Ngepi Camp was created in 1987 by Mark Adcock who still owns and oversees it to this day. Today it is a world famous destination and attracts tens of thousands of tourists to Namibia annually. Ngepi Camp's real success is that (despite the fact that it has been operating for 29 years and has in excess of 22,000 bednights p.a.) the environment is still the same as it was. Such a consistently large number of guests visiting any one property would normally have a significantly negative impact on any biome but Ngepi's consistent commitment to its environmental plan is proof that a business can be successful and profitable without harming it's environment.
The owner's commitment to the environment is clearly illustrated by the fact that he closed his successful helicopter safari business (5th Dimension Helicopter Safaris) on account of it being so pollutant – a helicopter's CO2 footprint is 10 times that of an equivalent safari in a vehicle. He announced the company's closure publicly at the next Indaba Show, placing green "WITHDRAWN" stickers over his exhibit and spending the three days of the show explaining to and educating visitors and exhibitors regarding the environmental consequences of helicopter travel. The following is a basic overview of how, over all these years, Ngepi Camp has endeavoured to educate thousands of tourists regarding the environment, as well as how we managed to avoid damaging our surrounds and support sustainable tourism.
We live by the principle that we are the guests and Nature is our host.
Although we are surrounded by indigenous forests, we do not ever source wood for normal construction from them as we believe that they are under threat. All our building materials are obtained from farmed forests or are available locally from naturally annual crops. We build with as little footprint as possible and all trace or damage caused to the environment by Ngepi Camp could easily and completely be removed if we left. We also practice no hindrance of wetland areas.
Our Tree Houses have all the amenities needed for modern comfort, with 'your feet still in nature'. This includes a comfortable mattress, feather pillows and natural 'air conditioning'. We have also learned to emulate nature in that we harness the Coriolis Effect in the southern hemisphere, directing the prevailing wind into a slot on a Tree House roof. This causes internal hot air to spiral upwards in an anti-clockwise direction, drawing it out of the room by means of the vacuum formed on the low pressure side of the cap on the roof. It works a treat! Also we have harnessed evaporative cooling on some tree houses by installing a spray on the roof that evaporates off the floor and thereby cooling the room.
Normally lodges of our size just connect to the mains power grid and ignore the consequences of their CO2 and other pollution footprints. At Ngepi we take the environment very seriously and live by our principle of "if we want to make a successful business, then we cannot negatively impact on the environment at all".
Ngepi Camp has many challenges to provide all 'comfort' needs for our guests without negatively impacting on the environment. Our careful management of power has to take into consideration that Ngepi Camp stretches over 2km, has high volume demands during peak seasons and less demand when there are only a few guests, and needs to be effective during both extremely hot summer days and very cold winter nights. So in this SUN rich country we have chosen Solar as our main source of power and water heating. To this end we have a peak output of 36kW of 3-phase 220vac power 24/7- all supplied by the sun. We designed a sophisticated timer management system to save power and only use LED low consumption globes for lighting.
Our water is pumped by solar energy during the day and supply is supplemented by a water flow powered paddle wheel pump for top up. Hot water is normally achieved by solar geysers, but they do have electric elements for days when we are at full guest capacity or when overcast. Although this system generates in excess of 5000 litres of hot water at any one time, this is sometimes insufficient for demand.
To supplement the solar power and hot water supply we have a backup diesel generator. Normally when this starts it would switch on all geysers that are no longer at temperature. But this is not ideal as hot water may not be required in each location. We have therefore designed a special control system that allows us to evaluate which hot water geysers are under stress at any particular time and switch ONLY those specific geysers on for a limited time. This results in significant savings on diesel and the ensuing pollution. We are very pleased that our generator needs to run an average of just one hour a day to supplement all of the camp's power needs over the year.
We are not connected to the National electricity grid at all.
We recycle ALL our waste. We have sworn to recycle all and any waste that we and our guests produce in the daily business of Ngepi Camp. We refuse to dump our waste in a nearby borrow pit and burn it as most other lodges in the area do. Our recycling policy entails a sophisticated but simple sorting and packing process that allows storage of a specific waste product until it has reached an economically transportable volume and then it is sent to a recycler in Johannesburg. There is money to be made from this practice and we have led the way in getting one of the local entrepreneurs to take on the project of recycling all the lodges' waste. It is a slow process but we are making headway.
We even store old batteries and will return them to South Africa when we have a full load and an available vehicle. This is because Namibia does not recycle batteries at all.
Some kitchen scraps are composted with all other biodegradable Ngepi offcuts but some are thrown into the river as food for the fish to increase the biomass. We also compost all guests' leftovers and ash from camp fires is recycled in the gardens.
We also recycle all our vehicles with our in-house trained mechanics and welders. We do not believe that we can justify purchasing new replacement vehicles based on the CO2 production footprint. Some of our vehicles have done in excess of 500,000km and are still going strong. All old oil is contained, removed and recycled.
We email our 'check out' invoices instead of printing them, and take the time to educate the guest as to why.
We pump water directly from the river to all taps at Ngepi. The locals respect this river as their only water source and therefore do not defile it in any way and drink this water 'as is' without any side effects. Contaminants do, however, get into the water via cattle and other animals, as well as rain run off etc. We treat our own drinking water from the river and supply it free to guests. This is an attempt to try and prevent plastic bottle pollution and the ensuing CO2 pollution from transporting large tonnage's of water. To make this point we have given empty glass drinking water bottles as Christmas gifts to our guests over the last few years, pointing out why we are doing it as well.
Our freezers are AAA rated and are located in a specially designed cool room where we use the sun to evaporate water on the charcoal wall that keeps the room cool. This temperature reduction obviously reduces the running time on the freezers and helps us save further. Ice cube machines are very inefficient and we therefore make Ice in plastic bags inside one of our freezers. This is much more efficient and the blocks of ice are later crushed for use in guests' drinks etc.
Due to the hot dry climate of the Kalahari Desert, Ngepi has designed special sprays on the outside apex of all rooms which, when turned on, spray water onto the thatch that then runs down and splashes on the deck like cooling rain. This water soon evaporates and as per Boyle's Law, reduces the air temperature, which in turn reduces the room temperature. It also doubles as a fire fighting system!
We use natural liquid Propane gas in our kitchen for cooking as it supplies instant heat and no manufacturing footprint. The construction footprint and capital cost required to run the kitchen on a solar-powered electrical system is unwarranted.
We never serve beef at Ngepi as we believe the beef industry is the largest polluter on earth. Cows convert approximately 21Kg of cattle feed to only 1Kg of meat. This ratio does not justify the harmful environmental footprint resulting from raising cows in feedlots, the farming of the required feed and the inclusion of hormones therein, or all the other pollutants that originate in the beef industry that make it an environmental killer. All our red meat therefore comes from a free range game farm in our area. It converts at 8kg for 1Kg of meat. We have been purchasing from this same supplier for 20 years and we attempt to support local products to save on carbon miles.
We also do not serve any fish. The river would not be able to sustain the supply and would impoverish the local community who rely on this food source. Fresh sea fish would have a large transport carbon footprint, aside from which we know that any farmed fish use 'by-catch' from the sea trawlers to feed their fish. This insane practice requires that five sea fish are needed to harvest just one farmed fish of the same size.
We have a 'fat' separator built into the kitchen waste system to cleanse this from water before redirecting the grey water to feeding a tree.
We also only use 'earth friendly' detergents throughout for cleaning etc. and supply a small cake of environmentally friendly soap to our guests.
All Ngepi sewerage is treated in our 30 different septic tanks until it's fully decomposed and is then directed away from the river to a nearby tree. The effect is that your meal recycles directly to bio mass in the form of a tree. We also have 'hold down' flush loos to save water.
Showering obviously generates a lot of soap and other chemicals that are all toxic to the environment. The only effective way to mitigate and break down these toxins is that they be left to decompose using sun and oxygen. To this end we dilute and wash shower chemicals into a garden nearby and allow the elements to oxidise and destroy them. The flourishing gardens are evidence that this works perfectly.
Ngepi is a working profitable business that offers all creature comforts and does not degrade the environment in the process.
We endeavour to be an example to our guests in that it is actually possible to achieve this very unique situation long term. It is not by mistake that we utilise this sandy island to filter all our used water back into the river. We believe that we in fact don't consume any water at Ngepi if you take the use and return policy into account.
We supply two watering points for the local community so as to prevent them having to be exposed to Crocodile attacks.
We have obtained an agreement from all the lodges in the area to only use multi-hull boats and 4-stroke engines going forward. The reduced wake is far less damaging to the river and its wildlife. Bird's nests at water level or scooped out on the shallow sandbanks are less at risk of being swamped and/or damaged and unnatural deterioration and erosion of the riverbanks is reduced. The 4-stroke motors are far more fuel efficient and do not use (2-stroke?) oil for lubrication. The effect here is that they produce half as much pollution in the form of CO2 and sound pollution. This is a good example of the lodges in the area working together. See also HLOA.
Catch and release fishing has been agreed by all the lodges in the area. We do not permit live bait to be used by our guests and prohibit them from using fishing nets as they harm the fishes' scales.
We have a floating pool in the river which we jokingly claim is the world's first Hippo and Croc cage dive. This pool is a strong steel cage that is welded together to keep all unwanted 'chompers' out and the bather safe. The net effect is that the pool is always clean and uses no chemicals at all.
Ngepi supports local industry and buys all its firewood from community members. We pay double the asking price but insist that all the wood is sourced only from already dead trees and at least 3km away from Ngepi to ensure wider sustainability.
At Ngepi we have never in our 29-year history sprayed any chemicals to eradicate any insects or vermin. This has resulted in an abundance of tiny mosquito eating spiders that frequent the trees around the swampy waters surrounding Ngepi. The only time you will see their tiny webs is in the early morning when they are backlit by the rising sun. It is spectacular, and you will soon appreciate why there are so few mosquitos at Ngepi – a Biome in balance! Our neighbours in Botswana did unfortunately spray the Okavango to eradicate Tsetse Fly. No one considered the mosquito's natural enemy, the microbes or bacteria that may be destroyed in the process and this has led to an imbalance and a profusion of Mosquitos and other insects. A Biome out of balance! We believe that we should not destroy or remove anything from the biome as it will impact on something else. In fact it is a well-known fact that if you remove a connected layer from the environment, the rest will collapse.
Under no circumstances do we ever put down bait for any vermin. This would be carried to the birds and all other predators, bacteria and microbes, and they would also die.
We employ on average around 90 people during the busy times of which 96% are from the three surrounding villages. We have one other Namibian from Otjiwarongo and someone from the West of the country managing the lodge. Five other departmental managers are all local people, two of whom are women. Normally more than half of our employees are woman. All permanent staff have shares in the company and upon retirement the employee sells these back to Ngepi who pays out the market value. This will amount to considerable cash benefits.
The suggested Ngepi Pension Scheme has not yet been implemented as the tribal traditional healer still has to clear the blockage! We have proposed that Ngepi pays half and the employee pays half. Half of this money is invested in the highest yielding savings account at the local bank and the other half is used to purchase cattle. Depending on the duration of service the employee gets a healthy financial return, as well as some cattle.
We have successfully put two local people through university. One is now a practising lawyer in Windhoek and the other is using his communication degree as an NBC personality.
We employ many local guides, mechanics, cooks, managers, boatmen, drivers, guards, housekeepers and all were trained by us. All of them are trained on how to manage and interface with the environment at every level, every day. This is ongoing and staff and visitors learn from the many signs and writings we have all around Ngepi.
We understand the importance of C.I.T.I.E.S. and IUCN and follow updates via web broadcasts as well as support WWF and AVAAZ on many matters relating to the environment and pass some of this on to our staff as appropriate.
We take an active part in our staff training and monitor and manage their health when we see that they are no managing themselves adequately. Obviously their medical records and condition is kept confidential.
We support many local entrepreneurs e.g. Frans Shampapi in his diamond mining venture as well as many local initiatives, in particular the Frans Dimbare Youth Group and have lectured on the environment to the tribal and school leaders.
We have also been instrumental in ensuring that the Eutropha bio diesel project did not get off the ground in this area to safeguard this environment. We have taken many school groups and lectured them on Ngepi environmental policy. We have also taken many game drives through the national park with community members so as to sensitise them on what value they have here and the responsibility they must carry to maintain it. We have also put together a proposal with the community for a community lodge planned for the Mahangu National Park.
We support ALL projects and attempts to evaluate and highlight the environment and manage it sustainably.
We support our local village soccer team and they are doing very well. In return we ask them to help fight fires and be environmentally useful.
The good craftsmen are from Zimbabwe and therefore we buy quality items from them. Locally the community supply firewood as above, but are great drummers, singers and dancers whom we have at Ngepi regularly. We DON'T IMPOSE OUR IDEAS on the community but rather encourage and support what they are good at and maintain complete respect for their traditions and culture.
Our local tribe is the Hambukushu and they speak Thimbukushu. We also have some !Xwe bushmen across the river. It's a real treat to go on a village walk to these communities. You will find that they are very friendly and will soon try and make a lasting friend of you! In this way we bring them buyers for their goods and curios and they get to share their philosophy with the world. We believe that knowledge of each other is the key to peace.
The Ngepi habitat is ideal for many migratory and resident birds and we boast in excess of 560 species with some very rare resident species. We have trained some outstanding bird guides.
No kindling or wood is used – all is left to rot naturally. This allows all manner of insects, microbes and bacteria to flourish and remain in balance, attracting an abundance of birdlife and a paradise for dung beetles – which have right of way at Ngepi.
We have propagated and planted around 6000 trees at Ngepi and currently sponsor 2000 trees in the local village. We pay N$10 per tree per month to the family who planted and ensures survival of these trees. See website for more details.
Guests are encouraged to become involved in the tree project and will receive a bi monthly newsletter showing what we have achieved and the news of Ngepi.
The 'Ngepi Pofotjie Kindergarten' was built by us in the Divayi village near our gate and our teachers focus more on lessons on environment rather than the western education system. We have three teaching assistants from the local village who are amazing – we supply a TV with only environmental programs and on the odd occasion some big soccer games to entertain the community at large, who now use this kindergarten as a community centre.
OVC – we have taken on the role of the parent in exile.
This project is in process of having the 36Ha of land officially allocated to us in Divundu. Ngepi has donated N$250,000 and we are driving and managing the whole project.
The OVC is based on the logic of the local custom and tradition of the parents leaving the children with the grand parents to raise. Granny has all the life experience and is definitely the best person to raise the child, while the young parent is fit and strong and is definitely the best suited to earn money and provide for the family. Unfortunately sometimes far from home, and this has exacerbated the HIV pandemic and has resulted in Granny sometimes being left without an income.
There are now more than 3000 orphans in our area struggling to survive without an income.
Our plan is to have a receiving facility on the property where we will have a social worker and a nurse in the main building, as well as a small dormitory. On the rest of the property we have planned for many homesteads where Grannies will hopefully be able to care for 10 kids each in the traditional customary way. We also see Grannies already living in homesteads around the area as part of this larger scheme and they will also receive benefits as and when we are able.
We will not interfere and just be the no-resident parents who send the money to keep the home fires burning.
This is the Garden of Eden and if you happen to like it here and Mark is around – ask him to tell you how come we are still allowed here even though we ate the apple?
Today and Tomorrow – Our Permanent Environment Exhibition Ablution!
"Today and Tomorrow" is one of the campsite showers and acts as our permanent environmental exhibition as well.
You enter through one door at which time you can choose to go to TODAY shower or TOMORROW shower. Both are just showers…. But TODAY is a shower in a large tree. This allows it to water the tree as well as the flourishing garden around. It's a biome in balance with Hippo, Kudu and Lion spoor all having been for a visit. The small enclosure size also demonstrates using only enough.
Tomorrow (if you allow it) is a large enclosure shower in a 'desert' without any greenery as far as you can see, demonstrating 'taking more than you need' thinking. There are dead animal skulls and dead trees laying around… all a shattered memory of what was. With the four cities placed North, South, East and West of the world hanging on in one corner, all fed by a water supply that reads 'recycled toxic waste'. All of them are built on major rivers and all of them are dumping disgusting pollution into that river without a concern. This in turn all flows into the see around the shower drain. Many of the sea fish are already dead from the toxins that all flow via your BIG smiling mouth around the drain, symbolising 'I don't care about the poisons' but they are flowing into your body and will eventually kill you too…..'if you allow it'!!
All our ablutions have an environmental theme that we hope guests will 'get' and carry the message on with them.
Copy Mokoro canoes are made out of fibreglass that lasts 30 years and used to give the traditional river experience with a guide telling stories and pointing out the animals and birds along the way. Locals are encouraged not to cut trees for this purpose for their fishing outings.
Hippo's are a very important part of the Biome as the first source of enzymes to feed the Zoo plankton, and although we don't encourage them to come into Ngepi, they do sometimes enter at night and the security keep an eye on them, and only chase them in the early morning. Hippos understand that we are not the enemy and treat us as such. No blood has been spilt over the 29 years we have been here.
Many and varied other animals that frequent the 'Garden of Eden' include Bush Babies, Tree Squirrels, Monitor Lizards, Monkeys, Cape Clawless Otters, Crocs, snakes and a huge variety of birds. We are privileged to have the river between us and the Bwabwata National Park on the other side of the river where every imaginable animal resides, and noisily cavorts for the pleasure of our guests.
We are expert at catching snakes and relocate them to the other side of the river for the safety of our guests.
We do a gentle version of white water rafting between the rapids and islands upstream to showcase the magnificence of the untouched islands and backwaters. It's a great day exploring and learning about the untouched wild places left in this world.
Our model of tourism; more respectful of the locals. Villagers will not have to beg or behave like beggars within their own village. Many people come to Namibia to help local people, but we are concerned that some of their 'gifts' may bring only harm to the community.
Volun-tourism: Ngepi Camp appreciates that many 'foreign' organisations or groups of people come to Namibia to "HELP" local communities. Some come in the form of teaching foreign languages to the local Hambukushu indigenous tribal people. We are concerned however that some of the volun-tourists may actually be doing more damage to local communities than helping to preserve or strengthen them. Local people are educated in a different way.
We feel that it is better for the visitor to learn more from the local people rather than having the visitor teaching the local people and believe that there are many things that visitors could learn from the local community. Also, by learning from local people we will be able to preserve the local culture and not change it.
Story telling by interesting members of the community to Ngepi guests at evening gatherings reinforces and shares cultural understanding and we encourage it wholeheartedly. This as well as traditional drumming and dancing cultural evenings are arranged whenever we can at Ngepi.
We are a part of the community and they all benefit via our many projects and from ± N$150,000 per month that is paid in salaries and sponsorship of our Wood Project, Kindergarten and Tree Project.
We also try and resolve all labour issues using the traditional cultural norms first.
Ngepi is a place of harmony and balance and in this light we have over the years taken on many young lost people who just needed a bit of 'steering' in the right direction to focus them. This process normally takes about three months and with the input of the local staff and their happy community living, the interesting broad spectrum of guests and a 'take no nonsense management style', we have helped in excess of 40 people become positive contributors to society. We feel very privileged to be able to assist in this way and we have made some lasting friends.
This association and all that is has achieved was driven by us and has benefited the local people hugely, as well as helping stabilise the lodge/community interface and resulting in huge revenue for the Tribal Authority.
It has also brought a stable working environmental agreement between the lodges that has sensitised the lodges to their footprint and protects our natural heritage. We offer our 'aerial spotting' and wildlife management services to MET and are involved in poacher reporting, boat wake reporting and private boat control.
We have our own veggie garden that provides us with herbs and other seasonal supplies, but we support any locally grown produce as we know that all other fresh goods come from RSA and the carbon miles just do not warrant it.
We also only use safe bio-degradable insect controls such as chillies, eucalyptus and marigold flowers and apply the principles of companion planting.
We do not pick up any of the litter generated by the community along our entrance road. This often prompts guests to ask or point it out as though we are responsible! We immediately kick into gear and explain that in fact the only people that can sort this out are the guests themselves. They are obviously flummoxed and only understand when we point out that these local people have been throwing things down forever (read Dear Mr Westerner) and that we have no right to demand that they change, but that the guest should rather cause a stink at home and demand that manufacturers use bio degradable packaging. We love putting environmental 'fleas' in people's ears…. particularly in our fat cat industrialist guests, so they can see where their packaging lands up!
We also don't allow any feral cats as they imbalance the natural environment.
To punt sustainable environment philosophies at every opportunity and showcase that Ngepi is an example of a system in balance that provides all the comfort things whilst doing no harm to the environment. Our guests see this (not by accident, as we have fun signs everywhere) and they walk away realising that Ngepi Camp is a profitable business that is not effecting the environment and that they can do the same at home.
We aim to live in symbiotic harmony with our environment and have all guests leave as converted environmentalists!
So how are we mitigating our footprint? We are definitely not letting our cultural pollution contaminate the locals, but are we contaminating this natural resource? After 29 years it's very clear that we are not!


