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Social Security Numbers = De Facto National ID Card
December 26, 2005, 04:03:14 AM »
SSNs should not be used the way they are currently used.
Refuse to provide it whenever you can -- e.g., strange as it may seem, you can be hired without giving your SSN to your employer.
Yet, SSNs are not unique identifiers as they say. After all, you can simply make up Social Security numbers randomly, and create a valid number not assigned to anyone. On the other hand you can make up a SSN that can be valid, while being probably been assigned to another person.
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Re: Social Security Numbers = De Facto National ID Card
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December 26, 2005, 07:31:24 PM »
In February 2003, the New York Senator and former First Lady Hillary Clinton announced that she would support a national identification card for US citizens claiming that she would support it as part of an overall effort to improve national security.
"Clearly, we have to make some tough decisions as a country," Clinton warned. "And one of them ought to be coming up with a much better entry and exit system so that if we're going to let people in for the work that otherwise would not be done, let's have a system that keeps track of them."
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Re: Social Security Numbers = De Facto National ID Card
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December 26, 2005, 07:34:12 PM »
Many different national identification schemes (NIDS) have been proposed. A key feature in all of them is that people in a particular country would be required, or at least expected, to present an officially issued ID card in order to obtain particular services or pass security checkpoints. Traditionally, NIDS have been used or proposed for handling routine administrative transactions between government agencies and citizens, with benefits claimed in the areas of convenience, cost savings or fraud reduction. NIDS could combine the functions of a driver's license, social security registration, immigration documents, and other government-issued identification. Until recently, NIDS have not been suggested as a way to protect against terrorist attacks, partly because of inherent difficulties in achieving the required levels of security. Suddenly, in the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, preventing terrorism is being touted as a possible use of NIDS.
NIDS can either be mandatory or voluntary. In a mandatory scheme, everyone is required to carry and present a card when asked; not doing so is an offense. In a voluntary scheme, those who do not have a card will be subjected to additional background checks while those with a card can more easily obtain services or pass security checkpoints. There are at least two distinct processes in a functioning NIDS.
First is a one-time registration process in which everyone is required to present themselves to the authorities along with their existing identification documentation, such as birth certificate or citizenship papers. If the authorities believe the documentation is valid, they create an individually identified entry in a database and issue the person a card which, in most systems, would be linked to this entry. In recently proposed schemes, this would be a "smart" card containing a micro-chip that stores and accesses information and possibly biometric data about the person, such as finger prints or retina scans. The second process is authentication. This occurs whenever the cardholder is required to show the card to verify his or her identity. A first check is made to ensure that the card actually belongs to the person presenting it. This is done by comparing the information on the card with the person, for example by visual comparison of the cardholder with the photograph on the card, or by digital comparison of a live finger scan with the finger print recorded on the card. If there is a satisfactory match, the card is used as a link to a database. A second check then determines whether there is anything on file that raises suspicion about the cardholder. If not, the person can proceed. There can also be a third process, data-matching. This occurs whenever authorities analyze and compare information in the NIDS databases to determine whether information about a person is present in more than one database, in order to augment what is known about that person.
The overwhelming majority of the September 11 hijackers were in the US legally and had no record with the FBI or other security agency. In other words, they could have obtained a legitimate ID card and the authentication checks prior to boarding the plane would have not have revealed anything that would have aroused the suspicions of authorities. A NIDS offers no security against terrorists who have no record of prior misconduct and are not worried about being identified after the attack (possibly because they will be dead).
Using biometric data such as fingerprints and retina scans can help in verifying that the card actually belongs to the cardholder. However, this is not 100% reliable. There is always a margin of variation between the original sample obtained during registration and any subsequent sample used at the point of authentication. To ensure that no one slips through by pretending to be the cardholder, the range of tolerance must be set so narrow that there will be significant numbers of people who will not appear to be legitimate cardholders when in fact they are.
More fundamentally, however, biometric identification is just one step in the overall NIDS process. The security provided by the overall system is governed by its weakest link. The issuance of a high-security ID card is based on the presentation of low-security documents. Anyone with a convincing passport or birth certificate would be able to obtain an ID card. All biometrics help to do is to make sure that the cardholder is really the person identified by the card and, if they are checked against a central database, then biometrics can ensure that a person does not hold more than one card. However, biometric data cannot ensure that the information the person presents when obtaining the card is correct. This depends widely on the specifics of the system, but no system can ever be 100% secure. While smart cards are among the most secure technologies available, virtually all existing smart card systems have been compromised. Leading security experts point out that as more and more smart cards are put into operation, more and more people know how to break them. If the card is used to check the information against a central database, then the security of this database becomes crucial. It must be accessible nationwide in order to support security checkpoints all over the country. Therefore it will have to be on some network, probably the Internet or telephone system. The security necessary to prevent people from breaking into such a sensitive networked system would be nearly impossible to achieve. For this reason, a NIDS creates security risks that would otherwise not exist. Furthermore, if high-tech security cards can be compromised, it becomes impossible to distinguish a fake card from a legitimate one. A smart card system might be more difficult to forge, but if successful, forgeries would be perfect. Last but not least, a system as complex and comprehensive as a NIDS relies on the cooperation of a thousands of people, hundreds of organizations and dozens technologies. Each of these elements introduces a specific set of vulnerabilities. Securing the entire system against attacks and abuses will be close to impossible.
NIDS would allow individuals to be easily tracked. However, knowing the identity of people will not prevent crime. If the identity of the person who will commit the next crime were known then prevention would be trivial: simply find the person and stop them from acting. However, since crime and acts of terror cannot be predicted, being able to track individuals will not increase security. A NIDS would make everyone vulnerable to the problem of incorrect data in the database. If the data on the card or in the database is incorrect, then innocent people will be victimized through no fault of their own. If other government databases are any indication, a system as large as a NIDS would contain a significant amount of incorrect data. NIDS, then, do not provide additional security against terrorism. With NIDS we compromise civil liberties without increasing security.
