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Untouchable: Fighting Forward in the Space, Cyber Domains
Posted on September 21, 2013 by glenn.selby
When you think about military threats, chances are you think about land, air and sea. These tangible domains have been the source of battles and conflicts for centuries. In the 1960s, we added space to the line-up. The Cold War era introduced a new generation to space exploration.
Then, in the last few decades, we added a new domain. A different domain. A man-made one.
Cyber.
Here's where it gets interesting. Threats are truly increasing in both the space and cyberspace domains. Budgets are decreasing and our dependence on both of these domains has never been higher. So when the stakes are high and the threats are increasing, who do we turn to for answers?
General William Shelton addressing the audience at the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference. (Photo provided by the Defense Media Activity)
The guy in charge of protecting us in those arenas, of course.
General William L. Shelton is the Commander of the Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado. According to his bio, he is "responsible for organizing, equipping, training and maintaining mission-ready space and cyberspace forces and capabilities for North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. Strategic Command and other combatant commands around the world".
That means, essentially, that he's the go-to general when it comes to space and cyber.
Which is no small undertaking. Because for as much as the cyber domain isn't as visibly formidable as, say, a heavily armed artillery force, it's still a very real, very present danger. Perhaps even more so because space and cyber forces are, in many ways, much less tangible.
They are almost like a utility you plug into; they're always there.
Something General Shelton isn't unaware of, I assure you.
"Space and cyber provide foundational capability to our nation and especially to our joint military forces," he said at the recent Air Force Association's Air and Space conference. "There's not an operation conducted anywhere at any level that is not somehow dependent on space and cyberspace."
The grand challenge, he says, it really to integrate these across all domains to make sure all of our warfighters have access to the great capabilities of space and cyberspace. That also means protecting against the obstacles and threats that those domains face.
So let's take a look at some of the threats we have to our space assets:
Jamming. "Jamming is relatively easy to do," explains General Shelton. "It's cheap and trust me when I say it's very proliferated. We've got to find ways to fight through jamming."
Lasers. "I'll tell you that blinding and dazzling lasers are already here," he says. "Higher-powered lasers that are destructive to our assets are in work."
Attacking our ground sites. "That's always an option. Early soft targets and going after those ground sites is certainly available to would-be adversaries."
A nuclear detonation in space. "That is what we would call the least likely with the most severe consequence of anything that's out there. Somebody that doesn't have much to lose might be tempted to use that attack option, but we don't think it's all that likely."
These threats are not to taken lightly, he says. They need to be recognized for the dangers they are so as to be fought with the force that will be necessary. That means recognizing that cyber and space domains are real, are prevalent, and aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
"We can't continue, in my mind, to operate with this big sky mentality," General Shelton says. "That certainly will not work for us. Status quo? It's an option. It's just not a viable one."
So what is the Air Force doing to mitigate these threats? Oh I'm so glad you asked. Let's start with space.
Satellites. The Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) orbits at geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles up in space. It is literally watching all the time for the plume coming out the back end of a missile.
"We can tell when something's launched," General Shelton explains. "We can tell you the launch point. We can tell you what kind of missile it is and we can tell you the impact point. It's certainly critical to the defense of the homeland, deployed troops, and our allies."
Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite. (graphic illustration provided by the US Air Force)
Currently, the Air Force has two geosynchronous orbiting super satellites and two highly elliptical orbit satellites in orbit. The Atlas 5 also recently launched, carrying the Advanced Extremely High Frequency Communications Satellite. That satellite will provide survivable, global, secure, protected, and jam-resistant communications for high-priority military ground, sea and air assets.
GPS. "You all benefit from the value of GPS, but it's not just the navigation. It's the timing signals as well that provide high-speed data network timing, financial transitions, etc. Guidance and navigation uses are widespread from a platform within the military, from platform navigation to munitions, including things like GPS-guided artillery shells. "
Facing the Cyber Threats
There are a variety of threats in the cyber domain. The problem, General Shelton says, is the cost of admission in this domain is cheap that there is no shortage of threats.
"I call this an inconvenient truth for some, but cyber is increasingly a war-fighting domain," he explains. "It's interwoven into everything we do in military operations. It takes very specialized skill sets and it takes lots of training to become proficient as a high-end cyber operator, so we need to continue to invest in our people. "
From a war-fighting perspective it is absolutely essential that we have confidence in our data. We need to get our data from point A to point B. Anyone in the military will tell you that communication is vital to operations. Adversary actions could make it very difficult for us to communicate. To make sure the data we have is going where it should.
That calls for strong defenses, General Shelton says. It calls for architectures that assure data will be authoritative and it will get to its intended user. Even when we're challenged in this domain.
What the Future Holds for Cyber and Space
"Space and cyber capabilities, I would submit to you, are must-haves in modern joint war-fighting." – General William Shelton
There's much room for improvement in our responsiveness to our threats, he says, but right now we're shooting behind the rabbit in many cases. "We must become more resilient to the threats, resilient to adversary action, resilient to hardware and software failures, resilient to the unanticipated."
How do we do that? By continuing to face forward.
"Fighting through the challenges, developing the next generation of systems that will assure our capability will be there when we most need it, facing the facts of the new normal in space and cyberspace. That's the right response."
Jessica L. Tozer is a blogger for DoDLive and Armed With Science. She is an Army veteran and an avid science fiction fan, both of which contribute to her enthusiasm for technology in the military.
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FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2016 file photo, actor Liam Neeson appears at the premiere of the film "Hunt For The Wilderpeople" in London. Neeson says he's finished making thrillers. In an interview, he said that while "they're still throwing serious money at me" to do films in the mold of "Taken," he plans to stop. The 65-year-old actor says he's too old for those films and that audiences will eventually not buy him as an action hero. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File)
TORONTO — Special set of skills or not, Liam Neeson says he's finished making thrillers.
In an interview, Neeson said that he plans to stop even though it's hard to turn down the lucrative offers he gets thanks to his box-office success in the three "Taken" films, as well as other thrillers. Neeson believes he's simply getting too old to be an action hero.
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"The thrillers, that was all a pure accident," said Neeson. "They're still throwing serious money at me to do that stuff. I'm like, 'Guy's I'm sixty-f—ing-five.' Audiences are eventually going to go, 'Come on."'
Neeson still has two upcoming revenge thrillers he's already shot: "Hard Powder," in which he plays a snowplow driver who faces off with drug dealers, and "The Commuter," with director Jaume Collet-Serra, who also directed Neeson in "Unknown," "Non-Stop" and "Run All Night."
But, Neeson said, those will be his last.
"I've shot one that's going to come out in January sometime. There might be another. That's it," said Neeson. "But not 'Taken,' none of that franchise stuff."
Instead, Neeson has turned back to dramatic work. His Watergate drama "Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House" was to premiere Monday evening at the Toronto International Film Festival. In it, he plays the high-ranking FBI official who was the Washington Post's "Deep Throat" source in the scandal.
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Neeson was always surprised by the unlikely turn his career took beginning with 2009's "Taken." He thought the film, he once said, would go straight to video. The three "Taken" films have grossed $929.5 million worldwide.


