to Edward Said," held on November 20, 2013.
The conference was organized at UCLA by Helen Deutsch (English), Aamir Mufti (Comparative Literature), and Gabriel Piterberg (History). Presentations include direct interaction with Said's oeuvre and his legacy.

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Philippines’ Commission on Audit Key to Unearthing “Pork Barrel” Scandal

By International Budget Partnership, Feb 22, 2017

The “pork barrel system” of lump sum grants to members of the Philippines Congress to fund a list of community-based or small-scale infrastructure projects was revived during President Corazon Aquino’s administration and operated under a series of programs, most recently through the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). Two unrelated investigations in 2012, one by the National Bureau of Investigations and the other by the Commission on Audit (CoA), shed light on the misuse of the PDAF by members of congress, government officials, and NGOs. This case study examines the impact of the CoA’s findings.

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Accountability for Safe Train Service in Argentina

By International Budget Partnership, Feb 22, 2017

This case study details the findings and examines the impact of the Argentina General Audit Office’s (AGN) March 2012 report pointing out irregularities concerning maintenance and procurement issues related to train services provided by the private company Trains of Buenos Aires (TBA). The audit report was issued just days after a fatal train accident in which a train operated under a contract held by TBA crashed into a station in Buenos Aires, killing 52 and injuring nearly 800 passengers. Though the AGN had previously issued audit reports related to train services provided by TBA, its March 2012 report, coming just days after the tragedy, had a much greater impact.

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Is India’s Ministry of Coal Effective in Supporting Coal Production?

By International Budget Partnership, Feb 22, 2017

Coal is a nationalized industry in India, and Coal India Limited (CIL) is the state-owned company responsible for coal production. Prior to 1991, the government set the prices that companies companies producing steel, cement, and power would pay for coal. Economic reforms replaced this system with one that allocates coal blocks to individual public-sector entities and private companies. But the gap between the demand for coal and the supply continued to widen, so the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India conducted an audit investigation to examine the adequacy of the administrative system. This case study examines the impact of the CAG’s 2012 audit report.

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The Transparency of Public Funding of Basic Education in South Africa

By International Budget Partnership South Africa, Jan 31, 2017

CSOs in South Africa need access to disaggregated budget data to be able to monitor budgeting for and expenditure on the delivery of services, such as basic education. But they struggle to find out whether the data they need is being produced or published, in which format, and by whom. Through conversations with these CSOs, IBP South Africa collected a range of education-related budget information requests and commissioned Cornerstone Economic Research to assess the availability of disaggregated budget data that responds to the requests. Download the report of what they found along with an accompanying report with background information on how education is funded in South Africa.

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In Search of Adequate Public Reasons in Kenya’s Budget Documents

By Jason Lakin, Ph.D. and Mokeira Nyagaka , Jan 04, 2017

Public reasoning is an important part of budget making, but the reasons given by governments for their preferred policies are often inadequate. At the same time, there is no recognized standard for assessing the adequacy of reasons. This brief presents a set of nine criteria that can be used to assess the adequacy of reasons given to justify budget decisions using examples drawn from Kenya national budget documents published between July and December 2016.

Kenya: Are Sector Working Groups an Effective Mechanism for Public Participation?

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Are Kenya’s Sector Working Groups an effective means for the public to influence sector budget allocations? This brief assesses Kenya’s 2017 Budget Policy Statement to see whether the public’s priorities have had an impact on sector allocations and what reasons the government provided for including or excluding them. The authors conclude that in most cases, it is not possible to tell whether public views were taken into account, though in some cases it seems clear that they were not. Where public views were not included, the explanations for excluding them are inadequate.

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Kenya: How Much for Counties in 2017/18? The Commission on Revenue Allocation Versus the National Treasury

By International Budget Partnership Kenya, Dec 14, 2016

How much money should Kenya’s 47 counties receive? This issue is discussed annually in Kenya when Parliament debates and approves the Division of Revenue Act and the County Allocation of Revenue Act. In making its decision, Parliament is meant to deliberate on recommendations from the Commission on Revenue Allocation and the National Treasury. This analysis compares the 2017/18 Commission on Revenue Allocation and National Treasury recommendations and raises issues Parliament should consider in their deliberations.

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Kenya: Analysis of the Budget Review and Outlook Paper

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The Budget Review and Outlook Paper (BROP) is a Kenya budget document that must be produced by both national and county governments every year to provide a review of budget performance from the most recent financial year and updated expectations and recommendations for the coming financial year. IBP Kenya’s Analysis of Kenya’s 2016 BROP finds revenue and expenditure performance were both below target in 2015/16.

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How Does Civil Society Use Budget Information?

By Paolo de Renzio, International Budget Partnership and Massimo Mastruzzi, The World Bank, Dec 05, 2016

Is there a mismatch between the budget information supplied by governments and demand among civil society? This paper examines the “demand side” of fiscal transparency using findings from a global survey of 176 individuals working in civil society that use budget information for analysis and advocacy activities. Based on the responses, the authors identify a “fiscal transparency effectiveness gap” between the fiscal information that governments often provide and the information that CSOs need.

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• Climate change coverage

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    (This article from the Fiji Times cites Internews' Earth Journalism Network.)

