text: The lack of security in communication technologies used in the aviation industry makes it possible to remotely exploit vulnerabilities in critical on-board systems and attack aircraft in flight, according to research presented Wednesday at the Hack in the Box security conference in Amsterdam.The presentation, by Hugo Teso, a security consultant at consultancy firm N.runs in Germany, who has also had a commercial pilot license for the past 12 years, was the result of the researcher's three-yearlong research into the security of avionics.Teso showed how the absence of security features in ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast), a technology used for aircraft tracking, and ACARS (Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System), a datalink system used to transmit messages between aircraft and ground stations via radio or satellite, can be abused to exploit vulnerabilities in flight management systems.He did not experiment on real airplanes, which would be both dangerous and illegal, according to his own account. Instead Teso acquired aircraft hardware and software from different places, including from vendors offering simulation tools that use actual aircraft code and from eBay, where he found a flight management system (FMS) manufactured by Honeywell and a Teledyne ACARS aircraft management unit.Using these tools, he set up a lab where he simulated virtual airplanes and a station for sending specifically crafted ACARS messages to them in order to exploit vulnerabilities identified in their flight management systems -- specialized computers that automate in-flight tasks related to navigation, flight planning, trajectory prediction, guidance and more.The FMS is directly connected to other critical systems like navigation receivers, flight controls, engine and fuel systems, aircraft displays, surveillance systems and others, so by compromising it, an attacker could theoretically start attacking additional systems. However, this aspect was beyond the scope of this particular research, Teso said.Identifying potential targets and gathering basic information about them via ADS-B is fairly easy because there are many places online that collect and share ADS-B data, such as flightradar24.com, which also has mobile apps for flight tracking, Teso said.ACARS can be used to gather even more information about each potential target, and by combining this information with other open-source data, it is possible to determine with a fairly high degree of certainty what model of FMS a specific aircraft is using, Teso said.After this is done, an attacker could send specifically crafted ACARS messages to the targeted aircraft to exploit vulnerabilities identified in the code of its FMS. In order to do this, the attacker could build his own software-defined radio system, which would have a range limit depending on the antenna being used, or he could hack into the systems of one of the two main ground service providers and use them to send ACARS messages, a task that would probably be more difficult, Teso said.Either way, sending rogue ACARS messages to real aircraft would most likely lead to the authorities searching and eventually locating you, the researcher said.Teso created a post-exploitation agent dubbed SIMON that can run on a compromised FMS and can be used to make flight plan changes or execute various commands remotely. SIMON was specifically designed for the x86 architecture so that it can only be used in the test lab against virtual airplanes and not against flight management systems on real aircraft that use different architectures.The researcher also created an Android app called PlaneSploit that can automate an entire attack, from discovering targets using Flightradar24 to exploiting vulnerabilities in their FMS, installing SIMON and then performing various actions, like modifying the flight plan.As previously mentioned, the research and demonstrations were performed against virtual planes in a lab setup. However, the FMS vulnerabilities identified and the lack of security in communication technologies like ADS-B and ACARS are real, Teso saidIn a real-world attack scenario, the pilot could realize that something is wrong, disengage the auto-pilot and fly the plane like in the old days using analog systems, Teso said. However, flying without auto-pilot is becoming increasingly difficult on modern aircraft, he said.Teso did not reveal any specifics about the vulnerabilities he identified in flight management systems because they haven't been fixed yet. The lack of security features like authentication in ADS-B and ACARS is also something that will probably take a lot of time to address, but the researcher hopes that it will be done while these technologies are still being deployed. In the U.S., the majority of aircraft are expected to use ADS-B by 2020.N.runs has been in contact with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the past few weeks about the issues identified during this research, Teso said, adding that he has been pleasantly surprised by their response so far. "They haven't denied the issues, they listened to us and they offered resources," he said. "They're trying to help us to take this research on a real plane."


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Mississippi State of the State Address 2014
JACKSON, Mississippi — Jan. 22 — Following is the prepared text for Gov. Phil Bryant's (R) 2014 State of the State Address:
Thank you Mr. Lieutenant Governor and thank you Mr. Speaker. It is a privilege to be here with all of you this evening, standing shoulder to shoulder as we reflect on our accomplishments and set our goals for the work yet to be done.
To each member of the Mississippi Legislature: What an honor it is to serve the people of Mississippi with you at this special time. In just two short years, we have worked together to bring about positive change in our state. I thank you for your diligence and your dedication.
To Mississippi's first lady and mine, I want to thank you for putting up with us all. The early mornings and late nights. Through storm and sunshine, she is always there. To help Blair Batson Hospital, or Susan G. Komen, or Smithville, or Read Across Mississippi — she is always there. She is the wind beneath Mississippi's wings and mine, and she is forever my first lady.
As I began writing this address some weeks ago, I reflected upon Psalm 126, which says, 'The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad.' Tonight, let us see why we should be glad.
Two years ago we began our journey together. Our goal was simple: We would accomplish great things for all Mississippians.
In those two years, my administration has endeavored to work with you to advance the common good. Realizing that all power held by the government comes solely from the authority of the governed, the Mississippi Constitution plainly says, 'All political power is vested in, and derived from, the people; all government of right originates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole.' With unwavering acceptance of this doctrine we endeavored to provide an environment where all could rise together.
We understand that a vision without action is just an illusion, so we set about with four fundamental beliefs guiding our plan for the future.
First, we believe every Mississippian should have the opportunity to be gainfully employed right here at home;
Second, every Mississippian must have the opportunity to learn from the best educational system we can offer;
Third, we believe that every Mississippian deserves to be born into a mature, two-parent family;
Finally, we believe that every Mississippian should be certain that his or her tax dollars are put to proper use.
I believed, then, as I do tonight, that these four goals achieved together will create a Mississippi of limitless opportunity. Let us see how the plan has worked thus far.
I have often said we can make Mississippi the most job-friendly state in America. When a Mississippian has a job it changes everything. A Mississippian with a job is less likely to need public assistance, is more likely to contribute taxes to the state treasury, is a strong example of responsibility to his or her children and is more likely to vote, to participate in the community and to avoid crime. Each day as Governor, I make it my job to ensure more Mississippians have a job of their own.
You and I have helped create an economy where the unemployment rate has dropped from 9.4 percent when we took office to 8.3 percent. In the two years since we began our work, Mississippi has added nearly nine thousand jobs through our economic development efforts.
Last year, at this address, I went through a list of new companies that had moved to Mississippi as well as those existing industries that had expanded. I thought about doing the same thing again this year, but 2013 was such a successful year for economic development in Mississippi, that if I listed all our achievements, you probably could not make it to dinner on time.
Instead, I will let you know what outside experts have been saying about economic development in Mississippi.
Area Development Magazine, a national publication that focuses on site selection, rates Mississippi as the No. 9 state for doing business; as the No. 2 state for both competitive utility costs and permitting speed; and among the top five for overall cost of doing business. CNN Business News reports that Mississippi is the fifth-best state in America for entrepreneurial success. Expansion Solutions Magazine has named our state among the top five for advanced manufacturing excellence, and the Fraser Institute says Mississippi is the second best place in the world to invest in the oil and gas industry.
Perhaps the greatest indicator of success is our State's Gross Domestic Product — the sum of all financial production and growth in our economy. For the first time in Mississippi's history, our state reached $100 billion in GDP. The American Legislative Exchange Council ranked Mississippi among the top ten most successful states for economic outlook, and Area Development Magazine says, 'Mississippi is on an economic roll.' I could not agree more.
Certainly, we can always do better, but these standings indicate we are trending upward, and the world has taken notice. We are very proud of the companies who have traversed the globe to make Mississippi home. One we are particularly proud to welcome to our state is Yokohama Tire Company, which will bring thousands of jobs to Clay County. I am honored to have as our guest tonight, sitting in the northern balcony, the President of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, Mr. Tadaharu Yamamoto
Yokohoma Tire could have placed its new plant anywhere in the world. Every state in the nation would have been honored to have this great company and its new facility. The site selector looked at over a thousand possibilities and settled on the very best — Mississippi. Mr. Yamamoto, I thank you for your confidence in our state, and I look forward to deepening our friendship and our business ties. I wish your company many years of success in Mississippi.
