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Spies in Britain and the US have been harvesting data from popular smartphone and tablet apps according to new revelations that come from documents leaked by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
Those documents suggest that games, social networking apps and mapping tools are providing the intelligence community with location data and information about users' age, sexual orientation and political affiliations.
Reports in the Guardian, the New York Times and ProPublica suggest that the joint spying programme "effectively means that anyone using Google Maps on a smartphone is working in support of a GCHQ system."
A statement from the NSA said data coming from non-valid foreign intelligence targets was of no interest, adding that,
"Any implication that NSA's foreign intelligence collection is focused on the smartphone or social media communications of everyday Americans is not true.
We collect only those communications that we are authorised by law to collect for valid foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes – regardless of the technical means used by the targets."
GCHQ were somewhat more tight-lipped, saying that it did not comment on matters of intelligence. Ther organisation did, however, say that its activities were "authorised, necessary and proportionate."
Besides Angry Birds, the documents also mentioned Flickr and Flixster as well as various applications that connect to Facebook, all of which were targeted by the NSA in its search for a "golden nugget" – a scenario which would see the spy agency acquire a full house of data, including a list of websites visited, friends lists, downloads and networks the device had connected to.
Whilst individual developers are responsible for the data collected by their apps there is no suggestion of tacit collusion between firms and the security services.
This episode does, however, act as a stark reminder that none of our data is truly safe from those determined to gain access to it.
As ever, if you value your privacy then you need to take a degree of personal responsibility and think hard before sharing anything over a medium that can be accessed by third parties.


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Some people say that music defines a generation. Think of the era of jazz where teenagers went to secret underground parties to dance. Look at the era of the forties, where music was centered around patriotism and bringing our troops home. We could go to the sixties – where the hippie movement created a sexual revolution, a wave of drug use, and a call for peace. Some even argue that the era of classic rock through the sixties and seventies is the only true music. And we could talk about the seventies with disco and the eighties with…well, as my mom puts it, "We all dressed horribly, drugs were rampant, and the music was horrible," (Not to offend anyone who likes the music of disco and the eighties.
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Wow! I had an aunt with whom I had a special relationship, but I don't think I could put it into words as well as you have.
It's wonderful your Aunt told you all those neat things! Do you have any pictures of her? It's good to have a shared story.
A wonderful post, Elyse! You were so lucky to have your Aunt Shirley! And to be able to tell some of her stories.
I wish I had had an Aunt Shirley type who encouraged me like she encouraged you. Now I sing in the key of J-sharp…
Wendy, I wish I had more pictures of her. I have some from when she was younger, but I don't think any of them really show who she is.
I didn't get to spend a lot of one-on-one time with my Auntie Shirley as a kid because of her health problems and such. That day at the church was one I'll never forget. I really wish I had pictures of that day, with me and all of these old ladies dancing around.
Elyse, you have a way with words!What vivid pictures your post evokes. It made me think of the music in my family and my husband's family. Thanks!

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The unexpected chill in the air foretold snow as we set off from Missoula in the direction of the interior of British Columbia. By the time we began to wend our way through the Bitter Root Range, driving sleet was upon us. Our destination was still an Idaho Panhandle and a Washington State away, so we stopped off in Coeur d'Alene to fortify ourselves for the remainder of the journey. Before leaving Missoula, we had provisioned ourselves with bread, cheeses, and sausages. A resort town situated on a pristine lake of the same name and surrounded by dense coniferous forests, Coeur d'Alene presented a scenic backdrop for our midday feast despite the rain. All that was missing were a few local beers to wash it down.
We pulled off the long ribbon of road connecting Boston with Seattle and went in search of Slate Creek Brewing Company. The unrelenting rain drenched us before we got to the door. No luck. It was 12:30pm, and the taproom didn't open till 2pm. Fortunately, Slate Creek wasn't the only game in town. On the other side of the interstate we found the elusive Trickster's Brewing Company in a commercial park on the western edge of town. The taproom, executed in a contemporary industrial style that retains elements of warmth with its coral-coloured walls, was a welcome respite from the elements.
