- sudo-discuss - sudoroom.org

by Andrew

Hi All, I will be giving a talk on the history of hacking. Knowing where we come from will help us to move forward without repeating the mistakes of the past. We live in a decisive time. How we act in the next few months will mold "hacker" culture for years to come. Come Saturday at 2pm to learn and discuss what it means to be a hacker and how that meaning has changed for better or worse. Hack The Planet. https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned#June_15:_From_Phone_Phreaks_to_Wi… See you tomorrow... PS. We will be heading to the BACH meeting afterward.

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Clean up Sunday

by Romy Ilano

Wow! It's really dirty. Are we cleaning Sudo room this Sunday --- Romy Ilano Founder of Snowyla http://www.snowyla.com romy(a)snowyla.com

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Submit Nominees NOW - $30K for people who have used Open Access to improve the world

by Matthew Senate

http://asap.plos.org/nominate/form/ The Accelerating Science Award Program The Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP) recognizes individuals who have applied scientific research – published through Open Access – to innovate in any field and benefit society. Anyone can nominate an individual or team. Individuals are also free to nominate themselves.

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Sudoroom locked

by Julio Rios

How do we get in? No one is inside...

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Fwd: [sfdug] Want to get involved in BADCamp 2013? Open Community Planning Meeting June 19th, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

by Matthew Senate

BADcamp is a most excellent free Drupal unconference, highly recommend to get involved if you're interested in collaborating with a great open source web development community. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Faber <john(a)ridgeworksinc.com> Date: Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 5:01 PM Subject: [sfdug] Want to get involved in BADCamp 2013? Open Community Planning Meeting June 19th, 6:30pm - 8:00pm To: sfdug-announce(a)meetup.com Want to get involved in BADCamp 2013? Now's the time! Open Community Planning Meeting *Date: June 19th, 6:30pm - 8:00pm* *Location:* *Pantheon Systems* 717 California St, 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 *Agenda* Planning is well under way for BADCamp 2013, October 24-27 at University of California at Berkeley, so come join us! We will be launching the website and opening session submission and registration in about a month and we're locked in for venues. All we need now is YOU. Come meet some of the planning team and get caught up on the current progress and see what we have in store for the 2013 edition. We're still looking to fill several key planning team roles, as well as the (rather large) day-of team needed to put on an event of this size for free to benefit the Drupal Community. -- This message was sent by John Faber (john(a)ridgeworksinc.com) from SFDUG - San Francisco Drupal Users group<http://www.meetup.com/SFDUG-San-Francisco-Drupal-Users-group/> . To learn more about John Faber, visit his/her member profile<http://www.meetup.com/SFDUG-San-Francisco-Drupal-Users-group/members/835739…> To unsubscribe from special announcements from your Organizer(s), click here<http://www.meetup.com/SFDUG-San-Francisco-Drupal-Users-group/optout/?submit…> Meetup, POB 4668 #37895 NY NY USA 10163 <#13f3ffc8655f0563_> | support(a)meetup.com

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Myriad Genetics -- No Patent For You

by Eddan Katz

The Supreme Court opinion on the Myriad Genetics case about the BRCA1 & BRCA2 patents is out. Great news for science and medicine. Opinion was 9-0, invalidating the patent Myriad used to exercise a monopoly over breast cancer diagnostic tests. > http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-398_8njq.pdf > > Held: "A naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature andnot patent eligible merely because it has been isolated, but cDNA ispatent eligible because it is not naturally occurring." From the introductory summary -- > Each human gene is encoded as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), which takes the shape of a “double helix.” Each “cross-bar” in that helix consists of two chemically joined nucleotides. Sequences of DNA nu- cleotides contain the information necessary to create strings of amino acids used to build proteins in the body. The nucleotides that code for amino acids are “exons,” and those that do not are “introns.” Sci- entists can extract DNA from cells to isolate specific segments for study. They can also synthetically create exons-only strands of nu- cleotides known as composite DNA (cDNA). cDNA contains only the exons that occur in DNA, omitting the intervening introns. > > Respondent Myriad Genetics, Inc. (Myriad), obtained several patents after discovering the precise location and sequence of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, mutations of which can dramatically in- crease the risk of breast and ovarian cancer. This knowledge allowed Myriad to determine the genes’ typical nucleotide sequence, which, in turn, enabled it to develop medical tests useful for detecting muta- tions in these genes in a particular patient to assess the patient’s cancer risk. If valid, Myriad’s patents would give it the exclusive right to isolate an individual’s BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, and would give Myriad the exclusive right to synthetically create BRCA cDNA. Petitioners filed suit, seeking a declaration that Myriad’s patents are invalid under 35 U. S. C. §101. As relevant here, the District Court granted summary judgment to petitioners, concluding that Myriad’s claims were invalid because they covered products of nature. The Federal Circuit initially reversed, but on remand in light of Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., 566 U. S. ___, the Circuit found both isolated DNA and cDNA patent eligible.