Given that the systemic weakness of an NIDS are somewhat hidden, such a highly visible system might well produce a false sense of security. By relying on a security measure that is inadequate, we might end up compromising our security through a NIDS. Two groups have been pushing for NIDS for a long time and are now using the war against terrorism to advance their agenda. The law enforcement community would like a tool to make it easier to identify people on routine checks and to link their databases by using the national ID card as a unique identifier. This has little do with the fight against terrorism but a lot with expansion of police powers. Smart-card identification schemes have also been promoted by large information technology vendors. For them, a multi-billion system would be a great business opportunity. The most prominent promoters of the current wave of NIDS in the US have been Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems, and Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle. Both have been peddling their company's products as the basis for the NIDS. While they offered their products for free, the ensuing service contracts would make their "gifts" highly profitable. Both of these groups stand to benefit from a NIDS even if it does not improve our security against terrorists. So far, failures of proposed smart card NIDS greatly exceed successful implementations.
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December 26, 2005, 07:43:37 PM »
Technology is gonna put an end to the world. People are inherently stupid: they think that just because they CAN do something, they HAVE TO actually do it.
Einstein was not stupid when he answered to some peoples' question 'What do you think about the Third World War?,' saying 'I don't know about the Third World War, but I'll tell you about the Fourth.' They asked him, 'What is it? What is it? What is it?' Einstein replied, 'When you go to wage the Fourth World War, it will be with sticks and bows and arrows. We'll be back to primitive man.' What the Third World War is going to bring about is complete devastation.
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December 26, 2005, 07:47:15 PM »
They can just do that with the social security card. Every USC has one assigned already, they can just add a status to it. I can't see any problem doing it that way, your SS# is everywhere, in your driver license, your checks, etc -- it's not exactly a sacred, closely guarded information anymore.
Re: Social Security Numbers = De Facto National ID Card
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December 26, 2005, 07:50:07 PM »
panda, it's not a matter of a SSN anymore, if you carefully read above on this very thread you'll see the proposed National ID Card involves a micro-chip that stores/accesses information and possibly BIOMETRIC DATA about the person, such as FINGERPRINTS or RETINA SCANS. It's horrible if it is to be implemented -- it would undoubredly create a Nazi state.
Here it is a little bit more on the issue
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December 26, 2005, 07:58:48 PM »
People have always used individual traits for identification. In ancient times, the presence of scars, birthmarks and other unusual features helped minimise mistaken identify. Even today, we use techniques that have been around for centuries, such as passwords and signatures. But passwords are notoriously insecure, and signatures can be forged or ignored. Shop assistants, for example, often don't bother to compare the signature on the back of a credit card with the sample provided by the purchaser. The search is on for better ways of proving identity. As computer power has grown, so too has the idea that the automated capture, measurement and identification of distinctive physiological or behavioural characteristics could safeguard our identities and therefore our property and privacy, and could also be used to fight crime. The technologies now being developed for these purposes have come to be labelled 'biometrics', because they apply statistical methods to biological observations and phenomena. However, the discipline of biometrics is much broader than just identity verification. Biometrics plays a crucial role in agriculture, environmental and life science.
Fingering the issue
The most well-known biometric technology of all is the fingerprint we all know that the biggest mistake a criminal can make is to leave a fingerprint at the scene of the crime. If you look closely at the underside of your fingertips you'll see dozens of swirling lines. These are made by minute, raised 'friction ridges' on the skin; their purpose is to give your fingers better grip in the way that car or bike tyres have 'tread' to keep them from skidding on the road. You can see similar friction ridges on the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet. The friction ridges form several macro-patterns, the three most common of which are the arch, loop and whorl. Individual ridges also have distinctive variations, known as minutiae. These include:
- 'ridge endings', where the ridge ends abruptly;
- 'bifurcations', where a single ridge divides into two or more ridges;
- 'enclosures', where a ridge bifurcates and then rejoins, leaving a little island in the middle;
- dots, which are short fragments of ridges of approximately the same width and length; and
- spurs, which are short offshoots from a main ridge.
The arrangement of the ridges and their minutiae on the finger is random: probability theory suggests that the chance of two fingers having exactly the same arrangement is more than a billion to one. Indeed, in a hundred years of the systematic fingerprinting of criminal suspects and more than 100 million fingerprints later, no two have ever been found to be identical. Fingerprints are fully formed in the womb and remain unchanged throughout life. In Australia, the use of fingerprinting in fighting crime was recently updated under the CrimTrac system. But it is not only the police who are excited about fingerprint biometric technologies: ideas for applying them commercially (e.g., to control access to personal computers) are coming almost as fast as you can push a button.
The difference between identification and verification
The use of biometric technologies against crime mostly involves identification; whereas verification is more common in commercial uses. The difference between the two can be shown in the following examples. Imagine an automatic teller machine (ATM) that uses a fingerprint instead of a number as a password. The machine confirms your identity by comparing your fingerprint with the 'reference' fingerprint originally encoded into the card. Thats verification. If a thief breaks into a house, he might leave behind a fingerprint. The question the police want to answer is: who does this fingerprint belong to? It can be checked against a database of criminal fingerprints; finding a match is identification. In terms of computing power, the difference between verification and identification is important: comparing the fingerprint entered by the user with the reference fingerprint (verification) is a simple task. Matching a fingerprint with all those contained in a database of thousands or even millions (identification) requires considerable computer grunt. In most commercial applications of biometrics, the aim is to verify the identity of the user.
Finger scanning
The potential applications of using fingerprints are being made possible by the development of automated finger scanning. Up until a few years ago, fingerprints were collected in the way we see in police movies: put the finger on an inkpad, then place it carefully on a sheet of paper. In the last decade or so, electronic scanners have been used to digitise the old, paper-based prints to form an electronic database. Now, technologies to scan the finger directly are developing rapidly. Optical finger-scanners, which work in a similar way to a photo scanner, have been in use for a decade or so and are starting to be replaced by other methods. One of these is called capacitive scanning: it measures the electrical charge produced by the contact of the fingertip with an array of tiny capacitors mounted onto a silicon microchip. Since the ridges will make better contact with the capacitors than the valleys, this technique generates an image of the fingerprint that can be processed in the same way as an image produced by optical scanning. Ultrasound finger-scanners are also being developed.
