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Facebook ignored mobile for so long that it was forced to play catch-up in terms of design, development, and advertising. CEO Mark Zuckerberg doesn't want to miss out on the next Big Thing in technology. So he went and bought himself the coolest tech company around: virtual reality headset makers Oculus.
At first glance, the $2 billion deal announced Tuesday sounds insane. Oculus is an innovative company making really cool gear for gamers, but that has nothing to do with Facebook's stated missions of connecting everyone, understanding the world, and building the knowledge economy. But Zuckerberg said the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset fits perfectly with Facebook's 10-year goals and positions the company to define what he predicts will be the next major computing platform.
It's OK, Zuck. You can admit that you bought Oculus because it's just damn cool.
The Rift is a high-resolution headset that immerses you in virtual reality. We most recently saw a prototype of the product wowing Game of Thrones fans at South by Southwest earlier this month and blowing away competition from Microsoft and Sony at the Game Developers Conference last week. The Rift isn't ready for market just yet, and Zuckerberg couldn't say when it will be. More than 75,000 developers have already ordered kits to create applications that Zuck predicts will go far beyond gaming.
"When you put on their goggles you enter a completely immersive computer-generated environment," he said during a Tuesday call with analysts and shareholders. "You feel like you're actually present in another place with other people. It's completely different than anything I've experienced in my entire life."
Yeah, he's definitely a fan.
The next big platform
Facebook's mobile woes have been well documented: The company took ages to pay attention to its apps, and making money from mobile ads went from zero to 60 in less than two years.
Those days are long gone. Facebook now has more than 1 billion monthly active users on smartphones alone, and more than half of the company's ad revenue comes from mobile. It's time for the company to look beyond phones.
"We feel strong enough on our position that we want to focus on building the next major computing platform that will come after mobile," Zuckerberg said.
Other companies have tentatively explored virtual reality, but Oculus is years ahead. Zuckerberg admitted that Facebook considered building a similar technology from scratch, but wanted the team behind Oculus on their side.
Oculus has focused primarily on gaming applications for the Rift headset, which is a good place to start. But Facebook is already envisioning what Oculus' technological know-how can produce after Rift has shipped.
From sitting courtside at a basketball game to sitting in a classroom taking notes, virtual reality can become the new way that people interact with each other. This isn't about bringing virtual reality to your News Feed or using Rift to take better selfies, as some have joked. Zuckerberg has high-level ambitions for Rift--many of which will take years to realize.
"Imagine sharing not just moments with your friends online, but entire experiences and adventures," he said. "Oculus has the potential to be the most social platform ever."
In that context, the deal sort of makes sense.
What's next for Oculus
Oculus Rift first attracted fans in 2012 with a high-profile Kickstarter campaign, and some of those fans are skeptical about the company's new owner. Minecraft developer Markus Persson has already given up on Rift, and other developers may back out of plans to build apps for the headset in light of Tuesday's deal.
But Oculus is proceeding with its original goals and will continue to operate independently, at least until Rift ships at some undetermined future date. Zuckerberg said Facebook is modeling the deal after the $1 billion purchase of Instagram, which is exactly what he said after buying WhatsApp last month.
"Something we didn't expect in the beginning was how big the potential was for the social experience," Oculus cofounder and CEO Brendan Iribe said on the Tuesday call. "If you can see somebody else and your brain believes they're right in front of you, you get the goosebumps. You start to realize how big this can be. It became incredibly obvious and exciting to us to partner up and create that new social platform."
While fun and games are where Rift will begin, Facebook isn't expecting to make money off hardware sales.
"We're not a hardware company," Zuckerberg said. "We're not going to make a profit of the devices long-term. We view this as a software and services thing."
Zuck hinted at advertising opportunities to come. There's also potential for Rift users to shop at virtual storefronts and buy goods. But virtual reality is a long-term strategy for Facebook, and Zuckerberg hopes an early buy in the space will keep the company from forever playing a game of catch-up it can't win.
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Andy Waldeck's status as a local rock hero was finally cemented about a year ago with the buzz surrounding last summer's Egypt reunion tour. It was impressive enough on its own, but it was downright remarkable when you consider that the band broke up ten years ago.
"We played 300-plus dates a year for eight years. It was over a million miles, when I started adding it up," says Waldeck, obviously still somewhat incredulous.
"Egypt broke up in 1995, and I wasted no time," he says. "I hit the ground running. I switched from bass to guitar and decided I wanted to be the lead singer."
The resulting project was EarthtoAndy, a hard rock outfit whose tour diary reads like a Who's Who of modern rock: Stone Temple Pilots, Sevendust, Live, Fuel, Staind, Vertical Horizon, Dope, even Eminem.
Waldeck had no idea that "Still After You," the energetic song he wrote for the film Heavy Metal 2000 would spell disaster. Label representatives liked it so much they slated it as the band's first single– complete with a video– despite the fact that it didn't reflect the band's relatively accessible character.
"They were looking for a band to fill their market," laments Waldeck. "Everyone was interested in Korn, Limp Bizkit, drop-D, Doberman Pinscher bands.
Around the turn of the century, EarthtoAndy began to suspect that their more mainstream modern rock tendencies were being pushed aside by the marketing department, which seemed to be hell bent on classifying them as "active rock."
"Our suspicions were absolutely confirmed," he says, "when our album wasn't working out the way they wanted, and they went and signed Disturbed," which became one of the best-selling heavy rock acts of the past few years.
"The demographic that listens to that sort of radio is not really interested in new music," says Waldeck. "They're interested in their old classics and new renditions of the same-old same-old."
EarthtoAndy eventually fizzled, but Waldeck promptly zipped off in a direction nobody was expecting.
Offering, a six-song acoustic EP, swaps his trademark high-octane hard rock for a previously unexpected sensitivity.
"That was a great success for me," he says. "I wanted to do something that was the total opposite of what I had done my entire career."
He stops to ponder that for a moment. "My singing has become less screaming and more singing," he laughs.
These days, Waldeck makes the rounds– well, in just about every mode imaginable. Acoustic solo projects, rock with the C-Villians, funk in the form of the X-Porn Stars, stints as a mercenary session bassist, and as a popular instructor.
"I can shift gears really quickly," he says. "I can be on stage rocking and then be sensitive acoustic guy at home."