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Arizona PBS, a member-supported community service of Arizona State University based at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is the lead station of the Regional Journalism Collaboration for Sustainability - established in January 2018.
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"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" is a song written by songwriter Fred Rose. Originally performed by Roy Acuff, the song was later recorded by Willie Nelson as part of his 1975 album Red Headed Stranger. Both the song and album would become iconic in country music history and jump start Nelson's success as a singer and recording artist. (He had thus far been primarily successful as a songwriter for other artists.)
Prior to the success of "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," Nelson had enjoyed some widespread success primarily as a songwriter, with such songs as "Crazy" (Patsy Cline) and "Hello Walls" (Faron Young). As a performer, Willie hit the Top 10 of the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart just twice; it had happened in 1962, once as a solo artist ("Touch Me") and again as part of a duet with Shirley Collie ("Willingly"). Thereafter, Nelson had approached the Top 20 on occasion, but went 13 years without a Top 10 hit. 1975 was the magic year.
"Willie's First Major Hit"
In October 1975, the song became Nelson's first No. 1 hit as a singer, and at year's end was the third-biggest song of 1975 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. In addition, the song gained modest airplay on Top 40 radio, reaching number twenty one on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" #302 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All time.
THIS WAS THE BIG VERSION....WILLIE NELSON, #1 COUNTRY 1975
Willie's was not necessarily the best version. YOU DECIDE!
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Q: Command line audio - piping for simultaneous playback and recording I am trying to generate sound data, convert it and store it to a WAV format. I'm almost there - except I'd like to hear the generated sound while it is being "recorded".
This command just generates data and plays it back:
perl -e 'for ($c=0; $c<4*44100; $c++) {
             $k=1*sin((1500+$c/16e1)*$c*22e-6); print pack "f", $k;
         } ' |
aplay -t raw -c 1 -r 44100 -f FLOAT_LE

(Note that if you press Ctrl-C here after sound stops playing, aplay may segfault)
Using sox and mplayer, I can record fine - but I can hear no sound at the same time:
perl -e 'for ($c=0; $c<4*44100; $c++) {
             $k=1*sin((1500+$c/16e1)*$c*22e-6); print pack "f", $k;
         } ' |
sox -V -r 44100 -c 1 -b 32 -e floating-point -t raw - \
    -c 2 -b 16 -t wav - trim 0 3 gain -1 dither |
mplayer - -cache 8092 -endpos 3 -vo null -ao pcm:waveheader:file=test.wav

Note here that play test.wav (where play is from sox package, not alsa's aplay) will state "Duration: 00:00:03.00" for the test.wav file. Also, this process seems to run faster than realtime, i.e. completes in (apparently) less than 3 secs.
By trying to cheat by using tee to capture the stream to disk,
perl -e 'for ($c=0; $c<4*44100; $c++) {
             $k=1*sin((1500+$c/16e1)*$c*22e-6); print pack "f", $k;
         } ' |
sox -V -r 44100 -c 1 -b 32 -e floating-point -t raw - \
    -c 2 -b 16 -t wav - trim 0 3 gain -1 dither |
tee test.wav |
aplay

Here apparently I get to hear the sound as it is generated - and test.wav is playable as well, however, play test.wav will report "Duration: unknown".
So I'd like to ask - is it possible to do something like the above "one-liner" command, to both generate, play and record a sound at the same time - however, without the need to install jack?
PS: some relevant links:

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*notes on linux audio file formats

*Mplayer doesn't stream from stdin without cache setting - Dag Olav Prestegarden

*command line - How to convert 16bit wav to raw audio - Stack Overflow

*Old Nabble - linux-audio-dev - audio recording through pipe using mplayer and sox sometimes has incorrect speed