Once the fingerprint image has been obtained it needs to be measured. In one approach, a computer algorithm a program designed to turn raw data into code that can be used more easily by the identification/verification software identifies minutiae points on the scanned print and 'locates' them relative to other points on the print. It then establishes a mathematical 'template' to serve as a reference. When the same finger is scanned at a later time perhaps when its owner wants to use an ATM the computer software compares the template, which could conceivably be stored on a microchip in the user's card, with the newly scanned print.
Applications of finger scanning
Fingerprint verification is already being used on a limited basis so far to control access to personal computers, cell phones and ATMs. A quick search of the internet reveals a host of companies selling finger scanning devices and citing very low 'false rejection' rates and even lower 'false acceptance' rates. Techno-visionaries predict applications for finger scanning far wider than merely access to the laptop or ATM. They foresee a time when the right finger in the right place will unlock car doors, open briefcases, verify identity over the internet, facilitate travel across international borders and prevent voter fraud. But sceptics point to potential shortcomings. For example, fingerprinting has criminal connotations that will turn many law-abiding people away and some consumer resistance seems inevitable. Others worry that it could even provoke a wave of violent 'finger snatching', because possessing someone elses fingerprint could be extremely lucrative.
Re: Social Security Numbers = De Facto National ID Card
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December 26, 2005, 08:02:48 PM »
The eyes have it
Meanwhile, technology companies continue to invest research dollars in other biometric options. Iris and retina scanning seem to have considerable potential: the patterns in both these parts of the eye are unique to the individual. The retina is the innermost layer of the eyeball 'wall' and is criss-crossed by tiny blood vessels. As these vessels develop in the womb, they form a unique pattern that does not change over the individual's lifetime; retina scanning can map, code and compare these blood vessel patterns. The iris, the coloured part of the eye, contains about 260 unchangeable characteristics compared to less than 40 in fingerprints that can be scanned by video camera, coded by algorithms and, later, compared. The chance of an identical match with a different eye is said to be about 1 in 1078, which is a very small chance indeed. Of the two eye-scanning technologies, iris-scanning is the more likely to gain in popularity. It can be done at a distance of a metre or so in contrast to retina-scanning, which must be done quite close-up and is therefore likely to be more acceptable to the public.
Other biometric tools
We all have other unique characteristics that can be measured. Examples of these other biometric options include hand geometry, typing patterns and voice recognition
Hand geometry
Since the exact shape of the hand and the relative lengths of the fingers and thumb vary between individuals, hand geometry is touted as a potentially useful biometric. The advantage of hand scanning over fingerprinting is that it is less invasive, very user-friendly and requires little computer firepower. The drawback is that hand shapes are not unique, so hand geometry biometric technology is likely to be limited to low-security applications.
Typing patterns
Another kind of biometric technology looks at behavioural characteristics. Most of us possess certain patterns of behaviour that are unique to us. Keyboard recognition technology assesses the typing style of the user. It determines dwell time (the time that each key is depressed), flight time (the time taken to move between keys), and a host of other characteristics, such as typical typing errors. An algorithm codes these patterns. When the computer is used at a later time, the software compares the user's typing pattern against the template. If the variation is above a threshold, thereby indicating that an imposter is using the computer, the software denies access to restricted material.
Other technologies are under development
Many other biometric technologies for identity verification are under development, including voice recognition, face recognition (systems are now being developed to assist police and security agencies to identify suspects in crowds), vein measurement, chemical odour analysis, signature identification and facial thermography (the measurement of the radiant heat from a person's face). Some could be combined in multi-biometric systems, so that the limitations of any single system can be compensated by the presence of a second or third system.
Face Recognition
Throughout the nation and the world, the debate on the privacy implications of face recognition and other surveillance technologies is heating up. In January 2001, the city of Tampa, Florida used the technology to scan the faces of people in crowds at the Super Bowl, comparing them with images in a database of digital mug shots. Privacy International subsequently gave the 2001 Big Brother Award for "Worst Public Official" to the City of Tampa for spying on Super Bowl attendees. Tampa then installed cameras equipped with face recognition technology in their Ybor City nightlife district, where they have encountered opposition from people wearing masks and making obscene gestures at the cameras. In late August 2001, a member of the Jacksonville, Florida City Council proposed legislation to keep the technology out of Jacksonville.
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services gave a $150,000 grant to the city of Virginia Beach in July 2001, to help the city obtain face recognition cameras to look for criminal suspects and missing children. Although officials had initially expressed mixed feelings about the technology, the city council voted on November 13 to install the software at the oceanfront. To fully fund the system, the city must pay an additional $50,000.
In the wake of the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S., privacy advocates, citizen groups, political leaders, and the manufacturers of the technology itself are debating whether these technologies should be more widely used, and if so, how they should be regulated to protect the privacy of the public. Some airports are considering installing face recognition cameras as a security measure. However, T.F. Green International Airport in Providence, Rhode Island, one of the first airports to consider it, decided in January 2002 that they would not install it after all, citing the possibility of false matches and other technological shortcomings of facial recognition systems. Read more here,
Privacy issues
Biometrics-based identification and verification systems must deal with a host of privacy issues if they are to gain widespread acceptance. For some, the prospect of submitting body parts for detailed examination is enough to make them break out in a sweat, while amputees or the blind may not find certain biometric systems to be particularly user-friendly. Meanwhile, some people worry that biometric data given for an innocent purpose, such as opening a bank account, will be used for other, more sinister purposes by governments or corporations. Another concern is the potential 'hijacking' of biometric data if transmitted over the internet, for example by criminals who would then use it to defraud individuals and institutions. Such arguments must be weighed against the fact that the aim of most biometric systems is to increase privacy by requiring a more rigorous proof of identity than has been necessary in the past. If the system is robust enough, criminals will find that beating it is a difficult task. Nevertheless, the technologies present civil libertarians with many issues that must eventually be addressed.
Re: Social Security Numbers = De Facto National ID Card
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December 26, 2005, 11:12:48 PM »
Would you godd**mned dimented weirdos stop posting diagrams on this website? That would be great, thanks.