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Lessig: It’s Time to Rewrite the Internet to Give Us Better Privacy, and Security

by Eddan Katz

A Sudo- Call to Action. http://thebea.st/18vg9Eh It’s Time to Rewrite the Internet to Give Us Better Privacy, and Security It’s not too late to restore confidence, writes “digital Cassandra” Lawrence Lessig, but we need to start by asking the right questions. sent from eddan.com

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BAD IDEA Re: Opt out of PRISM

by Matthew Harbowy

I'm mystified how any of this helps. Even in a fully encrypted world, the destination ip and where it came from is not encrypted. Like with phone numbers, if you make a peer-to-peer connection and they can correlate it with any other information (geotagging, etc) they don't need to decrypt or even know what the two people are talking about. I strongly suspect that the decoding of content, while it may be of use, is not sufficiently advanced. There's no agreed protocol for semantic network evaluation. "The crow flies at midnight" still is (and will likely be, forever) a completely secure form of communication because it requires a realm of shared meaning. It means just as much to a NLP computer as "darmok and jelad at tanagra" But connections are already neatly encoded. Lumeta has nailed this, and I saw early prototypes of their Internet networking mapping before this was spun off from Lucent in the mid 1990's, and you can see the results of this work at http://www.cheswick.com/ches/map/ Think about it. Do you think, just from types of cars (no license plates, no text or color info, just (sedan, hatchback, pickup, SUV) moving between addresses, you couldn't figure out who worked for a particular corporation? While big business is still stumbling around in the dark, the creation of accurate, time-dependent maps of all electronic networks tells more about people than any other piece of information, because it is not subject to translation error during the process of encoding and analyzing semantic content. And the precious content which is protected by these tools doesn't even need to be decoded. They can do that later, after the arrest, to retconn a story about how they knew. Putting together lists like this of "what you can do" just makes n00bs that much easier to track by their metadata. If Ford and GM put tracking chips in all their cars and you reacted by driving around only Yugos, DeLoreans, or a DIY car, doesn't that make your metadata easier to track? So, for my vote, following recommendations like this is a terrible idea. Matt. On Wednesday, June 12, 2013, Andrew wrote: > this is an awesome list of great software. I also think it's important > that people understand that privacy, anonymity, and securing require more > than just switching to Ubuntu, using Firefox, etc... It requires real > changes in behavior, as well as technical solutions. For example, you can > use encrypted email all you want, but if the person you are communicating > with doesn't also have good security practices they can be compromised and > all your communications can be made available to anyone with access to > their computer. > > Also keep in mind that these technical solutions will never be enough. For > example, keyloggers are easy to trick someone in to installing or can even > be placed in to "legitimate" via automatic updates without the user > knowing. At any moment Apple, Microsoft, and Google could switch on a > network of spying computers unprecedented in American history, (are you > sure you and everyone you are communicating with are using 0% software from > these companies?). > > The point is that this is not a technical problem. And, so far it's still > very difficult for the NSA to gain human intelligence, so if you want to > share secrets, the best way to do it is over drinks at your friends house > surrounded by people you trust. > > --Andrew > > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Eddan Katz <eddan(a)clear.net<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'eddan(a)clear.net');> > > wrote: > >> "Opt out of PRISM, the NSA’s global data surveillance program. Stop >> reporting your online activities to the American government with these free >> alternatives to proprietary software." >> >> >> http://prism-break.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', >> 'sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org');> >> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >> >> > > > -- > ------- > Andrew Lowe > Cell: 831-332-2507 > http://roshambomedia.com > >

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Fwd: [liberationtech] NSA Director Alexander @ Senate Appropriations Committee (Jun 12)

by Eddan Katz

> From: Gregory Foster <gfoster(a)entersection.org> > Date: June 12, 2013, 9:51:06 PM PDT > To: liberationtech(a)lists.stanford.edu > Subject: [liberationtech] NSA Director Alexander @ Senate Appropriations Committee (Jun 12) > Reply-To: liberationtech <liberationtech(a)lists.stanford.edu> > > U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations (Jun 12) - "Hearing on Cybersecurity": > http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/ht-full.cfm?method=hearings.view&id=33… > > Complete video of the hearing and prepared testimony of each of the witnesses is linked here. This previously scheduled hearing received some press today as it was General Keith B. Alexander's first public appearance since the inception of the Snowden event. > > The General's prepared testimony provides a useful primer on the NSA/CSS and its relationship with Cyber Command - the US military branch active in the networked domain (PDF download): > http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/ht-full.cfm?method=hearings.download&i… > > gf > > -- > Gregory Foster || gfoster(a)entersection.org > @gregoryfoster <> http://entersection.com/ > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at companys(a)stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech

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East Bay Community Wireless Mesh

by Marc Juul

The sudo room mesh networking group has gotten to the point where we are nearly ready to launch a free community wireless network in the east bay! We will be launching the first part of the network with 100+ wifi nodes, and we need your help to raise the money! Even a single dollar helps! https://www.wepay.com/donations/oakland-community-mesh-network Even if you can't contribute monetarily, please consider forwarding this to your friends / social network of choice. We will provide a free wireless network controlled and maintained by the local community. The network will be used it to provide both local community services, post-disaster backup connectivity and free internet connectivity focusing on the less connected communities. We are also looking for new members. What you can do to help: *Do you have access to a rooftop or tower where we can mount an antenna to make the mesh reach further? Do you know anyone who does? *Do you want to adopt a node, either for mounting on the outside of your apartment/house or in your window? *Do you want to run an indoor node in your home? Maybe the router you have is already compatible! *Do you want to help with community outreach? We want to engage the local communities and need your help to reach more people. *Can you help with design of fliers or websites? We meet every Thursday evening at 8:30 pm at sudo room, and everyone is welcome to join! If you're more interested in donating equipment directly, look at our wishlist: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Wishlist -- Marc Juul