*How to redirect the ALSA output to a file? | Software View

*Can I setup a loopback audio device? - Unix and Linux - Stack Exchange

A: You can use tee(1) to multiplex the stream, e.g.
perl -e 'for ($c=0; $c<4*44100; $c++) {
  $k=1*sin((1500+$c/16e1)*$c*22e-6); print pack "f", $k;
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Security lapses continue after Christmas day terror incident
In light of the seriousness of the successful, unsuccessful Christmas day terror attack aboard a U.S. airliner, President Obama promised to hold officials across the board accountable.
"It is my job to ensure that our intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security systems and the people working in them are working effectively and held accountable. I intend to fulfill that responsibility and insist on accountability at every level."
Sounds like some heads are going to roll- maybe.
Obama's Deputy National Security Advisor, John Brennan spoke on the Fox Sunday show regarding the confidence the President has with his top three intelligence advisors. For now Janet Napolitano, DHS Secretary, Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence and Leon Panetta, CIA Director are on the good list according to Brennan.
In light of the heat Napolitano faced this week by saying the "system worked," Brennan said he is honored to work with someone of her caliber. That being said it looks like the blame will fall to some low-level employee furthering the systemic failures that continue to exist within DHS. This is comparable to the infamous House of Death case where a low-level ICE handler, Raul Bencomo, was fired essentially for lack of candor, though his statements were good enough to use in the case. However once his use was finished so was his career and he was scalped for being at the bottom of the totem pole.
It has now been ascertained some detainees released from Gitmo have returned to the battlefield and intensified their efforts to kill Americans. Brennan suggests that he and others inside the White House have impressed upon the Yemeni government the importance of taking these former enemy combatants seriously. The White House has also stated they are more determined than ever to close Gitmo and approximately 40 detainees are scheduled to return to Yemen this year.
Looking to up the ante, the British announced along with the U.S. they will fund a new terrorism police force to track down terrorists wherever they hide.
The White House also stated due to elevated terror threats in the region, the U.S. Embassy would close in Yemen. "It concerns me that we are saying we will work with the Yemenis, but we are closing our embassy – we didn't do that in Kabul or Baghdad. We need a platform to work from," said Senator Kit Bond (R-MO). He went on to explain the U.S. should halt the release of Gitmo detainees.
"The Bush Administration needs to acknowledge they made a mistake in returning Gitmo guys to other countries and I hope Obama learns from their mistakes and leaves those guys in Gitmo," Bond said.
Setting the tone for the Obama Administration war on terror was DHS Secretary Napolitano. She made it clear the word terror would be stricken from her vocabulary and let America know the new catch phrase would be a "man made disaster." That didn't turn out to be so "catchy."
The key to all this is Yemen
Yemen has spelled trouble for the U.S. dating back to the USS Cole attack in October of 2000, which resulted in 17 deaths and no convictions have been made regarding the murders of U.S. sailors.
Yemen is also where American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is said to be a leader of an al-Qaeda cell responsible for mentoring Maj. Nidal Hassan, the Fort Hood wacko that murdered 14 people, as well as the Nigerian terrorist aboard flight 253 to Detroit.
Unconfirmed reports stated that sometime in December al-Awlaki was killed by a U.S. drone attack inside Yemen.
It has also been reported that the National Security Agency intercepted communications from al-Qaeda about a Nigerian attack months ago, but they never put two plus two together with the reports from the U.S. embassy located in Nigeria where Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's father informed U.S. State Department officials his son had been radicalized.
There are many flights that make there way from around world to the U.S.; some cause customs officials to take notice. In particular, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) look at two weekly flights coming into JFK airport from Yemen, as the "Flying Jihad Flights." CBP agents feel the Yemenis arriving in the U.S. who have possible terrorist ties are greater than any other flights entering the country. Many of these Yemenis possess a U.S. permanent resident cards or LPR cards even though they do not reside in the U.S. "With regard to terrorist cells here in the U.S., there is no doubt in my mind that they are here already and our liberal immigration standards have made it much easier for terrorists to travel into the U.S.," said a CBP official who wished to remain unnamed for fear of work place retaliation.
"We have flights that arrive at JFK airport terminal one on Tuesdays and Saturdays with hundreds of Yemeni nationals carrying LPR cards, most of these people do not speak or understand English nor do they care to, furthermore most did not have jobs and are believed to live in Yemen, it is my opinion that they don't seem to like us one bit, and myself and other CBP agents could see their contempt," he said. CBP employees also contend they do very little background checking with Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) and most of these people are allowed inside the U.S.
Congress has a lot of work ahead of them if they are serious about protecting Americans from future terrorist attacks and their "knee jerk" reaction to the NWA 253 incident will not suffice in protecting the country from radical Islamic terrorists.
"Right now our leaders in Washington DC are searching for a scapegoat to relieve their own failure to address terrorism. The President and Congress will try to find a single CBP officer or TSA agent to blame for the Christmas day attempted bombing, but the reality is, Washington is to blame, CBP officers and TSA people are 'handcuffed' by 'political correctness,'" a CBP agent said.
Currently the CBP is under the tutelage of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and CBP can only enforce the laws on the books. Many rank and file agents believe if they are allowed to enforce the current immigration laws to the best of there ability America will be much safer. However, CBP agents express concern regarding airline Political Action Committee (PAC) lobbying groups who express the pressure to keep the lines moving in order to allow more flights into the country.
"At JFK airport many agents refer to themselves as 'stamp monkeys' because they need to stamp as many passports as possible in a short period of time in the name of expediency," CBP agents complain. "What we need to do is provide the same immigration laws enforced at all ports of entry, and we need to end the airport or border shopping (this is where bad guys figure out which ports of entry are easiest to pass through immigration).
It has been previously reported in this series of articles that CBP Officers have been told to approve visitors through Customs Ports of Entry even when officers have noted invalid dates, documents in the possession of other than the proper individuals, and extremely hostile attitudes and feelings that are declared towards America.
One law consistently overlooked is the misuse of LPR or permanent resident cards. Many card holders aren't living in the U.S. even though they are required to and enforcement is lax on confiscating offenders. By law CBP authorities have a right to confiscate the card the reality however is many CBP agents don't do so because management doesn't want to slow the lines down. "If we were to enforce this, it would send a signal to terrorists we are serious about enforcement and it would force them to change their entry tactics," CBP agents across the board said.
"I have always said and I will continue to say, if officer's in the field are allowed to do their jobs and enforce laws already on the books, and receive appropriate anti-terrorism training and then allowed to perform these duties, we can be 'effective.'"
If Prime Minister Brown and President Obama want to find a reason for the terror farms growing around them they need look no further than their own noses and the thriving terrorist camps located inside many countries around the world including the U.S.
