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Adblock Plus Victorious Again In Court 185

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New submitter Xochil writes: AdBlock Plus has successfully defended itself in court for the second time in five weeks. The Munich Regional Court ruled against media companies ProSiebenSat1 and IP Deutschland. The companies sued Eyeo, the company behind Adblock Plus, asking the court to ban the distribution of the free ad-blocking software, saying it hurts their ad-based business model. An Eyeo release says in part: "We are elated at the decision reached today by the Munich court, which is another win for every internet user. It confirms each individual’s right to block annoying ads, protect their privacy and, by extension, determine his or her own internet experience. This time it also confirms the legitimacy of our Acceptable Ads initiative as a compromise in the often contentious and rarely progressive world of online advertising."

Insurer Won't Pay Out For Security Breach Because of Lax Security 112

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chicksdaddy writes: In what may become a trend, an insurance company is denying a claim from a California healthcare provider following the leak of data on more than 32,000 patients. The insurer, Columbia Casualty, charges that Cottage Health System did an inadequate job of protecting patient data. In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in California, Columbia alleges that the breach occurred because Cottage and a third party vendor, INSYNC Computer Solution, Inc. failed to follow "minimum required practices," as spelled out in the policy. Among other things, Cottage "stored medical records on a system that was fully accessible to the internet but failed to install encryption or take other security measures to protect patient information from becoming available to anyone who 'surfed' the Internet," the complaint alleges. Disputes like this may become more common, as insurers anxious to get into a cyber insurance market that's growing by about 40% annually use liberally written exclusions to hedge against "known unknowns" like lax IT practices, pre-existing conditions (like compromises) and so on.

Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Patent Troll 76

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An anonymous reader writes: The Supreme Court ruled today (PDF) that Cisco Systems can't skip out of a patent suit against them from patent troll Commil USA. The case reached the Supreme Court because Cisco argued it had a "good faith belief" that the patent they were infringing was invalid. The justices voted 6-2 that such a belief didn't matter if they were indeed infringing. The Supreme Court's opinion is that a company must know of the patent it's infringing, and that their product infringes upon the patent — which, at least, is more than what Commil was pushing.

The case isn't completely over — a $63.7 million verdict in Commil's favor was overturned by an Appeals Court, and now the Supreme Court has sent it back down for re-evaluation after it clarified the rules of infringement. The Appeals Court could still overturn the judgment for some other reason. The good news is that the Supreme Court dedicated a page in their opinion to telling lower courts how to sanction patent trolls and keep them from clogging the courts with ridiculous claims. "[I]t is still necessary and proper to stress that district courts have the authority and responsibility to ensure frivolous cases are dissuaded."

Court Orders UberPop Use To Be Banned In All of Italy 201

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An anonymous reader writes: A judicial court in Italy has ordered the UberPop app to cease offering its services [original source, in Italian], as it constitutes "unfair competition" again the taxi sector (taxi licenses in Italy are numbered, each can cost more than $100k to obtain). This sentence should be valid at the national level and comes after an injunction from taxi drivers in Milan, where a Universal Exhibition is incidentally bringing in thousands visitors from all over the world on a daily basis. Sources mention a judicial request to "block" the app, though no one is sure how this sentence has to be enforced and what the fines would be in case of violations.

San Bernardino Sheriff Has Used Stingray Over 300 Times With No Warrant 99

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An anonymous reader writes: After a records request by Ars, the sheriff in San Bernardino County (SBSD) sent an example of a template for a "pen register and trap and trace order" application. The county attorneys claim what they sent was a warrant application template, even though it is not. The application cites no legal authority on which to base the request. "This is astonishing because it suggests the absence of legal authorization (because if there were clear legal authorization you can bet the government would be citing it)," Fred Cate, a law professor at Indiana University, told Ars. "Alternatively, it might suggest that the government just doesn't care about legal authorization. Either interpretation is profoundly troubling," he added. Further documents reveal that the agency has used a Stingray 303 times between January 1, 2014 and May 7, 2015.

NSA-Reform Bill Fails In US Senate 135

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New submitter Steven King writes with a link to The Daily Dot's report that the U.S. Senate has rejected the controversial USA Freedom Act, thus "all but guaranteeing that key provisions of the USA Patriot Act will expire"; had it passed, the bill would have allowed continued use of some mass data-collection practices, but with the addition of stronger oversight. From the article: The Senate failed to reach agreement on passage of the USA Freedom Act, a bill to reauthorize and reform Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act, which the government has used to conduct bulk surveillance of Americans' phone records. The House of Representatives passed the bill last week by an overwhelming bipartisan majority, but Senate Democrats, who unified behind the bill, did not get enough Republican votes to assure passage. The linked piece also mentions that the EFF shifted its position on this bill, after a panel of Federal judges ruled that the Feds at the NSA had overstepped their bounds in collecting a seemingly unlimited trove of metadata relating to American citizen's phone calls.

Australian ISP Offers Pro-bono Legal Advice To Accused Pirates 66

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New submitter thegarbz writes: As covered previously, after losing a legal battle against Dallas Buyers Club and Voltage Pictures the Federal Court of Australia asked ISP iiNet to hand over details of customers allegedly downloading the movie The Dallas Buyers Club. iiNet has now taken the unprecedented move to offer pro-bono legal advice to all of its customers targeted over piracy claims. "It is important to remember that the Court's findings in this case do not mean that DBC and Voltage's allegations of copyright infringement have been proven," Ben Jenkins, financial controller for iiNet wrote. Also, as part of the ruling the court will review all correspondence sent to alleged copyright infringers in hopes to prevent the practice of speculative invoicing. Unless it can be proven exactly how much and and with how many people a film was shared the maximum damages could also be limited to the lost revenue by the studio, which currently stands at $10AU ($7.90US) based on iTunes pricing.

