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AVG Signal Blog Security Phishing What is Phishing? The Ultimate Guide to Phishing Emails and Scams
So, stop me if you've heard this one: A Nigerian prince finds himself in a serious predicament: his father left him a vast sum of money in an overseas account, around 32 million dollars, which he needs to claim within a month.
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The problem is that there are a number of signing and lawyer fees that need to get paid before he can legally transfer the money. So he emails you trying to cut a deal: if you can send him the money he needs, (Something around 20-30k) and co-sign on the bank transfer, he'll send you 30% of his father's fortune: a cool 9.6 million bucks.
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It should come as little surprise that if you decided to take him up on his offer, he'd take your money happily then never contact you again. This is called a 419 scam, and it's one of the most well-known versions of a phishing scam.
…which is why you almost never see it anymore.
What is phishing?
Phishing, other than being a great word for fish-based puns, is basically any attempt to trick people over an email, text messages, phone calls or a fake website. The goal can be anything from trying to get people to send you money, hand over sensitive information, or even just download malware unwittingly, and the authors of these attacks will use lies, trickery, forgery, and outright manipulation in order to see them succeed. Because of this, phishing is what we call Social Engineering: a kind of attack that relies on human fallibility rather than a hardware or software flaw in order to work.
Phishing is an attempt to trick someone, usually via email
That said, since most phishing relies on making you click tainted links to download malware or send you to fake websites, a good antivirus will help keep you safe from even the most sophisticated forgeries.
Everything is AOL's fault
As long as there's been language, people have been lying and scamming each other, so in many ways phishing is the oldest cyber-threat in the world. But the first instance of "phishing" as a term was recorded on January 2nd, 1996, in a Usenet newsgroup called AOHell, talking about the rise of scammers and liars on America Online. The word is obviously inspired by the term "fishing", because it involves trying to bait someone into a trap, but replacing the "f" with a "ph" references another old slang term "phreaking", which is the study, exploration, and dissection of telecommunication systems. The "ph" was borrowed to link the scams with the dark, seedy underbelly of the phreaking community (called the warez community back in the day) where they originated.
The very first phishing attacks were people posing as AOL employees asking people to confirm their billing address with the company. As this was before phishing became well-known and companies didn't adhere to the same strictness as they do today, people often fell for these types of scams. AOL eventually became the first company to warn people that they would never ask for that kind of info via an email, but by then the damage had been done. The viability of phishing attacks had been proven, and there was no going back.
All the cool kids are doing it
While ransomware might make the news, phishing attacks are easily the most common, and most frequently successful, type of online threat. Their prevalence is largely due to their versatility: phishing can both be a goal in itself as well as a delivery method for other attacks. Combined with the fact that people still fall for them every day, hackers have no reason to fix what ain't broke.
Here's some hard data for ya:
Email is the #1 delivery system for all malware.
The frequency of spam has increased 4 times since 2016, and over half of them are malicious.
76% of organizations reported being victim of a phishing attack in 2016.
A global survey conducted last year indicates two out of three people have experienced a tech support scam in the previous 12 months, according to the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit.
Cyber criminals are creating an average of around 1.4 million phishing websites every month with fake pages designed to mimic the company they're spoofing.
So it's like spam, right?
While phishing and spam oftentimes overlap, the two are still very distinct beasts. Spam is any unwanted or mass-produced email that tries to clutter up your inbox, whereas phishing has a very specific, very illegal goal. Phishing emails can be spam, and to the common layman like me, it typically is. But if you happen to be a CEO, or a business owner or, say, a campaign chairman, then it's very possible hackers hand-crafted a unique phishing scam for you specifically, in which case it couldn't be classified as spam. By the same token, spam is annoying but not illegal or really 'wrong' on its own. Like many things in life, spam is as good or as bad as the people who use it: no matter if you're a local business trying to spread words of your low rates or a hacker trying to spread his world-ending supervirus. A popular tool for phishers, as we've seen, but the two terms still can't be used interchangeably.
What happens if I'm hooked?
The effect of being scammed by a phishing email depends on exactly what the scammer wants to take from you. In the example at the start of this article, it's pretty straightforward: they want your money. That said, some of those scams will also ask for "proof of authenticity" by asking you to scan and send them your passport, driver's license, and more, which would mean they could steal or sell your identity. But since those types of scams are less popular these days, it's unlikely anyone will be falling for that.
The more common type of phishing attacks are ones that try to dupe you into handing over a username and password, either by linking to a fake version of a site you trust and asking you to log in or requesting you send it over email (see below). In these cases, not only do you compromise that account specifically, but if you're one of the roughly 84% of people who reuse their passwords, you risk compromising all your other accounts too.
Finally, if you fall for a phishing attack that asks you to download a malicious attachment, and your antivirus somehow doesn't stop it, then congratulations, you have an infected computer. What happens next largely depends on what the malware is supposed to do, but it could be anything from stealing your data, holding it ransom, deleting everything, making you join a botnet or just "borrowing" your processing power to mine bitcoin.
There are plenty of different types of phishing attacks, but they all rely on the same basic mechanism: exploiting human trust, ignorance, or apathy in order to get us to do something we really shouldn't be doing.
Spear phishing — Shooting for the stars (literally)
Some phishers are content to steal the money, data, and security of anybody they can catch in their net. But others have more ambitious goals: either for personal, political, or financial reasons, they decide to target specific, high-profile people. This is called spear phishing, both because it's more precise and because it often targets "Whales", who are high-level politicians, celebrities, and CEO's, all of whom have access to valuable data (and lots of that cash money).
Spear phishing is a precise attack on a specific, high profile target like a CEO, aka a "whale"
By imitating a known contact, an employee, a friend, an associate, or even another organization, Spear Phishers send carefully crafted, well-researched, and oftentimes extremely specific emails to their targets. Usually, the end goal is to get them to download some malware that will give them access to the system, but a username and password could also give them administrative powers over the network, which would be equally disastrous.
If hackers want to spear phish a whole company or organization, they'll likely try a waterhole attack, which the attackers follow the organization to a site it uses often (most commonly Whatsapp, Facebook, or Slack) and sends out phishing links that way. These, much like the largely personal emails sent to individuals, tend to be well-researched and hard to distinguish from more authentic messages.
Because they're so personalized, these attacks are about as successful as the old AOL attacks from the days of old, and are the cause of 91% of successful hacks against organizations.
Clone phishing — Evil twins
We all get official emails from our service providers, including hackers. And whereas we see an annoyance or a chore, they see opportunity. Clone phishing is when a hacker copies a legitimate email sent from a trusted organization, but replaces or adds a link that leads to a fake, malicious website. Then, they send that email out in masses and see who clicks.
Sometimes the link will lead to an infected site, but it's more common these days to simply try to pilfer your username and password with a fake login screen. That way, they can access whatever account you were trying to log into… and whatever other account that uses the same password (hence why you should never use the same password twice).
If malware on your PC or router redirects you to a fake site, that's called pharming. Similar name, but outside the objective of stealing login credentials (and the "Ph" in the name) there's not much in common between these two attacks.
419 scams — the deal of a lifetime
Despite being named after the section of the Nigerian criminal code dealing with fraud, a 419 scam can come from anywhere in the world. Traditional and well-known to the point of worthlessness, these use elaborate stories to try to con you out of cash, as well as possibly steal your personal details for some good ol' fashioned identity theft.
