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by Henry Arias 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

all the sudden im 30 i thought id be driving a mini van full of kids and happily decorating my own home but life has shown me again that i am not in control and as i wait for more children and a sense of being settled i know some people dont love the whole valentines thing but it is so fun to me i dont care if the greeting card company made it up- any day where i get to be pretty treated with sweetness have a declicious dinner and some romance is right on in my book even more obsessed with flickr than usual of late women who have these hormonal issues typically carry alot of weight around the middle (due to the out of control insulin and resultant too high of testosterone) and a high protein and fiber diet combined with low carbs really helps with that an added benefit is that these types of foods are so filling and you avoid the highs and crashes that people with blood sugar problems live by snacks NUTS i would die without nuts i love roasted almonds cashews peanuts i also love those roasted edamame they taste like nuts even though theyre not and nuts taste really good with a few slices of swiss cheese also deli meat slices celery with peanut butter on it a few whole grain crackers with cheese beef jerky sugar free snack packs stuffed mushrooms hard boiled eggs string cheese protein bars crudites and more NUTS you love him too right where are neighborhoods like that anymore with bushes big enough to hide in and kids that go around the block together all afternoon and normal sized houses and the old winkfields next door ok i dont need the winkfields but id sure love to give my kids the rest it makes me too happy drawers full of yarn too glorious im loving babies & mamas sunshine happy rooms and cool colors hard to find only a little ive met some truly kindred spirits in my life so far especially my two nicoles (well coco i not so much met as i was born to the same parents) i love them girls and their cute purses guess what i finally put in the shop with that heres the stuff i eat salad with chicken a different salad with chicken repeat repeat this is the hard thing about it not a ton of delicious options im kind of kidding ive found a few other yummy things too isnt life surprising i was laying awake thinking last night about how different my life has gone then what i thought (in a good way) i am determined project 31 is rolling along i have donations for every single item i need for the 31 newborn kits and lots of fabric donations and i will sew until there are 31 baby quilts too thank you SO much i was overwhelmed by the awesome response packages are starting to arrive i will be sure to post some pictures when i get it all together and ready to take to the humanitarian center my heart is happy Quilt kits finally all done Off to the kindergarten valentine party more earrings get yours here i had a really tumultuous teenager-hood i was a happy and smart little kid it was surprising when so much angst welled up inside me how have you been surprised what can i say

