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I have no idea what a man is doing with the name "Kit" but "Game of Thrones" is awesome so I'm going to give Kit Harington a pass. I will however not give him a pass for signing on to a new exoticism flick titled "The Seventh Son". I will though give him a pass for being in an exoticism movie where Jeff Bridges plays the guy who trains old Kit on the art of driving out demons, catching witches and stopping boggarts. Confused? Me too man, me too.
Jack O'Connell, now that's a man's name. I've never seen a movie the guy has been in but I assume they're all about cutting down timber and drinking beer. Lucky for Alice Englert because they've both joined the cast of "Beautiful Creatures", a new supernatural thriller about two southern teens who uncover strange secrets about each other's families. Just say the name, O'Connell. Do you suddenly smell maple syrup too?
WWE hot boy David Bautista has been confirmed to be joing Vin Diesel in the upcoming flick "The Chronicles of Riddick: Dead Man Stalking". No word yet on what WWE's golden god will be doing in the film but my guess is he'll probably fight people and have very few lines of dialog. Maybe even Vin Diesel. God I can't wait to find out. I have no idea what a "WWE hot boy" is.
I have no idea why you'd need "Plan 9 From Outer Space" on Blu-Ray but the cult classic, along with 1960's "Little Shop Of Horrors" (the one without singing) will hit shelves on March 9th, just in time for Middle Name Pride Day. So.. umm... how about them Giants?
One of the stars of "The Sarah Connor Chronicles", Thomas Dekker has signed on to co-star in Platinum Dunes' "A Nightmare on Elm St." remake. A self described horror fan, Dekker will share on screen time with the other male lead, Kyle Gallner from "The Haunting in Connecticut".
New UK quad for Sam Raimi's "Drag Me To Hell", revamped with lots of shiny new pull-quotes. Not sure I feel good about the biggest one being "Ain't It Cool News" (does anyone really read that site?), but it seems that the buzz is starting out good nonetheless. The film hits theaters May 29th.
New pic from "H2", showing Myers stabbing the crap out of someone in what appears to be a hospital. Zombie has said that only a brief portion of the film will take place in the hospital, and that it will not be a direct remake of 1981's "Halloween II".
I know we shouldn't encourage the guys over at Asylum, known for their terrible, awful little movies with blatantly ripped-off titles, but I just can't help it. Here's the teaser trailer for "The Terminators", which hits DVD April 28th.
"Wrong Turn 3" director Declan O'brien to remake "Little Shop of Horrors", with help from "Bourne" producer. Nope, not making that up. He also says he'll be "taking it in a different direction". Not sure what that means, but feel free to speculate wildly in the comments.
Patrick Tatopoulos to direct adaptation of the forthcoming comic book "I, Frankenstein". The story shows old school monsters who have evolved and are living in a modern film-noir setting.


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Shootout for Soldiers benefits Wounded Warriors
Players continuously play lacrosse for 24 hours
Rain didn't stop lacrosse players at the McDonough School, playing both inside and out. They've pledged to play in shifts for 24 hours straight.
"We do have mothers and students standing by with jerseys, so players will come out, switch jerseys, get ready and get in the game, and then start our next game for 24 hours straight," one player said.
Nearly 1,300 players from age 8 to 71 are participating. It's the second year for the Shootout for Soldiers. All the proceeds go to the Wounded Warrior Project.
"We have an obligation to our men and women who were in Iraq and Afghanistan. A lot of them were injured and lost legs and have had their whole lives changed, and we have to do whatever is necessary to make their lives better," said Maryland Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger.
He's referring to soldiers like retired Sgt. Ryan Major, who was wounded in Iraq in 2006 when he stepped on an IED. He was in a coma for two weeks and said it's been a long road of rehabilitation.
"It was an extremely long process to get to where I am today. I don't think I would've been able to do that without the support I have," Major said.
Last year, the event raised $120,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project. That money goes to help soldiers and their families.
"They've helped me out with different outings to get me back into the civilian life, and they've helped other people I know with moving back into a home," Major said.
That's why Major said he's happy to be back at the event again as the guest of honor. He said he's proud to see so many people from across the area come out to support wounded veterans.
"Last year, it was such a success and it brought a smile to my face to see how many people in the community actually came to show their support for veterans and the military across the U.S.," Major said.

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I love these beautiful wood vessels. I've always wondered how raw wood does not soak up all food colors and juices, or does it? Or are these lightly finished with something?
I may never know, I think the site is in Japanese.
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Maybe it's a special kind of wood? Love them too!ReplyDelete
- CallistaDecember 03, 2011
I've always wondered that too! As much I love the look of wooden dishes, I could never bring myself to buy them. It just seems too impractical.ReplyDelete
It is most likely sealed with a food grade wax or oil to repel water. Like what they put on butcher blocks.ReplyDelete
they are gorgeous...i too wonder about the absorbing of food oils etc.ReplyDelete
Hm...good question! They sure are beautiful though.ReplyDelete
The website says they're finished with polyurethane.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 03, 2011
they are not made for "wet" food. see how they only have dry items in them?ReplyDelete
Oh very nice,ReplyDelete
If the containers arn't finished dry goods would be the only safe items, unless the substance being held is made of iron (it'll stain some woods black).
I would hope they arn't using polyurethane, there's many other finishes that are food safe (consumable from can).
- ina tyrdalDecember 08, 2011
Some types of wood are actually antibacterial. Lots of chefs recommend wooden cutting boards for that reason. And teething toys for babies are often made of these kinds of wood. Little Sapling Toys use walnut, maple and cherry wood, for instance. Thy put a bees wax or jojoba finish on thir toys, i think. Hope this helps.ReplyDelete
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I just have to butt in here. / I'd love to put my two cents in.
I am having a hard time figuring out this expression. I see it uses vocabulary particular to お笑い, but I would appreciate if someone would specify which meaning each word takes on in this instance, and how they work together. I am sure a better translation could be made as well. Sorry for so many questions in one!


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Editor's note: A version of this post previously ran in March 2016. We believe it's an important topic worth revisiting.
On my computer monitor, I have taped a small piece of paper with the words primum non nocere. It's Latin—a "dead" language that pervades modern life—for "first, do no harm." The underpinnings of the Hippocratic oath, it is as applicable to providing investment advice as it is to medical care. When the headlines and talking heads scream "Do something!," our first reaction should be more measured: Do no harm.
