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Peter Sayer, *PC World*, 24 Dec 2013 Belgium's card payment network failed on Monday night, leaving millions of Belgians unable to pay at stores or to withdraw cash from ATMs and self-service terminals inside banks. Atos subsidiary Worldline, operator of Belgium's Bancontact-Mister Cash payment network, reported on its website that it was difficult for cardholders throughout the country to make payments or withdrawals from around 4 p.m. local time on Monday. Local media reported long lines to make cardless withdrawals at bank counters. Worldline put its business continuity plan into effect, and payment traffic began to recover from 5.15 p.m., returning to near-normal levels from 6.30 p.m., the company said in a statement. ... The outage came just two days after the Belgian payment network celebrated its busiest ever day, processing 5,499,709 electronic payments on Saturday. The previous record, of 5,314,820 transactions, was set on Dec. 22, 2012, also a Saturday. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2082920/belgian-card-payment-network-crashes-two-days-after-record-usage.html
It should be no surprise that interlock mechanisms relying on program control can be compromised by a program bug (e.g., the well-documented Therac-25 incidents) or by the same means through re-programming (e.g., malware). A team at JHU has demonstrated that it is possible to activate the camera on a Macbook while suppressing illumination of the "camera active" LED. It should come as no surprise that programmable controllers can be reprogrammed to behave in ways other than intended. It is not surprising that the operating system apparently did not provide sufficient protection to ensure that non-kernel components do not gain uncontrolled access to a physical device, a failure on several fronts. Better software integrity is one answer. Regrettably, it is also arguable that the lesson for systems designers is that required privacy interlocks should be implemented in non-bypassable hardware circuitry, not as programmable displays. From a consumer standpoint, the best interlock to covert audio/visual capture is external devices that can be physically unplugged. The JHU paper can be found at: https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/36569?show=full - Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com
[Note: This item comes from friend Steve Goldstein. DLH] Leo Kelion, BBC, 24 Dec 2013 <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25506020> A virulent form of ransomware has now infected about quarter of a million Windows computers, according to a report by security researchers. Cryptolocker scrambles users' data and then demands a fee to unencrypt it alongside a countdown clock. Dell Secureworks said that the US and UK had been worst affected. It added that the cyber-criminals responsible were now targeting home Internet users after initially focusing on professionals. The firm has provided a list of net domains that it suspects have been used to spread the code, but warned that more are being generated every day. Ransomware has existed since at least 1989, but this latest example is particularly problematic because of the way it makes files inaccessible. "Instead of using a custom cryptographic implementation like many other malware families, Cryptolocker uses strong third-party certified cryptography offered by Microsoft's CryptoAPI," said the report. "By using a sound implementation and following best practices, the malware authors have created a robust program that is difficult to circumvent." Ransom dilemma The first versions of Cryptolocker appear to have been posted to the net on 5 September. Early examples were spread via spam e-mails that asked the user to click on a Zip-archived extension identified as being a customer complaint about the recipient's organisation. Later it was distributed via malware attached to e-mails claiming there had been a problem clearing a cheque. Clicking the associated link downloaded a Trojan horse called Gameover Zeus, which in turn installed Cryptolocker onto the victim's PC. By mid-December, Dell Secureworks said between 200,000 to 250,000 computers had been infected. It said of those affected, "a minimum of 0.4%, and very likely many times that" had agreed to the ransom demand, which can currently only be paid in the virtual currencies Bitcoin and MoneyPak. [...] Dewayne-Net RSS Feed: <http://dewaynenet.wordpress.com/feed/>
My immediate reaction to reading that Cryptolocker is very difficult to combat, because it uses "strong third-party certified cryptography offered by Microsoft's CryptoAPI", was to think what a glorious opportunity for NSA to come to our collective rescue - by demonstrating publicly how great its skills are! :-)
The really sad thing is that [that] is what the Information Assurance Division [of NSA] *is* supposed to be doing for us. It is the logic behind having the *protect American networks* in the same organization that *attacks foreign networks.* If you know how to break *them*, you can tell *us* how to protect ourselves.
Target stores have reportedly experienced a wide-spread compromise of credit card swipe data during the peak shopping season. While the technical details of how the data was compromised remain under investigation, several recent cases have pointed to malware on Point-of-Sale systems or compromised card scanning terminals. Point-of-Sales systems (and other process control systems) should never have unbridled access to Internet-accessible systems. They should be located in firewalled cul-de-sacs that prevent all but those accesses absolutely required by their function (an observation that I have been making in the "Computer Security Handbook" since the Third Edition (1995) and reiterate in the soon to be released Sixth Edition. Similarly, communications between Point-of-Sale card terminals, registers, and upstream systems should be carefully managed and strongly encrypted, with properly managed keys. In the long run, preventative measures are cheaper than the financial side effects of personal data compromises. Recent articles are at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/20/technology/target-stolen-shopper-data.html http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304773104579266743230242538#! Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com [Gene Wirchenko noted a similar article by John Ribeiro in InfoWorld, "Target says 40 million cards likely skimmed in security breach". PGN] http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/target-says-40-million-cards-likely-skimmed-in-security-breach-232946
In the aftermath of the Snowden revelations, our focus has been on details of who did what and how we can place limits on the NSA and others. But details aside, there is a higher level conceptual conflict; namely, the fundamental incompatibly of security and cyber-warfare. To avoid getting tied up in semantics, let me make two definitions for the purpose of this post. Let G stand for the aggregate of all programs, all agencies, all levels, of governments, and international alliances of governments. Let the words secure and security stand for any level of protection that G finds inconvenient to penetrate with slight effort. One goal of G is to be able to intercept the electronic communications of bad guys, anywhere, anytime, anyplace. But any organization, public or private, that has secure communications could be infiltrated or exploited by bad guys. Therefore, the need to intercept bad guys translates to the need to intercept everyone. Universal bulk surveillance is the only assured way to achieve that goal all the time. A second goal of G is the ability to wage offensive cyberwar. G must be able to launch effective cyber attacks on short notice against any future enemy. But there is no way to be sure in advance who those enemies might be, or what hardware and software the enemy might choose. Therefore, the practical way to attain that goal is to obtain the ability to successfully attack anyone good or bad. Deciding who is good and bad can be postponed. Probably the most pragmatic way to foster both these goals is to weaken security standards and to install back doors in every security related system. Traditional methods of breaching security like social engineering must be applied case-by-case, and thus can't reach everyone. Only bulk methods meet the requirements. Security experts may warn us that weaknesses and back doors will eventually be discovered and that the bad guys will turn them against us. Ignoring that, our defensive strategy seems to be secrecy (i.e. security via obscurity) combined with budgets so big that the bad guys can't match them. Assured offensive capability is synonymous with assuredly ineffective defensive capability. As someone concerned with critical infrastructure protection (CIP), I'm horrified by the conflicted motivations of G. The same G which demands that I partner with them to make CIP secure, is also vested in the requirement that my systems are not secure enough to thwart their surveillance and not secure enough to repel their cyberwar attacks. After all, if CIP were to become secure enough to foil G, then I might freely share that expertise with CIP experts worldwide. Worse, bad guys might become employees of CIP organizations here and abroad and use CIP security to cloak their activities from G. CIP must be secure --- CIP may not be secure, both according to G. As I see it, the concepts of universal surveillance, offensive cyber war capabilities, and security are irreconcilable at the highest level; technical details be damned. Dick Mills, Sailing Vessel Tarwathie
