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Today we unveiled The First $100,000 I Ever Made, a new work created by artist John Baldessari. The work features a $100,000 bill enlarged to cover the 25-by-75 foot billboard next to the High Line at West 18th Street. This is the first work presented in a newly launched series called HIGH LINE BILLBOARD.
We asked Cecilia Alemani, Curator and Director of High Line Art at Friends of the High Line, to answer some questions about the new work.
Who is John Baldessari?
John Baldessari is a legendary artist, one of America's most important and influential figures, a seminal figure in the conceptual art movement, and an inspiration to generations of younger artists. HIGH LINE BILLBOARD presents an extraordinary opportunity for art to generate conversation, and that is why I am thrilled to launch the series with this new work by John Baldessari. One of his first works recited the phrase "I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art," and for more than 40 years, Baldessari has continued to surprise us. Throughout his career, he has explored language and popular culture, mixing references to cinema and advertising. I invited Baldessari to conceive the first work for HIGH LINE BILLBOARD as it seemed a fitting space for him to present a special commission in New York City.
Why did you choose this artwork for the billboard?
Actually, I invited him to create a new, site specific work for High Line Art, and this is the artwork that he conceived.
The artwork consists of a giant $100,000 bill. Does such a thing really exist?
The $100,000 bill holds the record as the highest denomination currency ever issued by the United States, and it plays a special role in the history of currency in this country. For a three-week period spanning 1934 and 1935, in the throes of the Great Depression, the United States government printed 42,000 of these bills and released them as gold certificates to Federal Reserve Banks that had equal amounts of gold in the Treasury. The bills were never circulated among the general public, and in the 1960s, the government recalled the bills following advances in wire transfer technology. Most of the bills were destroyed, but some relics remain at branches of the Federal Reserve and the Smithsonian Museum.
Who is the President featured on the bill?
The $100,000 bill carries an image of Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924), the 28th President of the United States, whose administration oversaw major economic reform and the creation of the United States income tax. He was President from 1913 to 1921.
How much would $100,000 be worth in today's dollars?
One hundred thousand dollars in 1934 would be worth $1,635,664.18 today. All 42,000 notes would fit in four standard 4" deep briefcases and would be worth $4.2 billion in 1934 dollars, or around $68.7 billion in today's dollars.
The artwork is titled The First $100,000 I Ever Made. What is the artist trying to tell us?
The artwork does not have one single message; it is open to interpretation. With its larger-than-life proportion, the work can be viewed in many ways: a photo opportunity for High Line visitors, a commentary on the world's financial situation, an object of desire, or something else entirely. Throughout his career, Baldessari has taught us that art is precisely everything that we do not expect it to be. In this way, the artwork is complete once people react to it.
This is not the first artwork to be presented on this billboard. Can you explain?
The billboard is an iconic feature found in urban landscapes in the United States. The myth and beauty of our cities were created by the billboards that popped up among the skyscrapers. This particular billboard is an interesting format for artists, especially as it relates to the beauty of the High Line. Thanks to the generous support of Edison Properties, the owner of the property on which the billboard stands, we have been able to use the billboard as a space to feature a series of three artworks that would normally be found only in museums or galleries.
My predecessor, Lauren Ross, first used the billboard to present a new work by Demetrius Oliver, a multimedia artist based in Manhattan. Lauren left the organization in June to take a new position, and in her absence, Friends of the High Line invited the photographer, Joel Sternfeld, to curate a series of photographic installations on the billboard over the summer. Long before the High Line was open as a public park, Joel helped Joshua David and Robert Hammond capture the wild landscape that grew up between the railroad tracks on the High Line when the trains stopped running. For the billboard, Joel selected images by two of his favorite photographers: Robert Adams and Darren Almond. This new work by Baldessari is the first of three in a new series called HIGH LINE BILLBOARD. We are planning to invite two other artists to conceive works for the billboard in 2012
Can you talk about the similarities and differences between Baldessari's work and the others?
Whether it is covered with art or advertising, this particular billboard serves as a visual anchor at the High Line. Over the summer, it presented images of striking landscapes that stood in direct contrast to the High Line and the frenetic energy along 10th Avenue. In this way, the images represented a means of escape. Each took us to a magical place, and the larger-than-life proportions of the billboard help reinforce this feeling. This new work by Baldessari takes a similar approach to public engagement. Like the photographs by Sternfeld, Adams, and Almond, the image generates conversation, but unlike the other artworks, Baldessari's piece points our attention to current events. The world's economy and New York's role in it are at the top of everyone's minds. It is interesting that a picture of money invokes thoughts about government, the recession, and the public protests. It means that the art is serving its purpose: it is a mirror of our dreams and anxieties.
Baldessari's The First $100,000 I Ever Made is the first of three works presented in a newly launched series called HIGH LINE BILLBOARD. The piece will remain on view until Friday, December 30, 2011.


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Meta Golding has been cast in Lionsgate's "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" in the role of Enobaria, a former winner of the Hunger Games.
Filming of the sequel is expected to start next month.
Golding's TV credits include a regular role on ABC's "Day Break," along with recurring roles on "CSI," "Criminal Minds," "House," and "Cold Case." She will also be seen in the upcoming independent film "The Chicago 8."
Francis Lawrence is directing "Catching Fire" in early May and Lionsgate has set a release on Nov. 22, 2013. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Lenny Kravitz, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, Toby Jones, and Woody Harrelson will return in their roles.
The film will be produced by Nina Jacobson's Color Force with producer Jon Kilik.
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USA Today has an article online discussing the scientific advances in technology that would make it possible for an invisibility cloak object to exist. Once only something of fiction from the Harry Potter novels, the article reports that scientists have created two prototyped materials that bend light, the first of many steps in advancing the technology. The creation of these two materials is an "important step" in creating an invisibly cloak, along with other devices in the future. Ulf Leonhardt, a physicist at Scotland's University of St. Andrews, is quoted in the article as saying: "Being able to bend light in unusual ways is important for applications that almost resemble magic." The article goes on to say:
One of the new prototypes is a woven fishnet of silver nanowires, each one about 10,000 times thinner than a human hair. It was reported this week in the journal Science.
The team tested the device for red, or visible, light and infrared light and said the prototype bends red light from all angles hundreds of times more effectively than in past attempts.
The other device, reported this week in Nature magazine, relies on 21 stacked grids of silver and magnesium fluoride of similarly small sizes. The researchers found that the device bent infrared light around the grids.
There is also a video online from the AP which showcases the new prototypes and the Berkley scientists which are working in this developing field. USA Today also cites a previous report which expands on the research and progress in creating an invisibility cloak. This article reports on a cloak 'about 5 inches across, consisting of 10 fiberglass plates precisely etched with U-shaped copper divots to cancel reflections and shadows from microwaves.' Readers will remember that back in 2006, we reported that further advancements were made on this front with blueprints for cloak were in the works. While it still may be many years before an invisibility cloak like the one seen in the Harry Potter series can be created, scientists believe that the technology being created can find uses in military applications as well as for cellphone and radio communication.