He can be sensitive acoustic guy on the road, too– last fall, he covered 10,000 miles in under two months for his solo acoustic tour. "It's weird traveling alone," Waldeck says. "It's pretty much just me, my two guitars, and a bag of CDs."
Nine hundred ninety thousand miles from now, the tour diary for Waldeck's solo project might start to measure up to Egypt's. He's in no hurry, though.
"I learned from Egypt and EarthtoAndy that you can wait and wait, and just when you give up, something happens," he says.
Anybody else get the feeling he still has something up his sleeve?
Age: thirtysomething...
Why here? I moved here for the great mix of art, culture, and laid-back Blue Ridge country-boy vibe.
Worst about living here? That damn Bodo's on the Corner that refuses to open.
Favorite hangout? Starr Hill, Outback Lodge, Atomic burrito, Gravity Lounge. Anywhere there's good food, beer, and music happening.
Most overrated virtue? You mean my most overrated virtue, or mankind's most overrated virtue? Either way, it's arrogance.
People would be surprised to know? I'm a really good skier.
What would you change about yourself? I would like to look inside myself more often, to know myself better.
Proudest accomplishment? My choice to live life my way, the road less traveled
People find most annoying about you? Too scattered, too busy
Whom do you admire? My wife, Jenny
Favorite book? Naked by David Sedaris, A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Subject that causes you to rant? The music "business"
Biggest 21st century thrill and biggest 21st century creep-out? The Internet and all its trappings
What do you drive? Subaru
In your car CD player right now? Wayne Hancock, Erin James, Niki Barr
Next journey? Out to L.A. with Niki Barr
Most trouble you've ever gotten in? My lawyer has recommended that I not talk about it... next?
Regret? I wish I had started surfing when I was younger. I know that's lame.
Favorite comfort food? Chicken Marsala
Always in your refrigerator? Half and Half
Must-see TV? TV sucks, but I really like The Sopranos.
Favorite cartoon? South Park
Describe a perfect day: Get up late, make love, hike with the wife and the dogs, hook up with friends for eats, and then get on stage and act like a rock star for a few hours
Walter Mitty fantasy? Greek shipping tycoon, huge luxury motor yacht, private islands, tan face and navy blazer, cruising and taking in the sea.
Who'd play you in the movie? Art Alexakis
Most embarrassing moment? There's nothing worse than a brain fart on stage. You can't remember the next lyric, so you have to make a split-second decision. Do you sing the line you just sang and sound like a record skipping, or do you try to make one up on the spot? (Very rarely does this work out in your favor.)
Or the worst: you try to slur your words in an attempt to sound emotional and interpretive. This happens a lot. That's why its always my most embarrassing moment.
Best advice you ever got? Finish every song you start writing.
Favorite bumper sticker? Don't Fairfax my Albemarle.
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'Religious' yoga in class has some bent out of shape
Appeal announced of judge's decision Hindu practices can be taught in schools
Attorneys on Wednesday said they have filed a notice of appeal of a California judge's decision that even though yoga is a religious activity, it will be allowed in public schools.
Officials with the National Center for Law and Policy said the double standard cannot be allowed to stand.
"A reasonable observing student who is informed about the government practice at issue here, yoga, would clearly understand that [Encinitis Union School District] is promoting religion," said NCLP President Dean Broyles.
"In fact since the advent of EUSD's yoga program students have actually made and continue to make religious associations with the practice of yoga such as chanting 'om' in yoga class and spontaneously assuming the lotus position off campus while closing their eyes and meditating. I am quite certain this case would have been decided very differently if this were a Christian based P.E. program. This whole debacle is shameful and the EUSD superintendent and board of trustees should be embarrassed that this egregious breach of public trust has occurred on their watch with their approval."
The case was brought by parents whose children are in the district's elementary school system. They alleged that teaching yoga in schools is an improper attempt at religious indoctrination.
San Diego Superior Court Judge John Meyer heard the case, and announced in his July 1, 2013, decision that yoga, including the Ashtanga yoga taught at Encinitis, is religious. But the judge also said that the district did not violate the Establishment clauses of the U.S. and California constitutions by hiring yoga instructors to teach yoga to students during class hours.
"Meyer found that EUSD had somehow stripped enough religious content out of the program so that the hypothetical ' reasonable observer' student would not perceive that religious was being promoted," the legal team explained.
Read "Yoga Uncoiled – From East to West" and discover the true foundation of Hindu philosophy embedded in the activities.
Following objections from the plaintiffs in the case, the judge revised his decision, concluding then that the school's yoga poses are identical to those taught by Ashtanga yoga and guru P.K. Jois.
"Evidently, in spite of Judge Meyer's stated grave concerns about Jois Foundation's mission to promote Ashtanga yoga to public school children and Ashtanga devotee Jen Brown's transparent conflict of interest as a Jois Foundation employee and EUSD yoga teacher, these red flags were not enough to cause Judge Meyer to find 'excessive government entanglement with religion' and suspend the religious yoga program," the law center said.
The school's yoga teachings are for children in kindergarten through grade six.
"Judge Meyer agreed with historical realities as well as the consensus of religious studies scholars when he found that yoga is pervasively religious," said Broyles. "Ritual physical practices purportedly leading to 'union with the divine' are obviously religious. The Jois Foundation has the transparent religious agenda of promoting Ashtanga yoga, which is based in Hindu religious beliefs and practices. Jois, now deceptively rebranded as the Sonima Foundation, purchased direct access to a captive audience of young and impressionable children by paying EUSD now nearly $2 million to beta test its religious Ashtanga program on kids and jointly develop a religious yoga curriculum with the district. Once it 'scientifically' proves its program 'works,' the stated goal is to push Ashtanga nationwide in all public schools."
He continued, "It is not the job of government to pick religious winners and losers. We must not allow the cultural elites to decide by fiat which politically correct religions, such as Hinduism or Islam, are acceptable for the state to promote to our children with our taxpayer resources, and which religions are not acceptable, such as Christianity. Our children are not religious guinea pigs and should never be subjected to such misguided religious experimentation by the state."
Broyles said his team is confident of success on appeal "if the court neutrally applies well-established First Amendment legal principles to EUSD's religious yoga program."
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Let me just get that out of the way right at the start. Now allow me to explain how I arrived at that conclusion.