These days, scammers start as pen-pals or long-distance partners before "misfortune" strikes and they suddenly need money
In the past, these used to be far more common, and the stories involved usually involved a promise of greater rewards if you paid some comparatively small amount. These days, targets tend to be befriended beforehand as pen-pals or long-distance partners, before some "misfortune" strikes and the scammer suddenly need money, exploiting their victim's charitable nature. These new scams are certainly similar to phishing, but they're technically more like "catfishing" or "spoofing", so we won't go into much more detail here. Still, for the history, they warrant a mention.
Phone phishing — more like PHONE-IES amirite?
Most phishing attacks happen in your inbox. But not all. Sometime phishers will call or text pretending to be from your local bank or the police, claiming that there are problems with your account they need to clear up. Once you hand over your account numbers and PIN, they go ahead and drain your account, which is the opposite of the problem you were aiming to solve. This is called phone phishing, or Vishing, for "voice phishing".
Phishing can happen over the phone too
While not as successful as email phishing, phone phishing is on the rise. In addition to pretending to be your bank, fakers can also pretend to be the IRS, tech support, or a utilities company. Nothing's off the table, really.
Special delivery: it's malware!
On top of trying to steal your data, as we've discussed, almost every type of phishing can be used to deliver malware to someone's system. A link can lead to a compromised website, an attachment could be malware. Heck, even a google document or a spreadsheet can be malware now, thanks to the rise of fileless attacks – which takes software that's trusted and safe and turns it malicious by re-coding its internal mechanisms.
The kinds of tricks people can use have only grown as more devices and services get introduced into our lives. People have used misleading Google Doc invitations, Dropbox sharing, fake invoices, bills, faxes… whatever they can think of to get you to click on and download the file. As we mentioned, it's so common and so effective that it's easily become the method of choice for delivering malware, tricking millions of people around the world every year.
The good news, however, is that malware can't use social engineering to get past a good antivirus. So while phishing can get malware into your inbox, AVG can keep it from doing any damage. But we're getting ahead of ourselves.
Examples of phishing emails
The problem with phishing attacks is that they're both so common and so unique to the time and circumstances around them, that each individual example can be fairly mundane. We'll dissect a common phishing email below, but there are still plenty of times when phishing wound up on the news. Let's take a look, shall we?
Taking phishers to court
We already wrote about the very first phishing attacks over on AOL, imitating members of the staff in order to get people's payment info. But AOL had another first in the world of phishing: in 2004, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed the very first lawsuit against a suspected phisher, a Californian teenager, who was supposedly using a fake version of the AOL website to steal people's credit card info. One year later, Senator Patrick Leahy introduced the Anti-Phishing Act of 2005, which solidified the law regarding the criminality of fake websites and emails, with offenders getting fined up to $250,000 and jail time of up to five years.
Going big in the UK
In what's been called "The biggest case the Met Police's Action Fraud Unit has dealt with", three men were arrested in 2013 after having scammed 59 million pounds from bank customers in over 14 countries using over 2,600 fake pages that mimicked banking websites. Living in plush hotels within the UK, they were eventually caught when using hotel Wi-Fi to log into servers storing compromised banking details. (If they had known the dangers of open Wi-Fi perhaps they would have eluded capture. Use a VPN, criminals!). Each man was sent to prison for a total of 20 years, and the data of nearly 70 million banking customers were recovered soon afterwards.
Operation Phish Phry
Not only did this two-year investigation lead by US and Egyptian authorities rock the world's best code name, it also lead to 100 people being charged for using phishing scams to steal account details from thousands of people in 2009. While they had been in operation, the crooks had managed to steal 1.5 million bucks.
At the end of the day, some of those charged would spend around 20 years in jail. Others would get off easier, but everyone patted themselves on the back for a job well done in this international phishing investigation, which has been called the biggest international case ever conducted.
And here's a fun fact for you: The FBI director who oversaw it? Robert Mueller. Yep, the very same.
Stay on Target…
The Target hack from 2013 drew international eyes when it was uncovered that the data of over 110 million customers had been compromised, leaving the company to scramble in order to secure its holdings and warn the affected customers. But what you might not know is that it all started due to a phishing attack. But not against Target itself: rather, the hackers phished a Pittsburg-based heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor, who was connected to Target's system thanks to their close partnership.
The Target hack — one of biggest data leaks in history — started with a phishing attack
After network credentials were stolen via an email phishing scam, malware was injected into the system that spread to Target and snagged credit card data from thousands of cash registers.
This is also one of the first cases where executive mismanagement could directly be blamed for the incident. Both the CEO and CIO of target were fired for knowing of the flaws in their security but failing to address them properly. Good to see Karma go full circle, but that was small comfort for the millions hacked.
And now things get political
Perhaps the biggest phishing scams from last year came from the United States political scene when Hilary Clinton's Campaign Chairman John Podesta fell for a phishing email which lead to the leak of her private emails. Often cited as a pivotal moment in the 2016 election, the hack revealed personal and professional information about the former candidate and sparked both a discussion about cyber-security and an investigation into the culprit. But the other side of the political spectrum has had phishing problems too: Gizmodo showed how vulnerable Trump's White House is by phishing his entire staff, showing how eight people (including advisor Newt Gingrich and FBI director James Comey) fell for their email.
How to spot a phishing email
Because the objective of phishing emails are so varied, the "look" of each one is pretty different too. While we'll look at a few examples, most of them have the same basic 'attributes':
Poor spelling/grammar
Strange links/attachments
Unusual or misspelled return addresses
Unfortunately, these attributes aren't found in spear phishing emails, which are designed to fool specific people or organizations, so they are neither vague nor do they strategically employ the poor spelling and grammar of other, more common phishing emails.
Clone phishing
This would be a quintessential example of a clone phishing email, and it has all the tells: for one, you are not addressed directly, and no personal tells are included in the body of the email. To prove authenticity, emails sent by actual services will include your name, your account number, or some other information that they have to show they're the real deal. This email lacks that entirely.
But the second, more obvious tell is the email link: it goes to an http site, which is unverified and unsecured. Any authentic link would lead to an HTTPS site, but sometimes they'll try to hide the link using hypertext: But you can always roll the mouse over to see where it leads. That said, the safe thing to do if you ever receive such an email is to not click the link, but visit the page directly from your web browser. That way, you can be sure you go to the authentic site.
The above email also shows off some of the other marks of a phishing email: bad grammar. No, that isn't strictly because all hackers flunked out of high school English. Oftentimes poor grammar and spelling is intentional. The hackers reason that if someone fails to notice spelling or grammar errors, they're careless and perhaps even a little dumb, which means they'll react slower to having their details stolen, if they notice at all.
Let's look at the other most common type of email…
Malware delivery emails
These are delightfully straightforward. This is an example of the recent Google Doc malware, which we discussed in passing above. The minute you click on the "Open in Docs" button, you're inviting malware into your computer. Let's look at another: And others are even less subtle: These emails aren't really trying to "trick" you: common sense and a bit of critical thinking would lead most people to just delete these. Rather, hackers are exploiting apathy and curiosity in equal measure: the same tools they use to get people to plug in infected USB drives.