Volatility has returned to most areas of the financial markets lately because of a variety of reasons that fall under the general heading of uncertainty. I find it interesting how many people have been alarmed by this, rather than seeing it for what it is: more normal than not. I use the word "alarmed" both descriptively and sympathetically—descriptively to characterize people's behavior, and sympathetically because I know it's easy for investors to get emotional about their portfolios. After all, these assets represent many important things: college tuitions, weddings, new homes, retirements, charitable bequests. At the same time, accomplishing such big-ticket objectives requires a proactive—not a reactive—approach.
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At times, the temptation to react or do something can be very strong. Sometimes, the headlines are dire—economic challenges or global strife—and our very human fight-or-flight instinct seems overwhelming. A longer-term perspective can help.
But are these the headlines that matter most as investors try to achieve their goals? Perhaps we can best help investors by explaining that the headlines they should pay attention to are the headlines of their lives, not the headlines in the news.
These personal headlines are the basis of a financial plan or an investment policy statement, an invaluable tool for helping investors through unsettled markets. These headlines describe investors' specific goals and objectives before they're both financially and emotionally invested in their portfolios. The financial planning process also reinforces the idea that portfolios should change over time, but in response to headlines in the investor's life—the birth of a child or the desire to retire early, for example—rather than the market's headlines.
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Vanguard has become well-associated with the phrase "stay the course." Too often the philosophy is interpreted as "do nothing." This is a shame, because it means something powerful: Have a plan and stick with it, unless your headlines change. Market headlines have never been incorporated into any financial plans I've seen, nor should they be. Market headlines rarely have much to do with our investors' headlines, the ones that matter most. Investors should understand that ignoring all the market noise isn't being "ignorant" or putting one's head in the sand, but rather is key to a basic tenet: First, do no harm.
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Dr. Marghuerite Blaise was a respected physician and medical director of the St. Luke Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On Oct. 12, 2012, she suffered a stroke and was faced with the difficult transition of switching roles from physician to patient.
Blaise had been in excellent health. She was of normal weight, with no hypertension, diabetes or irregular heart rhythms. She didn't smoke. She had no particular risk factors for stroke, with the exception of a slightly elevated cholesterol level.
The stroke occurred when a major artery bringing blood and oxygen to the left half of her brain became blocked. Unfortunately, the left half of her brain was the "dominant hemisphere." In addition to paralysis of the right side of her body, she could not comprehend or produce speech.
While recovering one month later, she suffered a second stroke in the same area of the brain, leading to more damage.
On my most recent trip to Haiti, in December 2013, I met up with Blaise, my colleague, while she was participating in a speech therapy session at the NPH Kay St. Gabriel Stroke Rehabilitation Center. I had not seen her since the stroke more than a year prior.
She was her typical cheerful self. Although she remains weak on her right side, she is able to walk unassisted and understands speech. She can generate words slowly, but her vocabulary is limited.
"Communication is essential to all human connections. Without that, we are alone. Early rehabilitation is essential," said Kristine Cronin, a speech-language pathologist from Willimantic who is volunteering at the St. Gabriel facility. Cronin has been working with Blaise three days per week for the past year.
Regular sessions of speech, physical and occupational therapy are crucial to stroke recovery. Through continuous use, the brain begins to adapt and utilize new pathways to regain function. Unfortunately, therapy can often be a daunting and frustrating task, especially for someone accustomed to working in a highly responsible role. Many patients quit.
Rehabilitative services such as those provided by Kay St. Gabriel for Haiti are a rarity in the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Patients like Blaise must awaken early and endure lengthy commutes. Family members are needed for transportation to therapy.
Each time I travel to Haiti, I learn more about the Haitian people. One characteristic remains constant in the face of the devastating earthquake in 2010 that was followed by a cholera outbreak and multiple hurricanes and tropical storms. It is their resistance to becoming disheartened that most impresses me.
"Do not become discouraged. Always put in a huge effort, even when it is difficult. It is so important that anyone who has suffered a stroke attends therapy consistently," Blaise said.
Although Blaise cannot practice medicine at this time, she plans on starting a language and exercise support group to encourage other stroke patients.
Dr. Blaise's determination serves as a beacon of hope for everyone in times of adversity.
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Just back from a glorious 6 miles to make it 300 days! Feeling good with a few aches and pains but nothing to worry about. Looking forward to making it a year!
Wow, that is awesome!!!
It also just made me realize that I havent done the Weekly Checkin in a while. Sorry I missed it this week with two great goals reached. I'll try to be better about it in the Fall.
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Tougher or easier for the masters crowd to streak? (one big reason I keep going is it just seems to shake my legs out and they seemed to be worst taking a day off)
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I am surprised at how good my legs feel most days. There are a few bad ones but I don't know if it has to do running or me in general. The streaking has kept me motivated and strong. I also think that the (slower) easy pace that I run helps. After the Ragnar Relay I now know I can run faster but I did pay for it. Slow and steady seems to work for me!
MTA: I also found that this last year I have gotten sick less -- maybe it has nothing to do with streaking but I like to think that it did.
Tougher or easier for the masters crowd to streak? (one big reason I keep going is it just seems to shake my legs out and they seemed to be worst taking a day off)
I'm thinking easier. I started the streak with a marathon the first day and a short slow run the second day to loosen things up after sitting in the car for 4 hours coming back home.
I also would not be able to do what I'm doing if I wasn't sort of retired. Since I only work part time, it's a lot easier to find some time during the day to go out.
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Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) will star in a multi-episode arc in the upcoming second season of NBC's Smash. That will make two American Idol alumnae appearing on the show as star Katharine McPhee is also set to return. Hudson will play Veronica Moore, a Tony Award-winning Broadway star whose presence impacts the lives of Karen (McPhee) and Ivy (Megan Hilty). Smash, a Television Critics Award nominee for Best New Program, needs to recoup some losses after axing a good portion of the cast earlier this year. Hudson is certainly a worthwhile addition, even if it's only for a short time. Hit the jump for more on Hudson and the second season of Smash.