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Opt out of PRISM

by Eddan Katz

> "Opt out of PRISM, the NSA’s global data surveillance program. Stop reporting your online activities to the American government with these free alternatives to proprietary software." http://prism-break.org/

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Fuck you, NSA

by aestetix

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hey! How?s it going? I?m all right. My job is so shitty I wish I could overthrow my boss. It?s like this oppressive regime where only true believers in his management techniques will stay around. I work marathon-length hours and he?s made all these changes that have made it the worst architecture firm to work at in Manhattan. Like he moved the office to the Financial District and fired my assistant. She was the only one who knew where the blueprints were! I need access to those blueprints to complete my job! F my life, right? And he keeps trying to start all these new initiatives to boost revenue, but seriously we just need to stick to what we do best. There?s only one true profit center. I seriously feel ready to go on strike at any second. I just read this article about how these free radical particles can cause the downfall of good health and accelerate aging. These could actually cause death to millions of Americans. If these particles are flying around undetected everywhere, does that mean we?re all radicalized? Have you seen the second season of Breaking Bad? I just finished it. I couldn?t believe that episode where they poison the guy with ricin! That was the bomb! I won?t say any more because I don?t want to reveal the earth-shattering events to come. Oh! So I?ve been planning a big trip for the summer. I?m thinking of visiting all of the most famous suspension bridges in the United States. So probably like the Golden Gate Bridge, The Brooklyn Bridge, and the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. I?m gonna bring my younger brother and I know he?ll want to go to bars, so I?m thinking of getting him a fake drivers license, but I hope that doesn?t blow up in my face. Okay, I gotta run! I?m late for flight school. I missed the last class where we learn how to land, so I really can?t miss another one. Talk to you later! - ---- For more information on this, visit: http://www.trollthensa.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.18 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRuQEbAAoJEOrRfDwkjbpTg9oH/jW2dJN+UkggQY2wh9+R8huC V4Vn/6tyWdI4w+kXriu+JBzJeh0YHgm0yX3AgpQXvg4jOobjBo0fyxbXBWW87fIu pi34/+uu6U1VN5DW4y5ZlvmI4/RNmKb+U2NtlCFVyrU9arS2MKs8G+YDJx28thvB O1zwWhgu1IJIj3Jn039hPRXbcUOkbZ0aWkczHA/n0ei8wn3v8e1VRasL0bMqZUpC QqG1bWeVF3SsIMHOAQL/KsBqmPFXWw1A59shzMtbkWbjIE/6v36LiuSI5++Xgza4 hUHtlIXyTCay17pYZh+x/I9Jm2u2bZ16sSBCXTGhSwlegrKslq8urbP7mtWDk2c= =zC5s -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Would love to see minutes notes

by Romy Ilano

I'm in developer heaven this week so can't make it to the meeting tonight Looking forward to seeing the minutes! --- Romy Ilano Founder of Snowyla http://www.snowyla.com romy(a)snowyla.com

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Noob Mesh Networking Question

by Andrew

Say you have two houses near each other that want to share their Internet connections with eacth other as one wireless node. So, for example, they could both connect to Neighborhood WIFI and get a connection that uses their combined bandwidth. How is this possible? What's the best way to set this up so that other houses could join in and share their bandwidth as well. Thanks, Andrew -- --------- http://www.vagabondballroom.com

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Sudden public interest in basic crypto/security tools.

by William Gillis

Hey Sudoroomers, I've been deluged by friends this weekend suddenly interested in things like finally figuring out how to install that there tor, or god forbid venturing into the realm of pgp. I offered my nonstop 1:1 handholding services over facebook to any and all friends and have been a little overwhelmed by the number. Someone local suggested a teach day at Sudoroom and I thought I'd check to see if anyone else is interested and, you know, what actual members have to say. There has never been a more opportune moment for cryptoparty outreach, and yet I haven't seen anyone declare anything yet. Am I just out of the loop?

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Sudo Kids tonight in the radio room :)

by Marina Kukso

Hi Eliane, Fantastic. I think we will be getting started around 6PM. We will, of course, have food again! - Marina On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Eliane Lima <elima.cinema(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Marina, > Alexys will attend, she cannot stop talk about the radio, she made a play > list etc...See you guys tonight! 6 or 7pm? > Thank you so much for doing it! > Best, > Eliane (Alexys' mom) > > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote: > >> Do it for the kids! >> >> --- >> >> Romy Ilano >> Founder of Snowyla >> http://www.snowyla.com >> romy(a)snowyla.com >> >> On Jun 4, 2013, at 11:35, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> hi all, >> >> ray and i are expanding the sudo kids evening beyond radio to include >> clay and also collaging. if you want to do activities with kids this >> evening (not limited to radio, collaging, or clay - you can come up with >> your own activities!), do come by. and if you have kids that you want to >> hang out with other kids, bring them as well! >> >> - marina >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso(a)gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> We are reconvening our kids' DJ show this evening, so drop by if you >>> enjoy hanging out with kids, have kids you want to bring by, etc etc etc. >>> >>> if you can't make it, tune in sometime after 6PM at radio.sudoroom.org! >>> :) >>> >>> - marina >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >> >> > > > -- > *ELIANE LIMA** > www.esquizofilmia.com* >

