How to disappear on the internet - stay private - 9 step program

How to DISAPPEAR from the internet: Nine-step guide helps people vanish without a trace and then surf anonymously

Could you give up the internet for Lent -  or even for good?

Following various reports about companies stealing information and complaints about oversharing on social media, a web hosting firm has created a nine-step guide on how to disappear from the web completely.

It includes deactivating accounts, removing links from search results and how to remove yourself from various lists - and for people who'd rather just stay hidden than disappear, the guide also gives tips on how to use the internet anonymously.

'Social media has made everyone’s life an open book - one that’s open a bit too far in some cases.

‘For [people] concerned about their personal information potentially costing them jobs and relationships, the decision to ‘pull the plug’ is an increasingly attractive one,' said London-based WhoIsHostingThis (WIHT).

‘While it might seem impossible to keep your private life private, the truth is you can disappear online with a little effort and dedication.'

There are a number of sites that can help users delete their information, such as DeleteMe and JustDelete.me.

However, for people who want to do the job manually, WhoIsHostingThis' infographic details the nine steps needed to disappear from online completely.

The first step involves deactivating primary accounts, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn. WIHT’s infographic gives step-by-step instructions for each account.

In the second stage, WIHT recommends users search for themselves online. This reveals which sites a user has signed up for in the past, but no longer uses, such as a MySpace.

The third step in WIHT’s nine-step plan involves uploading false information into the accounts that can’t be deleted, including fake names and locations.

Step four involves unsubscribing from mailing lists using emails in an inbox and junk folder as a starting point.

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What facts support the Iraqi Dinar Revaluation?

What facts support the Iraqi Dina Revaluation (RV)?

Iraq's GDP growth for 2012 was 11.1% Reuters reported that Iraq is the 2nd fastest growing economy in 2012 with $170 billion. Excluding the oil sector the economy is expected to grow by at least 9.4%. The latest report to US Congress forecasts Iraq's GDP growth 3x that of the next strongest MENA economy. In the 70s when Iraq's currency held a much higher value GDP only ranged from $2 billion - $8 billion.

I don't think we should underestimate Iraq's wealth. Even excluding the oil sector the economy is expected to grow by at least 9.4%. Let's not forget that oil is quickly becoming second in Iraq to gold. Early in 2012 there was a large discovery of Gold in eastern Baghdad. The last couple years have produced large quantities of gold atoms in the soil through their vast drilling operations.

They actually raised thousands of tons of dust, which was set aside for the purification and extraction process. This discovery, among others, could turn Iraq into a producer of gold more than oil. It has also will increase the prices of real estate due to the influx of gold job seekers.

Iraq currently has $60 billion in foreign currency reserves. In the 70s, when their former currency boasted a much larger value, Iraq's foreign reserves were only 35 billion. As CBI reserves grow, so does their credibility.

I'm not here to prove to you that Iraq will RV but I have come to the conclusion (after over 2 years of non stop research) that the NID will reach former levels the former IQD saw decades prior. Check out these documents and I'm sure you will come to a similar conclusion. 

Iraq has many options and there is no doubt it's just a matter of time (in my opinion of course). I also recognize that the CBI has many options and I certainly don't have the arrogance to pretend to know which options they will choose. I do think this will be our year though (finally), only time will tell. We'll find out together. 

Read these documents, they apply to Iraq's new international role and possible large currency appreciation options they have. You may find that you come to similar encouraging conclusions. 

http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/What_to_do_with_Iraqs_Currency.pdf

http://www.oecd.org/development/perspectivesonglobaldevelopment/47213150.pdf

http://www.law.yale.edu/documents/pdf/Clinics/9_Increasing_the_Macro_Impact_of_Remittances_on_Development.pdf

http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2011/03/the_macroeconom.html
Found at http://www.dinarrecaps.com/1/post/2013/01/swfg-and-wally-at-recaps-comment-section-sat-pm.html

Research: Smell something funny? You might be STRESSED: Neutral scents become unpleasant when you're under pressure

You might be aware of your heart pounding and even your hands shaking in times of extreme stress.

And now scientists have found that scents smelling unusual can also be an indicator of anxiety.

Humans’ sense of smell is affected when we are anxious, with stress re-wiring the brain so that scents don’t smell right, according to a new study.

Previously neutral smells become unpleasant and the greater the stress, the larger the change in smell, scientists claim.

Wen Li, a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, used brain imaging to reveal how anxiety or stress can rewire the brain, linking centres of emotion and smell-processing to make typically benign smells foul stenches.

For the study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, subjects were made anxious by showing them disturbing pictures and text of subjects like car crashes and war.

The study found that this transformed neutral odours to distasteful ones, which the scientists explained could fuel a feedback loop heightening distress and leading to clinical issues like anxiety and depression.

‘After anxiety induction, neutral smells become clearly negative,’ professor Li said.

‘People experiencing an increase in anxiety show a decrease in the perceived pleasantness of odours. It becomes more negative as anxiety increases.’

Stress transforms neutral odours into distasteful ones, which could fuel a feedback loop heightening distress and leading to depression

Stress transforms neutral odours into distasteful ones, which could fuel a feedback loop heightening distress and leading to depression

Using behavioural techniques and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), Professor Li's team looked at the brains of 12 human subjects with induced anxiety as they processed known neutral odours.

Before entering the fMRI scanner where participants were shown a series of disturbing pictures and text, subjects were exposed to and rated a panel of neutral smells.

In the course of the experiment, the scientists observed that two distinct and typically independent circuits of the brain - one dedicated to olfactory processing, the other to emotion - become intimately intertwined under conditions of anxiety.

After anxiety induction and the imaging process, subjects were asked again to rate the panel of neutral smells, and most assigned negative responses to smells they previously rated as neutral.
Professor Li said: ‘In typical odour processing, it is usually just the olfactory system that gets activated, but when a person becomes anxious, the emotional system becomes part of the olfactory processing stream.’

Although those two systems of the brain are right next to each other, under normal circumstances there is limited crosstalk between the two.

However, under conditions of induced anxiety, the Wisconsin team observed the emergence of a unified network cutting across the two systems.

The results could be used to uncover the biological mechanisms at play during periods of anxiety.

Professor Li said: ‘We encounter anxiety and as a result we experience the world more negatively.

‘The environment smells bad in the context of anxiety. It can become a vicious cycle, making one more susceptible to a clinical state of anxiety as the effects accumulate.

‘It can potentially lead to a higher level of emotional disturbances with rising ambient sensory stress.’

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2568230/Smell-funny-You-STRESSED-Neutral-scents-unpleasant-youre-pressure.html#ixzz2ulE9btlk