You might wonder why I'm posting a recipe for pesto. Pesto is something that appears on menus and food packaging around the world. Over-used and under-appreciated, there's most likely a sweaty jar of mass produced pesto lurking in most people's deepest cupboard space (am I right?). As a student it certainly formed an essential part of our storecupboard staple of pasta, pesto and frozen peas (the 3 P's), possibly washed down with a pint (make that 4 . . . P's, not pints that is). The 'middle class ketchup' phenomenon . . .
So why a recipe? Because this much maligned sauce doesn't deserve these bogus impersonators; mean little jars of processed cashews, sunflower oil, preservatives and stabilisers. Pesto should be eaten fresh. It should sing with the rich green notes of freshly torn basil, toasted nuts and salty cheese. Yes, the ingredients can be expensive, but, as with good quality meat and other little luxuries in life, I'd suggest quality over quantity. Instead of plonking pesto onto every baguette, salad, sandwich and snack in sight, savour it, allowing the flavours to shine through.
This recipe is so simple, it's hardly a recipe at all. Almost as quick and easy as opening a jar of pesto, but infinitely nicer, once you've tried it, I'm pretty positive you won't look back. My recipe mixes rocket and basil for a really light, fresh flavour, and I've included few ingredient variations below for the budget conscious or more adventurous amongst you. If you have any other favourite or interesting pesto recipes, I'd love you to share them below.
Dry fry the pine nuts in pan until lightly toasted and golden. Pound in a pestle and mortar with salt and crushed garlic. Add the rocket and basil leaves, continuing to mash until it becomes a thick green paste (you could do this in a food processor, althoug purists would argue against this, preferring the subtler flavours of the bruised ingredients). Add the grated cheese and most of the olive oil until fully blended, reserving a little oil for the top. Transfer to a jar, cover with remaining oil and keep in the fridge for up to one week.
Serve simply with al dente linguine, Ligurian style with trofie pasta, potatoes and green beans, as I've done above with ravioli or spoon over chicken or white fish. Delicious.