The Live Feed reports that Hudson will make her Smash debut in the second season's premiere, which is on the midseason schedule. NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblat said the following about Hudson's addition to the show:
"We're thrilled to have Jennifer Hudson coming to 'Smash.' This series is a showcase for some of the best musical talent in the business and that's a fitting description for Jennifer Hudson. Her character will represent someone who reached their Broadway dream but also paid a price for it."
Executive producer Steven Spielberg also chimed in, saying:
"First Dreamgirls,' now Smash. I have no doubt Jennifer will continue to deliver even more inspiration to the audience responsible for giving us a second season on NBC. It's wonderful to be reunited with her at DreamWorks Television and NBC."
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Fallen Ep-1 nominated for Mobile Content Awards 2010
7th Sense Studios have just informed me that Fallen EP-1 has been nominated for Mobile Content Awards 2010 in the Mobile Entertainment category. I was lucky to review Fallen Ep 1 back late 2009 and was impressed with the sense of atmosphere the developers created. Now it firmly holds the title of best Action-Adventure game according to our The App Store's Best Adventure roundup and is the only Survival Horror title on the AppStore, worth any real attention.
The Mobile Content Awards is an annual global event, held to recognize excellence in mobile content creation that are specifically developed for digital gadgets as well as services and technologies that enable or facilitate mobile content. The Mobile Content Awards 2010 is not only celebrating the highest achievements across the industry, but also showing current trend and future developments in mobile industry.
The Awards will culminate with networking reception inviting content business people.
About 500 mobile industry leaders throughout the world gather here as well as the finalists and winner of the Mobile Content Awards 2010 and judging committee.
I wish all the luck to 7th Sense, as this is a truly worthy game. And if you haven't had your taste of Fallen yet – check out my review or just pick up the game itself.
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WASHINGTON — Curbing guns can't ensure an end to mass slayings like December's killings of 20 first-graders in Newtown, Conn., but it will reduce firearm deaths, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday.
"Nothing we're going to do is going to fundamentally alter or eliminate the possibility of another mass shooting or guarantee that we will bring gun deaths down to 1,000 a year from what it is now," Biden told reporters.
Biden said lawmakers can take steps "that have virtually zero impact on your Second Amendment right to own a weapon for both self-defense and recreation but can save some lives." Doing that, he said, "seems to be a no-brainer."
Biden spoke to reporters after privately urging Senate Democrats to back President Barack Obama's proposals to restrict gun violence, including bans on assault weapons and on high-capacity magazines for ammunition that seem to be getting a contentious reception in Congress. He also wants to require all gun buyers to undergo background checks, an idea that has so far drawn wider acceptance.
"I'm not saying there's an absolute consensus on all these things," he said. Citing the wide-spread horror over the Newtown shootings, he said, "But there is a sea change. A sea change in the attitudes of the American people," who he said "will not understand if we don't act."
The Senate Judiciary Committee held Congress' first 2013 hearing on gun control on Wednesday as lawmakers begin focusing on what restrictions they will try enacting this year. The panel's chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has said he hopes his committee will write legislation in February.
Asked earlier Thursday about the prospects for passage of various parts of Obama's plans, No. 2 Senate Democratic leader Richard Durbin of Illinois cited strong support for broadening the requirement for background checks and doing more to prevent mentally unstable people from obtaining guns. He said the assault weapons ban, which he supports, "is probably the toughest part of this conversation."
Besides opposition from many Republicans, the proposals have prompted hesitancy from some Democrats seeking re-election next year in Republican-leaning states.
"I'm a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, and I want to see a balanced approach," said Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., who faces re-election in 2014. "And I'll take each amendment and bill as it comes."
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, predicted that the Republican-run House would never pass an assault weapons ban, no matter what the Democratic-led Senate does.
"Most of us Republicans believe these gun-control approaches don't work, and yet they diminish liberty," he said.
Obama's plan was based on suggestions developed by a task force on gun violence headed by Biden.


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As you can probably tell from my signature, I am still fairly new at putting pictures and the like in my sig. I would like to make some userbars, but I cannot figure out how Can someone help me?
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Walker promises more money for public education in budget
Governor to release 2013 budget Feb. 20
Gov. Scott Walker drew applause from teachers and school administrators Friday when he promised to provide more money for public education in his next budget, some of which could be used as bonuses for teachers.
The positive reaction to Walker's comments was in stark contrast to the anger many teachers and school officials showed Walker in 2011 when he cut education spending sharply and effectively ended collective bargaining rights for public workers, including teachers. Anger over that proposal led to the recall election Walker won last year.
But Walker brought good news to the state education conference Friday, saying his budget coming out on Feb. 20 will increase aid to schools two years after it was cut by $800 million.
Walker hasn't said how much more money he will put into schools or whether he will lift a cap on revenue limits, which determine how much state aid and property tax income school districts can spend.
The governor told WISN 12 News what he is putting back in doesn't even come close to what he took out two years ago.
"Do you anticipate coming close to the amount you took out in your last budget?" WISN 12 News reporter Kent Wainscott asked the governor.
"No, and the reason we wouldn't is because schools overwhelmingly have made up for that," Walker said.
The state's budget picture improved Thursday, with new estimates showing the state will enter the two-year cycle with a $484 million surplus.
Walker and Republican legislative leaders have said they want to tap that money for an income tax cut, but Democrats are pushing for it to be used for that, more money for schools and restoring cuts in other areas made in 2011 when the budget faced a $3.6 billion shortfall.
Walker told the educators Friday that his budget will include incentive payments for high-performing school districts and those showing rapid improvement. Some of that money could be given to teachers as a reward or bonus for their work, he said.
Likewise, incentive payments will also be proposed for low-performing schools that come up with a plan for turning things around, he said.
He received a standing ovation at the conclusion of his speech.
A spokeswoman for the state's teachers union did not immediately return a message seeking comment.


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I need calm just now, after spending a couple of days being ill and the mess has become unbearable. Sometimes I question do we really need all this stuff? If I had a bigger home, I would love to have just one room that had nothing in it, ok maybe a chair, so when the mess got all too much I could just go in there and relax.