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An anonymous reader writes: Take Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games, is suing the BBC for trademark infringement over its planned "making of GTA" drama, Game Changers. The 90-minute movie was created without the involvement of the studio, which rarely comments on the GTA series' development outside of organised press events. (It is expected that it will draw upon the public conflict between Sam Houser and notorious anti-gaming crank Jack Thompson, via the expose "Jacked" by David Kushner.) After direct negotiations with the BBC failed, Take Two brought suit to "ensure that [their] trademarks are not misused." The details of the suit, Rockstar's objections, and the penalties sought, are not yet known.

US Proposes Tighter Export Rules For Computer Security Tools 126

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itwbennett writes: The U.S. Commerce Department has proposed tighter export rules for computer security tools and could prohibit the export of penetration testing tools without a license. The proposal would modify rules added to the Wassenaar Arrangement in 2013 that limit the export of technologies related to intrusion and traffic inspection. The definition of intrusion software would also encompass 'proprietary research on the vulnerabilities and exploitation of computers and network-capable devices,' the proposal said.

Canadian Piracy Rates Plummet As Industry Points To New Copyright Notice System 224

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An anonymous reader writes: Canada's copyright notice-and-notice system took effect earlier this year, leading to thousands of notifications being forwarded by Internet providers to their subscribers. Since its launch, there have been serious concerns about the use of notices to demand settlements and to shift the costs of enforcement to consumers and Internet providers. Yet reports indicate that piracy rates in Canada have plummeted, with some ISPs seeing a 70% decrease in online infringement.

Swedish Court Orders Seizure of Pirate Bay Domains 55

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The Pirate Bay will probably never be the darling of any government; we've seen various Pirate Bay domains cracked down on, and the arrests of site founders. An anonymous reader writes now with the news reported this morning by TorrentFreak that: the Stockholm District Court has ordered two key domains owned by The Pirate Bay to be seized. While the ruling means that the site will lose its famous domain, don't expect the site to simply disappear. TPB informs TorrentFreak that they have plenty more domains left in store. From the point of view of the down-crackers, It's a hard problem, particularly when it's easy for people to spin up their own instances of the site.

Court of Appeals Says Samsung's Legal Payments To Apple Should Be Reduced 66

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Mark Wilson writes: Patent lawsuits in the world of technology are nothing new, and the case between Apple and Samsung resulted in one of the largest fines ever being handed down. Samsung was order to pay $930 million in damages after a court found that the company had violated Apple patents with its smartphone and tablet designs. Today the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overturned part of the original ruling, saying that the jury was wrong to say that Samsung infringed on Apple's trade dress intellectual property. The exact details of what this will mean are yet to come out, but it should lead to a fairly hefty reduction in Samsung's legal costs.

FTC Recommends Conditions For Sale of RadioShack Customer Data 54

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itwbennett writes: The FTC has weighed in on the contentious issue of the proposed sale of consumer data by RadioShack, recommending that a settlement with failed online toy retailer be adopted as a model for dealings going forward. Director of the FTC's bureau of consumer protection Jessica L. Rich wrote in a letter to a court-appointed consumer privacy ombudsman that the agency's concerns about the transfer of customer information inconsistent with RadioShack's privacy promises "would be greatly diminished if certain conditions were met." These include: that the data was not sold standalone, and if the buyer is in the same lines of business, they agree to be bound by the same privacy policies.

North Carolina Still Wants To Block Municipal Broadband 289

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An anonymous reader writes: In February, when the FCC rolled out its net neutrality rules, it also voted to override state laws that let Texas and North Carolina block ISPs created by local governments and public utilities. These laws frequently leave citizens facing a monopoly or duopoly with no recourse, so the FCC abolished them. Now, North Carolina has sued the FCC to get them back. State Attorney General Roy Cooper claims, "the FCC unlawfully inserted itself between the State and the State's political subdivisions." He adds that the new rule is "arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion within the meaning of the Administrative Procedure Act; and is otherwise contrary to law."
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Prenda's Old Copyright Trolls Are Suing People Again 124

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New submitter Hokan writes: Paul Hansmeier and John Steele, formerly of Prenda, are suing again. Each have started nonprofits, in Minnesota and Illinois, claiming to defend disabled people, and they are suing small businesses for ADA violations. You may recall that a District Court judge issued sanctions against Prenda for their attempts to file copyright suits against a broad swath of internet users. Their new practices take a similar tack: sue a small business and generously offer to collect a settlement somewhat lower than the amount it would cost to to make changes to their establishment. A new group is fighting back by creating "an access audit for local businesses, allowing them to develop a plan to fix ADA issues and potentially to ward off litigation."
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Learning About Constitutional Law With Star Wars 121

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An anonymous reader writes: In an upcoming paper (PDF) for the Michigan Law Review, scholar Cass Sunstein draws on Star Wars to make a couple key points about how constitutional law evolves. He writes, "Human beings often see coherence and planned design when neither exists. This is so in movies, literature, history, economics, and psychoanalysis—and constitutional law. Contrary to the repeated claims of George Lucas, its principal author, the Star Wars series was hardly planned in advance; it involved a great deal of improvisation and surprise, even to Lucas himself. Serendipity and happenstance, sometimes in the forms of eruptions of new thinking, play a pervasive and overlooked role in the creative imagination, certainly in single-authored works, and even more in multi-authored ones extending over time. ... The misdescription appears to respond to a serious human need for sense-making and pattern-finding, but it is a significant obstacle to understanding and critical reflection. Whether Jedi or Sith, many authors of constitutional law are a lot like the author of Star Wars, disguising the essential nature of their own creative processes."

Baton Bob Receives $20,000 Settlement For Coerced Facebook Post 201

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McGruber writes: After arresting him during a June 2013 street performance, Atlanta Police Officers forced costumed street performer "Baton Bob" to make a pro-police statement on his Facebook page before they would allow him to be released on bond. Social media coverage of the incident triggered a six-month internal police investigation into the arrest. Atlanta Police Officer H.J. Davis was given a one-day suspension, then resigned from the Atlanta Police department a few weeks later. Atlanta Police Lt. Jeffrey Cantin received a five-day suspension for "violating responsibilities of a supervisor".