The year was 2009, I was looking to add something interesting to the garage and a mate got in touch about an M3 he was selling. It sounded nice, had a nice big history file and was a fetching colour. I therefore decided that purchasing it would be a sound decision and welcomed it to the garage.
Concerted sleuthing revealed that my new car was in fact a quite rare Cecotto edition M3, this made me very happy. Unfortunately the car arrived in the middle of winter and record snowfall made an in-depth test out of the question.
Fast forward three months and after having spent hours and hours in the garage cleaning up the interior, marvelling at the box arches and telling everyone within earshot that "it's got a dogleg gearbox y'know, motorsport heritage y'know" the time came to actually get it out on the road.
I decided to take it on a tour of the usual roads that I use as testing grounds for bikes and cars and roped in some assistance to do some back-to-back testing with the other old thing in the garage which served as a benchmark...
I was expecting an epiphany. I was expecting a choir of heavenly angels to sing at every turn of the wheel. I was expecting a Motorsport-derived engine to wail, croon and generally tug at my inside leg.
None of all of that happened. The handling, while competent, didn't scream miraculous discoveries through the steering wheel and seat base. The engine just seemed peaky. The gearbox was lovely, but not enough to distract from the overall disappointment of the rest of the car.
I retired to the SC, shaken, worried, underwhelmed and slightly concerned.
Had I just spent a large amount of money on a hound? Was I so terrible behind the wheel that the car wasn't talking to me? I decided to reserve my judgment until I'd taken more time to learn the car's foibles and also try another M3 to see if mine wasn't just singing out of key.
Six months, 3000kms and a spirited drive in a friend's Evolution left me cold. The engine confirmed its peaky nature, the handling, while entertaining, didn't tug at my heart strings like the 911. On the whole the Porsche was, to my eyes, massively superior, characterful, fast and entertaining. The M3 just hadn't lived up to the hype. This really was a case of not meeting your heroes. There was just something I couldn't put my finger on. I had a couple of conversations with other owners and the general consensus is that the car got under their skin almost immediately. So it must be me right? It must be. I'll give it another chance. A nice driving weekend to the seaside!
Saturday morning bright and early, I leave for the beach. Fifteen kms later and the car's dead. The alternator has given up the ghost. Right then, screw you, I was trying to give you a chance here!
Fast forward two weeks, alternator fixed. A friend asks me about the car, makes me a stupid offer and I sell it, happy in the knowledge that maybe I'm just not an E30 M3 guy.
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3D Printers Help Build Robohand for 5-Year-Old
Liam Dippenaar couldn't catch a ball with both hands. Holding two objects at once was a feat and, though right-handed, the 5-year-old used his left. Born with Ambiotic Band Syndrome, Liam lacks the instrument critical for most tasks: fingers.
Thanks to two strangers halfway around the world and the magic of 3D printing, Liam is now able to color and write to his heart's content. Ivan Owen and Richard Van As created Robohand, an open-sourced device built with customized prosthetic fingers.
Owen, of Washington state, and Van As, of South Africa, collaborated via the Internet to create the prosthetic. The duo decided to make the design in the public domain to help others who can benefit from the technology.
Their journey started in 2011, when Van As came across a video of Owen's costume piece, a robotic hand built for amusement. Van As lost most of the fingers on his right hand in a woodworking accident and cast a net out for those willing to help build a prosthetic. Owen was the only one who agreed.
"I had started with the first prototype prior to meeting Ivan. But yes, there were so many obstacles and one of the main ones was contacting people and them just saying, 'No, it can't be done,'" Van As tells Mashable. "People are not keen to think outside the box. Best to cut your whole hand off and not just your fingers because there's a better chance of finding something out there if you're missing the whole hand."
Long nights on Skype and a 10-hour time difference took some getting used to, but the two kept the project going through email and file sharing. Owen and Van As initially used a milling machine and spent hours engineering parts until MakerBot donated two Replicator2 Desktop 3D Printers.
The donation exponentially cut production time for prototypes. What used to take up to three days to complete can now be done in only 20 minutes. Using OpenSCAD, a free software application, Owen and Van As can exchange files and make changes in minutes.
Jenifer Howard, MakerBot's PR director, says the cross-continent collaboration fits perfectly with the company's mission.
"We love to see our printers being used for amazing life-changing and life-validating projects like this," Howard says.
The two men document their progress on a blog called "Coming up Short Handed." Liam's mother, Yolandi, saw the site and reached out to Van As for help. Liam, who has no fingers on his right hand, received his own Robohand at no cost after several trials and prototypes.
"At first it was quite amazing to see the smile on his face when they made the first prototype and he put it on his hand," Yolandi says. "His expression was, 'Oh wow, it's copying me.' There's been days that I am actually speechless. I think this can help so many people out there, especially kids."
Watch Liam's first attempt with the new hand here.
The hand operates with cables and pulleys, and is made of nontoxic, biodegradable, printable plastic. As Liam grows, a new, scalable Robohand can be printed in a matter of minutes.
High-tech prosthetic designs available on the market can cost up to $60,000. The Robohand cost the team approximately $150 to make, but they're giving the design out for free on Thingiverse and are willing to help anyone at no fee, if funds permit.
"It's not something we plan to market," says Van As, who uses an adult version of the hand. "If you want one, we'll help you. There's lots of people out there that have got 3D printing experience and there's lots of people who have got 3D printers. That's something that's certainly taken over."
Individuals from France, Thailand and Canada have contacted them for assistance. Van As and Owen raised more than $10,000 of the $50,000 goal on their Fundly page, where money will go toward additional research and prototype improvements.
The duo is in the process of fitting a hand for another South African child, Eden, also born with Ambiotic Band Syndrome.
"We're exploring how can we best get this to as many people as possible, utilizing the least amount of resources," Owen says. "Hopefully there'll be people that use this technology to approach other problems as well. There's definitely a need for it all over."
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Litchfield: Revolution3 Triathlon gets one more chance from selectmen
LITCHFIELD >> The Board of Selectmen voiced concerns Tuesday night about approving the use of roads for the annual Revolution3 Triathlon. They want participants to avoid littering on local roadways, and to exercise caution when traveling through town on their bicycles.
