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The Phisher Commuter
My colleague Lee Gomes writes in WSJ.com in his Portals column (a few days old, this, sorry; but it is free) about phishers, and what they're really like, quoting a guy called Christopher Abad, a researcher for Cloudmark:
Mr. Abad himself is just 23 years old, but he has spent much of the past 10 years hanging out in IRC chat rooms, encountering all manner of hackers and other colorful characters. One thing that's different about phishers, he says, is how little they like to gab.
"Real hackers will engage in conversation," he says. "With phishers, it's a job."
Readers may remember my piece a year or so back (sorry I can't find the URL for this, and it would be subscription anyway) based on interviews with several people from East European and former Soviet Union countries who worked in various stages of the phishing train, from trojan writers to mule hunters (folk who try to recruit foreignes to move money from stolen accounts to overseas havens).
I found something slightly different to Abad: For sure these guys think it's just a job, but they also were quite keen to justify what they did, either saying it was the only work around, or else talking in terms of redistributing a little wealth. One guy in some obscure former Soviet bloc town said he trudged several miles each day to an Internet cafe, where he worked sometimes 20 hours a day trying to recruit mules on ICQ and IRC, before walking back to his apartment where his wife and baby waited. She thought he was a stockbroker, he said.
A good piece by Lee; too little light is shed on this submerged industry. But I wonder whether, as phishing gets more popular and focused, it hasn't moved west?
This entry was posted in Phishing, Security and tagged Abad, AOL, Computer-mediated communication, Crime, former Soviet Union, ICQ, Internet cafe, Internet Relay Chat, Mule, phishing, Soviet Union, stockbroker on June 23, 2005 by jeremy.
Wi-Fi For The Masses
I've been working on a story about Wi-Fi for the masses in Asia (it will be appearing in this week's Far Eastern Economic Review; I'll post a snippet when it comes online), looking at how Wi-Fi is opening up all sorts of opportunities to leap over the traditional problems of the rural and urban poor in this part of the world: A lack of basic infrastructure, such as roads and phone lines. It's a great topic with some inspring characters turning talk into action.
As a follow-up, here's an interesting piece from Robert X. Cringely, who last week pointed out that with an all-in-one router costing about $70 you could become your neighbourhood's own wireless ISP. This week Robert chronicles (via Applied Abstractions) the things that have happened since he wrote the piece. Those include at least one guy who has, since the article apppeared, followed Robert's advice and is running an ISP in San Francisco. Good stuff, but it was just the start.
"Moments later," Robert goes on, "the Chinese called, and that's when it became clear to me that this wireless stuff is simply ideal for a high-density, low-income urban culture like that found in China. Throw a wireless router in every Chinese Internet café and you'd bring phone service and Internet to hundreds of thousands of people practically overnight. Add a little mesh networking as described last week, and the number of people served could be increased by an order of magnitude."
Indeed. There's a lot of people out there who don't have computers and don't have Internet connections. Wi-Fi is the best news for them in years.
This entry was posted in Wi Fi and tagged all-in-one router, Asia, basic infrastructure, China, Chinese Internet café, Computer networking, Far Eastern Economic Review, Internet cafe, ISP, little mesh networking, Mesh networking, Robert X. Cringely, Router, San Francisco, Wi-Fi, Wireless networking, wireless router, wireless stuff on June 10, 2004 by jeremy.
Column: USB and the CIA
Loose Wire — How to Steal CIA Secrets: It's as easy as USB; Universal Serial Bus drives are getting small enough to hide in coffee mugs, and you can attach them to most computers and all sorts of other gadgets
By Jeremy Wagstaff
from the 5 June 2003 of edition of the Far Eastern Economic Review , (c) 2003, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
I got some flak last time I was rude about how implausible technology is in Hollywood movies, even supposedly authentic fare such as Minority Report, The Bourne Identity and Mary Poppins. One comment was "grab a beer and chill out, dude, it's only a movie," though that doesn't count because it was from my mother.
But I can't help venting my spleen, if that's what you do with spleen, after watching The Recruit with Al Pacino and Colin Farrell. It's a thriller revolving around a recruit (no, really) to the Central Intelligence Agency trying to smuggle a top secret program out of CIA headquarters at Langley. There are some neat gadgets in there, such as biodegradable bugs and a program that hijacks nearby television screens. But the premise is that it's well nigh impossible to steal data from the CIA since none of its computers have floppy drives, printers or (presumably, if we're going to get finicky) infrared ports or Bluetooth dongles. In short, how do you transfer data if you can't download it? I wanted to shout out suggestions but my friends, alerted by previous visits to the cinema, had gagged me beforehand.
Anyway, not a bad idea and not a bad movie. Except (skip the rest of this paragraph if you intend to watch the movie) someone succeeds in downloading the top secret program by plugging a USB drive into a USB socket on a CIA computer (USB is a commonly used port that allows users to connect gadgets to their computer). She then hides the said drive — about the size of a lighter — in her aluminium coffee mug. I mean, duh! I can't believe they have USB sockets in Langley and that the X-ray machine confuses a gadget for coffee dregs. Tsk.
Anyway, it made me realize that Hollywood really, really needs my help in making their scripts believable. So here are some ideas for future movies, all involving existing USB gadgets:
— Our hero penetrates high-security installation, wanders nonchalantly up to floppy-less computer, and accesses USB port (inexplicably left on computer despite it being responsible for massive security breach as revealed in The Recruit). Uncoils USB cable from watch strap, plugs into USB port, downloads data into USB watch from German company LAKS (between $40 and $95 from www.laks.com).
— Our hero wanders nonchalantly up to floppy-less computer, plugs USB drive into USB port (amazingly still there despite aforementioned movie and pioneering column from tech writer), and accesses own e-mail via newly released PocoMail PE ($40 from www.pocomailpe.com). Okay, this doesn't sound that wild, but it's a great plot twist if you're using someone else's computer and they don't have an e-mail program you need, or, in the case of our hero, you don't want to leave any trace of yourself (say at an Internet cafe or a public library).
— Our hero has made off with the data on a USB drive. But he's caught by the bad guys. Being avid readers of this column, they know what to look for and quickly locate the USB drive. But our hero's drive is a bit different: Made by Singapore's Trek 2000 International (www.thumbdrive.com), his ThumbDrive Touch has a silver pad that requires the user's thumbprint before data can be accessed. Unfortunately for our hero, but great for a plot twist, the baddies simply cut off his thumb and plonk it on the biometric pad.
— Armed with a $100 MP306 USB drive from Azio Technologies (www. azio-tech.com/azi0-root/products/MP 306.asp), our hero fails to access the CIA computer because his nemesis has installed a SecuriKey Computer Protection System, Personal Edition ($130 from Griffin Technologies at http://securikey.com/personal/). This looks just like a USB drive but in fact works like a key: If it's not plugged into the computer, then the computer locks up. Confounded, our hero sucks his remaining thumb and admires the silver metal mini-briefcase that the SecuriKey dongle comes in. Resigned, our hero reaches for his Azio USB drive, dons earphones, kicks back and listens to MP3 music files stored on the drive. Fiddling with the built-in equalizer for improved playback quality, he hears footsteps and quickly switches the USB drive to recorder mode to eavesdrop on two CIA officers passing by, griping about their canteen lunch.
Okay, so not all these plots will win prizes. But one thing I'm willing to bet my DVD collection on: USB drives will replace floppy drives, those flat disks of old, as PC manufacturers add USB ports to new models and remove external disk drives. Prices will drop further, meaning gadgets smaller than lighters will carry gigabytes of data for peanuts. Already you can buy a 1 gigabyte model for $300: Expect to pay half that in a year or less. They will be so cheap people will give them away: Visitors to a recent launch in Britain of Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 were given freebie press bags with 32-megabyte USB drives inside.
In future, folk will carry around all their programs and data aboard one dongle and run it from any computer they come across, effectively personalizing the computer for however long they're sitting at it, but without leaving any trace. Wait for the futuristic movie where everyone's life is stored on a USB drive and every computer in the world is for public consumption. Interested? Call my agent.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Al Pacino, Azio Technologies, Bluetooth, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA headquarters, Coimbatore Lakshmi Investment & Finance Co Ltd, Colin Farrell, Computer storage media, Digital media, Dongle, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Floppy disk, Griffin Technology Inc, Internet cafe, Microsoft Corporation, MP, MP3, silver metal mini-briefcase, Singapore, Storage, tech writer, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Trek 2000 International Ltd, Universal Serial Bus, USB flash drive, USB port, Windows Server 2003, X-ray on May 26, 2003 by jeremy.
Column: romance, Nigerian style
Loose Wire — Calling All Suckers
from the 11 July 2002 edition of the Far Eastern Economic Review, (c) 2003, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
I wish people would stop being so cynical. Why do they assume that every spam e-mail they receive is a scam? Just because the pitch "Hi, friend! You've already won a trip to the moon!/Need toner? We've got toner coming out of our ears!/Find the dirt on anyone, including your mother!" isn't reassuring, it doesn't mean these people aren't just trying to make an honest living.
At least, that was what was going through my mind when I decided to respond to one of a new wave of so-called 419ers. These missives, named after a clause in Nigeria's penal code, used to arrive as mail. In the old days postal companies would intercept them — easy to spot with their fake stamps — and use them, literally, as landfill.
These days free e-mail accounts allow any aspiring fraudster with access to an Internet cafe to try their hand. Where they used to be from purported Nigerian officials with access to siphoned or missing funds, now you're just as likely to get e-mails about unclaimed millions found by special forces in Afghan caves. All you, dear reader, have to do is give a bank account number and, er, the money is yours.
But, I reasoned, such e-mails couldn't all be scams, surely? Okay, I've read of people being fleeced for thousands of dollars. Sure, the United States Secret Service receives 100 phone calls a day from potential victims, and estimates some $750 million is lost globally each year. Sure, Nigerian money-related fraud is the fastest growing on-line scam, according to the National Consumers League.
But, what the hell, I reasoned, I'll give this one a shot. Besides, the addressee was none other than Dr. Maryam Abacha, the widow of Gen. Sani Abacha, Nigeria's ruler from 1993-98. "Dr. Abacha," I learned from the Internet, is a light-complexioned beauty of Shuwa Arab stock. She also popularized the Aso-Oke by wearing it to official functions, but I'm not quite sure what an Aso-Oke is. More relevantly, the Nigerian government in April said it had reached a deal where the Abacha family would hand over $1 billion, and keep $100 million, in return for an end to criminal proceedings into the embezzlement of government funds.
Given this, I was delighted to be approached by such a fine person, and was only slightly intimidated by Mrs. Abacha's insistence on WRITING HER E-MAILS IN CAPITALS. All I had to do was help her smuggle $85 million into my bank account, and I would get 15% of the proceeds. That should make my bank manager happy, I thought. I immediately dashed off an offer of help, but to be on the safe side, used a pseudonym: "Thanks for your e-mail and I'm very excited to be able to help you and get absurdly rich as well," I wrote. "Could you send a picture, so I know what you're like? I'm single too, so maybe we could hang out. Yours, Egbert Dimple."
My new penmate wasted no time, sending me a picture of Abacha in swaying gowns — it might have been the Aso-Oke — answering the phone. I was hooked. "I like the outfit. It must be hard to stay looking nice with all this trouble going on. I know this may sound odd, but do you think it would be possible for us to start dating at some point, with your husband no longer on this Earth?" This seemed to cause some surprise. "I really don't know you so much to start talking about dating. And I can't say for now if that could work or not," she wrote.
Sensing an opening, I sent back a picture — not of myself, for modesty's sake, but a random photo culled from a Google search of the keyword "hunk." Mrs. Abacha, if it was she, was impressed. "You are a good-looking young man. But don't you think that we are drifting away from our original objective? Can you come to Nigeria? I will really like to see you but that will be after we have completed this project so we can have enough money to spend."
And so I'm confident that by the time you read this I will be flush with cash and living on a desert island, surrounded by bodyguards and people wearing the Aso-Oke. Of course, I'm aware that the risk is high: Many of those persuaded to visit Nigeria by such folk end up fleeced, murdered or missing. But I'm sure that won't happen to me.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Abacha, Advance-fee fraud, Africa, bank, bank account, bank account number, Bank Manager, Dow Jones & Company Inc., General, International relations, Internet cafe, Kaduna, Maryam Abacha, National Consumers League, Nigeria, Nigerian government, on-line scam, Political geography, ruler, Sani Abacha, the Far Eastern Economic Review, United States Secret Service on July 3, 2002 by jeremy.