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As part of its celebration of Teen Driver Safety Week, PennDOT Secretary Barry Schoch announced today that Governor Tom Corbett has proclaimed Oct. 20-26 as Teen Driver Safety Week in Pennsylvania to coincide with the national observance.
PennDOT is using this opportunity to remind parents and guardians that adult supervision is a critical component of keeping teen drivers safe on the roads, recognizing that parents and guardians are an integral part of teen driving success even after they have been licensed.
�Safely operating a vehicle requires complex evaluations, split-second decisions and intricate maneuvers and to help keep kids safe, parents and guardians must thoroughly evaluate a teen driver�s knowledge, skills and abilities behind the wheel,� Schoch said. �Adults set a positive, safe example for young drivers in their family and continuing to monitor young drivers after they receive their license helps keep young drivers safe.�
From 2008 to 2012, there were 103,002 crashes involving at least one 16 to 19-year old driver in Pennsylvania, resulting in 851 fatalities. Of those crashes, 46 percent involved the teen driver driving too fast for conditions, driver inexperience, driver distraction, or improper or careless turning.
The risk of a crash involving any of these factors can be reduced through practice, limiting the number of passengers riding with a teen driver, obeying all rules of the road and using common sense.
In efforts to strengthen graduated driver licensing requirements and enhance training for young drivers, Governor Corbett signed Act 81 into law in 2011. The law increased supervised, behind-the-wheel skill building for permit holders under 18 years old from 50 to 65 hours and added stricter limits on the number of passengers that young drivers can transport for the first six months after they receive their junior license. The law also made it a primary offense for anyone under 18 not properly wearing a seat belt.
As a part of their obligation to help their children become responsible and safe drivers, parents and guardians should:
*Talk to teens about safe driving skills before they turn 16.
*Establish a parent/teen driving contract.
*Strongly encourage teens to avoid distractions behind the wheel.
*Limit the number of passengers teens are allowed to have in their vehicle.
*Limit dawn, dusk and nighttime driving until teens gain more experience, and enforce a curfew. Remember, state law prohibits 16- and 17-year-olds with a junior license from driving between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.
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The Louise Seamen Bechtel Fellowship is one of ALSC's professional awards and grants. It provides a $4,000 grant to a qualified children's librarian to spend a month or more reading and studying at the Baldwin Library of the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville. The Baldwin Library contains a special collection of 85,000 volumes of children's literature published mostly before 1950. The fellowship is endowed in memory of Louise Seaman Bechtel and Ruth M. Baldwin.
Each application will be judged on the following:
- The description of the topic of study for the fellowship period
- The applicants demonstration of ongoing commitment to motivating children to read
Applicants must:
- Be personal members of ALSC as well as ALA; organizational members are not eligible
- Currently be working in direct service to children, or retired members who complete their careers in direct service to children, for a minimum of eight years
- Have a graduate degree from an ALA-accredited program
- Be willing to write a report about his/her study; the report will be submitted to the ALSC Office, for distribution to the Bechtel Committee and for possible inclusion in Children and Libraries, and to the Director of the Smathers Libraries and the Director of the Center for the Study of Children's Literature and Media at the University of Florida
- If selected, retired Fellowship winners would agree to present a minimum of three public programs based on their research project to children in libraries or schools following the completion of their Fellowship period
Christina H. Dorr
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"Home for the Holidays: The Depiction of Holiday Themes in Books for Children"
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"The Goblins Will Get Ya: A Survey of Horror in Children's Literature from the 19th and Early 20th Centuries"
Jacquelyn S. Rogers
"The child illustrated: Social roles revealed through dress depicted in 19th and 20th Century children's literature"
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"Anatomy of a book collection: Ruth M. Baldwin and her quest to build an historical children's book collection (1953-1990)"
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ASU employees recognized for years of service
Pictured, left to right, (back row) Bill Herrmann, Crystal Wallace, Caryn Chavez, Lynn Crowder, Debra Ehrlich, Dr. Linda Christian, Beth Apodaca Ruybal, Mark Schoenecker, Bobbi Maul, Anthony Gallegos, Bill Mansheim, Shannon Heersink, Rodney Martinez, Dr. Elizabeth Thomas-Hensley, Mike Henderson, Greg Cook, Aaron Miltenberger, Dana Provence Cecil Fell, Brenda Wilson, and Coach Damon Martin; (front row) Catherine Heaton, Bhargavi Pulavarti, Isabel Medina-Keiser, Patricia Robbins, James Trujillo, Christine Wright, Judy Phillips, Belén Maestas, Lisa Strobeck, Comfort Cover, Lillian Klutts, Patti Ortiz, Dr. Michael Martin (just behind Ortiz), Dr. Ed Crowther, Dr. Beth Bonnstetter, Randy Smith, Masood Ahmad, Joel Korngut, Chris Olance, Katie Schroeder, and Linda Relyea.
Adams State University awarded Dr. Brent Ybarrondo, professor of biology, emeritus status at the annual Employee Recognition Ceremony on April 24 in Carson Auditorium.
Ybarrondo, retires after 21 years of mentoring and teaching students. "Dr.Ybarrondo does not paint an easy picture," said Rick Sloan, medical doctor and Adams State 1998 graduate. "He gives people real advice meaning he does not make you think that anything worth attaining is going to be easy. He made me believe in myself and let me know in a very open way that the choice I had made was going to be a difficult one but with perseverance I would succeed in my goals."
Other honors recognized included tenure positions, promotions, announcement of 2013 Presidential Award recipients, and faculty/staff years of service.
Professors promoted include Dr. Renee Beeton, tenured associate professor of chemistry; Dr. Beth Bonnstetter, tenured associate professor of mass communications; Dr. Amanda Jojola, tenured associate professor of nursing; Jenna Neilsen, tenured associate professor of theatre; Dr. Beth Robison, tenured associate professor of music; Dr. Michele Trujillo, tenured associate professor of teacher education; Dr. Elizabeth Thomas-Hensley tenured assistant professor of marketing; Dr. Stephen Aldrich, professor of mathematics; Dr. George Backen, professor of philosophy; Dr. Benita Brink, professor of biology; Dr. Tracy Doyle, professor of music; Dr. Mark Manzanares, professor of counselor education; Dr. Matthew Schildt, professor of music; and Dr. Brent King, professor of psychology.
Faculty and staff honored for Years of Service includes –Thirty-Five Years: Patti Ortiz, computing services customer support coordinator; Twenty-Five Years: Dr. Ed Crowther, department chair of history, government, philosophy; Damon Martin, men's and women's cross country and track and field coach; Dr. Michael Martin, department chair of sociology; Loretta Martinez, bookstore program assistant; Lisa Strobeck, extended studies administrative assistant; Twenty Years: Anthony Gallegos, facilities services custodian; Belén Maestas, registrar; Frank Novotny, vice president for academic affairs; Fifteen Years: Dr. Linda Christian, professor of teacher education; Greg Cook, accounting technician I; Shirley Gibson, payroll manager; Logan Hansen, IT professional; Rodney Martinez, custodian supervisor; Dr. Matt Nehring, department chair of chemistry, computer science, and mathematics; Chris Olance, computing services manager of support services; Judy Phillips, assistant vice president for extended studies - operations; Linda Relyea, assistant director of communications; Mark Schoenecker, director of communications; Ten Years: Leroy Blair, facilities services custodian; Lynn Crowder, professional program coordinator; Cecil Fell, equipment manager; Shannon Heersink, human resources assistant director; Dr. Stephanie Hilwig, associate professor of sociology; Lillian Klutts, facilities services custodian; Bill Mansheim, vice president for finance and governmental relations; Bobbie Maul, administrative assistant for English/communications; Dana Provence, professor of art; Katie Schroeder, budget support coordinator; Phil Schroeder, financial aid director; James Trujillo, executive assistant to the president and board of trustees; Crystal Wallace, One Stop Student Services Center cashier; Five Years: Masood Ahmad, student engagement and success director; Beth Apodaca Ruybal, extended studies curriculum and evaluation specialist; Dr. Beth Bonnstetter, associate professor of mass communications; Leslie Boutillette, administrative assistant III for science, mathematics, and technology; Caryn Chavez, extended studies administrative assistant; Dr. Comfort Cover, assistant professor of management information systems; Scott Davis, facilities services grounds and nursery I; Debra Ehrlich, extended studies administrative assistant II; Catherine Heaton, instructor of developmental reading and writing; Mike Henderson, web applications developer; Bill Herrmann, assistant professor of accounting; Joel Korngut, office of equal opportunity director; Dianne Lee, athletics business manager; Isabel Medina-Keiser, disability services/diversity director; Mark Melgares, facilities services grounds and nursery I; Sharon Melvin, assistant professor of nursing; Aaron Miltenberger, assistant director of student life; Bhargavi Pulavarti, computing services application programmer; Dr. Beth Robison, associate professor of music; Patricia Robbins, assistant professor of business; Randy Smith, IT professional I; Dr. Elizabeth Thomas-Hensley, assistant professor of marketing; Bernadette Torres, extended studies quality assurance specialist; Brenda Wilson, housing administrative assistant II; Christine Wright, IT support administrator.
The 2013 Adams State University Presidential Teacher Award recipients included Sheryl Abeyta-Brown, assistant professor of accounting; Dr. Leslie Cramblet Alvarez, associate professor of psychology; Dr. Zena Buser, associate professor of business. Dr. Stuart Hilwig received the award posthumously.