The Rev3 Triathlon, set for June 2, starts at Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury and includes 1.2 miles of swimming, 13.1 miles of running and 56 miles of cycling. The board approved the use of town roads for Rev3, but during their discussions, some took issue with some of the bicyclists moving through the streets at high speeds. The triathlon is set to last from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and a portion of the bicycle route runs through Litchfield.
First Selectman Leo Paul said he'd had discussions with those running the event. He said the town had issues in 2011 and 2012 because "the cyclists (were) not following the rules of the road or staying on their appropriate side," he said.
He noted that they "fly down that road" at high speeds -- and the roadways on the course are not closed for the race.
"We had some issues with trash along 254 and some others, and I have explained to these folks that we will allow them to do this one more time. And if it has not improved from last year or the previous years then we will not entertain this [again]." Paul said. "We've already explained to them that this is their last opportunity. They've got to perform correctly."
The board also approved road closure for "Girls Just Wanna Run," a 5K running event on Sunday, May 5. This fundraising event is hosted by the Junior Women's Club of Litchfield Hills and focuses on promoting health and wellness in girls and women, according to the event's Facebook page.
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The third in Richard Linklater's "Before" films, "Before Midnight" takes place nine years after the last installment "Before Sunset," and 18 years after the first film, "Before Sunrise."
Beyond the simple fascination of following the same actors playing the same characters for almost 20 years, "Midnight" is another example of how complex characters and relatable situations can create a memorably modest film. There are no last minute plot twists or monsters lurking in the corners. There are no flights of whimsy where one character will travel back in time or meet some illogically quirky character that will foretell their future. This is simply the story of Jesse and Celine, two people who met in Paris and spent a night together.
Nine years later, they met again and that chance encounter changed their lives. In "Midnight" the two are now married with twin girls, while Jesse has a son from a previous marriage. It is that dynamic that causes most of the conflict in "Midnight," and what offers the couple no easy answers. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy are exceptional as always, and Linklater's easy direction allows the actors to dazzle us with their acting chops.
This isn't a film that will appeal to everyone. It's talky, sometimes it doesn't seem to be about anything, and in this installment it's a little depressing. The character of Celine has also become a bit irrational in her middle-age, which might not please some fans. But it's a lovely study of the challenges that relationships can bring and how people attempt to handle them. But here they do it in Greece. So, you know, poor them.
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MARK Edmonds lived in the quiet leafy northern suburb of Eltham for 28 years before deciding to downsize when the children moved out, when he then bought an apartment in the CBD.
Mr Edmonds has enjoyed the services, transport connections and the views from his 28th-storey Bourke Street apartment - but the noise has been intolerable. In particular, Mr Edmonds said music from nearby venues was the main problem.
After four years Mr Edmonds and his wife had enough and spent $14,000 on double glazing. But the noise from the nearby venues did not stop. ''The heavy bass is not stopped by double glazing,'' he says.
Mr Edmonds' apartment windows face Bourke Street and he said the noise from a nightclub on Little Collins Street that operated well into the morning penetrated into his apartment.
He said residents had rights, regardless of whether the music venue was there first.
''The people who create the music need to consider the neighbours, whether they are new or otherwise,'' he said.
''Have as much noise as you like, but the noise shouldn't leave the premises.''
Mr Edmonds recently called triple-0 in the middle of the night because he was so fed up with the noise.
With the bottom end of the CBD set to experience an apartment boom in coming years with tens of thousands of new residents, Mr Edmonds said: ''There will be an uproar if the noise issue is not dealt with.''
While there were 118 noise complaints to Melbourne City Council last financial year linked to music entertainment venues, there were more complaints about noise from building works, machinery such as airconditioners and barking dogs.
Music industry advocacy group Music Victoria is hoping to reduce the clash between residents and music venues with clearer planning, liquor and environment laws and the introduction of new ''cultural clusters'' that create a win-win result for venues and residents.
Next month Monash University music industry expert Dr Shane Homan will discuss ''music, space and city'' at a Melbourne symposium looking at creative clusters.
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Long before the term Border War was co-opted by sports enthusiast, it defined a period in Kansas history during which abolitionists — including those in Wabaunsee County — fought for the soul of this nation. That story is being captured in a new documentary produced by the College of Education titled "Dawn of Day: Stories from the Underground Railroad."
The hourlong premiere is scheduled at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 5, in the K-State Student Union's Forum Hall. The event is free and open to the public, and the documentary will be available on the college's website as a resource for educators.
The film was commissioned by Debbie Mercer, dean of the college, and it is narrated by Richard Pitts, executive director of the Wonder Workshop. It also includes in-depth interviews with Michael Stubbs, a historian; Madge McDonald, a descendant of area abolitionists; and Brad Burenheide, historian and associate professor of curriculum and instruction.
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French children are known for being so well-dressed. One visit to Paris and you will see firsthand how on trend these kids are--thanks to their parents of course.
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Facebook has donated $250k it seized from spammers to an academic centre of excellence in the fight against cybercrime.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham's Center for Information Assurance and Joint Forensics Research will use the cash to build an expanded version of the faculty, due to open next year. The centre helped researchers at Facebook to track down the infamous Koobface gang and helped to unravel the even more notorious GhostClick (DNSChanger) scam, among other work.
Notable researchers at the centre include Gary Warner, Director of Research in Computer Forensics and co-chair of Anti-Phishing Working Group. Warner also runs the well read CyberCrime & Doing Time blog.
"As a result of numerous collaborations over the years, Facebook recognizes the center as both a partner in fighting Internet abuse, and as a critical player in developing future experts who will become dedicated cybersecurity professionals," says Joe Sullivan, chief security officer at Facebook, in a statement. "The center has earned this gift for their successes in fighting cybercrime and because of the need for formal cybersecurity education to better secure everyone's data across the world."
The donation itself will be widely applauded in security circles even though the Koobface investigation remains controversial. In January 2012, the New York Times publicly named five people security researchers have fingered as prime suspects in the spread of the Koobface worm, a strain of malware that has bedevilled social networking users (particularly on Facebook) since late 2008. Koobface, which was unusually sophisticated, earned scammers income principally through pay-per-install malware.
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Surrounded by the Israeli settlements of Yitzhar and Bracha, residents of Burin experience settler violence throughout the year, especially during the fall olive harvest. Burin's agricultural land has been and continues to be subjected to poisoning, burning and the uprooting of precious olive, almond and fig trees.