In order to offer Yokohoma and our existing industries the world's best work force, we must continue to make career training programs all they can be. To make certain of this success, I have asked Mr. Jay Moon, executive director of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association, to lead the State Workforce Investment Board and, along with our great community colleges, make our workforce second to none. Abraham Lincoln is credited as having said, 'Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax.' We must prepare our workforce for the advanced skills needed in today's economy. Nothing is more critical to our success. Let us set about to sharpen our ax together.
Soon, with the assistance of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, the State Workforce Investment Board, and the state longitudinal data system, we will unveil a state-of-the-art system matching job seekers with employers. The system, along with its app, will be unlike any other in the nation. It will put job seekers and employers a click away from success. Finding a job or a qualified employee in Mississippi will be easier and more effective than ever. The Mississippi Works web site will add this important feature very soon. I will just say, stand by to be amazed. And I assure you, this website works.
I am also very pleased to announce a revolutionary health care effort tonight. Through a partnership with the University of Mississippi Medical Center, GE Healthcare, North Sunflower Medical Center, and C Spire, we are launching the Mississippi Diabetes Telehealth Initiative. This groundbreaking pilot program will use telehealth technology to pair resources from the University Medical Center with health care providers and 200 of the most complex diabetes patients in the Mississippi Delta. This coordinated care approach will improve disease management and health outcomes for generations to come.
Finally, let me remind you that 2014 has been designated as the Year of the Creative Economy, a Mississippi Homecoming. This year we will focus on that segment of the economy, which provides some 60,000 jobs and generates an enormous economic impact in our state.
2014 will see hundreds of creative events from concerts to plays to movie premiers all across Mississippi. We are asking Mississippi artists who have moved away to come home for one special event to share their talents live with their fellow Mississippians. We aim to show the world that Mississippi is the birthplace of America's music, but we also cook and write and act and paint and dance and direct. This will bring thousands of visitors to Mississippi. Let us have a homecoming and invite the world.
One of Mississippi's creative artists is with us tonight. Bruce Levingston, a young man from the Delta, began to play the piano at age four and has become a leading figure in American music. Because of his immense talent, some of the world's most prominent composers have written works for him to premiere. He has played in venues as diverse as Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, Lincoln Center and Power APAC school here in Jackson. He has been hailed by The New York Times as 'one of today's most adventurous musicians.' Ladies and gentlemen, Bruce Levingston.
Last year, we enacted the most transformational public education reforms in 30 years. We came to this action because we recognized that serious problems exist within our state's education system.
When we set about to develop our Education Works agenda, we found troubling evidence of the struggles in Mississippi classrooms. Just two weeks ago, Education Week released its Quality Counts ratings that placed Mississippi as No. 51 for K-12 student achievement. We can all agree this is unacceptable.
Political posturing and finger-pointing do nothing to help these children, so we have worked together in these past two years to offer solutions. Not through some arbitrary formula or standards dictated by the federal government but by common sense priorities. Our Education Works reforms will help prepare children for lifelong learning by improving literacy skills and ending status-quo social promotion.
In one eventful year, we implemented the third grade gate to require reading proficiency; we launched a merit pay program; we raised standards for teacher training programs and created scholarships for bright young students who want to teach; we established a collaborative pre-K learning program; we funded Mississippi Building Blocks; and we created a public charter school system.
With these priorities, we increased our targeted education spending by $18.6 million and also directed $22.6 million to the National Board Certified Teacher Program and $6 million to Teach for America. The total appropriation for K-12 education for fiscal year 2014 exceeds $2.3 billion. This is more funding for education than has been appropriated in any of the past four years.
With the Legislature's help, we will increase this funding for the upcoming budget cycle. My fiscal year 2015 executive budget recommendation includes an additional $22 million for education spending. This includes our existing Education Works priorities, as well as $16 million for a new school repair fund to be administered by the Department of Finance and Administration. Placing these capital expense aside specifically for K-12 education will go a long way toward repairing leaking roofs in our classrooms without contributing to the rising tide of costs in the administration building.
Even with these successes, our work in education is far from finished, and there are new efforts that I will call on the Legislature to adopt. However, we must make our first priority implementing the reforms we have already passed.
I recently released Opportunity Mississippi, which is my strategic plan for this state. In that document, I outlined benchmarks for our Education Works reforms:
College and career readiness among high school students has become a centerpiece of change and advancement. We must aim to reduce the high school dropout rate 10 percent by 2017. If properly implemented, the other reforms we have enacted will help us achieve this goal.
Through the third grade gate, we should also work to document a 20 percent increase in literacy attainments for third grade students by 2017. I call on the Legislature to work toward providing enough funding for this essential program to establish a ratio of one reading coach for every nine teachers in our highest-need classrooms.
I have long been an advocate for increasing teacher salary, and I believe we should pay good teachers well. Last session, I requested and you approved of funding for a pilot program to establish a merit pay system. My strategic plan calls for implementing merit pay in at least 70 percent of Mississippi school districts by 2018. It is my hope that revenue will be sufficient to increase the current merit pay appropriation by a substantial amount and fast track the pilot program to get raises to teachers sooner.
My fiscal year 2015 executive budget, like my previous budget, has also requested that the Legislature fully fund the National Board Certified Teacher program. Achieving this status can mean a $6,000 raise for a teacher. Some 3,500 teachers in Mississippi are board-certified. We are doing an excellent job of encouraging teachers to pursue this certification, and I want to see Mississippi increase its number of board-certified teachers 25 percent by 2018.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has recognized Mississippi's efforts in this arena and has awarded our state a grant of $350,000 to help support teaching students who wish to pursue board certification at the outset of their careers. This program should help Mississippi recruit another 1,000 teachers for board certification in the next few years. All of this will translate into a greater number of highly qualified teachers in Mississippi classrooms, which will mean better outcomes for students.
Finally, I ask the Legislature to grant the request in my executive budget recommendation to provide $1.5 million to conduct a pilot program to examine the use of the ACT as the high school exit exam in lieu of other assessments. This pilot will cover the cost of the ACT for every high school junior in Mississippi in the upcoming school year.
This program will not only allow us to obtain a more accurate measure of student achievement, it will benefit students by providing them with access to a test that has practical use in their lives as a college entrance exam.
It will also save us money because Mississippi's current group of high school assessments costs more than $4 million per year. Let us make this common sense change now and get on with preparing our children for success in the real world and stop teaching for the test.
Our third objective for success should be for every Mississippian to be born into a mature, two-parent family. Our Healthy Teens for a Better Mississippi program has conducted community meetings and seminars all across the state. We have involved schools, churches, families, health care professionals and, most importantly, teens, in community discussions regarding decision-making and healthy behavior.
We have started making a difference. According to the annual report of the Mississippi State Department of Health, our state's teen pregnancy rate declined by 10.3% in 2012.
I believe we have also done an admirable job in protecting our children, both born and unborn. By strengthening the Child Protection Act and by requiring that abortionists obtain admitting privileges at local hospitals, we are protecting women's health. But let me be clear, on this unfortunate anniversary of Roe versus Wade, my goal is to end abortion in Mississippi.
I continue to believe this is the right time to stand for our beliefs — our faith, our families, and our nation. To strengthen our resolve, I have asked that we take a bold step for God and country. I have called on Senator Michael Watson to introduce legislation that would change the wording on the Great Seal of the State of Mississippi to reflect our nation's motto. With your help, the seal of the State of Mississippi will, from this session forward, reflect the simple yet profound words 'In God We Trust'.
As our fourth guiding principle, this administration has pledged to make certain every tax dollar is put to a proper and legal use. Since the budget reforms of the mid 1990s, many of us have supported a performance-based budgeting system that allocates resources based on results. I applaud appropriations chairmen Buck Clarke and Herb Frierson for taking steps to move our state toward a more accountable budget model.
Change in this arena is not easy, and I thank you for your leadership. Let this be the year we show the taxpayers our commitment to performance-based budgeting that rewards success and reduces wasteful spending.
In my first executive budget, I called on the Legislature to reinstate the 2 percent set aside, appropriating only 98 percent of available revenue. I applaud you for heeding that call. Your discipline has helped put more than $109 million in the rainy day fund. However, we can do better. As revenue collections increase, we must take this opportunity to refill the rainy day fund to prepare for the future.