Ever wondered, while you're getting ready for work, what some teen in Russia is watching right this second on Netflix? Well, wonder no more. The good folks over at HighSpeedInternet, which remains my favorite website name of all time, have compiled a list of the most popular shows on Netflix in dozens and dozens of countries.
As ever, this data comes with the caveat that this is all based on Google trends, cross-referenced with what's actually available in each of these countries, so we don't know for absolute certainty what everyone's really watching. But hey, a worldwide map of "pirated Game of Thrones" wouldn't be all that interesting, would it?
On first glance, there aren't many surprises here. Like in the U.S., a love of Narcos unites us across the continents, as does our inability to resist the siren song of a good classic Friends episode now and again. (That said, I was not expecting the most-watched show in the USA to be Shameless, which feels like it should have ended in, let's say, 2013.) The UK's top choice being the grim period piece Call the Midwife seems thematically appropriate, as does Ireland's more pragmatic love of the grim future-period piece, Black Mirror.
Then there are the more... out-there revelations. Singapore must be bored/have a limited selection to choose from, because they like Daredevil more than anyone else. Holland really digs Sons of Anarchy. The Dutch never fail to delight. And good job Australia for not sleeping on the excellent Jane the Virgin. Y'all are so cool.
Of course, all this should be taken with a grain of salt, but it's always fascinating to have a little glimpse into Netflix habits around the world. Also, it's good to know my love of The Office's later seasons remains a well-vaulted secret.