[Thanks to George Ledin for spotting this item.] Exclusive: Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneer Obama on surveillance: "There may be another way of skinning the cat" Joseph Menn, Reuters, San Francisco, 20 Dec 2013 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/us-usa-security-rsa-idUSBRE9BJ1C220131220 (Reuters) - As a key part of a campaign to embed encryption software that it could crack into widely used computer products, the U.S. National Security Agency arranged a secret $10 million contract with RSA, one of the most influential firms in the computer security industry, Reuters has learned. Documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden show that the NSA created and promulgated a flawed formula for generating random numbers to create a "back door" in encryption products, the New York Times reported in September. Reuters later reported that RSA became the most important distributor of that formula by rolling it into a software tool called Bsafe that is used to enhance security in personal computers and many other products. Undisclosed until now was that RSA received $10 million in a deal that set the NSA formula as the preferred, or default, method for number generation in the BSafe software, according to two sources familiar with the contract. Although that sum might seem paltry, it represented more than a third of the revenue that the relevant division at RSA had taken in during the entire previous year, securities filings show. The earlier disclosures of RSA's entanglement with the NSA already had shocked some in the close-knit world of computer security experts. The company had a long history of championing privacy and security, and it played a leading role in blocking a 1990s effort by the NSA to require a special chip to enable spying on a wide range of computer and communications products. RSA, now a subsidiary of computer storage giant EMC Corp, urged customers to stop using the NSA formula after the Snowden disclosures revealed its weakness. RSA and EMC declined to answer questions for this story, but RSA said in a statement: "RSA always acts in the best interest of its customers and under no circumstances does RSA design or enable any back doors in our products. Decisions about the features and functionality of RSA products are our own." The NSA declined to comment. The RSA deal shows one way the NSA carried out what Snowden's documents describe as a key strategy for enhancing surveillance: the systematic erosion of security tools. NSA documents released in recent months called for using "commercial relationships" to advance that goal, but did not name any security companies as collaborators. The NSA came under attack this week in a landmark report from a White House panel appointed to review U.S. surveillance policy. The panel noted that "encryption is an essential basis for trust on the Internet," and called for a halt to any NSA efforts to undermine it. Most of the dozen current and former RSA employees interviewed said that the company erred in agreeing to such a contract, and many cited RSA's corporate evolution away from pure cryptography products as one of the reasons it occurred. But several said that RSA also was misled by government officials, who portrayed the formula as a secure technological advance. "They did not show their true hand," one person briefed on the deal said of the NSA, asserting that government officials did not let on that they knew how to break the encryption. STORIED HISTORY Started by MIT professors in the 1970s and led for years by ex-Marine Jim Bidzos, RSA and its core algorithm were both named for the last initials of the three founders, who revolutionized cryptography. Little known to the public, RSA's encryption tools have been licensed by most large technology companies, which in turn use them to protect computers used by hundreds of millions of people. At the core of RSA's products was a technology known as public key cryptography. Instead of using the same key for encoding and then decoding a message, there are two keys related to each other mathematically. The first, publicly available key is used to encode a message for someone, who then uses a second, private key to reveal it. From RSA's earliest days, the U.S. intelligence establishment worried it would not be able to crack well-engineered public key cryptography. Martin Hellman, a former Stanford researcher who led the team that first invented the technique, said NSA experts tried to talk him and others into believing that the keys did not have to be as large as they planned. The stakes rose when more technology companies adopted RSA's methods and Internet use began to soar. The Clinton administration embraced the Clipper Chip, envisioned as a mandatory component in phones and computers to enable officials to overcome encryption with a warrant. RSA led a fierce public campaign against the effort, distributing posters with a foundering sailing ship and the words "Sink Clipper!" A key argument against the chip was that overseas buyers would shun U.S. technology products if they were ready-made for spying. Some companies say that is just what has happened in the wake of the Snowden disclosures. The White House abandoned the Clipper Chip and instead relied on export controls to prevent the best cryptography from crossing U.S. borders. RSA once again rallied the industry, and it set up an Australian division that could ship what it wanted. "We became the tip of the spear, so to speak, in this fight against government efforts," Bidzos recalled in an oral history. RSA EVOLVES RSA and others claimed victory when export restrictions relaxed. But the NSA was determined to read what it wanted, and the quest gained urgency after the September 11, 2001 attacks. RSA, meanwhile, was changing. Bidzos stepped down as CEO in 1999 to concentrate on VeriSign, a security certificate company that had been spun out of RSA. The elite lab Bidzos had founded in Silicon Valley moved east to Massachusetts, and many top engineers left the company, several former employees said. And the BSafe toolkit was becoming a much smaller part of the company. By 2005, BSafe and other tools for developers brought in just $27.5 million of RSA's revenue, less than 9% of the $310 million total. "When I joined there were 10 people in the labs, and we were fighting the NSA," said Victor Chan, who rose to lead engineering and the Australian operation before he left in 2005. "It became a very different company later on." By the first half of 2006, RSA was among the many technology companies seeing the U.S. government as a partner against overseas hackers. New RSA Chief Executive Art Coviello and his team still wanted to be seen as part of the technological vanguard, former employees say, and the NSA had just the right pitch. Coviello declined an interview request. An algorithm called Dual Elliptic Curve, developed inside the agency, was on the road to approval by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology as one of four acceptable methods for generating random numbers. NIST's blessing is required for many products sold to the government and often sets a broader de facto standard. RSA adopted the algorithm even before NIST approved it. The NSA then cited the early use of Dual Elliptic Curve inside the government to argue successfully for NIST approval, according to an official familiar with the proceedings. RSA's contract made Dual Elliptic Curve the default option for producing random numbers in the RSA toolkit. No alarms were raised, former employees said, because the deal was handled by business leaders rather than pure technologists. "The labs group had played a very intricate role at BSafe, and they were basically gone," said labs veteran Michael Wenocur, who left in 1999. Within a year, major questions were raised about Dual Elliptic Curve. Cryptography authority Bruce Schneier wrote that the weaknesses in the formula "can only be described as a back door." After reports of the back door in September, RSA urged its customers to stop using the Dual Elliptic Curve number generator. But unlike the Clipper Chip fight two decades ago, the company is saying little in public, and it declined to discuss how the NSA entanglements have affected its relationships with customers. The White House, meanwhile, says it will consider this week's panel recommendation that any efforts to subvert cryptography be abandoned. (Reporting by Joseph Menn; Editing by Jonathan Weber and Grant McCoo.)