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Over the past few years, Croatia has faced an uptick in nationalism that resulted in a rightward drift during the country's 2015 parliamentary elections. Furthermore, government instability has provided an opening for leaders to use nationalist sentiment for political gain. It has taken nearly two years for the government to form a coalition composed of political leaders who are less controversial than those appointed in the past. Although the government as of October 2016 is stable and less overtly nationalist, the religious, predominantly Roman Catholic society and a not-so-distant history of fascism still permeate the contemporary socio-political environment. The country's World War II collaboration with the fascists included atrocities committed by the Ustaše government, yet in recent years, revisionist views of the wartime Ustaše movement and the fascist-allied Independent State of Croatia (NDH) have entered Croatia's political mainstream.[i] Nor does Croatia operate in a vacuum: the status of Croats in BiH impacts the regional dynamics, with both Serbia and Croatia using developments in BiH to maintain their own balance of power within the region, according to a prominent Croatian elected official.
The Serbian minority in Croatia is facing increased hate crimes and reduced funding, leaving many members of the community wondering if they should leave for Serbia. Ruža Tomašić, a Croatian member of the EU parliament, has publicly stated that "Croatia is for Croatians."[v] And under the previous government of Prime Minister Zoran Milanović (December 2011–January 2016), violent protests erupted over a law on the application of dual-alphabet (Roman and Cyrillic) signs in cities with a large Serbian minority. During the protests, the government decided to postpone the application of the dual-alphabet laws due to public opposition.
The government itself has been through several crises. In June 2016, Croatia's parliament gave a vote of no-confidence to the now-former Prime Minister Tihomir Orešković, who has been criticized as a Canadian carpetbagger who "speaks Croatian using Google Translate." This followed a narrowly averted no-confidence vote one month earlier against then Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Karamarko.