Still, their marks are very telling: for one, the files extensions in the last two emails are obvious signs. There's no reason a scanned image should be a ZIP file, and no one has to send you an HTML page to troubleshoot account issues. The senders, too, are pretty strange: I'm pretty sure no one at buzzfeed needs you to collaborate on any articles, and "hortonhouse1@horntonhouse1.karzoo" isn't the most believable username out there. For the second, the return address is more convincing, but would their customer support really have the .com in their name? If you're unsure, you can always check the website's contact page.
But of course, you should never be downloading anything you aren't sure about. That's the number #1 tip for emails, and in life, in some respects.
Spear phishing is a trickier beast. As you can see, a well-made spear phishing email avoids many of the previous tells. It's directed to a specific person, it uses an HTTPS website, and there are no grammar or spelling mistakes to be found. In this case, the big tell would be the sender: Google ArAutoBot, which should make someone raise an eyebrow. But if you're busy at work and you're only glancing, that would be an easy detail to miss.
Sometimes, the fake accounts will be harder to spot: using characters from other languages that look identical to English characters can mean someone technically has a different URL, but it looks exactly the same. For example, using a Greek capital A rather than an English one: looks identical to a human, but to a computer they appear very different.
The customized nature of these emails is part of the reason they're so successful. Better planning, such as warning someone before sending an email or double-checking what exactly the attachments or links are before opening them, could prevent these attacks, but for many the risk of phishing attacks doesn't seem to be worth the trouble of preparing for them. Which is the whole reason hackers love to use this tool so much.
Help! I have a phishing email in my inbox!
If you have an email address, there's an overwhelmingly high chance you'll eventually open it up and discover a phishing email in there. However, there's no cause to panic: we've compiled an easy-to-follow list of steps to take if or when you find yourself in that situation.
Step 1: Delete it
And you're done!
…okay, fine, there's a bit more to it than that. While a normal phishing attack is inevitable and ignorable, if you happen to catch a spear phishing attempt in your inbox, then it's essential you report it to your manager and to IT, if your business has one. No hacker will be content sending only one email, and will likely target multiple employees across weeks, months, or even longer: so it's important to not only prepare everyone to stay on guard, but also to uncover if another, less-informed employee accidentally took the bait. The sooner any holes in security can be patched, the less damage you're likely to suffer.
You can also report common phishing scams to the United States Federal Trade Commission if you want, at OnGuardOnline.gov, which also has some nice information about scams, phishing or otherwise. It's possible your report could lead to some arrests, if you're lucky!
How can I avoid phishing attacks?
As I mentioned above, phishing is an unfortunate reality: an anti-spam will reduce the number of emails you get, but it's likely a few will slip through the cracks. But rather than worrying about keeping your inbox free of these annoyances, it's better to simply stay alert of their dangers, and arm yourself against any possible repercussions if you happen to slip up and fall for their deceptions.
The number one way to avoid phishing emails is to simply remember to check any email you find even slightly suspicious.
Check the spelling and grammar
Make sure the links are safe, or just use your web browser
Pay attention to file extensions
Look at the return address and sense check it
Ensure everything is specific and the sender can prove their identity
It takes only a few seconds of double-checking, but it can save you a lifetime's hassle. So don't slack on it!
Use an anti-spam
Most every email provider has some kind of anti-spam built in, but they're not always the best. Getting an external spam filter can help pick up the slack and grab any of the sneaker phishing emails, but oftentimes they only work with desktop-based inboxes.
Think before you give an email address
A "loose" email address that's publically known will invite phishing emails. It's often a good idea to have two or more email addresses: one for signing up to websites and making accounts, and another for private or professional use. That way, most phishing emails should head to the former account, which you'll barely be visiting anyway.
Good ol' security software
As we mentioned before, a phishing email will get a virus to your doorstep, but that's all: it won't let the malware slip past any antivirus you have on your PC or phone. So something as simple as, say, AVG AntiVirus FREE, will keep your computer safe if you accidentally try to download deceptive attachments. Good protection can also keep you safe from fake websites, which will check each one for a proper, authentic security certificate: and that means you'll never get the chance to visit that fake website the hackers worked so hard on.
A note on "Vishing"
Obviously, the measures we've listed above don't apply if you get "vished", but that doesn't mean there aren't things you can do to protect yourself. For one, Apple, Microsoft, and other tech giants will never, ever call you because of a "problem" with your device, especially not with "independent agents". So if you ever get a call like that, feel free to either hang up or mess with the person on the other end. Make the most of the situation. And if you are called by someone like a bank, they'll always address you by name, and while they might ask verification questions to make sure you are you, they won't ask for a PIN, SSN, or any other compromising number. Same applies if someone calls you claiming to be the police: they'll never need you to verify your banking details over the phone.
Tech giants will never call you because of a "problem" with your device, so feel free to mess with the unwitting scammer
Likewise, if someone claims to be part of the IRS or some other organization whom you "owe", but asks that you pay with wire transfers or prepaid cards, then you know you're dealing with a scam. Those methods of sending money are impossible to track, which is exactly why scammers like using it.
And if you're still unsure? Just hang up and call back. But call back using the number on the organization's official website. Any real organization would have no problem with you doing that, only scammers would protest.
Stop me if you've heard this one before:
A 29-year-old professional roofer logs into his email account after a long day of work, and in sussing through his emails, he comes across an unusual one: a stranger is asking him to collaborate on a google document. He's slightly intrigued by who the sender is, and the voyeur in him is intensely interested in seeing what's actually on the document.
But before he clicks on the "Open in Docs" button, he pauses, and merely rests his mouse over it. He looks at the URL that pops up in the corner, and realizes that wherever the link goes, it most certainly isn't a google document. Sighing a breath of relief, he promptly deletes the email and goes on with his business.
Maybe not as exciting and dramatic as a Nigerian prince's lost millions, but this is the story we want to be hearing more of: people exercising common sense and restraint when dealing with the weird, curious, and probably dangerous things on the internet. Because with a little foresight, and a little caution, the biggest, most popular tool in the hacker's toolkit is absolutely worthless.
And isn't that the most empowering feeling in the world?
by Joseph Regan on February 16, 2018
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Four days later - on Tuesday August 22 - a female member of the public found the woman, who police have said needed medical treatment.
Cops are trying to trace the good Samaritan believed to be in her late teens or early 20s, with an Irish accent and purple hair.
Police said there were two men in the silver car and that the passenger - who was known to the alleged victim - had got out and pulled her into the back seat.
The driver of the car was described as an Asian man, in his late 20s, in the passenger seat was a white male, described as being tanned, aged in his early 20s.
A 21-year-old man was arrested in connection with the investigation and has been bailed to return on a date in mid-September.
Enquiries continue and any witnesses are asked to contact cops on 101 or 07825 114 094.


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local fit for a King
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The creative was driven by the notion that to connect to Sydneysiders, you've got to behave like a Sydneysider – colourful, fun and a little irreverent. Hence the new identity was invigorated with a lively spirit, vibrant colours and playful illustrations that felt very true to place and far from 'touristy'.
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"King Street Wharf has transformed into a colourful precinct, that Sydneysiders feel connected and proud of. This is a prime example of the importance of translating brand ideas into the built environment through place-based experiences. King Street Wharf is now truly a beloved 'harbourside local' because it's walked the talk."
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Q: Is $a_n = \frac{(-1)^nn^3}{n^3+2n^2+1}$ convergent or divergent? This was a question on a practice exam and the answer said the sequence was divergent, but I am confused as to why.
