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Temple of Set - of being a Nazi sympathizer, citing a recurrent use of Nazi imagery and symbolism, and frequent references to Nazi theorists and ideology, which they claim are found throughout the Temple of Set's literature. On at least one occasion, Michael Aquino provided the address for the Institute for Historical Review -- a leading proponent of Holocaust revisionism -- to the entire Temple of Set membership, saying that he had found "much food for thought" in their journal. Michael Aquino has filed libel lawsuits against critics. This civil recourse is a fundamental right within the U.S.A., but some of his critics say he has abused this right, calling the 1997 suit he filed against ElectriCiti.com a SLAPP. Some critics claim to have been subjected to campaigns of harassment by Temple of Set members.
Baal teshuva - parents were secular Zionists. While some Jews were hostile to traditional Judaism, a spiritual quest in the 1960s and 1970s caused some Israelis to seek answers in Jewish tradition. In Israel, schools for the intensive study of Torah have been flourishing especially designed for the newly religious students who want to devote quality time to intensive study of classical texts with the ancient rabbinic commentaries. These schools opened in the early 1970s, mainly based in Jerusalem. Two significant institutions have been the Aish HaTorah Yeshiva headed by Rabbi Noach Weinberg, and the Ohr Somayach Yeshiva headed by Rabbi Nota Schiller. Both of these rabbis have degrees from American universities and are well able to speak to the modern mind-set. Orthodox Jewish outreach organizations Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the Chabad.
Telephone - Telephone The telephone or phone is a telecommunications device that transmits speech by means of electric signals. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Land-line based phone systems and fixed telephony 3 Cordless telephones 4 Wireless phone systems 5 Telephone equipment manufacturers 6 Telephone equipment research labs 7 Telephone operating companies 8 Related articles 8.1 US-specific History The telephone was invented around 1860 by Antonio Meucci who called it teletrophone. The first recorded public demonstration of Meucci's invention took place in 1860, and had a description of it published in New York's Italian language newspaper. In 1861 Philipp Reis presented a machine for electronic voice transmission. Elisha Gray independently invented it and demonstrated it in 1874, but two hours before he submitted his patent announcement, Alexander Graham Bell.
Black box (phreaking) - Black box (phreaking) The Black Box was a particular kind of device built by phone phreaks during the 1960s and 1970s (as distinguished from blue boxes and red boxes) in order to defeat long distance phone call toll charges, and specifically to block the supervision signal sent by the receiving telephone handset when the call was answered at the receiving end of the call. In other words, the box fooled the phone company into thinking no one had answered at the receiving end, and therefore billing was never started on the call. Participating in a "black box" call meant talking between rings, since the phone co. would continue to send rings (AC current) through the line which was heard as a loud buzzing noise. Few people build or.
Phreaking - Phreaking Phreaking is a slang term for the action of making a telephone system do something that it normally should not allow. It is an illegal activity, but one formerly pursued by a large number of computer and electronics hobbyists out of curiosity. Other reasons why many people attempted (or succeeded in) phone phreaking during the 1960s and 1970s included the (then) very high cost of long-distance telephone service, and a desire to rebel against the AT&T telephone monopoly. A phreak or phreaker is a person who engages in the act of manipulating phones in this way. The tools of the phone phreak are electronic devices known as boxes, originally the blue box, but later the black box, red box, beige box and clear box etc..
Phoneme - text, and it is these conventions which are used in this article. Examples of phonemes in the English language would include sounds from the set of English consonants, like /p/ and /b/. These two are most often written consistently with one letter for each sound. However, phonemes might not be so apparent in written English, such as when they are typically represented with combined letters, called digraphs, like (= SAMPA /S/) or (= SAMPA /tS/). Phonology, or more specifically, phonemics, is the study of the system of phonemes of a language, although some conceptualize phonology as encompassing far more than sound segments. Thus phonology can be used as a more general term subsuming phonemics. What may be an allophone (a sound variant belonging to the same phoneme category) in one language.
Advanced Info Service - Advanced Info Service Advanced Info Service (AIS) is Thailand's largest GSM mobile phone operator with 12.7 million customers as of September 2003. The highly profitable company is controlled by the Shin Corporation, headed by Thailand's prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra..