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Greer City (East) PUMA, SC has a population of 175,402 people with a median age of 39.7 and a median household income of $50,321. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Greer City (East) PUMA, SC grew from 172,237 to 175,402, a 1.84% increase and its median household income grew from $48,486 to $50,321, a 3.78% increase.
The population of Greer City (East) PUMA, SC is 79% White, 11.8% Black, and 5.01% Hispanic. 9.2% of the people in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC speak a non-English language, and 97.1% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC are University of South Carolina-Columbia, with 8,802 graduates, Clemson University, with 5,600 graduates, and Trident Technical College, with 3,331 graduates.
The median property value in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC is $128,300, and the homeownership rate is 76.7%. Most people in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 23.9 minutes. The average car ownership in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC is 2 cars per household.
Greer City (East) PUMA, SC is the 12th most populated public use microdata area in South Carolina and borders Shelby City PUMA, NC; Greer City (North & West) & Taylors (Central & East) PUMA, SC; Wade Hampton & Berea PUMA, SC; Simpsonville, Laurens & Clinton Cities PUMA, SC; Spartanburg City PUMA, SC; and Cherokee, Newberry, Chester & Union Counties PUMA, SC& 1 more.
The economy of Greer City (East) PUMA, SC employs 78,745 people. The economy of Greer City (East) PUMA, SC is specialized in Management of Companies & Enterprises; Manufacturing; and Wholesale trade, which employ respectively 3.19; 1.57; and 1.38 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC are Manufacturing (17,100), Retail trade (9,456), and Healthcare & Social Assistance (9,086), and the highest paying industries are Professional, Scientific, Tech Services ($44,383), Management of Companies & Enterprises ($44,318), and Utilities ($44,197).
Median household income in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC is $50,321. Males in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC have an average income that is 1.44 times higher than the average income of females, which is $37,089. The income inequality of Greer City (East) PUMA, SC (measured using the Gini index) is 0.408 which is lower than the national average.
Households in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC have a median annual income of $50,321, which is less than the median annual income in the United States. Look at the chart to see how the median household income in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC compares to that in it's parent locations.
In 2016, full-time male employees in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC made 1.44 times more than female employees.
This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC by number of full-time employees.
In 2016 the highest paid race/ethnicity of Greer City (East) PUMA, SC workers was White. These workers were paid 1.16 times more than Asian workers, who made the second highest salary of any race/ethnicity.
This chart shows the race- and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC.
In 2016, the income inequality in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC was 0.408 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 9.9% decline from 2015 to 2016, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even.
The 2016 GINI for Greer City (East) PUMA, SC is lower than the national average of 0.485. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC in comaprison to the national average.
14.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC (24,418 out of 172,690 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. The largest demographic living in poverty is Female 25-34, followed by Female 6-11 and then Female 35-44.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC is White, followed by Black or African American and Hispanic or Latino.
From 2015 to 2016, employment in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC grew at a rate of 2.79%, from 76,610 employees to 78,745 employees.
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC, are Management, Business, Science, & Arts, Sales & Office, and Production & Transportation. This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Greer City (East) PUMA, SC.
The most common jobs held by residents of Greer City (East) PUMA, SC, by number of employees, are Administrative; Production; and Sales.
Compared to other public use microdata areas, Greer City (East) PUMA, SC has an unusually high number of residents working in Production; Material Moving; and Installation, Maintenance, & Repair.
The highest paid jobs held by residents of Greer City (East) PUMA, SC, by median earnings, are Architecture & Engineering; Legal; and Computer & Mathematical.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC, are Manufacturing, Retail trade, and Healthcare & Social Assistance. This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Greer City (East) PUMA, SC, though some of these residents may live in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The most common industries in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC by number of employees are Manufacturing; Retail trade; and Healthcare & Social Assistance.
Compared to other public use microdata areas, Greer City (East) PUMA, SC has an unusually high number of Management of Companies & Enterprises; Manufacturing; and Wholesale trade.
The highest paying industries in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC, by median earnings, are Professional, Scientific, Tech Services; Management of Companies & Enterprises; and Utilities.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Greer City (East) PUMA, SC. In South Carolina the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to N/A primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of N/A. Jasper County, SC has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in South Carolina.
Medicare is a Federal program which provides health benefits to older Americans. This chart shows how per enrollee amounts have changed in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC compared to national reimburesments.
Greer City (East) PUMA, SC is home to a population of 175,402 people, from which 97.1% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Greer City (East) PUMA, SC is composed of 138,546 White residents (79%), 20,615 Black residents (11.8%), 8,791 Hispanic residents (5.01%), 3,969 Asian residents (2.26%), and 2,964 Two+ residents (1.69%). The most common foreign languages in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC are Spanish (7,139 speakers), Other Slavic (1,461 speakers), and Russian (1,403 speakers), but compared to other places, Greer City (East) PUMA, SC has a relative high number of Other Slavic (1,461 speakers), Mon-Khmer, Cambodian (735 speakers), and Hmong (670 speakers).
In 2016, the median age of all people in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC was 39.7. Native-born citizens, with a median age of 39.2, were generally younger than foreign-born citizens, with a median age of 43.7. But people in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC are getting getting older. In 2015, the average age of all Greer City (East) PUMA, SC residents was 39.5.
In 2016, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Greer City (East) PUMA, SC was Mexico, the natal country of 2,828 Greer City (East) PUMA, SC residents, followed by Ukraine with 1,345 and Germany with 519.
When compared to other public use microdata areas, Greer City (East) PUMA, SC has a relatively high number of residents that were born in Asia. In 2016, there were 471 people from Asia living in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC, approximately 16.05 times more than would be expected based on national averages.
As of 2016, 97.1% of Greer City (East) PUMA, SC residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93%. In 2015, the percentage of US citizens in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC was 97.1%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been maintaining in that location.
The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC compared to it's parent geographies.
In 2016, there were 6.72 times more White residents (138,546 people) in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC than any other race or ethnicity. There were 20,615 Black and 8,791 Hispanic residents, the second and third most common racial or ethnic groups.
The following bar chart shows the 8 races and ethnicities represented in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC as a share of the total population.
14,598 of Greer City (East) PUMA, SC citizens are speakers of a non-English language, which is lower than the national average of 21.1%. In 2015, the most common non-English language spoken in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC was Spanish. 4.07% of the overall population of Greer City (East) PUMA, SC are native Spanish speakers. 0.83% speak Other Slavic and 0.8% speak Russian, the next two most common languages.
When compared to other public use microdata areas, Greer City (East) PUMA, SC has a relatively high number of residents that are native Other Slavic speakers. In 2015, there were 1,461 native Other Slavic speakers living in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC, approximately 8.46 times more than would be expected based on the language's frequency in the US more broadly.
Greer City (East) PUMA, SC has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.8 times greater than any other conflict.
In 2015 universities in South Carolina awarded 57,552 degrees. The student population of South Carolina is skewed towards females, with 22,709 male students and 34,843 female students. Most students in South Carolina are White (37,442 and 65.1%), followed by Black or African American (13,093 and 22.7%), Hispanic or Latino (1,893 and 3.29%), and Unknown (1,452 and 2.52%). The largest universities in South Carolina by number of graduates are University of South Carolina-Columbia (8,802 and 15.3%), Clemson University (5,600 and 9.7%), and Trident Technical College (3,331 and 5.79%). The most popular majors in South Carolina are General Business Administration & Management (2,516 and 4.37%), General Biological Sciences (1,534 and 2.67%), and Registered Nursing (1,329 and 2.31%). The median tuition costs in South Carolina are $23,660 for private four year colleges, and $11,054 and $28,090 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The closest comparable data for the public use microdata area of Greer City (East) PUMA, SC is from the state of South Carolina.
In 2015, the most common concentation for Bachelor's Degree recipients in South Carolina was General Business Administration & Management with 2,516 graduates.
When compared to other states, South Carolina has a relatively high number of students obtaining a Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Business Operations. In 2015, there were 6 graduates, which is approximately 2.51 times more than would be expected based on the national percentage of students who graduate with a Agricultural Business Operations degree.
This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelor's Degree from schools in South Carolina according to their major.
In 2015, the South Carolina institution with the largest number of graduating students was University of South Carolina-Columbia with 8,802 graduates.
In 2015, 22,709 men graduated from institutions in South Carolina, which is 0.65 times less than than the 34,843 female graduates.
This chart displays the gender disparity between the top 5 institutions in South Carolina by degrees awarded.
In 2015 the majority of students graduating from institutions in South Carolina were White. These 37,442 graduates mean that there were 2.86 times more White graduates than the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 13,093 graduates.
The median property value in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC is $128,300, which is 0.63 times smaller than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value increased from $127,200 to $128,300, a 0.86% increase. The homeownership rate of Greer City (East) PUMA, SC is 76.7%, which is higher than the national average of 63.6%. People in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC have an average commute time of 23.9 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
In 2016, the median household income of the 64,770 households in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC grew to $50,321 from the previous year's value of $48,486.
The following chart displays the households in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75-$100k range.
In 2016, the median property value in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC grew to $128,300 from the previous year's value of $127,200.
The following charts display, first, the property values in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC compared to other geographies and, second, owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property value buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Greer City (East) PUMA, SC the largest share of households have a property value in the $100k-$125k range.
This chart shows the households in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Greer City (East) PUMA, SC the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.
In 2016, 76.7% of the housing units in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 76.6%.
This percentage of owner-occupation is higher than the national average of 63.6%. This chart shows the ownership percentage in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC compared to its parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC have 2 cars, followed by 3 cars.
Using averages, employees in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC have a shorter commute time (23.9 minutes) than the normal US worker (25 minutes). Additionally, 2.04% of the workforce in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows the average travel time in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC compared to its parent geographies.
In 2016, the most common method of travel for workers in Greer City (East) PUMA, SC was Drove Alone, followed by those who Carpooled and those who Work at Home.