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- AnonymousMarch 02, 2013
this is such a good idea. an empty room. that would be really cool.ReplyDelete
Lovely images. These spaces are instantly calming. Less is more definitely. Claire/Just a little less xoReplyDelete
Like Alvar Aalto had he´s secret attic room :) I know what you mean.ReplyDelete
boah super ♥ReplyDelete
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I would love a clean stark room too!! It would be so relaxing!!ReplyDelete
Oh I know that feeling! I just actually blogged about the same thing and put some empty pictures in my blog too :) These are very calming pictures as well, sometimes eyes are just tired to see colours or mess. Empty room would definitely help!ReplyDelete
i would also love to have a room with absolutely nothing in it at all, except maybe a bit of comfort, like a plain padded cushion on the floor...human-sized of course. (i just blogged about that same sense of too-muchness you're describing; i'm totally with you.) i sometimes wonder how exactly it is that we americans end up lugging so much stuff around, when in fact we need very little. it's a question for philosophers, i suppose - or sociologists. ;)ReplyDelete
i love those white floors, but im to afraid to paint it, everybody says that it will strip off very soon. is it true?ReplyDelete
I am so with you on that Idea! I hope you feel better soon!ReplyDelete
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The "telegraph game" is a game in which a group of people gather around with paper and pens and make up a bunch of craziness... to start, every person writes a descriptive sentence at the top of their paper. then they pass the paper to their right, and now everyone has to draw what was depicted in the sentence of the person that just handed you their paper. when the drawing is done, the original sentence is folded over to hide it, and the papers are again passed to the right and now everyone has to write a sentence describing the drawing now (having no knowledge of the original sentence). this goes on until you recieve your original paper.


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Stocks advanced on both sides of the Atlantic amid positive data on the US economy, and the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Weighing on the mood, and gains, however was the failure of euro-zone ministers and officials of the International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank to produce an agreement needed to release the next part of international funds to keep Greece from falling into bankruptcy.
The latest reports provided cautious optimism on the state of the world's largest economy, as US manufacturing grew at the fastest pace in five months in November, while fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week.
Jobless claims dropped by 41,000 to 410,000 in the week ended November 17, according to Labor Department data.
To be sure, the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's final November reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment came in at 82.7, up from 82.6 in October, yet down from a preliminary reading of 84.9.
"We're still not exactly going gangbusters," Sarah Watt, an analyst at Wells Fargo in Charlotte, North Carolina, told Reuters. "The data point to modest growth."
In afternoon trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.41 percent, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 0.15 percent, while the Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 0.32 percent.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr said a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas would take effect at 9pm Cairo time. While supportive for equities, gains in oil were tempered by the announcement.
Crude oil for January delivery was last up 0.4 percent to US$87.09 a barrel in New York, after rising as high as US$87.89 earlier in the session.
Shares of Deere & Co slumped, last down 4 percent, after the farm equipment maker posted a quarterly profit that fell short of expectations.
In Europe, the Stoxx 600 Index finished the day with a 0.2 percent increase on the previous close.
A summit of European Union leaders tomorrow is unlikely to produce agreement on a seven-year budget plan. German Chancellor Angela Merkel told lawmakers in the national parliament in Berlin today that budget talks may slide into next year, according to Bloomberg.
Euro-zone ministers, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank concluded talks without agreement on the way to help Greece overcome its budget shortfall.
Several European officials played down the delay, saying the disagreements were technical and a deal would be reached when they meet again on November 26, Reuters reported.
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* Must I remind you again to check out the MISSOURI TAX GUY's "Week in Perspective"?
* If at first you don't succeed . . . According to a Senate Finance Committee press release "Baucus to Introduce Bill to Repeal Form 1099 Income Reporting Requirements for Small Businesses".
Good luck!
* Janet Novack tells us that, although there is no increase in Social Security benefits or the basic Medicare Part B premium, "Higher Income Seniors Hit with Medicare Doctor and Drug Premium Hikes For 2011" in her TAXING MATTERS blog at Forbes.com.
* And Janet talks about "Names You Need To Know in 2011: Tax Expenditures" in another post.
What are "tax expenditures" – "the term covers dozens of special provisions—everything from the earned income, child, college and research and development tax credits; to the deductions for mortgage interest, charitable contributions and state and local taxes; to the exclusion of employer provided health insurance from the taxable income on your W-2; to the special lower rate for long term capital gains."
The article provides several sources that agree with me (that many of them do not belong being administered in the Tax Code) on the subject –
". . . the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform released a report proposing that Congress get control of tax expenditures by treating them as "entitlements", incorporating them in the annual budget process and subjecting them to proposed spending caps."
"And, as a matter of policy, many of them don't work very well or can't be effectively administered by the IRS, they make the tax system more complex, and are unfair, so there's ample good-government grounds to scale them back." Len Burman (a Treasury official during the Clinton Administration, and now the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Professor of Public Affairs at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University).
* Joe Arsenault discusses some "Roth Conversion Planning Ideas" at CAFETAX.
* Beans, beans, good for your heart. And, in this case, also good for your head - when they are "BlogRoll Beans", presented by the previously mentioned Joe Arsenault.
One of the items in this edition of the Beans tells you what John Grisham, Mick Jagger, Janet Jackson, Bob Newhart, and J.P. Morgan have in common. And, oh yeah, TWTP is also represented. Thanks, Joe!
* Joe Kristen brings us up-to-date on the soap opera of tax cheat Chuck Rangel in his post "Sorry Charlie" at the ROTH AND COMPANY TAX UPDATE BLOG.
The fact that this crook was easily re-elected (with, did I read correctly, 80% of the vote!) says a lot about the intelligence, or lack thereof, of the cafones in his constituency.
I thank God regularly that Rangel is no longer chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
I agree with Joe that the crook's punishment will be minimal. Congress tried to impeach Bill Clinton for having done what many of them also did, but did not get caught at, yet they won't impeach a member for actually breaking the law and cheating the American taxpayer.
* Wait – breaking good news! According to "House Ethics Panel: Rep. Rangel Violated Rules" from yahoo news –
"Rep. Charles Rangel, once one of the most influential House members, was convicted Tuesday on 11 counts of breaking ethics rules and now faces punishment."
Right on!
* A "tweet" from NATP reports "The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has announced that the Tier I & II taxable wage bases and tax rates will remain the same in 2011."