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Slow start dooms Bulldogs against Demons, 62-51
On Friday evening, the Borger Bulldogs were not able to overcome a slow start and foul trouble in their 62-51 loss to the Dumas Demons in non-district action at Tex Hanna Gym.The game started positive for Borger with a three pointer by Grant Boren to made it a 3-3 score at the 7:10 mark of the first period. However, the Bulldogs struggled to get anything going offensively the remainder of the first period. The Bulldogs first period woes also included the team quickly getting in foul trouble, which sent the Demons to the free throw early and often, and leading Dumas to build a 22-7 lead going into the second period.The Bulldogs started to rally in the second period with Daniel Salinas and Tyrell Haynes combining for 12 points near the basket along with Boren, Cameron Maxwell, and Dillon Carrillo hitting three pointers to pull the Bulldogs back to within seven points at halftime, 35-28.In the third period, Salinas continued to establish himself as a force in the paint by scoring six points in the period.The two teams went back and forth before the Bulldogs were able to pull to within four points, 45-41, when Haynes kicked the ball out to an open Carrillo for a three pointer.But, the Demons ended the third period nailing a three to make it a 48-41 score into the fourth period.In the fourth period, foul trouble once again started to plague the Bulldogs leading to the Demons connecting on 10 of 20 free throws in the final eight minutes. In contrast, the Bulldogs only got to the free throw line seven times and only converted two of those attempts, which helped Dumas to hang on for the win.The Bulldogs go to 4-7 for the season and will next host Amarillo Highland Park on Tuesday in a boys/girls doubleheader at Tex Hanna Gym. The girls are scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. followed by the boys at 8:00 p.m.Borger game stats: 2PT-15/33 for 45%; 3PT-6/13 for 46%; Total FG-21/46 for 45%; FT-3/10 for 30%; Total rebounds-Borger 32 Dumas 35; Turnovers-Borger 17 Dumas 8.Borger individual stats: Cameron Maxwell 3 pts 6 rebs 5 asts 1 stl; Dillion Carrillo 6 pts 1 ast; Tyrell Haynes 9 pts 12 rebs 4 asts 2 stls 1 blk; Kolter Newton 2 pts 1 reb 1 ast; Grant Boren 13 pts 2 rebs 1 ast 1 blk; Aaron Smith 2 rebs 1 ast; Daniel Salinas 14 pts 8 rebs 1 ast 2 stls; Seth Rawlinson 4 pts 1 reb 1 blk.Dumas 22 35 48 62Borger 7 28 41 51


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Soriot's status update for AstraZeneca: It's complicated
Weeks after a major shakeup that saw commercial chief Tony Zook and R&D head Martin Mackay dispatched, AstraZeneca's new chief, Pascal Soriot, hailed the company's "Collaborative spirit"—while suggesting that a dose of animal spirits might be in order.
Presenting downbeat full-year financial results and forecasting a 2013 revenue decline in the "Mid-to-high single digits," Soriot said that a marathon series of company meetings and advisory boards with global KOLs had shown him that AstraZeneca's scientific acumen is highly regarded. "Typically I heard that AstraZeneca ranks in the top three or four companies in the industry," said Soriot, "So you might ask what it is you need to do to leverage this and why is the pipeline not what you could expect it to be, and I think, really, we have become a little bit complicated and in many ways out of this, a bit conservative." The company has, he added, "A great collaborative culture but also very consensus driven."
It's going to get less complicated over the next few years. Phase 3 of the company's restructuring program, which spans 2012-2014, calls for headcount reductions of around 7,300. The firm has already eliminated 15,100 positions since 2006.
"Despite two or three waves of restructuring, the people are still very much engaged," said Soriot. "Sometimes disoriented," he added. "You can't do [headcount reductions like this] without impacting people."
Soriot vowed to rescue Brilinta's tepid sales trajectory, rebuild the company's oncology portfolio and chart a path to growth through the diabetes collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb and strong performances in emerging markets and Japan. He also noted that AstraZeneca, with its small molecule heritage, is investing in biologics.
"If you look at Phase I and Phase II, our pipeline is about 50/50 small and large," he said. "The key is to pick the winners out of this pipeline and move them forward and invest in them."