Determine whether the following sequence is convergent or divergent:
$$a_n = \frac{(-1)^nn^3}{n^3+2n^2+1}$$
My attempt:
$$\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty} \frac{(-1)^nn^3}{n^3+2n^2+1}$$
$$ = 1$$
Thus the series is convergent. Am I missing something?

A: $\frac {n^{3}} {n^{3}+2n^{2}+1} \to 1$ and $a_n$ oscillates because of the factor $(-1)^{n}$. So $\lim a_n$ does not exist.

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London, 1974. As Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, trainee nurse Val (Rose Williams) arrives for her first day at the crumbling East London Royal Infirmary. With most of the patients and staff evacuated to another hospital, Val is forced to work the night shift, finding herself in a dark, near empty building. Within these walls lies a deadly secret, forcing Val to face both her own traumatic past and deepest fears in order to confront the malevolent force that's intent on destroying everything around her.
Director's Statement
"While I was writing the script, I read a good description of what a ghost story classically is; a disturbed spirit has an issue that a protagonist, usually female, needs to understand and solve. Then the spirit can rest in peace. This description resonated with me. I was already telling the story from a female point of view, and wanted the female experience to inform the horror elements. But I was writing during the explosion of resistance to silence and passivity that came with the Me Too movement. And it felt like the landscape was changing to some extent. The idea that an angry spirit could neatly be put to rest, made quiet at the end of a story, felt plain wrong. This gave me an interesting trajectory.
I realized while we were filming that we were telling a story about the silence of girls. Voices made quiet. Then I realized, that without planning, I was telling the story of my journey to that moment too. It had taken many years, and changes in my own confidence and the confidence of the industry to get there. To allow my own voice to speak. Like the restless spirit, I've no intention of laying it to rest now."
About the Production
Playing on our universal fear of the dark, The Power is a chilling supernatural thriller from BAFTA-nominated writer-director Corinna Faith and produced by Matthew James Wilkinson of Stigma Films and Rob Watson of Air Street Films. It was developed with the support of Creative England via the BFI NETWORK (awarding funds from the National Lottery) and received production finance from the BFI (awarding funds from the National Lottery) and Head Gear. The Power is presented by the BFI in association with Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology and Kreo Films.
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Producers: Rob Watson, Matthew James Wilkinson
Cinematography: Laura Bellingham
Editing: Tommy Boulding, Rebecca Lloyd
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Accutane [i]works[/i] by causing problems. It works by damaging the oil glands and interfering with the body's normal metabolization of fats. I meant it when I said it creates a whole new host of internal problems..not probable or possible or potential problems...just problems. That's how it works.
I don't care if someone's sisters friend's cousin has no problems that they relate to their accutane. Likewise, I don't care (I do care it just doesn't make a difference here) if someone's sister's friends cousin had their hair fall out from accutane. It doesn't make a difference in how the chemical works inside the body and what it does. Everyone has a quality of life and a level of health that they aim for or that they tolerate. I don't think anyone who is not an adult should take this drug. It is just too risky. The reason depression is one of the possible side effects of accutane is because of its effects on the brain.
I can also understand, with experiences like yours, why you would be frustrated with the medical community! Luckily, I personally, have never had that experience... I have also been very fortunate to have several medical professionals as friends and family, so I have never had any difficulty getting honest, beneficial advice... I do agree with what someone else said too - it is always a good idea to have a couple of opinions before taking medical advice.
The thing is, I am sure that GirlienNc seriously weighed the options, did the reasearch, and looked in to all of the possible options for treating her sons acne, as any good parent would! She came on here asking for specific advice about her son's dosage. Instead of anyone answering the question she asked, everyone comes in slamming her with "accutane horror stories." (most of which I am sure she has heard before) As a parent, myself, I know that is the last thing she needs to hear right now! Not only is she a concerned parent with her own natural worries, but she also wants to do the best she can to help her son get through his teenage years without the added burden of acne!
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RNC Votes Unanimously Backing Traditional Marriage
By: Sandy Fitzgerald / Newsmax
Less than a month ago, National Chairman Reince Priebus released a 98-page document that appraised his party's political liabilities in an attempt to re-brand the party and attract voters following last November's election setbacks.
However, the RNC's resolved to uphold its stance on marriage, declaring that the union between a man and a woman is "the optimum environment in which to raise healthy children for the future of America," reports the Wall Street Journal.
The 168 RNC members, by casting their unanimous vote, shows the party faces further challenges as it looks for ways to broaden its voting base. While some Republicans agree with Priebus that the party needs to further acknowledge and attract minority groups and younger voters, others believe doing that will cause the GOP to abandon its core values.
The party's base seems to agree with the RNC's vote, according to the results of a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released this past week. The poll showed that while 53 percent of Americans favor allowing same-sex marriages, only 27 percent of Republicans approve.
Supporters of the new RNC resolution say it was made to create the party's clear line on marriage.
"At the very least we wanted to clarify the position of the party," said A.J. Spiker, who chairs the Iowa Republican Party. "(We) can certainly be welcoming without compromising on marriage and the definition of marriage."
Meanwhile, social-conservative group leaders, including Gary Bauer and Tony Perkins, wrote a letter to Priebus last week to voice their "great displeasure" with his assessment of the party, warning that the party will make a "huge historical mistake" by skirting "the issues which attract and energize them by the millions."
Priebus and other GOP leaders, though, say they are trying to balance the party's stance on traditional marriage while being more accepting of other views.
"What's important is for people who disagree with this stance to know they're welcome in the party," said former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer, who helped draft the RNC re-assessment report.
The RNC's resolution also urges the Supreme Court to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act, which limits the recognition of gay marriage, and California's Proposition 8 legislation, which bans same-sex unions. Both issues remain under court review.
Priebus Friday rejected suggestions that he and others want the party to change its values.
"I'd never suggest we should waiver on our principles," he said in a speech before the vote was taken.
"But I also won't tell anyone they can't be a part of this party. If you're willing to defend liberty and champion opportunity, then you should be a Republican."
Israel May Fast-Track Plans to Attack Iran
By David A. Patten / Newsmax
Analysts fear a dramatic advance in North Korea's nuclear missile technology, revealed inadvertently during a Congressional hearing Thursday, will quickly find its way to Iran — forcing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fast-track a long-contemplated attack against Tehran's nuclear-enrichment facilities.
Pentagon officials are playing down a U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency assessment that North Korea probably has the ability to miniaturize a nuclear weapon and place it on an ICBM. U.S. officials say that miniaturization capability, if it exists, is untested and unreliable.
In February, North Korea detonated what is described as a "lighter, miniaturized atomic bomb." At the time, there was speculation this could signal the Hermit Kingdom had developed a nuclear warhead that it could place on its long-range missiles. Pentagon officials, however, continued to insist North Korea was at least a year away from developing that capability.
Jerusalem Post defense analyst Yaakov Katz, author of "Israel vs. Iran: The Shadow War," tells Newsmax that U.S. and Israeli intelligence officials have generally agreed that it would take Iran six to 12 months to build a nuclear device once it tried to break out and enrich its material from the 20-percent to the 90-percent level required. Beyond that, intelligence experts have projected, it would then take Iran another year or two to produce a miniaturized warhead that could be installed on a missile.