They do disclose consumer types like "credit reliant" and "resilient renter." Casey Johnston, Ars Technica, 21 Dec 2013 http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/12/data-brokers-wont-even-tell-the-government-how-it-uses-sells-your-data/ A Senate committee released a report this week that goes to great lengths to determine all of the things that data brokers, the companies that trade in consumer data, don't want to talk about. The 35-page report describes some of the companies' strategies for collecting and organizing data, but significant portions of the report discuss what the companies are unwilling to talk about: namely, where they get a lot of their data and where that data is going. Companies covered in the report include well-known firms, like Datalogix and Acxiom, as well as credit reporting companies that also trade in consumer data, like Experian and TransUnion. In the report, the committee sets out to answer four questions: what data is collected, how specific it is, how it's collected, and how it's used. While the first two questions turned out to be reasonably easy to answer, the companies all but stonewalled the committee on substantial answers to the latter two. The report harkens back repeatedly to the good old days of data collection, when many of the same companies queried used demographic information like zip codes to help marketers figure out where to send catalogs or area codes to figure out which towns to telemarket to. These days, our many interactions with the Internet—particularly financial ones—have resulted in an onslaught of data for these data brokers to not only collect, but to resell to interested parties. Datalogix claimed to the committee that it has data on "almost every US household,'' while Acxiom's databases cover 700 million people worldwide. Types of data collected include consumer purchase and transaction information, available methods of payment, types of cars consumers buy, health conditions, and social media usage. Equifax specified that it knew such specific details as whether people have bought a particular kind of shampoo or soft drink in the last six months, how many whiskey drinks a person has had in the last month, or how many miles they've traveled in the last four weeks. What the companies would not specify in full were their sources for consumer data. Three companies, Acxiom, Experian, and Epsilon, would not reveal the sources of their data, citing confidentiality clauses as the reason. The other data brokers said that their data comes from free government and public databases, along with purchase or license data from retailers, financial institutions, and other data brokers, which were otherwise described as `third-party partners'. The report mentions that companies acquire social media data specifically for inclusion in their databases. However, this information is difficult to connect to a profile without access to much of the metadata logged by the sites providing those services. Those sites even discourage trying to source that information outside their official avenues; as the report states, Facebook once asked data broker Rapleaf to dispose of data it had obtained by crawling the website. On the other hand, it's well-known that companies like Facebook and Google re-sell `anonymized' data fed to their services by customers to third parties like these data brokers. Acxiom also gets data from websites that collect data in exchange for coupons, discounts, or health insurance quotes. Beyond that, Acxiom only stated cryptically that "there are over 250,000 websites who state in their privacy policy that they share data with other companies for marketing and/or risk mitigation purposes.'' [...]
The final report of the NSA oversight panel has been released. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2013-12-12_rg_final_report.pdf It's very long (300ish pages) and I have read only a small amount. But this bit struck me as very wrong. Recommendation 5 We recommend that legislation should be enacted that terminates the storage of bulk telephony meta-data by the government under section 215, and transitions as soon as reasonably possible to a system in which such meta-data is held instead either by private providers or by a private third party. Access to such data should be permitted only with a section 215 order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that meets the requirements set forth in Recommendation 1. As this is comp.risks and not comp.privacy.privatization, I'll just ask what risk is posed by the government buying bulk telephony meta-data from private third parties? Does this create a market for additional, meta-data collection and data collectors? Will this mean many more systems to protect from criminal parties? Will this mean private third parties will be more easily able to interfere for their own benefit in government intelligence operations?
http://j.mp/1drP3fm (*Verge* via NNSquad) "Never let it be said that AT&T and Verizon don't follow each other's leads. Just one day after Verizon announced it would start publishing a semiannual transparency report that details all of the law enforcement requests it receives, AT&T announced that it would being doing the same in early 2014. The carrier's report will include info on the total number of law enforcement data requests received from the government in criminal cases, the number of subpoenas, court orders, and warrants received, and the total number of customers affected. The first report issued should cover all of the requests from 2013."
Before anyone sniffs at the Genkin/Shamir/Tromer method as being limited to 4 meters, consider the following LED microphone bug hack: An ordinary LED light bulb could be hacked to use 'microphonics' to pulse-width modulate the light. With a proper telescope, this mechanism could be used to 'listen' to someone's computer from many miles away -- perhaps even from a drone above... LED's might be hacked to be even smarter—e.g., 10Mbits/second "LiFi" -- in order to snoop on a WiFi connection: http://visiblelightcomm.com/
Here is Silver Bullet episode 93. The podcast features a discussion with Yoshi Kohno (a cigital alum) who is now a computer science professor at University of Washington. You've probably heard of Yoshi's car hacking stuff (or maybe even seen it on Nova). Yoshi has one of the best vulnerability finding minds in the business. http://www.cigital.com/silver-bullet/show-093/
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Seth Mitchell is set to fight Johnathon Banks on Nov. 17 in Atlantic City, more than five months after the initial bout between the heavyweights was postponed because of an injury to Mitchell.
Mitchell, from Brandywine, originally was scheduled to fight Banks on July 14 in Las Vegas. That bout was postponed May 31 after a visit by Mitchell to an orthopedist revealed a sprained MCL in the boxer's right hand. The injury occurred during Mitchell's third-round technical knockout of Chazz Witherspoon on April 28 for the vacant North American Boxing Organization belt.
Mitchell then was supposed to fight Banks as part of the undercard for a main event involving lightweight Adrien Broner on Oct. 6, but promoters struggled to find an opponent for Broner, forcing that card to be moved as well.
When Mitchell, 30, finally steps into the ring again, the former All-Met football player from Gwynn Park and linebacker at Michigan State will have had the most protracted layoff without a fight in his career.
"At this stage, each fight is big," he said in a telephone interview. "I'm excited. I feel I've learned a lot. I don't stay out of the gym."
Mitchell (25-0-1, 19 knockouts) took three weeks off from workouts since his last bout but otherwise maintained his physical fitness regime while his team continued to seek an official fight date. The third incarnation of Mitchell-Banks will be a co-headliner with Broner's fight against Antonio DeMarco for the WBC lightweight belt, and the card will be televised on HBO.
In his most recent bout against Witherspoon, which also took place at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Mitchell absorbed substantial punishment in the first round and nearly went to the canvas. But Mitchell rallied in the second round before referee Randy Neumann stopped the fight at 2 minutes 31 seconds in the third.
Mitchell often has been mentioned as perhaps the most qualified candidate to bring the world heavyweight championship back to the United States. His team has been cautious, though, in choosing his opponents since he began fighting in January 2008 because one loss could push back an opportunity for a bout against unified heavyweight champion Vladimir Klitschko, who in recent years has expressed interest in fighting Mitchell.
"My team and I have always set a timeline since Day One for the latter part of 2013," Mitchell said of fighting for the heavyweight title. "I would say we're still on that timeline."