Biometrics Overview
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December 27, 2005, 01:10:10 AM »
Imagine you're James Bond, and you have to get into a secret laboratory to disarm a deadly biological weapon and save the world. But first, you have to get past the security system. It requires more than just a key or a password -- you need to have the villain's irises, his voice and the shape of his hand to get inside.
You might also encounter this scenario, minus the deadly biological weapon, during an average day on the job. Airports, hospitals, hotels, grocery stores and even Disney theme parks increasingly use biometrics -- technology that identifies you based on your physical or behavioral traits -- for added security.
In this article, you'll learn about biometric systems that use handwriting, hand geometry, voiceprints, iris structure and vein structure. You'll also learn why more businesses and governments use the technology and whether Q's fake contact lenses, recorded voice and silicone hand could really get James Bond into the lab (and let him save the world).
Biometrics Overview
You take basic security precautions every day -- you use a key to get into your house and log on to your computer with a username and password. You've probably also experienced the panic that comes with misplaced keys and forgotten passwords. It isn't just that you can't get what you need -- if you lose your keys or jot your password on a piece of paper, someone else can find them and use them as though they were you.
Instead of using something you have (like a key) or something you know (like a password), biometrics uses who you are to identify you. Biometrics can use physical characteristics, like your face, fingerprints, irises or veins, or behavioral characteristics like your voice, handwriting or typing rhythm. Unlike keys and passwords, your personal traits are extremely difficult to lose or forget. They can also be very difficult to copy. For this reason, many people consider them to be safer and more secure than keys or passwords.
Biometrics uses unique features, like the iris of your eye, to identify you.
Biometric systems can seem complicated, but they all use the same three steps:
- Enrollment: The first time you use a biometric system, it records basic information about you, like your name or an identification number. It then captures an image or recording of your specific trait.
- Storage: Contrary to what you may see in movies, most systems don't store the complete image or recording. They instead analyze your trait and translate it into a code or graph. Some systems also record this data onto a smart card that you carry with you.
- Comparison: The next time you use the system, it compares the trait you present to the information on file. Then, it either accepts or rejects that you are who you claim to be.
Systems also use the same three components:
- A sensor that detects the characteristic being used for identification
- A computer that reads and stores the information
- Software that analyzes the characteristic, translates it into a graph or code and performs the actual comparisons
At first glance, using handwriting to identify people might not seem like a good idea. After all, many people can learn to copy other people's handwriting with a little time and practice. It seems like it would be easy to get a copy of someone's signature or the required password and learn to forge it.
But biometric systems don't just look at how you shape each letter; they analyze the act of writing. They examine the pressure you use and the speed and rhythm with which you write. They also record the sequence in which you form letters, like whether you add dots and crosses as you go or after you finish the word.
This Tablet PC has a signature verification system.
Unlike the simple shapes of the letters, these traits are very difficult to forge. Even if someone else got a copy of your signature and traced it, the system probably wouldn't accept their forgery.
A handwriting recognition system's sensors can include a touch-sensitive writing surface or a pen that contains sensors that detect angle, pressure and direction. The software translates the handwriting into a graph and recognizes the small changes in a person's handwriting from day to day and over time.
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SunTrust (NYSE:STI) seemed to be the latest bank being targeted with a denial of service attack Wednesday afternoon in a chain of cyber attacks that hit Capital One (NYSE:COF) on Tuesday and other Wall Street majors last month.
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The "Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters" in a blogpost late Monday said it would target Capital One on Tuesday, regional bank SunTrust on Wednesday and Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) on Thursday.
A handful of users are reporting on Twitter and SiteDown.co that they're having issues accessing SunTrust's e-banking website. That's different from some of the earlier attacks where customers couldn't access the main customer website altogether.
When attempting to log on, some customers have been complaining of receiving one of two error messages: "Server Unavailable" or "Server is too busy".
"We have seen increased traffic today and have experienced some intermittent service availability, but will decline additional comment at this time," a SunTrust spokesperson told FOX Business.
On Tuesday, SunTrust told FOX Business that it was "aware of the threat" and was working to mitigate any disruption to clients should an attack occur.
The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters has been targeting the U.S. financial sector through denial of service attacks, which is a common method used by hackers that causes sites to function much more slowly than usual or can even temporarily bring them down.
The group has threatened to pursue more cyber attacks next week and has long said it will not stop until a video mocking Islam first posted to YouTube is removed from the Internet.
The same group that threatened SunTrust earlier this week has also claimed credit for the attacks carried out against Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup (NYSE:C), the New York Stock Exchange, Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), PNC Bank (NYSE:PNC) and US Bancorp (NYSE:USB) last month.

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Grease Live and television's best musical shows
It seems like bringing musical theatre to television is just getting more and more popular. Before Christmas, ITV treated us to a fabulous live performance of The Sound of… read more
Grease Live and television's best musical shows
It seems like bringing musical theatre to television is just getting more and more popular. Before Christmas, ITV treated us to a fabulous live performance of The Sound of Music. It was so awesome that the United States clearly wanted some of the action, and tonight at 8pm ITV2 is airing the recording of FOX's Grease Live, which took place over the weekend.
To celebrate Grease Live coming to British screens tonight, we've compiled a list of our favourite television musicals and some of our favourite musical numbers.
The seminal television musical, Glee was the first show to break out of the constraints of the format during an unstoppable first season in 2009. Ridiculous high school storylines topped with cheesy nineties hits made this series a firm favourite until it became a tangled mess of relationship storylines, guest stars and songs we'd never heard of.
The extraordinary musical sensation hitting the States is the fairytale-themed musical comedy Galavant, which is a bit Monty Python meets Game of Thrones. Featuring songs created by eight-time Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken, Galavant is a giant of its genre. It also features one of the most impressive guest star rosters of any show ever, including Kylie Minogue, Matt Lucas, Hugh Bonneville, Ricky Gervais, Sheridan Smith, Robert Lindsay and many more!
Crazy Ex Girlfriend
This is the tale of the ever-so-slightly psycho ex-girlfriend Rebecca Bunch, who quits her incredibly successful career in law on a whim to chase after her former boyfriend from summer camp. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is everything you imagine it to be with that title and massively enhanced by some hilarious original musical numbers (see below).