    AN analysis of climate change coverage by three media firms in the Pacific has shown that The Fiji Times has been placing emphasis on climate change adaptation over the past few months.

  • The Silent Crime in Sri Lanka

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    Tuesday, July 5, 2016

    (This article in the Khmer Times is a re-print of a Medium article by Internews about harassment of women journalists in Sri Lanka.)

    The year 2012 was still a dangerous time to be a journalist in Sri Lanka. The 27-year civil war ended in May 2009, but the president who oversaw the final stages of the war, Mahinda Rajapaksa, continued to rule over this island nation of 21 million with an iron hand.

  • The Silent Crime

    Wednesday, June 29, 2016

    In Sri Lanka, the government has promised widespread media reforms. In this hopeful moment, however, sexual harassment and intimidation both online and offline remains one of the most powerful barriers to women's participation in media. Renowned Sri Lankan journalist Dilrukshi Handunnetti is trying to change that:

    “If you are an equal opportunity employer, you should ensure that you are not only hiring, you are making the conditions so that women can stay on, work and progress.”

  • Telling the Story of the Environment in Asia

    Friday, May 27, 2016

    (This story was originally posted on Medium.)

    From water shortages in Nepal and China to floods in South Asia, climate change and other environmental issues are having a dramatic effect on Asia’s most vulnerable populations.

  • Dreaming Big in Sri Lanka’s Emerging Tech Community

    Tuesday, May 17, 2016

    In Sri Lanka’s emerging tech community, there are many entrepreneurs who have a genuine wish to do well and do good and contribute to opening up sources of information beyond the traditional media outlets. Vimukthi Liyanage had the drive and skills to develop a news app but teaming up with Code4Good provided the key ingredients he needed to polish and launch his product.

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Covering the Green Beat in Asia

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Environmental Change and Security Program Asia Program are hosting a panel discussion, "Covering the Green Beat in Asia" on April 27th at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC in collaboration with Internews’ Earth Journalism Network.

The future of Earth's environment will be decided in Asia, home to 60 percent of the world's population and some of the world's fastest-growing economies. Journalists play a key role in informing audiences about the future and current state of the environment and what can be done to protect it. Yet, in a time when environmental issues have never been more pressing, media coverage remains constrained.  Thousands of journalists are working to correct the imbalance, making great efforts to cover the environment in the face of obstacles from governments, corporations, criminal elements, and even their own editors.

The panel includes environmental journalism leaders Imelda Abano (Philippines), IGG Maha Adi (Indonesia); Joydeep Gupta (India); and Lican Liu (China); they will discuss their work as reporters and the actions they have taken to support environmental journalism in their countries and region.

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  • How sunshine is bringing radio to remote parts of South Sudan

    Monday, February 13, 2017

    (Internews' program assisting community radio in South Sudan is covered in this article from Mashable.)

    In South Sudan, most people don't have a TV. They rely on radio to get information. But limited access to power means entire communities of are left in information darkness for days at a time, especially in remote areas. One man is turning to the sun to change that.

  • South Sudan’s Mayardit FM Utilizes Solar Power

    Radio World
    Wednesday, February 1, 2017

    (A radio station in South Sudan powered with solar with the help of Internews is covered in this article from Radio World.)

    BRISBANE, Australia — In Turalei, South Sudan, more than 150,000 people are able to receive Mayardit 90.7 FM, a radio station that broadcasts a variety of news, music and entertainment. Supported by Internews, the radio station is a welcome service for the community, many of whom have little or no education.

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Hands-on: Fossil Bluetooth MetaWatch smartphone companion

Hands-on: Fossil Bluetooth MetaWatch smartphone companion
Hands-on: Fossil Bluetooth MetaWatch smartphone companion

I always kind of find it silly when I see new watchphones being announced but the Fossil Bluetooth MetaWatch has some interesting features which could make it a nice smartphone companion. I’m not completely convinced though.

The Fossil Bluetooth MetaWatch is based around the assumption that the notification bar is becoming just as important as the home screen for many people. I agree with this logic, as most of my interactions with my device come after I hear or feel the notification.

This watch can connect with your smartphone via Bluetooth to send those notifications to the thing on your wrist. It’s not just a notification or a notification though, as some models will actually display the text message you just received and I’d imagine this could also work for at least the subject line of an e-mail. That could be kind of useful.

The Fossil Bluetooth MetaWatch is also packed full of tech, as it also features an ambient light sensor, accelerometer, two 16×80 white OLED displays and a rechargeable battery. The company has been courting developers here to see if they want to make their apps interact with this.

Maybe I’m just in my own world here but I don’t know many people who still wear watches, as the cell phone has become many people’s way to tell time. Sure, the high-end watch market is going to continue to thrive but these products from Fossil are definitely not stylish or sexy.

To be fair, these aren’t being targeted at consumers, as the company is gaging the interest of the app community and this tech could find its way into more attractive-looking watches in the future. Style is always subjective though, so be sure to check out the video below and let us know what you think in the comments.

