July 2, 2008
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| The Drunk The local priest came across the town drunk, who had stumbled out of a tavern. The priest said to the drunk, “I’m afraid I’ll not be seeing you in Heaven one day.” “Really, Father?”
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“The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.” - Rita Mae Brown, American writer |
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“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.” - Jonathan Swift |
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On this day in history, July 2, 1566: Michel de Nostredame dies at the age of 62. We usually refer to him by his Latinized name, Nostradamus. He was an apothecary or doctor who produced his own medicines, as well as an author and translator. What he is most famous for, however, is his astrological predictions written out in 942 prophetic quatrains. It is said that they were written in a way as to deliberately confuse. Some prophesies were written clearly and were easily interpreted. Reading quatrains can be confusing but the more they are studied, the easier it becomes to understand them. In the preface to his work, Les Propheties, he tells his son the prophesies are veiled by a cloud but are clear enough to be understood by any smart enough to decode them. And, they are not sequential, just to add to the confusion. “Sitting alone at night in secret study; it is placed on the brass tripod. A slight flame comes out of the emptiness and makes successful that which should not be believed in vain.” – Nostradamus, Quatrain 1 “Tomorrow, I shall no longer be here.”- Nostradamus’ last words, as reported by his secretary, Jean de Chavigny “[The skeptic community overwhelmingly embraced what they formerly dismissed as] New Age claptrap … We give up! The nuts were right.” - Nostradamus |
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“I’m not an American!
I am a Canadian. I come from a “nice”, thoroughly unrealistic country.” |
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I always thought that school computer systems were secure, so how did their spyware go undetected? I’m sure Tim can give me an answer to that one! ~Kizzi, current student and future shaper of the world~ Kizzi, yes, school computer systems are *supposed* to be secure. There are various mandates that will say stuff like every computer has to have anti-virus installed, if it’s a grammar school they might be required to have content filtering of some sort, that sort of thing. But there are two problems with this. The first is these mandates generally aren’t funded. The school has to pay for these security products out of their own pocket. When a school administrator has to decide whether to spend money on renewing the anti-virus subscription for 100 computers or buying 100 books, very often the books will win out. While there is still anti-virus on the computers, it doesn’t get updated. The conditions of the mandate may be met, but the computer is far from secure. The second thing is that very often, there is no money to pay for a good tech support person. Instead there is a faculty or staff member that is “good with computers” and they are put in charge of computer security along with their other duties. Their other duties might not leave them enough time for computer security, or they simply may not know enough about computer security to keep the computers secure. But the biggest risk to computer security are the users themselves. I have some users that will do virus scans religiously, and call me if anything bad shows up. There are some people that will cancel the scan “because it slows my computer down”. And then there are the people that shouldn’t have computers. We recently gave this one lady a brand new computer, completely updated with anti-virus, anti-spyware, McAfee SiteAdvisor, and a firewall. It took her all of one day to infect it with a virus. I don’t know if she clicked a link in a spam e-mail or if a legitimate website had been infected so it served up the virus if you visited the page, but she got infected. The article Mike mentioned didn’t say what security products were installed on the computers, but if someone that wants to infect a computer gets physical access to that computer, there is really no way to stop them from infecting it. Most malware today is capable of disabling your firewall and anti-virus. You’ll never know it is there. Physical security of a computer is often overlooked, but it is vital and must be considered an integral part of any security plan. So you see, even though there is a requirement for a school’s computers to be secure, there are too many components to computer security, and they all cost money. The school’s primary purpose is to educate. All schools struggle for funds, and unfortunately computer security is often the first to suffer in hard times. There is a mentality that no one would go through the effort to break into a computer because there is nothing important there. That mentality is changing, thanks to stories like these. Tim a’Musing
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When browning ground meat, brown several pounds and drain. Divide evenly in freezer containers and freeze. Unthaw in microwave for quick fixing next time. - Peggy in Tonawanda, New York |