Empire is a serious drama with some seriously good hip hop tracks, but what else did we expect from a show whose score is supervised by Timbaland? Loosely based off Shakespeare's King Lear, Empire tells the story of a dying record label owner who must choose which of his three sons to leave his legacy to. Each son has his own valuable credentials, and there's a lot of singing about the whole kerfuffle.
The musical-drama with staying power (so far) – Nashville follows the complicated lives and careers of ageing country music star Rayna Jaymes and up-and-coming country pop sensation Juliette Barnes. It's set in the home of country and western and features music by real artists in Nashville, so the show has a really authentic quality to its music while being shockingly good fun to watch.
Smash was a short hit, a rival for Glee, which showed incredible promise back on NBC in 2012. The series followed an aspiring group of hitmakers who were trying to create the next smash hit musical on Broadway, and their hectic private lives outside of the theatre.
Grease Live airs tonight (Wednesday February 3) on ITV2 at 8pm.


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I am looking to build a board that will work in the 8-12 mph range. Not sure if the board (not build yet) will work better with a big 16M or big big 20+ M kite. I will worry about that later.
I have little (read none) experience with boardbuilding so this will be my first attempt. Respect to all you boardbuilders working with the exotic materials and laminants. I am sure it would be disastorous for me to attempt this first try. For this reason i am considering a easy to moderatly easy construction method. I checked out the ZeroPrestige and like the idea of a single thickness plywood construction. I know this would be very heavy, but would it be prohibitvely heavy?
So, the questions for material are if it is a single sheet plywood how thick should it be? 3/8 - 1/2". Or are two plys, 1/4 or so better? If it is plys how to laminate together?
I am guessing on a size of about 150 - 155 by about 44 - 46. Fairly straight outline, with a little taper at the tips. No rocker, with some flip at the tips, if possible. No fins. Tucked rails near the center and sharp and beveled nearing the tips. Any suggestions on these thoughts? Do any of you have a proven super light wind board design? Length, width, outline, rocker, rails, fins? A buddy still rides a first generation Lightwave 181 in super light wind. It is long, wide, and pretty flat rocker. I think i can get away with less length on a flatter rocker?
Can you suggest the best material to glass or epoxy the board? Provide the laymans term and the technical or brand name.
Can you point me in the direction of forum posts, websites, or specific information that has a good explained (with photos if possible) process?


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What is the biggest mistake people make in organizing their fridge?
One of the biggest mistakes people make in general is assuming they have willpower. We make good food too hard to get at and bad food too easy, and it's the things that are easy to get at that we're likely to go overboard on eating. If you have cookies out, you're going to eat them.
I have a teenage boy, and I've found that it's really easy to guide his behavior by what's sitting in the fridge. So I'll have cooked chicken, veggies, nuts and fruit already done and easily available. You can even buy cut-up vegetables and platters, you've got the hummus done now in the packages — it's easier that way to make good choices.
How do you make healthful food visually appealing?
How you package things makes a massive difference. Let's say you took turkey and rolled it around a veggie and put it in hummus, and put them on a cute little plate in the fridge — you're way more likely to grab that. Or you could take Greek-style yogurt, mix it with berries and put some nuts over the top.
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Mr Mole wrote:The_Watchman wrote:Maybe its a double standard on my part or maybe its just context, but the killing in the Marvel movies bothers me less. Other than the Hulk (maybe), all of the Avengers were killers before that movie began but always in the heat of battle and the big three went out of their way to save and protect others. Even in the middle of the New York battle, Cap prioritizes saving people over fighting.
I agree with your general sentiment, but the one aspect of that movie that bothered me most was probably the continuing trend to totally abandon Hawkeye's roots as a character. He was trained in a circus, fun-loving, brash... He led a branch of the Avengers for years and helped turn a team of Thunderbolts into real heroes... And had a very strict code against killing. Now he's morphed into a semi-brooding, SHIELD assassin.
Honestly, I don't much care that Superman killed Zod. Zod had declared ware and was a legitimate threat to Superman and every other living being on the planet. That he did it with a trendy neck snap wasn't to my liking, nor did I like that he was all smiles and cheers for the rest of the movie. There should've been somber reflection on his actions and on the destruction and deaths that had just occurred, followed by an optimistic "I'm here to protect you now and I'll do everything in my (considerable) power, laying down my life if that's what it takes, to make sure nothing like this ever happens again."
It just wasn't Superman.
Agreed on both points. Hawkeye is one of my favorite Avengers and was quite disappointed they went the full Ultimates route with him. I thought his banter was decent in parts and the bit where he gets Loki for using the arrow catch was fun, but I feel making him just a SHIELD assassin really strips him of a lot of what makes him a great character.


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Photos: Boston College exhibit about Jesuits in Japan
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(NEW YORK) -- Gen. David Petraeus told friends his affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, began after the four-star general left the army in August 2011, sources told ABC News.
Petraeus is said to have been the one to have broken off the extramarital affair.
The 60-year-old's storied career, first as the public face of two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and later as director of the CIA, came crashing down on Friday when he announced his resignation from the intelligence agency, citing the indiscretion.
"After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours," Petraeus said in a statement on Friday.
People close to the general had previously suspected Broadwell's feelings for him had crossed a professional line.
They found the biographer, who spent a year embedded with Petraeus in Afghanistan, to be embarassing and far too "gushy" about him. They said to one another they thought Broadwell "was in love with him," sources told ABC News.
The FBI stumbled upon the extramarital affair while probing a harassing email that had been sent to a woman in Florida. The email was traced to Broadwell's inbox, where investigators are said to have found intimate emails that indicated Petraeus was having an extramarital affair with his biographer.
Investigators uncovered no compromising of classified information or criminal activity, sources familiar with the probe said, adding that all that was found was a lot of "human drama."
Petraeus and his wife Holly, who have been married for more than 37 years, are said to be staying in their Arlington Home and are doing "OK."
"The women in the army are always the strong ones. Holly will survive," a friend of the couple said.