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Trends in Cyber Attacks and Breaches
Dec 11 2018
1:00 pm
45 mins
Steve Durbin, Managing Director, ISF LTD
As the scale, sophistication, and targeting of cyber-attacks increase, organisations need to manage risk in ways beyond those traditionally handled by the information security function.
In this webinar, Steve Durbin, Managing Director at the ISF will offer his insights into how security and business teams across the entire organisation can work together to minimise the impact of a breach, in order to protect organisations from damaging shareholder value and business reputation.
About the presenter
Steve Durbin is Managing Director of the Information Security Forum (ISF). His main areas of specialism include strategy, information technology, cybersecurity and the emerging security threat landscape across both the corporate and personal environments.
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Security in the Golden Age of Cloud
Oct 23 2018
12:00 pm
45 mins
Emma Bickerstaffe, Senior Research Analyst, ISF LTD
Demand for cloud services continues to increase as the benefits of cloud services change the way organisation manage their data and use of IT.
However, while these services can be implemented quickly and easily, with increased legislation and data privacy, the threat of cyber theft is on the increase and organisations must have a clear understanding of where their information is stored and how reliant these services are.
In this webinar, Steve Durbin, Managing Director of the ISF will discuss the risks associated with cloud computing and how to manage them, as well as how to maximise the benefits.
About the presenter
Steve Durbin is Managing Director of the Information Security Forum (ISF). His main areas of specialism include strategy, information technology, cybersecurity and the emerging security threat landscape across both the corporate and personal environments.
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Next Generation Data Protection and Security: The Blockchain Advantage
Sep 19 2018
3:00 pm
60 mins
Joseph Pindar (Gemalto), Ulf Mattsson (TokenEx), David Morris (Unit221B)
How can Blockchain improve trust, security, and compliance? Can the decentralised nature of this technology be the missing piece in solving cybersecurity challenges?
Listen in to this panel of security luminaries where they will discuss:
-Key considerations for leveraging the blockchain in the age of GDPR
-What sort of infrastructure must be in place to ensure a secure environment?
-Is the blockchain itself secure?
-How do you build a trust network around the blockchain?
-What are some of the cybersecurity challenges that can be mitigated and managed by the blockchain?
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A Data Breach Prevention, Detection & Response Strategy to Combat Today' Threats
Sep 18 2018
12:00 pm
45 mins
Nick Frost, Principal Consultant, ISF LTD
With the ever-increasing frequency and sophistication of security threats to organisations, business leaders need to have a comprehensive data security strategy to protect themselves. Information security practitioners have to think and plan beyond existing protection capabilities that are aimed at preventing threats only. Today's cyber security strategies need to protect an organisations mission critical assets in a way that is:
‒ balanced, providing a mixture of informative, preventative and detective security controls that complement each other
‒ comprehensive, providing protection before, during and after threat events materialise into security incidents
‒ end-to-end, covering the complete information life cycle.
This will enable organisations to match the protection provided with the sophistication of threats to such mission critical information assets. This webinar will look at past and present models and share ideas on how organisations can 'future proof' their strategies to combat next generation threats.
In particular in this webinar, Nick Frost, Principal Consultant at the ISF will discuss what actions can be taken to identify your most critical information assets, and how a modern day cyber security model needs to focus on prevention and detection of a data breach, and how to respond to a breach in order to reduce damage to brand and reputation.
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Authentication and Banking Security using Plug and Play AI
Jul 18 2018
42 mins
Joshua Bower-Saul, CEO and Founder, Cybertonica
We will look at the background of existing incumbent systems and rule-based infrastructure now operating in Banks, and establish why the use of Machine Learning and AI helps alleviate 20% of cost and increase customer satisfaction while protecting the transaction and networks of the bank from intrusion. Also, the new device and contextual Big Data services of Cybertonica will be described. In the end, we need to see how security and customer convenience can be optimised while reducing cost and friction in the banks systems.
Joshua has 20 years experience in managing tech companies and startups. He is the founder of 4 businesses in online funding, media and FinTech. Joshua is a graduate of Harvard (MA) and INSEAD (MBA). He speaks fluent Russian, French and German.
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What Does "Next Generation Security" Mean To You?
Jul 3 2018
31 mins
Patrick Grillo, Senior Director, Security Solutions, Fortinet
Although overused, Next Generation Security still means keeping up with the challenges of securing today's networks. The fundamental rule of keeping up with those challenges is having both a vision and an architecture that provides the foundation, regardless of how the market or the threats themselves change.
This session will focus on what is needed in an evolving security architecture to provide Next Generation Security in a constantly changing environment.
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Securing the Transforming Industrial Environment
May 29 2018
56 mins
Ronen Shpirer, Security Solutions Architect, Fortinet
IoT, IIoT, OT... It is likely that for many of us these acronyms are confusing. The fact is that traditional industrial environments, such as utilities and production, have started a digital transformation process which harness these and other technologies to become more efficient, automated and competitive.
Within this transformation from a well-defined and well-controlled industrial ecosystem to a dynamic and open one, lurks a shift in the security challenges, needs and solutions/architecture.
This session will focus on the technologies and challenges digital transformation introduces in industrial environments and how Fortinet's Security Fabric is deployed in such an environments to provide the required security infrastructure and posture, including demonstration of some simplified use cases.
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GDPR: Cutting Through the Noise
May 24 2018
47 mins
Alex Jordan, Senior Analyst, ISF LTD
Data protection has always been important, but with the GDPR deadline looming and data sharing scandals shaking consumer confidence, securing personal data has never been more vital. The GDPR is leading businesses across the world to evaluate, and in many cases modify their data processing activities in line with upcoming law.
So what if you've left it too late? What are the key steps you can take to work towards GDPR compliance, even after deadline day?
Join us in this webinar with Alex Jordan, Senior Analyst at the Information Security Forum as he shares:
-The ISF's phased approach to GDPR implementation
-Ways to determine the criticality of data and how to protect it appropriately
-The urgent actions that a business can take to get GDPR compliance started
-Common myths surrounding the GDPR, and guidance on cutting through the noise.
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Machine Learning and AI for Healthcare Fraud Detection and Prevention
May 16 2018
49 mins
Aleksandar Lazarevic, Senior Director, Aetna
The United States spent around $3.5 trillion or 18% of GDP on healthcare. According to FBI, the amount of this spending lost due to fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) ranged between $90 billion and $330 billion!
This talk will offer practical advice on how to effectively organize and join various healthcare data sources such as claim and clinical data, how to set-up the problem, and how to design an effective machine learning solution to identify FWA leads and expedite investigator review using intuitive visualization to understand the risk factors contributing to those leads.
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How AI is Powering the Fight Against Financial Crime
May 16 2018
47 mins
Charles Delingpole, CEO & Founder ComplyAdvantage
There's much hype and excitement around how AI and machine learning could transform the world of finance. But a key area of development growing behind the scenes of talking robots and automated assistants is how these new technologies will have a seismic impact on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-terror Financing (CTF) back-end compliance processes. AI can dramatically improve AML risk data collection; spotting new risks faster and digging deeper for hidden risks.
It will also shift customer onboarding & KYC processes from 'name matching' to contextual 'identity matching' to reduce false positives and false negatives. Unlike other industries, the training data required to make this a reality with machine learning techniques are available today.
AI-driven compliance will ultimately have an enormous impact on how financial services will work - increasing automation, reducing manual overheads and helping prevent financial crime.
Presented by Charles Delingpole, CEO & Founder ComplyAdvantage
Charles Delingpole founded ComplyAdvantage in 2014, and as CEO leads the product development and growth of the company. Charles set up his first company, The Student Room Group, now the world's largest student discussion forum, when he was 16. After completing his MA in Politics at Trinity College Cambridge, and then an MSc in Management, Strategy and Finance from the LSE, he became an associate at J.P. Morgan Cazenove. He then went on to co-found FinTech firm MarketInvoice, a peer -to - peer financing company which uses customer data to digitise the approach to financial risk analysis.
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The Future of Payment Fraud Prevention
May 16 2018
35 mins
Rodrigo Camacho, CCO, Nethone
Payment fraud prevention tools have existed since the end of the 90s and have improved continuously since. In the last 2 to 3 years we have seen a new paradigm come into the space - machine learning.
This new technology is perfectly fitted for identifying fraud and is slowly being adopted by the market. Moving forward, using tools like this will no longer be a choice but rather an obligation for merchants. An obligation, as it will be at the origin of a competitive advantage which goes way beyond fraud prevention and will bleed into business intelligence fields.
In this session, Rodrigo Camacho, CCO at Nethone will walk you through the evolution fraud prevention touching on the following key points;
How the problem is solved by a large part of the industry today
The revolution that is happening in the space today
The halo effect that this revolution is going to have on the rest of business processes
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Open Data Protection: GDPR, PSD2 and Privacy by Design
May 15 2018
18 mins
Carlo Gualandri, CEO & Founder, Soldo
Open Data is somewhat of a misnomer. For data sharing to take place, privacy must come first. As such, GDPR represents the essential rules of engagement without which the game of PSD2 cannot take place.
Rather than signalling an era of 'free love' between service providers and platforms, PSD2 and the API revolution mean that businesses and service providers must now be more secure than ever when it comes to user data.
In this session, Soldo's founder, Carlo Gualandri, explains how Soldo has responded to the regulatory environment by building a proprietary in-house GDPR-compliant machine to ensure privacy by design.
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The Board's Role in Balancing Risk & Reward
Apr 26 2018
46 mins
Steve Durbin, Managing Director, ISF LTD
Cyber has become a strategic issue and for many companies is now a business enabler and increasingly a form of competitive advantage. However it is clear that it remains difficult for Board's to get the "right" management information to support their cyber risk discussions and decision making.
So how can Board's ensure that they are asking the right questions when it comes to an organisation's cyber posture and how can CISOs maintain and improve the Board's attention in this fast-moving space? This webinar will look at the challenges faced by CISOs and Board members and offer insights into how to successfully approach cyber security at Board level.
About the presenter:
Steve Durbin is Managing Director at the Information Security Forum (ISF). His main areas of specialism include strategy, information technology, cybersecurity and the emerging security threat landscape across both the corporate and personal environments.
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Cyber Attack Trends from the Threatscape
Mar 21 2018
47 mins
Peter Wood, CEO of First Base Technologies
What are the latest trends in the cyber-criminal underworld?
Which attacks are you likely to be preventing as we move further into 2018?
Who's looking for vulnerability on your network?
These questions and more, answered by Peter Wood FBCS CITP MIEEE CISSP M.Inst.ISP
Chief Executive Officer, First Base Technologies LLP
Peter's career spans 48 years, with experience in network security, social engineering, threat and risk analysis, red teaming, industrial control systems and electronics. He founded First Base Technologies, one of the UK's first information security consultancies in 1989. Peter has provided security advice and guidance for businesses of all sizes for more than 28 years, leading a team of expert penetration testers and consultants unrivalled in the industry.
He is also a world-renowned security evangelist, speaking at major conferences and delivering seminars and webinars. He has appeared in documentaries for BBC television, provided commentary on security issues for TV and radio, and written many articles on a variety of security topics.
He is a BCS Fellow, a Chartered IT Professional, CISSP and a member of IISP, ISACA, ISSA, IEEE, ACM and Mensa. He is a visiting lecturer at the University of Sussex, teaching cybersecurity and ethical hacking.
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The Rise and Rise of Ransomware: Prepare and Protect
Mar 20 2018
49 mins
Nick Frost, Principal Consultant, ISF
The expectation from the start of 2017 – that we hadn't seen the back of ransomware – was justified. 2017 was plagued with global attacks such as Petya, WannaCry, Bad Rabbit and many others. Unfortunately, 2018 could be even worse.
With ransomware continuously developing new delivery techniques, organisations must learn how to prepare and protect themselves from the threat of ransomware, but how can they do this?
In this webinar, Nick Frost, Principal Consultant at the ISF, will explore the latest threats in ransomware and what organisations can do to minimise vulnerabilities to reduce risks of an attack.
About the presenter:
Nick is currently the Principal Researcher for the Information Security Forum (ISF) Ltd. He has more than 15 years' experience designing and implementing a risk-based approach to securing information. He has developed leading solutions for evaluating risk across both internal and supplier environments.
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SD-WAN is Dead. Long Live Secure SD-WAN!
Mar 20 2018
46 mins
Ronen Shpirer, Security Solutions Architect, Fortinet
In the age of Digital Transformation, SD-WAN is on the lips of all enterprises and service providers. While the operational and commercial benefits of SD-WAN are clear, the focus on these as THE consideration is dangerous, as along its benefits comes a greater cyber security risk.
This session will focus on Secure SD-WAN and the built-in benefits it provides, from both the operational and security points of view.
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"Assessing the Impact of Web-Based Attacks" - a CFR exam topic
Mar 15 2018
62 mins
Stacey McBrine, CISSP, CASP, CFR, CEI, CEH, ECSA, CHFI, CCNA, CCSI
The second part of this webinar will cover the topic "Assessing the Impact of Web-Based Attacks" from the "Analyzing Attacks on Computing and Network Environments" module of the official CFR course.
Before we get to this, the introduction will include an overview of the CyberSec First Responder (CFR) course and certification from Logical Operations. The CFR course prepares IT professionals with the knowledge, ability, and skills necessary to defend information systems in a cybersecurity context, including protection, detection, analysis, investigation, and response processes.
The practicality and value of the certification including its DOD 8570 approval will be highlighted.
- Learn about how the CFR certification from Logical Operations can improve your organization's information security defensive readiness, response capabilities and investigation to cover all aspects of incident response and analysis including before, during and after the incident.
- Learn why CFR is one of the most practical security certifications available providing excellent ROI
- Learn about types of web based attacks and their impact on your organization
- Learn through using OWASP ZAP to scan a vulnerable website
- Learn by exploiting a vulnerable website using SQL injection and XSS
- Learn about how to get discounted exam vouchers
Stacey McBrine has more than 30 years' experience analyzing, securing, designing and implementing such diverse systems as Microsoft Windows, Novell Netware, DEC VMS, IBM AIX, Solaris, SCO Unix, Linux, and MAC O/S and Cisco switches, routers and firewalls. He served as systems analyst for many software development projects using assembly language, C, dBase, Access, Visual Basic and Oracle.
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Basic Security with Cryptocurrencies
Mar 14 2018
56 mins
Travin Keith, Managing Director at Agavon, Co-Founder at SICOS, and Administrator at BitcoinMarkets
With the burst of interest into cryptocurrencies, there have been a lot of new users into this innovative world. However, the rush into the space has caused many users to skip key steps in joining the cryptocurrency community, such as understanding what basic security practices they should follow in order to keep themselves and their money secure.
While there are technical steps to take to secure one's funds, there's also a number of things to keep in mind while interacting with the community.
This webinar discussion aims to give beginners in the world of cryptocurrencies tips to better protect themselves, their money, and their sanity.
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Securing Permissioned Blockchains
Mar 13 2018
49 mins
David Huseby, Security Maven at Hyperledger
Multi-party permissioned blockchains present a set of new security challenges for dev ops and system and network administration.
This webinar will cover why a lot of what we already know from securing N-tier architectures also applies to securing permissioned blockchains. It will also cover what is different and new and discuss strategies for the practical defense of these distributed systems.
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GDPR's influence on security
Feb 22 2018
43 mins
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Gregory Albertyn, Sr Director Cybersecurity & Privacy at PwC, Simon Mullis, Global Technical Lead GSIs at Palo Alto Networks
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In the White House Situation Room there is a suite of rather old-fashioned looking digital clocks that hang above the presidential seals of office, spelling out the time in oblong red numbers in mission-critical places around the world, including the location of the President himself at any given moment.
But as the hours count down towards Barack Obama's second inaugural celebrations, America's first black president and his staff will be measured not just against the tick-tock of daily deadlines that come with organising a party for up to a million people, but against the grand sweep of history.
Those who have been in the thick of it before, recall how time telescopes wildly in the run up to inauguration day, as White House members of staff find themselves juggling demands that are petty one minute, and profound the next.
What to do, as happened last week, when the pastor selected to give the inaugural benediction turns out to have been off-message on gay rights? (Answer: dump him, quick and release a faintly McCarthyite statement promising to find someone new whose "beliefs reflect this administration's vision of inclusion and acceptance for all Americans.")
President Barack Obama takes the oath as the 44th U.S. President with his wife, Michelle, and daughters by his side at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2009 (EPA)
Far more importantly, how will Mr Obama's second inaugural address live up to the historical benchmarks set by Abraham Lincoln in his second inaugural address more than 150 years ago? And how will Mr Obama answer the call of a divided America, in a changing world?
"It is an incredibly intense period," recalls Jeffrey Lord, a former political aide in the Reagan White House, "aside from doing your day job – drawing up gun control measures or strategising over the debt ceiling – you cannot escape the fact there's all these people running round in the front yard with hammers constructing all this stuff."
Across that front yard – or the North Lawn of the White House to use its official title - the bullet-proof viewing dais on Pennsylvania Avenue is already built, and the work crews are tightening the last nuts and bolts on the temporary grandstands where the elite invitees will review the inaugural parade.
The stars including Beyonce, Katy Perry and Stevie Wonder have all confirmed, and the fashion pundits are all speculating on who will design the First Lady's ball gown, and whether it flows when she sashays onto the floor with her husband at the Inaugural Ball.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama dance together at the Obama Home States Inaugural Ball in Washington in 2009 (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
And as in that memorable episode of the West Wing when President Jed Bartlett is gearing up for his second inaugural, in all the panic over the speech-writing, someone will be detailed not to forget the bibles. (Mr Obama will use two laden with symbolic importance – those of Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln.)
But all this is really so much ephemera: in another corner of the White House, over late nights and boxes of curling take-away pizza, Mr Obama's speechwriters, led by the 31-year-old wunderkind Jon Favreau, have been agonising over the content of a speech that might – and only might – be remembered decades, even generations hence.
It is the 'big one' that presidential speechwriters both dread and covet, according to one former presidential speechwriter. Success could see phrases set in stone on a monument in The Mall, or at the very least, the lintel of a presidential library. Failure brings the agony of a golden opportunity missed.
Chairs are set up in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC. prior to Barack Obama's inauguration(Getty Images)
History relates there are many more failures than successes. For every immortal utterance from a John F Kennedy - "My fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you..." or a or a Franklin Delano Roosevelt - "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" – there are acres of redundant verbiage, now long forgotten.
"I'm generally not a fan of inaugural speeches; and most have been pretty lack-lustre," says Paul Orzulak, a former foreign policy speechwriter to Bill Clinton, "the danger is that the writers get stuck with their heads in the clouds, searching for the words that are going to be carved in marble, when Obama is actually at his most effective when rooted on the ground - telling a story. Personally I hope that's what he does."
The difficulty for writers is reconciling competing time-horizons – issues that must be resolved months, years and even centuries hence, all ticking away in the back of the writers' mind, each demanding a different tone, rhythm and register.
The next few months in Washington will be all about bumping against the debt ceiling (the cash runs out in March) and taking on the gun lobbies; but those short-term demands must also be set against the need to preserve political capital to win that crucial 'first year', after which a second-term president's power inexorably begins to wane.
George W Bush, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton in the Oval Office Official White House photo by Pete Souza
Mr Obama will want to avoid the fate of every other recently re-elected president whose grand notions of a lasting legacy were quickly sunk by scandal and ineptitude. Richard Nixon was finished by Watergate while Ronald Reagan was sapped by the Iran Contra scandal; Mr Clinton lost his way with Monica Lewinsky and George W Bush never recovered from Hurricane Katrina and the cost of launching two unwinnable wars: but what for Barack Obama?
"I think he'll go for broke. As a second-term president you have no choice," predicts Mr Lord, the Reagan aide, "When a president is first elected and sworn in, the presumption is that the guy could be there for 8 years. By the time he gets to his second inaugural, everyone knows it is 'four-and-out'.
"After a year everyone's thoughts start to turn to the future, they start to wonder what it would be like if it was a Hillary Clinton, a Joe Biden or a Marco Rubio in the White House? The sand is already running through the hourglass, and it happens faster than you ever imagine," he says.
And that is the point where - hubristic or not - thoughts inevitably begin to turn away from the bustling corridors of Congress and cramped offices in the West Wing, to the weightier judgement of history.
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his speech after taking Oath of Office during inauguration ceremony in Washington in 2009 (Reuters)
Even before he speaks, Mr Obama will mount the podium on the west front of the Capitol on a day laden with significance. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington when Martin Luther King delivered his "I have a dream" speech, and the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and that promised never to give up on the great enterprise of democracy - "government of the people, by the people, for the people."
Mr Obama has often been mentioned in the same breath as Lincoln. Not as his equal, but the symmetry of America's first black president starting his political journey from the same place, Springfield, Illinois, as the man who emancipated the slaves, is lost on no-one.
Lincoln's magisterial second inaugural address, uncontestably the greatest of all inaugurals, still contains the recipe for a great speech come Monday at noon, says Dr Ronald White, a Lincoln historian and author of Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural.
Firstly, Mr Obama must avoid the pitfalls of almost all second inaugurals by not making it longer than his first. "Lincoln learned that lesson," said Dr White, "The Gettysburg Address was 272 words. The second inaugural was 701 words. Lincoln delivered it in just six or seven minutes and people were still arriving when he was finishing."
Secondly, Lincoln dared to be honest. He confronted the American people frankly about the issue of slavery, an institution that cost the nation four devastating years of civil war. "People expected Lincoln to talk about the Confederacy - the guilty and innocent - but he understood this was the moment to give something short, inspirational and from the heart," said Dr White, "He confronted the evils of slavery and avoided the usual exercise in self-congratulation, and talk about 'this great nation of America'. It was a great risk, but Lincoln took it."
And lastly, Lincoln succeeded because, unlike many a re-elected president, he didn't fall for his own publicity. "In the Gettysburg address, there is not one personal pronoun and in the second inaugural, only two," Dr White concludes, "Lincoln didn't talk about his 'mandate' – a phrase you hear now from Mr Obama – but directed all the attention away from himself to the values of the great democratic experiment. He understood that he was a spokesperson for something larger than himself."
Brevity. Honesty. Humility. If Mr Obama dares to dream of even coming close to matching his hero, these must be his watchwords.