Now, Katz says, the time lag between reaching nuclear capability and Iran's ability to arm a missile with a nuclear warhead appears to have vanished. That means Thursday's revelation could reduce Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's nonmilitary options against Iran, forcing the Jewish state to step up its timetable for attacking the Persian nation should it acquire enough enriched uranium to be a significant threat.
"If the North Koreans are much more advanced than we assumed, then that could mean that when the Iranians surge to move forward, that the whole time frame would change also," Katz tells Newsmax. "It would mean Israel and the West would have to revisit the time frames that they've put in for the Iranians, and that could be much shorter now — which means your window of opportunity [to attack] is also becoming smaller."
Experts say Israel would have to assume that any North Korean miniaturization technology would soon find its way into the hands of Iran's mullahs. In fact, it is possible Iranian technology enabled North Korea's push to miniaturize its warheads — the step that makes them capable of being installed on an ICBM. There is widespread agreement in the intelligence community that the two embattled nations routinely exchange technology, and sometimes military hardware as well.
"That's no secret," says Katz. "There's been a lot of cooperation between the Iranians and the North Koreans."
He adds: "Israel has always made the assessment that whatever is going on in North Korea, you have to assume it's also … taking place in Iran. So that technical cooperation is still working."
Obama administration officials have been downplaying the immediate threat from North Korea, even as the Pentagon rushed a THAAD missile interceptor system, which had not been scheduled to enter service until 2015, to Guam to protect American interests. It also announced it would revive the Bush-era plan to add 14 more interceptors to the missile shield that protects America's West Coast, which it had previously canceled.
The news that one U.S. intelligence agency believes North Korea already has achieved the ability to design nuclear-missile warheads was inadvertently disclosed by GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado on Thursday during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee. He was reading a portion of a classified document that had been erroneously marked declassified.
That disclosure means Israeli leaders must now assume the window between the moment Iran acquires nuclear capability, and the horrific moment when it could launch an attack on a major Israeli city such as Tel Aviv, would be a matter of months or weeks rather than years, experts say.
That North Korea has helped Iran bolster its missile technology is well established. In recent years, as Iranian technology surpassed that of North Korea, the technical assistance flowed the other way as well, sources say.
According to Heritage Foundation senior research fellow Bruce Klingner: "Clearly there has been a decades-long missile relationship, and it began with a one-way sale of missiles to Iran. … Over time it became a two-way, collaborative relationship."
Klingner adds that a collaborative relationship between the two rogue nations on nuclear technology "is beyond question," although much more difficult to assess due to its secretive nature.
One example of that cooperation: A February 2010 diplomatic cable released by the WikiLeaks organization revealed that Iran had obtained 19 advanced North Korean missiles with a Russian design known as R-27. The R-27 was initially used aboard Soviet submarines to launch nuclear missiles. At the time, analysts predicted the acquisition of the R-27 would enable Iran to reverse-engineer a new class of missiles with greater range and payloads.
"Every once in a while, you hear reports a North Korean scientist has popped up in Iran or vice versa," Human Events senior writer John Hayward tells Newsmax.
"We have been assuming … we'll know the exact moment when Iran has everything it needs to make a devastating weapon," Hayward adds. "But it seems from today's news we don't really have that confidence anymore. We don't know where either Iran or North Korea really is."
Intelligence experts have decried the dearth of U.S. "humint," or human intelligence, from North Korea. As for Iran, Israeli intelligence is believed to have both human and electronic intelligence sources. While North Korea's capabilities are often opaque, Katz says intelligence officers in Israel and the West have "always been quite confident" that they will know almost immediately should Iran try to break out and enrich its uranium to be nuclear-weapons capable. And so far that has not occurred.
In his September speech to the United Nations, Netanyahu spoke of a "red line" that Iran must not be allowed to cross. He also stressed that time was already running out to rein in Iran's nuclear activities.
"Each day, that point is getting closer," he said. "That's why I speak today with such a sense of urgency. And that's why everyone should have a sense of urgency. … The relevant question is not when Iran will get the bomb. The relevant question is at what stage can we no longer stop Iran from getting the bomb."
Thursday's revelation hardly marked the first time national-security experts have underestimated the Hermit Kingdom's nuclear progress. Just months before the CIA announced in January 1994 that North Korea probably had developed nuclear weapons, U.S. diplomats were negotiating with North Korea in the belief there was still time to reach an agreement.
Now, U.S. analysts appear once again to have underestimated its capabilities.
Before the DIA analysis was revealed, Michael A. Dodge of the conservative Heritage Foundation told Newsmax: "North Korea has demonstrated the basic technology to hit the U.S.; the question is whether they can miniaturize the nukes to put on the missiles. We think we have some time before they can do that, but in the past we have had a tendency to underestimate the North Korean threat."
Hayward of Human Events doubts Israel would take action against Iran while the U.S. national security apparatus is on tenterhooks over North Korea. But he says the news that North Korea may have mastered the ability to miniaturize its nuclear weapons and put them on a ballistic missile has moved up Netanyahu's red line for unilaterally launching an attack on Iran's nuclear-enrichment facilities.
"He believes that 'moderate confidence' assessment, and he has said many times they can't afford to take risks. That was the whole point of that speech where he drew the bomb on that piece of paper at the U.N. He was busy explaining: 'We can't gamble;
we can't suppose they're years away when they're not. We have to stop this before it crosses a certain point.'
"And if you'll remember, that 'certain point' was basically getting things that are small enough to be assembled in locations that are almost impossible to strike, and then getting them into ballistic missiles. It's not just the missile capability. It's the fact that once you get there, it becomes very difficult to stop the process. So I think he may see that red line being right on top of him."
In December, North Korea launched a Unha-3 missile that placed an object into orbit. U.S. officials have estimated the range of that missile at some 6,200 miles, sufficient to threaten Guam, Hawaii, Alaska, and the U.S. West Coast. The Musudan missiles North Korea is expected to launch in coming days have a much shorter range, about 2,500 miles. But that still puts Japan and Guam well within range. The United states has 28,000 military personnel in South Korea; 40,000 in Japan; and Guam, a U.S. territory, has a population of approximately 160,000. It also hosts major U.S. Navy and Air Force bases.
In recent days the administration has responded to the North Korean threat by rushing advanced radar systems and anti-missile capabilities to the Pacific theater, and decided to beef up its missile interceptor capability on the West Coast.
Says Klingner: "I think the Obama administration's reversal on the missile interceptor programs was the administration getting caught flat-footed apparently, supposedly by the long-standing North Korean nuclear and missile threat. … They based it on a sudden, unexpected acceleration of the Korean missile threat. Well, it was not."
In fact, Klingner tells Newsmax, a 2001 intelligence assessment predicted that by 2015, at the current rate of progress, the United States would face an ICBM threat from North Korea.
Former U.S. ambassador to North Korea Christopher Hill, meanwhile, told Fox News on Friday that the Pentagon's insistence that North Korea has yet to test the accuracy of its nuclear-missile technology is largely irrelevant. Whether the DIA's projection, which is made with "moderate" rather than "high" confidence, is accurate now misses the larger point, he says.
"Sooner or later that report is going to be correct, so the same old question is, what are we going to do about it? … We've got to make very clear that we are not going to accept this," Hill said.
He added that North Korea's bellicose missile launches and nuclear-arms development must now be the No. 1 diplomatic issue between the United States and China.
