Digital Attack Map Is all of the hype true? Are we really under a cyber-attack? Do we truly need to fear a digital attack? Yes! I recently ran across the digital attack map, which I think helps to demonstrate the very real threat, which we all live under. ...
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Happy Hanukkah! “We light these lights for the miracles and the wonders, for the redemption and the battles that you made for our forefathers, in those days at this season, through your holy priests. During all eight days of Hanukkah these lights are sacred, and we are not permitted to make ordinary use of...
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An Autumn Afternoon Futilely, I search for the perfect words to captures this splendor, which I am momentarily permitted to gaze upon. This vista will not last. Perhaps for a few weeks, but most likely in a matter of days, it will be irrevocably changed. It seems, to me,...
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Smithsonian Free Museum Admission Day On Saturday, September 28, 2013 the Smithsonian Magazine is once again sponsoring a Free Museum Admission Day. Simply go to the link below to find a participating museum and print your ticket! http://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/
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Hacked or Spoofed Recently I received an email from Jill, where the “From” address had her name, but when I opened the email, I knew it was not from her. Initially, I became concerned; I would hate for Jill’s email to get hacked, especially since I am in the security world. I followed...
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The X-Force Emerging Threats IBM has a security research and development team called the X-Force. The IBM X-Force team is world renowned for studying and monitoring the latest vulnerabilities and threats on the web. They are also responsible for discovering vulnerabilities that exist within our own products, as well as third party products,...
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Ever Since by Archibald MacLeish What do you remember thinking back? What do you think of at dusk in the slack Evening when the mind refills With the cool past as a well fills in Darkness from forgotten rains? Do you think of walking in the all-night train, The curtains drawn, the...
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Do you know about Nicky’s Family? This movie is about Nicholas Winston, a man who managed to rescue over six hundred, mostly Jewish children, from Czechoslovakia, at the dawn of World War II. The movie not only tells of Mr. Winston’s remarkable efforts, which would have gone unheralded, had his late wife not found...
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Will you be my friend? by James Kavanaugh Will you be my friend? There are so many reasons why you never should: I’m sometimes sullen, often shy, acutely sensitive, My fear erupts as anger, I find it hard to give, I talk about myself when I’m afraid And often spend a day without...
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I Remember I woke up today thinking how strange it is not to have Stella, in my life. I miss her, and the idea that I will never see nor hear her again, saddens me deeply. One of the last moments, which I had with Stella, is a memory that I continue to replay...
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