The timing of Petraeus' resignation, which came days before he was scheduled to testify to the House and Senate intelligence committees regarding the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, "was what it was," an official told ABC News, adding that the time had come to tie up any loose ends in the investigation and confront Petraeus.
The CIA director stepped down from his position as the head of the intelligence agency on Friday, acknowledging he had engaged in an extramarital affair. He did not provide any further details.
"Yesterday afternoon, I went to the White House and asked the president to be allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position as D/CIA," he said in a statement. "After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours. This afternoon, the president graciously accepted my resignation."
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was made aware of the Petraeus situation on Tuesday evening around 5 p.m. by the FBI, according to a senior intelligence source.
After having several conversations with Petraeus that evening and the following day, Clapper advised Petraeus that the best thing to do would be for him to resign, the source said.
Clapper notified the White House the following afternoon that Petraeus was considering resigning, according to the source.
Petraeus then went to the White House Thursday and told the president he thought he should resign, and the following day the president accepted his resignation, the source said.
Clapper is not currently initiating an investigation into the matter, according to the source.
The news shocked officials in Washington. Petraeus was perhaps the military's most respected general of his generation. He is seen as a problem-solver, and was entrusted with key roles by two presidents from different parties.
Petraeus, then working as a general in Afghanistan, spent a year in close quarters with Broadwell, a 40-year-old married mother of two who embedded with him to write his biography.
In February, when promoting her book, "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus," the West Point and Harvard-educated Broadwell told ABC News' Christiane Amanpour she was able to learn more about what makes the four-star general tick.
"His father doled out what he called gruff love, so he was always working hard to keep his father happy and I think that's reflected in his personality now," she said. "It's interesting to apply that on every one of his assignments, even looking at now, he's trying to please this president."
Broadwell wrote a story that was published this week on Newsweek's website titled "General David Petraeus's Rules for Living." No. 5 is notable in light of the news about his extramarital affair.
"We all will make mistakes. The key is to recognize them and admit them, to learn from them, and to take off the rear-view mirrors -- drive on and avoid making them again," he said.
The departure of Petraeus will add another hole to Obama's leadership team, which is expected to lose some high-profile faces in the coming weeks and months.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is among the cabinet members who have said they will not stay in the administration for a second term. A hole at CIA will add yet another position that requires Senate confirmation to that list.
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Emily Coleman Morgan Kilpatrick, photo from Hall family collection, probably taken in Bienville or Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.
Emily Coleman Morgan was my 3rd-great-grandmother, the daughter of tobacco farmer John William Morgan and Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Coleman. She was born 28 Dec. 1820 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Her family moved to Franklin County, Tennessee about 1833, where she met and married John Milton Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick was hired by Emily's father to teach him to raise corn; he stayed with the family for four years and ended up growing a crop of Morgan grandchildren as well--including my great-great-grandmother Hannah Kilpatrick Stevenson Dobbins.
(I don't know of any connections to my husband's Northeast U.S. Morgan line, unless there are common roots in Wales, perhaps.)
Emily looks rather formidable, certainly a lot taller than most in my family, though some Stevenson descendants were tall, and a Kilpatrick cousin tells me she has tall relatives. Her fingers are so long! Wonder if she ever played piano? (Also wondering about Marfan syndrome, though I have not heard of it running in the family. I'm doubtful there's a death certificate available in 1899 Louisiana; most parishes began recording them in the 1920s.)
Emily's granddaughter Loda Duckworth confirmed her formidability in a memoir: "Grandma was never afraid of anything, not even a bucking horse, she could ride like a man, get on a horse and go out and tend to business as well as any man." Loda wrote (or told to someone) more colorful history about the family; when I find out more, I'll post a link to read or buy if possible. I believe it may be part of a published family history.
After brief stays in Mississippi and Texas, John and Emily finally settled for good in Arcadia, Louisiana, just before Christmas, 1859. John died in 1863; Emily lived another 36 years and moved again to nearby Athens, passing away either there or in Arcadia on 14 May 1899. She and John are buried in Arcadia Cemetery.
Next week on "Tombstone Tuesday," I'll tell you how a photo request regarding her turned into a bit of genealogical serendipity.
Sources: Memoir of Loda Duckworth, excerpts in my possession; Arcadia Cemetery transcription by Maxine Morgan (no relation to my Morgans, though her husband is a Cotter cousin) at USGenWeb Archives; U.S. Census records; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, at Ancestry.com; Findagrave.com; original research of Mary Urban (note: her research is well documented, despite the lack of sources at that link); additional notes in my possession from others. Please note that Emily's family is a work in progress. Questions, corrections, additions? Contact me at hallroots [at] sbcglobal **dot** net.
Copyright © 2012 Liz Hall Morgan, all rights reserved. Read more "Treasure Chest Thursday" posts at Geneabloggers.
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Treasure Chest Thursday: Emily Coleman Morgan Kilpatrick
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Mastering Genealogical Proof - APG Discussion Group
It is interesting that each week the individual participation during the discussion remained about the same. With three of us attending all of the discussions, and everyone shared in the conversation. The interesting thing about a discussion group is that all of the conversation takes place through typed entries. It is challenging to follow the conversations and then send off an entry to correspond. At times one may fall a little behind, but there was an utmost attitude of patience throughout the meetings. Having a consistent weekly meeting time for every Thursday morning from 11 - 12 was very helpful.
This week will be our last meeting and it will certainly be missed by those participating. We probably won't miss having to complete homework for each meeting, but that work was critical to participation. For me it was hard to make the time commitment as like most people our time is valuable for the work that we do, but the opportunity to reinforce new research skills is important and the price was right, free except for purchasing the book. The book's author Thomas W. Jones will be coming to Eugene, Oregon in three months and having completed this study of his book will be a great leap forward in attending his classes. The book is part of the National Genealogical Society Special Topics Series, published in 2013.
Here is a little review of the topics we covered:
Week 1 - Genealogy's Standard of Proof, with five review questions.
Week 2 - Concepts Fundamental to the GPS, with eighteen questions and four tables with fill in the blanks.
Week 3 - GPS Element 1: Thorough Research, with three questions which had twelve separate parts.