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Kentucky man dies of heart attack while cleaning up storm
Britta ZeltmannDecember 16, 2021
MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) – A Kentucky A man suffered a fatal heart attack while cleaning up storm debris at his daughter's home, authorities said as the death toll rose from a tornado, authorities said. Vortex recently broke out over many states of the United States.
Service for Terry Martin Jayne, 67, was scheduled for Wednesday in his hometown of Russellville. Warren County coroner Kevin Kirby said Jayne suffered a heart attack Saturday and was taken to the emergency room where he was pronounced dead.
Jayne helped clear debris at his daughter's home in Bowling Green, where officials said 14 other people were killed by the tornado, including 11 on a street.
On a Kentucky street, tornado kills 7 children
According to his obituary, Jayne had run a flower shop for 45 years. He is survived by his wife, a son and daughter, three grandchildren, and four siblings.
"He's the same as always, helping others," Jayne's brother, Bruce Russell-Jayne of Carmel, Indiana, wrote on Facebook. "Rest in peace my 'Little Brother'. We are so shocked and can't believe you're gone."
Jayne's death pushed the total number of hurricane casualties in five states to 89, including 75 in Kentucky.
7 members of the same family were killed in the Bowling Green tornado
The National Weather Service continued to assess the extent of the storm Wednesday. Eight states recorded at least 41 severe weather tornadoes on December 10 and 11, including 16 in Tennessee and eight in Kentucky.
The most significant damage occurred in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri and Kentucky, where President Joe Biden visited Wednesday to comfort those severely damaged by the storm.
In Kentucky, Lacedric Richardson and his two daughters stopped by to buy some essentials at Mayfield High School, which has a gym with food, clothing, toiletries, and supplies. other uses.
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Richardson, 36, said he was due to go to work Friday at the candle factory, where eight of his colleagues were killed, but happened to be ill.
"I felt all sorts of mixed emotions knowing I could have been there," he said. "I feel grateful, but then I feel like I could have done more if I was there."
The candle company announced this week that it will give each employee $1,000 to support costs and conduct an independent review of its emergency protocols. The state is also investigating the factory deaths.
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      The Outdoor Girls in Florida

      by Laura Lee Hope

	The Outdoor Girls in Florida is a story of adventure following a group of girls (Amy, Mollie, Betty, and Grace) on a journey to help their friend Will.

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      Hope, L. L. (1913) The Outdoor Girls in Florida. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

        Chapter I: "Bad News"

	Four girls are introduced: Grace, Betty, Molly and Amy. Grace is upset over the disappearance of her brother, Will.

        Chapter II: "Good News"

	Uncle Isaac tells what he knows of Will’s disappearance. Mr. Ford begins to question his decision to send his son to Atlanta. The girls discuss the invitation to a Florida orange grove.

        Chapter III: "Will's Letter"

	The girls plan excitedly for their trip to Florida. Grace speaks to her father about her missing brother and the trip south. A letter arrives.

        Chapter IV: "'Come Home!'"

	Mr. Ford shares the contents of the letter. The girls are happy to hear the good news and to plan their trip.

        Chapter V: "Missing Again"

	The girls discuss their escape from the winter weather, the clothes to bring, and their plans for the Gem. A telegram from Florida arrives.

        Chapter VI: "An Appeal for Help"

	The girls devise a plan for dealing with the news from the telegram. Mr. Ford travels to Florida but returns emptyhanded. The girls continue plans for their own trip. Another letter arrives, confirming their suspicions regarding Will's troubles.

        Chapter VII: "Off for Florida"

	News of Will distresses the family. Mr. Ford calls on friends to aid in the investigation. The girls have a farewell tea for friends before their departure.

        Chapter VIII: "Launching the Boat"

	The girls arrive in Florida, and are introduced to the heat, Southern food, orange picking, and the slower way of life.

        Chapter IX: "On a Sand Bar"

	The girls go boating, running into the Florida wildlife and natural occurences.

        Chapter X: "Doubtful Help"

	The boat is stuck on a sandbar. The girls make various attempts to free themselves, but to no avail. They call for help, and it seems the call may be answered, but not by persons of their choosing.

        Chapter XI: "Into the Interior"

	The girls are helped by Hank Belton. They discover that he hires out men for work and Grace hopes to hear news of her brother. Mr. Hammond takes the girls to his camp.

        Chapter XII: "A Warning"

	Mr. Hammond escorts the girls to the labor camp. There they meet with Mr. Belton’s wife, who warns them away from seeking Will themselves.

        Chapter XIII: "A Strange Tow"

	The girls ask Mr. Belton for assitance in finding Will. He agrees to help if he can, but progress is slow. The girls spend many happy days exploring the orange groves and the lake. One day they decide to travel farther up the river for a nice picnic. All is well, until the boat begins to travel away, towed by some unseen force.

        Chapter XIV: "The Tattered Youth"

	The girls chase the boat up the stream, trying to formulate a plan to stop whatever creature is towing it along. They are happy to finally spot a boy on a craft in the river, whom they appeal to for assistance.

        Chapter XV: "The Two Men"

	The young man frees the Gem and returns it to the girls. They offer some sort of repayment, but he only wishes them to keep any knowledge of him secret, as he is on the run. The girls soon meet with the men he may be running from.

        Chapter XVI: "Suspicious Characters"

	Betty determines that they should not stop for these strangers, despite their pleas and threats. The girls are more cautious in their travels, and when planning their next voyage they bring along a chaperone.

        Chapter XVII: "In Danger"

	The girls set out for the day accompanied by Tom. They are having a pleasant day, enjoying the walk on the shore, when they have some unexpected visitors.

        Chapter XVIII: "Between Two Perils"

	The girls find themselves trapped by the alligators, with no sign of Tom to come to their aid. It seems they may have another way out, but it proves to be of equal danger.

        Chapter XIX: "Lost"

	The girls ponder their means of escape. They are finally able to return to shore, but still find no sign of Tom. They decide to leave food and notice before heading back up the river. Unfortunately the trip doesn’t progress as wished.