Over 6,830 olive trees and saplings owned by Palestinians have been vandalized by Israeli settlers in the first 6 months of this year, 900 of them within the vicinity of Yitzhar and Bracha, states an October 2013 report by UNRWA.
After a severe attack in June 2013, the Burin Village Council reported around 600 trees had been burned. At this particular incident, Palestinian Civil Defense forces were stopped for around 30 minutes before they could proceed with putting out the fire, receiving no collaboration from the Israeli Civil Defense which stood by, protecting the settlement of Yitzhar from any flames whilst more and more trees continued to burn. Months later, the case is still pending and has not yet received its rightful attention from Israeli police.
Under the tenets of International Law, Israel, as an occupying power, must ensure and maintain public order and safety within the territory it occupies and protect the inhabitants therein from violence. However, neither duty is fulfilled. The Israeli NGO Yesh Din explains that apart from the fact that the settlements are already constructed illegally, most of the settlers' crimes against Palestinian olive groves, some 84% of them since 2005, occur without proper investigation. Most investigations are halted before reaching any definite findings.
A case study carried out by UNRWA last month recounts the experience of Abu Salim, a Palestinian refugee living in Burin, who explains: "By 2012, I had 125 olive trees in my grove, but in that year 16 were destroyed by settler arson. In January 2013, settlers again came and vandalised a further 25 trees causing more than 20,000 shekels (c. $5,600 US) worth of damage. I went with Israeli soldiers to show them the damage and the footprints in the snow clearly running between the damaged olive trees and Bracha settlement. I also reported the crime to the Israeli police but the experience was time-consuming and humiliating. No one was arrested for this attack and it did not prevent the next one. In August this year another 24 of my olive trees were vandalised by settlers. Why would I bother with a police report again?"
UNRWA highlights that many of the destroyed olive trees in the district of Nablus, and Burin specifically, belong to Palestinian refugees displaced after 1948. For such families, the production of olive oil is the main source of income, and thus, the destruction of trees also means the destruction of their life's work, their hope. The more their trees are burnt, the more they are forced to depend on humanitarian aid or to leave the land. Olive and fig trees destroyed in fires might survive, though it would take years until they can produce again. Almond trees on the other hand are completely lost. This creates an approximate loss of 70,000 US dollars per year for the farmers living in Burin and other such areas.
According to the Agricultural Census of 2010, the area of Palestinian land cultivated with olive trees amounts to an average of 8-10 dunums per holder. Such an area generaly takes one person about 133 days a year to take care of all necessary work relating to the grove, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN.
Yet farmers in Burin must perform miracles, as they are only permitted a few days a year to visit, let alone harvest, all of their olive trees. In total, Burin's villagers are only allowed to enter their groves two times a year, a few days each June and about one week during the annual olive harvest (October-November). Harvesting time is further hindered by Israel's Saturday Shabbat holidays, time differences and, especially, the restrictive nature of the permits themselves.
Farmers normally need a great deal of help in order to harvest as many of the olives as possible in the short time available. On many occasions, however, family members are not allowed to access the land and the farmers end up having to go alone. For this reason, French humanitarian organization, Premiere Urgence - Aide Medicale Internationale (PU-AMI), has created a Cash for Worker system in recent years, whereby workers are paid on a daily basis by the organization in order to support farmers, especially those in Burin and Kufr Qaddoum. Such initiatives are still sometimes blocked for several days by the Israeli authorities, but they remain a source of encouragement and concrete help to farmers and their families.
In another case study from last September, this time by PU-AMI, the past and current experiences of Burin resident Om Ayman are related in detail. Situated between the settlement of Yitzhar and the rest of Burin village, her family's house and olive trees are under continuous threat. In 2002, their home was broken into, their furniture burned, some of their animals poisoned and others stolen. Between 2012 and 2013, 50% of her trees were destroyed. After years of suffering damage, to her home, family and trees, she tells PU-AMI that she will not leave, but instead, to persevere and continue fighting.
Even after many years, the challenges of settler vandalism and restricted access to farm land seem far from ending. Yet, the residents of Burin, similar to the villagers of the many other threatened agricultural communities across the West Bank and Gaza, draw resilience from their condition. It is inspiring to observe the whole community pull all its energy together to support and help one another, especially during the harvest. No matter what, the continuous struggle and its significance holds not only agricultural and economic importance, but social and cultural significance as well.
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Parents and teachers are preparing for a new life for a closed Kansas City elementary school.
Hale Cook Elementary School at 73rd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue closed a few years ago because of low enrollment, but people in the district are trying to bring it back for the 2014-2015 school year.
Kindergarten students who enroll for the school's return will attend classes at Hartman Elementary School next year.
Matthew Edwards was among the parents who wanted to learn more about the arrangement.
"I think it's No. 1 on our priorities," he said. "Our daughter's education is No. 1."
He said he 5-year-old daughter will start elementary school next year. He's not sure where she will wind up attending, but he has applied to Hale Cook.
"This is essentially the most important decision we have right now," Edwards said.
Ashley Hand said when her child is old enough to go to school, she will put her on a track to attend Hale Cook.
"I think this is a great organic way to start to bring new families back to the district by being part of a school that's already very successful," she said.
Edwards said he heard what Superintendent Steven Green had to say, and he's concerned about issues like overcrowding and having to move his daughter between schools. He said he remains positive.
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Residents are encouraged to make a pledge to improve their recycling habits over the next year as part of Lincoln Recycles Day Saturday, November 12. City Recycling Coordinator Gene Hanlon reminds residents of the difference they can make by recycling.
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Pledges may be submitted online at recycle.lincoln.ne.gov. Pledge cards are due November 18 and may be picked up and returned at 31 area locations. The locations include all Lincoln City Libraries; the Air Park, Calvert, Easterday, "F" Street and Irving Rec Centers; all Russ's Market stores; and the following locations:
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Los Angeles, Calif., Feb 6, 2014 / 05:02 pm MT ().- Women medical experts, theologians and writers joined voices in rejecting a Los Angeles Times editorial by a prominent birth control advocate who criticized Catholic morality and claimed that nuns should take birth control for their health.