Amphetamine - Today it is officially admitted for treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and narcolepsy. General Info Amphetamine is a synthetic substance used to suppress appetite, control weight, treat narcolepsy and also ADHD. It is a commonly abused drug, usually bought on the street very impure or mixed with other drugs. Amphetamine can be snorted, taken orally, smoked, or injected. When the drug is snorted, smoked or injected, the effects can be felt within a few minutes, but the duration is usually lessened. When taken orally, the effects of the drug tend to feel “smoother” and are generally longer-lasting. Amphetamine was introduced in most of the world in the form of the pharmaceutical Benzedrine from the late 1920s. It was banned except for prescribed use in the late 1950s. It is also.
Joseph Soloveitchik - traditional congregants, drawing them closer to traditional Jewish observance with quite a few becoming religiously observant. He served as an advisor, guide, mentor, and role-model for tens of thousands of Modern Orthodox Jews as their favorite Talmudical Scholar and religious leader. In the following picture, Rabbi Soloveitchik can be seen at the extreme right, pointing up, giving a class in Talmud : Rabbi Soloveitchik inherited his father's, Rabbi Moses (Moshe), position as head of the RIETS rabbinical school at Yeshiva University in 1941 . Scion of the famous Soloveitchik Lithuanian rabbinical dynasty going back some 200 years. Grandson of the renowned rabbinical scholar Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik , and grandson as well as name-sake, of his great grand-father Rabbi Yoshe Ber Soloveitchik known for his work as the Bais HaLevi on Talmud.
Hacker - Hackers also use Port Scanners. These check to see which ports on a specified computer are "open" or available to acess the computer through. Exploit (computer science) -- A prepared application that takes advantage of a known weakness Social engineering -- Asking someone for the password or account (possibly over a beer.) Also includes looking over someone's shoulder while they enter their password, or posing as someone else in order to get sensitive information. Root kit -- A toolkit for hiding the fact that a computer's security has been compromised. Root kits may include replacements for system binaries so that it becomes impossible to see applications being run by the intruder in the active process tables. Leet -- An English pidgin that helps to obscure hacker discussions and web sites, and.
Eduard Shevardnadze - that was marred by widespread claims of vote-rigging. Shevardnadze's career as Georgian president was in some respects even more challenging than his earlier career as Soviet foreign minister. He faced many enemies, some dating back to his campaigns against corruption and nationalism in Soviet times. A civil war in western Georgia broke out in 1993 between supporters of Gamsakhurdia and Shevardnadze but was ended by Russian intervention on Shevardnadze's side and the death of ex-President Gamsakhurdia on December 31, 1993. Two assassination attempts were mounted against Shevardnadze in August 1995 and February 1998 which his government blamed on remnants of Gamsakhurdia's party. He also faced separatist conflicts in the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which caused the deaths of an estimated 10,000 people, as well as an assertively autonomous government.
Emergency position-indicating rescue beacon - are two types: manually activated, and automatically activated. In the U.S., offshore beacons are rescued by the Coast Guard, or on-shore beacons by local search and rescue services in Alaska. In the U.S. there are no published notification systems for other locations. In the U.S. no special license is required beyond purchase and registration. In some jurisdictions, larger boats and ships are required to carry them. Registration Modern emergency beacons transmit a serial number. When the beacon is purchased this number should be registered with the relevant national authority. Registration provides the national authority with phone numbers to call, and a description of the vessel signaling. The phone numbers can give most of the information needed for the rescue. Also, they provide an easy way for the system to check and.
Alternate Reality Game - together. Elements of the plotline may be provided to the player in almost any form, some of those used have been: e-mail websites, both those obviously connected with the game and those innocent looking phone calls to a players home, cell or work phone snail mail newspaper articles or classifieds chat/aim/icq and so on - the games have been known to initiate conversation IRC channels These games often have a specific goal of not only involving the player with the staff or fictional characters but of connecting them to each other. Many game puzzles can be solved only by the collective efforts of multiple players. Players however may be driven by conflicting motivations and thus not always be trustworthy. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Brief history 2 Terminology 3 Resources Brief.