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In 1970, President Nixon signed Title X of the Public Health Service Act into law. It created a federal program for family planning services. Nixon said, "No American woman should be denied access to family planning assistance...."
What did liberals consider family planning assistance? That would be abortion. They quickly mobilized on this law. By the early 1980s, hundreds of millions of dollars per year in federal and state funding were feeding over 5,000 "family planning service" sites. We have shoveled billions of dollars into the program since 1980.
These family planning service sites are run by Planned Parenthood. Who is Planned Parenthood? They are "back alley abortionists" with a front door. Young women "still make poor choices out of desperation" by going to these places, where they are counseled into believing that abortion is their only option. It's the "acceptable option," because that's where the money is. Planned Parenthood also provides contraceptives and publishes the sales of same, as abortions that were prevented. These people are insidious.
George Tiller, the famous abortionist who was murdered last year, made a killing in the business (60,000 x $5,000). He had liberal supporters like former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. Sebelius is now secretary of Health and Human Services in the administration of "the most pro-abortion president in American history."
That president's new health care law provides little incentive for the creation of new medical doctors (actually stifles it), but it does provide additional billions in funding that could be used to hire Tiller's replacements. I wouldn't say libs get a "thrill" out of participation in murder. I'll just call it dedication.
I agree with Penny Fattig's "relationship revolution" and the need to better communicate with our children concerning lifestyle choices. It was nice to see her write about people taking personal responsibility. It's hard to imagine anyone being enthusiastic about abortion.
I'm not claiming that the average liberal citizen is on an abortion cheering squad. When writing about liberalism, for the most part I am targeting politicians. They express their views through their vote. But, whose votes keep them in office?
There can be debate on how best to solve this "societal" problem, but there can be no denying that government forced the issue and exacerbated the problem.
Republicans failed to take advantage of a four-year majority during the Bush administration, when it may have been possible to make some roll-backs. I don't remember any such effort. However, it was liberals who opened the shops where the "butchers" work. They are the ones who vote ever increasing funding and they continue to vote down any opposition that Republicans do introduce.
There hasn't been any "cutting off the wrong end of the snake." There hasn't been any cutting off an end of the snake whatsoever. It is alive and well. Government is the snake and liberalism is the head of the snake. As in the violation of our freedoms, disguised as health care reform, American citizens are being forced to feed the snake.