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U.S. Steps Up Effort on Digital Defenses
by Eugen Leitl 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/us/28cyber.html?_r=2&ref=global-home&page… April 28, 2009 U.S. Steps Up Effort on Digital Defenses By DAVID E. SANGER, JOHN MARKOFF and THOM SHANKER This article was reported by David E. Sanger, John Markoff and Thom Shanker and written by Mr. Sanger. When American forces in Iraq wanted to lure members of Al Qaeda into a trap, they hacked into one of the groupbs computers and altered information that drove them into American gun sights. When President George W. Bush ordered new ways to slow Iranbs progress toward a nuclear bomb last year, he approved a plan for an experimental covert program b its results still unclear b to bore into their computers and undermine the project. And the Pentagon has commissioned military contractors to develop a highly classified replica of the Internet of the future. The goal is to simulate what it would take for adversaries to shut down the countrybs power stations, telecommunications and aviation systems, or freeze the financial markets b in an effort to build better defenses against such attacks, as well as a new generation of online weapons. Just as the invention of the atomic bomb changed warfare and deterrence 64 years ago, a new international race has begun to develop cyberweapons and systems to protect against them. Thousands of daily attacks on federal and private computer systems in the United States b many from China and Russia, some malicious and some testing chinks in the patchwork of American firewalls b have prompted the Obama administration to review American strategy. President Obama is expected to propose a far larger defensive effort in coming days, including an expansion of the $17 billion, five-year program that Congress approved last year, the appointment of a White House official to coordinate the effort, and an end to a running bureaucratic battle over who is responsible for defending against cyberattacks. But Mr. Obama is expected to say little or nothing about the nationbs offensive capabilities, on which the military and the nationbs intelligence agencies have been spending billions. In interviews over the past several months, a range of military and intelligence officials, as well as outside experts, have described a huge increase in the sophistication of American cyberwarfare capabilities. Because so many aspects of the American effort to develop cyberweapons and define their proper use remain classified, many of those officials declined to speak on the record. The White House declined several requests for interviews or to say whether Mr. Obama as a matter of policy supports or opposes the use of American cyberweapons. The most exotic innovations under consideration would enable a Pentagon programmer to surreptitiously enter a computer server in Russia or China, for example, and destroy a b botnetb b a potentially destructive program that commandeers infected machines into a vast network that can be clandestinely controlled b before it could be unleashed in the United States. Or American intelligence agencies could activate malicious code that is secretly embedded on computer chips when they are manufactured, enabling the United States to take command of an enemybs computers by remote control over the Internet. That, of course, is exactly the kind of attack officials fear could be launched on American targets, often through Chinese-made chips or computer servers. So far, however, there are no broad authorizations for American forces to engage in cyberwar. The invasion of the Qaeda computer in Iraq several years ago and the covert activity in Iran were each individually authorized by Mr. Bush. When he issued a set of classified presidential orders in January 2008 to organize and improve Americabs online defenses, the administration could not agree on how to write the authorization. A principal architect of that order said the issue had been passed on to the next president, in part because of the complexities of cyberwar operations that, by necessity, would most likely be conducted on both domestic and foreign Internet sites. After the controversy surrounding domestic spying, Mr. Bushbs aides concluded, the Bush White House did not have the credibility or the political capital to deal with the subject. Electronic Vulnerabilities Cyberwar would not be as lethal as atomic war, of course, nor as visibly dramatic. But when Mike McConnell, the former director of national intelligence, briefed Mr. Bush on the threat in May 2007, he argued that if a single large American bank were successfully attacked b it would have an order-of-magnitude greater impact on the global economyb than the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Mr. McConnell, who left office three months ago, warned last year that b the ability to threaten the U.S. money supply is the equivalent of todaybs nuclear weapon.b The scenarios developed last year for the incoming president by Mr. McConnell and his coordinator for cybersecurity, Melissa Hathaway, went further. They described vulnerabilities including an attack on Wall Street and one intended to bring down the nationbs electric power grid. Most were extrapolations of attacks already tried. Today, Ms. Hathaway is the primary author of White House cyberstrategy and has been traveling the country talking in vague terms about recent, increasingly bold attacks on the computer networks that keep the country running. Government officials will not discuss the details of a recent attack on the air transportation network, other than to say the attack never directly affected air traffic control systems. Still, the specter of an attack that could blind air traffic controllers and, perhaps, the militarybs aerospace defense networks haunts military and intelligence officials. (The saving grace of the air traffic control system, officials say, is that it is so old that it is not directly connected to the Internet.) Studies, with code names like Dark Angel, have focused on whether cellphone towers, emergency-service communications and hospital systems could be brought down, to sow chaos. But the theoretical has, at times, become real. b We have seen Chinese network operations inside certain of our electricity grids,b said Joel F. Brenner, who oversees counterintelligence operations for Dennis Blair, Mr. McConnellbs successor as national intelligence director, speaking at the University of Texas at Austin this month. b Do I worry about those grids, and about air traffic control systems, water supply systems, and so on? You bet I do.b But the broader question b one the administration so far declines to discuss b is whether the best defense against cyberattack is the development of a robust capability to wage cyberwar. As Mr. Obamabs team quickly discovered, the Pentagon and the intelligence agencies both concluded in Mr. Bushbs last years in office that it would not be enough to simply build higher firewalls and better virus detectors or to restrict access to the federal governmentbs own computers. b The fortress model simply will not work for cyber,b said one senior military officer who has been deeply engaged in the debate for several years. b Someone will always get in.b That thinking has led to a debate over whether lessons learned in the nuclear age b from the days of b mutually assured destructionb b apply to cyberwar. But in cyberwar, it is hard to know where to strike back, or even who the attacker might be. Others have argued for borrowing a page from Mr. Bushbs