A thorough house cleaning is required within DHS starting with the top posts. Only then will the government have the necessary tools to make enforcing the law more effective at the nation's ports of entry.
Currently at the helm of CBP are Acting Deputy Commissioner David Aguilar (Chief of the Border Patrol) and Customs head Tom Winkowski. Until there are changes at the top, most believe enforcement at the ports of entry will remain the same.
"As President Truman said, 'the buck stops here.' In this situation the buck stops with Napolitano. It's time to clean house and stop compromising national security," says Andy Ramirez border security expert and founder of Friends of the Border Patrol.
"It has been ten days since the Christmas day terrorist incident and the compromises continue. Many people are calling for Janet Napolitano's head, as they should. Her statement 'system worked' was completely erroneous given the facts. Of course it would not surprise me if Aguilar and Winkowski reported something other than the facts given their previous testimony before Congress that also provided other than the truth. The fact remains the agencies are culpable for the continued and unforgivable comprises, as is Napolitano for her colossal gaffe. But the real question is when will Congress wake up, put a stop to the lack of candor from the Executive Branch, and use their oversight authority to clean house," concluded Ramirez.
Currently at the helm of CBP are long-timers Tom Winkowski and David Aguilar, until there are changes at the top, most believe enforcement at the ports of entry will remain the same. "As President Truman said, 'the buck stops here.' In this situation the buck stops with Napolitano. It's time to clean house and stop compromising national security," says Andy Ramirez border expert and founder of Friends of the Border Patrol. "Eight days after the Christmas day incident and the compromises continue. Many people are calling for Janet Napolitano's head as they should her statement 'system worked' which was completely erroneous given the info reported to her by agency heads, Winkowski and Aguilar. The fact remains the agencies are more culpable for the continued and unforgivable comprises when will Congress wake up and clean house?"
Another CBP agent concurs with the cleaning house within CBP and further explains that former CBP Commissioner Jayson Ayhern and Winkowski were never law enforcement officers. "They are leftovers from the snagging illegal contraband days when CBP was more concerned with nabbing importers of t-shirts with illegal use of Nike logos. Now the U.S. needs management who has a law enforcement background in order to fight the war on terror."
It's also important for Americans and for Congress to understand there is no such thing as tolerance of radical Islam; "It's their way or the highway, if the British or U.S. took a hard line against Islamic extremists we wouldn't be denying them freedom to practice their religious beliefs, we would be ensuring the rights of everyone in the free world to practice their chosen religious beliefs," says concerned citizen Carol Simex.
Here's something else to think about; "Our nation's airports are really just interior border crossings, if we do not enforce immigration laws (JFK, LAX, Miami) it's the same as illegals crossing our southern borders," CBP agents say. "Make no mistake, our immigration laws are not being enforced at JFK, if they were, people entering the U.S. by Air wouldn't go 'airport shopping,' but they are. People who enter and remain unlawfully within the U.S. are not immigrants, they are felons."
According to the CBP website the mission of the Carrier Liaison Program is to enhance border security by increasing commercial carrier effectiveness in identifying improperly documented passengers destined to the United States. The FDAU also manages the CBP Fraud Prevention Program.
The goal of the Fraud Prevention Program is to increase fraudulent document interceptions through sharing of information within and outside of CBP. As the central repository and point of analysis for fraudulent documents seized by CBP, the FDAU provides training and training material regarding fraudulent document use. Information on fraudulent document use is shared within CBP and DHS and with other U.S. and foreign government agencies via monthly bulletins, according to the website.
Last year CBP agents processed 430 million travelers at our nation's air, land and seaports; a vast majority 317 million of these crossings were made at one of the 102 northern border ports and 28 southern border ports.
During that time CBP officers intercepted more than 75,000 fraudulent documents and on an average day, CBP agents deny U.S. entry to 868 non-citizens. Approximately 45 criminal aliens attempting to enter the country are picked up leading to the denied entry of more than 334,000 aliens last year, according to the CBP website.
Heightened security measures
CBP alert level is currently yellow. The Homeland Security Advisory System provides guidance on the current threat conditions and appropriate response to those conditions.
It is the policy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to thwart the operations of terrorist organizations by detecting, disrupting, and preventing the cross-border travel of terrorists, terrorist funding, and terrorist implements.
There is a significant risk of terrorist attacks in the U.S. and the following rules may be applied as an outlined for protective measures; Increasing surveillance of critical locations; Coordinating emergency plans with nearby jurisdictions; assessing further refinement of Protective Measures within the context of the current threat information; and implementing, as appropriate, contingency and emergency response plans.
In another national security incident at Newark Liberty International, Homeland Security Department spokeswoman Sari Koshetz said a man was seen walking down an exit lane at Terminal C about 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. Screening was halted in the terminal while authorities looked at surveillance tapes to identify the man. This is not welcome news to travelers or DHS employees who are struggling to fix continued security breakdowns at the nation's ports of entry.
What entrants can expect during a CBP examination
The CBP officer may request specific, detailed information about travelers and may inspect baggage or conduct personal searches.
It is expected CBP agents should treat travelers in a courteous, dignified and professional manner. CBP officers may not answer specific questions about an examination that is underway. Travelers may be subjected to inspections for a variety of reasons including; Travel documents that are incomplete; the traveler has previously violated one of the laws CBP enforces; a name matches a person of interest in one of the government's enforcement databases or watch lists; or a traveler has been selected for a random search.
The Gitmo Dilemma
Now that terrorist ties have been established inside Yemen many Americans are questioning those in Washington D.C. decision to release detainees to a country with terrorist obvious ties.
The Obama Administration has renewed its commitment to closing Gitmo, despite a string of terror activities tracing back to Yemen.
"The last administration, President Bush made a huge mistake by sending the Yemenis back," DeMint said on CNN. "The core leadership of al-Qaeda now is made up of those folks who were at the Gitmo prison. We can't make that mistake again." DeMint also suggested Obama's continued plans to release 40 Yemenis back to a country where "numerous plans are hatched was irresponsible."
President Obama's lead counterterrorism adviser said Sunday; "clearly the system didn't work" to prevent Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab from boarding a plane, but he stopped short of saying that there was "no smoking gun piece of intelligence out there that said this guy was a terrorist," even though the suspect's father told American authorities of his son's radicalization.
If this is any indication how the White House plans to handle the growing terror threats against the U.S. the failure to connect the dots will turn to business as usual.
One CBP agent summed the terror issue this way; "If we don't tend our own gardens, its over. We can't follow Europe's lead on this issue."
For more stories; http://www.examiner.com/x-10317-San-Diego-County-Political-Buzz-Examiner
DHS gaffe nearly results in Christmas air disaster
http://www.examiner.com/x-10317-San-Diego-County-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m12d28-Terror-attack