Baton Bob also filed a federal lawsuit against the city, arguing that officers made a wrongful arrest that violated, well, nearly every constitutional right you can name. Those included Jamerson's "right to free speech, his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures, his right to remain silent while in custody, his right to be free from compelled speech, his right to counsel, and his right to privacy." The City of Atlanta's legal department reviewed the case and determined that a $20,000 settlement would "be in the best interest of the city" rather than fighting the claims in court.

Editor-in-Chief of the Next Web: Adblockers Are Immoral 618

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lemur3 writes: Hot on the heels of the recent implementation of Canvas Ads (allowing advertisers to use the full page) Martin Bryant, the Editor-in-Chief of The Next Web, wrote a piece that, ostensibly, calls out mobile carriers in Europe for offering ad blocking as a service. He writes: "Display ads are still an important bread-and-butter income stream. Taking delight in denying publishers that revenue shows either sociopathic tendencies or ignorance of economic realities." While referring to those using ad blocking as sociopathic is likely not to win many fans, this mindset seems to be prevalent in certain circles, as discussed previously on Slashdot. Martin closes his piece with a warning: "For all their sins, ads fuel much of the Web. Cut them out and you're strangling the diversity of online voices and publishers – and I don't think consumers really want that."

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Gets Death Penalty In Boston Marathon Bombing 649

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mpicpp writes with a link to the New York Times's version of story that a Boston jury earlier today returned a verdict of death in the Boston Marathon bombing. From that report: A federal jury on Friday condemned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a failed college student, to death for setting off bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured hundreds more in the worst terrorist attack on American soil since Sept. 11, 2001. The jury of seven women and five men, which last month convicted Mr. Tsarnaev, 21, of all 30 charges against him, 17 of which carry the death penalty, took more than 14 hours to reach its decision. It was the first time a federal jury had sentenced a terrorist to death in the post-Sept. 11 era, according to Kevin McNally, director of the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel Project, which coordinates the defense in capital punishment cases.

Douglas Williams Pleads Guilty To Training Customers To Beat Polygraph 246

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For quite a while, we've been following the case of Douglas Gene Williams, accused of and indicted for teaching people to pass polygraph tests that they might otherwise have been unable to, and for the claims he made in advertising this training -- and specifically for showing his techniques to some undercover Federal agents. Now, reports Ars Technica, Williams has pleaded guilty to five charges of obstruction of justice and mail fraud. From the article: Williams isn't the first person prosecuted for these type of allegations. An Indiana man was accused of offering similar services and was sentenced in 2013 to eight months in prison. The judge presiding over the case said the case blended a "gray area" of First Amendment speech and the unlawful act of instructing people to lie on polygraph tests issued by the federal government. Williams' site,, is now defunct.


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I have ran into similar problems in the past. I hit the ceiling of the "technical" promotion track, stayed there for a few years and finally hit the max salary band. If I wanted another promotion/pay increase I would have been forced into a project management track. I finally chose the option that wasn't being offered - I gave my two weeks notice and left for a new employer.

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gollum123 notes new U.S. demographic data from the Pew Research Center which show that the percentage of Americans declaring affiliation with a particular religion has declined sharply since 2007. Americans identifying as Christian dropped from 78.4% in 2007 to 70.6% in 2014. Those describing themselves as atheist, agnostic, or simple having no affiliation took up most of the slack, rising from 16.1% to 22.8%. Members of non-Christian faiths collectively rose from 4.7% to 5.9%. Despite the overall decline, the demographics within the Christian group are getting much more racially and ethnically diverse. The willingness of respondents to marry outside their religious affiliation is also on the rise. The median age of unaffiliated adults is dropping, while the median ages of mainline Protestants and Catholics are rising. The study estimates that 85% of adults age 70 and over are Christian, while only 56% of adults ages 18-24 are Christian. They also say that each individual generation has shown a slight decrease in religious affiliation compared to their statistics in 2007.

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by frisket (#49654927) Attached to: Is IT Work Getting More Stressful, Or Is It the Millennials?

It's not the Millenials. They're a bit more demanding, yes, but not significantly so compared to all the other groups of clueless users I've dealt with over the last 3 decades...

I think the point is that it's the Millenials who have gotten jobs in IT; they're actually supposed to know stuff.

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by frisket (#49654847) Attached to: Is IT Work Getting More Stressful, Or Is It the Millennials?

I'd say by "expert" they are familiar with the basic interfaces used on many operating systems. Do they know how to create a word document without hand holding? More than likely. Can they create a basic spreadsheet? Probably. Do they understand how to use office (MS or open or whatever version you pick) to its fullest? No. My experience is that many millennials seem to think "expert" knowledge of such software suites comes easy and they actually have it but get frustrated quickly when asked to do something complicated (like db links, mutli-sheet vlookup or *gasp* vb macros ).

Many (most?) of these so-called "expert" Millenials don't know shit. All they know is how to click on FB. Fortunately there are a few who have actually grokked IT, and those are the ones to employ. Unfortunately, most PHBs don't know this...

Comment: Re:That's not a security move (Score 1) 135

by frisket (#49654777) Attached to: Dropbox Moves Accounts Outside North America To Ireland

... plus how long would it take for the US govt. to bully the Irish one into allowing them full access to the Irish network backbone to download so they can archive every byte that passes through it

Already done. No bullying needed, just a private chat between senior officials, plus the gross digital ignorance of our [Irish] politicians. Anyone who believes that the NSA doesn't scan all Irish traffic is living in cloud-cuckoo land.