Marie Hilliard, director of bioethics and public policy at the National Catholic Bioethics Center, says hormonal contraceptives pose "substantial threats" to all women, including myocardial infarction, cerebral-vascular accidents, deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
If the pill is so beneficial, she asked, "why are not all of us being prescribed them by our physicians, regardless of one's sexual behavior?"
"It is because there are documented risks by the National Cancer Institute that call for a prudential use of such hormones," she told CNA Jan. 5.
Florida-based medical doctor Rebecca Peck also rejected the proposal, saying that Catholic physicians, patients and religious sisters "should not be told to prescribe or use the Pill under the guise of 'preventative care' or 'good' medicine."
"It simply is not true."
In a Jan. 30 commentary in the Los Angeles Times, Malcom Potts contended that Catholic teaching on the immorality of contraception is based on "misunderstandings and theological errors."
He said that the use of the contraceptive pill has health benefits including a reduced risk of ovarian and uterine cancer and poses "no change" in breast cancer risk.
Potts, an obstetrician, reproductive scientist and professor of public health at the University of California-Berkeley, is also an abortion rights advocate who was the International Planned Parenthood Federation's first director of health.
He suggested that Pope Francis should "reverse" Pope Paul VI's 1968 encyclical on contraception, "Humanae Vitae." Commenting on the Little Sisters of the Poor's resistance to government mandates to provide contraceptives in their health care plan, he said the nuns would reduce their cancer risk by taking contraceptives.
Hilliard countered Potts by citing the National Cancer Institute, the U.S. government's main agency for cancer research. The institute said that the risks of endometrial and ovarian cancer appear to be reduced by oral contraceptives, but the risks of breast, cervical and liver cancer appear to be increased. Breast cancer risk was highest for women who started using oral contraception as teenagers.
Peck, who practices medicine in Ormond Beach and serves as assistant clinical professor at Florida State University's Daytona Beach Regional Campus, said Potts was right to note the reduction in endometrial and ovarian cancers.
However, this is "only a half-truth." These cancers are "relatively rare," she explained, with a 1 in 39 lifetime risk for endometrial cancer and a 1 in 72 lifetime risk of ovarian cancer.
In contrast, breast cancer is the "most common female cancer" with a lifetime risk of 1 in 8.
Proposals to give the birth control pill to religious sisters, who already face a somewhat higher breast cancer risk due to childlessness, would "substantially" increase their breast cancer risk.
While the contraceptive drug can provide relief of symptoms for women with endometriosis, acne and dysmenorrhea, Peck said, all women should receive "informed consent about the many harms of the pill" and about alternative treatments which don't increase risks of cancer or cardiovascular disease.
Potts' L.A. Times essay questioned whether the use of the pill was unnatural, arguing that women have many more menstrual cycles than they did in the past. Women who endure "the hormonal turmoil of hundreds of menstrual cycles" face a health risk, he claimed.
Hilliard, a registered nurse with a master's degree in maternal-child health, objected to Potts' depiction of modern women's hormonal cycles as unnatural.
She called it "interesting" how "Mr. Potts views the beauty of the female reproductive cycle as: placing women in a position of 'enduring the hormonal turmoil of hundreds of menstrual cycles,' as if our feminine nature is violative of us a women, when it is when that nature is exploited, mutilated, and abused that women are violated."
Theologian Angela Franks, who authored the 2013 book "Contraception and Catholicism: What the Church Teaches and Why," said that Paul VI's encyclical correctly recognized that sex is "by its nature oriented to creating new life."
She said the contraceptive pill is "morally problematic" because its use is "treating pregnancy like a disease and the healthy, fertile female body like a sick patient."
Janet Smith, a moral theology professor at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, also criticized Potts, saying that the "deleterious effects of contraceptives on the culture look worse and worse the more one knows."
In addition to cancer risks, women who use contraceptives face an increased risk of depression and weight gain, reduced sex drive, and an increased likelihood of choosing incompatible mates. Out-of-wedlock births are also very high despite increased use of contraceptives, Smith added, while the majority of abortions are a result of "failed relationships or relationships made possible by contraception."
Smith noted that several women have died as a result of some newer forms of contraception, citing a January 2014 article in Vanity Fair about Erika Langhart. The 24-year-old woman died suddenly on Thanksgiving Day, 2011 of a massive double pulmonary embolism attributed to an occasional side effect of the NuvaRing contraceptive.
Potts' essay also cited the Pontifical Commission on Birth Control, which had initially advised Paul VI to declare the contraceptive pill morally acceptable.
Franks explained that Vatican commissions are "purely advisory committees" and Popes are "free to accept or reject such advice."
In the case of the Pontifical Birth Control Commission, she said, commission members "created the false picture of themselves as a secondary Magisterium."
Hilliard said that Paul VI issued "Humanae Vitae" after reviewing both the majority and minority reports of the commission and that the majority opinion offered the Pope "incredibly flawed reasoning."
The commission's majority believed that it is natural to man "to use his skill in order to put under human control what is given by physical nature." According to Hilliard, this is in fact espousing the "chemical mutilation of a normal healthy function of women."
Smith also defended Paul VI's teaching, noting that "Anybody who has been paying attention to what is going on in studies of the effect of contraceptives on women and on society would be grateful that Paul VI rejected the findings of his special commission."
Catholic writer Simcha Fisher – author of 2013's "The Sinner's Guide to NFP" – said that Paul VI's encyclical was prophetic in predicting that widespread contraceptive use would result in greater marital infidelity, male indifference and exploitation of women, and government-imposed contraception as a way of "controlling" people.
"All of these things have come true," she said.
Tags: Contraception health risks, Catholic Women
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The Power of Being a Woman: Going Over His Head
- Michelle McKinney Hammond Author
- 2004 17 Aug
Standing in Need
Now, Hannah was a woman who knew her God. She knew that her barren womb was not something her husband could do anything about, so she went straight to the source. She poured out her soul to God. God heard her and opened her womb. She then gave that child up to God. After that, God honored Hannah's sacrifice and gave her several more children. That sounds simple enough, but it doesn't mean that Hannah didn't go through anything. She, also, was married to a man with an additional wife who seems to have no trouble having children. To make matters worse, this other wife provoked Hannah out of jealousy and sought to irritate her by teasing her about the fact that she was childless. Poor Hannah would get so upset that she would weep and couldn't eat. Couldn't eat! I'm sorry, but nothing stops me from eating. This woman, though, couldn't eat, and here her husband was truly in love with her, so much so that he gave her a double portion when they went to sacrifice before the Lord. This was why Peninnah, the other wife, was picking at Hannah in the first place. Though she had children, she knew she was playing second fiddle, and she wasn't about to allow Hannah to enjoy her most-loved position in peace. Now, Hannah's insightful husband, Elkanah, asked Hannah a very interesting question here. He said, "Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?"
