Nov 26
Four members of an underground “cultural guerrilla” movement known as the Untergunther, whose purpose is to restore France’s cultural heritage, were cleared on Friday of breaking into the 18th-century monument in a plot worthy of Dan Brown or Umberto Eco.
I have often wondered about the many “opt out” registries I have heard about on TV and online. The World Privacy Forum has compiled their list of 10 most important “opt outs”. This list has been scrubbed of scams and scammers.
As privacy experts, we are frequently asked about “opting out,” and which opt outs we think are the most important. This list is a distillation of ideas for opting out that the World Privacy Forum has developed over the years from responding to those questions. The list below does not contain all opt outs that are available. Rather, it contains the opt outs that we believe are the most important and will be the most useful to the most consumers.
Here are there top ten:
1. National Do Not Call Registry
2. Prescreened offers of credit and insurance
3. DMA opt outs
4. Financial institution opt outs
5. CAN SPAM
6. Credit freeze
7. FERPA
8. Data broker opt outs
9. Internet portal opt outs
10. NAI opt out
At the WPF blog is the complete list with instructions and more information about each.
Do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?
If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa. Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.
LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe
RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
“big picture” oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can “get it” (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking
Video of what appears to be Boeing test flights of the 777 and 747 in heavy crosswind situations. The video appears to be used to promote pilot training with Aeroclube in Brazil.
The titling is in Portuguese, but rougly translates to:
Not every day we find calm winds
What should you do in those situations?
Fly!
Return to the times of the aviation clubs
Remember your instructor’s (teachings)
And make a safe landing
These pilots were certainly flying conventional aircrafts.
Learn with the best!
Clearly, these are excellent pilots, but I have to believe the pucker factor can still be measured on the Richter scale.
Feb 13
This animation illustrates the concepts presented in chapter one of the book “Imagining the Tenth Dimension” by Rob Bryanton who writes for Wired. I have not read the entire book, only excerpts available at Amazon.com, but the website www.tenthdimension.com has a fascinating Flash animation which does a pretty good job of explaining one of the more esoteric concepts in quantum physics–the multi-dimensional nature of the universe.
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