Shape of the Universe Determined To Be Really, Really Flat 235

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StartsWithABang writes: You might imagine all sorts of possibilities for how the Universe could have been shaped: positively curved like a higher-dimensional sphere, negatively curved like a higher-dimensional saddle, folded back on itself like a donut/torus, or spatially flat on the largest scales, like a giant Cartesian grid. Yet only one of these possibilities matches up with our observations, something we can probe simply by using our knowledge of how light travels in both flat and curved space, and measuring the CMB, the source of the most distant light in the Universe. The result? A Universe that's so incredibly flat, it's indistinguishable from perfection. Which means it's probably even flatter than Kansas.

Long Uptime Makes Boeing 787 Lose Electrical Power 250

Posted by timothy
from the have-you-tried-turning-off-and-then-on-again? dept.
jones_supa writes: A dangerous software glitch has been found in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. If the plane is left turned on for 248 days, it will enter a failsafe mode that will lead to the plane losing all of its power, according to a new directive from the US Federal Aviation Administration. If the bug is triggered, all the Generator Control Units will shut off, leaving the plane without power, and the control of the plane will be lost. Boeing is working on a software upgrade that will address the problems, the FAA says. The company is said to have found the problem during laboratory testing of the plane, and thankfully there are no reports of it being triggered on the field.

FBI Slammed On Capitol Hill For "Stupid" Ideas About Encryption 174

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blottsie writes: At a hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, the FBI endured outright hostility as both technical experts and members of Congress from both parties roundly criticized the law enforcement agency's desire to place so-called back doors into encryption technology. "Creating a technological backdoor just for good guys is technologically stupid," said Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), a Stanford University computer science graduate. "That's just stupid. Our founders understood that an Orwellian overreaching government is one of the most dangerous things this world could have," Lieu said.
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US Senate Targets Patent Trolls 56

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New submitter jeffkoch writes: Last year, the United States Senate failed to pass bipartisan legislation to combat patent trolls when it was killed by then-Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. Congressional-insider newspaper Roll Call reports today that, "Knowing Reid would no longer control the Senate's legislative schedule in 2015, staff for John Cornyn, (a Republican from Texas), and Charles E. Schumer, (a Democrat from New York)", began work in February to assemble a new bill and to build support among fellow members of the Senate. Patent law is usually not a partisan issue, and President Barack Obama has called for getting an overhaul to his desk on several occasions including in his 2014 State of the Union speech. The last overhaul of United States patent law, the America Invents Act, took several years to be developed. The U.S. Congress is likely to act on the proposed legislation before they recess in August. "Patent trolls are taking a system meant to drive innovation and instead using it to stifle job-creating businesses around the country. Main Street stores, tech startups and more are being smothered by the abuse that is all too common in our patent system, and it's time for that to end," Schumer said in a statement. "This bipartisan bill shifts the legal burden back onto those who would abuse the patent system in order to make a quick buck at the expense of businesses that are playing by the rules."

Cosmologists Find Eleven Runaway Galaxies 60

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An anonymous reader writes: Discovery News reports that 11 homeless galaxies have been identified by Igor Chilingarian, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and Moscow State University, and his fellow astronomers. "The 11 runaway galaxies were found by chance while Chilingarian and co-investigator Ivan Zolotukhin, of the L'Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planetologie and Moscow State University, were scouring publicly-available data (via the Virtual Observatory) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the GALEX satellite for compact elliptical galaxies."

FCC Chairman: a Former Cable Lobbyist Who Helped Kill the Comcast Merger 86

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from the judging-books-by-covers dept.
An anonymous reader writes: After Friday's news that the Comcast/TWC merger is dead, the Washington Post points out an interesting fact: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, who was instrumental in throwing up roadblocks for the deal, used to be a lobbyist for the cable and wireless industry. "Those who predicted Wheeler would favor industry interests 'misunderstood him from the beginning — the notion that because he had represented various industries, he was suddenly in their pocket never made any sense,' said one industry lawyer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he represents clients before the FCC." The "revolving door" between government and industry is often blamed for many of the problems regulating corporations. We were worried about it ourselves when Wheeler was nominated for his current job. I guess this goes to show that it depends more on the person than on their previous job.

Liquid Mercury Found Under Mexican Pyramid 133

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An anonymous reader writes: An archaeologist has discovered liquid mercury at the end of a tunnel beneath a Mexican pyramid, a finding that could suggest the existence of a king's tomb or a ritual chamber far below one of the most ancient cities of the Americas. Mexican researcher Sergio Gómez ... has spent six years slowly excavating the tunnel, which was unsealed in 2003 after 1,800 years. Last November, Gómez and a team announced they had found three chambers at the tunnel’s 300ft end, almost 60ft below the the temple. Near the entrance of the chambers, they a found trove of strange artifacts: jade statues, jaguar remains, a box filled with carved shells and rubber balls.

POS Vendor Uses Same Short, Numeric Password Non-Stop Since 1990 128

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mask.of.sanity writes: Fraud fighters David Byrne and Charles Henderson say one of the world's largest Point of Sale systems vendors has been slapping the same default passwords – 166816 – on its kit since 1990. Worse still: about 90 per cent of customers are still using the password. Fraudsters would need physical access to the PoS in question to exploit it by opening a panel using a paperclip. But such physical PoS attacks are not uncommon and are child's play for malicious staff. Criminals won't pause before popping and unlocking. The enraged pair badged the unnamed PoS vendor by its other acronym labelling it 'Piece of S***t.

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How to Synchronize Your Nook on Your iPad

by KR Knowlin, Demand Media

The Barnes and Noble Nook for iPad application is designed to allow you to carry your entire Nook eLibrary wherever you take the Apple portable device. The application works with the online Nook server to synchronize your library across multiple platforms. Use Nook for iPad to sync recent books to the device and keep your library up to date.

Step 1

Open the Nook app on your iPad Home screen.

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Enter your Nook login email and password if a prompt appears.

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Wait as your Nook home screen loads. Your Nook ebook library page displays.