That is deep! Hannah had a classic case of "One-Tree-Itis," a disease that hits us all. It causes us to overlook all the other trees from which we can eat of freely and instead long after the one tree we can't have. Our desire for that one thing will cause us to stop eating. We will stop eating life and all that it offers. "One-Tree-It is" paralyzes us. It shuts us down. We cease to sample all our other options. Hannah was not free to enjoy the gift that her husband truly loved her and would do anything to make her happy because she got stuck on her barrenness. Keep in mind here that she had some help concentrating on this blaring fact. Many of us would probably be alright if there weren't some friend or relative around to constantly rub salt in the wounds of our desires. But when they speak, pointing out our lack, the heat is on. The pressure is almost suffocating, and we feel we have to produce something just to silence the voices. And God says to us all, "Don't I mean more to you than ten of those? Don't you crave My purposes being fulfilled in your life more than that temporal thing that you so badly long for?" What's your answer?
When Hannah had had enough of everyone and their opinions, she got serious with God. She got so serious that she was praying and no sound was coming out. Have you ever prayed until you were speechless? Well, Hannah did. And God heard the cry of her heart. Not only did He Hear her, He had Eli, the high priest, tell her that her request had been granted. And because Hannah's confidence was in God, not in her husband, she went her way with a smile on her face. As a matter of fact, the first thing she did after that was to eat something. When you get a word from God concerning the things that lay heavy on your heart, you'll get freed up to partake of all He has put before you to enjoy in the meantime. Nothing affects a man like a woman with a downcast countenance. He never knows what to do with the information that you are sad, especially if it is a situation he can do nothing about. He will retreat out of his own sense of failure. So get a word from the Lord in order to restore the joy level in your surroundings. Hannah ate something, and her countenance wasn't downcast anymore. She went and worshiped the Lord because she had a promise with which she could run. She went back home, lay with her husband, and conceived.
This applies to any of us who expect the man in our world to produce peace, self-worth, validation, or even material things. God is ultimately our source of all these treasures. We will strive, weep, and deprive ourselves of opportunities to live a full life if we put our hope in a person to fulfill our expectations. Trust me, it won't happen. There's only One who delivers everything our hearts crave.
"The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want" (Psalm 23:1 NIV).
"Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!" (Isaiah 31:1 KJV).
When our sights get set on the arm of flesh, we will always be let down. Man can only do so much, but God can do any and every thing. It is not a man who will make our life fruitful, but rather our own yielding to God's call to fulfill our purpose through the use of our gifts and talents. As we live in the moment, making the best of every occasion to lift the spirits of those around us, our world will change for the better. We will become more joyful and productive individuals who now attract a different type of person into our inner circle. It is of the utmost importance that we as women become complete, whole individuals as Christ completes the vacuum within us. Only then will we attract whole men who can step up to the plate in their relationship to us. Why? Because we won't settle for anything less.
Well, Michelle, you say, I'm already stuck with a man who has just abdicated on me. How do I get him to step up to the plate and just do what God would have him to do? You know, the basics – like being a for-real husband and a father? Not an absentee bill-payer. I know some of you are thinking, hmm … him paying the bills? Now, wouldn't that be refreshing! Yeah, girl, how do I maintain my femininity when my man won't help me? How do I keep my dress on while he's trying to squeeze me into wearing the pants in the family? The answer is easier to say than it is to do. Stop rescuing him.
B-b-bbut, Michelle! If I don't pay the bills, the lights will get cut off! If I don't do this or that, it won't get done! I understand all of that but do you understand that until you create a void for him to fill, he will not rise to the occasion? In some cases, your rescue attempts have circumvented lessons the Lord wanted to teach that man. When Jacob wrestled with the angel of the Lord, he wrestled alone. He had already sent his wives and children ahead of him. Though they were a part of his life and their destiny was wrapped up in whatever happened to him, whether he went backward or forward on the journey was between him and God. I could just see it now if the wives were still with Jacob when the wrestling match began. They all would have been involved, trying to pull the stranger off of Jacob. Stop, you're going to hurt him! Well, sometimes a man needs to acquire a limp to find out what time it is. Then he'll find that it is time to rise up and become the man God has called him to be.
"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it" (Ephesians 5:25 KJV).
"So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself" (Ephesians 5:28 KJV).
"Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered" (1 Peter 3:7 KJV).
Yes, God really did mean for that man to take good care of you. But he'll only do that if you let him. One of my male friends put me in check the other day. We were walking along and I was telling him about this very book. So he said to me, "Well then, if you're supposed to be so feminine, why are you lugging around those two heavy bags? You didn't even ask me to carry them for you!" I laughed and promptly handed them over. To be perfectly honest, I wasn't even thinking about it. I'm so used to carrying my own load that I simply forget. But I got the hang of it really fast. As we got ready to leave the building to go to his car, which was parked a short distance away, I looked outside and saw the snow. Casting a glance his way as he relayed to me that the car wasn't far, I said, "Well, if you were truly doing your job, and I were truly being a feminine woman, you would go get the car and come back to pick me up." He stopped short and said, "Oh, okay! You wait right here; I'll be happy to do that!" I chuckled to myself as he went his way and returned minutes later with a big grin on his face. He was quite pleased with himself that he was being such a gentleman, and I made some quip like, "My hero," or something along those lines. Needless to say, I've never had to ask him to go get the car again. It's automatic.