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Exhibition - Awakening - Openhand Slaps - Bside Gallery - INVURT

Sunshines Top 10 Melbourne Graffiti & Street Art – January 2017

Well, its the new year, and it’s already February! How did that time pass so quickly? As always, we have another collection this month from the man himself, Dean Sunshine, of all the rad work he’s seen up on Melbournes walls in the past month. For a while bunch of cool shit, just check it out below – already looking forward to next months set! 1. SHIDA – Melbourne 2. DSCREET – Collingwood 3. CAPTAIN KRIS – Sunshine Lane, Brunswick 4. CARATOES & JARUS – Coburg 5. RONE – Coburg 6. MAYONAIZE – Fitzroy 7. VEXTA & ELLE – Melbourne

Through The Lens January 2017- David Russell Photography

Welcome to 2017 and my first Through The Lens post of the year, I thought what better than to start the year with a dope selection of  some of Melbourne’s finest graffiti. This year already looks to be an amazing year of street art and graffiti, I can’t wait to capture it with my lens and share it with the rest of the world. I already know of some pretty talented artists from around the globe who will be staining our streets with some pretty amazing aerosol art, you will just have to wait and see what is coming up

Sunshines Melbourne Street Art & Graffiti Top 10 – December 2016

… and we’re back! First post of the year, and what better way to start everything off than with Dean Sunshines picks of all that was rad and cool for the final month of last year, December! This is the 69th edition of Deans Top 10, and this one is just as great as all the rest – lots of talent on display, as we have come to expect every month from the man .. take a look below and check it out! 1. Lush – Sunshine Lane, Brunswick 2. Senekt – Sunshine Lane, Brunswick 3. Caper – Lanes End,

Through The Lens November 2016 – David Russell Photography

The year is almost over and here we are once again showing you just some of the dope art that went down in the month of November. My favourite piece would have to be Mayo’s addition to the floor at the old lyric theatre where Rone had his exhibition. I am a big fan of Mayo’s work seeing it on this scale was epic and had to be seen to really appreciate the way he executed it. There aren’t too many pics from November so I will make up for a bumper addition next month, so till then stay cool

Sunshines Melbourne Streetart & Graffiti Top 10 – November 2016

Well, here we are. After a tentative step into summer, its cold again here in Melbourne, but the laneways and walls are just as full of people painting as they ever are! Once again, Dean Sunshine was out and about, snapping his pics for all the best things he saw around our fair city over the month of November – and this time, I’ve actually seen some of these pieces since I got home a few weeks ago! Its December already now, and its hitting crazy time already, Im sure there is a lot more left to come for the remainder

Rone – Empty – Scann3D/VR

After seeing one of the most amazing shows of all time, Rone’s Empty, and knowing the space would soon disappear – I had to introduce Rone to some good friends of mine, the crew at Scann3D.  Using their super high end 360 scanning technology – we spent about 5 hours in the space after the show closed one night scanning the entire show – and after many hours of intense rendering the guys at Scann3D have created this 360 capture of the show.  This technology is like google maps on steroids and is a unique and powerful format to capture

Sunshines Melbourne Street Art & Graffiti Top 10 – October 2016

Its November already, and I’m finally back in Melbourne – and what better way to kick-start things back after my travels than to (belatedly) throw up another fine ass collection of all the best bits of Melbourne street art and graffiti that Dean Sunshine saw over the past month!  These top 10s never disappoint, and there’s always a great cross section of work amongst his monthly picks – so check it all out below!  1. MERDA – Melbourne  2. Bailer – St.Kilda 3. Slicer – Brunswick 4. Makatron + Conrad Bizjak – Melbourne  5. Ethicks – Brunswick 6. Hayden Dewar

Through The Lens October 2016 – David Russell Photography

Join me once again as its that time to see what I saw in the month of October, it was a big month for artist Rone with his exhibition “EMPTY“, man what a show this was exhibited in the old Lyric theatre for the last time before demolition. October also saw “The Art Of Banksy“, exhibition behind Federation square along the train tracks, there was so much controversy surrounding this show. I wasn’t too phased I was just happy to be there with handful of my good mates who’s art featured on the way in to the exhibition, its on

Snapshots – EMPTY – RONE – Lyric Theatre

This show will be talked about long after the metal monsters tear down this beautiful 1920’s theatre that Rone brought back to life, giving Melbourne one last chance to see her in all her beauty. And boy did she shine especially from a photographers point of view, I returned 3 times to capture the amazing space come to life with these incredible shards of light coming through the porthole windows from 3:30 pm. I also loved just watching all the reactions of the bystanders as they walked in and were struck by a 10 metre mural depicting a female over

Snapshots – The Art Of Banksy – The Paddock Federation Square

This is one show that had its fair share of critics “The Art Of Banksy” featuring art purchased by various collectors on display in a faux London street scape. I myself am a big fan as are many are of Banksy’s work as it is what street art was originally about and that is using the street to convey a message about war, hunger, greed, politicians and the list goes on. It was great to see the works up close but something just didn’t feel right, some of the works felt out of place on a clean sterile wall, as

Exhibition – Awakening – Openhand Slaps – Bside Gallery

This week sees of the first shows of the year down to Bside Gallery, which has taken our Fridays nights by storm over 2016, with the launch of Awakening, a celebration of all things stickered and slapped as Melborunes own sticker company Openhand Slaps celebrates is launch!