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Q: How to get the first entirely visible element within an element that has horizontal scrolling using jQuery? I need to get the first element that is entirely visible within a scrollable DIV using jQuery. I'm close, but something isn't right.
Can anyone spot the problem?
$('div').on('scroll', function () {
  var cutoff = $(this).scrollLeft();

  $('li').removeClass('firstVisible').each(function () {
    var $this = $(this);

    if ($this.offset().left > cutoff) {
      $this.addClass('firstVisible');

      return false; // stops the iteration after the first one on the screen
    }
  });

  console.log($('li.firstVisible').index());
});

JSFiddle

A: $this.offset() will return position relative to document (not to div with scrolling), so to check visibility you need to compare it to div position (not scroll left)
$('div').on('scroll', function () {
var cutoff = $(this).offset().left;

$('li').removeClass('firstVisible').each(function () {
    var $this = $(this);

    if ($this.offset().left >= cutoff) {
        $this.addClass('firstVisible');

        return false; // stops the iteration after the first one on the screen
    }
});

here is an example: http://jsfiddle.net/axwR7/2/


Women and their newborns in Slovakia are often unjustifiably detained in hospitals across the European Union country, breaking its own laws and leaving Roma women vulnerable to racist abuse and physical violence, an investigation finds. See photos.
Will the real Slovenia and Slovakia please stand up?
Do staff members from the Slovenian and Slovakian embassies in D.C. really get together once a month to exchange wrongly addressed mail? We want to believe, but should we?


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Banxico Unlikely to Deliver Bigger Rate Hike, Minister Says
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(Bloomberg) -- Mexico's central bank is unlikely to speed up the pace of monetary tightening at next week's board meeting, according to Deputy Finance Minister Gabriel Yorio.
The bank, known as Banxico, has hiked its key interest rate by a quarter point in each of its past four meetings and isn't likely to deliver a half-point increase in the last decision of the year, Yorio said Tuesday at a panel organized by Eurasia Group.
Yorio, who attends board meetings in a non-voting capacity, said that tighter monetary policy has had a clear impact on inflation expectations but probably won't influence consumer prices in the short term.
He added that the government is not considering using price controls to tame inflation, which is currently running at more than double the bank's target rate.
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A multifractal wavelet model with application to network traffic
Rudolf H. Riedi, Matthew S. Grouse, Vinay J. Ribeiro, Richard G. Baraniuk
In this paper we develop a new multiscale modeling framework for characterizing positive-valued data with longrange-dependent correlations (I// noise). Using the Haar wavelet transform and a special multiplicative structure on the wavelet and scaling coefficients to ensure positive results the model provides a rapid O(N) cascade algorithm for synthesizing TVpoint data sets. We study both the second-order and multifractal properties of the model the latter after a tutorial overview of multifractal analysis. We derive a scheme for matching the model to real data observations and to demonstrate its effectiveness apply the model to network traffic synthesis. The flexibility and accuracy of the model and fitting procedure result in a close fit to the real data statistics (variance-time plots and moment scaling) and queuing behavior. Although for illustrative purposes we focus on applications in network traffic modeling the multifractal wavelet model could be useful in a number of other areas involving positive data including image processing finance and geophysics.
https://doi.org/10.1109/18.761337
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Riedi, R. H., Grouse, M. S., Ribeiro, V. J., & Baraniuk, R. G. (1999). A multifractal wavelet model with application to network traffic. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 45(3), 992-1018. https://doi.org/10.1109/18.761337
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In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 45, No. 3, 1999, p. 992-1018.
Riedi, RH, Grouse, MS, Ribeiro, VJ & Baraniuk, RG 1999, 'A multifractal wavelet model with application to network traffic', IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 992-1018. https://doi.org/10.1109/18.761337
Riedi RH, Grouse MS, Ribeiro VJ, Baraniuk RG. A multifractal wavelet model with application to network traffic. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 1999;45(3):992-1018. https://doi.org/10.1109/18.761337
Riedi, Rudolf H. ; Grouse, Matthew S. ; Ribeiro, Vinay J. et al. / A multifractal wavelet model with application to network traffic. In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 1999 ; Vol. 45, No. 3. pp. 992-1018.
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Clive Collins
Clive is a founding member and current co-chair of the BBC Stammering Support Network. He is also a member of the Board of BBC Ability (the staff disability network). Clive has worked for the BBC for over twenty years within the Sports Archive.
A member of STAMMA (and its predecessors the AFS and the BSA) since the 1980s, he has received varied support for his stammer during his life including from City Lit and as part of the McGuire Programme. He helped to set up the BBC Stammering Support Network last year to support colleagues who stammer and to raise awareness.