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Parliament considers measures to reduce nuisance from fireworks during the New Year's celebrations.
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THE HAGUE – Parliament plans to vote on putting an end to the nuisance caused by fireworks during new year's celebrations. Most factions think that a complete ban, as has been suggested by green-left GroenLinks, goes too far.
Christian democrat CDA MP Bas-Jan van Bochove says a ban would not be enforceable, partly because of the open borders. "We do not have enough people to ensure the streets are quiet," he said on Tuesday after a report in the Telegraaf.
The CDA is urging that municipalities be consulted about measures such as designated locations where fireworks may be set off.
"Municipalities should also be able to put on impressive firework shows so that people are encouraged to buy less themselves." Van Bochove says that the ministers of home affairs and housing, spatial planning and the environment should be involved, but that municipalities must take the lead.
Labour PvdA MP Ton Heerts also supports consultation with municipalities. Liberal VVD MP Fred Teeven has had enough of the talk. "Action plans and covenants do not achieve anything, people have to stick to the agreements."
He supports limiting the sale of fireworks to just two days (instead of three currently), on 30 and 31 December. Setting off fireworks should be limited to a few hours on the evening of 31 December, rather than from 10 am on the day.
The authorities should also crack down on possession of illegal fireworks again, Teeven says. Van Bochove says these kinds of restrictions will have "marginal" effect.
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A northeast Missouri woman facing felony sex charges will now attend a pre-trial hearing in September.
Christina Spaid, 34, of Macon is facing felony charges of statutory sodomy, use of a child in a sexual performance and endangering the welfare of a child, along with a misdemeanor count of unlawful sex with an animal.
Spaidâ??s pre-trail hearing was set for Thursday, but it has been rescheduled for September 25, 2012. Her jury trial is now set for October 18-19, 2012 at 9 a.m.
Spaid was arraigned back in December. She is accused of sexual activity with a blood relative under the age of 17 as well as sexual activity involving the family dog, all while her husband, Billie Spaid, watched.
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Michael Barrymore 'still hiding secrets over Stuart Lubbock's death', claim police
MICHAEL BARRYMORE is still hiding secrets about the death of a man in his swimming pool, police have claimed.
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Essex Police say the shamed star has "failed" to give information about what happened the night Stuart Lubbock, 31, died in a swimming pool at his mansion in March 2001.
Barrymore is suing Essex Police for wrongful arrest and imprisonment after he was held on suspicion of murder over Mr Lubbock's death - which he claims ruined his lucrative career.
The 63-year-old received a police caution for possession and use of cannabis, but no other charges were laid against him or anyone else in connection with Mr Lubbock's death.
But in court documents seen by the Daily Mirror, the police said the comedian "failed to give a full or clear account" of what happened the night of Mr Lubbock's murder at his home in Roydon, Essex.
Essex Police said: "Throughout investigations and to this day, the Claimant [Barrymore] has consistently failed to give a full or clear account of events he witnessed and/or participated in at home on the night of Mr Lubbock's death."
No one has been charged in connection with the death of Stuart Lubbock
Throughout investigations and to this day, the Claimant [Barrymore] has consistently failed to give a full or clear account of events he witnessed and/or participated in at home on the night of Mr Lubbock's death
The force also refer to a GQ magazine interview the ex-TV presenter gave to Piers Morgan in 2006, where he is asked if he knows who is hiding secrets about the father-of-one's death.
He replied: "Yes. But I'm not going to say their names.
"I just hope they are brave enough to come forward one day."
The force's court documents add: "The Defendant relies on an interview between the Claimant and Piers Morgan in 2006.
"According to Mr Morgan in his statement dated 5 March 2007, the Claimant indicated he believed there were people at large who were hiding information about the case, and that he knew who they were."
Barrymore, who is known for hosting TV shows Strike It Lucky and Kids Say The Funniest, has always denied withholding information and says he fully co-operated with investigators.
He says his movements on the night had been established, making it impossible for him to have been involved.
Stuart's father Terry Lubbock
Mr Barrymore, who was 48 at the time of the incident, fled the scene following the death - but later claimed that he did so through panic and insisted he was not trying to hide from police.
Following legal advice, he controversially refused to answer any questions about the tragedy at an inquest.
No one has ever been charged with Mr Lubbock's death after he was violently assaulted before being found dead in a swimming pool at Barrymore's then home.
The young father had met Barrymore that evening at a nightclub in Harlow, Essex, before going back to his house for an all-night party.
An inquest later found traces of cocaine, ecstasy and alcohol in Mr Lubbock's body, which had also suffered serious anal injuries.
Mr Lubbok's 70-year-old father, Terry, added: "While I'm still alive I will not give up trying to find out what happened to my son."


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Our world is seems has gone crazy, natural disasters aside, what about the oppressed people, the people with no voice, how can we help them and stand up for them before it's too late ?
I am for FREEDOM Freedom of Choice, freedom of speech, individuals, being able to choose who they want to be. WOMEN are almost always the first to speak out, so lets do it and stand up for those with no voice! Xativa, Spain
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Ok I have the new pump installed its a 1 hp simer. How do you adjust the pressure up?
should be a pressure switch on or near your pressure tank.should be a removable cover. inside there should be 2 adjusting nuts with springs under them turn the biggest one clockwise 1 turn & try it. turn the power off before you open it up, or it could be a shocking experience. hope this helps .
Thanks I thought thats would be it but nothing in the manual at all....
If you have a bladder type pressure tank I think you may have to adjust the pressure on that as well.
There is a pressure tank but I see nothing that could be adjusted?
Its been awhile, I used to charge my tank at 40 psi of air pressure. I think it would be the same for a bladder unit ( they might be precharged), I think that was after filling the tank about1/2-3/4 full of water. mine was non bladder tank. There should be a valve ( like a tire valve) if its a non bladder style. I am not sure on the bladder units as they were just coming into vogue when the city put water out front ( mandatory hook up, that,s another story though).
Is there an air valve on top of it?
Not that I see. Its a shallow well if that makes a difference?
Jet pump or submersible?
There is a little black box to the side of the pump, usually where the power wires go to the motor. It will have two thumb screw adjustments (under the lid). One is the low limit and one is the high limit. Do you have a pressure gauge on this system? Usually the low limit is set to about 45PSI and the high around 60PSI.
Disconnect power before making adjustments. Go in half turn increments. Apply power and open up a water spigot. Observe the pressure gauge to see where the pump turns on and off and adjust accordingly. Your pressure tank is either a bladder type that should be precharged or the tank will have a valve stem like a car tire on it. If it is the valve stem type, anytime that you break the seal on the system (like changing pumps) it may require more air to be added. If this is the case, you will notice the pump will cycle on/off frequently with little water usage.
Ok its running up to 65psi stops and kicks back on at 40psi. I like it alot!
Kool. You may find that the lower limit is more user friendly at 45 psi if you have all the mandated water saver appliances. If you still have old school showers and faucets it will not really matter as much.