“Get down to BSIDE Gallery from 6pm on Australia/Straya/Invasion Day Eve to check out the wildest sticker exhibition Melburn has seen in years!

Co-curated by OpenHandSlaps and the new owner/manager of BSIDE Gallery Ariana Leane, this exhibition is sure to turn a few heads, so if you would like to view a pre-sale catalogue please reply to this email or contact Ariana at [email protected]

Featuring works by Gore, GoonHugs, Kid Silk, Ben Frost, 23rd Key, Frosk, Ha Ha, Kirpy, Facter, Ohnoes, Junky Projects, Ruskidd, S-701A, The Arts Hole crew, Kmode, Ator, Toki, Tryst, Lé Grizz, Aaron Grech, Kenz, Aeon, and many more.

Big ups to the legends at Young Henry’s for serving up the lager and cider for the evening!

OpenHandSlaps will be taking orders for custom stickers throughout the night, so bring along your design ideas to get a quote and order your next haul.”

So, head down to Bside this Wednesday night to check out all the rad work on display, and take a look at a whole bunch of sticker inspired art!

Who: Gore, GoonHugs, Kid Silk, Ben Frost, 23rd Key, Frosk, Ha Ha, Kirpy, Facter, Ohnoes, Junky Projects, Ruskidd, S-701A, The Arts Hole crew, Kmode, Ator, Toki, Tryst, Lé Grizz, Aaron Grech, Kenz, Aeon, and many more.
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Durban - A German medical student training in Durban was elated when his credit and identification cards were returned to him less than 48 hours after they were stolen.

While his bag and wallet which contained e200 (R2 940) had vanished, Christian Fastabend, 26, said on Wednesday he was pleasantly surprised by the assistance he received in trying to find his stolen items.

He was playing golf with friends at a club on the Bluff on Sunday when his bag went missing.

“I have never seen such helpful people before like I did in Durban. Even in my own country people would not have helped,” he said.

The trainee surgeon arrived in KwaZulu-Natal two months ago and had decided to try his hand at golf.

“I was at the second hole. I left my bag down on the ground so I could putt.

“There was a ball collector, a man in his 50s, near me. As I walked off to the next hole I looked back and the bag was gone,” he said.

“My friends and I looked everywhere for it.”

The bag contained his German identity card, three credit cards, driving licence, a health insurance card and medical student card, as well as E200.

“I befriended another ball collector and offered him a reward if he could find my bag. I left my contact details with him,” he said.

After two sleepless nights, he received a call on Tuesday from the ball collector.

“He found my cards in the bushes near a stream.

“He did not find my wallet and bag, though,” Fastabend said.

He gave the man a R200 reward.

The final-year medical student at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany, returns home next Thursday.

“We were warned to look after our belongings when we arrived and I think the incident happened due to my neglect,” he said.

“I am leaving with warm feelings hoping to return in the near future.”

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Croke Park – All-Ireland football final day in Dublin is the centerpiece of the sporting year, the moment when Irish from all over the world tune in to see the ancient athletic contest that was celebrating its 125th anniversary on Sunday.

This year slight favorites Kerry downed Cork, and the match was watched all over the world. Indeed, one of the Kerry players, Tadgh Kennelly, had given up a super successful career in Australia playing Aussie Rules to come back and win an All-Ireland medal with his native county. His exploits were being followed as closely from Down Under as they were in his native Kerry.

Rather like the Super Bowl, it is not incredibly important who wins the All-Ireland. The ritual of the day is a central part of what being Irish is all about.

Croke Park is now the finest stadium in Europe after decades when it was the most down at heel. The Gaelic Athletic Association has prospered at a time when other great Irish institutions -- the church, the banks, the government -- are all feeling an incredible backlash because of their wrongdoings.

There is a reason for that. The GAA embodies by its very existence the grassroots leadership so lacking elsewhere in Ireland. There are no grand poo-bahs except for an elected president with limited formal influence, and power is essentially stored at the local level all over the 32 counties of Ireland and wherever Irish games are played abroad.

Other organizations have failed at the very basic level to earn the trust and goodwill of the Irish nation. Not so the GAA, which has over 3,000 clubs in Ireland and close to 500 overseas.

Its games are becoming more popular every year. It is a grassroots organization at its finest, played by amateurs from the lowest level to the top.

I had a personal experience of its unique power and charm. Before the big match on Sunday I strolled through a public park in Castleknock near the hotel where I was staying for the Global Irish Forum.

It was 11 a.m. on a glorious Sunday morning, and already there were two GAA games going on. Both were in hurling, Ireland's oldest game which is a super-fast field version of ice hockey.

As I got closer I noticed the players were actually young girls, around nine or 10, who were obviously taking part in one of their first ever hurling games. It was a remarkable and heartwarming sight.

Hurling is making a huge comeback in Ireland's largest city, and young girls are getting in on the act.  As an Irish-born person I get a unique thrill from seeing this ancient game, first mentioned in the annals of Cuchulainn in pagan Ireland, continuing to beat at the heart and soul of the Irish nation.