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Legendary: Inside The House Ballroom Scene
A lovingly devised coffee table book, winner of a now well established photography prize, "Legendary/ Inside The House Ballroom Scene" (photographs by Gerard H. Gaskin), welcomes you into a fabulous world. This hall of mirrors is akin to the dazzling Emerald City of "some where over the rainbow" fame.
There are some 90 photographs, some in black and white and others in color, first displayed as portraiture and later indexed with the skinny on who's who. The freelance photographer, himself straight, was welcomed into the dance halls as few outsiders are, and he has returned the favor with this celebratory memoir.
This underground capital of dreams about gender realness and elegance is reached only by gliding, strutting, stopping to pose, getting on the uptown subway if that's your ride, and getting down for the runway jaunt.
Even then it's the green light or not from the magisterial gatekeeper and awards bestow-er, who know who lives in the houses, which is to say, the self-made families of gay men within this realm.
The arbitrators will give you the eye to assess whether you fit in, because this destination is only for urban and (mostly) urbane African American and Latino gays with attitude. It is so exclusive that unless you are one with its glittering, haughty inhabitants, you've likely never been asked in. It's about the children, as the paid up members affectionately refer to themselves.
All of this arch fabulousness was a secret well kept until 1980. In that same year Jennie Lessington's documentary film about ballroom house culture was released to a broad movie-going public, "Paris Is Burning," while Madonna released her now-classic video "Vogue," which had been inspired by dancers and choreographers Jose and Luis Xtravaganza, from the Harlem house ball community. (The Xtravaganza house gets prominent coverage in "Legendary.")
Scholar Thomas F. DeFrantz, who is an important dance theorist, the original archivist for the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, formerly a professor of dance studies at M.I.T. and now on the faculty at Duke University, spoke to EDGE about "Legendary/Inside":
It provides, he wrote," a startling, poignant, and unflinching look at the life of performance that links together queer and transsexual, gay and lesbian, same-gender-loving people of color. The book, published by leading university publishing house Duke University press, offers an important and unexpected attention to be paid to people whose lives intersect through non-normative gender performances.
Gaskin has created an indelible document and provided a crucial service to the lives of men women, and all of us who live in-between these categories, as he shows us back to ourselves as we are in these balls: proud, confident, exuberant, in anticipation, glamorous, thrilling, and hopeful." (DeFrantz, as stated, teaches at Duke. This writer, however, solicited his opinion because of his status in the dance world.)
The book was chosen out of two hundred entries in the sixth biennial First Book Prize competition, which is sponsored by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and the Honickman Foundation in Philadelphia. The competition is open to American and Canadian photographers.
Eminent photographer, writer, and curator Deborah Willis writes a cogent introduction to the book, which she styles as "opening our eyes to an extraordinary community of artists who are creating beauty." An afterword that is scholarly and entertaining is provided by Frank Roberts, a noted writer on black popular culture. Both these commentators are African American; Gerald H. Gaskin originates from Trinidad and Tobago.
"Legendary: Inside the House Ballroom Scene" by Gerard H. Gaskin. $45.00 cloth trade. Duke University Press in association with CDS Books of the Center for Documentary Studies. November 2013.