I just keep increasing my cut-in pressure until the wife stops complaining.


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Walk the Plank is a weekly meme hosted here at The Words Written, and it's a game that you can play every Thursday. This meme was inspired by all those characters in the books that you hate so much. Yup you heard, or saw, right. It's for those characters that makes you want to throw the book from a window, rip the pages to little pieces, and makes you want to punch the person sitting next to you on the bus. So now you have your chance to kill that character here, and this is how you can do it...
- Tell us which character you want to kill? Name, from which book is this character, and if you want to add a picture of how you imagine the character looks like that would be great.
- Tell us why you want to kill that character? What did that character do to you?
- And how would you kill that character? And guys please nothing graphic, I don't want to have nightmares! (Exa: push them off a cliff, make the walk the plank where the water is infested by sharks, or throw them off a plane without a parachute).
- And finally grab the logo, post your own WTP entry on your blog and, leave your link below! So that others can visit your post and decide by commenting if they would totally help you kill the character or if they would save them.
So here's my first Walk the Plank...
Zoe Sage
From: The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead
Ok so I want to kill Zoe because she totally ruined the ending of The Indigo Spell. Her sister Sydney worked so hard trying to make Zoe stay out of the Alchemist. But no she ruined everything! Zoe just had to go join the Alchemist. Can't she see that the Alchemist are bad!!! Everyone was waiting for Sydney to get together with Adrian. And finally after waiting for ages the moment arrives, but you know who else arrives? Zoe. I am super sure she is brainwashed by all that nonsense the Alchemist preach about and she will surely bring trouble to Sydney.
So how I want Zoe to die is by making her walk the plank where there is sharks and piranhas in the water.
So are you going to save or help me kill Zoe? Let me know in the comments!:)


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Spy Vs. Spy is fast-paced cartoon espionage action. Taken from the classic rivalry that played out in MAD Magazine for decades, the classic comic strip gets a facelift with sharp 3D graphics and interactive game worlds. Become a White Spy or Black Spy retrieve top-secret information, while trying to outwit and outlast rival Spies.


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Ohio State vs. Michigan - 1/13/15 College Basketball Pick, Odds, and Prediction
Michigan Wolverines (10-6) at Ohio State Buckeyes (13-4)
College Basketball: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 7:00 pm (Value City Arena)
The Line: Ohio State Buckeyes -8.5 -- Over/Under: See the Latest Odds
The Michigan Wolverines and Ohio State Buckeyes meet Tuesday night at the Value City Arena.
The Michigan Wolverines have won four of their last five games and play their fourth true road game. On the season, Michigan is averaging 66.9 points on 42.4 percent shooting and is allowing 62.4 points on 43.7 percent shooting. Caris LeVert is averaging 14.8 points and 3.7 assists while Zak Irvin is averaging 14.6 points and 4.1 rebounds. Derrick Walton Jr. is the third player averaging double-digit points and Spike Albrecht is dishing 3.5 assists. The Michigan Wolverines are still an offensive team that has five players averaging at least five points while they're shooting 72.7 percent from the line and 36.3 percent from downtown. Defensively, Michigan is allowing 35.8 percent shooting from deep and has allowed 65 or less points in six straight games.
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The Ohio State Buckeyes have split their last four games and look for their third conference win. On the season, OSU is averaging 81.8 points on 51.1 percent shooting and is allowing 60.8 points on 38.8 percent shooting. D'Angelo Russell is averaging 17.9 points and 4.9 assists while Marc Loving is averaging 12 points and 3.9 rebounds. Sam Thompson is the third player averaging double-digit points and Shannon Scott is dishing 7.2 assists. The Ohio State Buckeyes are one of the top offensive teams in the country that's shooting 70.5 percent from the line and 38.9 percent from downtown. Defensively, Ohio State is allowing 30.9 percent shooting from deep and has allowed 61 or less points in four of its last eight games.
The Wolverines are 3-9-1 ATS in their last 13 games following a ATS win and 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games overall. The Buckeyes are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games and 7-15-1 ATS in their last 23 games overall. Wolverines are 5-2 ATS in the last 7 meetings in Ohio State and 9-4 ATS in the last 13 meetings overall.
In a rivalry game, you can always throw the numbers out the window. It's no secret that Michigan has been a huge letdown this year but wins in four of its last five games shows that things may be turning around. I just can't leave this many points on the table in a game where both teams hate each other.


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The Waterplay Environment is a permanent, interactive play environment designed for the new, expanded Children's Museum Pittsburgh. Springboard's Waterplay Environment is a 4,000 sf exhibit space located on the top floor of the museum's new 'Lantern' wing.
Springboard's concept for Waterplay was based upon a research into the characteristics of 'flow.' We designed the environment to reinforce the essential nature of water in feeling and in details. To achieve this goal, we developed a visually flowing environment that is defined by a series of translucent and opaque 'waves' that transmit visual and aural water experiences to visitors.
The two major features of the space are a 50-foot long fiberglass 'River' where children can float self-made boats from a kit of parts, and a network of 'Intriguing Pipes' where children can connect plastic pipes and fittings to play with water flow. The 'River' includes locks and dams, self-generated whirlpools, and wind-producing fans.
The design also includes a dressing and drying area where children can don yellow slickers and boots, get wet, and dry off via a bank of automatic hand dryers.
The project has been presented in exhibitions at the National Academy of Design in New York City.
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Game Development is an ART of its own!
What is a Video Game?
Is a means of enjoyment? or may be is is it what those nerds do when they stop eating? Well to tell you the truth. It can be many things these days. It can be a movie (looking at games like Uncharted and Tomb Raider 2013), it can be a way to strategize (DOTA , WOW) and also a way to cool off the heat from the day(Little Big Planet and Juggernauts). But all in all a game is a highly complicated and feature packed software that does a lot of things to make a hardware be used to its content.
Evolution of Game Hardware and Games through my eyes
Seeing through many years of how games have been made. I first had the ATARI 2600. My God! I should tell you what a machine that was. So many hours of pure enjoyment in front of the TV screen with just one joystick and a button. The minimalism approach of this product is what brought us the next 15 years of pure and awesome advances in technology and hardware. Though the few years to follow had a few hitches in the gaming industry with the black downfall of the late 1980, Sega came out with the most brilliant device that changed the way people used media on gaming consoles. They introduced something called Compact Disk on their device!the SEGA DREAMCAST. It was
an awe to see that console in action. Even though it had a few
to have a boot disk first boot the OS and then load the game disk, the device was still once of the best graphical output at its time. And then came the great giants who have conquered all our hearts now starting with the Sony Playstation, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo Hardware range. It has
been a great journey for the industry for the past 10-15 years, but i feel the pace is yet to pick up. Beware of the future of gaming coz its really BRIGHT!!