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One Tap Hero™ Review
- Publisher: EA Chillingo
- Genre: Entertainment
- Released: 23 Aug, 2012
- Size: 120.5 MB
- Price: $4.99
- Simple, cute, and elegant.
- Situational controls.
- Bite size creative levels.
- Jumping arc and power a little strange.
A cute and simple platformer with great art, that's a lot of fun.
- Full Review
- App Store Info
Does an evil wizard need a reason to turn your girlfriend into a teddy bear that can only be saved by collecting the power of the stars? Not if he's truly evil, and not just faking it. This premise sets up a bite sized platformer that is as delightful to control as it is to play. This is One Tap Hero.
There have been quite a few platformers out there that have used the control strengths of the iPhone to great effect through taps and swipes as opposed to on screen buttons that only feel tight and responsive once in a blue moon. The goal of each small stage is to reach your girl, while hopefully taking the time to collect the stars and coins along the way (coins vary, but stars number in the requisite three that has come to define the platform). Everything along the way is handled by a simple tap (or a tap and hold when it comes to longer jumps). The jumping arc is a nice range depending on the hold, and what makes things really interesting is the constant addition of new features like warp portals, and bouncing springs. Tapping to grab hold of a ladder is a little disconnecting early on, but once you suss it out, the game returns to utter simplicity control wise, which is definitely a high compliment.
The stars unlock later worlds (and are there for completion's sake) and the coins are used to buy accessories for your little featureless white representation of a human. Humorously, the first unlock is a fig leaf to hide your non-existent shame. And the presentation itself carries sort of a care-free lighthearted approach to the task at hand, with basic but expressive characters and simple but delightful landscapes.
This is a platformer made for those who want some fun stress-free jumping. Those invested in the game can try and collect all the stars and keys (which takes a bit of thinking and skill), but many can be satisfied with reaching their teddy bear and moving on to the next level, while enjoying the laid back and pleasant presentation.
DescriptionMetacritic's score 84 and 10 best iPhone Games for August 2012!
TouchArcade's Best iOS Games of August
"Takes iOS platforming and "one button" gaming in a direction I'm amazed no-one tries to do more often in touch screen gaming." -- TouchArcade
"One Tap Hero is an intelligent game that does what it claims, blending the genre of platform and puzzler well. Once the player gets past slight control issues there is definitely a great game to be had." -- 148Apps
"It's got great gameplay, a huge amount of variety in the level of design, a catchy soundtrack, and beautiful artwork. This is one game that's guaranteed to keep you busy all weekend." -- GameTrailers
"One Tap Hero is a valiant attempt to do something different with the platform genre, and it just about manages to pull it off." -- PocketGamer
"It's precision platforming at its best, with enough charm and ingenuity to win over even the most jaded mobile gamer." -- Modojo
Platforming has never felt so simple…
An evil wizard has turned your sweetheart into a teddy bear and the only way to save her is to collect stars and use their power to change her back. Time for a top tapping adventure!
Controls couldn't be simpler. Just tap to jump, tap to climb ladders, tap to…do pretty much everything! With these super simple controls this platforming game becomes all about timing and foresight!
Your adventure will take you to four unique game worlds, each with their own challenges and elements from portals to switches and more! Collect keys along your way to unlock bonus levels.
Sit back and relax with the soothing, melodic soundtrack and sound FX in One Tap Hero. It's perfect for a 5 minute blast or a long gaming session!
For more information or support, please visit www.chillingo.com
What's New in Version 1.2.0•iPhone 5 support comes to One Tap Hero
•New Shop Item: Double Coins
•Various gameplay improvements
Thanks for playing.


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Author's note: this is not a white paper. This is an opinion-piece, possibly a polemic. In it I expound what I believe rather than making an argument for you to believe it too; however if through it you arrive at a technical question or desire clarification, then please leave a comment using the tool provided. Also, there are footnotes annotated in square brackets. They are worth reading as you go along. Once I have had more coffee I'll get round to making them into hyperlinks. Sorry.
This posting began as an standalone article to describe my tussel with "Identity" in all its various forms, however it has evolved into a companion piece to Adriana's musings on identity – not only because upon reading her posting I found us using like words and like metaphors to much the same conclusion, but also doubtless because it was she who singlehandedly provided me an alternative to a world without (or with much-reduced) "Big I" Identity.
However I wish to spell out my beliefs rather more bluntly, so here we go:
I believe that Identity is bunk.
I believe that the technologies of Identity are founded upon and perpetuate an outdated model of a passive user who lacks both the critical authority and the ability to participate in an authentication transaction, and further I submit that Identity's commitment to this model inhibits its further evolution in the modern era.
…but before continuing I want to address a few potential misconstructions to aid later clarity – so for contrast I shall begin by listing a selection of identity-related topics which are emphatically not bunk:
- identity theft
- I have written about Identity Theft at length elsewhere, and although I still maintain the viewpoint that identity theft is straightforward fraud more than anything novel, I cannot deny that it occurs or that it is a serious matter.
- identity management
- I have a former BOFH sysadmin's view of Identity Management, which means that of course I am going to welcome any set of tools which (a) permit me to unify my users' authentication mechanisms into a homogeneous solution and (b) allow me to effect bans, lockouts or password changes on 30,000 machines at the same time. To deny the utility of this would be insane.
- authentication
- the act of establishing rights or privileges to access resources is one of the most fundamental (and common) actions to occur within a computer network.
- strong authentication
- one-time passwords, authentication tokens, javacards, sunray cards, stuff to authenticate more strongly (ie: definitely) to my network? Sure, "bring it on".
- single sign-on
- see the section on "strong authentication", in fact see all of what I have written above. Within a security domain it's a wonderful thing to not have to keep typing-in your password to authenticate separately to Mail, Calendar, Web and database. It's a neat trick if you can do it.
I consider all of the above to be perfectly decent, supposedly identity-related matters; where I diverge is in the field that I refer to as "Big I" Identity.
So What Is "Big I" Identity?