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Tap the teal "Sync" symbol at the upper-right of the page. The symbol is shaped like two arrows pointing in opposite directions.

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Wait as your Nook synchronizes. The "Sync" symbol turns into a swirling circular icon indicating your Nook app is currently syncing. The sync is complete when the "Sync" symbol stops swirling and returns to its normal shape.

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KR Knowlin has worked extensively in the theatre in numerous capacities. Past credits include: "Stop Kiss" (Director, Center Stage Productions), "Phaedra's Love"(Director, Chapel Theatre), "Quills" (Sound Engineer, Spoleto Festival USA: Piccolo Spoleto '09), "Mind's I" (Sound Designer, Spoleto Festival USA: Piccolo Spoleto '09), "Paternal Eternal" (Playwright, Spoleto Festival USA: Piccolo Spoleto '08) to name a few.

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• Just a quick report from a Saturday in August

    Earlier in the year I told GMAC (a fellow flyfisher with a lot more experience than I have) that I would be heading to Colorado later than normal--maybe late enough to meet up and fish a couple of days if he just happened to move his normal time up a bit. Over the years we've both become pretty attached same general area of Colorado that serves almost as a second home. However, we've never met up to fish. Once in a while things work out. In July, GMAC mentioned that while he wasn't heading out to Colorado specifically for fishing, he was really hoping to work in a couple of days of fishing. Sounded good to me so I worked my schedule and we were able to meet up on Sat. Since altitude can be a problem we agreed to take it easy the first day and fish a local small stream that would only require about a 2 mile hike to reach some pretty water. Of course there was still the drive to the trail head.

    I've reported on this stream before. The stream has a number of springs that apparently contribute to the brook trout in this stream averaging out a bit larger than similar streams that I have fished. We arrived a little earlier than usual since GMAC was anxious to get on the water. This was GMAC's first time on this water and I was a bit on the nervous side since I hadn't fished this stream yet, this year. GMAC got things started at the first pool.

    Unfortunately, the pool that usually delivers about 10 or 12 fish turned out to be very uncooperative this morning. I was beginning to have my doubts and started working on my backup plan but no need, after about an hour both of us started catching a number of fish. Turns out we were just a bit too early arriving and we just had to wait for things to warm up. GMAC went upstream where I normally fish and I chose to go downstream where I had not gone before. I thought the canyon would close in on me but I was surprised as I went around the corner I found more and more water--and more and more fish. GMAC probably thought I was holding out on him.

    Meanwhile a couple of other folks showed up so we went even further downstream. I had no idea there was so much fishable stream here. Downstream the pools are bigger and deeper. More importantly we saw fewer and fewer signs of other fisher folks....

    Overall a great day. I imagine most trips with Greg turn out that way. Greg is a skilled flyfisherman and great guy. His stories and knowledge of flies and fly tying really add to the day. On top of that I got to "discover" more new water. Truly a great way to wrap up a great week of fishing.
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Interpro abstract (IPR002642): This family consists of lysophospholipase / phospholipase B EC and cytosolic phospholipase A2 which also has a C2 domain IPR000008. Phospholipase B enzymes catalyse the release of fatty acids from lysophsopholipids and are capable in vitro of hydrolyzing all phospholipids extractable from yeast cells [(PUBMED:8027085)]. Cytosolic phospholipase A2 associates with natural membranes in response to physiological increases in Ca2+ and selectively hydrolyses arachidonyl phospholipids [(PUBMED:8051052)], the aligned region corresponds the carboxy-terminal Ca2+-independent catalytic domain of the protein as discussed in [(PUBMED:8051052)].
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Gertrude ‘Gussie; Moran

Tomorrow is the birthday of one of Santa Monica’s most beloved native daughters, former tennis star Gertrude “Gussie” Moran. As for how many candles will adorn the cake, it’s not gentlemanly to ask a woman. So let’s just say Gussie was born during the Roaring ‘20s. The glamorous era was marked by jazz, “flappers” (women flamboyantly flouting convention), art deco, idolized sports heroes and movie stars. (In a way, Gussie was both.)

The Roaring ‘20s is a perfect term for the beautiful and adventuresome Gussie. Unquestionably, Gussie’s most outlandish “roar” took place in 1949 at Wimbledon. A fan of fashion, she wanted to make a bold statement. Instead, she shocked the world. Well, at least the tennis world. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

Gussie’s Santa Monica childhood was idyllic. Open and undeveloped, our picturesque city was even more of a paradise then than now. Free-spirited, Gussie was tanned and tall with long legs and a natural athlete, especially in tennis, a sport of high society.

Her father was a sound technician at Universal Studios. Gussie even worked as an extra in movies and her tennis group enjoyed Sunday soirees at Charlie Chaplin’s Hollywood Hills mansion. (Gussie once had lunch alone with Mr. Chaplin, an avid tennis player.)

The Morans lived in a palatial Queen Anne-style Victorian home at 1323 Ocean Ave., which was built by her grandfather in 1870! Just south of the Shangri-la Hotel, today it’s used as elegant office space.

Ocean Avenue was a parade of artistic Victorian homes and Gussie’s was among the most beautiful. (There used to be a plaque on the wall acknowledging Gussie’s contribution to Santa Monica, but it’s disappeared.)

But paradise changed with WW II. When Gussie was 17, her older brother was declared missing in action. Devastated, Gussie worked at Douglas Aircraft in Ocean Park (like the cultural icon, “Rosie the Riveter” who represented women toiling in factories to support the war effort). Gussie also joined USO tours to California hospitals and military bases.

After the war, Gussie was one of the best (and most attractive) female tennis players in the country. She was the epitome of a fun-loving and adventure-seeking Southern California beauty, a liberated woman before her time. And 1949 was a great year as, coached by the legendary Bill Tilden, she won the Triple Crown at the U.S. indoors: singles, ladies doubles and mixed doubles with tennis great Pancho Gonzalez. Which brings us to perhaps the most publicized Wimbledon before or since.