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Soap Opera Ratings for the 2018-19 Season (updated 10/8/19)
As longtime television viewers know, there used to be a lot more soap operas on the air. Today, only four of them remain — The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS), Days of Our Lives (NBC), General Hospital (ABC), and The Young and the Restless (CBS). Their ratings are a fraction of what they used to be, even a few years ago, so it can feel like they're on borrowed time. How long will these four survive? That will likely have a lot to do with the ratings. Stay tuned.
Note: Each network measures the success of its own programming. Still, it's fun to see how the four remaining soap operas rank against each other.
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Season-to-date averages are compared to previous season averages. Raw data courtesy Soap Opera Network.
What do you think? Are you surprised by any of the ratings? Which shows should be doing better? Which one do you think will be cancelled next?
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The Bold and the Beautiful: 2019-20 Season Ratings (updated 1/18/20)
Days of Our Lives: 2019-20 Season Ratings (updated 1/18/20)
The Young and the Restless: 2019-20 Ratings (updated 1/18/20)
Days of Our Lives: 2018-19 Season Ratings (updated 10/8/19)
The Bold and the Beautiful: 2018-19 Season Ratings (updated 10/8/19)
General Hospital: 2018-19 Season Ratings (updated 10/8/19)
The Young and the Restless: 2018-19 Ratings (updated 10/8/19)
Days of Our Lives: 2015-16 Season Ratings (final)
General Hospital: 2015-16 Season Ratings (final)
Soap Opera Ratings for the 2015-16 Season (final)
Really do miss the good old days,when you could watch
soaps,and they were on all afternoon,on all 3 chanels!! What can be done to get them back. Somethings need to remain untouched. No more reality showes!
Barbara Laforge
I have been a fan of Days of our lives for a very long time. I love the show and would be so upset if they cancelled it. I don't think i could stomach another reality show. If NBC cancels Days of our Lives i will be cancelling NBC. I support all sponsor's that have made this show possible and hope they continue to do so.
Ali James
General Hospital still delivers fun, escape, and nice mysteries. I'd rather watch it over super violent, depressing, overly mean spirited shows. Goes back to rooting for the hero/heroine and booing the villains. good guys slip and fall from grace but even the worst person has a chance of redemption. A morality play.
WhatIPostedIsTrue
My mom just turned 90 in August 2019 & has me (63 yrs old) HOOKED on Days of our Lives for about a year now.
Mary hammond
General hospital is a great escape from the many many news show. Last thing left that my deceased mom and I enjoyed.
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Timothy Litchfield
Its horrible .
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Carolyn Merritt
We watch B=B and it is getting terrible . Drugs please What are you teaching teenagers give them drugs and you do what you want to them .. Taking a life and it is ok. You can get away with it please get on with the show. It was was good at one time


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Today is my first day back to office after long holiday.
People already started queueing since I don't know at what time because by the time I'm there (nearly 8am) it's already this crowded. It's not like the counter going to open a short while.
And to my surprise, a colleague informed me that it's just the same since last week.
No wonder I can see everyone is holding an iPhone at office today.


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Tomorrow is Halloween. A time where many people come together, get together and enjoy the annual occasion. I'm still not sure exactly what we're supposed to be celebrating but, the experience remains unknown to me, after my than twenty-seven years on this planet. While other people will be enjoying themselves tomorrow night, I know I'll be right here, alone.
Technically, I'll be amongst family at home but, it isn't the same. I yearn for my own life and friends.
As a kid, I was never allowed to go trick-or-treating, simply because my parents [read: "my dad"] wouldn't allow me; 'they' didn't believe in 'celebrating evil spirits', of whatever it was my mum used to say. All I wanted was to dress up a bit, walk around the village with my friends and, of course, to fill my bag full of sweets and chocolates!
At this time each year then, if I'm not thinking of the fun times that others must be having or looking forward to then, I'm remembering what it was like to have my friends knock on the back door, each of them dressed up and waiting for me; only to find that I wasn't allowed out with them. One friend even leant me a mask to wear one year but, I don't think I even got to try it on.
A few days after that (in the UK, at least), we have Guy Fawkes night (aka. Bonfire Night, Fireworks Night… You know what I'm referring to). This is something I've not been involved with since I was a kid and I can't remember why I (and we, as a family) stopped going. Was it because my sister didn't like the noise? Was I afraid of the bangs and unpredictability? Maybe it was the beginnings of my anxiety.
Again, this year is like one of many others to have already gone by; I'd like to be out there with people but, I have nothing planned. On the 5th of November 2012, I'll be sat right here, either at my laptop or stretched out in front of the TV. Writing this though, I can vaguely remember how we use to hold our own (small) fireworks display in our back garden – that could be one explanation for why we stopped 'going out'. There was one year where the thick smoke from our fire bellowed out down the driveway, along the road and on to the main road – that left me feeling a fear as though the police were going to turn up and investigate!
I have actually taken the initiative to ask two people what their plans are for tomorrow night. This was last night but, I haven't heard anything from either of them. I don't really know who I'd like to spend these occasions and celebrations with… If I'm being honest, there's no-one that special in my life right now. Does it really matter?
What are your plans for the next six-days of celebration?
Fate – Do You Believe?
I am planning to complete one of my final 30 Day challenges this weekend but, in the mean time, I'd like to ramble on about something else.
So many people seem to believe in 'fate'. I find it hard to; I'd even say that I do not believe and yet, I'm not aware of anyone else I know who feels the same way. When I've talked about love and relationships with my counsellor, she's gone on to end each conversation to say that there is someone out there for me and that I will meet them… How and why hasn't it already happened?!
Maybe I have the definition all wrong… To me, fate is where you end up following near-pre-determined paths in life that lead to places and situations you are unable to avoid. It's as if your story's already been written and you're acting it out, through each scene and chapter, consciously unaware.
I'm really struggling at the moment. My mood hasn't been this low for a while. Hope is fading and I'm beginning to contemplate terrible things that I have always anticipated happening later in life. I've booked a counselling session for next week so, I'm going to try and get back in to that and see if I can find anything inside to talk about and hopefully make a start on this CBT.
In an effort to distract myself tonight though, I would like to show you my fridge!
In fact, talking about 'food' and eating generally is something I've been wanting to do for a while. I'm less of a spontaneous writer (and person), you see. Everything has to be planned, to some extent. Timing has to be right and all the parts and pieces of the puzzle need to arrive perfectly at the correct time.
It looks as though I now have an extra two-weeks to complete the homework we were assigned last Thursday evening. I found an e-mail from the course tutor earlier to say that he's had to cancel tomorrow's class due to personal/family reasons. We should be able to 'account for' this lost day by adding it on to the end of term in December but, with half-term next week as well, we're now left with a whole fortnight between classes.
We were set the task of writing a 'scene of dialogue' between two people and, during the conversation or scene, there has to be a point of conflict. An example we were given came from No Country for Old Men (I've not even seen the film),where one character enters a petrol/gas station and confronts the clerk/assistant behind the counter.
My first idea, even six-days ago, sat in the class that evening, was to write about someone who arrives at one of these National Trust-type outdoor places and is confronted by someone demanding they pay a car parking fee. The premise here is that the main character (protagonist?) has been coming to this site for several years but this is the first time since parking fees were introduced. It comes as a surprise to him (or her) as the signage and forewarnings apparently aren't' or were not clear enough.
You see, I can 'visualise' the scene (beginning, middle and end) clearly enough. I even know where the conflict is likely to come in, along with its subject. But, creating a conversation is a whole new challenge altogether and I'm stumped.
I do welcome this extended break as it gives me time to try something. Until I read that e-mail, I was prepared to walk in tomorrow evening and confess that I had found it difficult and, therefore, not written or completed anything.
I wanted to include this somewhere in my previous post about the trip to Bath today but, it wouldn't fit.
As I was walking around the perimeter of a playing field, I passed a young (mid-to-late 30s) couple walking with their daughter. The man never spoke a word and I couldn't make eye contact with any one of them after the initial glance but, as we passed, the woman greeted me with a 'Good afternoon'. I responded with an undignified 'Hi…', while trying to awkwardly smile at the ground.
Then, the daughter did the exact same thing as I walked past her (I guess they breed good manners in their family – or, is it true what I've heard about people from Bath… ;-)). Again, I uttered nothing more than a discreet 'Hi…', while trying to force a believable smile that only the fallen leaves would see.
…I'm more concerned by the way in which the woman attempted to greet me, even though I was clearly looking downwards, in the hope of avoiding even the slightest form of confrontation. No-one else even muttered a word to me (apart from the 'tramp' who wanted his photo taken)… But, I think we're all a little bit awkward in those situations. Most people go for a walk to get away from stressful situations.
It was still foggy when I got up this morning but, that was mostly in the outdoors. Inside, my head was still a little down but, with no definite rain clouds in sight or forecast until the late afternoon, I decided to get up and make something of the day by making my long-awaited return to the beautiful city of Bath. Last time I was there was back in April; six-months ago now. I'd arranged to meet a friend from a dating site and, although the day went okay and we got to see a few places around the city, well, the friendship didn't last and we've not been in contact since the end of July.