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info about iraq banking

by . rippers

hi sudo'rs i came across some information about iraq banking and thought to share it. it's a long read, tho i found it interesting. Re: Dinar Info... « Reply #683 on Jun 9, 2013, 10:12am » Just some info from a guru who researches. Sorry this is long but this is what she does as well as explains the going ons of Iraq and its gov. Never, ever listen to okie he's just an Accra. [tlm724] good afternoon everyone, BondLady has brought to our attention a PDF document from the World Bank and we want to share some of the information from that document. Here is the link to the documenthttp://siteresources.worldbank.org/IRFFI/Resources/BankingSep2010.p… [tlm724] It deals with Banking Sector Reform Project Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) and is dated September 2010. We will bring in sections of particular interest for you all to see starting with the main objective of the project: “The project aims to support the Iraqi authorities in the implementation of Phase I of the “Iraq Banking Reform Strategy” (2008-2012) and its Action Plan, focusing on four main components: (i) institutional and operational restructuring of the two state-owned commercial banks; (ii) financial restructuring of the two state-owned commercial banks; (iii) strengthening the regulatory and supervisory functions of the Central Bank of Iraq; and (iv) project management, monitoring and evaluation.” [tlm724] the next section is about Beneficiaries The project supports the Iraqi government to build a sound banking system, able to provide efficient financial services competitively. The immediate direct beneficiaries would be the two largest state-owned commercial banks—Rafidain Bank and Rasheed Bank—which account for more than 70 percent of the banking system. Ultimately, all Iraqi businesses and citizens will benefit from an improved banking system that can provide the resources needed for Iraq’s growth and offer good deposit and payment systems for businesses and households. [tlm724] Lets just take a quick look at the objective the World Bank has laid out in 2010 and then see where we are. The first two things are (i) institutional and operational restructuring of the two state-owned commercial banks; and (ii) financial restructuring of the two state-owned commercial banks; we know that this is or has been achieved as evidenced by this article dated March 24th 2013 World Bank restructure the Rafidain and Rasheed in order to raise the value of the Iraqi dinar 24/3/2013 BAGHDAD / obelisk: counting and Planning Minister Ali Shukri, Sunday, announced the World Bank to start implementing his plans to restructure the government banks Rafidain and Rasheed “It’s an important step was waiting for Iraq to raise the value of the dinar.” Said Shukri for “obelisk”, “The announcement of the World Bank to begin implementation of its plans to restructure the Rafidain Bank and Rasheed Bank government is an important step had been waiting Iraq,” noting that “financial welcomed move the World Bank in this direction because this restructuring will ensure the country make the most of these institutions big human Bakdarathma and expertise accumulated by the cadres and joint coordination to guide these estimators. ” He added that “the Ministry of Finance confirmed that the plans will be the guarantor of restoring Iraqi dinar of his value economic between foreign currencies and this will be part of this plan,” explaining that “the banking sector is suffering in general laziness around to institutions consumer is active in the financial sector the most traffic The boom in the economy in general. ” He pointed out that “the World Bank said the Iraqi side that lifted the value of the Iraqi dinar should be a priority as well as he needs to political stability in the country before everything.”http://www.almasalah.com/index.php/2012-....02;ي.html [tlm724] I love this line “It’s an important step was waiting for Iraq to raise the value of the dinar.” [tlm724] the next two objectives are (iii) strengthening the regulatory and supervisory functions of the Central Bank of Iraq; and (iv) project management, monitoring and evaluation.” I’ll let shredders take those two [Shredd] What’s neat is we can see that the CBI has been working on getting their banking to a place where it can support a future Iraq. I’ve found job postings like this one from January of 2012 https://www.devex.com/en/jobs/ibtci-recruiting-for-world-bank-iraq-central-… . Another article shows us that enhanced banking systems are a continued need. “our plans include the adoption of technologies advanced banking as the best and be all systems”. [Shredd] Regarding Regulatory and supervisory functions, we have the SEC here and similar controls needed to be in Iraq. In Feb of 2012, we saw where the CBI were restricting where USD was being sold….”the bank applied the internationally known procedures are summarized in the rule of “know your customer” (KYC).http://translate.google.com/translate?hl....ar&tl=en&u=http://www.peya… [Shredd] We continually are seeing regulatory and supervisory involvement of the CBI, in coordination with the government and local banks, in addressing the pricing versus the exchange rate of the dinar and dollar. “The Central Bank of Iraq announced that he would take new measures to stabilize the exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar during the month.” http://translate.google.com/translate?de....ar&tl=en&u=http://www.sotaliraq… [Shredd] The same goes for the monitoring and evaluation. We’ve seen the CBI do this via the auctions and of course their project to delete the zeros. Above this, we’ve seen evidence that the CBI continues to focus on improving banking for the people. “Initiated by the centralbank to meet a number of departments of Iraqi private banks to listen to the suffering experienced by these banks…..This initiative is to reassure citizens and restore confidence in banks.” http://www.alsabaah.iq/ArticleShow.aspx?ID=47719 It continutes…. “(the central bank and the role required) may let such meetings to discuss the problems encountered in the process banking, considering that the centralbank is the sector, which oversees the affairs of the banking sector…” [Shredd] the banking and investment laws from last fall were a huge step in completing these objectives now, as project plans go, some deliverables are ongoing but we have a substantial amount of support around strengthening the regulatory and supervisory functions of the Central Bank of Iraq [Shredd] back to you timmy [tlm724] Shredd tyvm [tlm724] I’d like to point out something from this PDF that proves something I said on May 22, 2013 about Iraq to “Trade: Launch Iraq International Trade Point is near ” http://www.dananernews.com/News_Details.php?ID=3363here is my quote “I