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In indigenous cultures, particularly those of the Great Basin encompassing the region between the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains, the trickster typically takes the form of a coyote. By turns cunning, foolish, or both, the trickster is, in some stories, the Creator, while in others the trickster is a prankster or a clown, or even messenger between the sacred and secular realms, often possessing powers of transformation.
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Matt Morrow, a transplant from Tulsa, OK, decided to pay tribute to his Native American heritage by naming his brewery after this Prometheus figure of indigenous lore. Though his own tribe embodies Trickster as a raven, he settled upon the coyote as the embodiment of his adeptness at the alchemic art of transformation of grain and hops into beer.
A philosophy major in college, Morrow happened upon his calling in a roundabout way, starting his brewing career washing kegs at Colorado's Ska Brewing Company. He eventually worked his way up to assistant brewer via a stint on the canning line and as a cellar man, resolving along the way that he wanted to open his own brewery.
Dream became reality in late 2012. Since then, Morrow and his assistant brewer, Miles Polis, have been turning the raw ingredients of beer into harmonious North American concoctions that sometimes bear the mark of the shape-shifter. Take, for example, their golden-amber West Coast Classic Pale Ale with as much pine-and-resin character as any Pacific Northwest ale, but with orange-marmalade overtones and malt profile more suggestive of Albion. Trickster's other North American styles are similar in inspiration. To their credit, the brewers realize that pale ales and IPAs are not merely about the hop hit and high octane. Not that they shy away from hops, mind you. But Trickster's renditions of these styles are balanced by a malt backdrop that, depending on the beer, adds just enough honey, caramel, toast, or nuttiness to counter the bold hop additions.
Other styles exhibit this combination of balance and boldness as well. The Bear Trap Brown blends aromas of barley tea with roasted coffee, while floral-herbal hops set the stage for a pleasantly crisp raisin-roast finish. My personal favourite was Trickster's seasonal Soul Warmer Porter, an almost opaque ruby-black brew highlighting the chocolate and coffee aromas of mocha, and intermingling cocoa with plum and an earthy roasted malt note. Smooth on the palate, the beer opens with licorice and black coffee, reveals a touch of spicy hops down the middle, and finishes with an emphasis on bitter-sweet chocolate.
The folks at Trickster's keep their beer close to home, but they have started to bottle some of their limited releases in 22-oz. bombers. Look for their Daedric Druid Strong American Stout and their Professor Funkhouse Sour Stout in local bottle shops. This latter offering is no surprise, given Morrow's claim that he could drink lambics till the end of time. Look for more sours and barrel-aged offerings to roll out in the coming months. Passing through the area later in the season? Chances are you'll find a Kölsch-style beer in early summer, a Vienna-style later in late summer, and a Märzen-style beer just in time for Oktoberfest. Canning is also on the horizon. Once that happens, Morrow informs me, you might find the coyote popping up in Montana, western Washington State, and even as far away as New York.Alas, the trickster was not able to conjure any food on that particular day, so we set our sights just west of the Okanagan Valley wine region of British Columbia where a home-cooked dinner was waiting.
Should you find yourself traveling along the I-90 corridor and in need of a refreshing drink, Trickster's is worth a visit. The lake and mountain scenery's not too shabby either.
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Tempest Hits the Open Road: Dispatches from the Beerways of North America
Striking Gold at Boulder's Breweries (The Colorado Front Range Series)
Wyoming's Craft Beer Scene: Snapshots from a Moving Vehicle
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Following my successful foray into solo travel in the mid-1990s, I decided to make it a habit. But independent travel is a bit different than letting someone else do all the planning for you, so I started looking around online for resources for solo travelers. To no one's surprise, I'm sure, I didn't find a lot. But I did find a website called Journeywoman.com, published by a woman named Evelyn Hannon from Toronto. It's not a solo travel website per se; it's a travel resource for women in general. But it does have a substantial section on solo travel (called "She Goes Solo"), which only makes sense, since Evelyn has traveled solo all over the world herself.