        Chapter XX: "The Loon"

	Their return home is unsuccessful, and the girls determine that they must turn back in order to find their way home. They make it back to their picnic spot, but there is still no sign of Tom. Instead, someone else arrives.

        Chapter XXI: "To the Rescue"

	The boy reveals more of his identity, and also brings news of the missing Tom. He encourages the girls to help him rescue the others, but they decide they need help.

        Chapter XXII: "The Everglade Camp"

	Harry gets the girls back to the grove, where they meet with search parties. They describe what has happened to Tom, and plans are made to rescue the men the next morning.

        Chapter XXIII: "The Escape"

	The group raids the camp, rescuing Tom, but the other man has disappeared during the night.

        Chapter XXIV: "The Youth on the Raft"

	Tom fills in the others on what caused his disappearance. Harry continues to look for the man he promised to help. The girls set out on the river again, this time with Harry in tow, and find another man on the river.

        Chapter XXV: "Will Ford"

	The girls find that the man on the raft is none other than Will Ford. The family is reunited, with many tales of their Florida adventures to tell.

        Year Published:
        1913

        Language:
        English

        Country of Origin:
        United States of America

        Readability:

            Flesch–Kincaid Level:
            2.2

        Word Count:
        43,582

        Genre:
        Adventure

        Keywords:
        florida stories, the outdoor girls in florida

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For unrivaled views of St. Petersburg, climb to the top of St. Isaac's Cathedral.
Photograph by Jeff Heimsath
How to Have the Best Day in Russia's Culture Capital
What to see and do if you've got just one day in this northern gem
Photographs byJeff Heimsath andJess Mandia
ByNancy Gupton
You'd need 24 days, not hours, to even begin to see all that St. Petersburg has to offer. But with just one day here, you can get a taste of what makes this Russian gem so compelling. Just a few of these suggestions will be enough to keep you entertained all day, fair warning, though: You'll be planning your next visit back here before you even leave.
STROLL THE CITY
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The Corinthia Hotel is the perfect starting point for an adventure in St. Petersburg. Situated on Nevsky Prospekt, the hotel is within walking distance to a number of St. Petersburg's top attractions.
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A couple walks on the Nevsky Prospect, St. Petersburg's main street.
Photograph by Jess Mandia
Once you've dropped your bags off at your hotel, turn right around and head out for a walk. There's no better way to get a sense of St. Petersburg and its unique mix of old and new, industrial and opulent. The city's main street is Nevsky Prospekt, named after Russian Prince Alexander Nevsky and immortalized in an 1835 story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol. It bisects the city, stretching for three miles. Here you'll find upscale shops, buzzing cafes, and grand palaces, museums, and cathedrals.
VISIT THE CATHEDRALS
A boy walks past the Church of the Spilled Blood.
For some of the most stunning sights in St. Petersburg, make your way to two of its historic houses of worship. The multicolored Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, along the Griboyedov Canal, was built as a memorial to the "tsar liberator" Alexander II on the very spot where he was fatally wounded in 1881. Unlike other churches in the city, it was built in the medieval style (think St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow) and completed in 1907. Inside, it's a mosaic masterpiece, with ornate scenes covering the walls and ceiling.
Next, head to St. Isaac's Cathedral, whose 333-foot-tall gold dome is a dominating landmark of the city. Completed in 1858 after 40 years of construction, the colossal cathedral is a wonderland of semiprecious stones, metals, and decorative arts. Before leaving, climb up to the colonnade that runs around the dome for unrivaled views of the city.
GET OUT ON THE WATER
Left: A newly wed couple takes photos on the banks of the Neva River with the Hermitage Museum across the river.
Boats are docked along one of the many canals that run throughout the city.
Photographs by Jeff Heimsath
Water, not blood, courses through the heart of St. Petersburg. Situated strategically on the Baltic Sea by Peter the Great, it's one of Russia's busiest ports. The city itself is crisscrossed by more than 80 rivers and canals. The broad Neva River is the city's main waterway; stroll along it to see the elaborate architectural details in its granite embankments. From May to September, when the weather is warmer, take one of the many boat tours offered along the banks of the Neva and the larger canals.
TAKE IN A MUSEUM
The Hermitage Museum is home to over 3 million works of art but the buildings' architecture is just as impressive as its collection.
St. Petersburg is home to some of the finest art and antiquity museums in the world. There's simply no way to see them all in one day, so choose the very best: the Hermitage Museum. This titan, founded by Catherine the Great in 1764, includes more than three million works of art and cultural artifacts. There are paintings by Rembrandt, van Gogh, Titian, Rubens, and Picasso; sculpture by Michelangelo; galleries of ancient armor and weapons; and much more. The museum's setting is just as impressive. It fills six buildings along the Neva River, including the magnificent Winter Palace.
EXPLORE A PIECE OF HISTORY
History buffs shouldn't miss the Peter and Paul Fortress, the city's original citadel. Established by Peter the Great in 1703, the fortress takes up all of small Hare Island in the Neva River. It never fulfilled its destiny as a defensive fort, but instead has been the site of a notorious prison for political figures, the headquarters of the tsarist secret police, and the site of rocket experiments. Incongruously, it's also the final resting place for many of the tsars; Peter the Great himself is buried at the front of the Peter and Paul Cathedral, which boasts an impressive bell tower.
SEE THE BEST IN BALLET
Ballet performers take their final bow at the end of La Sylphide at the Mariinsky Theatre.
St. Petersburg has a storied history in the world of music and dance, especially classical ballet. In 1892, Tchaikovsky premiered The Nutcracker at the grand Mariinsky Theatre, which still shines as the home of the Mariinsky Ballet and the Mariinsky Opera. Mikhail Baryshnikov got his start here, as did Anna Pavlova and Vaslav Nijinsky. Another landmark theater with a long pedigree is the Mikhailovsky Theatre, founded in 1833 by Tsar Nicolas I. Check performance schedules and get tickets far in advance to make sure you don't miss out.
Washington, D.C.-based writer Nancy Gupton has too many books, too many cats, and a very long list of places to visit.


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Long promised post is here, where we are continuing with the photos from the Netherlands. And when you already there, you gotta ride a bicycle and do some sightseeing! ;) Thanks to Karin, who borrowed us bikes, Olja and I was riding in the neighborhood and grabbed a sunny moment to take these photos. May I say, that they are probably my favorite so far! Hat, burgundy lips, gloves, flowers and wind, ooh how much i like them!
I didn't tell you anything yet, because of my recent trip , but i will today - my little blog celebrates its first b-day (which was in September exactly). So I wanna thank you for your everyday visits, lovely comments, emails and support that you gave me, it really means a lot!
Hope that you will be here in the future too!