am going to step out on a limb here and say this. I believe that in the very near future we will see Ernst and Young with their hands in this scenerio. Through some research I have seen their name in many publications within the UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development). I will give you some background about Ernst and Young . Lets all keep our eye’s on the prize because it’s on it’s way !!” and heres what the PDF says : The financial restructuring of Rasheed Bank and Rafidain Bank would be accelerated through the establishment of a Financial Restructuring Reconciliation Committee, which would be chaired by a representative from the Ministry of Finance (as the owner of state-owned banks), and comprising management of the two stateowned banks. CBI and BSA agreed to be observers, while Ernst and Young (E&Y) would be active members to guide on audit issues. This Committee would work under Restructuring Oversight Committee (ROC), and would focus on addressing the problem of external debt rather than NPLs of SOEs, which is quite negligible as opposed to the former. [tlm724] I was happy to see more dots being connected about Ernst & Young and in case you are not aware the Iraq International Trade Point is a central hub for investors, importers, exporters, business’, access to legislation and insurance and Banking !! It also fullfills many requirements of the international organizations. [tlm724] okay so whats the big deal about this World bank whole thing ? well we are going to tell you. Are you ready ? This World Bank Document states the following : Duration 50 months Effective date April 2009 Closing date June 30, 2013. Closing date June 30, 2013. Closing date June 30, 2013 !! [Shredd] yes!! [oogie] *hallelujah* [tlm724] Now there were several Major Implementation Obstacles including the unsettled political environment, Disbursement has been very slow due to implementation capacity bottlenecks in Iraq, which impose long procedures in preparing and analyzing contracts, the assignment of needed consultants and training institutes, negotiation periods, and receipt of approvals from the stakeholders. Well we all know thats typical of Iraq! So the best part of this is the last paragraph : Furthermore, capacity-building activities such as technical training are behind schedule and the lack of interest by international consulting firms and individuals to work in Iraq remains a challenge. However, we are anticipating the signing of a number of contracts during the coming period but most of these contracts have six month duration which will not be fulfilled by the original closing date of October 31, 2010. Hence, the World Bank cannot provide its no objection to these contracts as they go beyond the closing date. Moreover, the unstable security conditions have also impacted the project, including the attacks on the CBI on June 13, 2010 which led to damage of the PMU office (furniture, documents and equipments),hence the need for a project extension to June 30, 2013 to ensure full implementation of the project’s key components. [tlm724] hence the need for a project extension to June 30, 2013 to ensure full implementation of the project’s key components. [tlm724] Put that sentence with the sentence from the article we showed you about the restructuring of the banks, let me do it for you announced the World Bank to start implementing his plans to restructure the government banks Rafidain and Rasheed “It’s an important step was waiting for Iraq to raise the value of the dinar.” and “hence the need for a project extension to June 30, 2013 to ensure full implementation of the project’s key components.” [tlm724] This project ends June 30th, the CBI has announced a “New Plan” for June also, just makes me warm and fuzzy…. and BondLady showed me this old article yesterday from Jul 21, 2012 stating Iraq discloses designs for redenominated banknotes slated for July 2013 Jul 21, 2012 08:17 AM Category: Middle East According to Iraq’s semi-official Alsabaah newspaper, the finance committee received specimens of the new Iraq banknotes from the Central Bank of Iraq. The specimens were of the 25, 50, 100, and 200 dinars. The committee urged the central bank to delay the introduction of the new currency from January 2013 to July 2013 to study all the aspects of the process. http://www.banknotenews.com/files/e6aeb4a9a73b43af93fb33b73f0c705d-2193.php [tlm724] All roads seem to be leading to one thing, IMO the monetary reform will indeed include an increase in the value of the IQD and the new notes. Barring any further delays June and July sure do feel right, thanks [Shredd] So many times we get the question, “when is the banking sector in Iraq going to get everything in order”. Well, we can see as presented in this chat that this project has been ongoing for 50 months and is about to close. Now, we need to remember that this is a project by the World Bank…..this isn’t an internal project of the CBI’s but rather one initiated and supervised by their governing body, the World Bank. [Shredd] thank you timmy for bringing this all in [tlm724] Shredd it was my pleasure and thank you so much for all your help ! [shunshine] Does it get any better than this. jmo. Thank you Shredd and tlm724 wonderful breakdown. Thank you too, BondLady [raindrop1] great chat guys [oogie] wonderful! Ty timmy, shredd and bondlady [beekeeper] Thank you Shredd Timmy and Bondlady you guys are awesome [gemini5] Amazing….Thank You All The Smartest People In DinarLand…BondLadys Corner Rocks It Again [ebu712] that was GREAT info…i like, i love it, i want some more of it [Mikey] great breakdown and chat… thank you all very much [raindrop1] looks like it building up to be a great ramadam!!! [BondLady] and don’t forget this either, how scooter talked about the restructuring of the Rafidian and Rasheed banks for years and said nothing could happen until those 2 banks were brought to par [oogie] yes he did [BondLady] and June is the month those 2 banks like to do stuff. So we saw the audit was completed and it had to be they were still doing buisness under old saddam rates and accounts. Cant do that and now their ready to move forward with the banks and economy imo and the dinar definitely needs a face lift [Shredd] BondLady yes it does! [tlm724] BondLady yes ! [BondLady] and mama needs a new pair of shoes too, lol [BondLady] doesn’t get any plainer and better than that excellent team work and tyvm [tlm724] BondLady thank you for all your help and always pointing us in the right direction ! [BondLady] yqw. Rates of exchanges etc… stuff we did chats on years ago, I’ve always looked to the past as a road map for our futures and we see where the past just popped into the present [shunshine] And you have always been correct too. [BondLady] tyvm for the confidence vote shunshine [BondLady] tyvm timmy and shredder that was awesome