What can you find at Journeywoman? Tips from Evelyn and her thousands of readers who share advice on such things as: How to dress in certain cultures, good and affordable restaurants around the world, where to find those sweet little B&Bs we're always on the lookout for when we travel, safety tips for women, and much, much more. Wouldn't you want to know how to be culturally correct in China before you set foot in the country? Think of it as an all-you-can-read travel tips buffet.
I think of Evelyn as the Godmother of Solo Travel–at least in terms of those actively promoting it online. She may not be the first woman to ever travel alone, but she is passionate about it and shares that passion with everyone. Evelyn first started traveling alone in her forties, following her divorce. That was almost thirty years ago, and she's been on the go ever since. So if you think she might be able to teach you a thing or two about solo travel, you'd be right.
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As of late, I've been thinking about the question above quite often.
In the next three months, my task is to prepare librarians and technical support in my buildings for an upcoming transition – away from in-building instructional technology support and to a more distributed system of technology development. In light of this, I have been attempting to summarize what I've learned over the last four years into a format I can hand off to teacher leaders and support personnel.
I began by asking this question to a number of teachers at the recent #edcamp in St. Louis. We came up with an extensive list, pictured on the right.
These elements seem to be a nice point from which to start. Taking the list another step, I'd like to collect these concepts into domains I could then summarize and present to those interested in continuing the work. This post is the beginning of that work. If the question intrigues you, or you'd like to help me out, I'd appreciate your input!
Possible themes of importance to educational technology and sub-topics:
Life is now both online and offline – and each piece influences the other.
- Online identity – The way we use the web will impact the way we live in the face-to-face world (if it doesn't already). It will become increasingly easier to track and broadcast a person's online patterns, interactions, and decisions. Because of this transparency, our approach to the web should be forthright and honest, remembering that nothing is ever truly "private" on the Internet.
- Civil discourse – Online spaces that are more protected (Moodle, edmodo, private blogs and wikis) allow our students to make social mistakes in a moderated space. Mistakes in "walled gardens" allow teachers to intervene and coach students on the impact such mistakes have on their online identities.
- Ethical use – Digital projects open numerous opportunities to teach kids about the nature of intellectual property and "ownership" in the context of the Internet.
Publishing means sharing. Networking means creating community.
- Authentic audience – The web offers so much in terms of opening up the walls of the classroom. If a student is creating something of worth, that product should be published in some way. Doing so has the potential to change classroom dynamics in a very positive way.
- Connect kids to kids – Whether the project extends from one period to another or one classroom to another across the world, kids want to produce work for other kids.
- Lurking is okay. Participation is even better – Offer teachers permission to "watch" online communities operate, communities like hashtag discussions on Twitter, the forums on Classroom 2.0, or podcasts on EdTechTalk or iTunes. If people lurk long enough, they usually want to engage. Encourage questions before "sharing", and remind one another that people in these communities are just like people in our own face-to-face community. Ask for help, and offer it when you can.
- People are generally helpful – Make connections in the spirit of mutual benefit. See publishing as sharing resources with someone you don't know (yet), and networking as reaching out to make someone's experience a bit richer. In general, don't yell for help in an empty room – send a note to a specific person for a specific reason.
Technology should neither be ignored nor exalted.
- Simply using technology will not make learning happen – This is self-explanatory.
- Novelty and fun should not be snubbed or dismissed – Though big ideas, clear objectives, transparent assessments and a great plan are essential to our units and lessons, if our activities and experiences are dry and uninteresting, learning becomes a tedious exercise. The "affective" elements of activities play into their effectiveness, and technology can bring some of those with it.
- Certain elemental principles hold much of the web together – Understanding basic HTML tags and the idea behind RSS open multiple ways to make information flow from one piece of the web to another. Solutions to complex problems
Consume in order to create.
- Mentor texts abound – With the web, students can absorb the wisdom of others and remix it into their own words. They can also develop skills to filter the wheat from the chaff as they look for mentor material.