In anticipation of her appearance at the All England Club, Gussie exchanged letters about her outfit with Wimbledon host and innovative fashion designer, Teddy Tinling. She wanted each sleeve to be a different color and the skirt to be a third. But Wimbledon insisted on white clothes only, so the daring Tinling designed an ensemble that complied with the rule but would knock the tennis world on its collective fanny.

Gussie’s dress was so short that her ruffled lace knickers might be visible during a match. And sure enough, on June 20, when Gussie strolled onto the hallowed Centre Court, her knickers peeked out below the hem of her dress.

The stuffy All England Club was mortified. But photographers lay flat on the ground to catch the most risqué shots of Gussie’s powerhouse serve (and knickers.) The story “went viral” around the globe, but not without a price for Gussie.

High society considered the outfit “vulgar” and “sinful.” As Gussie lamented, “I couldn’t have caused more of a stir if I was walking out there naked.” (Which is the title of a proposed book about Gussie’s flamboyant life.)

Afterwards, Gussie was forever known as “Gorgeous” Gussie. A ship was named after her. So was a play. And a racehorse. Gussie would become a professional tennis player, travel the world, host a TV sports show on KNBC in Los Angeles, become a sportscaster at WMGM in New York City, and even appear in the hit Hepburn/Tracy movie “Pat and Mike.”

It’s said that in every life a little rain must fall. Gussie had her share of storms, including three failed marriages. In 1970 she was on a Vietnam USO tour when her helicopter was shot down, giving her broken and dislocated bones. But the worst blow came with her mother’s death in 1977 and Gussie eventually lost the beloved family home.

Philosophic, Gussie is still high spirited as she reflects on the ups and downs of her rich life. She lives in a Hollywood apartment with three cats. But she has the sweet memories of two other great loves in her life, tennis and Santa Monica.

From all of us to you, happy birthday, Gussie!

The Santa Monica City Council issued an official commendation in honor of Gussie’s birthday while Jack’s determined to get that plaque, detailing how Gussie brought fame to Santa Monica, back on the former Moran house. He can be reached at

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The Blue Ridge Parkway will be closed between Soco Gap in Maggie Valley to the end of the Parkway in Cherokee through the middle of April.

Repairs are being made to the Big Witch Tunnel along that stretch.

Also, another tunnel repair has closed the section of the parkway from milepost 395 to milepost 405 (from the French Broad Parking Overlook to N.C. 151) for work at the to Ferrin Knob Tunnel No. 1.

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I felt pretty prosperous, and probably I looked it.
Then I saw a bloke inoveralls with a bag of tools coming along and tried again. Have you noticed that they always do that nowadays?
But it lets you know that youre alive yourself.
I dont want to stop people living in towns,or in suburbs for that matter.
And theres the place where the horse-mushrooms used togrow!
Suddenly comes out with the whole dossier ofthe case. I seemed to have it all planned out in my mind already. Im the ordinarymiddling kind that moves on when the policeman tells him.
It was enormous, twenty acres, I should think. I shoved myfoot down on the accelerator again. She started, looked surprised, and didnt answer. What was the good of telling her Id been born in thehouse?
Besides, the old town hadnt beenannihilated.
I didnt really want any tea, but I had to see the inside. Every new townputs its cemetery on the outskirts. The thing I was looking down at was a good-sizedmanufacturing town.
Thechief landmarks were the church tower and the chimney of thebrewery.
As forHilda and the kids, theyd probably never notice the difference. And its gone for ever if the rubber truncheon boys gethold of us. I get a fortnights holiday a year, generallyin August or September.
The only thing that hadnt changed,seemingly, was Binfield House.
One thing Ive noticed about the human mind is that it goes injerks. Theres a chapwho says he wont be streamlined! Themystery of their lives, down there under water.
There was no separate cemetery then, onlythe churchyard. Asolid business man, youd have said, at any rate if you hadnt seenthe car. They never say that the chap underneaththem died, its always passed away or fell asleep. Another minute and Lower Binfieldwould be in sight. Ive told you something about our old life there, before the war. Besides, even ifthat kind of danger exists, it doesnt really enter into onesthoughts beforehand.
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Dr. Watson, I presume?

Unlike Dr. Livingstone of lore, we can expect that if Dr. James Watson- of DNA and Francis Crick fame- were to go evangelizing in Africa today, he’d not fare very well. In an article from the Independent I read: “Dr Watson said he was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa” because “all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours â€“ whereas all the testing says not really”.

Well, that’s putting your foot in it. In other places on my blog here I have tried to raise awareness of the fact that scientists are people just like the rest of us and there is no reason to believe that they are especially more logical or rational than anyone else… or more ethical. For example in this entry here I discuss how more than two dozen spina bifida babies died in an experiment to see to what extent people will defer to medical and scientific authority. Sounds like a pretty unethical experiment to me, but the doctors involved were cleared. And one can hardly read an article like this without thinking of Dawkins (who is a buddy of Watson) and his view that religious instruction can be construed as child abuse.

Dawkins no doubt will be on the advisory board for determining what child abuse is and what the remedy will be. He’s a scientist, so that’s a good idea. Right?

It is a plain fact that people do defer to scientists and though we can certainly all agree that some deference is healthy, we ought to be prepared to use our own judgment and perform our own investigations, especially when it is our own health, the health of a loved one, or the health of our own society at risk. A scientist who does not want us to get a second opinion is a scientist that should not be trusted. A scientist that makes an ethical declaration is probably speaking outside his field. Scientists can be very helpful in ascertaining actual facts but they are not in a special position to tell us what conclusions we ought to draw and which ones are moral.

A more clearer example than the situation in a Maine school district can’t be found. Here we had statistics showing that only about 5 students at the middle school were sexually active, and these five were 14-15 year olds. The conclusion by the school board: Because 5 15 year olds reported having sex, make birth control pills available to 500 students without parental knowledge or consent.