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40 Hot Women in Uniform
Who doesn't love women in uniform? We know we do, and since not all girls in official garb are what you'd call hot, we went ahead and filled in the ranks with some luscious wannabes to even things out. Some of these girls may not be the real deal, but they do their part to keep this age-old fantasy alive and well when there aren't enough real girls in uniform to go around.


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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Two very different components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average — Home Depot Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. — will come in for attention Tuesday as they report quarterly financial results.
Garnering attention before the opening bell on Wall Street, Home Depot HD, +1.21% revised higher its full-year forecast for profit on an adjusted basis as the Atlanta-based home-improvement retailer posted results for the third quarter ended Oct. 28 that came in ahead of management's expectations.
Net profit for the quarter reached $947 million, or 63 cents a share, up from the prior year's $934 million, or 60 cents, as sales rose to $18.13 billion from $17.33 billion. Adjusted profit for the latest quarter would have been 74 cents a share. The consensus of analysts who follow Home Depot had been for earnings of 70 cents a share and revenue of $17.92 billion, according to a poll by FactSet Research. Read more on Home Depot.
After Tuesday's bell, analysts expect Cisco Systems CSCO, +0.76% to, on average, post a profit of 46 cents a share on revenue of $11.78 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2013.
The report follows on the heels of what's proved to be a dreary earnings season for tech companies and may provide further insight into the sector in light of Cisco's fiscal quarter ending a month later than most tech firms.
Beyond Home Depot, Tuesday kicks off what will be a busy earnings week for retailers with Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. DKS, +1.88% first out of the box.
Profit rose to $50.1 million, or 40 cents a share, for the third quarter ended Oct. 27, up from $41.5 million, or 33 cents, earned in the year-earlier period, as the company's sales climbed 11% to $1.31 billion from $1.18 billion. On average, analysts had expected Dick's Sporting Goods to earn 37 cents a share on sales of about $1.3 billion, according to a survey by FactSet.
Looking ahead, Dick's now expects full-year profit on an adjusted basis of $2.53 to $2.55 a share, up from its earlier view of $2.47 to $2.51 a share.
TJX Cos. TJX, +1.30% posted net income of $461.6 million, or 62 cents a share, for the third quarter ended Oct. 27, up from $406.5 million, or 53 cents, earned in the year-earlier period. Quarterly revenue generated by the off-price apparel and home-fashions retailer reached $6.41 billion from the prior year's $5.79 billion, as comparable-store sales rose 7% and gross margin widened to 28.8% from 28.1%. Analysts' consensus had been for earnings of 62 cents a share on revenue of $6.36 billion.
The Framingham, Mass.-based parent of the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls chains also increased its full-year profit outlook by a penny a share, to a range of $2.45 to $2.48 a share.
Saks Inc. US:SKS posted net income for the third quarter ended Oct. 27 totaling $22.6 million, or 14 cents a share, up from $17.8 million, or 11 cents, that the high-end retailer earned in the same period a year earlier. Backing out about $3.3 million in federal income-tax reserves deemed no longer necessary, Saks would have had a profit of 12 cents a share for the latest quarter, with sales rising 3% to $713.2 million. The consensus of analysts had been for Saks to post a profit of 12 cents a share on revenue of $727 million. Comp-store sales rose 3.3% for the quarter.
Also of note Tuesday, Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. KORS, +2.70% posted above-consensus results for the second quarter ended Sept. 29 as the apparel company revised its full-year profit forecast higher. Read more on Michael Kors.
Weatherford shares in retreat
In the energy sector, Weatherford International Ltd. WFT, +3.07% reported late Monday results for the third quarter and issued a disappointing forecast for the fourth quarter. Shares of Weatherford slumped before Tuesday's bell.
The provider of oilfield services, grappling with a number of accounting-related issues as it conducts an audit going back several years, also said it restated results for the first quarter and revised its preliminary results for second quarter of 2012, citing a variety of one-time items as well as "material weakness" identified in accounting for a percentage-of-completion contract in Iraq.
For the fourth quarter, Weatherford said it expects to show a profit of 20 cents a share, short of analysts' consensus.
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I didn't mean to take the thread so far off-topic. But...
Erm.... hmph. If you say so.You must not know that much about Windows..
Alrighty then. Why don't you set \Program Files \windows and \windows\system32 read-only for all but the administrator and let us know how many applications still work, hmmm?If you can't set different NTFS permissions based on folders and volumes, then you really don't know anything about windows.
The tree is a jumbled mess that requires write access all over the system areas for non-privileged users. It's because Windows 2000 inherited a directory structure that was developed in the DOS/Win3.1 days before multiuser environments were ever put in place. They made a design choice to keep the old structure for backward compatibility, and that's fine. But a hatchet job on filesystem permissions is the price you pay for it.
Look... I'm not disavowing the virtues of AV scanners or firewalls. Anybody here who knows me knows that I believe strongly in those things. My only point is that for Microsoft to include them in a service pack that is supposed to boost security is like putting a Band-Aid on a gunshot wound. It's a nice thought, but it's not going to fix the basic problem. And it's just going to hurt companies that put out fine products that I'm pretty sure are more fully featured than anything Microsoft can come up with.
Anyway, enough said..... back to retirement.


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SEATTLE (AP) — Washington has become the fifth state this year to sign into law protections of social media passwords at the workplace and job interviews. Gov. Jay Inslee signed the bill yesterday, wrapping up a session of negotiations between privacy advocates and business lobbyists who were worried that the new law would hamper security for proprietary or confidential information.


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By Zackie Achmat, Mail & Guardian 27 September 2008
On September 20 2008, as South Africa's newly acquired Gripen fighter jets took off from a local air show to parade across Cape Town skies, residents would awaken to one of the most remarkable days in the political history of the republic. The Mbeki-Pahad monolith had collapsed.
The decision by the ANC to recall President Thabo Mbeki represents the downfall of the most hubristic executive in contemporary South Africa, and one that has been characterised by the unrelenting denialism of the greatest threats facing our country -- the mounting failure of the criminal justice system to prosecute and convict criminals, the increasingly disturbing nature of violent crime, burgeoning inequality and unemployment, the HIV/Aids catastrophe and the culture of impunity for corrupt and incompetent public officials.
At its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting today, the TAC discussed the African National Congress leadership election and its implications for HIV prevention, treatment and care in South Africa. TAC leaders expressed their personal preferences. However, the discussion focused on matters of principle rather than personality and took place in a free and open climate.
A Judicial Investigation into the Presidency and Health Ministry and criminal proceedings against Christine Qunta are necessary.
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in respect of an unregistered medicine, a new indication or new
dosage regimen of a registered medicine or substance, shall apply to
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conduct such a clinical trial".
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subregulation (1) without the authorisation of the Council."
NB: At about the same time this statement was released (a few minutes before the 9th of August), the presidency released a statement announcing that Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge had been dismissed.
President Mbeki has appointed Transport Minister Jeff Radebe as the Acting Health Minister.
Letter written by scientists to President Mbeki
Government in contempt of court - Must treat Westville prisoners
President Mbeki, Minister Tshabalala-Msimang: Stop obstructing access to treatment


text: Deputy Belinda Mangum of the Travis County (TX) Sheriff's Office pulls over a vehicle with three male occupants. The officer smells marijuana coming from the vehicle and sees what appears to be pot on the driver's shirt. After detaining all three men and searching the very dirty vehicle, Deputy Mangum finds a bag of marijuana inside the car. The driver is subsequently arrested for possession of the marijuana – a class B misdemeanor in the state of Texas.