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ANDREW BONE: Big recruiting weekend coming up
National Signing Day is the first Wednesday in February, and there is still plenty of recruiting buzz with the University of Alabama. A big recruiting weekend is on the schedule with several official visitors, and the Crimson Tide had one player to decommit late in the process.
Brandon Ruiz, three-star kicker from Williams Field High School in Gilbert, Arizona, announced via Twitter his decommitment from the University of Alabama on Sunday evening. He appeared home sick at the U.S Army All-American game in San Antonio by others who were participants. He announced his commitment to Arizona State on Monday. Alabama will continue to evaluate other kickers.
Alabama hosted only one official visitor this past weekend in Chris Henderson, four-star cornerback from Columbus High School in Miami, Florida. The former Miami commitment is still considering the Hurricanes. He will also take an official visit to Florida this weekend. Henderson expects to wait until signing day to announce his final college decision.
Alabama will play host to several top remaining targets and commitments. Henry Ruggs, four-star wide receiver from Lee High School in Montgomery, will take an official visit to Alabama. He received an in-home visit on Monday from Alabama head coach Nick Saban, offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian and area recruiter Derrick Ansley. They also attended his basketball game on Monday evening. Ruggs visited Florida State this past weekend.
"Pretty much everybody seems to think (Alabama is the favorite), just because they are the in-state school they are supposed to be the top school, but that's not the case for me," Ruggs told Rivals.com. "My case is, what is the best opportunity for me? That (Alabama) official visit will be about building stronger bonds with the players. I already know a couple of them, so I'll try to connect with different ones. The family atmosphere, everybody pretty much gets along and everything is business-oriented."
DeVonta Smith, Rivals100 wide receiver from Amite High School in Louisiana, will also visit Alabama this weekend. He has a top three of Alabama, LSU and Miami. Most expect him to choose between the two SEC-West rivals.
"From what I've seen, Coach (Steve) Sarkisian has worked with Coach (Lane) Kiffin for a long time, so I don't expect there to be much of a difference there," Smith told Rivals.com. "He knows that offense just like Kiffin did, he might just call things different than he did, but it's a pretty balanced offense so I don't see too much changing."
LaBryan Ray, Rivals100 defensive end from James Clemens High School in Madison, will also return to Alabama this weekend for an official visit. He visited Tennessee this past weekend and will visit Florida next weekend. Ray expects to make a final decision on signing day.
Phidarian Mathis, four-star defensive tackle from Neville High School in Monroe, Louisiana, is also scheduled to visit Alabama this weekend. A lot of eyes will focus on Alabama commitment Chris Allen, four-star linebacker from Southern Lab High School in Baton Rouge, who returns to Tuscaloosa this weekend after an official visit to LSU this past weekend.
Aubrey Solomon, five-star defensive tackle from Lee County High School in Leesburg, Georgia, took an official visit to USC this past weekend. Solomon has taken trips to Alabama, Georgia and Michigan.
The University of Alabama is sitting with the No.1 recruiting class in the country. It is a Nick Saban record with seven five-stars including five who enrolled at the Capstone last week. Will Alabama finish with the nation's best class, again? A strong finish will make it a reality.
Andrew Bone is the senior recruiting analyst for TideSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @AndrewJBone.