pre-emption doctrine by going into foreign computers to destroy malicious software before it is unleashed into the worldbs digital bloodstream. But that could amount to an act of war, and many argue it is a losing game, because the United States is more dependent on a constantly running Internet system than many of its potential adversaries, and therefore could suffer more damage in a counterattack. In a report scheduled to be released Wednesday, the National Research Council will argue that although an offensive cybercapability is an important asset for the United States, the nation is lacking a clear strategy, and secrecy surrounding preparations has hindered national debate, according to several people familiar with the report. The advent of Internet attacks b especially those suspected of being directed by nations, not hackers b has given rise to a new That prompted further studies to determine if attackers could take down a series of generators, bringing whole parts of the country to a halt. Another war game that the Department of Homeland Security sponsored in March 2008, called Cyber Storm II, envisioned a far larger, coordinated attack against the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It studied a disruption of chemical plants, rail lines, oil and gas pipelines and private computer networks. That study and others like it concluded that when attacks go global, the potential economic repercussions increase exponentially. To prove the point, Mr. McConnell, then the director of national intelligence, spent much of last summer urging senior government officials to examine the Treasury Departmentbs scramble to contain the effects of the collapse of Bear Stearns. Markets froze, he said, because b what backs up that money is confidence b an accounting system that is reconcilable.b He began studies of what would happen if the system that clears market trades froze. b We were halfway through the study,b one senior intelligence official said last month, b and the markets froze of their own accord. And we looked at each other and said, bOur market collapse has just given every cyberwarrior out there a playbook.b b Just before Mr. Obama was elected, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a policy research group in Washington, warned in a report that b Americabs failure to protect cyberspace is one of the most urgent national security problems facing the new administration.b What alarmed the panel was not the capabilities of individual hackers but of nations b China and Russia among them b that experts believe are putting huge resources into the development of cyberweapons. A research company called Team Cymru recently examined b scansb that came across the Internet seeking ways to get inside industrial control systems, and discovered more than 90 percent of them came from computers in China. Scanning alone does no damage, but it could be the prelude to an attack that scrambles databases or seeks to control computers. But Team Cymru ran into a brick wall as soon as it tried to trace who, exactly, was probing these industrial systems. It could not determine whether military organizations, intelligence agencies, terrorist groups, criminals or inventive teenagers were behind the efforts. The good news, some government officials argue, is that the Chinese are deterred from doing real damage: Because they hold more than a trillion dollars in United States government debt, they have little interest in freezing up a system they depend on for their own invBB and it is creating the kind of infrastructure that was built around nuclear weapons in the 1940s and b50s. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is considering proposals to create a Cyber Command b initially as a new headquarters within the Strategic Command, which controls the American nuclear arsenal and assets in space. Right now, the responsibility for computer network security is part of Strategic Command, and military officials there estimate that over the past six months, the government has spent $100 million responding to probes and attacks on military systems. Air Force officials confirm that a large network of computers at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama was temporarily taken off-line within the past eight months when it was put at risk of widespread infection from computer viruses. But Mr. Gates has concluded that the militarybs cyberwarfare effort requires a sharper focus b and thus a specific command. It would build the defenses for military computers and communications systems and b the part the Pentagon is reluctant to discuss b develop and deploy cyberweapons. In fact, that effort is already under way b it is part of what the National Cyber Range is all about. The range is a replica of the Internet of the future, and it is being built to be attacked. Competing teams of contractors b including BAE Systems, the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University and Sparta Inc. b are vying to build the Pentagon a system it can use to simulate attacks. The National Security Agency already has a smaller version of a similar system, in Millersville, Md. In short, the Cyber Range is to the digital age what the Bikini Atoll b the islands the Army vaporized in the 1950s to measure the power of the hydrogen bomb b was to the nuclear age. But once the tests at Bikini Atoll demonstrated to the world the awesome destructive power of the bomb, it became evident to the United States and the Soviet Union b and other nuclear powers b that the risks of a nuclear exchange were simply too high. In the case of cyberattacks, where the results can vary from the annoying to the devastating, there are no such rules. The Deterrence Conundrum During the cold war, if a strategic missile had been fired at the United States, screens deep in a mountain in Colorado would have lighted up and American commanders would have some time to decide whether to launch a counterattack. Today, when Pentagon computers are subjected to a barrage, the origin is often a mystery. Absent certainty about the source, it is almost impossible to mount a counterattack. In th of pre-emption, with all of its Bush-era connotations. The questions range from whether an online attack should be mounted on that system to, in an extreme case, blowing those computers up. Some officials argue that if the United States engaged in such pre-emption b and demonstrated that it was watching the development of hostile cyberweapons b it could begin to deter some attacks. Others believe it will only justify pre-emptive attacks on the United States. b Russia and China have lots of nationalistic hackers,b one senior military officer said. b They seem very, very willing to take action on their own.b Senior Pentagon and military officials also express deep concern that the laws and understanding of armed conflict have not kept current with the challenges of offensive cyberwarfare. Over the decades, a number of limits on action have been accepted b if not always practiced. One is the prohibition against assassinating government leaders. Another is avoiding attacks aimed at civilians. Yet in the cyberworld, where the most vulnerable targets are civilian, there are no such rules or understandings. If a military base is attacked, would it be a proportional, legitimate response to bring down the attackerbs power grid if that would also shut down its hospital systems, its air traffic control system or its banking system? b We donbt have that for cyber yet,b one senior Defense Department official said, b and thatbs a little bit dangerous.b