"Big I" Identity – let's just call it "Identity" from now on, so that I don't go mad spelling it out each time – is the umbrella term I use to describe processes and identity enabling technologies such as:
- Digital Identity
- Cross-domain Federated Identity
- Identity 2.0
- Identity Metasystems
- CardSpace
- Higgins
- …and an entire dumpster-load of other projects, toys, tools, XML standards, etc, all borne of the mindset which led to the above
Identity exponents paint a future in which your identity is a digital puppet – or possibly a hive-mind of several – living in a studio flat in cyberspace, buying goods, paying taxes and dealing with the other bureaucracies of life on your behalf, able to transact within cyberspace because your puppet has been certified into existence by some higher authority – most likely after payment of some real-world money.
In some ways the model is very like "Second Life":
- You pay for your Identity avatar to continue exist, so it may transact for you, and it will continue to exist only for as long as you pay for it.
- You imbue it with some of your personal qualities.
- You manage it awkwardly via remote control.
- And you likely wish it was somehow also portable into "World of Warcraft" and "Everquest", or vice versa – a process of federation..
A moment's consideration of the above will reveal a fundamental concern of mine: your Second Life avatar only exists with the permission of of Linden Labs, and its future is bound to theirs.
Similarly: if your identity exists at the whim of another organisation, then it is not under your control and could cease to exist without your approval.
That would be a bad thing.
But before going further with that matter, I want to rhetorically ask:
Why Pursue Identity At All?
Our culture – our biology – seems geared for use of certificates to gain access to resources: having the "right" scent to enter the anthill, dressing an orphaned lamb in the skin of a dead one so that the latter's mother will feed it… these demonstrate that nature has some grasp of authentication for a service, even if sometimes it implements weak authentication – e.g. a cuckoo's egg in a reed-warbler's nest[5].
What happens next is (I believe) unique to humans: we conflate "authentication" with an abstract concept of "identity", and thence indirect from that to "authorisation" – so that somehow your state of mind, your beliefs, learnings, and capabilities can be captured, documented and carried-about as a certificate.
To be technical for a moment, traditionally speaking:
- authentication is the act of proving your "identity"
- a certificate documents an authorisation in an authoritative manner
- the process of authorisation provably binds an "identity" to the permission or ability to use or access a privileged resource
…or as otherwise experienced with a Norwegian police officer:
- "Yes Officer, my name's Alec Muffett. Here's my Passport." (authentication)
- "Yes I am permitted to drive a motorcycle, here's my license." (certificate)
- "Feel free to check the license, it's got the hologram, etc." (authorisation)
- "The freeway speed limit is 50 km/h? You have got to be joking…" (negotiation)
…so when demanded by one authority (Norwegian Police) I am required to show two verifiable / hard to forge certificates: one linking the abstract concept of "Alec Muffett" to the actual human-being in front of him, and the other linking the abstract concept of "Alec Muffett" with the privilege of riding a morotcycle in the United Kingdom.
In passing, note that Norway's recognition of the UK's motorbike test is some manner of cross-domain federation.
The abstract concept known as "Alec Muffett" is my identity.
The UK Government understands "Alec Muffett" as the identity of a person who in 2001 passed the UK motorbike test thereby granting "Alec Muffett" the privilege of riding a motorbike on the UK's roads – but although congruent, the identity of "Alec Muffett" is not equal to the six-foot-four hominid commonly associated with the name and who is typing this posting; instead it's more a cloud of "claims" (either explicit or implicit) which are associated with the latter.
Claims are, for instance:
- Explicit: Alec Muffett is male
- Explicit: Alec Muffett passed a UK Motorcycle Riding test in 2001
- Explicit: Alec Muffett was born in 1968
- Implicit: Alec Muffett is old enough to buy alcohol in the state of California
(since he was born in 1968 and thus is older than 21)
It would be really bad if we had to go around carrying certificates to authorise us for each and every one of the claims which dominate our lives. The cloud of explicit claims about Alec Muffett is large; the cloud of implicit ones is much larger, because an implicit claim derives from the context of someone seeking to verify the claim (eg: a Californian bartender) – and there are a near infinite number of potential contexts in the universe.[2]
However, in the real world, carrying physical certificates seems to be what biology has predisposed us towards.
What happens when we move our identities "online"? What happens is that folk try to replicate the authorise-via-trusted-certificate model of access control; and then they fret about the management issues regarding having done so.
Why do they do this, and why do they fret?
To move back to the Norwegian police analogy above: rather than resorting to credentials and identity to prove my ability to ride a motorcycle to a police officer, why not appeal to the the officer's ability to observe that:
- I am demonstrably riding a motorcycle now.
- He has observed me riding it for a few miles.
- I would be perfectly happy to undertake a small test, there and then.
In short: why could not the police officer to observe me, develop a relationship with me, and from that satisfy themselves of my capabilities.[3]
If instead of being observed for a couple of miles once-off by a police officer, what if he knew me from the local motorcycling club? Wouldn't having that relationship shortcut questions about my authorisation to ride a motorcycle – and shortcut invocation of a whole heap of paperwork and certificates, unless I was actually being booked?
The answer is obviously "it doesn't work like that in the real world – relationships don't scale in the real world".
Yes, of course, but why should it not work like that in cyberspace? Because relationships do scale in cyberspace.
So What Am I Saying About Authorisation?
I am saying that authorisation need not be linked to an identity when it can be linked to a relationship with an entity, instead.
Anyone who has heard me speak at length about security in the past ten years or so, will have heard me utter something like:
Amazon really don't care who you are in respect of your drivers license. They likely don't care what your passport number is either, or who the government say you are. What they really care about is that the person placing an order today is the same person who placed an order last month, and the month before, and that each time before the person paid.
I submit that the frippery of Identity – that whole circus of indirection from me to a identity, from that identity to some authorisations, contains a potentially unnecessary step, one that can sometimes (perhaps frequently) be circumvented by maintaining a relationship with the entity to which you might otherwise have to authenticate.
What eluded me completely was the obvious next step, which was later inspired by months of talking with Adriana Lukas about Project VRM – Doc Searls' pursuit of Vendor Relationship Management.
The next step is simple: create a tool that maintains a person's relationships with third parties, but puts them under his or her own control.
A Different Way To Approach Authentication
To recap the above: traditionally there are three tines of authentication – three things you assert to prove your right to access a resource:
- something you have
- something you know
- something you are[4]
eg: you have a key to a door, you know the password, you are the General in uniform or the appropriately-coloured cuckoo's egg in a reed-warbler's nest.