If we leave the balance of our state savings account untouched, and again adhere to the 98 percent rule, we can bring the rainy day fund to nearly half of its statutory limit. As lieutenant governor, I worked hard in 2008 to fill the rainy day fund and was criticized by some at the time for doing so. That decision to save when we could proved crucial when we were hit with the great recession. Although we were forced to cut budgets, those savings kept us from cutting as deeply as we would otherwise have been forced to do. Let us take that prudent position once more and fill the Rainy Day Fund for the difficult days that could be ahead.
I need not emphasize the importance of reducing our dependence on one time revenue for recurring expenses. I commend the speaker and lieutenant governor and their leadership teams for working with me to stop this practice, and I am confident we can end it this year. As I have shown in my executive budget recommendation, we can adequately fund government and have no-one time funding for ongoing expenditures. The taxpayers can be confident in your leadership towards this goal.
This year, I have asked that we add a fifth objective to our vision for this state. We must build a future where every Mississippian will be safe in his or her person and property.
The foremost duty of government is to ensure the public's safety. Seven months ago, you assembled a committee of stakeholders and governmental leadership who — with the help of the Pew research team — produced a results-driven report on corrections and criminal justice. The task force issued a comprehensive set of policy recommendations that I believe will be instrumental to reforming our criminal justice system. That task force's bipartisan effort shows what results can be accomplished when we are not only tough but also smart on crime.
As a former deputy sheriff and as a state auditor, I have helped put many criminals behind bars and had no regrets about doing so when necessary. Our family has experienced a violent crime that resulted in the loss of a loved one. I have attended funerals and memorials of slain officers and witnessed firsthand the pain of those mothers and wives. I have no sympathy for violent or career criminals, and I believe that any modification to the correctional system should put the victim first.
I plan to expand the call of the Pew report and to ask for the creation of veterans treatment courts to aid our service men and women who have made mistakes and want to get back on track. I believe we owe our veterans this special attention because they, more than most, have earned a second chance from their country.
As you know, I have also long been an advocate of drug courts, and I hope you will follow the guidance in my budget and fully fund this effort. These courts work. They provide a valuable service that helps get Mississippians on the right path again.
To combat pockets of serious crime in our state, I have asked you to fund a violent crime strike force composed of state, local and federal law enforcement officers. These elite forces will respond to a specific high-crime area and hit gangs and drug dealers where they live. Give law enforcement the authority and the resources they need, and they will get the job done.
Your Mississippi Department of Public Safety has done a remarkable job this year. With us tonight in the gallery is a fine example of the selfless bravery of our troopers. Trooper First Class Kervin Stewart was recognized as the 2012 Trooper of the Year. While off duty and travelling through Alabama, Trooper Stewart came upon a fiery crash. Despite the risks to himself, Trooper Stewart pulled the driver from his vehicle, extinguished the fire that was engulfing him, and saved his life. A 20-year veteran of the army, Trooper Stewart is just one example of the dedication of the fine men and women of our highway patrol. Trooper Stewart, thank you for your service and your sacrifice.
The men and women who wear the blue and grey of the Mississippi Highway Patrol remain the best of the best, but they now need your help. The last trooper school added 51 officers to a patrol that remains nearly 150 below its necessary number. This shortage puts not only the motoring public's lives at risk but also those of our troopers. Let me assure you, without more troopers on the road people will die. Let us fund a trooper school this year.
Of all the things that make Mississippi great, perhaps none is more valuable than our ability to persevere and achieve great things together. Mississippians as a whole are without a doubt the most resilient, the most passionate, and the most capable people in this nation.
Time and time again, history proves that when we fix our focus on a goal — be it repairing the damage wrought by natural disasters or launching entire new industries — we are bold enough to do whatever it takes to achieve success. As governor, I am thankful for the opportunity to chart the course forward for our state. Our hard work is already yielding rewards, and we are equipping ourselves with the tools to take full advantage of the next opportunities that will come our way.
I thank all of you for your help and your discernment. Even your opposition makes us better as we consider every new idea under the intensity of your gaze. But in the end, it is the moving forward that keeps us together. It is the challenge of achieving the people's will now and for the future.
Before we leave tonight, I ask you to join me in thanking the men and women of our armed forces, particularly our National Guard, for defending the freedoms that allow us to gather in this place.
God bless each of you; God bless Mississippi; and God bless the United States of America.
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If you're looking for a job in corporate IT, you might want to think again. While there are plenty of jobs at technology companies, startups, and smaller businesses, the classic enterprise IT department is laboring under what can only be called a perfect storm that's blowing away full-time positions at a frightening rate.
"Large companies in North America and Europe are now losing over 250,000 jobs each year in IT, finance, and other key business services areas, due to the combined impact of offshoring, technology-driven productivity improvements, and the low-growth business environment," according to a new research update from The Hackett Group, a global consulting and research organization.
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The report holds a glimmer of good news: Offshoring, the movement of jobs to countries where labor and infrastructure costs are lower, is finally beginning to slow, although Hackett analysts predict that as many as 100,000 jobs in so-called business services will still move annually to other countries over the next few years.
These are all long-term trends, of course, and when looked at over the last decade, the results are staggering. The report says that "of the baseline of about 8 million business services jobs that existed in North America and Europe in 2002, The Hackett Group's research estimates that 46 percent, or 3.7 million jobs, will have disappeared by 2017, including 1.4 million jobs in corporate finance and 1.5 million jobs in corporate IT." Roughly half of those lost jobs were based in the United States.
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Neither I nor Hackett's analysts are saying that the bottom has fallen out of the IT labor market. In May, for example, the Dice employment board listed 83,000 jobs in IT, including nearly 50,000 full-time positions. That number has held steady for 12 months, and the IT labor market as a whole has long since climbed out of the hole created by the recession.
The Dice data doesn't indicate what sorts of businesses are actually hiring at the moment, and there's another potentially mitigating factor: Many IT jobs within enterprises have moved out of the traditional IT ghetto and into various business-related departments.
A recent report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed a net gain of 18,400 jobs in July across four industry job segments commonly associated with IT professionals, the second largest monthly gain in 2013. That's the third month this year in which more than 18,000 workers were added to U.S. payrolls.
The good news notwithstanding, it's clear that corporate IT is far from a fertile field for job seekers and professionals moving up the career ladder.


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Celebrity News June 26, 2014
Tracey Edmonds and Charissa Thompson Named Co-Hosts of 'Extra' Alongside Host Mario Lopez
"Extra" is having a very good week, and it's just getting better.
The second longest-running entertainment news magazine in syndication just won the first ever Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment News Program, and now the show has announced that two new co-hosts are joining host Mario Lopez for Season 21.
Tracey Edmonds and Charissa Thompson have signed multi-year deals to join "Extra" as co-hosts alongside Lopez, who has been with the program since 2007.
Edmonds is an award-winning producer and CEO of the production company Edmonds Entertainment, whose latest project is the hit series "Deion's Family Playbook" on OWN. Thompson is currently the co-host of "FOX Sports Live" on FOX Sports 1.
The new co-hosts will debut on "Extra" when its 21st season premieres on Sept. 8.
Edmonds said, "I am thrilled to join 'Extra' and am so excited about being a part of such a dynamic and progressive entertainment show. I look forward to working with Mario, Charissa, Lisa Gregorisch-Dempsey and her whole team. 'Extra' already set the bar high, but I look forward to contributing new ideas and exploring new horizons on the show as I enter the next chapter of my career."
Thompson added, "Working for 'Extra' has always been a dream job for me. I met with Lisa G a few years ago and she didn't hire me -- actually, I'm not sure if she remembered me. I made it a goal of mine to work hard and get back in front of her to knock her socks off, and I guess I made a better second impression. Now everything has come full circle. I am so excited to be joining 'Extra' and can't wait to get started with Mario and Tracey and the whole team."
The announcement was made today by Lisa Gregorisch-Dempsey, Senior Executive Producer of "Extra." Gregorisch-Dempsey said, "Tracey Edmonds is one of the most accomplished television forces in Hollywood. She is already a star with A-list relationships. Charissa Thompson is one of the quickest, sharpest and best interviewers on sports TV and was born to juggle the demands of fast-paced television. From the moment I put Tracey and Charissa on stage with Mario, their chemistry was off the charts. They are generous with each other, they complement Mario, and together they will be an unstoppable team that will take 'Extra' into the future."