At Croke Park in the afternoon it was Gaelic football that took center stage as the warriors of Cork and Kerry did battle. I was sitting with several Americans who had come over for the forum, and the battle unfolding before them was incredible for them to watch.

Most were amazed that the super-fit and utterly committed players they were watching would be back at their day jobs in a few days, with no financial compensation for their efforts. There were plumbers and cops, teachers and students, bankers and businessmen on both sides, all playing for the pride of their county and chasing an elusive All-Ireland medal.

There are many things wrong in Ireland today. The discussion is all about bank bailouts and whether Ireland will turn its back on Lisbon in the new referendum.

The air of doom and glom is pervasive. After a few bright summers, storm clouds have gathered and show little signs of moving on.

Yet there is so much good about this place, so much unique that it cannot be matched anywhere else.

Croke Park on Sunday was one of those places. So was that little public park in Castleknock on Sunday morning as the hurling moms and dads gathered to see their kids take on a sport that stretches back to the beginning of Irish time.

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George W library and museum beats about the Bush

Opinion: a monument to the 43rd president of the United States offers a selective presentation of his life

Former US president George W Bush: as President Obama tries to escape the shadow of the Bush presidency, so too is George W trying to escape the shadow of the Bush presidency. Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Former US president George W Bush: as President Obama tries to escape the shadow of the Bush presidency, so too is George W trying to escape the shadow of the Bush presidency. Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Do we dare to hope that the Bush administration is finally at an end?

After four years of bending the constitution, the constitutional law professor now in the White House is trying to unloose the Gordian knot of W’s martial and moral overreaches after 9/11. Safely re-elected, President Barack Obama at long last spoke bluntly about the Faustian deals struck by his predecessor, some of them cravenly continued by his own administration.

In a speech at the National Defence University, Obama talked about how we “compromised our basic values” and he concluded with a slap at W: “Our victory against terrorism won’t be measured in a surrender ceremony at a battleship or a statue being pulled to the ground.”

On the eve of the president’s speech, I was at the George W Bush Presidential Library and Museum here, watching the film of Saddam’s statue being pulled to the ground.

It’s remarkable that Obama is trying to escape the shadow of the Bush presidency just as W is trying to escape the shadow of the Bush presidency. Browsing the library, you wonder if these two presidents are complete opposites after all, as you see how history was shaped by an arrogant, press-averse, father-fixated, history-obsessed, strangely introverted chief executive.

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Robert Draper, the author of Dead Certain: the Presidency of George W Bush, perused the library with me and observed: “So 43 grew up entitled but could display a commoner’s touch, while 44 grew up hardscrabble yet developed this imperial mien. The former is defined by incuriosity, the latter by self-absorption. One is a late-blooming artist, the other a precocious writer. They can each make you kind of miss the other.”

Obama’s compelling speech on Thursday was his way of saying he didn’t want the seductive but morally dicey drone programme he inherited from W to define his own presidency. The way it had been going, one of the killer robots, hanging from the ceiling, might have made a fitting centrepiece for an Obama library.

W’s library highlights his role in launching the “global war on terror”, an Orwellian phrase designed to conflate the sins of Osama, who was responsible for 9/11, and the sins of Saddam, who was not. That was the fatal mistake and hallmark of the Bush era. W, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld declared war on a tactic, stoked fear as a smoke screen and treated pre-emptive attacks as just.

Better late than never, Obama brought his lapidary logic and legal cautions to bear. “Neither I nor any president can promise the total defeat of terror,” he said. “We will never erase the evil that lies in the hearts of some human beings nor stamp out every danger to our open society.”

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Conservatives can honk, as Sen Saxby Chambliss did, that Obama’s speech “will be viewed by terrorists as a victory”. But this president has killed more top al-Qaeda operatives than Bush did. While W’s bullhorn vow after 9/11 to catch the “people who knocked these buildings down” plays every few minutes at his library, I couldn’t find any photos of Osama or acknowledgment of Bush’s failure to catch him. Obama’s library will have a wing for that feat.

You could fill an entire other library with what’s not in W’s. Cheney and Rummy have been largely disappeared, and it is Condi Rice who narrates the 9/11 video. You won’t see the iconic “Mission Accomplished” photo, or that painful video in which W keeps reading The Pet Goat to children after learning that America is under attack, or the notorious “flyover” photo of a desultory Bush jetting from Crawford to the White House and looking through the window of Air Force One at Katrina’s devastation.

Decision Points Theatre – a whiny “Well, you try being the Decider” enterprise – lets you make the decisions after getting taped briefings on W’s crises from actors playing experts. But it is rigged with so many false binary options that the visitors I voted with ended up agreeing with Bush’s patently wrong calls on Iraq and Katrina.

Mostly, aside from the word “freedom” reverberating endlessly, we see the kinder, gentler W, conjured by Laura the Librarian. The once-shielded twins are ubiquitous, as is Barney. (An interactive game lets you help Barney find his ball.)

The big display on W’s stellar record on Aids in Africa features a letter from the president on White House stationery with the salutation, “Yo Bono!”

