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Monday, November 11, 2019

On 11of 11 at Albury: Memories of Tim Fischer and Ian Glachan

Albury Bubbly Atmosphere reflects personalities of their thoughtful representatives such as Tim and Ian


Good to see parks named after politicians here in Albury and Ted Mack Park in Naremburn in Sydney  
(Via John Hatton. - Ted Mack Park )



According to position tracking data, the Russian Navy’s Yantar left her home port about a month ago, and has not been visible on open sources until suddenly appearing in the Caribbean on Friday. That she appeared on ship trackers so suddenly is unusual.
She has gained attention in the past for hovering in the vicinity of the undersea cables which connect the world. Called Submarine Communications Cables (SCC), these crisscross the world’s oceans carrying Internet traffic and military communications.
Yantar is a ship of particular interest among Western Navies. According to naval officers familiar with the situation, she is suspected of being involved in placing listening devices on undersea communications.
Just another front in the shadow war Russia is waging against the West. I’d like if we hit them back — electronically, of course — until they cut this stuff out.



“But don’t you ever feel like a sucker for serving?”
A fellow military veteran asked me this question a couple of years ago, when I was a senior at Yale. Like me, he had recently completed his service and was studying at a top university.


“BuzzFeed News sued the US government to see all the work that Mueller’s team kept secret. We have published the first installment, with revelations about the Ukraine conspiracy theory, Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort, and more… In response to a court order, the Justice Department released the first installment of documents: hundreds of pages of summaries of FBI interviews with witnesses, available here for the first time. Another installment will be released every month for at least the next eight years.

US Dept of Interior to ground its drones over Chinese spying risk - cnet: “The US Department of the Interior is grounding its fleet of more than 800 aerial drones over concerns about Chinese spying and cyberattacks. The fleet will remain grounded until a full review is completed by Secretary David Bernhardt, the department said Thursday. However, drones being used for emergency rescues and disasters will remain in flight. The move, earlier reported by The Wall Street Journal, highlights US-Chinese trade tensions, which have escalated since the blacklisting of Chinese tech giant Huawei by the US government in May. The DOI’s decision also follows a May warning from the Department of Homeland Security about data security issues involving the use of Chinese-made drones, particularly those made by DJI. DHS said it was concerned about drones’ capacity to observe and transmit prohibited infrastructure surveillance and conduct cyberattacks…”








10 Little-Known Corners of the Deep Web You Might Actually Like - MakeUseOf: “The dark web doesn’t have a great reputation. Dodgy online marketplaces, criminal gangs, terrorist groups—it sounds like the type of place that only the most troubled members of society would want to hang out. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Sure, that type of content exists. But there are also plenty of dark web websites that you might actually like. Curious? Keep reading; we’re going to introduce you to some of the best dark web websites to visit…”


 













What are your statistics even gathering


RIPS Law Librarian Blog – “I think we can all agree statistics are important. I collect them every day. In fact, I enjoy collecting them! It gives me a certain satisfaction to enter a research question into my tracker and log it in the knowledge bank. I like knowing how many patrons came in this week and how attendance has increased at my training sessions. But when was the last time you sat down and analyzed those statistics?













Top 6 Disposable Email Address Services - Lifewire: “Avoid spam using a disposable email address services. When you give websites and new contacts a disposable email address instead of your real one, you can selectively disable the disposable address as soon as you get spam through it, while continuing to use all your other aliases. All disposable email address services provide this basic functionality, but some have other neat features that make life with email less spam and more fun…”