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Visitation will be noon to 3 p.m. today for Sylvia M. Mays, 74, a 35-year resident of Carson City, at Walton's Chapel of the Valley in Carson City.
A funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Monday at St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church.
Mrs. Mays died June 26, 2002, in Sparks. She was born Nov. 5, 1927, in Isabela, Philippines, to Jose and Francesca Carlos Mariano Mallanao.
She worked for the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines following World War II until she moved to the United States.
She moved to Carson City in 1967 from Las Vegas. She worked for the Nevada Department of Transportation until her retirement in 1992. She was a Catholic and a member of St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church, where she volunteered as an usher and a greeter at the church. She was active at the Senior Citizen Center and enjoyed square, ballroom and folk dancing. An avid Washington Redskins fan, she liked to travel, fish and read.
Mrs. Mays was preceded in death by two brothers, Absalon Mallanao in 2002 and Florito Mallanao in 1985 and a sister, Demetria Beza in 1987.
Mrs. Mays is survived by a son, Jay Cabauatan of San Diego, Calif.; two daughters, Terry Cabauatan of Sparks and Frances LaFrankie of Apex, N.C.; two brothers, Marcial Mallanao of Daly City, Calif., and Jose Mallanao of Somerset, N.J.; seven grandchildren, Jaycee, Lissa, Jay Jr., Ramon and Jeremy Cabauatan and Jack and Steven LaFrankie.
Interment will be at Lone Mountain Cemetery in Carson City. Walton's Chapel of the Valley is in charge of funeral arrangements.