Week 4 - GPS Element 2: Source Citations, with fifteen questions and three tables with fill in the blanks.
Week 5 - GPS Element 3: Analysis and Correlation, with four questions, including three tables with fill in the blanks and question one having twelve separate parts.
Week 6 - GPS Element 4: Resolving Conflicts and Assembling Evidence, with seven questions, including one table with fill in the blanks.
Week 7 - GPS Element 5: The Written Conclusion, with six questions, including seven parts for number six.
Week 8 - Chapter eight Using the GPS and chapter nine Conclusion, With four questions all using the same eleven parts to evaluate different types of writings of various authors of our choice.
Homework was not required, but as one quickly learned made participation much easier. One could simply cut and paste a response during the review of the chapter. There is recognition for those who do turn in their homework and for me it seemed worthwhile to do so. With a busy week ahead it became a challenge to complete the work, but for this last week it is ready. This learning experience will impact the future work of all who participated. Some of us are probably more comfortable with using what we learned than others.
Would this be something to do again in the future with another type of group? Most certainly, it encourages me to consider participating in a Pro-Genealogist study group which would require a longer time period and more in-depth work. Having that book and it being the basis for several of my college classes might lend to participation. Sometimes we just have to make the time for genealogy research development, whether it be for professional work or just our own. These skills will enhance the work that we produce, leaving a more quality and useable product for others to follow. Is there a discussion and/or study group in your future?
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Susan has been one of our steadfast participants and always has wonderful comments to share. It has been a great group experience, and we've all learned from it. Having our feet to the fire getting those assignments ready every week ensures that we'll actually read and learn from the book. I'll bet everyone feels more confident with genealogical proof-making than when we started out!--Judy FoxReplyDelete


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Checking In On… the OVCPosted by cbogard on December 1st, 2011
Catlin Bogard is the RTC correspondent for the Ohio Valley Conference. You can also find his musings online at OVC Ball or on Twitter @OVCBall.
Reader's Take
Austin Peay is now 0-8 on the season, with non-conference games against Memphis, Arkansas State, Tennessee, Rochester (MI), and Belmont before starting conference play.
The Week That Was
- Tennessee State Suspends Kenny Moore: Last season's OVC all-newcomer selection Kenny Moore has been suspended indefinitely for "conduct detrimental to the team," according to a press release from the school Tuesday. Head coach John Cooper said in a statement that Moore will graduate in December "and that should be the of the utmost importance for him at this time." That line has us wondering if we will see ever see Moore back in a Tigers uniform. Although the suspension was announced Tuesday, Moore did not play in the Tigers win over Morgan State last Saturday.
- Murray State Wins The Great Alaska Shootout: The Racers are off to their best start since the 2003-04 season, and are returning to the continental 48 this week as the winners of the Great Alaska Shootout. Murray State edged all three of its opponents, including a two-point win over Division II host Alaska-Anchorage in the first round. The final against Southern Mississippi went to double overtime before the Racers pulled away with a nine point win. Things don't get any easier this week: Murray faces rival Western Kentucky in Bowling Green on Thursday before hosting co-Atlantic 10 favorite Dayton on Sunday.
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Machine-Made "Stars and Stripes" Replace the Flags of Betsy Ross' Day (Jan, 1924)
Machine-Made "Stars and Stripes" Replace the Flags of Betsy Ross' Day
Uncle Sam's Factory Turns Out Nation's Colors
IT is a far cry from the handmade flag of Betsy Ross to the production of flags by machinery, and yet the cradle of the "Stars and Stripes" has remained in Philadelphia since the symbol of our nation was born there 145 years ago. The traditional scene of this woman patriot patiently fingering the colors of a new nation, has shifted to the operation of scores of machines, increasing production a thousandfold.
Yet, Uncle Sam's flag factory is maintained in the Quaker City, as a branch of the War Department, charged with the responsibility of making all the flags used by the army. This obligation involves the manufacture of a variety of forms of the Stars and Stripes, and storm flags. There, are also made automobile, distinguishing, and transport flags, and ensigns, harbor-boat "jacks," and pennants, together with guidons in vast assortments.
The making of "Old Glory" in great quantities and in response to the dictates of economy is of comparatively recent origin. Progress in this direction has marked time with the development of the needle-machine industry. Not unlike Betsy Ross, who fashioned the national emblem with her fingers, not so very long ago an entire flag was constructed by a single operator. Today, the task is allotted to 13 units of operation. Each worker in Uncle Sam's flag factory is assigned the task of contributing a definite bit of workmanship, these progressive units making for a finished product.
Bunting—a thin woolen stuff used primarily for making flags—is painstakingly inspected before being issued to the machines. It is placed one ply upon another and divided into specified lengths until a section 100-ply high is available. Then the material is marked and subjected to an electrically driven cutting machine, which parcels the bunting into strips of two sizes, these entering into the manufacture of the stars and stripes. The procedure followed with the blue bunting for the field is not dissimilar to that of cutting the long and short red and white stripes. The elasticity of the material involves the exercise of utmost care in the laying out and separating of it, lest precision be sacrificed, as accuracy is necessary in joining the stripes on sewing machines. Stars are made by cutting them out with a steel die on a stamping machine. This insures maximum production and uniformity in size and shape. The canvas heading on the flag is fashioned in a similar manner. After the cutters have performed their work,the different parts of the potential Old Glory are bundled together and consigned to the operating room. The short stripes are joined together, alternately red and white, on a double-needle sewing machine, which negotiates two rows of stitching at the same time. In like fashion the long stripes are joined and the field is made. The blue fabric is placed on a table, all wrinkles removed, and the correct position of the stars indicated on each field by a perforated pattern. After being subjected to a squaring process it is cut to exact dimensions. A piece of white percale is fastened on the underside of the field, and a star placed in the same position on the upper side. This insures three thicknesses of cloth. The operator then sews cautiously around the edge of the star with a zigzag machine. Once the stars have been fastened on the field, a trimmer cuts off any excess percale on the underside.