Occupy and Redistribute D.C
By: John Ransom / Townhall Finance Editor
Here's an idea: Let's occupy and then redistribute D.C.
Let's take the $3.6 trillion in spending that Obama wants in his latest budget and split it up equally between the 115 million households in the United States. The $31,304.35 income bump normal households would see wouldn't quite bring the median American household income-- $50,054-- up to the level of those enjoyed by people who live on the D.C. metro area-- $86,680 -- but it would come close.
It would at least be better than the most recent idiocy coming out of Washington where they "taught" the rich a lesson by raising taxes on all working Americans by 2 percent… plus quite a bit more in hidden taxes.
Because suddenly, even liberal economists in the mainstream media are figuring out that, oops, maybe raising taxes wasn't such a good idea.
Retail sales contracted in March for the second time in three months, a sign the American economy may have stumbled at the end of the first quarter.
Retail sales fell 0.4 percent during the month, the Commerce Department said on Friday. That was below analysts' expectations that sales would be flat.
The sales data supports the view that the U.S. economy continues to struggle and hasn't gained as much momentum has analysts believed just a few weeks ago.
The culprit?
"The miss in retail sales sends concerns about the impact of higher payroll taxes," Omer Esiner, a market analyst at Commonwealth Foreign Exchange told Reuters, likely emphasizing the words "higher… payroll… taxes" by speaking them verrrry slowly to a recent graduate of journalism school, who probably minored in gender studies either the hard way or the easy way.
"So it's a tax scheme, huh? Who would have believed it?" I can hear the eager-beaver journalist say.
Washington's remedy for the poor fourth quarter 2012 GDP, which posted a revised gain of about 0.4 percent, was to give D.C. even more of your money- starting in the first quarter of 2013. And so it began.
But if you think the economic slowdown now is related to the tax increase then, well you might be good at math, but you know nothing about Washington math and Washington journalism, both of which are the highest forms of the art of opinion.
Because wait, there more to the story. We haven't heard from the government experts yet. These are experts, by the way, who mostly reside in about the Washington, D.C. and just coincidentally enjoy, with their friends and neighbors, a median household income of $86,680-- not $50,054.
Reuters is very quick to point out that the 2 percent cut in government spending- also known as Super Sequester Sandy- is also to blame for decline consumer spending, along with taxes, even though: 1) Sequester cuts haven't really happened; 2) They really aren't cuts; and 4) <----- I'm using Washington math there, just as an example (I'm not areal journalist so technically I'm not qualified to use D.C. math) - Super Sequester Sandy doesn't come close to the impact payroll and other taxes have had on the economy this year- and years to come.
"Fiscal policy tightened further in March when the federal government began across-the-board spending cuts known in Washington as the sequester," reports Reuters, "part of Washington's efforts to shrink the budget deficit. Non-partisan researchers working for the U.S. Congress estimate Washington's austerity drive will subtract about 1.5 percentage points from economic growth this year."
Let me explain the problem with the figures from those "non-partisan researchers working for the U.S. Congress."
Since federal spending as proposed by Obama will make up roughly 25 percent of GDP, there is no mathematical way that a 2 percent cut in federal spending could reduce GDP by "1.5 percentage points" this year.
Government economists and journalists need to pay attention because I'm going to do some math here: 2 percent of 25 percent of GDP equals… 0.5 percent of GDP.
And here's the other problem that "non-partisan researchers working for the U.S. Congress" have with that math: Only about half the cuts happen this year. Even if you add a type of multiplier effect, there's no way that government spending cuts bring down GDP growth by "1.5 percentage points" this year.
Increased taxes might, but not tiny cuts in government spending.
I suspect that the real math problem that those "non-partisan researchers" have is that their friends and their neighbors, along with themselves, have a median annual income of $86,680 per year.
And the solution to that math problem is to occupy and redistribute D.C.
Obama's Growth-Busting Budget
By: Larry Kudlow / Townhall Finance
No matter how you slice the Obama budget pie, the inescapable fact is that the president wants to get rid of the roughly $1 trillion budget-cutting sequester and substitute in a $1 trillion-plus tax hike. In other words, more spending, more taxing. Growth-busting. The GOP should just say no.
And let me provide some counsel to my Republican friends in Washington, in particular in the House. Balanced budgets don't create growth. This mantra is wrong. It's growth that creates balanced budgets.
Cut spending? That's a pro-growth measure. Lower tax rates? Another pro-growth measure. The combination of limited government and true tax reform will balance the budget soon enough, with government coming in at a smaller share of GDP while sufficient investment and work incentives get growth moving towards the 4 or 5 percent range.
That kind of growth would make up for the lost ground of the past 15 years. And if you add in deregulation and a sound King Dollar, you'd have a growth budget that would propel America back into prosperity.
Indeed, with some tweaking of eligibility requirements, a true economic-growth budget would lower food-stamp enrollment, unemployment compensation, disability benefits, and other forms of welfare-dependency spending that plague the country. Medicare is a more complex issue, but Social Security would be solved by a long-run growth spurt.
Of course, this is not what President Obama is aiming for. He wants more than $500 billion in tax revenue from a 28 percent income-tax deduction limit. But this is not tax reform, since there are no offsetting reductions in marginal tax rates. He also wants a $50 billion Buffett rule that would jack up taxes on capital gains and dividends. He would slap energy companies with a $100 billion tax hike, at least. Offshore corporate income would see a $150 billion tax increase. And banks and financial institutions would get slammed with $100 billion in new taxes.
And there's no serious corporate tax reform in this budget. Even with some temporary tax-credit offsets, some have suggested that there might be room for a 1 percentage point business tax cut, from 35 percent to 34 percent. That's pathetic. Instead, the most powerful growth measure would have small-business, sub-chapter-S-type firms pay the same 25 percent tax rate as large C-corp companies might. This would be a huge growth booster, and it would attract investment from all over the world.
Then there's the budget's incredible and arbitrary limit or tax on -- or even possible confiscation of -- IRA-type tax-advantaged savings accounts. Who exactly gave the federal government the right to tell free people how much they can save for retirement? Obama wants a $3 million cap on these accounts. And he thinks $205,000 a year in some kind of annuity would "be substantially more than needed for reasonable retirement." This is statism at its worst.
Plus, people pay taxes when they redeem their IRAs. And on top of that, the U.S.A. needs more saving to promote more investment and create more jobs and growth. Better that savings and investment are tax free and we tax consumption instead.
I don't have a problem with Obama's modest change in the cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security, called the chain CPI. That could be worked in someplace. But in terms of overall entitlement reform, it's just a drop in the bucket.
It may be possible for Republicans and Democrats to work out deals on gun background checks that won't violate the second amendment. And a good deal on immigration reform would substantially promote economic growth in the years ahead. But the GOP should not get suckered into a budget deal that ends the spending-cut sequester and delivers yet another huge tax hike.
The litmus test for budgets should be growth. More spending and taxing won't get you there. One of the few economic positives from recent government policy is that federal spending could come down a couple trillion dollars if the last two budget deals are held in place. But limiting tax deductions with no offset in marginal tax rates is neither tax reform nor pro-growth.
I'll give a modest "yes" to political thaws on gun control and immigration if they're done right. But I give an absolute "no" to the Obama high-tax-and-spend budget proposal.