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Phillips & Associates OKLAHOMA LAW BLOG
Gross Evidence Ties Suspect to Burglary
A skilled criminal will take all possible precautions to avoid leaving evidence that links him or her to the crime. Physical evidence that ties a specific person to a crime scene includes fingerprints and DNA evidence. In a burglary, a person will typically wear gloves to avoid fingerprints, and generally, a person can avoid leaving DNA evidence as long as he or she doesn't leave items containing cells or bodily fluid--for example, wearing a hat to keep hair from falling loose and not leaving cigarette butts at the scene.
One Oklahoma City burglary suspect apparently didn't get the memo, and by failing to do something virtually every two-year-old is taught to do, found himself arrested and charged with burglary.
According to local news reports, Charles Williams, 20, was charged with burglary after police say he used the bathroom in the house he is accused of burglarizing--and failed to flush.
On January 23, an Oklahoma City homeowner discovered that his house had been burglarized. Children in the home found the toilet filled with feces and used toilet paper inside. Although they flushed the toilet before police arrived, the paper remained, and a DNA test was conducted on the toilet paper.
The DNA test is complete, and results matched DNA obtained from Williams, a man with prior convictions of second-degree burglary, concealing stolen property, and possession of a controlled dangerous substance. Now, because he allegedly (1) used the bathroom in a house he was burglarizing and (2) did not flush when he was done, he is facing 7 to 20 years in prison if convicted of first degree burglary for a crime he allegedly committed more than 8 months ago.
Collecting DNA evidence is not for the faint of heart. Fishing used toilet paper out of a toilet, collecting blood samples, and scraping semen from the scene are just par for the course. Sometimes, even when this evidence cannot be used right away, it may be stored for decades and used later when the technology becomes available.
Earlier this summer, semen collected from the body of a victim of the Boston Strangler in 1964 was used to link suspected murderer Albert Desalvo to the rapes and killings that took place in Boston in the 1960s. Desalvo confessed to being the Boston Strangler but later recanted and was never convicted of the crimes. He was stabbed to death in prison in 1973 while serving time for unrelated rape convictions. In July, DNA testing confirmed that Desalvo was the Boston strangler.
DNA evidence can certainly be damning in a criminal case, but it is not insurmountable. Oklahoma has had problems in the past with false DNA evidence. Former Oklahoma City Police Department forensic chemist Joyce Gilchrist was fired in 2001 for "flawed casework analysis" after claiming DNA matches in cases that were later disproven by subsequent DNA tests.
If you are accused of a crime and asked to provide a DNA sample, do not submit without a warrant and call an attorney as soon as possible. View site to find out how we can help.


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Promotion of Peace and Tolerance/No law in place to address issues of disabled persons
No law in place to address issues of disabled persons
In Promotion of Peace and Tolerance
ISLAMABAD: Punjab that celebrated International Disability Day by beating the protesting blind persons in Lahore has the smallest number of disabled population whereas the terrorist-hit Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has the highest number of disabled persons but no law is in place anywhere to address their issues.
There are as many as 90.61 million people registered for Computerised National Identity Card and included in them are 148,470 disabled persons, according to the Nadra record. This information was requested using the Freedom of Information Ordinance 2002 but was provided only after the intervention of federal ombudsman as Nadra had initially refused to share it.
Punjab has 54.98 million CNIC holders and 45, 146 (0.08%) of them have been registered as disabled. Baluchistan follows in terms of lower number of disabled card holders. Out of 3.67 million CNIC holders in this resource-rich province, there are 3533 (0.09%) are disabled.
Sindh is ranked third in this category. It has 21.07 million card holders, as many as 31855 (0.15%) are registered as disabled. KP houses the maximum number of disabled. There is no study to find out that whether the disability is outcome of terrorist incidents or due to some other reasons. Out of 13301197 CNIC holders, 62,079 (0.46%) are disability card holders.
The size of disabled population is widely disputed as families generally tend to hide such details due to the social stigma attached with the disability in absence of any government policy to bring them in mainstream as productive citizens.
According to the population census of 1998, the number of persons with disabilities stands at 32866, less than 2.5 % of the total population of the country, a figure that has always been contested.
Disability rights activists argue that the number of such persons is much higher that reported in the census. The staff involved in collecting data for 1998 census was not trained to dig up information about the number of disabled persons in a family, according to Zahid Abdullah, who lost eyesight in student life. He is a role model for disabled persons who emerged as an accomplished citizen braving against all odds.
Zahid refused resigning to the blindness. Instead, he did masters in English and Development Studies, taught at different universities and authored three books including the one on disability: "Disabled by Society."
Father of three girls, Zahid currently works as coordinator of the Coalition of Right to Information, travels abroad and inside Pakistan speaking on RTI and training common citizens as well as journalists on RTI law and how to use it for holding the government to account.
Other than 2% quota in government jobs and 50% concession in fares of national flag carrier and Pakistan Railways, successive governments have not taken initiatives to rehabilitate persons with disabilities, Zahid deplored.
Although Pakistan ratified UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2011, steps have not been taken to eradicate attitudinal, social and environmental barriers that persons with disabilities have to face on daily basis. This can be gauged from the fact that there is no disability law in place to promote and protect rights of the disabled in the country, Zahid said.
The PPP government is the only administration that took some measures by launching Disability Card for such persons in 2009 with special logo displayed on it but there is no incentive for them to acquire such cards.
As a result, a negligible number of disabled persons managed to live a productive and functionally active life whereas the rest are restricted to their homes or end up as beggars on streets.
Long ago, the government allocated two percent job quotas for the disabled but this policy has never been translated into action. And when blind persons assembled in Lahore to protest the government's failure in this regard, the police were sent to beat them on December 4, the day globally commemorated as International Day for Disabled Persons.
Umar Cheema
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Chicago: A Cultural Hub
Learn more about Art and Art History
View Courses & Requirements
Art History (BA)
Learn how to interpret and analyze art in Columbia College Chicago's Art History bachelor's degree program. Our unique approach to art history and theory focuses on diverse and socially engaged fields of study. Under the guidance of a faculty of art historians and artists you'll study modern and contemporary art as well as design, photography, and architecture, all from a global and multicultural perspective. As an Art History major, you'll become an experienced researcher and gain a critical understanding of the role of art in society. You'll write and present original scholarship with your peers and faculty mentors. Our collaborative classroom approach fosters complex conversations that mirror experiences you'll have in the field.
You'll take art history courses to begin both surveying the field and gaining a vocabulary to describe and critique art and the many forms of visual culture.
You'll take field trips to many of the city's museums, galleries, alternative spaces, and pop-up events.
Our program is coupled with studio-based Fine Arts programs, so you'll have access to hands-on visual arts courses and will interact regularly with artists.
The Columbia Art History Alliance is a tight-knit student group that meets often to discuss new topics in modern and contemporary art and explore the city together.
With the help of the Career Center and your faculty mentors, you'll research job opportunities and career paths and prepare a professional resume. We'll help you navigate the logistics of finding fellowships and applying for grants and conferences.
Artist Ervin A. Johnson '12 discusses his work with students
As an Art History major at Columbia College Chicago, you'll live near several museums and galleries, such as the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Museum of Contemporary Art, the National Museum of Mexican Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Exciting conversations happen in every corner of the city. Art EXPO, one of the world's largest modern and contemporary art expositions, happens every year just blocks from campus. Chicago is home to many artist-run alternative spaces as well. Your faculty mentors will help you identify opportunities for professional internship experiences at museums and galleries in the city.
As a Columbia student, you'll have free access to the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Art History majors often pursue internships at local galleries, museums, educational organizations, festivals, and nonprofits. Columbia students have interned at places like the Chicago Artists Coalition and the Museum of Contemporary Art. Art History majors often assist faculty members in original scholarship, gaining important research opportunities that prepare them for graduate school.
A timeline of Amy Mooney's recent scholarly accomplishments.
Art History faculty are nationally and internationally recognized professionals committed to teaching, researching, and mentoring. The work of our progressive historians—who are active curatators, critics, and scholars—often centers on current topics. The department brings in nationally acclaimed artists for seminars and critiques every year as part of the Art Now! lecture series.
"Columbia enabled me to dabble in many things ... as I found my way to what I was truly interested in and committed to: art history and visual culture."
-Jamillah James '05
Our alumni are gallerists, curators, and critics. They work as administrators at museums and community arts organizations and write regularly for a variety of publications. They comprise a supportive community, helping each other succeed.
Alumni Highlights
Tempestt Hazel '10 is a curator, writer, artist advocate, and founding editor of Sixty Inches From Center, a Chicago-based online arts publication and archiving initiative. She is also the Arts Program Officer for the Field Foundation of Illinois.
Casey Winkleman '12 is a graduate student in UCLA's Master of Library and Information Science program. After graduating, she cofounded and managed contemporary LA arts magazine VIA Publication, attended a writing/publishing residency in Portugal, and worked as a digital archivist at Sony Pictures Television.
Jennifer Patiño '10 attends University of Illinois' Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences; she focuses on access and diversity.
Conor Moynihan '13 is a PhD candidate in the Visual Studies Program at the University of Buffalo, where he studies contemporary art with an emphasis on queer art/visual culture, orientalism, primitivism, and transnationalism.
If you're interested in a program with a focus on studio practice, check out our Fine Arts BA and BFA programs.
Many Art History majors also pursue a minor. Some popular minors include:
Arts Management Minor
Black World Studies
Cultural Studies Minor
Education Minor
Hip-Hop Studies Minor
Visual Arts Management Minor
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor