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Rules Schmules
by Dora Harper 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

from brora what an adventure it is say hi to gilbert and the kids with love km i spent a few hours organizing my yarn and needles into that armoire i really really need my bedroom to be simple and uncluttered and white for calming purposes you know what i mean i swear nothing makes me happier than a peaceful space and some needles one more thought about best friends we gave the universe one out- if grant found a job he loved before springtime wed stay put even though we wanted to go to cali really bad and even though grant had been looking for a different job for a long time all the sudden im 30 i thought id be driving a mini van full of kids and happily decorating my own home but life has shown me again that i am not in control and as i wait for more children and a sense of being settled cate what did you play on the computer then what a few hours on a sunny day can do for you it made me happy all day the kids hung out at that corner played on that grass got drinks out of that hose went through the secret passage way in the juniper bushes and only left the area to go around the block over and over again sometimes it was on bikes with banana seats sometimes roller skates sometimes big wheels sometimes walking even occasionally on skateboards with cardboard boxes on them (our cars) snacks NUTS i would die without nuts i love roasted almonds cashews peanuts i also love those roasted edamame they taste like nuts even though theyre not and nuts taste really good with a few slices of swiss cheese also deli meat slices celery with peanut butter on it a few whole grain crackers with cheese beef jerky sugar free snack packs stuffed mushrooms hard boiled eggs string cheese protein bars crudites and more NUTS hey my little family ten months after we were married i was a stay at home mom living the student life again while grant went back to school a few months later another unplanned event- my mom passed away suddenly it was the first time i realized that things dont always go how you think they will and that it all can turn out better than you imagined messes are piling up around me making it hard to relax and get well i cant cuddle grant or cate- they need to stay well- so they are steering clear of me i am bored and tired and achy im just obsessed with him off to the kindergarten valentines day party

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by Clifford Mcgee 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

even more obsessed with flickr than usual of late im just obsessed with him when cate is too scared to go downstairs penny will go with her and everything is all right she lets cate dress her up for weddings or try to ride her or pull her by the tail almost daily and even knowing the torture she will soon endure she gets so excited when cate gets home from school the girl loves a project i mean LOVES it was like so fun to her to print them off plan how she wanted to present them go to the store for candy sign and put them together she just bossed me around and made sure i tied the string right Taking the valentines happy girl where are neighborhoods like that anymore with bushes big enough to hide in and kids that go around the block together all afternoon and normal sized houses and the old winkfields next door ok i dont need the winkfields but id sure love to give my kids the rest valentines day preparations and the dishes she cleans for me i dont even have to rinse before putting things in the dishwasher anymore and how warm she keeps my toesies while im sitting at the desk working on the computer who needs slippers it seems her only desire in life is to be close to us and all she asks for is an occasional pet and some food and water truly my lowest maintenance friend this week i am getting all my ducks in a row so that this weekend i can hole up and sew myself some desperately needed skirts for church and summer let me explain Buoy one more thought about best friends the deal with pcos and carbs women who have these hormonal issues typically carry alot of weight around the middle (due to the out of control insulin and resultant too high of testosterone) and a high protein and fiber diet combined with low carbs really helps with that an added benefit is that these types of foods are so filling and you avoid the highs and crashes that people with blood sugar problems live by i had a really tumultuous teenager-hood i was a happy and smart little kid it was surprising when so much angst welled up inside me she didnt want to print off her name- signing was a must i went to the fabric store tonight in search of prints to make some new spring scarves with some will probably end up in the shop too i just love this look also i love toast (the catalog and the cooked bread) they make me happy hard to find only a little ive met some truly kindred spirits in my life so far especially my two nicoles (well coco i not so much met as i was born to the same parents) i love them girls and their cute purses me 1982 i was born in orange county where my parents had lived in the same house for like 20 years they had both lived in so cal all their lives