- Author anywhere – As tools are selected, pursue solutions that work across platforms.
- Simplicity is always the trump card – In the best creation scenarios, the tools are simple enough to use that the focus is predominantly on learning and expressing the content rather than learning the tool.
These are just the first pieces that come to my mind. They are largely focused on the web and not the innumerable other pieces of hardware present in the rooms of teachers. How can I weave those elements in? What else have I missed? What should I change?
These are also posted on a public Google Doc. Feel free to add your comments, edits, and suggestions there!


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Kevin Riley's evolution as a quarterback at Cal has included many lessons over the past two seasons.
As a redshirt freshman in 2007, he learned the cost of not throwing the ball away with the clock running down and your team out of timeouts (squandering a chance to reach No. 1 in the polls). Later that season, he learned the value of impressively orchestrating a bowl victory (loosening Nate Longshore's grip on the starting spot).
Then, as a sophomore last year, Riley learned the hazards of sharing the job with a more established teammate. He and Longshore, a senior, divided time at quarterback, an awkward tap-dance in ways stretching beyond Riley's uneven performance.
Now, on the brink of his first season as the undisputed starter - kicking off Saturday night against Maryland - Riley acknowledged he was hesitant to become a full-fledged leader in 2008. He took charge at times, but he also didn't want to "butt heads" with Longshore, whom he liked and respected.
"Kevin was one of our starting quarterbacks last year, not the starting quarterback," said backup tight end Garry Graffort, one of Riley's roommates. "This summer, he had a chance to take the spot. So he kind of put it upon himself to be the one voice for our team."
That one voice began rising in the spring and kept getting louder through summer workouts and into training camp. Graffort noticed it in the weight room, where Riley openly pushed his teammates. Tailback Jahvid Best noticed it in the huddle, where Riley showed more poise and command.
Finally, on Aug. 24, coach Jeff Tedford officially named Riley Cal's starter. Sophomore Brock Mansion is the backup, but he's not hovering on the sideline toting a resume flowing with major-college success, a la Longshore.
So the job falls solely to Riley, who can tantalize with his mobility and accuracy. He also can exasperate with his inefficiency (50.7 completion percentage last season), a problem he traced to mechanical flaws that he and Tedford addressed in offseason film sessions.
Now comes the true test, because Cal's hopes of contending for the Pac-10 title rest squarely on Riley. If he prevents defenses from crowding the line of scrimmage to stop Best and avoids costly mistakes, the Bears could make plenty of noise this season.
Asked how much responsibility he feels, Riley said this week, "Quite a bit. A lot depends on the passing game and what I do and how I control the offense."
Earlier in training camp, he talked candidly about his '08 disappointment. Cal went 9-4 and won the Emerald Bowl (with Longshore at quarterback), but Riley was not at all happy with his play.
"I think I got caught up last year in worrying not to mess up," he said. "But I learned to take control of an opportunity."
Those spring meetings with Tedford helped. They had never spent so much time together - just the two of them watching film, seeing exactly where Riley struggled. They mostly tried to fix his footwork and keep his elbow raised, key ingredients to accurate passes.
Tedford also found a larger benefit in the sessions, because Riley showed him a fresh determination to master the position. As Tedford put it, "you have to work on the little things to be a great quarterback."
Now Riley will tackle bigger things - trying to lead Cal to its first Rose Bowl berth in 51 years. Longshore is not around anymore, so there's nothing stopping Riley from asserting himself.
"I'm one of the oldest and most experienced guys on the team," he said. "That's not something I take lightly."
Briefly: Cornerback Darian Hagan (sore knee) missed his second consecutive practice Thursday, but he still hopes to play Saturday night. ... Linebacker Eddie Young sat out Thursday because he was ill. Tedford said Young will play against Maryland. ... Freshman Vince D'Amato on earning the job as Cal's field-goal kicker: "It's exciting, it's awesome. I put a lot of hard work into it."
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