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Hope

Hannes van Eeden

Writer and essayist Lu Xun on the power of collective hope:

“Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.”

Source: The Epigrams of Lusin (found inThe Wisdom of China and India)

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Unmasked Police Officers Remove a Subway Rider After He Confronts Them – The New York Times (Me: Abuse of authority and just plain stupid!)

A New York City police officer grabs a male commuter by his jacket and pushes him through an emergency exit door at a subway station in Manhattan, video posted to social media shows. “You’re being disruptive,” the officer tells him.

The man in the 35-second video clip — which has garnered more than one million views and ushered in a fresh wave of criticism of the police — said in an interview that the confrontation erupted when he asked the officer and his partner to put on masks.

Andrew Gilbert, 27, said he had just gotten off the train on his way to work at around 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday when he approached two officers at the Eighth Street subway station in Manhattan who were not wearing masks and asked them to put them on, in accordance with the rules.

The M.T.A. requires masks to be worn inside subway stations and on trains, and the Police Department requires officers to wear face coverings in public transit settings.

“The male officer sort of started playing dumb with me, saying, like, “I can’t hear what you’re saying through your mask,” Mr. Gilbert said on Wednesday.

The back-and-forth continued for about a minute, Mr. Gilbert said, before the officer shoved him about 80 feet backward and pushed him out of the exit door. “If you’re not going to ride the train, just get out,” Mr. Gilbert said the officer told him.

Two Individuals Sentenced for Providing “Bulletproof Hosting” for Cybercriminals | OPA | Department of Justice

On June 28 and Oct. 20, Chief Judge Denise Page Hood of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan sentenced Pavel Stassi, 30, of Estonia, to 24 months in prison; and Aleksandr Skorodumov, 33, of Lithuania, to 48 months in prison, for their roles in the scheme.

According to court documents, Stassi and Skorodumov were members of a bulletproof hosting organization founded and led by two co-defendants, Aleksandr Grichishkin and Andrei Skvortsov, both 34 and of Russia. The group rented IP addresses, servers, and domains to cybercriminal clients who employed this technical infrastructure to disseminate malware used to gain access to victims’ computers, form botnets, and steal banking credentials for use in frauds. Malware hosted by the organization included Zeus, SpyEye, Citadel, and the Blackhole Exploit Kit, which attacked U.S. companies and financial institutions between 2009 and 2015 and caused or attempted to cause millions of dollars in losses to U.S. victims. The defendants also helped their clients evade detection by law enforcement and continue their crimes uninterrupted by monitoring sites used to blocklist technical infrastructure used for crime, moving “flagged” content to new infrastructure, and registering all such infrastructure under false or stolen identities.

Source: Two Individuals Sentenced for Providing “Bulletproof Hosting” for Cybercriminals | OPA | Department of Justice

A petition to try to repair the damage caused by road works in beautiful San San, Portland

Petchary's Blog

For me, the worst thing is the total lack of consultation with the community. Not even an attempt to do so. For that reason alone, I ask you to kindly sign the petition created by resident Marc Goodman regarding the destruction of the once lovely hillside above the Blue Lagoon (Blue Hole) beauty spot.It is here.

Some may say a petition does not have any impact, it is too late, etc. However, it is important to make one’s voice heard. If nothing else – protest! So please, do sign and share.

The green hillside cut back for the South Coast Highway Project. It appears that they are not quite done yet, from this picture provided by Marc Goodman.

Mr. Goodman has petitioned the Chairman of the National Works Agency (NWA) to try and ameliorate the devastation of the once lovely hillsides – even though the damage has already…

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Douglas Munro, Coast Guard Hero – Intermission Story (24)

Pacific Paratrooper

Painting of Doug Munro providing support from his LCP, by Bernard D’Andrea

The United States Coast Guard was founded on a tradition of taking small boats into dangerous conditions to save lives. This skill made Coast Guard coxswains an indispensable part of the Pacific Theater  and Smitty would whole-heartedly agree.  Coast Guardsmen proved their worth time and time again as they expertly handled small landing craft in and out of almost any situation. No man better exemplifies this prowess than Douglas A. Munro.

Signalman 1st Class, Douglas Munro

Born in Vancouver in 1919, Douglas Munro attended Cle Elum High School in Washington state.  He attended the Central Washington College of Education for a year before enlisting in the Coast Guard in 1939. He spent his first two years on board the Cutter Spencer,  a 327-foot Treasury-class cutter which patrolled out of New York, and later Boston.

While on the Spencer

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La Petite Fille au ballon – Banksy | Wallpapers — VOYAGE ONIRIQUE

« Balloon Girl » – Banksy | Wallpapers Un Wallpaper/Fond d’écran spécialement pour les Téléphones Lire mon article sur l’histoire de l’oeuvre célèbre : La Petite Fille au Ballon – Banksy Voir aussi mon article hommage consacré à l’Artiste Banksy : 40 Oeuvres Street Art – Banksy   wallpapers et fonds d’écran La petite fille ballon banksy.…

La Petite Fille au ballon – Banksy | Wallpapers — VOYAGE ONIRIQUE