Area code - geographical area of a given area code usually do not need to include this particular area code in the number dialed, thereby giving the caller shorter local telephone numbers. In international phone numbers, the area code directly follows the country calling code. While the E.164 standard regulates country codes at the international level, it is each country's responsibility to define the numbering within its own network. As a result, area codes may have: A fixed length, e.g. 3 digits in the US; 2 digits in Australia. A variable length, e.g. between 2 and 5 in Germany and in South Africa; between 1 and 3 in Japan. Or be omitted altogether, as is the case in many countries, such as France, where the whole country is in effect a single "area". In.
Blue box - is an electronic device created to defeat long distance phone call charges. It operates by playing a 2600 Hz tone and the multifrequency tones that were used by analog long lines. The 2600 Hz was known as a supervisory signal, because it indicated the status of a trunk; on hook (tone) or off-hook (no tone). The below MF tones were used to send the switching codes over the trunk line. After calling a long distance toll free line the 2600 Hz tone would be pulsed onto the open line dropping the receiving end of the node but leaving the truck line open and waiting for a new routing signal. The routing signal could be in the form of a regular telephone number with KP being the pulse to start the code.
Capitalism - competing (and contentious) theories that developed in the 19th century, in the context of the industrial revolution, and 20th century, in the context of the Cold War, meant to justify the private ownership of capital, to explain the operation of such markets, and to guide the application or elimination of government regulation of property and markets and beliefs about the advantages of such practices. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Etymology 2 Capitalism as an economic system 3 Characteristics of Capitalist Economies 3.1 Economic Growth 3.2 Distribution of Wealth 3.3 Evolving Network Structure 3.4 Unknown/Unapproved Direction of Capitalist Economies 3.5 Unemployment/Employment 4 Criticisms of Capitalism 5 Capitalism and Imperialism 6 Capitalism as an ideology 6.6 Capitalism and political ideologies 7 Arguments for and against capitalism 8 Why does no one agree what.
Carmen Sandiego - was featured in Carmen Sandiego Word Detective, Carmen Sandiego Math Detective and Carmen Sandiego's ThinkQuick Challenge. Ivy - Ivy (age 18) has multiple black belts in the martial arts. She's an expert pilot and has razor sharp crime tracking skills. She's more driven than her brother Zack is, and gets frustrated easily. Ivy's last name is unknown. Ivy was featured in Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? and in Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition Zack - Zack (age 14) has a photographic memory and can speak twenty languages. He is a kid genius who knows millions of facts. He manages to be a cool, floppy haired, baggy clothed, skate boarding teen, and takes cases less seriously than his sister Ivy. Zack's last name is unknown. Zack was featured in Where on.
Sexual revolution - human sexuality. It is said that at the time, public morality severely restricted open discussion of sexuality as a human characteristic, and specific sexual practices, especially sexual behaviors that did not lead to procreation. Kinsey's books, which among other things reported findings on the frequency of various sexual practices including homosexuality, caused a furor. Many people felt that the study of sexual behavior would undermine the family structure and damage American society. These books laid the groundwork for Masters and Johnson's life work. A ground breaking study called Human Sexual Response in 1966 revealed the nature and scope of the sex practices of young Americans. Lady Chatterley's Lover, Tropic of Cancer, and Fanny Hill In the United States in the years 1959 through 1966, bans on three books with explicit erotic.
Prostitution - red-light districts and solicit customers from behind windows. Prostitution occurs in some massage parlors and in Asian countries in some barber shops where sexual services may be offered for an additional tip. Brothels are establishments specifically dedicated to prostitution, often confined to special red-light districts in big cities. Other names for brothels include Bordello and Cathouse. In escort or out-call prostitution, the customer calls an agency and the act takes place at the customer's place of residence or more commonly at his hotel room. This form of prostitution often shelters under the umbrella of escort agencies, who supply attractive escorts for social occasions. While some escort agencies provide non-sexual services only, many turn a blind eye to escorts who provide additional sexual services or actively encourage them. (See call girl). In.