"Extra" is broadcast from Universal Studios Hollywood, in front of the iconic globe. "Extra" is the only show in the genre to bring the electricity of a live audience to its coverage of breaking entertainment news, celebrity interviews and pop culture, allowing millions of viewers to be part of an "entertainment event." Every day, A-list names in film, television, music and sports come to "Extra" to break news and interact with their fans.


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The temperature is cool but the sun is shining in Nice...
comfortably seated on a banquette in Le Colonial Café, on the seafront, you enjoy the best of views... warm and cosy behind the bay!
Drink tea as you watch couples enjoying a romantic stroll and kids playing on the beach. The palm trees flutter in the breeze and the sun is starting to set, slowly. How fantastic it is to relax by the sea during your stay in Nice!
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Baby Gates That are High On Style
Baby gates are perhaps the final frontier when it comes to products for children that are functional and beautiful. We've all grown so accustomed to the bland, bordering-on-institutional look of them that it kind of feels like how things should be. Safety comes first and we seem to collectively accept that it's okay if safety products are also ugly.
The baby gates on the market are, for the most part, uninspiring from a design perspective although there have been improvements and added features since the standard accordion-style ones my parents probably used when I was little (if they used them at all).
Depending on the type and layout of your home (and your parenting style), you may not use baby gates at all. But if you do and have been frustrated by your choices at the store, I've collected some of my favorite, stylish examples of baby gates. Many of them are custom built or DIY projects that address unusual layouts or spacing in a home or improve the aesthetics (and often, both).
They are a breath of fresh air and may inspire you for your own home. With any luck, the industry will begin to take note that there is a desire and a market for better looking baby gates, especially among families with multiple children for whom they are a fixture of the house for several years.
What do you think? Do you want more stylish options or is function enough?
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• Good Questions: Babyproofing a Rail-less Staircase
• Reusing Cribs and Baby Gates as Garden Trellises
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"Tower of Goo" was downloaded over 100,000 times within months of hitting the net.
Here's a crazy game idea: Drag trash-talkin' gobs of goo to build a giant tower higher and higher. They squirm and giggle and climb upward over the backs of their brothers, but be careful! A constant battle against gravity, if you build a tower that's too unstable, it will all fall down.
"Tower of Goo" was downloaded over 100,000 times within months of hitting the net, it was dubbed ˇ°Internet Game of the Monthˇ± in one magazine, it was demoed on G4 and at the Experimental Gameplay Workshop at GDC, and it was one of over fifty games we made as a part of the Experimental Gameplay Project at Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center.
And like the rest of them, it was made in under a week, by one person.
The project started in Spring 2005 with the goal of discovering and rapidly prototyping as many new forms of gameplay as possible. A team of four grad students, we locked ourselves in a room for a semester with three rules:
1. Each game must be made in less than seven days,
2. Each game must be made by exactly one person,
3. Each game must be based around a common theme i.e. "gravity", "vegetation", "swarms", etc.
As the project progressed, we were amazed and thrilled with the onslaught of web traffic, with the attention from gaming magazines, and with industry professionals and academics all asking the same questions, "How are you making these games so quickly?" and "How can we do it too?"
We lay it all out here. Through the following tips, tricks, and examples, we will discuss the methods that worked and those that didn't. We will show you how to slip into a rapid prototyping state of mind, how to set up an effective team, and where to start if you've thought about making something new, but weren't sure how. We hope these well-tested guidelines come in useful for you and your next project, big or small!
For easy browsing, all tips and tricks are organized into four sections: Setup, Design, Development, and General Gameplay. Enjoy!
1. Setup: Rapid is a State of Mind
Rapid prototyping is more than just a useful tool in pre-production ¨C it can be a way of life! This section will show how to set up and begin thinking like a rapid prototyper.
Embrace the Possibility of Failure - it Encourages Creative Risk Taking
It's all about that little trouble-maker we call ˇ°riskˇ±. Fear of failure, as far as we can tell, is the reason why movie licenses and double digit franchise games keep getting made. It's like always choosing to go to McDonalds instead of an unexplored new restaurant ¨C always safer to rely on a well-known adequate option rather than take that risky plunge into the unknown but potentially delicious.
A good rapid prototyper would realize that failure is ok! That's what prototyping is for, so go crazy! If you fail, there will be dozens more, and chances are, you'll learn something anyway. By embracing the possibility of failure, rewarding experimentation becomes possible.
Mr. Gray: ˇ°Mime After Mimeˇ± and ˇ°A Mime to Killˇ± were two games I made that attempted gameplay using only positional audio cues with no visuals. Although they were utter failures, the whole team was thrilled to take such a bold risk to prove the failure of audio-only gameplay, and I could point with pride to my hideous creations. As I gathered experience throughout the project, I was able to take more directed risks that lead to successful games.ˇ±
"Mime After Mine" and "A Mime to Kill" - warmly embracing failure.
Enforce Short Development Cycles (More Time != More Quality)
You only need a few days. It seems like a natural and comforting thing to say, ˇ°Hey we made a great game in one week. Therefore, if we spend TWO weeks, it will be TWICE as good!ˇ± Of course this isn't the case. We found that generally any gameplay idea can be prototyped effectively in less than one week. Extra slop time tends to yield diminishing returns. Some prototypes, for instance, took just a single evening to throw together, while others got an extra week or two of love. Surprisingly, we found that there was no correlation between time spent in development and how successful the game ultimately turned out.
Attack of the Killer Swarmˇ± (left) took just a day to throw together and surprisingly became one of the highest rated games of the project. ˇ°Suburban Brawlˇ± (right) received an extra week of love but became so convoluted it probably would have been more fun without the addition of giant killer robots ¨C which wasted both cities and time alike.
Constrain Creativity to Make You Want it Even More
Our most successful games grew out of specific themes or ˇ°toysˇ±, like ˇ°gravityˇ± or ˇ°swarmingˇ± or ˇ°make a game targeted towards a predominantly female casual gamer demographicˇ±. Somehow, it became easier to be creative when there were restrictions in place.
Additionally, with a team of people all simultaneously generating prototypes around a particular theme, there was some guarantee we would avoid attacking the same obvious gameplay mechanics. Instead, we were challenged to explore and really suck the theme dry for all possible gameplay uses.
We moved away from this model towards the end of the project, ultimately to our detriment. Without solid thematic constraints, the games took longer to create, had less direction, and group unity deteriorated. There was less a feeling of ˇ°we're all in it togetherˇ±, and even worse, we lost the sense of friendly competition that was responsible for squeezing out those extra drops of creativity and finesse.
Some of the themes we explored were: ˇ°gravityˇ±, ˇ°springsˇ±, ˇ°evolutionˇ±, ˇ°soundˇ±, ˇ°predator and preyˇ±, ˇ°addictive gamesˇ±, ˇ°drawingˇ±, ˇ°exponential growthˇ±, ˇ°vegetationˇ±, ˇ°balanceˇ±, and a few others individually.
ˇ°Gravity Headˇ± ¨C use your gravity-powered head to grow and deliver.
Gather a Kickass Team and an Objective Advisor ¨C Mindset is as Important as Talent
Each member of the team had to be comfortable with all aspects of game development. Everyone was responsible for their own programming, art, sound, and everything else that went into the final product. But talent wasn't everything. Ideally, it was important for everyone to approach this style of development with the understanding that design is paramount ¨C everything else from art to engineering exists only to serve the final design. A great engineer without this mindset would likely be less successful than a mediocre engineer who fully understands this point.
A word from Jesse Schell, project advisor: ˇ°I am always fascinated by the creative process for generating new game ideas, and so naturally I was thrilled when Shalin, Matt, and the Kyles proposed this project. I looked at it as an opportunity to try side-by-side controlled experiments in creativity, hoping there would be useful game design lessons learned. As faculty advisor, I tried to make sure that the team tried several different techniques, that the team was learning from their mistakes, that no one dwelled too long on an idea that wasn't working out, and that each individual was finding their optimal creative process.