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Every Android blogger has their own niche and mine is the bleeding-edge technology of high-end smartphones. I am a passionate early adopter who gets excited about waiting in line on day one to pick up a new phone.
This past week at CES I actually skipped most of the carrier press events because I knew what was going to be announced and I wanted to focus on what's coming next. I met with all the semiconductor companies, checked out the new display technologies, attended a meeting of the Wireless Power Consortium, and made every effort to talk with as many industry insiders as I could schedule.
Many of you know that I have been a long-time T-Mobile customer, but I'm ready to change things up. T-Mobile has the most options when it comes to rate plans, their customer service is excellent, their HSPA+ network is super fast, and they have been big supporters of Android. At this point I really have no complaints with T-Mobile so that's why I'm ready to move on to a new journey.
Out of all the Android phones that were announced this past week at CES, the Motorola Atrix 4G is the clear winner when it comes to hardware specs and functionality. It is hands down the best Android phone on any carrier and it best represents the future of mobile computing.
For better or for worse, I have decided to purchase the Atrix 4G and switch to AT&T.
As with any new Android phone, I expect this will be a bumpy ride. However, the Atrix 4G is the first Android device that really kicks off the mobile computing revolution and I want to be able to say that I had one and got to influence the future devices that follow it.
This is my list of reasons why I will head to AT&T next month and pick up the Atrix 4G on day one.
1. Dual-core Tegra 2 processor with GeForce GPU
What else can I say about Tegra 2 that hasn't already been written? I went to CES 2011 to see the future of mobile computing and NVIDIA was the only semiconductor company that delivered the goods. CES 2011 was just a snapshot in time, but NVIDIA easily won round 1 of the dual-core wars.
For more info about Tegra 2 see our previous posts:
- 5 compelling reasons you will want to buy a dual-core mobile device
- What does NVIDIA's CEO think Tegra 2 means for Android users?
- Android Insiders: A conversation with Michael Rayfield of NVIDIA
The Atrix 4G will be the first Android smartphone that is computer-centric first instead of phone-centric.
2. Biometric security with fingerprint scanner
Two years ago I authored a post called 9 Features I Want In My Next Android Phone and the top item on my list was a fingerprint scanner. I'm not sure why it took this long, but I'm glad to see that Motorola included a form of biometric security on my next mobile device. Hopefully in the next year or two, passwords will become a thing of the past.
3. Tons of memory for multitasking – 1 GB RAM
The Atrix 4G is the first phone I know of that will ship with 1 GB of RAM. A super chip like the Tegra 2 excels at multitasking, so it's nice to see 1 GB RAM inside a mobile device. Hopefully this will allow my phone to keep up with my busy lifestyle.
4. Laptop, HD multimedia, and vehicle docking accessories
Thanks to the revolutionary docking accessories, the Atrix 4G can transform from a phone into a laptop, desktop computer, personal navigation device, gaming console, and set-top box. I thought it might take another year to reach this point, but this is the future of mobile computing that we have heard Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha and NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang talking about for the last couple years.
The mobile phone is now your most personal computer and in the next year or two it should become the most powerful.
5. The world's first 4.0″ qHD display
Motorola upgraded their screens and went with a 4.0″ qHD (540 x 960) display with 24-bit color graphics. We didn't get to dive too deep into who's making this display, but the resolution looked great in the time we got to spend with the Atrix. Most new Android phones that got announced went with a WVGA display, so Motorola now offers the best resolution.
6. Long-lasting 1930 mAh battery
The AT&T Atrix 4G will ship with a 1930 mAh battery, which is the highest capacity for any Android phone. We already know that dual-core processors are more power efficient and AT&T is advertising that the Atrix 4G offers up to 9 hours talk time. Most competing Android phones only offer 4-8 hours of talk time, so this is a good sign that the Atrix could offer the best overall battery life of any other smartphone.
7. AT&T's 4G network(s)
Everyone loves to hate on AT&T, but most people are just repeating things they have read on the internet. I'm not aware of many Android bloggers on AT&T, so I felt like this was a good opportunity to try them out and give them a voice (for good or bad).
AT&T recently completed their HSPA+ upgrade and they will start turning on their LTE network this summer. The combination of HSPA+ and LTE should be the best 4G combo offered by any carrier this year.
I have already felt the blowback on Twitter, but I would love to hear everyone's feedback. If you are a current, former, or future AT&T customer, please tell me if I making the right decision.


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Gerard Butler: Morning Coffee & Afternoon Surfing!
Gerard Butler chats on his cellphone as he picks up a cup of coffee and the Los Angeles Times on Sunday morning (August 14) in Malibu, Calif.
Later in the day, the 41-year-old Scottish actor hit the beach and surfed the afternoon away!
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Gerard Butler
Earlier in the week, Gerard partied the night away at the Playhouse Nightclub in Hollywood.
Gerard recently signed on to star in the FBI thriller The Bricklayer! Gerry will be playing a rogue former FBI agent, and has also signed on to co-produce the film!
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Betty R. (Slothower) Bolan, 89, died Sept. 26, 2012.
Betty R. (Slothower) Bolan, 89, died Sept. 26, 2012. Prior to her retirement in 1988, she worked in technical illustration at Beechcraft and then Boeing. Her parents, Truman and Merta Slothower, and all her six siblings preceded her in death. Survived by four daughters: Vicki Bailey (John) of El Dorado, Billie Hickey (William) of Detroit, Mich., Penny Bolan Reid (Walter) of Derby and Terry Bolan (Ralph Flowers) of Olsburg/Manhattan; six grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren. She will be missed more than words can express. Memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Oct. 21, Calvary United Methodist Church, 2525 N. Rock Rd., Wichita. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to support Heartspring, 8700 E. 29th St. No., Wichita, KS 67226 or at 4.4www.Heartspring.org. Condolences may be sent to: BettyBolanFamily @glass.kscoxmail.com


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Pardon me, but is this the same stock recovery as the AT&T version?
I'm sure it's not.
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It's no secret that social networking sites, especially Facebook, have redefined what the term "friend" means. Back in the pre-Facebook days, a friend was someone you spent time with, talked on the phone with, or any mix of actions that caused you to interact with them on some personal level. Now, creating a friend on Facebook is as easy as simply clicking a button to "Add Friend". As long as their profile is visible to you in some way, you can be "friends" with just about anyone out there!
Of course this new wave of digital friendship has led to what I call "friend oversaturation". You won't get any judgement from me either as I've been guilty of this myself. In fact at one point I used to have over 400 Facebook friends. There is something called Dunbar's Number which suggests that we as humans cannot maintain meaningful social relationships over 100-230 people — 150 being the usual number used. Those hundreds of Facebook friends you have? Probably not all that meaningful. So maybe it's time to cut back a little. It's time to put your Facebook on a diet.
Facebook has a "Friends of Friends" privacy option for many of the posts, details, photos, and other info you put up on the social network. This means that anyone who is a friend of one of your friends can also see that information. Last year the average Facebook user had approximately 245 friends. In contrast, each friend had an average of 359 friends. It's an interesting paradox, but that's the numbers resulting from a study by the Pew Center's Internet and American Life Project, and I assume they're better at stats than I am. So you have 245 friends (on average) and each of those friends have 359 friends. If your privacy is set to "Friends of Friends" that means, theoretically, 87,955 people can see your information. Yikes! Of course this number is a bit inflated due to the fact people have mutual friends. However, the number is bound to be well in the thousands and it's a safe bet you don't even know most of these people. So let's hope you didn't post your personal phone number. It gets better, too. Thanks to Facebook's new Graph Search, users will also be able to use that information in their searches. So much for privacy.
A lot of this can be avoided by changing your privacy settings (Friends only is a good option), but that doesn't mean it's not a good idea to cut down that friends list. If you haven't been in contact with someone for years, and don't plan on being in contact with them in the future, they're probably a candidate for unfriending. Need some motivation? Set a goal! Set a number you will reduce your friends to at all costs. NO EXCEPTIONS. Then if you add a new friend, KICK SOMEONE ELSE TO THE CURB! It may sound harsh, but they only "liked" one post of yours in the 3 years you've been "friends" anyway. Happy birthday well-wishers don't count either, as Facebook practically does that for you these days.
In my opinion, Facebook has made it much easier to unfriend someone these days. Simply navigate to your own profile page, click on the "Friends" box that's located below your cover photo, and you'll be shown a list of your current Facebook friends (even those that have deactivated their accounts). Now all you have to do is find the unlucky victim(s) of your Facebook friend purge, put your cursor over the button that says Friends and has a check mark next to it, and select "Unfriend" from the bottom of the drop down menu that pops up. A box will pop up asking you to confirm the action. Go ahead and confirm and sayonara! Your Facebook friend list is looking sleek and slim already!