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Chapter 13. Bibliography
The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails--given by one Shepherd. Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.
Ecclesiastes 12:11-12 (NIV)
Note that there is a heavy emphasis on technical articles available on the web, since this is where most of this kind of technical information is available.
[Advosys 2000] Advosys Consulting (formerly named Webber Technical Services). Writing Secure Web Applications. http://advosys.ca/tips/web-security.html
[Al-Herbish 1999] Al-Herbish, Thamer. 1999. Secure Unix Programming FAQ. http://www.whitefang.com/sup.
[Aleph1 1996] Aleph1. November 8, 1996. ``Smashing The Stack For Fun And Profit''. Phrack Magazine. Issue 49, Article 14. http://www.phrack.com/search.phtml?view&article=p49-14 or alternatively http://www.2600.net/phrack/p49-14.html.
[Anonymous 1999] Anonymous. October 1999. Maximum Linux Security: A Hacker's Guide to Protecting Your Linux Server and Workstation Sams. ISBN: 0672316706.
[Anonymous 1998] Anonymous. September 1998. Maximum Security : A Hacker's Guide to Protecting Your Internet Site and Network. Sams. Second Edition. ISBN: 0672313413.
[Anonymous Phrack 2001] Anonymous. August 11, 2001. Once upon a free(). Phrack, Volume 0x0b, Issue 0x39, Phile #0x09 of 0x12. http://phrack.org/show.php?p=57&a=9
[AUSCERT 1996] Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AUSCERT) and O'Reilly. May 23, 1996 (rev 3C). A Lab Engineers Check List for Writing Secure Unix Code. ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/papers/secure_programming_checklist
[Bach 1986] Bach, Maurice J. 1986. The Design of the Unix Operating System. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. ISBN 0-13-201799-7 025.
[Beattie 2002] Beattie, Steve, Seth Arnold, Crispin Cowan, Perry Wagle, Chris Wright, Adam Shostack. November 2002. Timing the Application of Security Patches for Optimal Uptime. 2002 LISA XVI, November 3-8, 2002, Philadelphia, PA.
[Bellovin 1989] Bellovin, Steven M. April 1989. "Security Problems in the TCP/IP Protocol Suite" Computer Communications Review 2:19, pp. 32-48. http://www.research.att.com/~smb/papers/ipext.pdf
[Bellovin 1994] Bellovin, Steven M. December 1994. Shifting the Odds -- Writing (More) Secure Software. Murray Hill, NJ: AT&T Research. http://www.research.att.com/~smb/talks
[Bishop 1996] Bishop, Matt. May 1996. ``UNIX Security: Security in Programming''. SANS '96. Washington DC (May 1996). http://olympus.cs.ucdavis.edu/~bishop/secprog.html
[Bishop 1997] Bishop, Matt. October 1997. ``Writing Safe Privileged Programs''. Network Security 1997 New Orleans, LA. http://olympus.cs.ucdavis.edu/~bishop/secprog.html
[Blaze 1996] Blaze, Matt, Whitfield Diffie, Ronald L. Rivest, Bruce Schneier, Tsutomu Shimomura, Eric Thompson, and Michael Wiener. January 1996. ``Minimal Key Lengths for Symmetric Ciphers to Provide Adequate Commercial Security: A Report by an Ad Hoc Group of Cryptographers and Computer Scientists.'' ftp://ftp.research.att.com/dist/mab/keylength.txt and ftp://ftp.research.att.com/dist/mab/keylength.ps.
[CC 1999] The Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation (CC). August 1999. Version 2.1. Technically identical to International Standard ISO/IEC 15408:1999. http://csrc.nist.gov/cc/ccv20/ccv2list.htm
[CERT 1998] Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordination Center (CERT/CC). February 13, 1998. Sanitizing User-Supplied Data in CGI Scripts. CERT Advisory CA-97.25.CGI_metachar. http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-97.25.CGI_metachar.html.
[Cheswick 1994] Cheswick, William R. and Steven M. Bellovin. Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker. Full text at http://www.wilyhacker.com.
[Clowes 2001] Clowes, Shaun. 2001. ``A Study In Scarlet - Exploiting Common Vulnerabilities in PHP'' http://www.securereality.com.au/archives.html
[CMU 1998] Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). February 13, 1998 Version 1.4. ``How To Remove Meta-characters From User-Supplied Data In CGI Scripts''. ftp://ftp.cert.org/pub/tech_tips/cgi_metacharacters.
[Cowan 1999] Cowan, Crispin, Perry Wagle, Calton Pu, Steve Beattie, and Jonathan Walpole. ``Buffer Overflows: Attacks and Defenses for the Vulnerability of the Decade''. Proceedings of DARPA Information Survivability Conference and Expo (DISCEX), http://schafercorp-ballston.com/discex SANS 2000. http://www.sans.org/newlook/events/sans2000.htm. For a copy, see http://immunix.org/documentation.html.
[Cox 2000] Cox, Philip. March 30, 2001. Hardening Windows 2000. http://www.systemexperts.com/win2k/hardenW2K11.pdf.
[Dobbertin 1996]. Dobbertin, H. 1996. The Status of MD5 After a Recent Attack. RSA Laboratories' CryptoBytes. Vol. 2, No. 2.
[Felten 1997] Edward W. Felten, Dirk Balfanz, Drew Dean, and Dan S. Wallach. Web Spoofing: An Internet Con Game Technical Report 540-96 (revised Feb. 1997) Department of Computer Science, Princeton University http://www.cs.princeton.edu/sip/pub/spoofing.pdf
[Fenzi 1999] Fenzi, Kevin, and Dave Wrenski. April 25, 1999. Linux Security HOWTO. Version 1.0.2. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Security-HOWTO.html
[FHS 1997] Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS 2.0). October 26, 1997. Filesystem Hierarchy Standard Group, edited by Daniel Quinlan. Version 2.0. http://www.pathname.com/fhs.
[Filipski 1986] Filipski, Alan and James Hanko. April 1986. ``Making Unix Secure.'' Byte (Magazine). Peterborough, NH: McGraw-Hill Inc. Vol. 11, No. 4. ISSN 0360-5280. pp. 113-128.
[Flake 2001] Flake, Havlar. Auditing Binaries for Security Vulnerabilities. http://www.blackhat.com/html/win-usa-01/win-usa-01-speakers.html.
[FOLDOC] Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing. http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html.
[Forristal 2001] Forristal, Jeff, and Greg Shipley. January 8, 2001. Vulnerability Assessment Scanners. Network Computing. http://www.nwc.com/1201/1201f1b1.html
[FreeBSD 1999] FreeBSD, Inc. 1999. ``Secure Programming Guidelines''. FreeBSD Security Information. http://www.freebsd.org/security/security.html
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Conclusion History