ˇ°I gave suggestions along the way about how to improve the games as well, but mostly I tried to stay out of the way. I felt a bit like a gardener -- I did a little watering and weeding, but the flowering was all up to them. As this paper shows, the team was able to make some very useful conclusions ¨C and ended up with some good games to boot! There is still more to learn about optimizing the creative process, and the Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Center plans to continue this project.ˇ±
ˇ°Our team, Experimental Friends 4 Ever!
Develop in Parallel for Maximum Splatter
So once we assembled our team, what did we do? We stop working with each other! It might sound odd, but the benefits of not collaborating were too great to ignore:
As the weeks wore on, we found that having the team work together was most valuable at the beginnings and ends of each cycle. In the beginning of each cycle, the team was useful for helping to solidify and compare ideas. Once we hit development, we found each other to be more of a distraction than anything else ¨C as each person was fully immersed in their own efforts. By the end of each cycle, we would all return to the room and work together until the wee hours of the morning for that last-minute extra taste of competition. A graph of this phenomenon might look something like this:
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In the latest video from Anonymous, they have called for the most aggressive action yet. They're asking the American people to join them in a "call to arms" for the destruction and overthrow of the US Government.
In the statement, Anonymous says the government is calling them "terrorists" because they truly fear a people's uprising.
"The United States Government insists on labeling us as terrorists. The question is, "who do we terrorize?" Is it probable that the United States government is truly afraid of we, the people?"
They are not calling for denial of service attacks on government websites or protests as is their normal modus operandi, but for freedom activists to join them in full-blown war to overthrow the US Government and return it to the control of the people.
"We are not calling upon the collective to deface or use a distributed denial of service attack on a United States government agency website, or affiliate. We are not calling upon the people to once again occupy a city or protest in front of a local building, This has not brought on us any legislative change or alternate law. It has only brought us bloodshed and false criticism. For the last 12 years, voting has been useless. Corporations and lobbyists are the true leaders of this country and are the ones with the power to control our lives, To rebuild our government, we must first destroy it.Our time for democracy is here, Our time for resolution is here, This is America's time for revolution, To restore our constitutional rights, to once again, be free therefore, Anonymous along with the American people have decided to openly declare war on the United States government. This is a call to arms."
The hacktivist collective lists a long train of abuses that can no longer be allowed:
- We refuse to be a police state.
- We refuse to be brutalized and dehumanized by the very people our tax dollars fund to protect our cities and streets.
- We will not allow the government to control our destiny, our right to build a life for ourselves.
- We demand freedom from government control, taxation, repossession and death.
- You will not come to our doors and take our guns, our property, you will not force the citizens of this great country to participate in the unlawful act of government mandated healthcare.
- We the people refuse to put in your control our health, our bodies, our minds, our lives.
- We will not grant permission for the government to deploy drones over our homes and communities.
- We must end the federal reserve. A private central bank should not issue our currency, set interest rates and run our economy. Rather, we need to return control over the currency to the American people where it belongs.
They claim that all peaceful attempts to affect change within the system have failed and the time for action is now.
"Our peaceful actions, patience and restraint have been demonstrated as we watched and waited for our Congress and Representatives to speak for the American citizens and protect us from the tyrant that sits in the oval office and happily strips the American people of our rights, one by one, executive order by executive order. We have waited long enough."


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Invite nature into your home with rattan
Rattan is a living material with a will of its own. That's why we work together with experienced weavers who shape the rattan vines to functional products. The cooperation means you can have handmade furniture in your own home – created by man and nature together.
Rattan is a fast-growing palm tree that needs to be boiled and sun-dried before it can be tamed into different shapes that we can sit on, rest in, or decorate our homes with. This is where the weavers come in. "We wouldn't be able to make authentic rattan products without them. They have skills that can't be copied by machines", says Andreas Fredriksson, who has designed some of our rattan furniture together with the artisans.
One-of-a-kind furniture
With rattan, it's possible to create round and organic shapes that are difficult to achieve with other materials. Every rattan vine shifts in colour and shape. It makes it impossible to manufacture two pieces of furniture that look exactly the same. On the other hand, you get unique items with a warm and homely feeling. "There are simpler materials to work with, but the liveliness in rattan is what gives it character. It can create a pleasant contrast to other things many of us have at home", says Andreas.
In cooperation with nature
If rattan is treated right it can be transformed into almost anything, even furniture with generous forms that can fit in a flat pack. But the design is not only up to the designer and the artisan. "You have to cooperate with Mother Nature and come up with some new solutions as well – but the reward when you get everything to harmonise makes it worthwhile", finishes Andreas.


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I'm Sorry, Apple: I Switched
I joined the dark side on Wednesday. After going through three different generations of the iPhone since 2008, I went Android.
This doesn't mean I've soured on Apple as an investment. This certainly doesn't mean that my next three phones will be Android devices. I just came to the conclusion that it's in my best interest to be mobile operating system-agnostic.
AT&T lets me upgrade my phone every 20 months. Other carriers let folks swap out their devices between 20 and 24 months after purchase. The carrier's hefty monthly bill -- steep because AT&T is subsidizing more than $300 off the price of a smartphone on contract -- makes me a sap if I wait.
I paid the stupid tax before. I would wait until the next iPhone would roll out, forgoing months of upgrade eligibility before that. All this did was the start the clock later on my next upgrade.
My upgrade window opened earlier this month, and I went with the smartphone that seemed to best suit my needs. Right now, that's the Samsung Galaxy S4. I'm too early in the learning curve to give it a ringing endorsement, but I don't regret my decision.
I spend more time computing on my smartphone than using it as a phone, and the larger-sized phone appealed to me. I take more snapshots than I make phone calls. Nearly everything I used to do on my iPhone I can on Android. I never invested heavily in paid apps, and the bad news for both Apple and Google in the future is that I'm likely to start now that I've embraced the "best available smartphone" approach. Get wooed too deep into an ecosystem, and you wind up paying that dumb tax where you can wait as long as 15 months between iPhone releases.
I could've waited for Apple to make a phone with a 5-inch screen. Surely Apple would match if not surpass the S4's 13-megapixel camera in its update later this year. A rumor indicates that even Samsung is about to outdo itself with a 16-megapixel camera an an optical zoom lens in an upcoming S4 model. It certainly would've been easier to keep my few App Store purchases going instead of buying them again through Google Play.
I choose not to wait. If Apple's iPhone that rolls out in early 2015 is the best device on the market, that's where I'll go.
I don't think I would've strayed from the iOS and Android universe that commands the lion's share of the smartphone and tablet markets. Nokia has some pretty slick cameras in its Lumia phones, but I don't have faith in the long-term survival of Windows Phone as a mobile platform. I was initially impressed with some of the BlackBerry 10 features, but I have even more doubts about the long-term viability of BlackBerry . The developer support isn't there.
I have no problem giving up iTunes, but I use Spotify -- paired up to my car via Bluetooth -- for most of my musical consumption. There seems to be no indication that Spotify will offer a BlackBerry 10 app.
What does this all mean for investors? Well, I know I'm not the only one embracing agnosticism when it comes to mobile operating systems. AT&T and its wireless carrier peers charge too much to not play the field, and the learning curves get easier, one would imagine, as you hop from platform to platform.
I'm sorry we're breaking up, Apple, but it's not you. Let's blame this on a twisted wireless carrier system that encourages smartphone owners to play the field.
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2014 Elf Classic Yacht Race
The race is organized by the Classic Yacht Restoration Guild ( http://www.cyrg.org), keepers of the Elf. She is a 1888 Lawley-built (Boston) '30-footer' class cutter and has been a continuous part of American maritime culture for more than a century. The race starts in Annapolis, MD and ends at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD.Read More
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Media : Print Advertisement Concept and Design
Tip: Print advertising in magazines and newspapers offer unique challenges. Consider your own reading habits. We doubt you study every advertisement in every magazine you read. What does capture your attention? As they say, 'stop the eye and start the sale' is still true in print advertising. Think for just a moment; how can you make somebody stop, take notice and read? That's the trick to great print advertising.


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All of our Cooperative members are mothers, grandmothers, aunts and sisters – and sometimes all of the above! So it comes as no surprise that we were the first Cooperative to offer hand-made plush toy animals, which we call Kuffiyeh Kritters. Kuffiyeh Kritters are some of our most popular items for those looking to share Palestine with the young ones in their life. Each year, we add a new species to our Kuffiyeh Kritter product line. This year's addition will be out soon. Don't forget to browse our specialty items – you never know what interesting product might show up at our Cooperative!