The blue ground and short stripes are then united and both are joined to the long stripes. Then, the flag is smoothed out again on a table, and squared and cut to precise dimensions. The fly end is turned in and hemmed with three rows of stitching. The other end is reinforced at each corner with a triangular strip of bunting and stitched into a canvas heading. It is strengthened by means of a heavy stitching, and each flag is equipped with a galvanized iron staple and ring for hitching to the halyard, the rope or tackle by which it is raised and lowered on the mast. The completed national emblem then undergoes a rigid inspection and, if approved, is folded and consigned to supply headquarters for disposition. Stars, contrary to the hand-fashioned articles of Betsy Ross, are manufactured of solid embroidery silk on a machine. The blue-silk fields are placed in frames on this mechanism, which is capable of producing a stitch not unlike hand embroidery—that is, both sides are alike. This machine, provided with numerous needles, all threaded with white silk, perforates the field, back and forth, thus laying out the design for the embroidery stitching.
National colors are carried by unmounted troops, and standards by mounted military units. The inconsequential distinction between the two is that the standards are not as large as the colors and do not possess cords and tassels. The colors are four feet four inches at the hoist (top to bottom), and five feet six inches at the fly, which is the length stripeways.


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Group Challenges Prayer Before Rapid City Council Meetings
RAPID CITY - The Freedom From Religion Foundation has asked the Rapid City Council to stop the tradition of having a local minister lead a prayer to start council meetings.
The Rapid City Journal reports that the Wisconsin-based nonprofit says it received a complaint from a Rapid City resident who objects to the prayers. But Mayor Sam Kooiker says he's "strongly in favor" of continuing them.
Kooiker notes that the state Legislature and U.S. Congress open sessions with prayer. He says he thinks it's a "time-honored tradition" in Rapid City and has strong community support.
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Catherine Perman could only describe her lawn as "ugly," a dry yard full of dying shrubs. After trying a long time to keep her lawn somewhat alive, she finally decided to replace it.
"Now my lawn is a sanctuary for birds and insects," the Palo Alto resident said. "Nature has grown, it feels like a wild place."
Perman worked with Deva Luna, principal designer for EarthCare Landscaping in Cupertino. Luna's goal is to make landscapes sustainable, water efficient and low maintenance, all the while incorporating simple touches like plants, seeds and berries that create habitable oases for both clients and other critters.
Today shrubs and perennials replace Perman's lawn, which fits more closely in her eco-conscious lifestyle. She also said that her water bill has decreased by more than half since her work with Luna.
Luna, who has worked at EarthCare Landscaping for 12 years, will be giving a talk at the Los Altos Library in July focusing on what to do once your lawn is no longer thriving. She will give listeners tips on how to approach redesigning their lawn on their own and how to sustain a healthy lawn using minimal water.
Luna studied plants and art at the University of California, Davis, earned a teaching credential through San Jose State University and taught adult education classes through several districts.
She suggests adding more elements such as boulders, wood chips and plants that require little or no maintenance. She explained that the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) provides a list of nurseries that offer "water-wise plants," which she often uses in her own work.
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Google will appeal against a 150,000 euro ($205,300) fine issued by France's data-protection watchdog over how user information is tracked and stored, the U.S. search engine said on Wednesday.
The privacy watchdog, known as CNIL, had objected to Google's method of combining data collected on individual users across services such as YouTube, Gmail and social network Google+. The move towards broad storage was introduced by Google in March 2012 and combined 60 privacy policies into one.
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When NBA commissioner David Stern packs up his office at the end of his 30-year term Feb. 1, the cardboard box he totes out of Manhattan's Olympic Tower might have something besides the expected papers, photos and mementos. It might include the 2-3-2 Finals format he helped usher in so long ago.
In the last scheduled Board of Governors meeting of Stern's tenure, the competition committee's unanimous recommendation to switch back to a 2-2-1-1-1 home/road schedule of games will be voted on Wednesday in New York. If approved, the switch likely would be made beginning with the 2014 Finals in June, NBA.com has learned.
A desire to align the NBA's championship series with the format of its other postseason rounds (all 2-2-1-1-1), and questions about the 2-3-2's effect on home-court advantage have been driving discussion of the change. Stern – who took over as commissioner on Feb. 1, 1984 – presided over the Finals-only switch that began in 1985. But air travel snags and fatigues prevalent when teams flew commercially have been alleviated by luxury charter flights.
Both Stern and his presumptive replacement, deputy commissioner Adam Silver, in recent months have expressed interest in the old format. The dynamic of the team with alleged home-court advantage losing one of the Finals' first two games and then potentially not getting another home game has been cited as one issue. Others see the inordinate amount of pressure on the team hosting Games 3, 4 and 5 – better not lose! – as an alternative bit of unfairness.
For the record, the teams with Games 1, 2, 6 and 7 at home (if needed) have won 21 of the 29 Finals (.724), compared to a 26-12 mark (.684) for the 38 NBA/BAA championships through 1984.
Among other business at the BOG meetings Tuesday and Wednesday, representatives from Sacramento, Minnesota and Milwaukee were scheduled to brief their fellow owners and officials on arena developments in their markets.
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The Milwaukee Journal reported Tuesday that team owner Herb Kohl, the retired U.S. senator who has delegated Bucks VP Ron Walter to handle recent BOG business, will attend and discuss the report.


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Inspired by one of the things I love, I bring you this list of 5 Things I LOVE.
1. The Joy The Baker Podcast (love you Joy and Tracy!)
(also, I loved meeting you at your book tour in SF, Joy!)
2. Dandelion Chocolate. Obsessed! I can't wait for their shop to open! (in the meantime, I'll just continue to buy bars at Bi-Rite.)
3. TOMS. I have 3 pairs now. Yes, I am crazy. But I think it's a good crazy. Also, while on the subject of shoes, I really like my new find (thanks to a certain someone) Feiyue shoes. So comfy!
(here I am wearing a pair and with said someone.)
4. Rock Climbing. (of the indoor kind; also thanks to that same certain someone) I just learned how in the past few months and I love it!
5. Finding new things to love everyday. Yes, I cheated a little on this last one, but it's so true, I just had to mention it. If you haven't tried something new lately, do it! It will make you happy, I promise!