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US Govt proposal to classify Security Tools as Weapons of War w/ Export Regulations.
This would be devastating to US business and security products.
In 2013, WA agreed to add the following to their list of dual-use goods: systems, equipment or components specially designed for the generation, operation or delivery of, or communication with, intrusion software; software specially designed or modified for the development or production of such systems, equipment or components; software specially designed for the generation, operation or delivery of, or communication with, intrusion software; technology required for the development of intrusion software; Internet Protocol (IP) network communications surveillance systems or equipment and test, inspection, production equipment, specially designed components therefor, and development and production software and technology therefor. BIS, the Departments of Defense and State, as well as other agencies have been discussing the best way to add these items, which we have named “cybersecurity items,” to the Commerce Control List (CCL) (Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of the Export Administration Regulations) without reducing encryption controls and while balancing the national security and foreign policy. For resource planning purposes, as well as license requirements, license exceptions, license submission requirements, and internal license reviews and processing planning purposes, this rule is published as a proposed rule.
Yemeni Group Hacks Saudi Gov’t, Releases Thousands of Top Secret Documents
A Yemeni hacking group announced that it has hacked the website, servers and archives of Saudi Arabia’s Foreign, Interior and Defense ministries and released thousands of top secret documents from the identity and contact addresses of the country’s spies to the most confidential correspondence of Riyadh officials in the last several decades.
“We have gained access to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) network and have full control over more than 3000 computers and servers, and thousands of users. We also have access to the emails, personal and secret information of hundreds of thousands of their staff and diplomats in different missions around the world,” the Yemen Cyber Army said in a statement carried by several globally known hacking news websites.
Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1 percent; works exceptionally well on cloudy days
Cyberattacks on Oil and Gas Firms Launched with no Malware at all
http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/36843/cyber-crime/cyberattacks-on-oil-and-gas-firms.html
The attacks are ongoing for about two years.
A unique targeted attack being underway for about two consecutive years exploits Windows file functions that look legitimate and a couple of homemade scripts – but not malware – in order to infiltrate firm in the gas & oil maritime transportation sector.
Toilet waste to energy system
Toilet (Photo credit: http://www.homespothq.com)
It may not be an appetizing thought when you’re putting the dinner on – but a new loo turns human waste into fuel. The ‘No Mix Vacuum Toilet’ is an airplane-style vacuum toilet which splits waste into solids and liquids. Liquid waste is processed for chemicals such as phosphorous for fertilizers. Solid waste is processed in a bioreactor to create ‘biogas’ – a methane-rich gas which is, the scientists promise, odorless and safe for cooking.
Canny scientists have invented a new toilet system that can turn human waste into electricity and fertilizers, and reduce water for flushing by up to 90 per cent. Coined the No-Mix Vacuum Toilet, the loo has two chambers that separate the liquid and solid wastes – and uses vacuum suction technology like airplane toilets. Solid waste will be sent to a bioreactor where it will be digested to release bio-gas which contains methane – an odorless gas used to replace natural gas used in stoves for cooking. Flushing liquids in the new toilet would only take only 0.2 liters of water and flushing solids requires one liter, compared to four to six liters in a conventional loo.
According to the inventors, if it is installed in a public restroom and flushed 100 times a day, it will save 160,000 liters in a year – enough to fill a small swimming pool. The No-Mix Vacuum Toilet will divert the liquid waste to a processing facility where components used for fertilizers such as nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium can be recovered.
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Exoskeleton gives Army Vet ability to walk again
Exoskeleton (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A crushed spine is usually a life sentence of confinement to, at best, a wheelchair–but at least one vet is taking steps to change all that. In fact, Gary Linfoot is making for an inspiring story for Veteran’s Day. Five years ago the Army pilot’s helicopter suffered was brought down by a mechanical failure during Linfoot’s 19th combat tour in Iraq. Linfoot crashed in the deserts of Iraq, and his spine was crushed on impact. He was lucky to survive. Nobody was talking about him ever walking again.
But that’s all changing because of the Ekso Bionics Exoskeleton. Yes, bionics. They’ve come a long way since the television shows of the ’70s and ’80s. Remember how Steve Austin had to be rebuilt via bionics on the television show The Six Million Dollar Man? How about Automan? Yeah, that one wasn’t as popular, but it was this television show about an automatic man that a computer programmer made out of a cop and a hologram. He had a sparkly Fat Elvis suit. No one remembers. That’s why we bring it up.
Paralyzed Army veteran to walk again using exoskeleton | Fox News.
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Most popular sports by country — Wyly Wade
Most of the countries one would expect, cricket India, ice hockey Canada, table tennis China. The odd duck is clearly Guyana which most would consider a typical South American country until one realizes that 43.5% of the population is East Indian in origin. These are descendants as indentured servants. From 1838 to 1917 over 238,000 indentured Indian immigrants were shipped to Guyana with 85% being Hindu and 15% being Muslims.
The NFL is once again the most popular sport in America, a poll of 2,331 adults by Harris Interactive has revealed. For at least the ninth consecutive year of such polling, pro football emerged as the favorite sport among those polled. Thirty-one percent of respondents said that pro football was their favorite sport, with baseball checking in at 17%. That represents a narrowing of the gap between the two sports. Last year, football held an advantage of 19 percentage points when it garnered 35% of respondents’ votes compared to baseball’s 16%.
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College scholarships and daycare shows a huge improvement to crime and graduation rates
Map of Florida highlighting Orange County (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Harris Rosen adopted a Florida neighborhood called Tangelo Park, cut the crime rate in half, and increased the high school graduation rate from 25% to 100% by giving everyone free daycare and all high school graduates scholarships.
http://pegasus.ucf.edu/story/rosen/
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Infants need red meat for better health — Wyly Wade
Red meat needed for infants
In a randomized study in Bogota, Columbia has determined that introducing red meat as a supporting supplement is critical to the development of proper amounts of hemoglobin and hematocrit. This is largely due to the type of iron and zinc that is naturally occurring in red meat. This increase was not detected in vitamin supplements or with vegetables that were substituted.
This is an ongoing study series that are being conducted that look at the differences of nutrients depending on the food source they are attached. There are many examples that cards are not cards and the type of food combinations are as important to what you eat as what you eat.
http://m.ajcn.nutrition.org/content/98/4/983.short
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