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Armed police arrest four men after swooping on car in Crosland Moor
Officers found drugs inside the car after it was stopped on Blackmoorfoot Road
Blackmoorfoot Road, Crosland (Image: Huddersfield Examiner)
Four men were arrested after armed officers shut down a car travelling up a busy road in Huddersfield yesterday morning (Sunday).
West Yorkshire Police swooped on a car on Blackmoorfoot Road in Crosland Moor in the early hours.
Officers say they found Class B drugs inside the vehicle and subsequently arrested four men, who were also questioned over accusations of criminal damage.
An eyewitness whose husband saw the arrests being carried out said: "The helicopter had been circling so we went out to have a look outside and saw a mass of blue lights on the main road.
"He went to have a look and there was a car surrounded by armed police, telling him to get out the car. Guns everywhere.
(Image: Manchester Evening News)
"The police were shouting at [the car] to get out. It seemed as though they'd stopped someone on the move.
"The car was surrounded and my husband says the police were armed with semi-automatic guns."
Mystery over series of police raids across Kirklees
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: "Armed police stopped a vehicle in the early hours of Sunday morning (9 September) on Blackmoorfoot Road in Huddersfield.
"A small quantity of Class B drugs were found in the car, four people were arrested for possession of Class B drugs and criminal damage."
The spokesperson added that the arrests are a separate incident and unconnected to a series of raids held across the Kirklees District over the weekend. The Force say enquiries into these are ongoing, but cannot reveal any more at this stage.
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Transcript: Frist, Hastert on 'FOX News Sunday'
Sunday , August 29, 2004
The following is a transcribed excerpt from 'FOX News Sunday,' August 29, 2004:
CHRIS WALLACE: Joining us now is the chairman of the Republican Convention. His day job is speaker of the house, Congressman Dennis Hastert. And the chairman of the platform committee, who's better known as the Senate majority leader, Senator Bill Frist.
Gentlemen, good morning. And we should note that this is a bit of television history, your first joint TV interview ever. So thank you for honoring us with that. And welcome.
U.S. SENATOR BILL FRIST, R-TN: Good to be with you, Chris.
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DENNIS HASTERT, R-IL: Thank you.
WALLACE: We keep hearing that the president is going to lay out his agenda for a second term in his speech Thursday night. What does he need to say about where he intends to take this country, Senator?
FRIST: Chris, he, I predict, will lay out a future, a vision, an agenda that's based on the past four years of performance. Strong on the war on terror, strong on the economy, a man of action, delivering in health care, clearly delivering in education, looking to the past briefly but then setting that vision for the future.
Thematically it will be that we are secure, safer now, a more hopeful tomorrow. That is the theme that will be developed.
WALLACE: Speaker Hastert, can you put a little more meat on those bones in terms of specific proposals you think?
HASTERT: Well, I think, you know, one of the things — whining that we hear from the other side is this whole issue on outsourcing. I think he's going to talk about how we attack those problems, how we — you know, it's not the wages that we have to compete with, it's the regulation and the litigation and the taxation that we have to deal with in this country. And I think he'll touch on that, as well.
WALLACE: Let's talk about a couple of issues that are out there that we think he's going to touch on.
One is intelligence reform. The president signed several executive orders this week. Congress is holding a lot of hearings on the subject. Do either one of you worry that there is a rush to jump on the 9/11 Commission bandwagon?
FRIST: Chris, the speaker and I were just talking. We have a short legislative period after the convention. We have very aggressively worked over the last month with multiple hearings on the speaker's side, multiple hearings in the United States Senate, a lot of oversight, in response to the 9/11 recommendations.
We are going to progress over the next 30 days. The president of the United States has delivered a directive to us and to the Congress yesterday, to the American people. It will be much more specific, we predict, in about 10 days.
With that, we will be deliberate, we will be aggressive, we will be focused. It's not going to be a knee-jerk reaction. This is too big. This is too important. We'll do it in a very careful and thoughtful and aggressive way.
WALLACE: But, Mr. Speaker, I mean, you've got the idea of the national intelligence director, which you know a lot of very serious people think is a very terrible idea. Now you've got Senator Roberts's idea, which would just sort of split the whole thing up and rebuild it.
Do you worry that we're going a little fast here?
HASTERT: Well, we're not going to — as the senator said, we're not going to knee-jerk. We have to look at this. We're going to analyze it and we're going to put this thing back together.
There are, you know, four or five groups of ideas out there, and I think we need to take a very serious study on all those ideas.
First of all, we have to have some redundancy in our intelligence so we don't make mistakes and not have somebody to follow up. We need to have a funding source so that people control this, that we don't duplicate things that we don't have to duplicate. And I think we need some serious people at the head.
And so we have to put those concepts together and coordinate all this intelligence. And, you know, whether you're trying to stop drugs coming across the border or terrorists or, you know, intelligence or your just everyday military intelligence, they all have their pockets that they have to be looked at and analyzed.
WALLACE: Do you feel bound to pass something by Election Day?
HASTERT: I think we need to do a serious attempt at it. I would like to pass something by Election Day. I think we need to do it. We just can't let this sit foul.
WALLACE: Whether it's tax reform or establishing private savings accounts for Social Security, Senator Frist, Democrats say, "Look, you guys have had control of the House, of the Senate, of the White House for the last two years. If you have a great idea, why didn't you already do it?"
FRIST: Well, I think if you look at the record, we'll say we have. Democrats for years have talked education, thrown more money at it. This president acted, delivered on education.
Health care, prescription drugs, something I care passionately about, as most people do — for eight years, Democrats talked about helping seniors who need it; prescription drugs, the most powerful tool in American medicine today, they talked about it, but they never did it. They did it under a Republican president, Republican House and Republican United States Senate.
The war on terror, the recession. Right now, two-thirds of Al Qaida now eliminated, a tremendous response to the past. Again, this is a president of action.
You look on education, you look on health care, you look on fighting the recession and coming out now with the fastest growing economy in 20 years in response to the tax cuts, really unprecedented- size tax cuts. That is action.
Again, that's going to be important, and I think it's looking to the future. What is this president going to do? And that's going to be what we're going to hear about this week.
WALLACE: But, Speaker Hastert, let me take another example, reform of Social Security and the ideas of private savings accounts. I remember George W. Bush campaigning on that in 2000. Nothing's happened. Why not?
HASTERT: Well, we want to give people more control over their lives and control over their money. The health savings accounts that we passed starts to do that, especially in health care.
And, you know, I think this has to be considered a very serious debate over what we are going to do on Social Security in the future. And people want more control over it. And I think we need to find the ways to be able to do that without hurting the system that we have today.
WALLACE: Senator Frist, as we mentioned, you're chairman of the platform committee to this convention, which this last week, I guess Thursday, passed a document that endorses the president's position on every major issue.
A group of Republican moderates offered what they called a party unity plank that said the following. Take a look. It said, "Republicans of good faith may not agree with all the planks on the party's platform, including abortion, family planning and gay and lesbian issues."
Senator, why was that unacceptable?
FRIST: Well, you know, we talked a lot about it. And, in fact, what we did adopt, which will be ratified right behind me on the floor behind me tomorrow morning at around noon, is the following, is that we are the party of the open door, which essentially says the same thing.
We are the party where diversity is a source of strength and not a sign of weakness. We are the party who will have differing views, will show respect for those views, and such differences will be discussed with trust, with civility and with mutual respect.
To me, that is a unity plank. That is a party. And we added those words, an "open-door party."
WALLACE: Speaker Hastert, you made a bit of the fuss in the New York papers this past week with quotes from your new book, "Speaker."
Take a look at this. The New York Post, which is a kinder and gentler newspaper, denounced you in a banner headline as "Speaker of the Louse," which will, I'm sure, will just help your book sales.
They're upset about a passage in your book in which you talk about politicians looking for federal funding in the aftermath of 9/11. And you said the following: "The unseemly scramble for money had begun."
Now that you're here in New York City, do you want to take any of that back?
HASTERT: No, what we really did is pass $21 billion for New York. That was our agenda. We worked hard to do it. But there were a lot of pressures. Lobbyists were coming and seeing this as opportunities to open the doors for other types of spending.
And, you know, it was just amazing, what all the things that — here we were trying to take care of victims, we were trying to rebuild New York. And there's just a scramble for other types of funding that would kind of go along with this.
HASTERT: So I think probably the New York Post misinterpreted what I said. I wish they would have read the whole book and the whole context, because we literally spent nine weeks putting things together so New York could come together. I worked with Governor Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg and Mayor Giuliani at that point, and we did put together a real strong package.
You know, as a matter of fact, I spent a lot of time in New York in the last couple of years. I like New York. And, you know, I just wish they would have read the rest of the book.
WALLACE: Let me switch subjects. You both had very deep reservations about McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform before it was passed. In fact, I think you say in your book, Mr. Speaker, that you thought it was the worst piece of legislation that had been passed by a Republican Congress since you've come to Washington.
Now that everyone seems upset with these so-called independent 527 groups, whether it's MoveOn.org on the liberal side of the spectrum or Swift Boat Veterans for Truth on the conservative side, do you feel like saying, "I told you so"?
HASTERT: Well, you know, that doesn't do any good. You know, but look behind us at this convention. I remember when I was a kid watching my first convention in 1992, when both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party laid out their platform, laid out their philosophy, and that's what they followed.
Here in this campaign, quote, unquote, "reform," you take party power away from the party, you take the philosophical ideas away from the party, and give them to these independent groups.
You know, I don't know where George Soros gets his money. I don't know where — if it comes overseas or from drug groups or where it comes from. And I...
WALLACE: Excuse me?
HASTERT: Well, that's what he's been for a number years — George Soros has been for legalizing drugs in this country. So, I mean, he's got a lot of ancillary interests out there.
WALLACE: You think he may be getting money from the drug cartel?
HASTERT: I'm saying I don't know where groups — could be people who support this type of thing. I'm saying we don't know. The fact is we don't know where this money comes from.
Before, transparency — and what we're talking about in transparency in election reform is you know where the money comes from. You get a $25 check or a $2,500 check or $25,000 check, put it up on the Internet. You know where it comes from, and there it is.
FRIST: Chris, the other thing is that the candidates, unlike four years ago before the law, right now you don't have their voice. The outside groups have the voice. The candidate no longer can speak. In the past, the money had to go through the party, through the candidate. You knew where it came from, you knew where it was going.
Right now we don't know who the outside groups are. We don't know where the information is. And the poor candidates who's out there running — I'm speak for all the Senate races and the House races — right now are losing their voice under the current law.
We need to go after the 527s.
WALLACE: Let me just say I think Senator McCain is down at the podium right at this moment practicing for his speech tomorrow night. In fact, you can see him right there.
Do you think that the Democratic and Republican 527s are equally guilty in this whole thing?
HASTERT: Well, if we look at equality, there's certainly no equality in the money that's pouring in. And, you know, the Swift Boat veterans — that's who we hear from — these are a group of guys who have something to say. And I would guess George Soros has something to say. And maybe MoveOn.org.
But the fact is, the party doesn't have anything to do with it. It's isolated. As a matter of fact, it's against the law, in this new law, to have any contact with these people at all.
FRIST: And the best estimates, to answer your question even more directly, is that for every $1 that's gone into a so-called Republican 527, $5 have gone into a Democratic 527.
In truth, we ought to do what the president has called for, and that is to address 527s to get them off the table, out of the system. That would give candidates voice. That would give the parties the voice. You'd know where money is coming from and where it's going.
WALLACE: And finally and briefly, Speaker Hastert, protest groups are planning major demonstrations across New York City this week. Do you worry at all that the action in the streets could steal attention away from what goes on here in the hall?
HASTERT: Well, it's always a possibility. But, you know, that's one of the things, the freedom to demonstrate is part as our Constitution. People are going to do it.
I just hope it doesn't — what happened in San Francisco or Seattle when they had the trade talks there. I think there needs to be some control of it.
And I hope that, you know, first of all, we respect those people that have something to say. But I think they — I hope they would respect what this convention's about also.
WALLACE: Speaker Hastert, Senator Frist, we want to thank you both for joining us today. I think you've got a pretty good team going on here. Please come back again and see us together soon.
FRIST: Thank you.
HASTERT: Thank you. My pleasure.
WALLACE: Appreciate it.