Please note that each of our products are unique hand-made items, and will not be identical copies to those shown on our website. We will make every effort to match the specific pattern shown in each photo as possible, unless otherwise asked to. Certain products, especially those ordered in bulk, may take longer to deliver if not readily available in stock. Have a question about a specific product, or do you wish to make a custom order? Contact us and we will respond within a few business days.


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Employers in England, Scotland and Wales will have to provide eligible workers with a new entitlement to parental bereavement leave and pay from April.
This will provide parents who lose a child or suffer a stillbirth with a day-one employment right to take two weeks off work on statutory pay.
Subject to parliamentary agreement, the new entitlement will apply to deaths or stillbirths on or after 6 April 2020.
HMRC considers 'parents' to be adoptive parents, parents of a child born to a surrogate and parents who are fostering to adopt.
The new entitlement also applies to legal guardians who cared for the child in their own home for four weeks ending with the date of death.
The Government estimates that 'Jack's Law' will help support around 10,000 parents in the UK each year.
Kevin Hollinrake, MP and sponsor of the original Private Member's Bill, said:
"While most employers are compassionate and generous in these situations, some are not, so I was delighted to be able to help make leave for bereaved parents a legal right."
Clea Harmer, chief executive at the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society, added:
"All employers need to ensure they know about this important change in the law and what additional support they can offer to bereaved parents in their workplace, as this is vital time for them in their grieving process."
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The trailer for the Coen Brothers new film "A Serious Man" has been released…
…and the script is available at their site (pdf).
God I love these guys. Big, sloppy fawning unmitigated man-love these guys.
When you look at a list of their projects — Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou?, No Country for Old Men, and Burn After Reading (and that's not all of them) — it's just stunning. I mean holy shit. They're not just good movies. They're not just really good movies. They're experimental, brave, complicated, unique, and varied. They're almost all brilliant in some aspect of the word, and certainly none are "average".
My writing partner and I had a conversation many years ago, that went something like "Would you rather be Isaac Asimov and write 200 or more mediocre books, or Kurt Vonnegut, and write far fewer really amazing and challenging books?"
We both answered "Vonnegut" (and that answer of course assumes you're capable of writing like Vonnegut).
The Coen Brothers are my screenwriting Vonneguts. They've got the goods. They are what I aspire to be. Just once.


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Is there any word currently more contested in our culture than marriage? Over the past month or so, we've seen North Carolina become the 30th state to approve a constitutional provision restricting marriage to one man and one woman, followed by President Obama declaring that he now supports marriage being extended to same-sex couples. Then a federal appeals court in Boston unanimously ruled that a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional. The issue could find its way to the US Supreme Court as early as next year.
When definitions are at stake, as in the marriage debates, the dictionary can become a political football. On May 9, the day of Obama's announcement, Merriam-Webster lexicographer Peter Sokolowski reported in his Twitter feed that the word marriage was "spiking off the charts" in terms of online dictionary lookups. And those who checked the dictionary weren't always pleased with what they found.
Merriam-Webster Collegiate's primary definition of marriage is "the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law." Since 2003, it has also included a secondary sense: "the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage." When a Twitter follower asked Sokolowski why "same-sex and opposite-sex marriage are differentiated," Sokolowski responded, "This isn't about ascribing equal rights to people; it's about describing the use of the word."
Meanwhile, a New Hampshire man named Mike Raven was distraught by how the North Carolina referendum results had upset his twin sister, who is a lesbian. Surveying how dictionaries treat the word marriage, he decided to launch an online petition seeking a definition that doesn't specify gender at all. His original target was Merriam-Webster, but he quickly changed the subject of the petition to Dictionary.com, the most popular online dictionary. "While we cannot change the oppressive and discriminatory way that some religions continue to define marriage, we can go to an even better place," Raven wrote in the petition, which has attracted more than 100,000 signatures. "I believe it is time to correct the definition of 'marriage' at our sources for what words mean: dictionaries."
But are dictionaries really "our sources for what words mean"? That imparts a social power to lexicographers that they themselves would likely disavow: To them, dictionaries merely reflect common usage. From that perspective, Raven's lobbying effort puts the cart before the horse, presupposing that if you change a dictionary definition, you change people's view of the world. Still, naive as this notion may seem, dictionaries do hold sway as a kind of umpire in semantic disputes—and sometimes even in legal ones.
Raven's beef with Dictionary.com (which is based largely on the Random House Dictionary) focuses on the fact that, as in Merriam-Webster, marriage has a two-part definition, with gay marriage in the second part. But that fact is not intended to relegate same-sex marriage to second-class status. Random House organizes its entries with the "most frequently encountered" meaning first. Merriam-Webster orders its definitions historically; as the dictionary's associate editor Kory Stamper told me, their treatment is intended "primarily to show the evolution of the word's meaning."
Despite the belief among some social conservatives that marriage has always meant one thing, its definition has been evolving for as long as there have been dictionaries. For instance, the Century Dictionary, edited by the great American linguist William Dwight Whitney in the late 19th century, included "plural" marriage in its entry, said to apply "especially to the kind of polygamy existing among the Mormons, without the accompaniment of the harem of Oriental countries, each wife usually living in a separate house."
When Merriam-Webster made room for same-sex marriage in its 11th Collegiate edition, the change ignited a firestorm of criticism from the right. The conservative news site World Net Daily picked up on the revision in 2009, writing, "One of the nation's most prominent dictionary companies has resolved the argument over whether the term 'marriage' should apply to same-sex duos or be reserved for the institution that has held families together for millennia: by simply writing a new definition." This criticism is misguided in its own way: Lexicographers would be bereft in their descriptive duty if they ignored the way people were using the word.
After all, even those who argue passionately against sanctioning same-sex marriage reflect this changing meaning in their language use. Take Rick Santorum, who spent much of the Republican presidential primary season making "common-sense" arguments for the traditional definition of marriage. In Iowa last year, he said that "calling same-sex marriage a marriage would be like calling a cup of tea a basketball." But the only way he could describe what he opposed was to use the expression "same-sex marriage."
Perhaps Santorum applies silent scare quotes around the word marriage every time he uses it in that context, or perhaps he sees "same-sex marriage" as one of those contradictory compounds like peanut butter (not really butter) and jellyfish (not really a fish). But more likely he's just describing the type of marriage that involves two people of the same sex, using the language his listeners will understand. And to a dictionary editor, concerned with people's actual usage, it's significant that a terminological shift is happening across the political spectrum.
Why should activists on either side of this issue be so obsessed with dictionary definitions? The fact is, even if lexicographers are rankled by lobbying efforts from ideological factions, the petitioners and sign-wavers are not entirely wrong about the power dictionaries hold. We all turn to dictionaries as societal umpires, a standard for what is common parlance in America; it's hardly surprising that people want the calls to go in their favor.
And, in rare cases, a patient and well-reasoned plea by dictionary lobbyists actually works. When the American Heritage Dictionary editors added audism to the last edition, defined as "discrimination or prejudice against people based on the fact that their ability to hear is impaired or absent," the deaf author John Lee Clark pointed out that the wording was, well, audist. The editors reconsidered; the online definition now refers to "people who are deaf or hard of hearing."
Beyond regular people looking up words, however, dictionaries have one even more powerful path of influence: They may be used by those who really are in a position to change the law. Courts often care about how dictionaries represent the "ordinary meaning" of words, particularly when those words aren't adequately defined by statutes. For example, when the Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled in a 2007 opinion that that the state's Family Court lacked jurisdiction over a same-sex couple married in Massachusetts, the judges hit the dictionaries to back up their ruling. They found that at the time the Family Court was created by statute in 1961, dictionaries agreed that "marriage" was limited solely to one man and one woman.
We're not living in 1961 anymore, of course. If DOMA reaches the US Supreme Court soon, as seems increasingly likely, and the justices consult the leading English dictionaries, they will find that lexicographers already have changed their tune about the scope of marriage. As society changes, so do our dictionaries—like it or not.
Ben Zimmer is the executive producer of VisualThesaurus.com and Vocabulary.com. He can be reached at benzimmer.com/contact.