'Saving face'...is it worth the consequences
In a show of even more incompetency coming from this White House, this past Thursday during a session of the House Armed Services Committee, Representative Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) read on the record an unclassified segment of a 'supposedly' classified report about North Korea's nuclear capabilities. This report nor any part of it was ever meant for public dissemination, but was made public due to the report erroneously being labeled as unclassified when in fact it was not.
The ghosts of Benghazi come to mind...
This report, a spy dossier titled Dynamic Threat Assessment 8099: North Korea Nuclear Weapons Program (March 2013), outlined the Defense Intelligence Agency's (DIA) findings that it's believed that North Korea might already have a nuclear weapon small enough to be placed atop a ballistic missile...meaning it's deliverable NO matter who says what to the contrary.
And while Director of National Intelligence James Clapper played down the DIA findings, saying that "North Korea has not yet demonstrated the full range of capabilities necessary for a nuclear armed missile" he overlooks the fact, as do most, that with North Korea being as secretive as it is, and with it being shunned and isolated by the international community, we really don't know with any certainty what the rogue nation's military capabilities might or might NOT be.
And it must be remembered that last December North Korea launched a Taepodong 2 missile that put a satellite into orbit. And while the orbit appeared tenuous at best it did prove that this rogue nation does indeed have long-range missile technology, and that does NOT bode well in the face of the recent threats coming from Pyongyang against South Korea, Japan, and us.
Now add an untested, immature, bloviating man-child into the mix, one who must now shut up or put up to 'save face' in light of all his recent posturing and threats, and the situation on the Korean peninsula can NO longer be ignored or even downplayed. And with two mid-range mobile Musudan ballistic missiles having been placed and readied (meaning they're in an upright position ready for firing) in the town of Wonsan along North Korea's eastern coast, the situation has now reached a critical level.
Could this be just a game on Kim Jong-un's part to call our bluff in regards to removing the sanctions, anything is possible but this is NOT a game we or our allies can afford to lose or ignore. So while White House Press Secretary Jay Carney continues to spew Obama's line that "North Korea has not demonstrated the capability to deploy a nuclear-armed missile," we cannot allow ourselves to trust Obama or anything his people have to say, just like we could NOT and still CANNOT trust them to tell the truth in regards to what happened in Benghazi.
And with Secretary of State John 'Swiftboat' Kerry (gag) bloviating at a press conference in Seoul the Obama rhetoric that we will NOT abide a nuclear armed North Korea, this administration is doing NOTHING to stop them...just like this administration did NOTHING to help Ambassador Stevens and continues to do NOTHING of substance to stop Iran from continuing it's work on acquiring nuclear weapons.
Also, just a few days ago, North Korea lobbed new threats against Japan saying that Tokyo would, in the event of war, be the first target "if it continues to maintain its hostile posture." What North Korea considers a hostile position is that Japan said it would destroy any missile heading toward their country. Hello...what is Japan supposed to say and do...I guess according to Pyongyang just sit back and let themselves be bombed...possibly into oblivion.
And after that threat our ever-loving president said, "Now is the time for North Korea to end the belligerent approach they have taken and to try to lower temperatures," adding that he preferred to see the tensions on the peninsula resolved through diplomatic means, but added that "the United States will take all necessary steps to protect its people."
Does that mean like he protects our ally Israel's people against the very arms, weapons, F-16s, and Abrams tanks he sends to her enemies...just wondering.
So while intelligence and satellite photos show NO indication of major troop numbers amassing along the Korean border with the South, as in a preparation for war, which would have given some definitive credence to Kim Jong-un's bloviations, Monday, April 15th is the 'Day of the Sun,' the commemoration of the birth of North Korea's (actual name:Democratic People's Republic of Korea) founder Kim Il-sung, and if anything will happen, any show of power of any kind from Pyongyang, it will most certainly happen on that day.
And we need to be prepared just in case for if North Korea does dare to do anything of substance we need to be prepared to end their nonsense once and for all...and that does NOT mean slapping even more sanctions on them.
Bye-bye Kim Jong-un...the civilized world will NOT mourn your loss.
Labels: Barack Obama, Day of the Sun, Japan, John Kerry, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, nuclear warheads, Pyongyang, sanctions, Seoul, South Korea, Tokyo
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package com.cevr.business.interceptor;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerInterceptor;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;

/**
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 * 业务类拦截器
 *
 * @author 郝洋
 * @version [版本号, 2016-8-30]
 * @see #CkInterceptor
 * @since 2.1
 */
public class CkInterceptor implements HandlerInterceptor {
    /**
     * 日志服务
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    public String loginFlag;

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    public void setIfNeedLogin(boolean ifNeedLogin) {
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Richard Wright and His American Critics, 1936-1960
Ward, Jerry Washington, Jr., Department of English, University of Virginia
Richard Wright is not only an important American writer but one of the most eloquent voices of black experience in the twentieth century. The man and his work have been examined from many angles, but the major studies of Wright only incidentally relate American criticism to his work. Measured against the social and intellectual history of its time, the criticism of Wright's work is representative of a particular process in the use of American literature--the incorporation of social change in the language of criticism. This dissertation illustrates this process in the criticism of Wright's work published between 1936 and 1960. Although Wright had attracted the notice of American Marxist critics prior to 1936, he achieved broader critical recognition only when his story "Big Boy Leaves Home" was published in The New Caravan. The study ends with 1960, the year of Wright's death.
The dissertation is divided into five chapters. Chapter One, "Art and Propaganda: Responses to the Black Writer as Communist," is an examination of responses to the early fiction in Uncle Tom's Children (1938). The second "Art and the Nemesis of Race: Initial Responses to Native Son, deals with reactions to Wright's first novel (1940). The third chapter, "Art and History: Responses to Wright's Concepts of History," treats responses to 12 Million Black Voices (1941), shifts in response occasioned by Wright's disavowal of the Communist Party, and the responses to Black Boy (1945). Chapter Four, "Art and Exile: Responses to Wright's Existentialism," discusses criticism of the novels The Outsider (1953) and The Long Dream (1958). Chapter Five, "Art and Social Consciousness: Responses to Wright's Social and Racial Vision," considers the reactions to Black Power (1954), The Color Curtain (1956), Pagan Spain (1957) and White Man, Listen! (1957).
https://doi.org/10.18130/V3333D
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Beware of this viral and dangerous TikTok challenge
The latest viral challenge dubbed the 'Skull Breaker Challenge' is causing widespread concern.
The challenge originated in Spain after two students recorded themselves on TikTok performing the stunt.
The challenge involves two people in on the prank standing on either side of a third person who does not know what is about to happen. All three people stand in a straight line and are told to jump in the air. The person in the middle, who is, again, not aware of the challenge, jumps believing the other two will jump as well, but what they actually do is kick inward to knock the middle person off of their feet and onto their head.
The injury-inducing trend is gaining popularity on TikTok. Concerned parents and schools trying to warn children and teens by reposting the challenge making it even more widespread.
According to reports, at least two children in the United States have been hospitalized attempting the challenge.
A spokesperson for TikTok gave a statement to set the record straight, saying that this is not a TikTok-inspired trend. "The safety and well-being of our users is a top priority at TikTok," the spokesperson said. "As we make clear in our Community Guidelines, we do now allow content that encourages, promotes, or glorifies dangerous challenges that might lead to injury, and we remove reported behaviour or activity that violates our guidelines."