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left my jacket :(

by Victoria Bogdan

Hey Sudos, I was in the space earlier this evening for Nerds for Nature, and I left my brown jacket containing my Clipper card and my favorite chapstick somewhere. I think I last saw it on the church pew nearest the Sudo entrance/ doorway. I'll be in downtown Oak tomorrow and can retrieve if someone finds it and lets me know where it's stashed. Thank you! V.

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scanning electron microscope

by Jake

sudoroom is being offered a scanning electron microscope (by Dr. X). it comes with all the stuff and actually works, but it requires a bit of knowledge to operate it. unfortunately Mr. X is not available to train us how to operate it, however Chris Murphy may be available and knows how it works. It would take up about 30 square feet of space including the place where the operators sit or stand. It is not computerized like the one at Pumping Station One, it is an analog machine. Pictures can be taken at high resolution by long-exposure photo of the CRT on the front of the machine, or we can build an analog data importer to reconstruct images at much higher resolution if we desire. The cash price of this SEM is $10 in gas and tolls, I will provide the vehicle and movement. The rest of the price of the machine in blood and sacrifice is in the time and energy to learn its intricicies and idiosynchracies while learning about vacuum pumps and vacuum oil, and how not to let vacuum oil contaminate your vacuum and get all over your filament. https://noisebridge.net/wiki/SEM ironically, one of the reasons it doesn't work as well at noisebridge is because the whole place shakes when the city buses ride by. and sudoroom is apparently directly over the bart tunnel so i wonder how different it will be. -jake

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Tonight in Berkeley: Birgitta J?nsdott?r of WikiLeaks

by Vicky Knox

I'm here with a little extra space in the right-hand pews! pm me if you want to claim a spot! On Jun 11, 2013 6:01 PM, <sudo-discuss-request(a)lists.sudoroom.org> wrote:

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Tonight in Berkeley: Birgitta Jónsdottír of WikiLeaks

by Cyrus Farivar

2727 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA 7:30pm June 11, 2013 https://www.facebook.com/events/541541322569737/ Our civil liberties developed painstakingly by generations of historically great thinkers are vanishing at an alarming rate. The United States is more than losing its standing on the global stage as a democracy; it is relinquishing its stature as a country that abides by the rule of law. Our panel of speakers sound the alarm and formulate ways for all of us to work together and make a difference. Birgitta Jónsdóttir English (https://www.facebook.com/birgitta.jonsdottir.english?directed_target_id=0) (Member of Parliament, Iceland – Pirate Party) Poetician, Director of the International Modern Media Institute, co-producer of the aerial weapons team, WikiLeaks “Collateral Murder” video, Bradley Manning supporter, and plaintiff-litigant in the NDAA case Hedges v. Obama. Daniel Ellsberg was a high-level military planner who leaked the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret study of the Vietnam War becoming America's most well-known whistleblower. He is a founding board member of the Bradley Manning Support Network and the Freedom of the Press Foundation and plaintiff-litigant in the NDAA case Hedges v. Obama. Norman Solomon Journalist, media critic, anti-war activist, co-founder of Rootsaction.org, author of “War Made Easy.” Nadia Kayyali Legal Fellow with the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and Executive Vice President for the National Lawyers Guild Moderator Bob Jaffe Volunteer Attorney in the Hedges v. Obama case challenging the indefinite military detention provisions of the NDAA. Our experts will address the paramount civil liberty issues of our time including the chilling effect of the military detention provisions of the NDAA - National Defense Authorization Act signed into law by Obama in January 2012. The panelists will also discuss other threats to civil liberties and what we can do to turn the erosion of these liberties around. The panel will also create a platform for all of us to reflect and question the increasing government surveillance of its citizens including journalists and activist groups as well as the blatant violations of the Constitution by the US government with the supposed legal justification of war powers and state security. At an alarming rate whistleblowers are criminalized and overprosecuted for exposure of state corruption and illegality under the rubric of state security at the expense of hard won liberties. Other issues for discussion are the global militarization of our police forces and extra judicial assassinations .These profound shifts in the governments overreach on many fronts affects the lives of all of us even though they may appear to only affect the few. This interactive and co-creative discussion will highlight direct actions that each of us can engage to effect change wherever we are. $10 contribution request, all proceeds will go to support the Bradley Manning Legal Defense Fund, no one turned away for lack of funds Sponsors include: ACLU Berkeley Chapter • Alameda County Against Drones (ACAD) (https://www.facebook.com/ACADrones?directed_target_id=0) • Aquarian Minyan • Bill of Rights Defense Committee (https://www.facebook.com/bordc?directed_target_id=0)• Cair Sfba (https://www.facebook.com/cair.sfba?directed_target_id=0) • CodePink • National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (https://www.facebook.com/nlgsf?directed_target_id=0)• Occupy Bay Area Jewish Contingent• Rootsaction.org • SF 99% Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/sf99coalition?directed_target_id=0) -- Cyrus Farivar "suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var" Journalist and radio producer | cyrusfarivar.com (http://cyrusfarivar.com) Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere" | internetofelsewhere.com (http://internetofelsewhere.com) US: +1 510 394 5485 (m) | Twitter/Skype: cfarivar "Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the Internet." cfarivar(a)cfarivar.org (mailto:cfarivar@cfarivar.org)