Is this ethical? Moral? Are sociologists in a position to make this judgment? What about school board officials?

As far as I’m concerned, the proper area of concern for the school board are the 15 year olds attending the middle school. A little old, don’t you think? It is just an idea, but perhaps the school board should focus on education.

Perhaps we’ll get a defender of the board that insists that the educational system is not broken or dysfunctional just because there are high school age students still in junior high, and so there is no justification to advocate for a change, there. Fine, then. Just because only 5 quasi-high schoolers in the middle school report being sexually active there is no justification for enacting a policy that could give birth control pills- without parental knowledge- to hundreds of 11-13 year olds. [Source and Source ]

I don’t see what the problem is, do you? Kids are just going to do it like they see it on the Discovery channel, right? This is what happens when you get your ethics from Darwinists.

I think it is terribly ironic that Darwinists have been defending themselves from the charge that evolutionary theory does not provide a basis for racism and here we have Watson doing just that. In the article, Cambridge students were in an uproar. So much for free speech. I think we should just let him keep talking. I think it would help tone down our deference to scientists if we heard more about what they actually think, and why.

And in conclusion, we might want to consider this quote from the article: “However, Dr Watson goes on to suggest that genes may account for many behavioural traits, including intelligence and even criminality. “The thought that some people are innately wicked disturbs me,” he says. “But science is not here to make us feel good.”

That’s something to keep in mind when you reflect on on who brought us the atom bomb, weaponized Anthrax, and the Tuskegee project.

Of course, Watson doesn’t seem to have a clue here that if criminality can be genetic, he may have the gene himself. More to the point, he is so close to actual Christian teaching here: original sin. How ironic that he says that science is not here to make us feel good and reaches a conclusion that has already been issued from out of Christian theology! Some argue that theology really is about making us feel good… it is hard to see how the same conclusion shared by science and theology can mean that science is about truth but theology is about wish fulfillment.

For you see, Christian theology does not say that some people are innately wicked… all people are. And that is precisely why on questions of ethics we cannot defer to experts… Darwinists just a case in point. After all, perhaps they have the criminal gene, and perhaps they are not as intelligent as the rest of the population. Hey, don’t get mad at me! This is science.

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  1. [...] Anthony Horvath, writing in his own “Christian Apologetics Ministries” blog, has an inference or two that he’d like to draw from James Watson’s infamous and universally-denounced support [...]

  2. [...] Herr Professor, writing here, wants to take me to task for some of the things that I said in this post, here. [...]

  3. [...] exchange is developing some history, but if you start at my entry that started it all and followed the track backs I think you will cover.Â  I now respond to Herr [...]

  4. [...] has posted some thoughts again derived from my original post about Watson’s embarrassing comments linking genetics to intelligence.Â  If you start there [...]

  5. [...] remember, Watson’s original comment, which Horvath quoted and which he apparently finds to be entirely lacking in racism, is this: Dr Watson said he was [...]

  6. [...] Professor has issued yet another response in our saga of talking to each other without actually talking to each other.Â  This will be my final comments, [...]

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In Hockey Sverige, Uffe Bodin writes that that the only NHL player who would have a dramatic impact on attendance in SEL games would be Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist.

Bodin writes that Lundqvist would give a big boost to hockey in Gothenberg, where he played before coming to the Rangers, and that the life Lundqvist leads in New York has led to an aura and mystery about the Rangers goalie.

In addition to being the world’s best goalkeeper, he has what so many other talented players lack to become attractive on a plane beyond the pure hockey terms – charisma, looks, charm, and not least the brand. The glamorous life in New York with fashion shows, celebrity parties, restaurant openings … Yes, everything apart from that infantile shampoo commercials have created an aura of mystery around “Henke” that appeals to many Swedes.


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Action at The Brady Pub

Friday, September 14 2007
Stefano's 'funeral' begins, Andre creates havoc at the Brady Pub, and EJ and Sami read another letter.

At the funeral home, Anna is frightened that Andre will try to kill Roman, after hearing the eerie note he sent to Roman. Bo tells her they've evidence of a prior threat if he tries anything. Tony reminds them all that when it comes to the DiMeras evidence has a way of getting itself lost. Roman paces and says he thinks something isn't right.

Bo explains that Stefano's hooked up to an IV in the bottom of the casket and will be transferred to a clinic outside of town. Benjy arrives at the funeral home in a wheelchair. He goes to pay his respects to Stefano. He signs "He's really dead?" Lexi nods and he starts to cry.

Lucas is confused by this display but Tony explains that Stefano's love is elusive and Benjy had hoped he would obtain Stefano's love, even though it was not possible. Tony kind of hints around thoughts that EJ is visiting Sami .

Benjy tells Lexi he came there for revenge, not to grieve! "I hate the old man," Benjy signs.

When Roman agrees to be bait for Andre, Anna is turned on his bravery. She tells Hope she'd like to do something nice for Roman, like make him dinner. Hope says, "So now you have standards?" She thinks dinner for Roman's a bad idea.

Marlena arrives and asks Lucas to sit with her at the funeral but he has to check on Sami, after hearing EJ may be with her. He dashes off.

Kate continues to yell for Shawn, and the door is bust down by Andre! He makes a beeline to her and tells her she's going to bring Roman to him. When she refuses, he grabs her neck and tells her that after a lifetime of mistakes, she has made her last one. Kate gasps and squirms and then Shawn comes out of nowhere and starts hitting Andre, but Andre knocks Shawn down. Kate takes this chance to call for help on her cell phone but the call is stopped short when Andre knocks out Shawn and snatches her phone. He pulls a knife on Kate and forces her to lock Shawn in the freezer.

Outside the pub, Belle arrives to see Shawn and is surprised to find the door locked. As she looks for a key, Andre forces Kate back to the bar, laughing that Shawn Sr. will find his namesake frozen solid.