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Did that title get your attention? Well, it was meant to, just like it was meant to in this NBC article titled "Scientists Demonstrate How Hackers Could Unlock Your Genetic Secrets." Or how about this one in the New York Times, "Web Hunt for DNA Sequences Leaves Privacy Compromised?" Sensationalism sells….and so does fear. Don't panic, the sky is not falling.
I've had several people forward me a variety of links to several articles about this expressing concern. Most people didn't really understand what was going on…and since "family tree databases" were mentioned in the first paragraph, it frightened them.
This article says that the "security cracking trick relies on the availability of genetic information linked to surnames in a variety of public family-tree databases." Well, that's sort of true, but not exactly true. The issue is not the family tree databases, it's the fact that the researchers in The Thousand Genomes Project, while keeping the names of those 1000 people "anonymous," provided enough information that these scientific researchers, not hackers, were able to data mine the 1000 Genomes participants information to determine their Y-DNA marker values, then compared those haplotypes (marker values) just like we do in databases such as Ysearch and Sorenson. And yes, they likely had matches to several surnames, like most of us do.
Individuals in the 1000 Genomes Project signed a release indicating that they knew that their data was to be used publicly, although their identity would not be revealed but that researchers could not guarantee their privacy. The 1000 Genomes Project, unfortunately, posted the ages of the participants, which at the time seemed innocuous enough, and it was common knowledge within the scientific community that they all lived in Utah. With these three pieces of information, their age, their location, and from the scientists data mining, a possible surname, the scientists were then able, if the surname wasn't something like Smith or Jones, to use publicly available Google and "white pages" types of searches to find people in that state, of that age, by that surname, and then using obituaries and such, connect them through online family trees to their more distant families. They did this with Craig Venter, for example.
This technique is nothing new to genealogists, as we've been finding cousins that way for years – the difference being of course that we didn't data mine, otherwise in this case more aptly referred to as "scientific hacking," the 1000 Genomes Project in order to find their Y-line DNA markers to determine a possible surname for them. That is the issue and the point of this article and ironically, it's scientists who did it, then published the "how-to" manual.
Any genetic genealogist knows, especially anyone dealing with adoptees, that you can only reveal a biological surname about 30% of the time. In fact the scientists success rate was lower, 12%. But that's actually irrelevant in the bigger context of the article. Their point was that they succeeded at all.
This is sort of like putting personal information on the internet, except your name, and then being surprised that someone could connect the dots and put the pieces together. No one would be surprised today if that were to happen. In fact, I'm sure we all have received cautions and warnings about putting too much info on Facebook because burglars were robbing homes when people were vacationing. Many people have their hometown, their high school and their birthday and year publicly available on Facebook. Now how many "security questions" does that answer right there? Combine that with your dog's name and your mother's maiden name and you've got almost all of the common ones.
Aside from the fear-mongering, I have three issues with these reports as a whole.
1. Statements like "they traced those three family tree pedigrees to find other connections between relatives and sensitive genetic data." Whoa, stop right there. Just because you share a surname or even if you are a direct and immediate relative, that says nothing, absolutely nothing, about whether or not you inherited some genetically disposed health issue. Remember, children inherit half of their DNA from each parent. So unless they are finding identical twins or parents, one cannot infer that an entire family tree of people share frightening health traits. It's irresponsible to suggest otherwise.
2. "For years, experts have worried that sensitive genetic data could be used to discriminate against patients, potential employees or would-be insurance customers. Such discrimination is illegal when it comes to employment or health insurance, but the law doesn't' cover life insurance, disability insurance or long-term care insurance. Theoretically an insurer could search through genetic records and turn you down because you have a genetic predisposition to, say, Alzheimer's disease."
Discrimination is an issue, and laws have been put in place to prohibit discrimination in the workplace. But insurers aren't going to sift through genetic data like a private investigator. Suggesting this is unnecessary fear-mongering. Insurers don't do that, they simply tell you that a blood test is a pre-requisite of obtaining insurance. I know, I bought life insurance and they sent a nurse to my house to verify my identity and take a blood sample. At that time, they were looking for diabetes, AIDs and probably a whole lot more. Today, they might be looking for genetic pre-dispositions. I don't know, but I do know they have a direct method of obtaining that information and it's not spending untold hours sifting through someone else's data that likely isn't relevant to you anyway.
3. This "research" project was inspired at Whitehead Institute, an affiliate of MIT, a publicly funded institution. When Yaniv Erlich dreamed up this new hacking technique, he said he couldn't resist trying it, so instead of simply discovering a potential issue and privately and quietly working with the proper people to resolve the issue, he decided to exploit it publicly, obtaining, I suppose, his 15 minutes of fame. So yes, your tax dollars did indeed likely pay for some or all of this "research."
In one of the articles, Dr. Jeffrey R. Botkin, associate vice president for research integrity at the University of Utah, which collected the genetic information of some research participants whose identities were breached, cautioned about overreacting. "Genetic data from hundreds of thousands of people have been freely available online," he said, "yet there has not been a single report of someone being illicitly identified." He added that "it is hard to imagine what would motivate anyone to undertake this sort of privacy attack in the real world." But he said he had serious concerns about publishing a formula to breach subjects' privacy. By publishing, he said, the investigators "exacerbate the very risks they are concerned about."
Well, it's obvious that these folks at Whitehead institute don't live in the real world and clearly don't have enough real scientific research to do.
So, what is the take home of all of this?
- You are not at risk of having anything exposed in this incident unless you are one of the 1000 people in the 1000 Genomes Project. If you are part of the 1000 Genomes Project, and male, there is a 12% risk that they figured out your last name and using other tools, possibly who you are, along with your family. If you are related to someone in the 1000 Genomes Project, the researchers might have figured out that you are related to them. So now the risk is that they'll do what with that information??? Guaranteed, someone will figure out the same information and much more quickly, without your DNA and without government funding if you simply stop paying your bills.
- If you participate in a research project, such as the 1000 Genomes Project, where your full results are made publicly available, you sign a release, and that release indicates that your privacy may not be able to be protected. You are aware of the risks before you begin.
- We, as a community, have been warned for years not to put information that might be medically informative on the internet, such as full sequence mitochondrial DNA information. Anyone who does so, does it at their own risk. The people in the 1000 Genomes Project knowingly took that risk.
- If you stay within the confines of the genealogy and DTC mainstream testing companies, you are fairly well protected. Having said that, reading the consent forms of any of the companies makes it clear that your identity is never entirely protected. We're genealogists after all. What good is genealogical testing if you can't contact people you match?
- Inferred health risks are not the issue they are being portrayed to be in these articles. Your cousins health risks are not necessarily yours. Genetic inheritance is a complex and individual event.
- Insurers who can use health information to restrict or deny insurance are simply going to request a blood sample. They are not going to act like a blood hound on the scent of a rabbit and sort through tons of information for inferences. Why would they when they can obtain the information they seek, directly and much less expensively?
- For those researchers involved with information made publicly available, such at the 1000 Genomes Project, this is a wake-up call that perhaps less information available publicly is better. Some information, such as ages and location should perhaps be available only to legitimate researchers, which would still have included the Whitehead Institute people, but would have taken away much of their thunder. I understand this change has already been implemented, but that doesn't entirely mitigate the issue of genetic data mining publicly available full genomic sequence information for identity, only makes it a little more difficult and less likely to succeed.
- I clearly understand why hackers want my bank account information, and why identity thieves want my personal information, but why, in the real world, not at Whitehead institute, would anyone ever spend the time and effort to do this? The motivation for these researchers was clearly to publish, but I can think of no reason other than that or simply "because they could" to spend the time doing something like this. Who would want to and for what purpose?
- The sky is not falling
It's behind a paywall, but you can access the scientific article here that started all of this hubbub.
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Top Ten Books Collecting Dust on My Shelves...
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I'm with you on Atlas Shrugged. I get about 30 or so pages in every single time I pick it up, then put it right back down.ReplyDelete
Personally I wouldn't waste my time on Atlas Shrugged if I were you. I never finished it, but bleughh, horrible book!ReplyDelete
The same thing happened to me with the Maze Runner! Glimmerglass was just ok for me. I haven't even been interested in continuing on with the series. I loved Wings, though! You should definitely give that one a shot.ReplyDelete
- Jana @ http://thatartsyreadergirl.blogspot.com/
(Although today was my day to post the TTT at The Broke and the Bookish as well, so you may have already read my list!)