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Impact of discriminatory lending practices in Oakland.

by Auto Nomous

The attached images of Oakland demographic data illustrate the striking contrast of foreclosure rates between predominately black neighborhoods (shown in red) and predominately white neighborhoods (shown in blue). Final foreclosures are indicated by black dots and show foreclosures that have occurred within the last 3 1/2 years, between 2009 to 2013. Minority neighborhoods targeted by lending institutions through high proportions of subprime mortgages suffered an epidemic of foreclosures that left boarded-up homes on which the repossessing financial institutions often failed to perform routine maintenance. From Jamaica, Queens, New York, to Oakland, California, strong, middle class African American neighborhoods saw nearly two decades of gains reversed in a matter of not years—but months” (Donovan 2011). In some predominantly African American blocks of the middle-class Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights, for example, as many as one-third of the homes were vacant after foreclosures on subprime borrowers. “The moral outrage,” observed the Shaker Heights mayor, “is that subprime lenders have targeted our seniors and African-Americans, people who saved all their lives to get a step up” (Eckholm 2007). http://www.epi.org/publication/bp335-boa-countrywide-discriminatory-lending/ The racially targeted predatory lending practices of major financial institutions which are sanctioned by regulatory agencies have resulted in marked decreases of black populations within Oakland in the last decade. See http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/cities/Oakland.htm

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New Public Terminal

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

Hey all, There's a new public terminal installed at the entrance to the large closet and radio room, just around the corner from the 3d printer near the entrance to the space. I hope this is a convenient location for browsing our wiki, adding documentation, using the inventory tracking system for new items, brief web browsing, and general internet usage. Please do not block access to it with donations or other equipment. If anyone has the right kind of ram, it could use another gig or more. Please see there's an example 256mb card taped on to the tower to match the right type. // Matt

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Sudo Shirts: 2nd Edition

by Dan Finlay

Hi Sudoers, I've received some inquiries about when we could do a second batch of sudo shirts. Herein I will lay the groundwork for such shirts to happen. First of all, today I was struck with a very simple sudo shirt design, which combines a few ideals that I've developed from my time screen printing: Using a colored shirt, minimizing ink use through tactful shirt color choice, creating focus from the graphical elements instead of the text. Also since this design would be a one-screen design, it would be ideal for doing an in-house screen printing workshop using water based inks (another environmentally superior decision), not to mention the possibility of keeping the screen on location for impromptu sudo prints. This design is not actually the original sudo-button .svg that goes around. I modified this one (attached) to enhance the lines, fix a couple corner-jag issues, and to tweak some of the sides to be more parallel. I'm pretty sure the edges are not all "perfectly parallel" here, and if we have any illustrator gurus on the list, that might be a cool thing to do. That said, this is a more precise sudo logo than we've had before, let me know if the subtle imperfections were cherished and I can revert this design. (Btw- What's the constellation depicted? Any?) I and other sudo members have volunteered to donate the labor involved in producing these shirts, which would bring the price down to "cost", which will be $4.55 per shirt (American Apparel runs more expensive, but has some good-labor practices, so unless there's another preferred manufacturer, it seems the morally superior choice for now). I donated the previous batch of shirts, but I'm currently donating what I can per month in dollars, so I'd like the Sudo Room's help to buy the blank shirts. If resold at $20 each, there would be a 339% profit on each shirt sold, which is probably a good thing to ask, since it doesn't require change, and it's a fundraising shirt anyway. So: How's support for this design, and at $4.55/shirt, how many would we like Sudo Room to stock up on? When the time to print comes around, I'll organize the volunteer effort, thanks for all the offers I've received! -Dan Finlay