Sami and EJ sit by the window in Santo's room and watch as Colleen tells Santo she needs both he and the church to live. Santo tells her that if she doesn't decide tonight, they're through. He says it's destroying him. Colleen tells him she won't allow him to rush her into a decision, and walks away. Santo warns that if she leaves, he will never see her again. Colleen says that's just like him to force her into a decision right now. Sami turns to EJ and says he's a lot like Santo. EJ asks where this leave them, considering she is a lot like Colleen! Sami asks him to stop drawing comparisons between them. Santo tells Colleen he's tired of waiting. He loves her and wants her, but Colleen asks for one more day. EJ and Sami stay riveted to their seats while Santo tells Colleen that many men would have grown tired of waiting by now. He tells her she confuses love with waiting and this upsets Colleen, who thinks he is here to rescue her. "I don't need a savior, Santo. I already have one." She yells. She says he'll have an answer tomorrow. Back at Sami's bedside, EJ yells, "She has to choose him! He'll go out of his mind,.." Sami asks if maybe Santo killed Colleen, but EJ says that Santo couldn't have killed her. "I know because he could not kill her more than I could ever kill you." Sami yells that she hates how he twists things and tells him she only wants Lucas. Annoyed, she says Santo infected Stefano, Andre and EJ, but EJ denies being infected any longer.

Just then, Lucas comes in the room, ranting that he has a message from Stefano. "He wants you at his funeral." EJ retorts, "I guess he could have said that, since he's alive!" He leaves and Lucas jumps at Sami for coming clean. Sami confesses that EJ guessed. Lucas asks why EJ is taking his place each time he turns around and accuses her of spending way too much time with the man who raped her. Sami is stunned that Lucas thinks Sami is keeping secrets, but Sami tells him she's not. She's trying to end the vendetta.

Belle ventures into the pub to find Andre with Kate. With Andre's back to her, Kate smashes him over the head with a vase. When he goes down, Belle calls Bo and starts to tell him what's going on, but Andre comes to. Knife to Kate's throat, he takes the phone from Belle. Bo is alarmed and when Andre takes the phone, he taunts Bo, saying he's got Shawn, Belle and Kate. Bo grits his teeth as Andre mocks him and after he tells him EJ's at the hospital, building an alibi, he hangs up. Bo rushes to the door and when Hope intercepts him, and he makes something up about checking on the guard. She doesn't believe him, so he tells her a partial truth - he's going to check on a lead about Andre.

The funeral director starts the prayers and once seated, Benjy slyly takes a gun from his pocket and looks at it. Abe and Lexi and Marlena and John take a seat and John says that he can't get a hold of Belle. Concerned, Marlena goes to ask Hope if she has heard anything. Hope gasps and says that this must be why Bo lied to her. She runs off.

Shawn Sr. enters the funeral and gazes down at Stefano while he flashes back to the past when he was left alone with Stefano, by Colleen and Santo, when they went off alone together. Roman gets Shawn to sit down.

At the pub, Belle is locked into the freezer with Shawn. She wakes him up and Shawn says both of his grandparents are out. He asks where Claire is and says that for once he's happy to hear she's with Philip! Belle reassures Shawn that Philip slept on the sofa and nothing untoward happened. She professes her love for him and apologizes. They embrace and consider how they'll get out.

Out in the pub, Andre kisses Kate hard. She pulls away and he tells him he's certifiable. They watch the funeral proceedings from a monitor and a smug Andre says he can't wait to go after Roman. He has something special planned. He threatens Kate's life if she doesn't help him.

Kate stalls when Andre orders her to call Roman and begs him not to make her do this. "Roman's been good to me," she pleads. Andre says she could be beneficiary to Roman's life insurance, because he never married after her. Kate snorts that she doesn't want Roman's money. Andre forces her to dial.

At the funeral home, Roman feels his phone vibrate and Kate comes on the phone, crying for him to come help her.

Bo arrives at the hospital, where he finds EJ. He demands that EJ tell him where Kate and Belle are. EJ has no idea, he says. Hearing Bo's voice, Sami and Lucas come out of her room and are shocked to hear Andre has Belle and Shawn.

Sami tells EJ to go." I can't think when you're around," she says while Lucas' eyes widen. EJ says maybe he'll go pray, "God hears the last words of a condemned man." He walks away and Hope runs into the hallway to ask Bo what's going on. Her face falls when she finds out her son is in danger.

Next on Days Of Our Lives:

Shawn tells Belle there is no other way out - they must do this or freeze!

Roman removes a gag from Kate's mouth and Kate yells for him to watch out. Too late! Andre knocks out Roman.

Bo and Hope come into the trashed pub. They yell for Shawn and Belle and then send for back-up.


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How do I change the bank account for direct deposit of checks

My 16 yr old daughter's benefit check now goes to a bank account that I wish to change to another bank. Is there a form I can fill out to do this?
Thanks, John C

Updated : December 3, 2010 by Guest

Changing direct deposit

December 3, 2010 by David Luhman

To change your direct deposit from one bank to another bank:

To change your direct deposit from one account to another account, you should contact SSA (be sure to have your Social Security number and a personal check or statement from you new account available). They will need information from these documents to start or make changes to your direct deposit.  Also, they recommend you wait until deposits or changes become effective before you close your old account.

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February 19, 2012 by chilwil45

I can't wait because my old bank has been bought out. starting feb. 2 my bank will no longer be. as of feb.5 ,2012 I will have a new bank.

Direct deposit when bank is acquired or merged

February 19, 2012 by David Luhman

If you don't receive your direct deposit, the following page may be useful. It lists the case where the bank's Routing Transit Number (RTN) changed (usually because of a buyout or merger) and the old RTN is still on the beneficiary's record.

change routing

February 21, 2012 by Guest

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new routing is 123
account is 456
bank is Futura

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February 21, 2012 by David Luhman

Please contact the SSA directly for this.

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