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Designer Eric Raisina Gives Silk New Life as a High Fashion FabricHigh Fashion goes “green” by adopting “silk fur” and “African lace” - new superior fabrics based on natural silk and raffia fiber created by designer from Madagascar Eric Raisina.
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Former Employees Are Identified as Sources of Recent Cyber-Attacks on Critical InfrastructuresRecently publicized cases of cyber attacks on SCADA systems were executed by former employees of those facilities. These employees knew particular SCADA systems, and used computers at home to successfully attack these systems.
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The Unusual Case of a Harmless Computer Virus Attacking the U.S. DronesWho knew that malware such as credential stealers is harmless? The US Air Force Space Command has a special opinion.
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The True Identity of “Russian Hacker” in the Water Pump Case is RevealedWhen reading the news about the possible Russian cyber-attack destroying a water pump in Illinois, an owner of Navionics Research Inc. suddenly realized that he was a “Russian hacker” himself.
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Did We Learn Anything from a Possible Cyber-Attack on the U.S. Water Supply?After an operator reported a burned down water pump, an IT service and repair company examined server’s logs and found out that somebody used an IP address in Russia to log into the computers of the public water district near Springfield, IL.
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Duqu: The Early Warning of Upcoming Stuxnet AttackThe malware Duqu collects intelligence data from industrial control system manufacturers in preparation to another Stuxnet-like attack. Cyber war continues…
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Stuxnet’s Originators: Who Were Behind This Computer Worm?Stuxnet’s creators had been more than generous in leaving possible clues. Those clues were so obvious, and all of them were pointing to a single country. -
Stuxnet’s Transformation: From Cyber-Weapon to Propaganda-WeaponFear of Stuxnet did what sabotage couldn’t accomplish. Production of Iranian enriched uranium stopped, but it wasn’t a complete victory. When it comes to psychological warfare things could easily go wrong.
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On Second Thought: Was the Stuxnet Computer Worm Truly Discovered?What if Robert Baer, former CIA case officer, is right and somebody wanted Stuxnet to be discovered. Then the strangest part of the Stuxnet’s “discovery” would make much more sense. -
The Evolution of the Thunderbolt Aircraft: From Jug to WarthogEven though it sounds impossible to compare the modern jet A-10 with the old fashioned WWII veteran P-47, they share much more in common than just the same manufacturer and the same purpose - survivability. -
The A-10 Warthog Might Become a Movie Star in 2013The first failed attempt to rescue Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell is well-known. The second attempt was successful (thanks to A-10 Warthog pilot), but it never made a big splash in news headlines. -
The Three Secrets of Writing a "Timeless" Retirement Strategy ArticleThe whole idea of a timeless article is based on one the assumption that people don't change, statistics do. Make this statement a corner stone of your writing philosophy. And now you are ready to write about retirement preparation strategies. -
Retirement Dreams Outlook 2011: Does Retirement Itself Become the Big American Dream?A recent survey reveals the name for the American workforce new retirement strategy: keep working. In 2011 40% of workers plan to continue working after reaching retirement age. Does retirement itself become the biggest dream for working Americans? -
EURO 2012: Does McDonald's Have a Chance to Be a Winner?McDonald's, the official sponsor of EURO 2012, will compete for your stomach with Polish and Ukrainian national cuisines. Borscht, Bigos, Zurek, Varenyky, and Pierogi vs. Big Mac. Who will become a winner? -
The Iranian Cyber War Continues: At First Stuxnet, Now Stars, and Then Stripes?On April 25, 2011 the commander of Iranian Civil Defense announced that Iran was targeted by the computer virus Stars. Was that the new cyber attack or a sudden return of Stuxnet? Or did it happen at all? -
EURO 2012 Tickets Sale: Ninety Three Percent of Applications Came from Five CountriesThe majority of UEFA 2012 ticket applications came from Poland and Ukraine. The third place belongs to Germany. The fourth place was taken by Russia. The fifth place doesn't belong to Britain, Italy or France.
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Why Should Everything Be About the Royal Wedding?When you are reading David A. Reinstein's poem "My Invitation to the Royal Wedding Has Been Lost in the Mail", do you really think this poem is about the royal wedding? -
Nuclear Reactor Accidents: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima and Now -- Bushehr?Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters have been loss-of-coolant accidents. The Iranian nuclear reactor in Bushehr is going to be next. But don't blame Stuxnet for that. -
The Echo of Chernobyl: Radioactive Stroncium and Cesium Are Still with Us After 25 YearsRadioactive clouds travelled in every possible direction, because of rapid changes in the wind pattern during the days following the Chernobyl accident. Here is the short history of Chernobyl weather.