Never reason from a deflation. And read George Selgin.
On the contrary: "We all benefit when technological progress lowers the prices, such as computers," said Sargent.
Is Greece's high tech sector booming today?
That central banks pursue an inflation rate of around two percent, according to Sargent is because they consider it their job to "make bad debt good debt". Of an inflation governments benefited with high debt.
Eurozone inflation is 0.7%. Long term eurozone debt contracts reflect an expectation of 2% inflation.
Owners of Greek debt are getting screwed, but by disinflation contributing to default, not higher than expected inflation.
Please let me know if (as I suspect) Sargent was mistranslated.
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To me, the translation seems mostly correct.
There are some mistakes, but none affecting the substance of the text.
Countries with falling prices include crisis countries such as Greece. These countries must restore their price competitiveness which they have lost over the past years. To do this requires either reduced wages or increased productivity. Wage unit costs would be thereby reduced and businesses could reduce their prices. This is not dangerous deflation but part of a necessary correction whereby these countries would again become competitive.
In order to avoid this, one could think about returning to the gold standard. "I would not necessarily say that it would be the best solution, but it also should not be feared. Up until WWI we had the gold standard to prevent central banks and governments from printing unlimited amounts of money. During this time prices fluctuated heavily, but this worked itself out over the years.
I suspect the original was in English so something may have been lost in the translation from English to German. I found the first sentence a bit odd in relation to the second, but that's what it says. Perhaps the intended meaning was that prices (meaning primarily wages leading to lower production costs) have fallen, and need to fall even more.
Thanks Vivian, It is certainly true that given Greece's predicament, and given their decision to stay in the eurozone, they need to deflate.
"Assuming that firms have a constant markup above the cost of production, and that wages are subject to downward nominal rigidity, then the only way there can be price deflation without unemployment is if productivity growth exceeds the rate of change in wages.
So "good" deflation results from rapid increases in productivity. "Bad" deflation results from tight monetary policy.
Ummm, never reason from a price change. Prices falling during the 1929-1933 period is not why it was a rough period.
It is true that we have nothing to fear from price deflation. But that doesn't mean we should ignore everything and anything that might cause price deflation.
Sigh…Never reason from a price change.
The argument that inflation leads to redistribution is not mitigated, let alone refuted, by consumer price inflation rates being "only" 0.7% or 2%.
There is no disinflation. You just said Eurozone price inflation is a positive 0.7% now, and that via debt prices expected price inflation is 2%.
This is likely cognitive dissonance. Take the argument that inflation redistributes wealth, which is true, by claiming that 2% price inflation is actually disinflation.
OK, so the southern tier countries have to deflate to regain competitiveness if they want to stay in the Euro. Isn't the amount they need to deflate a quantifiable number?
Doesn't taking on additional sovereign debt just retard the adjustment process in Greece? Doesn't it just facilitate not adjusting?
We debated in the previous post the comparative merits of a shock-therapy type of adjustment per the Baltics or some sort of more gradual type for the southern tier. Nevertheless, the gist of Scott's post would seem to suggest that the end game–the point of successful adjustment for Greece–can be calculated ex-ante. Anything that slows that process is just a waste of money, because you still have to get to that devalued level in the end.
One of the things I haven't seen is a quantitative assessment of the process of adjustment of sticky prices and wages in the southern tier.
If we assume that the Euro effectively means that adjustment must all come in wages and prices, then we can actually measure the pace of these adjustments in southern tier countries.
A non-sequitur, Mark. Of course the CB cannot target productivity itself; but it can have an NGDP target such as would allow for good deflation. It's just a question of setting the NGDP growth-rate target at the trend rate of growth of weighted factor input. I made this recommendation and offer reasons in its favor in my 1997 pamphlet. The point of a "productivity norm," and indeed of any NGDP targeting scheme to some extent, is precisely that CB's should _refrain_ from attempting to maintain a stable inflation rate in the face of productivity growth-rate innovations.
For the smartest self-anointed smartest guys in the room, they are pushing some pretty stupid, if not disastrous, notions.
If we can all agree that a free market in money is ideal, and if we can all agree that given a central bank exists it can "target" any nominal variable it wants, and given that we can all agree that a free market in money would almost certainly be gold-based, then why do you believe that a "productivity norm" or "NGDP" based rule is optimal?
Wouldn't a rule that "targets" a money supply growth rate that matches the rate of gold production be the most optimal rule there can be, given that a central bank exists?
It's astonishing how Krugman is, in the age of the internet, utterly unaware of the (very old) refutations of his statements.
No, saving helps the economy, and investment requires saving. The paradox of thrift does not exist. Consumption spending shrinks the economy because it takes wealth out of the total supply of goods, without putting any wealth back in. One is not producing a pizza by eating it.
Of course corporations are sitting on huge piles of cash. The government, with Krugman's blessing, printed all of it. Even if a corporation spent its entire cash balance, it would still be the case that "corporations are sitting on huge piles of cash", for it would immediately become owned by another corporation. Wage payment? It would be immediately deposited into a bank, which would likely be a corporation.
Krugman is moralizing. He HATES it when individuals act in ways beneficial to themselves, without being aggressive towards others, in ways that he does not agree with. He doesn't care about the long run suffering of people. He wants the government to be a savior in the short term.
So far as I'm concerned, a free market in money is a means, not an end in itself, and therefore not a policy "ideal." Conversely, when I speak of a "productivity norm" as an ideal, or state how (in principle) a central bank might approximate it by adhering to a particular NGDP growth rate target, I do not mean to deny that the ideal may better be approximated by a decentralized arrangement.
I say all of these things in _Less Than Zero_, and have said them many times since. So there's little reason for anyone to suppose that I prefer central bank based alternatives to free-market ones.
Mark, I agree about the two types of deflation. But I also agree with George. Not sure if you guys disagree, or are talking about different things.
Steven, To some extent the end game also depends on the overall eurozone NGDP growth rate, set by the ECB.
I agree with George so I disagree with him that we disagree. The nonsequitor was the whole point and the reason why the commenter stopped arguing with me.
You said: "There is no disinflation. You just said Eurozone price inflation is a positive 0.7% now, and that via debt prices expected price inflation is 2%.
You misread Sumner's argument. He was not citing 0.7% and 2% as two examples of low inflation. He was saying that long-term debt contracts reflect 2% inflation and cannot be changed, but current inflation is 0.7%. As a result, debtors are seeing the real value of the debt go up. He was arguing that, since debt contracts incorporate inflation expectations, below expected inflation hurts debtors as much as above expected inflation hurts creditors. Feel free to argue with that as much as you want, but Sumner was not claiming that 2% inflation is low.
I think there is a misunderstanding. I was not insinuating you prefer a central banking system to a free market one. What I am saying is that IF we agree that a free market in money is the ideal (or, in your interpretation, the ideal "means to an end, not an end in itself", which is of course a valid distinction, but not essential to this particular argument), then isn't there a central bank "targeting rule" that is even closer to the "ideal" than "productivity norm"? I agree that a productivity norm is very close, but I am asking if you think we can get even closer.
Wouldn't a rule that targets a rate of growth in the money supply that matches the rate of gold production be even closer, assuming that a free market money would likely be gold based? If not, why not?
Again, let's leave our political "advocacies" aside. This is an analytical argument I am making.
If current inflation is 0.7%, but we can infer future inflation, via bond prices, of 2%, then my actual argument, which I don't think you addressed, is WHERE is this alleged "disinflation"?
is not what I am disagreeing with. I am disagreeing with the claim that there is "disinflation". Disinflation means below zero inflation.
Or are we going to call any country with below Sumner desired level inflation "disinflation"? I am not joking here, I am being serious.


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Bothrops barnetti est une espèce de serpents de la famille des Viperidae.

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Cette espèce est endémique du nord du Pérou.

Description
C'est un serpent venimeux.

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Crotalinae
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