You can be forgiven for thinking you’ve wandered into the Gore presidential library when you come upon a wall devoted to protection of the ocean and odes to “vital wetlands” and “marine habitats”. Who knew W was passionately on the side of the humphead parrotfish?

Proving the library is more a monument to Laura’s artful airbrushing than W’s artless leadership, there’s a swank Café 43 with fancier fare than W’s cherished peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and a gift shop featuring Laura’s favourite books, from Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Brothers Karamazov to Truman Capote’s Music for Chameleons . W missed a bet not selling reproductions of his charming nude self-portraits and Barney paintings on posters, T-shirts and dog bowls. Far more interesting than packets of Texas bluebonnet seeds.


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More SMEs Are Displaying Signs Of Distress Than Big Businesses

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Nationally, 29% of SMEs have seen a reduction in sales volumes, compared to 6% of big businesses - according to R3, the insolvency trade body.

The research also found that over one third (34%) of SMEs are experiencing decreased profits compared to 19% of big businesses.

Andrew Walker, chair of R3 in Yorkshire and partner at Irwin Mitchell, comments: “The Government has created a number of schemes to support SMEs as they are vital to the health of the economy, but it’s clear that further help is needed if they are to survive this difficult economic environment.

"For a region like Yorkshire with a high proportion of smaller, family-owned businesses, it will be crucial that this sector undergoes a real recovery in 2012.  More support is needed over the coming year otherwise more businesses will inevitably fail or else continue to limp along, damaging competition.”

Yorkshire appears to be fairly resilient with businesses in the North showing similar levels of distress to the national average.  For example, 35% of Northern businesses experienced decreased profits, just slightly higher than the UK average of 34%; and 20% made frequent use of their maximum overdraft facility compared with 17% nationally.

The report also asked respondents if they are experiencing a number of growth indicators.  The results showed some encouraging signs with 21% of Northern businesses reporting growth in market share, higher than the national average of 17%.

However, the research also found that in spite of the fact that some businesses are growing, other key indicators of health remained low with only 13% of businesses in the North reporting business expansion; only 11% saying they had increased the workforce; and only 5% saying they had increased export orders.

Nationally, fewer businesses (58%) are feeling signs of distress. This is down by 10 percentage points on last quarter (68%) and significantly lower than December 2010, when over three quarters (77%) of businesses reported feeling signs of distress.

Walker continues:  “Could this be the calm before the storm? Many ‘zombie’ businesses have been surviving but not thriving and we know that businesses do not fail in the middle of a recession, but when the economy is recovering.

"The ‘insolvency lag’ we have seen in previous recessions is slower to materialise this time around, and traditionally insolvencies increase during the recovery phase. This is because a company’s financial outlook starts to improve and creditors stand to achieve greater returns than they would during the downturn. Furthermore, changes in the policies of lenders and the Government could force ‘a clear out of the system’, but whether this will happen in 2012 is doubtful.”

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Universal Periodic Review

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By Monica Vincent, Purna Sen, Jade Cochran

The UN Human Rights Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism has been in place for over two years. 2008 and 2009 saw this mechanism succeed in promoting dialogues on human rights in countries from all continents and all regions, including 25 Commonwealth states.Since the inception of the UPR, the Commonwealth Secretariat has engaged with Commonwealth countries on UPR. It has offered training and helped share information and good practices, research and observations.Governments have held consultations, prepared national reports, responded to questions and recommendations during the review in Geneva and are now beginning to implement those recommendations. National human rights institutions and civil society organisations have engaged with the process through stakeholder reports and advocacy.This publication presents the experiences of key UPR actors, as shared at the Commonwealth Mid-Term Review of UPR held in 2010. It then provides timely analysis and evaluation of the UPR mechanism at all three stages of the process: preparation of the UPR report, the review in Geneva; and UPR follow up and implementation, including country by country analysis of recommendations received by each Commonwealth country.Universal Periodic Review: Lessons, Hopes and Expectations draws together the lessons of Commonwealth countries' experiences in 2008 and 2009, and hopes and expectations for the future of UPR.

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Rumsfeld Backs Netanyahu: Sanctions not Enough

Netanyahu is totally correct: Sanctions won’t work, and Israel will not tell the US of plans to attack Iran, says Donald Rumsfeld.<br/>

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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is totally correct that sanctions will not stop Iran’s drive for nuclear capability, and Israel would not have to advise the United States of any plans to attack Iran, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told Fox News.

“I think the prime minister of Israel, Netanyahu, is probably correct. Their intelligence on Iran is excellent. Sanctions tend not to work very well over a long period of time, and they do have the effect, tending to damage and hurt the people, as opposed to the governments,” said the former Cabinet officer in the Bush administration.

“I think any prime minister of Israel who gets up every morning and reads in the newspaper that the leadership of Iran says that the Israeli state should be annihilated, eradicated, incinerated, has to know that it's that prime minister's responsibility to see that that doesn't happen,” he added.

“If I were in the Israeli government, I don't think I would notify the United States government of any intent to do anything about Israel -- about Iran, I should say. I think that their relationship with the United States is such that it conceivably could leak out of the United States government that he called and that he plans to do something on Iran,” Rumsfeld said in an interview on the television network.