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PHI of Campbell County Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center Patients Impermissibly Disclosed
February 18, 2021 Site Editor HIPAA Updates
A Campbell County Health (CCH) personnel had done an email error that led to the impermissible disclosure of the protected health information (PHI) of 900 people. The health system based in Gillette, WY found out on February 5, 2021 that personnel dispatched an email message to a patient and included the wrong file.
The file included information like patient names, type of insurance, and account numbers. CCH found the mailing error in just one hour after delivering the email and got in touch with the person who received it promptly and told him/her to completely discard the attached file. CCH officials gave directions on how to make sure that the file was completely discarded from the email account and systems, and CCH has gotten adequate guarantees that the file was definitely forever gone and no more disclosures happened.
CCH sent notifications to the affected persons about the incident and adjusted internal policies to stop identical mishaps down the road. CCH has likewise made available additional training to staff members regarding guidelines for securing patient information.
UT Southwestern Medical Center Notifies Patients Concerning Impermissible Disclosure of Data
UT Southwestern Medical Center based in Dallas, TX is informing 3,640 patients concerning an improper disclosure of their names and email to a third-party vendor. The data were shared with the third-party provider to be able to send announcements relating to a Kidney Cancer Program. No other facts were exposed. All impacted persons had gotten medical services by means of the UTSW Kidney Cancer Program in the past.
There was no more exposure of data, however, the sharing of the patient details was not acceptable under HIPAA, therefore patient notice is required. UTSW Medical Center mentioned that UT Southwestern highly regards the security of its patients' privacy, and seriously regrets the happening of this data breach and the anxiety, stress, or trouble that it had created.
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R-2 achieves 2019-20 Fleet Excellence rating
By Roxie Murphy, Staff Writer
Maries County R-2 schools passed the 2019-20 bus inspection in July with a 92.3 percent approval rate and none taken out of service.
"None were taken out of service and that exceeds the 89.1 …
A Maries R-2 School Bus.
File photo by Roxie Murphy
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"None were taken out of service and that exceeds the 89.1 percent state standard," said Superintendent Dr. Lenice Basham.
Transportation Director Tony Gieck said they achieved fleet excellence for the 2019-20 school year.
"That's not bad, considering almost every one of our route buses has over 180,000 miles on it," Gieck said. "Trevor and I worked really hard on that over the last three years to get that number up and we finally got it."
He said he does not foresee the district needing to purchase a new bus for another year or so.
"I like the way you think," Board President Joey Butler II said.
Gieck said bus No. 18, one of the main trip buses, is getting close to 80,000 miles on it and bus No. 10 was an old trip bus, with 70,000 to 80,000 miles, was assigned to a route this year. Bus No. 1 is still below 50,000 miles.
On route buses, one bus is running 230,000 miles but hasn't caused any problems. The district recently installed a new motor in bus No. 9 last year that should go for another 100,000 miles.
"The numbers don't scare me 'cause you can buy parts cheaper than you can make a $15,000 a year payment on one," Gieck said. "I don't see hitting you guys up for a new bus for probably another year or so."
Butler said the report looked good. No action was needed.
Additionally, the board of education approved the bus routes and the snow routes for the 2020-21 school year with a 7-0 vote.
"The buses seem pretty empty when they come by my house," Board Vice President Dawn Hicks said.
"A lot of them are," Gieck confirmed. "Yours has only got about 20 people on it at the most."
Gieck said bus No. 4 and bus No. 21 are his two most loaded buses. Bus No. 4 has extra seats this year and bus No. 21 is down 10 to 15 students.
"We encouraged if you could bring your kids to school to bring your kid to school because 50 percent of our first quarantine was bus-related," Basham said. "I know we have some parents who cannot do that, but 50 percent of our first quarantine was from riding the bus — 18 kids from the classroom and 18 kids on the bus."
Basham explained that according to the Phelps-Maries County Health Department quarantine guidelines, anyone who sits two seats in front of and two seats behind the positive case is considered a close contact.
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When I walked past this house in a local village and then turned back to look again at the very old and shabby exterior, I felt I could almost be looking at the residence of a character in a novel by Dickens. The shutters are cracked and crooked, all of them closed. The hinges are rusted and the door knocker in the shape of a frail hand looks as if it has not been raised since the 19th century. There is a jagged and rusty security bar across the skylight over the door as if there may once have been valuables inside worthy of protection. The house is quite large, built over three storeys and probably, once upon a time, quite imposing.
Now the only sign of life is the modern wheelie bin standing in front of the arched wooden gates. I found myself wondering who may live inside. A dusty wizened clerk perhaps, caring for his aged parents and still awaiting promotion after 50 years of loyal service in the Circumlocution office. Or perhaps more likely, as this is after all a house in France, a distant relative of Sydney Carton who waits after more than two centuries for his own special moment to do a 'far, far better thing..' ………… Perhaps you might like to suggest other possible inhabitants?
Wonderful set of doors and shutters. I really like how each photo expands the view.
Thank you Timothy! I couldn't fit any more of it in unfortunately as I couldn't get any further back but it gives an idea of it anyway!
Beautiful old building, I imagine Victor Hugo living there to absorb the atmosphere, while writing Les Misérables.
Oh that's a splendid idea Jean! Don't know why I thought Dickens and not Hugo!
Same era Jane. Two great writers.
Quite so Jean, I've just started Les Misérables in the original French – the book is larger than my front doorstep – should keep me busy for a month or two!! (I commented on your Youghal post that social history is becoming something of an interest for me, France has seen so many changes, as has everywhere of course, but perhaps a little later here in the French countryside!
And I thought I was doing well tackling Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' I bought the book about four months ago and haven't even started it yet. All the best with Les Mis. Jane.
You found a superb architectural spot, Jane. Great light, details and colors.
Cheers Jane! Delighted you like it – would be lovely to do a bit of time travelling and see it when it was first built!
You can just imagine all the people who crossed those beautiful doors. Any idea when it was built?
Hi Nadia, I really wish I did know the date of it – I would guess probably late 1700's , I shall have to see if I can Find out!
The charm of rust will never pall. I can imagine a little old lady knitting as if she was still at the foot of the guillotine!
I love your door and the writing. Marvelous textures.
Thank you Sherry Lynn – much appreciated!
What a wonderfully mysterious place….what stories lie within!
It certainly is Sue, I confess I'm warming to the idea of a Victor Hugo character now having thought about it and those strange sounds of knitting needles you know……….
Since you mentioned Dickens, I immediately thought of Miss Havisham locked up in her own past, or maybe it's the home of Mrs Clennam. I have not read enough Hugo to comment – only Les Miserables, which I have to say is my desert island book. Those 19th century novelists new how to tell a tale and keep you interested over a sustained period.
Hello radicalrambler – how funny, I was probably thinking of Mrs Clennam in fact having recently watched Little Dorrit! And you're so right about the 19th century novelists, just started Les Miserables and can't help feeling there's something rather splendid after reading 20 odd pages just to introduce M Myriel!
What a gorgeous old house, Jane, I absolutely love the door knocker! It is so easy to get lost in one's imagination with a house like that, wondering who used to live there and why it is in such an abandoned state. All those closed shutters…who knows what memories and secrets they are keeping hidden from the world?
Exactly Grace – I think I'd almost written a novel about the potential inhabitants by the time I'd finished my photos! A real mystery house!
Das sind faszinierende Fensterklappen mit sehr viel Charme.
Wirklich? Ich dachte das klingt so hart. Ich glaube das mehr gebräuchliche Wort ist 'Fensterladen'.