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Stuxnet: The Contemporary Way to Destroy a Uranium Processing FacilityAfter a flash drive infected by Stuxnet is inserted into a computer USB port, the Stuxnet worm now decides what happens next. Simply follow the amazing journey of the most sophisticated computer threat to learn more.
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Can You Trust VeriSign After Stuxnet?The story of the computer worm Stuxnet loaded with two digital certificates raised a painful question: are secure Internet transactions really secure?
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The World's Largest Stuxnet Worm Collection Belongs to SymantecBased on investigation of 3,280 Stuxnet samples Symantec reveals new information about attacks on Iranian targets.
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EURO 2012: Tickets Application Deadline is March 31, 2011Everybody can apply for EURO 2012 tickets in March 2011. The number of tickets for a match is limited to four per application. Three types of tickets are available.
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Stuxnet: Close Look at the TargetBecause of Stuxnet during sixteen months more than eleven hundred enrichment centrifuges were taken out of operation at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility. And it was only beginning...
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Stuxnet: The True Story of Hunt and EvolutionStuxnet is recognized as the first known cyber weapon. In front of our eyes this computer worm evolved into the cyber missile that destroyed the Iranian nuclear program. Stuxnet was hunted down, but it was too late --
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Energy Efficiency Outlook: Say Good Buy to T12 in 2012If you are using fluorescent lighting in your home, here is a question for you: are you sure that you will have lights in your basement or garage after 2012?
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Euro 2012 Stadiums: What Do You Know About Them?So far only three out of eight stadiums are commissioned for the Euro 2012. Other stadiums are either under construction or in reconstruction stage. However some statistics related to the stadiums are already available.
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Euro 2012 Soccer Championship Tickets on Sale in Spring 2011More than ten million applications were received for one million fifty thousand tickets for European Soccer Championship Euro 2008. Do soccer fans have the better chance to buy a ticket for Euro 2012?
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Plutonium, the Breeder Reactor's Baby, and Those Depleted Uranium GuysFor nuclear weapons an ability to sustain a chain reaction of nuclear fission is crucial. Less than 1% of uranium and 70% of plutonium have this ability. Why is there such a big difference between two chemical elements?
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Depleted Uranium: Facing the Decontamination ChallengeIt took a total of 220 days for an expert team of twenty five people to complete the decontamination of the area of 22 thousand square yards.
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Plutonium: 70 Years from Creation, 8 Years to DisposalNew chemical element was discovered 1940, when scientists were bombarding uranium with particles of heavy hydrogen in the cyclotron at Berkeley, California. Today scientists are looking for the ways to dispose of this discovery.
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The Life and Times of the DU PenetratorBy-product of uranium enrichment finds its way from a nuclear waste storage facility to the battlefield. Insider tells all.
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The Near Death Experience from the DU Penetrator Prospective300 DU penetrators were fired by NATO airplanes during two attacks on Cape Arza in Montenegro. About 85% of DU penetrators were found and removed from the battlefield. What happened to the rest of DU penetrators?
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The Story of Depleted Uranium Penetrator: Twenty Five Years of AfterlifeIt takes less than five seconds for a depleted uranium penetrator to set a tank in fire. Then it takes another twenty five years for the penetrator to corrode completely. All this time it is slowly releasing chemically toxic uranium oxide.
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Real Estate: End of the Gold Age, Beginning of the Green EraThe author of a short cycle theory Homer Hoyt admitted in 1960 that government regulation can eliminate excessive ups and downs of the real estate market. It was like a dream about the Gold Age of real estate.
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The Quality of Life and Energy Consumption: Time to RethinkToday we are not dealing with coal directly. No dust, no dirt, no coal burning furnaces. But remember that coal is responsible for 37% of carbon dioxide emissions in the USA.
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Recycling Your Old Refrigerator Saves More Than You ThinkThe very same moment, when you bravely reconnected your old refrigerator to the electric power source, you started losing money. Why? The answer is very simple. Refrigerators and freezers are among the biggest energy users in your household.
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Disposal of Plutonium from 17,000 Warheads Starts in 2018According to the Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement, the USA and Russia will dispose 34 metric tons of weapon-grade plutonium each(combined it equals to 17,000 nuclear warheads), but in order to achieve that, new facilities must be built.
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Reducing the US Nuclear StockpileToday the USA continues to be a major player in reducing the threat of nuclear proliferation around the world by disposing of weapon-grade uranium from American and Russian arsenals.
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Is the Power of Paper Fading?Are we witnessing the end of the reign of paper and the triumph of digital media and communication systems? Find out in this article.
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Ten Percent of the U.S. Electricity Comes from Russian Nuclear WarheadsMore than 15,000 Russian nuclear warheads have been eliminated as weapons and converted to low-enriched uranium to create fuel for American nuclear power plants as part of of Megatons to Megawatts Program.