Rumsfeld agreed that Israel probably cannot knock out Iran’s nuclear sites, but he backed the theory that “all the Israelis need to do is delay them. They don't need to …. I think a delay is -- works to Israel's advantage. I have no idea what Israel's going to do."

The former Secretary of Defense also criticized the Obama administration concerning its attitude towards Syria.

"Syria and Iran are linked at the hip. They are terribly damaging to our country. They support Hamas. They support Hizbullah. They support other terrorist organizations. They are harmful to us in Iraq. They are harmful to us in Afghanistan. And they are harmful in the region.

“And to change that regime is vastly more important than what went on in Libya because of the damage that Syria and Iran together pose to the United States of America.

“I think that we should be providing that kind of covert assistance. And I think we should be trying to figure out who they are.”


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Commission to Investigate Causes of Haifa Accident

A commission will investigate the direct and indirect causes of the accident in Nesher, near Haifa.

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The head of the National Road Safety Authority, Ron Moskowitz, announced Wednesday evening that a commission will be established to investigate both the direct and indirect causes of the accident in Nesher, near Haifa, in which six people were killed.

The committee members have been instructed to use the services of specialists from the Technion, if necessary.

The committee was instructed to give special attention to the following issues:

• Truck safety, focusing on brake systems and overweight.

• Characteristics of driver behavior in the case of loss of brakes or other failures.

• The safety and support system that is expected to conduct inspections and guide the driver.

The committee's conclusions and recommendations on how to prevent accidents with similar characteristics in the future will be submitted within 90 days.

The accident occurred Wednesday afternoon after a truck collided with several vehicles on Bar Yehuda Road in Nesher.

A preliminary examination by police found that the truck lost the use of its brakes, causing it to slide down the steep road, and that it carried excess cargo at a rate of about 15% more than is legally permitted. It has also been discovered that during the last ten years, the driver of the truck was charged with no less than 16 traffic violations. Police are investigating whether there was a technical reason for the brake failure or whether it was caused by negligence on behalf of the driver.

The truck driver, 30-year-old Jamal Abu-Siam, was lightly to moderately injured in the accident and was taken to the Bnei Zion hospital in Haifa. Police are expected to ask the court to extend his remand on Thursday.


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What can I say about myself here that doesn't sound like bravado, false modesty, or worst of all: both?

I've been a photographer for a while. It started as a beloved hobby and is now a large part of who I am. There's very little I love more than getting a great image. In the last year or so I've also started working in video. It's opened up a whole new world for me and is quickly becoming my second love.

Why am I here? I want to work. I want to produce the best images I can and explore both my own concepts, and those of the models I work with. I love collaborating with models and hearing what they have to say. They say two heads are better than one and I've certainly found it to be true.

I suppose we should get the money thing out of the way right off the bat. I do hire models for paid work. I hire them when I'm getting paid. I also contact the models I'm looking to book. PLEASE don't send me a one sentence message asking me if I'm looking to book paid models. It's crass, and will only be ignored. To be honest if I have the chance to book a paid model I'll ALWAYS try to give the work to a model I've worked with already whenever possible.

In regards to TFCD shoots. I'm open to pretty much any concept with any model, except I don't do anything pornographic or involving explicit nudity ("spreads"). If you have an idea for your portfolio, and you like my work, drop me a line. If it's something I can use as well, then I'm all for it. I'll do the same if I get an idea I'd like to suggest to you. I use a specific release for TFCD shoots that allows me to use the images for self-promotion, but not for sale or commercial use. My logic is simple: if I'm getting paid you should too. I also provide a CD of all final, edited images (NOT all images, my duds are buried at a crossroads under the light of the full moon). This means that images are provided after the fact, however I have never failed to provide images and any model in my portfolio will confirm that.

As of December this is my primary form of income. Because of that I've started producing erotica videos for internet sale. I don't do pornography, and all nudity is non-explicit. If you're interested in acting and are comfortable with the concept, this is the one area of paid work that I'm booking on a regular basis just now. Just so you know: a lot of these videos are comedies right now so a good sense of humor is a plus.

I know it's a lousy business move to say this, but I'm always available for hire as well for events, parties, etc. However it's worthwhile to see if I'd like to add it to my portfolio first because if we do it TFCD you'll save money! LOL!


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This is more for people who work for tech firms than those who invest in or buy for them. Though I have noticed that folks who are treated better themselves are often far easier to interface with than those who live in horrid cubicle farms (particularly late in the day). Top employees typically have a choice and many pick salary as their deciding factor, but quality of living tends to be vastly more important. Firms with good employee care tend to have fewer employee problems and people may not live longer, but they seem to want to more often. In the end, over the years, Rob has learned it really is better for life quality to pick firms that care about their employees over those that treat them like a thing to be ridden hard and put away wet.

Over the last three decades, Rob Enderle has worked as an inside (ROLM/Siemens/IBM) or outside (Dataquest, Forrester, Enderle Group) technology analyst. He thought it would be interesting to share the 16 immutable rules that most people actually running tech companies don’t seem to know.

These rules define the differences between a company that is doing well, like Apple, and a company that is failing, like RIM. They anticipate the mistakes and suggest fixes to major financial, operational and PR problems the firms experience and provide a primer for anyone wanting to be successful in this segment. Many are not segment-oriented and could apply to any business at any level, but some are specific to technology.