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Interior Department Stacks Bears Ears Panel With Monument Opponents
Sarah Okeson
December 13 | 2019
Reprinted with permission from DCReport
Trump's Interior Department stacked an advisory committee for Bears Ears National Monument with ranchers and politicians who have no interest in saving it.
Bears Ears in southern Utah is rich in ancient and sacred sites, but modern man has his sights set on dollars.
Trump appointees opposed former President Barack Obama's creation of protections for 1.35-million acres. The politicians and ranchers then welcomed Trump's shrinking of it by 85 percent.
Democracy Forward, a nonprofit organization founded in 2017, asked the inspector general of the Interior Department to investigate. The question was, did Interior Secretary David Bernhardt violate federal law by packing the 15-person committee with Bears Ears opponents?
"The Bears Ears committee was designed to protect a treasure of the American West and stacking it with opponents of the monument could violate federal law," said attorney Travis Annatoyn of Democracy Forward.
Committees are supposed to be fairly balanced and not unduly influenced by the financial interests of its members.
Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, signed by former President Richard Nixon in 1972, committees are supposed to be fairly balanced and not unduly influenced by the financial interests of its members.
But Bernhardt appointed at least three people who have financial conflicts of interest.
1. San Juan County Commissioner Bruce Adams has a permit to graze his cattle on Bureau of Land Management land.
2. Zeb Dalton, a rancher, has grazing rights.
3. Rancher Gail Johnson's husband, Sandy Johnson, filed paperwork to join one of the lawsuits over Bears Ears, saying restoring Bears Ears to its original size "would threaten my business and personal interests."
Bears Ears, named after twin peaks that look like the ears of a bear, was once the second largest national monument in the lower 48 states. Five native American tribes urged Obama to create the monument to preserve about 9,000 recorded archaeological sites, including petroglyphs, woven cloth, human remains and ancient roads.
Another committee member, Jami Bayles of Blanding, Utah, was offended by the new monument.
'Nothing But a Punishment'
"Monuments should be an honor to an area, and we feel like this one is nothing but a punishment," Bayles said.
Judges in federal lawsuits have faulted or upheld inquiries into other committees formed by the Trump Interior Department.
In August, federal judge Donald Malloy ruled Trump unlawfully formed the Royalty Policy Committee, which was stacked with fossil-fuel representatives and blocked the Interior Department from using the committee's recommendations.
Members of the now-defunct committee included Interior official Scott Angelle. He gave oil and gas executives his cell phone number so they could call him directly to limit any records of contact.
Trump Contributors
In September, federal judge Alison Nathan rejected the Trump administration's efforts to dismiss a lawsuit about the Interior Department's trophy hunting council. That committee, the International Wildlife Conservation Council, includes four people – gun company executive Peter Horn, lawyer Chris Hudson, Arizona developer Mike Ingram and TV show personality Keith Mark – who were involved in a 2016 fundraiser advertising access to Trump for contributions of $500,000 or more.
Former National Rifle Association lobbyist Ben Cassidy was the contact person at the Interior Department for the trophy committee. Cassidy left in July while his conduct was part of a formal ethics department probe and joined Safari Club International, a trophy hunting advocacy group with close ties to the Trump administration.


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You Can See More Varieties of Cacti in the Chihuahuan Desert Than Anywhere Else
By Andrea Romano
The Chihuahuan Desert is the most biologically diverse desert in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the most diverse in the world. Over 175,000 square miles spanning northern Mexico, southwestern Texas, and southern New Mexico and Arizona, the desert is home to more than 1,000 species of plants and animals.
Back in the 1800s, the desert itself was covered in tall grass, but due to overgrazing, agriculture and oil drilling, only the species of plants that have been able to survive the harsh conditions remain.
Visitors to the Chihuahuan Desert can enjoy long hikes to find rare plants and animals; the desert is home to more species of cacti than anywhere else. According to the National Park Service, the claret cup cactus, which blooms in late spring, can grow up to five feet in diameter with dozens of crimson-colored flowers.
However, since the Chihuahuan Desert is actually a "shrub desert" you might not see as many cacti as you would elsewhere, so spotting a flowering cactus can be a rare treat.
The desert is also home to the dunes sagebrush lizard, an increasingly disappearing species of lizard that lives in the sandy dunes. The Center for Biological Diversity is currently petitioning for the reptile to be officially protected as an endangered species.
The Chihuahuan desert only receives about 36 to 48 inches of rain annually, usually between July and October. The summers tend to be extremely hot and the winters are very cold, so the best time to visit the desert in the fall and spring. Springtime especially is best for seeing plants in full bloom. However, travelers should be ready for a variety of weather conditions.
This Gorgeous Lake in Italy is Even More Amazing Than Lake Como
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Kentucky Is Home to the World's Longest Known Cave System — Here's How to Explore It
Melting Ice in the Canadian Arctic Reveals Ancient Landscapes That Had Been Hidden for More Than 40,000 Years
Why You Should Visit the Crystal Caves, One of Bermuda's Most Beautiful Attractions
How to See Alaska's Beautiful Glaciers Before It's Too Late
This Historic Trail in Puerto Rico Has the Best Views of San Juan
You Can Now Dive With Orcas In the Norwegian Fjords — And You Might Even See The Northern Lights While You're There
This River in Colombia Turns Into a Liquid Rainbow You Have to See to Believe
You Can Take a Hike Through Forests and Wetlands at Zurich Airport
Australia's Kanku-Breakaways Conservation Park Will Make You Feel Like You're on Mars
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Manhattanhenge 2019 Dates: Where and When to See NYC's Best Sunsets of the Year
You Can See Thousands of Monarch Butterflies at This National Park in Canada
Adventure Hikes That Will Take You Around the World
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Deep inside, Robert Redford longs to create something that will have a lasting impact on the world. Whether it is a political movement, a business, or a philosophy, he has a strong inner drive to manifest something of major importance.
Like the 11, Robert's is a Master Number, possessing all the intelligence, sensitivity, and electric creativity that such a power would suggest. Redford has the inventiveness of the 11 and the down-to-earth practicality of the 4. This combination can make him supremely capable of making his ambitions a reality.
The demands of this Soul number are as enormous as its potential. What will be required from Robert Redford to fulfill his noble ambitions is nothing less than a commitment of his entire being.
The path Robert has chosen is not an easy one. Redford needs time to develop, and he is unlikely to begin to fulfill his ambitions until after he has reached a certain level of maturity.
Whether Robert Redford knows it or not, he possesses great power within his being. He was born with this power in a latent state, but on some level he was aware of it. Early in life, this power manifested itself as awkwardness and a discomfort inside of Robert. His self image has always been one of contradictory extremes: on one hand Redford sensed his uniqueness and potential; on the other he may have felt insecure and perhaps even inferior.
This paradox has caused waves of self-doubt and lack of confidence. But it also is a powerful generator of energy that, when combined with the higher characteristics of the 22, can become a dynamic and unrelenting force. In order to channel such great power, Robert Redford needs a noble goal for which to aim.
He can be a great leader, inspiring and motivating with his vision and work ethic. Redford's ideas are so creative and superior that they inspire enthusiasm and sometimes even devotion among his co-workers.
Robert Redford should be involved in large enterprises or governmental institutions. He has the organizational diplomatic skills sufficient to keep difficult and delicate projects on track.
Once Robert comes into possession of his full power, there are many psychological and spiritual pitfalls to be faced. Robert Redford can become arrogant and superior. He can become deluded into thinking that his judgment is beyond question, and that the advice and support of others is unnecessary. Redford may seek to control all power in a given enterprise. This dangerous and egocentric attitude is sometimes even extended to family members who he may seek to keep under his thumb.
Robert Redford's challenge, once he has begun to use his true gifts, is to remain humble in the face of his significant accomplishments.
Robert performs best when his domestic foundation is stable and supportive; it is very important to have a partner who shares Robert Redford's dreams and has high degree of strength and independence to keep up with his drive.
Challenges somehow draw the best out of Redford. His human qualities - creativity, humility, understanding, and compassion - increase with the level of his performance. Therefore, commitment to excellence is central to Robert Redford's success and inner development.
Robert Redford's Soul Urge number represents his inner self. The Soul Urge number, also called Heart's Desire, shows Robert's underlying urge - his true motivation.
It reveals the general intention behind many of Redford's actions. Consequently, it dramatically influences the choices Robert Redford makes in life.
Read more about our interpretation of Robert Redford's soul urge (heart's desire) number . . .