The Need for NavMesh
Normally a person would not need to know what a NavMesh is. But as a Game Programmer. That's how you bring things to life. NavMesh (short for Navigation Mesh) is the data that is extrapolated to the Navigation Agents that are present in the Game Engine. NavMesh's are very important piece of information that the Designer/Developer needs to keep into mind while designing the AI for a game. It follows many kind of algorithms as it is cut down into a data structure that is understood by the Artificial Intelligent application agents for finding a path or to follow a path. The most basic implementation is of the NavMesh is the implementation of the A-Star algorithm which is a very popular one for path finding.
Animation Blending
Most 3D WYSIWYG Game Engine Editors have Animation Blend State Machines nowadays. It is a vital component of a Game Designer to Have a thorough understanding of the state machine first. It is very essential to know that we can use Blend Trees within Blend Trees to make the animation more fluid from one state to another. The most interesting aspect that is used nowadays is ray casting from specific points to do blend states like walking across a wall and the hand opening up and feeling the wall. The Animation Programmer has to control the IK very efficiently within the code to make the game look believable like turning the head of the character towards an object when highlighted and not only turning the camera in that direction.
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Viva La France! France is a place of many wonders and has many unique grape growing areas. The Rhone Valley is the oldest established winemaking region in France dating back 600 years before the Romans.
Although the Rhone is considered one wine region, it is divided into two distinct parts based on climate and grape variety. The Northern Rhone comprises less than five percent of the total production, but makes some of the area's most amazing white and red wine. The region is 45 miles long and has the influence of the Mistral winds that are intense and cold. Grape growing is dominated by two varieties. Red wine is made with the Syrah grape most famously grown in Cornas and Cote Rotie. The Cornas region is over 130 hectares with a warm continental climate. The region is ancient; over 300 million years old, planted exclusively to Syrah. White wine made in Northern Rhone is made from the Viognier grape most famously in Condrieu.
Cote Rotie also known as the "Roasted Slope," is a region that is over 1500 years old. The vines are grown on steep Roman Terraces. It has the lowest production per hectares and some of the highest altitude vineyards primarily given over to Syrah and Viognier. Other white varietals permitted in the north are Marsanne and Roussanne. In Cornas, the Syrah grape is grown on granite soil allowing the grape to have power rather than finesse. One notable producer in Northern Rhone is Jean Luc Colombo. Known as a visionary for the region, he was the first to use small oak barrels and vinify in stainless steel. He is the recipient of the French Legion of Honor, which is the highest civilian honor in the country of France and has achieved over 150 scores of over 90+ points from trade publications such as Robert Parker and Wine Spectator since the winery began in 1982.
The Southern Rhone is home to 95 percent of the valley's grape production. The soil is primarily stones that are rounded pebbles called gallets with a mixture of shingle and stone clay. Twenty five grapes are grown in the south, but the dominant red grape is Grenache, often blended with Mourvedre and Cinsault. Leading producers in the area include E Guigal, Paul Jaboulet, Perrin and Chapoutier. Jean Luc Colombo also produces wines in the Southern Rhone region and has created a label called "Les Abeilles" (French for the bees) which features a Cotes du Rhone Red and White. As Jean has been known as the Syrah wizard, he is also known for helping to save the bees. A disease called Colony Collapse Disorder has mysteriously been decimating bee populations throughout the world, including the Rhone River Valley. Honeybees pollinate more than 90% of our flowering grapes, and over the years, the bees and their colonies are dying. Ten percent of sales of Jean Luc Colombo Cotes du Rhone Red and White go to research at UC Davis, to help research and find ways to save the bees.
When in Rhone, do what the Rhon – ans do; drink Rhone wine. The ancient soils, the vast and diverse acreage and the centuries of viticulture make the Rhone River valley one of the very special wine growing areas in the world. Explore a region in France that can offer you so many nuances and taste what makes this area so unique.


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How Do You Feel After Joining Philhealth's Nationwide Run?
I ran 5K at Philhealth's Nationwide Run with the Uhlanders how about you?
For the first time in my adult life, I was able to participate in an organized fun run in Butuan City last February 17, 2013. It was a wonderful heart pounding experience. Finishing it was such an achievement. I would not have known I can endure such intense activity if I haven't tried it. Gee! It really awakened the fighter within me. There were several instances in which I just wanted to give up and walk instead just like the others but I decided to keep on going. It was also very encouraging to see my friend ahead of me, not quitting even though he was tired. That gave me some sort of energy boost to pump my sleepy engine and go ahead of the pack.
What about you? Do you feel a sudden surge of strength to go on when you see people trying their best to reach the finish line despite the fact that they are obviously exhausted?
At the finish line, they also gave away Tupperware brochures aside from the finisher's certificate. I had this feeling that it would be tad boring if I would just also flash my certificate for the camera just like those boys so I decided to be the different element by using the Tupperware brochure instead. Playful, I know. It was also great to have Jude play along with my crazy move.
Let me share with you a crucial mistake I did in my first participation to a fun run. I was so irresponsible for leaving my race bib at home, the most important thing to take with you on a fun run. What a bummer! That's what happens when you don't prepare all important items beforehand. Good thing, my friend's dad lent me his race bib. If he hadn't done that, I would have not been able to experience the greatest run in my life so far. Thank God for generous people!
Do you still remember your first time to join a fun run? What mistake did you commit?
While the rest of the crowd were obediently participating in the program, we were busy doing our own thing, posing for pictures! We couldn't miss an opportunity to take a snapshot of a random moment that's worth remembering. Who doesn't do that anyway? I'm sure you do too. Come on don't deny it.
Despite the heavy crowd dancing around us, we managed to squeeze in and have our pictures taken in front of the paparazzi wall. Truly, if there's a will, there's a way. We also thought that our day would be incomplete without striking a pose at the paparazzi wall. Would you feel the same way too if that were you?
Why Sonic of Uhland?
Mitchell is one fast runner. He even finished the race at 7th place. Can you beat that? Among our group, he was also the first one to cross the finish line. He was really way ahead of us. In fact, while we were still on our way towards the 2.5K mark, he was already on his way back to the finish line. Well, I'm not really surprised with his stamina and speed because he's a soccer player. Way to go Mitch!
Finally, the Uhlanders participated in the ongoing activity at the Sports Complex and danced along with the crowd. Kudos to that boys! However, no matter how focused they were to following the steps, it's pretty obvious that they couldn't resist the urge to smile for the camera. Hehehe!
Let's play a simple game on this picture above.
Promise, your brain won't bleed on it. Show me you've got a keen eye for details by telling me in the comments section below where I can be found in this picture. Hehehe! Go ahead, I know you see me.
Running with the Uhlanders and taking a part in this fund-raising activity by Philhealth and DOH was a remarkable experience I sure would do again. I definitely had a great time.
Would you get yourself out the door and grab the next opportunity to join a fun run in your locality?
Pictures 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, and 20 were grabbed from Mitchell, while the rest were captured by a Nikon Coolpix P310.
Thank you for reading this lengthy post Thrifty Looker! I hope I didn't bore you. May God bless you more! Sayonara!