(Author's note: at this point, if you've not read it already, please go read footnote [5] – you'll need the background in a moment)
All of the above are predicated on the notion of need for repeated authentication – you use your door-key daily, your password likewise, you check your eggs each time you return to the nest.
But here's a new spin on "something you are" – what if instead of checking the shape and colour of the eggs each time we return to the nest, instead what if we just watched the eggs, ever vigilant and unblinking, all the way from laying to hatching?
What if the reed-warbler was able to stretch its attentions beyond all conceivable bounds and move from weak authentication of the form:
You ARE an egg of the correct shape and colour
…to a more radical strong authentication of:
You ARE the specific egg that was laid, and I can guarantee that fact because I have never ceased to watch you since the time you were laid
In short, what if you had a relationship with your eggs, and could stretch that initial relationship (egg laying) through to conclusion (hatching) without any interruption?
If you were capable of doing that, you would have invented a new style of authentication – "relationship based authentication" – that requires no external parties or authorities to function.
And, interestingly, it would be a form of "single sign-on".
The Third Form Of Single Sign-On
Eve Maler and Drummond Reed recently published The Venn Of Identity in IEEE Security and Privacy magazine, and it serves as an excellent introduction to a lot of the thinking, terminology, concerns, and perhaps some of the fads of the Identity community.
For me, the critical section is headed "Overview: Federated Identity Model" on page 17, in which it defines terms like "user", "user-agent", "identity provider" (IdP) and "service provider" (SP), and goes on to describe how "Single Sign-On" comes in two flavours:
- SP-initiated Single Sign-On
- Alice wants to buy something online; the vendor (SP) authenticates Alice by contacting a higher authority (her IdP; compare with Norwegian validation of a UK driving license, above)
- IdP-initiated Single Sign-On
- Alice wants to buy something online; she connects to her IdP which provides pre-authenticated channels to other vendors from whom she can buy.
My question is: Where is the third party in all this? Why has the user no authority or involvement?
Where is "User-initiated Single Sign-On"?
Where is my ability to talk to a vendor and for them to have surety that I am me (and for me to be sure that they are themselves) by virtue of the fact that I am the same person who has been dealing with them for several years?
This also brings me back to my fundamental issue with "Big I" Identity, viz: that the Identity universe is currently predicated upon ignoring the most important person in an authentication transaction: the user.
In Identity-land, the user is considered passive and non-authoritative – the papers and protocols all pay lipservice to the need for "self-asserted claims" – letting a person describe themselves authoritatively – but answers to heavy-hitting questions like:
- Is this person old enough to buy booze?
- Is this person permitted to ride a motorcycle?
…are all still dealt with using cyberspace metaphors of the old driving-license-certified-by-authority model.[6]
However, as I've outlined above, that is not the only way.
On the web we have an additional way to authenticate – via ongoing relationship; technologies that can implement this are already well-used and well-understood; any network engineer can explain how to use TCP to establish a reliable connection between two nodes albeit layered atop an unreliable datagram connection. All we need in order to to establish a reliable relationship is to stretch the communications mechanism out over time rather than distance – like a warbler watching its eggs rather than riskily re-authenticating them time and again.
You sign-on with a vendor, once. A single time. You can bootstrap that into authenticating all future communications.
This provides "User-initiated single sign-on".
Identity: Your Part In Somebody Else's Goldmine
Way back in 2001 some chap at Microsoft came up with a really brilliant idea – everyone in the world could have a free Hotmail account, and could use that e-mail address as an identifier to log into all of the e-commerce sites in the world, the latter being able to query Microsoft (now an Identity Provider, IdP) to prove whom it was that was trying to buy stuff.
PressPass: How widely does Microsoft expect this federation to be adopted?
Payne : We strongly believe that a universal authentication model is extremely valuable to virtually every business. Over time we expect that this interoperability will become as important and ubiquitous as interoperability of e-mail is today. So, I guess you could say we expect adoption to be very strong. Large business and corporations are especially interested in ways in which they can unite their divergent worlds of authentication within their own companys networks. They also want to [be] enabling users [to] navigate inside the company's firewall with just one authentication and a single sign-in. Or when they need to visit the site or services of a trusted, third-party vendor, supplier or customer. For instance, imagine how easy an employee will find it to have just one password and ID that they can use securely when visiting their company's HR benefits page, then leave the internal site to visit their company's travel-services site — even though that site is run by an external vendor.
The rest of the world threw rocks at the idea: your Hotmail account would become the "mark of the beast", you would not be able to transact without it, Microsoft would hold a treasure trove of information about you, what if Microsoft crashed, the world would not be able to transact… and thus was the Liberty Alliance born, an organisation to challenge the threat from passport and provide an alternative:
The Liberty Alliance was formed in 2001 by approximately 30 organizations to establish open standards, guidelines and best practices for federated identity management. The Liberty Alliance met this goal with the release of Liberty Federation in 2002, the industry standard for successfully addressing the many authentication, privacy and security challenges surrounding online identity management. Deployed by organizations around the world, Liberty Federation allows consumers and users of Internet-based services and e-commerce applications to authenticate and sign-on to a network or domain once from any device and then visit or take part in services from multiple Web sites. This federated approach does not require the user to reauthenticate and can support privacy controls established by the user.
Now here's the funny thing: the Identity model back in 2001 was very authority-centric, and with some validity (at the time) assumed that the user – beyond use of passwords, etc – was incapable of participating in an authentication process, incapable of making authoritative statements about themselves, and incapable of transacting on the web on their own terms.
The model has not evolved since that time; but the world has moved immensely.
As I write in 2008 some one million, perhaps nearly two million people carry BSD/Unix servers in their pockets – they are called iPhones – and the world's populace are gradually moving online 24×7; those who don't yet have Apache running on their phones have hosted servers, blogs, wikis, e-mail accounts…
So the key realisation missing from Identity today is that there is the potential for three equal parties to participate in an transaction – the User, the Service Provider (e.g. vendor) and the Identity Provider.
Or even, as described above, we can drop the IdP out of the loop for some purposes; and the User will take back physical possession of their own data, and perforce will become authoritative regarding their own data, and will be able to project control over their own data.