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I had always felt that smokers were getting the dirty end of the stick. Still do. First, there were the “sin taxes” where it was convenient for lawmakers to tax tobacco products disproportionately than other thins. This seemed very much like discrimination, but non-smokers didn’t seem to agree. Every time a government needed money, add taxes to tobacco and alcohol. Then it became society’s duty to save smokers from themselves. All sorts of rules began to manifest themselves. First came the ban of smoking in the workplace. Once smokers failed to put up enough fuss about that, next came the ban on smoking in all buildings, including bars and restaurants. Smokers were relegated to pods of smokers outside the building, sometimes in marked areas they could not go past. Most of the time, the “smoking area” is nothing more than an overhang of the building. Some places have what appears to be a tent without sides, or a “bus stop” where there is little, if any, protection from the elements. Then they complain that smokers have a higher incidence of illness. DUH! Now there’s private industry dictating to smokers. It has become an attractive and easy target for anyone and everyone to pick on smokers. Smokers know it’s a bad and dirty habit, so even they won’t stand up for themselves. But it’s more than a habit. It is an addiction, an addiction as bad, if not worse than heroin or crack. Government has locked itself into tobacco as a revenue source. Government gets so much money from tobacco that it cannot afford to ban tobacco lest much of it’s revenue stream dry up and cause fiscal instability. Don’t you think governments would have done more by now if they could have? Instead, they have taxed it so much that they now rely on the income. I didn’t quit because of the cost or inconveniences associated with tobacco. I didn’t quit because of the negative image of being a smoker. Nor do I think it’s right to try to force someone else to quit, either financially or any other way. We are supposed to be living where we have the “right to pursue happiness”. But “freedom is another word for ‘nothing left to lose’” I guess. “Smoke
‘em if you got ‘em!” - Cliff in Cincinnati Oh I feel
your pain Kirsten!! I had two boys who were the same way (And one still
is!). My youngest was on a first name basis with the ER also, mostly
for asthma and a lot of boo boo’s! I think his brother did it just to
keep up with him. If I only knew what his excuse is at 27–I’d be ahead
of the game now. Take heart though–they eventually outgrow most of
the clumsiness and it turns into more “eptness” as they go through life.
Or at least they handle the hurts better at times! I have to bandage
a lot of cuts, bangs, and bruises, but the kid that still gets them
is easier to deal with now. And sometimes he even listens to his mother
when she tells him to be careful, and he knows I worry about him. -
Ruth in WA I’ve been saying this for years. Now the research is finally coming out to prove it: sunscreen use actually causes cancer, according to comprehensive new research published in the U.K. There are two primary reasons why sunscreen causes cancer. First, and most importantly, the use of sunscreen blocks the skin from absorbing the sun’s rays. That’s what it’s supposed to do, right? Yes, but in doing so, it also blocks the creation of all-essential vitamin D, the nutrient that the human body desperately needs to prevent as many as 25 chronic diseases. Notably: prostate cancer, breast cancer, osteoporosis, schizophrenia and heart disease. It turns out that most people living in the Northern hemisphere (which probably includes you) are chronically deficient in vitamin D. By wearing sunscreen, they’re depriving their bodies of perhaps the single most important nutrient they need to stay healthy. The second reason sunscreen causes cancer is because it contains toxic chemicals in the form of artificial fragrance, chemical colors and petroleum products used as fillers and stabilizers. These chemicals are absorbed through the skin where they enter the bloodstream and wreak havoc on the immune system. Artificial fragrances, just by themselves, may contain dozens of carcinogenic chemicals that damage the liver, the heart, and even promote systemic cancer. Of course, the sunscreen manufacturers continue to deny all this while propagating the ridiculous myth that, “There’s no such thing as a healthy tan.” In reality, there’s no such thing as a healthy pale person! A tan is a bonafide sign of good health, and a deep tan actually protects you from cancer. All this has come out in this comprehensive new research report entitled, “Sunlight Robbery.” To summarize the findings of the report, “To ensure optimum levels of vitamin D and optimum health people in the UK need to sunbathe whenever they can wearing as few clothes as possible while taking care not to burn. Vitamin D obtained from food provides only about 10% of our needs.” Well said. So much
for the myth that sunshine is somehow bad for you. - Submitted by Tesser Turmeric may reduce type 2 diabetes risk SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) — Turmeric, an Asian spice used in curry, may help reverse inflammation associated with obesity and reduce type 2 diabetes risk, U.S. researchers said. Dr. Drew Tortoriello of Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University Medical Center and colleagues discovered that turmeric-treated mice were less susceptible to developing type 2 diabetes, based on blood glucose levels and glucose and insulin tolerance tests. The research team also discovered that turmeric-fed obese mice showed significantly reduced inflammation in fat tissue and liver compared to controls. The researchers speculate that curcumin — the anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant ingredient in turmeric — lessens insulin resistance and prevents type 2 diabetes in these mouse models by dampening the inflammatory response provoked by obesity. “It’s too early to tell whether increasing dietary curcumin — via turmeric — intake in obese people with diabetes will show a similar benefit,” Tortoriello said in a statement. “Although the daily intake of curcumin one might have to consume as a primary diabetes treatment is likely impractical, it is entirely possible that lower dosages of curcumin could nicely complement our traditional therapies as a natural and safe treatment.” The findings are scheduled to be published in Endocrinology and were presented at ENDO, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in San Francisco. - Submitted by Dora in Denver
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