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by Lindsey Metz 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

remember how i was so proud that my room was clean and i was knitting well i still am breakfast i always have two eggs and salsa always i dont really get sick of it and it would really stink if i did because theres not a lot out there for breakfast actually when you are at your ideal weight and ovulating regularly you can have any kind of whole grain hot cereal without a problem you know steel cut oats etc i am not quite there yet berries and grapes are pretty low on the glycemic index and i have those too oh and i love cottage cheese with fruit plan to be surprised all kits are shipped phew i spent a few years calming down my teen angst and attempting to grow up i loved san luis obispo i was ready to chill there for good more earrings get yours here she is my best babysitter for cate she takes turns with me putting cate to bed and being her pillow i couldnt find a video of him performing it but listen to the lyrics and that made me think of all the insomniatic nights that she stayed up with me and mirrored my every move and snuggled me right out of my anxiety into dreamland long after grant and cate had drifted off women who have these hormonal issues typically carry alot of weight around the middle (due to the out of control insulin and resultant too high of testosterone) and a high protein and fiber diet combined with low carbs really helps with that an added benefit is that these types of foods are so filling and you avoid the highs and crashes that people with blood sugar problems live by Off to the kindergarten valentine party different boyfriends came and went through all this some i thought i could marry some i was mad at myself for hanging around some that broke my heart i spent a few hours organizing my yarn and needles into that armoire one more thought about best friends Taking the valentines happy girl do you have to be obsessed with yarn and needles and hooks like i am to think that is the most inviting little space youve ever seen with that heres the stuff i eat salad with chicken a different salad with chicken repeat repeat this is the hard thing about it not a ton of delicious options im kind of kidding ive found a few other yummy things too

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by Quinton Hartley 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

i do have one faithful companion who is braving the germs penny the pug russell but the main thing i love about this picture is tree cover you can see in the upper right corner thats how it was all around the block even on really hot days you could find a great place to play in some serious shade everyone had a huge tree or trees somewhere on their property and bushes and ivy and a great variety of things the only reason we had those young trees on the corner was because my mom sold our big palm tree to some palm springs landscapers ha feeling so inspired plan to be surprised and i cheat like alot well usually i ease up on weekends but i feel so crappy and bloated again that i cant wait to start eating right on monday but i have kind of had to tell myself this is just the new lifestyle and if i want to indulge every now and again im going to cause id rather die than not be able to have some chips and guac or a slice of cake every now and again so if i eat like this 90% of the time then ive noticed that my body or the scale doesnt mind if i wander in my choices a bit the other 10% exercising everyday helps with this too i feel like its a great trade off- feeling great and a regular period for a little self control and the dishes she cleans for me i dont even have to rinse before putting things in the dishwasher anymore and how warm she keeps my toesies while im sitting at the desk working on the computer who needs slippers it seems her only desire in life is to be close to us and all she asks for is an occasional pet and some food and water truly my lowest maintenance friend it was the first time i realized that things dont always go how you think they will and that it all can turn out better than you imagined a little note for my valentine did anyone else sustain life with saltines from the ages of 13-17 cause that would make me happy we lived on a corner in a typical oc tract neighborhood i love all the sweet artistically talented bloggers that offer free downloads around holidays for us readers i was born in orange county where my parents had lived in the same house for like 20 years they had both lived in so cal all their lives goal peaceful nights productive days again happy things ready to share the love remember how i was so proud that my room was clean and i was knitting well i still am lunch whole wheat pita with tuna or deli meat or a big salad with grilled chicken but let me tell you thats not how it will really go i imagine most kids will want to stay home and play computer games but their moms will make them come and so theyll grudgingly put on a some church pants and skirts so i was wondering if you could help me know how to bring the romance back into our modern life its not really that important no matter the dress or the menu we just want the kids to come to feel the spirit of the temple but its like you said anne when you dont use your imagination to make life beautiful how much you miss and as ive been laying in my misery ive been thinking a lot about that penny and just how lonely id be if she wasnt there with me

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