"Big I" Identity In The Large
Summing up what has been discussed so far:
1) Identity is predicated on an old model of the disempowered user – dating from the Microsoft Passport era of 2001, if not before – and little if any thought seems to be given to the potential for active, even leading participation of a User and his or her iPhone in the authentication process.
2) Following from the above, where the old world of Identity focused upon the importance of third-parties making authoritative statements about someone, a new zeitgeist could concentrate upon people taking charge of their own data, and becoming the definitive source of claims about themselves in the process.
3) And from that, the role of Authority in Identity will fade somewhat.
Adriana describes it most clearly:
In the offline world identity is really third-party driven, to put it crudely, we are what our papers say we are. Your birth certificate attests to your date of birth, your utility bills to your residence, your diploma to your education etc etc. It has been so because our identity management has had several fundamental features ' it is centralised, system-centric and it is read-only. We are used to deriving our authority and credibility from a system that grants and confirms it. It is important that we can do that as the only way we can transact in a hierarchical environment is via authorisation from the level above us. (a definition of hierarchy is that in order to interact with somebody on the same level I have to go via a superior level).
Whatever the web turns out to be, it is not a hierarchy. It is a network, i.e. a heterarchy, a network of elements in which each element shares the same "horizontal" position of power and authority, each playing a theoretically equal role. This has impact on how my identity is defined and who defines it. From blogs to social network profiles, people are learning how to define their thoughts and ideas, record their lives in multimedia formats, share their experiences, swarm around causes and defy companies, institutions and authorities. From linky love to P2P, they are bypassing traditional media and distribution channels, learning the ways of direct connections.
People online build and destroy reputations, create and squander careers, establish themselves as experts or celebrities. That's the birds eye view. The closer look reveals emergence of self-defined (and self-driven) identities. By writing I learn to articulate my thoughts better, by sharing I learn to differentiate from, as well as identify with, others. I become aware of myself and my preferences in ways that in the times before the web were available to a select few – writers, artists, politicians and the more articulate celebrities. We have ways of connecting with others who become validators and authenticators of our self-defined and persistent identities. The challenge is to understand and find how to evolve and use those for other than communication and information transactions.
When attending Identity conferences I encounter startup after startup whose concept of "enabling user-centric Identity" is to reinvent Microsoft Passport in the small; they all promise that you can give them your personal data – and maybe some money – and they will manage your data (your "identity") securely on your behalf, somehow giving you added value in the process.
There's even a software project out there now, again predicated on the Identity notion that you are neither fit nor capable to look after your own data, nor are you capable of being an authoritative and accessible resource for the same – but you may be permitted a pretty interface to manager your own data, when held on someone else's website.
So that's what Identity's definition of "user-centric identity" is all about; for a second time (and in a separate posting) Adriana hits the nail on the head:
User-centric says – "we are going to build a system, put the user in the centre instead of the system". So far, so good, but this sits uncomfortably with me as a user especially as one that is used to the online tools that have changed many an old way. The tools – blogs, wikis, feeds and feed readers, BitTorrent, Flickr, Dopplr, Twitter etc – are revolutionary not just because of their functionality, bits of code or their interface, but their design for usefulness, their modularity and constant evolution. There is an element of open-endedness in their design, either accidental or deliberate, recognising that the designers cannot foresee all the uses to which people will put the tools to. The simplicity is the key, the complexity coming from usage rather than the design. In other words, they are user-driven.
And that's where I think we're going, and I don't think there is any way of stopping it, even if I wanted to. The web is creating this enormous mass of user-capability, and the sheer gravity will drag us all sideways into a world of user-driven identity.
So what happens to "Big I" Identity?
It won't die, but identity will have to adapt to the user's definition.
– alec
ps: I am not here going to investigate ideas like transitive-trust as applied to User-initiated Single Sign-On – e.g. that the fact I have a relationship with one party could be used to help me establish a separate relationship with another party; to discuss this would be re-opening notions of federation[7] which I am trying to get away from.
The new user-defined-identity space will be based upon having multiple independent relationships – not some form of corporate-enabled polyamory.
pps: (UPDATE) I am also here not going to get into the weirdness of Identity wherein the goal is to centralise your personal information to make management of it convenient, and then expend phenomenal amounts of brainpower implementing limited-disclosure mechanisms and other mathematica, in order to re-constrain the amount of information that is shared; e.g. "prove you are old enough to buy booze without disclosing how old you are". Why consolidate the information in the first place, if it's gonna be more work to keep it secret henceforth? It's enough to drive you round the twist, but it'll have to wait for a separate rant.
[1] There is no footnote #1.
[2] For starters, there are at least as many contexts are there are pubs.
[3] Oddly enough, it works exactly like this for drink-driving – in a drink-driving scenario it is assumed that although you may have passed a test at some point in the past, the issue at hand is whether you are capable of driving a vehicle at this precise moment in time. Hence all the "can you walk in a straight line, are your reactions impaired" stuff.
[4] Over (several) drinks recently, Ben Laurie amusingly cited me someone someone who described these rather more accurately as "Something you had, Something you forgot, Something you were" – but alas I forgot which wit came up with that.
[5] The Cuckoo lays eggs parasitically; it finds the nest of one of the host species (typically containing 3..4 eggs) and removes a single egg laying one of its own as a replacement. The surrogate parents do not spot the impostor because the total egg-count is the same, and Cuckoo eggs may be somewhat larger than but have similar colouration to the original eggs. The surrogates brood all the eggs, however the Cuckoo chick hatches early and pushes all other eggs/chicks out of the nest so that there is no competition for resources. The surrogates feed the solitary cuckoo chick, until it fledges. This is clearly a case of identity theft, fraud, and security failure due to weak authentication.
[6] I have heard too many times, statements such as "Governments won't accept self-asserted claims – for information like my home address – without some third party's certificate that attests to the accuracy of that data"; somehow the people who tell me this ignore that every time I use a pen to fill-in my address on a tax return, let alone on a DVLA web-form, I am making a self-asserted claim with which the tax office seem perfectly content…
[7] I have nothing against federation within a security domain, eg: If one company merges with another, then it's nice to have tools which permit hybridisation of the two user-bases without pain; see the BOFH/sysadmin commment in the introduction. However I draw a mental line between that, versus using my DVLA driver identification number to authenticate my purchase of beer from Amazon, or whatever…


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