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Re: [sudo-discuss] scanning electron microscope

by Ryan Bethencourt

Great thanks Jake, we're working on the space thing for CCL and hoping to have one in the nearish term... it's kind of like the early days of Sudo Room when we talked on and on about getting a space... until we finally got one :) On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: > it is currently in a relatively safe place, especially considering that > moving it is the most dangerous thing to it. So it should stay where it is > until a new place is chosen for it. > > Since Sudoroom doesn't have enough room for it and CCL has NO room yet, > moving it will have to wait. > > However, i know of a pickup truck that can be used to move it if and when > the time comes. > > > -jake > > On Tue, 11 Jun 2013, Ryan Bethencourt wrote: > > Thanks Jake, It looks like we may have to rent a uhaul truck to move it >> as it looks large? >> Sounds like Ben has a place for us to store it and we have another >> Counter Culture labs co-founder/member (Shanee) who knows how to use it and >> said she could teach us :) >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Benjamin Lack <benlack(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> It looks like it would be fine sitting in a garage for a few >> months, if so, I have space. >> Ben >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> That would be excellent! >> >> Here's the user manual with all the specs: >> >> https://www.noisebridge.net/**images/c/c7/ISI_Mini-TV_SEM_** >> Manual-Troubleshooting-**Reference_Guide.pdf<https://www.noisebridge.net/images/c/c7/ISI_Mini-TV_SEM_Manual-Troubleshoot…> >> >> It's a desktop machine, so doesn't necessarily take up any more space >> than some bio equipment. Wonder how easy it would be to DIY a gold >> sputterer... >> >> Patrik >> >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: >> I'm sure that Dr. X would be very pleased if it went to Counter >> Culture Labs. He just wants it to be understood and appreciated, rather >> than sitting >> neglected. CCL should hurry up and buy the church building before >> the price goes up on it, and I can help transport it. >> >> It is basically an equipment rack and a cart of accessories, so it >> doesn't take up a ton of room. But it's good to be able to set the >> microscope and >> vacuum pump on different structures so that the vibration of the >> pump doesn't shake the scope. Also, to take higher resolution pictures it >> will be >> necessary to construct an analog data importer but that will likely >> just be a computer with a slightly modified sound card and some software. >> >> keep in mind that to view organic (nonmetallic) things you will >> need a gold sputterer. >> >> -jake >> >> On Tue, 11 Jun 2013, Ryan Bethencourt wrote: >> >> Hi Jake, >> I'd be very happy to help transport the scanning electron >> microscope and if >> it can't fit into Sudo Room, I'd also love to float the idea >> of potentially >> housing it at Counter Culture Labs (the Sudo room DIY Bio >> offshoot) when we >> eventually open up. Any thoughts? >> >> How big is the SEM (I know some of them can be huge which >> might prohibit >> location)? >> >> All the best, >> Ryan >> >> Best, >> Ryan >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: >> sudoroom is being offered a scanning electron >> microscope (by Dr. >> X). >> >> it comes with all the stuff and actually works, but it >> requires >> a bit of knowledge to operate it. unfortunately Mr. X >> is not >> available to train us how to operate it, however Chris >> Murphy >> may be available and knows how it works. >> >> It would take up about 30 square feet of space >> including the >> place where the operators sit or stand. It is not >> computerized >> like the one at Pumping Station One, it is an analog >> machine. >> Pictures can be taken at high resolution by >> long-exposure photo >> of the CRT on the front of the machine, or we can build >> an >> analog data importer to reconstruct images at much >> higher >> resolution if we desire. >> >> The cash price of this SEM is $10 in gas and tolls, I >> will >> provide the vehicle and movement. The rest of the >> price of the >> machine in blood and sacrifice is in the time and >> energy to >> learn its intricicies and idiosynchracies while >> learning about >> vacuum pumps and vacuum oil, and how not to let vacuum >> oil >> contaminate your vacuum and get all over your filament. >> >> https://noisebridge.net/wiki/**SEM<https://noisebridge.net/wiki/SEM> >> >> ironically, one of the reasons it doesn't work as well >> at >> noisebridge is because the whole place shakes when the >> city >> buses ride by. and sudoroom is apparently directly >> over the >> bart tunnel so i wonder how different it will be. >> >> -jake >> ______________________________**_________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.**org<sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> >> http://lists.sudoroom.org/**listinfo/sudo-discuss<http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ryan Bethencourt >> >> Tel: (415) 825 2705 >> ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com >> >> www.bamh1.com >> www.linkedin.com/in/**bethencourt<http://www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt> >> www.logos-press.com/books/**biotechnology_business_** >> development.php<http://www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.**org <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> >> http://lists.sudoroom.org/**listinfo/sudo-discuss<http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Counter Culture Labs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to east-bay-diybio+unsubscribe(a)**googlegroups.com<east-bay-diybio%2Bunsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >> . >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ryan Bethencourt >> >> Tel: (415) 825 2705 >> ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com >> >> www.bamh1.com >> www.linkedin.com/in/**bethencourt<http://www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt> >> www.logos-press.com/books/**biotechnology_business_**development.php<http://www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php> >> >> -- Ryan Bethencourt Tel: (415) 825 2705 ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com www.bamh1.com www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php

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