What in the World Do We Do with Consumer Lending?
One of the most profoundly changed parts of the banking business going forward will be how the industry views and delivers consumer lending. Because the Great Recession was substantially a consumer-driven recession (predicted by GonzoBanker in 2004), many are wondering what those "green shoots" are that might get consumers back on their feet in the current economy, and how banks will respond from a lending point of view.
For banks, the consumer lending landscape is one that takes careful study and will require many improved capabilities internally to ever manage this line of business profitably again.
First, let me provide Gonzo readers a quick status report on the consumer credit markets.
Several major banks happily reported slight declines in credit card and consumer loan delinquencies these past two weeks, but the chart below from Horwitz and Co. keeps this "good news" in perspective. The dip has been miniscule. and the trend line in the past three years has been horrific.
Clearly these levels demonstrate the immense pain still working its way through the consumer economy – this is more than just credit flakes. This is the result of the jolting the Great Recession has done to average household finances. Any type of consumer lending at these charge-off levels is purely an unprofitable destruction of capital.
One piece of good news: for the first time in a long time, consumers are starting to pare back their debt levels, especially in the revolving credit card side. The Federal Reserve just reported an annualized 7.5% drop in revolving consumer credit for November 2009. The chart below shows how $111 billion of consumer debt has gone away since the October crisis hit in late 2008. However, the $2.4 trillion of consumer outstanding recently is still higher than debt levels as recently as 2006. We still have a bit more to go in reducing consumer debt exposure.
Clearly, the greatest systemic risk concerning both consumer credit quality and future origination capacity is the still bleak unemployment picture. Faith in any stimulus plan creating jobs has disappeared from even the most liberal mind, especially as surprises pop up like last week when initial jobless claims came in much higher than expected. Signals coming from Washington regarding heavy regulation, taxation, health care costs and high government spending are hardly inspiring the private sector to put capital at risk toward creating new jobs. It seems that political upheaval or a Clinton-like move to the center from the current administration are the only scenarios where the mood concerning private sector job growth may change.
The mortgage refinance boom of 2009 helped American consumers get out of risky ARM loans or free up some needed household cash flow. This, coupled with a heavy market adjustment on housing, is helping to build a stronger base for consumer credit quality in the future. However, this progress could all be tanked if inflation were to get out of hand and short-term credit card, HELOC and auto loans became much more expensive. We have to hope for some renewed fiscal credibility from Washington to allow this debt relief process to slowly work its way out.
It almost goes without saying, but all consumer lenders in the future are going to pay a price brought on by the worst actors in the consumer credit boom of the past 20 years. As banks works to manage the profitability of their consumer lending operations, they must be realistic that operating costs around compliance will go up.
Most banks were caught short-staffed and weak in process/reporting on the consumer collections side. As we finally get better process up and running, it's time to stay focused on these efforts well into 2011. No expense reduction opportunities here yet.
There is just no interesting trend arising yet that makes ambitious consumer lending goals worth their while. It will be a less active time of only high quality borrowers getting an audience and volumes being modest no matter how much cajoling Washington gives banks.
The next wave of consumer lending will not be for the half-awake staffer running a FICO and printing out a closing doc on the HP printer. The new era will only award profitability to those who use credit information and insight that lurks within it to drive their business. Most banks do a pitiful job of capturing and learning from origination and ongoing servicing data to make better decisions and pricing policies in the future.
The breaking of the FICO-driven underwriting model of the growth era has caused consumer underwriters to rethink their overall approaches to approving deals. Lenders will be building more debt analysis and collateral analysis into their own internal scorecards and underwriting rules, and they will need to train underwriters to better recognize the nuance of successful consumer lending. It will be a return to old school thinking while still using streamlined processes and rich information of the new school.
Despite the fairly tattered landscape of consumer lending today, there will be growth opportunities in the future for those who don't think like the crowd. As an example, the whole industry will be trying to "risk rate" a borrower who did a home mortgage modification during the Great Recession. It will take the credit reporting agencies several years to build behavioral histories on these types of households, and some lenders may take contrarian sooner. Also, there could be the chance to take market share from retail store credit cards, as these companies now have to play by the same underwriting standards and compliance under the recently passed credit card bill. Finally, with a portion of consumers sincerely trying to reduce debt, there could be packaged lines of credits and term loans that steal share from the high-cost large credit card issuers.
GonzoBankers should keep the hatches battened down pretty tight when it comes to consumer lending in 2010. However, major changes in this landscape are taking shape, and smart, creative bankers will leverage these changes to build more sophisticated and profit-disciplined consumer lending businesses in 2011 and beyond.
just wondering how much of the reduction in consumer credit outstanding is actually due to the debt being charged off vs. paid off. Charged off debt doesn't meant that the remaining debt is necessarily "more manageable" for the consumers that have it.
You seem to have left out credit unions as the bright spot in consumer lending. They are the one group that has and is seeing plenty of upside in consumer lending and business in general. By being focused on their members and following sound underwriting standards credit unions are now poised to expand their services to businesses up and down main street that banks have turned their backs to.
As always, I enjoyed this GonzoBanker article and your insight. I would agree, we are far from out of this cycle, but I like the small positives we are beginning to see. I agree that the next generation of automated underwriting should take into account the traditional lending underwriter's analysis of the three "C's", cash flow, character/credit and collateral. The sometimes difficult lessons I've learned in my 30+ years in banking and loans at the old SIS Bank, then at Easthampton Savings and now at Greenfield Co-operative Bank just reinforce the need to use technology, but don't forget to use your common sense either. Best wishes.


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"When you give these companies a [tax] holiday, that rewards these companies for creating these jobs overseas & not here," Udall said. Instead, he said Colorado leaders should be focused on restoring the financial markets' vitality and instituting oversight to prevent future crashes. "It's exactly that kind of thinking that got us into this crisis to start with, Udall said of Schaffer's plan.
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by Free Britney at August 29, 2012 11:28 am .
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Then wow, you're in luck, because whitesonlydating (dot) com is here! An ad for the fake online relationship site was posted on Reddit earlier today in all its Caucasian glory.
The most hilarious part - besides the surprisingly in-depth breakdown of the different shades of white - is that to a non-white individual, this is probably what most ads for legitimate dating sites seem like ... as well as The Bachelor.