Now, that's a simplistic story compared to the major issues some of you are dealing with, but the same principle applies. First, you must begin with yourself. Just because he has abdicated his responsibilities as a man does not mean that you roll over and resign yourself to the fact that he just doesn't seem to get it. No! Keep your expectations intact, and let him know that you expect him to be the man he's supposed to be. Follow that through by leaving the space for whatever he is supposed to be doing vacant. That means if he doesn't do it, it doesn't get done. A pastor friend of mine told about a lady parishioner who complained about her husband not paying the bills on time. My friend told her to allow the lights to be cut off. Well, this piece of advice just rocked this lady's world. How could she do that? Simple, replied the pastor, don't rescue him from his own negligence. When the lights go off, he will become acutely aware of his responsibilities and do something about it. After that, it won't happen again.
I know this is true based on two conversations I have had with male friends who were discussing the pros and cons of leaving their wives. In both cases, the reason the man remained was because he didn't think his wife could function without him. Though these men felt that they were no longer in love with their wives, they were of the opinion that their wives were still wonderful women and they felt responsible for their well-being. Each man couldn't bear the thought of a woman who did not deserve to be hurt having her world crumble all around her because her husband wasn't there to keep up the walls. So they went back home and applied themselves to making their marriages work.
Sarah did not rescue Abraham, I can tell you that. When he twice passed her off as his sister in foreign territory and she was taken, she didn't open her mouth. After God intervened in both cases, the kings asked for an explanation from Abraham. He was held accountable. They didn't address Sarah at all, never asked her why she didn't say something. Abraham was her covering. He was responsible.
This is why God Asked Adam where he was after the fall in the garden. God knew that Eve had taken the first bite, yet he addressed Adam. In God's design, Adam was responsible for Eve, and he had slipped on the job. He had relinquished his role as protector. Because he did not intervene in Eve's deception and then -- even worse – willfully rebelled by joining her in her sin, he would be punished. Because Adam wanted to do things his way and not God's way, he would now find out how difficult it would be to do what was once simple with God, without Him.
It was simple to lead the woman when Adam did it with God. Now, leading her without God only resulted in her rebellion. The woman would rebel, the ground would rebel, everything in his world would rebel against him. But he would still have to produce because it was demanded of him. So just imagine what would happen if the demand were taken away. You got it! Man would sit down for a long rest, relieved the struggle was over. Now is the time to remind that man he has been redeemed from the curse of the law. It's time to pick up his cross and, while he's at it, he can take the garbage out. He can take time with his children and be a good example to them. He can cover you and protect you from the things that threaten to stretch you beyond your personal resources. He can treat you the way he treats his own body, as he has been commanded by the Lord, which means he will take good care of you.
Taken from "The Power of Being a Woman" (formerly "The Power of Femininity") by Michelle McKinney Hammond; Copyright 1999/2004 by Michelle McKinney Hammond; Published by Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, OR; Used by Permission.
Michelle McKinney Hammond, a writer, singer, and speaker who focuses on improving love–driven relationships, is the founder and president of HeartWing Ministries as well as the cohost of the Emmy–nominated show "Aspiring Women." Michelle is the author of "The DIVA Principle", "101 Ways to Get and Keep His Attention", "Sassy, Single, & Satisfied", "Secrets of an Irresistible Woman", "What to Do Until Love Finds You", "Get a Love Life", and "The Power of Being a Woman."


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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today took one crucial step closer to extradition as the UK Supreme Court ruled that Sweden's European Arrest Warrant (EAW) for his capture and return was in fact valid.
Assange has been in England since December 2010, when the Swedish arrest warrant was issued by a state prosecutor there. It came after complaints about sexual molestation and rape were lodged against Assange, who had already left the country. Assange has been under house arrest (and subject to electronic monitoring) in the UK ever since as he fought the Swedish extradition request.
His case reached the UK Supreme Court, which heard arguments that the EAW was invalid because it had not been issued by a "judicial authority," as required by the UK's 2003 Extradition Act. Assange's lawyer argued that a Swedish prosecutor was not an impartial judge, and that such warrants should be valid only when issued by a member of the judiciary. The situation was murky—an early draft of the European Union "framework decision" that formed the basis for the Extradition Act had once mentioned "prosecutors" explicitly when talking about warrants, but this was removed in the final copy. At least 11 European countries did name prosecutors as "judicial authorities" when it came time to implement the framework in national law—but the Extradition Act did not mention them.
Two Supreme Court judges, Lord Mance and Lady Hale, sided with Assange on the question of the warrant's validity. According a summary of the court's decision, Lord Mance argued that the Court was bound by what Parliament had actually written and enacted; as a guide to interpretation, he also noted that cabinet ministers' statements "showed that repeated assurances were given that an issuing judicial authority would have to be a court, judge or magistrate." Lady Hale agreed "that the Supreme Court should not construe a UK statute contrary both to its natural meaning and to the evidence of what Parliament thought it was doing at the time."
But the other five judges found the Extradition Act ambiguous and so interpreted it in a way that would not put Britain in breach of its international obligations. They ruled that Assange should in fact be sent to Sweden, but not before granted him one more chance to convince them otherwise. Assange's lawyer was given 14 days to file an appeal on grounds that the Court made its decision using legal principles that had not been argued over in the case.
Should Assange eventually be extradited, he will still face a full trial in Sweden to determine guilt or innocence; the current arrest warrant is merely a request to return him to Swedish jurisdiction for legal proceedings.
The WikiLeaks Twitter account has been writing widely about the decision this morning, and has already conjured a link between US government policy, Sweden, and the decision. "Hiliary Clinton [sic] and State Dept team arrive Stockhom [sic] June 3-4; 4 days after Assange extradition decision. Fanciful to think no discussion," WikiLeaks wrote. Assange has long claimed that the Swedish prosecution is a politically motivated tool to get him to Sweden, and from there sent on to the US. Leaked e-mails from StratFor, which was hacked by members of Anonymous, suggest that the US has laid the groundwork for a case against Assange.
If you want to read more than you ever thought it possible to say about European Arrest Warrants, the UK Supreme Court has made its decision available online.


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In the good old days, after vanquishing an opponent, we would celebrate by drinking from their skull. Sure, they leaked a little, and were tricky to grip, but they could hold a lot of wine or espresso, and made a decent insulated container if the coffee were too hot.
But for a modern barbarian, things are different. I mean, that block party tends to empty early if you put skulls next to the punch bowl. And if you hold up a skull at Starbucks and ask the barrista to pour your latte in there, you get some funny looks. Once she collapsed, though luckily a guy dressed as Elvis ran in and saved her.
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