The cycle of viral memes and challenges is endless. While most are funny and harmless, some come along that are actually quite dangerous.
The year 2019 kicked off with the Bird Box Challenge that had people attempting all kinds of stunts like driving and walking while blindfolded.
As reported by The Sauce, the teen video-sharing app TikTok recently unveiled new safety measures that allow parents to control some aspects of their kid's account.
Koffi Olomide apologizes to kenyans after years of deportation
UNBELIEVABLE! Woman spends Sh2.7 million covering entire body and face with tattoos
Diamond Platnumz's collabo with Zuchu Cheche was recently pulled down from YouTube following a copyright strike by a person identified as Tony Anthony. Although little is known about Tony Antony, some netizens are speculating that it could be a conspiracy to take down the fast-rising Zuchu.
However, according to the Head of Digital Department at WCB Wasafi Kim Kayndo, they are in talks with the YouTube management to ensure the Cheche video is put back on the streaming platform. He added that the copyright strike issued against the video is fake, and therefore it will be easy for them to get the video back on YouTube.
Mr Kayndo further said that if indeed the claim was legit, it could have come from a reputable copyright body and therefore, reassured fans that the video will soon be back on YouTube soon. The song in question was trending at No. 1 both in Kenya and Tanzania and had garnered over 2.5 million views within five days of being released. This comes barely a week after fans turned the heat on Diamond Platnumz and Zuchu for allegedly copying Tanasha Donna's lyrics in the said song.
It is entirely true that love just happens. But it is also not easy to genuinely bond with someone. Certainly to love someone deeply is a very complicated thing. And one of the biggest reasons behind it is that it is very much difficult to understand the signs of how the other feels when in love.
When it comes to loving deeply, women are highly secretive, and it takes them time to admit their feelings. But if you carefully observe their behavior, they do leave some signs, and ways behind that reveal how they feel.
Nervousness Indicates Deep Love
It is natural for anyone to fall in love to feel nervous deeply. And this change in the behavior is often readable. So if your girlfriend shows signs of nervousness, it means you are inevitably going to win her over.
She Shows Signs Of Jealousy
A woman in love will many times reveal shocking signs and display her jealous side if you are talking to other girls or unknown women. It is because she considers you more than just her friend and is scared of losing you to someone else.
She Always Tries To Keep You Happy
Does she always try to keep you happy and make you smile? When a woman is genuinely in love with a man she will try everything to keep him happy. She may even display a good sense of humor and go out of the way to ensure that you are always smiling.
Social Media Displays Her Love Interest
It is always easy to find out the deeply hidden feeling of your girlfriend by getting a glimpse of her activity on social media platforms such as Facebook, Google +, Twitter and Instagram. If she likes and comments on your post regularly, these signs indicate that she is deeply in low with you and wants to come closer.
She Is Always Ready To Hear You
One of the most visible signs of being in love is always being attentive to the words of your partner. You only listen to someone with great intent when you feel genuinely for someone. These are the signs that a man must recognize to identify true love.
You Are More Important Than Others
Have you seen her giving more importance to you over others? When a woman prefers your company more than other, these are her ways of showing how deeply she loves you. It can be anything from sharing food, discussing problems or even asking opinion-but if you are the first person she prefers to talk to, these are the signs that she is deeply in love with you.
Does She Discuss With You New Things?
Does she discuss new things with you whenever you meet her? It is also a vital sign that she is deeply in love with you. If she brings up a new topic every time and discusses with you even smaller things of her life, then it is one of her ways of showing you how deeply she is in love with you.
Presents For No Reason- Signs Of Being Deeply In Love
If she is giving you presents occasionally for no reason at all, then it is an indication that she is indeed profoundly in love with you. Because there can be no other reason why she should be showing signs of surprising you with gifts and presents.
Dennis okari is one of the best investigative journalists we have in Kenya. Through him, a number of scandals that would have gone past the public eye have been addressed. The most recent one, the covid 19 millionaires shook the government after he uncovered the embezzlement that had happened with the covid funds.
Dennis went to the Kenya institute of mass communication where he got his bachelor's degree in communication- journalism. He has worked in different companies and reported in different languages. That includes the kenya broadcasting corporation, metro tv, TBN Africa and the standard group media. Currently he works at the Nation group media and is a news anchor as well as an investigative journalist and reporter.
He was married to former k24 news anchor Betty kyalo but their union lasted for only six months. Betty kyalo's brother did hint to the media that there was abuse in the relationship as well as no support from Okari's family. It seemed like his family did not support the union. However, both of them did not come out to the public about their break up or what caused their divorce so nobody knows what their side of the story. The two have a four-year-old daughter named Ivanna.
Dennis remarried after divorcing Betty Kyalo. He married a lady named Naomi joy who works at bonfire adventures. The two go to the same church and seem to be happy and lost in love. Their wedding was an invite only affair that was done last year in February at Ridge-ways baptist church. They have since already celebrated their first anniversary together.
Okari is a good chef in his kitchen. He once posted a picture of food he was preparing for his wife after she came home late and tired from work. The food looked very appetizing hence we can tell the man does know his way around the kitchen.
He is one of the highest paid personalities in the country. Though we cant exactly tell his net-worth, we can tell the man does pocket a handsome pay quite often from the luxurious life we see he lives on his social media pages.
Dennis is a bilingual reporter and worked for the BBC where he used to take home a salary of 800,000 per month. He covered issues of governance, security and feature stories. He however came back to seek an opportunity at the nation media group.
Dennis was recently appointed as the special projects editor at nation media effective from January twenntieth of this year. He clearly is doing a good job if his bosses entrust him with such big roles. The man has a professional experience of 12 years and counting.
Dennis okari is a forex trader and a coach as well. One can tell from his social media pages that he is deeply invested in the trade.


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OSU Mansfield Microfarm Project Takes Center Stage In Columbus
5 Dec , 2018
On Monday night, the Ohio Microfarm Project, an initiative with "roots" at The Ohio State University at Manfsield, took to the stage in Columbus to share its vision.
The setting was an evening set aside for the ten finalists in the Alliance for the American Dream initiative to present their respective programs. Each is vying to be one of the three efforts selected to be presented to the initiative underwriter for funding and support, and to be shared as well with the three other universities involved in the Alliance – the University of Utah, Arizona State University, and the University of Wisconsin.
Earlier this year, The Ohio State University collaborated with Schmidt Futures to launch the Alliance for the American Dream – designed to identify ideas that will foster true social mobility, true equality of opportunity, and a true middle class that is attainable and sustainable.
In August, ten finalists were announced, and each presented on Monday. The top three will be made public on December 10.
The Ohio Microfarm Project is the brainchild of Kip Curtis, a professor at OSU Mansfield. At the beginning of the presentation, Brian Snyder of OSU described it as an "unprecedented effort to lift Ohio's economy and legacy communities by building new local food infrastructure." The team proposes to create a six-city local food production and marketing network in Ohio in OSU affiliated communities (Mansfield, Marion, Wooster, Lima, Columbus, and Newark) with "continuous yields year after year."
The presentation can be viewed here (click on "Watch Again"); the Ohio Microfarm Project presentation begins about the 19:30 minute mark.
For an overview of the Alliance for the American Dream initiative, see the video below. It features remarks at the Alliance's kickoff event this spring.
Source: The Ohio State University
Agriculture, Economy, Featured, OSU Mansfield


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