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Without a partner on whom to bestow bouquets and sweets, this Valentine's Day could be less about roses and truffles and more about your own loneliness and loss. Here, five ways to get through the day with more grace than grief.
Valentine's Day.
Forget the aphrodisiacs.
Bring on the antidepressants.
About one out of three boomers are single -- whether by choice, circumstance or loss of a partner due to divorce, death or dementia.
And without a partner on whom to bestow bouquets and heart-shaped carbohydrates, this weekend could be less about roses and truffles — which it may appear to be for everyone else on the planet— and more about your own loneliness and loss.
But there are ways to get through the day with more grace than grief.
Even for those recently widowed, Valentine's Day doesn't have to be only a reminder of what's missing.
"The first Valentine's Day or any special day after your spouse/partner has died can seem impossible to bear," acknowledges Aruna Ogale "You may be still mourning and the thoughts of past celebrations together can cut deep, but those same memories can help you cope with the day."
It can be an occasion to recall and celebrate the love there was. And to realize that, even though the partner is not here, the love lives on.
Other singles can also find meaning in Valentine's Day.
There's no law that says it has to be reserved for romantic or erotic love.
It's a good opportunity to treat kids you love and people you like.
That's what Lee Failes does on Valentine's Day.
"I focus on my kids," says the mother of three who were teenagers when their father died. "I get them little treats. If I ever have grandkids, it will be about them, not me."
Failes, 54, has been widowed for more than four years. Her husband Mike, a labour lawyer in Toronto died of gall bladder cancer in September 2012, nine months after being diagnosed.
Until then, she says, "He was a very vibrant, full-of-life guy."
She's found anniversaries, birthdays and Christmas the hardest to bear.
That first Christmas was going to be pretty awful, she recalls, "So we went to New York for part of it. We'd never been there. In retrospect, it was a really nice idea. We had a good time."
Valentine's Day is less of a challenge for Failes.
"For Mike, it was more like a chore," she says ruefully, "more like he had to go and get flowers."
Still, she admits, "I might get a bit jealous if I hear my friends are getting gifts or flowers from their husband. I'll think they're very lucky and I might have a tinge of pity for myself.
"But then I'll think about something nice for my kids — and maybe for myself, too."
Click through for 5 ways to get through the day with more grace than grief.
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The American Journey, a cornerstone series for the U.S. History market, successfully blends the coverage of political and social histories of our great nation throughout the series. With this focus, the authors show that our attempt to live up to our American ideals is an ongoing journey. This journey, while still a work in progress, is increasingly more inclusive of different groups and ideas.
The path that led the authors to The American Journey began in the classroom with their students. The goal of this text is to make American history accessible to students. The key to that goalthe core of the bookis a strong, clear narrative and a positive theme of The American "Journey." American history is a compelling story that the authors tell in an engaging, forthright way, while providing students with tools to help them absorb that story and put it into context. This text combines political and social history, to fit the experience of particular groups into the broader perspective of the American past, to give voice to minor and major players alike, because the history of America is in the stories of its people.
A combination of two volumes, also available separately, the first covering through Reconstruction. A conventional pre- postmodern account of US history for high-school students or undergraduates who do not intend to major in history. Includes drawings and photographs, most black-and-white; color charts, graphs, maps, and chronologies appropriate to the page; a glossary without pronunciation; and physical, television, and internet sites as well as print references. Extends to the 1994 election. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.


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I am delighted to report the culmination of a very intensive, highly collaborative project: our new book Twitter and Society, edited by Katrin Weller, Jean Burgess, Merja Mahrt, Cornelius Puschmann, and me, was launched at the Association of Internet Researchers conference in Denver a few days ago and is now available from Amazon and the Peter Lang Website. I'm very pleased that we managed to get the first copies of the book printed in time for the conference, to be able to hand them to the many of our contributors who were present at AoIR 2013.
The book is a 450-page anthology of the very best of current Twitter research, providing a comprehensive overview of research methods, concepts, challenges, and applications. It features some 31 chapters, a foreword by the University of Amsterdam's Richard Rogers – and we're particularly proud to have been able to use the painting Die Zwitschermaschine (The Twittering Machine) by Paul Klee as the book cover. Many, many thanks to our 45 contributors for their fabulous contributions. A full list of chapters is below – and here's a group photo from the launch at AoIR 2013. You can also follow further updates about the book at @twitsocbook!
I'll be writing much more about this very soon, but for now just a quick note to say that one of the major events at AoIR 2013 was the launch of Twitter and Society, the new collection edited by Katrin Weller, Jean Burgess, Merja Mahrt, Cornelius Puschmann and me which will be published by Peter Lang in the coming days. The book contains more than 30 chapters by a stellar line-up of Internet scholars, and should be listed on Amazon and the Peter Lang site within the next week - I'll post an update then. For a preview of what's covered, and for further updates, check the @twitsocbook Twitter account - and for now, here's a group shot of some of our contributors and editors, with the very first copies of the book.
When this site goes quiet, it's usually because work is exceptionally busy. My apologies for the long silence since the launch of our major collection A Companion to New Media Dynamics – a range of projects, variously relating to the uses of social media in crisis communication, of Twitter in a number of national elections, of social media as a second-screen backchannel to televised events, and of 'big data' in researching online issue publics, have kept me occupied for the past eight months or so.
Now, I'm about to head off to Denver for the annual Association of Internet Researchers conference and on to a number of other events, and you can expect the usual bout of live blogging from these conferences – but before I do so, here's a quick update of some of the major publications and papers I've completed during the past few months. For some more frequent updates on the work of my colleagues and me, you can also follow our updates at Mapping Online Publics and the site of the QUT Social Media Research Group, of course. On the SMRG site, we've also posted a list of the presentations we'll be making at AoIR and beyond – hope to see you there!
I'm delighted to announce the completion of another major project: Blackwell has just published A Companion to New Media Dynamics, edited by my CCI colleagues John Hartley, Jean Burgess, and me. The title of this substantial volume may seem a little strange at first – why not just "… to New Media"? –, but with this collection we aimed specifically to highlight new media as a set of dynamic, evolving, and sometimes elusive practices rather than a static, easily defined thing.
The volume brings together contributions from a long list of researchers in the field, and combines international research leaders with key emerging scholars who will drive the next generation of new media and Internet research. But don't take my word for it – take Toby Miller's: "We are fortunate indeed to have this tour d'horizon of young and middle-aged media across Europe, North America, and Asia. It features an array of established and emergent writers whose clear prose and thorough research mark out their work."
My own chapter in the book provides a historical overview of the development of personal presence online: it charts the course of evolution from hand-coded homepages to social network profiles, taking in a few detours and possible dead ends (GeoCities, anyone?) along the way. My sense is that there's a continuing struggle between experimentation and standardisation which has had us oscillating between these two extremes; at the moment, the relative rigidity of Facebook and Twitter profile templates places us closer towards the standardised, "one size fits all" end. Perhaps it's time for the pendulum to swing back again soon?