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British Summer Time is a curious thing. I think it’s something to do with farmers, but the net result is that on the weekend after next, everyone in the UK turns their clocks back by an hour at a preordained time. Of course the weather itself is a little less easily manipulated, and it’s unlikely that the sun will suddenly decide to get off its behind and come and give us a summer at last.

Never fear though, because Rekorderlig Cider won’t take no for an answer and are determined to #CelebratetheSun in their new campaign. We told you a couple of weeks back that they were on the hunt for photographs which captured the hazy sun-kissed brilliance of those long summer days, and you responded by the bucket load.
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Both versions will priced at $4.99 in their respective US stores, with Aussie pricing yet to be announced.

Rockstar said today in a press release:

This 10th Anniversary Edition brings the full experience of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to mobile devices, with native high-resolution graphics and several enhancements unique to the iOS and Android platforms including updated character models and lighting effects, new and more precise firing and targeting options, a fully customizable control layout and native support for Retina display devices.

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Pentagon gets permission to wage cyberwar; still lacks the capability

Amendment to military funding amounts to an order to (finally) build competent cybersecurity

The National Defense Authorization Act that funded the 2012 U.S. military budget, included language to make it possible for the military to arrest and hold even U.S. citizens indefinitely without charge, also included permission for the Pentagon to wage cyberwar as it sees fit.

A report from international-relations newsletter DiploNews points out that an amendment to NDAA includes permission from Congress to do whatever it likes in the virtual trenches, though it can do so only on orders from the president, within legal limitations it has to follow under other circumstances and in accordance with the War Powers Resolution, which outlines the power of Congress and the Presdent to declare war.

Briefly, the Dept. of Defense can wage cyberwar to protect the U.S., its allies or its interests.

Congress gave the DoD more leeway on cyberwar than the regular kind because the nature of both the technology and the combat conducted with it change so quickly.

There are dangers in that of both diplomatic and military varieties, however.

Even if the U.S. is able to identify the true source of an attack, knowing how to respond in a measured and legal way will be a challenge. For instance, under whose jurisdiction does an attack fall under and which laws apply to an offender if an attack is waged from a different country or multiple countries, with data traveling through even more countries to reach its destination? Internationally, codified law regarding cyberwar and the rules of engagement is in a state of underdevelopment. There is no one body with the responsibility to coordinate global cyber security policy – DiploNews report NDAA cyberwar provisions, Feb. 6, 2012.

Among other powers, however, is the real-world destructive capabiilty of the U.S. military to respond to cyberattacks, though the problem of adequately establishing who actually launched the attack and what kind of counterattack might work best leaves a dangerous gap in the policy.

If anything, the Pentagon is too meek about using new cyberwar techniques, the DiploNews report found.

During the 2003 invasion of Iraq the Pentagon planned attacks that would have blocked access by Saddam Hussein from bank accounts overseas, the DiploNews report said. They were never used.

During the rebellion in Libya earlier this year, press reports warned that the U.S. was planning to attack Libyan electronic warning systems, an idea that was shot down because it would set a precedent that would encourage other countries to do the same to the U.S.

The main problem still seems to be defining what would or wouldn't be considered an act of cyberwar and what response would be considered justified by U.S. politicians and courts, the report said.

More likely "the U.S. is not yet ready politically, intellectually, legally and structurally for an onslaught of retaliation from its global enemies," DiploNews report read.

DiploNews reached that conclusion using its sources in the State Dept. and focus on the interaction of agency bigwigs, state-department career diplomats and the power-play maneuvering of government agencies trying to increase their own stature.

Oddly, that's exactly the conclusion I came to from watching the Pentagon's dithering about how to stop rampant Chinese cyberespionage attacks, DoD's inability to formulate or launch counterattacks, reading its responses to the GAO reports that damned its poor preparation for cyberwar, defensive capability and ability to deter attack by being obviously stronger than any potential enemy.

My question at the time – which DiploNews does not answer with any firm evaluation of whether the U.S. military is up to the job of protecting this country from online threats was whether it is time for the Pentagon to turn responsibility for cyberwar over to someone else.

There has been some progress since that time, but not enough to make any answer clear.

It's possible getting permission to wage cyberwar in the NDAA will push the Pentagon over the resistance it faces internally from uniformed bureaucrats brainwashed to think they're warriors, and warriors squeezed into the role of bureaucrats, neither of which consider plinking away on a computer as being the kind of war they really want to sink their teeth into. (Here's a hint that cyberwar is significant enough for Rambo: When a potential enemy can own your spacecraft in orbit, it's time to learn how to operate in that theater.)

Maybe it is time to give the job to someone else.

Maybe the NSA, which seems pretty effective but won't say so specifically.

Maybe Anonymous. I doubt Anonymi are good at saluting or following orders, but they could teach the Joint Chiefs a thing or two about how power is exercised in the digital age.

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ZDNet – Word's password-protect feature is not safe from hackers, but according to Microsoft, it was never meant to be. A researcher posted instructions on how to bypass the security of a Word document last week.

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