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Q: Issue with RunSavedImportExport I have a VBA code on Access.
I use the function RunSavedImportExport using a saved import specification. Basically it imports a CSV file and puts it in a table let's call it Table_A.
Right after importing the file I have an SQL query on Table_A.
When running the code, it fails on the SQL query saying that Table_A is not found and stops at this line. If I hit again run, it continues whithout any issue.
It seems like the code moves to the second instruction while the importation has not finished yet.
Has anyone had a problem like this ?
Thanks.

A: I have not had this specific problem before, but a similar circumstance where I can only describe it as "the code moved too fast".
Try adding a delay between creating the table and querying from it. Access doesn't allow application.wait so you could try the following:
Dim T1 As Variant
Dim T2 As Variant

T1 = Now()
T2 = DateAdd("s", 1, T1)

Do Until T2 <= T1
    T1 = Now()
Loop

This does add a one second delay, so hopefully the time length isn't an issue for yourself.

EDIT

from what @Andre has suggested in the comment, I understand this to be a smarter alternative to my delay suggestion.
option explicit
Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)

function RunSavedImportExport()
  [some code]
  Dim T1 As Variant
  Dim T2 As Variant

  T1 = Now()
  T2 = DateAdd("s", 1, T1)

  Do Until T2 <= T1
    T1 = Now()
    sleep 50
  Loop
  [some code]
end function

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We are targeting a reduction in wasted energy and resources.
We invest in having the most fuel efficient fleet. All of our campervans for hire in the UK & Ireland are less than 2 years old – we don't rent old bangers!
Bunk Campers continual investment in bringing you the most modern, freshest and fuel efficient fleet mean that we are the only campervan and motorhome rental company in Ireland to offer you EURO 6 ENGINES. We make your travel budget go miles further with our modern fleet + lower fuel consumption, saving you money.
Greater performance – a better holiday.
Lower fuel consumption – saving you money.
Lower emissions – better for the environment.
Smoother running and quieter ride – a better drive.
Fiat have completely reworked the engine line-up on the Fiat Ducato model. Rent one of our Aero / Vista or Grande campervans and you will be travelling in one of Europe's most modern vehicles.
Where possible we harvest rainwater at our depots and use this to clean the outside of our campervans. We are continuing to invest in harvesting facilities at our depots.
Our bedding kits are freshly laundered on 30 degree washing cycles. Washing at 30 degrees saves energy.
We don't believe in filling your campervan water tanks to full capacity for your arrival. This reduces waste of water that is not used and reduces your fuel consumption as you are not carrying extra and unnecessary weight. Every van is filled with water to a quarter of its capacity so that you have enough to get started for the first few days of your trip.
We have managed to source an environmentally friendly WC fluid suitable for campervan and Motorhome toilets. Blue bio is a 2 in 1 waste and flush tank additive that works at 1% dilution which is easy and safe to use. We are the exclusive retailers of this in Ireland and the only campervan hire company in the UK to use it.
Disposal of your grey and black waste water is your responsibility. Use campsites facilities so you can dispose of your waste water frequently and responsibly.
Campervans have only limited facilities for storing food therefore you really only need to shop as you go and minimise waste of fresh food. Recycling facilities for bottles, newspapers, aluminium cans etc are widely available across the country so you can dump as you go on your travels.
Avoid damaging animal habitats, use small amounts of soap for washing, always pick up litter and leave your site as you found it.


Truly an awe-inspiring work of art. Brilliant, amazing, and astounding - very, very well done!
Awesome to see in person at SCA 50 year.
This is a fantastic piece of work. I saw it at 50 Year and am thrilled to find this site with the explanation of the images.
Thank you for this beautiful and inspiring work.
It was an honor to see the full tapestry at 50 Year and to be given the tour by you. An amazing piece of work, beautifully done. It was obvious the love and care you put into this project, and I was glad so many people had the opportunity to see and appreciate it. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this historic work. I can only imagine the time it took and surely cannot wait to see it in person.
What a beautiful and inspiring work of art! I am in awe of your vision, your elegant stitchery, and your courage in taking on such a huge project. We've only met in passing, but as I had endeavored to put my new-learned embroidery stitches to practice over the winter months, I now hope to someday converse with you over a cup of coffee about your project. A truly magnificent part of SCA iconographic history. Vivat!
This is the most amazing and inspiring work of SCA art I have ever seen! I fully and leisurely enjoyed it over two days of reading and viewing each panel, and came away feeling so moved and awed. I learned so much, and everything is pictured and told so beautifully! This is such an incredibly important work, so young members like me can learn the history and so it can be preserved and passed on to future generations. I agree with your statement in the last page; may we have 50 more years, at least! I wish there was a motto for the SCA as a whole; (there really should be!) but as there is none that I know of, I will have to settle for (but I mean this for everyone and not just for my Kingdom); DRACO INVICTUS!!!
Astounding and incredibly ambitious project - and you are accomplishing it!!!! I have been a Membersince AS 9 and this is the very finest piece of SCA art i have ever seen.


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Q: Prevent PowerShell from automatically passing my Windows username to "ssh" How do I prevent PowerShell from entering my Windows username as the user in ssh?
I try to access OctoPi for instance. I open PowerShell. I enter:
ssh octopi.local

PowerShell then returns:
[username]@octopi.local's password:

(note: username hidden for privacy purposes).
Of course, I can never login this way, because that user doesn't exist on the Raspberry Pi!
When I do this using PuTTY, I am correctly prompted to enter the username:
login as: pi
pi@octopi.local's password:
Linux octopi 5.4.79-v7+ #1373 SMP Mon Nov 23 13:22:33 GMT 2020 armv7l

Why would PowerShell assume that I want to pass my Windows username to something I'm logging into? How do I prevent this from happening?

A: Specify the desired username on the ssh commandline:
ssh user@example.com

(btw, this is not a PowerShell question, you are just using OpenSSH ssh client)


Multiplex Realities is two one-to-one performances working with imagination, senses and virtual reality technology around perceiving multiple perceptions and layers of reality simultaneously. It works on a sensorial and social level during a meeting between the performer and the audience.
It works simultaneously as a live art installation piece as the actions happening inside the piece can be followed from an audience outside. There you can follow two bodies negotiating a meeting between them and how the development of that meeting changes the physicality of their bodies.
Multiplex Realities - is an umbrella title for the construction of reality through social and sensorial experience. It is also the title of a performance of two separate experiences existing simultaneously in two different rooms parallel to each other.
You will enter into this experience one person at a time. Together we will be moving, talking, walking, communicating, shaping, adapting, creating and oscillating inside different parallel realities which are constantly evolving with time. The sensorial, social and imaginary perceptions of reality will be interleaved into one experience where truths and structures are challenged and potential futures are constantly changing.
Thanks to: Weld, Love Olsson, Marko Permanto, Erik Blåsjö and to everyone who has participated in the process.
Photos by: Erik Annerborn, Noah Hellwig and Miranda Abrahamsson.