Here's a complete list of chapters:
As we're hurtling down the last few hours towards 2013, it seems like a good idea to take stock of what was an incredibly busy 2012. Here, then, is a round-up of all (I think) of my publications and presentations for the year, organised into loose thematic categories. In all, and with my various collaborators from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation and beyond, I seem to have generated some 4 book chapters, 12 journal articles, 22 conference presentations and one major report – and that's not counting various articles in The Guardian, The Conversation, and other media outlets. There's also a few more articles still in the pipeline – but given today's date, I suspect they'll end up counting towards 2013 rather than 2012…
One major component of our Mapping Online Publics work for this year has been the further development of our social media research approaches, especially as far as Twitter research is concerned. A number of my publications have dealt with the practical aspects of this work:
I'm please to say that a new article of mine has been published in Media International Australia (which means I've now had articles in consecutive MIA issues…). The issue in question, on "The 'New' News", was edited by my QUT colleagues Stephen Harrington and Brian McNair, and looks like a bumper collection of exciting work – full details are here.
My article is on the use of Twitter by Australian journalists, looking especially at the Rudd/Gillard leadership spill in June 2010, and the federal election night in August. Below is the abstract – the full article is here, and a pre-print version is here.
Journalists and Twitter: How Australian News Organisations Adapt to a New Medium From the substantial volume of tweets during the Rudd/Gillard spill, the 2010 election campaign, and the screening of Q&A episodes to Australian editor Chris Mitchell's threat to sue journalism academic Julie Posetti for reporting on statements about him at an academic conference, Twitter has developed an increasingly visible presence in Australian journalism. While detractors like Mitchell remain vocal, many other journalists have begun to explore manageable approaches to incorporating Twitter into their work practices, and for some – like the ABC's 'star recruits' Annabel Crabb and Latika Bourke – it has already become a career driver. Building on the data generated by a continuing, three-year ARC Discovery project, this article examines the tweeting practices of selected high-profile Australian journalists during significant political events, and explores their positioning within and interactions with the wider network of Australian Twitter users. It employs innovative data processing approaches to assess the centrality of these professional journalists to the networks of Australians discussing the news on Twitter, and places these observations in a wider context of journalist/audience relations, a decade after the emergence of the first citizen journalism Websites.
From the substantial volume of tweets during the Rudd/Gillard spill, the 2010 election campaign, and the screening of Q&A episodes to Australian editor Chris Mitchell's threat to sue journalism academic Julie Posetti for reporting on statements about him at an academic conference, Twitter has developed an increasingly visible presence in Australian journalism. While detractors like Mitchell remain vocal, many other journalists have begun to explore manageable approaches to incorporating Twitter into their work practices, and for some – like the ABC's 'star recruits' Annabel Crabb and Latika Bourke – it has already become a career driver.
Building on the data generated by a continuing, three-year ARC Discovery project, this article examines the tweeting practices of selected high-profile Australian journalists during significant political events, and explores their positioning within and interactions with the wider network of Australian Twitter users. It employs innovative data processing approaches to assess the centrality of these professional journalists to the networks of Australians discussing the news on Twitter, and places these observations in a wider context of journalist/audience relations, a decade after the emergence of the first citizen journalism Websites.
Here are some more updates on my recent adventures in the world of Twitter research. First, I'm very happy to report that a new chapter on the impact of Twitter on the long-standing melée between industrial and citizen journalism has now been published. In the article, co-written with my CCI colleague Tim Highfield, we explore how the emergence of Twitter as a middle ground between the branded spaces of news Websites and citizen journalist blogs and other sites complicates the previously somewhat more obvious battle lines between the two sides – extending a process of, if not convergence then at least increasing interconnection, which has been evident for some time (except for the last remaining cold warriors of the blog wars).
The article has been published in Produsing Theory in a Digital World, edited by Rebecca Ann Lind – congratulations on what looks like a very interesting volume. (And on a personal note, it's also very gratifying to see yet another colleague take up the produsage idea and do interesting things with it, of course.)
Axel Bruns and Tim Highfield. "Blogs, Twitter, and Breaking News: The Produsage of Citizen Journalism." In Rebecca Ann Lind, ed., Produsing Theory in a Digital World: The Intersection of Audiences and Production. New York: Peter Lang, 2012.
A couple more new publications before I head off overseas again (mainly for research workshops, but I'll also take in the Digital Humanities conference in Hamburg and the Conference on Science and the Internet in Düsseldorf):
Tim Highfield and Axel Bruns. "Confrontation and Cooptation: A Brief History of Australian Political Blogs." Media International Australia 143 (2012): 89-98.
This article in a special issue of Media International Australia on the history of the Internet in Australia, edited by Gerard Goggin and Jock Given, reviews the development of the Australian political blogosphere, from the earlier 'blog wars' especially around the 2007 election to the increasing incorporation of leading blogs and bloggers into mainstream media stables.
Stephen Harrington, Tim Highfield and Axel Bruns. "More than a Backchannel: Twitter and Television." In José Manuel Noguera, ed., Audience Interactivity and Participation. Brussels: COST Action Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies, 2012. 13-17.
A very brief introduction to our current thinking on the role of Twitter in relation to television. We outline a number of dimensions to this relationship, and point to key areas for further research and development.
Time for another quick news roundup. Following on from the ANZDMC 2012 conference in Brisbane, where Jean Burgess and I presented our research into the use of Twitter during the 2010/11 Christchurch earthquakes, there were another few follow-up presentations of our research on social media and crisis communication.
First, I flew down to Melbourne to run a workshop on social media and disaster resilience together with Chris Fisher from the Queensland state Department for Community Safety, as part of the Disaster Resilient Communities conference. I've now published my two presentations from the workshop (slides + audio); they're both online here.
OK, so to save this blog from turning completely into a conference blog (watch out for the Australia/New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference, starting next week), here's a round-up of my most recent publications. Most of these build on our Twitter research – and you can find more detailed updates about those projects over at Mapping Online Publics.
I've had three co-authored journal articles published over the past few weeks. Of these, the most recent one is in First Monday, and was co-authored with Eugene Liang Yuxiang from the National Cheng Chi University in Taipei, following on from a workshop on Twitter and crisis communication research which took place there last October. In the paper, Eugene and I compare our approaches to tracking disaster-related communication on Twitter – I discuss our work with yourTwapperkeeper and Eugene outlines the infrastructure the Taiwanese team have built. For more, see:
Axel Bruns and Eugene Liang Yuxian. "Tools and Methods for Capturing Twitter Data during Natural Disasters." First Monday 17.4 (2012).
Two other publications are co-authored with my QUT colleague Jean Burgess, and appeared in Journalism Studies and Journalism Practice within two days of each other. The first of these is another methodology article, and outlines how our methods for Twitter research may be used by journalists and journalism researchers; it's based on the paper we presented at the Future of Journalism conference in Cardiff in September 2011. More details are here:


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