I totally know how you feel about Faery books. I didn't care for Wicked Lovely (or Tithe, either) and skipped the Iron Fey series up until last month when I bought The Iron King. Now I'm actually curious about it.ReplyDelete
I can't bring myself to read Atlas either, for the very same reasons! lolReplyDelete
oh my gosh, i absolutely adored atlas shrugged! it is dense, but once i got into it, i couldn't stop! love it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 15, 2011 at 8:36 AM
I just got Wicked Lovely from the library this week...ReplyDelete
Here's my Top Ten Tuesday post. :)
Too funny about Fairy books! I was chuckling at the third "see Glimmerglass". I did the same thing with Maze Runner and then ran out of money for a couple months and ended up reading it working my way down the TBR pile. :-) I'm not a fan of kids killing each other... it's exciting, but my kids are getting old enough to picture in there, which, well... talk about conflicting reactions!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 15, 2011 at 1:16 PM
I hate books that have the tiniest print ... I feel like I'm going to go bug-eyed reading them! That's the reason why I haven't read a lot of the books on my TBR shelf. I think I buy too many of them from Amazon, when I should buy them from a bookstore where I can actually open them up and see if they're readable or not!ReplyDelete
I have done the same thing as you did with faery titles, and some paranormal titles! Must. stop. !!ReplyDelete
Ooh, a lot of the books on your list this Tuesday are on my TBR pile too :)ReplyDelete
Wings and The Maze Runner are so good!! I'd never read any faery books before Wings and I loved it! (:ReplyDelete
I'm right there with you when it comes to faery books. I have Wicked Lovely (which I borrowed from my mom) and every month I plan on finally reading it, but I, of course, don't. I've heard really good things about the Iron Fey series, though, so The Iron King may actually end up being my first faery book.ReplyDelete
Maze Runner! That's another one I want to read! That and Atlas Shrugged. I chose mine this week but next time they will be different (not that I will have read all of my TBR pile, of course).ReplyDelete
The Demon Trapper's Daughter is really good!ReplyDelete
The Maze Runner is awesome and I adored the Wicked Lovely series - both some of my favorites :)ReplyDelete


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PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) -- Multiple shots were fired inside a northern New Jersey mall shortly before closing time Monday night, and there are no reports of fatalities or injuries, a county official said.
Bergen County spokeswoman Jeanne Baratta told The Associated Press that a call went out that shots were had been fired at the Garden State Plaza Mall shortly before the facility's 9:30 p.m. closing time. She said authorities found one bullet casing.
Hundreds of law enforcement officers converged on a mall, which was put on lockdown. New Jersey State Police landed a helicopter in the parking lot of the 2.2-million square foot facility, one of the state's largest and most popular shopping malls.
Baratta said SWAT teams and police with K-9 units were going through the mall and working to evacuate anyone who is still in there. As of 11:30 p.m., authorities believed there were still people in the mall, she said.
Jessica Stigliano, 21, of Richfield, told the AP that she was sitting in the mall's food court when she saw people running and yelling "shots were fired."
Stigliano said she also began running. She said at the time she was thinking, "Not many people run for their life, but that's what I'm doing right now."
She did not see a shooter. "It was scary to think that you could be that close to something like that," Stigliano said.
A manager at Chili's at Garden State Plaza told the AP they were on lockdown and could not leave. She said a manager at Nordstrom ran over to use the phone saying there had been a shooting. She did not say if the Nordstrom manager witnessed it.
Althea Brown, 26, of Paterson told NorthJersey.com she was in a clothing store when she saw a man walk by and then heard three shots followed by two more. She said he appeared to be wearing body armor and was wearing a helmet with the visor pulled up.
Several frightened customers sent tweets saying they were escorted from the mall by armed state troopers. One woman wrote that she ran from the mall "screaming."
The mall is located in Bergen County, about 17 miles northwest of Manhattan.
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Moving bigboard of Havel and Dalailama - Support Tibet
Action "Stěhujeme bigboard - Tibet stále podporujeme". Because of questionable decisions of state officials, the billboard of H.H. Dalai Lama together with Vaclav Havel had to be removed from that historical building (by coincidence, the street of the Czech parliament building). Vaclav Havel's brother suggested to move it on the house of Vaclav Havel's original home , and this was done 29 June 2014 as you see on the picts. Because VH's house is also a historical building, it is probable that this billboard will become a baton to be passed time to time, as a case of civil disobedience. On one of the picts you can also see, there are other historical buildings like the National Theatre, were billboards are tolerated, accepted, allowed; claiming to be sponsors of the reconstruction. Based on that we can suggest, the real reason of keeping the official warning off (meaning a threat of high financial penalty from officials, in line with legislative) is not just rules for historical buildings, but discomfort of certain people when seeing this billboard. It says "The Czechs support Tibet" with reference to the Czech prime minister and very recent common declaration of the Czech and Chinese gov officials regarding Tibet.Read More
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Chip Detective: TV show helps with tech issue
One of the common problems while debugging a new board, as well as reverse engineering designs, is the inability to read part numbers on IC packages. During assembly the parts are baked at high temperatures and often washed with chemicals which can cause the package markings to become very difficult to read.
About 8 years ago i was watching one of the generic "Detective" TV shows where they had a hand gun with the serial number ground off. On the TV show, they used a colored die and different camera lighting to bring out the serial number as the imprint what still on the metal of the gun. I thought to myself... Can i use this method to read the markings on IC packages?
I purchased a small usb based microscope and did some testing. Sure enough it worked.
Today one of my most valued tools is the Celestron 44302-A Deluxe Handheld Digital Microscope(about $50USD). It works with most linux utilities including guvcview which I use to capture images. I've uploaded a picture of an IC taken after the IC had been installed on a pcb. You will notice that the markings are pretty hard to read. Using a Sharpie you can paint the top of the package to bring out the markings. I've tried all the basic colors and found that the yellow is the best. It is dark enough to bring out the markings, but not too opaque to obscure the markings. The second photo is a capture after painting the IC with the yellow Sharpie. You can see a pretty dramatic difference. The third capture is done with the usb microscope at a 45 degree angle with the part, which makes the markings really jump out.
EDIT: this also works on ceramic packages where the markings have intentionally removed. Since most of the markings are done with laser etching, the ceramics usually retain the markings and the yellow ink will get absorbed into the ceramic portions "damaged" by the laser etching.


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THURSDAY, July 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- If you and your family like fireworks, the best way to enjoy them is by watching displays staged by professionals, according to eye doctors.
In 2012, about 8,700 Americans were injured by fireworks, and more than 1,000 of those cases involved eye injuries, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Most of the fireworks-related injuries occurred in the 30-day period before and after the Fourth of July.
While you may be tempted to put on your own show, it's "better to just leave the fireworks alone and go to a show ... and let the professionals do it. That's the safest thing," Dr. Jay McCollum, an ophthalmologist and director of emergency services at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Callahan Eye Hospital, said in a university news release.
Dr. Priscilla Fowler, an assistant professor in the university's ophthalmology department and director of the cornea service, agrees. "Being a cornea specialist, I've seen too many injuries related to fireworks," she said in the news release. "And many of these occur in children and innocent bystanders and result in permanent vision loss."
If you decide to have fireworks at home anyway, the doctors offered a number of tips to reduce the risk of injury, burns and eye damage.
- Read and follow all manufacturer's instructions. Do not use fireworks that have no instructions or product labels. These fireworks may have been made illegally and may be unsafe.
- Light fireworks on a clean, flat surface away from the house or flammable materials.
- Light only one item at a time. Never try to re-light fireworks that did not ignite or explode the first time.
- Keep a bucket of water or a fire extinguisher present in case of fire.
- Never throw fireworks at other people, carry fireworks in your pocket, shoot fireworks from metal or glass containers, experiment with or modify fireworks, make your own fireworks, or use bottle rockets.
- Never allow children to play with fireworks, even sparklers. Sparklers can reach 1,800 degrees F, which is hot enough to melt gold.
- In the event of an eye injury, do not touch, rub or press on the injured eye. Seek immediate medical care.
More information
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has more about fireworks.
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